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anywaiz...here chapter 3...coz heaps of ppl didn't like it coz i left a cliffie...so i updated extra quick...XP hehe...anywaiz...
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-sigh- ... i just can't seem to be bothered to do so...meh...
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"text" dialogue
'text' thought/ what the character is thinking
(text) Authors Notes A/N
'Text' Inner Sakura
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Forgotten Love- Chapter Three
The Vial
Recap: "Made by whom may I ask?"
Her eyes shot wide open and she snapped her head in the direction of where the voice had come from as she sat up.
A dark figure stood in front of the view of Konoha, with the moonlight behind him, casting a shadow over the terrified Kunoichi's face. His face was hidden due to high collar of his cloak and the dark shadows as his cloak swayed in the light breeze.
Although his facial features were hidden, Sakura immediately knew who it was.
"Itachi…" She breathed out in disbelief, with eyes wide in fear.
His eyes began to glow red, the comma-like swirls within it beginning to rotate around the black pupil in the centre. She took a sharp intake of breath and held it. Sakura started to crawl backwards, trying to get away from the figure and to be as far away as possible. Her eyes remained focused on his, as though they hypnotized had her. She felt as if she was falling as she gazed into those crimson orbs. Her attempts to tear her gaze away failed for she felt as though her body had gone numb all of a sudden.
As dark form's eyes narrowed slightly, she felt as though she was jolted back onto earth and into reality.
She exhaled and began to pant, grasping for air.
She was trembling and felt like a lump of something inside of her traveling up her throat. She brought her arms to the front and coughed out a thick liquid onto the floor. It was blood.
She was shaking all over now. Her jaw quivered as she looked back up at the figure that had not moved an inch except narrowing his eyes even further.
"Pathetic." His voice rang in the still atmosphere.
Sakura did not respond as he took this opportunity to continue as he advanced towards her.
"And to think that you are the one thing my foolish brother is fighting for."
Once he was towering over her trembling form, he squatted down so that he was at eye level with her.
Sakura felt as though she was frozen and was unable to move an inch as she watched Itachi squat down and leaned in so that his face were merely a few inches from hers. The words he had said earlier still lingered in her mind until they finally sank in.
'What does he mean, "fighting for"?'
Her voice returned to her at their close proximity and she managed to blurt out the words she that had formed in her mind.
"W-What do y-you mean?" Her eyes were still wide in terror.
Itachi reached with a scarred hand and cupped her chin. He could feel her tremble beneath his touch. He tilted her head to one side, and then the other, examining her features. She did attempt to resist but was unable to. It felt like the energy inside her were drained out of her body through his icy scarred hands.
"So you're the weakling that has captured my foolish brother's heart." He smirked as he withdrew his hand. His stare made Sakura feel vulnerable, as though he could see right through her.
It was then as if something clicked inside that brain of hers.
'"Captured his heart?" And that he was Fighting for Her? No… this is not what is happening…'
"Sasuke-kun doesn't love me!" She defended, no matter how much she didn't want to admit that fact.
Itachi stood up before he responded.
"Oh but he does."
"I-If he does then why did he leave me?" She spoke as tears began to well up in her eyes. The painful truth that she did not want to admit was correct.
"He left only because he believed that his ambition was what he must achieve… before he could be with you." He emphasized the word 'you'.
Sakura was speechless. She continued to deny it and shut her eyes tight as the tears began to fall freely, running down her cheeks and dripping off her face. It killed her inside to deny it and that it was all a lie. Yes, a lie. Sasuke doesn't love anyone, no matter how much she did not want to admit it. He doesn't right? Right. This was all Itachi's trick to hurt her. But, then again, Sasuke never expressed his emotions and many had believed that he had none.
Itachi took her sudden silence as a response and continued.
"And because this silly emotion, you have given him more power. So much that he might just make a good battle." He turned around and smirked.
"It would be good to fight a worthy opponent, even if he does kill me. But…" he tilted his head to one side to look at her. "That's not going to happen."
Sakura gasped at this. Was he going to kill Sasuke?
Itachi looked up at the full moon. Sakura did not want that to happen. She lunged forward without a second thought and held onto Itachi's legs in a begging position.
"Please don't kill him… I beg you…Please…" She pleaded as she shed more and more tears steaming down her cheeks.
He looked down on her in disgust. His eyes narrowed dangerously.
"You think that your useless pleading would prevent me from killing my foolish brother?" You think that it will stop me from completely destroying my whole clan?"
Sakura kept her eyes shut. Her arms trembled wildly around his legs. He was right. Pleading never got her anywhere. He wouldn't have given into them. What reason did he have if he did? She slowly began to regret those times she had wasted begging Sasuke for a date. All those times she had spent on her presentation when she could've been training. If she had trained all those times, she would've been able to fight Itachi now and may even match to his strength. But. No. She was weak. If she had really loved him, she would've trained harder instead on working on her looks and maybe, she could've saved his life right here, right now. But. No.
All her regrets came clashing into her mind at that moment. Each thought slowly pushing her love for Sasuke into anger and hatred. But, then again, she could never really hate Sasuke. She loved him too much for that.
'I know that begging is useless, it never got me anywhere…but…it doesn't hurt to try…' She thought.
"Please don't hurt him! I-I-I-I'll…do anything! Please!" she sprung her yes open and looked up at Itachi with tear-filled eyes. They were all red and puffy now yet the salty liquid continued to flow out of them.
Itachi pretended to look amused by this.
"Anything?" He questioned her. A smirk appeared on his lips once again. 'Good. This is all falling into place…just as I planned…' He thought.
Sakura nodded her reply.
"Fine." He reached inside his cloak and pulled out a small red glass vial.
Sakura, with her breathing all ragged, wiped her tears away using her sleeve and stared at the vial confusingly. She looked from the vial to Itachi and back again, waiting for him to explain the situation.
"If you drink this, then I promise that I won't kill him." The words lingered in the atmosphere before Sakura responded.
"A-A-Are y-you trying to kill me? She asked in a shaky voice, eyes wide in fear and shock. He chuckled softly.
"No foolish girl, it is not poison and I am not trying to kill you. You have my word as an Uchiha. And besides, there will be no point in doing that."
"T-T-Then what is it?" She asked. He handed the vial over to the pink-haired kunoichi. She held it in her palm and examined it.
"Its not going to kill you if that's what you wanted to know. Now, will you take it or not?"
"I-I-I…" Sakura thought for a moment.
'If it will save Sasuke-kun's life, than I'll do it...' She thought boldly.
With that though she pulled off the cork and quickly and swiftly gulped down its contents. There wasn't much but it had a sour and bitter taste to it.
Once she was done, she felt her body go numb, and there was a sudden sharp pain in her head.
"Argh!"
She clutched her head in her hands at the sudden throbbing and collapsed onto the floor. The searing pain rushed from her head to throughout her whole body and within moments, the world blacked out around her and she fainted. The last thing she saw was a mental image of Sasuke's once and only true smile.
Her body laid on the barely grassed earth as Itachi towered over her. A figure leapt down from a nearby tree and landed softly on the floor behind him.
"Itachi-sama?--"
"Let's got Kisame." He ordered and with that they took off into the night.
"Itachi-sama? What does that potion do anyways?" Kisame asked as they leapt from tree to tree in their quick escape.
"It erases all the memories and the person whom was the love of from your mind."
"But, just for that you're not going to kill your brother?" He questioned Itachi.
"I keep my promises Kisame." Itachi smirked. "And as I promised, I will not kill him, but that doesn't mean that she won't."
"What do you mean?"
"That potion will make her forget about her dear Sasuke-kun. And, to make it worse, not only will she not remember him, she'll also fall instantly in love with the next guy she sees once she wakes up."
Itachi took a glimpse at Kisame to see if he understood.
"I'm not going to kill him physically…I'm going to kill him emotionally."
And with one last smirk, the two Atkasuki members left the village of Konoha.
Sakura's body lay there lifelessly as the two left. Not long afterwards, a mysterious shinobi walked by and noticed her limp form. He immediately ran to the girl's side and checked if she was alive. Feeling the steady pumping of her pulse he sighed in relief.
'She's just unconscious.' He thought. And with that thought he picked up her lifeless body and carried her away from the cliff's face and towards the Konoha Hospital bridal style. Her fingers still clung onto the red glass vial in her palm, as if refusing to let it go.
TBC...
Please review! and here are some answers to last chappie's reviews...
saki-kun- hi! LOL...yes...as you have read in this chappie...it was Itachi...hehe..as forseen in her dream...XD thanx for da review!
animeforever24 -ahh...you kinda got me wrong about the hint...so...no...neither sasuke or Sakura dies in this fanfic... man...i might as well just tell you...the BAD guy dies. WAHH! I didn't want itachi to die coz i love itachi! but it just had to be done to make da fanfic continue...it was hinted in teh summary...how sasuke COMPLETES HIS AMBITION...XD anywaiz...thanx for da review!
Dark Angelic Kitty-Ahahaha...well...you'll just have to wait and see if it'll STAY as SasuSaku...XP its stated in the summary as "SasukeXSakuraX...? another character...XD a love triangle if you know what i mean...hehe...anywaiz..thanx for da review!
nauki-chan18 -hi! thanx! XD i will continue this story dun worri...and i'm am very pleased to hear that you love it! Arigatou!XPand your question about when i will finish it...O.o i do not know...i estimate this fanfic to be about...ahh...20 chapters? LOL and its only ch 3 so far XD anywaiz...thanx for da review!
ffgirl-07- hi! thanx for da review!
Hao'sAnjul -LOL...sorriz bout da cliffie...hehe...holds in suspence! haha XD LOL yeah...i tried to update as soon as i can..and yeah...i mean...its a good update ...3 daiz! LOL XD anywaiz you sure dat the grammar is not THAT bad? coz...i think that i suck at it...and the fact that i don't even know that i sucked at it before just makes me more confused...XD -aiya- its ok...thanx for da offer! to me...it might be a bit too troublesome to sned it over then like..you sned it back before i update ya know...anywaiz..THANX FOR DA OFFER! hehe...you can point out da few mistakes in reviews if you like...and i'll fix em later...yeah...up to you...thanx fro da review btw!
InuyashaObsessed101- LOL...you have things mixed up...the "unexpected visitor" was Itachi...as you have read in this chappie...and Naruto...he just happened to see sakrua walk bya dn so called her over...he wasn't expecting her...LOL XP anywaiz..thanx for da review! and yes, i agree... Sasuke is SO HOT! LOL XD
Lil Bre -Hi! Gomen for da cliffie...i know that you hated it...LOL...Hurricane dennis ay? LOL well...i dun have a dog so...XP hehe...anywaiz...hey! do you watch "the Weekenders?" coz you remind me of tino from that show everytime you say..."laterdayz" LOL XD its a good show i tell ya! too bad not on T.V anymorez... : ( LOL..thanx for da review btw!
japstrawberry -hi! yes you were right...it was Itachi paying a visit to Sakura...hehe...thanx for da review!
pei-chan -LOL..yes..those people that were talking in the lastc happie were evil XD hehe...and as you should know now...IT WAS ITACHI! XD anywaiz...thanx for da review!
babykitty2270 Hi! yes.. i know...leaving a cliffie creates Suspence! LOL and...most people already knew who it wasd so yeah...wasn't totally a cliffie...XP anywaiz...thanx for da review!
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LightDreamer- Hi! wow! you like it? thanx! i'll try o update as soon as i can...and..please update your fanfics too! i'm hanging there! XD thanx for da review!
the anime eclipse- Hi! hehe..sure! i'll read it soon... and thanx!
ang3L-dreary -Thanx! well...who the other boy to be paired up with Sakura-chan you ask...You'll just have to wait and see...hehe...i like to make surprises...ahahaha LOL sure! add me to ur YM list...umm...just go to my author's page and send me an email./..i'll give you my addy there in da reply...hehe...thanx for da review!
Karura-Chan - Hi! you write SasuSaku fanfics in french right? koolz! hehe...hope that you liked this chappie!
Sagitarious Devil - Hi! aha...i know...my grammar sucks...-.-; so yeah...the problem is..i dun even know that i sucked at it at first! XD and i dunno how to fix it...and... yeah... anywaiz...hope that you liked this chappie! hehe...thanx for da review!
Thats it..wow...-phew- so many reviews for leaving a cliffie! XD hmm..maybe i should leave a cliffie more often...hehee...jokes... i'll try my best not to...coz i know how much i hate em myself wehn a fanfic leave one and that person takes FOREVER to update...XD
anywaiz...next chappie...you shall find out who is the mysterious shinobi O.o and like i said...the boy to be paired up with Sakura will be OOC...yeah...very OOCness...man...XD
i'll try to update soon...(TRY...not gurantee...XD) but until then...
Ja Ne!
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