Memories of the Blossom Heart

Chapter 31: The Beast

"Sakura! Sakura! Oh jeez, not again..." Naruto facepalmed with a groan, then narrowed his eyes firmly at his best friend in question. "Sasuke... Why? How on earth could you do this to her?"

Gaara took four steps forward and paused to flower. His demanding tone of voice, saying. "You need to leave... You've done a lot of damage with that tactless behavior of yours."

"I'm so disappointed in you... To think that you've actually changed, but into something worse..." Naruto shook his head with a sulking expression on his face.

Hinata furrowed her eyebrows in stress. "Sasuke..."

Choji and Lee gazed at the dark-haired ninja with scowl expressions, but they did not retaliate.

"You heard that?! Never come back, you ass-"

"Kiba!" Tenten scolded in which he bit his bottom lip in silence.

"What? I'm sick of this bastard being too cocky and just end up ruining things for us on our vacation. He's still a wanted criminal-" Kiba vented.

Then, the red-haired Kazekage signaled his arm out for him to stop talking in which he did. He then lowered it on his side and walked over towards him, staring heatedly at him in calmness. "I think it's time for you to leave. You are not welcome in our lives anymore because of your selfishness and arrogance. I was expecting something better from you, Uchiha, but you still failed... Now, get out and stay away from us, including Sakura..." His deep voice warned sternly with his gaze piercing at him in vexation.

The dark-haired ninja then did not respond back as he understood the message. He looked at every single one of his friends in the corners of his eyes and shuffled past them.

"What are we going to do?" Hinata wondered.

"We can just forget about him for a while..." Naruto murmured dolefully.

"Right," she agreed softly and placed her hand on his shoulder in consolation.

The others were watching him walk away solemnly. There was no doubt that he would not beguile anyone and he had one goal in his mind to attain it for himself. Tenten, Ino, and Hinata were upset and melancholic by the outcome of his wrongdoing.

However, the gentlemen were not surprised that Sasuke still has the trait of being too ambitious. This time, it wasn't the power that he was after. It was love that he wished that he could've needed much longer when he was younger, but it was taken away so soon by his older brother, who was also a victim of that tragic era during the Uchiha Massacre. Of course, it was never easy for him to endure the sufferings he went through as a child.

Even after being mentally tortured in a genjutsu by Itachi's Mangekyo Sharingan. Although Sasuke had more chances than him since he had Team 7 back in his youthful days and still chose that wrong path because of the traumas that he's been dealing with. He could've reconciled with his friends before by not giving into his own desires.

The pink-haired kunoichi, on the other hand, was running again with tears flowing down her face. She wiped them quickly and breathed out for a gasp when she got startled at the four figures landing on the ground in a complete shock.

She stared at them oddly and began to question stoutly. "What are you guys doing here?!"

"We are here to request a favor from you, Miss Haruno. That is if you don't mind taking you with us," Zenchi informed.

"No... I don't want to be involved in your corrupt business, so I'm leaving," Sakura countered.

"Oh, I'm afraid that's not going to happen this time," Zenchi said.