Her Grave

SasuSakuNaru

They stood, side by side, yet they spoke no words.

A eerie silence remained between them, the air tense with grief.

This would be the only time they wouldn't try and kill each other.

The blonde stared emptily at the grave in front of him.

Finally, he whispered the words that had been looming in his mind all day. "Why our Sakura-chan?"

The young man with raven who stood next to him gave a sharp intake of air.

For once, his cold, emotionless tone was lost, replaced by one of sorrow. "I don't know..."

The two, Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzamaki, stood at the grave of their lost teammate, both pondering why her life had ended so soon.

"You know Teme, I think you loved her." Naruto says, eyes glazed over in tears at he stares at the headstone with Sakura Haruno's name engraved onto it.

"I do." Neither of them miss the present tense Sasuke uses. He gives a small, almost bitter laugh. "But she also loved you, more than a friend."

They stand in silence for a few more moments.

"I wanted to marry her." Naruto says, clenching his fists until they turned white. "She was so amazing... She even confessed to me once; but she said that she loved me and you equally, therefore she couldn't promise herself to only one of us."

Sasuke gazes solemnly at her grave. "I'd take back leaving, if it would have saved her."

Naruto laughed ever so slightly. "I would of dragged you back, purple and blue, if it would have saved her. Maybe, if I had tried a bit harder, she'd still be here."

They lapse into silence, each knowing there are so many things they could have done to save her innocent life.

The sun was setting, bathing the sky in a blanket of red.

They stand there for a few more moments, neither speaking.

Sasuke turns to walk away, back into the forest to rejoin his team whom he had abandoned to see her one last time, but halts as Naruto says something.

"You know Teme, when I find Sakura-chan in my next life, or when ever, I'm going to make her fall in love with me."

Sasuke can't help but grin a bit. "Keep trying Dobe. I'll hold you to your word."

And as Sasuke vanishes, so does Naruto.

The grave is strangely bare, not decorated with flowers like many would have expected.

Because truthfully, no one has excepted her death yet.

And later, the two young men will both feel their heart break more than ever.

Both may not shed tears on the outside, but they will hurt equally.

Because, until they meet her again, they will love her even if they cannot see, speak, or touch her.

This is kind of sad, but I really liked the idea. This of course takes place late Shippuuden

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