Brothers in Arms
Rippon
Disclaimer:
Me no own, u no sue…
"Please, please don't die on me! I need you! We are sisters, and I cannot do this without you! God, please, don't let her die."
She felt the coldness upon her cheek. She turned to her injured sister. Tears streamed down her cheeks at the smile she found sitting there.
"Do not be sad for me. This is what God wanted of me. I will die from a battle, a GREAT battle. I will be honored in the high heavens for my sacrifices for my countrymen."
She stared at the beautiful woman wrapped in bandages. If this was the last time she was to see her, then she wanted to memorize her face, so she would never forget.
Another cold hand touched her unoccupied cheek.
"I need you to do something for me. Please. I need you to find my old comrades, and fight this war alongside them. They will make sure you survive. Moreover, please, give them this letter. They will understand."
Her mouth opened to protest, but she closed it. She would not be selfish, and deny her sister this request. She would fulfill her sister's requirements. She nodded.
Her sister smiled a pained smile.
"Stay with me?" she inquired of her best friend.
A smile lit up the other's face. "Of course."
The silence was comforting.
"Kagome?"
She turned her head to her friend. "Yes?"
Sakura smiled. "Grow."
She died then.
Kagome cried.
She sighed. It had been two months since then. Her heart still hurt. She had to wonder if her heart would ever stop hurting. She wouldn't be surprised if it didn't.
"Well, only a days walk now to Konoha. Then, sister, I'll be able to do as you have asked of me. Then maybe I'll receive my answers. Maybe."
Kagome sighed again. Ever since her sister had died, she had been contemplating what she had meant by 'Grow'. What more growing did she need to do? She had been through a war, the death of her family, the loss of her best friend, and now she was being forced by her sister's bizarre final request to travel to a foreign land.
Her life was pretty much screwed, and she knew pain and death, so what in the hell kind of growing had she left to do?
"Well, no sense trying to discover the mysteries of life at this hour. Might as well get some sleep."
As she lay on her futon, gazing at the starry sky, Kagome fell asleep.
She never noticed the tears streaming down her face.
Sasuke rolled his eyes at the idiot he was standing next to. Naruto was currently shrieking his head off about Kakashi's lateness. He had overslept, or so he said, and was drafted by Tsunade to do some quick work. Yeah right.
Sasuke's eyes lowered. Everything had been different ever since Sakura had left. She had simply disappeared one night, and they hadn't heard from her since.
That was five years ago.
He rubbed his temples. Naruto had been heartbroken.
Admittedly, so had he.
Not that anyone knew that.
"Sakura…"
"AHA! I knew you missed her, Sasuke-teme! Admit it!" The blonde had simply popped up out of nowhere, startling Sasuke.
He forgot about the Kyuubi's good hearing.
Damn.
"I do not, dope. Now shut up."
Naruto stuck out his tongue. "Yes you do. I know it!"
Sasuke growled. "I do NOT! She was an annoying brat who had some psychological obseesion with me. Not only that, she was weak. So weak I thought she-"
He never got to finish, as he was suddenly pinned to a tree by a couple kunai. He swiftly looked around.
"You will watch what you say about my sister, Teme, or I will personally break you."
Then she appeared.
She was the most beautiful person he had ever seen.
Black, flowing hair, dark crystal blue eyes, and a tone figure, she easily accomplished this.
Too bad she was glaring at him cold enough to freeze an Eskimo.
At that precise moment, Naruto made his presence known.
"Did you say Sakura was your sister?"
Owari
Okay, fun huh? I should have the next chapter out within the next month, depending on how much of a writer's block I get.
Ja ne.
RIPPON