And So Fell The Tree
と壁をノックダウン
And so fell the tree, very slowly in Sasuke's eyes, and yet unable to move, he watched helpless as his teammate took his place. That little incident spurred some changes, as Sasuke learns more about his teammates and changed his destiny, their destiny and altered their future forever after…
-Prologue-
And So Fell The Tree
"I'm not the same as them."
"Just don't get in my way, dead-last."
Sasuke ran through the forest, keeping one eye on the bandit and the other behind his shoulder. There was a high chance of having another one chasing after him, with the uselessness of his teammates. In fact, with Naruto's stupidity and Sakura's ignorance, it was actually probable.
He could hear the pitter-patter of someone's footsteps behind him and almost snorted, but then he shook his head. He couldn't afford to be distracted now. The one running in front of him was smarter than most of the other idiots back in the camp and while he was fairly sure that Kakashi wouldn't let a mere bandit escape, he had to make sure there weren't any left. It was after all, his duty to prove himself superior to Naruto.
More footsteps were heard in the forest behind him. This time, he really snorted. Kakashi must be getting old if this many bandits had passed through his guard. And he could expect no less from his weak teammates.
His sharingan caught movement in front of him; the man seemed to be searching for something in his bag. That was good, searching would slow him down. Now Sasuke's breathe had turned to pants, it was hard running for so long in this environment. He could take to the trees, but trees were too thick and close to each other, he might lose sight of his target.
His movements became sluggish, he began to lose focus, and he was tired. But his determination and the adrenaline rushing through his veins gave him enough energy to go on.
How could a bandit have this much stamina? After five minutes of chasing the man, he was becoming impressed by his determination to escape. He was almost tempted to let him go but his pride got in the way.
"Wait Sasuke!" he heard behind him. Naruto's here? He should have known those footsteps belonged to him. The thought of Naruto catching up to him led Sasuke to pumping chakra into his legs to run faster. He would not let the moron show him up. But he seemed to be getting slower.
Nerve gas! Of course! He felt like slapping himself. He wasn't usually this slow or sluggish. That tricky bastard!
He now paid even more attention to the bastard in front of him. He seemed to be smirking as he pulled out something from his coat, a bomb his angry red eyes told him, and threw it somewhere in front of him. This hiss of the explosive penetrated the pounding in his ears and finally registered in his brain before panic began to set in. His brain ordered his body to stop; turn around, anything but his limbs wouldn't obey. The gas had affected his system too much and his momentum propelled his body onto the disastrous tree.
Bright light nearly burned off his sharingan and blast of air that followed rattled his jaw, he could barely hear the 'boom' of the explosion through the roaring in his ears. The tree shook violently and began to fall. Watching the tree come down slowly and in great detail was surreal, and that made it all the more terrifying. He closed his eyes and his mind gave out one last thought: and so fell the tree…
Sasuke felt a tug on his shirt, more of a great pull and he was thrown away like a rag doll. Just as his head hit a rock that had no business lying there, the earth shook as if some giant had decided to play with a skipping rope. Plumes of dust rose from the air, making harder to breathe, and even harder to see. He tried to open his eyes and get up, but the pain in his head made him dizzy: he had to have a concussion from the amount of pain in his head knocking on his skull. He tried opening his eyes again but the dust that still clung to the air irritated his eyes not counting the blood that was slowly flowing down his head. So he remained kneeling and trying to cough out the dust that had gotten in his throat.
He felt someone, a couple of people, running quickly towards him; he could hear Sakura panting. He felt a rough hand pulling him up and was grateful for the help, even if he didn't show it. Squinting his eyes, wary of the dust clouds still floating in the air, he saw the blurred outlines of Sakura and Kakashi around him. His eyes unconsciously searched for an obnoxiously bright orange outfit that he should still have the ability to pot but it wasn't there.
When he realized this, he quickly shot up in panic searching around, not caring if he looked half-mad.
"Where's Naruto?" he yelled, something he did extremely rarely.
His tone seemed to have alerted the other members of his team as Sakura's eyes widened in panic and Kakashi turned to look around in worry.
The dust settled moments later and the sight that greeted them made Sakura fall to her knees and both Kakashi and Sasuke to freeze in shock.
The dust seemed to hover over a figure trapped under the same tree that nearly killed Sasuke. They could clearly smell blood and the said liquid pooled around the person's body. But what gave them all that terrible feeling of horror and dread was the sight of an orange and blue outfit still visible through the dust.
Sasuke was the first to regain his voice and movements, and when he did open his mouth, the only sound that came out, in a rather undignified whimper, was, "Na-Naruto?"
Hello peoples! You guys do not know me so I'll introduce myself. I'm TheNSIGirl, short for TheNotSoInnocentGirl. I had this idea running through my head for a while but I, forgive me for saying this, was extremely lazy and nervous and on vacation where internet was sadly not an option.
I got this idea when I read BigTimeNinjaXD's "The Haunting Past" that he/she still didn't continue and I got this idea in my head of Sasuke learning their future in dreams/oracle then learning about Kakashi's past through dreams/oracle then reliving Kakashi's past then finally, getting this scene in my head of having a teammate go through the same situation that happened in Kakashi Gaiden series. Anyways, this is the prologue, the actual chapter might not come up for quite some time but luckily this is summer and I have a lot of free time. For all those actually cared to read this, I thank you. Now while I'm doing this for fun some reviews about your opinions would be nice too :D.
I actually do have a have a plot for this story. (Guess doing nothing but imagining crazy fantasies do have some advantages) I hate bashing and quick-changing stories so I'm gonna take things slowly. I will say it now that while I have no definite pairings yet, this story will NOT be yaoi and yuri. I personally have nothing against this but writing my favourite character having feelings for another character that I feel has no right to love him, -cough cough- SasuNaru –cough cough-, fairly disgusts me. Believe me, I have no objections to say, ShikaNaru or NejiNaru but as I've said, the canon has no such pairings and neither will this story. And any romance bits are gonna wait till after Shippuden cuz people, they're still 12!
Thank you guys for reading through this rambling that I politely call Author's Note, and am looking forward to your opinions.
See ya guys, dattebayo!
P.S. If it's short, PLEASE FORGIVE ME!