The Fallen
Chapter 35-Goodbye
Kayzers, we're nearing the end of the story. –anime tears- I'd give it two to four chapters at the least. Man, all of your support makes me so happy. xD
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I waited by a tree. Sakura was also nearby, trying to talk the guy out of leaving the village. He wasn't here yet, but both of us knew that he what he was going to do. Personally, I don't know what even made me think of coming here. Maybe it was my lack of adventure I was experiencing at the moment. Or it could be something that has been tugging at mind since I arrived; I didn't want him to leave because I actually loved him. It could be the reason, but I'm not one hundred percent sure yet. I mean, sure I have feelings for him but I don't think it's that strong.
"Argh, Hikari you're just pulling your own leg," I sighed kicking the tree. That's when I heard yelling. "Do I really think that long?"
Walking out I could see Sakura yelling at Sasuke, tears streaming from her emerald eyes. "She loves you and you're just going to leave her!" she screamed. If I would've known better, I would have run and supported her, but I didn't. "At first, I was jealous of her. The way you cared about her at the bridge just didn't feel right. After awhile, I somehow got over it."
Sasuke said something but I couldn't hear a thing. He started to walk my way. "If you go, I'll scream," Sakura threatened. Then, he appeared behind her and knocked her out cold. Before I could run out, he set her on a bench nearby and started my way again.
Taking a deep breath, I slowly walked out of the shadows, ready to confront the mad Uchiha. The 'tup' of my steps brought his attention and he looked at me. "Do I have to repeat what I just said to Sakura?" he asked in a none too friendly voice.
"You might need to," I replied in a dead tone. If this weren't the way it was, I would have had my sarcastic tone on, but it's not so it's not here. "What's all this nonsense about you baka?"
Sasuke's gaze hardened. "It's the dead of night, you should be asleep," he said bitterly.
"It's hard to sleep when one notices one's friend leaving," I responded, folding my arms. I noticed his backpack and my face fell. This guy is too serious.
"Go home, this doesn't concern you," Sasuke snapped before walking away.
That stung. Clenching my fists, I walked to him and turned him around so that we were looking eye to eye. "So, you're going to leave us and throw away everything you've accomplished?" I demanded. When he didn't answer, I tugged on his collar. "Are you?!"
"I'm done playing ninja with you guys and this village," he said. He waved his hand around. "This place cannot offer me the power I seek; it's made me too weak."
Those words made something boil deep inside of me. "You're too weak for giving in to the Snake Hag," I snapped, my voice gradually rising with each word. "All we've been through meant nothing to you? Even when we were younger? Is power the only thing you care for?"
He slapped my hand away and started to walk again. "The first two no, and the third… yes," Sasuke replied.
My hands fell limp to my sides and I felt a burning pain in my eyes. "Fine, I see how it is with your mind, all of that was an act then?" I demanded running after him, forcing myself in front of him. "Everything was a huge fat lie." Tears started to dance on my face and bit my lip before speaking. "You don't understand anything. You're just wallowing in self-pity that everyone from your clan was killed. 'I'm an Avenger and nothing more.' What is that?"
Sasuke didn't answer. He moved to walk around and I moved with him. "Why are you trying to stop me?" he snapped. I flinched slightly.
"You're stupid if you don't know," I whispered. "You've been blinded with power that you can't see the light that's been with you?"
He punched me square in the face, knocking me down. A hand entered my vision and he picked me up so that my feet barely touched the ground. "You're too worried," he murmured, pressing his lips to mine. I pushed him away after awhile and he dropped me. "I only have one goal and I don't care what happens to anyone else."
I looked up, tears freefalling from my face. I'm serious when I say I don't know why this guy has this affect on me. It's almost a curse. "Then go," I whispered. "If we mean nothing then go. When you get some sense knocked into that thick skull of yours, I'll drag you back here by force. It'll be soon too."
The tup of his footsteps came closer to me and hauled me up. He gave me one last swift kiss and I cried even more. When he pulled away, he had hit him square in the stomach and I could feel my world descending into the abyss again.
The black abyss was calling to me and I obeyed it. It needed me and I didn't intend to leave it behind right now.
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The raven-haired boy watched as his friend fell the ground. Grunting, he picked her up and laid her beside a tree. A soft wind made some leaves and petals dance around him and the girl. Nothing passed through his dark eyes as he turned to walk away. Remembering something, he retrieved a kunai and threw it at the tree. It hit it with a loud 'clank' as he walked away. The gates were wide open and he departed his home. Looking back one last time, he shook his head. Goodbye was his very last thought to the girl before he went on his way.
Leaves danced as a breeze became a bit stronger. In a swirl of leaves, Sasuke Uchiha was gone. Hikari lay on the ground in a deep slumber with a kunai above her head, a silver tear hanging from it. Another breeze swept the area and a transparent figure could be seen weeping beside the girl. The figure was a man in his forties with silver hair. Soon, he was replaced with a woman in her thirties, standing solemnly above her.
"Is her heart still whole after that?" she asked herself before looking up and embracing the moonlight. Bit by bit, she defragmented into thin air.
The two girls lay peacefully in their spots of their last stand as the night wore on.
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I really have no idea why, but this chapter reminds me of '7 Days to the Wolves' by Nightwish. OO And yeah, I'm sorry for not updating, I've been busy with school lately. –sweapdrops-