Curse of the Lycanthrope 2

Chapter 4

We can still be friends...right?


Sakura and Kakashi continued to be drowned in the awkward silence. "Well then," Sakura finally broke the quiet streak. "I'll have to retreive some things from my house." She got out of the bed and walked towords the door, Kakashi all the while watching her from his place on the bed post. "I'll only be a bit." Sakura said and left.

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Sakura walked through the village until she reached her house. When she walked in she immediatly walked to her own room. Looking around, she went to her dresser. She noticed that a picture had fallen down so that the back was facing up. Sakura picked up the picture to look at it. She could feel the tears swelling up in her eyes as she stared down at the paper shielded by a wooden frame and a glass barrier. It was a picture of her, Naruto, Sasuke and Kakashi. "...Sasuke...Naruto..." She said before she felt her voice crack. She set the picture back so that the back was up again and she wouldn't have to see the faces of her former friends. "I wont ever see them again." She said to herself. "But I still have to be strong. For them, for the people that miss them, and for myself."

She decided that all she would need to bring with her was an extra pair of clothes for sleeping or if something happened to the ones she was currently wearing.

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Sakura walked back into appartment #13. "Kakashi sensei?" She asked, trying not to be too loud. She walked around a bit, reminicing of the past.

"Were you looking for me?" She heard from behind her. Sakura turned to see just who she was looking for.

"I'm back." She said.

"I see that." Kakashi said, raising an eyebrow at how she was pointing out the oblivious. Something she had done only as an academy student. Kakashi walked over to the bed and sat down. Sakura did the same. He sighed.

"Hey." She began hesitantly. "I...," she seemed unable to speak. "I have a question for you." She finally spoke out.

"I'm listening." Kakashi said to her.

"I'm sorry." She said while bowing her head in shame.

"...Sorry?" Kakashi asked in confusion. "For what?..." Sakura shifted her weight uneasily. She averted her eyes.

"For...you know. What I did." She said sadly and ashamed. "It was wrong of me. And I'm sorry." She seemed releived for a brief moment to have gotten it out of her system. But after, she immediatly became uneasy again, waiting for his response.

"I...it's okay." He said sadly. "It wasn't your fault." He looked down at the floor. Sakura still felt bad.

"No, it's not okay. It wasn't right, and I can't even begin to imagine how you feel." She said.

"You could take a guess." He told her.

"Scared, hurt, violated, unsure, worthless, alone." She said, thinking of all the words she could asociate with rape, though she would never know how it felt. "Can we..." Sakura began. "...Still be friends?" She finished her thought.

"Of course." Kakashi said to her.

"After all," She thought. "We're all each other's got."

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Cloud Arcanine: Was that okay?