A/N: ええと。。。これは私の恋物語です。私にうえです。。。私のボイフレンドにたちさる。。。T_T
リビューをおねがいします。
Becoming Human
Sai had been smitten with Naruto since they day they had laid eyes on one another. Admittedly, the dark haired boy didn't really know what it was he felt for the blond, but after much loving abuse and coaching from his teammates, Sai had realized the emotion he felt for the blonde.
He knew he was in love.
Expressing this alien feeling proved to be Sai's most vexing mission to date, however. Despite his many subtle hints to Naruto, it never seemed to get through the jinchurriki's thick skull.
At least, until one day when Sai had a harrowing mission that almost took his life.
He had been temporarily called back into the heart of ROOT while another operative recovered. It was his job to assassinate a certain Daimyo, but unfortunately the daimyo had caught wind of the plan.
Sai had barely escaped with his teammates, but not before the Daimyo's shinobi had done a number on his leg. Sai had never experienced pain of this sort. It had been simple when he was a cold, emotionless killer, but now…things were different. There was pain. Emotional pain.
It was also the first time he had even lifted a finger to save his teammates on a mission, having thrown himself in front of a rather dismal looking techinque thrown at him by the daimyo's hired hand.
Sai watched his crimson blood spilling out, saturating the shredded leg of his black pants. He clutched at his churning stomach as he watched the neon chakra of his teammate move across the exposed flesh. There was no doubt Sai would have a scar there for the rest of his life. The older man moved his hand away, the flesh appearing completely healed. Sai paused for a moment, waiting for some word of comfort from his teammate, who instead said nothing, simply stepping back. Sai swallowed hard, shaking himself mentally. He had grown soft after being with Team Seven…
He silent followed behind his teammates…no, they weren't his teammates…Naruto and Sakura were…
Sai followed his teammates through the trees, stumbling slightly on his injured leg. He let his mind wander to take it off the pain.
"I could have died today…" He thought darkly as a throbbing pain shot up his leg. He tried to ignore the fact that he shouldn't be feeling any pain: even field medical techniques were more thorough than this… "Naruto would never know how I feel…"
As sudden as the cold, cruel realization his him, Sai saw a shadow pass overhead and winced, glancing up at the last minute to see one of his teammates lunge at him, katana fully drawn.
He begged his body to move, barely escaping the blow. Damn it…why wasn't his body reacting properly? Had the medic poisoned him?
He felt his other teammate take a swipe at him with a kunai, the knife barely grazing his cheek.
"What's going on…?" He let out an inaudible gasp. "I've been betrayed…I should have known…"
Every last ounce of adrenaline Sai had kicked in with his survival instincts as he struggled against his so-called comrades. After but a few seconds of struggling, two things became clear to him. The first was that these two were definitely striking to kill, and the second was that if he made it out alive, he was going to be blunt with Naruto…
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Sai stumbled into Konoha in the smallest hours of the night. He could no longer feel his left leg, but had left the kunai in anyway. It was so close to an artery he knew if anyone but a skilled professional removed it, he would be dead within moments…
Sai trembled slightly as he tried to control his body: he was a tool called shinobi, he was an emotionless killer…then why did he feel like this?
On the road ahead of him, he could make out the pristine lights of the hospital cutting through his swimming vision. Any moment, it would be it…he'd lost too much blood fighting off those two…and what's to say there weren't more ROOT members waiting for him around the corner?
He stumbled, clutching his exposed stomach as it twisted. Sai suddenly felt light headed and he knew was down for the count…
He collapsed against the wall, sliding down as his consciousness flickered and was finally extinguished.
