Blood Bride

Finding him

The soft sound of beeping echoed in her head, a piece of music somewhere far off was sounding. Her eye lids twitched as she frowned slightly, she sighed, she felt…different. As if a huge weight had been lifted off her shoulders, she seemed to be breathing easier. Her arms moved slightly, her body didn't want to wake up. Her body lay there trying so hard to remain in its sleeping state. She made a small sound, she felt someone gasp a tear filled gasp and she frowned, it would only be one person that would cry over her so openly. Ino…she tried to open her eyes but they wouldn't budge. She sighed sharply at how annoying it was when your eyes just wouldn't open. She forced them open slowly, blinking at the light that flooded the room, the blinds hadn't been drawn properly. She turned her head to her left to see a very tearful blond looking at her, tissue in one hand the hand of a boy in her other.

"F-Forehead…" she stuttered a tear falling down her cheek silently; she then suddenly burst into hysterical tears, hugging her friend around the neck, almost crushing her throat. Sakura frowned, she couldn't remember a thing.

"Ino…what's wrong?" she asked shocked, Ino withdrew a frown stitched across her features.

"W-what?" she spluttered, Sakura rubbed her head and sat up, she hadn't realised she was in a hospital bed yet.

"Where's…Akira?" she said rubbing her eyes and yawning. Ino's eyes suddenly narrowed in anger and she turned away for a second.

"Sakura…don't…" she paused and grasped her hand "Don't you remember?"

"Remember?" she said nervously looking at Ino's hand strangely. Shikamaru stood behind Ino and sighed lightly,

"Sakura. He stabbed you." Ino glared up at him for not breaking it gentally. Suddenly images flashed past her eyes, exactly what had happened dawned on her and she gasped lightly, the word she said they did not expect.

"Sasuke…" Ino frowned

"Forehead say what?" Sakura looked up amazed and blinked

"Who brought me here?" she whispered her hand over her mouth

"I don't know…I…I got here when Tsunade called me…" She said her blue eyes confused with what Sakura was getting at. Sakura pulled the covers back quickly and swung her legs around the bed,

"What are you doing!? GET BACK IN THAT BED!" Ino screamed as Sakura skidded to the hospital door. She shoved it open to come face to face with a confused Naruto

"SAKURA-CHAN!" He shouted happily, she smiled nervously and escaped his hug, she ducked under his arms and began to walk towards the exit. Naurto scratched the back of his head "Sakura..?" he ran after her and came in front of her, his arms outstretched "I really think you should rest I mean-" he was roughly pushed out the way, Ino ran out of the room and after her. Shikamaru came after Ino, walking slowly his hands in his pockets and sighed deeply.

"GET BACK HERE!" Ino shouted, Sakura didn't care…she knew exactly where she was going.

The door slammbed open making a dosing Tasunade jump up and glare at the door. Seeing Sakura her expression changed

"What are you doing out of Hospital?" She said sharply.

"Where is he?" she questioned her eyes locking with Tasunade

"…Who?" she said sitting back down calmly, Sakura smiled

"Come on…I'm not stupid." Tasunade blinked and coughed lightly

"Who Sakura…who are you talking about?" Tasunade knew this was a delicate subject with Sakura and was by no means going to tell her what Sasuke had told her…she knew that he didn't want that.

"If you don't tell me I'll go and look myself." Tasunade raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms "I'm not kidding."

"Really?"

He turned, the rain making is hair wet…he didn't seem to mind. The rain made him feel better anyway. Something had happened. He felt…different. He stood on a hill, the village beneath him, he could see it all, and it couldn't see him, just the way he liked it. He smirked, if only she knew he was here now, the same 'Come back with me Sasuke…stay with us…' would be repeated and he would attempt to kill her even though he never would attculy kill her. It was his way…to be away from them all. He had to be like that. Even if they didn't understand. He still had a mission, one that he had to finish, he had to kill his brother. Even if deep down he knew he belonged here, he also knew that he couldn't stay here because…well, it just wasn't right. He closed his eyes and breathed in the cold air, the sun was setting and he wondered for a split second…

Is she ok?

Then he decied he didn't care anyway.

She coughed squinting at the rain soaked streets, she put her hands up in front of her eyes, she couldn't find him anywhere and she was only wearing pajarmas and…it was very cold. In the distance she could hear them calling

"SAKURA!" That had been Naruto, she sighed deeply and sat on the bench, she frowned surprised at where she was. That bench. She sighed and pushed up off of it, her legs gave way under her sudden weight and she fell to the ground. She swore loudly and stood up again. She closed her eyes in the rain, sighing deeply and turned her face up to the grey sky.

"It's been a while…" she whispered

"Hn." Her heart almost skipped a beat and she whizzed around quickly and came face to face with him. She gasped and stummbled backwards, he smirked and sat down, she looked up at him from her seat on the floor.

"Sasuke..?" she said amazed

"What? Where you not looking for me?" he said rasing an eyebrow already knowing the answer

"Well yeah but…" she trailled off looking at his perfect form. She shivered lightly as the wind blew

"It's raining." He said and she gave him the 'You-don't-say?' look and he blinked "What did you want Sakura?" he said, she stood up and sat next to him in the pattering rain.

"W-why did you…" she turned to face him "Save me?"

"Hn?"
"You took me to the hospital…"

"And..?" she grew angry at his response "What about it?"
"Well…why?" she had to spell it out didn't she "Sasuke last time I checked…you hated me."

"Hn." He stood up and she looked at him, the rain had suddenly stopped and it was dark now.

"Teme..?" the word came from down the hill but both turned in horror because they heard it. She turned aburtply to him

"Stay."

"No."

"Stay!"

"No!" He started to walk off but she grabbed his arms and dug her heels into the ground. "Let go Sakura." He said back to his unemotional state.

"No! NARU-!" A hand clamped over her mouth and she felt herself being dragged backwards. She screamed and tried to fight back but she was still slightly weak from her injurys. Fear spread through every vein in her body, as much as she loved him…he still scared her. He could kill her with one flick of his finger. His strengh still amazed her, the breath was sucked out of her and she felt a tear rip down her cheek at the sudden pain in her stomach. They watched from the shadows as Naruto ran up the hill and span around looking sevral ways at once. She screamed but Sasuke kept his hand over her mouth so Naruto couldn't hear her. Her heart rate started to speed up and all her hope went out of the window as soon as Naruto started to walk away. She felt herself get pushed against a tree, but unsally it was less rough than he would have pushed her against a tree a few months ago. Her stomach sudden got another sharp pain and she gasped slightly, he looked at her and for a second she thought she saw a hint of concern, but as quickly as it had come it was gone. She blinked back the tears and stared at him, his hand was at her throat and he looked angry…even more than he had ever been before. Her heart beat rose and her breathing became faster.

"Why did you do that?!" he said, was…was that anger?

"W-what?" she gasped

"Call for help. You can't honestly think he'd be able to stop me?"

"He would!" She said her eyes turning to a glare "And you know he would! That's why your scared!" she said, he laughed shortly

"Your kidding me right? Out of everything in my life fighitng him is the least I'm scared of." He said

"You…the mighty Uchilia are admitting you get scared?!" She laughed and he glared at her

"Why aren't you scared of me?" she swallowed her laughing stopping ubruptly

"That's the thing…I'm terrifed of you."

"Then why…why! Do you come after me?!"

"Because I'm your friend!" She cried "I want you to come home!" He sighed "Sasuke…what are you most scared of?"

"I…" he trailled off looking at her, for a second his grip got tighter around her throat "I'm going. I have to."

"No!" She cried her hand going up to keep his hand against her throat "Fine!" she cried "If your leaving then your going to have to kill me because I swear I will never stop chasing you!" Her outburst had surprised him and her, suddenly to her amazment his lips crashed onto hers, his hands in her hair, she responded by kissing him back and gripping his shirt. That moment seemed to last forever. She took in every second of it in, as the world seemed to spin around them. This had been her dream for so many years, what she'd wanted for so long, what she'd pined for what she needed. As he stood there for once in his life completely happy because he was kissing her…that annoying little girl that had followed him around and never given up on him.

Please review. I have to admit, i love writing this story. =)

i REALISED I HADN'T WRITEN A DISCLAIMER. Basically i don't own Naruto. If i did you'd know about it.