A/N: Based on this comic I drew a LONG while back. (http:// kiotsukatanna. deviantart. com/ art/ Poss- GBNaru- Idea- pg- 1-82874008) Just remember to remove the spaces, okay?

So, this is my equivalent of the night where Sasuke leaves. When I first created the comic, I knew very little of what exactly happened that night other than a few things they said, the fact that Sakura said "I love you", and that Sasuke knocked her out, so... yeah. This was written AFTER I knew exactly what happened, okay? Got it? Good. Let's begin, shall we?


#9

Title: "Thank you."

Words: 1291

Characters: FemSasuke (Sakaye), GuySakura (Seiichi), Brief mention of: FemNaruto (Nariko), FemKakashi (Kairi)

Warnings: None

Pairings: . . . (Shifty eyes.)

Disclaimer/Claimer: While the original Naruto characters do not belong to me, these GenderBender creations are mine. Do not steal them.... EVER.


'This' means Thoughts

"This" means Talking


The boy stood in the middle of the pathway, the moon shining bright above his head. He watched the dark-haired girl who stood a few feet away, her back to him and turned towards the large gateway that led out of the village. His olive green eyes stared at her intently, both confused and disbelieving at the same time.

"You're really going to do it," He murmured softly. "You're really going to leave..."

She didn't speak, silent as always.

The boy suddenly felt angry, her silence infuriating him in a way it never had before.

"So that's it?" He hissed through gritted teeth. "You're going to just go and forget about all of us!? Me, Nariko, Kairi-sensei, everybody!?"

Again, he received no answer.

"You're just going to leave all of us as if nothing happened, as if none of it ever mattered?! As if none of us ever mattered to you?!" He didn't wait for a reply this time, glaring at her back. "That's a load of bull and you know it! You can't do this to us! After everything we've done to try and make you happy, to try and keep you here!"

He paused for a moment, brows furrowed. "...I thought you'd changed your mind... about your revenge. I thought... that maybe you'd realized that it wasn't going to make anything better. Or at least, that you'd decided that we weren't obstacles anymore..." He choked out a bitter laugh. "I guess not, huh?"

The girl dipped her head ever so slightly and finally spoke. "You can't do anything for me, Seiichi..."

"And why not!?" Seiichi cried, angry and confused. "I care about you, Sakaye! We care about you! Isn't that enough?"

". . ."

The boy frowned and turned his head to the side. "...Huh. I guess I'm wrong about that too..."

"Why are you here?" Sakaye quietly demanded. "Did you really think that I wouldn't leave because you didn't want me to?..."

Seiichi stared at her back, face unreadable. "...I think I hoped you would..."

The ebony-haired girl was silent for a moment. "...You're a fool." Then, she started walking.

Seiichi's eyes went wide. "Wait! You can't go! Sakaye!"

She kept walking.

He felt glued to the spot, as if he's forgotten how to move. His anger was replaced with desperation. "Stop!" His eyes were wide with panic. "Please!"

She paused and just stood there, almost as if she were turning over his words in her mind. Seiichi watched her, one half of him hopeful that she would abandon this venture for power and the other wary in case she started walking again.

There was silence for a long moment and the boy felt himself start to grow nervous. He opened his mouth to speak.

"Why do you care?" she stopped him. "What could you possibly want from me? Tell me what I could possibly give you."

He stared at her stunned, feeling a little bit of disbelief and anger stir within him. Didn't she know...?

"What? Do you think by me staying here you can have me? Just like every single one of my other 'fan boys'?" A trace amount of anger had seeped into her voice as her shoulders tensed. "Do you honestly think that if I stay near you just a little bit longer that you can get 'closer' to me?"

Seiichi felt the anger overcoming his disbelief and boiling within him. She couldn't possible think so little of him to think that he only wanted her for...

"If you think that, you are not just a fool," Sakaye growled. "You're an idiot too. That is all you want. That's all you've ever wanted. You want me for the same reason all those other idiots who claim to 'love' me do." Her voice was almost furious now, though she seemed to be trying to suppress the emotion, conceal it if you will, as she grounded out her next words. "Now, Seiichi, tell me, why do you want me to stay!?"

It was as if something within him snapped.

"BECAUSE I LOVE YOU!" He finally screamed, infuriated by her words.

The silence stretched between them, the tension so thick, it was almost suffocating.

"...You don't mean that," she said softly, all traces of emotion gone.

"Yes, I do!" He snarled, still enraged by what she had said only moments before.

She turned her head slightly to the side, eyes hidden by her bangs. "No. You don't."

He stared at her in angry disbelief, confused by her words. He'd just said it, hadn't he?...

"It's just a crush, nothing more," she went on to say, Seiichi's face growing less angry and more confused with each word. "It's not love, and you don't love me."

His face suddenly looked uncertain as if he were questioning his feelings. She sounded so sure and she spoke with such conviction... He couldn't help but actually wonder.

"But..." he said softly, hesitant and confused. He reached up to clutch the fabric of his shirt, hand residing over his heart. "I feel like I do..."

"Compared to what?" she said, voice challenging him to question her words.

He was silent. His thoughts and feelings which he'd been so certain of before suddenly felt fuzzy and blurred so that he couldn't be sure what they were.

"That's what I thought," she said, her tone demanding that the conversation be brought to an end.

Seiichi felt angry again and snapped his head up to glare at her. "Well, how would you know my feelings, huh?! Tell me that!"

"It's just a crush," she repeated. "You don't know what that kind of love is."

He stared at her, brows furrowed as a light breeze rustled their hair and clothing and kicked leaves into the air to swirl around them. He looked down, frowning and silent.

"...Take me with you."

Sakaye's shoulders tensed at his words.

He continued without waiting for an answer. "I could help you with your revenge and everything. Maybe I don't love you, Sakaye, but you're still my teammate and my friend..." He smiled slightly. "And I do care. I-"

The boy's shoulders tensed as the dark-haired girl appeared in front of him in a flash of movement, eyes still shadowed by her bangs.

"Seiichi..." she said, softly.

The boy stared at her, green eyes wide and cheeks a little flushed by the close proximity.

Slowly, she moved towards him, head angled upwards and lips slightly parted. Seiichi just watched her, confused and anxious all at the same time. As she grew closer, his eyes grew wider until finally...

...she kissed him.

Seiichi stared at her closed lids as he felt his own eyelids start to lower. 'Sakaye?...'

Then, Seiichi's eyes widened as a thudding noise echoed through the air, her hand quickly chopping the back of his neck. He moaned and slumped forward into her arms, unconscious.

Sakaye stared down at him, a pink tinge to her cheeks from their brief lip-lock. Tightening her arms around him, she lowered her head near his ear.

"Thank you..." she whispered.


A/N: More to come so be on the look out!