Aaahhhh! I'm so sorry I updated so late TT-TT starts rambling excuses
Disclaimer: sigh When will you get the point? She doesn't own Naruto! Geez….
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"Can I please have a word with you, Sakura?"
She looked surprised, and then sighed.
I guess it can't be helped…
"Sure…you can have a word with me. But before that…"
"Let me have a word with you."
Sasukes eyes widened slightly, but all traces of emotion were gone a second later.
Sakura took his silence as a consent, and walked out in front.
"Follow me."
The Uchiha looked up, and emotionlessly followed. His exterior showed none of the chaos of his interior.
She needs to have a word with me? Why though? He thought, puzzled.
I'd better follow her to wherever she wants to take me…
He frowned.
This might be harder than I imagined…
"We're here." Sakuras voice interrupted his train of thoughts.
Sasuke looked around. His eyes widened.
This place…why does it look so familiar?
Sakura, seeing his reaction, smirked.
"Does this place look familiar to you??"
"T-this place…it's where.."
"It's where you left me." She finished for him.
"And this bench." She walked over to the closest metal seat.
"Is where you put me, after you knocked me out." She looked up at him with emotionless eyes.
Sasuke remained silent.
"That night, and the nights following…"
"They were the worst in my life" Sakura continued bitterly.
Sasuke twitched.
"Not only was I feeling suicidal that you had left…"
"I was feeling guilty."
"Guilty?" He finally found his voice.
"Yes. Guilty."
"Why?"
Flashback
"Sakura! Hey, Forehead girl, open up!" Ino yelled through the door.
The only answer she received was choked sobs.
"Sakura…"
"Its all my fault."
"Huh?" Ino stared at the door quizzically.
"It's all my fault!"
"How is it your fault?"
"If I was just a bit stronger…"
Sakura fought back tears.
"If I was just a bit stronger, Sasuke-kun might have listened to me!"
"What?"
Sakura sniffed.
"He listens to Naruto…and Kakashi-sensei…he doesn't listen to me."
"And why? Because they're all strong! I was the only pathetic person in Team 7, that's why!"
"If only I had trained a bit more…he might have considered staying! But no, I was too pathetic!"
She broke into a wave of fresh tears.
Ino sighed.
"Why did you have to leave, Sasuke-kun? Now Sakura chan…
She'll never be the same again." She whispered to herself.
End Flashback
"You know how I felt now?" Sakura said.
"For once in my life, I was blaming myself. Even though everyone told me that it was ok, that it wasn't my fault…
"I still blamed it on myself and my weakness."
"…"
"What Ino had said..that I would never be the same again..
"It's true. Even though I act the same way as I did before…
"I've changed. The only ones who have realised are Naruto, Kakashi-sensei and Ino."
A pang of guilt travelled through Sasuke's body.
"And the worst thing about it is that I will never be the same again."
"…"
"What started as a crush…became something more…
"I believed I loved you. I thought that you were the only one for me."
Sakura laughed bitterly.
"And now, as I look back, the only thing I can say about my past self…
"Is how stupid I was."
Sasuke flinched.
"When you left, you not only took just your belongings…
"You took a piece of my heart."
Sakura sighed.
"I'll never be the same again."
Sasuke's eyes widened.
"And that's why.." Sakura continued
"I will never forgive you. Even though you haven't asked, I can see it in your eyes….
"You just want to patch things up with me, so that we will be on good terms. So that you won't feel guilty, everytime you look at me."
She closed her eyes.
"Well, I'm sorry. We are going to be on good terms…."
Sasuke raised an eyebrow.
"But I will never…so long as I live..
"Forgive you for what you've done to me."
With that, she jumped onto the nearest tree, and took off into the distance.
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Finally, the hard part's finished!
I'll be updating more from now on. XD
Haruno Inori xoxo