Ok I know I put up chapter nine earlier but it was horrible so I completely redid it sorry for the confusion. Thanks to Laurie and Milafox12 for their reviews (sorry Jen for the confusion).And a very special thanks to Ranita4ever you made me change my mind. I hope you guys like it and let me know what you think.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Chapter Nine
After a while I began to feel like I was intruding on the new families alone time. I knew they didn't mind but Naruto and Hinata deserved some time alone with their new son. Jiraiya and Tsunade had already left and I wondered if this could be the key to finally getting them together. Everyone knew that Jiraiya was in love with Tsunade he didn't really try to hide it and Kakashi had told me that all the characters in Icha Icha resembled the slug queen. I had a hunch that Tsunade had feelings for him too bu she was just in denial. Maybe having a little grand baby was just what they needed to get a move on.
"I'm going to go, contact me if you need anything alright guys", I gave Sasuke one last kiss and he cooed at me and I knew he already had me wrapped around his chubby little finger. I gave Hinata a little hug knowing she was still sore and Naruto wrapped me in a bone crushing hug and I returned it whole heartedly.
"Thank-you", he whispered I felt a few drops of water hit my shoulder which was still dressed in a training tank top. I knew he'd been really worried and I was almost if not as grateful as him that everything had worked out. I held Naruto at arms length and gave him a little smile before giving a last wave to Hinata and walking out the door.
The hospital was pretty quite. It was around 4 am and bare anyone was here. The only people here were a few nigh shift workers and some people in the ER. Appointments didn't start until 6 and even then the hospital didn't get really busy until 8. I walked up the stairs to the second floor where my office was. My door was covered in sticky notes and I dreaded looking inside.
I groaned when I saw the huge stack of paperwork on my desk. Kami if this was after one day I dreaded seeing what it would look like after a couple weeks without working. I glanced around the hallway and wasn't surprised that no one was here. I was glad because I knew Tsunade would be pissed if someone let it slip that I was taking paper work home when I was on 'vacation'.
"You know you aren't supposed to be working, Tsunade would kill you and me if you try to do paperwork", I jumped slightly as Kakashi stepped into my room. He'd left a few hours ago around the same time as Jiraiya and Tsunade. I assumed he went to the memorial, he always goes there when something big happens and I knew being named the godfather of his ex-sensei's son was a big thing.
"Oh come on Kakashi do you see all this. This is one day, now imagine a few weeks of me not doing anything. I will never see the sun again", I whined. Truth be told I wasn't really exaggerating there was alot of paper work.
"I wasn't saying you couldn't I was just making sure you were aware that doing so could result in both our deaths but you be my guest", I gave him a little glare before grabbing a chunk of paperwork and hopping out my window. I landed with a soft thump and though his landing was silent I could still feel Kakashi's presence behind me. We walked silently to his apartment as I tried to balance all the paperwork. I felt a little irruption at the fact he didn't even offer to help but his nose was stuck inside his porn so I knew that there would be no point in yelling at him.
I was so busy trying not to spill all the materials in my hand that I hadn't even noticed we were at his apartment. He unlocked the door and I gratefully walked in and plopped all the papers on the kitchen table. I breathed out a sigh of relief before grabbing a pen on a nearby counter and starting to work.
It was very quite and I could feel my eyelids closing. I knew that using so much chakra in one day was bad and the added stress probably wasn't helping but I couldn't g to sleep yet I had so much to do. I started nodding off in my seat and I barely protested when Kakashi hauled me up bridal style and started carrying me towards his room. I only pondered over it for a minute before I remembered he lost our fight so he was stuck on the couch the thought made me smile and snuggle in a little closer to his chest. He plopped me onto the bed and pulled the covers up tucking me in, in a way that reminded me of my mother when I was younger. The comfort made me almost go to sleep on the spot but right before I slipped into dreamworld I felt a small whisper of a presence on my forehead almost like the kiss my father gave me before bed every night. Before I could ponder it I was completely immersed in the world of dreams.
It was dark and I felt the rain seep into my thin tank top but the shivers I was feeling had nothing to do with the cold. They had to do with the sight I was seeing.
It was Sasuke. Or what was left of him. His skin was pale to the point where he looked much like the corpses of his team that surrounded him. His fingers covered in blood and flesh to the point where you couldn't see where Sasuke ended and death begin. He was still handsome even beautiful you could say. But it was all marred by the darkness that showed in his eyes and the crazy smile on his face as he removed his hand from the small red heads chest where he'd pulled out the small organ in his hands. Even after all these years I had to hold down the bile that rose up my throat at the sight of my first love holding a human heart in his hand. I looked to my left and noticed Naruto and Kakashi didn't look much better. Naruto looked on the verge of tears beyond the angry look in his eyes that showed the hatred he held for the man he called brother. Kakashi just looked blank but his eyes betrayed the brokeness he was feeling.
"Well are you coming out or is my team scared", I looked back up to the Uchiha who was staring into the trees they'd been hiding in with a crazy look in his blood red eyes. I flinched at the laugh that Sasuke released from his throat much like the one he had let out when he'd nearly killed me three years ago. And just like then I was painfully reminded that the man I'd once loved and cherished was gone. And a monster was left in his place.
"Well come on no speeches about bringing me back no confessions of love Sa-Ku-Ra", the way he had said my name sent chills up my spine. I felt a fear clench my heart as he looked directly to where I was. He cocked his head slightly as of observing an interesting spectacle.
"Are you scared Sakura, scared of your precious Sasuke-kun", before I could react a chidori was aimed for the last Uchiha's face. He dodged it but you could see the slight shock in the Uchiha's eyes at how close his old sensei had come to killing him. Me and Naruto watched unable to move as the once student and teacher prepared to fight. I felt fear for not Sasuke's well being but Kakashi's over the past two years we'd become rather close and I didn't want my friend to die.
"Well Kakashi this is rather fitting isn't it. I always seem to kill the ones who try and help me. Orichimaru, Kabuto, Itachi, my team. It's rather fitting that your next, hm and with your own technique too", with that Kakashi narrowly dodged a chidori that had been aimed straight for his chest. He took the headband off of his eye and shifted into a fighting stance which only made Sasuke laugh.
"You really think you can beat me. I passed you years ago, you fighting me is suicidal. You really so eager to join your sensei and your disgrace of a father", with that Kakashi leaped at Sasuke with a kind of determination that Me and Naruto hadn't seen since the chunin exams. Sasuke growled before putting himself into the fight full force. We watched desperately as the fight continued, we knew that we couldn't intervention. This was Kakashi's fight and no matter how much Me and Naruto wanted to help we both knew he had to do this.
The fight went in for hours and soon both were using their sharingans and we knew that the fight was coming to its final blows. I felt a deep sense of dread when I saw Sasuke call on Susanoo. Kakashi was good but this was out of his league. I opened my mouth in horror and was about to step in when I was pushed backwards. I looked to yell at Naruto but he was already gone darting into the battlefield. Susanoo had already nearly strikes Kakashi but just a brush had sent him into nearly critical condition the next one wouldn't miss and now it would hit Naruto and Kakashi and I couldn't lose two of the most important people on my life. I went to run in but was thrown up out of the tree by the biggest energy force I'd ever seen. After landing on the ground I saw an orange creature clawing at Susanoo I didn't need to look at Naruto to know that this was the nine tailed fox.
It wasn't fully formed and only had about three tails but even shaky it was more powerful than Susanoo and the frustration on Sasuke's face proved it. I rushed behind Naruto to where Kakashi lay barely breathing. I pushed chakra into my hand and began healing him. I started with the internal organs and pushed extra chakra into his eyes where the nerves were nearly fried. Kakashi had grabbed my hand but I ignored him and kept healing him. He kept opening his mouth like he was about to speak but I whisked him and kept trying to heal him while trying to keep my tears at bang. A small boom distracted me.
I looked up and saw Susanoo had disappeared along with the fox creature. Naruto lay on the floor a few feet away and I knew he was exhausted. I looked over and expected to see Sasuke in the same condition but was surprised when I had to move out of the way to dodge a few kunai aimed straight for my head. I ducked and almost cried out in pain at the wave of fire that nipped at my calves before I created a small water barrier with my remaining chakra. It quickly flickered out and I pulled out a few shuriken as a last resort to protect my friends. Sasuke staggered to me and I could tell he wasn't much better off than the rest of us. I was drained from healing Kakashi and from the mission we had completed before running into Sasuke. I couldn't perform any jutsu and my body felt on the verge of collapse.
"So once again your all that separates me from my goal how ironic", Sasuke muttered almost to himself before coughing up some blood. Since he had yet to perform another seal he too was almost at his limit.
"You know back when we were younger I used to think you were the most annoying person on the planet", I winced a little but shifted to the left as he limply threw a kunai at my shoulder.
"You were always asking me on dates and asking me about my feelings and what I wanted it's like you didn't get the hint to leave me the fuck alone", this time he dodged as a shuriken nearly pegged him in the forehead.
"Well I'm sorry for caring", I sneered at him trying to find a way to get me and my teammates out of here safely. I couldn't see a way out.
"I am too thanks to you I became weak", he threw another barrage of shuriken at me but I dodged swiftly.
"I always had to protect you and when I finally tasted power for the first time back in the forest of death your stupid little hug made me lose it all", this time the kunai imbedded itself in my shoulder as his anger made his speed increase.
"And then when I was ready to leave you had to go and try to convince me to stay and I nearly stayed too. That would have ruined everything", my shock let a shuriken hit me in the stomach but I barely notched as he continued.
"And then when I saw you for the first time in 3 years you were so damn beautiful and all I could think of was the little oink haired girl that had been on my mind for the last three years of my life", this time there was no weapon thrown and he looked so defeated. My heart ached as he confessed something that years ago would have made me happy but now only filled my heart with more pain.
"And then when you said you wanted to join me I knew I had to kill you because you were a weakness. Because love is a weakness", before I could say anything he collapsed to the ground and before I could stop myself I was by his side. Even with no chakra I still tried to heal him but one look at his chakra channels told me there was no hope.
He was dying. His chakra was deathly low and his body was being attacked by excess kyuubi chakra and it was messing with his nerves and was starting to slow down his heart. It would soon shut down. Tears dripped down my face as I watched the man I had loved began to pale and his breathing started to slow. I was almost sobbing and he looked up at me.
"Don't cry...it's annoying", I sobbed as he started to choke as his lungs shut down and the light start to fade from his eyes. I didn't notice my sensei crawl behind me and pull me into his arms. All I could focus on was him. He wasn't breathing he was dead.
Sasuke was dead. An earsplitting scream echoed across the clearing and it took me a moment to realize it was mine. I screamed and sobbed and felt all the pain form the past six years let itself out until my throat began to go numb. I was distantly aware of Kakashi calling my name.
"Sakura"
"Sakura"
"Sakura"
"SAKURA"
I woke up with a gasp and realized I was sobbing. It was a nightmare that haunted me every day and nearly every night since it happened three years ago. Since Sasuke died. Since I couldn't save him.
I sobbed openly and leaned into the chest of the man who had comforted me then and was still doing so three years later. He held me as I cried and screamed and all he did was whisper how it was going to be ok. I clung to him and even though I feared it want true I tried to believe him. Try to believe everything's ok. And even though I knew it wasn't true with me in his arms I decided to pretend even if just for tonight.
Alright that's it I hope you like it I know it's a little depressing but I wanted to explain what happened to Sasuke and why Sakura's so messed up over it. Please review and ill try to update soon.
-Sakura478
