Wow....no reviews for the second set? Ouch...well we'll see if this one gets a nice look...
Note : What follows is a fairly pessimistic outlook on one of the more common relationships on this site. Don't get me wrong...I like both of the characters (at least a bit), but I just...well...read and you'll see what I mean.
Sakura : Avengers Don't Like Flowers.
She annoys me to no end.
It wasn't so much the way she acts, or the fact that she has a crush on me that annoys me either. It was the fact that she liked me in the first place, despite knowing nothing about me. NOTHING. Every girl in my class was annoying for that same reason. They had nothing driving them...no will of their own. They only existed to fall madly in love with me or something. For a while it was cool knowing every girl drooled over me...after that they just became an unneccessary distraction.
But this one has been even more annoying. Maybe because I see her every day...she's on my team after all.
She's so weak...she recognizes her weakness too. Only thing is, instead of trying to rise to my level like Naruto has, she tries to pull me down to her level...or she just gives up. I HATE that in her...I'll never forget how she stalled me in the second genin test...willing to pull me down to stay near me. Or how she was willing to bail on the mission of protecting Tazuna-san in Water Country.
She thinks she understands me in some way that others don't...but none of them understand.
How could she understand? She's never experienced the pain of being alone. She doesn't know what it's like to pull herself up from the pits of despair, and fight life through the strength of her own will. She doesn't know how empty it feels to know that my entire life's goal is to gain revenge. And she'll never know, because she refuses to see. The way she talks about Naruto...it pains me, because it reminds me of that time...and she's too blind to notice that I don't have parents.
Listening to her does nothing but remind me of a life I gave up...by force. Of a happy family life that she has, and hopes to continue...of a life that was taken from me, and of a promise I made. That I would forsake that part of me...in order to avenge my blood...my clan. How can she understand the darkness I live in from her...cloud?
She's nothing like me, I tell myself. And no matter what she says, she can never really like me.
And yet, every now and then, she has a moment. Defending the team when we couldn't defend ourselves in the Forest of Death. Standing up to Gaara to protect my prone body. Every now and then, she grows a will of her own...in the face of the most insurmountable odds. Always when I'm not around...
Someday, maybe she'll find grow that strength permanently. She'll blossom into a great ninja, and a beautiful woman. But that won't happen as long as she looks this way...revenge can't nurture a flower.
--------------------------------------------------------------Everything in me wants to yell at you
For the foolish games you play...
What self-inflicted genjutsu
makes you think I'll live your way?
Your green eyes look with mock knowledge
at something they cannot know...
Your fists ball in frustration
at the strength they cannot grow....
If my Sharingan showed to you
the things you could not see...
You'd know that you can't train with heart
while throwing yours at me...
These arms...are not strong for hugs
These eyes...for seeing tears...
Their purpose is to be the best...
to help me face my fears...
If you can't see your own mistakes
I'll be of little help...
The strength you think you see in me
Is hiding in yourself.
The truth is that you can't give your heart
to one who can't relate...
Your eyes can't communicate with love...
to my red eyes of hate.
Sakura...avengers don't like flowers....