Title: Two Way Street

Author: Crazysmile15

Disclaimer: (Naruto © Masashi-Kishimoto)

Rating: K+

Word Count: 684

Pairing: Kisame/Sakura

Chapter 9: Kisa/Saku

Sakura stared at the fork in the road. Maybe if they went back the way they came, they wouldn't have to make the decision of going right or left. Or maybe if they just turned the clock back to three months and five days ago, they wouldn't have even met. But life didn't work that way, life never worked. It was almost like a broken clock. Shattered, fragmented, catching snippets of time, fast forwarding through the best moments, and staggering through the most painful. But whatever didn't kill us, only made us stronger, she hoped. Still there was a decision to make; staring at the two roads wasn't going to get them anywhere.

Slowly she took a step to the left, but than stopped. Sighing, she turned around and stared at Kisame instead. Big, blue, grim, with that gigantic sword all wrapped up on his back like a present of death. He was an imposing figure, not making room for anybody, even the space around him, but he made room for her. He'd squeeze her to his side, super gluing her into place. That's why this was hard for them both; he just hid his worry and anger behind a cool blue mask. Lucky bastard. She was far too emotional for this type of thing, even after so many years of people passing through her life, she still couldn't let go. Not when someone was as important as Kisame was. She took another deep breath, preparing herself to speak. Speak the words they had probably both been dreading for the longest time. They both knew these words had been catching up to them all those three months and five days.

"I think we should part ways here."

Sakura made herself be the one to say it first. First is the worst, and second is the best. She knew she was the worst. She could already feel her eyes misting over with a film of tears. Kisame could see it too, and she could visibly see him let out the breath he had been holding, his shoulders slumping downwards. She dropped her pack, filled with all the supplies she would need to make her way back to Konoha, back to the hidden leaf village, back to her world. But it wasn't her world anymore, or at least it needed to make some big modifications to it. Modifications that could put Kisame in jail and killed if he we're ever to be found alive. She took a step towards him, also needing to do this. Throwing her arms around his neck, she lifted her body upwards onto her tiptoes, titling her face up towards his lips, and pressing her soft yielding ones to Kisame's tightly clenched ones, perfection. His strong arms wrapped themselves around her small waist, caging her to his body, a need so powerful to never let her go. It made her heart want to stop and start over again. Kisame's lips where hungrily devouring her own, his every passion for her spilling forth into the kiss. Finally, she pushed back a bit, gasping for breath, and trying to disentangle herself from Kisame's body. She hated the feeling of being parted from him, like she had to leave a part of herself here with him too.

Sakura took a step back, slinging her pack across her shoulder; she let out a broken sob. She felt moisture on her cheeks, placing a hand on her face she felt tears she hadn't even known she'd been crying. She looked up, Kisame had started to take a step back towards her but she put a hand up, stopping him from coming any closer. With a watery smile, she gave a little wave goodbye, than turned away. She started to walk onto the left side of the road, leaving behind a half formed world, a half formed life she could have stayed around for. But there time was up, and all they had left was a kiss, tears, and a two way street which lead them to another part of the world which they had all but forgotten.

-The End-