A/N: To Guess who, I'm sorry. My story doesn't fit your uberly vain standard. If my story sucks, then don't read it anyway. You're just wasting your time on my "poorly-written" fic. And yes, I read my fics before posting them; it's just that my inferior mentality doesn't register the fact that my fic is too bad to suit your likings. In short, just read another fic. And also, thanks for your criticism. It really motivated me a lot to improve my writing.
To my other readers, thank you for all your reviews!! Criticism will be welcomed!
Disclaimer: I… I… I do not own Naruto!!!! (runs away with precious diamond-like tears flowing from my eyes)
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Recap:
"Daddy…" She cried by her daddy's side on the chair as Sasuke and Sakura peeked from the small opening of the door.
"Daddy… don't leave Ko-chan alone… or else Ko-chan will be lonely…" She uttered in between sobs as she buried her head unto her father's side. "… Daddy promised Ko-chan that Daddy will buy everything Ko-chan wants when Ko-chan gets well, right?"
Sakura could only weep quietly as she heard Ko-chan's words.
"Daddy… Ko-chan promises to be a good girl…"
Unexpectedly, the faded beep of the blood pressure monitor turned into a loud continuous sound.
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Chapter 7: The Departure and Confusion
Sakura rushed in while Sasuke called the medic-nins.
"Naruto!! Naruto!!" Sakura called in a shaky voice.
The medic-nins and Sasuke entered the room.
"Sasuke! Get Ko-chan out of the room!" Sakura commanded.
He obeyed quickly and led Kokishin unto the seat outside the room.
"Uncle Sasuke, what's happening to Daddy?" She innocently asked with tears streaming down her eyes. "Daddy will be okay, right?"
Even branded to be clever and genius, Sasuke couldn't find the right answer for the little girl's simple, innocent question, but instead, hugged her tightly. He could feel the cloth of the chest-part of his shirt soak with the tears of Kokishin.
Then, Tsunade appeared and asked Sasuke what happened. After hearing the answer, she rushed into the room.
After a few minutes, the noise emerging out of the room stopped. Sasuke dreaded the silence overwhelming the area. Then, there was a shrill bawl from Sakura.
Sasuke felt his heart and world stop, a lump forming on his throat. His mind didn't want to register the meaning behind Sakura's cry.
"No… this can't be happening…" Sasuke left Kokishin on the chair and started walking with an I-don't-believe-it face towards the door where there were medic-nins leaving the room.
He entered the room and there appeared a crying Tsunade and Sakura beside a corpse that lay on the bed with a white cloth covering his whole body.
"Why did this happen to him? He was so kind even though he was a loud-mouth, clumsy prankster!" Sakura cried at Tsunade.
"Don't you dare talk about him again in the past tense!" He glared at Sakura, and then walked over to Naruto.
He removed the white cloth and started to shake and slap him.
"Naruto! Naruto!! Dobe, wake up!"
Tsunade walked over to Sasuke and put an encouraging hand on his shoulder. Sasuke turned to look at him.
"Tsunade-sama, why won't he wake up?" He asked as if he doesn't know what had happened.
The Godaime just shook her head slowly and sadly.
"He's gone." She said softly.
"Gone? But he's still here!" He said with a nervous smile publicized on his face.
"Sasuke--"
"Sakura, please wake Naruto up!" He directed his attention towards the pink-haired kunoichi.
"But Sasuke… Naruto's gone… He left us already…" Sakura tried to smile, but tears still trickles down her cheeks.
Then, Kokishin comes and climbs up the chair beside Naruto.
"Daddy, wake up! Ko-chan's strong now! Remember your promise! Daddy will buy everything Ko-chan wants!" She said sweetly with a smile on her face.
They were silenced by Ko-chan's happiness. Nobody dared make the sweet, little, innocent girl cry.
"Ugh… Ko-chan, why don't Aunt Sakura and I buy you an ice-cream? C'mon, let's go!" Tsunade managed to fake a smile.
"Hurray!! Ice-cream!! Daddy, wait here, okay? Ko-chan will be back after we eat ice-cream! Let's go!" She turned to them and they were off, leaving Sasuke there alone.
Naruto… why did you have to leave us…? Wasn't I good enough to make you live…?
Then, for once after a decade, a tear trickled down the Uchiha Sasuke's cheek.
Why?
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At the day of burial…
Everyone was in black. The rain is pouring down continuously as if the heavens were crying for the golden-haired shinobi that lay on the coffin.
"He was a loud-mouth, clumsy, obnoxious, crazy, funny, kind-hearted, happy little kid." The Hokage spoke to the crowd with tears escaping from her eyes.
The raven-haired ninja stood there by the coffin. He, still, didn't believe the fact that the dobe is already gone. He could hear Kokishin talking to Sakura.
"Aunt Sakura, where is Daddy?" She innocently asked.
"Um… He went to a far-away land." Sakura answered hesitantly with her voice croaky from crying out throughout the past days. He has gone to the other life, sweetie.
"When will Daddy come back?"
"I don't know." She tried to stop her tears from flowing. Sorry, he will never come back again.
"Ko-chan misses Daddy already. Does Aunt Sakura miss Daddy already?"
"Yes." I'll miss him forever.
At the end of the day, everybody left already. A lot are crying, while some are smiling and thanking for a life that had touched theirs. Only one person was left there—Uchiha Sasuke.
The rain was still pouring. It seems like it would flow from the heavens endlessly for the raven-haired teenager.
He was always so obnoxious and loud-mouth…
/Flashback/
"Oi, Sasuke-teme, someday, I'll be a lot stronger than you are!" Naruto pointed at Sasuke with his index finger.
"Dobe." He said indifferently as he turned and walked away.
"Why, you! Come back here!"
/End of flashback/
He was always so clumsy…
/Flashback/
Sasuke caught the needles that Haku threw for Naruto.
"You saved me?" Naruto asked.
"How should I know…?" Sasuke said as he fell. "Idiot."
/End of flashback/
He was always so happy…
/Flashback/
"Sasuke, let's eat ramen! I'm so hungry!" Naruto whined.
"Hn."
"Please?" Naruto begged with puppy eyes.
"Alright, alright…" He replied in defeat.
"Hurray!! Sasuke and I will be eating ramen!!" Naruto happily skipped.
/End of flashback/
He was always so funny…
/Flashback/
"Sasuke…" He called, his eyes covered with his bangs.
"Hn?" Sasuke turned.
"I… My tummy hurts… need to go… to the… restroom." He said with a blush on his face. "Where's… the… C.R.?"
"At the end of the hall." He tried to refrain himself from laughing.
/End of flashback/
He was always so kind-hearted…
/Flashback/
"Sasuke, we'll be friends forever, right?" Naruto asked as he stirred the water with his feet.
"Hn?" Sasuke turned his head to Naruto in confusion.
"We'll be, right?"
"Yeah."
"I promise; I'll protect you… because you're my friend."
/End of flashback/
He looked up unto the dark sky and sighed. We'll be friends… forever…
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-At Sakura's house-
"Ko-chan, you'll be staying at my house for the meantime, alright?" Sakura smiled weakly, still remembering the tragedy.
"Okay." She smiled back happily.
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A few days later…
Sakura and Sasuke met at Ichiraku's. They were gonna settle something really confusing. It's about Ko-chan having Sharingan-like eyes.
"So, what do you think? Those are Sharingan, right?"
"I think so."
"Do you think Ko-chan's mother is an Uchiha?"
"That's pretty impossible. My brother and I are the only Uchiha survivors since he massacred them."
"Hm… Then what about her eyes? You can't possibly made out with a girl, right?" Sakura smiled nervously.
"Hn. And about her eyes, when they were not Sharingan-like, they were Naruto's eyes."
"Yes, but other than that, everything is Uchiha-like."
Suddenly, a random person went up to them.
"Haruno-san! Ko-chan's having a fight on the playground!" The man said.
"What?!" Sakura burst and they scampered to the said playground.
When they were scurrying towards there, they felt a really strong chakra. They were alarmed by this. Then, when they arrived, they saw Kokishin engulfed by a red fox-figured chakra. There were two boys in front of her who dreaded so much that they cannot move a foot to run.
"What the…" Sakura gaped.
"What happened here?" Sasuke asked the boy beside him.
"Those two boys were bullying her about her father being dead. She said that her father just went to a far-away land, so they made fun of her."
See, Naruto. You really shouldn't have left us. He thought.
Everybody was sore afraid to approach the little girl. And yes, including Sasuke.
"Who's gonna save her?!" Sakura yelled.
"I will."
TBC
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A/N: Hey, I'm sorry it didn't turned out how you wanted it to be!! I'm just planning a bigger twist for the story, so please continue reading!! Waaaaah!! Anyway please R&R, and also, criticisms like Guess who's (or even worse) will be welcomed:D Thanks!