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Previously:
"And how should I know you'll keep your promise." I said barely above a whisper. His grip tightened around me more. At that moment I realized something. This wasn't the Sasuke I knew. This was the Sasuke from the dream. The one who Sasuke swore didn't exist. Yet, here he is.
"Trust me…." He said…. And I felt in my heart that I could trust this Sasuke. I slowly nodded my head and was once again carried off in the arms of a winged man, but just this once I let myself be carried away.
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Chapter 13
Please…Stay
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Sakura's POV
Instantly I knew something was different. Unlike when I was carried off to Heaven by Sasori, Sasuke flew slowly. So slow that I could actually enjoy the view and not see a blur and then be wherever I was being carted off to. I also noticed where I was for the first time. I was in Konoha. I was home. NO, this couldn't be home anymore. My parents are dead. Killed by the very man I see in front of me right before my very eyes. Sasuke's grip tightened on me slightly. He had switched my position half an hour ago from standing, to me being carried bridal style in his arms. When he tightened his grip I looked up at him. His jaw was clenched and he seemed to be going through some Inner turmoil. He looked like he was in some kind of agony. Suddenly he stopped heading towards wherever he was going originally, and began to descend towards a small area I knew as my childhood park.
"Sakura….I…" Sasuke had landed and began, when he suddenly places me on my feet…. He looked utterly torn. He fell to his knees. His head hung low as if he were about to cry. What the hell was going on?! "I was so scared." He finally finished with a shudder. His wings disappearing into his shirtless back, wait was he shirtless the whole time? (O/O)
I took a step back not sure what to do. I mean it's not every day that a sadistic demon who killed your family and has tried multiple times to rape you admits that he was scared because you were stolen from him by an Angel. Sasuke looked up at me quite fearfully at my hasty step backwards. He went to reach out towards me as if to stop me, but stopped himself just short of it with a quit "no." which I'm guessing he was telling himself.
"What's going on here Sasuke? I mean you're kind of freaking me out." I simply stated having to force myself not to back up more. He kept looking at me but his eyes soon went blank, as if he was lost in deep thought.
"I can't…." He started. Can't what? "I can't keep this up" He shook his head roughly and grabbed fistfuls of his hair and pulled them roughly.
"Hey STOP THAT!" I chastised him and before I knew it I was in front of him slapping his hands away from his hair, and fixing it…. Well trying to it's always kind of mess. I knew the whole time he was watching me. I could feel it, when I looked down at him though he averted his eyes in shame.
"Look at me Sasuke…" I said, but he still refused and looked down at the ground instead. I brought my hand under his chin, which oddly caused him to flinch, and brought his face up to look at me. His eyes though were looking anywhere but me. "I said look at me!" I yelled placing both my hands on his cheeks and slowly I brought my face closer to his. His eyes widened and finally his eyes met mine.
"Sakura I-"he started
"I don't know what's up with you tonight, but just listen to me k?" I asked, and he nodded in turn. I kept the distance between us the same. "I know that you've done some pretty bad stuff to me, and I don't know what brung on your sudden air of guilt is or whatever, and I sure as hell dislike you with a passion, but seeing you like this is driving me crazy. What's wrong?" I said with upmost sincerity. He kept quit for a little while his eyes searching me, and at that moment I realized I could feel him. Literally. I felt every emotion he was feeling. The guilt, the anguish, the pain, and something else I couldn't quite name. He let out a breath and I felt it on my face. Had I moved closer when I was talking?
"You…." He said and looked down. Me? Me what? "Do you realize how frustrating you are." What the hell. I could literally feel my facial features change from soft to hard. I felt my brows further, and I felt my anger begin to rise. His eyes widened.
"Well you're not all that great either Mr. Mood swings..." I said sarcastically and went to step back only to stop in my tracks when I heard him laugh. Not one of those evil laughs he usually does, but a full on I'm-Just-a-normal-boy-laugh…. And it was beautiful. What made it even better was the fact that he was smiling. A full blown 100000 kilowatt smile that could put the sun to shame. Soon though that smile was replaced by a look of shame again.
"I have to show you something." He said. The look in his eyes told me it was something that hurt him. Something he was afraid to see me react to. His wings slowly reemerged and he held out his hand to me. I took it very unsurely. He pulled me close and closed his eyes, and hugged me. To say I was stunned was an understatement. He just kept confusing me.
"Ummm… Sasuke?" I questioned.
"Just give me a minute…" he said and he tightened his hold on me. His emotions where a confused mess. Slowly I encircled my hands around him and held him to me. I felt his shoulders relax and he let out a breathe I don't even think he realized he was holding. He pulled away. I saw a light bit of what appeared like water under his eye. Was he about to cry? Why? He knelt down a little and his left arm went under my knees and he lifted me up. As soon as I was in his arms he took off from the ground, but to my surprise not to high. So what he wanted to show me was in Konoha?
We flew slowly through the streets. I saw places I used to visit a lot, but surprisingly know one was moving around at night. Sasuke's grip on me was very different then every previous time he touched me. It was gently like I was a porcelain doll or something. I noticed a little later than I should that we had arrived to the street I lived on. Sasuke landed slowly in front of my house. I felt tears well up in my eyes.
"Why would you bring me-" I was cut off by the sound of a woman crying, and saying out my name. I knew that voice. I looked through the window and saw my mother sitting on a couch holding a picture of me close to her with tears streaming down her face. My father was on the phone talking to someone unknown. I looked back at Sasuke. "How….I saw you… you killed them in front of me… how is this possible." Sasuke looked down again.
"It was an illusion created by my Sharingan, the eye of my family; I had to make you completely sad in order for you to come with me." He said. Tears began streaming from my eyes. My parents were alive?
"What else was an illusion?" I asked I couldn't keep the hurt in my voice down. He looked at me and I knew there was something there something different.
"Every time I touched you, after bringing you to my home." He stated. Every time he touched me? Every time? I almost collapsed right there and then. So he hadn't actually tried to rape me?
"Why?" I couldn't help but ask. I was now the one looking at the ground. The reality of the fact that this boy/monster had purposely made me see and feel things so wretched was almost enough to break my heart.
"To protect you." He said… then when I looked at him he continued, "If people believed that I only wanted you as a means to become king you wouldn't have been in danger. If you believed yourself completely lost and had hatred towards me I wouldn't….. I wouldn't..." he stopped and then tears began to fall from his face. "I wouldn't harbor these feelings towards you." I gasped in utter shock feelings for me? What feelings? I was about to ask when suddenly Sasuke moved and in a blur we were inside of my bed room. He leaned down and placed a kiss on my forehead. I knew exactly what he was going to do then. I felt it in my gut. I reached out towards him.
"Don't," I said and clung onto him. I felt him stiffen, and then he pulled away. "Please….Stay with me." I begged. Why was I begging for this? Why do I feel so heartbroken at the thought of him leaving? Is this part of the bond?
"I'm sorry." Was all he said before everything went black.
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So guys this was a very dramatic chapter, the next chapter will be in Sasuke's POV so please don't forget to REVIEW!
