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Different Settings!
Chapter One: Memories! SasuXHika.
Summary: Sasuke has returned to the village after absorbing Orochimaru's powers. After being confined in Konoha prison for five months, he's ready to start training to become strong enough to defeat Itachi. During a training session, Sasuke finds something in an unexpected person.
(12:00pm)
Uchiha, Sasuke and Hatake, Kakashi were sitting in Team Seven's training grounds. The ex-rouge Sasuke was sitting beneath one of the surrounding oak trees. He was pulling at the chakra restrictors' around his wrists, while Kakashi was reading his green book.
Without looking at the raven haired teen, "You can't break them or take them off."
Sasuke snorted, "And why is that? If I just concentrate my chakra…"
He began building up chakra in his hand, but after a second more, a high voltage jolt went through his body.
"AAAAAGGGGGHHH! What the hell was that?" Sparks of electricity moved along his body for a moment before disappearing.
Kakashi sighed as he snapped his book closed to address his student.
"If you try and build up your chakra passed the set amount, then electricity will course through your body. The more you try the higher and longer the voltage. The only way to remove it is to have the one who made the seal, open them."
Kakashi smirked through his mask.
"And I don't think she'll be doing that any time soon."
The Uchiha paled instantly.
"She?" He looked around. "It's not haruno, is it?"
The one eyed shinobi shook his head and he sighed in relief.
He was puzzled, "Then who?"
A voice rang out from above him, making him look up.
"Gomen ne, Kakashi-nii-san, I got side tracked and nearly forgot. Hinata-san really wanted my advice on something."
Sasuke glared at his captor until he got a good look at her. She was his age and about five inches shorter, with white hair that complimented her deep purple eyes. She had lightly tanned skin from being in the sun; her canines were slightly elongated and looked sharp. She was wearing standard black shinobi pants, but with a large silver wolf down each leg. She had a black joûnin vest that had silver lining on the pockets left unzipped. Underneath was a light purple short sleeved v-neck shirt with metal mesh under, revealing a silver necklace with a silver wolf's head that had a silver loop clenched in its teeth. Her kunai pouch was on her right leg and a katana across her back. Her hitai-ate was across her forehead.
"…" He was speechless.
The girl looked at him, then at Kakashi.
"This is him, right?"
Sasuke smirked. 'This may be easier than I thought.'
Kakashi saw the smirk and mentally shook his head
"Hikari-chan, don't be too tough on him. After all, he hasn't trained for months and is most likely rusty. Just give him the basics."
There was a mischievous glint in her eye. "Just the basics?"
Kakashi smirked and nodded.
Hikari smirked, "Alright, I'll take it from here."
Kakashi disappeared in a poof of smoke, leaving the kono-nin in the training grounds. Once he was sure that Kakashi was gone, Sasuke stood and dusted himself off. He smirked at Hikari and walked over to her.
"Since that baka is gone. My name is…"
"I know who you are Uchiha Sasuke." She cut him off and her voice was laced with a bored and uninterested tone. "If you think you charm your way out of those restrictors then your sadly mistaken."
Sasuke was taken aback.
"I'm not one of your fan girls, who fawn over you and degrade themselves for you. You aren't worth anything 'til you remember what's important to you and not want power and revenge over friends and those that care about you."
Sasuke's eye twitch at the remark and scowled.
"So I'll now explain the object of this exercise."
She took a bell from her hip pouch and held it between two fingers. Sasuke scoffed.
"By now you must now the objective. Steal this bell from me and come at me with the intent to kill if you hope to pass. But there is a catch. This is an exercise to test your resolve, speed, and stealth. Instead of three hours to take the bell…you have one."
Sasuke disappeared in a flash of speed and reappeared behind Hikari with the bell in his hand with a victorious smirk.
"Too easy."
Hikari smirked, "Not quite and I didn't say go." She disappeared.
Sasuke looked confused until the bell blew up and covered him in green paint. He heard snickering behind him and turned around to find Hikari sitting on the center training post with the bell in hand.
"Remember you have one hour to take this bell from me. If you don't there will be a penalty. You're not going to pass; I swear it on my name, Hatake Hikari. So good luck."
She flashed through hand signs and stopped on tora. "Oh and by the way…GO!"
She disappeared in a poof of smoke leaving Sasuke in the open field covered in green paint. He wiped the paint off his face and smirked.
"She's almost like the dobe.' A miniscule smile appeared on his face at the thought of his friend.
His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of shuriken flying through the air.
"Hmmpf. Too easy."
Sasuke deflected the shuriken with ease using his katana. The shuriken hit the ground and landed around him. With a triumphant smirk, he sheathed his katana, but his smirk vanished when the shuriken exploded covering him in green and blue paint.
His right eye twitched and he took a deep breath.
"HIKARI!"
He took off into the nearby woods and in search of the white haired kunoichi.
(58 minutes later)
Hikari stood over a defeated Sasuke. Sasuke was in the ground with only his head showing from the neck up. He had a scowl on his face. His glare was so intense that Hikari believed that if looks could kill she would be dead a thousand times over.
She only had a happy grin on her face as she stared down at Sasuke.
"Your hours up and still no bell. Such a shame."
Kakashi reappeared in a swirl of leaves and nodded in approval.
"I believe that it's time for his punishment, don't you agree, Hikari-imouto-chan?"
Hikari nodded and received a snarl from the defeated Uchiha.
"I told you there would be a punishment and that you wouldn't defeat me. I swore on my name."
"THIS ISN'T ENOUGH!" Sasuke snarled.
After a quick shuffle and struggle, Sasuke was tied onto the center training post.
Kakashi smirked, "Now you're going to stay there for the rest of the day. Hopefully, I remember to free you before the wolves come."
Kakashi and Hikari walked away leaving the Uchiha with his thoughts, but before they were out of range, Hikari looked back and waved goodbye.
(Nighttime 8:00pm)
Sasuke was asleep, still bound to the post. He was awakened by a tap on his shoulder. He slowly opened his eyes and grimaced at who it was….Hikari.
"Yo."
Sasuke glared at the white haired woman.
"What do you want?"
Hikari smiled. "Thought you might be hungry. So I came to see if you wanted some dinner."
Sasuke was about to say something sarcastic, when his stomach growled loudly. He blushed with a scowl. Hikari smiled and cut him loose.
"Let's go and I'll treat you since you probably don't have money right now."
Sasuke nodded and they began to walk toward town. There was a comfortable silence around them until they reached the bridge that team seven meet for missions. Waiting there at the bridge for them was the pink haired girl, haruno sakura.
She saw the two of them and a large smile immediately appeared on her face.
"SASUKKKKEEE!"
She ran up to the pair and pushed Hikari away, smiling at the Uchiha. She then latched on to his arm.
"Sasuke-kun, want to get dinner with me? It can be a date, just you and me."
Sasuke grimaced at the girls' high voice. Pulling his arm away, Sasuke walked over to Hikari and put his arm around her waist, pulling her close.
"I already have plans…"
Catching onto his plan, Hikari placed her hand on Sasuke's chest and leaned into him.
"…with me. So, take your leave."
The pink haired banshee's jaw dropped as she pointed at the two.
"You're together? Who are you any way's?"
Hikari smirked. Sakura regained her composure and smirked.
"You'll never last. I've known Sasuke since the academy. He needs some one that knows what he needs and you don't fit that description. No one knows him better than me."
"Annnndd?"
"And, Sasuke will never truly love you. He'll grow bored of you and toss you aside. I bet you don't even know that his favorite food is dango."
"Actually, it's tomatoes. But I don't feel like getting into an argument with some stalker fan girl."
Sakura looks thoughtful for a second.
"Wait a minute, now I remember you. I remember you used to follow him around like a puppy. It was actually embarrassing now that I think about it. You call me a fan girl, but you were one yourself."
Sasuke for an unknown, to him, reason angry at the pink haired medic.
"HARUNO, THAT'S ENOUGH!"
Sakura looked hurt and Hikari pitied the girl.
"Haruno, there is a difference between being a fan girl and an old childhood friend. Now if you don't mind, we'll be going now."
Hikari lead Sasuke away by his hand and walked towards the town, leaving the pink haired girl standing there with shock evident on her face.
When they reached the edge of the forest and the busy streets, Hikari released his hand.
"Arigatou."
Hikari looked at him with surprise on her face. "What for?"
Sasuke looked away. "For helping me get away from haruno. She's so annoying."
Hikari laughed without restraint. "An Uchiha thanking someone…I thought I'd never see the day."
A light blush crept onto sasuke's face.
'Her laugh is so beautiful. But I can't shake the feeling that I know her from some where.'
"I can't shake this feeling that I've met you before. Have we met before?"
Hikari tensed before turning and walking away, leaving Sasuke confused. A part of him told him to leave her and walk away, but another part told him to not let her get away and to go after her. The latter part won.
He ran up to her before she could get too far and stopped her with a hand on her shoulder. He turned her to face him and was shocked beyond belief by what he saw. There were tears welling up in hikari's eyes that threatened to fall.
She looked away. "Y-you really don't remember me?"
Sasuke shook his head.
A tear slid down her cheek. She turned and began to walk away. He watched as Hikari tore something from her neck, toss it to the ground and disappear into the busy street way.
Curiosity got the better of him as he walked over to the discarded item on the floor. He picked it up and examined it. It was the necklace that Hikari was wearing, but looking at it closely, he could see that it had once been broken in two, and then put back together. After staring at it for a full minute, a nagging thought pulled at the back of his mind, until it came back to him.
(Flash back)
A seven year old Sasuke was running to their secret place. He had something clentched in his fist and had a huge happy grin on his face.
"I hope she likes it."
Sasuke wasn't paying attention and ran into an older boy, probably a genin. They both hit the ground. The genin was furious and jumped up, grabbing Sasuke by his collar and holding him in the air.
He shouted in sasuke's face. "STUPID RUNT! YOU DIRTIED MY FAVORITE SHIRT."
The genin saw something on the ground and smirked.
"Is this yours?"
Sasuke gulped and struggled in the boy's grip.
"As pay back for dirtying my favorite shirt, I'll just break this necklace that you dropped on the ground."
The older boy stomped on the necklace and broke it in two. He tossed Sasuke to the ground and laughed, until a tiny fist connected to his face and knocked him out.
"Take that jerk and you call yourself a genin."
A white haired girl around sasuke's age ran over to him to make sure he was alright. She was wearing gray knee length shorts and a dark purple shirt with a wolf design on the back.
"Are you alright, Sasuke-chan?"
Sasuke looked at her and then the necklace he picked up.
"That jerk ruined your present Kari-chan. If only I was stronger."
She stretched out her hand. "Let me see it."
She took the necklace and looked it over.
"Thanks for the necklace. Don't worry; I'll have it fixed in no time."
Sasuke looked unsure.
She placed one hand on her hip and pointed at herself with her thumb. Her face was set in determination.
"If you want to get stronger then always keep in mind what's important, never forget those close to you and you'll become strong."
"You mean it, Kari-chan?"
Hikari smiled, "Yep, I swear it on my name as Hatake Hikari."
(END)
Sasuke looked as though he had just been smacked and he took off in the direction that Hikari had gone. He clenched the necklace in his hand and smiled.
He found Hikari sitting on the bank of the river running through team eight's training grounds. She was staring at the moon's reflection in the dark clear water. The moonlight bounced off the waters surface and danced across her face. He walked up silently behind her. She sensed him, but didn't care.
"You dropped something…Kari-chan."
She tensed. "Don't call me that!"
He sat down beside her and took one of her hands, placing the necklace into her palm.
"Kari-chan…"
"DON'T CALL ME THAT!"
She stood and cocked back her arm, preparing to throw the necklace into the water, but was stopped by Sasuke tackling her and pinning her to the ground. She struggled against him.
"What are you doing?"
Hikari looked off to the side.
"I gave that to you. Why are you throwing it away, Kari-chan?"
She tensed and had a far away look in her eyes.
"What gives you the right to call me that now?" she whispered so low that Sasuke almost didn't hear her.
Sasuke looked hurt. "Why didn't you tell me that we were friends?"
She finally looked at him. There was anger and hurt in her eyes.
"Why should I have to remind you?"
She pushed Sasuke off and he hit the ground hard. She stood over him, her hands clenched and at her sides.
"The day after you gave me this necklace, I told you…you…"
"Hik…
She continued. "You didn't show up in class the next day. And when you did…you acted as though I didn't exist, like I was worthless, some nobody! I had to find out from Iruka-sensei that your family was murdered. I understand that you were in pain, but to treat your friends like they were trash…THAT WAS WRONG!"
Sasuke stood and glared at the white haired girl.
"How could you have ever understood? Everyone who cared for me, everyone I cared for was DEAD!"
Hikari shouted back, "I cared about you! That hasn't changed, even though you threw me away, I will always care about you, baka!"
"And why do you care any way's?"
Tears fell from the kunoichi's eyes. "Because I love you, you baka!"
Sasuke opened his mouth to retort, but his mouth snapped shut as the words sunk in. He couldn't believe it.
"Y-you what?"
".YOU! Don't ask me why after all this time; I still do, because I should love someone who threw me away."
Sasuke's expression became blank as he stepped toward the crying kunoichi. Hikari took a step back to maintain a distance from the Uchiha.
"S-stay away." She tried wiping the tears from her eyes.
He continued forward and she back, until she had her back against a tree. Sasuke was only a foot away from her. Hikari swung with her right hand, but her wrist was caught by him. She struggled trying to pull free and was surprised when he pulled her against his chest and wrapped his free arm around her waist.
"S-Sasuke…"
He cut her off by crashing his lips against hers. A huge blush appeared on her face as she hesitated a moment before she kissed him back. Sasuke felt all resistance fade from the white haired girl and released his hold on her wrist. He moved his hand to the back of her head and deepened the kiss. Hikari wrapped her arms around his shoulders and pressed her body against his. They broke apart after several minutes of kissing and just stared at each other.
Sasuke was about to say something when a fist met the side of his head. Hikari walked away, leaving Sasuke on the ground with a large red bump on his head. She didn't look back.
"Jerk!"
Sasuke couldn't see her face, but if he could he would have seen the blissful smile and how she touched her lips with a blush as she headed home.
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