Author's Note: This will be the last chapter-I think- of this short fic. It has fulfilled its purpose for re-kindling my passion for writing. After I finish this I shall go straight on to continue "Out of Sight…"

Mistakes

Part three

Sakura woke up feeling as unhappy as before, she got up changed into her mourning dress. Clad in all black, she left her bedroom and made her way to the front door. As she passed, her mother tried to say something to her but couldn't find any words. Without so much as an "I'm going" Sakura walked out the door

There were puddles on the ground from the rain last night. Dark clouds still hung in the air, obscuring the sun. Sakura began to walk. She didn't see anyone else in black, clearly the funeral would be small. She sighed. Suddenly, a flash of black caught her eye. She looked up to see Neji and Lee.

Sakura checked the time; it was almost noon. Noon was the traditional time of day to hold a funeral, Sakura never questioned why.

Neji and Lee didn't notice her, much to her relief. She continued to walk, she rounded a corner down a side street, hoping to avoid her fellow Gennin

"Hello" Sakura jumped as she came face to face with Sasuke who was seemingly waiting for her.

"What do you want?" Sakura asked irritated

"I want many things, but I'd settle to see you smile" Sasuke grinned. Sakura sidestepped and walked onward without saying anything. Sasuke began walking backwards to catch up to Sakura "…hell, I would be happy with a hello" Sakura looked at the walking backwards Sasuke

"hello…now PISS OFF!" Sakura yelled

"Now you know how I felt when you and Ino would do this to me" Sasuke said

"I'm going to be late" Sakura said

"Its not like anyone really cares…okay, you care, sorry" Sasuke said, changing his words at the glint of anger in Sakura's eyes

"Are you coming to the funeral or not?" Sakura asked

"I don't really have a choice" Sasuke said

A small crowd had arrived at the cenotaph in the memorial field. The crowd consisted of the "Rookie nine" Neji's team, their Jounnin sensei and Tsunade. Sakura and Sasuke walked up the path; no one saw them. Sakura stayed behind everyone. They were all silent. Sakura's mind wandered when Tsunade started speaking, she, along with everyone else were in their black attire. Tsunade spoke of the loss of their comrade, and of everyone's misunderstanding of him in Konoha. Tsunade finished by engraving the name on the cenotaph, a few tears were shed

"I realise that you all thought differently of him, but he was a good person. The eulogy will be given tonight, I'll see each of you then" Tsunade bided them all a farewell.

One by one, everyone disappeared, leaving Sakura and Sasuke. Sakura just stood there. Sasuke spoke

"Listen, Sakura, You have to forgive yourself"

"What did I do?" Sakura evaded

"It wasn't your fault" Sakura remained quiet.

"There's also one more person you have to forgive" Sakura looked at him then over her shoulder. Hinata was walking up the path with someone leaning on her for support. Sakura looked back at Sasuke

"It wasn't her fault either" Sasuke said. Sakura turned her eyes back onto the cenotaph. Hinata and her patient stopped alongside Sakura

"What's he doing here?" Sakura asked Hinata

"He felt that he should be here, even although I told him he should stay in bed"

"Hinata…it wasn't your fault, I shouldn't have said it was. If Tsunade couldn't save him then…" Sakura trailed off. Sakura looked over her shoulder, Sasuke smiled, Sakura returned it. Sasuke walked away. The three of them walked forward to the cenotaph, they looked at the name the was recently engraved

Uchiha Sasuke

"I'm surprised, Obachan managed to spell his name correctly"

"Shut up Naruto" Both Hinata and Sakura said sadly

"nice" Naruto said

"Goodbye Sasuke" Sakura said. Tears began pouring out of her eyes. Hinata and Naruto pulled her close as she broke down. Hinata felt the strain of having both Sakura and Naruto lean on her but she bore it.

"I h-hated him…Yet…I loved him" Sakura cried.

Naruto looked at the name

"Bastard…you always end up saving my life"

Author's Note: Finished

Onto "Out of Sight, Centre of Mind"

Thank you for reading, all eight of my reviewers;

TomokiG,

crakbaby23,

Paul Phoenix,

Arurisonu Akane,

Danny-171984,

Raina,

HinatasBiggestFanBoy,

Kaitosouta

I hope you enjoyed reading, I tried to write something that would entertain, but I'm glad this is over.

See you all some other fic