Our Journey (Sasusaku)

Chapter 22: "Sarada Temple"

Sakura's left hand suddenly lights up. A smaller Lady Katsuyu appeared.

"Where are we Lady Sakura?" she asked but didn't receive a response from Sakura. She looked at Sakura lying on the ground. The slug crawled to her chest. The slug split herself into four.

"What happened to her?" asked one of the slugs.

"Her body is in a state of coma. She used her chakra too much. This might be the side effect of the jutsu that she's developing." Lady Katsuyu replied to herself.

"I can barely hear her heartbeat." another Lady Katsuyu said.

"Her vital parts including her heart are covered with a special hard chakra to protect and heal her body while she's in a state of coma. The chakra is so thick and hard that only creatures like us can hear it." the slug on Sakura's chest said.

"The Uchiha boy is here too and he looks badly injured too..." another one said.

"We will assist Lady Sakura in replenishing her chakra while she's self-healing while you heal the Uchiha boy!" the Lady Katsuyu on Sakura commanded.

"I will send the report to the Tsuchikage immediately." said the smallest Lady Katsuyu near Sasuke. She vanished in the air.

The two Lady Katsuyu started replenishing Sakura's chakra while the other one healed Sasuke.

Sasuke slowly opened his eyes. He slowly gets up from lying on the ground. "My wounds are gone... how long have I been unconscious?" he asked himself. He slowly crawled towards Sakura. He looked at her face. "She just looks asleep..." he whispered.

He activated his sharingan and opened a portal to his world

"Please stay! I love you!" Sakura cried to Sasuke.

Sasuke looks at him back. "You are really annoying..." He runs behind Sakura as fast as a bolt of lightning.

"Thank you!" He said and hit Sakura behind. Sakura lost consciousness.

Sasuke carried her while looking at the full moon.

The full moon was shining brightly upon the temple. But dark clouds started to cover it until its light was not visible anymore.

Sasuke stepped slowly through the stairs going up to the Sarada Temple. He is carrying Sakura with his right hand and his left with a Susanoo's hand. Drops of water fell from Sasuke's face, it started to rain again. The storm wasn't over yet although it's calmer than the previous one.

The temple's door slammed in the middle of the night. Sasuke entered along with the heavy blow of wind. It started to rain heavily outside with lightning flashing and a loud clap of thunder.

He carefully laid Sakura on a platform surrounded by incense sticks inside jars.

He kneels in front of her and lights all the incense. He looked at the statues in front of them. Sasuke put his fingers on Sakura's neck trying to check for a pulse again. But there was none. He tried to check her pulse through her wrist but he couldn't feel anything. He clenched his fist and slapped the jars with incense beside him. He punches the marble floor and he starts to sob like a child.

A series of discharge flashes of lightning tore the dark sky. The rumble of the thunder above the Iwagakure's mountain made Sasuke's weeping unheard. He sat down and cried. He wept bitter tears of disappointment for losing someone very precious to him.