I Am Alone ~ Chapter 2 ~ The Beginning
*Chapter 2! I hope you all like this chapter, it took me a long time to write.^-^*
NORMAL POV
"I'm just like you now."
It had been about a week after the treachery, the loss of some of Konoha's trusted and faithful ninjas. Most people went back to their normal lives, not really knowing the couple. But for the ninjas it was still hard, especially today. Today was the day of their funeral, and every ninja and close friends of the couple would be there. They would be there to remember and share stories. It is what Haruno Mebuki and Kizashi would have wanted, most people knew that and thats why it was happening.
Sakura looked at herself in the mirror, she wore a black dress. The sleeves short and the dress ending at her mid thigh. The dress was plain and had nothing special to it but she wore it for memories sake. She sighed and walked over to her dresser, she took the beautiful necklace that had been laying there and wrapped it around her neck. The necklace had been her mothers. It was a pure diamond, decorated so carefully and evenly, there were no mistakes. It was so fragile one drop would break it, and what made it so special was not just the fact that it had been her mothers. But it was intended to be given to Sakura when she had reached 18.
"Sakura! It's time to go." She looked out her window and found her three teammates, Sai, Naruto and Kakashi standing there. She took a deep breath and stepped out of her room, shortly after down the stairs and then out the door. She had never been more nervous in her life, but she didn't know why. What was there to be nervous about? Yes, she would have to make a speech and probably lead the whole funeral. That was her job, as the daughter and last attendant of the Haruno clan, it was her job.
"Okay..." Sakura took another breath, for luck-full purposes. "Let's go." They started walking all in a line, Naruto and Sai were on either side of Sakura and Kakashi just beside Sai. It indeed was silent and awkward, just like it had been for the past week. No one had seen Sakura, she kept her self locked up inside, always saying there was work to be done. Truthfully she didn't know how to face everyone, what even was there to say? She was so confused and had no idea what to do with herself. She's alone and has no where to go, she couldn't pay for the house she had been living in with her parents, and she didn't know anyone who would accept her.
They finally reached the funeral grounds, everyone was there. All standing in straight lines, all perfectly alined so it was respectful and organized. Naruto, Sai and Kakashi took their places by the Konoha 11 plus instructors. Sakura had kept walking though, her footsteps could be the only thing heard as everyone was so silent. It was an discomforting silence, one situation you didn't want to be in.
Sakura took her spot upon the pedestal that had been placed perfectly in the middle, making sure she was facing everyone and everyone was facing her. "Today we are here to remember Haruno Kizashi and Haruno Mebuki. The were Konohagakure ninjas and proud ones at that. They never failed to serve their village, making everyone they knew proud. As a family we were not close, we were distant. Never spending any time together unless we had to, I always believed I was a burden to them and they did not love me. I was wrong." She paused, having everyone eyeing her had made her mind a jumble mess. "They loved me and I believe they were proud of the choices I made. I will miss them everyday and will regret everyday of my live I had neglected them." That was the last time Sakura had ever spoken of her parents.
Sakura stepped away from the pedestal and walked beside Naruto, now was the time close friends and the Hokage spoke. Naruto was surprised to see no emotion in her eyes, she had not shed one tear since that dreadful day. He had never seen such a lifeless look on the girl, he always was jealous of the affection and love she got. He was wrong, he in fact did not know she was distant with her parents, she made out to be the type of girl who loved her parents more than anything and had a big happy family. That was something he always wanted and secretly hated her for it.
"Sakura?" Naruto nudged her, she looked at him with her emotionless face. "Are you okay?"
She smiled her regular smile, bright and beautiful. "I'm just like you now." Sakura gave on lass glance at the shocked Naruto before she faced toward the front and did not say another word.
The funeral had ended quickly, now people were talking amongst themselves. Sakura hid her self far away, in the forest slumping against a tree. The same sentence repeated over and over again in her mind, " I want you to know that no matter how much we ignored you. We loved you." She had no words to describe what she felt, no word even could.
She suddenly heard a noise of rustling bushes from the distance. She shot up and stood in a defensive stance, looked around for anyone. "Who's there?" She practically screamed.
"Me." Out of the trees, stepped the most wanted ninjas. Uchiha Sasuke. Sakura took a step back, she had not seen this boy, no man in 5 years. His appearance was completely different, he had a toned stomach and a finer face, skinny but not to skinny and his hair was a bit different.
"Sasuke?"
Sasuke disappeared into thin air, then quickly landing behind Sakura. Sakura froze, this was the exact same feeling she had felt when she saw her parents lifeless on the ground. The same fear and pain she felt, then she went limp. But Sasuke caught her, "It was me." He whispered, she then fell to the ground when Sasuke once again had disappeared.
It was me? Sakura didn't understand, what did he do? What the hell was he talking about? She heard laughter in the far of distance, laughter from where the funeral was. Then it hit her. It was him! He... he did it all, he brutally and mercilessly murdered them. All the pain and lost she felt was because of him, they were gone because of his own selfish reasons. Whatever they may have been.
Uchiha Sasuke killed her parents. But how? Was he hidden within the sound ninja... Wait! No, that man, Sakura payed no mind to it at the time but there was a man. He was dressed in all black, his face hidden by his cloak. Sakura know knew who that mysterious man was, it was her old teammate, Sasuke.
Sakura sat there frozen, she just stared out in the distance. Quite similar too when she had sat frozen in front of her parents. She now knew she was truly and fully alone.
"Sometimes the person who tries to keep everyone happy is the most lonely person."
~ Animelover1727