Fairytale
By: RoseWaters
Chapter 3: Falling In
It always felt so amazing. His hands, his movements, and the special care he took when touching her. Everything.
She felt his tongue glide along her collar bone and she instinctively gripped his shoulders tighter. Her eyes narrowed as she shivered, her breath escaping her lips in shaky gasps. He was doing everything to make it the best, her best, their best. She couldn't help the strangled gasp that escaped her.
He rolled off of her and they were left gasping and sweaty. Their bodies still tangled together as their eyes locked. Neither talking, the silence hanging in the air between their heavy breathing, his arm slowly extended, his large hands gripping her lower waist pulling her body into his. Her head pressed into his chest as he hugged her tightly. She could feel his shaking fingers, and the broken muttering that followed.
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry Sakura."
Pulling his hand off of her she stood, her fingers grabbing his black sweater and pulling it over her naked body as she made her way to the window. Green eyes staring out onto the path of lined trees, the green of the leaves hidden under a layer of ashes. It was like they were covered in grey snow.
She shivered as her finger tips pressed against the glass.
"Thank you."
She had said it quietly, her voice barely louder than the ticking of the clock on the wall. She smiled as she saw his expression reflected in the clean glass of the office. She couldn't help the smile on her face.
She turned back to him as his head fell into the palms of his hands. She dropped to her knees in front of him, her arms wrapping around his shoulders. Her voice was soft, and she did her best to keep it even.
"Thank you so much Naruto. You don't have to be sad. We're doing the right thing. Let's just let it all burn tonight."
…
His eyes searched the room in a nervous flurry. Foggy eyes reading each face, the shadows cast on their faces from the hanging lights showing every ounce of weary doubt.
"What the fuck did you just say Kakashi?"
Black lazy eyes meet Neji's stunned features.
"Our rebellion will fail. No other Nation is joining us."
Everyone in the room could feel the tension coming off of the Hyuuga's body. His clouded eyes searched the older ninja, as if trying to find a secrete meaning to his words.
"What excuse did our supposed allies give us in our time of need?"
Kakashi's face remained blank as Kiba's voice spoke up.
"They all said, 'Tell, Naruto and Sakura, sorry I couldn't do more'."
The expression on Neji's face said it all, his stunned wide eyes and grinding of his teeth. The room remained silent until Shino's even voice raised a question no one wanted to ask.
"Where is Shikamaru?"
Kakashi had noted Shikamaru's absence the moment he walked in and ordered the meeting. He had already put together what happened, however he refused to admit that the one man that might be able to make a winning strategy was gone. Kakashi watched as Neji's fist tightened in annoyance as he forced an even tone.
"That coward has no intention of fighting or helping us."
It was quiet again, and the room was filled with a sense of defeat. It was Kiba's quiet voice that changed the atmosphere.
"Do we really need to rebel? I…I had always supported Naruto. I…I always wanted to see him become Hokag…"
Kiba was cut off as Neji flashed across the room. Neji's palms around Kiba's neck as he held his body above the ground, Kiba's small eyes glaring as Neji's low voice came out icy cold.
"How dare you say that? Your wife is caring the next head of the Hyuuga household; do you plan to watch your son grow up in this type of world? Didn't you see what they did to our fucking village! It's in ruins!"
Kakashi watched as Kiba's eyes turned away from Neji's.
"Be a man and give your life for the future of your son and wife!"
Her voice was sharp and commanding, "Put him down Neji."
Neji instinctively let go as Tenten entered the room. His cloudy eyes followed her as her waving brown hair sat cropped at her shoulders. Kakashi was the first to ask her.
"How many dead?"
Her eyes narrowed as she locked eyes with Kakashi.
"I was only able to confirm 6 deaths in total. There are however, around 150 missing shinobi. For all my team knows there as good as dead."
A stiff silence took over the room. Kakashi moved forward, tired expression poorly hidden.
"We will attack tonight, it's not a secret that there holding themselves up at the hospital."
Neji watched him closely.
"In exactly three hours round up every shinobi that is willing or able to fight. We will surround and attack the hospital. We have no intention of capture, kill them on sight."
He began to walk out of the room, his body stopping at the entrance, his eyes turning to face everyone.
Kiba, Neji, Guy, Lee, Tenten, Shino. Everyone was elsewhere already preparing. He could see it in everyone but Neji's face. He pushed the words out.
"Say your goodbyes just in case."
His eyes caught the way Kiba looked away, disgust written across his features.
"I will see all of you here in 3 hours."
….
He could feel the wind through his black hair. His dark grey eyes staring off into the distance as he sat on the edge of the roof. He didn't look behind him when she approached. Rather he avoided her eye contact.
"Where is Naruto, Sakura?"
She sat beside him her expression suddenly dark.
"He needed some time."
She left it at that and he watched as her green eyes overlooked the village.
"You should make that face in front of him too."
Her eyes slowly shifted to meet his, her expression distant.
"This is not the face I want my fiancé to see."
He made a small 'tch' sound as he turned away. He was drawn back to her as her hand fell on his. He turned to her, her expression forcing a shiver down his spine.
"Sasuke promise me something."
Sasuke thought it over for only a second, and then pushed it down as he nodded his head, black spikes bouncing.
"Don't let him leave me behind."
He felt her grip tighten the shaking barely visible.
"Don't leave me behind. I'm not strong enough to stay behind."
The cold breeze blew through them and Sasuke found himself cold.
"I won't let you get left behind, Sakura."
Her hand left his and her expression changed to something he couldn't understand.
"Let's go have a party, for tonight. You, Naruto, and me."
Sasuke never said it, but he knew she thought the same thing. Who else would join them?
…..
His eye lingered on the monument for a moment before his hand swept over the mask covering his right eye. He could vaguely feel the swirling of the wheel as he engraved every name into his mind.
He knew he was gritting his teeth yet he couldn't seem to relax his jaw, his mind having a tug-of-war of memories.
His gloved fingers gripping the edge of the memorial, his forehead thumped hard against that cool granite stone. The burning in his throat so very intense as he stuffed every feeling down.
He lifted his head to the sky, his hand falling limply to his sides. Dark eyes staring into the dust filled sky. He'd already know what needed to be done the moment he got the call. The moment there names dropped from the lips of the Konoha shinobi in absolute fear. Two days ago he knew what he'd be forced to do, maybe he even knew before that.
He took a deep breath and closed his eyes. He pulled down the mask, and slowly opened back up his dark eyes to the world. He smirked to himself as the grey gloomy sky hung above his head.
Konoha always knew the proper atmosphere for goodbyes.
….
Neji's eyes swept around the room of around 40 shinobi, his voice at a whisper as he looked over at Tenten.
"The others, where are they?"
Deep brown eyes locked with cloudy lavender.
"Preparing….in many ways."
Neji strapped on a short sword as his eyes looked out of a dilapidated window. Nothing but barren roads filled with destruction.
"We will win. I will kill them all myself."
Tenten watched Neji's expression with a mix of pity and pain. She knew who he really wanted to see hurt. He wanted Sakura Haruno dead.
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It was late; he knew the invasion would start sometime soon. His eyes took a quick glance around the hospital entrance. The entire hospital was in pristine condition. As if the hospital itself was not a part of the civil war that Konoha was in.
Shikamaru looked over at Ino, long blond hair swaying as her eyes took in the scene. He could see the confusion in her eyes. They were thinking the same thing. Why was there absolutely no security around what should have been a strong hold. He asked the question in a volume he knew only she would hear.
"How do we get in?"
He didn't know the layout like Ino did. After all, Ino was considered a basic medic.
"We'll enter through the second floor window and head down the hall. Once we make it to the center, we will be just above the lobby. From that position the entire hospital is accessible."
With that she moved forward and he followed her, their bodies shifting through a second floor window. He slipped in quietly his eyes searching an empty patent room. The silence and cleanliness of the room sending an uncomfortable feeling rushing through him; he followed her through the winding hallways pristine white from floor to ceiling.
She stopped suddenly, her curved body crouching to the ground so fast that his mind barely took the time to think as he followed the gesture.
"What is it, Ino?"
Her icy blue eyes locked with his.
"Can you hear that?"
She began to move forward her body low to the ground as they turned a corner, his eyes catching the frosted glass railing of the second floor balcony. His eyes narrowed as he heard the sound. A low soft melody, something both bitter and sweet to the ears. Something that he couldn't seem to remember even as it hung at the tip of his mind.
He watched as she stood up, blond hair flowing behind her silent steps. He watched her face, the way her eyebrows knitted together. He stood up as he walked over to her silent form, the sound of the melody becoming louder as he approached her.
His eyes followed hers as he saw it. His mind trying to comprehend the scene and yet the pieces not quit adding up.
There they were the discarded team seven. Sasuke sitting on top of the nurses counter his long body sitting Indian style. Eyes shut to the world as he played that haunting melody off of a worn looking flute.
He unconsciously turned to Ino, her features shifting by the second those icy blue eyes that he loved reflecting her every feeling. He unwilling turned back to team seven.
He could clearly see both Naruto and Sakura. Their bodies so incredibly close to one another as they swayed left and right together to that broken melody.
He couldn't understand. He just didn't fucking understand, why the hell they were slow dancing. His eyes ran over the lobby below him, he could clearly see their weapons scattered about the room. All there equipment discarded as if they had no idea that they were going to be hunted down.
His eyes watched as Naruto let his fingers glide through pink hair. He could clearly see Sakura's expression, and he took a step. His eyes observing both Naruto and Sakura and his mind suddenly frozen as the sound of rushing steps echoed off of the white walls.
He took another step back as the sound of the melody was suddenly drowned out. Time slowing down all around him, he noted the perfect silence as the glass from all around burst apart. Each piece floating through the air, simmering silently as explosions burst all around the hospital. His eyes watched for less than a second as glittering glass floated around the three of them in a moment of absolute silence.
Naruto grabbing Sakura, pulling her close as they kissed in the mist of explosions, Sasuke not even shifting as he continued to play a melody that no one could hear.
Shikamaru found himself caught in a suspended moment, his fingers intertwining with Ino's as they watched the self proclaimed Hokage and Sakura kiss. A feeling he wouldn't understand until years later washing over him.
Glass shards fluttering down from above in every direction. Hitting the ground around them like confetti; sounding like bells as they shattered against white tiles.
…..
"It was like a wedding and a funeral.
And we were the only guests that came;
To an event that never happened
For people that never existed."
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The third installment of my wildly unpopular story! Yeah! XD
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