Betrayal is made in Blood

llwild1992 (2011- )

I do not own Naruto or any characters save for my OCs and mind you there will be some massive Out OC Character(ness)

At 13 he left, 23 he returned. If I had not fallen back in love with him I would have been the one to sign his death warrant. We secretly married at 25 and at 27 he gave everything up to betray us once again and create another shinobi war. Revenge can still be sweet if covered in blood.

At age thirteen he left the village. He left his home, friends, and life all for a single minded dream. I thought I could change his mind by telling him that I loved him. He already knew that. I was never quiet about my feeling for him. I thought it would have made him stop. Since is family was dead I assumed he was missing the feeling of being loved and giving love in return. I thought that if I have him my heart it would be enough to keep him in the village. But I was wrong.

God I was stupid.

So he left.

Naruto went with his new master to train. He wanted to make me happy again by bringing Sasuke back. Naruto was too good to me. I didn't need him to do that for me. It should have been for himself. Sasuke was his best friend, and Naruto was Sasuke's;though neither would admit it. Naruto should have chosen to go after Sasuke because that is what a friend would do.

God was he too good.

So I remained.

I remained in the village studying under Tsunade. Over the years I pushed myself to become self reliant. As a beginner I had relied too much on Sasuke, Naruto, and Kakashi to protect me during missions. I wanted to be my own savior. I even unlocked the internal side of myself that gave me the strength I needed. I became myself.

When Naruto returned, we became an amazing team together. Even when Kakashi was injured and Sai replaced Sasuke on our three manned squad, it was still Naruto and me. That goofy kid was still too good to me. His Hokage dream was in reach, he was amazingly strong and he even had control of the nine tailed fox inside of him. Naruto stunned me at every corner. He was and is amazing and I absolutely love him as one of my closest friends now. I love almost everything about Naruto, save for the constant consumption of Ramen, but most of all I love his heart that just seems to get bigger.

He failed time and time again when he went to bring Sasuke back. Sasuke wasn't someone that could be forced to do anything. His mind was set. H didn't need to be rescued. The darkness that we all believed clouded his mind and his heart was self-created. He created that darkness. He wasn't seduced by and promise of power. He saw an opportunity to gain more, so he took it. Orochimaru did not sway Sasuke into leaving, nor did he tempt him. Sasuke saw something in the request and just left.

Naruto unwillingly had to give up his quest to return Sasuke to the village.

With the end of the third Shinobi War, which Sasuke served on the enemy side along with Mandara Uchiha, he and his ancestor disappeared. Naruto was able to fight them back, but for some reason no bodies were found. We both waited for months after the war for some sign that Sasuke was dead. But none came. We both secretly hoped that Sasuke had survived. But we both knew deep down that if he was alive he was most likely gathering his strength and biding his time until he would strike back. Years passed and nothing happened.

Life returned to normal for everyone.

That is until he came home.

He was twenty-three when he returned. He walked right into the main gate and stood before the ninja in charge of travelers. He looked them straight in the eyes and told them his name. Sasuke was arrested on sight and taken into ANBU custody. In the academy you learn that the ANBU is the elite, they work in strategy and efficiently. But what you don't learn is that there is a jail division that acts in their own interest. When a prisoner is brought in, they violate you any way possible.

They strip you of your cloths, power hose you down, and search your body for hidden weapons or timed genjutsu. They then shave your head, no matter your sex; people take pride in their appearance. So in order to break the prisoner they strip you of it. Last they brand you for your crime. There are three brands that can be given; traitor, deserter, and missing ninja. So on the back of Sasuke's neck they branded the Kohona symbol with an 'X' through it to show everyone that he was a missing ninja.

I was working on moving myself into my new apartment when I received a message from Tsunade. I dropped everything I had in my hand and went to her office. Naruto was there along with Kakashi. I will never forget that day. It was cold, the sky was darker than the darkest nigh, rain pounded against the windows and lightning became a scary reminder that we are all mortal.

"Uchiha has returned." She said with a deeply disturbingly sober voice. She looked up at all of us, her amber eyes cold and serious. She sat rigid and straight. The lights flickered on and off from the mayhem of the wind outside. "He will be tried in the coming month. Once ANBU interrogates him, we will put him to trail and then punished for his crimes."

"They won't sentence him to death, will they?" Kakashi asked, his normal somber voice was laced with concern.

"It's a possibility."

"But it's Sasuke!" Naruto said. "We can't kill him."

"He was our enemy five years ago, Naruto!" I said. My heart clenched as I said it. "He invaded us, killed our people, he needs to be punished."

"S-Sakura?" Naruto looked at me stunned that I had said it. "He's our best friend."

"No he's not." I said, "He's not the Sasuke we knew. He's a killer and he needs to be put down." I felt pain in my chest, "if he's kept alive who knows that he'll do. We have him. Let's just get rid of him!"

Naruto stood on top of me and shook my shoulders, "Do you hear yourself? You loved Sasuke. You don't want him to die more than the rest of us."

"I do not love Sasuke!" I punched him in the face with a chakra filled fist and knocked him away from me. "I had a childlike crush on him and nothing more. Don't confuse it."

Tsunade threw the desk she sat behind out the window. "I did not call you here to have a pissing match. I want to know if any of you would be willing to go on record before the council and speak of Sasuke's crimes." She looked at Kakashi first. "I can't do it because the council is on equal terms with me. Someone who knows Sasuke and who is trustworthy needs to do it."

"I won't." Kakashi said, "I won't right Sasuke's death warrant. I know he went against us and did everything in his power to destroy the village. But his new action puzzles me. It does not feel right."

She looked to Naruto. "You know my answer." He glared in my direction.

She looked to me. The pain in my chest was heavy and it started to weigh a lot. "I will." I answered.

Naruto stormed out and ran away. Kakashi just looked at me with a sad eye and placed his hand on my head before he left. Tsunade gave me a talk about what I was to do. I was to go before the council and tell them everything I knew about Sasuke and is plans. I was to literally beg for the death sentence. I was also given a mission on that day. Because Sasuke was a high risk prisoner, he would need to be sedated every day. Only a doctor with a high enough clearance would be able to get into the underground maximum security section of the prison to sedate him every day. I was basically the only person with that qualification.

After I ate my dinner I took my mission scroll and went to the hospital to pick up Sasuke's sedative. I then went to the prison and was directed to the passage way that would lead me to him. It was a needle injection; he was not to be trusted with swallowing a pill. So I would have to look at him every day knowing that I was going to ask for him to be put to death in a month. When I reached his cell I was told that he was still being interrogated. The ANBU asked if I wanted to watch it. I recognized his hair; Shikamaru. Dumbass doesn't even smooth down his hair when he's in uniform; everyone knows how the Nara family wears their hair.

Nevertheless I went to the room he directed me to and stood with three other ANBU members. They all were writing down what was being asked. I stood in front of the mirrored glass and looked into the tiny white room. Ibiki was the one interrogating, great. It was just him, a ceiling lamp, a table, and Sasuke.

To say I was surprised by Sasuke's appearance would have been a massive understatement. If I hadn't known it was Sasuke I would have never recognized him. Sure the shaved head was a surprise because his hair was an amazingly beautiful giveaway and the skin on his neck was burnt red all the way around. But he was wearing black robes, his hands bound together on the top of the table; his long legs were chained at the ankles to the floor. He sat with a frown on his gaunt and pale face. He was always fair but he looked sickly. He was hunched over in an agitated way as Ibiki walked circles around him in that tiny room. His onyx eyes followed the older man's movements. He snapped out answered as calmly as he could as Ibiki asked them.

"Where is Mandara Uchiha?" Ibiki asked.

Groaning, Ibiki must have asked this many times before, "There is no Mandara, I killed him."

"Why did you return to the village, you fully know that you would be put to trail?"

"I know that." Sasuke said. "I'm ready for it."

"Did Mandara send you here so you could attack from the inside out? You must have noticed the extra security measures we have put into place so no one can invade. The village is now known as "The Impenetrable Village". Is that his next plan? To wait a few years and gather enough information and troops until it is time to attack once again."

"I have killed Mandara Uchiha. I have left his organization. I have no desire to attack the village. I just want to go home."

"And this is home?"

"Yes."

"You're underground, Sasuke, and in one month you'll be in the ground. Understand me boy?"

"Yes."

"Now that we understand one another, I would like for you to tell me the location of Mandara Uch—"

Sasuke's head snapped up to look into the mirrored wall. His voice was powerful and angry, "—I am not in affiliation with Mandara anymore. I came back on my own." His onyx eyes turned into blazing red sharingan. His eyes searched the glass knowing there were people behind it watching him. With his hands bound together he banged them on the table. His eyes seemed to settle on me. There was no way he would know I was there. "I left as a selfish and angry boy, and I'm sorry." Was he speaking to me? "I came back a man. I know damn well what my crimes are, but I am repentant to you. Mandara is dead. I KILLED him. But I was not his only follower. I know who has taken command. I know everything about the organization. I am willing to trade information. I am willing to die for you."

I held my breath as Ibiki walked to the reinforced door and pounded on it. It opened and three more men walked in to take Sasuke away. They unchained him from the floor and walked him out. I looked down at my hands, the one that was not holding the sedative was sweaty and shaking. My knees were shaking also.

I was escorted to his cell and waited for the ANBU to be done settling him in. when they came out I was told that I had ten minutes to administer the medication and then I was to leave. I gathered myself and went in. His cell was tiny. His hands were unbound and shackled with anti-chakra chains to the wall. He sat on a thin dirty white cot with nothing on it. The room was dark. He looked up at me when I pulled the door shut.

"You?" he said.

I missed his hair. I nodded and walked to him, "you are to be administered a sedative every day by me."

"Of course." He said. His hands were in his lap, he was calm and relaxed as he sat there.

I approached him and looked down at this pathetic looking creature that was named "Sasuke Uchiha". I motioned for his arms and he gave them to me. I checked to see which one had a better vain and chose the left arm. I sat down on my knees and pulled out everything that I would need and placed in before me on the floor. He leaned back on the wall and kept watching me.

"You'll be conscious, but you'll just be weak." I said.

"Why you?"

"I'm the only person that can be trusted."

"Do they know that you sought me out once? You would rather kill me yourself than have someone else do it."

"No." I cleaned his arm with a swab. "I was given orders to sedate you only. I wouldn't have been able to sneak in poison if I wanted to."

"So you want me to go to trial?"

"Yes."

"Do you want me killed for my crimes?"

"Do you want the death sentence?"

"No, who does."

I sat back on my knees and stuck the needle into the vial and pulled it in. "why did you come back then?"

"I'm done, Sakura." That was the first time he said my name, "I've grown up. I see what it is I have done. People change."

"I don't think you're capable of such a change." I flicked it to get the air bubbles out.

"Why not?"

"Because it's you," I spat out. "Why are you talking so much? It goes against your antisocial attitude."

His black brows raised in amusement. "You were always so nice..." he thought for a moment and then finished with; "to me."

"People tend to get spiteful when you knock them out in the park and leave them there."

"I'm sorry."

"No you're not." I placed the needle on his vain and pushed in and started to give him the dose. "All you said was "thank you"."

His arm went numb, "I meant for saying that you loved me." his shoulder dropped. His eyes started to droop, but they never stopped watching me. "Do you still love me?"

I pulled the needle out and replaced it with my thumb to stop him from bleeding as I went to get a bandage. "Do you think I do?"

"yes." He said as he sat up a little, his movements were becoming a little shaky. "Somewhere deep down inside you; there is a little girl who loves me."

"Too bad," I placed the bottle in my pocket, "she's gone and so is the person she loved."

"You still look like her." He said, "maybe more beautiful and womanly, but I still see her."

"Go to sleep." I ordered.

His hand rose to cup my cheek. I froze when I felt the searing heat of his hand enter my skin. He sat more up and leaned to me until his nose was touching mine. His eyes were dimming telling me that the meds were starting to kick in. he smiled as he looked at me. "There she is." He mumbled, "I see her. I see right through you Sakura. Just like I saw you, watching my interrogation, through the mirror."

My mouth went dry, "how—"

"—my fully developed sharingan can do some amazing things now, like see through walls." He was whispering, he moved closer to kiss my cheek. "I meant what I said in there." He whispered, "I wouldn't want to die, but I am ready to if I am sentenced. But I know that Kakashi, Dope, and even you wouldn't want that to happen. You can act as if you hate me…but I know that you don't."

Three bangs on the door told me time was up. I felt him kiss my cheek once more before he sat back against the wall. I sat there stunned for a moment but then came back to reality. I gathered the needle and swab and got up to leave. I was about the exit when I heard him say something.

"I came back because I'm ready for you to love me. I'm also ready to love you back. I do love you." He said, "You should know that, just in case."

SO PEOPLE, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

DIFFERENT FROM MY NORMAL STUFF BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD, I AM ENJOYING THIS PLOT THAT I HAVE CREATED. IF YOU CAN'T TELL FROM THE SUMMARY THAT I GAVE YOU AT THE TOP, A WHOLE LOT OF SHIT GOES DOWN IN THIS FIC AND I THINK IT WILL ROCK. IT WILL ALSO BE LONG SO HOPEFULLY I WILL FINISH THIS AND ALSO SOME OF MY OTHER STUFF. THIS WILL GET A LITTLE DARKER THAN SOME OF MY OTHER STUFF AND THERE WILL BE LEMONS IN LATER CHAPTERS SO THAT'S WHY THIS IS 'M' RATED.

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