The final chapter of this story arc. Hope you like it. It took up about nine full pages in my drafting notebook. Without further ado, the chapter I'm most proud of!

We were running over to my house.

"Hurry up, Sasuke! We stayed up late, and there's a full moon out today! My brother is going to think you're abusing me if we stay out any longer!"

"Why are you always in a rush?"

"I dunno!" As soon as we were in front of the gate, I froze. "I… can't sense anyone's chakra…" I activated my Kaerugan and scanned for chakra. There was one person in my house, so I ran over there.

"Kaeru! Wait! What happened!?" I kicked the door open.

"Uchiha… Itachi? Why… what's happening?" Behind my fallen parents and brother, there was Sasuke's brother. He turned towards me and said,

"Don't try to understand. It's too far past your comprehension." Sasuke came in through the doorway now. He was shocked.

"What… Nii-san… how?"

"Have you even seen the Uchiha compound, little brother?"

"What?" Two shiriken were thrown, scratching and drawing blood from each of our shoulders. "Ugh…"

"Aie…" Sasuke fell on the floor.

"Why… Nii-san… why…?" He got up and ran towards his brother. "WHAT DID WE DO TO DESERVE THIS!?" Itachi-san gave Sasuke a thick, solid punch in the stomach.

"Easy. You were both born into your clans." He coughed up blood. I unsealed all of my power and yelled,

"SASUKE!" I tried to hit Itachi-san, but he was too fast for me. Instead, he punched me in the jaw. I fell on the floor, but kept trying. He blocked my arm and punched my stomach, and struck my chin. The force nearly broke the ceiling.

"Oh well, I need to attend to some business in the Uchiha clan. Later." Itachi-san left and I fell near my brother, and with the last ounce of his life, he scolded,

"I told you… being friends with an Uchiha will lead to this misery."

"I don't care, Namikaze. I love him, and that's what matters."

"You remind me of myself when I liked Akira."

"Your girlfriend from the Uchiha?"

"She was perfect in everyway, except when she died. She left me on the cold earth, fighting my emotions daily because of her. Maybe… I'll forgive her this time when I'm dying…"

"She'd like that, Namikaze."

"Thanks, K-kaeru… now go and protect that kid while you can."

"What did you say?"

"Go before I change my mind." I got up on my legs, walked forward a bit, and turned around to thank my brother.

"Arigato, Namikaze." Sasuke had already left for the Uchiha, so I ran over towards the area. When I got outside, he was at the gates. He yelled,

"Kaeru… wait. This is the time to make everything clear for myself." and he ran to his house. I tried to follow, but I fell unconscious from the shock.

-=+ +=-

I regained conscious and searched for Sasuke's chakra. I was still injured, but I ran-limped to his house. I tossed off my shoes, entered and was greeted by his older brother.

"So, Kaeru-san, you're back." I nodded and used an electric jutsu while Sasuke used a fire jutsu. Itachi-san just dodged it like it was nothing and knocked us both into Tsukiyomi. Sasuke recovered faster than I did so he ran and carried me to the gate. He shouldn't have done that, he was losing too much blood, as was I. We got as far as the gate, and he blacked out.

-=+ +=-

"Misa-chan! Why did you put a boy and a girl in the same room, eh?"

"Relax, Kazuna-chan. The're in separate beds. Besides, that girl was too strong willed yesterday."

"What do you mean?"

"She was awake when we looked for survivers of the Uchiha and Ranawa massacres. They both were the only survivors from both of their clans. When we found them, the girl was hugging the boy and started yelling at us when we started to get near her."

"What was she yelling?"

"I'm getting to that part. She was yelling, 'Go away… don't separate us… it won't… do any… good…' and she blacked out."

"I see, you granted that girls wish."

"Exactly. Further investigation told us that she was from the regal branch of the Ranawa clan."

"I see. They're cute together."

"Heh, I agree." I heard the whole conversation outside of that took place out of my hospital room, or the hospital room that Sasuke and I shared. At least… Sasuke was with me. Suddenly, he moved.

"Kaeru… you're here?" I started crying, I knew what I was going to have to do.

"Yes, Sasuke."

"Kaeru, I always want to remember the fun times we had. I never want you to erase these memories." I shifted into Sage mode.

"Sasuke, I love you." I then whispered, "Ranawa Style: Frogs Memory Special." After we were out of here, he would forget he even knew me, everything and anything about me. A nurse popped into our room and told us, "OK! It's time for you guys to check out!"

"Arigato." I was sorry to leave the hospital, but I knew that I couldn't escape fate. We started walking, but I stopped before we got to the door. "Sasuke… I love you." I hugged him, and started to cry.

"Kaeru, why are you crying?"

"You'll understand later."

"Maybe I can help out." He gave me his kiss, and my first kiss. When this was all over, we stepped out of the hospital and Sasuke feinted.

"Don't worry, Sasuke. Your memories will return in time." I picked him up and went to his house. There, I went to his room and placed him on his bed and kissed him again. "Someday… we'll meet again. Someday… I'll be the oe saving you. Someday… our love will bloom into a sakura, symbol of love. But until that day… I'll watch you and wait until we can talk again, in the future." I started towards to his door, and then exited his house and cried. "Why… why… does fate punish us so cruelly?" and smiled.

-=+ +=-

I woke up, but not in a dream. Sasuke knew everything now. Was it good, or bad? I heard kocking at my door.

"Kaeru, are you decent?"

"What? Oh, yeah. You may come in." The door opened, and there was Sasuke. "So you saw all of the memories?"

"Yup. Mixed feelings. I feel great thatI remember everything again, but I'm kind of sad at the same time."

"Why? Is it because I hid all of that from you?"

"No, I lost one of the big goals in my life."

"What goal is that?"

"To find the mysterious black haired girl that was exiting the clan compound when I woke up."

"You saw me?"

"But I didn't know it was you. I had memories, but of nobody." He put his and on his head. "Your jutsu was flawless. I could never find those memories, even if someone told me about it, even if it was in a book, even if I tried real hard to remember. It was simply… perfect, like you."

"Sasuke… I',m not perfect."

"Don't be modest."

"But I can't believe you had recovered that quickly to see me." He sat next to me on the side of my bed, and I blushed.

"The day you erased my memories, I saw you leave the Uchiha compound. I saw you look at my window, wipe your tears on your sleeves, and run away. The day I saw that, I promised myself, 'I'll find out who that girl is, as well as kill my brother and avenge and resurrect my clan."

"Sasuke…"

"Thank you, for the return of my memories."

"You're welcome." He hugged me and said,

"I think… this love of ours has blossomed into a beautiful sakura."

The end... for this story arc. Next, There's a small timeskip from here to the end and after of the Chunin Exams, in other words, the search for Tsunade. Thanks for reading!