Sakura - Chan, Noooooooooooo!
I love you . . . Sakura - chan . . . I'm sorry." He raised his sword once more and swung it sharply down. It grazed my arm and my shoulder as an unseen force pulled me way.
Sai appeared in front of me and a voice from behind said, "Sakura, are you okay?"
I turned my head and saw that it was Naruto. He was still holding me.
"My arm." I replied.
"I told you we would come, though we were late. It took us a little while to find you." Sai told me.
"Get out of my way!" Sasuke yelled. Naruto stood up, making me stand up too. I guess he refused to let go of me.
"And to let you kill her? No!" Naruto yelled.
"Do you really want Orochimaru to get a hold on her?" Sasuke asked rhetorically.
"Sasuke, what does Orochimaru plan to do with her?" Kakashi asked. Kakashi! I thought. I looked behind me and saw him standing there. He must have followed Naruto and Sai for they looked, too.
Sasuke replied, "He wants her bo-" he was interrupted by the ground shaking. Orochimaru burst through the ground laughing.
"Aw. This is not a good surprise. I was hoping that it was only Haruno here in Sakura Meadow, but since there are four extra people I guess I have to fight." Orochimaru said and sighed, "I was hoping for a quick entrance and exit. Oh, well."
Naruto took me over to Kakashi, and said "Kaka - sensei, protect Sakura." Naruto left to go fight Orochimaru with Sai and Sasuke.
"Sakura?" Kakashi said.
"Yeah, Kakashi - sensei?" I replied.
"You know Naruto only acts like an idiot?"
"Sensei?"
"Let me finish Sakura. He does it to make you laugh. He adores the smile on your face."
"He does?"
"Yes, Sakura."
"Hmmm."
. . .
Orochimaru left, and the three that had fought were injured. The sakura trees started to sway in the wind. I collapsed on the ground, and my friends surrounded me.
. . .
I never woke up. Naruto cried for hours, praying that I would wake; praying for Tsunade to come back to life, so that she could heal me. I guess Orochimaru wanted my body because he gained a new power that would allow him to gain control of any jutsu the body he used could do. Sai and Kakashi started crying.
Sasuke started crying as he said, "I'm sorry. Sakura - chan. Please don't die."
Those were the last words I heard before I fell into an eternal sleep. They all thought that it was Sasuke's blow to my arm that killed me, but it was really Orochimaru who did. When he barely missed me he grazed me and gave me a curse mark. I wasn't strong enough to survive it, like Sasuke was. The only reason why these letters exist is because I felt I had to let everyone know what really happened, from my point of view. Let them know my story; the story of my death. I'm just glad that as a ghost I was strong enough to write these. Oh, how many times I wish I could do it over. And to my beloveds, Sasuke and Naruto, I will love you two forever and no matter what I will always be with you. Please, don't go suicidal. Naruto, I hope you become Hogake some day. I hope you two will find these letters some day. Now my life here on earth is over and I shall have a never ending rest.
I have lived
I have lost
And I have died
My only regret
Is that you, too, have lost
But I would like you to know my love, heart, and soul
Belong to you
Truly grateful and regretful,
Your pink haired friend from beyond the grave,
Sakura Haruno