It's Not Worth The Pain
"Sasuke…" Sakura was trembling. Naruto was confused, happy and angry at seeing the bastards face again. And Sai didn't know what was going on.
"The only bond that's important to me, is my hate towards my brother, Naruto." He said in monotone. It infuriated the blonde even more.
"Any other bonds confuse you from your ultimate goals and desires." The bastard continued.
Suddenly, he recalled their battle at the Valley of the End.
"Just shut up. What the hell do you know about how I feel?! It hurts because I lost the bonds I had! You'll never know what this feels like. So, what the hell do you know, huh!?"
"Maybe I can't understand what it feels like to have a real family.
Naruto looks down in recollection. "Then why…?" And Sasuke looks on with an air of apathy around him.
"Why are you doing this, Naruto? Why are you willing to go so far for me…?
"Because you're the first real bond I've ever had…So I'm doing whatever I can to stop you!"
"At that time…Why didn't you..?" Brows furrowed in confusion and anger, Naruto growls.
"I'm not going back. So, I'll just have to cut that bond apart!"
Looking up to the youngest Uchiha, he shook his head in frustration and yelled out the dreaded question. "Then why the hell didn't you kill me?!"
Sasuke stares at him as if patiently waiting for him to finish his rant. "Is this your idea of cutting bonds?! Sasuke?!"
"Naruto…" Sakura whispered. She didn't know what transpired between the two during their last battle. And she was worried it would kill them both inside.
"The reason is simple." Sasuke said, his left had still on his left hip. He pauses for a few moments, as if listening to a drum roll, or maybe thinking he shouldn't say what he was about to say. "It's not that I wanted to cut my bonds with you." He closes his eyes recalling what his distasteful older brother said all those years ago.
"You also have the potential to acquire the same Mangekyou Sharingan, that I have. However, there is a process you must fulfill first…You must kill your closest friend."
"…no way."
"The idea of doing what he said in order to become more powerful made me sick." He continued. Angered by the memory.
"What the hell are you talking about?"
He meets Naruto in the eyes, and calmly says, "I don't owe you any explanations." He looks down to all of them. Sakura, Naruto and the his so-called replacement. "All I'll say about back then…" Naruto looks at him expectantly, hopefully.
"Chidori!"
"Rasengan!"
"…Naruto…I…"
"At that time…I let you live on a whim." The bastard said with a calm expression.
Naruto looks at him in disbelief while his pink-haired friend looked slightly shocked.
Then, his calmness was quickly replaced by anger. While the younger nins looked on, Yamato suddenly obtained a shocked look on his face. Then, Sasuke was in front of Naruto, his left hand no longer on his left hip. It was steadily placed on Naruto's left shoulder.
"Come to think of it…Wasn't it your dream to be Hokage?" He said softly in Naruto's ear. "You should've spent your time training, instead of wasting it, running around chasing me. Isn't that right? Naruto."
"Sasuke-kun." Sakura whispered. As if she didn't want to ask her real question out loud. What are trying to say?
"So this time," Sasuke whispered in his ear. Unsheathing his modified katana. "I'm going to kill you, on a whim."
He held it out in his right hand, ready to strike anytime. And Naruto's expression suddenly changed into something that a person who is ready to die would wear. His conviction increasing in strength. "Someone who can't save even one friend, isn't fit to be Hokage." Then he whispered Saskue's words, "Isn't that right? Sasuke."
He took the aim and the sword was on it's way into Naruto's back. Sakura gasped and said Sasuke's name as if it would stop him from killing her blonde headed friend. Naruto looked at the side of Sasuke's face, and thinned his lips. Sai tried to run toward the two, but Naruto knew he wouldn't make it in time.
And the sound of a sword going into a body was heard throughout the silence. Blood gushed out from Naruto's back and everyone wore an expression of utmost shock. Including The one who stabbed him.
Naruto fell with a thud, blood had oozed out of his mouth.
"You're an idiot, Sasuke." Sakura said quietly. Then, she walked away from the gravestone.
"I know…" Sasuke whispered.
"Uchiha Sasuke, former member of team seven. These are the crimes he committed:
Left the village without notice for an overdue period of time.
Joined one of the most elite criminals, Orochimaru, former Akatsuki member and Sannin.
Trained under the instruction of Orochimaru.
Killed Uzumaki Naruto, former group member of team seven.
"As punishment for the crimes you have committed:
You will no longer be considered a ninja, until further notice.
You will not be allowed to practice any kind of nin-jutsu, gen-jutsu, or tai-jutsu, until further notice.
Anything you do that is considered a threat to any of this village's citizens, or a threat to this village as a whole is punishable through death.
"You will remain in your quarters at the Uchiha Mansion until your next hearing. You are dismissed."
"What the hell Naruto?" And he silently cried.
"Sasuke…have you ever gone home at all since yesterday?" Sakura said as she approached that dark-haired man. He was sitting cross-legged in front of Naruto's tomb stone. Sakura sat next to him, saying her prayers silently.
"Why didn't he dodge?" He asked softly. Breaking the silence that fell upon the two.
"He said to me…before we went on the mission…That if he couldn't bring you back this time…he'd rather die…"
"But why now? Of all the times that he didn't bring me back…"
"Because he wasn't a saint…He couldn't wait forever Sasuke…I guess he just finally gave up…"
There was a long silence. And she heard a crow flying away from a tree. A bad omen… She looked beside her, to her companion. Then she realized he wasn't breathing. She put her arm around him and looked to the stone in front of her. Tears rolled down her leaden face as she realized that she had been left alone. Remembering the times in her genin years, when she was always facing their backs.
"You've given up on me too, you know that?" She said silently. "Should I join you? Would I still be facing your backs in the time after death? Am I never good enough to stand beside you?" Her question were queried without an answer. Her response was heartbreaking silence. And a crow flew from a tree…
FootNoteS: I've put in the beginning of Team Kakashi and Sasuke's encounter. Tell me if it's too much and where I should cut and start it off. This isn't really a Sasuke/Naruto. Unless you look real close. It's sort of canon. But mostly it's Team seven over all...just that Kakashi isn't mentioned...I'll put in a part for Kakashi next time.
