Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Only the plot. I don't own 'My Immortal' by Evanescence.
And if you have to leave...I wish that you would just leave, because your presence still lingers here...
...and it won't leave me alone..
Delicacy
I love you.
Who are you to say that?
I…I just love you.
You love someone who's about to become criminal.
It was not a question, but a blunt, sharp statement.
She pauses.
Yes, a criminal.
He gives her a withering look.
Just don't…don't say that.
She looks at him with a soft expression.
Grabs his arm, holds it gently.
How can I not say that?
He resists. He resists holding her in his arms.
Resists holding her tight.
Resists life itself.
Because…it's too delicate. Life is delicate.
You're too delicate, he thought…and thought no more after.
And she thought even more.
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Her delicacy.
He had remembered it.
He remembered the day, the day that she had told him. The day she had confessed. She, beautiful, pink-haired, as light as her namesake.
And she was as delicate as her name.
Sakura.
The cherry blossom of Konohagakure. The kunoichi-in-training under Tsunade, the Godaime, one of the great Shinobi three.
And she would no longer be his.
After all, all cherry blossoms fade into the wind…
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Get out of the way.
I'm not letting you do this!
Sakura.
Sharp. Sharp and dark as before. Worse.
His voice makes her catch her breath.
It is cold, full of avarice.
Indescribable.
I'm not letting you go.
He closes his eyes, looks away and tries to avert from her pleading gaze.
I must.
She fidgets a little. He looks at her.
…you can't. You can't kill anyone…I won't…
He patiently waits for her to finish her sentence.
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Dot. Dot. Dot.
A cherry blossom falls.
…I won't let you.
The petals, carrying in the wind, floating softly.
You can't stop me. I have to.
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Hate fills his heart.
He loses all her delicacy.
He aims for the hate, the pain.
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Love floods her inner self.
She gains her delicacy.
She aims for his love, for his touch.
One more time.
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You two are friends! Please, stop this!
He glares at her, the red of the Sharingan flashing madly at her.
She shudders.
We could solve this elsewhere.
The blonde in front of him glares deeply, fists clenching into deep balls.
No. Right here. Now.
Please! Stop—
He holds a hand to her mouth. He pushes her aside.
She stumbles, and trips on a nearby stone.
You idiot…she's watching!
I DON'T CARE!
A shout.
A shout that triggers her adrenalin.
You…
The blonde gears up blue chakra in his hands; the power of the Rasengan forming into a spiral sphere.
He stands there, watching this.
She sits there, tears running down her face. Mud tracks her clothes and her hair.
Please…she whispers.
Softly.
Like the petals of a cherry blossom.
Nothing stops the conflict.
Nothing stops the pain.
Nothing stops the delicacy from approaching.
He charges his Chidori in his palm, aiming straight for the blonde's heart.
Naruto…you deserve this.
Hate fills his heart.
Hate corrupts his mind.
Power takes him over completely.
I deserve this as much as you do.
Words shooting right back at him. The blonde made his statement.
STOP FIGHTING!
She screams, beginning to stand, holding onto nearby rocks for support.
Too late.
The two charge at each other.
Speed.
Crashing.
Clashing.
End.
But something is blocking the way.
Sakura…
You idiot!
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She feels her heart come to a stop.
She feels her mind flooding with memories.
She feels the light coming through.
Having strength, she utters her final words.
I love you.
The confession.
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Panic.
He doesn't know what he's feeling.
SAKURA!
He hears the blonde screaming.
He feels warm moist on his arm.
Blood.
Warm…
…her blood.
She utters.
Sasuke...I love you. I...love...you...
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It stings.
The confession racks his head as his hand stays embalmed into her chest.
I love you.
He opens his mouth.
She cannot hear him.
She had flown into the wind.
His delicate cherry blossom.
She has blown into the wind.
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owari.
Author's Note: Personally, I cried reading this. If you cried, then my job is done. Just to let you know, this was a SasuSaku fic, if you haven't figured that out...
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Arigato.