KoKo: This is the last chapter of Rise anf Fall thank you to all of the people who have supported me in this fic. Muah. I love you all.
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A speicial dedication to o0oshortayo0o who has been there for me since chapter one. .
eyes burning up.
The darkness holding me tightly,
Until the Sun rises up...
Pain. Sorrow. Agony. Hate. Sakura fell into the darkness world in which nothing had came to be. She could feel the cold surround her in the dense air. Her breathing quickened. It seemed like her heart had stopped, but she was still alive, wasn't she? No. This is the line between life and death. It all depends on Sakura. Will she live? Will she die? She has to choose. In this world though, you could only see your bad memories. So it would be veyr difficult for someone to choose life.
Sakura walked in the shadows, darkness was around her. She held her palm out in front of her, as if expecting to catch something. "Where am I?" She asked herself. Her mind feld back to the Kyubi, Naruto, the girl in pig tails. "That's right. I am dead now, aren't I? Is this purgatory? Am I really dead?" Sakura kept walking, not knowing where she was going. Her voice echoed amoung the darkness.
Walking still, Sakura heard a sound. A familiar sound. Crying. Weeping. Teasing. Sakura looked ahead of her and saw a group of kids. Little children about five years of age. They started to poke at a child, with pink hair.
"Big forehead!"
This was her.
"Stupid loser! Can't fight back?"
This was Sakura.
"Stop it..I don't have a big forehead..."
This was the weak girl.
"What!? Say it louder?! Oh, you got nothing to say, huh?!"
No, this is the weak girl.
Sakura couldn't bear it and turned around on her heels. She ran away form the scene only to be faced with another. Now Sakura faced a ten year old girl facing a blonde.
"What did you call me here for, Sakura?"
This is where their friendship ended.
"I heard you liked Sasuke kun."
This is where Sakura lost her true friend.
"We're rivals."
This is where Sakura broke her beautiful friendship.
"Sakura! Come back!"
This is where she left Ino.
Just like that. Another scene ended anf finally one last one began. Sakura sunk to her knees and watched. People were around her, shadows. They were laughing at her. Sakura could feel people talk about her.
Disgusting.
"Stop.." Sakura whispered.
Look at her, she tries to be strong but in the end, she only causes more trouble
"Please..stop..."
Honestly, I should have never tried to train her. Waste of my time
"No, it wasn't a wate of your time..."
Weakling.
"I'm not weak..."
You're always depending on someone!
"Shut up.."
You should have never been born!
"..stop....."
Why don't you just die already? You're a bother to us all
"Stop."
Just die!
"Stop!"
Drop dead, Sakura chan
"No, stop! Stop it! Please! Don't talk to me like that! I'm, not weak! I'm not! Don't talk! Just stop!" Then there was silence, no one spoke. "It's dark, I'm alone." Sakura said. Hot tears ran down her face. Sakura suddenly felt a rush feeling on her cheek. She touched her cheek, it felt cold. Sakura looked up. It was snowing.
"Sakura chan, you alwyas cause so much trouble." Haku said. He floated down to Sakura and touched her cheek. Calmly rubbing away the tears, Haku smiled at her warmly.
"I'm dead, Haku. I don't know what to do." Sakura said. She closed her eyes and Haku hugged her.
"Your not dead yet, only if you choose to be dead than you are," he said softly.
"Everyone hates me, I have only caused pain to others," Sakura answered back. Haku pushed Sakura gently away from him.
"Did you even bother to see what happened after? In the end, Ino has saved yuo from those little kids that teased you." Haku said.
"But I lost our friendship! I declared our friendship to be over!" Sakura yelled. SHe put her hands to her head and bent over. Haku rubbed her back gently.
"Yes, but friendship never really dies. In time, that friendship will come back as strong as ever. As for everyone hating you...sure they feel that way sometimes. That doesn't mean they mean it." Haku said. He took her hand and smiled. "A lot of people want you to live."
"Like who?" Sakura said. She wiped her eyes with her palms.
Haku sighed and used his sleeves to wipe away Sakura's Tears. "Me. I want you to live Sakura. Life is a gift no one shouyld throw awaw if they had a choice."
Sakura felt a light blush crept up her cheeks(A/N: god no, not a haku/Sakura. It would be cute though...). Haku smiled again. He leaned in to Sakura so that his head was right in front of her.
"Can you hear them, Sakura chan? Their calling for you."
"I can't hear anything but your voice," Sakura said.
"That's because you know I want you to live. Now think. WHo else would want you to live?"
Sakura paused. "No one. I'm useless."
"Wrong. Let's see. Naruto. He loves you, we all know that. He even cried out for you after, well, you know. Kakashi. You know he cares for you. Hinata, she looks to you like a sister. Neji I suppose, sicne you take care of Hinata. Ino, she values what little friendship you have. And believe it or not, Sasuke. He cares for you, all though he might not show it." Haku said. "I care for you too of course. Like I said. You are so much fun to tease after all."
Sakura started to blush when she heard Sasuke's name. Haku smiled once more and took her hand into his cold ones. "Go home, Sakura chan."
"What about your chakura? I still haven't been able to use it." Sakura said.
"I'm sure you'll find someway to use it," Haku said.
"But then, where will you go?" Sakura asked.
"Why, I'll stay here of course. I still haven't found a way to move on. You're suppose to help me."
"Eeks. Sorry, Haku."
"No worries."
"...Haku?"
"Yes?"
"Where are we going?"
"Sakura! Have you not been paying attention?"
"Wha??"
Haku closed his eyes and a sudden light swept over the darkness. "We're going..home."
"SAKURA CHAN!!!!" Sakura woke up, she hurled herself foreward only to collide her forehead with Naruto's both instantly grabbed their heads and winced in pain.
"Ugh, what happened?" Sakura mumbled. Suddenly, she was jumped by Ino, who hugged her and started to cry like crazy. "Ino?"
"You big forehead girl! You don't remember anything!? You were in a coma for a month! God, what is with you!?" Ino cried.
"You have no idea how happy Naruto was when he found ut you were only in a coma." Shikamaru said.
"What happend? How? Where's the Kyubi?" Sakura asked.
"Naruto called it back." Sakura looked up to see Sasuke. He had his hands behind his back and looked bored. "He got angry and the kyubi just dissapeared into him."
"And now he has a thing for biting people," Neji said. He appeared behind Sauske.
"Sakura chan," Hinata said. She ran over to Sakura and joined the hugging party.
Sasuke just sighed. Sakura looked around. Everyone was there, waiting for her. To live, to breath.
"Don't just stand there, Shikamaru! Get the others! Oh, your too slow! Come on, Hinata. You too Neji! Naruto! Gte your lazy butt of the couch!" Ino yelled. She dragged everyone out of the room. Sasuke was about to leave when he turned and faced Sakura.
"We..were worried about you," Sasuke said. He was obviously new to this. Sighing again, he took his arms out in front of him. Sakura looked down and saw a bundle of Sakura blossoms, Sasuke walked over and placed them next to her. He turned around without looking back,a nd went out the door.
Sakura glanced at the flowers next to her. "Sakura blossoms, so winter has passes, huh?" She picked up the bouquet and noticed a small envelope. Opening it, she read it and smiled. "'Welcome home'" She read.
Kokoro: Ther'es going to be a sequal to this. "Haruno Survival" Is the name. :DDDDD get ready for next time!