The end is here… Are you ready……? Kiba's POV.
DO NOT OWN NARUTO
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The End: God is Here
Sakura…?
What do you mean 'it's all okay now'……? Is that a good thing? Or is that a bad thing?
"Shut up Sakura"
"Kiba…"
"Y-yeah, Sakura-! Don't say things like that here!"
"Ino…"
Even through bad times, she always kept that smile on her face. Look at how safe she looks. Look at how precious it is… But her smile right now is different. That smile is for me… and for them to not worry… She was trying so hard……
"You know… I'm not afraid to die anymore"
"What are you talking about? Don't ever say that again!"
"Ino…… She's not saying it because she wants to…"
"…………Shikamaru…! But---"
"You should know by now, right?"
"……"
"Sakura would never do anything to hurt us"
'I know……! I know that………!"
Stop crying… And start smiling."
……Just as Shikamaru says. Sakura also never changed a bit from the past. I… also, am no different from Ino's feelings, but, I understand how Sakura feels…… She's here, no matter how painful it is to have everybody here…
"Doctor! She's going into…----"
"I know! But there's nothing more we can do now…"
I can hear that conversation next door. My ears hurt. I couldn't stand this any longer… But she still smiles. How can she still smile like that…?
"I… was afraid back then…" This room filled with sadness. This room where nobody could hide their emotions. And she smiles as she speaks… "I was really scared of dying before…"
"Sakura…"
"I-it's okay! We're here now!"
"Thanks, Naruto… But…---"
Her eyes has been taking over with tears. But that doesn't mean she never stopped smiling.
"When people die, they will always lose their memories. The time they were together with their friends, those fun times… Everything… will be forgotten…"
Nobody says anything. They only share their emotions.
"I was so…… so scared of that……!"
"Sakura…"
I only called her name once, and that just felt like a thousand needles through my body.
"I was…. Going to kill myself earlier…"
"…"
"But then Kiba came…"
"…"
"And then I realized, I was so stupid for doing such a thing"
"Sakura-chan…"
"If I could die, then I wouldn't cause any trouble to any of you. That's what I thought, but I am so wrong……"
"Yeah, in this world, there are people who wants to live, but they need to go. That's what happens to people"
"Yeah, that's why…… thank you, Kiba"
"Idiot…… I was---"
"------I see you as a god"
"………!"
Me…… as god……….?
I always thought there was no such thing as gods, but now I know… That there was one just right next to me…"
I was thinking the same thing as her. The world really is small, isn't it? This world doesn't have a god. That's what I thought. But now I noticed… Now I know…
To me, Sakura was always the god.
In all darkness, her light would shine upon me and lead me back to home, to her. The one who showed me what 'happiness' was, was……… Sakura, wasn't that you?
"Sakura, you're the one who's a god to me…"
"Kiba…"
"Sakura-chan! When you get all better, you promise me that we're going to eat over at Ichiraku ramen, okay?"
"Haha…… Naruto… Hinata, you're going to have some hard times from now on…"
"Y-yes…"
"…Anyways, it's a promise, okay! Okay?"
"………Yeah"
Is it just me? Or… did Sakura just lose some of her air----
-----------Sakura?
"It's okay now……… Don't talk anymore…!"
"……K-Kiba…?"
"You can sleep now"
"Kiba…"
"Kakashi…?"
"…"
Kakashi shook his head without a word. What… WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY TO ME? Sakura WILL be helped…!
"Kiba…… everyone…"
The room fell silent again once Sakura spoke up.
"…Thank you……. So… so…… much………"
"……………Sa……kura…?"
"H-hey… Wait a second… Sakura? ---SAKURA!"
"It's…… over now…… She's---"
"Shikamaru! You and your smart 200 IQ mouth! She hasn't yet!"
"Sakura………! Why? Don't leave me……!"
"Kiba, don't worry! S-sakura is only sleeping, okay? She got tired and…"
"Ino…… I know how you feel, everybody does… But…… just look at her…"
"---------!"
"Sakura-chan…"
"She's smiling"
No miracle happened. Sakura died. She left us like… that. But she smiled to the end. She's smiling right now. It turned out to be I couldn't do anything at the end. And I… received so many happiness from her… I…… I……
"Kiba"
"…………Kakashi…… What should I do now?"
"Sakura isn't here anymore. There's nothing much you can really do right now…"
"I can't believe she died………"
----It just looked like she was sleeping…----
"But you know, Kiba, Sakura received many 'things' from you"
"I couldn't do anything! I… was the one who received a lot of things from her!"
"Happiness"
"---!"
Sakura received so much happiness from you. You just didn't notice it"
"…………"
"If she hasn't received that happiness, then she wouldn't have smiled like this"
"…………"
Sakura… is that true…? Were you… really happy……? I was always on missions and I didn't have a lot of time with her, but every time I would come home, she would stand there on the porch and would say, 'welcome home'. I loved those precious times I was always with her! Even if it was just a minute! I didn't need anything else, I didn't want anything else…
Hey…… if you're gone then… what should I do now…?
You promised, right Sakura? You said this: 'I will never rest my smile…' And I also promised the same thing back to you.
I will never rest my smile, even in sleep… forever……
Sakura, like we promised, you never rested that smile. And you knew about your disease and… I…… couldn't keep my own promise… You fought so much, but I only ran away. I ran away from the reality, the truth, and I didn't turn back. I said there would a miracle. I said that you would be helped.
-----I couldn't…… do anything…
In the end, as always, I was saved by you. Until that time came, you always looked at me…! But I… averted my eyes and I ran away again……!
Hey… Were you really happy, Sakura……?
"Kiba, Sakura… was really happy… I'm sure of i- …No, I know she was"
"……"
"She even said so…! You're her god!"
"-------!"
"With just that… she was granted many happiness…"
"Yeah, yeah! Sakura-chan was always in love with you, and she even said that she was happy enough to be in the same room with you!"
"I told you, Kiba… She wouldn't smile like that if she wasn't happy…"
"I-I think that… too……"
"Sakura was never unhappy"
"………………You guys…………………"
Sakura smiled to the end.
I suddenly remembered what happened in the past… I think I said this once to her…
"----Sakura, your happiness is…… my happiness"
And then she immediately replied back.
"Well then, your happiness is also my happiness! …Always stay by my side, okay…----"
…………I wonder why………… I……----
"----I forgot the most important thing…"
After this, everybody cried. And we found something under Sakura's pillow. A piece of paper… A letter…?
"………Kiba, I'll read it…"
"Thanks…"
"…Ready?"
"……Yeah…"
----Thank you so much for all the precious times. I'm so sorry for all the trouble I have been making for you. If you can, please don't forget about me.
Kiba, thank you so much… for all the happiness.
Thank you------
"-------Sakura……"
"………Why would we forget, Sakura…?"
You will forever be within us, in our hearts. You will live…… in us……
I just close my eyes and reply back…----
"Sakura……… Thank you………--------"
"Kiba, I will never rest my smile for you, even in sleep! I promise…---"
"Okay then, I'll promise too---"
----------I will never rest my smile for you, even in sleep, forever.
Eternal : END
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A/N: In the reviews, you all said that Sakura was cured. I guess that last phrase in the last chapter meant a different way to you guys? Sorry, when I wrote that phrase, I was meaning it like... 'It's okay everybody, I can finally rest in peace' or something like that. But anyways... I SERIOUSLY CRIED. Oh god, I don't want to read this any longer. I cried silently so that my parents wouldn't find me sobbing over a story which I created… I hope many of you have enjoyed this, and didn't cry like me. Thank you so much for everything, thank you for all the reviews, thank you for all the fans, and thank you everybody! I LOVE YOU!
Now, lets smile, okay?