Title: Stand My Ground
Chapter: 25- It Ends The Same
Warning: Ahh. Language. THE LAST CHAPTER. Remember, if you murder me, then I can't write the sequel.
Disc.: ME NO OWN NARUTO, Damn it! How many times do I need to repeat myself?
Distr.: Hmph, go to my profile and look under TERMS.
Music: All The Same- Sick Puppies, Stand My Ground- Within Temptation
A/N: Well, well, well. I've decided to give you one final chapter. This covers most stuff that I didn't get to before this, and ties up most of the loose ends. It's the last chapter. It's so weird.. I feel like I should keep going.. But that's what sequels are for! I'm going to update Backwards as well, and put up a few song fics.
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"You will repeat this dream for the next 12 hours," Itachi said, dropping her now useless body on the ground. He smirked, "If you live that long."
Sasuke was staring. His mouth was slightly agape, and he could do nothing. His brother was dead! He had killed him with his own two hands... but there he was standing over the body of.. Sakura... Oh shit. Why did she think she could fight him by herself? Why was she so determined to prove herself? It was all slipping away from him again. His brother was taking the people he loved away from him. The woman he loved and his child were dying before his very eyes. And.. Did Itachi just KISS her?!
"Sakura!" He ground out, watching her barely breathing body, unmoving on the floor. Blood was pooling around her, and it was like a brick to the face when he realized it was coming from the wound on her belly. He wasn't shocked anymore. He was pissed. He took a step forward, he would kill this man again. Because the only one allowed to hurt her, ever, was him.
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He was walking away from her again. Why did he always do that?
I don't mind where you come from
As long as you come to me
I don't like illusions I can't see
Them clearly
"Stop!" She demanded, her voice echoing through the blackness.
I don't care no I wouldn't dare
To fix the twist in you
You've shown me eventually
What you'll do
"Don't do this to yourself, Sakura," He said, still facing away from her.
I don't mind...
I don't care...
As long as you're here
"Do it to myself? You're doing it to me, baka. Please, don't leave. You promised."
"I guess I shouldn't make promises I can't keep," He responded harshly.
"Nande?" She demanded, "Why the hell are you doing this, Sasuke? You're running in circles! You have to stop using me like this! I'm not a toy, damn it. I'm a person with feelings. I thought you'd finally understood that. You've got to stop leaving like this."
Go ahead tell me you'll leave again
You'll just come back running
Holding your scarred heart in hand
It's all the same
And I'll take you for who you are
If you take me for everything
Do it all over again
It's all the same
"You're too naive to walk away, which means I've got to," He said finally. "Don't you understand? You're dying, Sakura. He's killed you. And I–"
Hours slide and days go by
Till you decide to come
And in between it always seems too long
All of a sudden
"SHUT UP!" She screeched, her eyes widening as it began to rain. The rain drops weren't like she'd ever seen them. They were red, and thick.. It was as if the sky was wounded...
And I have the skill, yeah I have the will
To breathe you in while I can
However long you stay
Is all that I am
I don't mind...
I don't care...
As long as you're here
"Don't you get it?" He laughed cruelly, and Sakura felt as if her insides were being ripped out. "You really are nothing. He was right. For once the bastard was right. You are nothing to me. You can't even stay pregnant."
At this, she masked her emotions entirely, her face doused with bloody rain. She looked down and realized that she was in fact, bleeding as well. She ripped up her shirt, revealing a kunai wound.
"Don't you get it?" She growled, "I don't... I..Stop running away!.." Her façade crumbled, salty tears clearing the blood away from her eyes in streaks. She had finally understood, "I lost the baby...?"
Go ahead tell me you'll leave again
You'll just come back running
Holding your scarred heart in hand
It's all the same
And I'll take you for who you are
If you take me for everything
Do it all over again
It's always the same
"Why did you think I was being honest? The only time I've ever been honest was when I insulted you. You are pathetic. To think I was going to restore the Uchiha clan with such a sad excuse for a woman."
Wrong or right
Black or white
If I close my eyes
It's all the same
In my life
The compromise
I close my eyes
It's all the same
"Stop it!" She shrieked, her chest heaving, "This isn't right! You've never been like this before! It's not real!"
He was behind her then, breathing down her neck. Her whole body shook, and she whipped around, bringing up her bloody hand to smack him. The thick red crimson kept falling, obscuring her vision.. It was all so red... Why was this all so wrong? Why?
Then it came to her...tsukuyomi.
Go ahead say it you're leaving
You'll just come back running
Holding your scarred heart in hand
It's all the same
And I'll take you for who you are
If you take me for everything
Do it all over again
It's all the same
She knew she wouldn't be able to handle hearing any more of what the raven haired boy was saying. And to go through this for 12 hours? She was positive she was going to die.
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"We need to get back to the base, now," Neji said calmly, watching as Lee attempted again to carry all three bodies. "Stop," He commanded, "I've got TenTen. Put Sai on your back."
"We need to bring this one," Lee pointed at Deidara, shoving the mask back under his black ANBU cloak that he'd thrown on the ground before attacking Deidara.
"I know."
"What...? Neji...?" TenTen looked up her eyes having trouble focusing on her boyfriend's face. "What happened...?"
"It's okay," Neji said, monotone.
TenTen shut her eyes again, and Neji felt something warm on his arm. He extracted it from underneath TenTen and his eyes widened in realization as he watched the blood soaking through his shirt. It was not his own.
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"We can't let them just get away. Why would they drink sake and get drunk with enemies in the base?" Ino asked, prowling the room, looking for food. She found a refrigerator in the corner and plucked out an unopened jar of pickles, "Ooh, my lucky day!" She exclaimed, struggling to open them. "Shika-kun? Please open these?"
Chouji and Kiba were gaping again.
"Shika-kun?" Chouji asked, clearly offended at the prospect that his two best friends were adding suffixes. He had already banished the baby comment from his mind.
"Troublesome..." Shikamaru muttered, moving to help the irritated girl. He opened the jar and handed it back. She extracted a pickle, smiling brightly, totally oblivious to the fact that they were on a mission, that two Akatsuki members had just gotten away, and that two of her companions were staring at her. She finished off the pickle and reached for another when she heard a blood curling scream.
"SAKURA!"
The pickle jar shattered on the cement floor.
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"HINATA-CHAN! Back up!" He said frantically, pulling her away from the two Uchihas. Hinata hadn't cared that she might die by jumping in the middle of a raging battle. Even with her byakugan, all she saw was her friend lying on the floor in a pool of her own blood.
Naruto could feel the tears as he began to understand the situation. He shook his head, poured good thoughts into his head and kissed Hinata, who'd been frozen after she'd pulled Sakura from the wreckage. She jumped, and Naruto stepped back giving her a sad, final look. She gave him a look of understanding, sorrow and fright as he turned from her, and dove into the battle. He would back up Sasuke. Even if it cost him his life.
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"WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?" Tsunade was screaming, Shizune was trembling, the ANBU in front of the blonde Hokage were cowering and TonTon was squealing... "WHY THE FUCK AREN'T THEY ANSWERING!? I did not give them the okay to enter the base! Do you understand me?!" Her hand crashed through her desk, an explosion of paper and a loud 'crack' signaled that the desk was now worthless.
Shizune looked like she was ready to faint, Tsunade had never used such language, ever, not even when Jiraya had tried to kiss her.
And on top of it all, the results of the blood tests Tsunade had made Ino and Sakura take the day she'd called them into her office had come back.
Several weeks previous.
Sakura and Ino were connected at the elbow, both looking quite depressed as they left Tsunade's office. They didn't look up until they bumped into Shizune who'd been carrying several books. TonTon squealed and scrambled to get away from the falling books. There was a couple thumps and a few surprised gasps.
Ino, Sakura and Shizune all bent down to pick up the books when she noticed the band-aids on their arms.
"What's that all about?" Shizune asked Sakura, looking up with curiosity.
"Nani? Oh, just a... a... routine blood test," Sakura mumbled, piling the last of the books back onto the stack in Shizune's arms.
"Oh. Well, bye Sakura, Ino! Nice bumping into you!"
She watched the two miserable girls walk down the hallway and out of the tower. Shaking her head, she wondered what the big deal was. When she went into Tsunade's office, the woman was drunk, so she didn't get much out of her. Just a, "More sake, Shizune."
And she had complied. Tsunade was the Godaime after all.
Several weeks later.
Those two blood tests confirmed two of the ANBU out on the mission that weren't responding to calls, were pregnant. Two of the only four kunoichi... the two strongest.
Shizune shook her head to regain her attention, and watched the ANBU retreat from the room, and to her horror and surprise, Tsunade burst into tears.
Everything was falling to pieces.
With Neji.
"We're almost there," Neji growled, Lee was faultering because of the weight of the two bodies, but he was trying his best not to show it.
"Yes! That is good!" Lee exclaimed, running faster, "Is TenTen alright?"
"I don't know," was all the prodigy said, and they were inside the gates, the guards staring at them. Well, mostly the dead body of Deidara.
"We should go to the Hokage's office!" Lee announced, but Neji stopped him.
"She might not be there. We need to go straight to the hospital. Someone will help them there."
Lee nodded and they rushed towards the hospital, Neji ignoring his throbbing shoulder and Lee ignoring his aching rib.
As they set TenTen and Sai down, Tsunade came barreling towards them.
Three hours later.
A raven haired boy rushed into the same hospital, a bloody mass of something in his arms, followed by a loud, screaming blonde and a girl with lavender eyes who was crying so hard she was shaking. The blonde and the crying girl took seats in the waiting room while the Hokage herself came running towards them, hands already glowing bright green with healing chakra.
Eighteen hours later
"Is she awake?"
"No," came the reply from the silver haired jounin sitting in the chair beside the bed, "I know you don't want to except this Naruto, but you need to remember what Tsunade said. She might never wake up."
"Aw, c'mon, Kakashi-sensei, this is Sakura-chan we're talking about. Plus, she'll want to come out now that we're all a team again."
Kakashi didn't move to respond or even look up from his porn book, but inside, he was screaming.
Four hours previous.
"Get out. Go comfort the Hyuuga or something!"
"Where's the teme!?"
"In room 108, now get out!"
"What about Sakura-chan?"
"I said, get out."
"Tsunade-baa-chan, You have to save her!"
"UZUMAKI, you're pushing my patience," the Godaime growled, "You know I want to save her just as much as you. She's my student and friend, and that's the end. I'm doing the best I can, damn it. Now get the fuck out of here before I throw you out."
Six hours previous.
The blonde woman refused to make eye-contact with Shizune. There was a look in her eyes that Tsunade was not going to deal with, and she didn't give a damn about anything other than the person lying on the table.
"She's lost too much blood, Tsunade-sama."
"I know that, but I don't care."
"Tsunade," Kakashi said, coming up behind her, "what about..?"
The tone of his voice made Tsunade understand immediately what he was talking about.
"You knew?" Tsunade roared, causing Kakashi to step back.
"Yes, I knew."
"Why the hell didn't you tell me! I could have you thrown into jail right now, Hatake. You and Uchiha, you both knew about this and you put everyone's lives in danger. Including hers!"
"Then send me to jail," he sighed, "I'd rather be in jail then in hell for breaking the promise I made to her. She is the glue to my team. She is the only reason my team has lasted as long as they have. She makes us smile. She's an amazing, kind person. I wasn't about to break her any more than she already was broken."
Tsunade said nothing but continued furiously pumping blood back into the pale stick of a girl who was lying on the table in front of her.
Two weeks previous.
"Kakashi-sensei! You wanted to see me?"
"Yes, Sakura, please sit down."
The girl did as she was asked and took a seat on her sensei's sofa.
"So what's up, Kakashi-sensei? What'd you need?"
"Hold on, Sakura, let me get the tea."
"Careful, Kaka-sensei, you might drop it. Take your nose out of that porn book for just a minute or two, okay? I don't want to heal any wounds you're bound to get by picking up broken glass or dropping hot tea all over."
He came back with two cups of tea a few minutes later and sat next to her on the couch.
'Best to get straight to it.' "Sakura, are you pregnant?"
The tea that was half-way down said girl's throat was suddenly being hacked violently back up, she was sputtering, trying to breathe again.
"W-What makes you think that?"
"I'm your sensei, not an idiot, Sakura. Plus, I have the sharingan. You've been acting strangely ever since we retrieved you, Sasuke and Naruto from that cabin."
"What happened to that cabin?" Sakura asked, trying to change the subject.
"The one where you were originally staying we burned down. The one where we found you was left as it was. Now, answer the question, Sakura."
"U..uh.. Well.. You see..." She tried to meet his eye and ended up avoiding it instead. "Hai."
The world halted for a split second and Kakashi found he couldn't breathe. His little female student... he'd always thought of her as a daughter... she was just a girl, a child herself... how could she be having one? He was going to kill the Uchiha the moment he saw him. She must've saw the panic and anger in his eyes as she was talking again.
"Kakashi, it's my fault, I'm so sorry, don't take this out on Sasuke."
"Your fault? Is that what he told you?"
"No! Of course not! It's just- "
"It takes two," He growled, trying to keep his anger in check.
"I know, I know," She choked, desperately reaching for anything to fix the mess she had made.
"He's going to take responsibility," Kakashi said. It was not a question.
"He is! He said he would! He's never been a liar."
"If he tries to walk away..."
"He won't! But you can't tell, Kakashi-sensei! Please! Promise me..." She begged, finally looking into his face. "Please," she repeated.
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Two weeks later, four hours previous.
"Naruto?... Kakashi...?
They were lying on the ground in front of her, their limbs in odd positions that even Ino couldn't pull off. Her breath caught in her throat as her gaze locked on their lifeless eyes. She half-gasped and half-sobbed as her eyes fell on their fatal wounds. Katana shaped chidori holes through their hearts.
She reached for them and her eyes caught something dark. She could see him in the distance. He was lying on the grass as well, and she could hear Itachi's footsteps approaching her.
There was blood everywhere.. Everything was red... as if a child colored the entire world with a scarlet crayon. And when she saw the fetus...she was on her hands and knees, the bile rising in her throat.
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Present.
She knew she should open her eyes, but she couldn't. Everything would be red. The skies would be coated in crimson, her hands... her friends...Sasuke...
She glared at the inside of her eyelids and cracked them open a few inches. Seeing nothing but white, she deemed it safe to open them more, and found she was in a hospital room. Her eyes fell upon Kakashi's huddled form in the chair beside her bed.
What had happened? Where was Sasuke? Was Itachi dead? What about the mission? Was everyone okay? What about Ino and her baby?
The word baby echoed in her mind and her hand immediately went to her stomach. She let out a sharp gasp, and ignored the fact that Kakashi was waking up as she felt the bandages beneath the gown. Kakashi didn't even have time to blink before Sakura's terrified shriek filled the room. Her frantic eyes landed on Kakashi's face and she desperately searched it for an answer. But her sensei was as passive as ever, only showing a small look of surprise before it disappeared completely.
"Kakashi-sensei?" She was as pale as a ghost and her eyes were filled with tears.
Kakashi's heart broke.
Eight hours previous.
"What happened?!"
Tsunade's head snapped up out of her semi-slumber. She'd been leaning on her new desk, a steel one, when the outburst had sent another wave of sharp pain through her head. She let out a short growl and looked up to find the frantic-angry face of Uchiha Sasuke.
Her eyes widened in surprise as she looked from Shizune, who'd dropped a stack of papers on the floor- mouth slightly open, eyes also wide in surprise, back to the raven haired boy who looked completely Emo.
"Uchiha, sit down," She managed calmly, and he stared at her.
"I'll pass. Where's Sakura, is she okay?"
"I said SIT."
He glared at the big-chested woman and sat stiffly in the chair in front of her new desk. "Well?" He asked im patiently.
"She's in the ICU. She's in a coma right now from so much blood loss." Sasuke opened his mouth to speak but she cut him off, "She might never wake up."
His mouth snapped shut, and so did his eyes, his head bent down, and he stared mercilessly at the carpet.
"And Uchiha..." She's expected his emotionless face, but what she got was much different. He looked up at her with sad eyes, and a small frown, he was obviously upset. "I know that you knew Sakura was pregnant."
He paused, glaring slightly, "Was?"
Tsunade didn't answer. "I could throw you in jail," she said quietly, "but I won't. I think what happened is punishment enough. I know that you and Naruto didn't get to spill Itachi's blood a second time, and that this is hard for you, because you believe you are an avenger." He was still silent. "Uchiha, you have to forget your revenge. Sakura needs you right now more than anyone."
"I know that," he said evenly. "But I can't just forget."
"I'm sorry you see it that way."
"I request permission to leave Leaf."
This stunned Tsunade into silence and she looked over to Shizune who had let out a small gasp. Her head turned back to Sasuke, sitting in the chair sullenly, his eyes hidden under his dark bangs. Tsunade looked thoughtful for awhile, and silence followed. Shizune muttered something inaudible and bent down to pick up the papers.
"I know that even if I deny you permission to leave the village, you will leave anyway. I cannot bring myself to put your team through that again, therefore I am granting you this permission. There is a catch." She watched Sasuke's face, and he looked angry, confused and curious. "In three years or less, you must return. If you don't, I'll have to write you down as a missing-nin, and charge you with abandoning Konoha again. You will not get off so easily this time. Do I make myself clear?"
He nodded, "Hai."
"Now," Tsunade said with a small hint of anger, "Get out of here. I have to attend to my patients."
Sasuke nodded, and he stood, giving one final look at the room before leaving it.
"TSUNADE-SAMA!" Shizune shrieked, her eyes wide, "You're just letting him leave?"
"You heard my reasons, Shizune," Tsunade stated, ignoring the look on her friend's face. "Do me a favor and don't question them. Ah!" Shizune's gaze went abruptly to Tsunade, who had a text book on her desk.
TSUNADE STUDYING?! TWICE IN A DECADE!?
"SHIZUNE!" Tsunade's voice was quivering. "Did the baby leave Sakura's body yet?"
"...no..," She looked puzzled. "Nande?"
"I've got an idea."
With Sasuke.
He pushed his way down the hospital corridors, reaching room 109, the one across from the room he had abandoned a thirty minutes before. He opened the door quietly, and wasn't surprised to find Kakashi in the chair next to the bed, nose buried in his porn novel.
With one look, the silver haired jounin stood, nodding solemly at Sasuke and leaving the room. He shut the door behind him and Sasuke went over to the bed, looking down at her frail form.
He would kill Itachi 50,000 times for this.
She looked so small, so broken... so delicate. He hated it. He hated her. Why did she fight him? Why did she do this to herself? Why, why, why?
He hated knowing nothing. He hated loving her. He hated it all.
Bending, he placed a tender kiss on her lips before receding from the room.
Five minutes after.
Tsunade had rushed into the room, her eyes still reading the page of the medical text, ocassionally shouting orders. Three male nurses prepared Sakura for her emergency surgery as the plan in Tsunade's brain finalized itself. There was a 56 chance that the operation would work. It was better than 50, and she was sticking with her motto she had when Lee's surgery became a question. Wasn't even one percent over enough reason to do it?
She was determined to get this right.
Present.
"Sakura," Kakashi responded quietly, keeping his voice normal, "You're awake."
"What happened?" She asked, struggling to stay calm, "Tell me, please."
"Well..." It was at that moment that a loud, orange-clad ninja entered the room...in an oddly quiet fashion.
"Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked, his voice was subdued. When he saw her sitting up, the happy quiet-ness was put to an end. "YOU'RE AWAKE! THANK KAMI! WAIT UNTIL THE TEME KNOWS!"
Sakura visibly relaxed at the mention of Sasuke.
"Well it won't take long, will it, baka?" Kakashi said, rolling his visible eye. "Naruto, use your inside voice."
"But Kakashi-sensei! I'm just so excited that Sakura-chan's awake!" Kakashi cringed and Naruto walked enthusiastically over to Sakura, who was still distressed, and wrapped his arms around her in a comforting hug. She smiled lightly, a worried expression still dominating her face. Surprisingly, she moved over and allowed Naruto space next to her on the bed. He grinned and slid in next to her, keeping her wrapped in a hug. "I was really worried about you, Sakura-chan."
She let out a sigh, and her attention returned to her sensei. "Kakashi... what about..." her eyes filled with tears again, "my..."
Kakashi sent her a sad smile that she couldn't see and began to speak, "Well you see, Sakura..."
"Hey!" Naruto interrupted again, "Where is that teme anyway?"
The door swung open and Tsunade stood there, her arms folded under her rather large breasts and she let out a sigh.
"He's gone."
Sakura's eyes widened and she grew stiff in Naruto's embrace. "WHAT? What do you mean 'gone'?!"
"He requested permission to leave Leaf. I had no choice but to give it to him. I'm sorry, Sakura."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'NO CHOICE', BAA-CHAN!? UNLESS HE WAS HOLDING A SUPER LARGE BLASTY THING AT YOUR HEAD THEN YOU HAD A CHOICE!"
"Inside voice, Naruto," Kakashi boomed.
"Gomen," He said, glaring at the floor. "You all wait until I get a hold of that teme..."
Ino and Shikamaru slipped through the doorway beside Tsunade and Ino appeared on the other side of Sakura. Sakura clasped her hand and turned back to Tsunade.
"He can't be gone," she said, her voice breaking, "He just can't. He promised me."
"I'm sorry, Sakura," Tsunade repeated, looking truly forlorn.
"What about my..." Sakura squeezed Ino's hand, "baby?"
Nobody said anything.
And then Sakura burst into tears.
Ino squeezed her hand, she had tears into her eyes as well, and Naruto hugged her tighter, whispering comforting words in her ear.
"Your baby is alive," Tsunade said calmly.
Sakura's sobs slowed until there was only silence again.
"But then why did Sasuke leave?" Ino asked, her other arm going around Shikamaru's waist.
"Because when he left, it wasn't."
Silence.
Is.
Not.
Golden.
"WHAT?" Naruto asked, obviously confused.
"I restored life to it using part of Sakura's soul."
To Kakashi, whoever said that silence was golden was
AS
NUTTY
AS
SQUIRREL
POO.
"What?"
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Two weeks later.
I can see
When you stay low nothing happens
Does it feel right?
Late at night
Things I thought I put behind me
Haunt my mind
Sakura stood quietly on the hill, her hand placed comfortably on her growing belly. The wind was blowing steadily, and her tears were raining down freely. The sky was a dark gray, save the horizon which was a very faint orange-pink. She sighed.
I just know there's no escape
Now once it sets its eyes on you
But I won't run, have to stare it in the eye
The sky was slowly darkening, and Sakura heard a low crackle of thunder somewhere in the distance. Her heart fluttered thinking that Sasuke could hear it too, and that he would feel the rain on his skin, just like she would when it came.
Stand my ground, I wont give in
No more denying, I got to face it
Won't close my eyes and hide the truth inside
If I dont make it, someone else will
Stand my ground
Her heart was officially in a million pieces now and somehow, Naruto, Kakashi and Ino were helping her put it back into countable pieces. She knew, though, despite their efforts, she wouldn't be whole again. Not until he returned to her. He still had a piece of her heart, and she wondered how she would survive... how her child would survive without him. With a mother that wasn't complete, with a life not always filled with endless joy and love.
It's all around
Getting stronger, coming closer
Into my world
Bringing a child into the world was no joke. Especially at her age. And she was already being punished for not telling the Hokage of her condition, as was Ino. It was true, they both had put everyone in danger. Shino had died because two pregnant scared kunoichis had allowed it.
I can feel
That it's time for me to face it
Can I take it?
Well, they hadn't truly allowed it. They had kind of tried to stop it. And they had sorrowfully explained this to his clan, who took it quite well. Their son had died a ninja, defending two of his companions, and he had eliminated a member of the Akatsuki. The only way they'd be any happier is if their boy had returned to them.
Though this might just be the ending
Of the life I held so dear
But I won't run, there's no turning back from here
Sakura didn't understand Sasuke's decision to leave again one bit. She twisted it, tried to convince herself every way she could think of, but nothing compared to her pain. How could he just leave her like that? He had thought that their child was dead, yes, she understood that and it pained her to think of the moments when a part of her wasn't breathing. But their child's heart was beating now, wasn't it? And what about her?
Stand my ground, I wont give in
No more denying, I got to face it
Won't close my eyes and hide the truth inside
If I dont make it, someone else will
Stand my ground
It began to sprinkle and Sakura's tears intensified. She remembered the bloody sky and the swirling irises of Itachi's mangekyo sharingan. She hated them. They gave her nightmares and made her skin crawl. She could only hope to Kami that the man died before Sasuke-kun caught up to him. For his own sake.
All I know for sure is I'm trying
I will always stand my ground
Why was the sky always crying with her? At least she felt like she wasn't alone. She let out another sigh and looked up at the dark sky, ignoring the rain on her face. She smiled lightly when she thought of him.. And of her baby. One day he would come back, she was sure.
Stand my ground, I wont give in
I wont give up
No more denying, I got to face it
Won't close my eyes and hide the truth inside
If I dont make it, someone else will
Stand my ground
He had to come back to her one day, ne? If he didn't, than she supposed he'd been lying when he told her he loved her. But why would someone who had trouble saying such things and showing such intense emotions fake it and lie? She would wait until he returned. But until then...
Stand my ground, I wont give in
No more denying, I got to face it
Won't close my eyes and hide the truth inside
If I dont make it, someone else will
Stand my ground
She forced her tears to stop, and soon after, the rain let up, and she could see the tint of orange-pink that told her the sun was setting still. 'I love you, Sasuke-kun, wherever you are.'
She would raise her child. She would be the best mother she could fathom, and do everything in her power to be her baby's rock. She would live her life. And she would do it with strength and dignity that no one else had. Yes, she would stand her ground. And she would stand it well.
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A/N:
Okay, I know all of you hate me right now for making him leave, but it had to happen. This is the longest chapter ever for me, and I hope you liked it! (Meh, ignore the fact that they didn't get a happy ending. As said afore, that's what sequels are for.)
Notice I put Sakura in room 109... ;)
If y'all don't know what happened in episode 109, then you need to find out. Psh.
I love you guys, and if you don't review.. Well.. I'll take away Kakashi's porn book, Naruto's ramen and Sasuke-kun's tomatoes! And they'll kill me. Then I won't be able to write the sequel!
And I STILL NEED SEQUEL TITLE SUGGESTIONS.
PLEASE.
And thank you.
Sequel Spoilers:
The fight scene will be in the sequel, as will Tsunade's explanation to reviving the baby and Karin's assassination attempt!
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO REVIEWED! THIS CHAPTER IS DEDICATED TO ALL OF YOU;; AND MOSTLY TO THE REVIEWERS WHO'VE STUCK WITH ME SINCE THE BEGINNING! I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH AND YOU MAKE ME WANT TO WRITE MORE!
Much Love,
S&S Always,
Rach