Dangers of Love
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Thank you for being patient. I hope you like this chapter.
Chapter Ten: The Long Living Truth
Raindrops patted the window, the roof and the inside of Sakura's heart. She stared at the ceiling. This wasn't her house, this wasn't her clothes, and this wasn't what she had seen before. She glanced at the weary face beside her. Sasuke had brought her to his house last night, let her borrow his clothes and let her sleep in his bed so she wouldn't have to go home to her parents. He sat on the edge of the bed holding his head, "Sakura, I'm sorry."
"Sasuke what have you done to be sorry for?" Sakura reached out to him but he pushed it away.
"Go ask Tsunade about the wedding. You haven't heard the whole story yet and I think it would be better if you hear it from her. I don't want to see your face when you hear what started this wedding," Sasuke stood up and was ready to walk out of the room when Sakura grabbed him from the back and pulled him to her.
"Uchiha Sasuke! You are going to tell me what happened! You brought me here last night and now its time you gave me answers! I'm tired of this! Now tell more or I'll, I'll" nothing else could come to her mind. Stray tears slipped from memories before. She remembered the forest when they were still genin in the chunin exam.
Sasuke ended up seeing her face and the same picture came into his mind. The tears seeped through his shirt again. He fell to the ground with here and this time she didn't let go.
"Sakura do you know why I was able to come back into the village?" he started so that painful memory would be over.
"Tell me Sasuke," She held him closer.
"I came back at the wrong time. The village was about to go into war because someone from the leaf village had killed Lyvia's real fiancé on accident. When I told Tsunade that I wanted to come back to the village she said I could come back as long as I took the place of Lyvia's fiancé," Sasuke began. He turned to face her. She held a look of shock and unhappiness.
"I didn't want to hurt you so when we were going to pick her up from the Wave Village I told Tsunade to say that you were too weak. I didn't want you to know because," Sakura held a face of stone, "I'm sorry. I can't go on."
He stood up and walked away. "You can leave whenever you want. I'm going to go train."
Sakura lay on the floor and looked at the ceiling. This was a house of sharp objects, poking her with painful memories and held a little bit of pain in every wall. Her legs wouldn't work right. Her arms shook with every try to get up. Tears played on her face a song of hurt.
There was a knock on the door. Sakura didn't bother to get up. If they had a key they could get in.
"Oh, Jerry, come on. I just saw him leave," Lyvia walked to Sasuke's front porch.
"Well ring the doorbell so we can make sure he's not home," A man who was dressed in a tuxedo looked like he was the most nervous person. They both were dressed to be sneaking around. Lyvia rang the doorbell. They waited for five minutes and then she dug the key out of her pocket, unlocked the door and walked in.
"We must be fast. He could be back any moment. You go up to his room and search for anything that we could use," Lyvia ordered Jerry, "But first, come here." Lyvia kissed him and walked around.
"Lyvia what should I be searching for?" Jerry asked when he was half way up the stairs.
"Anything we could use against Konoha. You know, AnBu plans, something that'll give away their strategy for the war we're going to start after the wedding. Remember, that's why we killed your brother, my love, and put his body in the village. Thank god he looks just like you. My father was pleased that everything was planned right," Lyvia walked around.
Jerry walked up the stairs and around the rooms. He found one door that had an Uchiha sign plastered across it. Jerry walked in and saw a pink haired girl dressed in Uchiha attire. She didn't move but stared at the ceiling. She didn't notice him.
"Who are you," Jerry called to her. She moved her head to meet him. Jerry felt sympathy for her when he saw her pretty face aligned with tears.
"Broken," the girl tried to get up but she fell again. Jerry rushed over to help her. She was lighter and prettier than Lyvia. He couldn't help but fall for the pink haired maiden. He noticed she couldn't stand on the floor. He carried her downstairs to Lyvia.
"Lyvia, I have something for you," Jerry called. Lyvia rushed into the room and was shocked to see "that girl" in the house, dressed in Sasuke's clothes, and apparently weak.
"Jerry, I think we have something useful to use. Good work. Call daddy and say we want to meet Sasuke here. Tell him to bring Tsunade. Take her back upstairs, string her clothes on the floor and lay her in the bed. Make it look like they did something last night," Lyvia smiled and walked toward the door, "Meet me outside when you're finished."
Jerry carried her up the stairs and did exactly what Lyvia told him to. He called the king and made arrangements for them to meet at the house. In fifteen minutes they would be there and everything would be right to the plan. "Why are you doing this?" the girl asked.
"Why are you so weak?" Jerry asked.
"It's not my fault," she pushed herself up in the bed, "I just had a bad memory. I'm fine now. I don't know what you two are doing but, I'm not going to let you frame Sasuke." She was slowly gaining her strength back. Next thing Jerry knew was she was standing and was climbing out the window. Jerry grabbed her by the waist and pulled her away from the window.
They started to fight and they both ended up on the floor. Sakura was trying to get to the window or the door, whichever was closer. She was getting stronger by the moment. She started to punch him and knee him in the stomach.
He wasn't going to let her win in this fight. He flipped her over and pinned her to the floor. She tried to scream but he covered her mouth. She kept struggling with him and it was taking effect. But he was still stronger.
"Sorry sweetie but you aren't getting out of this one," Jerry held her down.
Sasuke looked at the sky. A strange feeling came to the pit of his stomach when he thought of her. The wind wisped his hair and blew toward his house. He knew something was wrong. He needed to get home. He needed his angel.
He ran from the woods and into the city. Everyone was going through their normal routine. The blonde boy he was best friends with stopped him half way to his house.
"Sasuke long time no see! Where ya going?"
"Move Naruto, something's wrong. I need to get to her," he pushed him aside and ran toward his house. Naruto fallowed him.
"Uchiha, I'm going to help," Naruto yelled to him. Sasuke turned around and gave a worried smile. They ran together. The house was only minutes away. He saw the hokage and the king from the land of waves coming to him.
"Sasuke, we were just coming to meet you," she started but he ran off, "Hey Wait!"
Sasuke kept running until he saw his house and the very annoying red head outside it. The door came closer and finally came to him but so did the arms of the red head. She tried to hug him but he pushed her aside. She fell to the ground and stared at him as he ripped the door down and ran inside. He ran upstairs and pushed open his door.
A strange man was holding her down. He kicked the man off of her and pulled her up. "Who are you?" Sasuke screamed at Jerry.
"That's Lyvia's boyfriend, Jerry!" Sakura yelled.
"She's lying!" Jerry walked to the door but the hokage blocked him in. Lyvia and her father stood there.
"Sasuke what is she doing here?" Lyvia pointed at Sakura. Her father looked at her with worry and at the same time kept his mask of anger on. Sakura pushed herself away from Sasuke and walked toward the witch. She pulled Lyvia away from the group. They stared at each other until they both became angry by the sight of the other. Sakura gave up her sad, helpless act and slapped Lyvia.
"I hate you! You're trying to get Sasuke in trouble!" Sakura pushed her to the ground. Lyvia took her down with her. "Do we have to do this again?" Lyvia and she started to wrestle.
"No, because this time your going to be running," Sakura concentrated her spirit and went limp. Lyvia kept hitting her.
"I can't believe she passed out," Lyvia stood up and walked over to her father. Sasuke ran to the incapacitated body of the angel. He saw a smile on her mouth. He felt her pulse and saw that it was gone.
"Lyvia, you're wrong," Sasuke held up Sakura's body and held it close to him. Tears ran down his face. He could see the past memories of them. He became angry and outraged. Naruto knelt down with him.
"Sasuke, is she?" Naruto's eyes filled with water. He blinked and the tears ran down his face. Sasuke nodded. The others stood there, looking at them with wonder. Lyvia knelt down to Sakura to see what was wrong but Sasuke wouldn't let her get close to the body. The hokage knelt down to the body.
"Oh my," She whispered, "Olyvia Mescarta, you have killed my apprentice." The king, Jerry and Lyvia wore a face of shock. Sasuke was getting angrier by the second. He popped out the sharigan and looked around. There was a strange chakra in the air. It slowly moved toward Lyvia.
"Lyvia, the wedding is called off. There have been two wrongs in this country; one from our ninja and one from yours. Now please leave at once.
As they turned around to leave, Lyvia felt something cold hit her neck. An object pierced her skin and made her scream. Then she was pushed to the ground. She kept screaming because of pain. First it welled up inside and came out of her skin.
Sakura's body started to move. She opened her eyes and laughed. "Who's in pain now?" Sakura teased. She stood up and snapped her fingers and the pain in Lyvia ceased. Her chakra flew into her body.
"Sakura! What did you just do?" screamed Tsunade. She helped Lyvia up and grabbed Sakura's arm.
"I broke the bonds of my spirit to my body and entered a world in between. I'm sorry but I had to. Last night she attacked me and this time I panicked," Sakura went on. Lyvia took the chance to make Konoha angry.
"Daddy! She attacked me! We must go on with the wedding as a punishment!" Lyvia screamed. Her father caught on and nodded his head.
"Tsunade, the wedding will go on as planned. I will not take any more of this. It's either that or death to this girl will make up for it. I want to discuss this with you outside," the king announced. Along with Tsunade, Lyvia and Jerry followed them.
Sakura looked at the floor. Sasuke still held her and Naruto was still crying. She was scared. When she did the spirit leap, she couldn't see anything except a bright light for a long time. It seemed like forever. She touched Sasuke's face and began to cry.
Sasuke looked down at her and saw that she was crying, "Sakura what is wrong?" He was angry. She had scared the crap out of him and had gotten herself into more trouble. He saw her eyes filled with fear more than sorrow.
"I think I was just on the brink of death," She sat up and tried to get away but her body started to ache. She landed back in Sasuke's arms and passed out. Sasuke and Naruto stood up and laid her in the bed.
"Naruto watch after her, I'm going to talk to them. I'm not sure if this will end well," Sasuke walked out of the room but before he left he cast a shadow on the room and left.
Morning had arrived in the village. It was a day of ceremony and of anguish. The morning's flow of life had not seemed too cease but to grow more and more for they were willing to see the groom and his to be wife even though they were no where to be found. There was a ringing of church bells and a singing of a choir.
The bedroom of the groom didn't have the bride rushing around but had the groom's real love on the bed. She brushed her hair and stole some of the bride's clothes to wear. The groom sat behind the darling angel that would have been his and held her close, as in never wanting her fragrance of cherry blossoms of the spring to fill his nostrils for the rest of eternity.
They sat on the bed, enjoying each other and sharing the last moments with cheer. They shared the last kiss and broke apart to head separate ways. Their paths were chosen. They divided. The groom was now the demon, watching over his pet angel. The angel walked through the village and met her teammates and longtime friends, Hinata and Naruto.
"Sakura, you look positively lovely this morning," said Naruto, trying to act like a gentle but ended up looking like an idiot. Hinata scowled and Sakura laughed.
"Instead of training, do you two want to go for a walk instead?" they all nodded and just took a long walk around Konoha.
The fitting of the tuxedo was long and tiring. Sasuke stood on a pedestal while everyone ran around. Lyvia was a non-stop leech, always hanging on to him and wanting to make everything perfect for the "perfect" wedding. She would dance around in the dress that was made for the ceremony today.
The ceremony would take place tonight and would be held two days before the wedding. With time running out, Sasuke decided to spend every moment that he could with Sakura but he couldn't get away from this. He wondered what she was doing and was she thinking of him. He stared out of the window and watched everyone pass by.
He saw the girls who swooned over him while he was training. Those were the same girls and guys that had forgotten about him until recent events. Those were the people who didn't care if he lived or died. Only a certain few would care what happened and those were the people who had cried when he left, and had searched for him. He saw Naruto and Hinata walking down the street.
Sakura was somewhere behind them, looking at a dress in a window. She walked to the door of the shop but stopped before entering. She clutched Lyvia's skirt and tried to walk away but ran into the man who she had fought yesterday. She slammed into his chest and stared at him. Sasuke saw this and grew angry.
"Well if it isn't the girl who I saw yesterday?" Jerry smiled at Sakura and held her in place. She struggled against him. After staring at his face she saw another, a cold, placid, face with closed eyes. She saw herself helping the poor soul and him whispering his last words. She couldn't hear them but they were carved in her mind.
"I am Jerry, my brother is alive." The boy fell limp and died. Sakura carried him to Tsunade. He was identified as Jonah, the future king of the land of waves and the future husband to the king's daughter, Olyvia Mescarta.
Sakura looked up at "Jerry" and saw another behind him. It was the cold hearted groom. "Sasuke, Wait!" Sakura screamed, "This is Jonah!"
TBC…
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Thanks for waiting. It took me forever to type this up and think of something to write. I also had to get a new computer but thanks everyone who didn't give up on me. Lots of Love…
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