Summary: What if Sasuke never left for power? What if their lives went on, as they would have? And what if Sakura started liking a certain blonde-haired ninja a little too early for Sasuke's liking? What if their world is different from what it really is? This is reality, and its hitting them all a little too hard.
Disclaimer: No, I do not own Naruto. If I did, many more plot twists & much more Sakura liking Naruto-ness. I also do not own the few parts of "Bohemian Rhapsody" that I use. Queen owes them, even if it is a rocking song.
Pairings: Naruto/Sakura and slight Sasuke/Sakura
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Ch.12- What Happens Now?
Naruto's POV
I can't believe her! She's done it again! Twice now! I thought Sakura would have learned from her first mistake. I love her, I really do! But this time, she's gone too far!
Once again, I stormed through the village, my blood boiling.
Mama, just killed a man
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
'Why don't you go find someone, or something, to beat up and blow off some steam Kit,' the Kyuubi offered.
'Good idea,' I thought back before going into a full run towards the forest.
Mama, life had just begun
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
While I ran, the image kept playing in my head, over and over again. I closed my eyes, still not wanting to believe what I saw 'She cheated on me. She was cheating on me…'
Mama, ooo
Didn't mean to make you cry
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters
I opened them just in time to swerve past a tree that I would run into. I stopped after that, seeing myself deep within the forest. I let out a yell, punching my hand through a near-by tree, hearing it crack.
I felt the wood pierce my skin as blood leaked out, but I didn't care.
Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine
Body's aching all the time
I pulled my hand out of the tree to see my knuckles bloody. I looked at them before I flexed it, hearing them crack.
I didn't even try to stop the blood from coming as I heard someone yell my name.
Goodbye everybody - I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
I didn't even need to turn around. I already knew who it was.
Mama, ooo - (anyway the wind blows)
"Naruto!" she yelled again, running up behind me.
I didn't say anything as she touched my shoulder. I shrugged it off as I turned to face Sakura.
"Naruto…" she said softly before yelling at me. "I'm sorry Naruto! It wasn't me! I shouldn't have done it and I'm sorry!"
I don't want to die!
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all!
My face softened as I watched her crumble in front of me. Maybe I should forgive her. I mean, if she's really this sorry- WAIT A MINUTE!
I sniffed the air quietly. Why the hell do I smell Sasuke?! I stepped closer to her, unaware that my silence was scaring her.
"Na-Naruto?" she barely got out before I roughly grabbed her shoulders, leaning my head in to sniff her.
I blinked. "The hell…" I said as I pulled down on the collar, ripping it some so I could see.
Teeth marks.
I was shocked. "What the hell is this?!" I asked, looking at her face.
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye?!
She quickly looked down at her shoulder before looking back up at me, confusion written all over her face. "I don't know Naruto, I swear!"
"Sure you don't!" I yelled at her, backing up some. "Sasuke did it, didn't he? He bit you. DIDN'T HE?!"
So you think you can love me and leave me to die?!
She didn't answer, her lower lip trembling as I ranted on.
"You know what this means?! He put his mark on you, he owes you now Sakura-chan. How could you have let him?!"
Oh baby - can't do this to me baby!
"I… I don't even remember him doing it…" she said softly to me, but I blocked it out.
"I thought you loved me Sakura, not him. I knew you still had feelings for him, but I thought our love was stronger than that, than this!" I yelled at her. "Don't you care about us?" I said softly.
Just gotta get out - just gotta get right outta here!
"Of course I care about you, I love you!" she yelled out, tears running down her face.
"Then why did you let this happen?" I asked quietly, looking at her seriously before disappearing.
Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
Nothing really matters
Anyone can see
Nothing really matters - nothing really matters to me
Before I was out of range, I heard her yell my name one last time.
Anyway the wind blows...
Sakura's POV
I found him just in time to loss him again. I tried to tell him the truth about what he saw, but I knew he wouldn't listen.
And then, I found out that Sasuke marked me. That bastard! How could he?!
I yelled Naruto's name, trying to calm him down, but he ran off. I now ran through the streets, searching for Sasuke to give him a piece of my mind. And I found him exactly where I left him.
"Sasuke, how could you?" I asked coldly to him, walking up.
"Why, whatever do you mean?" he said, playing dumb.
"You know damn well Sasuke-kun!" I yelled to him but quickly covered my mouth, tears welling up in shame.
He chuckled. "I knew you couldn't escape it Sakura," he said, cupping my cheek so I was looking up at him. "Face it. You love us both, and there's nothing you can do about it."
He kissed me hard on the lips, chuckling evilly before he disappeared.
I stood, stunned, before falling to the floor, breaking down into tears. Sasuke's words hurt, they hurt bad, more because it was true.
I knew it was.
All my anger and sadness and love for both Naruto and Sasuke flooded out of me in my tears. There was nothing I could do, nothing I can do.
So all I did was sit there and cry.
Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality
Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me…
Author's Note: Well, there is it. If y'all haven't figured it out, the lyrics were the special treat. I felt that the song fit rather nicely to what Naruto was feeling. Heh, it was funny. I never was going to put a song in this chapter in the first place! I was just listening to it & I thought, 'Hey, this song would go pretty nicely with my latest chapter!' Heh & it did. -sigh- Poor Naruto. I feel bad for him now. And Sasuke's being even more of an ass. -sigh- Sakura? Well, she's just there. I'll be neutral with her. Truthfully, my favorite part is where my favorite part of the song is. "So you think you can love me & leave me to die?!" Ahh… that song's awesome!!! If you haven't heard of it, you should listen to it either after or while you read it. It does fit rather nicely. Anyway, enough of me talking. And sorry, but THIS will be the last chapter for a while. I feel like I've written myself into a hole, so I need to think of a really good way to get out. Leave reviews please!