Reincarnation: I Choose You in Every Life (DAY 26) - #ssmonth2022
God Sasuke & Human Sakura inspired (angsty)
He held her nearly lifeless frame in the security of his arms as she struggled to breath. His eyes remained stained with a crimson glowing-hue, while he watched the light begin to fade from hers…and he cursed the fates yet again for their continued torment; the recurring cycle of her reincarnation soon to reignite when this body lost its will to live.
Sakura stretched a shaky hand up to place it on his cheek, leaving behind the scarlet streaks of her own blood as her vision began to blur in and out of focus. Aged memories of their lives together, the ones she once held so dear, began to flood her mind— moving swiftly like pictures on a reel.
Sakura gasped in surprise as she watched them— Sasuke taking her hand in his and kissing it… them kissing for the first time… riding horses on a beach… making love under the grove trees—all of them flooding her with the emotions she had been forced to suppress for so, so long… thanks to the damned fates.
Anger was quickly replaced with an aching sadness when she realized just how much pain he must endure, watching her die over and over again— like now.
She knew that she was dying.
She could feel it.
Hot tears began to streak down her cheeks and he quickly wiped them away with his thumb; sorrow and pain evident in the depths of his eyes. "Sakura, I'm so sorry." She didn't blame him, she couldn't. He had no say in what happened to her, for if he did…she knew that he would keep her safe forever. Sakura wanted to comfort him… the best that she could as the time drew near for her to take her final breath. She struggled to speak, the metallic taste of her own blood beginning to clog her airways, suffocating her slowly; but she forced it down briefly to say this—
"Listen to me, Sasuke. I choose you… in every life. I… will see you again. Of that I am certain."
Later… after the beating of her heart had long ceased and her body had grown cold, a soft cry could be heard; from a baby now born. A tiny babe with soft pink locks and vibrant green eyes… the spitting image of her past reincarnation.