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You know the drill. I don�t own Naruto. If I did I�d be stinking rich and living in a house in Fiji right now. These stories are just for fun and I couldn�t sell them if I tried so please don�t sue me. K thanks.

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Let Me In

�Sasuke! Sasuke wait!�

�Go away.�

Sakura cringed at the harshness in his voice. He didn�t even look over his shoulder as he told her to get lost. Why couldn�t he at least look at her once in a while?

�Sasuke�I was only trying to help y��

�You can�t help me. Nobody can. Now leave me alone Sakura.�

His words chilled her heart and made her stop her pursuit in the middle of the street. People continued to pass her on all sides, paying her no mind. She watched her team mate�s back as he disappeared into the crowd. She averted her eyes to the ground, letting her pink locks fall into her face so no one could see her tears.

�Sasuke, why won�t you let me in?�

It had been like this for as long as she could remember, even during her days at the academy. She had offered her heart openly to him time and time again and in every single instance, he had crushed her. Why wouldn�t he give her a chance? Even if he didn�t want a romantic relationship with her, why did he refuse to at least deepen their friendship? To confide in her? Vent to her? Anything was better than the cold shoulder he gave her now. She knew he was hurting. She could see it in him everyday. His eyes always looked haunted and even when he was with her during training, sometimes he still wasn�t �there�. He was a million miles a way in a place she couldn�t go and it killed her.

�I just want you to be happy.� She whispered to a man who didn�t want to hear her.

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Sasuke trudged along the path out of Konoha. He just wanted to be away from the hustle and bustle of the town and all its people, and he especially wanted to get away from HER. It�s not like he hated Sakura. Sure she was whiney and weak and followed him around like a lost puppy but she was still all right. In fact, she might be more than all right but he wasn�t ready to admit that to himself yet. He was quite aware of her feelings for him, hell, a man would have to be blind and deaf not to be, but truthfully, he just didn�t want to think of her that way. In fact, he didn�t want to have romantic feelings for anyone at all. It wasn�t something he felt he needed in his life right now. It couldn�t make him stronger or improve his skills which meant it couldn�t help him defeat his brother and right now that was the only thing in the world that mattered to him. He would make Itachi pay for what he had done to his clan and to his family.

Besides, caring for something made it your weakness. He couldn�t afford to have one of those.

Although his childhood hadn�t exactly been a happy one, he had been surrounded by family members that loved him, especially his mother who eased the pain of his father�s indifference. Then one day his brother had taken all that away from him.

On top of that, Itachi had the gall to show up in his life years later, not for him but for his greatest rival, who was suddenly of such great importance because housed inside him was a demon of unfathomable strength; strength that Naruto sometimes channeled for his own use. Sasuke had to keep himself from pounding a crater into the ground with his fist. It was so unfair! All through the academy Naruto had been a loser, good for nothing but a laugh and he had been at the head of the class. Sasuke would have expected his own skills to flourish once he was out of school and training in the real world, but that had not been the case. It was Naruto who had grown by leaps and bounds and Sasuke felt he had to train his absolute hardest just to keep himself from being left behind in the dust.

How was he supposed to surpass his prodigy of a brother if he could barely keep up with the blonde haired baka?

On the other hand, when Naruto and he weren�t trying to kill each other, he actually kinda liked the guy. The whiskered boy was his first true friend and had risked his life for him (as well as beaten the hell out of him) in attempts to bring him home when Sasuke had left Konoha in favor of Orochimaru�s power. Although the battle had been wonderfully challenging, it was also infuriating because once again he was only ahead by a hair and Naruto was constantly improving.

Sasuke looked up into the cloudless blue sky, one that definitely didn�t match his dark mood. The sun would be setting in a few hours. He disliked the night. It had been night when he had come home to his village and discovered the inhabitants and all that he loved no longer existed. He had to get stronger. He had to seek his revenge and he refused to be the weaker of the two next time they met.

Sasuke shuffled through a puddle. The clear water reflected the blue of the sky and the green of the trees. The jade hue produced reminded him of the eyes of a certain pink haired team mate.

Sasuke sighed as his thoughts drifted once again to her.

�Oh Sakura, why do you make things so hard on yourself?�

He was not as insensitive as he appeared. He knew he had once again been the cause of her tears earlier in the afternoon but it couldn�t be helped. If she wasn�t so persistent, he wouldn�t have to constantly push her away. Why couldn�t she just take no for an answer? He was slightly flattered that she cared so deeply about his well-being but there was nothing she could do for him. His problems were much bigger than what the silly little girl could wrap her head around. She just didn�t understand, and never would even if he told her his life story. Sasuke didn�t need a shoulder to cry on or kind words. He needed strength and revenge and then maybe his soul would feel a little lighter after such a wrong was righted in the world, after he made his brother pay for his sins. Sakura had a big heart (and a split personality that Sasuke found both amusing and confusing, especially when Naruto was suffering her wrath.) but his heart had long ago frozen and perhaps was chipping away bit by bit until one day he would have no heart at all. Maybe that wouldn�t be so bad. It would mean he would feel nothing, good or bad and pain and fear and emptiness would never haunt him again.

The youngest Uchiha member came to the winding trail that led up into the cliffs on which the faces of the four great hokages were carved. He began the climb upwards with hands stuffed grudgingly in his pockets. Hopefully nobody would find him until he was ready to return civilization, especially a certain annoying girl.

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Sakura was the picture of dejection as she sat with her arms wrapped around her shins and her head on resting on her knees. After Sasuke had once again pushed her away, she had wanted some time alone where she could sort through her jumbled emotions in peace. She found her solace at the training grounds where she had spent so much time when newly assigned to Team 7. There were a lot of memories here, not all of them good, especially the ones involving their silver haired teacher taunting them with two small bells. To this day she hated the sound they made. But there were good memories too. She had formed close bonds with her team mates here, or so she had thought.

Naruto had become a treasured friend although she still caught him looking at her with hearts for eyes every now and then. Sasuke on the other hand, well�Sasuke was Sasuke: independent, withdrawn and still very hard to talk to. But back then he had been different somehow. There was still a light in him somewhere that showed through every now and then, especially when plotting to see under Instructor Kakashi�s mask. But now, he was changed. Ever since his first fight with Naruto on the hospital roof he had become a darker version of himself. He was so consumed with hateful thoughts of his brother that Sakura wondered if the Sasuke she used to know was salvageable at all. Today�s encounter had only increased her doubt.

Suddenly, the skin on the back of her neck prickled as she felt a pair of eyes watching her. She remained where she was, still hugging her knees so as not to alert the watcher that he had been detected but tried to hone in on his position from where she was sitting. Just then, a familiar chakura signature burst into the clearing. Sighing to her self as she relaxed again she wondered, �how does that baka always find me?�

�Heya Sakura-chan!� Naruto waved, his child-like and slightly idiotic grin plastered on his face as always.

�Hey Naruto.� Sakura replied with not even half the enthusiasm the blonde boy had given her.

�I thought I recognized you chakura. He beamed. �What are you doing way out here?�

�I could ask you the same thing.� She said, dropping her chin back onto her knees now that the possibility of danger had passed.

�I was on my way back to the village and sensed you here so I came to see what was up. You�re not usually out here so late. Is something wrong Sakura?�

Sakura sighed as Naruto ungracefully plopped to the ground beside her.

�I guess you could say that.� She said as she stared up at the wisps of clouds that were beginning to turn pink and orange with the setting of the sun.

Naruto scrutinized her with narrowed eyes. Right now with her cloud gazing she was acting more like Shikimaru than the Sakura he knew and watching her stare up wistfully at the sky with big sad eyes made him wish all over again that he could fill the void she felt in her heart and make her happy. But more often that not, whenever she was in one of these sad, quiet moods it was because of one man and one man only, and that man was never him.

�What did Sasuke do to you this time?� Naruto asked, unable to keep the bitter edge out of his voice.

�He didn�t do anything.� Sakura said, still staring at the sky.

Naruto�s eyebrow went up in confusion. What was all the fuss about then? He would never understand girls.

�He never does anything. He doesn�t talk to me. He doesn�t look at me. Sometimes I think he tries very hard to forget that I exist.�

Sakura couldn�t keep the tears from forming and her eyes began to glisten as she fought to keep them from spilling down her cheeks. Naruto didn�t miss this detail and swore that he could feel his own heart break at seeing his friend so upset.

�I know that he isn�t much for talking and there�s a lot about him I don�t understand but he doesn�t even give me the chance to try!�

Sakura�s voice broke as she suppressed a sob. She was nearly shouting now but she didn�t care. After bottling up her feelings of anger and frustration for so long, she could stop their flow no more than she could stop her own tears.
�I just want to help him with whatever he�s going through but he cuts me down before I can ever find out what�s wrong! I feel like all I�ve ever been is a nuisance to him�to everyone.�

Naruto watched as the first tear fell, golden bright in the last of the suns rays. Naruto wanted nothing more than to brush away her tears but he knew that was out of the question. While Sakura wasn�t quite as violent as she had been when they were 12, she still valued her personal bubble and anyone who violated it would suffer her wrath. All he could do was watch as she finally broke down, burying her face in her knees as her body was wracked by sobs.

As long as he had known Sasuke, he had never remembered a time when he was actually warm and smiling. Most of his joy had probably died with his family, but tragedy or not, Naruto felt it gave him no excuse to be such an asshole to everyone. Naruto had never had any family at all and nearly everyone had shunned him his whole childhood. He had known the painful feeling of being alone and yet he found joy in life everyday. Most of that joy came from the woman who was currently crying her eyes out beside him.

He didn�t understand it. Sasuke was a jerk to everyone yet all the girls practically threw themselves at him and got nothing but cold distain in return. For years Sakura had had eyes only for the Uchiha and nothing Naruto did ever brought him closer to her heart. In a way, Naruto was endlessly envious of his friend. Everyone seemed to like him. Ninja academy had been a breeze for him and he had graduated at the top of the class while he himself had been held back time and time again. He had strength and power and most of Instructor Kakashi�s attention but above all, he had Sakura�s heart. She had given it to him wholly and completely and Sasuke knew it and yet he did nothing and it angered Naruto to no end that he would through such a precious and fragile gift back in her face, for that very gift was something he had wished for ever since the moment he had set eyes on the stunning pink haired ninja.

Sakura lifted her head from her knees and turned her tear-streaked face to him. Her voice, made raw from her tears came out in a hoarse whisper.

�I�m 19 years old Naruto. You think a girl would learn by now.�

Her pain and sadness were so evident in her voice that Naruto acted before he even had time to think. He leaned over and embraced her tightly and just held her. Even if he couldn�t mend her broken heart, he could still be a friend and comfort her in the only way he knew how.

Sakura stiffened slightly as the whiskered boy drew her to him but then relaxed into his embrace. This was nothing sexual or perverted that would earn him a taste of her fist and a bump on the head. This was just Naruto doing all he could do for a friend in a time of need. She let her cheek rest on his orange clad shoulder as Naruto felt her racing heart slow and her hitched breath even out. After a moment he pulled away and looked into her emerald eyes.

�Sakura�I�maybe he�maybe he just doesn�t know what to say, or how to say it. Maybe he�s so used to being alone that he doesn�t know how to open up to people.�

�Yeah,� Sakura said softly. �I just wish he would let me get close enough to try.�

Naruto released his grip on her shoulders as Sakura stood up and stared off into the now purple horizon.

�I think I�m going to go home.�

Naruto wished she would stay. He wanted to hug her again. Even though she was sad, the feeling of her in his arms had been nice�so nice.

�Do you want me to walk you home?� Nauto asked as he to straightened, dusting off his pants.

�No, I just want to be alone for a little while.� She turned around to give him a smile that didn�t quite reach her eyes. �I�ll be fine. Don�t worry about me.�

She took a few steps forward but stopped when Naruto called out to her,

�Hey Sakura, your not a nuisance. You never have been.�

She looked over her shoulder and smiled.

�Naruto�thank you.�

With that, she leapt to the trees and was gone.

Naruto stood a moment, watching the spot in the leaves where Sakura had disappeared. He had come to terms a long time ago that his first love would never truly be his, and while this revelation had hurt, he was grateful that she had become such a close friend. He just hoped that one day, someone would feel for him what Sakura felt for Sasuke: pure, unconditional love. He also hoped that soon, Sakura would find the happiness she searched for, even if was in the arms of another. He just wanted to see her smile.

Once again his thoughts turned to Sasuke. That baka. Why was he such a jerk? Just because he had lost those that were important to him, didn�t mean he couldn�t find new people in his life to fill the void. Hell, if Instructor Iruka hadn�t taken compassion on him and taken him under his wing, he might be as bitter and vengeful as Sasuke was now, or maybe even Gaara. Now wasn�t THAT a frightening thought. Wait�Iruka?

�Oh dammit!� Naruto thought to himself as he realized that he was supposed to meet his former sensei for ramen over an hour ago. �

�I really hope he�s still at the shop. I would hate to miss out on a free bowl of soup noodles!�

If the young blonde�s mind hadn�t been so preoccupied with food, he might have noticed a faint and unfamiliar chakura signature lurking close by. However, as he raced off towards the village, he remained oblivious to the other person�s presence. Naruto had no idea how soon he would wish that he had paid a little more attention�

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Sakura realized she was nearly back to the village. She had taken a detour just to kill time and delay her inevitable return but now it was dark and the streets would be deserted, everyone in their beds, probably with someone who cared about them.

A slight blush rose to her cheeks. She had never been �in bed� with anyone and while she wasn�t ready to rush headlong into one with the nearest man, she was certainly quite curious about it. She had a read a few romance novels (including one of the Icha Icha books that Instructor Kakashi seemed to love so much) but wondered how the fiction added up to real life. There had been so many times when she had wanted to taste Sasuke�s lips with her own. She had never even had a real kiss and she had always fantasized that he was the one she would share it with. But it seemed that is all it ever would be: just a silly fantasy.

The whole way back from the training grounds she had been lost deeply in her own thoughts. Her body was on autopilot as she leapt from limb to limb. Now that she had only a short way home, she wished she was farther away. She didn�t want to go home yet to the suffocating silence of her one bedroom apartment. She was sick of being alone and being home seemed to emphasize the fact that after all these years, she still hadn�t found someone to share her life and her heart with.

She wasn�t kidding herself. She was a Konoha shinobi and she knew marriage was probably not in her future, but did that mean she would have to feel isolated even when surrounded by people on a city street? Would she have to forever feel abandoned even when people lived in rooms directly above and below her? She just wanted companionship, not vows or a ring, but even that seemed like too much to ask these days.

She had just entered the town when she saw a shadowy figure in the distance. Between the dark hair, pale skin and blue jacket, Sakura was immediately able to recognize Sasuke�s identity. Knowing it was a foolish thing to do but not being able to stop her legs, she began to run to him to catch up. She hadn�t walked more than a few steps before the figure disappeared. While she looked around in confusion, a dark voice came from behind her. A voice dark with rage and hate, so different from the one she used to know.

�I told you to leave me alone Sakura.�

The kunoichi jumped in surprise and berated herself for letting down her guard. If this had been a battle, she would have been dead. It disturbed her to know that a simple teleportation jutsu apparently was enough to get the best of her.

Sakura turned to face him.

�Sasuke�I just wanted to be there for you�to help you��

�Help me do what Sakura? Fix my world? Make everything OK? You have no idea what its like to loose like that Sakura. You�re just a silly girl. A stupid silly girl who is too na�ve to understand anything that happens in the real world.�

Sasuke�s voice was low but somehow Sakura felt his tone cut her deeper than if he had been screaming. He wasn�t lost in a passionate rage. He was composed and aware of exactly what he was saying. He MEANT every one of those cruel words and for the third time that day she felt hot tears on her cheeks.

�Sauske��

�Give it up Sakura. You don�t know what you�re dealing with here. This isn�t a fairy tale and I�m NOT your prince. I don�t need your affection or your sympathy.�

With that he brushed pass her and continued on his way, not looking back even when Sakura slumped to her knees, her hands in her lap, body trembling uncontrollably as once again she was overcome by her tears.

When had he come to hate her so much? Yes she was the weakest on the team. That was a fact that not even herself could deny and yes, perhaps she had held onto the prospect of a life with Sasuke for a little too long but recently, he had become exceedingly more venomous and now he had just blown up on her and all it had taken was the utterance of his name.

Was she really that worthless to him? Worse than a hindrance or a nuisance�but something so bothersome he didn�t even want her in his sight? Sakura felt like nothing, no, WORSE than nothing. She was so weak, so pathetic that she didn�t even deserve to be a ninja�at least that�s what Sasuke thought and whether it was true or not didn�t change the fact that it was devastating.

She sat, crying in the middle of the street as a seemingly unconcerned Sasuke walked away. Her tears were silent because she was afraid that if she let out one whimper, one sob, she would scream until she had no voice left and still not be able to stop.

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If Sakura had been able to hear Sasuke�s thoughts as he walked away from her, she might not have been left so emotionally crushed. But the fact was she couldn�t and that�s how he wanted it. He didn�t want her to renew her faith in him. He didn�t want ANYONE to have faith in him for that matter. All his life, all he had ever done was let people down.

He hadn�t been able to live up to his father�s expectations. He hadn�t graduated early like his brother or been a child prodigy. He had betrayed his entire village when he left to join Orochimaru and had nearly killed the team mate and friend that had tried to bring him home because he truly cared about him. Worst of all, he hadn�t been able to save a single family member that night years ago. Everyone had perished while he alone lived. And twice now he hadn�t been able to take revenge on his brother who had extinguished any chance of his little brother living a happy life.

Just the thought of his older sibling made him ball his fists in rage. His entire childhood he had idolized his brother and then suddenly, all the wonderful and heroic qualities had been buried right long with the bodies of everyone he had ever loved. All the time invested in trying to be like his brother�no, to BECOME his brother were for nothing. It had all been a lie and Sasuke to this day felt deeply and irrevocably betrayed.

�But that doesn�t mean I have to take it out on her.�

It was true that during their early days under Kakashi�s instruction, Sasuke had found his female team mate annoying to say the least. The way she doted on him constantly aggravated him to no end, especially when she let it interfere with missions.

However, over the years he had to admit she had blossomed, not only in her skills as a ninja but as a person. Even though she would never be the strongest shinobi to walk the earth, he found her medical skills quite admirable for they required a certain amount of chakura control that he wasn�t even sure he was yet capable of, not to mention extensive

anatomical knowledge. She also had grown as a fighter as well though still no match for Naruto or himself but she would give even well trained ninjas a run for their money. Her body had become strong but parts of her mind and soul remained weak, mostly the parts that had to do with him�like her heart.

He knew she cared about him, maybe deeper than he would ever know and it was a double-edged sword that simultaneously thrilled him and made him want to run away�or dash her hopes to prevent such feelings from ever arising again�like he had just done.

Yet they kept arising. For years they kept arising. Why couldn�t she just let him go?

He could only imagine her heartbreak as he had left her in the street and walked away with a fa�ade of indifference and he hated himself for hurting her like that, but that was the way it had to be. There was no way he was going to let himself get close to anyone while HE was still alive.

Sasuke wasn�t sure how far his brother would actually go just to case him pain but the fact that he had killed his entire clan just to test his strength led him to believe that his brother dealt in extremes.

This new brother was still unfamiliar and alien to Sasuke. He was a total stranger. All his previous experiences and conceptions of him were totally useless in trying to follow the thought process of this cold and corrupt killer.

By this time Sasuke had come to the Uchiha estate. He was the sole survivor and hence the sole heir (since Itachi obviously wasn�t coming to claim it.) so Sasuke lived here alone and tried not to think about the terrible events that happened not so long ago.

But it was useless. His thoughts were always about Itachi and at last killing the killer that had wronged him so deeply. That�s why he had to keep people away. He couldn�t bear another person he cared about dying at the hands of his brother, he would force himself to care for no one and focus only on getting strong enough to get his revenge and end his struggle once and for all.

So if he didn�t care, why did he feel so bad?

Sakura didn�t deserve this. She had always been there for him, even when he had been nothing more than a monster under the control of Orochimaru. Naruto had secretly told him that Sakura had begged him to bring the Uchiha back to her safely. She had told him it was the request of her life. Sasuke had never been the request of someone�s life before. Although it came as no surprise that the request was from the pink haired girl who seemed to be hopelessly obsessed with him, the fact that she had wanted him back home so desperately had been�heartening.

And that was the problem. He didn�t like these feelings that she continued to invoke no matter how hard he tried to suppress them. He couldn�t afford to have a weakness, especially one that Itachi could hurt and torture�and kill.

Sasuke slammed his fist right through the wall of the nearest building.

�Dammit Sakura! Give up on me! Leave me alone and find someone that can make you happy.�

�For your own good Sakura, let me go.�

Sasuke wasn�t even aware that he had said these words aloud as he withdrew his hand from the wall, leaving a gaping hole in its wake.

If he had known who was watching him as he continued to walk inside the main house, he would have deeply regretted those words that fell unbidden from his lips.

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Sakura had decided not to go home after all. After her second encounter with Sasuke she had wanted to go somewhere far away where she would never have to face him again. She knew that was an unrealistic request but for now she took refuge in a clearing high in the mountains where she could see the entire town of Konoha spread out below her in miniature. The tiny town below and the vast blanket of stars above served as a reminder of how small she was, of how small her hometown was, of all the places she hadn�t been and people she hadn�t met. That thought gave her a little hope. Out of all the people in the world, there had to be one that was meant for her and perhaps he was staring up at the same sea of stars right at this very moment. She desperately hoped that who ever was destined to be with her would cross her path soon and ease some of the heartache that had plagued her ever since Sasuke had first turned her down.

�Sasuke.�

All the trouble had started after training earlier that morning. With none of the original Team 7 out on missions, they had decided to reunite for a few hours of training. They had spent the day in a series of two on two battles, Kakashi with Sakura and Naruto with Sasuke. Kakashi was stronger than the boys�barely, so he paired himself off with the weakest member of the team in attempts to even the odds a little bit. If Naruto and Sasuke had been able to utilize their resources and conceive a coherent plan, Sakura and her sensei might have been in trouble. But the truth was Naruto was still too impulsive and he kept ignoring Sasuke�s commands. In the end, both Sakura and Kakashi had been able to team up the Uchiha and best him after Naruto had been knocked out with a surprise attack of �1000 Years of Death�. Needless to say, Sasuke had NOT been happy loosing because his partner refused to comply with any of his carefully planned strategies.

After the session ended he had stalked over to the river in attempts to cool both his hot body and his hot temper. Sakura had followed behind but only because she too desperately needed to cool off in the river. She had given him plenty of space and wasn�t even looking at him when she untied her headband and bent over to dip her sweaty pink locks in the cool water.

She had flipped her head back, spraying droplets of water everywhere and uttered as soft �mmm,� as the water trickled down her neck and chest, soothing her burning flesh. It was then she just happened to glance over at Sasuke and found that he was�staring at her?

In the split second their eyes had met she saw a series of emotions pass his eyes almost too quickly to identify. The first had been something like admiration, or dare she think it, attraction? No, she had to be wrong. After all, she hadn�t been standing that closely and maybe her eyes were playing tricks on her. Yet the next expressions were unmistakable. Something like sorrow and regret flashed through his eyes only to be replaced by the dark expression of anger, which Sakura felt she saw more and more of these days.

However, the first few of his emotions had her perplexed and she opened her mouth to question him. Sasuke, who had apparently already betrayed more of his inner feelings than he had meant to, immediately turned away from her and began gathering his things to go home. She, like the idiot she was, pressed the issue trying to get maybe even the tiniest clue that he really did think she was more than just a team mate h was forced to put up with. She had also tried to get him to tell her what had made him so sad, so distraught for that split second I time. That plan had been a bust. Instead, she had pushed too hard and evoked his wrath�again and this time he didn�t hold back at all. He told here what he truly thought of her.

And the truth hurt.

Sakura wanted to bury her face in her hands and cry all over again at just the memory of his words but she was to exhausted, both physically and emotionally, to do so. She was just about to lay down in the cool grass with the night sky as her blanket when she sensed a presence behind her�RIGHT behind her. In fact, she could feel his breath on her skin.

�What the hell?�

She spun around to face the intruder only to catch a glimpse of dark chin length hair and a Konoha headband before staring into intense red eyes.

�The sharingan?�
Sakura didn�t have time to think about closing her eyes in defense. As soon as her eyes met his, she was sucked into a deep dark abyss. The only coherent thought her mind could form was�

�Sasuke?� She whimpered before collapsing as everything went instantly black.

The stranger caught her in his arms before she hit the ground.

�No,� he whispered into the dark. �I�m not Sasuke, but after a little time with me, you�ll come to enjoy my companionship much more than his, my little Sakura.�

And just like that, the figure left as quickly as he had come, leaving behind a plume of black smoke and not a trace of the unconscious Sakura.
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