Chapter 4: Cry With Me Heal My Heart

Sasuke couldn't help but feel human. His eyes filled with tears and he looked away. The tears were wiped away. He tried to stop crying but, holding it all in for so many years took over. He tried to compress the whimpers.

"Don't look, Sakura-chan. I don't want to be weak for you," Sasuke cried.

"You don't have to be strong. It's okay to cry. Everyone cries. Only a heartless person doesn't cry. Crying just shows that you want someone to help you. I'll be that person Sasuke-kun. If you never let your emotions flow then it's pointless to expect anyone to open up to you," Sakura protested.

"Girls, they can cry. Weak men, they can cry. I must never cry if I ever plan on beating that man. I-" Sasuke began.

"Shh, forget about him. Concentrate on yourself, Sasuke-kun."

"Sakura-chan, you're so pure. No one has tainted your pool of life. Cry for me, Sakura-chan. Cry with me, Sakura-chan. Stay with me, Sakura-chan."

"How can I ever leave you?" she cried. "Crying is a very emotional thing. To let your sorrows flow out of you and through your tears is the most beautiful way that a person could ever express themselves."

Tears flowed down their faces. The tears of the two people combined in the bed sheets. The tears locked together and joined as one.

Two People

Two worlds collide,

It was yours and mine.

Two hearts combine,

It was yours and mine.

To bring us together,

Blood was sputtered.

For happiness is a gift,

Every gift has a price to be paid.

There is no such thing as a happy ending.

"Have you ever heard of the poem called 'Two People", Sakura-chan?" Sasuke asked.

"I think so."

"Do you remember the last line in that poem?"

"Yes. There is no such thing as a happy ending. The line before that had stated, every gift has a price to be paid. Why do you ask?"

"Sakura-chan, it also said 'For happiness is a gift.' And 'Blood was sputtered.' Sakura-chan, I am now happy and I will have to pay some sort of price."

"It's just a poem."

"Sakura-chan. I need to pay the price. Your family has to accept me."

"My parents would not have you purchase me, Sasuke-kun. They had said that any man who can make me happy and support me could have me. Sasuke-kun. They will love you," Sakura assured him.

"I still need to meet them, Sakura-chan."

"All right then. Tomorrow will go to my house and you'll then meet my family."

"Yes," he replied.

Sasuke went to sleep on the couch after putting up a fight to give Sakura the bed. The next morning Sasuke cleaned himself up and the two left for Sakura's home.

"I'm home!" Sakura chimed.

Sasuke turned around and Sakura yanked on his arm gently.

"Ah! Welcome home! …Sakura-chan," her mother greeted at first happily then less happily.

Sakura's mother's eyes fell upon Sasuke. Sasuke looked away.

"W- well, whom may this be, Sakura-chan?" her mother asked.

"This is Uchiha Sasuke! He's my most treasured person in the world. He's the one I want, Oka-san! And he wants me!" Sakura exclaimed.

"I promise to take good care of her," Sasuke promised. "Please I ask that-"

"NO!" her mother shouted with her eyes shut.

"W- what? What's wrong, Oka-san?"

"NO! You get away from her!" her mother screamed.

Sakura's mother yanked at her and she slammed the door in Sasuke's face. Sasuke looked at the oak door and stood there stunned for a while.

"Oka- san! What's wrong?"

"The Uchiha clan is the worst! For all you know he's just like his good for nothing brother! His brother killed his own clan! No! I won't allow it! I will not allow my daughter to marry such a man!" her mother screeched.

"No, you could never be more wrong! Sasuke-kun isn't like that!"

"Sakura- chan!"

"In time you'll learn to love him, just as I have, Oka-san! You can't tell me what to do forever! You said any man who could make me happy! Sasuke-kun is the man I love! I love him more than life itself!"

"Sakura-chan, if you marry that boy I will disown you!" her mother warned.

"Then so be it! Oka-san! I love him! Maybe someday you'll see why I love him so much!"

Sakura yanked open the front door for the last time and ran out to catch up with her beloved. He stopped and reached a hand out for his pink haired beauty. She grabbed his and they walked off back towards his home.

"Sakura-chaaaan!" her mother called.

Sakura heard her mother's shouts and calls but, she continued to walk on.

"Are you sure about this?" Sasuke asked.

"I'm more sure than I've ever been in my entire life. A chance to be with you for the rest of my life, is something that I would never ever give up!" she reassured him.

Sakura's mother watched her daughter go off with Sasuke with anger, fear, and hatred. Sakura's mother ran back into the house and grabbed the phone. She began to dial a number and then a cold hand touched her warm one. She looked up into the eyes of a man and smiled.

"That won't be necessary," the man said.

"I thought so," her mother stated clearly.

"Now tell me, what do you need, Mrs. Haruto?"

"Sasuke Uchiha must die. My daughter and him were never meant to be."

"I'll take care of it personally, Mrs. Haruto," the man snickered.

"See to it that you do, Itachi," Sakura's mother ordered.

"Dear? That man is no good, just because Sakura-chan is with someone we don't personally like you should see that she's happy. Be happy for her, Dear," Sakura's father tried as a voice of reason.

"No, I won't hear of it. That boy will only turn on her. Just like his brother betrayed his entire family. The streets were lined with lifeless bodies. There's no telling how powerful that young man is. If Sakura-chan got hurt how would you feel?" his wife retaliated.

"I would feel horrible. But, that's the man she loves and you know that you can't stop her. When she first said that she loved him I was overcome with happiness for her. Can't you be the same way, my darling?"

"No, I will not have our daughter put in danger he must be killed. Under no circumstances may she ever have another chance to be with him."

"I understand, Dear. I'm glad that you feel so strongly about Sakura- chan's safety. Or is it just the fact that after you married me and found about the young boy's brother and fell in love with him?"

She turned around and faced him with a look that would kill.

Meanwhile, Sasuke and Sakura returned home safely. Sakura prepared some lunch for herself and Sasuke. Sasuke was training in the front yard, beating a tree with his fists. He was trying to level up his endurance. When lunch was ready Sakura brought it out for the two of them to eat outside.

"I wonder if we can go on living like this forever. I'm so happy, Sasuke-kun!" Sakura wondered aloud.

"Just Sasuke, all right?"

"Okay, then just Sakura from now on!"

"All right, Sakura. I never thought it was possible…"

"What didn't you think was possible?" she asked curiously.

"Your name… It sounds even more beautiful without the 'chan' at the end."

Sakura giggled, this was definitely a whole different side to Sasuke that she had ever known. But, she was glad that he could finally be himself in her presence. So many months would pass as their happiness together would soon come to an end. But in the meantime the two planned their perfect wedding together. Soon, they would be married.

I don't really like what I said was going to happen in this chapter so I might change it. Uh, let's see... thank you all for being so patient! Writer's block is such a pain in the ass. Plus, I wrote the poem so it's not real. All rights reserved, or e-mail me if your going to use it.

Well? What did you think? And so the plot unfolds. Just remember to R&R and I still beg of you NO FLAMES! Thanks.

-Hatori's Snowdrop Princess

P.S. I may change my penname to Kurama's Yellow Rose. That's just so you know!