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Faded Petals
Chapter Two
She was falling through the darkness, her hands groping for something to latch onto, her fingers clawing at the shadows around her. She thought she saw his hand, reaching out for hers, but when she tried to reach for him, her hands met nothing but thin air. Nothing was real anymore…Even her voice, as she tried to scream, was gone. Everything was slipping away, crumbling piece by piece and falling away to reveal only the dark…
An empty space, a hollow silence greeted her when she awoke. She opened her eyes to see trees of crystalline green towering over her, creating a sky of entwined branches and tangled leaves above.
She could not remember why she was there, sitting in the middle of nowhere, with trees surrounding her. No matter how hard she tried to remember why she was there, no answer, no memory of how she came to be appeared. And she couldn't explain, either, why her heart was beating so fast.
Her own body was unfamiliar to her as if she could not remember being in it. And she couldn't. She couldn't remember-her name, who she was, where she came from, it was all gone…
"Why can't I remember?" she whispered, her own voice unfamiliar to her. "Why can't I remember who I am?"
She reached her hands up to touch her hair, running her hands over her face. It was unfamiliar, but she recognized it as her own. But why couldn't she remember who she was?
She ripped at her hair in frustration, trying to find the memories and information about herself that she had lost. Why can't I remember?
And then, she heard a crackle, the sound of dried leaves being stepped on, the only sound that broke the silence. Her hand had automatically shot to her waist, but found nothing there.
"So you're awake."
She saw the man, clothed all in black, standing by a tree. His crimson red eyes scared her, the way it seemed to take in everything. One of his arms was missing. But his face was handsome, pale and framed by ebony black hair. Everything about him frightened her, but there was no one here but him-a dark, twisted, fallen angel standing before her.
"Where am I? Who am I? If you know, please tell me." Her hands trembled as she spoke and she felt so tired.
"…You are Haruno Sakura."
Haruno Sakura…Haruno Sakura…Sakura. For a brief moment, visions of a blonde boy with blue eyes, shouting 'Sakura-chan' flashed through her head but then the memory dissolved and her mind was blank again.
"W-Where…is my home?" She asked. "Where is…my family?"
"You have no home. You have no family."
No family…? No home…?
"Why can't I remember anything? Can you tell me why I can't remember?"
"…You lost your memory fighting an enemy. You will not be able to regain the memories you lost."
"Then…where do I go? Please, help me…"
"You will come with me." His face was blank, his eyes soulless, even as he spoke to her.
"With you?" She blinked, confused. "Demo, who are you?"
"My name…is Itachi." There was a brief flicker in his scarlet eyes.
"Itachi-san, did I know you…before I lost my memories..?"
"…Yes…"
"…I…I….Will it be safe…if I go with you?"
"…..Yes…"
I have no choice. I have no home. I'm lost. But he still scared her…
"Arigatou, Itachi-san. For letting me accompany you….to wherever you are going…"
He turned his back on her and began walking into the shadows of the trees. And she followed.
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The young man with the raven hair walked along the road, a lone figure going in the direction of the Hidden Leaf Village.
He was going home.
After all these years, he was going back to Konoha. A place he could now only faintly remember, a place where he had made a best friend in a blonde headed boy and had found companionship in a girl with the name of a flower.
He knew they would be changed as he had changed, over the years. They would be different, as he was different now.
He no longer longed to see Itachi's blood spilt over the floor. His unfinished revenge had taught him that. The blood that had spilled from Itachi's arm…it had disgusted him. That day, seeing his own brother's blood drip onto the floor had only reminded him that his brother's blood was the same as his. And he didn't want to become Itachi's replacement…a killer.
He wanted it to be like it had been before. Those days when it had been just the three of them. That feeling of companionship.
He wondered about Naruto, wondered if he had gotten stronger and had become Hokage.
He thought about Sakura, the girl who had been annoying at first, but then had become more of a comfort to him…someone he had trusted.
He thought about them as he headed towards Konoha, each step bringing him closer.
He was going home.
AN: Please review if you have the time! Really makes me happy and encourages me that I can actually finish this!