I Will Always Be With You

Disclaimers: I do NOT own Naruto… I wish I did though… --;;

Sorry for the late update… huge writers block… sorry

Chapter 5: Fear

Someone….

Is calling out my name…

It's a feminine voice…

I wonder…

Who is it?

/Sasuke…/

Someone…

Is crying…

Am I the cause of her misery?

/Sasuke… I want to help you… please…I gave up everything for you…/

Why… why is this person willing to give up everything for me?

What did I do to deserve this?

I did nothing…

/Please… take my hand… I'm willing to take you out of this darkness…/

I don't deserve this…

/Please…take my hand…before it's too late…/

But…Itachi

/Please… forget about your brother…/

I can't…

/Why/

I can't let go… of my past…

Sasuke opened his eyes and quickly shut it as he felt the sun's rays against his face. He slowly got up from his bed and closed the curtains on his window and lay back on his bed.

His mind was blank; he was just staring into nothingness, when he shifted his view to the right side of his room. As he glanced at his surroundings, something caught his eye. He leisurely sat up and reached out for the picture frame placed on his bed-side table. As he took the frame into his hands, he saw Sakura's face; her jade eyes sparkled with her smile.

"Why, Sasuke-kun? I want to understand you!"

Sasuke gripped the frame harder as he heard Sakura's voice in his head.

"Please, take my hand… Let me reach out to you…"

His hand started shaking. Her voice, it was getting louder, and it seeped into his very being.

"I want to take away your pain…"

The sound of broken glass was heard as the frame hit the ground.

"I want to save you from your brother's wrath…"

Sasuke brought his hands to his head. His eyes were wide in fear. "No," he thought, "Stop talking to me."

"Let me save you…"

"You don't understand me."

"If you're willing to, I'll help you let go of your past…"

"I can't! Our bonds… our strong bonds make us suffer! I can't just forget that!"

"You won't forget it… You'll accept it…Let me bring you out of the darkness…"

A drop of sweat rolled down his face, "Sakura," he mumbled, "But if you save me, I'm afraid that I won't be able to save you."

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Sakura looked up at her room's ceiling. Her eyes were focused on just one spot.

Why… What did I do wrong? Why can't anyone accept me? Why can't they see how hard I try to make them happy? Aren't I good enough for them?

She raised her hand just above her head and looked at her ceiling through the spaces between her fingers.

Sasuke-kun… why won't you let me reach out to you? I want… I want to see your smile again; I want you to be the same person you were before. I want to break the wall you built around your heart.

A tear rolled down Sakura's cheek. She slowly stood up from her bed and walked towards her window. As she looked down from her window still, she saw a little boy and a little girl. They held hands as they skipped down the street towards the park. A small smile formed on Sakura's face as she watched the two children start to play on the playground. She once again walked towards her bed, when she saw a picture of her and Ino. She placed the picture in her hands and noticed that words were written behind the photo. She flipped the picture to its back and read and words written on it.

Sakura-chan! If ever you need me, don't hesitate, ne? Just come to me and we'll sort things out! Daisuki!

Ino

As Sakura read the short letter, she noticed that it was written in Ino old writing, when they were younger.

Sakura placed the picture back in its place and walked out her room and out of her house.

"Ne, where are we going?" her inner self asked.

"To Ino's."

"Eh! You've got to be kidding me!" her inner self exclaimed, "You're going to see Ino-pig!"

"Yeah."

"Nande?"

"You told me that I've eventually got to spill it right?"

"Yeah, but-," her inner self argued, completely confused to what she was doing.

"We're going to Ino's place and that's final," Sakura told her inner self, "And besides, I miss Ino."

Sakura walked passed many houses until she got to the right one, the house with a flower shop. As she stood in front of shop's door step, she took in a deep breath, and entered.

Mrs. Yamanaka noticed the pink haired girl enter and smiled at her. "Ohayo, Sakura-chan," she greeted.

When Sakura heard the voice that greeted her, she looked up and smiled, "Ohayo, Yamanaka-san," she replied.

Mrs. Yamanaka chuckled, "Oh please, Sakura, no need for you to be formal. Are you here to see Ino?"

Sakura nodded, "Yes, I am."

"Well, why don't you just go upstairs, Ino's in her room right now," the shop owner replied.

Sakura smiled, "Thank you very much, Yamanaka-san," and she entered the door that led to the actual house, and went up the stairs to Ino's room.

Sakura stopped right in front of the door that led to Ino's room; she hesitated a bit before knocking on the door.

"What did I do now?" a feminine voice asked, it obviously belonged to Ino.

It was a few seconds until Ino finally opened the door, "Ne, oka-san, what did I do now? If you want me to-" Ino stopped talking when she noticed that it was Sakura who was there and not her mother.

"Sakura, what are you doing here?" she asked, shock was evident from the tone of her voice.

"Ano, Ino, would you mind if I came in and talked to you?"

Ino was shocked, but immediately pushed the sudden feeling away and allowed Sakura in. She watched as Sakura slowly sat down on her bed, and noticed the loss of her usual spark.

She followed Sakura in and closed the door. And as her eyes focused on Sakura, curiosity overcame her, "I wonder what's wrong… it must be a serious matter for her to come me."

Ino decided to lighten up the mood, "So, forehead girl, finally decided to set things right between us?" she joked.

Sakura kept her eyes on the ground; she didn't even react to Ino's voice, nothing.

Ino saw this, and her smile instantly turned into a frown. "Sakura…" she slowly said.

Sakura heard Ino's voice and couldn't help it anymore, she couldn't hold back her tears or her emotions. It was only moments until the bed was left empty as Sakura wept in Ino's open arms.

"Ino," Sakura cried, "I can't… I ca-" muffled sobs interrupted what she was going to say, as she continued to cry out loud on Ino's shoulder.

Ino wrapped her arms around Sakura and comforted the poor girl. She whispered nothing but soothing words into her ear.

"I know I have to stay away from him and that he's annoyed at me," she softly said, "But I can't!" Sakura exclaimed.

Ino hugged Sakura tighter, "Its okay, Sakura. I was in your position once, but I was able to let him go," she told the weeping girl, "I'll help you. And in time, you'll learn to let him go."

Sakura suddenly pulled away from Ino, her tears were falling fiercely down her cheeks; pain was evident in her eyes. "You don't understand me Ino! I don't want to!" she exclaimed, "I love him! I love him more than anything in the world! I'm scared that I'll lose him again! I already lost him because of his brother, I'm not going to lose him again! The very thought of living without him, the thought of forgetting him… I know I'll die! I can't live without him!"

Ino looked at Sakura's face, it was obvious, she was suffering; and her heart was breaking from it.

"I've… I've given up everything for him! I wasted my whole life just to try to get him to accept me! I disobeyed my parents for him, even though I knew from the start it would be unrequited love…" Sakura's voice slowly faded. She then looked into Ino's deep blue eyes. "Though I know he doesn't care, I love him too much for my own good! I… I…"

"Sakura," Ino called her friends name to bring her back to her reality, "I understand you, don't worry, I'll try to help you with this, but first, you have to tell me, why are you willing to give all this up for one boy? Especially your parent's love…" she asked.

Sakura took in a deep breath, this was it, she was finally going to spill out her darkest secret, about her family, and the love of her life; how it all started. "Because…"

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Hello! ShamanShadow here! Sorry for a really late update, school's been really hectic for me… so ya… just finished and now its summer, so I'm going to try my best to finish this fic!

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