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-Prologue-
"Rasengan!"
"Chidori!"
The two attacks hit and caused a big explosion. They aimed at each other, with Sasuke aiming on Naruto's chest and Naruto aiming on Sasuke's head. The attack created a scratch on his head protector, making the sign of Konoha having a line in the middle of it.
As the explosion subsided, the blond boy has fallen on the ground. The raven looked at his fainted 'friend' in silence. Now that he totally has the chance, he thought. "Naruto…" He paused, "I…"
He knew he couldn't hear him. And then the rain comes as if the sky was crying. Sasuke looked up, why would the sky cry for them? After all, this battle was none of that important. Why is everyone so tempted to bring him back?
A pain stung to Sasuke, and he began coughing blood. Exhausted, the raven fell to his knees, and take a closer look to the sleeping blond in front of him. The rain didn't stop. The two stayed like that for a few moments. This is it… this is my chance.
Collecting his remained strength, Sasuke charged chidori on his hand. His eyes focused on that sleeping Naruto on the ground. He raised his hand, preparing the one last blow that he knew for sure will end the life of his sleeping friend. He gritted his teeth at the thought of it.
He didn't want to do this, he really don't want to.
But he has to.
As the image of his own brother in his head appeared, Sasuke became more determined and sure for this. This is for the Mangekyou Sharingan. With this, he will finally has the power to kill his older brother.
A trail of water fell from his cheek. Was it the rain? What Sasuke knew next, he was already aiming his charged hand towards Naruto's chest.
'Goodbye, Naruto.'
It was small, but the sound of lightning was never been clearer in that rain.
The rain was wild, even in the forest. Not even the trees can keep you from being dry.
"Rain…!" This is bad, Kakashi thought. "Have you lost their scent?"
"It's alright!" Pakkun replied, "I still have it… they're here!"
The rain could wash away the scent, Kakashi thought. They had to be fast. He only hoped he was not very late He only hoped he was not very late.
You wouldn't do it, would you… Sasuke?
Jumping from trees to trees, Kakashi couldn't get more worried than this. He had lost his comrades a long time ago. He won't lose another one this time- Or two, or so he thought. No, he wouldn't. He denied his previous thought. The rain is making it harder to move, but he do his best to catch up.
'I have to hurry up.'
Blood.
There was blood on his hand. The raven-haired boy was kneeling next to a blond boy right in the middle of the rain. The rain washed some of the blood away, but there were still those. The blond was now still and unmoving. Twitching, and breathing hardly, the raven still couldn't believe what he has done.
Sasuke breathes heavily. In and out, in and out. Stared into nothingness, his eyes were in their next form… They were red, with a certain pattern on it. The Mangekyou Sharingan.
The feeling of pain struck Sasuke's chest as if it was pierced by a sword. Still breathing hardly, the young boy closed both of his eyes. He began to mourn over the death of his very best friend. Now that he is gone, he has accomplished what he killed him for. And then.
Sasuke screamed.
Blood was dripping off his hands. Hate, pain, sad, loss,… and grief. He gritted his teeth again as more tears(or was it rain water?) falling from his face…
The rain still hasn't stopped when a certain copy ninja arrived on the spot. Sasuke was nowhere to be spotted. He stared at the lying still blond boy with a hole on his chest. A lot of blood came through that hole. There was a few other mark of blood around, presumably those that glued to Sasuke when he was grieving over Naruto. They were starting to get washed off by the rain, though…
Staring at the view right in front of him, Kakashi tried to remain in his poker face. He has lost many comrades before this. He experienced the loss of comrades long before this one. This was not his first one.
The image of Obito and Rin came to his mind. Did he just failed again this time? He fixed his sight on his blond student's face before the image of his sensei flashed into his mind. His poker face started to crumble, yet he still refused to cry.
"Am I too late…?"
Loss is always painful.
-End of Prologue-
Hello, everyone! Welcome to my new fic! For those who were confused for why I suddenly appeared in this fandom: don't worry, I am not leaving DP yet completely! I still have DPA to finish. And yes! Pii is doing a Naruto fanfiction! XD
For those who just see me: Hello and nice to meet you! I got this idea randomly when I was waiting for class with my friends. It started from a simple what if Naruto dead in the fight with Sasuke at the Valley of the End and this happened.
I am not sure if I can update this fiction daily or even finish it, but I will try to! I mean, this fic idea stuck in my head right now and I already planned it up till the end. Man, this gonna kill me, isn't it XD As you can see, the title is redemption, the story is going to be revolved around Sasuke and his redemption over Naruto's death. It will come in parallel with the canon events. I am hoping I can finish this hellish long idea, wew :/
Oh well, I hope you will enjoy this! Once again I am sorry that I won't update that daily, but I sure hope I can finish this. I will try my best to stick to the canon, Naruto fandom was not really my thing at first, I actually just marathon'ed the whole series right after it ended XD wow, I am pretty late in this aren't I? Heh. But now I am here so… I hope we can get along nicely XD
Thank you very much for reading the first chapter for this. If you have anything to say to this story, you can leave it on the review button below there ;D
This story is co-written by my two best friends, K(doesn't have FFn account) and Rie(Miss Lavender Celesta on this website). Thank you very much for all the help!
Oh, one more… actually I was so tempted to call this story Sasuke Shippuden before I finally came up with just Redemption. As you guessed, this story is going to be focus around Sasuke. I guess it made it its alternate title, eh? Heh. I am going to still call this AU Sasuke Shippuden pfft XD
I am sorry for the ultra-long author note. I hope I didn't make you fell asleep there!
Oh well, thank you and see you in the first chapter of Sasuke Shippuden- I mean, Redemption!