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.Heaven's Gate: Princess.
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Chapter Seventeen: Flashback Memory – Forget-Me-Not.
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"What do you feel when you kill people?"
Sasuke looked up, confused. He looked at Sakura, frowning.
"Excuse me?" he asked.
"What do you feel when you kill people?" she repeated. "Do you feel guilty at all?"
He remembered who it felt. And there was nothing.
"No," he answered, truthfully.
It took Sakura a while to finally nod. She sighed.
"I hate the war," she said. "Don't you?"
He looked away, feeling uncomfortable.
"Well, Mr. Uchiha Sasuke," she turned around, smiling. "Today your mission to protect me starts."
Sasuke nodded as he knelt in front of her and bowed deeply. She smiled and then nodded. Then, she walked back into her room. Sasuke followed closely behind her. He looked back at the graves, and then at his brother's grave.
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"The stars held a special meaning for our country," she told him when they were looking at the stars on the Starry Night Festival, just before it started. "We believe it protects us."
Sasuke nodded.
"But in truth," Sakura sighed. "The stars don't actually do anything until we wish."
Sasuke frowned as he turned to her.
"Confusing, I know," she smiled at his expression. "The Gods don't always protect this country no matter how… well, nice we are."
Sasuke looked up at the sky, at the billions of stars.
"I don't think it's unfair," she said. "I just think one day… one of us should wish that the wars would stop. The other countries should stop attacking us for we have done nothing wrong. The Gods have many other stuff to do other than just taking care of this country…"
Sakura's eyes were fixed on the stars.
"And it have to be me to wish for that," she smiled. "I love this country too much to let it fall from the attacks from other countries that understand nothing."
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Sakura knelt in front of a small leaves that just sprouted the night before.
"Sasuke-kun, come here," she waved at him to come.
He walked toward her and knelt next to her.
"What is it?" he asked.
"It's a Forget-Me-Not tree," she smiled. "Its flowers looked like those of a Sakura's but it shines at night."
Sasuke nodded, fascinated.
"I would really love to be buried here one day if I die," Sakura said, suddenly.
Sasuke turned around, shocked.
"I don't want to be buried under the Sakura trees," she sighed. "My parents grew them around the palace because they think it fits my name…. and because they were the very flower my mother love. But I don't like them as much."
Sasuke frowned, confused and still shocked.
"Sakura… you make it sound as if you're going to die soon," he said.
Sakura shrugged.
"I might," she smiled. "You never know."
"But…"
"Sasuke-kun, will you do me a favor?" she asked, turning around to face him. Her green eyes sparkled, either with tears or just because she was facing the sun.
"Yes," he said after a while. No… he thought in his heart. I won't… I won't if it's…
"When I die," she started. His heart seemed to have stopped. "Will you please bury me under this tree?" She turned to the leaves that had just sprouted. "I believe when I die, this tree would already be big and strong."
Sasuke looked at the tree. He winced as he imagined her dead…
"I will," he said when she grabbed his sleeves, begging for him to say yes.
She smiled and hugged him.
"Thank you," she whispered.
He winced as he hugged her.
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"Look Sasuke-kun," Sakura walked to the Forget-Me-Not tree that had grown big and tall. "It's big now."
Sasuke looked at the tree and remembered the promise she forced him to say 'yes' to. He shook his head to forget about it, but every time he saw her stand under the tree he imagined her buried in the ground.
"What good timing, huh?" she turned to him, smiling.
"What do you mean?" he asked her, trying to hide the fear and the sick feeling he felt coming.
"I mean… Hideyoshi Kuno and Matsuo Tabi are both coming," she said. "And we all know a lot of people would die, and… I might be one of them…"
"Sakura!" Sasuke yelled, panicked. Sakura jumped, shocked.
"W… what?" she panicked as well.
"Oh, nothing…" Sasuke smiled, hiding his fear well. "I just saw a bee behind you, it's gone now… shocked as well." He grinned.
Sakura sighed, slowing her heart beat back to normal.
"Say, Sasuke-kun," she walked to him and held his hand. "Do you still remember the promise I asked you to do?"
"Yes," his voice was thick.
"Will you really do it for me," she looked up at him. "Please…"
He grimaced when the cloud covered the sun so everything went dark. He turned to her when the light came back.
"I will," he said. His voice didn't shake even though he was breaking on the inside.
Sakura looked into his eyes, searching for any lies that might be hidden but found none. That was because Sasuke was sure she won't die. Even if she did die, he will do it. Because that was just how much he loved her.
"Don't you think the war is just pointless, Sasuke-kun?" she looked at the tree again. "So many needless sacrifices would be made; so many people would die…"
Sasuke grabbed Sakura's hand tighter.
"We will not let that happen," she turned to him. "Will we, Sasuke-kun?"
Sasuke shook his head.
"No, no more sacrifices should be made," he said. "No one from any side should die."
Sakura smiled. She hugged Sasuke waist as he hugged her shoulder.
"No one would die," he muttered. "Including you."
She smiled and nodded. She cried as she buried her head into his chest.
"No," she agreed. "No one would die…"
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"Though if I do die," she grinned at him. "Bury me under the Forget-Me-Not, and I think no one should forget about me." She laughed, joined by the Keepers. Sasuke looked at them and his panicked expressions were pasted to each and every one of the four Gods.
Her joke wasn't funny at all.
But for the time being,
As long as she was alive…
As long as she was able to laugh her tinkling laugh,
No matter how bad her joke was.
They would just laugh.
Because you didn't know how much time you had.
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It's not that sad… is it?
I just wanted to make this after I watched a Japanese movie about war yesterday, and it is titled 'Forget-Me-Not'…
It is SO SAD~
One of the scenes that really struck me is where they had the class picture (the teacher and all the small students) and then, one by one disappeared as they died in the war. The last one that disappeared is the main character's big brother and his two best-friends. They were laughing so wide when they disappeared slowly.
SO SAD~
It's worth the watch …
Well,
More reviews are appreciated.
~PSIt'sRainy.
