Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Sky Blue Eyes ❯ The Most Beautiful Flower ( Chapter 3 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

Author's Notes: I'm, excited! I hope I don't mess this up, because I actually like the idea that I'm sort of sticking to here, (like a character point of view on events and each other) and I really want to cover the majority of the characters from Naruto, but this can only happen with reviews people! Reevveiiiiiwwws!
Ino: I think they get the picture.
Fox: Good! Happiness for me!
Ino: You don't deserve happiness. You're too…scary…
Fox: I'm aware that my insanity level is increasing with each second, yes, but you don't have to point it out all the time! Anyway, insanity is fun!
Ino: O.o
And on with the fiction!
I never really did understand why Sakura chose to finish out friendship.
It's always been something I've thought about when I see or speak to her, even if it's just a petty insult or passing glance. I still wonder.
I know she said it was about how we both had feelings for Sasuke, and that we would never be able to compete for him with remaining friends, but is he really worth out friendship? I suppose to her it's a simple `yes'.
I've often caught myself thinking about that day, the day we became friends.
I remember every little detail so easily and vibrantly it's almost as if I've gone back in time.
But I know that if I could go back, go back and fix what is now broken, I would.
She was sad, the others teased her and laughed at her wide forehead, just like I do now, but I know she's strong now, it doesn't hurt her anymore. When I saw her, I was captured. There was something strange about her that I just couldn't turn away from. It was wonderful, ethereal.
She hid behind her hair, trying to blend in and go unnoticed by the other children, but I knew she would never go unseen, not by me.
Whenever she moved, I always wanted to follow her, chase after her; I didn't want to lose sight of the thing that I was so fixated on. In a way, I was obsessed.
She was incredibly different to everyone else I knew, not like the usual outcast. She was hiding from the world, just beneath the surface of the soil; but I could see what she would become, what she already was.
She was the most beautiful flower I had ever seen.
As I used to leave for home after school, I would break away from the others who walked with me and just gaze after her as she walked home alone, down an empty street. I hoped it wouldn't be empty for long.
When we became friends, I felt as if I had finally found the thing I had always been searching for, I just never knew I was. I never wanted you to hide. I encouraged you and lead the way, drawing you into the light where you could stand tall and be proud of the wonderful thin you were.
But then, I suppose things never turn out the way you plan them.
The day you left, the day you gave back my ribbon, I felt lonely again. I regretted ever even laying eyes on the Uchiha boy, because if I had to give up what we had for him, then the price was just too high. But despite myself, I fought you for him. My pride never let you go, but though I said I have always fought for love, it was never for Sasuke's. Never for Sasuke's love at all. No, because my love…
My love was always for you, Sakura.
I will wait forever for your love
And if you still don't love me
At the end of forever
Then I suppose I'll just have to wait a little bit longer...
Author's Notes: I quite liked this one, (and if you can't tell, it was from Ino's point of view. Just for the slow ones) but it was really only because It reflected a different side of Ino (which may or may not exist, I don't know yet) one which I could sort of relate to. I took awhile trying to think of whose point of view to write from next, and this just shoved its way into my mind and once I began typing, I just couldn't stop. I believe Ino never really wanted her friendship with Sakura to end, but she `fought' for Sasuke simply because she was challenged by her rival/friend. But that's just my opinion. Anyway, review!