Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Dreams of the Heart ❯ Hidden Love... ( Chapter 2 )

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The blond skipped happily towards the large wooden doors at the head of the house.

`At least I have someone to talk to now' was his thoughts, but shortly he would wish he had spent the entire day alone.

He grasped onto the cold metal handle of the door, pulling the oak door towards him, a flush of bright light filled in from outside, slightly blinding him for a moment, suddenly shock began to creep across his face, on the other side of the door was…

 

“Sakura…” he whispered her name.

 

This had been the girl he had had a crush on for almost 3 years, the girl that he had been paired up with Sasuke. Team number seven. The girl that rejected him before he sub came to his true feelings for Sasuke deep inside his heart. With a shaky voice Naruto was just able to say,

“Sakura...Ah…c-come in”

 

Sakura walked in with an air of grace to her, she stopped, waiting for Naruto to lead her to the lounge room, she had never been inside the Uchiha mansion before this day. Her eyes travelled around the house as Naruto escorted her into the lounge room, it was indeed very spacious, on the walls there was a pale violet lily design, around the flowers was a gold trimming making the flowers stand out and sparkle. Sakura sat down onto a cream coloured double lounge `its soft' was her first thought, she carefully began placing herself into a lady like position, while on the other side Naruto just plonked himself onto the lounge opposite of her, the blonde already knew she had been surveying the house, but what truly played in his mind right now was…why was she here?

It had been a long time since Naruto had laid eyes on Sakura, she had changed over the span of 4 years, she was much taller, her body was graceful as it moved and she had developed into a beautiful woman. She had once again let her hair grow out long, it was still a delicate pink, and shone brightly when the sun hit it, she currently had it tied up into a bun, leaving two large bangs loose on the side of her head, her aqua eyes still burning with life. Her smile was the only thing that hadn't changed.

It seemed that the silence was going on forever; neither of them spoke but aimlessly stared at each other, waiting for the other to say something. Naruto was the first to break the silence,

“So…how have you been?” as stupid as it sounded, it was the only thing he could think of to say.

“Before or after you took Sasuke from me?” was the curt reply.

 

Whether Sakura was provoking Naruto or not, it seemed to be working, his face contorting with anger,

“I didn't steal him. If I remember correctly I was still very much still in love with you at the time. Sasuke willingly choose to be with me, while you didn't and continued to go after him instead” the blonde finished those words and crossed his arms tightly.

Sakura breathed a heavy sigh, before replying with the utmost calm,

“Yeah…I know that now. But before…I didn't. It was hard to understand that I had been rejected for good. I ended up pushing myself into a stupid cycle where all I did was drive myself to train and go on numerous A-rank missions. To tell you the truth I nearly drove myself into the ground, literally speaking. Besides…it doesn't matter to me anymore”

 

Inside Naruto guilt began to well up; he hadn't of known what had happened to Sakura after Sasuke had decided to be with him, it came as a shock that someone as mature as Sakura would do something like that to herself.

“Sorry…I really didn't know” Naruto replied apologetically. Suddenly curiosity began to get the better of Naruto, before he knew it he had blurted out,

“Wait. What do you mean it doesn't matter? OH OH don't tell me that you finally accepted Lee's love for you and that you're dating? Eh? Eh?” shocked at how fast the words had slipped out of the blonde's mouth, he darted his hand over his mouth, only to cover the smirk that began to form on his lips a small glint in his sky blue eyes.

 

“Heck no. Lee…is…WAY too unique for me” was Sakura's blunt reply.

 

“But then…who is it? And why are you here then?” Naruto finished with a questioning stare. The palm of his right hand supporting his head while his elbow balanced on his thigh.

 

“If I am to tell you who it is, I've gotta start from just when I destroyed my last attachments to Sasuke. It was just last year; I had accepted the truth that Sasuke wasn't mine to control and with this I broke out of my routine of drowning away my emotions in training and missions. I still continued to do both, but I slowed them down a lot. I found more time for myself and for the things I enjoyed the most. I continued to train with Tsunade and because of that she taught me a lot of medical ninja skills, I was even able to learn some special techniques, after awhile I ended up becoming her apprentice.

But…everything changed after that incident. Both me and Tsunade got called to treat some ninja's that had gotten into a fight with another, we arrived at the location…I'll never forget that moment, it was the first step, the initiation of my full detachment from my emotions for Sasuke, it created for me a new person to love, a new person to want and desire.” Sakura ended, her head bent down, her eyes shimmering as she remembered that incident, that day.

If it hadn't of happened she would have probably still be mopping around, still trying to find a path to follow.

Naruto was already getting impatient, all this talking and she hadn't said who the lucky guy was, he began to lightly drum his fingers on the arm of the lounge, staring eagerly at Sakura, waiting for her to begin speaking again.

Sakura began to talking once again,

“You will be the first person I have told about me and him…This is the way we wanted it to be, the second most important people in our lives knowing the happiness we feel at the moment” Sakura smiled sweetly, giving Naruto the feeling that she was afraid to tell him who her lover was.

“Naruto…the person I'm involved with is…..Itachi” Sakura looked away from Naruto just as that name hit the blonde's ears her right hand coming up to cover her mouth with her delicate fingers. Rage began to be etched onto Naruto's face, `that guy…that guy…of all the men in Konohashe had to choose that one…' Naruto's thoughts were pushed from inside him and into a verbal response, he stood up abruptly and began to make his opinion voiced,

“WHY HIM?!? Of all the people…out of everyone WHY THAT MAN! He's hurt so many people, he walked a path of blood and yet you fall for him? TELL ME WHY?”

 

Naruto's rage began to build; he was slowly loosing control over his emotions and his chakra, his hand forming a tight fist, almost to the point of drawing blood. Sakura withdrew into the cream lounge almost whimpering, her head down, her eyes facing her lap; she brought her two hands together, interlocking them together upon her lap. If she didn't explain to him what she feels, then there wouldn't be any hope for her or Itachi.

 

“Loving someone, wanting to hold them, wanting to be with them…having those feelings thrown aside like they were nothing…I now understand how badly you must of felt when I refused to be with you but… you had someone waiting for you at the end of that path…you had Sasuke… unlike me I had no one. I was left alone with those lingering feelings of something that I wanted but could never have.

He looks so similar to Sasuke…I guess that what ever I felt for Sasuke got transferred over to Itachi. Itachi has been through rigorous mind rehabilitation, he isn't allowed to do missions other than D-rank and can not use his chakra above a certain point, if he does a transmission is sent to the Hokage, this will probably be like this for most of his remaining life. He isn't the same person as before…” Sakura finished, still with her head drooped down.

 

“But Sakura…” Naruto's rage suddenly dropped, Sakura seemed to be very serious about what she was saying, and yet…Naruto couldn't help but feel that somehow she was going to get burned and burned badly at that.

 

“Love…Love doesn't have the constricting boundaries of right and wrong, it doesn't understand gender or race…love is love. That's why…that's why…” Sakura didn't finish off the sentence; she continued to stare down at her lap, feeling the regret of telling Naruto her secret.

The blonde sighed and lazily fell back into the lounge, `Love ay? Love…' thought Naruto, he could understand what Sakura meant, after all Sasuke and himself were living proof that love doesn't understand those boundaries of gender. Naruto began to speak, Sakura tightly shut her eyes expecting him to yell once again,

 

“You do realize that Sasuke is not gonna be happy bout this…then again, no more than he has been lately though…” Naruto sat back into the lounge placing one arm upon the top of the lounge and the other he ran his finger through his golden locks, almost in a cool like fashion. The blonde closed his sky blue eyes trying to somehow relax after these sudden events.

Concern began to spread across Sakura's face, she wondered whether something was wrong, and playing the mature female role she decided to ask Naruto and relieve him of the pain and worry that was most probably inside him currently.

 

“Neh? What do you mean Naruto? You guy bickering again? Or…is there something really wrong this time?”