The Curse Mark Explodes
Part 1
An early morning in the usually quiet village known as Kohona, village hidden in the leaves. Up in the mountains, Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke and their sensei, Kakashi, trained vigorously and constantly since the night before.
Sakura,a kunoichi in training, had the most advanced chakra control on their squad, but Kakashi thought she could work on it so Kakashi told the boys to train a little further up the mountain to make it a bit harder for them. So Naruto and Sasuke travelled higher up the mountains, fighting on until they couldn't anymore.
"What's the matter, Sasuke?" Naruto teased. " I getting too tough for ya?"
"As if!" Sasuke muttered. "Stupid loser!"
Just then, Naruto spotted something in the air, heading towards Sasuke!
"Sasuke, watch out!" he exclaimed. Sasuke turned quickly. A huge fireball was heading right for him, but he didn't seem phased by it. Sure enough, he seemed to recognise it….
Before he could move, a cloaked figure appeared in front of him and swatted him to the ground out of the fireball's range and teleported away for a moment until the fireball had expired.
"Hey, big-shot!" Naruto yelled, angrily. "You may have just saved my team-mate's life, but what gives you the right to hit 'im to the floor like that, huh?"
The cloaked man ignored him and slowly advanced towards Sasuke. At that moment, Sasuke caught a glimpse of his face and instantly knew that dark, cold stare. He felt a sharp strain in his left eye when he saw the man's face and his pupil turned gold and the rest was black! He tried to cover it from Naruto with his hands. The man grabbed Sasuke's arm and pulled him to his feet , but teleported away again. Sasuke watched him leave.
"…Who was that?!" Naruto asked Sasuke with an irritating tone. Sasuke stood there for a minute, then threw Naruto to the ground when he got too close.
"Oww! What's wrong with you?!" At that moment, Naruto noticed Sasuke's eyes. They were both black and menacing like that stranger's.
"Sasuke, that you?" Naruto looked scared for a minute. "'This some sort' a trick 'cause I aint laughin'!" Sasuke wasn't joking this time. He was serious and he used a jutsu unknown to Naruto which parrayed him out of consciousness.
Sasuke heard Sakura calling for him and Naruto when his eyes returned to normal. He looked down at Naruto, confused and guilty. He heard Sakura call for them again and fled to the mountain peak.
"Naruto!" Sakura screamed when she saw him. "What sort of monster could have done this? And where's Sasuke?" Kakashi looked at the wounds on Naruto's face and arms. 'only a very powerful force could have caused this much damage to a person like Naruto in such a small place without leaving marks anywhere else,' Kakashi thought. Almost instantly after, the two heard someone scream from the mountain
path.
"Sasuke!" they said in unison. Kakashi picked up Naruto and put him on his back and they ran up the mountain path towards the peak.
As they reached the peak, they met Sasuke, who seemed to be in a lot of pain. He fell to his knees and covered his eyes with his hands. Kakashi walked over to him, telling Sakura to stay there. He pulled Sasuke's hands from his eyes. He was crying. Kakashi knew that Sasuke knew what had happened to Naruto, but he didn't ask. He merely wanted to know what was wrong with him before he worried him about Naruto. At first, Sasuke didn't want them to know about what had happened, but then, he felt the painful strain in his eyes again.
"Get away from me!" he yelled, still crying. "You don't know what's happening!" He screamed again, louder this time, sounding more painful. He grew long, sharp claws from his fingertips and his eyes went even darker than before. He swiped his claws straight across Kakashi's face, tearing off his mask.
That instant, the cloaked man appeared again. Kakashi and Sasuke turned to him, distracted from eachother. They both knew who he was, but Sakura didn't.
"Alright, who are you and what do you want?!" The man took his hood off and replied, "I am Itachi, and what I want is my brother."
"Well, we don't know who or where he is so why don't you just back off?!" Sakura exclaimed.
"Oh, I think you know him very well," Itachi told her. "After all, he's standing right in front of you!" Sakura looked at him, seemingly confused. Sasuke? No way!
"Whether he's your brother or not," Kakashi said to him. "I WONT let you manipulate Sasuke like that!" Itachi looked at Sasuke expectantly. Sasuke understood and nodded at him. He raced towards Kakashi and slashed him down. He dropped Naruto, took one last look at Sasuke's eyes and passed out.
Sasuke seized the opportunity to hit Naruto with the finishing blow just before he hit the ground. Sakura slinked to the ground. She couldn't believe her eyes. Sasuke had always been strong but never so ruthless, uncaring and dishonourable. He always hated Naruto, but not enough to kill. She'd never seen him like this.
Itachi put his arm on Sasuke's shoulder. "Well done, brother," he whispered to him. Sasuke seemed to sense his brother's dark thoughts and they seemed to have awakened him. He saw Sakura's tearful face, Kakashi and Naruto lying breathless. He let out a cry, knocked Itachi's arm away from his shoulders, threw him high in the air and unleashed many powerful aerial attacks before striking him back to the ground. Still in the air, Sasuke cried "perish now!" ,pulled out five shuriken daggers, equipped them with paper bombs and threw them into Itachi's chest.
He landed on his feet and fell, exhausted but satisfied with his victory.
"This battle isn't over, foolish little brother!" Sasuke quickly rose to his feet and looked around franticly. Itachi had teleported out of Sasuke's range, then teleported directly behind him. Sasuke turned to ready himself for an attack. He looked up and saw Itachi's demonic eyes glaring down at him. He brought out claws like Sasuke's and stabbed them into Sasuke's curse mark on his neck. He cried out again, so much louder than before, and his eyes went completely black again.
Sakura began to understand what was happening now. It wasn't Sasuke who was a monster. It was his demon brother. Still, she stared at Naruto and her sensei in awe. Sasuke wasn't this strong. Surely not….
Sasuke's foot appeared beside Naruto. Sakura looked up at him, crying. He smiled a dark, evil grin and healed out his hand to her. She froze for a brief moment, then rose to defend herself. His claws grew longer. Sakura protected herself with two kunai knives, expecting a close-quarters duel to the death. Sasuke bared sharp fangs, still grinning, as if he was laughing at her. His claws grew one more inch and he launched them towards her with incredible speed. Sakura screamed. Then, Sasuke awakened again.
Meanwhile, In Konoha, the hokage Tsunade was up to her neck in paper work, literally! So in her normal routine she walked towards her triple locked cupboard which sealed the answer to everything...SAKE!!!!! Although she's one of the worlds best medic nins, she drinks alot of sake when she is stressed. (Which is basically everyday!) Opening the cupboard, she pulled out a bottle of heaven and opened it grabbing a glass to drink from. Taking her first sip she watched the town before her. Everyone laughing and joking, looking real peaceful. Until someone got shit on by a bird. She laughed to herself as the person waves his fist at the huge flock of birds coming from the mountain top. Wait, why are there so many birds? "Shitzune, im going for a walk, ill be back within daylight" "Ok, but be careful and NO drinking in public OK?!" Laughing at herself she agrees to the terms and heads towards the mountains.
The walk wasn't long, but for a woman nearing 50, it was a breath taker! Only a couple of minutes away from the peak, she senses a charkra that she is unfirmillair along with Sakura and a demented version of Sasukes. Quickening her pace she reached a sight she had never witnessed before. Kakashi was lying on the dirt, all bloodied and dead along with an unreconiseable blond haired boy in an orange jumpsuit covered in open wounds and blood. Orange? Naruto! She ran over to them in a paniked rush trying to heal them both at the same time. But she was much too late. With tears in her eyes she closes the eyes of Kakashi. Neither of them to annoy her again. She will never hear Naruto complain or call her Granny Tsunade. Never have to put up with Kakashi's perverted books. Never again. She was angry. Not just angry, but pissed! She was going to kill and torture the monster that did this. Realising that something, or rather someone, was missing she quickly got up and called out Sakura's and Sasuke's name. No answer. The only sign of them was Sakura's charkra. She ran towards the otheside of the mountain hoping to find them.
Holding his head in his hands, Sasuke cried. He wasn't ashamed to cry. After what he did to them, he wanted to die a painful death like the one his friends just endured. Like the one his family endured 6 years ago. Everyone he loved was dying when he was there.Well, almost...
Sasuke's foot appeared beside Naruto. Sakura looked up at him, crying. He smiled a dark, evil grin and healed out his hand to her. She froze for a brief moment, then rose to defend herself. His claws grew longer. Sakura protected herself with two kunai knives, expecting a close-quarters duel to the death. Sasuke bared sharp fangs, still grinning, as if he was laughing at her. His claws grew one more inch and he launched them towards her with incredible speed. Sakura screamed. Then, Sasuke awakened again.
Looking into her face he felt her fear. He had stopped just in time to only leave her with minor scratches. He froze and fell to his knee's. Silence. The birds had gone and all Sakura could do was stare at him. A small tear trickled down Sasuke's face and fell to the dirt. Sakura knew he could not control himself. Yes she was scared, she was petrified. But he was one of her closests friends. His brother. He was the one who caused this. Not Sasuke, him. Why should she be angry at Sasuke when he was the one who did it. Standing up, she shakily walked towards Sasuke. Putting a hand on Sasuke's shoulder, she told him to get up.
"If you don't move, Tsunade will find us, i can sense her charkra, Sasuke please come on!" Grabbing his shirt, she pulled him up and dragged him to the other side of the forest.She needed to get as far away as possible.
Feeling an extremely strong pulse of fuming charkra, Sakura nearly lost her balance. Tsunade was so mad. Well, now they have ran, they may as well keep going.Reaching the end of the forset, and the edge of the cliff, she decided that now would be the best time as any to take a very quick break.
"Sasuke..."Opening his eyes, he showed some sort of reconition to Sakura."Sasuke.. i know that wasn't you, please don't blame yourself!" She let a silent tear fall onto her lap. No-one spoke after that, therefore an arkward silence fill the air. The athmosphere was cold. Then he spoke.
"Sakura...why did you bring me here? Why are you not scared!" "I ...i don't know." Another tear fell. If everytime she spoke she cried, then a river would be created.
" We should go downhill towards Kohona gates. There we'll travel until we can find a decent place for you to stay. Ok?" Standing up she didn't wait for an answer. She wanted to see if he had clocked on. Aparently he hadn't, so she started running downhill towards Kohona gates.
"Wait, you are going to need food and supplies. Follow me." So taking the detour, Sasuke followed Sakura to her home. It was ok to go there as she lived alone. Her mother was murdered a month ago so the house was kept empty. Grabbing her medical supplies and food, she filled her baige back pac and they set of.
Will this be the last time i come home? Please, forgive me okaa-san, Naruto, Ka-ka-sensei... Tsunade-sama.
"Let me talk to the guards Sasuke" "Hn"
"Ohayou gozaimasu, Tsunade-sama sent me and Sasuke-kun on a quick mission." Putting on a sweet smile, she carried on walking past the guards and on towards the road, exiting Kohona. Maybe for the very last time. Sayounara . " Oi, Sakura-chan, Do you know how long you will be?" "Errrr... im not sure...Gomen"
"It's ok Sakura-chan, be safe"
Now that they have exited Kohona, Who knows what can happen? And when Sakura finds a home for Sasuke...will she leave him?
Next time on Naruto!
"Sasuke! Watch out!"
"What are you going to do?"
"Sakura...why?! Why did you do that! You stupid baka!" "Gomen...Sasuke-kun."
"Tsunade is near! We must leave!"
Arigatou gozaimasu xxxxx