Chapter 2: 12AM to 6AM:

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When the angel had completely faded from view, Sakura slinked back into bed.

"One day left to live." She thought. It was quite a surprise to her, but she was determined to make the most of her last day. Soon she was in a deep sleep, and a very vivid dream appeared in her head:

"Do you, Sakura Haruno, take Sasuke Uchiha to be your lawfully wedded husband, to care for him through sickness and good health, through good times and bad, 'til death do you part? If so, say 'I do'."

"I do!" Sakura exclaimed. The priest then turned to Sasuke, who had a slight smile on his face.

"And do you, Sasuke Uchiha, take Sakura Haruno to be your lawfully wedded wife, to care for her through sickness and good health, through good times and bad, 'til death do you part? If so, say 'I do'."

Sakura gave a hopeful look. Sasuke looked like he was thinking.

"Well Sasuke?" The priest asked. Sakura was giving him a questioning stare. Before he said anything, the dream faded, and Sakura found herself back in her bed.

"What? No!" She yelled, stretching her arms into the air in hopes that the dream would come back to her. When it didn't come back 10 seconds later, she dropped her arms and then sat up. Crossing her arms on her knees, she slowly turned to the clock.

"4:00." She said sadly. "I've only got 20 more hours to live."

Sakura decided she shouldn't sleep, even though only 4 hours had passed. She hopped out of bed, got into her slippers and headed downstairs.

"Well, the sun isn't up yet, but I'll go sit out on the porch." Sakura said to herself. She grabbed a jacket from her couch, and stepped out onto the porch. There was still a little light in the sky, which surprised her. That wasn't normal at 4 in the morning, but she didn't think much of it.

"Oh, what am I gonna do?" Sakura sobbed, and then began crying again. "This can't happen!"

She fell to her knees and looked upward.

"God, why? What did I do to deserve this?" She screamed to the Maker. "Why?"

Sakura then did something she hadn't done in so long. She folded her hands, and said a prayer.

"Dear God, please allow me to stay alive beyond this day. I ask you this in utmost faith and trust that you will let this happen. Please hear me, God. Amen."

Sakura stood up and looked around. She had the strangest feeling that someone was watching her, but she realized it must've just been her mind playing tricks on her.

"Huh, since I'm not going back to sleep, I'll go take a walk."

Sakura walked away from her house and down the streets of Konoha. It was a little cold out, but there was a nice pre-dawn breeze blowing all around.

"Well, at least my last morning is nice." She smiled. She walked, and walked, and walked some more, until she found her self at one of the Leaf Village's many training grounds. It was now 4:47 in the morning, and to her great surprise, Rock Lee was there training.

"Lee?" She asked.

Lee stopped training and waved.

"Good morning, Sakura." He greeted her. "You're up early. What brings you here?"

"Well, I'm taking an early morning walk." Sakura said, pretending to sound happy. Lee noticed a hint of sadness in her voice.

"What is wrong, Sakura?"

Sakura began tearing up.

"Well, I, um…I'm gonna die."

Lee's eyes were wide open.

"W…what?" He asked in shock.

It was rare for Lee to abruptly stop his training, but he had a good reason to. Sakura sat down and began explaining.

"I couldn't sleep last night. It was…almost midnight. The strangest thing then happened."

Lee looked intently at her.

"All of a sudden, this strange light appeared in my room." Sakura continued. "It turned out to be an, um, an angel."

"A what?" Lee asked. "You actually saw an angel? That is unbelievable!"

"At least, I think that's what it was." Sakura said, now thinking maybe it wasn't really an angel.

"Maybe it was someone playing tricks on your mind." Lee suggested. "It was probably just genjutsu."

As Lee finished talking, his teammates, Neji, Tenten and his Sensei, Gai, walked up.

"Hello Lee, are you ready…for…say, what do we have here?" Gai asked.

"Hello Gai-Sensei." Lee said.

"What's up, Lee?" Tenten asked.

"Sakura's gonna die at midnight."

"What?" Neji asked in disbelief.

"Or, at the very least, she thinks that." Lee said, looking down at Sakura.

"Would you or Sakura care to explain?" Gai asked with a strange look on his face.

Sakura stood up.

"Well guys, it's like this." She began.

And so, Sakura explained everything to Neji, Tenten and Gai. When she was done, everyone looked very surprised.

"I dunno, Sakura." Tenten was the first to speak up. "It sounds like it could be genjutsu."

"That's a possibility." Sakura admitted. "I sure hope so. I don't wanna die."

"Listen up, Sakura." Neji spoke up. "If this starts to get to you, you know you can always talk to us. We're here for you, right guys?"

Lee, Tenten and Gai all nodded.

"Thanks guys." Sakura smiled. "I gotta run. I need to get some breakfast."

"Alright, Sakura." Lee began. "We'll see you around!"

Sakura waved back and continued on her walk. It was now 5:05, so Sakura thought she had just under 19 hours left. She decided to go see if Ichiraku Ramen Shop was open yet. Unfortunately, they didn't open until 6.

"Aw man, what am I gonna do?"

Sakura decided she would wait around for the shop to open. A few people walked by, giving her suspicious glances as they passed, but did nothing else. 50 minutes later, at 5:55, she saw Naruto walking toward the shop.

"Morning Sakura." He waved.

"Morning Naruto." Sakura waved back. As 6:00 came, and Sakura entered what she thought to be her last 18 hours, she decided she had to tell Naruto about what had happened. But could she actually well up the courage?

End of chapter 2

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