CONNECTION

That moment in Sasuke's arm Sakura felt as though even if she dies that moment she wouldn't regret it as long as it's in his arms. Sakura cried her heart out in Sasuke's arms that moment. Those years were all the pain she was hiding from the moment Sasuke left her for the first time. Sasuke has seen Sakura as a fragile little girl. He even saw her breaking the earth and murdering thousands with just one blow as a strong and determined women. But the Sakura in front of her that moment was more like the weak girl Sakura had burried deep within her for a long time. He cries , her tears her shivering body that clinged to his torso spoke that even the strong can crumble. That moment Sasuke realised that sometimes it's ok to break down because it's warm as long as it's in the arms of your beloved. It was rare for Sasuke to cry but thar moment his tears just came down automatically. This new feeling to have crossed another level of understanding each other is something they greatly admire. Thar moment leaving love there wasn't a single thought in their minds. After hours of staying in that position and embracing each others warmth. They finally e go of each other. Sakura 's eyes were swollen with all that crying. She looked down . Sasuke leaned near her.

"Don't look ....my face looks ugly...."

Sasuke held her face...

"You are always beautiful..."

"Don't tease me..."

"It's true...."

"You can try lieing to me .....but don't do something as ridiculous as this....."

"Sorry..."

"It's ok....I am going with you...and about the scroll inam gonna talk with Kakashi sensie myself about it...."

"Hn ..."

She gave he a gentle look.

"I am very stubborn Sasuke kun ......I won't let go easily. You better get used to it."

"Hn.."

They got up and started packing up. After almost two whole hours there packing was done. There was still some time before dawn. So they decided to rest. Well Sakura went to bed as for Sasuke,he went back to have a glimpse of the rising sun. Yet he encountered some one on his walk. Over their bold meeting place he found his yellow head friend sitting quietly enjoying the end of night. He quitely jumped over to the roof top and stood beside him. Knowing that his friend might have already sensed his presence.

"Looks like you didn't have a good sleep Teme..."

"Same goes for you...."

"Well am different....your wife isn't pregnant like mine...."

They both gazed the night sky which was slightly fading off.

"So you are leaving..."

"Yeah..."

Naruto looked at him and noticed that his cloak is a bit wet. Even though he was a fool he did get the essence of why it was wet...

"You made her cry ....."

"I was crying with her...."

"Why do you guys love tears so much.."

"Don't talk as if you never shed a tear ok...."

"Huh .....I m letting off this time .....but next time I a
M not gonna let you off."

"Hn..."

There was a silence as the sun slowly start rising....

"Ne Sasuke.....next time you return you better bring back a cute little kid with you...."

Sasuke looked at him....

"I mean...it will soon be time for us to pass down our legacies to the next generation right..."

"Hn...."

"I wonder how our kids will be ....."

"Dosent matter how the future will be....As long as we protect the future generations it will be all okay...."

"Yeah yeah...you are right teme....with time things might change yet we would still be the same in many ways..."

"Hn . .... The soul of a shinobi never changes..."

They both looked at the rising sun. A new sun that marked the beginning of a new day, new era. The day when the sun was considered damped in blood are gone. Now the days of a new future is what the rising sun symbolises in Konoha.

"Teme... Sakura chan....she has gone through a lot.... Don't make her suffer anymore... because for her you are her most dear treasure...."

"Hn "

With that he went near Sasuke and gave him a hard pat on his back.

"That's for making my sister cry."

Sasuke looked as his back and for a moment he felt that this is the very back Sakura stared at all her life trying to surpass. A gentle smile tugged on his lips. He soon reached the gates of Konoha. And he found Sakura all ready standing staring at the gates. The Uchiha crest was not embedded on her back. She wore her cloak as the wind swiftly moved through her pink hair which looked quite familiar with the morning sky. Naruto walked beside him and they joined her. Kakashi was already there. And looked like he even got scoldings for his deed of sending Sakura a fake scroll asking her to stay in the village. They both walked side by side. Their hands brushed with each other but this time instead of distancing Sasuke grabbed her hand. They bid goodbye to their home for now they were back on track for a new journey of exploring each other . They were again walking ahead together. The rising sun was the witness that their love has now turned into a step connection that merry words are not enough to explain. They now wished to walk hand in till the end of eaternity. Sakura gently looked over Sasuke.

"Sasuke kun.....Thank you .."

"Huh ...."

"Thank you for choosing me..."

Those words, Sasuke felt as though there were what he should be saying. All his life it was only her for Sasuke. He didn't specifically chose her she was more like an inevitable part of his heart from the beginning only. Just that he was too dense to get this. Sakura's smile, her angry face, her caring face, her embarrassed face....all these forms of a girl he thought was annoying in the past are somehow different now. All these were now a essential of his life. Even though this time is shorth lived yet he wants to live it. May be even Itachi wants the same thing.