Okay, I am sorry to who ever feels like Sasuke's death was feeble then I am sorry, but I will be building up on that. Well that's that. I will continue with this. Thank you for all your support and your comments. Also, thank you for your help. Well, on with the show.
Amarante decided she would take the long road home after the small funeral. Since not many people interacted with Sasuke, there were not many there. Much of Konoha was convinced that Sasuke too had to do with the attack on Sakura but the ones closer to him knew that it wasn't knew. Amarante watched the sky as birds flew over her. The only reason he had come to the funeral was because he was forced to; not because he wanted to. Amarante took the side road towards the memorial stone and then sat down in front of it. Her eyes scanned the names as she tried to remember who they were. Hayate Sakumo…Uchiha Obito…Namikaze Minato…Rin…Gekko Hayate…Sarutobi, Sandaime …Sarutobi Asuma…Uchiha Sasuke. Her fingers grazed over the newly etched name. "It seems like you feel loss over him more than you did mom." Taro walked up to her as she looked up at her brother. "He doesn't deserve that love Amarante. Let's go home. Forget about that bastard."
"Why can't you accept him?" Amarante asked as she cried. Taro clicked his tongue as he shoved his hands in his pockets. He looked down disgustingly at his weeping sister. "Since when have you become so cold?" She asked as she stared up at him. His hair came over his face so he was half disguised. Sighing, he sat down next to his sister with his back to the memorial stone and then looked at her. "Huh?" She poked him. "I'm talking to you Taro." He looked at her with a scowl on his face and then closed his eyes. "Taro, stop ignoring me. I swear to god, please give me a fucking answer. He died with out giving me an answer then why don't you?"
"An answer to what Amarante?" He yelled as he looked at his sister angrily. "An answer to what? What do you want me to tell you? That I too miss him and that I wish he loved us? I would be lying Amarante and you know how much I hate lying. And to the answer that was never answered by him; he did it because he doesn't care about us." He seethed as he looked at her.
"How can you be sure that he didn't care? Maybe he was too afraid of telling us that he loved us. Maybe he was waiting for the right time. Maybe he was waiting for—"
"He wasn't waiting for anything Amarante. He couldn't care for us even if we were bleeding in front of him."
"If that's true then why did you protect him? Why did you help him fight Setseyu and Ryo? If he didn't care about us then why did you care?"
"I only cared because it was happening in Konoha and I am a ninja of Konoha. I have the duty to serve and protect. If you knew that, you wouldn't have provoked Karin. The law would have found her." Taro said as he pulled grass from its roots. Amarante shoke her head in disagreement.
"You loved him too, I can see it now."
"Sweetheart, you have a false sense of reality here. If you are going to talk foolishly then I suggest you immediately check yourself into the mental hospital." He said as he looked at her. She scowled back and then pushed her self back so that she was also sitting with her back to the memorial stone. Placing her head on her brother's shoulder, she thought. If I am not right, then I'll run around Konoha 25 times. Great, I'm starting to sound like Lee-sama. "Come on, let's go home."
Sakura sat in her bedroom as she looked at the picture frame taken more than 20 years ago. Tears cascaded her cheeks as she looked at Sasuke who was scowling. All this time I tried to hate you and I couldn't. Why do I still love you? You threw me out of your life and I still wished the best for you. I always loved you. "Sakura?" Sakura's mother walked into the room to see her daughter crying. "Oh my child." She took Sakura into her arms as Sakura cried over the loss of her one true love. "This is the life of a shinobi." Sakura pulled away from her mother as she looked at her. "You'll be fine. You are strong Sakura, you can overcome anything."
"No, I have sacrificed so much. And just when I thought that maybe I could talk to him about Amarante and Taro, he just leaves us without even a proper goodbye." She said as she wiped away a tear as she heard the front door open. "Come on, let's not talk about this, I don't want to sadden Amarante any further." Sakura cleaned her eyes with her sleeve and then walked out of the room. "Hey, guys, you're home. Sasuke's last will and testament is going to be opened tonight at dinner and Naruto has said that we are required to come so please, go and put on something nice." Sakura watched as both her children walked into their rooms.
Taro pulled out a mesh shirt and some cargo pants. Pulling his hair back into a small ponytail, he walked out of the room with boots on. Sakura decided to leave him alone even though what he was wearing was completely unacceptable. Amarante on the other hand wore a black and red yukata and then she walked out of her room. Sakura nodded at her daughter as she told her mother that she would be back soon.
"Taro, I want you to behave once we get there, do you understand?" Sakura asked as she walked alongside her two children.
"What am I like five mom?" Taro asked as he gritted through his teeth.
"You may as well be with that attitude of yours." Amarante mumbled. Immediately Taro stopped in his tracks.
"What did you say?"
"Nothing."
"That's right. You better shut up before I beat your ass."
"If you touch me I am going to fucking castrate you." She retaliated as she pushed her brother.
"Both of you shut up." Sakura seethed with an angry look. Immediately, Taro and Amarante quieted as they looked at their mother's facial expression. Amarante looked down at the floor as Taro smiled. "Now I want you to stay quiet or else." Sakura warned as she continued her walk to Naruto's home. Taro stuck his tongue out at Amarante as she flipped him off. In a flash, Sakura grabbed Taro's tongue and Amarante's finger and dragged them over to the house.
Inside, Kakashi, Naruto, Hinata, Goro, Megumi (Naruto's eldest child), and Sai sat as they waited for Sakura, Amarante, and Taro. Hinata walked into the kitchen to prepare dinner. "Sakura, I am going to read the will after dinner so, let's eat." Silently they ate. Naruto was more serious than they ever had been. Hinata tried to be hospitalable but the silence was daunting and she too gave up trying to force others to eat more food. Many of the guests just shoved around their food on their plates. Naruto noticed Amarante staring at hers and he placed his hand on her arm and then offered her a smile. "Amarante, it's your favorite, aren't you going to eat?" He asked as he looked at her.
"Honestly, I am not all that hungry." She smiled as she looked at her uncle. He nodded and then noticed no one was really eating.
"Well, if everyone is done, then I guess let's move onto the will." He pushed his plate away from his place and then walked into another room. Walking out with a box, he set it down and then looked at it with everyone else. Taro noticed that the instead of a letter, it was a box. "Well, let's open this thing." He opened the lock to the box. "Alright." He pulled out a packet of letters. "The first one, is for me." He took the letter and placed it in his small pocket. "The next one is for…Sakura." Sakura looked surprised as she took the letter from Naruto. The envelope was a pallid color and was sealed tightly. Holding it in her hand, she looked at everyone else. "The next one is for Kakashi-sensei." Kakashi took the letter and then placed it in his book and then looked at the others. "These are for Karin and the children."
"Have you found Hayato yet?" Sakura asked quickly gaining everyone's attention.
"No, ANBU is still looking for him. He could have run away but we have not yet found him."
"That poor boy, he is only what, 14 years old, and he is all by himself somewhere." Hinata spoke as she started to pick up plates.
"He's not as innocent as he looks Hinata, remember, he could have helped Karin with the attack on Sakura—"
"ANBU has cleared all their names, it seems only Karin had organized the attack. Ryo and Setseyu are out on probation until their trials." Sai said looking at the group.
"Still, we can't be sure, especially with Hayato." Kakashi finished the debate. Naruto looked at the group. "Naruto, continue please."
Naruto pulled apart the last two letters and then looked at them. "Amarante, this letter is for you, and Taro, this one is for you."
Okay, the next three entries are going to be the letters that Sakura, Amarante, and Taro get. They'll just be the letter so they will be short. I'll post them on the same day. \\