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Summary: Ino always prepared herself for the worst situations,but finding SASUKE in her yard definitely caught her off guard. Especially when she just found out he was supposed to be dead,along with the Snake freak. Why is HE here,and what has Itachi to do with it?
"Normal."
Thoughts
Flashbacks
" Inner persona "
Jutsu
Previous chapter: Ino finds out the Uchiha brothers are sharing one body after keeping Sasuke as a hostage. When our favourite Yamanaka thinks she'll finally get saved by the one and only Hyuuga Neji, he turns his back on her and leaves without even so much as noticing her. Now she's left alone, literally cornered by the person who has never left her mind after all these years...
What the heck?! Ino screamed mentally and after a few minutes Sasuke released the invisibility technique.
He flipped her around and pushed her against the very same wall his brother had.
Har- freakin'- har. Somehow this looks awfully familiar. She thought sarcastically.
"I believe we have something to discuss. But then again, it's more like I have something to discuss while you will stay put and listen and obey." He stated dangerously, lifting her chin up.
She looked up, clear rebellion evident in her blue orbs, challenging him.
His grip on her chin tightened in return and he leaned closer.
Nobody messes with the Yamanaka Ino, especially not YOU, you asshole! She scolded him mentally, before she spit on that arrogant face of his.
His eyes narrowed , turned red and in one fluid movement his katana appeared from out of nowhere and was embedded right next to her temple in the wall.
"Now. Let me make you clear this is a very bad time to test my patience, Yamanaka. Don't make me do things we both might regret later on." Sasuke hissed between gritted teeth.
He trusted the katana deeper into the wall, his eyes not wavering away from hers for even one moment.
Ino couldn't help but to flinch.
Hyuuga Neji was generally known as one of the most patient persons ever alive.
He did have full practise and experience in the term, though.
Who wouldn't have when teamed up in a team with Rock Lee as teammate and Maito Gai as sensei?
Neji was an excellent ninja and he proudly considered himself to be a genius of patience as well.
But never had his patience been tested as it had been today.
He had to refrain his every being in order to operate logical, and never had he have this much trouble before with controlling himself.
This fact also forced him to admit a few things he wouldn't have preferred to.
...Yamanaka Ino...
What exactly was she to him?
A colleague with whom he worked from time to time?
A loudmouth who sometimes pestered him and sometimes amused him?
Someone he trusted his life to...
Could he call her a friend?
No, he couldn't.
The moment he discovered her cornered and vulnerable, he knew he got his answer.
He had to literally force himself from rushing over and rip the bastard's throat out, Jyuuken-ing his guts inside-out.
Hyuuga Neji was blessed with the Byakugan, his family trait.
This meant he could see particular things.
This also meant he could recognise different individual's chakra signatures...
"Uchiha." He growled in an un-humanly voice.
Ohh... what he wouldn't do for the chance to go back and immediately kill his traitor-guts.. -
But as an elite-ANBU, unfortunately, he knew better.
These were the facts:
He had caught an injury on his previous solo mission, so he couldn't give his all in a fight.
He also didn't know anything about the Uchiha's capacity anymore.
No matter how much he hated to admit it, the man had been trained by one of the three Sannin. And don't forget to mention, he didn't know how much progress he'd made with the ways of the Sharingan.
If it would've been someone else, his pride would've won and he would've taken the risk.
However, this was concerning Ino...
He couldn't simply afford the risk to screw up.
Neji gritted his teeth as he went to recruit fellow Anbu.
For the first time in his life he was ready to admit that perhaps he wasn't a genius in all matters after all.
Ino just couldn't believe it.
Everything was happening so fast... it was all so non-realistic.
Like a dream, or no, more like a never ending nightmare.
What the heck had she put herself into?
Just a few hours back she'd believed that Uchiha Sasuke was dead.
Dead as in not here, finished, in hell, done for...
So what in the world was he doing here?
Why was he alive?
Why was he sharing his body with the soul of his fucking brother?
Why did he have to choose her of all damn people to appear to?
Why did he still make her heart beat faster?
Why, how, what, when and WHY?
But what she really, really wanted to know was...
"Where the hell are you taking me to?"
Yes. She could talk again.
Somehow he had dismissed the jutsu somewhere along the line.
And again, he didn't respond.
"I'm talking to you, Uchiha!" She snarled, her eyes narrowing.
He sighed irritated.
"Don't make me regret dismissing the jutsu."
"..."
That made her shut up...
-... for a good entire two seconds..
Suddenly her eyes widened in recognition.
"Wait a sec..- Isn't that..."
Sasuke's hold tightened as they walked towards the old Uchiha Residence.
After all these years of un-occupation the complex looked derelict and eerie.
An involuntarily shiver went down Ino's spine.
As a mind-walker she could feel auras, emotions and intentions strongly.
This place made her feel heavy and tired. There was just too much sorrow and disappointment hanging in the air, surrounding the buildings and nature. It was slowly suffocating her.
Despite its state of bad repair the complex, however, still possessed a great deal of authority and mystery.
That's what I call the DUC, Damn Uchiha Charm, something I invented a long, long time ago...
She sighed, partly because of the feeling of nostalgia and partly just because this place was wearing her out.
"We're here...-" Sasuke stated softly, stopping in front of a small building.
Ino remembered the small house adorned with strong wood...-
...-it was Sasuke's .
She wondered how many times she'd come over here when she was little. A dozen maybe?
She wondered if Sasuke remembered.
No.. he probably doesn't even care.
He slowly pushed the door open, first pulling her in before he entered himself.
It was dark and damp inside. The walls were covered with mold, causing distasteful smells to arise.
She eyed Sasuke's form as he finally made his way to his old room. She noticed his hand hesitated for a second before opening the door and entering.
I guess some things stay hard no matter how much time passes.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu." He summoned a python.
"I trust her to you. Keep an eye on her."
The snake hissed and crawled her way to the unfortunate Yamanaka.
Ino's breath stitched in her throat.
Being someone who had experience with fetching flowers,she had a lot of encounters with creatures such as snakes while making her way through earthy or grassy environments. Because of this she didn't immediately freak out at seeing the huge creature crawling her way.
It was beautiful, but dangerous as hell.
The python finally reached her feet and started to climb it up slowly, circling her waist.
Her breathing quickened.
The fact she was accustomed to snaked didn't mean she wasn't afraid of a python strangling her to death.
Okay now, don't panic.. If he would've wanted you dead, he would've already killed you.
Sasuke turned around to complete his task.
Three steps to the right, one forward, the fifth flagstone on the ground...
He grabbed a kunai, got on his knees and carved the outlines of the fifth flagstone.
The old piece of wood was easily destroyed by the sharpness of the weapon and he got rid of it soon.
It's here...
He carefully grasped the retrieven object and opened the strong fabric surrounding it.
It was a katana. The one that belonged to his ancestor. Uchiha Madara.
Finally...
He motioned for Ino, still captivated by the python, to follow him outside.
Suddenly his jaw tensed and in a quick motion he reappeared next to Ino ,the katana firmly held in his right hand. The wheels of the Sharingan in his orbs were dancing dangerously.
They were surrounded.
Ino's eyes lit up in hope.
Could it be...
Neji??
Ino smiled gratefully as a squad full of familiar masks appeared in front of her.
"Sasuke-teme..." Uzumaki Naruto
"Well, if it ain't the traitor-Uchiha..." Inuzuka Kiba
"Don't you worry a bit, Ino-san! Our flames of youth will protect you!" Rock-Lee
"Uchiha... touch her, and you die.." Hyuuga Neji
Sasuke being Sasuke; smirked arrogantly.
"Konoha no Anbu, eh..."
He hissed something, making the python wrap tighter around Ino.
The blonde winced in pain and Neji fisted his hands in balls.
"Sasuke."
Itachi?
"Surrender."
WHAT!? No way in hell! I can take them...
"I said surrender. Don't make me repeat myself."
I don't give a shit about what you think...-
Itachi sighed.
"Fine. You don't leave me a choice."
Suddenly a somehow familiar pain shot through Sasuke, making him clutch his head in agony and fall on his knees. The python around Ino disappeared into a cloud of dust and Neji caught her before she could fall.
"Ino.. What's happening?"
She smiled wearily before answering the Hyuuga.
"Neji... it's... Itachi..."
His eyes widened behind the mask. What!
'Itachi' finally regained control over the body and got on his feet. He turned to the squat.
"I surrender."
!TO BE CONTINUED!
A/N: OMG! It's aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive! ' Gheh.. sorry guys, it took me very, VEEERY long. But I swear, this time I really DO have a VALID reason. Like two weeks ago I got a light concussion at school while participatin' in PE. We had to do some crazy shizz', and before startin' I said to the teacher that if he made me do it, I'd break my neck or somethin'... Well.. let's say he didn't believe me, and a few minutes later... VOILA! Someone literally FELL on my head and gave it a few good kicks along the way... :X ...Sigh...- Anywayz.. Fortunately I'm startin' to feel a bit better, so I hope I can start updatin'regularly again.. So if the chap sucks more than usual... it may be because my brain feels like exlodin' everytime I look at a computer... :(
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