AN: Okay, last chapter was really, really cheesy- I know this. I didn't like that chapter either. So- this is also gonna be considered as Chapter 3, the other one. This chapter is acting like the other chapter never happened, okay? Okay- review please!

Chapter 3

The Final Good-Bye

"Hurry! Get her onto a bed now!" Shouted Tsunade to the Medic Nins. It was 6:00 AM in the morning, and Sakura had just been rushed to the Konoha hospital. The Medic Nins helped the groaning Sakura onto the bed. Sasuke stood there by her side, holding her hand.

"Sasuke!" She said through her panting.

"Sakura, hold on!" He said. She squeezed his hand tight.

Tsunade burst through the door of the room with her hands on her hips. Her stance made her look mighty as she directed everyone. She went by Sakura. "Well, looks like you're going to have this baby now. It's not going to wait." She said with a smile. Sakura was panting and groaning. Beads of sweat made her hair cling to her face. The pain was overwhelming.

"Okay Sakura! Are you ready?" Shouted Tsunade from the end of the bed. Sakura nodded eagerly with a look of pain on her face. She gripped Sasuke's hand tighter. Honestly, he thought she would be cutting off his circulation within minutes.

"Push!" Shouted Tsunade. Sakura pushed as she tightened her grip on Sasuke's hand. He flinched at this without Sakura knowing. "Sakura, just one more push would do it, I think!" Shouted Tsunade once more. Sure enough, the sound of the baby crying filled the room. Sakura sighed from relief. She gave Sasuke a weak smile.

"It's a girl!" They heard Shizune shout. She brought the baby over to the couple to look at.

"She's beautiful. . ." Whispered Sakura.

"She looks like you." Said Sasuke.

"What do you want to name her?" Asked Shizune.

"How about Sakurako? The daughter of Sakura?" Asked Sasuke.

"She's your daughter too." Replied Sakura. "What about 'Kane'? A tribute, a warrior, golden? What do you say, Sasuke?"

"Great. Kane it is." Sasuke said. All of a sudden, the machines started beeping which caught everyone's attention.

"Shizune! Get the baby cleaned." Ordered Tsunade. "There's something wrong." She said quietly as she looked around.

"Something wrong?" Repeated Sasuke confused. Suddenly Sakura gave a groan. Her head started to spin and her visions started to fog up.

"Sakura!" Shouted Sasuke. "Sakura! Are you okay?" He asked desperately.

"Sasuke?" She said weakly. This was happening too fast. (I know it is- so bare with me) Her grip became weak and her eyes started to close. She hadn't mentioned anything before after she delivered the baby that she was starting to feel a bit dizzy, but Sakura simply thought it was normal and everything would be find in a minute. However, it seems that she's wrong.

"She's losing too much blood!" Shouted Tsunade. "Sasuke, I'm sorry, but you have to leave the room for now!"

"What?" He shouted back. "N-no!" He said looking back at Sakura, her hand still in his.

"Sasuke. . ." She said weakly, her face turning pale. "Take care of her for me. . . . .Promise not matter what, love her for me if I don't make it, okay?" She said with a weak smile before her eyes shut.

"Sakura!" He shouted.

"Just please fulfill my last wish, please? . . . . . .Good bye Sasuke. . . ." She said weakly before her hand fell from his hand, and the machines gave the flat tone with no sign of her heart beating anymore. It seemed as if her hand fell in slow motion, and her head fell to one side slowly too. Suddenly it seemed as if his world paused as this traumatizing moment took place.

"SAKURA!" He yelled this time, grabbing her hand and shaking it. He held her face and tried to wake her up. "Sakura!" He shouted. He fought back tears- he couldn't possibly be crying!

"Sasuke! Please, get out! We need to try and save her!" Tsunade shouted as medic nins escorted the Uchiha out of the room. The door shut closed and he was left alone in the hallway. Further down the hall, he heard the crying of his newborn baby daughter. Sasuke plopped down on the benches that lined the hallway. He tried to take in everything that had just happened. One moment was joyous- the next, it was horrifying. What was happening to him? Surly Sakura isn't going to die, right? But minutes seemed like hours, hours seemed like days. It was seven o' clock when he saw the end of the hallway's doors burst open and he heard the sound of his best friend's voice ringing down the hallway.

"Oy, Sasuke! Congratulations! You're a father now!" He heard his friend say. He saw his two feet shuffle right by his. Sasuke sat, arched over with his head resting on his hands, looking down.

"Sasuke, what's wrong? Too stunned? That happened to me too- I mean, me, a father? But I still managed to-" Said Naruto trying to find out what was wrong with his friend. This was worse than Shikamaru- he started dancing around in the hallways when his new daughter Naomi was born. But yet, he did run around the whole village when he figured out that Ino was pregnant, so it wasn't very surprising.

"NARUTO! JUST SHUT UP, OKAY!" Yelled Sasuke suddenly. He couldn't stop it anymore- tears flowed down his face shamelessly. He didn't care anymore because he couldn't hold it.

"Oy, Sasuke," Began Naruto quietly, shocked from his friend's behavior. "What happened?" He asked slowly.

"It's Sakura. . . ." Said Sasuke. "S-she's I don't know. . ." he said, his voice cracking. The door of Sakura's room opened and a grim Tsunade came out. Inside, Naruto saw some medic nins taking white sheets and covering a figure which lay lifeless on the bed. He saw a wisp of soft, pink hair and instantly knew who it was. Then, they covered her head, and he saw no more.

"Sasuke, Naruto." Said Tsunade acknowledging Naruto. "I-I'm sorry Sasuke, but Sakura-" She paused and looked up as she blinked a couple of times. Naruto thought he would never to have seen this in his whole life. "Sakura didn't make it. . ." She said barley in a whisper. "I'm sorry." Was all she added and she walked down the hall with her heels clicking on the cold, hard tile. The two men were blown away by the news.

Next thing they knew, the end of the hallway's doors burst open once more, revealing a beautiful konochi with angelic, golden hair and deep, blue eyes walk in energetically. A tall man dressed in a jounin attire followed in scratching his neck with his wild, black hair tied up in his usual ponytail.

"Oy Ino, be quieter! We're in a hospital." Complained Shikamaru.

"Shikamaru! Stop complaining!" Shouted Ino, as she turned around. "Now I need to find Sakura!" Said the cheerful blonde-haired woman. Then she spotted a grim Sasuke and Naruto. She walked over to them with Shikamaru right behind her.

"Sasuke, Naruto." Nodded Shikamaru.

"Nani? What's wrong with you guys?" Asked Ino. "And where's Sakura? Sasuke, shouldn't you be happy? You're a father!" She said happily. His cold eyes set on her warm, blue ones.

"She doesn't want to see you." He said coldly. Ino was taken aback.

"Sasuke, what's wrong with you?" She asked. Shikamaru lightly touched her shoulder.

"Sasuke, she needs to know too." Said Naruto standing up. He walked over to the door that belonged to Sakura's. "Go on. . . ." He said. Ino and Shikamaru were both stunned by their two friend's moods. Ino walked in first and gasped. Her hand clasped to her mouth as she saw the sight. Shikamaru's eyes went wide and he stood there in the beginning of the room as Naruto leaned on the frame of the door. Ino instantly went to the side of Sakura's bed.

"Sakura?" She tried to say but her voice cracked. Her heart felt a major plunge as she saw the white sheet covering her friend. She saw Sakura's hand hang limply off the side. Ino kneeled down and instantly burst out in tears. She started to sob hardly.

"Sakura?" She sobbed, shaking her head, "No! No! This is all wrong!" She cried. Shikamaru stepped behind her and he had a grim expression as he looked at the white sheet covering the girl. Ino instantly dug her head into his shoulder and began to sob. He hugged her closely and caressed her face lovingly.

"It's okay Ino. . . ." he said even though he knew these words were untrue. It was not okay.

Nothing seemed okay now. Sakura left them all unexpectedly and quickly with no warning. An hour passed and Ino stopped sobbing. All of them just sat outside in the hallway with each other. Ino was still leaning on Shikamaru who had his arm around her. Sasuke had his head down and Naruto sat there with a look of sadness. For a while they all sat there. Until finally, Naruto broke the silence.

"Sasuke. . ." he began in a quiet voice. "Where's the baby?" Ino and Shikamaru all faced Sasuke.

"It's a girl. . . ." He began. "We decided to name her Kane. . . ."

"So the baby survived?" Asked Ino.

"Well, that's good news too." Added in Naruto.

"You want to go and see her?" Asked Shikamaru.

They all waited for his reply.

"No." He said quietly, but firmly.

"Sasuke? What do you-" Began Ino.

"I said I don't want to see her!" Shouted Sasuke. "She's the one who took the life of Sakura!" He shouted angrily.

Everything was not well. . . . .And what lies ahead, is even a more shame than this.

end for now

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