Hello everyone! I've been reading so many OOC stories lately that I'm sad at myself, so I just wanted to prove to myself that I can still keep people in character. Anyway, it'll probably be just my favorite characters, and it'll probably just be the versions from the earlier times. No Shippuden for me. The feelings and goals became a little more confused and complicated as they grew older. So yeah. Anyway, hope you enjoy!
"Damn!" Sasuke growled in rage and slammed his fist against the tree next to him. What the hell was he doing, staying in this stupid village and following along with this farce? He was supposed to be out looking for his brother. But instead, he was walking back home from training. Training with those two idiots and a carefree teacher who couldn't be on time to save his own life.
He was getting soft. Naruto was continually catching up to him. That moron was getting ever closer to him. And if someone as dumb as Naruto was catching up to him, then Sasuke wasn't progressing at all. He hated it. He hated living a dull life in the village, pretending to have a normal life while his brother was still out there, alive.
Each day that he stayed in the village, Sasuke could feel the memory of that night slowly fading away. It wasn't forgotten, no, never forgotten. But it used to be the only thing that dominated Sasuke's mind. The fact that it was fading away now just angered him even more. What was he doing? Revenge was the reason for his existance. Nothing was going to change that!
Sasuke was so enraged that he didn't notice the sizeable crow that glared down at him from the tree. It let out a crow, shattering the silence of the surroundings. That cry startled Sasuke. He would never have admitted it to anyone, but it had genuinely startled him. It broke his fierce concentration on his thoughts and he glared right back up at the bird. This was just more proof that he was getting weak.
The crow squawked again, quieter this time, staring down at Sasuke with its beady black eyes. Somehow, it reminded Sasuke of that time.
"I was just measuring my worth," Itachi said coldly, no emotion in his face or voice. His Sharingan stared eerily out of that stony, blood-stained face. He gave a short chuckle without humor. "If you want to kill me, then survive pathetically. Run and run and cling desperately to life..."
"Aaaaahhh!" Sasuke yelled, throwing a kunai at the crow with deadly accuracy. He turned away and listened in grim satisfaction as the bird tumbled noiselessly to the ground.