Inside Sakura felt something stir beneath her, her Chakra slowly dwindling from her flickering soul as her life began to seep into Orochimaru's hands. Her still body lurched and twitched with the twinge of fire that burned beyond her human exterior and with a rush that was ignited by death her mind was plagued with images from her eternal past, each piece of her missing puzzle coming together to ultimately make a string of vibrant memories from her past life.
With a final push off from a branch Sasuke bolted onto the scene at hand, quickly taking in the horrors of it all. Sakura limp and unresponsive, Naruto squirming awake in the distance and Orochimaru behind it all. His body livid he began to wring the handle on his prized Katana, his muscles tensed with rage and with a blood curdling cry he rushed to his blossoms aid, his metal unexpectedly meeting that of his original target, Itachi.
"MOVE, ITACHI! You're no concern of mine!" Sasuke's voice rugged and gruff while his blade pushed against his brothers, his Sharingan eyes shining with hostility. But he knew Itachi would not let him pass, not without killing him first and again it became a clash of the blood binding siblings as Sasuke struggled to aid his comrade.
"SAKURA!" The familiar voice filled her voided subconscious; though distinguishable it felt distant to her. But in her disadvantage state, there was no way for her to know Sasuke was closer than she realized.
"Sas-uke…" She forced through frozen lips, her head still hung low against her evasive opponent whose hands were wrist dip in her life force. With a tick of her fingers she managed enough strength to ball her right hand into a fist and with what little strength she had left, she slammed her knuckles into the flesh of Orochimaru, sending him catapulting backwards. With a thud she crumpled to the ground, coughing to catch her wind before she rose to take her stance, her eyes ablaze with memories, power and disgust "I remember…" she growled, eyeing her opponent. Slowly she walked towards him, her body ignited with streams of silver chakra that rolled off her skin and took on the image of pair of heavenly placed wings. "I remember everything…" her voice laced with hostility and with her nearing her ultimate target she heard a animal make its presence known, it's voice filled the air around them and shook the ground on which they stood her eyes quickly darting to Sasuke who was entangled with his brother. The demon was rising to avenge who had stricken him senseless and Sakura knew, even in her new state that there was no way to simply defeat the creature without killing her cherished comrade. The angelic seal that had been placed upon her lovable companion had been stripped from his body and with his Angelic Chakra drained from his core, it only left room from one element to thrive and with the realization of the circumstance Sakura knew she had to put the stolen Chakra back into Naruto, no matter what that might pertain to her doing.
With little time to think she attempted to devise a plan on a whim her eyes looking at her surroundings in rapid movements. The demon was mobile now, screaming with fury as it tore through the earth in an attempt to charge all who were in its path. Out of the corner of her eye she spied a disadvantaged Sasuke who was the mercy of his brother's emotionless eyes and blood thirsty steel. With her emotions fried she acted on instinct as Itachi reared back his blade, determined to finish what he started all those years ago. With a thud she slammed Sasuke to the ground, a trail of air escaping his lungs as their bodies collided. With her body stationary she attempted to push herself off the ground only to grimace in pain as her flesh ran against cold steel, a strangled smile falling from her face while she watched blood fill her surroundings.
"I…" She struggled to speak through the coppery fluid that filled her lips, splattering the thick substance against the grainy forest floor before she attempted to finish her sentence. "I'm sorry…I failed you…" She stuttered through paling lips as her love bled from her wound and mixed with Sasuke's own punctured flesh that gushed from the same blade. She had always felt connected to him sense the first time their eyes locked that first day of school. That all seemed so distant to her now and she couldn't help but feel the irony in the situation as her blood ran down the blade and dripped onto the once scarred tissue that rested just above his right breast. Perhaps they always were this connected yet forever afraid to admit it.
Slowly Sasuke lifted his hand to brush the fluttering pink hairs from her dulling green eyes, a weak smile filling his paling lips. "Sakura…" he whispered gently "I'll find you…" he stuttered through shallow breaths before his half lidded eyes grew dim and still, Sakura's body slowly sliding down the rigid steel to take its final resting place on top of the only man she ever, truly, loved.
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Wow that was really depressing to write…sorry about the short chapter…and no…the story is not over!