ToRn
by RuhGezgini
Chapter 7
The Finale
To all the readers - thank you for all your reviews and support.
Beta readed by the amazing 1TwinkleToes.
Tears are the words my heart uses
to explain that even my fake
smiles can't cover up my pain
and even though you're gone
baby we'll never be apart
because no matter what the distance
you'll forever be in my heart
For now we'll say goodbye.
We know it's not the last time,
I've lost the best part of my day.
This is the last thing I, I will remember.
It's better where you're going anyway.
"Someday, we'll run into each other again, I know it.
Maybe I'll be older and smarter and just plain better. If that happens
that's when I'll deserve you. But now, at this moment, you can't hook
your boat to mine, because I'm liable to sink us both."
― Gabrielle Zevin, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
From: The Devil
To: Sakura
I know, I usually write horrible things here but it really doesn't matter now. Someone is stalking you, and it's not promise me to be careful - I think I know this guy.
Neji was her boyfriend. I was her boyfriend. Neji was my comrad. I was his best friend. Neji was the giver, and I was the stealer, but . . . Sakura was my only lover. For Neji, Sakura was only a player.
It would only make sense that he was the one who killed her in her own apartment at midnight, after coming from my house. I was wrong; very wrong. It took me a little while to understand and to find who 'the Devil' really was.
Sasuke woke up when the sun was just beginning to set, and squinted at the dim orange light streaming in through his curtains. For one moment - one brief, glorious moment - he'd forgotten about the night before, the night when his dear Sakura had been attacked and unfortunately killed.
Then it all came back to him. His head throbbed at the memory, and he squeezed his eyes shut.
After Sakura was found dead, leaving Sasuke alone, Neji checked on him to make sure that he was all right. When he arrived at Sasuke's house, Sasuke had been lying on his bed like he was unconscious. Neji didn't knew what to say to him, but it wasn't hard for him to imagine what would happen to him if he accidentally hit a nerve.
After all, Neji knew he had to go to Sasuke's house and attempt to explain that he wasn't the killer, even though he didn't understand the situation. Not that he could tell him that they would find the killer - there was no way any sane person would believe it if they saw the crime scene itself.
So Neji told Sasuke that Sakura's killer was most likely someone they both knew and it would be advantageous for them. It was something close to the truth (not that he knew it), but even that was still hard for him to tell.
Neji knew that everything was only going to get harder. After all, he didn't even know what Sasuke and Sakura had done the night before, let alone how to solve the case.
Lying in bed all day wouldn't solve anything, so Sasuke rolled over and grabbed his cell phone from the bedside table, meaning to check the time once everyone was finally gone, and noticed he had two missed calls from a number he didn't know. Sakura had left her cell phone behind, so if the killer ever called to scare him, it would be from an unfamiliar number.
Sasuke's heart dropped to his stomach. He'd been so dead tired from everyone's talk that he'd slept right through his phone ringing. Sasuke hurried to check his voice mail, hoping to find something - anything - to help him solve the case.
"You have one new message," the automated voice told him, and Sasuke cursed himself under his breath. If he'd missed a call from the killer, he'd never be able to forgive himself.
"Hey Sasuke, this is Lee," his deep voice came through the phone.
"Lee," Sasuke whispered, and put his free hand on his forehead, listening to his message.
"I got your number from Shino, my partner. Umm. . . I wanted to make sure that you were okay and see how you're doing after. . . well, you know, what happened last night.
"I've been keeping an eye on Neji, like you asked me to. I search anything that would come in handy for you, but I couldn't find anything. I'll keep looking, and I'll let you know if I find something suspicious.
"So anyway give me a call later," Lee paused. "I hope you're doing okay."
When his message ended, Sasuke left his phone at his ear for a minute, even after the automated voice assured him that he had no other messages. It was thoughtful of Lee to call and check up on him.
Beautiful but deadly.
His lullaby is only for me
But it won't let me rest.
"ToRn between duty and love, I must make a choice that could destroy my one chance at true happiness."
"Don't leave me!"
"Fear not death, for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal."
"Thank you, Sakura."
"Did you ever think things would turn out this way?"
"Because. . . . he is her real lover who I took away."
"You know what? Let's haunt together."
"I don't think I've ever really loved anyone until I met you, Sakura."
"Tell me a really scary story. The most horrific one you can ever come up with."
"Sasuke. . ."
"Sakura watch out!"
"I. . ."
"Sakura?"
"I-I l-love. . ."
"I just don't want you to go, Sak - it's dangerous."
"I love you, Sasuke - kun."
"Sakura, I don't want to be alone anymore."
"I'm here."
"Sakura, I-"
"This is the finale. . ."
.
.
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"Mom, dad? I'm home!"
"Mom, dad?"
"No. . ."
"Nooo!"
"Mom, Dad?!"
"I-Itachi?"
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.
.
"Why?"
Daily News
July 30
Just over a year after Itachi Uchiha killed his whole family except his brother S. Uchiha, he was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no chance of parole.
Uchiha admitted he killed his family in July but didn't gave any other information regarding his rampage.
Life sentences were mandatory in each death, but Uchiha had the prospect of supervised release after at least 20 years in prison. This was rejected by St. Croix County Circuit Judge Howard Cameron. (got the name from the actual crime report)
In filings shortly before sentencing, prosecutors asked for consecutive life terms with no possibility of release, citing the nature of the killings and what they said was a lack of remorse. Defense attorneys argued that Uchiha suffers from mental illness.
Evidences shows that Uchiha texted his father on July 10, saying that he didn't want his father to make a decision like that. According to his grandparents, the relationship between Itachi and his father Fugaku were quite strained.
When his little brother S. came home, he found his parents dead, lying in a pool of blood. Next to them, Itachi stood with a gun in his hands.
Police arrived to find Sasuke lying unconscious on top of his parents' dead bodies.
Uchiha didn't testify at his trial. His defense attorney argued at trial that he had a rare mental disorder rooted in deep dependency on his father, and believed the only way he could "solve" his problem was to commit suicide or homicide. The jury rejected his insanity defense.
Crime News Headlines
Doctor held in four Omaha killings fits serial-killer profile
U.S. Army general pleads not guilty to sexual assault charges
Itachi Uchiha has been reported missing once again
Catch your breath
You're falling fast
Chat with death
You're not the last
Close your eyes
Don't run
Hide in disguise
Hide in the sun
Open your eyes
It's all wrong
Your mind starts to fly
Leaving you alone
A/N: Summer Holiday!
Sorry for the late update. The place I go every your for summer house didn't have any internet. I thought I couldn't make it. So here is your next chappie and remember this is the officially the last chapter before the epilogue but there won't be any new thing in the epilogue. You'll see ;)
After finishing this I'm planning on starting a new fic called Rental Mansion. In one of the review someone has mentioned that I should write a ItaSaku fic. So I changed the idea a little bit. It's now a ItaSakuSasu fic. Like this , until the end Sakura will be pulled between them and I won't tell which one she'll choose. Here is the summary of it:
Acknowledging that she was different from everyone else wasn't difficult for Haruno Sakura- she'd always felt like an outsider. But a new life without anything is a little hard for any girl to accept. Leaving behind the lonely life, she is determined to make everything work in this rental mansion. But the new familys' members won't let her go that easily. It's time to make a choice.
And blah blah blah.
I hope everyones holiday is going well. Stay tuned for the epilogue...
- RuhGezgini