Repercussion
Chapter 2
I may be here but my heart died
I watched my life fall away,
and dissappear,
as you hit the ground.
My heart was shattered with yours,
and as the light fled from your eyes,
the light fled from my world.
Sasuke set the poem down on Naruto's grave. They hadn't found the body, so Tsunade just put up a tombstone. For the past eight months, Sasuke has tried to go back to living his old life. He tried training, tried missions, tried everything. But he couldn't. He couldn't do it now. Not with Naruto gone. He cursed himself for being so stupid. Sasuke looked at the sky. He wished that he could go back. To before he had left. So that he could truly show Naruto how he had always felt, and how he would always feel. and then Naruto would never have to chase after him, and Naruto would never have to die.
"... Sasuke." Sakura said quietly. She set down her bouquet of flowers, tiger lilies, in front of the tombstone, next to Sasuke's poem. Sasuke didnt' say anything. "Tsunade Whats you to go on a mission with Kakashi, and me, and a few others. It's an out of the village mission, so, I guess the council trusts you now.. Isn't that great?" Sakura said. Sasuke looked at her. "... If you say so." He said, and it was obvious that he didn't think that anything was great.
Sakura sighed. She wished there was something she could do to help Sasuke. It seemed like he had died in the past few months, despite Tsunade's order. Sasuke didn't train as much as he used to. In fact, he didn't do anything as much as he used to. He spent most of his time by Naruto's gravestone, looking at it with a haunted expression. Sakura had told Tsunade, who told the council, that Sasuke needed to start getting into missions. Anything to get his mind off of what it seemed to be constantly circulating around. Naruto. Sakura grabbed sasuke's arm, and dragged him off to get him ready for the mission. She was praying that he'd swat her away half way through, and continue on himself.
To Sakura's great relief, Sasuke did just that. He pushed her away, and walked into his house. Sasuke grabbed his pack, and then sighed and sat down on his bed. It wasn't right. He shouldn't be getting ready to go on a mission with Sakura and Kakashi. He should be getting ready to go on a mission with Naruto. He looked down and sighed. He got up, and finished getting ready. It was his fault that what should be happening, wasn't. he couldn't blame anyone else for it. He wished that Tsunade had just issued his execution. He could hardly bear the pain of Naruto's death.
Sakura wasn't the only one waiting for him. Kakashi, Neji, Kiba, Shikamarou and Shino were all standing at the gate. Kiba and Neji were glaring at him, dark aura's radiating from their general area. Shino and Shikamarou were unreadable. Kakashi just looekd like he wanted to go. "Well, Let's head out." Kakashi said quietly. No one said anything. They started out the gate, everyone trying to ignore the heavy feeling on their shoulders. Kakashi looked at his ex-student. Sasuke's eyes were faded, and empty. His skin was pale, and his cheeks were shallow. He looked thin, like didn't eat or sleep enough. He moved like he had no thought as to where he was going.
Kakashi hung back, until there was a bit of space between him and Sasuke, and the rest of the group. Kakashi looked again and Sasuke's pained figure. "... Sasuke... are you okay?" He asked quietly. Sasuke looked at Kakashi. "... no." He said, looking back down at the ground, watching his feet move, even though he didn't care if they did. "... Sasuke, I know, what you're going through. We all went through it. But you know that, even if Naruto was alive right now, just one look at you would kill him." Kakashi said quietly. "... If Naruto were alive right now, I still wouldn't deserve to live." Sasuke said quietly. Kakashi sighed. "Sasuke.. you know he wouldn't want you to feel that way." He said. Sasuke looked into Kakashi's eyes. ".. I know. I know he wouldn't want me to, but I want to. I killed him. It was my fault. He's not here because of me.. " Sasuke said.
Sasuke looked back down. Kakashi knew that he wouldn't get anything else out of Sasuke. He sighed, and continued walking. '... Naruto... I wonder if, wherever you are right now, if you can see Sasuke's pain? If you can see, what you did it him?'
-Mystery POV-
The girl fixed a fold in her dress and looked at the nin. 'oooooooh. Target Practice? Nah, I got to get... Darn. and they look like some good quality targets.'