Chapter 9 I Love You

At one move, Akira parries her sword to the left and then rips her purple kimono. Sasuke can't help it but feels irritated, looking someone that he loves being played like this.

"Akira, stop it already!"

"What's up Sasuke-kun? Trying to protect her? Don't you want to see her body once again when I rip off all of her clothes." Sasuke feels a heavy pressure is pulling his chest. He tries to hold his anger, remembering that Akira was once his comrade.

"Akira! Have you lost your mind?? She's still a girl afterall! Treating girl like that is improper!"

"Well, she's not that kind of normal girl."

"What do you mean? Then what kind?"

"A bitchy one." Hearing that answer, he feels he can't hold his anger much longer. Tokito's a bitch? A BITCH? When someone told your girl's a bitch you'd likely cut his head off.

"Take back your words."

"What?"

"I said take back your words."

"For what?"

"She's not that kind of girl."

"So, I must…"

"Take back your words."

"What if I don't?"

"I'll kill you."

"Sounds like a threat. Okay, why don't you try me taking back those words?"

"Okay, prepare yourself. I won't hold back."

Sasuke unsheathes his Shibi'en and charges toward him.

"Sasuke, stop it." Yukimura that went idle finally makes his move.

"Before we kill each other here let's make this straight, okay?"

"What do you mean Yukimura??" Sasuke can't accept his interdiction.

"Firstly, we know that you and Tokito-san were going to waterfall."

"WHAT?" Sasuke cries out while Tokito stunned after hearing those words. Again, Sasuke feels embarrassed. His master once again crossed his privacy.

"It just happened when Kosuke went to the waterfall to pick some fruits there. She saw you two were… Shearing your clothes. She went back immediately to this house and then told me what she just saw. I went to the waterfall with Akira-san to saw it if it was true. And it was. When we got there, you're… You must have already known what I would say." Yukimura glances at him and then to Tokito.

"Yu-Yukimura…? You're watching us??"

"I'm sorry, but yes we were. When I saw you doing that, at first I'd like to stop you two. But Akira-san urged me not to do that."

"W-Why?"

"Well, I don't need to answer that. Tokito, we're leaving now. It's up to you to stay here or follow me." Akira says it coldly.

Tokito is still startled and stunned with all this fact. She can't believe someone's watching them back then. But what's surprising her is why Akira didn't stop them that in fact Yukimura wanted to. Is he enjoying that scene? No… That can't be Akira if he enjoyed that. But right now, she feels sad that she will be parted from Sasuke. She doesn't know when she will see him again, might be months, years, decades, who knows? She's always assuring herself that she'll ready for this moment but she can't hold that feel of disappointment and sadness.

Leave? Is this it? After Sasuke hears Akira's words, he feels he wants to hug her again, doesn't want to let her go. He wants her to be by his side forever. But, he can't be that selfish. She has her dreams too, right? Love is also about sacrificing your own happiness for your beloved one. So yeah, it's worth it to let her leave. She must reach her dreams. But even though he's assuring himself that he can let her go, a huge part of him doesn't want that to be happened. A sadness mimic appears on his face.

Yukimura notices his subordinate's sad expression. He knows, maybe more than Sasuke's, a feeling to be parted from someone you love. Yukimura have experienced that feeling, even worse. If Sasuke's parted by dream, he's parted by death. Yukimura doesn't want he drowns in sadness. At least, he must try to make Tokito stays here a little bit longer.

"Akira-san, don't you want to eat first before leaving?"

"No I don't, thank you. I've lost my appetite. Yukimura-san, thank you for letting us stayed here. And Sasuke-kun, I'm sorry if I was offending you. I've lost control back then."

Sasuke doesn't say a word. He's more concerned about Tokito's leave. He stares her in the eyes, so does her. Sasuke can't ask her to stay again, he knows exactly that the answer will be still the same. So he just wanted to look at her as long as he can on this final moment. Tokito can't hide her sadness when she looks at his eyes, she feels like she wants to cry. Then she just smiles at him. An 'it's okay' smile.

"Well then, I'm off. Good bye Yukimura-san, Sasuke-kun. Take care both of you."

"Bye-bye! Anytime you want to drop by again, don't hesitate, Akira-san, Tokito-san!"

Akira smiles and then turns his back. Tokito follows him again. She doesn't know where he'll go, but she has decided that she would follow him. Before she lost from Sasuke's sight, she turns her head again to him for the last time. She smiles and then whispers, "I love you, Sasuke." Sasuke smiles and whispering too "I love you too, Tokito"