Yeah! I'm back! hehe... so well I wanna thank everyone who took the time of reading it and reviewing it, maybe it's not a great piece of work, but I really do hope you enjoy and like it as much as I did (yeah I like my stories... ¬¬)
So here it is Ladies and Gentleman, the great the only the awesome:
CONFESSIONS HARD TO MAKE PART 2- THE LOST UCHIHA!
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He stood up, decided to leave the cave in search of the stranger and her identity. Just so he could figure out who she was… or maybe… he already knew.
-"Stay here" he ordered Sakura. This was something he needed to do on his own. Plus, she still was weak. She hadn't yet recovered from the poison effects.
-"But Sasuke, we're supposed to stick together!" Sakura replied, standing up. She too wanted to follow.
-"I said stay here!" He rudely hissed while glaring at her. Sakura just stood there, worried about Sasuke's sudden change of humour, and looking at his back while he went out of the cave... and left her alone. She stayed there for what seemed as a lot of time, but it actually wasn't. Sasuke was still there, she thought. He was making sure there were no tramps or anything dangerous around, so he could leave knowing Sakura would be all right. She quickly followed, her sandals making funny noises at the contact with the wet floor.
-"Sasuke…please don't go," she pleaded in a thin voice, pushing the bushes away. "It's been 3 days already, I bet Kakashi-sensei is worried. We-we've got to go back!"
-"I have no time for that" he kept on moving from one place to another, while Sakura silently watched. Once he made sure there was no danger, he came closer to the entrance of the cave, where Sakura stood.
-"Stay here 'till I get back" he instructed while handing the scroll back to her "Do not dare to go out" he glanced at her for the last time before disappearing into the trees with a jump. Sakura was left there, wanting to answer Sasuke but being unable to, since he had left before she could even open her mouth.
Sakura just stood there, watching the spot where her beloved Sasuke had once stood. She knew she was scared, but trusted Sasuke with her life, and knew he wouldn't leave her if there were any danger around. Still, a small part of her, still whispered that maybe, this time the enemy was smarter than Sasuke had thought.
"What should I do know? Mhmm, guess I'll have to wait for Sasuke…"
Sakura entered the cave again, where Sasuke had been sleeping, and sat in the cold, stone floor, waiting. She remembered how he had checked around searching for traps. The thought reconforted Sakura. Even if he wasn't there, he was still protecting her.
Hours passed by, and Sakura was still waiting for him. The sun began to hide himself from Sakura's sight, her eyes tired of staring so hard at the cave, just in case Sasuke returned. No matter how much he delayed, she would still be waiting for him.
Some minutes after, a shadow appeared in the entrance of the cave. Sakura stood up quickly and hungrily scanned the approaching silhouette.
-"Sasuke!" she hopefully screamed, her face almost glowing with her flashing smile, until... the shadow came closer, and Sakura realized she wasn't Sasuke. The shadow was tall and slender, with jet-black hair, eyes almost as dark as Sasuke's, which were slowly turning a scary, blood red.
-"Sharingan?" Sakura confusedly thought, for, as far as she knew, Sharingan was a unique ability that only occurred in the Uchiha Clan. Sasuke's clan.
-"Oh!" said the girl approaching Sakura, her eyes returning to their black appearance "Sakura, I didn't knew you were here... what a coincidence" Sakura retreated a few steps when the girl got closer.
-"What have you done to your hair?" she asked, looking around, as if to find the pale, pink locks hidden somewhere in the dark cave.
-"I…" Sakura managed to say, her knees trembling. "Sasuke where are you?" she anxiously thought, furiously wishing he was there to protect her.
-"What's wrong, Sakura?" the girl asked, with the same emotionless look Sasuke usually had "Don't you remember me?" she asked again, her face turning melancholic for an instant, before it returned to it's emotionless look. She scanned the pink haired girl's face, and, at no sign of recognition, she laughed silently to herself "I don't blame you…" she mockingly said, while looking at Sakura "Naomi Uchiha" she slowly mouthed. Sakura's eyes widened. It was her! Naomi was indeed alive.
-"Naomi... U-Uchiha...?"
-"Yeah, that's me… Now, Sakura, do you have the Akatsuki scroll?"
Sakura unconsciously reached out for her kunai pouch, wondering.
-"You're the one who's been stealing all that info about Akatsuki?" Naomi plainly looked at her. "You... you killed the ANBU..." Sakura muttered, now truly scared. Naomi was not the girl she used to be. She was now more than capable of killing in a single instant.
Flashback
Sakura was sitting under a tree, peacefully eating the perfect and delicious lunch her mom had packed for her, when she heard a noise. It sounded like a girl, and she was crying. Sakura's curiosity raised, and, leaving her lunch behind, she stood up to search for the origin of the sound.
She had only walked for a few minutes when she found a big hole in the ground. There was a little girl, crying her soul out. The only part of her that was visible was the girl's long, silky black hair.
-"Hey…are you ok?" she softly called.
The girl quickly looked up, tears traces still clearly visible in her dirt covered face.
-"Mhmm, you don't look so well," Sakura innocently pointed out "Where are your parents?" she asked again. The girl looked at Sakura and then quickly looked away into the ground, where she began drawing in the wet soil with her little finger. Her face was covered in dirt, sweat and blood.
-"What's your name?" Sakura asked, sitting at the edge of the hole, not minding for her white skirt, waiting for the girl to answer.
-"Naomi Uchiha" Sakura smiled
-"You know Sasuke?" she cheerfully began saying.
-"Sasuke…" the girl muttered and sighed.
-"Why won't you come up so we can talk?" Sakura gently said, offering her hand.
Naomi nodded with a smile and began climbing up. Sakura pulled her from outside to help her get out quicker. Both girls began walking to the tree where Sakura had been eating.
-"So, you're Sasuke's family or something?"
-"Sasuke is... he's my friend," she shyly answered.
-"Oh. So, why were you crying?" Sakura asked, removing the dirt from the back of her skirt.
-"I-I got hurt while training."
-"Well, that explains all the sweat, dirt and blood" Sakura said, smiling. She took a tissue from her pocket, shook it, and began cleaning Naomi's face. "Now you look better!" she said when she was done.
-"Thanks" Naomi said, her black eyes brightening.
-"Why you train so hard, anyway?"
-"I want to become a strong ninja," she said, looking to the ground. Sakura flashed a big smile at her.
"Me too!" she enthusiastically said, "I want to be a medic-nin! Medic-nins are really strong, but also very kind" she added, while nodding to herself. Naomi slowly smiled.
-"Naomi!" a voice was heard. Both girls lifted their head; it was Sasuke. Sakura blushed and waved shyly at him.
-"Where have you been?" he asked Naomi, ignoring Sakura.
-"I was training," she said, avoiding his stare.
-"Well, we better go" he said, Naomi quickly nodded.
-"Thanks Sakura" she glanced behind her and ran to catch up with Sasuke.
End of Flashback
-"I wasn't' meaning to kill him!" Naomi defensively said, "He stepped into my tram and died" she added in an outrageous tone.
-"Your tramp?" Sakura disbelievingly repeated. She thought for a while about Sasuke taking so long in scanning the area. "Where is Sasuke?" she suddenly asked in a soft murmur, slowly drawing a kunai out of her pouch.
Naomi's eyes widened just a little, much alike to Sasuke.
-"Sa…Sasuke is here?" she asked, looking around her, checking if he was near them.
-"He left early this morning. He hasn't came back yet," Sakura coldly answered her "What have you done to him!" she threateningly shouted. Naomi stood there for a while, frozen. When she finally reacted, she glanced at Sakura, who was panting in anger.
-"Which way he took?" Sakura's eyes were almost drawing tears. She fought back. She didn't want to cry.
-"I... I don't know!" a small tear dropped down her cheek, she quickly brushed it away.
-"It is a must I know, Sakura" Naomi grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her "His life could be in danger!"
Tears began flowing from Sakura's jade green eyes, remembering. -"Left…" she whispered to herself "He took left"
Flashback
-"Stay here 'till I get back" Sasuke instructed while handing the scroll back to her "Do not dare to go out" he glanced at her for the last time before jumping to the tree at his left.
End Of Flashback
-"He took left!" she shrieked. Naomi's eyes widened even more.
-"No…" she absently whispered, hurrying out of the cave, closely followed by Sakura.
-"Wait!" she screamed, trying to catch up with her "What's wrong? Why the left?" she desperately asked. Naomi glanced at her but kept going.
-"Answer me!" she almost screamed, trying to grab Naomi's arm. "What has happened to Sasuke?"
-"The tramp. Now, be quiet" she sharply answered, increasing her speed.
Sakura's eyes were still filled with tears, and she slowly stopped fighting them, she just let them go. She imagined Sasuke lying on the floor, red blood oozing from wounds all over him. There, lying like a broken puppet, lifeless. The Sasuke she loved so much, gone. The pain she felt was enough to kill her. It hurt, it hurt too much.
So much she wanted to tell him... but could never do. So many feelings, so many emotions. So many things she felt for him.
She loved him as she loved herself. If he were to be gone... she would be vanished. He couldn't die. He couldn't. "He can't die, he can't die" Sakura kept chanting those words inside her head, wanting to believe them. He was alive. He had to be alive, but deep inside her there was no hope. Sasuke's body covered in blood, kunais slashing his white flesh.... again and again. Dead. Death was what she feared for him.
He can't be dead!
Her tears flowed down her cheeks uncontrollably, making her sight blurry.
Then Naomi stopped...
-"We're here" she announced "I'll go and look for him this way, you go that way" she instructed, pointing to the opposite direction for Sakura to go. She nodded and, cleaning off the tears, began walking the way Naomi told her to go.
She anxiously sought for Sasuke, in every single place he could possibly be in. Maybe there was hope indeed and he could be alive. Sakura desperately hold to that little, yet strong, hope she had deep inside her. He is alive…he is it said, though there was a part that kept shouting; "Why look for him? He is dead already…. Sakura ignored the voice, don't listening to it, she felt so pained already.
-"S-sakura?" she heard a weak whisper coming from the bushes nearer to her. Sakura's heart began racing faster, she anxiously sought through the bushes, pushing them away, revealing Sasuke's body.
-"Sasuke-kun!" she said, dropping to her knees, tears falling from her eyes, and immediately hugging him. Her warm tears fell over Sasuke, she laid her head over his chest, listening to the weak beat of his heart.
-"Sakura!" she heard someone scream her name from afar; Sakura quickly raised her head, her pink hair stained with drops of blood, Sasuke's blood.
-"Over here!" she screamed back, holding Sasuke's hand between her small ones. Naomi rushed to where Sakura stood, following her voice. She found Sakura holding desperately to Sasuke's hand, her eyes filled with tears.
-"Hey…" her voice broke for a second, before she managed to speak normally again "You know…anything about medic-nin?" she asked and Sakura quickly nodded.
-"Maybe I... can stop the bleeding," she said, her voice breaking, tears running uncontrollably down her cheeks, Naomi bend down to her side.
-"He's going to be alright," she gently said, patting her shoulder, avoiding looking at Sasuke. "We better hurry" she said standing up "I'll carry him, we need to heal him as fast as possible… this kunais and shurikens are poisoned, if we make him wait longer he'll die in no time" Naomi approached Sasuke, and stood there for a while.
Flashback---Naomi
-"It's no use just marrying the older ones, Shinzu," a man's voice said.
-"Marrying the old ones? Father are you there?" Naomi thought, peeking on the conversation Shinzu, her father, was having with Fugaku.
-"I don't really think Sasuke and Naomi see each other as something more than just friends, Fugaku" her father said, turning to look at Fugaku "Rikku and Itachi seemed to like each other since a very early age, but Sasuke and Naomi… they seemed interested in other stuff"
-"Mhm… wasn't Naomi supposed to be boy?" Shinzu looked surprised, but nodded.
-"Yeah… what of it?"
-"Don't you think there is a reason I have a boy and you a girl, mine being one day younger than yours?" Shinzu seemed confused. "Then, is it settled?"
-"I don't know, Fugaku… Naomi doesn't seem interested in your son, or in getting married…she's not like her sister"
-"But they're always together, since the moment they were born… settled?" Shinzu nodded weakly, and so did Fugaku.
-"Sasuke? Marriage? I… I don't want to get married with him…" Naomi backed a few steps, the door suddenly opened, letting Fugaku and Shinzu see the little girl eavesdropping in their conversation.
-"Naomi, what are you doing here?" her father coldly asked, Naomi's ayes filling up with tears.
-"Sasuke?" she asked "Why him?" her eyes swimming in her tears "Why are you doing this? I'm just seven!" she screamed and ran away, trying to hold back her tears.
End of Flashback—Naomi
-"Hard to think we were once engaged…" Naomi thought and sighed "Good for both of us, it never happened"
-"Naomi, why are you taking so long?" Sakura interrupted, snapping Naomi out of her thoughts.
-"Eeh… nothing" she said while picking up Sasuke "Let's get going" Naomi ran even faster than last time, and Sakura could hardly follow.
-"Hey, wait up!" she screamed to Naomi three times, since she was getting behind.
-"Alright, I heard you already" she answered back three times. Finally, they arrived to the cave where Sasuke and Sakura had been hiding; Naomi carefully placed Sasuke on the ground.
-"So… do you need anything to… to do whatever you're gonna do?"
-"No… I got bandages over here, I just need to make pression… but-"
-"But?" she quickly asked before Sakura could finish.
-"What kind of poison did you put in the kunais?" she asked, and Naomi sighted in relief.
-"I…a very dangerous one" she said as her face dropped down "I was really young when I made that tramp, and I wanted to keep everyone as far away as possible, so I used the most deadly I could find... I never imagined Sasuke could fall into my tramp..."
-"It's okay, we just need to pull the venom out… luckily Sasuke's fast" Sakura said with a smile, all her frustration and dead images of him gone. She shoved a common antidote into Sasuke's mouth, hoping it would counter the poison. Some minutes passed and sooner than hoped Sakura had already finished, Sasuke's wounds were now clean and bandaged, his breathing now normal. Now they only needed to take him to the infirmary. Sakura smiled.
-"It was easier than I thought," she mentioned "Luckily, the poison you used is very common, and easy to counter" she let out a sight and brushed the sweat off her forehead. "I'll go for water, I bet he'll need some when he wakes up… can you watch him for a while?"
-"Sure…" Naomi doubtingly said "But… Sakura wait!" she screamed too late, before Sakura could hear her she was already gone. Naomi muttered something under her breath and then turned to Sasuke with a sigh.
-"It's been a while huh?" she said, sitting down next to him. "Look at me, speaking to you as if you were awake…" she laughed quietly to herself "Pathetic…" Sasuke moved, in pain, and Naomi stared at him emotionless, nothing written on her face "I'm sorry I never told you about my plans, but… I couldn't wait, I… I have this weird need" she closed her eyes "I need to kill him" she opened her eyes again, and looked at her hands "And I won't stop 'till I finally have the chance to do so…" she looked worriedly at him "I've been watching you, and that pink-haired girl" she smiled, a small, yet bright smile " And the blonde one, Naruto… and your sensei… it was fun to watch your first "training" with him... Naruto had way too much confidence on getting the bells, and an illusion of you in a dying state deceived Sakura... you were the only one who got to touch one bell, I must say I was impressed" she sighed again and closed her eyes "when…" she swallowed hard "when I found out Itachi had killed the whole Uchiha clan, I thought… " She furiously closed her hands in a fist " I thought I was alone… then, some days later… I heard somebody talking about you being in the hospital… I came to take a look, and they were right" she looked up, a tear falling down her cheek "Where is Sakura?" she said more to herself than to Sasuke, she stood up and walked to the entrance of the cave with a frown "She sure delays a lot to bring just water..."
-"Look everywhere you can, we must find Sasuke and Sakura" startled, Naomi heard a voice outside the cave, walking outside, she gave a look around her, Sasuke's sensei was coming near. She stood there, frozen, looking at him. Kakashi glanced at her direction, and she quickly jumped behind a rock to hide. He stared and finally decided to look inside the cave just in case they were both hiding in there. And there was Sasuke, lying in the floor, covered in dry blood and bandages.
-"Hey Naomi, I'm back with the water" a pink-haired girl cheerfully said, entering the cave with a bowl with water, loudly dropping it all to the floor the moment she saw Kakashi "Kakashi-sensei!" she said, surprised. Sasuke began to slowly open his eyes, and, as soon as Sakura noticed it, she ran to his side, tested his heartbeats and screamed while hugging him; "Sasuke!" a tear running down her cheek "You're finally awake!"
-"Uh…S…Sakura…t…that hurts" Sasuke managed to say, almost without breath. Sakura immediately lifted her head from his chest and sat down next to him.
-"Sorry, Sasuke-kun" she apologized with a giggle.
-"You said Naomi, Sakura?" Kakashi said, scanning the cave, drawing a kunai and looking at it with no apparent interest. Sasuke's eyes widened, though hardly anyone noticed since his eyes were almost closed.
-"Yes, she was here just minutes ago" Sakura answered, not thinking it really mattered "what of it, Kakashi-sensei?" he glanced around the cave, not bothering to search for chakra, and found something, a piece of jet black hair peeking out of a big rock.
-"Come out, and maybe I won't force you to come with us" he said turning towards it.
-"Kakashi-sensei…are you… talking to a rock?" Sakura asked with a what-a-lame look in her face.
-"Come one, Uchiha, show up" he said, pointing to the bluish lock "I can see your hair" Naomi's eyes winded, she was busted. She came out from behind the rock, letting herself be seen. "So there you are. We've been looking for you for quite a while, now. You surely now how to hide, Shinzu trained you well" angry, she threw a kunai, Kakashi lazily moved his head to avoid it, so it hit the cave wall with a sharp sound.
-"Don't you dare speak his name!" she threatened, her eyes slowly turning red.
-"So you've also mastered the Sharingan…impressive," Kakashi said, "it won't work on me, Naomi... so hand back the scrolls you've stolen" he said, extending a hand towards her. Sasuke and Sakura were both silently watching Kakashi argue with Naomi. Sasuke wanted to say something, but his voice wouldn't come out.
-"Come on Naomi, we need to take Sasuke to the infirmary" Kakashi tiredly said, "I bet you do not want to see your best friend die, do you?" Naomi eyed Sasuke, and before Kakashi could stop her, she jumped over him and left the cave so fast no one could see where she was going.
-"Na…" Sasuke whispered, Sakura looked at Sasuke worriedly.
-"What is it Sasuke?" she said gently at him, he beginning to scream again; Sakura hold his hand "Kakashi-sensei, we need to get going" he nodded, and carefully picked up Sasuke. Konoha was at more or less a day of distance.
-"Where is Naruto?" Sakura asked on the way to the village.
-"He's at Konoha already. He's been pretty worried about you two for quite a while" he answered, "What happened to Sasuke?"
-"He… he stepped into one of Naomi's tramps…I'm lucky I found her, otherwise he might be dead by now" she said with a shudder.
-"You found Naomi?"
-"More like… she found me" Sakura glances at her sensei with worry.
-"She was after the scroll wasn't she?"
-"Yeah… she was settled on that, her eyes were harsh... but when I mentioned Sasuke… she just forgot about the scroll, and somehow her look turned softer when he was around" Sakura looked at Kakashi shyly "She also stared a lot at him… erm, Kakashi-sensei?"
-"Mhm? What is it, Sakura?"
-"Do… what's Sasuke's story with her?" amazed, Kakashi looked at Sakura.
-"It's hard to know. Probably just Uchihas know. All I know is that, as kids, you could never see them apart. When the massacre happened... she disappeared for days, before visiting Sasuke at the hospital. When he recovered they were seen together again, but in Sasuke's 11th birthday she left the village. Why are you asking?" Sakura blushed at the question.
-"Uhm…nothing"
-"Listen, since the very start, I knew you liked Sasuke... and I can guarantee you, they never saw each other as something more than just friends"
But... the way she looked at him, with such a sweet look in her eyes... what is it? Love?
-"Sakura?"
-"Eeh?" she said, suddenly snapping out of her thoughts.
-"You have nothing to worry about" Sakura smiled weakly at him. Before the afternoon, Sakura, Kakashi and Sasuke were already at the Konoha's hospital, where and over-excited Naruto was waiting for them. Ignoring the loud blonde, Kakashi quickly entered and left his student with a doctor.
-"Hey, Sakura! What happened? What happened to Sasuke? Why were you two gone for so long?" Naruto attacked with questions, but Sakura just made her way to Sasuke's room to see if he was all right.
-"Why won't anyone tell me anything?" Naruto whined, making a funny face.
-"Oh… I'm sorry, Naruto, but I have to go see Sasuke," she said excusing herself. "Why don't you come in too, I'll bet he'll be glad to see you," she said, flashing him a smile.
-"I don't think he'll be, Sakura, but sure! I'll come with ya, wait up!" he shouted, following her into Sasuke's room. When they entered, the first thing they noticed were the flowers; lots of different flowers surrounding Sasuke.
-"Sakura have you visited Sasuke before?" Naruto asked, amused "Man! You were fast, I thought the two of you had just arrived!" he said with a bright smile, Sakura's face turning sad.
-"It wasn't me…" she said, looking at Sasuke with a sad smile on her face.
-"Huh?" Naruto was confused " Who else would sent him flowers? I know it wasn't me..." Sakura slowly walked to Sasuke's bed and silently sat beside him. She raised her hand, intending to brush his bangs from his forehead, but Sasuke's hand was faster.
-"Sakura…" he muttered, Sakura relaxed at the sound of his lovely voice, relieved by just hearing his voice again.
-"Sasuke…" she said, laying her head over his chest as she had done so many times before, this time Sasuke let her "I'm so glad you're okay" she said as she hid her face in Sasuke's shirt.
Thank you for reading, again, I thank my editor who well, it took her long to edit but finally made it, Thanks (you know who)!! also the reviewers without you there really won't be a story thanks a lot you all!
**Naomi has NO romantic intent with Sasuke, since I would hate myself for complicating Sasuke's and Sakura's relationship**
**Naomi is just a FRIEND, nothing more**