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Open Your Eyes

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Chapter 6: Sasuke

Everything was perfect; the mood was perfect, the fireworks were perfect, the girl standing net to him is perfect. Nothing could ruin this day for Naruto.

Almost nothing.

“Sir, everyone is in position. What are your orders?” A figure who just appeared out of nothing asked, kneeling down in front of the one who was lurking.

“Good, good,” The figure said, as he still had his gaze on Naruto and Sakura. “just wait until I give the signal, got it?” He said sharply, making the kneeled figure gulp.

“Y-yes, sir...” The figure said as he disappeared again.

The figure who was lurking put on a black mask. It covered is mouth, but his cold blood-red Sharingan eyes were clearly seen.

“Naruto, thank you.” Sakura said suddenly, her head still on his shoulder.

“Why?” Naruto asked, his mind not totally clear. A blush was still seen on his face, and it was happy blush at that.

“Well... for letting me feel that I’m worth something.” Sakura said, her head from his shoulder, looking at him.

He also turned to her, “What are you talking about, Sakura-chan? I always thought you were worth something; you are defiantly worth something.” Naruto said, a bit confused about why she said that. Why doesn’t she see herself the way he sees her?

Sakura put her hands before her mouth, tears in her eyes; “You really mean that?” She whispered.

“With all my heart...” He also whispered. He noticed something; a single white flower standing there, in the ground, with no other flowers arround it. He bent down to pick it up.

“You know, Sakura-chan? I don’t see why you look down on yourself.” He stood up again. He reached out to her hair, and placed the white flower behind her ear, smiling.

“Because I believe that’s not who you are.” He said softly.

Tears were now rolling down her face. She sniffled and suddenly jumped towards Naruto. He caught her, but he wasn’t standing steady. He fell down, with Sakura on top of him.

But it seemed like she didn’t noticed anything. She kept hugging his chest with her eyes closed; “Thank you, Naruto. Thank you so much!”

Naruto smiled softly, as he put an arm around him. She suddenly stopped sniffing and hugging, and rose herself up.

She blushed; “Ah, I-I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have...” She nervously laughed, “I guess I should get of you, huh?”

“Y-yeah...” Naruto also bushed.

‘No!’

She wanted to get up, but someone stopped her. She looked down at Naruto, seeing that he held her arm to prevent her from leaving.

“Naruto..?” She barely got out. But Naruto just kept staring at her, almost with an pleading face.

‘What’s wrong with him?’ She thought. ‘Why is he staring at me like that? And why... am I staring at him like that...? His eyes, they seem hypnotising.’ She didn’t realise that they were coming closer to each other.

“Men, let us begin...”

Both of them didn’t stop. They closed their eyes, knowing they both wanted this. Sakura bent down, Naruto reached up. They both parted their lips a bit, their noses touching. They reached in for the kiss.

‘An intention to kill?!’ Sakura thought just as three kunai’s were coming out of nowhere. Sakura had to think fast; they were aimed at Naruto. She quickly grabbed his jacket, turned herself with her back facing the kunai’s. Just as she did, the kunai’s hit her back.

“Ugh!” Sakura said, as she pits out some blood.

It went all too fast for Naruto. But he now knew that Sakura was hurt, “Sakura-chan!”

“Naruto, we are being attacked!” She quickly said, as she sat straight, trying to get the kunai’s out of her back.

Naruto ran behind her; “Who... is attacking us?” He asked is shock, as he carefully pulled out the kunai’s. “Sakura-chan... Don’t ever do that again.” He said, a stern look on his face.

“What?! They were aimed at you Naruto! What else was I supposed to do?” Sakura said angrily, part of her anger was because of the pain she gained when the kunai’s were pulled out.

Naruto sighed, knowing he would have done the same. He pulled the last kunai out, but Sakura was still bleeding.

“Naruto, I’m ok. Can I have one kunai, please?” Sakura asked as she grabbed one of the kunai’s. She threw them at the exact same place where they came from.

Three figures suddenly jumped from the darkness.

“It seems that your girlfriend saved you, Naruto...” One voice said.

“It seems that you uses her as a shield, Naruto...” The other one said. They both wore masks before their mouths. They were both in totally black clothing with long sleeves and long pants.

Naruto growled and stepped before Sakura. “Who are you?!” He yelled. The two figures laughed. The third one remained silence.

“Show yourselves!” Naruto yelled again.

The third one finally spoke; “Let me go first... I want this to be a... ‘touching’ reunion...” Both Naruto and Sakura’s eyes went wide when they heard the voice. It hasn’t changed one bit.

‘It can’t be... not like this... please not like this...’ Sakura thought as the figure slowly walked into the moonlight.

Naruto growled at what he saw; “Sasuke...”

“So, you still remember me?” Sasuke said, as his eyes began to glow. He removed his mask, which revealed a nasty smirk. He had the same black clothes as the other two, the only difference he had was that he had a belt around his waist which held a weapon holder.

“What are you doing?! You could’ve really hurt Sakura-chan!” Naruto said, as he clenched his fist.

“Sakura?” Sasuke said, mocking. He looked at Sakura, who seemed to be frozen. “It was actually meant for you, Naruto...”

“You...” Naruto said, already wanting to attack him.

“Sasuke-kun...” A weak voice came from behind Naruto. Sasuke didn’t even glance at her.

But Sakura continued; “Why are you doing this? Why did you attack Naruto?”

“Because I want to finish it...” He simply answered.

That’s right... Naruto and Sasuke fought almost to the death when Sasuke wanted to betray the village to go to Orochimaru. Sasuke won, and went to Orochimaru to get stronger.

“I was weak back then, but now... I’m stronger. Much stronger.” Sasuke said, as he now used the full power of the Sharingan. “You want to test it?” He asked Naruto.

“No, stop! Do not fight!” Sakura pleaded. But she had to jump away because of two kunai’s that were thrown at her.

She looked up, seeing that those two man were attacking her.

“Sakura-chan!” Naruto yelled, and wanted to go with her, but was stopped by Sasuke who was suddenly in front of him.

“Your business is with me, Naruto...” Sasuke said, as he laid a punch on him. Naruto quickly reacted, and stopped Sasuke’s punch with his hand.

“If you want it that way...” Naruto said as he also punched Sasuke, but missed because he dodged.

“Shit, I can’t move well in these clothes...” Sakura cursed under her breath. As the two men came closer.

‘Well, here goes nothing.’ She thought as she ran towards them, her fist in the air. “Shannaro!” She yelled as she punched one. She thought it was an hit, until the person disappeared, and a wooden log was seen.

‘A replacement?’ Sakura said, but was unable to look behind her on time. She was kicked in her side, which made her loose her ground as she practically flew towards a tree.

It was a full hit.

Sakura cried with pain as she hit the tree, and fell down. Blood was seen at the side of her mouth, but she quickly wiped it away.

‘I’m not strong enough to beat these guys...’ She thought as she looked how Naruto was doing.

It was a even battle with Naruto and Sasuke; when one hits, the other one dodges, and vice versa.

“Looks like you didn’t improved your taijutsu, Naruto...” Sasuke said.

“Heh, neither have you!” Naruto said, as he jumped away from him. He saw Sakura standing there, weakly, looking as she was beating hard. Her hair was now loose from the hit, and was hanging before her face.

‘Sakura-chan...’ Naruto thought. ‘This is not good, we have to get out of here...’

“Kage bunshin no jutsu!” Naruto cried, as one doppelganger appeared beside him. The real Naruto held out his hand, while the other one began making circles on it with his own hands. A blue ball formed in the real Naruto’s hand, rotating fast. When the ball was ready, the doppelganger disappeared. Naruto ran towards Sasuke, with high speed.

“Rasengan!” Naruto yelled as he held his arm back.

“Too slow, Naruto!” Sasuke yelled, as he also made his attack; Chidori.

They both attacked at the same time, their attacks colliding. It was just like their fight all over again. Only this time, it was with their own strength.

A bright light was made, which made Sakura and the other two look up. Sakura saw the fight at the hospital playing all over again.

‘They have to stop! I can’t look at this any longer!’ Sakura said, as she weakly walked over to Naruto and Sasuke, not being noticed by the other two guys. Their attack was over, but they lost a lot of Chakra. They were panting heavily, but ready to fire another attack.

Just as Naruto wanted to attack again, something stopped him from behind.

“Stop...” A weak voice whispered in his back, but he could hear it clearly.

“S-Sakura-chan...” Naruto didn’t notice Sasuke anymore. That was a wrong move.

“I don’t want you two fighting...” She whispered again. She suddenly saw Sasuke drawing a sword. Her eyes went wide while she let out a gasp.

What happened next almost seemed happening in slow-motion; Sakura let go of Naruto, while Sasuke began to charge at them. Naruto didn’t noticed Sasuke was attacking them until Sakura pushed him on the ground, standing before him.

She took the hit.

The sword pierced through her belly, as she spit out more blood. Her beautiful red kimono was now even more red, all coming from her.

Sasuke smirked; “Wrong move, Sakura.” He said, as he withdrew his sword.

Naruto couldn’t move; even when she fell down, he only blinked.

“S-Sakura-chan...” He whispered, finally finding the strength to crawl over to her. He looked at her face, seeing that she was still breathing. But she took the hit. “Why... Why did she... why didn’t I...?” Naruto was talking nonsense, not coming out of his words.

“Are you angry now, Naruto?” Sasuke asked, “Do you want to kill me...?”

But Naruto stayed quiet. Only his shoulders were shaking, making Sasuke think he was crying. But that wasn’t the case; red Chakra formed around Naruto’s body.

‘There it is again.’ Sasuke thought as Naruto stood up. He quickly turned around, his normally blue eyes now blazing red, fangs clearly seen.

He didn’t looked like himself anymore.

“I’m going to kill you!”

To Be Continued