-Three Years before Bloodshed (Cont)-
Naruto was dead.
Hinata felt her heart shatter; each piece stabbing her with its sharpened edge of depression.
She lifted up, carefully lifting the boy's body with her. Rubbing the boy's whiskered cheek, and wiping away the stray strands of hair that covered his pale face, she whispered.
"I'm sorry Naruto-kun." She began to cry once again, resting her head on top of her lover's. There she wept, letting her tears flow, each drop a testament to her loved one's life. She felt it was her fault, that her father must have killed him after he was done dealing with her. She wished now that she didn't wake up, wished she was able to live in peace with Naruto-kun in wherever the powers that be led them.
But now, it was impossible.
But then, she had an ideal. She had nothing to live for, nothing to keep her getting up in the morning, nothing to help her mentally fight off all the horrible acts of violence that plagued her life. She didn't have a reason to live.
Hinata smiled, she will make herself be with Naruto.
All her suicidal thoughts were brushed away when she heard the most beautiful thing.
"Hinata-chan, are you okay?"
-Present-
Tsunade flopped back into her chair, weeping madly. The images of the dead boy haunted her mind. Even though she knew he was alive, remembered him getting up. His pale face and blue lips nipped away at her emotions.
Then something even more foreboding caught her attention once again. The demonic images that Hinata seen while blanked out burned a whole into her sanity Were they just hallucinations, or were they something even more sinister.
That brought her back to what Hiashi did to Hinata. The Hokage shuddered in anguish. What that man did to his own daughter was disgusting, and a disgrace. She was glad he was dead . . . very glad indeed.
Then popped another question into Tsunade's already confused mind, how did Hinata get into the forest, how did Naruto seemly come back to life. And if Hinata had also passed away, how did she, just like Naruto begin breathing again?
Knowing there was only one way to answer that question. Tsunade removed her thumb from Hinata's memory print and she placed it on top of Naruto's. Focusing yet again, she whispered Hireki (Reveal).
-Three Years before the Bloodshed-
Naruto flopped down into his couch, the disappointment of Hinata leaving apparent in his sluggish manor. He just completed a series of phone calls, contacting all of his friends that were supposed to attend Hinata's party, and regrettably told them it was canceled. Their questions were unfortunately answered with only a "Don't know, she just had to leave."
Boredom fully setting in, his plans for night completely destroyed. It was too late to train, and too early sleep. He finally got up, and began to clean up the table which held the torn wrapping paper, thinking of what to do at the same time.
It occurred to him, there was nothing to do. So, he just cooked up a quick cup of Raman, the three minutes it took were excruciating, making the whole 'nothing to do' seem even more horrible.
The blond sat down once again, and dipped his chopsticks into the small cup in which he held. Eating quit happily, he noticed the Raman disappeared faster then he wanted; and he tossed it into the kitchen waste basket that was just on the border of his living room. He lay down on the couch, thinking of Hinata. The way she smelled, her beautiful eyes, lips, hair, and chest . . . heck the list went on and on. While fantasizing about the one he loved, Naruto fell into a light sleep, hoping it would last.
Sleep . . .
Naruto felt pounding in his head, bolting upright, he realized the beating wasn't coming from his brain, but from the door. Glancing up at the clock, he yelled in anger.
"Its 3 in the morning, who the hell has the nerve to wake me?!"
His only answer was "Hurry up and get out here!" With frustration in his steps, he quickly went towards the disturbance. Throwing the door open, the blond glared at the person on the other side.
"What do you want Shikamaru?"
The lazy boy replied "There was an assignation attempt. We need your help to track the assassin down."
"Assignation attempt on whom?"
"The Hokage, don't worry she will be fine. Shizune was able to stop the poison in time. But for now, the assassin is still in the village, we have all exits blocked and all available ninjas searching. But you are our second best tracker, and unfortunately Kiba and his family are away on business."
"Right, let me get my things,"
"Hurry up."
"I will."
"He's this way, I know. I can almost taste it, the evil intent is just emanating throughout this area . . . wait there he is!" Naruto whispered towards Shikamaru before he sprinted off into the direction of the assassin.
"How troublesome, I'll never be able to find him now."
Naruto leapt ahead, and left his friend behind, he was in hot pursuit, and wouldn't let the person who tried to kill his Hokage get away. Running with all his speed, ducking and dodging through the bushes and roots that littered the floor of the forest, he was slowly catching up to the invader.
Suddenly the spy came into the view; he was standing still, looking down at something that lied on the ground.
Naruto didn't care what it was; he just knew it was something that gave him the time to catch up. He caught the assassin off guard, crashing into his back and rolling along. He grabbed a hold of the man's throat; the face of the assassin was hidden in shadow from the hood that covered his face.
"You shouldn't worry about me Naruto-kun."
"What do you mean, and how do you know my name?"
The still hooded spy pointed back at the spot where he was standing.
"Like I would fall for that." Naruto growled, throwing is fist hard, smashing the man's face with its pent up anger. The crunch of bone echoed through the forest, the spy's nose erupted into blood, spraying onto the leaves and grass that lay all around.
"It's not a trick." The man coughed out as he turned back to face Naruto. His hood was torn off by Naruto's flying fist. It revealed a face that Naruto hated with all his heart.
"Kabuto?" Naruto tightened is hand around the man's throat and quickly turned his head to see what the traitor was pointing at.
He turned pale, and his skin began to crawl with fear.
"Hinata?" The boy quietly choked out. He turned to face Kabuto once again, he caught the reflection of the moon in the silver haired man's Sound head protector, and it reflected the blonde's teary eyes back at him, as if the sound-nin was mocking his loss.
"You . . . you killed her didn't you?"
"No, I found her like this."
"LIER!!!" The blond roared, tightening his hand around the man's throat, his elongated nails digging deep into his flesh. The sound spy began to punch frantically with his free hand, striking the blonde's face over and over. It was useless; his strength was being drained by the boy's tight grip.
The spy's sight started to blur, the boy's hand tightened. Naruto caught the man from hitting him again and crushed his fist with little effort. The man tried to scream in pain, but his air was running low, and his time growing short.
With a cry of rage, Naruto drove his fist into Kabuto's face, driving straight through his flesh and crushing his skull. However, where blood and brain matter was supposed to be, nothing came out except the coldness of mud. Kabuto's replacement slowly melted away with Naruto's fist still caught in the middle.
"Sorry Naruto-kun, I must be leaving now. I'm sorry for your loss; I truly do not know what happen."
Naruto cursed at the retreating voice of Kabuto before he rushed to Hinata's side, his anger slowly subsided and was replaced by heart tearing sorrow.
"Hinata-chan?" tears began flowing from his eyes, landing of the Hinata's pale body. "What . . . how?"
Naruto collapsed onto her cold stomach, weeping madly.
He vowed to avenge her by wiping out the Sound, and would join her afterwards by his own blade.
Sadness and Silence . . .
"Hey kid."
"What do you want; this is no time for your insults."
"Hmf, Kid, I'm not here to insult you, just to offer you something."
"What the hell would I want from you?"
"How about a technique to save that girl you love so much."
"What? How, HOW! Tell me!!"
"It's forbidden."
"Like I give a shit."
"Thought you say that, well enjoy."
The fox trapped inside of the boy released his knowledge, seals screamed at Naruto from within at furious rates. With sudden realization and new found hope, Naruto lifted up off the girl, eyes squinted in concentration.
Naruto sped through many hand seals, once completed he placed his hands gently on top of the girls stomach. Blue energy began to flow gently around the boys arm and hands. It glided towards the girl, wrapping around her with care.
"Kyuubi shin fukkou no jutsu!" (Kyuubi Heart Revival Technique)The boy shouted with hope.
The blue chakra exploded into bright red and began to swirl madly above the lifeless form of Hinata. With no more hesitation, the red chakra dove down, through the Hyuuga's chest and into her heart.
The force of the technique caused Hinata to arch up violently several times before finally falling once again to the ground.
Lifeless . . .
All hope shattered.
"It didn't work you stupid fox."
"Hey damnit, damnit, damnit!!!"
". . . This proves most unfortunate. It seems she has been dead for too long."
"Bullshit, I'll try again!!"
"No you foolish child, if you do it again it will drain you too much, you will pass out."
"Shut up, like I care. If there's a chance it will work I going to do it again!"
"No you idiot. If you pass out, you won't be able to perform my plan B."
"Plan B?"
"You . . . will have to die."
"WHAT!!! How the fuck will that help!?"
"You will be able retrieve her soul."
"How is that possible, If I die, how will I get back?"
"I'll bring you back."
"But you'll be dead too."
"Yes, but there is something we can do that will give you some time."
"What?"
"This."
Once again unknown seals erupted into the blonde's head. With the seals came the knowledge of what exactly the nine-tailed fox had planned. With understanding and even more hope then before he started he began the long set of seals.
Over two-hundred were required, all performed by the boy with lighting fast speed. With the last seal completed, he announced what was his only hope. "Kyuubi fuzen gisei no justu! (Kyuubi partial sacrifice technique)
Extreme pain shot through the Naruto's body, tearing away at is insides, making the boy feel as if his insides were on fire. His eyes began to blur, and the world began to spin. With each sharp pain that breathing brought on, he found it harder and harder to suck in the precious oxygen. His head began to speed through his memories, following his path from a lonely orphan, demon possessed dead-last to finally the happiness of a successful shinobi with people that loved him. His last thought was Hinata's beautiful smile radiating its love at the now dying boy.
Naruto's blue eyes faded away, replaced by crimson. The slit in the middle signified Naruto's death and the Kyuubi's surfacing. Naruto's body slumped back down on the still lifeless form of Hinata. Unable to move with pain still searing every part of its body; the Kyuubi made one last plea through Naruto's lips.
"Hurry boy, we don't have much time."
Breathing was impossible, something was in his throat, washing down and filling his lungs. It tasted of metal, and was a liquid thicker than water. Opening his eyes, he found himself it complete darkness, except for small red light that shined down like a beacon of hope. With all his might, he kicked his legs, pushing through the thick substance slowly, but steadily.
During his ascent, he continually bumped into things, the darkness made the objects mysteries, but they were cold to the touch, and very soft. Finally, after what seemed like eternity, the surface slowly came into view, the red light illuminating everything slowly grew
He emerged from the fowl liquid with a gasp, expelling all the liquid from his lungs. Naruto took in a deep breath of moldy air. Looking up to see the sky, he was confronted with something not of this world.
Instead of blue sky, there was nothing but the roaring of fire. It surrounded him; it was like being trapped inside the center of a fierce explosion.
Something brushed his leg.
He looked down, only to wish he didn't.
It was blood, a river of blood. The objects that floated inside were human bodies, from small children to the elderly. All face down, floating like human apples inside a barrel of crimson.
Naruto screamed in fear and shock, and quickly swam to the nearest land. Slowly crawling up the bank of the "river" he began to vomit, with each arch of his back, the images of torn babies and mangled women assaulted what he thought was a ninja hardened brain.
He closed his eyes just for a minute, while he lay down on the reddish sand that outlined the river in which he just escaped from. Calming his thoughts, he slowly realized what was happening, the fox's thoughts entering his own.
"I can sense the girl was dragged down into an unfortunate place, and it won't be long until she will be lost from you forever. Kid . . . you will have to die and save her. Save her from the pits of Hell itself."
Naruto didn't care where he had to go at the time, even if hell was his destination. Nothing as changed since then, and he slowly rose to his feet, intent of finding his lost loved one.
The environment in which he resided caused the boy shutter in fear and foreboding. It seemed as if he was on only one of many landmasses, floating with unearthly magic in the vastness of damnation. Each land mass had at least one water fall of blood falling from their side, falling either on another floating island, or into eternity.
Knowing not where to head, he walked aimlessly forward, the stench of blood that stained his cloths continued to assault the boy, causing him to constantly push down the instinct to gag.
He decided to try something.
"Kyuubi, you there?" The boy called out inside his mind, hoping for a response from the demon.
Silence.
"Kyuubi?"
Silence.
The boy cursed his luck, seemed that he won't be able to get any help, and must face the trials of hell alone.
The sound of drums rose up over the horizon and met Naruto ears. He hadn't realized them until now.
BOOM . . .
BOOM . . .
BOOM . . .
The drums continued to resound across the land, each thundering beat sounded like a call for arms. Naruto decided that the drums must hold some importance and handed off in their direction.
After several minutes of running full speed, Naruto found himself at the base of a tall hill. The beating drums, whatever they were for seemed to originate from the other side. Naruto began to climb; the hill didn't prove very difficult, it being just a mound of red rock.
On top, Naruto looked on with awe. Down below, inside what seemed to be a crater with hills covering all sides were thousands of beings. Naruto didn't know what they were, but from the looks of them they weren't human. Each at a unique looks, some were that of rotting flesh and skeleton, others had more than two arms or resemble the likes of snakes and spiders.
All of these beings, all thousands upon thousands inside the gigantic crater surrounded a huge platform. Behind the platform stood something that made Naruto want to run away, something that almost made him forget his goal and return to the safety of his small apartment.
A massive demon stood beating the drums. It stood easily thirty feet in the air. The flames covered its body rose high above. On its back, wings of flame spread out, covering hundreds of feet with its length. Its eyes were glowing with pale green, looking down at a figure below.
Naruto followed the gaze of the demon and found what he was looking for. Naruto felt a surge of relief flood his body. Place on some sort of alter, between the drums that the giant demon was beating; Hinata lay unmoving. With fear in his voice, he instinctively yelled her name.
"Hinata!!"
The drumming stop.
Naruto watched as the demon looked up and met eye to eye. With a thunderous roar, he pointed one of its burning fingers at the boy.
All eyes were on Naruto.
Like an ocean of bodies, the thousands of smaller demons surged towards Naruto, intent of tearing the boy into pieces. Naruto took a step back, measuring the distant between him and the platform in which Hinata lay.
It was far too far to jump to, even using a chakra boost. But Naruto guess maybe three hops would get there, and that was all he needs to do, once he was near Hinata he could easily end this.
As the wave of demons neared the top of Naruto's hill, he brought up his hand to eyes level. Grabbing his right wrist with he left, he began to mold his chakra into the center of his right palm. Blue light exploded from his palm, it swirled and grew in size and power. Naruto smirked, his Rasengan finally complete he forced chakra into his feet and leapt into the air.
Naruto soared over the oncoming wall of enemies. Looking down he spotted the thousands of demons looking up at him, waiting for him to finally land. The arc of his jump was finally ending, and he began to descend with frightening speed. Nearing the ground, Naruto pointed the hand holding the Rasengan down, and braced it with his left. The horde of demons below didn't think the boy was anything special and stood their ground.
Naruto came down with the force of a million ninjas, the Rasengan hit with all its strength, instantly ripping the demons that were in its path to shreds. The ground ripped apart sending the others flying hundreds of feet into the air. Naruto stood inside the twenty foot crater, in the middle of torn remains of the demons that underestimated the boy. The stunned creatures the survived came out of their stupor and starting to swarm over the ledge of the crater and charged down. Before they could get there revenge, Naruto quickly formed another Rasengan and leapt again, soaring into the air.
Naruto smiled, he misjudged the distance and found out that he actually only needed one more jump before arriving on top of the platform.
Naruto came down one last time on the creatures, this time however they tried to get out of the way, but many were still caught in Naruto's Rasengan and were destroyed. Once again, Naruto found himself in the pit of the Rasengan's creator, but this time he leapt, using all his chakra for a boost. He soared over the remaining demon army and landed right next to the alter that held the body of Hinata.
Naruto stood next to a cloaked figure. It didn't move to intercept him, so Naruto quickly disregarded it and formed the necessary seal. With his index and middle finger, Naruto drove them inside Hinata chest, ripping through her cold flesh and deep into her heart.
Once he was inside her chest cavity, he made chakra surge through his arm, down into his fingers. He announced; "Yomigaeri!!" (Resurrection)
Hinata's eyes shot open and she released a high pitch scream. Her body began to fade away.
Naruto watched with triumph as Hinata disappeared into thin air.
His task complete, he went to cancel the Kyuubi fuzen gisei no justu (Kyuubi partial sacrifice Technique). Before he completed the seals, he felt a sharp pain in his side. With blurry eyes he looked up to see the cloaked figure, his burning face now revealed and hellfire stormed inside his eyes. Naruto felt the cloaked specter's bony arm; it carved a path through his flesh, and into his stomach.
With all his strength, Naruto cancel justu just in time and everything started to fade away. The last image of the hellish place was of the cloaked figure's face, his rotting flesh perked up into what Naruto could only describe as a smile.
Naruto slowly awoke to the sound of crying. He heard the gentle noises of crickets off into the distance, and the sound of leaves rustling in the wind.
"I'm sorry Naruto-kun."
Naruto looked up to see the face of an angel. The memories of his trip flooded back into his brain and he wanted to know if everything was okay again.
Through his pained, heat torn throat, he pushed out a simple question. "Hinata-chan, are you okay?"
-Present-
Tsunade once again felt the urge to cry. Just like that, people she thought she knew had undergone such horrible things. She slammed her fist on the table.
"Why didn't they tell me!!! Kidnapped my ass, can't believe I fell for that." She screamed.
She couldn't take anymore of this. The reason for Hinata's massacre of her family seemed apparent. But it still wasn't justified. She could have easily just told someone and it would have been dealt with legally. No one would have to lose their life . . . well except Hiashi. Tsunade swore to herself that she would have killed the man herself.
Tsunade had enough; she quickly wanted to get the horrible memories over with. Yet she had only gone to 3 years prior to the events at the Hyuuga manor. Hopefully she could just speed this up so she could get to other business.
Once again she fast forwarded through the memories of Hinata and Naruto. Finding that after that night, Hinata moved in with Naruto. At first things were touch and go, Hinata trying to live normally while still keeping away from other villagers. She was mostly hiding out or with Naruto training. Nothing lasts however, and Hinata was soon spotted by a villager, and word spread fast to her family that she somehow managed to 'escape from the Sound'. Soon things didn't go well anymore.
Hinata had to face her father, which Tsunade slowed down the rush of memories to see exactly what went on.
-Two years before Bloodshed-
Hiashi and Neji were sparing in the Hyuuga manor training ground. Hinata was found out only several days earlier, and decided to make the fact that she was still alive official.
Appearing slowly out from the woods that surround the training field, she casually walked up to the fighting duo.
"Hello Father, Neji."
Neji eyes widened in shock, "Hinata-sama, it's true. You're alive." He balled his fist up, and looked down at the ground with shame. "I'm sorry I wasn't able to protect you from the Sound kidnapper."
"So, is that what people were told."
Neji looked up confused. "What do you mean?"
Hinata smirked and pointed at Hiashi. "Why don't you ask him?"
Hiashi was about to lose it, seeing the weakling in front of him, defying him was sending his rage over the top. Without warning, and without a care in the world, he rushed the girl with blinding speed.
Hinata barely dodged the attack from her 'father' and quickly spun around to his back side, trying to get a kick in of her own. Hiashi easily dodged the kick by falling to the ground, causing the kick to miss and swing over his back. Hiashi swept his leg around as he sprung up, catching Hinata in the shin, sending her crashing to the ground.
Hiashi quickly took the opportunity to jump onto Hinata, and wrapped his cold, callused hand around her throat.
Hinata began to curse herself, she didn't expect the bastard to attack so openly, and even with the training with Naruto, she wasn't good enough.
"Hiashi-sama, what are you doing." Neji yelled, and began to run at the man. He was about to save the girl from her father when Hiashi, seeing the boy bearing down on him quickly pointed at his cursed seal and activated it.
Neji stopped in his tracks and fell to the ground, thrashing around in intense pain.
Hinata once again felt helpless, even after all she's been through, she still wasn't ready for this. Then from deep inside, she felt something she never felt before. The burning desire to kill, and with it came new found strength. Her mind growled with fury, and without warning the world turned black.
Hiashi bent over Hinata, fist raised ready to pound her skull into oblivion. With all his speed, he sent his fist down into Hinata's face.
It never got there.
His fist was caught by Hinata's opened palm, she growled "Don't fucking touch me!" and with newfound strength, she crushed his hand and broke his wrist. Hiashi stared in horror has Hinata's eyes began to fade to black. She grunted with a deeper voice and kicked Hiashi off of her with her leg, sending him crashing into a tree.
Hinata walked over to him, and bent down. She brought his face up to hers, meeting eye-to eye.
She whispered. "Be prepared for Judgment."
Hinata leapt away, to never be seen by another Hyuuga for two more years.
Hiashi rose weakly to his feet and look over at the still withering form of Neji. He released the boy from his pain.
"Don't ever speak of this," he commanded. "Or I will kill you and the entire branch family."
-Present-
Tsunade fell back into her chair exhausted, and it wasn't until then that she noticed something very strange. Throughout the memories of Hinata, everything flowed nicely, but with Naruto, there was a feeling that she was missing something, something that was . . . well underneath the underneath.
She couldn't explain it, it was just a nagging feeling in the back of her head that told her something wasn't as it seemed.
And there was only one person that she knew that could take the scroll apart piece by piece.
Luckily for her, that person just rushed into her office.
"Tsunade, what is this about Naruto!?" The old, white haired man with red stripes under his eyes questioned.
With a smirk, Tsunade tossed the scroll Naruto sent to her over to the other sennin.
"Here are most of the answers you need, it's not all there, in fact there's a lot that just don't make sense. But, if anybody can decipher it, you can."
Jiraiya raised his brow in question, and then opened up the scroll.
Understanding filled him.
Sasuke, the remaining member of the Uchiha clan slowly walked down the lit hallways of Konoha hospital; the smell of antibiotics, old people and plastic filled the air. He was walking slowly, arms in the pockets of his black pants that went down to his ankles and were wrapped tightly with bandages. Underneath his green Junin jacket, he wore a dark blue shirt, which hugged his body tightly, showing off his well trained body.
The junin walked casually down the hallway, thinking about the request that the Hokage made of him. It seems that the girl who underwent the same tragedy that he had twelve years ago asked for him specifically. He supposed he knew why, but he didn't know what he could do. He was sure the girl was experiencing the same rage he was. Sure she was rambling on about revenge and power. Speaking of power; how the hell did Hinata get so damn strong? Whatever it was, he sure has hell wanted to find out.
There was something more bothering the Uchiha, his long time rival; Naruto hadn't been found yet. He was told by Lee that he left him alone with Hinata. Surely she didn't kill him, and if she did, where was the body? A part of Sasuke was hoping that dumb ass wasn't dead.
Sasuke approached a door, room 203 . . . her room. It was closed and he heard the soft whimpering of a female on the other side. He knew that it would take several days to get over the initial shock and sorrow; it would take several days to stop the uncontrollable burst of tears. His heart sank, he didn't know why, the thought of another person feeling the same way he did almost choked him up. With a shake of his head, he thought to himself with disappointment, "God . . . I'm getting soft." With that thought still bouncing around in his mind, he opened the door slowly.
Inside, the room was cold; as if the temperature was controlled by the heart of the shattered girl who was sitting up in the bed. She looked up slightly, stopping her crying for the first time in hours. Sasuke met her eyes, the trademark Hyuuga's white eyes. For an instance he saw the innocent form of a thirteen year old Hinata staring back at him. That image finally wiped clean when the girl spoke.
"Hello Uchiha-san." The girl's voice was drawn out and ragged, her throat was raw and her nose runny.
Sasuke responded with a simple nod and sat down on the visitor's chair next to her bed.
Hanabi fell silent, she had a whole speech ready for when he got here, but as soon as he strolled through the door, it left her faster then she could say hello. She almost began to cry again, until the Hyuuga courage stalled her just long enough to say something.
"I need your help Uchiha-san."
Sasuke sighed, "You can just call me Sasuke."
Hanabi nodded in agreement, and then remembered her speech. "I know that your brother did the same thing as my sister. That's why I called for you, you've dealt with this. I just need someone to help me cope. And . . . and too train, I want her to pay. I don't know how she's gotten so strong."
Sasuke shifted in his seat, the thoughts of his brother once again fresh in his mind. He knew that the overwhelming urge for revenge would mold the girl into a hardened shell, and she wouldn't let anyone get close to her again. He remembered when he was like that, not letting anyone through, even when he wanted to deep inside.
"Listen child." He spoke with a stern, serious voice. "I know what you feel, like you've said, I've felt it. But you have to understand, if you let the hunger for revenge and power overwhelm your logical thinking, you will only hurt yourself and others in the end. I know the pain of betraying people I love, just so I can search for power. In the end, my carelessness cost them their lives." The words went from seriousness to sadness. The events from the past now fully materialize in his mind.
-Pink hair flowed on the ground; the limp body of its owner was lying lifeless in his arms. Sasuke pulled the head of the female to his chest, his cries echoed through the chamber, as the tears of loss flowed freely.-
Sasuke's face was as unemotional as ever, but Hanabi didn't need her Byakugen to see through his mask. He was hurt; the complete loss of whatever happen severely damaged his heart.
The room became silent; the humming of air-conditioner grew from a soft under-noise to a pounding racket as it pierced its way through the silence of the room.
Hanabi shuttered from the images of her family once again in her mind. In an attempt to push those thoughts away and break the silence, she asked. "What happened?"
Sasuke glared at the girl, almost ready to curse, she had no right to ask such a thing. Fortunately Sasuke caught himself, he's only told two other people about what happen that day: The Hokage because he had too, and Naruto because he needed to, he supposed this girl was another candidate, considering her situation.
With a long breath, he started. "Six year ago, I betrayed this village, my friends and . . . the girl I loved. I did it all for power, power from Orochimaru, one of the three legendary sennin. The power I sought was so I may kill my brother and avenge my clan. After I left, the Hokage sent Naruto and some others after me. Naruto finally caught up me, and we began to fight. The entire time I threatened his life, while he wanted me to come back, back to where people loved me. I was arrogant. We fought, and that bastard would have won. But instead he didn't try to kill me; he just wanted to prove a point. Because of that he almost died. We were both pretty beaten up, but I was able to walk away . . . for a while. Only several miles away, I collapsed and unfortunately, a follower of Orochimaru, by the name of Kabuto found me, and took me away. If it wasn't for him, I would have probably been found by Kakashi when he rescued Naruto." Sasuke stopped, the girl in front of him listened intently, and absorbing everything he said. After several seconds, he continued the story.
He cringed, knowing this was where the pain started. "Two years I was in the hands of Orochimaru. He trained me personally, promising that I would easily kill my brother when he was done with me. I found out about his truth intentions; he planned on using a forbidden technique to transfer his soul into my body. I didn't care however, as long as he trained me; I was content on his plans. Until . . . something much unexpected happen. One day, the girl I loved, Haruno Sakura, appeared. She searched for a year straight to find me. She approached Orochimaru in his own chamber, threatening to kill him if he didn't let me go. I just watched as she insulted him, I knew that she wasn't going to get me to come with her. I tried to convince her to just leave. But she was stubborn and kept at it . . . until Orochimaru didn't find it humorous anymore. Right in front of me . . . he . . . he struck her down with one blow. I ran to her side, cradling her when she drew in her . . . last breath." A look of complete discomfort fell over Sasuke, fighting off the emotions that boiled below his supposedly hard shell, he composed himself and continued. "I snapped, I snapped and attacked that bastard for hurting the only person that I ever really cared about. I beat that bastard within inches of his life before he finally got away. The rest of his army was barely a match for me as I plowed out of his stink hold of a fortress and made my way back here . . . I . . . didn't even get a chance to retrieve her body."
Sasuke sat, face unemotional as ever, but deep down he was crying like a small child. Sasuke, once again vowed for revenge against the person that took away his special person. It wasn't the hate filled revenge that took over mind and body however, it was controlled and focused, but unfortunately, it was also building up.
Sasuke again spoke, his voice horse; "Listen Hanabi, I know that you might think that I've lost my will for revenge. I haven't, it's as strong as ever. But I don't let it consume me, for it only leads to the destruction of the things that I love. I decided that I would train my hardest, and when the right time came, whenever it was I would face my brother to the death. If you promise me right now, that you won't make the same mistake that I did, I will personally train you so you may one day get the revenge that you deserve. Do you promise?"
The girl sat silent on her bed, she took in every word the man in front of her said. She knew that man was right, before he had come she was vowing for revenge by any means necessary, she was willing to sell her soul to the devil if need be. But after hearing his story, her view changed a little. With time it might change even more. Her respect for him grew and she could only do as he asked and train. As of now, there was no other way.
"I Promise." She replied.
Sasuke smirked, if she didn't agree . . . he would have had to go back to house arrest.
-Author's Notes-
Oh my god, that's the most I've ever written. Well . . . that Sasuke bit was actually written before chapter 3 was, so I guess that doesn't count . . . but still. (No I didn't foresee what would happen, just changed what I originally had to suite the Manga more closely)
Anyway, I'm sorry for the delay, but school comes first . . . as well as reading other fics and not caring about my own . . . I mean . . . ah never mind.
Well I'm really tired, and I vow to never take this long to update, and WILL NEVER WRITE SOMETHING THIS LONG AGAIN!!!! For now on, I'm doing short chapters and updating every 2-3 days, Promise. (LOL promise my ass)
Oh, This chapter is way to long to read over and over to find mistakes and stuff . . . so mistakes will be plenty. I know a lot of people have questions, ask if you want, but most will be answered sooner or later. Unless you want me to spoiler it and just tell you . . .
Peace Out.
