A change in the Wind
Chapter 4
Remember me
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Naruto characters mentioned in this story.
Location: Small house in Grass country
Time: 7:15
Day: Wednesday 25th May
Sakura's point of view;
Words can hardly describe, nor fathom the feeling of betrayal and horror that I endured.
No one's point of view:
For three days Sakura had endured different kinds of pain.
Mental.
Physical.
And one that everyone feels in their lives every once in a while.
Heart-break.
No. It wasn't the kind of thing you got when you broke up with a boyfriend/girlfriend. It was much worse.
Sakura's point of view;
I had woken up three days ago. I would of still been unconscious if it wasn't for Inner's constant nagging. She was also the one who is helping me with remembering, she keeps on showing me memories of the past. Of my past. I began crying when I saw things I wished I didn't. Inner keeps on t showing memories of certain people who seems like strangers.
The first thing she showed me was why I was bed seeing that memory I remembered who Naruto was. But that wasn't the worse. She took me back to when I was thirteen, she showed a boy that was leaving. She showed me who he was and what he had meant to me. I tried my best not to cry. Key word; I tried. She told me this was the guy tht was the reason I am who I am today. The boy who sent me through a spiral of changes and unwanted emotions.
I hate that boy, I now hated him with a passion. After seeing how pathetic I was because of him. After seeing how I constantly disregarded my ninja training for apperence.
Pathetic.
That's what he always called my Inner explained. Annoying as well.
Sasuke Uchiha.
I wish I'd never met him.
After a while I fully remembered These people;
Shizune, Tsunade, Sasuke, Naruto and Sai.
But there were a few who I kinda remembered but was still a little fuzzy;
Yamato, Hinata, Orochimaru, Tenten and a few others.
But Inner went silent after I explained ti her I couldn't remember who the man with silver hair was.
After a few seconds of silence she just said;
Never mind Saku, it's best if you don't remember that part.
I didn't believe her for one bit. The silver haired man seemed important. After an hour of ngging Inner for some clues on the man, she simply told me;
You've been through a lot today Saku, I don't want to be the one responsable for sending you into an emotional wreak.
Come on Inner, whats' one more little memory gonna do?
I regret nagging inner to tell me who he was. She showed me the memories of the silver haired man, who she told me went my the name of;
Kakashi Hatake.
He chose favorites you know. He picked that Sasuke over me. Apparently I didn't show enough skill like Sasuke and Naruto showed.
I don't want to talk anymore about that hurts too much.
Inner won't stop showing me a picture of a girl with bleach blonde hair and bright blue eyes. Inner tells me that her names Ino Yamamnaka and she's my best friend. I don't know who that girl is. Inner kept at it though. Showing me memories of when I was younger. Most of the images had that same girl but younger in it sticking up for me, and teaching me about flowers. Inner also said we were rivals. But I don't believe her. I would remember something like that. Right?
Now Inner insists I have some kind of memory loss.
But the day that I did wake up, I found myself in a strange room with an older women around the age of sixty. She explained to me that she, and her grandson Hiroku had found me laying unconscious at the edge of a small river. After finding me they brought me back here and began helping myself warm up.
The old lady Kiko is a healer. It surprised me when she explained that in her youth she was a ninja. (And a good one at that.)
Youth.
Lee.
Gai-sensei.
I surprise myself a bit when I healed a cut on my hand.
That's when inner explained that I was training under Tsunade as a medic-nin. I told Kiko that part, she was ecstatic.
I also asked her is she would teach me some of her medical skills.
To say that she was happy that I asked was an understatement. She literally jumped for joy. I never knew someone so old could jump to high.
A day ago, Hiroku (the grandson of the lovely lady Kiko) left to go to the market. I had offered to go with him, but Kiko said it was still unsafe for me to go on such a long walk. So instead, I am sitting in the bed that I have been resting in for quite some time now. A few pieces of paper sitting there in front of my crossed legs, a pencil held shakily in my hand. After she had finished pouring her heart out onto the paper.
The paper so far read:
Dear Naruto,
Do you remember when we were best friends? When we'd share our every thought? Every smile? And every laugh? Oh, and did you remember when you broke my heart? Because I seem to remember that more than anything. I trusted you, I trusted you to take care of my heart. I trusted you not to take it and stomp on it.
The day you betrayed my trust was the day that I lost all my trust for you. I believed that you would take care of my heart and that's why I left it with you for all these years. Well, I am taking it back because at this very moment I can't trust you with my heart. In fear that you will hurt me once more.
Look at me through my eyes and feel the pain I hide inside.
It breaks my heart; it makes me sad to think of all the times we had. You made me laugh and you made me cry. And all that I can do is sigh, and wonder why. I'm sorry Naruto, but I've made up my mind and chosen to not come back to the village. (You all properly think i'm dead by now right?)
Nothing can change my mind. Because I couldn't stand going back to the village then seeing you there. It will remind too much of why I can't come to say that I trust you.
I want to be able to look at you and not be hurt by you.
It would be hard to go back, because every mission I would worry if it would be my last. If we met up with him again, and have the same thing happen again. Naruto, you need to understand that he left us. He betrayed the village.
But I guess that's what i'm kinda doing to huh? Maybe.
Go on with your life Naruto, forget about Sasuke and that silly promise you made to me. Because now that i'm not there who are you fulfilling a promise too?
Sakura Haruno
As I finished my letter I felt tears begin to prickle my eyes.
As fast as I could, I screwed my first letter up and through it to the corner of the room. I brought my knees under my chin and squeezed my eyes shut tight. Some tears escaped my closed eyes.
Slowly I picked up another letter and began to write once again.
Dear Naruto,
I'm sorry Naruto, but I've made up my mind and chosen to not come back to the village. (You all properly think i'm dead by now right?. So this must be some shock huh?)
Nothing can change my mind.
Naruto, you need to understand that he Sasuke left us. He betrayed the village.
But I guess that's what i'm kinda doing to huh? Maybe.
Go on with your life Naruto, forget about Sasuke and that silly promise you made to me. Because now that i'm not there who are you fulfilling a promise too?
Maybe one day I'll visit you. But until then I've decided i'm going to become stronger. And become a medic nin Lady Tsunade can be proud of.
I won't watch you're backs any longer.
Soon you'll all be watching as I stand beside you all.
Please say good-bye too Hinata, Tenten, Shika and the others.
Till next we meet.
S.H
A few stray tears splattered onto the letter. I wiped my tear streaked cheeks and folded up the letter.
I stared at the tears drops on the folded up letter. So many tears. In all of those memories inner showed me I had watched my younger self cry so many tears.
But now enough is enough. No more tears. No more crying. No more feeling bad for myself.
"No more."
CHAPTER 4 IS DONE!
Sakura remembers some of her old friends. But she's still a bit unclearwith her medical skills.
And how will the akatsuki react when the find that Sakura had died.
Will Pein go on a massive rampage?
Or do they still think she's alive?