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Oh and check out ANOTHER CHANCE, this one's a love triangle between our favorite leads Naruto,Sakura and Sasuke.
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Chapter-3
Chasing Her
And I did choose you;
In a hundred lifetimes,
In a hundred worlds,
In any version of reality,
I'd find you and choose you.
-The chaos of stars
He stood motionless amidst the gasps and speculations of the crowd consisting of friends, acquaintances and the elders of the village. His rigid stance betrayed no proof of the blatant of emotions surfacing through him, rippling him like a stone thrown in the pond. Just a few seconds ago, he deemed himself to start anew; to look forward to a new beginning unobstructed by the shadows of his past and hurtful reminiscences of those what ifs that echoed in the prisons of his mind in those sleepless and restless nights.
Time indeed is a savage like no other and it had never been in his favour since childhood. Although this was unbearable almost, for someone who was hailed as shinobi no kami, the veracious sole heir and carrier of the Uchiha name; he felt defeated and at lost. He always knew he is undeserving to be loved by her but being the selfish man he is, he was never prepared to let her go either. Now he has no one but himself to blame. His cowardice to show just what she truly meant to him has lead her away without knowing how every path he ever took made him come back to her.
"Teme, don't just brood there! Run after Sakura-chan!" Naruto's baritone broke the train of his regrets.
"She always ran after you, always tried to find the path that leads to you. So, don't you dare turn your back on her...not after all this. For once, chase after her and make her see all the reasons she fell for you in the first place."
"You speak too much." His eyes held appreciation yet the reminder that he would have done the same without the loud blonde's opinion or advice. He smirked and muttered loud enough for Naruto to hear him," I will bring her back."
He activated his sharingan as the pair of eyes of contrasting hues held determination. "Mangekyou" the tomoes bled to red until they took form of bladed shurinken.
He transported himself to the border of the hidden leaf village and concentrated to find trace of her masked chakra. It hasn't been long but Sakura was a fast traveller and would have probably reached to midway of the neighbouring village of mist. He broke into a run and summoned his snake, Aoda.
"Shh-shhhh Sasuke-sama, what is it that you demand of me?"
"Find Sakura and report back to me." He half snarled, half frowned as his nine-kin adjourned to hail its duty. What if Sakura refuses to heed to his voice and advently decided not to do anything with him. Then again she is too kind for her own good, she would never severe all ties with him but it's not reconciliation he is looking for. He wants to administer into the core of her being that she has been in the mirth of his soul in every battle he fought with demons on his back riding hell bent on revenge, she has always been a part of his existence and would remain a part of his character to the last hour of his breath.
His nine-kin returned and whispered, "Shhhh-shhh, she's near the Kamaji Lake." He nodded and dismissed him.
Using his transportation ability, he didn't waste a seconds worth of time and reached Kamaji Lake in the blink of an eye.
There she was looking majestic and so, so sad.
Feeling his presence, Sakura tuned to him eyes widened highlighting traces of both defiance and hesistance in her features. His gaze softened and he walked gently towards her but with purposeful strides, his onyx eyes never tearing away from her apple green's as if he was looking into the windows of her soul.
Her breath hitched and raised, nose twitching slightly a habit she often discerned when she was anxious. She opened her mouth to ask him why he had chased after her but no voice could be emitted as his lips found hers and their hearts connected. He kissed her tenderly in a delicate fashion as if the slightest roughness would break her and she would disappear right beneath his eyes.
He had never been a man of many words but he hoped it was true when they said action speak louder than words. He poured his heart out in the kiss, telling her how much he adored her and endeared her presence in his life. Nibbling on her lower lip, he tenderly broke the kiss free feeling her need to gasp for breath.
A baby pink rose color settled on the apple of her cheeks as she looked puzzled and dazed. Sasuke-kun is definitely not good for her heart...
He twirled her luscious pink hair in his finger and brushed his forehead into hers, the stance so meaningful and heartfelt to him, he almost couldn't withhold the pinnacle of emotions so contrary to his monitored recluse self and spoke, "I will always love you." Her eyes danced around his as if she was searching for truth. "It's always been you. For me, it's always been you too, Sakura and I apologise if I made you feel otherwise."
"I truly do not deserve you but if you could find it in yourself to give in to me once more, I swear on the pride of Uchiha, I will endeavour to prove myself wrong everyday with your hand in mine."
Her lips quivered as a familiar lump formed into her throat; taking a harsh breath she turned her emerald eyes away from deep raven. She blinked a couple of times in an effort not to let out a single tear in front of him. She always despised it when the myriad of conflicting emotions bypassed her in relations to him.
"Our relationship is too dysfunctional Sasuke-kun,I can't be the only one making amends for your half assed efforts, can't be the only one being so in love..." she let out the breath she didn't know she had been holding on. "You say you love me but I can't feel it, you say you care but you don't show it."
Sasuke gritted his teeth, his mind spurting cursings at him for taking everything for granted, for taking her for granted. "I have been so afraid of losing you; of getting too close only to let go of you. I am afraid once you see me for all the flaws, you would just-"
She cut him off as a pain rippled through her chest. "You're afraid of what? Disappointing me? Losing me? All these years you weren't an embodiment of perfection, Sasuke. You have always been far from it, so no you can't disappoint me, you can't do something that did make me lose faith in you because all this time, I haven't fallen in love with you inspite of your flaws rather with; I have loved you with all of your flaws, short-comings and inadequacies." She closed her eyes, this was becoming too unbearable.
"You, the one who fought a legendary sannin single handily and almost died facing Madara alone veraciously, is not afraid of death itself but of loving me?" emerald eyes could no longer behold the tears that refuse to abide not to flow. She shook her head in disbelief as she turned away from him completely. Her hands pressing into the bark of an oak tree for support, she felt emotionally drained.
An agonizing silence bypassed the troubled lovers as one wanted to escape from everything she had ever know while the other fought to hold on.