Chapter 10: Second Try
Empty plates and cups sat on the dirty floor, all the food gone. The small candle light still glowed in the cold darkness, about to loose it's flame. Sakura stood on the corner of the room, placing her black gloves on her cold hands. She was dressed and ready to go. The shirt she wore was red and short, the zipper zipped down a bit. Under her shirt she wore a black spaghetti top. Her light pink apron skirt was zippered down in the front and back. The black tight short she wore under her apron was about three inches longer than her skirt. On her arms she wore the light pink arm warmer, though it was longer than her old ones. It reached from her shoulders to passed her elbow. The shoes she wore were the same as before, black boots with a two inch heel behind. Around her waist was her pouch, filled with medical tools and other important things. On her right thigh was a ninja weapon holster and finally the Leaf ninja symbol, which was used as a headband for her hair.
Used bandages laid on the floor, stained with dry blood. The pink haired girl turned to the door, her face still looking pale. She was full after eating the two plates of food. She needed to eat and needed the energy if she was going to travel back to the Leaf village. When she reached the doors, Sakura quietly exited the room. As the door closed behind her, the flames on the candle vanished.
Everything was silent when Sakura was walking away from the house. She was guessing that everyone was already asleep already. Her eyes looked around the small hideout, finding the way out. It took a while till she finally found the door to leave, because she had never set foot out of the small room she was in.
The cool wind blew by as Sakura took steps away from the house. She closed her eyes and inhaled the fresh air, it felt so good. It was quite dark outside except for the moon's light. It was beautiful, round and bright with dark gray clouds moving in. Many trees surrounded the forest and as the wind blew by the leafs would dance. "Beautiful." Shinning emerald eyes opened, showing the sparkles that had once disappeared. Sakura starred up at the sky, starring at the shining stars. Warm liquid formed around her eyes. It's almost been three days since she was stuck inside that cold room and now she feels free again, but not happy. Her emotions came back but the scar in her heart was still there, getting deeper as she took little steps away from the house. Sakura rubbed her eyes, whipping the tears away before it rolled down. When she glanced ahead, she stopped dead at her track. She blinked twice and starred at the first tree that will lead to the forest. "S-Sasuke?"
The shadow walked out from the forest, walking towards Sakura. He showed no expression on his face as she walked pass by the girl. A smirk escaped his lips, "It's a surprise that you're not going to try and persuade me to come back with you."
Sakura's eyes widen as she turned around and faced Sasuke's back. "N-no." Ten of her fingers curled into a hard fist, then loosened again. A smirk also appeared on Sakura's face. "Even if I tried to, you wouldn't do it. Right, Sasuke-kun?"
The smirk on his face vanished. 'Sasuke-kun?' It's been years since he heard Sakura call him
Sasuke-kun. The man stood still, not saying another word. Sakura's smirk also disappeared, her expression now sadness.
"Sakura, you and Naruto waste to much time one me. You don't understand how my life is right now. Being an avenger is what I'm destined to be...."
"No! Naruto and I waste time on you because you have no idea how much you mean to us! Sasuke-kun, what would being an avenger bring you? Would you be happy to see your village destroyed along with many innocent people!?"
Sasuke closed his eyes, his heart skipped a beat after he heard Sakura's words. "I want to avenge my brother and if that means burning the village down to the ground, then I will."
Sakura let out a gasp, her eyes widen in shock. This wasn't the same Sasuke she was teamed up with years ago. This wasn't the same Sasuke she fell in love with. Her eyes looked deadly sharp and her face was filled with anger and hate. "But why!? Don't we mean anything to you!? Sasuke! What about our memories, huh!?" Sakura was yelling at the top of her lungs now.
"Shut up Sakura. Those memories and bonds are dead to me now. Naruto means nothing to me. You mean nothing to me..."
The anger was quickly replaced by sorrow again. Sakura's heart beat rapidly as it slowly fell apart. Tears quickly formed in her shocked eyes. And when her first tear fell on the dead grass, sudden heavy rain began to pour down heavily. Sasuke glanced up at the sky, the dark gray clouds that was moving in seemed to have made a stop and poured down rain. His eyes closed again. Both he and Sakura were soaked from the rain. The pink haired girl's eyes shut as she cried and yelled out, "If I don't mean anything to you, why don't you just kill me now?! Kill me Sasuke-kun! If that will make you happy, kill me!!"
He didn't know what to say. Sasuke honestly knew that he would never have the guts to kill Sakura. He wouldn't do it, he couldn't. "You're not worth my time, Sakura. I should be focusing on my revenge then worrying about killing you."
"But what would revenge bring you!? Happiness? Sasuke, no. Why can't you just live peacefully. Come back and start over."
"Hn. I knew you would bring that up. I'm not going."
"Itachi would've wanted you to live your life! Don't be so stubborn Sasuke-kun..." Sakura bit her lower lip as her endless tears kept flowing down. She let out a gasp and began to sob. Sasuke's eyes opened and he wondered, 'Is she c-crying?' He needed to know. The Uchiha boy disappeared in Sakura's sight, her eyes widen. The next thing she saw is Sasuke suddenly infront of her. His dark eyes starred deeply into her watery eyes. It was hard to tell that the tears were there due to the heavy rain. The palm of Sasuke's hand gently placed on Sakura's cheek, to her surprise. The warm tears rolled down on his fingers and now he knows. He compared the freezing rain drops from her warm thick tears. "Crying again?," he asked. Their eyes kept sealed with eachother as Sakura nodded her head a bit. "I'm sorry, Sakura. I can't go home, not yet."