Suddenly a group of persons appeared in front of her and her eyes lit up in recognition. Now all she could hear was her heart, pounding in her ears. Her face looked human and alive as she stared at the one person in the world that could make her whole.
She saw him.
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He looked almost the same as when she last saw him. His blue black hair was still cut in the same way; his eyes were still as black as a hole that was sucking her in. He was taller though and wore an akatsuki cloak. She looked at his face, suddenly remembering every single detail as she looked to se if they were still there. He looked so real, almost like the picture she had at home, only taller. She could feel the seal around her emotions loosen up a bit, but she did no attempt of pushing it back. She just stood there and stared, feeling the rain fall on her. She could feel the tears fill her emerald eyes, and she tried to push them back.
He looked at her with an empty gaze, as if she didn't exist. He could almost feel the emotions in her swirl around, but he didn't show it. He was surprised that he met her here and somehow… sad… He hadn't felt that for someone else than his family for a long time… He knew he had to kill her and for some reason it felt… wrong… He had been training his body and mind so hard for so long that his emotions were clogged up. But now that he saw her, everything swirled up, in a similar way to her emotions. And then she spoke.
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"…Sasuke… kun… what are you doing… here…?" Her voice was shaking, but she didn't care, all she thought about was him. He looked at her with an emotionless gaze.
"That's none of your business, Sakura." She flinched inwardly at his voice, how many times hadn't she dreamed of hearing it again. But then her gaze hardened. A feeling she hadn't felt in a long time suddenly welled up inside of her; Rage. She took a few angry strides towards him and met his gaze steadily. Her pain was as good as gone, and she was pissed off.
"What the hell do you mean with that? Of course it's my bloody business, Uchiha!" She didn't care what she said to the man in front of her, as long as she got a reaction. And she did get one. He flinched visibly when she called him Uchiha, and his look darkened. He took a step forward. They were so close now that they were almost touching. He leaned slightly forward.
"And what would make you think that what I do have anything to do with you… Sa Ku Ra?" She shivered when he pronounced her name slowly, but she pulled herself together and pushed back her emotions once again.
"Do you think I'm an idiot? I didn't spend these three years doing nothing. I have gone through every single file in the hokage's archive." She sighed and looked up into his cold eyes. "I've researched you and your family a lot and I know what's going on. Probably better than you do yourself." He looked at her, confused. She sighed again, 'and this guy's supposed to be a genius…'
"I know the truth about Itachi" She stated simply. He didn't react to her words and she sighed yet again. "And I know that you're probably here to destroy the village for Madara over there" She pointed towards a guy with a swirling mask and black, fuzzy hair. She looked into the hole in the mask, and suddenly a sharingan blazed up. She flinched inwardly when she saw the red eye shine, it sent shivers down her spine, but she swallowed and continued meeting his gaze.
"Interesting" he mused." How did you know I was Madara?" She snorted and her eyes narrowed a bit.
"Again, do you really think I'm an idiot? You showed us your sharingan before, remember? I didn't need to be a genius to figure it out." She could feel him smirk under the mask, and she felt very uncomfortable when he started looking at her down and up, trying to find any weaknesses, but she wouldn't let him. She turned towards Sasuke, and her eyes softened a bit when she looked at his blank face. She smiled sadly.
"You're still a fool." His eyes narrowed and he looked at her with an icy gaze. She felt herself get frozen, but she tried not to think about it.
"Don't pretend you know me and know how I feel, because you don't!" She flinched visibly at those words and looked down at the ground. Those words hurt so much. She knew that the words he said to her three years were true, but not anymore. She knew the pain he felt very well, too well.
"You shouldn't attack Konoha; revenge won't do you any good!" Her voice was quieter, but her tone sounded like it could cut through steel. He looked at her as if she was some kind of insignificant bug in his path.
"I'm an avenger Sakura. Revenge is all that…"
"Well did it help when you killed your brother?!" She was shouting now, as she looked him in the eye. He was so close, and yet so far away. She wondered if she would ever be able to reach him. "Are you going to kill an entire village, just because some old geezer told you to?" Madara's eye narrowed slightly.
"…Old geezer…" He repeated, dumbstruck. Sasuke's face darkened.
"Konoha is responsible for my destiny. They have to repent it, and die!" Suddenly a lot of things happened. Sakura moved forward and slapped him, hard. His face forcefully turned to the left, and his chin turned red. One of the other persons, a guy with red hair moved and grabbed both of her arms, locking them behind her back. She tried to wriggle loose, but when she realised it was impossible she stopped, but she continued being tense waiting for a moment to slink out of his grasp. Sasuke turned his face back towards her, and his chin was turning purple/blue and it was swelling.
"Are you going to kill innocent people because it's your destiny? You've got to be kidding me!" She was screamed and she looked at him with a mixture of hatred and disappointment. "Don't take your hate out on others." Her voice was softer now. "Danzo and the village elders were the ones who issued the order to kill the Uchiha clan. Kill them and you have your revenge." He looked sceptically at her and raised his eyebrow, a whole 2 millimetres.
"Are you telling me who to kill? Doesn't that mean you're betraying the village?" She chuckled softly as she looked down into the ground.
"I'm already a traitor; they just haven't killed me yet." She smiled sadly as he felt the other persons grip slacken. She gracefully slinked out of it and backed a few steps. She lifted her eyes and met his gaze. Her eyes were so soft and sad that he almost flinched.
"I hope you're able to live without the burden of innocent lives on your shoulders." She turned around and walked away, feeling the tears rolling down on her cheeks. She knew this was probably the last time she would ever see him, and it hurt so much, but at the same time she was happy she had been able to meet him one last time. She smiled softly.
"You're a fool, Sasuke. If you could only see the ones who truly care for you…" And then she disappeared. He looked after her, into the distance and felt that his cheek was swelling up. The one with the red hair, Juugo, looked at him.
"Should we follow her, Sasuke?" He shook his head and turned towards his group.
"We have a change in plans."
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She felt strange, as she walked home. It was something she hadn't felt in a really long time. It weren't sadness, or pain, or emptiness. It was happiness, and she felt somewhat…whole. She had forgotten how nice it felt, but now that she had it back, she felt warmth spread inside of her. She let a smile spread across her lips and it was real, not faked. The tears were still running from her eyes, but she really didn't care. She hadn't cried in 3 years, so this was all those tears collected. She watched the scenery around her, feeling at peace, for once. The pain that she had felt these 3 years had disappeared so quickly that it felt almost weird not to have it there. She felt that the tears were subduing, and dried them away with the back of her hand. She saw the gates, and sped up her pace.
When she reached them she saw no one guarding the gates anymore... She didn't know why but tensed and continued walking into the village, on guard. And that's when hell broke loose.
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The second chapter is done I hope you'll like it xD. I do hope the first line isn't repeating again, and if it is, please ignore it. Feel free to comment and help me make the next chapter better XD I would really appreciate it :P