Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Seven Months ❯ Letting go ( Chapter 2 )

Disclaimer: Naruto characters belong to Kishimoto Masashi.

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She dashed out the door, ignoring his pleas. How? How could he do this to her? They had just begun a serious relationship and had started talking about marriage and staring a family.

She ran as fast as she could, never losing focus, making sure he wasn't following her. She stopped when her heart was pounding violently against her chest, her lungs begging and yearning for air. She rested her hands on her chest trying to calm her breathing.

{…breath Sakura…just take one step at a time…he doesn't deserve you, you'll forget him with time…}

Her head shook, contemplating whether to argue with her inner self. No, how could she forget him? She had loved him since she was a child. How the hell was she going to forget him when her whole world revolved around him?! She was starting to feel numb. It was the same kind of numbness she felt when he left her to seek power. The betrayal, the hurt, and the way he just stood silent throughout the whole ordeal. Tears cascaded down her scowled face, creating dark red patches and red puffy eyes. She stiffened when she heard footsteps behind her. She began trembling again; she did not and could not face him anymore not after what he did to her. A hand landed on her shoulder, but she jerked away from the touch.

"Get the hell away from me!!" she spat.

She hugged her body, trying to control her trembles.

"Sakura, what's wrong?" a soft masculine voice asked.

{That doesn't sound like Sasuke, it sounds more like…}

"Kakashi…"

She turned around to face him, noticing the worried look written across his features. Sakura tried to smile, but failed miserably. He reached out to hug her, but abruptly stopped when he saw her eyes widened. She wasn't looking at him anymore, she was seeing right past him.

"Sakura…I'm sorry…"

Kakashi's head jerked towards the voice, only to find Sasuke behind him. Sakura shook her head and covered her mouth trying to repress another sob.

"Sakura," he began only causing her to shed more tears, "Sakura, please--"

His body was slammed into a nearby tree by great force. His neck and shoulders held in a death grip by Kakashi.

"What did you do this time, Uchiha?!"

The venom that ran through his question was not gone unnoticed by Sasuke. He had never seen Kakashi so upset as to actually react violently.

"Its not any of your goddamn business!!" Sasuke yelled, receiving a tighter hold on his neck causing him to cough.

"…don't…" muttered a small voice.

Kakashi loosened his grip on Sasuke, but did not let go completely. He turned around to see Sakura fidgeting and averting Sasuke's gaze. Kakashi heaved a frustrated sigh. He hated seeing Sakura heartbroken, it always made him feel depressed. He turned his attention back to Sasuke and saw him staring intently at Sakura. His onyx eyes displayed so many emotions, mostly regret and guilt. Kakashi snatched Sasuke by the arm and dragged him out of Sakura's sight.

"What the fu--"

"Stay away from her," he sternly said, "I don't want you near her." Kakashi glared at the younger boy.

"Understood?"

Sasuke nodded and stole a quick glance at Sakura before disappearing with a 'poof'. Kakashi walked back to Sakura. Her head was bowed down, her gaze fixed intently on the ground, her shoulders slightly hunched while trying her best to hold back her tears.

"Sakura, do you want to talk ab--"

Kakashi was cut off as Sakura flung herself to him and began crying against his chest, wetting his vest in the process. He regained his composure and began stroking Sakura's pink hair.

"It will take time, Sakura," he whispered through her sobs, "It will take some time…"

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Author's Notes: I was only going to make this as a one shot story, but I kinda kept writing. I wanted to write how Sakura and Kakashi ended up together…well its definitely not in this chapter, but will be up in the next chapter. ^_^