Fallen

Epilogue

Two years later

In the streets of Konoha, an eighteen year old man was walking by himself. Although he hadn't noticed, every single female, regardless of age or dating status, had their eyes on him.

"Uchiha-sama~!" a girl who was walking side-by-side with her boyfriend squealed.

But he didn't pay any attention. He was lost in thought, thinking about the mission he'd just been assigned by Tsunade, the Hokage of Konoha.

"Bring Itachi Uchiha into Konoha, dead or alive," she'd ordered Naruto Uzumaki, Kakashi Hatake, Sai (who'd recently rejoined the team), and he himself, Sasuke Uchiha.

"Don't lose yourselves," she went on, looking at him. "And don't do anything stupid," she turned her commanding glare onto Naruto. "If you understand, then you're dismissed."

He was honestly trying to keep his concentration fixed on the mission. But despite his efforts, his thoughts drifted far away, to the person who'd disappeared for the second time.

Sakura Haruno had vanished right in front of his eyes two years ago, after he'd confessed to her. He didn't really know how she took it, or if she even considered it a confession.

She'd left a note, too. And because of that note, Tsunade had told them about Sakura's past. About how Sakura wasn't human.

Sasuke just kept on walking in the street, not aware of where he was heading.

"Sasuke!" a voice called. The familiarity of it brought him back down to earth.

"Dobe," Sasuke acknowledged.

"Arrogant bastard…," Naruto mumbled. "Anyways, where are you going? We've got a big mission tomorrow, so you shouldn't be out this late."

"Practice what you preach, dobe," he replied.

Naruto opened his mouth and shut it, defeated. "Whatever," he said after a while. "Sasuke, want to go get some ramen? I was going to go with Hinata, but we can always have more people."

Sasuke noticed the girl hiding behind Naruto's back.

Naruto laughed.

"Hinata, you're too shy," he told her.

"I-I'm sorry, Naruto-kun," she stuttered.

"You don't need to apologize," he said, rubbing her head with his hand and making her long violet hair messy.

She turned crimson.

Sasuke turned away from the two lovebirds, and saw a flash of pink out of the corner of his eye.

Without thinking, he began to run.

"Oi, Sasuke!" Naruto called.

But he didn't listen.

He saw the flash of pink hair and grabbed onto a wrist.

"Sakura!" he called.

The girl turned.

"What the hell?!" she said, and was about to yank her hand out of his grasp when she stopped and reconsidered. "Did you want something? We could go get a drink-"

"Sorry," he said. "Wrong person."

Looking disappointed, the girl left.

He'd thought it was her, but no. It was just some girl who'd dyed her hair.

He sighed and looked up at the night sky. The stars weren't visible; there were too many lights on.

"Sakura…," he muttered to himself. Was she up there?

He was standing in front of a tall tree, reaching up high.

"Sasuke-kun?"

His head whipped up and he found a girl sitting on the branches. She had short pink hair, emerald eyes visible even in the dark, and a slender body. She looked around sixteen.

"Sakura?"

She smiled and jumped down onto the ground.

"Sasuke-kun!" she took a run and jump and knocked him to the ground.

"Ow! What the-"

He blushed as he noticed the position they were in.

"Sasuke-kun," she said. "How old are you?"

"Eighteen," he answered.

"What's your favorite food?"

"Onigiri and tomatoes."

"Is Naruto alright?"

"He's still alive and wrecking everything in his path."

"How many people does it take to change a light bulb?" she asked.

"One"

"What's the formula of-"

"Sakura, get to the point," he growled.

This was way too confusing for him.

"Sasuke-kun, do you know what I am?" she asked sadly.

"Yeah," Sasuke answered.

"Do you care?"

"No."

Her lips curled into a heart-warming smile.

"Sasuke-kun, is it alright if I reply to what you said to me before I left?"

"Knock yourself out."

Sakura threw herself at Sasuke in a bone-crushing hug. "I love you!"

He turned red and hugged her back.

"Yeah."

The End.

A/N: Sakura returned!^^ This is the end, end, no strings attached. Thank you all for reading! X3 I'm so happy with all of your positive reviews, and it's what kept me going up to this point! XD I really hope you liked the story. If you didn't, I'm sorry. If you did, I'm really happy. I love you all! X3 Bye-bye!