Well, this is it! Please check the end for a few more questions, and expect a week or so wait for part 2!
THANKS EVERYONE!
I held in my hands the last piece of Sasuke I physically had. Kakashi said he found it beside me on the ground. It was his head band.
His scratched headband.
I sat somewhat upright in the hospital bed, with the headband in my lap. I ran my hands back and forth across the steel.
"I'm sorry."
"You really should stop saying that," Sakura said with a small smile. She was sitting on the bench across from me in the hospital room. "It's fine. Just forget it."
She was so good at fake smiling. I knew she didn't mean it.
If any of Sakura's child crush on Sasuke had faded, it had only given way to more mature feelings. She loved him, and I knew this hit her hard, just as it did me.
"I won't forget about it," I answered. "I can't, I-" I started to grin.
"I really don't want to see you get hurt over this. I'm telling you it doesn't matter."
My grin faded.
Sakura had to know. She had to understand. It was only fair. I loved her, she was my best friend, and if I told her later, it would only be worse.
"I know it matters to you. That's why I won't break my promise. And not just for you-" I said. "For me."
"I know Sasuke means a lot to you, but he-"
"Sasuke and I were together."
It was the most direct way I could think of, without making her question it anymore.
She stared at me for a moment, opened her mouth like she would say something, then shut it again.
My fingers traced the line from my slash, deep in the metal.
"Kakashi," She began quietly. "Hinted something like that."
"I'm sor-"
"I TOLD you to stop saying that!" She grinned at me placidly. "You have nothing to be sorry about."
"But you…"
"I know." She answered. "But you aren't giving up are you?"
I grinned. "Nope! I'll chase that sadistic bastard to the ends of the earth!"
She smiled. "Then I'll be with you every step of the way, and support you however I can."
The pink haired annoyance is being kind.
Shut up, Kyubbi. She is not a pink haired annoyance.
Either way, brat.
With the help of Sakura, Kakashi, (And a few others I haven't even MET yet,) I knew this would work.
It had to work.
I have a couple more questions:
1. Should it really be from Sasuke's viewpoint, or Naruto's? Should I switch back and forth?
2. HIGHLY IMPORTANT: Would you STOP reading if it was rated M, mostly for violence/language, some LIGHT sexual content, or mentioned sexual content?