Not Even a Memory Part 1

Not Even a Memory Part 1

Not Even a Memory
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Naruto characters. None of them are mine. Please R&R!
Sitting in the empty classroom, she tucked a strand of pink hair behind her ear and gave a soft sigh. Is he really going to leave... again? When Sakura saw him walking through those village gates five years ago, she thought that he was here to stay...
Flashback...
"Sakura-chan! Come have some ramen with me!" Fifteen-year-old Naruto ran up to the pink haired chunin, trying to catch his breath. Fifteen-year-old Sakura shook her head and gave him a smile.
"Gomen nasai, Naruto, but I'm afraid I don't have much of an appetite," she said. She began walking towards the West gates of the village.
"Whatcha doing?" Naruto asked as he followed her. Sakura just shrugged.
"Nothing, I just wanted to take a walk to the West gates," she replied.
"You know he's never coming back." Sakura stopped walking.
"I don't know what you're talking about," she said coolly. Naruto scuffed his feet in the dirt.
"Yes you do. Every day you would take a walk to the West gates and sit there for about an hour or so, waiting for him, Sasuke," Naruto said quietly. Sakura glared at him.
"Are you stalking me Naruto? I thought I told you I would never talk to you again if you did," she said stiffly. Naruto shrugged.
"I'm not stalking you and besides, Kakashi-sensei sometimes sees you too and so do Shikamaru, Choji, Ino and Hinata," he said. Sakura felt her face heat up. "Like I said, Sasuke's never coming back. He made his decision just like we made ours."
"Sh-shut up!" Sakura hissed, feeling tears threatening to spill. "I-I don't care what you say! He's coming back! I just know he is!"
"No he isn't Sakura, and you know it!" Naruto yelled. "Why can't you let him go? If you really do care for him, you would accept the choice he made!" Sakura felt like Naruto had just slapped her. Her face went pale and her deep jade eyes widened. Naruto's ocean blue eyes held her gaze. Tears slipped out of her eyes and there was no way she could make it stop.
"Ai Naruto you baka. After all this time, you're still making her cry aren't you?" Sakura lifted her head and whirled around. There standing behind her just a foot away was...
"Sasuke!" Naruto glared at him. Sakura didn't know what to say. The Uchiha ninja walked closer to Sakura and his fingers gently brushed away her tears. She trembled slightly at his touch.
"And you Sakura, after all these years..." Sasuke smirked, letting his hand drop slowly. "...You're still a cry baby." Sakura flung her arms around his neck, crying softly against him.
"Sasuke-kun... you've come back," she whispered...
End of Flashback...
Sakura gave another sigh and stared out the window. Clouds were starting to gather and she could see tiny raindrops gently splashing against the window. Why is he leaving again? Does anyone know that he's leaving? Did I do something that's making him leave? She wondered. Shaking her head, she slowly got up and started towards the door when...
"Sakura, it's not good to contemplate over one thing for such a long time." Sakura jumped about a foot in the air.
"K-Kakashi sensei! You startled me," she stammered. Her former sensei was standing on the ceiling smiling at her while hanging upside down. He landed lightly and looked down at his former student.
"You're thinking about Sasuke aren't you?" He said, running his fingers through his grey hair. Sakura felt her face heat up.
"W-what makes you think that?" she asked nervously. Kakashi gave a low chuckle.
"Sakura, I've known you since you were a genin and I can tell that you're thinking about him just by the look on your face." He sighed and leaned against the wall. "So I guess you've heard that Sasuke will leave soon." Sakura's eyes widened.
"W-what... How did you know?" she asked. Kakashi scratched his head and sighed.
"We've been keeping an eye on him since he got back. Any sign of him leaving without notifying the Hokage or myself, we have to go after him." Sakura shook her head.
"What are they going to do? Kill him?" Kakashi didn't say anything. The color drained out of Sakura's face. "You're going to kill him?"
"Sakura... understand this. The last time this happened, Konoha was almost destroyed and the Hokage himself died. We can't let this happen again." Kakashi shook his head. "I don't like this anymore than you do but the Hokage-sama said that we can't let anything like that to happen again. Gomen nasai, Sakura. I just thought that I should tell you that," he said softly. He started to leave but before that he said, "The ANBU will be waiting at the gates when he leaves at midnight." And with that, he disappeared. Sakura slumped against the wall, running the words through her head again. Sasuke-kun...