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"Itachi...," Sasuke growled after activating his sharingan.His voice poured with pure venom.
' How 'lucky' of me. Two Uchiha's in the same place,' she mentally sighed.
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' Well, at least I get to see him. ...Itachi...Will you know me?' Sakura silently asked.
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(a few hours earlier)
The brightly lit town had now turned into a town of shadows under the pale rays of the moon.
A lone figure walked among the shadows, silent as a ghost.
The figure had waited till midnight before he had to make his move.
The town was silent, the moon's silky beams illuminated the town, making it look almost dreamlike.
It was the perfect time to gather information.
The figure silently crept through the walls of the huge palace that was the pride of the town.
It was indeed a magnificient palace, but at that moment, the figure did not spare even a second glance at the beauty of the palace nor it's glorious towers.
Right now, his mission was all that mattered.
What he had been striving for all these years, was at stake.
Everything he had been fighting for, everything he had done,
everything he had sacrificed.
Tonight was the night he would find out.
Has it begun?
All these years of keeping it secret.
Was tonight the end of it?
The dark cloaked figure entered the palace, hiding among the shadows of the many passageways and halls.
A sudden bell was rang loudly through the palace.
The palace began to light up.
The figure could only have guessed only one possibility for the sudden change of atmosphere.
' Finally,'thought the figure to himself.
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The town was almost in sight.
Ino quickened her pace and rushed to the town.
The princess was not wounded but Hinata was.
Blood had begun to seep through Hinata's jacket, staining Ino's clothes.
Her concern for her friend had given her the energy to continue on through the night even though her energy was already draining from her.
Ino finally reached the palace and called out, announcing that they had brought the princess back.
The palace immediately began to light up and the palace bells were rung.
Ino and the others were led into the palace and a few doctors took Hinata to the medical room.
The princess was alright but slightly shaken up from the fact that she had nearly been killed that night.
Shirika-hime was then carried back to her chambers(A/N ehm...room or whatever you call it)
" My lord, my other teammate stayed behind to fight the other ninja's while we made our escape. Please, I need to for ask help. Do you have a messenger bird anywhere?"Ino asked desperately,
thinking about all the things that might have happened to Sakura.
She then related to the king about all that's happened that night.
The king ordered for a message to be sent to Konoha asking for help.
' It would be at least a day before they reach us here. I need to find Sakura before it's too late.
What if she's fighting for her life and badly wounded or even maybe even dea...No! I can't think of such things,
I have to save her,'thought Ino as she made her way out of the palace.
She felt arms hold her back as she started for the palace gates.
" Hinata! You should be resting!" said Ino to Hinata who was barely standing straight.
"Ino, you can't go. I know you want to, I want to as well but we wouldn't be able to stand a chance in our conditions.
Ino look at you, you used up all of your energy getting us here.You can't expect to fight the ninjas in your state,"said Hinata who looked like she was going to cry. Her usual nervous and shy expression was relaced by a determined one.
" But Sakura...she'll di...,"said Ino in protest before Hinata cut in.
" She won't die Ino. She's strong, the best amongst the three of us and you know it. We'll only be a hindrance to her in our state," said Hinata again as she clenched her fist.
' I want to save her too,'Hinata thought to herself.
" B..but..."stammered Ino as tears threatened to form in her eyes.
"We'll leave the rest to Konoha, there's nothing we can do for her now except to hope that she'll be fine"
said Hinata again.
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The figure had been listening intently to the conversation that had taken place between a blonde haired shinobi and the king.
He hid silently among the pillars that cornered the great halls.
What he heard had made the blood boil in him for the first time in years.
' OROCHIMARU! I'll KILL that bastard!' thought the figure to himself as he clenched his fists.
' I hope I'm not too late,' he thought to himself again as he sped off towards the forest near the town.
' Sakura...please be alright,' he whispered to the wind as he sped through the trees.
'I'll never forgive myself if anything happens to you.'
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Sakura could sense that the owner of the chakura was getting rapidly closer.
She didn't know why, but suddenly she felt nervous.
The pain from her wounded arm and leg was immediately forgotten.
' Will he know me?'she thought to herself, fearing the answer.
Either way, it would hurt her like hell.
1. If yes- then why did he leave?
-why did he kill his clan?
2.If no- then she knew for certain that she was going crazy.
(I was up in the clouds dreaming about some fantasy that never happened)
A fantasy? A made up situation?
She wouldn't be able to take it.
" Itachi! Come out you bastard! I know you're here!"growled Sasuke in a low voice.
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Itachi had finally reach a clearing where he had sensed Sakura's chakura but he didn't expect to sense his brother's as well.
' What's he doing here?'Itachi thought to himself. He had overheard earlier that Sakura stayed behind so that her teammates could get away, he also overheard about a certain parcel that she was protecting while the others made their getaway but he never heard that his brother was one of the attackers. And since when was Sasuke a sound-nin?
He decided to ponder on those questions later but right now his first priority was to save Sakura.
He saw her leaning against a tree, her arm and leg were bandaged but she looked pale.
' I'll KILL the ninjas that did that to her. Wait, 'kill' is too good for them, 'torture- then-kill' should be the word,'he thought to himself.
" Itachi! Come out you bastard! I know you're here"
he heard his brother say in a low voice.
'Damn!
Now I have to find an excuse for coming here,' Itachi thought to himself.
' I can't let Sakura think that I came to save her. Wait! What am I thinking, she doesn't remember me,'he thought again.
"Itachi!"he heard his brother call in a threatening voice.
Itachi sighed inwardly as he landed in front of them, his cold and uncaring aura, was immediately switched on to full mode.( A/N let's just say he acts cold and cruel when anyone's around)
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Sakura felt her heart beat quicken.
'Itachi...'she thought as he landed in front of them.
" Well, if it isn't my foolish little brother?"Itachi said to Sasuke, his voice held no affection, only an icy edge to it.
His eyes were cold and lifeless just like the last time she saw him in her dreams.
Sakura could feel the hurt forming inside her.
' What happened to you Itachi?'she wanted to say but instead she kept silent.
"Itachi! How dare you show up in front of me like this!"growled Sasuke.
"But no matter, I've been waiting to kill you,"growled Sasuke again, his voice as icy as Itachi's.
"I have no time to play with you, you're not even worth my time. I'm here for the parcel so hand it over,"said Itachi who's cold and uncaring demeanor never left.
Sasuke on the other hand was fuming with rage.
" I don't have it! Even if I did I wouldn't give it to you!" spat Sasuke at him.
"You don't have it but that doesn't mean someone else doesn't,"Itachi said in his icy voice that sent chills of uneasiness through Sakura.
Sakura couldn't think of anything to say.
She just stood there like a statue rooted to the ground.
Her once shattered heart(by Sasuke) which had finally been patched together again was now shattering once more.
Only this time, the pain was tenfold.
She couldn't cry, she couldn't even say a thing.
' He doesn't know me. It was all my imagination'
' But it seemed so real. I can't take this anymore, first Sasuke and now him?What am I saying? It never happened.'
Throughout the whole conversation between Sasuke and Itachi, Itachi had not even spared her a glance.
It was as if she was nothing more than dirt lying on the ground.
She could not take it anymore.
The pain was worse that the pain in her arm and leg.
It shattered her heart into a million pieces, never to be patched again.
'That was it. No more. What else have I to live for? Nothing, nothing matters anymore. I have no more reasons to live any longer...'
"Itachi! I WILL kill you!"growled Sasuke as he picked up a kunai and ran straight for Itachi.
Itachi saw that coming from miles away but what he did not see coming was Sakura.
She ran and placed her self infront of of the both of them.
She remembered doing this many times, and all of them involved Sasuke.
(A/N Remember the time with Gaara and also the time when Sasuke and Naruto were fighting)
Only now, there was no Naruto or Kakashi here to save her.
She would have given her life to save Sasuke when he was till in Konoha but he rejected her just the same.
Sasuke was always in the picture when this situation came about.
Only then, she was trying to protect Sasuke but now she wanted to protect someone else.
The one person who did not even know her.
No matter, at least she would die for someone she loved.
Not like he'll remember her but at least she would die and and her cursed life would be over.
She would leave this world.
She wouldn't have to bother about anything anymore.
Blood tainted the ground where Sakura stood.
Her blood seeped through her clothes where the kunai had pierced her, near her heart.
Both Uchiha's were rooted to the ground in shock.
"Sa...Sakura...why did..you?"Sasuke asked, horrified that he had struck the kunai through her body.
Sakura chuckled.
Itachi and Sasuke stared at her.
Her chuckle wasn't one of amusement but rather a one that seemed...lifeless and sad.
"Sakura...?"Sasuke asked, distracted for a moment.
Sakura continued to chuckle 'lifelessly.
"You want the parcel? Take it! "said Sakura, taking out the package from her left vest and holding it in her hand.
"Sakura?"asked Sasuke"is this another trick?"(A/N you know, the time when she 'gave' the parcel to the guards)
Sakura chuckled again, only louder this time.
"What makes you think that this is a trick? Go ahead, take it. It's not like I care anymore..."said Sakura,
sadness in her voice.
"I've had it with you, the both of you! Enough is enough! I can't take it anymore! Go ahead with your 'power hungry 'lives"
I can't take it anymore, I just want out!"she said tears rolling down her cheeks.
" Even though, I don't think Itachi knows who I am,"she added.
'What does she mean by'I don't think Itachi knows who I am?'Itachi asked himself.
"Since you left Sasuke, I've had nothing but pain and tears. You don't know the pain you put me through! Then when I see you again, all you want is the damn parcel! and then HE comes along and HE wants the parcel as well! Well, I've had it! You can HAVE the damn parcel!" Sakura said, her tears were dampening the ground beneath her.
Sakura threw the parcel to the ground.
In truth, she had wanted and tried to end her life many times before.
It happened thirteen days after Sasuke's departure.
(flashback)
(Sakura's proverb)
The valley below me seems so far away from where I stand
The wind caresses my face How I wish that I could be like it
Free and calm
But I am none of that
My heart is heavy
My tears are running out
I have nothing left
Because he isn't here
I try to end my life
But the winds tell me not to
The valley below is not where my life should end
And so I leave
I know I had no reason to contnue living
But still, why did I continue ?
I look at the knife in my hand
I slowly slash the wrist of my hand
My crimson blood taints the ground below me
The cut was not enough to kill me
I know I had no reason to continue living
But still, why did I continue?
I watch the running water below
So serene and yet so forbiding
I attempted to jump
But once again , the winds say,
The water is not the place where I should die
I know I had no reason to continue living
But still, why did I continue?
Now I know the reason
It was because of you
I do not know who you are
But the winds tell me,
IfI should die,
Then die inyour love.
(end of flashback)
Her vision began to fade.
The calming winds carresed her face as if to say, 'You cannot leave him'
But still, she ignored the wind.
' I have to, I'm too tired to carry on living,'she whispered to to it as darkness fell around her.
Itachi's voice was the last thing she heard and the last thing she HAD wanted to hear.
I have to leave now
I have to let go now
I won't keep holding
My tears and blood will be only things I leave behind
Love,
I will miss you
You may not know me
You will not miss me
It would be better like this
Without me
The person you never knew
The person you will never know
Love,
It's time for me to leave
You will not remember me
But I will remember you
Forever is a big word
But my love was larger
Longer than forever,
I will hold you, in my heart
Goodbye, love
A/N I know I like to leave things hanging but I can't help it. Anyway I just felt like writing something sad so I wrote a few poems on Sakura's thoughts. I hoped you all like this chappie. Please leave reviews...(puppy dog eyes)