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Chapter 11: Ribbon

As Sasuke still mourns the loss of his loved ones, he soon realized that he is losing another loved one, seeing her being bullied he does the one thing he can, get her favorite ribbon back!

After that day, six months ago, that day when I lost them all, after that day I made a choice. The most important choice of my life, that day I became an avenger.

That day I decided that I would be the one who would get revenge for my fallen family members who were so … so horrifically taken away from me.

I know…I know that I am only an eight year old, soon to be nine, but I will get my revenge.

I might be too young to do everything on my own, but I know that I am old enough…old enough to know that I have to take him down. I have to take that man who took away my family down.

The day that that man took my family away, my big brother Itachi, the one who killed them all, died to me.

That man is no longer by brother, he is no longer a human being to me, he is a demon…yes only a demon could do that. My older brother, the one that loved my family and me would have never done those things, yet he did. That must mean that the man that I once knew, no longer exists.

I must take him down, for my family, for my own existence…for her.

Sakura.

My Sakura.

My frie-no, I cannot have any friends, he would take them away from me.

Avengers have no friends; they live to kill their target.

So, I must…for her sake and for my revenge I must…I must stop being there for her.

Permanently.

Until then…

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Why can't they see that I should be put in a higher grade? I am far more superior to all the fools that they are currently teaching.

Yes, those fools. They think that all it is to be a ninja is to save the damsel in distress and get the bad guys; they are all in for a rude awakening. Being a ninja is so, so much more than that. They are all just setting themselves up for a world of pain by having those…those bonds.

Friends, ugh, even those supposed 'boy/girlfriends' how can one possibly a ninja and still have those bonds? They would just lose them all just like I have, and then what will they do? It is much more efficient to not have any types of bonds.

Then that way, you are not so hurt when they die…

Naruto, yes, that foolish boy. He is the one that I have noticed, why is he a ninja-in-training anyways? He is so terrible, not even being able to do a simple bushin, how pathetic.

He has no family, so he would never know what it would be like to lose them, but still, the way that he looks at me as if I really need his friendship! Hah! What a joke, I have no need for friends; they all die or betray you.

Sakura…

She too, looks at me like the stupid dobe does, as if I should…if I should I don't know but the look in her eyes, I have never seen that look before.

But…it doesn't matter, no, because she too is changing.

The girl that I used to know, she is changing.

She is hanging out with that girl too much, that flower girl…what was her name again? Ino, yes that's the girl the one that I know has changed her.

Before, before that day happened, Sakura would always brush off what Ino had said, she even told me that she would never be a… 'Fan Girl'. She told me that she would never go so low as to be like them, that she would never have to because…. because she had…me.

Even if…even if I can no longer be anything to her, I still feel a twinge of pain for her changing, I never had intended for her to change, I just wanted her to stay away for both of our safeties.

"STOP IT!" what?

I did not realize it, but somehow in my inner ramblings I have come to the small park in Konoha, the one where Sakura had fallen off the swing so long ago…

"PLEASE!" whose voice is that?

I looked around curiously, wondering what was going on to make the girl scream so loud. I could hear the movement of a group around the corner; something in me was pushing me towards the group.

"NO! Please don't, I will do anything j-j-just d-don't do th-that!" that voice, I could hear crying, that girl was sobbing.

Why does that voice sound so familiar?

I look over and see a group of maybe four girls all standing, and there one of them was laughing, on the ground…on the ground…was Sakura!

No! She was crying!

I was about to run to her, save her and give her a hug and tell her that everything would be alright, yet, the face of him came before my eyes and I quickly stilled in my movements.

"So, Forehead-ugly, do you want this back?" the girl who was laughing earlier, she was holding something up, it was Sakura's ribbon. The one that her friend Ino had given her!

"C'mon beg for it!" Sakura was crying harder, that ribbon was one of her most favorite things in the world, she had told me time and time again.

"Pl-please I jus-t-t want I-it back" her voice, now I know why I recognized it, yet, she sounded so saddened.

The girl, No! She was going to rip the ribbon! I cannot let her do that to my bes—to Sakura!

I couldn't let that happen, just knowing that I had been watching this whole entire time while they were hurting her was enough. I had to be quick, and I had to make sure that they would never hurt her ever again…

The girl was just about to rip it when I quickly ran at her and grabbed the ribbon from her grasp, holding in my hands I stepped in front Sakura, the shock was evident all of the girls faces and I am sure that if I turned around I would see shock on Sakura's face as well.

"Sas-sasuke?" I could hear her behind me, but still I cant take my eyes off of them.

Those girls who were going to hurt her.

"What the hell do you think you are doing to her?" ouch, I can see tears welling up in the girls eyes, but, they cannot expect me to just let them go without making them pay for what they have done to her.

"We…well we umm." The supposed 'leader' huh?

"We were just teaching her a lesson Sasuke-Kun!" said one of the girls.

"A Lesson HUH?" I could tell already that I was scaring them, but they, they should know better than to mess with my bes—with Sakura.

"I swear, if I EVER see you touch or hurt her again," tears were falling from all of their eyes now, "I WILL hurt you…"

Just like I had hoped, they all ran away after my threat. Good.

Now, to business, I turned around. Only to find that Sakura was staring straight up at me, and in her eyes, I could see that she was scared…of me.

No, no that is not what I want! I want her to be happy that I saved her! I don't want her to be scared of me!

With her ribbon in my hand, I know that I have to make it better…so that when the day comes…she won't fear me.

Bending down, I moved to put her ribbon in her hair, just like I had done so many times before, but she flinched away from me. I felt a twinge of pain go again through me, but still I kept on and while I was putting her ribbon in her hair, I could not help but think of how soft her hair was…just like it used to be…

"Sasu-Kun?" her voice is a soft whisper.

I can feel her hands holding the front of my shirt and I looked down her face, her eyes are looking up at mine and I cant look away. But, a red mark catches my eyes; yes there was a mark on her forehead. It looked like, somebody slapped her again!

I remember when bullies like those girls used to do that all of the time when I was not able to save her, was it because of me that she is now being bullied?

I lean down, suddenly the heart of mine is beating rapidly and I don't really know why.

But..

I lean down some more…

And my lips come into contact with her forehead.

My hands are still in her hair and I can feel her relax against me, even if it is just for a moment, having her with me relaxed me so and sent me into a tranquil state that for a moment I thought that I could hear my mothers laugh.

I pulled away though, not being able to stand the contact that much longer, being alone for so long had made me weary of human contact however small it may be.

When I opened my eyes, I could see her smile, and even if I knew that tonight I would have another nightmare, that one day I would have to kill the man that looks just like my brother, a man that was once my brother, her smile makes me forget even if it was just for a second, and I can't find myself hiding my ever-so small smile.

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My bed is cold, and despite that I find that I cannot stop thinking about her.

Sakura..

The lights are out, but I feel like some of my inner darkness has fleeted me, even if it is just for a while.

Thank you for not leaving me alone…

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Hello again! I hope that this came out the way that you wanted it to, I think that it was a wee bit serious for a eight year old but I still like how it came out.

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