Title: Perfection
Author: Isiri
Rating: PG –for angst and mention of abuse and death.
Genre: One-shot, angst and drama.
A/N: Okay, so Pt.3 was supposed to be the end, but I felt like I just kind of . . . left it there, without an ending. So, some how, this came out of my brain. Sakura sort of snaps, but hey, with what she's gone through in her life (at least as far as my story is concerned) I'm not surprised. Seems like "perfect" is not a word you want to use lightly around her, eh? Eh he he.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything; Naruto purely belongs to Kishimoto-sensie.
Anything italicized (is that a word?) is a flash back.
'Blah blah' is speech.
Perfection
Pt.4: Finally
The day of her graduation came and she passed with the top of the class. She was assigned her team, lucky number 7, and lucky it was because her teammates were perfect; only second to Them.
Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto . . . and herself, Haruno Sakura; together, they made up Team 7.
As soon as she was able to she rushed home and showed Them the brand new forehead protector that proved she had become a ninja of the hidden village of leaf.
At last, They were happy.
And finally, she received the one thing she had wanted the most.
'Perfect, Sakura-chan. You are our perfect little girl.'
She was perfect. Her mother had called her perfect. She was one of them, a piece of perfection upon the Earth.
That night her father smiled down on her after her mother had gone to bed.
'This is it, Sakura-chan. Now that you have graduated from the academy, there is only one thing left blocking your path to being perfect.'
Something was blocking her path? Didn't her mother already call her perfect?
She had looked up at her father, emerald eyes wide in anticipation of the man's next words.
'All that's left is for you to rid yourself of your mother.'
Rid herself of . . .? Did He mean kill . . .?
She refused.
And he told her she wasn't perfect.
'And you never will be.'
The next day, Haruno Ruko never showed up for work.
Neither did his wife.
As she walked to the training grounds her sensei had instructed her teammates and herself to meet at, she silently remembered when she had told Sasuke that Naruto probably acted the way he did because he had no parents to raise him properly.
She also remembered how Sasuke had said she disgusted him.
Her mother's face flashed in her eyes, followed by her father's. Their screams filled her head and for a split second all she saw was red.
Then it was gone.
She shook her head. How could he have called her disgusting? If anything, she was perfect.
'You disgust me, father. You will never be perfect.'
That's right; They were the ones that were disgusting, not her.
The sun shone brilliantly above her and ahead she saw the silhouette of her raven-haired teammate.
Smiling like the little girl she had once been she ran up to him, yelling his name with that special little "-kun" at the end.
This is how it would be, forever and as long as she could make it.
She stood over her parents' corpses and her eyes went wide. The two blood-stained kunai she had been holding fell to the ground.
'Oh Kami-sama . . . what have I done?'
It was going to take her weeks to clean the blood out of the carpet.
A/N: Oh my gosh, it's over . . . wow. I can't believe it's over. WAHHH! -Starts crying- Oh, I actually completed something! This is cause for a celebration! -balloons and confetti fall from out of no where- Oh man, I hope everyone liked the final chapter. I hope you all aren't mad I made Sakura kinda kill her parents, but do you honestly think she wouldn't? She was unstable enough with the "Be Perfect" thing, and please nobody say it's impossible.
For one thing, in my story Sakura's parents are not shinobi, but normal citizens like you and me. Secondly, all though at this time in her life, no, Sakura was not the strongest shinobi out there she wasn't the weakest either. She never really tried to do anything in any of the missions so we don't really know what she was truly capable of. Lastly, it's my bloody story and if you don't like it or think it was impossible I don't bloody care! (Apologies. I am not British, I simply have been spending too much time with my grandpa who is)
Ah! Forgive my little rant there. Anyways, I hope you have all enjoyed Perfection as much as I have enjoyed writing it. Your reviews make me feel so happy and proud of this story; which reminds me, here are the reviews for chapter three:
understar: First, thanks for telling me about my spelling mistake in the summary for Perfection! -Laughs- I never noticed it before and it would have been embarrassing to have a stupid mistake like that in the summary for the rest of Perfections days. I loved chapter three a lot too. Like I've said before, I don't know why but I just have a soft spot for the couple. As for insight into the characters personas, thanks! Honestly though, I never realized I could write depth to them. I tried once . . . and everyone went OOC! -Laughs embarrassedly- Oh, I'm your Unofficial Muse #2 as well? That's awesome! I'm so glad I indirectly inspired you to write! I feel so honored!
Destiny1029: Thank you. I like to take pride in the fact that my work is often made sense of, instead of the random babble that comes out of my mouth.
Bijou: Thanks. I'm very sorry to say there is no chapter for Kakashi. It saddens me too because I love him, but he just didn't work in with the fic. I did try writing one for him, but it just didn't work out.
DieHardREBEL: I try to be as descriptive as possible and here is the continuation. I'm happy you like it.
sacred-aliance: Yes, DDR truly is one of the best games out there. Again, I'm sorry to say I'm not making anymore chapters for different characters. I wanted to, but originally this story was merely the first chapter, and after watching too much Naruto I just had to write something and somehow found my self back at this story. Then I wrote about Sasuke, Naruto and stopped there. I was really unsure about posting it on but my friend made me (meaning she posted it without me knowing) and I kina went from there. I was really nervous about the ending not sitting well with people so I hope it is okay. Oh, and thank you very much for your compliment about the story! -Smiles-
Thank you everyone for reviewing. Please do me the honor of seeing you review one more time as the story has ended.
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