Hellooo! I randomly came up with this because I got very, very bored and I was very, very tired, so decided to write it. It won't be my best work, and it is NOT part of the songfic collection I wrote about when I did 'Apologize'. This is a story that I wanted to write okay? No songs…clear? Good good
Now, on with the story!!
Summary: He never wanted the boy. The boy was simply a diversion, a way to make it easier to get the one he really wanted. She was the one whose body he longed for, not the egotistical male who wanted nothing more than power. If only they realised that before he made his final move.
Pairings: SasuSaku, NaruHina, maybe some NejiTen and ShikaIno
Set: Just after Sasuke joined Orochimaru, and before Shippuuden.
Chapter 1: Never be Forgiven
The rain pelted down on the window for the third time that week – for the third time since he left.
She never thought she could feel so incomplete and insecure, but his sudden departure proved just how low she could sink. Once again, she picked up the picture enclosed safely inside the wooden frame, protected, and out of harms way. Just like her once. She stared blankly for a minute as she realised that she just compared herself to a photo frame, and continued to hold it, careful not to damage its contents in any way.
Her fragile thumb delicately brushed over his face, and she couldn't help but smile, even a little. His black hair that resembled a chicken's butt, his onyx eyes that you couldn't help but get lost in, and his expressionless face that made her heart break. She daren't say his name, even think it, as she knew that what parts of her heart had managed to stick itself back together, would just be shattered a thousand times over again.
Carefully, she placed the picture of Team 7 down, and walked over to her window. She stretched her hand out on the glass, and looked out, knowing fully well that the tears were coming back again.
She didn't mind, of course, crying had become almost a ritual to her now. She hadn't stopped crying for more than an hour since he decided to leave her. She knew there was no point – she knew tears weren't going to bring him back, yet she continued to shed them and planned to do so until she'd ran out of tears.
Unfortunately, they wouldn't stop.
She pushed away from the glass weakly and slowly edged towards her soft, comfortable bed. At first she merely sat on the edge, staring at her feet as they dangled off the side. Then, as a rush of tiredness swept over her, and her tears were beginning to stop, she leant backwards and lay down on it, now staring at the ceiling, thinking of the night he left her.
The night he abandoned her on that bench.
The night the love of her life became her enemy.
Before she realised, she curled up and closed her eyes, knowing fully well that she would not rest easily that night. She had been deprived of sleep since her dear Sasuke-kun discarded her like a piece of rubbish he'd kept in his pocket for the majority of his life so far.
He still hadn't gotten quite used to the labyrinth-like halls of Orochimaru's hideout yet, and it shocked him that after a week around here he still hadn't figured out where he was going.
The raven haired boy wandered aimlessly through the corridors, turning right and left occasionally, just to see where he'd end up.
He wasn't a curious boy, he just seemed to have a lot of spare time now he wasn't in Konoha anymore.
Konoha.
The name of that village sent minor chills down his spine. Even an egotistical selfish child like himself couldn't quite get his head around the fact that he was now classed as an S-Rank criminal.
'I wasn't expecting to be an S-Rank criminal until I at least reached 15.' He thought to himself.
A hiss echoed around the passage he was currently walking down, and interrupting him from his thoughts. He knew Orochimaru must be around here somewhere, so he continued his walk.
"I cannot wait to get the Sasuke-kun training. I've waited so long for this, so long for a suitable vessel! I only hope he can truly fulfil what I want."
The onyx-eyed boy stopped abruptly, and knew exactly what Orochimaru was talking about. He backed away slowly, not wanting to hear about this. He only wanted to know what he knew already, which was very little. Careful to mask his chakra and make quiet footsteps, he ran quickly back down the corridors he recently came through, almost as if he knew where he was going, and somehow ended up back at his room. He went inside, out of breath, and shut the door quietly. He may have been a good couple of miles from where he had just been standing, but there was something about Orochimaru that, even though he never admitted it, unnerved him.
-x-
Orochimaru smiled evilly beneath his long black hair. Kabuto chuckled slightly to himself as he continued to fiddle with random hospital equipment. "You are very lucky to have a boy like Sasuke, it's definitely a once in a lifetime opportunity, I'll admit."
Orochimaru sniggered and leaned his head back against the wall behind his bed. After a few seconds he turned back to watch Kabuto.
"He's gone, master. He must've run back to his room once he overheard our conversation."
A smirked escaped Kabuto's lips as he said this, and soon found a needle which he checked for and dirty marks.
"Good. And we would rather like to keep it that way, Kabuto. If he found out about our actual plan, well, then I wouldn't be able to use him would I? He would probably deny it, but deep down he would want to kill me for who I was really going to use."
"I sent another pigeon spy a few hours ago. She seemed alright, crying, as per usual, about Sasuke-kun, but otherwise healthy and still a suitable candidate for your vessel."
Orochimaru laughed this time, and licked his lips with his snake-like tongue. "Good, I cannot wait to get her. With her hidden strength and skills, with some training she would be … perfect."
"Exactly where we'd want her, master." Kabuto placed the needle back on the tray and turned to face Orochimaru, his glasses reflecting in the dim ceiling light.
"Yes, she will soon be mine. And nobody would dare get in the way of my new vessel…"
Kabuto smirked and finished Orochimaru's sentence, before they burst into a hysterical fit of laughter.
"…Haruno Sakura…"
Okay, in my opinion it was kinda crap, but it's up to you and whatever you think, just please REVIEW! I was determined to finish this chapter before I went to bed, so that's why the ending is pretty lame.
Sorry about making Sasuke sound OOC, I just can't write about someone as…emo-ish and egotistical as him … it's harder than it looks.
And sorry about how pervy Orochimaru sounds. I couldn't help the way I said things, and then I re-read it and didn't know how to change it and…yeah…
Well, any complaints or comments, please, please, PLEASE review this story! Reviews are my only motivation! (Good reviews, mind =p)
TOODLEPIP!
-x-Emma-x-
