Hajimemashite and Konnichiwa, dearest reader-san! Apple Fairy here! . Thanks for the reviews! They make me burst and go 'Hoorah!' xD
pinkrazor- I'm...depressed? O.O
People at school keep on calling me emo because I wear lots of black, but they are all completly wrong.
I luff my parents and life and sometimes I'm much too cheerful for my own good. x3
Yah. It'd be awesome if this fanfic's stuff were put into the show. That would ultimately rock for me. xD
-hands you tissue box-
Remember, hun, I'm crying with you. T.T
Updated. : 3
And...I'm a girl. O.O
Cunning Angel-Sorry you cried!
-hands you tissues- Remember, I'm crying with you. T.T
Ah...I wish Yamato didn't have to get in the way...
I wonder if I can fit a fight between them in my fanfic...-shifts eyes and grins evilly-
That's a good thing, hun! To have so much pride!
Just shows you've got a lot of self-esteem, confidence, and self-respect. Be proud of your...er...pride! x3
Wonderful trait, sweetie. Just don't get too prideful like a certian someone's ex-boyfriend.
-Glares at Sasuke-
Anyway, glad you like it. I hope you'll be a good fan of mine. x3
XweaponsXmistressX-
-hands you box of tissues-
I'm crying with you, hun. T.T
Ah...someone actually called my fanfic beautiful...I love that word! x3
Ha ha...now I feel like a narcississt. xD
Yah, he got to kiss her...before he...
-starts bawling madly with you-
Itachi: What weirdos...
O.O
OH SHWEET! I'm rich! xD
Now I can go and buy a more life-threatening shotgun to threaten Itachi with at your wedding. xD
Itachi: As if. A shotgun isn't going to work on me.
Apple: What about one with poison bullets? x )
Itachi: O.O
There's no justice in the world! T.T
And...I wanna be at the wedding! Let me be the shotgun person! xD
-pokes Itachi in the back with poison shotgun-
Anytime, hun and thankies for the compliments! And of course there will be more chapters, silly goose! There will still be SasuSaku-ness even with him gone. : )
Bah. It's going with the series. It's gonna take a long while to the end. xD
It'll probably go on hiatus though if I reach a stopping point. But like I said that's going to take awhile. :3
kunoichi alchemist-Sorry you cried! Remember, I'm crying with you, sweetie. T.T
Ah...yeah, the thoughts were what really protrayed the emotion.
And since I made them a couple in this one, I had to make him still love her. :3
Yay! Drama! xD
OMG! Naruto Soap Opera! xD
That'd be hilarious...
Glad you liked the chappy, hun. : )
Sasukes1fangirl-Sorry you cried! I'm crying with you! T.T
Ah...my fanfic is going with the original Naruto storyline, and there hasn't been any hints of him coming back. Team 7 have seen him, but that time they were invading Orochimaru's castle and he was an enemy.
I will not make my own predictions of what could happen, but during the second season, I will still hint SasuSaku, okay?
Aya-Marie-chan-
-gives you tissues and water-
Sorry you chocked and cried! I don't want to kill you, hun. O.O
But I'm glad you like it, and now that I'm crying with you, sweetie. T.T
-huggles back-
Cookie Dough Icecream sprinklers? O.O
That'd be awesome...x3
Woot cult! xD
I know a pairing that has a Nazi army, so why can't we have a cult? xD
Gaara is a sweetie and those-who-lack-sleep rock. x3
Hm...Itachi being possesive and passive...
Yeah, it fits him. I wonder if Kishimoto-sensei will hint that soon.
Sasuke tis too cool to not be loved. I mean, Sasuke not having rabid fans would be a crime against humanity. xD
xD
Go hug Shikamaru, he'll be too lazy to fight you off. x3
Shounen- it's Japanese for 'boy', hun. Like Shounen manga is manga for boys.
Shojo-it's Japanese for 'girl'. Like Shojo manga is for girls.
An American example is how Barbie is meant for girls and G.I Joe for boys.
Shounen manga is packed with action like how Naruto or Dragon Ball Z is.
Shojo is packed with romance and emotion like how Fruits Basket or Sailor Moon is.
I hope that helped, hun. :3
Sarah Rebecca-
-gives you tissues-
I'm crying with you, hun. T.T
Glad you liked it. And...this one might make you cry too! I'm really sorry but that's how the anime and manga went! Please forgive me! T.T
Ur2tRoUbLeSoMe90-Who can't love Yoshi. I mean, everytime I fight with him on Super Smash Bros. Melee, I always win.
Even against Marth. x3
Ah...Yoshi you adorable dinosaur, egg-throwing chibi thing you...How I love thee...xD
Updated.
I'm sorry! Well...it was meant to be sad...but please don't cry!
-throws tissues at you-
Aw...let's go be emo together! xD
That'd be awesome...
It's like "Mom! I can't go to school, because you don't hug me enough and I hate myself and cause Sasuke is a bitch and left Sakura! Can I stay on the computer the whole day?"
xD How silly...
Lioness of the Fire-O.O
I'm sorry.
But...are you talking to Sasuke or me? O.O
rainingblood666-
-hands you tissue-
I'm crying with you, hun.T.T
Kistune Kit-
-hands you the whole box off tissues-
If you want we can go beat him with a baseball bat in his sleep. Would that help, hun? xD
twilight dragoness- Anytime, sweetie. :3
Thankies for the compliments!
sakura 1567-
-hands you tissues-
I'm crying with you, sweetie! T.T
C'mon, let's go beat him with a golf club. Maybe that'll make us feel better. xD
Akiko no Hikari- Thanks for teh compliments! x3
-hands you tissue- I'm crying with you, hun. T.T
Silly hun...the fanfic tis not complete! I still have plans for SasuSaku-ness even during time-skip. So this is going to go on and on and on...
Till I have to wait too long for SasuSaku-ness from Kishimoto-sensei and put it on hiatus. O.O
But that's not going to be for awhile, hun. So don't worry about it. :3
bunnyandpuppylover- Aw...I luff your name. Tis so cute. x3
This is after he leaves and then it goes up until Naruto leaves for his training expedition and I'm going to make extra chapters during time-skip that hint SasuSaku. : )
But thankies for teh requests! I'm going to make the funny mask ep into a memory and write that during time-skip. Thank you! x3
Ah yes...I didn't think of writing that as a seperate fanfic. I think I'm going to do that. xD
BewareMySpork- Woot! Friendship! x3
-slaps sticker on corpse that says 'This Idea Belongs to Spork and Apple'- X )
Okay...since the guys too lovesick and OOC...
-goes to Uchiha graveyard and performs necromancy-
Let's play with the dead Uchiha members then! xD
-begins playing Itachi-soccer with random Uchiha zombies-
-tosses Haku's two corpse pieces back into grave and buries-
Maybe if we're lucky Zabuza's ghost won't eat our brains...-shifts eyes and is decapitated by Zabuza ghostie-
XD
You are so cruel to Sassy...
I'm going to call him Sassy for awhile cause he is and it's kinda like Kankuro's nickname 'Kanky'. xD
I luff your reviews. They are so fun and random. x3
Pale Moonlit Nightsky- Of course, hun. You're a wonderful person and you called me a sweetie pie! x3
But, really, your reviews are one of the many I look forward to reading. :3
SakuraUchiha-Sorry I made you cry. T.T
And...of course I'm going to update, hun. Remember, I'm making it SasuSaku with the storyline. :3
And, I'm sorry, sweetie, but I can't do that unless Kishimoto-sensei writes it like that.
I'm making it go with the storyline and only witing what I think could have happened between them during scenes they never showed (like during the month they trained for the Chunnin exams).
I will not be making predictions of my own and only go with how the storyline goes. Okay?
And hun, no. I will not give any of my reviewers any special treatment, like you demand for, unless they earn it. The only reason I have that 'Apple's favorite reviewers' in my profile is to let those people know I appreciate them and their support.
So no, I will not predicate what will happen and write it, and no you shall not receive special treatment or free previews.
-wipes away tear- But I'm still sorry I made you cry! T.T
baby's breath- Such a delicate name, sweetie, I love it. x3
Thanks for saying my story rocks! x3 And I'm happy it's on your fave's list. : )
Sorry I made you sad! But I'm crying with you, hun! T.T -hands you a tissue-
And no more waiting for you! I have updated, otay: (
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of it's characters
Memories
Story by Apple Fairy
The healing touch...
Can really come from anyone.
Not only a love...
...but from people who care.
It hurt.
Really bad, y'know?
But, I'm thankful...
...thankful for the love I receive.
Thank you.
The words rang through her mind as she opened her eyes lazily. She startled up.
"Sasuke-kun!" She yelled worringly. She remained confused and stunned as she saw the rising glowing marble.
Then it all came back to her.
He was gone.
Forever.
She had failed.
She couldn't stop him.
And more importantly...she had been a plaything this whole time.
Her heart broke, she shook and cried.
It was over.
Their relationship was crushed.
As well as her fragile heart.
She ran as fast as she could.
After reporting to Tsunade and asking her what would happen, she ran to the rescue team before they would leave.
She wanted to go with them. She wanted him back.
Sasuke.
She sprinted when she saw them at the gates.
"Wait!" She yelled and stood there with a despaired look on her face. They all turned to her with confusion in their eyes. A bit of irritance in Neji's pearl eyes.
"Sakura-chan!" Naruto exclaimed surprised.
"I heard the story from Hokage-sama. Sorry, but I can't bring you on this mission." Shikamaru told her flatly. He didn't have time for this.
The more time he wasted the less chance they were to catch up to Sasuke.
"Even you weren't able to convince Sasuke, were you?" The lazy chunnin asked rhetorically. Sakura's heart panged. Naruto's eyes widened.
"All that's left is for us to force him to understand. Sakura, your chance is over." He continued harshly. Sakura felt despair and sorrow wash over her.
His words stung and hurt, but she knew they were true.
She couldn't stop him.
"That means...You and Sasuke..." Naruto asked bewildered. He hadn't heard that it was Sakura who had tried to stop him.
That is was she who had last seen him.
"Sakura-san..." Lee whispered in the same surprised tone.
Sakura shook and cried in front of every single one of them. Shame and sadness filling her.
He was gone.
He had broken her heart and she couldn't do anything to stop him while he did.
The tears fell.
How she wanted back the man she loved.
How she wanted him to kiss her again.
How she wanted him to promise her forever again.
But...every single one of those promises had been lies.
He had never loved her, had he?
She was a...plaything.
She wanted him back so as to try to make him change his mind.
She wanted him back.
"Naruto..." She whimpered "...I beg of you, please bring him...Please bring Sasuke-kun back!" She pleaded. She felt so ashamed and pathetic to be begging like she was.
But she shrugged it off.
For she was in love.
"I couldn't do it...I couldn't stop him...The only thing that could stop Sasuke-kun is...You, Naruto...Only you..." She informed him.
You can save him, Naruto-kun...You can help him...Achieve were I failed...I couldn't stop him...Because he never did care about me...
Naruto looked to Sakura with gleaming blue eyes and smiled sadly.
"Sakura-chan likes Sasuke very much." He explained happily as if he had to give a reason why she was acting like this. Sakura looked to him with curious eyes.
"Right now, you're in pain. A pain I know well." He continued. Sakura reminisced of how she thought Naruto used to be selfish and evil. Her heart panged badly.
Oh God...how she was such a fool back then. She opened her eyes to him and finally realized.
He had always been there for her. He had always cared for her.
This loudmouth ninja was her friend.
No, more then a friend.
He was like the brother she never had.
Why had she been so blind? She cared for this guy as if he was her own kin.
She cried more.
I'm sorry, Naruto...for not caring more...
She hugged herself and the tears came.
She had a friend.
A brother.
"Naruto...thank you..." She said gratefully.
Thank you for being there for me, even when I acted like a jerk...
Thank you for making me laugh all those times...
Thank you for being a most perfect friend.
Naruto grinned to her and gave her a thumbs-up.
"I will definetly bring back Sasuke! That's the promise of a lifetime!" He swore with a happy tone.
Sakura thought of the boy who had always cared for her. Who made her smile and laugh.
She wasn't blind.
She knew he loved her.
She hugged herself tighter and cried more.
She could never return that love.
He could never have her heart.
She watched them walk off with blurry eyes. Her vision wet from the tears.
Good luck...all of you...be safe...She prayed.
Lee reassured her. He told her everything would be okay and smiled at her.
He loved her, too.
But he couldn't have her heart, either.
No. No one could have it.
Because, it was all for Sasuke, her first and true love.
The gray-haired Sound nin handed him the small bottle and informed Sasuke of what the pills inside it would do.
The pills would increase Sasuke's Curse Mark to 'level two'. The seal would then take over Sasuke's body at a faster rate...but...
...it would kill him instantly.
The Four Sound nin said they would block the side effects and he would gain the strength and only go into a short coma.
Sasuke was uncertian, even with their reassurances.
Could he really trust these people?
Sasuke opened the bottle and caught one of the small pills.
This was life-or-death.
He could trust these people, take the pill, and have his immense strength...
...Or he could be betrayed and die shortly after gaining the strength.
Sasuke looked to it with hardened obsidion eyes.
He thought for awhile.
He could really die here. But he couldn't risk that. Not without having killed him.
Itachi.
Sasuke decided.
He brought the pill to his mouth and he felt the cold metal of the locket on his chest.
He was leaving it all behind.
He swallowed.
And the deed was done.
Sasuke felt immense pain course through his body.
He had gone through this before, when he had first gotten the Curse Mark.
But Sakura had comforted him then.
No comfort now.
He clutched his chest and felt like he was dying.
It hurt so much.
He felt himself be lifted and placed into the wooden barrel. The lid shut on the barrel and he slipped into unconciousness.
An image of his teammates and love flashed in his mind.
And all went black.
The sapphire-eyed girl walked up Sakura's stairs with concern on her mind.
Ino Yamanaka had heard the news from Shikamaru, of how Sakura had tried to stop...him...and failed.
She was worried.
That morning she had wished Shikamaru and Chouji good luck and to literrally 'break a leg'.
"Women are so strange..." Shikamaru had said.
"Thanks, Ino. If we bring back Sasuke, you have to treat us to dinner!" Chouji had betted.
Ino had merely rolled her eyes and told him something of 'lose some weight'
But when Shikamaru had told her of all the details...she was stunned.
Was Sakura, her best friend since childhood, okay?
No...she probably wasn't it.
Ino knocked on Sakrura's door.
"Sakura-chan? Are you in there?" She called.
She had asked Sakura's mother how she was doing. All her mother knew was that Sakura never returned home last night and came home with puffy red eyes and a deppressed face. She only ran up to her room and locked her door.
She had tried getting her to come out...but Sakura wouldn't.
Ino was scared for her friend.
She heard sniffling.
"I-Ino...?" The intelligent kunoichi whimpered from within her self-prison.
"Sakura, it's me. Are you okay? You sound like your crying..." Ino asked worringly.
"Leave me alone..." Sakura protested and you could hear sobbing. Ino turned the doorknob, but it refused to give in.
"Sakura, c'mon. I can help you, if you just let me. Don't do this to yourself." The blounde girl pursuaded.
A long pause of silence followed.
"Sakura?"
The door clicked and opened a crack.
There stood Sakura with eyes red and wet from crying, her hair lank and her face pale and sad.
The two friends stood there staring at each other, sapphire looking to emerald and vice-versa.
These two had been friends for awhile now. Ever since children.
Ino had supported her and Sakura had done the same.
Ino had kept Sakura going...giving her courage and will power...
Sakura had given Ino happiness and tenderness that she had never possessed before...
And it all ended with a boy.
But it all mended with that boy's leave.
Sakura began to cry again.
"Ino..." She whimpered and placed her head on Ino's shoulder. She burst out sobbing.
Ino wrapped her arms around her shoulders.
"Shh, shh...there, there...it's alright...let it all out, Sakura...Just let it all out..." She cooed and Sakura continued to cry.
Ino's shoulder was getting wet...but she didn't care.
Because these two shared an unbreakable friendship.
"You promise to keep it a secret?" Sakura asked her with a wet voice. Ino nodded.
The two girls sat on Sakura's bed with her door closed. Sakura wanted to pour her heart out to her. Tell her of how much it hurt.
But for that...she would have to tell her the secret.
"Promise you won't be mad?" She asked her. Ino nodded again. Sakura sniffed.
"Don't worry, Sakura-chan. No matter what you tell me, we'll still be friends...okay?" Ino reassured. Sakura looked down to her feet.
"Alright..."
"So...what's the secret?"
Sakura gulped.
"Well...you see, Sasuke-kun and me were...ah...close..." She uttered with her eyes avoiding Ino's gaze. Ino cocked an eyebrow.
"How...close?" She urged her. Sakura's face reddened.
"We were...a couple." She said finally. A long pause followed and Ino's eyes had enlarged as well as her mouth gaping a little.
She was, to say the least, stunned.
"How long?" Ino asked softly after the awkward and uncomfortable pause.
"Ever since the Chunnin exam." She whispred in response. Ino felt her heart be stabbed with a cold dagger.
She couldn't believe this.
But she shrugged it off.
A boy wouldn't make her hurt her own friend...again.
"Why didn't you tell me?" She asked.
"Because...I never wanted to hurt you...I knew you liked him, but...but...!" She defended with sadness. Sakura hugged herself and shook.
"I...I really did love him...So much..." She whimpered. Ino wrapped an arm around her shoulder.
Suddenly, she wasn't angry at her.
It was as if she understood.
"Oh, Sakura..." She comforted motherly-like. Sakura shook.
"We...We promised we'd be together forever...That he'd always love me, but...he said...he said..." She confessed. She wanted to let out all her sad feelings she had kept locked up.
Ino held her closer and the tears came silently.
"...He said he never loved me...that I was just a...plaything..." She continued. Ino looked to her friend sadly.
She had gone through so much? No wonder she was acting the way she was.
"He never loved me, Ino...He never loved me..." She continued and cried. Her heart ached painfully and cruelly.
Ino held her more gently with both arms and Sakura cried upon her chest like a frightened child.
She was broken.
And her friend would help fix her.
"B-But..." she blubbered. Ino looked to her confused.
"What is it, Sakura?"
"...I still love him...even though it hurts..." She breathed and broke out into hysterical tears.
Ino's heart panged.
The blounde kunoichi held her closer and laid her chin ontop of her pink head.
Sasuke-kun...how could you...? She thought in disgust.
She had known Sakura for years. She knew she was kind, sweet, and intelligent, if not a bit short-tempered.
She wondered how a person could hurt her so.
Who would have the heart to do something like this to this innocent girl?
You heartless bastard...I can never forgive you! Ino cursed Sasuke in her mind.
Her crush for him died. She regarded him in hate.
While Sakura still loved him.
...I never loved you. You were just something to pass the time. A plaything.
His harsh words still rung in her head loudly.
And they hurt.
Dear God, how they hurt.
But while Sakura cried, she never recalled the words that he had told her earlier that countered them.
Sakura...know that whatever I say or do to you, I still love you, okay?
And that was the pure truth.
Menacing purple smoke rose from where the barrel had exploded.
It drifted away and Naruto looked to it stunned.
Sasuke had been in that barrel, right?
He had fought and left his team members to fight others for him to be here.
Chouji, Neji, Shikamaru...he didn't even know if Kiba survived that fall, but if he had he was left with that two-headed Sukon...
He had been fighting, Kimimaru, the bone-wielding ninja, until the barrel had exploded.
And now the purple smoke was completly dissperessed and Naruto looked to the standing figure horrified.
There stood a person.
But, he was sure that couldn't be Sasuke.
Sure, he was wearing his clothes and was where Sasuke was meant to be...but...
This thing had grey skin and spiked-up light grey hair...
That couldn't be Sasuke...
Could it?
Slowly the grey hair turned black and grew down and the monster's grey skin turned back to milky-pale as it resided as a Curse Mark.
And there stood Sasuke.
What...What was that...? Naruto thought stunned. Sasuke was back-first to Naruto, so he couldn't see the expression on his face as he looked to his hands.
"Sasuke...?" Naruto called out stunned. The blound haired shinobi slowly smiled and began to laugh. He put his hands on his hips and smiled happily.
"Sasuke! What the hell are you doing with these guys? C'mon! Let's head back!" He called to his teammate jokingly.
But his happiness met silence.
Sasuke shook and chuckled in a sick tone.
"Sasuke...?" Naruto called worringly.
The memories flooded the kyuubi boy.
All of what he went through with this guy. All of what happened between them.
Their fights...and their moments...
The bond they had shared.
This guy was his teammate.
His comrade.
His rival.
His friend.
"Hey...let's go back." Naruto offered in a weak tone. An image of his sweet pink-haired friend hanging her head sadly flashed in his mind.
"Everyone's worried about you." He reminded him with a shaky voice. Sasuke only smiled viciously.
He laughed wickedly and twistedly, like some sort of madman.
Naruto looked to Sasuke frightened.
What's wrong with him! He asked stunned.
"Sasuke!" He yelled in anger. The Uchiha-heir's attitude was ticking him off.
Sasuke-kun...Please bring Sasuke-kun back!
The words Sakura had pleaded came back to him.
"Do you hear me, dammit!" Naruto continued. A wind flew by them bringing a leaf next to Sasuke.
He crushed it without any guilt and ran off into the forest.
A bad omen.
"Wait, Sasuke!" Naruto commanded. Until Kimimaru came behind him, about to strike him.
"It's useless. Die." He told him coldly. Naruto's heart beated wildly. He couldn't move with the fear freezing him.
The sword of bone sliced.
Yet, Lee deflected him; saving Naruto just in time.
The subtle setting sun let out and washed the village with its warm orange light.
Ino sat on Sakura's bed, Sakura's head on her lap.
She had cried herself to sleep.
Ino looked down to her pained and heart-broken friend sadly as she stroked some pink strands off her face.
Poor girl...She thought sympatheticlly. Ino looked out of her window with a determined and hopeful look in her sapphire eyes.
Shikamaru...Chouji...Kiba...Neji...and especially, you, Naruto... She thought to herself.
...Bring, Sasuke-kun back. So he can heal Sakura-chan's heart...She prayed and closed her eyes.
After that day, Ino had never told anyone about Sakura's relationship with Sasuke and their friendship grew stronger from then on out.
So Sakura is healed, but only partially, and Naruto goes after his cruel rival.
Will Sasuke be returned to them so as to heal the broken girl?
Only the next tale will tell.
But when time is cut as short as now, you cannot hear it. Perhaps when you are blessed with more time.
That's the end of Ch. 13: D
And, no, I am not hinting Yuri (lesbians) here. Is it so wrong of me to like the Ino and Sakura friendship?
Anyway, just thought I'd clear that up. :3
Thank you for reading! I hope you have a wonderful day! Ciao!
-Apple Fairy