Her finger-nails were slowly digging into his shoulders, never wanting to let go of him, to let him leave her. Her quiet sobs were getting louder as he tried once more to break free. She didn't let him.

"Please…stay...here with us…don't leave…I will be here for you… I just…" she cried.

"Shut up." He tried to sound cold but it wasn't his thing. He was soft and understanding and he felt her warm tears on his back.

"I will help you! Don't leave me… like he did, you know I won't manage the second time! I hardly did the first!"

"Then you're not as strong as I though you were…"

These words shocked her. "Let me prove it to you." She let go of him. "You will die if you go and you know it you're just too stupid to admit it. I will get stronger. When we meet again I will get you back…"

"…and I will get him…"he continued.

She dried her tears slowly with the back of her hand. "What about Sai?"

"Don't care about him."

"What about me?"

"No."

"Hinata." She said.

He froze. Right. Her. No matter. He'll deal with her later.

"She needs a friend. Be there for her." He finally said.

"But we all need you, dammit! We need you like the air we breathe and we are your friends! You're starting to be more like him, baaka. Following in his footsteps won't bring him back!"

"Correct. And that's why I am the only one who is capable of bringing him back."

She cried once more. She fell to the ground on her knees sobbing harder than ever. She was so useless when it came to her friends.

"When I return Sakura, he will return as well. We will be as we were, I promise you. Till we meet again…thank you…" he disappeared leaving her alone in the frozen rain.

"I couldn't stop him…again…I can't do anything!" she was yelling and blaming herself for everything. She began to hate ‚thank you'-s.

From the dark woods a tall figure came out. He looked confident enough to be arrogant but he knew what to do to make his friends reunite.

"Get up. We're leaving."

"We?"

"You and me. Let's get them back."

"Hai."