Isn't Someone Missing Me?
by: burningshadow
song: "Missing" by Evanescence
"Where is that baka? He's later than Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura screamed. She was really mad and needed someone to vent on. "He's going to be in trouble for making us wait so long!"
"Calm down Sakura. How about we cancel our training and go find him?" Kakashi asked.
"Okay!" Sakura replied, just happy to get to spend some time alone with Sasuke.
"Kakashi-sensei, I found something!"
They had searched the village, and then decided to check his house. They had been searching his apartment for a couple of minutes, with no dobe in sight as Sasuke put it.
"What is it, Sakura?" Kakashi asked.
"It's a note!" she told him, handing it to him. He opened it and read,
Dear Cell 7,
Please, please forgive me
But I won't be home again
"That baka! What does he mean 'won't be home again'?" Sakura thought out loud.
Maybe someday you'll look up
And barely conscious you'll say to no one
Isn't something missing
"Dobe," Sasuke muttered.
"Kakashi-sensei, what's he talking about?" Sakura wondered.
You won't cry for my absence I know
You forgot me long ago
"Naruto," Sakura said through her sobs. She had begun crying during that last part.
Am I that unimportant
Sakura's crying was becoming worse.
Am I so insignificant
Isn't someone missing me
"Sakura, please stop crying. You're gonna get his letter all wet. Then I can't read it," Kakashi half-stated half-begged.
"Gomen-asai," she muttered, stifling a sob.
Even though I'm the sacrificed
You won't try for me, not now
Though I'd die
"Sakura, if you won't stop crying you're going to have to leave," Kakashi stated, a hint of edginess in his voice.
to know you love me
I'm all alone
Isn't someone missing me
"What's he mean 'sacrificed'?" Sasuke questioned.
"He's not alone! We're here! Doesn't he know that?" Sakura was angry. A kind of anger that comes from sadness...or a broken heart.
Please, please forgive me
"We forgive you!" Sakura had started crying again, so she walked to the table and sat down in a chair.
But I won't be home again
I know what you do to yourself
She heard something move outside. She walked over to Naruto's kitchen window and looked out.
I breathe deep
'That sounds like breathing!' She thought as she looked more closely out the window.
and cry out
"Oh!" Sakura screamed as a flash of orange and blue shot out of the hedges and disappeared down the street.
Isn't something missing
Even though I'm the sacrifice
A few blocks away, the blue and orange blur came to a stop in front of the Konoha gates.
You won't try for me, not now
"They got the message I see."
Though I'd die to know you loved me
I'm all alone
"Sakura looked really upset."
Isn't someone missing me
"Maybe they do care after all," was all Konoha heard before everything went silent. Uzumaki Naruto had left the village for good, leaving a worried Kakashi, a trying-not-to-care Sasuke, and a crying Sakura behind him.