Darkness.
It is what he is now and what consumes him. The only thing that sustains his life from being claimed by death.
Vengeance.
Something that fuels up his world, empowers him and pushes him to his fullest. Tch, it's why he's still living in his dark and closed world his brother created.
His brother.
The bastard who slaughtered everyone important to him. The one who tortured his nights and days with memories, the one who pushed him to seek power, for he was weak and helpless.
Yes. WAS weak.
Now, before him, in the darkness of a cluttered forest, lies a living—or rather dying proof of his power, the power he attained. Yes, he is now powerful. His abilities had already surpassed his ex-sannin mentor, the snake traitor.
The pleads of his victim rang through his ears. His cries of agony, they were nothing but noises to his ears. And to finally silence the whole place, and calm his irritated ears, he's now going to give him his final blow.
"N-no…p-please s-spare me. My brother…s-still needs me."
The victim's plead hit him hard through his core. Brother. This creature befallen before him, has a brother depending on him. For a while, he was dubious that he will still continue the mission assigned to him.
The man was just like him before. Dependent of his brother and admires him with his whole heart.
But then, that was before.
"I-I d-didn't mean…what…happened to y-your master's w-weapons. I-"
The victim's plead was cut by a cold statement from him.
"The hell I care with his weapons. This is a mission assigned to me. So shut up and die." As a blow hit his victim's dying body.
"Tch, weak. Too weak."
And that's what Uchiha Sasuke, the prodigy of the Uchiha Clan, is now: powerful, distant and cold.
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The sway of breeze brushed through her pink locks as she fell deeply to her own world, thinking how the hell her life will be like, after three freaking months.
Flashback:
"Sakura, I'm sorry." The Godaime Hokage whispered audibly in her shaky voice, obviusly crying.
"Why? Why are sorry? I mean, for what?" Sakura responded and a bit taken back from the outburst of her mentor.
"Sakura…"Tsunade wrapped her arms around Sakura and continued, "you're..dying."
Silence.
Laughing, Sakura asked her what's the matter for the sudden joke, "Dying? But I'm in perfect health!" She chuckled at her mentor but faded as she saw the serious but sad look at Tsunade's face.
"Sakura, you have a rare disease and you only have 3 months to live! Do you think I'll joke you around with such a serious subject? I love as if you were my own daughter and I don't want another relative of me to die! Do you understand?"
With that, Sakura run away from the Hokage tower. She knew it was childish but, hell, if you were told that your dying in 3 freaking months, what the hell should you do? Throw a party?
End of flashback
Still shaken of her memories of her day, her thoughts wander off to many things. Her future, her friends,and lastly her parents. They were already dead for 3 years. A few months after the cold-hearted bastard betrayed Konoha.
Now that's a subject to ponder upon.
Sasuke.
She hadn't heard anything about him and might never again. Great, she thought. Now, she's going to die with her unrequited love.