Sakura's Secret
Disclaimer: Duh I dont own Naruto...
Sorano awoke abruptly to the sound of pounding on her window. Her eyes were hardly able to keep open long enough to look over and see who it was, but when she did she rolled them. Naruto, she thought and almost rolled back over to ignore him, for sleep. But she decided not to be rude, well at least not yet.
She slowly swung her feet over the side of the bed and yawned a bit. Then there was another knock on the window, which made Sorano want to slap him. She got up and made her way over to the window. "What do you want Naruto?" she asked swinging the window open.
Naruto scratched the back of his head and smiled a bit. "Well I was wondering if you would go on a d…"
That was all Naruto was able to say before Sorano slammed the window in his face, angrily. Then she closed the dark blue curtains hoping that, that would answer his question. She turned around and faced her bed again, and looked over slightly at the clock that sat on the night stand. 7:57 it read, which made Sorano want to hit Naruto even more.
All the commotion had woken a small black cat that had curled itself up the night before on the bed. Matchi stood up and stretched tiredly. She jumped down off the bed and made her way into the living room, and then into the kitchen, where her food bowel lay empty. She meowed a bit hoping to get Sorano's attention, so she could have her breakfast.
Sorano knew that Matchi was hungry so she walked into the kitchen and pulled a small can of brightly colored cat food. She picked the bowel up off the floor and set it on the counter and opened the can. It smelled like old fish and made Sorano wonder why a cat would want to eat something like this.
Well obviously it was good to her because the second that Sorano set it on the floor Matchi stuck her nose right in and began chomping it up.
Sorano giggled a little and went back into her room to see if Naruto had got the picture and gone away. She slowly opened the curtains half expecting him to still be there. When he was not she sighed in relief. Next time I see him…I am defiantly going to hit him, she thought to herself as she dragged her feet back to the kitchen.
About an hour later she was all dressed and ready to go. She had earlier decided to go and train, but stop at Sakura's house on the way to see how she was doing. She waved good bye to Matchi and walked out the door, as she did locking it. She walked down the steps and out of the older building.
The quickest way to Sakura's is, she asked herself trying to decide which way to go as she got to the main gates. She finally decided, after a minute of contemplating, that she would go to the right. So she headed that way slowly, kicking up rocks along the way.
Ever since the sad death of Ino, Sakura had acted a little different, distant even. Sorano had not known that she and Sakura had shared any type of bond, and neither had anybody else, given their reactions. She just always saw them arguing or making fun of each other, or fighting over Sasuke. Never had they acted like friends, much less that they shared a bond. She thought that maybe something else was bothering her, other than Ino's death. Well at any extent, Sakura was acting different, and Sorano was determined to help her get through it.
She walked past the shop where Ino's parents still worked day to day, as they had during Ino's life. When she walked past the door she saw a depressed Ms. Yamanaka standing at the counter. She decided to go and buy a flower to give to Sakura as a gift.
"Good Morning Sorano" Ms. Yamanaka said, a little half heartedly.
Sorano gave her a bright smile and said "Good Morning Ms. Yamanaka." She strolled over to where the single flowers were kept and remembered getting one from Ino in their younger years, before Sasuke left. Shaking the thought of Sasuke out of her head, she picked up a single Hasu. It was a little expensive but she didn't really care, because it was for a friend.
"I will take one of these please" she said kindly looking at the woman's sad face. Her eyes were red and Sorano knew it was from crying. But who would blame her, her daughter just died.
"That is 764.92 yen" she said trying to smile, but didn't expect it to be working well.
Sorano handed her the money and grabbed the flower off the counter. "Have a nice day!" she said waving as she walked out the door. She went right to where Sakura's house was, with the beautiful flower in hand.
When she finally reached Sakura's house, she knocked on the door. Her mom came to the door quickly and opened it.
"Hello Sorano, are you here for Sakura? She is up stairs in her room" she said smiling brightly at her, in the doorway.
"Thanks" she said moving past Ms. Haruno and up the stairs. Sorano got to Sakura's door and noticed a faint whimpering coming from within it. She knocked on the door and then let herself in.
Sakura was sitting on her best, cross legged, with her hands covering her eyes, sobbing. A piece of paper, Sorano assumed was a letter of some sort; lay at the end of the bed face down.
Walking slowly over to Sakura, she put her hand on her shoulder. "What is wrong," she asked her sympathetically.
Sakura jumped a little, not noticing that anyone had walked in. She sniffled a little and looked up to see who was staring at her. She quickly picked up the letter lying next to her and got up off the bed. "Nothing" she said stuffing it inside a drawer.
Sorano gave her a look that said it all, the, you expect me to believe that, look. "Is this about Ino," she asked her still not sure that was why Sakura had been acting so different lately.
Sakura quickly shook her head, "I feel so bad about her death."
The way she said it didn't convince Sorano, there was something in the tone of her voice that made her think otherwise, and she believed that the letter would give her proof. "Ok why don't you go into the bathroom and wash up and we can talk," she said sympathetically pushing her towards the bathroom.
"Ok" Sakura said sniffling a little, and walked out of the room and into the bathroom.
As soon as Sakura was out of the room, Sorano quickly walked over to the drawer and pulled out the single letter, and un folded it. It read:
For the last time, stop writing me letters. I don't care how you feel about me. I really don't. You mean nothing to me. You were just another person in my way of my revenge. Leaving that damn village was the best thing I could have done. I finally can become strong without you, or Naruto holding me back. I don't need you guys. I don't need bonds, I broke them, they meant nothing, and they mean nothing now.
Instantly Sorano knew who this letter was from, Sasuke.