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Chapter 9

After the barbecue was over. They all went to the festival. It was so fun and loud. But the event still haunt them. But still it was funny to be with everyone.

"Yosh! My youthfulness is overwhelming!" Lee shouted as he ran off to the forest.

"Who get into the forest first, win!" Kiba shouted. "I'm not gonna lose for speed."

"Hmph." Sasuke just said, but he joined them too. He wants to participate.

" *sigh* guys again…but this time I'm not gonna lose for a bunch of idiots like you!" Tenten shouted as her body was fire up.

Everyone raced. Well along the way, some people used their jutsus to block others from getting in the first place.

"Fireball jutsu!" Sasuke shouted as the others were quickly dodged it. Now it was Choji's turn.

"Expanding jutsu!" his body started to become bigger and bigger. He was now very big and going to step on someone. Someone was screaming down. Lee quickly use this time and increased his speed as well as others.

The first one to got there was Lee, then Sasuke, Kiba, and well others. They lay on the grass, watching such a silent night sky. They all laughed, laughed at themselves for being like a twelve years old kid again. Even though, it was awesome. Somehow Sasuke offered them something to do.

"How about we fight, like testing each of every person's strength. I want to know how much everyone had improve through all these years."

Everyone agreed. They never seen each of everyone's fully technique before. They paired groups and quickly divided into four groups. First and second group need to battled first.

"First group: Kiba, Shino, and Ino. Second group: Hinata, Sai, and Shikamaru."

It was kinda knowing which group will win. Everyone watch Kiba used his Fang over fang, then Shino used his bugs to distracted. Ino also will be back-up for them. Well their teamworks were terrible. They all arguing all the time.

"Kiba! You're such an idiot! Wait and think!" Ino shouted.

"Well…are you having something? I will go through them!" Kiba shouted back at her.

For the second group, they were planning and then work as a team. Hinata performed a byakugan, then used her gentle Fist to attack. Shikamaru trying to use his shadow. Sai also drawing some jutsus.

With all the distraction, they won the battle. First group were tired and glaring. Well only for Kiba and Ino. Shino stayed calm all the time. Others were laughing at the view.

(Well I would skipped all of that. Sasuke and Sakura won the battle against Choji, Tenten, and Neji.) :P

"Phewww…That was fun." Neji said.

"Yeah, everyone improved a lot, when I'm not here." Sasuke said.

Everyone was pretty far from the village. But they were in a great view to see the whole village. But Sasuke noticed something. He stood up and said to others.

"Well I'm sorry guys, but I go now. See you later in the village." he said but he said another words, which was very quiet. No one can hear him, but know that he say something.

"See you later, especially you Sakura"

'At somewhere'

Minato came back to where he was. He saw people standing there, waiting for him. He looked down in a shame. He continue to walked, but can't face his family and others. He knew that they were gonna be very disappointed at him.

"Hello, Minato." Kushina said.

Minato won't look at her. He scared of what words will come out of her mouth.

"Minato…I'm very proud of you, Naruto too." she said.

"How…can you be proud of me? I can't even save my son." he said.

Kushina just stared at him. She want him to know that it was his decision. She did not see Naruto anywhere. She also worried. She knew that Naruto does not want Minato, his father to be like this.

"Minato…Naruto did come here. Do you know where he is?" she asked him. She knew that he might go somewhere.

Minato shook his head.

"it's okay Minato. We also failed at something once before." Fugaku and Mikoto said.

"Well, let's hope he's okay now." They said as Kushina hugged him. He cried in her arms. He want to be there with his son. He can't help.

'Back to the rookie nine'

"I wonder why Sasuke-kun left. Should we follow him?" Ino asked them.

"I think it should be better, if we're stay out of this. He still recovering from Naruto's death." Shikamaru said.

Sakura noticed something. It was at the training ground. The place she and others usually trained. She saw the light. She wondered, so she left them. She ran. She hoped that he was there.

'Please be there…'

'Let's train together, Sakura-chan.'

'I hope you are there..'

'Sakura-chan~ Go on a date with me..'

'Don't go…don't die.'

'I will protect you'

'Wait for me…for everyone.'

'It's a promise of a lifetime!'

'I want to see that smile and that foxy grin again.'

'Haruno-chan~'

'I want to be your little cherry blossom…I want to be with you, just like that time.'

'I love you...'

She was now there, at the training ground that team 7 usually practice at here. She saw Sasuke who was staring at the sky. She noticed some tears sliding down his cheeks. He was crying? Why would he crying right now? She wants to know. The only thought that come up to my mind is the lost of Naruto. She reach her hand out, but Sasuke at the same time, he turn his head back and stared at her. She surprised and stopped right there.

"Why are you here, Sakura?" he asked as he wiped off his tears.

"Uh...I noticed something here, so I came here to see what is it. But it's probably you, isn't it?" she said.

He shook his head. He doesn't know why the two of them were only the ones who noticed something up here. Then why needed to be them. They stared at each other with somehow curious. Naruto was the only person that came up in their mind. Sakura's body began to shake, because that memory still haunt her. Sasuke quickly set her down on the grass, he also sat down. He was thinking for a topic to talk, not wanting her to cry.

"So Sakura, how have you been doing lately?"

"Nothing much. We only came back from the war only two days ago. I only been at the hospital, preparing for the festival, and...visit him..." she can only said that.

Sasuke knew that he was stupid to asked a question like that. He watched her all the time to see what was she doing. He noticed that she went to his grave almost all the time. He knew that it was hard for her, and yeah for him too, to lose someone so important.

"I'm sorry, Sakura." he said wanting to apologize. She doesn't understand why he said sorry.

"Why do you apologized, Sasuke-kun?"

"I can't save him. Everyone was calling me a prodigy, but it's not like that from the start. They all ignored him. When it's time for me to save him, I can't. I don't want to be called talented, a prodigy, or precious uchiha. I want to be just a normal person. He can't be with us because of me..." When he finished, Sakura slapped him gently on the cheek and said.

"You don't have to blame yourself. I was a useless medic, I can't save my precious person. Everytime when I visited his grave, I knew that he still with me, all the time. He still watching us, you know. I was talking everything I had done these two days, I always on my knees and cried. I'm such a crybaby just like you said. I don't know what to do or go on without him in my life." she said that as tears coming from her eyes and dropping down on the cold grass.

Sasuke knew something about her. One thing. The day we were having the funeral, his funeral.

'Flashback'

Everyone wore black and stood there, praying for him to go back to his family. They slowly one by one put the flower on the grave. Sasuke and Sakura were the last one to put it on. Tsunade the fifth hokage said something.

"Uzumaki...no Namikaze Naruto, was a talented kid. Well a prodigy, but no one knows about his jutsus or life. We'll miss you, Naruto." After she said that. Everyone bowed their heads and head back to their home or works. Even though Sasuke and Sakura were still there, not leaving. Sakura stood there and put another flower on the grave that was cherry blossom, and a note beside it. She left, without even to turn around facing him. Sasuke walked, and pick the note up and read.

"I don't know how to live without you, Naruto. Please come back to me, I love you."

Sasuke read the note and left it. He knew that Sakura was putting her fake smile to everyone. He stared at her back. She was looking down, but she was heading to somewhere he also does not know. He want to followed her, but she just quickly dashed through the village. After that he want to sneak on her, so he could know where she go.

'End of flashback'

Sakura who was now having red eyes because from crying. Quickly they sense someone behind a tree. They pulled their kunais out, preparing for a fight. They thought that he or she might hurt them. They could not see because the person was wearing a hood, a black hood.

"Who are you?"

The person was slowly walked to them and was now a few meters away from them. The person kept silence which was bothering them, well most of the time.

"I asked who are you?" Sakura started to shout.

The man stood there and was now panting on the grass. They saw just a moment that the guy really had a pale face. They sat beside him and was about to asked him that he was okay or not. The man just sat there, and he suddenly disappeared in a flash. Kinda a yellow flash. They noticed he was behind them, but when they knew. The man just hugged them, and stayed like that.

"...I'm here..."

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