Chapter 3:(Farewell Sasuke Uchiha)
"Sasuke was a good student. A quiet and distant student, but top marked and a very loved friend to all. We have gathered on this solemn night to say our final farewells to Uchiha, Sasuke and give him our prayers." Sakura burst into tears and I felt myself crying as well. Sakura had witnessed his death. It was from cutting himself too deep a lot. Losing too much blood in the forest. And...he had...poisoned himself. I grabbed hold of Sakura and pulled her to me in an attempt to comfort her and convince myself that this was just a dream. It wasn't. Sunlit Garden(don't own this song. belongs to the creator of Revolutionary Girl Utena) began to play and people were dismissed from their seats to say their prayers to Sasuke. Sakura cried even harder as the song played. I walked her up to his cascet and she looked inside at the peaceful looking, paled skin...
Damn you Sasuke! damn you and that damn pale skin of yours! Damn you and that peaceful look on your face! You're dead! DEAD AND YOU"RE SMILING! Stop smiling Sasuke! Damnit! Wake up! Sasuke-teme! Call me something back! Go ahead! Open your eyes and start calling all of us weak! Do it Sasuke-teme! Call me a dobe again! Call Sakura a brat, or a cry baby! Do anything! WAKE UP SASUKE! WAKE UP! I need you. They need you DAMNIT SASUKE, SHE NEEDS YOU!
My mind screamed for him to wake up. My body yeared for the heated anger towards him after he would wake up and call us all losers for mourning over him. For him to call me a dobe, to harass me in any way he use to. To call me names. To pick fun of me. To do anything but lay there in that fancy looking box where he would stay for eternity and more. I swear he was smirking at us. At me and Sakura. He was mocking us, calling us babies. Telling us that we were weak, that we should just move on now.
Damn right dobe. Move on. I'm gone. He's gone. I got my revenge and he's gone, and ow I'm gone. Move on damnit. Forget me. Forget anything you know. Forget all of the memeories of us happy together. Let them die with me when they close the cascet and stick me in the wall.
I looked over my shoulder and saw no one.
You can't see me. I'm just a voice in your head now. Don't worry dobe. I won't bother you after this.
His voice. It wasn't happy. It was somewhat upset.
Yeah yeah. I regret it. I wish I would have lived longer. I regret everything. I want to go back now. Start new. Even if my parents die again. Even if I'm like you when I have to grow up. I just want to be alive. Not being able to touch you, or Sakura. It hurts. Not being able to be with you hurts more. Don't ask if I can stay, because...I can't Naruto. I can't stay because my presece in life is no longer needed for important reasons. Na...ru...to...
I swear it sounded like Sasuke was crying now. Even if it was just a voice in my head, Sasuke was crying. Even if he wasn't alive, he was still crying. Why had he gone so early? Why couldn't he have stayed. I wanted to hold back, to be strong for her.
I understand. I wanted to be strong for her too, moron. I loved Sakura. I couldn't tell her, but I did. I acted tuff when I was not. I acted brave when I was really scared to death. I pretended to be everything I wasn't When it comes down to it, I wasn't good enough for her. I couldn't be strong, so I found no use in being there for her. I became weak. I became something I hated, so I began to kill myself. I know, I know. I could have went for help, but who could I have talked to? You know me. I wouldn't have came to you two because I wanted to be strong for you both. I cared for you both. I wanted you both to be happy but I made you both cry. I made you angry at me. I made her cry, caused her pain. She's a good one Naruto. Care for her in my absence. A ring. There's a ring in my top drawer with my -shirts. You know the one I'm talking about. You use to get into all the time. Take the ring and ask her to marry you. The coffin is closing. Bye, Naruto Uzumaki, the next Hokage.
As they closed the coffin and stuck it in the wall, Sasuke's voice faded and I dropped to my knee's, burried my face in my hands and cried. How could he have done that to us? Why Sasuke? Why? I know you told me already, but why?I cried, hard. Sakura there next to me. Tsunade embraced me as Gaara held Sakura. Sasuke was gone foever. Wait, a ring. I pushed Tsunade away and grabbed Sakura's hand. I pulled her from the area and to Sasuke's room. She refused to go in but I forced her in. I got into the drawer and there it was. A ring. An engagement ring.
"Sakura...Sasuke...wanted you to have this. He wanted to ask you, but never got the chance. It was his mothers ring and he wanted you to be the woman to wear it. You can either except this as if I'm asking, or as if Sasuke asked you." She stared at the ring a moment and broke into tears once more.
"SASUKE!" I wanted to cry with her, but I couldn't. I had to be strong. I had to be strong. I walked over to her and comforted her. After while, Sakura cried herself to sleep. I slipped the ring onto her finger and picked her up, walking her to her room. I slept there with her to make sure would sleep the rest of the night.