~Sasuke's POV~

~Memory One~

"Hey!" A young girl shouted. I turned and saw a six year old me who turned to see a six year old girl with silver hair. Tenshi…Tamotsu was with her. Tenshi was wearing a white sleeveless dress that reached her knees and white flats. Her silver hair reached her shoulders and was in pigtails. "Hi, I'm Ookami no Tenshi Hatake and this is Tamotsu, can we play with you?" She asked the younger me. He nodded smiling.

"I'm Sasuke Uchiha," he told her. This is when I first met Tenshi! I was waiting for Itachi at the park and Tenshi wanted to play with me. Tamotsu let us ride on his back most of the time and jumped in the air making the both of us laugh. She was my first friend and my first and only crush. Later on Itachi showed up and the younger me ran to him.

"Hey, Sasuke. Who are you friends?" Itachi asked him.

"This is Ookami no Tenshi Hatake and her Ninken, Tamotsu," he said to him. The younger me then looked at Tenshi. "This is my big brother, Itachi," he told her. Tenshi smiled and bowed.

"It's nice to meet you," She said to her. Itachi nodded with a smile.

"You as well, Tenshi. How about we walk you home?" Itachi asked her. Tenshi nodded and younger Sasuke grabbed her hand while he held Itachi's with the other. We walked her home and Tenshi looked at him.

"Sasuke, promise me we'll be best friends forever," Tenshi said holding out her pinky. Younger Sasuke hooked pinkies with her and smiled.

"Promise!"

"I promise and will not lie, I will keep this promise till the day I die, if I ever break this promise so, then you will forever have my soul," we promised. We then hugged and I saw Itachi smiling at us.

~Memory Two~

It was my clan's funeral, Tenshi held my hand while Tamotsu whimpered.

"Tenshi, promise you won't leave me too," I said to her trying to hold back the tears. Tenshi already had tears in her eyes.

"I'll promise if you do, Sasuke," she said to me. I nodded.

"I promise," I said to her.

"I promise then too," she said to me. We then hugged.

~Memory Three~

"Team Seven: Naruto Uzumaki," Naruto's head the looked up. "Sakura Haruno," Sensei continued. Naruto looked happy while Sakura looked depressed. "Sasuke Uchiha," Sensei said. Sakura cheered as Naruto became depressed. "And Ookami no Tenshi Hatake," Sensei finished. Tenshi lift her head up and smiled. Naruto grinned and hugged her, I just smile at her, and Sakura glared at her.

~Memory Four~

"Hey, hey, why don't you introduce yourself first, Sensei," Naruto said to him.

"Me? I'm Kakashi Hatake, the only likes you'll know of me is my daughter and Tamotsu, I won't tell you my dislikes, as for my dream…I have a few hobbies, and my goal is none of your business," he told us.

"We only found out his name!" Sakura and Naruto said. Sensei looks at Naruto.

"You in the orange, you'll start," Kakashi-Sensei said.

"I'm Uzumaki Naruto. I like cup ramen. But I like ramen at Ichiraku that Iruka-sensei bought for me even more. I hate the three minutes that I have to wait after I put in the hot water. My hobby is to eat and compare cup ramens! And my dream is to become greater than the Hokages! I'm going to make all the villagers recognize my existence," Naruto said. I rolled my eyes as Tenshi giggled. Kakashi-Sensei then looked at Sakura.

"Okay, Pinky, you're turn," Sensei said to her.

"I'm Sakura Haruno! I like... well, the person I like is...," she glances over at me and giggles. "And my hobby is... well, my dream is to..." she kept looking at me, man she is creepy.

"And what do you hate?" Sensei asked.

"Naruto and Tenshi!" She told him. Naruto cries and I see that Tenshi is sad. I guess she wants to be friends with anyone she can.

"Okay, Blue Boy, you're next," he said to me. I sighed.

"My name is Uchiha Sasuke. There are many things that I hate, and there aren't a lot of things that I like. Also, I have an ambition that I have no intention to leave as just a dream. The revival of my clan, and to... kill a certain man," I said. Tenshi looked at me and tilted her head with a small frown. Sensei nodded and looked at Tenshi.

"Tenshi, you're turn," he said to her. she looked at him and smiled.

"My Name is Ookami no Tenshi Hatake. I like reading, singing, drawing, training, animals, the Jounin, and hanging out with my father and Tamotsu. My dislikes are bullies, abusers, being shunned, and seeing others hurt. My dream is to become one of the best female ninjas in the village, my hobbies are pretty much my likes, and as for my goal, I plan to avenge my fallen village," she told us. We all looked at her to see she had a sad look in her eyes as she said the last part.

~Memory Five~

"You want to get something to eat?" She asked me. I nodded with a small smile. We went to a place where we got meat buns and dangos and then went to the park to eat. We sat on the swings and talked while we ate. I watched as ate her food and fed some of her food to Tamotsu. Those two are so close you would think they were siblings, too bad Tamotsu's a wolf. Tamotsu came up to me looking at the meat bun I was holding. He placed his head on my lap and gave me the puppy dog eyes. Tenshi was giggling. "Tamotsu, you know it's rude to beg," she scolded him. He whimpered and I pat his head and gave my meat bun. When he finished eating it he looked at me and barked a thank you. He nuzzled against my leg and laid his head on my lap again, I started petting him and his tail wagged out of control. "He really likes you, he's usually really on guard around everyone," Tenshi told me.

"Then what makes me so different?" I asked him. His ears perked up and he got off my lap. He trotted over to Tenshi and he looked at her. She nodded at him.

"Okay, I'll tell him," she said to him, okay now I'm confused. "He says you know how it feels to lose the people you care about. It wasn't just me who lost some one, but Tamo lost his twin brother and former family, so he knows how you feel. He wants you to know that you're not alone," she smiled at me. Tamotsu nodded his head at me, and I gave him a small smile. I pat Tamotsu's head and nod.

"Thanks, Tamotsu, you too, Tenshi," I said to them. With that we walked home. I offered to walk her home but we were by my compound. She kissed my cheek making me blush again and she left. I swear she will be the death of me.

~Memory Six~

I got up after hearing Sensei's story about Tenshi and went to check on her, when I reached the door I heard crying. It was Tenshi. I opened to the door and saw her curled up in a blanket lying down. I went up to her and laid next to her. She turned around and cried into my chest as I held her close. I know how she feels, losing everyone she cares about.

"I promise you, Tenshi, we'll find the killer, and we'll avenge your family," I promised her. She just nuzzled into my chest, soon Tamotsu came in and whimpered at the sight of his friend. He laid next to her and placed a paw next to my hand which was on her waist. She cried for what felt like hours, something tells me she holds it into long. She wants to be strong not only for herself but for her father and everyone she gets close to.

~Memory Seven~

"You have your Sharingan!" She said happily. I smirked and nodded. We started fighting Haku again while Naruto was still on the ground. I got knocked down next to Naruto. "This is harder than I thought would be…" Tenshi muttered. Naruto smiled.

"Tenshi! You…" Naruto trailed off as we saw her with senbons in her neck, chest, stomach, legs, and arms. Blood was spilling out of her mouth. We both looked at her with shock.

"What are those faces for guys?" She asked us with a pain filled smile.

"Why?" Naruto asked her almost in tears. I didn't want to believe it.

"I care about you guys too much, I couldn't let my best friends get hurt, now could I?" She asked us. She then fell back and we caught her. She smiled at us. "Guys, can you both promise me something?" She asked us. Naruto nodded, I could speak, and I felt tears build up. "Don't give up on your dreams and…*cough*tell my dad and Tamotsu I love them*cough* keep them safe for me," she requested. We nodded, but we didn't want to believe it. She looked at me and placed a hand on my cheek to wipe a tear away. "I finally get to see my mom and Tori again*cough* I love you guys," she said to us. Her eyes then closed and she stopped breathing making her hand drop and go limp. My eyes widened.

"No, no, no, no, Tenshi, no! Wake up, come on!" I said to her. Naruto was sobbing. "Tenshi!" I cried. I hugged Tenshi close, my face was in her Jasmine and vanilla scented hair.

"Tenshi, please come back, I need you," I sobbed. I can't lose someone as special as her. Soon Zabuza killed Gatou and Kakashi helped him over to Haku. Kakashi-Sensei ran over to us and cried over his fallen daughter.

"Sasuke…you're heavy…" I heard a hoarse voice mutter. I looked at Tenshi and saw her eyes open a bit and she gave a very small tired smile.

"Tenshi, what happened?" I asked through my tears. "How are you alive?" I asked.

"Mom told me it wasn't my time yet, hehe, she kicked me out," she joked. I now had happy tears running down my face like everyone else. I held her close.

"Don't ever scare me like that again," I ordered.

"Okay…" she said to me.

"That goes for me too, missy," Kakashi-Sensei smiled at her.

"Sorry, dad," she said.

~Memory Eight~

After Naruto and Sakura left, Tenshi and I walked home, I noticed she was quiet through the whole thing. I nudge her arm.

"Are you okay?" I asked her. She looked at me and gave me a small smile.

"Yeah, I'm fine, just thinking about who I might have to fight…I hope it's none of our friends," she mumbled sadly. I grabbed her hand and rubbing my thumb over the top of it.

"It's going to be alright. I know it's going to be hard, but we'll make it through this," I told her. That's when I realized, back when we were it the wave country, she can Kakashi-Sensei talked about the 'Blood Mist Village'. That's when I took both her hands in mine making her face me. "It's not going to be like the Mist Village, this one is different, we aren't savage like them, your dad wouldn't let you enter if it was like that would he?" I asked her. She looked me in the eye and smiled. She then hugged me and I hugged her back without hesitation. She then snuggled into my shoulder.

"Thank you, Sasuke, I'm glad you're in my life and on my team," she said softly into my shoulder. I just hugged her tighter, my face in her long luscious hair. That wonderful smell of jasmine and vanilla. It was calming to me. We stayed there for what felt like hours, but then she pulled away. "I better get home before dad worries, see you tomorrow, Sasuke," she said to me, she then kissed me cheek and left. I was blushing, but walked into the compound and to my house. I touched my right cheek where she kissed me, my heart is racing just thinking about it. No! I can't fall in love! I have to avenge my family before I can do something like that.

~Memory Nine~

"I will give you the scroll. Please…just take it and leave us," I begged. I couldn't let my team or Tenshi get hurt.

"Sasuke! What the hell are you talking about!? Why would you give the scroll to the enemy?!" Naruto shouted at me.

"Sasuke, you can't do this," Tenshi said to me.

"I'm sorry, I just can't let you get hurt like back then, Tenshi," I said to her.

"I see, very smart. The only way for the prey to escape a predator is for the prey to give the predator a different meal," Orochimaru hissed. I threw the scroll to him.

"Take it," I mumbled. But Naruto caught the scroll and jumped in front of me. "You bastard! What are you doing?! Don't you understand the situation?!" I shouted at him. Tenshi gave me a look of disappointment and walked up to Naruto. He then punched me making me fly to another branch. "What was that all of a sudden?!" I yelled.

"I forgot the code word so I can't test it but, you're Sasuke's fake, aren't you?!" Naruto yelled at me.

"You total moron! I'm the real Sasuke!" I yelled at him.

"Liar," Tenshi and Naruto muttered. My eyes widened, Tenshi was with him in this?! "There is no way such a stupid coward like you is the Sasuke I know!" Naruto shouted. "I don't know how strong this guy is, but what guarantee is there that he'll let us go if we give him the scroll? You're the one too freaked out to understand the situation!" Naruto said to me. Tenshi and Tamotsu just glared at me. It hurt me to see her do that to me. "Definitely not the Sasuke I know. The Sasuke I know would put up a fight to protect his team, but the one I see…is just a coward that looks like Sasuke," She said to me. Naruto grabbed her hand to comfort her. It made me mad, but at the same time, I knew why he was doing it.

~Memory Ten~

Tenshi looked at me with sad eyes and I grabbed her hand.

"Tenshi, are you okay?" I asked. She shook her head.

"I'm sorry I yelled at you earlier, I was just scared of losing you," she said to me. I pulled her to me to embrace her and she nuzzled into my chest.

"You'll never lose me, Tenshi," I told her. There may be a time where my body will leave but never my heart, you will always have my heart with you. She hugged me tighter as I did her. We then pulled apart and I saw some tears in her eyes as she smiled. I cupped her cheeks and wiped the tears away. "Don't you remember the promise we made as kids?" I asked her. Her eyes widened and she smiled warmly at me. She nodded.

"To always be best friends forever. Neither of us have broken that promise yet," she said to me. I shook my head with a small smile.

"I don't plan on ever breaking it," I told her.

"Me neither," she said. Then she kissed my cheek. "We better get going," she said with a blush on her cheeks. I nodded and we walked with the others. The exams are almost over and everything will be normal again…hopefully.

~Memory Eleven~

"How?! That's and Anbu level Moon Jutsu!" Natsumi shouted.

"That's the thing, with my will, I'm too strong. You want to know why wolves are so strong? Why they howl to the moon?" Tenshi asked in her womanly voice.

"Do pray tell why, almighty wolf?" Natsumi sneered. Tenshi looked at her.

"We are strong because we have a pack who keeps us strong. As for the howling…that's just a signal to call for our pack, knowing they always have our backs, giving us the support we need. My pack…is my team; Naruto Uzumaki, the future Hokage," she said making Naruto beam at her with happiness. "Sakura Haruno, the bright girl with a good heart," Sakura smiled with tears gathered in her eyes. "My father, Kakashi Hatake, best ninja in the world in my opinion," Kakashi-Sensei smiled at that whispering 'you're the best ninja of all' to her. "And the number one ninja who has the will as strong as a wolf, Sasuke Uchiha," she said to her. I smiled at that, she is really the most amazing girl I'll ever know. "With them by my side, I can do anything, and that means, winning this match and moving forward," Tenshi ran up to her after calling for her Lunar Saber. Her saber clashed with Natsumi's wing. "What do you have?" She asked. I looked at everyone, they were all shocked at her speech, the Jounin, on the other hand were all smiling in admiration along with the Hokage. Tenshi then slashed her and kicked her away. Natsumi didn't get up and was turned back into original form. Hayate checked Natsumi and looked at Tenshi who turned back to normal as well.

"This is match is over, the winner of the first match is Ookami no Tenshi Hatake of the Leaf!" Hayate said. She looked at us and jumped up to us with Tamotsu. Kakashi-Sensei hugged her.

"You were great out there, Silver Wolf," he said to her. She smiled and Naruto and Sakura ran up to her and hugged her causing her to laugh.

"You really think of us like that?" Sakura asked.

"Did you really mean all of that?" Naruto asked. Tenshi smiled and pulled them in for another hug.

"Of course I did, you know me, I never lied to or about you guys, you're my pack, meaning you're my strength," she said to us. They hugged her tighter before letting go. I walked up next and hugged her.

"Thank you, Tenshi," I said to her. She hugged me back tightly.

"You're welcome, my Obsidian Wolf," she whispered to me. I hugged her tighter to me just as she did. I truly love this girl, and I'm going to tell her when I win my match. We all looked at the screen and saw the names. Sasuke Uchiha VS. Yoroi Akado. It was my turn I was about to walk off until Tenshi stopped me and kissed my cheek. "Good luck, Obsidian, you'll do great," she said to me. I smiled and nodded.

"Thanks, Angel," I said to her. Her eyes widened as she blushed.

~Memory Twelve~

When I woke up, I was in the hospital and felt someone holding my hand. I opened my eyes to see Tenshi smiling at me holding my right hand in her lap with her left. "Welcome back, how do you feel?" She asked me. I smiled a little.

"Thanks, and a little better, still somewhat sore though," I told her. I looked around and didn't see the white wolf. "Where's Tamotsu?" I asked.

"At the match cheering on the others for me and you," she smiled. Her right hand came up to my forehead and moved some hair out of the way. Her hands felt so cool against my skin. I closed my eyes and let her keep going.

"That feels nice," I said to her.

"You are pretty warm," she said to me gently soothing my warm forehead and cheeks with her cool hand. "I'll go tell the others you're awake," she said getting of the bed. I grabbed her hand.

"Don't go, please, stay with me?" I asked her. She looked shocked then smiled and nodded. She sat back down. I have to tell her, if I don't I'll explode. "Tenshi, I have something to tell you, and I don't know how you'll react," I told her. She smiled.

"Sasuke, you can tell me anything, you know that," she said to me. Here is goes.

"Tenshi, since the moment I first saw you…I've had feelings about you. You were different then all the other girls in the village, you were strong yet gentle, confident yet shy, and most of all, beautiful. I've had a crush on you since we were six, what I'm trying to say is…Tenshi, I'm in love with you," I told her. Her eyes were wide and her cheeks had a light blush. I saw tears gather in her eyes and she hugged me.

"Sasuke…I love you too," she whispered to me. I hugged her back and we pulled apart. I looked into her beautiful, mesmerizing, purple/blue eyes as she looked in my onyx black ones. We leaned in closer together until our lips touched. I felt sparks, explosions, throughout my whole body, and it felt great. Her lips where so soft and tasted like vanilla, I usually hate sweet things, but this…I just love it. I wanted to taste it all day. The kiss was not only gentle but passionate. I could feel her love for me just in the kiss and I was hoping she could feel my love for her. We pulled apart for air and had our forehead pressed together.

"I love you, Ookami no Tenshi Hatake," I said to her.

"I Love you too, Sasuke Uchiha," she said back to me. she laid down with me and snuggled into my arms. "Promise you'll never leave me," she said to me. My arms around her waist and arms tightened.

"I promise, I'll never leave you, Angel," I said kissing my forehead.

~Memory Thirteen~

Tenshi and I have been going out for about a week now. When I was released from the hospital, Kakashi-Sensei wanted to start training me Chidori. When I do that, Tenshi is off training herself. But when I see her afterwards, she's all worn out, and honestly, it worries me. She keeps pushing herself to the limit and I can see Kakashi-Sensei getting worried. He and I decided to take today off to watch over Tenshi. We made it to the training grounds she's been at and see her panting with Tamotsu. He walked up to her.

"Are you okay, Tenshi? Do you want to keep going?" He asked her. She looked at him and nodded wiping the sweat off her brow.

"We need to be able to perfect it since we're up against Karitoriki," she said to him. I remember what she said about him, it wasn't anything good, I hope she'll make it through without getting hurt. They nodded at each other and did hand signs.

"Ookami no Style: Wolf Transformation!" They shouted in sync. There was a bright light causing Kakashi-Sensei and I to cover our eyes. When the light disappeared we turned and saw Tenshi and Tamotsu sitting panting again and sweating more. Tenshi stood up shakily.

"Let's try it again," she said. Tamotsu shook his head.

"No more, I can't take much more right now, and I can see you can't either," Tamotsu said to her. She shook her head this time.

"We have to perfect it," she told him. Tamotsu growled in frustration.

"Enough! Do you want to be sick again?! We still have three more weeks to perfect the Jutsu! Don't you remember when you got sick from trying to perfect the Lone Wolf Warrior Jutsu?! You almost died and nearly fell into a coma! Do you want that to happen again?!" Tamotsu yelled at her. I was shock as was Kakashi-Sensei, Tamotsu's never yelled at her before. But I can see it from his side, he's over worried about her just as we are.

"If we're going to be Karitoriki then we need to be ready! But I'm not just trying to perfect this Jutsu for that reason! I know something horrible is going to happen and I want to be ready to protect everyone!" She yelled back.

"For once, don't think about everyone else! Think about yourself! I've already lost your family and my brother, I'm not ready to lose my sister! And think about Sasuke! How would he be able to handle this if you got sick and died?!" Tamotsu asked yelling. She froze and looked down.

"I'm doing this for him," she murmured. I was shocked, she's doing this for me? Why? She soon had tears in her eyes. "Ever since Orochimaru showed up, I knew something horrible was going to happen, and I know it involves Sasuke. Please, Tamotsu, I just can't lose him…I love him," she cried. I looked down, she wants to protect me, but I want to protect her as well. I felt a hand on my shoulder and looked at Kakashi-Sensei.

"The fact that she's putting herself through all of this proves how much she loves you…do you love her the same way? Willing to do anything for her? Even if it means risking your life?" He asked me. My eyes widened surprised by his questions. I looked at her and knew my answer immediately. I nodded.

"I'm will to take my own life just to keep her safe. I love her just as she loves me," I told him. He nodded and I could see a smile under the mask.

"Then I'm glad Tenshi chose you, just don't disappoint me," he said to me. I nodded.

~Memory Fourteen~

. I saw Tenshi there when I arrived. She was leaning against the tree without Tamotsu. I walked up to her, she looked a lot better now. She turned her head to see me and smiled. I smiled back and she hugged me. I hugged her back and kissed her head.

"How are you? Kakashi-Sensei told me you weren't feeling well," I told her. She laid her head on my chest.

"I feel a lot better. Dad told me he was teaching you the Chidori," she said to me. I nodded.

"Yeah, I'm slowly getting better at it. How about you? Anything new?" I asked her. We parted and started walking hand in hand.

"Yeah, Tamotsu and I are working on a Jutsu, but it's a surprise. Like you, we're slowly getting better at it. I just hope it's strong enough to take down Karitoriki," she told me. I could see she was nervous so I let go of her hand and placed my arm around her shoulder. I kissed her temple and gave her a small smile.

"You'll do great, I know you'll win. You're the strongest ninja I know," I encouraged her. She smiled and kissed me. I kissed her back and her arms wrapped themselves around my neck as mine wrapped around her waist.

"What would I do without you?" She asked me. I smirked.

"You'd be miserable," I joked. She giggled.

"Most likely…maybe not," she joked back. I smirked again and picked her up throwing her over my shoulder. "Sasuke! Put me down!" She laughed. I started laughing with her.

"Nope! Not going to happen! Not until you admit you would be miserable without me!" I laughed. She was gently hitting my back and laughing.

"Never!" She refused. I started running making her shriek and laugh more.

"Admit it!" I called to her.

"No! Never! No way, Jose!" She shouted at me. I started spinning and she shrieked and laughed again.

"Say it!" I said to her.

"Okay! Okay! I'll say it! I would be miserable without you!" She shouted.

"And?" I asked raising an eyebrow while smirking. She giggled.

"I love you," she said to me. She then slapped my behind. "Now put me down!" She shouted. I put her down and we both collapsed on ground laughing. I pulled her close after we calmed down and kissed her forehead and nose making her scrunch her nose like a rabbit.

"I love you too," I said to her. I then kissed her and rolled her onto her back, her arms were around my neck as mine rest on her waist. I didn't want to stop kissing her, her kisses were addicting. Her hands went to my hair and she light tugged it after she weaved her fingers through. I groaned at the feeling. I licked her bottom lip asking for entrance and she opened her mouth more. My tongue explored her hot cavern as her tongue did mine. We then fought for dominance and I won, she tasted so sweet, I didn't want it to end, but we had to pull away for air. We were both panting from the kiss, but didn't mind it. I rested my forehead against hers. "You have no idea what you do to me," I said to her. She just smiled and rested a hand on my cheek. Her thumb rubbed against it as I used my hand to hold it there. I kissed her wrist and looked into her beautiful purple/blue eyes.

~Memory Fifteen~

She landed in front of me. She crossed her arms and glared. "What's your excuse?" She asked me.

"I wanted to see if I was stronger than that loser," I told her. She then slapped me

"You idiot! That's your goddamn reason?!" She growled shocking me. "You were supposed to be recovering!" She shouted at me. I'll admit, seeing Tenshi this mad was scary, and where she slapped me stung a lot. I looked at her and saw her canines grow as well as her nails. Her eyes were like Jinroo's.

"Tenshi, calm down," Tamotsu warned. She turned him and growled.

"Back off," she growled at him. I could feel her chakra radiating off of her. She then looked at me. "Next time you want to get yourself killed, I'll do it myself," she growled at me. I was shocked to hear her talk like that to me. She's always been a sweet person, this person I see now…it must be Jinroo. Tenshi started taking deep breathes to calm herself down. Once she did, I saw tears in her eyes, she started walking away and I stood up to stop her.

"Tenshi, wait…"

"Just leave me alone…the Sasuke I saw up there…was not my Sasuke. That was the power hungry monster side of you and it scared me. I-I need to be alone," she said to me. She jumped away and Tamotsu glared at me.

"Next time, think before you go hurting the people you so apparently love. You might have just lost your mate, Uchiha," he growled at me. He then jumped off after Tenshi. I fell on my knees and realized what he said was right. Why did I do that to her?! She told me to stop and I should have listened!

~Memory Sixteen~

After leaving my house, I started walking to the gate only to run into a silver haired angel with dried tears on her face.

"So…you're really leaving…even after you promised you wouldn't," she told me. I could tell she had been crying for a while due to her voice. It hurt me to know that it was my fault, but I had to do this.

"I have to do this," I told her. I started walking past her until she caught my hand.

"Don't you think I know your pain? I lost not only my whole clan, but a whole village. Don't you think I want revenge? Of course I do, but I know it won't bring any of them back, it won't make me happy in the end…it only makes me a murderer," she told me. My eyes widened at the thought, I then narrowed them and clenched my fist.

"I need closer, being here can't give me that, I need to become stronger, being here can't give me that either," I told her. I felt her grip tighten on my hand.

"You don't get it do you? If you leave then you'll lose all of us. You'll lose your family…again. You'll lose Naruto, your bother; Sakura, your sister; Kakashi, your father; Tamotsu, your elder brother; and me, your lover. Tell me…do you think you can handle that? Do you think you can lose that part of the family? Hell, the family grows larger than that, all our friends from the academy are family too, same with their senseis. You have a bigger family now and you're giving that up," she told me. I knew she was right, but I need to do this, I had to get closer for all that's happened, the only way I can do that is through revenge. "Please, Sasuke, I love you," she whispered. I made her let go of my hand and I walked off. I soon heard her start running. "Sasuke! Don't leave me! Please! Don't leave me alone!" She cried. Hearing her cry like that broke my heart, I didn't want to leave her, but I need to become stronger. I soon jumped behind her and hugged her with my head on her shoulder.

"I'm sorry, Angel, I'm not just doing this to gain power to avenge my clan…I'm doing this for you. I love you, I want to protect you, and I couldn't do that in the forest. But if I gain power, I'll be able to protect you and avenge both of what we lost. I'm sorry…I love you," I said to her. I then spun her around and kissed her, her sweet tasting lips…I won't be able to kiss her for a long time. I then pressed a point on her neck and made her pass out. I laid her on a bench and kissed her again. "I truly do love you, Angel…I'll be back, when that happens we'll be able to live that part of our dream…we'll have a family," I said to her. I then took out a box, I opened it and took out a pendant piece. It was a crescent moon with white diamonds on it, surrounding a blue jewel. The pendent hung from a white velvet choker. I put it around her neck and fastened it. I kissed her forehead. "I hope you'll forgive me," I said to her. I then made it to the group of Sound Ninja and we were off.