A/N: Sorry guys…If this story really sucks you and the spelling and grammar are wrong…but this is my very first fanfic…and I really love SasuSaku pairing…this is my very first…so please consider. I hope you will like it…and please…don't forget to submit REVIEWS! I'll appreciate it! And I don't mind flames…just be sure it's something which discriminates and criticizes with good reason! Haha! Enjoy! . c",) ƒùù
"blah" -voices
'blah' –thoughts
blah…-normal narration
(o)-author's scribbles
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Hinata would burn me alive if I did. And uhm…I really can't draw as good as Masashi Kishimot-sensei. I do not own the characters…only the plot and some OOCs.
You were…
"Someone I used to know"
by: fuunk
Chapter 1 : Confessions
On their camp that night, he couldn't sleep. He tousled and turned but he still can't sleep. He sat up looked beside him and saw his blonde teammate lying like a 3-year old boy. (Hehe…he's still kawaii!) He smirked at the idea of him still being immature. He glanced over to the bed beside his blonde teammate.
And then he felt his heart skipped a beat (or eventually stopped beating for a while! Hehe!) The bed was empty…only a pillow and a tussled blanket.
'Uh Shit...where could she be in the middle of the night?'
He got his shirt from his camp bag and stood up, wore it and went out of the tent.
'Hn.' 'I bet Kakashi-sensai is out again reading his hentai book.' He looked around, looking for any sign of her. 'Uh shit! Shit! Shit! Now, I have to go around and look for her…and to think that I don't even know where we are…'
The wind blew…which made some leaves rustle in rhythm… And a few of them flew their way to his hair… 'Uh…a mess!' …he continued to stroll…
"Na na na na….hmmm…. Why Nandaka?..."
He heard the sound and went searching for its direction… 'Hn.'
"Mata ashitawa …..Huh?" she looked behind her.
"Hn." He was staring at her…but glanced away as soon as he realized she stopped.
She just smiled…and changed her gaze to the lake once more…
'She was staring, looking at it…as if she was in her deepest thoughts' he noticed.
"Didn't know you sing very well…" He said without any sign of praise. Just his usual plain-emotionless-un-unusual-voice.
She said nothing and just continued on with her gaze…she didn't even bother looking back at him… 'She's too silent…very unusual of her…' he suddenly thought.
"It's a full moon…" she said…not even bothering to answer his seem-like-compliment words. She glanced at him and gave him a quick smile. Then she started to stare at the sky…particularly the moon.
"You're not answering me…" he shot back. He just stared at her. Confused. Puzzled. Questioning and just simply curious.
"My mom said that I should never go out during full moons…I might get into trouble. Not that I turn into a werewolf…" she giggled. "It's just that during these times, I emit great amount of charka enough to kill a million people in one blow. It usually happens when my eyes turn pitch-black…" she ended her statement hanging…it's as if she does not know what to say or simply doesn't want to say it. She didn't look at him. Afraid of what his reaction ,might be or how he would take it.
He sat down beside her on the grass, still staring at her. He then turned his gaze to where she was looking too…the moon. "Can't sleep …eh?" he asked…attempting to overcome the rising tension between them.
"Hai…I do experience this most of the time…especially during these times…" she pointed to the full moon.
He felt himself soften up because of her sudden seriousness…he felt that there was something wrong. A problem. A mystery perhaps. He averted his looks to her. "Tell me about it…I'll listen…" he then gave her a short small smile…one he never did for a long time.
She smiled back. And looked at the moon once again, as if gaining her confidence there.
"It was a full moon too you know. I was five back then. I was playing near the lake when mom called my name and shouted for me to run. I didn't. I don't want to because I still wanted to play. I didn't know the situation was critical, my mother didn't even tell me. To make me run for my life, she said, or perhaps pretended, that we'll be playing hide and seek. She told me to hide to a certain place no one has ever been. Where I couldn't be found by her or by anyone. I couldn't understand the situation. All I know is that we we're playing. Then she told me to run. GO! And never come back! She said. I ran, giggling, still thinking it was all a game." She looked at him for a while and noticed he was listening vividly. She brought her gaze back to the moon.
"I hid behind my favorite cherry blossom tree. There's actually a hole in it so I went there and hide. For hours I stayed there patiently waiting for my mom to find me. I got bored and slightly mad. So I decided to go out and look for her. As I was about to crawl out of the hole, I heard footsteps and muffled noises. Voices and shurikens flying. Then I saw them. Their feet. They were fighting. I didn't move a bit, remembering what my mom always said in trouble…never go out of your hiding place when you feel danger around… I just stayed there listening. I was afraid. I was afraid of the thought they'd be killing me too. Then I stopped dead on my thoughts when I heard a cry. A voice. It was a woman's voice. And then…as if my whole world shattered… I realized I knew whom that voice was…it was my mom's."
"She was telling, perhaps even begging them to stop. I didn't understand completely what they were talking about back there. All I know is that my mom's in trouble and so am I. They were telling her about something. Something they want from her. A weapon. Yes, they were saying something about a weapon. Telling her to give up and surrender the weapon. I heard my mom refused, and then I heard slashes of kunai and shrieks of pain. They were torturing her, but still she didn't tell them. Then I heard a deep, cold, low voice. He said he has already killed the whole clan and found none. No one, I guess, that they were seeking for. I heard my mom shout that they would never know where she hid the weapon. A-and…..t-then…." Tears are starting to form in her eyes. He was now staring at her, eagerly listening.
"And then, I heard a stab and an ear-splitting cry. Then there was silence…and a loud thud. I saw, through the hole in the tree, my mom's lifeless body lying on the ground. She was…she was…she..sniff…she..was….dead…." She started sobbing and covered her face with both her hands. She was crying very hard…reliving and reviving each painful moment and feeling. But what shocked her was what happened next…
He hugged her.
He ran his fingers through her hair…"ssh…"
She was calm now, she broke the hug and wiped her tears. And then she gave him a heart-full smile.
'How could she smile even at times like this?' he suddenly thought. But his thoughts were interrupted as she continued her narration.
"After that incident, no one noticed me. For days I stayed there in the cherry blossom tree. Still shocked with what happened and what I have seen. Until one day, I just felt like going out and a stranger picked me up. Dressed me, fed me and gave me a name, her family name. Her husband took me in and accepted me too. They thought of other reasons of why I was there. But I never told them how and why. I never told them the truth. I don't want them hurt and burdened by my own problems…I told them my name…'Sakura' from the tree where I hid…" she faced him and gave him another smile. He just stared back.
"You see Sasuke-kun, that night…when those no-hearted-people killed my mom and the whole clan, they were looking for a weapon…yeah… silly thing to do… well…by all means…that weapon w-would be….m-me…" she said the last part in almost a whisper.
"What do you mean YOU?" he cut-off…
"Okay…okay…I know you're confused but let me finish first… okay?" He just nodded.
"I am the weapon. The once-in-every-generation-kind-of-weapon. I am the 'Nitsuki'. A weapon sought after by every clan, country, and person. The most and greatest power one could have. The Nitsuki runs through only one kind of bloodline…"
"Like a bloodline limit or something…?" he interrupted.
"Yeah…guess so…It's the 'Shotoku clan'. That'd why they often call it the 'Nitsuki Shotoku' weapon. But, amidst this weapon's power, it can only be active during full-moons. And that's when its eyes would turn pitch-black. A weapon, strong …yeah really strong…like you've always wanted ne? But only a weapon…"
"To conclude it…I was the one they were seeking. I was the cause of the death of out whole clan. If they have given me up…the whole clan should have been alive up to now…all there is to blame is…m-me…" she bowed her head to hide her face in the shadows. Tears starting to form in her eyes again.
He noticed that. 'ugh…still weak.' He decided to shift the topic a bit.
"How did you know you were the weapon? All these times we were teammates you never told us about this…and you also said that the whole Shotoku clan was murdered…" he shrugged at what he has just said, remembering his own clan. Then he continued… "So there was no one to tell you about it…"
She smiled at him first then started explaining.
"You really are very intelligent Sasuke-kun!" she complimented him but never gave him a chance to complain as she was starting to speak again…
Sasuke just shrugged at her reaction.
"Tsunade-sama explained it to me. She found out I was the Nitsuki Shotoku when we were training once. Just recently though. It was full moon, and our training must be done from night till dawn. And then it happened…something triggered inside me…and my eyes turned pitch-black and I started to attack everyone there. Good thing Tsunade-sama knows how to revive me back to myself before I could kill someone. After that, they brought me inside our camp and told me never to go out until the moon was gone. Tsunade told me about my immeasurable charka power and when she remembered my eyes, she started explaining about the Nitsuki Shotoku. She then asked questions about my real identity. Thinking she was the Godaime, I told her everything I could remember." She paused and looked at him.
"Don't worry Sasuke-kun! I know how to control my powers now…I guess…" she smiled sheepishly at him.
He gave out a sigh. He didn't even know he was holding his breath that long. He was relieved. Not because he was afraid of her killing him, but because he was afraid of what the sideffects bring to her when she uses her power. He was aware of that. Because like him, when he uses his Sharingan, a great amount of charka is released and he would be feeling the pain of the fight right after his deactivation. But he set aside the thought of his worries. Afraid of what might be blooming into himself.
"Then?" he asked.
"I told her that I wasn't really a Haruno and everything that happened that night. I just stared at her. And she also stared at me for a while. Not having the slightest idea of what was happening to me. She said she would form out first the pieces of the puzzle to confirm it before she explains anything to me. She then asked for my real mother's name…"
"Sakura…I want you to tell me the truth…so we could figure this out…" Tsunade said
"Oh…o-ok…" the pink-haired kunoichi barely got her composure from the shocking event.
"Tell me what the name of your real mother is…" Tsunade asked her.
"My real mom? Oh...her name…she-s…she's Tomoko. Shotoku Tomoko." Sakura replied.
"…After what I said, she acted a bit weird and funny. She started crying and she started crying and she started hugging me. Whispering and blabbering words I couldn't quite figure out. She then stopped. As if brought back to reality, she wiped her tears and straightened herself. She explained everything to me. My powers, its limits, the counter-techniques and everything. She added that the one's who become Nitsuki Shotoku are those who are women. Our powers are to its fullest during the full moon. It's as if we have an unlimited amount of charka. But after using it, we'll be bedridden or a week." She giggled. Amused of the fact on her powers.
"She also told me about my clan. The Shotoku clan was a prestigious clan. Just like the Hyuuga and Uchiha. At first glance, the members of the Shotoku clan appear to be just like ordinary nins. They don't have traits to pass on to each family member, like your Sharingan and Neji & Hinata's Byakuugan. The Shotoku's are weak and couldn't have their special technique. But they were intelligent, and have a special touch for genjustu, just like me. What made them well-known was Nitsuki. At least in every generation, one is born with its power. And the mere thought of its power made them feared, feared for what they may do. When she told me those, I remembered everything before my life here. As if different memories rushed in me at once. My childhood days and the people around me…I told her that and she said that the puzzle was solved."
"As far as I can remember, we lived in a mansion. With a dojo of some-sort. A very big one. It was indeed a mansion. My parents and their siblings run the dojo. They train all our family members there. I remembered my mom always saying I was special, but not really putting the fact in my mind. All I wanted back then was to play. My cousins. Yes, my cousins…they were my usual playmates, the twins and our eldest cousin. The twins, Shizu the girl, and Shoto the boy. They were so funny together, they were my partners too in making pranks against Yosude, our eldest cousin. He was actually just 3 years older than us…but he's still our big bro that time." She was smiling remembering her life before.
"There's this memory I can't forget…dunno why. My mom said I shouldn't go near Yosude for he is not one of us. He was not a Shotoku. No wonder he always beats me and the twins in our little sparring sessions. But I never followed mom. I always liked Yosude-nii-san. He always protects me when other kids bullies me and teases me about my forehead…demo…a week before the whole clan massacre, Yosude was kicked-out of the mansion. Because Shoto was crying to the fact that Yosude beat him in their fight and he couldn't accept it. Since then, I never saw Yosude-kun again. His cerulean orbs and dark-blue hair were never seen again. Otou-san told me he was bad…but I never believed him…though I already forgot how they look."
"Oh well, that's it! I have other memories but they're to confusing to think of! You shouldn't be telling others about what I have just told you Sasuke-kun! Promise me okay?" she asked blithe fully.
"Aa…I promise." He replied, but looking down. He didn't show her his face. He kept silent for a while…then he spoke…
"Gomen ne…Sakura-san. I always criticize you about your weakness…" he said contrite fully.
"Don't worry too much Sasuke-kun! It's alright. After all I'm used to it. You're the only one who does that...hm…" she giggled.
"Uhm…ne…Sakura-san.."
"Hmm? Nani?"
He hesitated…but he pursued though…
"Have you ever thought of getting back to those who killed your mother and your clan? I mean…we almost have the same experience, but you never seek what I sought for…revenge…" he said the last word menacingly. Though his was already fulfilled.
"You know Sasuke-kun. We have the same sorrowful experience. But in you case, you knew right then who murdered your clan. But me, I don't know, I didn't know. Not until recently." She ended her statement with anger clearly stated in her voice.
"What do you mean Sakura?"
"His voice. That cold, low and deep voice. The one who killed my mother. It was his. I knew it. Ever since I heard him during our chuunin exam, I knew it was him. I was just so afraid to face him. Because back then, I thought I was weak. But now, I have the power. I can get my revenge Sasuke-kun. He is going to pay. Him and his comrades. They are going to pay a very high price." She said with a glint of blood thirst in her eyes, he noticed. But shook it away, it was very unusual of her to be like this.
"Who is this 'him'?" he asked.
"Who else Sasuke-kun? The one whom you're after for power before…who once tried killing me, Naruto and you… the one who tried using your body for his own…"
Sasuke's thoughts continued Sakura's words…
'Orochimaru…'
He doesn't know what to say. Perhaps it would be better if he would stay quiet. He thought.
"Him and that unruly organization of his. Where he was once a member before. The Akatsuki…" grudge starting to form in Sakura's voice.
"uh…" he gulped…his brother, is a member of that group. He suddenly felt emotions rushing up to him. Anger, guilt, hate, remorse and fear. Anger, remorse, and hate…which he all felt for his brother. Guilty…to the fact that his brother could be one of those who killed her clan… he felt the guilt in behalf of his brother…this made him wince…remembering what happened.
And lastly…fear…the mere thought of it made him shiver. Fear that her affections toward him might change, or she would be avoiding him now. Not that he cares…
'Hey! What am I thinking? I should be happy to know she would stop bugging me around…I'm no sentimentalist…I'm an Uchiha with a reputation to take care of… ' he told himself, trying to shove the icky feeling in his chest…or what we call… heart.
She noticed his tension. She knew everything about Akatsuki…even about his brother. She did research on information about them and the Godaime even helped her. So it wasn't any surprising at all for her to see his reaction. Though the fact that they could be enemies, she wanted to remain his friend, and acted as if she knew nothing at all. She shifted the topic.
"Ne…Uchiha-san…" she tried to joke around.
"Huh?" he was taken aback at her new way of addressing him… 'Not that I'm used to her 'SASUKE-KUN!' am I?' he asked himself.
"Why are you awake? Looking for me? Hmm? HMMM?" she teased…trying to bring back the real Uchiha.
"Freak! Why would I look for you? As if I even care if you get lost! H.n" he was denying…
and she sensed that…
"Then what are you doing here?" she continued…
"I just happened to pass by and heard someone singing" he reasoned out.
"And you liked my song…didn't ya?"
"H.n"
"You did! You did!"
"Iie…I didn't"
"But you did came! So you really liked my song!"
"No. I came to look for the one making the noise and to tell her to stop because it's annoying the hell out of me…"
"But you even said…ughm… 'Didn't know you sing very well'." She said it the Sasuke-way.
"It wasn't a compliment."
"…"
"…"
She looked at him. He wasn't looking at her. He was staring at the lake.
"Sa-su-ke-kun…" she said in a childish tone.
"Hn?" still staring at the lake…one vein twitching
"Sa-su-ke-kun…"
"Hn?" still staring at the lake…three vein twitching
"Sa-su-ke-kun…"
"What?" he shouted and glared at her.
"You're a liar." She simply said. Ignoring his glare.
"I'm not." He turned back to the lake. Veins gone…
"Sa-su-ke-kun…"
"You're so annoying…"
"You're blushing" she said in a childish tone.
"…"
"SA-SU-KE-KUN…" she starts to poke him in the side.
'poking……poking……poking……'
Veins starting to appear on his head… one, two…five…
"Sa-su-ke-kun…" pokes…
"Shut up!" he snapped and shouted. He shoved her hand away.
(God…it's a miracle! Sasuke shouted! Anyone got a video cam? o)
She was shocked at his sudden anger that she was outbalanced and was falling on her back. (Remember they are sitting o) He saw that and tried to grab he back, but in doing so, he too lost his balance. And was now falling towards her.
(Are they ninjas or what?…oh…on w/ the story o)
Thud.
He was now atop her. His head on her neck. His hands on her sides. She was still teary because of what he said a while ago.
No one moved a bit.
"…"
"…"
"Sa-su-ke-kun…" she later spoke.
"What now?" he said annoyingly in a muffled voice. (well his face is on her neck!o)
Still none of them moved.
"Y-y-your-'re…h-hea-v-vy…" Sakura managed to say…
"Oh…gomen…" he started to move upward and away from her. But slowly…
His face is a few inches from hers. He stopped.
They stared at each other…
"…"
"…"
No one moved. They just continued to stare at each other.
(Oh god! I mean oh Kami-sama! Couldn't you just imagine? He is on top of her. She is lying on the ground. Their faces are just inches away. He is on his knees. His hands on her sides. Their background is a beautiful scenery of a forest and a lake with the moon's reflection in it. O.O…daydreaming… InnerS: Hey go on w/ the story! I haven't appeared yet! O.o Wakes… huh? Oh! Yeah yeah….gomenasai! back to the story!o)
They continued to stare…
'She's beautiful…never noticed that…ouh! What the heck is happening to me? I'm not supposed to be thinking these things…But I admit, she's really attractive…except for that overlarge.uhmm…even before I became her teammate. It's no wonder why that dobe and thick-brows adore her. I knew it…
Even before I knew I liked her…
But I couldn't and mustn't tolerate this feelings.! Stop! It's killing me… This is wrong…ever since I've done 'that' I've become softer…Get your freaking eyes off her Uchiha!...But I just cant help myself from falling into those deep emerald orbs…Hey! Freak! Wake up! You're an avenger remember? Your whole life you're an avenger!...What's with it! I've fulfilled it already…uh! What's happening to me? Scrutinizing myself! Yes I swore to be an avenger my whole life…But just for this moment…Let me stare at her and be me…' Sasuke's thoughts continued to rampage…poor Uchiha…
'Gomen ne…Sasuke-kun. If I'm gonna be an avenger, like you are, I should kill my feelings for you. But it's never gonna be quite simple.'
'Gross you're acting like an old woman!'
'Yeah I know…I'm starting to get emotional ever since I knew the truth…'
'Starting? You were emotional ever since! Huh! Told ya…you weren't weak! Uhgm…WE weren't weak…'
'Yeah…yeah…but powerful as I am…I am only seen as a weapon. That's how people know me…if they do know me…'
'Ah…don't mind them…you're still powerful! That includes me!'
'Can't you get it? They don't treat me as an individual! Just as a Nitsuki Shotoku! A weapon get it!'
'Yeh…yeah…I get it…so stop shouting…were both in this over crowded head of yours! Oops…!'
'It's alright…' 'Quite weird…she didn't got angry with the insult' inner Sakura thought.
'Forget him…he's not worthy of you…he keep on insulting me too! You must forget him!'
'I know…'
'You do know…then why don't you stop staring at him and get it over with?'
'Please…even for just this moment…leave me alone…and just… just… just let me stare at his onyx depths even for the last time…' Inner Sakura vanished…but that didn't make Sakura's mind at peace…it's still raging WAR…
"…"
"…"
They continued to stare into each others eyes.
"…" It was only for a few seconds, but it felt like an eternity. both heard sounds coming from the bush…
'Gomen ne Sasuke-kun…' Sakura said in her thoughts.
Sasuke bent his face closer to her neck and whispered.
"Sakura, don't move. I'll borrow your shuriken for a while. We need to be careful…I don't have time to explain…Your shuriken holster is the nearest to my hand…got it? Just be ready ok?"
"Hai…" she whispered.
"Just don't move Sakura…"
His hands started to move slowly to her legs…where the shuriken holster was placed. While his head is slowly lifting from her neck. He got three shuriken without making any sound and his Sharingan was activated was just preparing and waiting for any attack. the bush continued to move.
Then suddenly someone jumped out of the bush that both of them didn't expect.
Sasuke wasn't able to move and neither was Sakura.
They were both shocked. Eyes both wide.
And then…
End of chapter 1
A/N: haha! Got you there! bugsh! It's a clifie alright! So how was it? Cool? Good? Bad? It sucked? Should I continue? Well…tell me in the reviews! Reviews guys!
Arigatou!
Thank you for reading! . c",) ƒùù
