Disclaimer: Nope, don't own Naruto.
Somewhere In Time
Chapter 2- Walk With Me
I sucked in the air greedily. I had been at this new jutsu for hours. My hands were burned from my chakra, my skin tingled from the effort- the bruises covering my skin straining my muscles further from the pain.
I closed my eyes. I could feel it- the despair. Is this what killed her? Is this what guided the kunai across her throat? I opened my eyes. I could still see her. I could see her reaching out to me, the blood twisting down her pale arm, calling me, begging me to her grave to make team seven whole again.
"I have to... I have to succeed. But how?..." Then it hit me. "The kyuubi!"
I closed my eyes again, but this time with a new fever. I concentrated, shutting out all noise- the birds, the hum of the insect wings, the wind. And I focused on the burning red chakra as warm as the summer's sun. I could feel it, searing my insides burning up through my skin. It tingled my skin beyond feeling until it was a numb red flash of pain. I flowed the hand signs out from rote memory. I had performed them so often now, it was like water in my hands, twisting out the signs with ease.
I heard a light crackle, like fine hair being rubbed against my ears, then a deafening roar like the earth being teilt, split open. I squeezed my eyes shut further. I did not want to see this, because I knew this was wrong. I knew this was forbidden, and I was betraying the village I so loved Von doing this. A strong wind was on my face now threatening to push me over, I could feel it twist around my body as the earth shook beneath my feet, and the rumble grew louder, threatening, and it was coming right towards me.
And all I could think about was the image of a young Sakura being beaten Von those bullies, and a young Sasuke saving her. The glow on her face, the light blush across her cheeks.
"That was the Tag I fell in love..."
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I blinked my eyes slowly, the bright sun blinding my eyes. I closed my eyes quickly trying my best to ignore the stinging pain that was now in the back of my eyes. I sat up off the ground and rubbed them, once again blinking my eyes awake.
I looked down slowly to my small hands. The first thing I noted- they weren't chakra burned. In fact, they were much too small to be mine. I felt my forehead for my forehead protector. None. I stood slowly and realized I was not where I was practicing the forbidden jutsu. No, I was in town. The streets were bustling with life as shoppers moved from booth to booth buying their needs for the day.
I looked across the straße at my reflection in one of the glass windows. I was a young boy, about nine. I frowned, scowling my face. Aww, man. Not this again! Du mean I have to live all this over!
I stood there stationary in my orange jumpsuit. I was not blind, I could see it in their faces. The casual glances, the eyeing from their periphery vision. They were terrified. I could even see the sweat slowly roll down the side of their faces as they watched me, waiting... for what I never knew. I felt my herz sink, as I stood there Weiter to the booth... alone.
I am all alone again.
"The jutsu worked though." I mumbled. I looked up to the sky. It was the afternoon judging Von the sun. "Sakura sagte it happened after school. It must've brought me back to the Tag Sasuke saved her from the bullies..."
I felt my herz flutter with excitement. It worked, it really worked. All I had to do was think of the moment in time and it brought me there. A small smile crept back on my face as a new momentum rushed through me. This time it will be different! This time, I'll save Sakura, then I can grow up with her! I won't be alone this time!
A light blush drew across my cheeks at the thought as a goofy smile spread across my face. And this time, Sakura will be happy. She will be happy and I will make sure she never frowns again.
I turned down the straße and began walking towards the school, my hands crossed behind my head. I watched the sky casually as I walked. It was clear as can be, with the deepest of blues in it. And it was such a shame to have to waste the Tag cooped up in the class room. If it wasn't for Sakura, I would definitely be somewheres else right now.
I sighed again at the thought of the school. And to think I was a genin! Now I have to go through that stupid class all over again. I frowned as the scowl deepened on my face. A feeling of disappointment was growing in me. I worked so hard to get to where I was, and now my chakra is right back down to where it use to be.
"Oh well, I'll just have to work twice as hard this time!" I sagte laughing.
I suddenly felt myself collide with a hard surface, and stumbled back a few steps. I rubbed my face as I looked down from the sky. "Hey! Watch where you're- huh? Kakashi-sensei!"
Kakashi looked down from his book casually. "Hmm... oh I didn't see Du there. What did Du call me?"
I blinked a few times, confused. Oh, that's right. He's not my sensei yet. A smile crept across my face. Well, at least I'll have fun playing that eraser prank on him again!
"Shouldn't Du be in school." Kakashi stated this Mehr than asking as he eyed me carefully.
"Oh, umm, yeah I was just heading that way." I couldn't stop smiling, just picturing that eraser whacking his head. I can't wait to pull that prank again.
"Well then, I suppose Du won't mind me walking Du to the school."
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"After school detention! But Du can't!" I shouted, practically leaping from my chair in the principal's office.
The tall, bald man with tanned skin stared at me with disinterest. "I can and I will." He stated flatly.
"But this Tag is VERY important to me! I have to be outside the school afterwards!"
This man is going to ruin it all for me, everything I worked for, everything I sacrificed. I sacrificed everything I earned for Sakura- being a genin, the little respect I had earned at the chunin exams, and all that skill I had trained for. I wasted all of it to come back and save Sakura, to make her happy. And he's going to ruin it all with this stupid detention!
The man smirked, the smile twisting up his face. "Well then, Du should have thought about that before skipping school for the festivals." I stared at him stumped. "That is why Du skipped school, right?"
Sakura was saved Von Sasuke... on that day? It was a force of habit I admit. I always skip school for the festivals. And I always got detention the Weiter day. I stared down at the floor dejected.
"What's the matter? Aren't Du going to tell me it was worth it like Du always do."
"Just give me the slip." I muttered beaten.
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I walked down the hall. I could feel my herz sink with every step towards Iruka's class. To think, my entire plan could be messed up Von one man, and Kakashi nonetheless. Now Sasuke will save Sakura from those bullies, and she'll fall in Liebe with him all over again. I frowned, anger boiling lightly in me at the thought.
And she'll suffer all over again... no, not this time. "I will be there after school."
I stopped outside Iruka's classroom door. I could hear him lecturing something again that makes no sense to me. His lectures never do. I took in a deep breath and opened the door. I could feel everyone's eyes turn and rest on me. A slight feeling of discomfort centered in the pit of my stomach as the whispers started, like they always do. They always whisper about me. I tightened my fist at my side. I wanted nothing Mehr than to scream at them.
"Well, Naruto, it's nice of Du to Mitmachen us, but you're late!" Iruka shouted.
"I know I'm late." I muttered handing him the slip his hand was already reached out for.
"I'll see Du after class, now take a seat. Class is almost over."
I took my sitz in the back of the class. I looked up at the clock just in time to hear the glocke ring.
"Class is over. Now study the assigned chapters and I'll see Du tomorrow." Iruka announced as everyone got up to leave.
I felt the desperation sink in as I scanned the class desperately for Sakura. My eyes locked onto her rosa hair. I blinked a moment, almost not recognizing her. Her green eyes weren't as bright as they always were, and her rosa bangs hung over her forehead hiding it dangling into her eyes. I can't see her beautiful face... I thought sadly as I tried desperately to see the face I ached for since the Tag I found her lying dead like that.
I slipped into the crowd of students and began heading towards the door keeping my eyes locked on Sakura's form. I could feel my herz beat quicken with her every movement. And still, despite all the time apart, her movements were still like Poesie to my eyes.
I suddenly felt someone jerk my hemd, shirt backwards choking my throat pulling me from the crowd.
"And where do Du think you're going Naruto? You've got detention to serve!" Iruka screamed from behind me.
I turned to face Iruka, his eyes beneath furrowed brows staring down menacingly. Oh, he was mad. But watching Sakura's form pass Von the window, I couldn't help but think... if I was a different kind of kid, I wouldn't have been at the festival to begin with. I wouldn't have to be going back in time, because I would've already been there when she needed me most.
I sighed and stared down at the floor. "I'm sorry."
"W-what?!" Iruka nearly screamed.
I brought my eyes back up to face Iruka. It really didn't matter anymore, I had failed Sakura, and at this age I am not fast oder strong enough to beat Iruka to save her. I could feel my herz fall down to my feet as all the pain resurfaced that I had thought I had left behind. I squeezed my eyes shut to force back the tears.
"I can't do it Iruka-sensei." I can't watch her die again.
And what would Du expect, for me to live the Weiter few years knowing she will die?
I felt a large strong hand on my shoulder. "Naruto, Du look... older."
I opened my eyes to meet his, pain flowing through them. I could see his large, brown eyes staring back, filled with concern.
"Listen, why don't we go get some ramen? Du can serve your detention tomorrow."
I blinked, surprised. I was speechless for a moment before I spoke. "Could... we get the ramen tomorrow... after detention? I really need to go."
Now it was Iruka's turn to blink. He looked stumped as he rubbed the back of his head. "You're turning down ramen?! Umm... okay, I supose, but are you-"
"Thanks Iruka-sensei! You're the best!" I shouted as I ran out the door.
Maybe I'm not too late! My feet slapped against the hard surface as I raced down the hall. Maybe I can still save her! I slammed the door open and raced across the grass, eyes darting for her.
I froze as my eyes settled on her rosa hair, my herz beating out of my chest and lifting up with the excitement, the knowledge that she will not die now... only to sink back down to its rightful home. I watched as Sasuke extended his arm to the bruised Sakura, her small form surrounded Von unconscious bullies. I saw the red blush fill her cheeks, her eyes glisten with adoration as she timidly took his hand and rose with his pull.
I watched her small mouth form a thank you, those two words leaving those kirsche red lips. Sasuke smirked, nodding at her thanks, and waved goodbye as he walked briskly through the grass. And Sakura stared on as he left, her blush deepening, and I could see it written across her face, in her eyes, in her heart, that unconditional adoration, such a look of pure Liebe following his form.
And she can never follow him where he will go.... but she will wait for him.
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I stared at the river from my sitting position on the bridge, legs hanging over the side. This is where team seven would always meet every morning before their training, before their mission. I plucked another petal from the blume and dropped it into the wind, watching as it drifted down turning and twisting before it landed on my reflection, thrashing it with its ripples.
"Perhaps it just wasn't meant to be..." I muttered.
I heard small footsteps stop close to me, then turn as if to leave. I looked up to see a flash of rosa hair as the person was turning.
"Sakura!" I shouted.
The young girl stopped, then turned to face me, her face blushing. "Y-you know my name."
"Of course I do." I said, as I remembered we hadn't met yet. "My name's Naruto Uzumaki."
The young girl nodded shyly, trying her best to hide behind her bangs. "I'm sorry for bothering you. I just... I come here a lot."
"It's okay. Du can stay if Du like." I patted the bridge Weiter to me, smiling eagerly for her to sit. She looked unsure for a moment, then finally sat Weiter to me on the bridge.
I looked over her features as she stared at the water. She reminded me Mehr of Hinata now than Sakura, with her shyness and timid nature. Sakura had sagte she lacked confidence when she was younger, but that was an understatement. The Sakura I knew would have beaten the bullies to a bloody pulp. She really was an unblossomed flower, but the most beautiful of the buds.
I stared at her, soaking in her beauty. Despite the rosa mop of bangs dangling in her eyes, she was still lovely. The way the sun glistened in her rosa tresses, how the water danced over her smooth milky skin. The sun sent beads of light through her emeralds of eyes, and those kirsche red lips.
And I could see it, that ghostly pale skin stained with blood as it trickled through those paper white lips down her chin. Her fragile hair that clung to her skull in blood clotted mats, old with sweat. Those sunken dull green eyes tormented Von whispers of hell, and that slight crack in those pale lips echoing that silent scream, like a phantom... "I couldn't bring him back to us... so now I will wait for him..."
Because of my broken promise.
Sakura glanced to me, then blushed lightly and looked back down to the water, shifting uncomfortably in her place. "Why are Du staring at me?" She asked nervously.
Now it was my turn to blush. "Oh, umm, sorry, it's just that you're beautiful." In a haunting way.
I wanted to klatschen, smack myself with that statement. Smooth, it's obvious she likes Sasuke, why even try to change the future? Du know how it's going to play out. But still, that didn't stop my herz from fluttering in my chest, trying madly to beat through its cage.
Sakura furrowed her brows as she glared lightly at the water. "Don't lie."
I looked at her confused. "I'm not."
Out of all who I left behind, your face will always be... the most haunting.
I watched as she covered her forehead with her hand and blushed. "You don't think I'm beautiful. You're just teasing me cause of my forehead!"
She thinks she's not beautiful cause of her forehead... "But I'm not teasing you. I like you're forehead."
I took her hand and lowered it from her forehead. Her eyes fluttered up to me as she stared deep into my blue eyes. Gently, I lifted her rosa bangs back out of her eyes revealing two deep green gems questioning me. I felt my herz beat like a pulse through my body pounding beneath my skin as I leaned in and planted a KISS on her forehead, her hot skin burning my lips. I leaned back, expecting a slap for my actions, but she merely stared back with a light blush.
"You... like my forehead." She muttered. "No ones ever complimented my forehead before."
And that is when I saw it. The look of adoration in her eyes, a look of uncompromised love, and for the first time... she was looking at me with it. I could only stare back and bask in it, something I doubt Sasuke ever did. No, he was too busy to notice such a look of love. To see how her eyes glisten with such emotion, how it makes her skin glow and her smile Mehr beautiful than anything on this planet. And I want to live in those eyes forever.
Because Sasuke had the adoration of many and did not notice even one, and I had the adoration of none and longed for only one.
"I just want Du to be happy Sakura." I don't want to see Du spend your life mourning his unrequited love. I don't want to watch Du suffer again. "I will always come back for you, no matter what." Even if it means ripping my herz out a thousand times watching Du die.
Sakura stared down at her thumbs as she played with them in her hands. "I think I am happy." She sagte almost giddy.
I watched her as a surge of happiness flowed through me that was almost alien. Sakura was happy, and she was happy because I made her that way. I smiled as I realized slowly, I was being gegeben a great gift right now. I will now be able to grow up with Sakura, and I will be the one to watch her slowly blossom into the Sakura I know. And it is the most beautiful gift ever.
I stood slowly and held my hand out to her, calling her to me. She looked up questioningly with her large smaragd eyes.
"Walk with me." I asked her.
She smiled as she took my hand and rose with me. I held her hand, as she stood in front of me watching me through young bright eyes, and I watched her through aged ones... ones that matured and dimmed long before their time.
She leaned forward, nervous, and pressed her kirsche lips onto mine. I felt my herz skip with the friction, as I held her close, tasting her for the first time. Her soft velvet lips sliding over mine in a quick chaste motion, then breaking from mine. Her face flushed and lips breathless from the simple motion. And my herz softened, just staring at her young form.
We walked, with joined hands, across the bridge of team seven into Konoha, and this time it will be different. Because Sasuke saved her body, but I saved her heart. This time, I held her first, and now I will never let her go. And when she dies, it will not be for mourning.
I couldn't bring Sakura back to us, so now I will wait with her... somewhere in time.
THE END
A/N: My time travel thing probably isn't completely accurate, what with me not knowing how to travel in time and all, but this is how it is intended.
There is no parallel universes. Mine is intended as in: Naruto traveled back in time and merged with his past self thus literally altering the single future, not creating two parallel futures. So there was only one past Naruto, not two running around in this story. And there is only one future, not two parallel ones. :)
I really don't care if this story is accurate as far as time travel concerns, so please don't leave any reviews telling me how time travel works, cause time travel is not yet possible, so how do Du even know how it works? yours is just a guess too! Anyways, I hope Du liked my story! Please let me know what Du think about it!
On a side note, I was not bashing Sasuke in the story, so please do not think I was...
Somewhere In Time
Chapter 2- Walk With Me
I sucked in the air greedily. I had been at this new jutsu for hours. My hands were burned from my chakra, my skin tingled from the effort- the bruises covering my skin straining my muscles further from the pain.
I closed my eyes. I could feel it- the despair. Is this what killed her? Is this what guided the kunai across her throat? I opened my eyes. I could still see her. I could see her reaching out to me, the blood twisting down her pale arm, calling me, begging me to her grave to make team seven whole again.
"I have to... I have to succeed. But how?..." Then it hit me. "The kyuubi!"
I closed my eyes again, but this time with a new fever. I concentrated, shutting out all noise- the birds, the hum of the insect wings, the wind. And I focused on the burning red chakra as warm as the summer's sun. I could feel it, searing my insides burning up through my skin. It tingled my skin beyond feeling until it was a numb red flash of pain. I flowed the hand signs out from rote memory. I had performed them so often now, it was like water in my hands, twisting out the signs with ease.
I heard a light crackle, like fine hair being rubbed against my ears, then a deafening roar like the earth being teilt, split open. I squeezed my eyes shut further. I did not want to see this, because I knew this was wrong. I knew this was forbidden, and I was betraying the village I so loved Von doing this. A strong wind was on my face now threatening to push me over, I could feel it twist around my body as the earth shook beneath my feet, and the rumble grew louder, threatening, and it was coming right towards me.
And all I could think about was the image of a young Sakura being beaten Von those bullies, and a young Sasuke saving her. The glow on her face, the light blush across her cheeks.
"That was the Tag I fell in love..."
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I blinked my eyes slowly, the bright sun blinding my eyes. I closed my eyes quickly trying my best to ignore the stinging pain that was now in the back of my eyes. I sat up off the ground and rubbed them, once again blinking my eyes awake.
I looked down slowly to my small hands. The first thing I noted- they weren't chakra burned. In fact, they were much too small to be mine. I felt my forehead for my forehead protector. None. I stood slowly and realized I was not where I was practicing the forbidden jutsu. No, I was in town. The streets were bustling with life as shoppers moved from booth to booth buying their needs for the day.
I looked across the straße at my reflection in one of the glass windows. I was a young boy, about nine. I frowned, scowling my face. Aww, man. Not this again! Du mean I have to live all this over!
I stood there stationary in my orange jumpsuit. I was not blind, I could see it in their faces. The casual glances, the eyeing from their periphery vision. They were terrified. I could even see the sweat slowly roll down the side of their faces as they watched me, waiting... for what I never knew. I felt my herz sink, as I stood there Weiter to the booth... alone.
I am all alone again.
"The jutsu worked though." I mumbled. I looked up to the sky. It was the afternoon judging Von the sun. "Sakura sagte it happened after school. It must've brought me back to the Tag Sasuke saved her from the bullies..."
I felt my herz flutter with excitement. It worked, it really worked. All I had to do was think of the moment in time and it brought me there. A small smile crept back on my face as a new momentum rushed through me. This time it will be different! This time, I'll save Sakura, then I can grow up with her! I won't be alone this time!
A light blush drew across my cheeks at the thought as a goofy smile spread across my face. And this time, Sakura will be happy. She will be happy and I will make sure she never frowns again.
I turned down the straße and began walking towards the school, my hands crossed behind my head. I watched the sky casually as I walked. It was clear as can be, with the deepest of blues in it. And it was such a shame to have to waste the Tag cooped up in the class room. If it wasn't for Sakura, I would definitely be somewheres else right now.
I sighed again at the thought of the school. And to think I was a genin! Now I have to go through that stupid class all over again. I frowned as the scowl deepened on my face. A feeling of disappointment was growing in me. I worked so hard to get to where I was, and now my chakra is right back down to where it use to be.
"Oh well, I'll just have to work twice as hard this time!" I sagte laughing.
I suddenly felt myself collide with a hard surface, and stumbled back a few steps. I rubbed my face as I looked down from the sky. "Hey! Watch where you're- huh? Kakashi-sensei!"
Kakashi looked down from his book casually. "Hmm... oh I didn't see Du there. What did Du call me?"
I blinked a few times, confused. Oh, that's right. He's not my sensei yet. A smile crept across my face. Well, at least I'll have fun playing that eraser prank on him again!
"Shouldn't Du be in school." Kakashi stated this Mehr than asking as he eyed me carefully.
"Oh, umm, yeah I was just heading that way." I couldn't stop smiling, just picturing that eraser whacking his head. I can't wait to pull that prank again.
"Well then, I suppose Du won't mind me walking Du to the school."
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"After school detention! But Du can't!" I shouted, practically leaping from my chair in the principal's office.
The tall, bald man with tanned skin stared at me with disinterest. "I can and I will." He stated flatly.
"But this Tag is VERY important to me! I have to be outside the school afterwards!"
This man is going to ruin it all for me, everything I worked for, everything I sacrificed. I sacrificed everything I earned for Sakura- being a genin, the little respect I had earned at the chunin exams, and all that skill I had trained for. I wasted all of it to come back and save Sakura, to make her happy. And he's going to ruin it all with this stupid detention!
The man smirked, the smile twisting up his face. "Well then, Du should have thought about that before skipping school for the festivals." I stared at him stumped. "That is why Du skipped school, right?"
Sakura was saved Von Sasuke... on that day? It was a force of habit I admit. I always skip school for the festivals. And I always got detention the Weiter day. I stared down at the floor dejected.
"What's the matter? Aren't Du going to tell me it was worth it like Du always do."
"Just give me the slip." I muttered beaten.
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I walked down the hall. I could feel my herz sink with every step towards Iruka's class. To think, my entire plan could be messed up Von one man, and Kakashi nonetheless. Now Sasuke will save Sakura from those bullies, and she'll fall in Liebe with him all over again. I frowned, anger boiling lightly in me at the thought.
And she'll suffer all over again... no, not this time. "I will be there after school."
I stopped outside Iruka's classroom door. I could hear him lecturing something again that makes no sense to me. His lectures never do. I took in a deep breath and opened the door. I could feel everyone's eyes turn and rest on me. A slight feeling of discomfort centered in the pit of my stomach as the whispers started, like they always do. They always whisper about me. I tightened my fist at my side. I wanted nothing Mehr than to scream at them.
"Well, Naruto, it's nice of Du to Mitmachen us, but you're late!" Iruka shouted.
"I know I'm late." I muttered handing him the slip his hand was already reached out for.
"I'll see Du after class, now take a seat. Class is almost over."
I took my sitz in the back of the class. I looked up at the clock just in time to hear the glocke ring.
"Class is over. Now study the assigned chapters and I'll see Du tomorrow." Iruka announced as everyone got up to leave.
I felt the desperation sink in as I scanned the class desperately for Sakura. My eyes locked onto her rosa hair. I blinked a moment, almost not recognizing her. Her green eyes weren't as bright as they always were, and her rosa bangs hung over her forehead hiding it dangling into her eyes. I can't see her beautiful face... I thought sadly as I tried desperately to see the face I ached for since the Tag I found her lying dead like that.
I slipped into the crowd of students and began heading towards the door keeping my eyes locked on Sakura's form. I could feel my herz beat quicken with her every movement. And still, despite all the time apart, her movements were still like Poesie to my eyes.
I suddenly felt someone jerk my hemd, shirt backwards choking my throat pulling me from the crowd.
"And where do Du think you're going Naruto? You've got detention to serve!" Iruka screamed from behind me.
I turned to face Iruka, his eyes beneath furrowed brows staring down menacingly. Oh, he was mad. But watching Sakura's form pass Von the window, I couldn't help but think... if I was a different kind of kid, I wouldn't have been at the festival to begin with. I wouldn't have to be going back in time, because I would've already been there when she needed me most.
I sighed and stared down at the floor. "I'm sorry."
"W-what?!" Iruka nearly screamed.
I brought my eyes back up to face Iruka. It really didn't matter anymore, I had failed Sakura, and at this age I am not fast oder strong enough to beat Iruka to save her. I could feel my herz fall down to my feet as all the pain resurfaced that I had thought I had left behind. I squeezed my eyes shut to force back the tears.
"I can't do it Iruka-sensei." I can't watch her die again.
And what would Du expect, for me to live the Weiter few years knowing she will die?
I felt a large strong hand on my shoulder. "Naruto, Du look... older."
I opened my eyes to meet his, pain flowing through them. I could see his large, brown eyes staring back, filled with concern.
"Listen, why don't we go get some ramen? Du can serve your detention tomorrow."
I blinked, surprised. I was speechless for a moment before I spoke. "Could... we get the ramen tomorrow... after detention? I really need to go."
Now it was Iruka's turn to blink. He looked stumped as he rubbed the back of his head. "You're turning down ramen?! Umm... okay, I supose, but are you-"
"Thanks Iruka-sensei! You're the best!" I shouted as I ran out the door.
Maybe I'm not too late! My feet slapped against the hard surface as I raced down the hall. Maybe I can still save her! I slammed the door open and raced across the grass, eyes darting for her.
I froze as my eyes settled on her rosa hair, my herz beating out of my chest and lifting up with the excitement, the knowledge that she will not die now... only to sink back down to its rightful home. I watched as Sasuke extended his arm to the bruised Sakura, her small form surrounded Von unconscious bullies. I saw the red blush fill her cheeks, her eyes glisten with adoration as she timidly took his hand and rose with his pull.
I watched her small mouth form a thank you, those two words leaving those kirsche red lips. Sasuke smirked, nodding at her thanks, and waved goodbye as he walked briskly through the grass. And Sakura stared on as he left, her blush deepening, and I could see it written across her face, in her eyes, in her heart, that unconditional adoration, such a look of pure Liebe following his form.
And she can never follow him where he will go.... but she will wait for him.
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I stared at the river from my sitting position on the bridge, legs hanging over the side. This is where team seven would always meet every morning before their training, before their mission. I plucked another petal from the blume and dropped it into the wind, watching as it drifted down turning and twisting before it landed on my reflection, thrashing it with its ripples.
"Perhaps it just wasn't meant to be..." I muttered.
I heard small footsteps stop close to me, then turn as if to leave. I looked up to see a flash of rosa hair as the person was turning.
"Sakura!" I shouted.
The young girl stopped, then turned to face me, her face blushing. "Y-you know my name."
"Of course I do." I said, as I remembered we hadn't met yet. "My name's Naruto Uzumaki."
The young girl nodded shyly, trying her best to hide behind her bangs. "I'm sorry for bothering you. I just... I come here a lot."
"It's okay. Du can stay if Du like." I patted the bridge Weiter to me, smiling eagerly for her to sit. She looked unsure for a moment, then finally sat Weiter to me on the bridge.
I looked over her features as she stared at the water. She reminded me Mehr of Hinata now than Sakura, with her shyness and timid nature. Sakura had sagte she lacked confidence when she was younger, but that was an understatement. The Sakura I knew would have beaten the bullies to a bloody pulp. She really was an unblossomed flower, but the most beautiful of the buds.
I stared at her, soaking in her beauty. Despite the rosa mop of bangs dangling in her eyes, she was still lovely. The way the sun glistened in her rosa tresses, how the water danced over her smooth milky skin. The sun sent beads of light through her emeralds of eyes, and those kirsche red lips.
And I could see it, that ghostly pale skin stained with blood as it trickled through those paper white lips down her chin. Her fragile hair that clung to her skull in blood clotted mats, old with sweat. Those sunken dull green eyes tormented Von whispers of hell, and that slight crack in those pale lips echoing that silent scream, like a phantom... "I couldn't bring him back to us... so now I will wait for him..."
Because of my broken promise.
Sakura glanced to me, then blushed lightly and looked back down to the water, shifting uncomfortably in her place. "Why are Du staring at me?" She asked nervously.
Now it was my turn to blush. "Oh, umm, sorry, it's just that you're beautiful." In a haunting way.
I wanted to klatschen, smack myself with that statement. Smooth, it's obvious she likes Sasuke, why even try to change the future? Du know how it's going to play out. But still, that didn't stop my herz from fluttering in my chest, trying madly to beat through its cage.
Sakura furrowed her brows as she glared lightly at the water. "Don't lie."
I looked at her confused. "I'm not."
Out of all who I left behind, your face will always be... the most haunting.
I watched as she covered her forehead with her hand and blushed. "You don't think I'm beautiful. You're just teasing me cause of my forehead!"
She thinks she's not beautiful cause of her forehead... "But I'm not teasing you. I like you're forehead."
I took her hand and lowered it from her forehead. Her eyes fluttered up to me as she stared deep into my blue eyes. Gently, I lifted her rosa bangs back out of her eyes revealing two deep green gems questioning me. I felt my herz beat like a pulse through my body pounding beneath my skin as I leaned in and planted a KISS on her forehead, her hot skin burning my lips. I leaned back, expecting a slap for my actions, but she merely stared back with a light blush.
"You... like my forehead." She muttered. "No ones ever complimented my forehead before."
And that is when I saw it. The look of adoration in her eyes, a look of uncompromised love, and for the first time... she was looking at me with it. I could only stare back and bask in it, something I doubt Sasuke ever did. No, he was too busy to notice such a look of love. To see how her eyes glisten with such emotion, how it makes her skin glow and her smile Mehr beautiful than anything on this planet. And I want to live in those eyes forever.
Because Sasuke had the adoration of many and did not notice even one, and I had the adoration of none and longed for only one.
"I just want Du to be happy Sakura." I don't want to see Du spend your life mourning his unrequited love. I don't want to watch Du suffer again. "I will always come back for you, no matter what." Even if it means ripping my herz out a thousand times watching Du die.
Sakura stared down at her thumbs as she played with them in her hands. "I think I am happy." She sagte almost giddy.
I watched her as a surge of happiness flowed through me that was almost alien. Sakura was happy, and she was happy because I made her that way. I smiled as I realized slowly, I was being gegeben a great gift right now. I will now be able to grow up with Sakura, and I will be the one to watch her slowly blossom into the Sakura I know. And it is the most beautiful gift ever.
I stood slowly and held my hand out to her, calling her to me. She looked up questioningly with her large smaragd eyes.
"Walk with me." I asked her.
She smiled as she took my hand and rose with me. I held her hand, as she stood in front of me watching me through young bright eyes, and I watched her through aged ones... ones that matured and dimmed long before their time.
She leaned forward, nervous, and pressed her kirsche lips onto mine. I felt my herz skip with the friction, as I held her close, tasting her for the first time. Her soft velvet lips sliding over mine in a quick chaste motion, then breaking from mine. Her face flushed and lips breathless from the simple motion. And my herz softened, just staring at her young form.
We walked, with joined hands, across the bridge of team seven into Konoha, and this time it will be different. Because Sasuke saved her body, but I saved her heart. This time, I held her first, and now I will never let her go. And when she dies, it will not be for mourning.
I couldn't bring Sakura back to us, so now I will wait with her... somewhere in time.
THE END
A/N: My time travel thing probably isn't completely accurate, what with me not knowing how to travel in time and all, but this is how it is intended.
There is no parallel universes. Mine is intended as in: Naruto traveled back in time and merged with his past self thus literally altering the single future, not creating two parallel futures. So there was only one past Naruto, not two running around in this story. And there is only one future, not two parallel ones. :)
I really don't care if this story is accurate as far as time travel concerns, so please don't leave any reviews telling me how time travel works, cause time travel is not yet possible, so how do Du even know how it works? yours is just a guess too! Anyways, I hope Du liked my story! Please let me know what Du think about it!
On a side note, I was not bashing Sasuke in the story, so please do not think I was...
