Last time on Eternal Snow…
People had tears in their eyes. Her voice was just so innocent…so pure. It touched their hearts. Everyone began to clap as much as they can. It was just so beautiful…
"Thank you everyone…" said Sakura. Everyone began to cheer again. Sakura put a hand over her heart as she clenched the mic. Sakura took a moment before she spoke again.
"There is something that I need to tell everyone…" said Sakura.
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The people backstage looked at Sakura.
"Huh? Was this in the program" asked the manager. Shizune looked at Sakura.
"What the hell is she doing?" muttered Shizune.
"The year that's passed since my birthday has been very special for me. It was a year where a girl who had everyone thought had a perfect life had to go through many things. For me…my ninja career was really important to me but, singing was my life. It is very precious to me. That's why…so that I can protect what is precious to me…please listen to this selfish request…" Sakura paused.
Ino looked up at Sakura. What was she doing? Everyone looked up at Sakura as they watched her close her eyes. She had a difficult time saying something. But what was it?
"I, Sakura Haruno, will be going to leave Konoha and everyone for a while…" said Sakura.
Everyone in the audience gasped…
"Hey now! What is this!? We never heard anything about this?" said the manager as he began to go through papers. Shizune went closer to the stage as stared at Sakura. Tears in her eyes.
"Today will be the last day I can see any of you guys for a long time." said Sakura. People were booing and yelled out their thoughts. Sakura began to have tears in her eyes. Temari and her siblings looked at Sakura. Gaara clenched his hands to a fist. Kankuro gave Sakura a sad look as Temari looked away. Lani went closer to the stage. Sakura looked down and saw Lani's sad blue eyes stare at her green orbs. "I can't tell you everyone why b-but…" Sakura was about to break down a cry. "I'm very sorry…" said Sakura as she fell on her knees as everyone in the stadium could her cry.
The spotlight shined on her as she was on the stage not daring to look up. Hinata, Tenten, and Ino looked sadly at Sakura. This must be so heart breaking for her. Ino put a strong face for Sakura as she got ready to clap.
Sakura got back up and looked at the crowd. "B-But I promise…I'll be back. Once again…to see everyone…I promise…" said Sakura. Sakura put the mic down as she closed her eyes. It was quiet for a few seconds. Soon clapping was heard. Ino looked up on stage, she was suppose to clap first. Sakura turned her head to the right to see someone she thought wouldn't come to the concert.
"Shishou…" said Sakura as she saw Tsunade standing next to Shizune clapping for her. Tsunade had tears forming around her hazel eyes. Soon everyone began to clap as well.
"Please, take care of yourself, Sakura!" yelled random people in the crowd.
"It's a promise!"
"Come back soon!"
Sakura looked at the crowd with admiration. "Thank you. Thank you very much! Everyone! Thank you so much!" said Sakura. Tenten wiped a tear from her eye. Naruto tried to hold in his tears. His nose was runny.
"Sakura-chan!" said Naruto. Hinata held his hand and squeeze it for support. Naruto looked at Hinata's strong white eyes. They had to be strong for Sakura. They had to be there for her.
"I will now play one piece on the piano. This song is dedicated to someone very special to me" said Sakura as she walked towards the piano. "This song is dedicated to my mom…." Tsunade's eyes widened.
"Mom, if you can hear me this is for you…" said Sakura as she began to play the piano.
Tsunade's eyes widened once more, the tune was Eternal Snow. She and Ai had sung this song to Sakura when she was little. People in the crowd closed their eyes and smiled. It was so peaceful and soft.
Sakura closed her eyes as she played. Sakura began to remember the incident that happened years ago.
Flashback…
"Sakura…after what I saw…you'll become a great kunoichi when you get older." said Ai. Sakura positioned her mother so her head was resting on her lap.
"Mom, you'll be okay right?" she asked. Her mother didn't answer. "Mom?" She heard her mother start to hum a song. It was the lullaby she's always hum to her. It was called Eternal Snow. She and Tsunade made this song up when Sakura couldn't stop crying. Sakura was 1 year old and her father was on a mission so Tsunade came to help her mother.
"Sakura, I know you always wanted to hear the entire song so I'll do the best I can" said Ai. I started to cry. "I promise you that one day, I'll be able to sing the whole song of Eternal snow to you Sakura…"
Sakura quietly started to hum along with her as her mother began to sing the words. As she did, it started to snow. She hummed as she listened to her mom sing with her beautiful and peaceful voice.
Kimi wo suki ni natte Dorekurai tatsu no kana?
Kimochi Fukurande yuku bakari de
Kimi wa Kono omoi kidzuiteiru no kana?
Ichido mo kotoba ni wa Shitenai kedo
Yuki no youni Tada shizukani
Furitsumori Tsudzukete yuku
Hold me tight Konna omoi nara
Dareka wo suki ni naru kimochi
Shiritaku Nakatta yo
I love you Namida tomaranai
Konnan ja Kimi no koto
Shirazuni ireba Yokatta yo…
Her mother's voice suddenly stopped. She only sung the first verse and chorus.
She looked at her mother since she didn't continue to sing. Her eyes were closed as snow flakes began to fall on her hair.
End of Flashback
Soon Sakura finally finished the piece as she got off the piano.
"Thank you all for coming today and I-"Sakura was cut off when a tune came on. It was similar to Eternal snow Sakura had just played on the piano. But it was more of a song where you dance to it.
Sakura looked to see that Tsunade had ordered people to play the song. Sakura saw Tsunade smile at her. Sakura smiled back as she took the mic and got ready to sing.
"This next song is dedicated to Neji Hyuga. I will love you with al my heart…" said Sakura as she began to sing.
Kimi wo suki ni natte Dorekurai tatsu no kaNA?
Kimochi Fukurande yuku bakari de
Kimi wa Kono omoi kidzuiteiru no kana?
Ichido mo kotoba ni wa Shitenai kedo
Yuki no youni Tada shizukani
Furitsumori Tsudzukete yuku
Hold me tight Konna omoi nara
Dareka wo suki ni naru kimochi
Shiritaku Nakatta yo
I love you Namida tomaranai
Konnan ja Kimi no koto
Shirazuni ireba Yokatta yo
Snow began to fall as Sakura sang. Sakura closed her eyes as memories of Neji came to mind. Sakura felt something warm next to her. Sakura thought she was crazy but she thought she heard her mom singing with her. As if holding the mic with her and singing with her. Sakura opened her eyes as she sang the next part.
Kimi wo itsumade omotteiru no kaNA?
Tameiki ga mado GARASU(Glass) Kumoraseta
Yureru kokoro Tomosu KYANDORU(Candle) de
Ima Tokashite Yukenai kaNA?
Hold me tight Oreru hodo tsuyoku
Kogarashi Fubuki ni deatte mo
Samukunai youni to
I miss you Kimi wo omou tabi
Amikake no Kono MAFURAA(Muffler)
Konya mo hitori Dakishimeru yo
Eien ni furu yukiga aru nara
Kimi he to tsudzuku kono omoi Kakuseru no ka-"
Soon only the tune was heard. Sakura had stopped singing. Sakura clutched her shirt as her vision got blurry. Sakura still continued to sing.
I love you Mune ni komiageru
Fuyuzora ni sakebitai
Ima sugu kimi ni Aitai yo…
Sakura had let go of the mic as she fell forward. Everyone gasped as she fell off the stage. Gaara had caught Sakura with his sand as she slowly lowered her to the ground.
"SAKURA!" yelled Tsunade.
"SAKURA-CHAN!" yelled Naruto as Sakura's friends began to head towards the stage. Tsunade signaled the medics to come. They slowly lifted Sakura onto the stretcher.
"I want you guys to meet me in the hospital as fast as possible!" yelled Tsunade as she poofed to the hospital.
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Sakura moaned in pain as she began to cry. The group was running with the medics as Sakura was sent to the surgery room as Tsunade and Shizune was waiting for her there.
"Don't worry Sakura, Tsunade won't let you die!" said Temari. Temari and the girls stopped in front of the door as Sakura was moved inside. Sakura looked to see a greenish yellow room. She saw Tsunade, Shizune, and other medics there ready to help her. Tsunade nodded at her as Sakura sadly smiled.
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Everyone was in the waiting room. Ino was holding Lani as she cried.
"Sakura-neechan will be alright…right?" asked Lani. Ino forced a smile.
"Of course. She's be fine. Just go to sleep for now. We'll be here for a long time. When you wake up Sakura will be right there, in front of you, smiling." Lani smiled at Ino as she went to sleep. Shikamaru sighed as he sat next to his girlfriend.
"Ino, you shouldn't have said that. You just raised her hopes up…" said Shikamaru as he put an arm around her.
"What was I suppose to say!? Huh Shikamaru? "Oh Sakura is going to die. She has no chance and you'll never see her ever again!" yelled Ino. Shikamaru's eyes widened. HE was use to Ino yelling at him, but not like that. "My best friend is in there dying! There's no chance of survival! For god's sake, why can't we do anything? WHY! WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING AN-"Ino stopped yelling as Tenten slapped her.
"You had no reason to yell at Shikamaru like that. He's right you shouldn't have raised her hopes like that. Sakura is our best friend too!" said Tenten.
"Ino…Sakura-chan needs us to be strong right now. So pull yourself together and stay strong." said Hinata.
"Hey where's Lee?" asked Tenten.
"I think I heard him saying something about getting back her youth with a sensei or something like that…" said Kankuro. Soon someone came running thought the halls.
"Aunty…" muttered Hinata.
"Where's Sakura?" asked Karin.
"She already headed into surgery" said Gaara.
"They're alive…" said Karin. Everyone gave her a weird look.
"Who's alive?" asked Kankuro.
"My son and Sasuke! They're alive. Kakashi sent me a message. They're alive! They're heading over soon" said Karin. Hinata hugged her aunt. This is wonderful news…" said Hinata.
Temari was the only one frowning. "But…Sakura is dying isn't she?" asked Temari. Soon the happiness faded.
"Thanks for reminding us you killjoy!" said Kankuro.
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Two hours had passed. Soon the monitor began to beep as a red caution sign blinked. Numbers began to drop rapidly.
"Her blood pressure is going down!" yelled Shizune. Tsunade eyes widened as she looked up at the clock. It was 10:57pm. "Just three more minutes! Hang on Sakura…" said Tsunade. The medics began to speed up their work. Sakura clutched the bed sheet.
"30 more seconds!" A medic yelled. "We're losing her!"
Tsunade bit her lower lip as she tried to hurry.
"20 seconds"
"Hang on Sakura! Hang on! I won't let you die!"
"10 seconds"
"You have a child! You have people that love you with all their hearts. So you can't leave them like this!" yelled Tsunade.
"Five!" the medic counted down.
"Four!" Bloody hands worked faster to take out the tumor.
"Three!" Medics began to try to stop the blood from bleeding.
"Two!" Sakura's hands still clutching the bed sheet.
"One…" Tsunade's eyes widened.
The room was silent as Sakura's grip on the bed sheet loosened. All that was heard was the long tone from the machine. The numbers had reached to zero…
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Lee went back to the hospital to check up on everyone. He saw Naruto bang his hand to the wall.
"Naruto-kun, what happened?" He looked to see that Tenten was crying as well. Soon something hit him.
"No! She can't be…she couldn't she…" Lee clenched his fists as he ran out of the hospital. Lani was still asleep in Gaara's arms. A tear drop fell on her arm.
Lee ran as fast as he could. Why? Why did someone as youthful as her had to-
BAM
Lee looked up to see someone holding a hand out for him. "Hello Lee…long time no see!" Lee's eyes widened.
"Neji!" Lee clenched his arm.
"I'm sorry…" said Lee.
"Did we miss the concert?" asked Kiba.
"No…" said Lee. "The concert was cut short…"
"Why?" asked Sai.
"Sakura…she's in the hospital…" said Lee. Kakashi's eyes widened. The operation…
"How was the operation? Did she make it through?" asked Sasuke.
"Operation? Hospital?" asked Neji. Kakashi walked up to Neji as she said something to him.
"Her life is on the line! She's dying? How come no one told me!" yelled Neji.
"She didn't want to tell you…" said Shino.
"What!?" snapped Neji. He was pissed.
"You already had your dad die, she didn't want you to feel pain so she didn't want you to know about it…" said Sasuke.
"Why didn't she just tell me? We could have gone through this together!" said Neji. "That's it, I'm going to the hospital!" Lee appeared in front of him, arms spread opened.
"I can't let you do that…" said Lee. His bangs covering his eyes…
"Lee, let m-"Lee cut him off.
"She's dead…" said Lee. Neji's white eyes widened.
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Mom!
Haha
Mom!
Sakura was chasing her mom, just like they always did when she was little. They'd go to the park and have fun. Sakura's white dress blew in the wind as she saw herself around the park. Sakura saw her mom sitting down on the grass as she sat down next to her.
"Sakura…do you want me to sing you the whole song of Eternal Snow?" Sakura nodded.
"Of course mom!" said Sakura as she smiled. Her mom closed her eyes as she began to sing. It was so peaceful. Just like she remembered.
"Mom, that was you singing with me at the concert, wasn't it?" asked Sakura. Her mom finished the song.
"Of course it was dear. I did promise you that I'd sing Eternal Snow with you one day…" Her mother said as she got up and began to walk away from Sakura.
"Mom, wait for me!" said Sakura as she got up and tried to run to her mom. Sakura looked down. Her feet were glued to the floor. "Wait, mom, don't go! You can't! You can't go!" Sakura paused as she got ready.
"MOM!!!" yelled Sakura as her voice echoed.
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Sakura's green eyes widened as she looked around her surroundings. Sakura noticed an oxygen mask on her face as tubes were going through her.
"Sakura-chan!" said Naruto.
"Forehead-girl!" said Ino.
"You're finally awake!" said Temari.
"Thank god…" said Shizune
"You scared us…we thought you were dead!" said Kakashi. Sakura's eyes were still wide open as she looked around the room as if she was scared or something.
"Sasuke, go get the Hokage!" ordered Kakashi. "Tell her that Sakura had just awaken!"
"It's such a relief! You've been asleep for a day!" said Shizune. Shizune noticed something. A tear rolled down Sakura's cheek.
"Sakura-chan…" said Naruto.
"Sakura , what's wrong?" asked Ino.
"Do you feel pain anywhere?" asked Shizune. Sakura didn't answer as she just continued to cry. Tsunade came in to check up on her.
"Sakura..." muttered Tsunade as she hugged Sakura. "I was so scared. I thought we lost you during the operation. The moment you 'supposedly' died, orange charka came out and all of a sudden your heart rate and blood pressure went back up to normal. I later realized that the charka came from Naruto. If it wasn't for Naruto, you wouldn't have been alive right now…"
A couple of hours later Sakura was released from the hospital. She went outside to see that snow was still falling down. It was late in the afternoon as the sun was going down. Everyone saw a blur of blue come running towards them.
"Sakura-chan!" yelled Hinata. "Neji-niisan and Sasuke-san are alive!" Sakura's eyes widened. They…they were alive! Sakura began to step forward. "But he thinks your dead. Lee told him that you died! And now we can't find him. I'm scared that he might do something. We need to find h-"Hinata stopped talking when Sakura ran passed her.
Sakura ran as fast as she can. Her bare feet moved through the cold snowy ground. As she ran, she remembered what Neji had said to her a couple of weeks ago.
Flashback
"What would you do if…if something was to happen to us, to me?" Sakura asked as she wondered what his reaction would be if she died before he came back.
"Something as in?"
"As in death?" Sakura said. He noticed that the Sakura was serious about this.
"If you were to die and I wasn't there to stop it, I'd follow you in death...
End of flashback
I'd follow you in death…
In death…
In death…
The words echoed through her mind. Neji wouldn't…right? Sakura's feet began to move quicker. Snow was still falling down. Damn it! Where would he be? She wished she possessed Byakugan right now. Sakura saw a beautiful white dove fly past her. Sakura looked at the bird and followed her instincts…
She followed the bird towards its direction…
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Sasuke sighed as he laid in his bed. After what Lee told him that night, he hasn't seen any of his friends. He was feeling…freakin emo (A/n: I have nothing against emo people)
'Why did she have to die…" thought Sasuke
'My beautiful flower…dead. WHY IS LIFE SO CRUEL!'
'Not you again. I thought you jumped off a cliff or something…'
"How rude. This is why I haven't talked for a while. I was hibernating and I didn't want to see your ugly emo chicken haired face!"
Sasuke rolled his eyes as he rolled on to his side. He looked at his side table to see a picture of him, the dobe, and Sakura. They had recently updated their old team even pictureBut this time Sai and Yamato was in it too. Sakura was smiling her infamous smile. She was in the middle. She had an arm linked with his. Naruto's and Sai's face was blurry because they moved their faces. Probably because he had put let her.
Sakura looked so happy. Her smile itself made him feel happy inside. But he would never see her again.
Knock
Sasuke sighed as he went to the door. The person on the other side continued to knock.
"Teme, hurry up!" said a voice. Naruto…
Sasuke jumped out of bed as he went to the door.
"What do you want!?" asked Sasuke.
"Yeah, what do you want, I'm trying to be emo here!"
'Shut up!'
Naruto had a smile on his face. "Sakura-chan is alive! She's going after Neji right now. He might be doing something stupid right now!"
It took a minute for the words to process in Sasuke's head.
"Sakura is alive!?" asked Sasuke.
"Come on we have to help everyone find Neji!" said Naruto as he pulled Sasuke.
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Hinata used her Byakugan to search the area. Hinata's eyes widened.
"I found him. He's going to jump off the cliff!" said Hinata. Everyone looked at each other and hurried. "But…Sakura-chan is getting close. Probably a minute."
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Sakura ran as fast as she could. She continued to follow the dove through the trees. She made it through as the dove disappeared. She finally found herself in a white winter wonderland. Everything she saw was white. She stepped a bit closer. She was near a cliff. Her green panicked eyes looked around. A couple of yards from her, she saw a hint of brown…
Sakura began to run and tried to call out Neji's name. She still couldn't talk well from the operation. So her voice was like the silent wind. Sakura ran closer.
"Neji!" Sakura tried to yell again. Her feet became numb but she didn't care, she continued to call her lover's name. Sakura tripped over a hidden tree root, buried under the snow. Sakura fell in the cold snow as she looked up. She was so close. She saw Neji was ready to jump. His hand was up in the air with a kunai. Sakura's eyes widened as a tear rolled down her cheek. The tear melted through the snow as Sakura closed her eyes and she yelled as loud as she could.
"NEJI!!!!!" Her voice echoed throughout the area
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Omg, the story is almost over! The story is almost over! How exciting! I want to thank everyone who had supported me throughout the story so far. And I want to thank my fans for reading my story. It really means a lot to me. So I'll try to update soon. So plz review and tell me what you think.
Next time on Eternal Snow…
Neji stepped closer to the edge of the cliff. He could see the icy ocean below. The day Lee told him the news, he's world was destroyed. He closed his eyes as took a deep breathe.
"I'll be
with you soon Sakura…" said Neji as he got ready to jump. He
hesitated a bit as he felt the wind pass by. His hair flew in the
air. He could have sworn that he heard someone calling his name.
Maybe it was Sakura calling out to him from above…waiting for him.
"I'm coming…" whispered Neji as he took out a kunai and got ready to stab himself. Before he did, he heard a voice he never thought he'd hear ever again…
"NEJI!!!!!"