This Story is by Sara

Part One

Sasuke brandished his sword in front of his opponent. Any other day this scum blocking his way would be dead, but this guy was different, he was actually challenging, Damn. The cutthroat came at him again, a kunai in each hand slicing at him. He had already used enough chakara earlier in his Cursed form and it was getting harder and harder to block the oncoming attacks. Neither Orochimaru or Kabuto was there, he was alone, not unusual, but it sucked at the moment. Suddenly, There was a huge streaking light and something exploded against the rock wall. Dust flew everywhere, clouding his vision. What the hell? Was this a Justu? No, when she emerge from the cloud he almost puked. She was supposed to be dead. Itachi killed her, he was sure he did! Oh my G-d! What in hell was going on? "Hi Sasuke," she said. He thought he would faint.

"A...A... Asora!" Sasuke stammered in disbelief.

"Yep. Now where was I..? Oh yeah." She wrapped her hand around a kunai and let it fly. The cutthroat blocked it easily. "Yeah I expected as much," Asora yawned. Her hands formed a Tiger seal. Demmi, Orin, ino, gata. Asora finished in three seconds. A strange aura appeared around her hand followed by a large multi-bladed shuriken. It radiated energy and light, it looked like a star.

"Giant Rending Star Shuriken!" she yelled as the shuriken began to spin. Asora flicked it off, "Go!" it flew towards its target with deadly accuracy. The cutthroat tried to block, but it ravaged through shredding him to bit with a Mach force spin. Sasuke knew this move; it was an amateur move to Guardians like Asora who knew it since they were five. It used an ounce of chakara (at least to them) and disappeared after use leaving no remnants of being there except a disembodied corpse. It just looked like the target exploded.

"So, how's life?" Asora greeted, "I was sorry to hear about your family." Sasuke just stood there before getting his thoughts together.

"Where the hell have you been! My brother goes off and murders my entire family and you just disappear! You don't even have the decency to show up and let me know your okay! I thought you died too, you bitch!"

"It's nice to see you too."

"Meanwhile, I almost lose my life in multiple situations and you were off up in your little castle in the sky! Where were you on the bridge or in the Forest of Death!"

"I'm sorry, it wasn't my fault, I really wanted to come, but..."

"But you didn't!"

"AND NOW YOUR A BLOOD THIRSTY BRAT WHO CAN'T GET STRONGER WITHOUT LOSING ALL OF HIS PATIENCE WITH PEOPLE WHO CARE! Oh, sorry... I was out of line, damn I need to learn some self control."

Sasuke looked down, "No, you're right... I am."

"No I'm not right, well maybe a little, but you're right too. I should have shown up, I saw everything that went on there and I was forbidden to go. Sorry, I really should have come."

Sasuke shrugged, "So, how are you doing Snowball?"

As night fell they were sitting around a fire talking. "And remember when I fell down the well and had to climb out using kunai because my wings were too big," Asora laughed, "I was so tired after that, but I created a new training exercise. Weigh yourself down with water and stab kunai into a rock wall to climb up." Asora went on talking and Sasuke smiled, but it was forced, she knew something was bothering him.

"Hey," she walked over and sat down next to him, "What's bugging you?"

"Nothing," he sighed. "Come on, I know something's wrong, especially when you don't laugh at that story." He sighed again, "I haven't laughed since... that..."

"Oh. I have a question for you," she said stretching her wings. He looked up at her, "Yeah, what?"

"Why did you leave the Konoha?"

He thought for a moment. He didn't have a good answer for her, she'd say 'What the hell kind of reason of that, I thought you were supposed to be a genius,' or something like that. It was a trick question and he knew it, she was trying to tell him she disapproved.

"Uh huh, thought so, reckless and rash actions by the most self-centered and vain Genin from the Sound."

"It's Jonin," he said through his teeth.

"Jonin don't make such decisions without thinking twice."

Right, again. It really pissed him off how she could always be right without forcing a decision on you. Damn, damn, damn! "You know," Asora began again, "You can spend your whole life focusing on something you really want, nothing else, no people, things, places, just that one goal forcing everyone around you away. But when you finally get it, you have nothing. And you look back and see all the good things that you had and could have had, but missed out on. You never thought about anyone or anything else, just this one thing."

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End of Part One… stayed tuned!