Chapter 6: Sasuke's thoughts within
Meanwhile in Konoha
Sasuke ran out of Hokage-sama's office and had gone back to his house. He tried to forget what the letter form Itachi had said.
He killed her… he thought. Why? Why did he kill her? She had nothing to do with this, and he… killed her… why?
Sasuke was lying on his bed looking up at the ceiling.
I can't believe that he killed her. -Not that I cared about her before that-… but why did he have to drag her into this? Because of me… just because of me… I won't forgive Itachi for what he did…but it couldn't have been because of me…or could it?
He got up from his bed and looked out his window and stared past the sunset.
I have to train… to beat him; I have to train… so that next time he tries to pull something as low as this, I'll be ready.
Sasuke ran outside and wouldn't stop running till he reached a little hill surrounded by an open field. There he saw the biggest cherry blossom tree in Konoha. That was Sakura's favorite spot. He stopped and took deep breaths.
Why? Why did he kill her? Now I can't get her out of my mind. Sasuke lied on the grassy hill and looked up at the partly visible stars in the evening skies of Konoha. All he could see in the starry sky was the face of an innocent pink-haired kunoichi who had to face the consequences for him. She didn't deserve any of the torture. She's always been so nice to me. When I've hurt her, she'd always forgive me. I've always put her down when she's been happy. She's always been the first one to say hi to me in the morning… every time I'd be sick, she's be the person sitting day and night beside my bed hoping that I'd get better. Why Itachi? Why?
A single tear slid down his left cheek. He heard someone in the fields and pulled out kunai to be safe. It was Kakashi. Sasuke sighed. He really didn't want to fight a ninja right then, let alone he didn't want to see Kakashi at that moment. Not if he was the last person in Konoha.
"Hey!" Kakashi said as he sat down beside Sasuke. "I thought you'd be here!"
"What do you want?" Sasuke asked.
"I just want to say, that Hokage-sama sent a Konoha's best shinobi to find her remain--"
"She's alive okay," Sasuke yelled. "She just can't be dead!"
"Sasuke! We all feel the same way that you do bu--"
"No you don't! Sasuke screamed. "Don't even think that you could compare to how I feel."
"Are you saying that you cared about her before?" Kakashi got mad at Sasuke. "'Cuz you sure didn't act like it when she was alive!"
"Stop!" he yelled. "Just stop!" Sasuke started to calm down.
Kakashi sighed. "I want to go to look for her!" Sasuke said.
"Sasuke, she's…"
"No! She's alive. There's no way that Itachi could've killed her so easily. He just couldn't have and she just can't be dead… I want to go look for her weather you or anyone likes it or not!" Sasuke said.