Hajimemashite and Konnichiwa, dearest reader-san! Apple Fairy here! . They make Itachi's life shorten each day! (I wish...xD)
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A NOTE ABOUT KABUTO:
In this chapter, Kabuto actually is what you guys would call 'Out-of-character'. But actually he is sort of like that.
After the chapter preliminaries, it showed a scene with Orochimaru and Kabuto talking about Sasuke. It showed Kabuto being opposed to Sasuke's imprisonment. He had a choice to either kill Orochimaru or kill Sasuke to save him. He had chosen the easiest and tried to killed Sasuke.
It shows a little of his resent to being a part of the Sound village.
So it is not entirely OOC of how he acts. :3
A REASON FOR LATENESS:
Ah, why I took so long to update?
Well, first I took a long time off because of schoolwork.
Second, my laptop crashed. (Totally horrible D: )
Third, I gave up the internet for Lent (a Catholic holiday where you give up something till Easter as a way to show your gratitude for Jesus dieing for our sins) . T.T
Well, that's all I can tell you, huns. Although, I think I'm just being a selfish good-for-nothing, giving excuses. D;
Sorry.
RANDOM NOTE:
Everyone is wearing their time-skip outfits, even if barely a year has passed. O.O
And let me apoligize before hand for this chapter. It's very...emotional. -.-;
I'm very ashamed of it...D;
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
Memories
Story by Apple Fairy
Let the darkness be my witness...
...and let the light be my judge...
As I give in to the most beautiful sin of all...
I'll never forget that night.
It was a most wonderful one. Yet, it was bittersweet, just as well.
I wish I could've stayed that night and never returned to that hell.
But I couldn't.
"Sakura, you're late." Tsunade scolded her. Sakura bowed to the Hokage.
"I-I'm sorry, Tsunade-sama." The pink-petal-haired girl apoligized. Tsunade sighed heavily.
"It's fine. Just don't do it again." She said tiredly. Tsunade motioned to a table that had an injured rabbit laying upon it.
"Heal the mammal of it's wounds." She instructed. Sakura nodded.
"Simple enough."
"Without using 30 percent of your chakra." The female Hokage added. Sakura gulped and nodded.
Training with Tsunade wasn't as simple as it seemed. Yet she would do it, if needed.
She didn't want to be protected anymore.
Sakura placed her hands above the rabbit, and green chackra flowed from it.
She smiled.
At least she could use the beautiful techinque now.
"Sakura-chan!"
Sakura turned her head to the caller. Ino ran to her, carrying a bouquet of roses in her arms.
The pink-haired girl blinked for awhile, confused and curious when her friend arrived.
"Ino-chan, who're those roses-?"
"There for you." Ino told her. Sakura's face took on a look of more confusion and her cheeks pinked.
"F-For me? From wh-who though?" She asked a bit flustered. Ino sighed.
"Supposedly a secret admirer." She told her boredly.
"Lee?" Sakura guessed. Lee, she could admit, was strange, but she did admire his courage and humbleness. Yet, her feelings were only friendly.
Only that.
Ino shook her sunshine head.
"Nope." She admitted. Sakura tilted her head slightly.
"Then who?"
"I don't know. Our shops gotten tons of bouquet deliveries to Sakura Haruno. You've gotten pretty popular, Sakura-chan." Ino grinned. Sakura blinked dumbly.
"M-Me...? But why-?"
"Think about it, Sakura-chan! You're a talented medic-nin, apprentice of the Hokage, and you've gotten really pretty these days." Ino informed her passivley. Sakura knew Ino was jealous.
She shrugged it off though. She was smart enough to know not to anger her.
"I'm not that pretty..." Sakura protested timidly.
"Well, apparently, you are. So take these..." Ino handed her the roses. "...and stop denying it." Ino finished curtly. Sakura looked to her in a pleading way.
"But, Ino...I don't want secret admirers..." The jade-eyed girl whined. Ino grinned her Chesire cat grin.
"What's wrong with that, Sakura-chan? Maybe you can go out with one of them on a date. Y'know, give them a try. Maybe you'll fall in love with-"
"Ino, I can't." Sakura cut her off sternly. Ino looked to her sadly.
"Sakura, do you still love Sasuke...?" Ino whispered. It was like his name was taboo by now. Sakura's eyes went downcast and she nodded.
"Yes."
"Sakura-chan, you have to move on..."
"I'm not going to."
Ino pouted at her.
"You really love him, don't you?" She questioned her. Sakura looked to her with soft eyes.
"Yes." She confirmed true. Ino sighed.
"Sasuke's damn fault to not see this ultimate devotion." The sapphire-eyed girl mumbled. Sakura smiled.
"I've got to be going Ino." She told her softly. Ino nodded.
"Okay, by the way, what're you doing here? Shouldn't you be training with Hokage-sama?" She asked.
"I'm headed to the hospital. She said to read the medical books there."
"Alright. See you later!" Ino farewelled. Sakura waved as her childhood friend walked off.
Sakura walked to the hospital. A chill ran up her back.
Sakura looked around her.
I feel like something big is going to happen... She thought to herself.
Sasuke fell on his back, a sword pointed at his neck. His breathing ragged as sweat beaded his face.
Orochimaru stood on the other end of that sword.
"That will be all for today, Sasuke-kun." The sannin informed him as he removed the blade from his apprentice's neck. Sasuke sat up, a look of anger on his face.
He lost.
"Dammit." He cussed silently."I can still fight!" Sasuke yelled defiantly. Orochimaru looked to him boredly.
"I said that will be all for today. Don't protest." He told Sasuke cruelly. He glared in rutheless bloodthirst. Sasuke felt a shiver run down his back.
He would never get used to those evil serpent-like eyes.
Orochimaru turned and began to walk out of the training room.
"Kabuto, heal Sasuke's wounds." He ordered to the medic-nin who stood at the doorway. Kabuto nodded as the black-haired man left the room.
"Godammit!" Sasuke cussed again as he punched the ground. Blood gushed from a cut in his arm. Sasuke winced.
"Hey! Calm down! Don't make my job any harder then it is!" Kabuto scolded mildly and ran to him. Sasuke glared at him but snapped his head from the silver-haired teen.
"Hmph." He responded. Kabuto looked to him sympathetically and sighed. He bended down and began to heal his arm.
"I hate him. He always treats me like some sort of kid." Sasuke complained. Kabuto glanced up to him.
"Well, you are just fourteen and he's been around since the Great War. It's to be expected." He told him. Sasuke glared at him again.
"He thinks I'm immature though!" Sasuke whined. Kabuto finished healing Sasuke's arm.
"Turn around and take off your shirt." He ordered. Sasuke did so. A long red line oozed blood across his back. Orochimaru's sword had slashed him previously. Kabuto put his hand before it and green chakra flowed to it. Sasuke winced.
"It stings." He complained.
"Well, you asked for it."
Sasuke didn't protest that. He had asked for the snake-like sannin to fight with his sword. He wanted to test his own strength.
That didn't work.
"...We both asked for it actually..." Kabuto mumbled. The Uchiha-heir looked to him confused.
"What do you mean?" He asked. Kabuto's eyes looked off to the distance.
"We should of never stood out. We're too strong and smart for our own good. Maybe if we were just normal...we wouldn't be here." The dark-eyed teen explained sadly. Sasuke's eyes softened.
Kabuto was a tad bit morbid and his tastes were just flat out strange, but that didn't mean he wasn't human. Even he dreamt of freedom.
He was a person who would listen to Sasuke's complaints, and the boy was grateful for that.
At least he had someone to confide to in this foreign and unloving place.
"Turn around." Kabuto ordered again. Sasuke did so, his chest showing and his kimono shirt around his waist. He had bruises and cuts littering his abdomen. Kabuto's green chakra continued to heal him of the burdens.
Sasuke lost himself to deep thought as he did so.
"Hey, what's this?" Kabuto piped up. Sasuke looked down to him, having been pulled from the train of thought.
His eyes widen in shock.
The medic nin held a silver locket in his hands, it had fallen out of Sasuke's loose sleeve.
"I-It's nothing!" Sasuke yelled.
Kabuto ignored him though and opened it. His dark eyes widen and he looked up to Sasuke.
"Isn't this-?"
"I said it was nothing!" Sasuke cut off Kabuto's question and snatched the opened locket from his hands.
Silence engulfed the two as Kabuto looked to Sasuke in shocked disbelief and Sasuke glared at him in return.
Worry filled Sasuke's mind.
Why the hell am I still wearing this damn thing! I knew it would be discovered...Dammit! He cussed in his mind.
Kabuto's facade grew passive and he continued to heal Sasuke; acting as if nothing had happened.
Sasuke continued to stay silent; unsure of what else to do.
"What're you doing with that?" Kabuto broke the silence. Sasuke didn't answer him.
"Why do you have a picture of that Haruno kunoichi?" Kabuto asked again with a cold voice.
Sasuke still refused to answer him.
"Sasuke, answer me." He commanded.
Still no response.
"Not going to talk, hm?"
Silence.
"Then I guess it wouldn't hurt if I got Orochimaru to make you talk..."
Sasuke's eyes widened in fear.
"Don't!" He ordered. Kabuto looked to him with a serious gleam in his eyes.
"Then tell me."
"You're just going to report it to him aren't you?" Sasuke fired back.
Silence met the two again. An uncomfortable air settled.
"Sasuke...just tell me." Kabuto ordered in a sad but stern tone.
"I don't trust you."
"...You love her don't you?"
Sasuke's cheeks reddened.
"No."
"Don't lie. You were a couple back in Konoha, right?"
Sasuke's look of stubborn anger melted to shock.
"How did-?"
"I'm a spy. I was ordered to research you, from Orochimaru-sama. I happened to see you two be...well intimate." He explained. The Uchiha heir cocked an eyebrow at him.
"When?"
"I don't know. You were promising her 'forever' or something." The medic nin shrugged. His look turned serious. "So you admit you love her."
Sasuke hesitated for awhile. What choice did he have? He could only tell him.
"...Yes." The boy admitted. Kabuto's eyes widened in shock. He sighed heavily.
"It's not as if she knows."
"Hm?" Kabuto questioned Sasuke's random speech.
"I...she was the last one who saw me before I left. I...I broke her heart then."
"Why?"
"Because I'll only hurt her." Sasuke responded with a tender voice. Kabuto looked to him with sympathy.
"You're trying to get her to move on, huh?" He questioned. Sasuke nodded his head in response.
The two became silent again as Kabuto continued to heal Sasuke.
"Alright, I'm done." The medic nin responded.
"Hn." Sasuke responded as he slid his shirt back on, slipped the locket back in his sleeve, and began to get up. He just wanted to rest now. No more speaking of the past, for him.
He walked out of the room till Kabuto called him.
"Sasuke."
"Hm?"
"Ah...well, I was thinking..."
"What is it?"
"I have a spy mission to go on."
"So?"
"To Konoha."
Sasuke grew silent.
"...Why are you telling me that?" He asked after awhile.
"Well, since I found out you still love that Haruno girl...I mean it wouldn't be a bad idea..."
"Get to the point."
"I can take you with me to see her." Kabuto offered gently.
Sasuke grew silent again.
"I don't want to see her." He announced sternly.
"You can at least check up on her..." Kabuto offered.
"No."
"...Sasuke...I'm leaving around noon. Today. I'm leaving the chance open." Kabuto persisted.
Sasuke flinched, but acted as if he didn't hear him and left the room.
His mind told him good riddance, and his heart screamed at him to go.
For once, he was torn between the two.
She ran her peach fingers through her hair with frustration. The pink-petal haired girl let the open book fall onto the table.
"Ughh!" She whined. Sakura closed her eyes and massagged her temple.
She had been reading for at least two hours by now. Her eyes were strained and her mind tired.
Sakura sat in the waiting room of the hospital. Books piled around her.
The emerald-eyed girl decided to take a break.
Maybe I should get something to drink...She wondered and sat up. The intelligent kunoichi snapped her head to the hospital entrance.
She heard some hurried voices.
"...as much doctors as you can!" A voice grew. The door burst open as some medic nins carried some injured shinobis inside on strechers. Sakura hurried to one of them.
"What happened?" She asked hurriedly. The medic nin looked to her.
"A mission gone terribly bad. There are alot of injured ninjas..." He explained.
"How can I help?" Sakura demanded. The medic nin looked at her amazed.
"...Come with us. There are alot of people to heal."
"Right."
Follow them she did; Sakura willed herself to help.
She was, after all, a Konoha ninja, willing to help her comrades.
Kabuto dusted off the ANBU mask he had aquired a year ago. This would be his disguise.
He sighed.
The medic-nin wondered if Sasuke would really take his offer. He didn't seem to really like the thought of it...
"But he needs that girl..." He whispered. Sasuke needed her love. He needed her care.
She was his only life-line out of this hell-hole.
Kabuto stood up and began walking to the exit of the omnious castle.
Oh, well. Maybe leaving like this, was for the better.
Why give him the benefit of the doubt?
Kabuto lifted his head as he saw a person, back-turned near the enterance. The silver-haired medic-nin ran to see the person.
They turned their head to him.
"...You took long." He complained. Kabuto cocked an eyebrow at him. He began to open his mouth for a come-back, but closed it thinking better. He merely walked by him as they followed silently.
Kabuto glanced back to the Uchiha-prodigy.
"What?" Sasuke asked bitterly. Kabuto shook his head and continued to look ahead.
Maybe, he had a chance after all.
Her legs staggered underneath her. She hugged herself.
"Ah! Sakura-san!" Shizune called out and eased the young girl up. Sakura's face looked tired.
"I-I'm fine, Shizune..." She assured the black-haired nin breathlessly. Shizune cast her a worried look.
"Sakura, maybe you should rest. I'm sure we can heal the remaining ninjas..." The jounnin offered. Sakura shook her head.
"No, I'm fine." She defended, raised herself, squared her shoulders, and looked ahead confidently. Sakura, not waiting for a protest from Shizune, ran to another injured ninja. Shizune's eyes gleamed worry as she shook her head.
"That girl is stubborn..." She whispered.
Sasuke sat upon a tree-branch, looking into a window. His cheeks reddened.
She was still as beautiful as ever.
He was concealed by the leaves as he looked into the hospital. There had been a mission accident, apperently, and there were alot of wounded shinobis. The hospital was hectic and she was helping. Kabuto had told him, he was to steal some hospital records, so it all worked out for him. He didn't care what Sasuke did, as long as it didn't get him into trouble. Sasuke had chosen to look upon the love he had given up so long ago.
He felt his heart beaten lightly and his stomach flutter. His cheeks warmed and his throat dried. He gulped.
He hadn't felt so funny and warm in a long while. This feeling of sweet softness and foolish bliss...
This feeling of love.
He had noticed her strength. She healed ninja after another. He smirked.
So she had kept her festival night promise...
Sasuke leaned against the tree and hugged himself. Maybe he could just stay there. He felt like he could just watch her forever...
...So, he watched over her; Like some sort of secret guardian angel.
The pearl rose. It's soft blue moonbeams washed and bathed the quiet village. In the middle of the silent street, a girl stumbled.
Sakura staggered. She smiled. Sure she had depleted herself of most of her chakra, but at least all the ninjas were fine, although a bit shaken up.
Sakura felt her chest pain and her mind cloud. She was so tired...
I'm almost home...C'mon, Sakura...just a bit more, and then you can sleep all you want. Just keep going...Just a little bit more... She motivated herself. The emerald-eyed girl felt her eyes close, but she shook her head.
Then she just couldn't take it anymore.
She began to fall as her body rushed to meet the ground.
Yet, something caught her softly. Sakura slowly closed her eyes.Who are you...? You smell like rain... She thought, before drifting into warm and sweet comfort known simply as sleep.
His eyes gleamed with confused worry.
I didn't think she had worked so hard... He commented as he looked down to the fallen girl he had caught.
She had felt so light in Sasuke's arms. Sasuke smiled. A little bit of that frail girl remained. Sasuke shook his head. No time to dwell on the past. I have to get her home. Sasuke told himself, and began walking to Sakura's house, carrying her bridal-style.
In time, Sasuke arrived at her house, and jumped upon the balcony. The landing had shaken Sakura abit, but the Uchiha-heir did not seem to notice.
Even when Sakura woke up.
Her eyes opened a bit.
Rain...who is this person that smells like rain...You remind me of him with that smell...
Sakura's eyes adjusted to the figure that carried her. Her heart lept.
Sasuke! What was he doing here? Why was he carrying her?
The emerald-eyed girl calmed herself. Don't make a scene...Just act like you're still asleep...she told herself, and closed her eyes again.It doesn't matter...she continued...I'm probably just dreaming this...Yeah, this is all just a foolish dream...I mean, what would Sasuke be doing here anyway? She convinced herself. Her heart panged. But can I smell something that is only a dream?
She heard him open her balcony doors and walk into her room. Sakura suppressed a smile.He's taking me home? So he was the one that caught me...How sweet of him. she joked. Sakura felt her body be placed on her bed gently. The arms that held her slipped away noiselessly. The kunoichi noticed he did not leave immediatly.
Why is he still here?
After a long pause, Sakura received her answer. She nearly jumped up in surprise when she felt it.
It was his warm breathe on her as he kissed her forehead sweetly.
Sakura's mind jolted in confusion. Sasuke...she could only think of his name.
She heard his footsteps then. He was leaving.
She didn't want him to.
No! It's been too long, Sasuke. Please don't leave me again! Please...Sasuke!
Before she knew, Sakura jolted awake and reached out for the raven-haired boy. She grabbed his sleeve.
Sasuke froze. Time might've been frozen too.
It seemed like it to the two lovers.
Sasuke acted on impulse, tore off her grip, ran to the balcony doors, and closed the curtains, shrouding the room in darkness.
Silence.
"Please don't go." Sakura whispered. Sasuke remained silent. Had she seen him? No, she probably only saw the back of his head, not his face. Now with the darkness as his mask, she probably wouldn't be able to either. For now, I am safe. He convinced himself.
Although, he battled with himself. His mind told him to run out of there, to not resurface old feelings. Sasuke had almost went with the cruel mind.
Until he heard a small voice.
Stay with her.
He felt his heart warm. The heart now offered him it's foolish advice again.
He decided to follow it, as he had done so many times long ago.
"Why?" He whispered. Sakura was caught off guard with his response.
"Huh?"
"Why should I stay, Sakura?"
She felt her legs go weak as she heard that deep and gentle voice speak her name again. It had been much too long for her.
Sakura stood up and walked toward him, a bit tipsy because of the lack of chackra, but she walked toward him nonetheless.
The Uchiha-heir tensed as he felt her arms encircle him. Sakura buried her face into his back.
He smelled of rain just as she remembered.
"Because I'm lonely." was her simple answer. Sasuke felt his cheeks redden.
It had been awhile since someone made his face heat. Since she made his face color.
Sasuke placed his hand on hers.
"Do you want me to love you?"
"Yes."
That was all that he needed.
Sasuke broke her hold off him and turned around. He placed his arms upon her shoulders and leaned down.
He kissed her.
Sakura's eyes widened and her heart pounded eagerly. How long had it been since his lips touched hers?
It had been much too long.
The way he kissed her so shyly and he held her shoulders gently reminded her of their first kiss under the fireworks.
Yes, it had been much, much too long.
Sakura wrapped her arms around Sasuke's neck and kissed him back gently. Sasuke felt his heart beat rapidly.
He fell in love all over again with this sweet, neglected girl.
Sasuke quickly slid his arms around her waist and let his body press against her.
They just stood there, kissing each other letting themselves plunge into the passion they hadn't felt for so long.
Sasuke pulled away from her sweet lips. The two longed to look in the other's eyes as they recovered and realized what they did.
The moment broke as Sakura fell against his chest.
"S-Sakura...?" Sasuke asked with raw concern. Sakura clutched tightly to Sasuke's shirt.
"I-I'm sorry...I'm still a bit weak from this afternoon..." she mumbled. Sakura jolted as she felt Sasuke pick her up with little effort. He carried her bridal-style and placed her on her bed. A little sliver of moonlight escaped through a crack in the curtains, so the room wasn't completly dark.
However, Sasuke made sure to never let his face be illuminated by the light.
"Please don't go." Sakura whispered as she lied upon the sheets. Sasuke paused for awhile, unsure of what to say.
"I wouldn't dare to." he replied sweetly. He bended down, kissing her passionatly. Sakura felt her soul jump for joy.
The midnight-eyed teen climbed onto the bed, lying on top of her when he had parted from the kiss. Sakura blushed madly.
"I-I-!" she flustered.
"Don't worry. I'm not going to try anything." he reassurred her playfully. For some reason, Sakura believed him. The boy leaned down and kissed her again, his body lying on hers softly. Sakura couldn't believe what was happening as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
It might as well been a dream she never wanted to wake up from.
So then, the night of gentle and resurfaced love began.
He kissed her gently and some times lustfully. There were sometimes when she would whimper with pleasure and feel her body melt under his touch.
"Sakura..." Sasuke whispered.
"Hm?"
"Open your mouth."
"Alright." she obeyed breathelessly. Sakura did so and felt her love kiss her while she did. Sakura gasped as she felt it.
He was kissing her with tongue.
She pulled away with shyness. Silence erupted.
"...You don't want me to do that?" he asked guiltly. Sakura's cheeks reddened and she turned her head away.
"No...I do...I'm just..." she reassurred and trailed off at the end of her sentence.
"You're just what?"
"Shy." she finished silently. Sakura felt mortified at her confession. Then she heard a chuckle.
It wasn't a smug one, nor was it sarcastic. He had laughed a genuine chuckle.
"I swear, you are so cute sometimes." he teased playfully. Sakura felt herself smile. Sasuke leaned down again and picked up from where he left off. Sakura let him kiss her with his tongue this time, his massaging hers passionatly. The pink-rose haired girl's heart lifted blissfully.
He parted and leaned his forehead against hers. They both panted from the lack of air.
"I love you." Sakura whispered. Sasuke felt a chill run up his spine and his spirits lift.
"I love you, as well." he confessed without thinking, without even needing to.
Sakura's eyes widened in surprise. He loved her? Didn't he say he never loved her and that she was just a plaything? Was it a lie?
"You love me? Is it the truth?" she asked him with a bittersweet tone. She sounded as if she was on the verge of tears.
"Yes." he confirmed true. His mind yelled at him for letting his secret known. It doesn't matter ,he thought, She doesn't know it's me. I'm still safe.
Then he heard her cry.
His mind clouded with concern. "Sakura, what's wrong? Why are you crying?"
Sakura sniffled and calmed down a bit.
"I'm crying, because I'm happy." she admitted sweetly as she felt the tears run down her cheeks, and into her hair. The emerald-eyed girl couldn't believe any of this.
He loved her! All this time he had loved her! She smiled. This was what she needed. Her sweet Sasuke back.
Her love wasn't unrequited.
He wasn't an unforgivable fiend.
They were together now.
Sakura knew if she was to die now, that would be quite alright with her.
Sasuke smiled a bit, leaned down, and licked a tear off her cheek. Sakura stiffened.
"With you, I'm happy." he whispered poeticlly. Sakura pulled him down and held his head next to hers; Him sliding his arms underneath her body.
They laid there holding onto each other with blind bliss.
Sasuke turned his head to hers. He longed to see her, but the darkness wouldn't allowed him to.
It's for your own good.
Sasuke scowled as he heard his mind's smug reason. He ignored it, even if it was right.
The midnight-haired teen leaned over and kissed Sakura's neck roughly. Her heart thumped madly.
She whimpered with pleasure as Sasuke pulled away.
"I love you." he whispered again. Sakura felt so helpless under his touch and words. She had gotten so used to being stronger, she had forgotten how Sasuke used to make her feel so fragile, yet so safe.
He began to kiss her again, with tongue and on the neck, as well as with gentleness.
Sasuke never wanted the moment to stop. He wanted to remain there in his gentle passion.
His mind reminded him of his goal. He was going to get stronger, right?
Let me enjoy this while I can. It feels much too good. He begged as Sakura ran her fingers through his hair and kissed him on the neck sweetly.
Suit yourself, the mind replied, let Itachi get past you.
Sasuke tensed.
I have to get stronger now. Before Itachi gets out of reach... he told himself. I have to leave, before my feelings get the best of me
Yet, he didn't when Sakura kissed him on the cheek.
"I love you...with all my heart." she whispered in his ear. Sasuke blushed and dashed his past train of thought.I have all lifetime to get stronger. For now, all I want is her love. He told himself and kissed her again, lovingly.
Sasuke...she whispered in her mind. Sakura felt helpless and giddy under his touch. She blushed and felt her heart lift and soar.Sakura was blind in her love.
Which, was probably what caused it all to end.
Sasuke parted from another gentle kiss. Sakura smiled.
"I love you, Sasuke-kun." she whispered in her blind, giddy love trance. Sasuke smiled; Him in the same trance.
"I love you, too, Sakura." he whispered back. Then his mind clicked.
She had called him by his name.
She knew it was him.
The pink-pearl haired girl noticed something was wrong. "Sasuke, are you ok-?" she began to say, then caught herself.
She was saying his name.
I have to get out of here...
Sasuke got off the bed and ran toward the balcony doors.I have to get out of here! Goddammit, I can't believe how stupid I am! I should of never stayed. I should of never given her false hope. Now look what I've done! She knew it was me the whole damned time! Now, how is she to move on? What have I done? What the hell have I done! Sasuke scolded himself as he stepped out into the balcony, the full moon lighting him, as if he was the main character in a play with the spotlight upon him.
"Sasuke!"
They boy snapped his head to the voice.
Sakura stood there her eyes big and frightened, her cheeks red and hair slightly tussled.
The lovers stared at each other. Neither speaking, nor wanting to.
"Please don't go." She whimpered, tears gathering at her eyes. Sasuke's heart panged. He just couldn't bring himself to act so cruelly as he had done that night.
Sakura began to walk toward Sasuke slowly, as if he was some sort of deer that if approached too quickly, it would run off. She stood in front of him, her eyes desperate and sad. She didn't want her love to go. There were so many things she wanted to ask him.
Do you really love me...? She asked soundlessly
"Sakura..." he whispered silently. He had to go. He knew that.
Yet, he couldn't tear himself away from those beautiful emerald eyes.
Sasuke grabbed Sakura in his arms and kissed her lightly. Sakura's eyes widened in surprise, yet she still kissed him back.
They stayed there, just like that.
The midnight-haired teen pulled away sadly and still held her in his arms.
"I love you." he admitted in a sorrowful voice. Sakura's cheeks turned cherry, and she began to smile.
Until she felt a hit in the back of her neck.
"Move on." his voice whispered.
And all went black.
He ran down the streets of Konoha silently. He was almost there now. He could leave it all behind.
Yet, he knew he could never forget what he did with that girl.I'm such a godamned fool, he told himself, I should of just left her. Now look at what hell I've released.
Sasuke felt so ashamed yet so happy. It had been so long since he kissed those sweet lips...but it was supposed to have stayed that way.
I have to forget this ever happened. Forget about her. I have to forget if I want to be strong.
His heart begged him to stop. You love her! Don't ever forget that! it yelled. Sasuke clamped his hands over his ears.
Stop it! I know that! I know! But I have to let her move on! I have to make her forget me! And in order for that to happen I have to forget her, too! He yelled back as he stood in front of the gates leaving Konoha.
His heart remained silent.
Suit yourself.
He never heard from it again.
Sasuke felt his body shake and let his hands fall to his side. I love her. I do...Oh god, how I love that girl. But it can't happen. It could never happen. I have to make sure of that.
"Sasuke!" a voice stage-whispered. Sasuke snapped his head to the caller.
It was Kabuto. He knew it even if he wore that Anbu mask.
"Are you ready to leave?" he asked silently. Sasuke paused and looked off to the distance.
"Yeah." he whispered hoarsly, and walked away from the village. Kabuto walked alongside him, wanting to ask how his visit went, but decided against it quickly after seeing his forlorn expression.
Things were always better that way.
Sakura felt the sun open her eyes. She mumbled and rised from her bed, something falling from her stomach as she did. She jolted.
Then her mind registered everything. The fall, the kisses, the confession...
...it all came back to her. Sakura looked madly around for him.
Her shoulders slumped when she realized it. He was gone, with no help of stopping him from her again. The medic-nin's head fell and she began to cry.
Then her eyes flitted to what had dropped from her stomach. Her cheeks grew red.
It was her panda plush; The one he had won for her on their first date. Sakura picked it up gingerly and hugged it.
His last words came back to her.
I love you. Move on.
The pink-rose haired girl smiled sweetly. Are you trying to get me to move on, Sasuke? I know how you think. You want me to be happier with someone else. Sakura guessed. She closed her eyes. Yes, that's it, right, Sasuke? Don't worry. I'm still in love with you. She opened her eyes which now took on a sad gleam. I just want you here with me. So I'll try all I can to get you back, my dear Sasuke.
Sakura sighed, took off her sandals, and walked to her body-length mirror. The intelligent girl examined herself in it, and squinted her eyes for a better look.
"Yup," she mumbled, touching her neck, " I got hickeys." she finished as she examined the bruises. She sighed heavily. I didn't realise how much he's grown up. she thought slyly and threw herself on her bed, still feeling the effects of yesterday's hospital-panic.
I'll just call in sick today. Sakura decided, Besides, god knows what Ino would do if she saw the hickeys.
So she left it at that, hugged her panda doll, and reviewed all of what happened that night; Happy to know he still loved her.
"Sasuke."
"Hm?"
"What's on your neck?"
Sasuke quickly brought his hand to his neck. He felt some pain as he touched some certain areas. Bruises...he concluded, and blushed slightly after figuring out what they were.
"They're nothing." Sasuke mumbled. Kabuto blinked for awhile, cocking an eyebrow at the boy.
"Are you sure? Cause I saw plenty..."
Sasuke felt the heat rise to his cheeks again, calming his body as he did. "Shut up, Kabuto." He snapped.
Kabuto grinned a malicious grin.
"Sasuke, tell me, where did you get those hickeys from?", the medic-nin asked slyly.
That did it.
Sasuke spun around a landed a kick into Kabuto's stomach. The breathe left the silver-haired teen, from lack of being able to see it coming.
The Uchiha-heir scowled at the medic-nin as he coughed violently. Kabuto felt a chill rise up his back.
"I said, 'Shut up, Kabuto'. It's none of your goddamn buisness what I did. So leave me the hell alone." he ordered him with a cold voice. Sasuke turned around and began to leave. Kabuto stood back up and walked behind Sasuke, a worried gleam in his eyes.
Well, I know whatever happened wasn't a good thing. It's obvious he doesn't want to talk about. I'll just leave him alone. He concluded. Kabuto rubbed his aching stomach. God! I didn't know he's gotten so strong though! A bit touchy are we?
Sasuke's cheeks flared as he covered his neck in vain. He knew they were there. The worst part was he had nothing to cover it up with.
Sasuke felt angry at that fact and took his anger out on Kabuto when he tried to ask what happened that night.
Yet, he knew it deep inside him.
He could never fully regret that passion-filled night. He decided, it was the most beautiful sin he has and ever will commit.
So a night of resurfaced love is done. The girl has found out his plan.
But will he truly try to forget her?
Ah, that tale is for another day. You will have to wait for that day.
Thank you for reading again! It's been awhile, hasn't it:3
Um...how far they went...This will probably be the only time I write it like this.
Yes, it's a horrible chapter isn't it? Sorry about that. Flame me all you want, huns! D;
Yes, now I have fulfilled some of your wishes of Sasuke coming back to the village...except he left again. D:
Oh well, we can't have everything, right: )
By the way, the isnpiration for Sasuke carrying Sakura home in the middle of the night actually came from the song 'Here without You' by Three Doors Down (thanks for the name of the artist Cherry Blossoms016!)
Well, thank you, once again, for reading this chappy, sweeties! I hope you have an absolutely wonderful day! Ciao!
-Apple Fairy