Hey everyone! I just wanted to let everyone know that I have a new story called "Even Angels Fall" if you have time go check it out and tell me what you think so far
It you like supernatural stories than I'm sure you'll like that.
Also today's update will feature one of my favorite artist, Bob Marley! :D
Bob Marley – Three Little Birds
All lyrics from that song that appear on this chapter belong to him and not me.
Now back to the story!
When I woke up it was morning.
"Ugh, my head hurts." I said while holding my pounding head.
"Here eat this," I heard Sasuke say as he walked into my room. "You lost a lot of blood yesterday so your body needs nutrients."
"Has there been any news about the people that were send out?" I asked, I was mostly worried for my sister. I now know that she can take care of herself but I still get worried.
"None yet, but don't worry I'm sure everyone is fine." He said trying to reassure me.
"Yea…how's Hinata?" I asked one I thought about the situation WE were in.
"She's fine. Everything seems to be normal and nothing out of the ordinary has happened. It seems you truly are the cure."
"I wonder why…" I said out loud but quickly changed the subject. "Do we have any training for our classes right now?" I asked.
"They said that there won't be any classes until tomorrow. I'm guessing because we're missing a few people in here now." He had a point, if something were to happen we can't be tired and drained of energy.
"Can we go out and walk around for a bit?" I asked already getting bored of just sitting there.
He didn't answer me he just extended his hand for mine and I took it.
Once we were outside everything seemed like it was as any other day we've been here, people were still training, growing fruit/vegetables, kids were in school.
"Sakura!" I heard Tenten's voice calling out to me from behind, when I turned around she was already behind me.
"What's up?" I asked wondering why she was so excited so early in the morning.
"I just learned a new move want to see it? I've been training hard since yesterday." Tenten said and that's when I noticed that she was bruised and she looked like she hadn't slept a wink. I nodded my head to her question but I'm sure she saw the concern in my eyes but felt like she didn't need to explain my unspoken question.
"Rising twin dragons!" She yelled and suddenly smoke covered up her body, "40%" I heard her say from above and when I looked up she was floating, my eyes widened in surprise. Suddenly a crap load of weapons appeared before her and she began to throw them at a training dummy that seemed to be marked with certain destinations to hit him, they all appeared to be vital organs but the one that didn't surprise me was the target to the head. All of her shots were directed towards the brain or neck.
I had to admit that I was impressed, it made me in a way feel like I was falling behind. She had already trained so hard that she was capable of such a move.
Once she was back on the ground she turned to me with a beam in her eyes and I had to say she deserved that glow.
"That was really impressive, how long have you been training for that?" I asked.
"Well it's not perfect yet, I can only achieve that move at its 40% power, I need to train more. I've been training-" Before she could say anything else she was cut off by Neji.
"There you are, what do you think you're doing?"
"Talking to Sakura about my training." She answered back with one of her smart-ass remarks, the look on Neji's face said he wasn't having any of that.
"You haven't slept at all in the past 24 hours, get some rest!" Neji threw Tenten over his shoulder and began to walk to their house. As I watched Tenten hitting Neji's back to let her go, a laugh erupted from within me.
It wasn't even that funny but for some reason I couldn't stop laughing, I kept laughing and laughing. I could feel Sasuke staring at me strangely.
I continued to laugh and laugh but at some point my laugh turned into tears and sobs, and before I knew it I was crying and Sasuke had picked me up bridal style and we were moving. I didn't know where we were going, I didn't even know if anyone had seen me cry the way I did.
At that point I didn't even care. The tears kept falling until eventually they stopped all together. I didn't say anything, and Sasuke didn't ask. We were just moving in silence I closed my eyes because they began to sting from all the tears I cried.
At some point between all of this I was back home, well in the back yard to be more precise.
Soon all of my friends went outside as well, I felt everyone's stare at me but I couldn't meet any of theirs.
"Sakura…" I heard Hinata's worried voice, that's when I looked up to see everyone's concerned look on their face.
"I'm sorry, I really don't know why I cried so much. I just started thinking that this has been the best times of our lives. We have everything we finally wanted," At this point I was mostly talking to the girls, "but to have it in such a way. We have everything we've ever wanted but the world has gone to hell. I just always pictured all of us getting married, having kids, getting grandkids, growing old together, and being best friends until we each passed away. Reality just hit me really hard and I guess I broke a bit."
I could tell the look on their face when I stopped talking, they all knew it but none of them ever thought of it. They were just like me a couple of minutes ago. As a tear fell down Ino's face I knew and tears soon falling from the rest of them I knew that it had finally hit them too.
Maybe we were just in denial about this whole situation.
Maybe it was nearly losing a friend, and nearly losing my life.
Maybe it was the fact that we now can't live a normal life.
Or maybe it was a little bit of everything.
As I watched Temari burry her face in Shikamaru's chest I then realized that in a way I'm there pillar.
Konan was always there to put us all back together when we were broken, but when she was gone everyone fell apart again, and she was gone a lot.
For whatever reason I became the person that everyone ran to when Konan wasn't there and they needed to be mended. If I'm not strong enough to carry them and their burden what use am I as a pillar? Once I break down they all do.
And then it hit, almost like a slap across the face.
I can't cry in front of them, it's like a child with their parents. If a child see's their parents crying they automatically assume that something's wrong so they cry as well.
I can't let them fall apart, I need to become their pillar again, but they've all been training so hard. I can't become their pillar if they're stronger than me. In order for me to hold them all up I need to become stronger myself.
"Don't worry, about a thing," I began to sing/cry, "because everything little thing, is gonna be alright." They soon began to join in while they were still crying.
"Rise up this mornin', smiled with the risin' sun, three little birds, pitch by my doorstep singin' sweet songs of melodies pure and true, sayin', This is my message to you-ou-ou."
As the song continued they began to smile more and more until they finally stopped crying.
"Don't worry, about a thing. Because everything little thing, is gonna be alright."
When we were younger Konan would always sing this song for us, and it would always make us feel better. Every time we would cry or be upset she's start singing it and it would always cheer us up.
"You guys listen to Bob Marley?" Neji asked as he watched the crying girls turn into laughing girls.
"Yea, Konan would always sing this song to us when we were feeling down or sad." Tenten answered him.
"It's a nice song." Sasuke said and I looked up to him and smiled.
"Yea, it is."
No more tears, that was a wake-up call for me. I need to get stronger, and I won't die until kill Orochimaru first.