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EnJoY ChApTeR 2 for 'The Way It Ends'...
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Chapter 2 : Iruka,Sasuke and Sakura.
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-- 4 years later... --
-- Konoha Village --
"Ok class, you're dismissed," Iruka said as he closed the book that he was holding. Iruka looked at his students and chuckled at the sight of them pushing each other to get through the door. After a few minutes there was nothing in the classroom except for Iruka, standing with the dusts floating around in the air.
Iruka sighed as he slumped his body on his chair. '10th September... (A/N: i simply use the date) it's exactly 4 years after you died...Naruto...I miss you so much...I hope you're doing fine in the 'next realm', as you called it...I'm doing fine here, like you wished me to in your letter...I really hope you're still alive, because things had never been the same with you gone...Sasuke is now a lot more quiet than he used to be, Sakura had focused on training instead of love, hinata often locked herself in her room, and so on...you'll never thought that you had affected so much people unknowingly, would you?' Iruka thought as he took a glance at his watch. "Holy Shit! I'm gonna be late for the teacher's meeting!" Iruka yelled as he jumped out from his chair.
Iruka ran off to the staff room panicked carrying a few heavy books. As soon as he entered the room he slammed the door shut, making the other teachers stared at him. "Hehe... hi...sorry I'm late for the meeting..." Iruka said sheepishly. The principle looked at him then said, "Late again, Iruka-san? Looks like you're rubbing off Kakashi's habit. Never mind...take a sit," and continued on their discussion. 'Phew,that was close... as you can see, Naruto...I started to rub off Kakashi's habit...it's not like I want too...so now I'm leading a better life,' Iruka shrugged off before he continued on his thoughts, 'you can say that anyway, but its much more lonelier since you're not here with me...I miss you very, very much...' Iruka was about to add on another thoughts when he heard someone coughing breaking the silence in the staff room. Iruka had his head up only to met the principle's sharp eyes straight into his eyes. "Iruka-san, would you like to share us some of your thoughts?" Iruka looked at him for a few minutes before he croaked out his voice, "W-What?"
-- Other side of Konoha --
Sasuke was practising his Katon on the dummy in the training field and stopped after a few times as he fell on his knees, breathing heavily due to the lack of oxygen. After he regained the control of the air coming in and out of his lungs, he decided to take a rest under the big tree. As he rested his body against the tree, he started to remember the time when he was told that Naruto...died.
-- Flashback --
Sasuke had just woke up from his few weeks of coma. He was confused as to why was he in hospital. Then he heard the steps of someone walked towards the room he was in. He pretended to be asleep so that they wouldn't found out that he's awake. Then the door knob finally turned slowly, and the door screeched open. A girl with pink hair walked in quietly so that she won't make noises. Sasuke saw her and decided to ask her the questions that had been running in his mind.
"S-Sakura?" Sasuke asked hesitantly. Sakura dropped the vase she was holding as soon as she heard some familiar voice that she had been longing to hear this past few weeks. She turned her head in his direction and found out that he's finally awake.
"SASUKE-KUN! YOU'RE AWAKE! I WAS SO WORRY ABOUT YOU! How are you feeling? Do you feel better? Do you want to drink water? Do you want to get something? What is it? Tell me!" Sakura asked continously without stopping and thus making Sasuke lost his patient, "SILENCE!" Sasuke finally shouted. Sakura was taken aback by his sudden outburst. She stayed silent, decided that she should wait for Sasuke to talk before she did.
After a few minutes of silence, Sasuke finally talk, much to Sakura's delight. "All I want to ask is, why am I here?" Sasuke stared at Sakura, and that made Sakura felt even happier because she had gotten Sasuke's attention. "'I told you that he would pay his attention to you'" her Inner Self said, grinning like an idiot while her outer self got carried away with fantasies and dreams that would never come true.
"Sakura!" called Sasuke, a little bit strict. Sakura was finally awake from her little fantasies with drools at the side of her mouth. "Er...yes Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked as she wiped off her drools with a piece of tissue. Sasuke looked away disgustingly as he mentally slapped himself at the sight of her, 'Why do I even bother asking her?' he thought when he heard her answers. "You were in a coma for a few weeks. That bas- I mean Naruto had brought you back from the hands of the snake freak. I-"
"..." Sasuke stared at the white wall in front of him. He hid his eyes behind the bangs. They stayed like that for a while before Sasuke chuckled darkly. "So he brought me back huh?"
"Er...y-yeah. He kept his promi-" Sakura stuttered. A bit scared at Sasuke.
"Hn. Where is he?" Sasuke asked as he cut off her words.
"Huh?" Sakura stared at him blankly.
"You heard me..." Sasuke said again, as he emitted a few dark purple chakra around his body.
"He...he's dead..." Sakura told him softly as she turned her head facing the window.
"...what?"
-- End Flashback --
'I still couldn't believe it... I never thought that he'd killed himself...'
-- Flasback --
"He's dead...he's been murdered..." Sakura said. She was on verge of crying.
"Who? Who murdered him? The Akatsuki?" Sasuke asked as he punched the already cracked wall, causing it to collapsed.
"He was murdered...by none other than...himself..." Sakura cried. She cupped her face with her hands.
-- End Flashback --
'Naruto...we never thought that you had been that important to us...you hold our team together...without you, our team fell apart...why must you...suicide? I never had a chance to thanked you for rescuing me, for helping me in everything, for being my...best friend...' Sasuke stood up as he brushed off the dirts on his pants. 'I'm gonna be a Hokage, not 'cause I want to, but it's your dream. It had been yours all along, and I'm gonna fulfill it for you. And for that, I must train harder so that I'm worthy of that title.' with that Sasuke resumed his training.
-- Ino's Flower Shop --
"Hey Ino-pig" Sakura greeted the blonde girl at the counter. Sakura hadn't change that much since the Chuunin exam. Her pink hair was still short because she always cut it off once it's longer than her shoulder level. Her face was still pretty much the same, except that she seems more matured. She now wore short black skirt and a white tank top. She also wore black fingerless glove and a pair of black boots. It seems that her favourite colour has changed from pink to black.
"What? Forehead-girl..." Ino greeted her back. They have been like that since they were small. That's they're way of greeting each other. Ino still wore her purple with a little blueish tank top and a pair of black pants. Her blonde hair had grew back this past few years. Unlike Sakura, she kept her long hair instead of cut it off.
"Er...nothing really. Just feeling kinda bored...what you're doing?" Sakura asked with her cheerful smile.
"Duh! Obviously I'm looking after the shop. What else would I be doing?" Ino said in a teasing tone.
Sakura scowled at her answer "I know that, Ino-pig. I mean like-"
"Like?" Ino cut off her words. 'I just loveeeee doing this to her...hehe...' Ino thought in her mind.
"ARGH! Forget it..." Sakura said as she leaves the shop.
"Wait Sakura! I'm just kidding!" Ino shouted at her.
"Never mind...I was about to leave anyway. Bye..." Sakura's voice faded as she walked further.
"Whatever forehead-girl..." Ino said as she sighed and sat on her chair at the counter.
- With Sakura -
Sakura walked through the street. She was deep in her thought.
'Stupid Ino-pig. I was just about to tell her that I'm gonna be Tsunade's apprentice...Cheh...never mind...she'll know about it later...' Sakura sighed as she headed to the Ichiraku's place. She was fond of this place. It was her previous teammate's favourite. She sighed again after she ordered one regular bowl of Miso Ramen.
'Everything...hadn't been the same since that...that tragedy...Naruto...why? I know, I hadn't been a good friend to you. I've betrayed you...I hurt your pride...but most importantly...I...hurt your feelings... should I have known that you carried such a big burden since childhood, I'd have nothing for you but respect, and love as a friend...Naruto...I'm so sorry...I'm so sorry for all I've done towards you...I wish I could change everything, but it's just impossible...my heart...had broken into pieces when I found out about you...and Kyuubi... I felt guilty...I still am...I miss you horribly Naruto...I really do...I-'
"Sakura, Sakura! You're okay?" Sakura was startled when Ayame, the daughter of the owner of Ichiraku shaked her shoulder.
"Huh? Yeah? I'm fine, Ayame...why did you shaked my shoulder?" Sakura asked as she blinked her eyes a few times.
"Er...nothing. It just seems that you were spacing out and your ramen was getting colder, so I decided to, you know, like waking you up or something." Ayame said as she picked up her tray that was placed on the table.
"Oh I see...anyway, thanks for your concern, but I'm fine..." Sakura said in her friendly tone. Sakura and Ayame were friends, though they're not as close as Sakura was to Ino.
"Then I should get going. See you later Sakura." Ayame waved at her before she got back to work.
Sakura sighed as she started eating her Miso Ramen, treating her still broken heart over her teammate's death.
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A/N: Ok...that's it...Chapter 2...finished...I hope it's not that short...anyway, reviews would help me update the next chapter faster...so like I always say...
Review...that's ur job...
