Ok, dears, I know it's been a long time, but i had exams and shits like this, so now that I'm free for about three weeks, everything'll be fine.
Anyway, about the other chapter, seven, I made a mistake - which I had corrected in the mean time - at the final. Sasuke and Naruto were cuddling and things and SUIGETSU entered, not Karin. My mind just went wild back then. So, to review what have happened up until now:
Sasuke and Naruto fought, then Naruto used a teleportation jutsu so the two of them ended up far away from the others. Sasuke went to the east in order to meet his team: Karin, Juugo and Suigetsu. Naruto followed. After some time, they arrived in a small village, but left after a short period of time. While walking on a forest, a ninja attacked, Sasuke died and Naruto went crazy. To rescue his life, Kyuubi helped Sasuke, healing his wounds before he actually died, so Naruto would quickly come back to reality. Because of this, they made a contract. Sasuke must stay with Naruto until Kyuubi changes his mind. Being desperate about his life, the raven accepted and made the deal. After a short time, they met with Sasuke's team and because of her insolence, the brunet killed Karin. Spending a night in the hotel, Suigetsu entered Sasuke's and Naruto's room the morning after, announcing the enemy's arrival.
So this is what have happened so far. ^^ I hope the things are clear now and again, I'm sorry for the mistake.
Training eight: Oh, Death
"Oh, Death,
Well I am Death, none can excel,
I'll open the door to heaven or hell."
The first sign of winter showed up next morning under the appearance of a short lived snow that moistened the naked ground. Four loud breathes were being distinguished in the cold air, while sharp eyes were searching through the trees for a certain sign of humanity. Apparently, there was none. They were single in the middle of the forest, being coldly embraced by the wind that slowly penetrated on its own demand.
" ' The heck. Karin would have been good as hell now!" Suigetsu yelled, his strident voice invading the air harshly. "Why the fuck did you kill her anyway?"
Sasuke didn't answer. He kept his eyes closed and concentrated on the targets. Their chakra was well hidden, but the raven could spot them after some minutes of searching. There were about ten minutes before their team would be discovered.
"It's freaking cold, Sas'ke." Naruto added, clenching his fist and rubbing his hands.
"We have to move. Now." Sasuke cut both and started to move to west- he changed direction. Suigetsu sighed desperately, Naruto scowled and Juugo watched the show quietly. The situation was as bad as possible. They were the target of three Leaf ninja – very well trained as Sasuke observed- who were able to drive them away easily from the rest of humanity. It was obvious that they chose solitude and privacy when killing targets.
Impatience and confusion were invading nakedly Naruto's face given that their running was quickly becoming pointless. The enemy seemed to be closer and closer with every pace. His mind was full with the wrongs and the rights. Should he stop and just accept to go back? No, that would imply destroying everything he had built so far with Sasuke. It would lend to devastation. Then, should he fight the enemy? Obviously not. He couldn't kill his kind. It was like attacking your own brother.
"What shall we do?" Naruto asked toneless, half conscious.
"About that. Why the fuck are we running? It's four to three. We are at the best hand. Right now we should kick them and send their lame asses back to Leaf. "Suigetsu pointed harshly as if Sasuke had made the biggest iniquity to him.
The raven stopped. Suigetsu was right; then why didn't he think of that? Was there something that made him come to the wrong decision? Sasuke's face hardened. There was no answer crossing his head. He clearly didn't think about a reason. His pale cold fingers touched his face, but before to say anything, Juugo spoke. " I think Suigetsu's right."
Sasuke faced them and snorted. " Let's attack."
Suigetsu immediately spun around with his long large sword, grinning toothily, his body radiating the excitement of killing. Juugo went a few meters away preparing a long distance attack. Naruto just stood there, watching Sasuke with a purpose. It was that kind of expectation you wanted to hear from someone, but you didn't know how it should sound like. The blond felt he was meant to be saved from attacking, from being there watching his comrades dying by Sasuke's hands. It didn't seem fair. The feeling was tormenting him and the brunet saw through it. They were watching each other intensely. Sasuke's glare was becoming defiant as he watched Naruto's animated play. Doubt and agitation were his favorite actors and the best players.
Sasuke smirked darkly. "You're not confused, are you? Scaredy-cat." He whispered, passing by him and joining the other two. Naruto's eyes widened with strong feelings of ecstasy and anger. Sasuke finally acknowledged him. Finally!
"Sasuke! I'm not gonna lose to you, better watch out, bastard!" Naruto yelled with uncovered pleasure and fake anger.
Fighting, pushing, stroking, scratching, that was what they were doing all this hours, until the night fell again. The leaf was good, their ninja were surprisingly strong and persistent, they just refused death. Was that loyalty? Sasuke asked himself every time he saw the enemy rising up from the ground, clenching its fist and preparing a brand new attack.
"Annoying. Annoying. Annoying!" Juugo screamed his lungs out, driving all his power towards the blond haired guy that had cheated death too many times already. How many strikes did he get from Juugo? How many? Everyone lost count.
"What's up with these guys? They don't even talk." Suigetsu observed, drawing his sword closer.
"They're Danzou's team." Sasuke hissed. If he had been in his normal condition, he would have just activated Susanoo and the bugs would have been dead by then. The enemies were still strangers. They were males; two of them were still covered in a black cloak while the other had his body exposed as a result of losing the cloth in the battle. Masks were covering their features perfectly and were a hint for their powers. The one who lend direct attacks had his mask carved like a bear's face. On the opposite, the long distance ninja had a craw flask dyed in black. Most worrying was the fox, the man behind attacked rarely but his jutsus were strong and well calculated. It was a powerful team thinking that Karin wasn't between them anymore.
They suddenly retreated, regrouping and whispering things incoherently. Sasuke's team did the same and watched carefully at them. Almost immediately, Bear made two clones and headed dangerously for Jugoo and Suigetsu. The orange haired man laughed manically, while the other just smiled nonchalantly. Their last powers were in this attack. Crow's attention was on Naruto whom, deep inside, started his turmoil again, feeling uncomfortable. He was willing to fight as long as he won- what if he lost? He would eventually be captured, dragged back to Konoha, interrogated and finally shouted in prison where he would spent the rest of his life. Yes, he needed to destroy the enemy for his own miserly purpose.
"Everyone, please forgive me for this only selfish request I had ever demanded for." Naruto thought, making a clone and preparing his best Rasengan.
Finally, the Fox bring Sasuke in his vision. The raven made a step back and activated his Mangekyō Sharingan. He wouldn't die stupidly twice -not to mention that he wasn't even the target, but Naruto. Fox attacked brusquely, but Sasuke saw through it. Two clones were planning to stroke from his back, but they just hit a log. Fox knew all that along, but continued his act. Sasuke played his role too with a tact and spirit for fighting exaggerated.
Juugo and Suigetsu were attacking madly from each side, without a sense of direction, Bear just defended himself. He seemed to know exactly when to strike. Suigetsu got mad and fiercely scratched the enemy's arm, ripping off his black cloak. The light haired man smirked when saw the red string of blood oozing from Bear's arm.
"Too early for getting the wrong idea about winning, don't you think?" Bear whispered in Suigetsu's ear, giving the man chills on his back.
Naruto was, despite all, in a good situation. He had already stroke Craw once; the guy seemed to be the weakest in the team – he was the first to lose his cloak and now he got injured really quickly. Naruto was determined to fight the male until he couldn't move one finger.
The blond took a quick look in Sasuke's direction and sensed that something was off. The raven was imprisoned in a triangle made out of three men. He growled seeing Sasuke's chakra leaving his body so naturally.
"Amaterasu!" he shouted and the black flames invaded the small surfaces instantaneously, but sadly, Fox was protected by a barrier, so the only target of the flames was Sasuke. He cursed, trying to escape by ground. It was just pointless, he couldn't even scratch it. His fate, once again, turned black and became narrow.
Naruto drew all his attention to Sasuke. The image was mortifying. It looked like Death was taking contour from Fox's shadow and had the intent to run madly in Sasuke's direction with carvings for his life. Naruto couldn't let Sasuke die. This would imply betrayal! Sasuke might be sank in darkness, but even the dead world had ethics. After making about thirty clones, he got closer to where the raven was and tried to attack from outside. A big explosion came from there and Naruto was useless against it. A few clones caught his body, saving it for falling onto the cold ground.
Terrifying black chakra surrounded the surface, shaking everything on it. Susanoo apparition made them stop breathing for seconds.
"Don't you dare underestimate my power, scum." Bleeding eyes, stoic face, death glare, hatred- it was one image of hell. The others were stunned by his overwhelming power and hatred for the world. It was just... inhuman. Fox came around quickly, ignoring reality and going in Susanoo's direction. Sasuke was confined in it like a bird in a cage. Fox couldn't do anything from outside and couldn't change the facts either. His only chance for survival was to wait until all Sasuke's chakra fall off. And that meant suicide. Fox and Crow switched places. Naruto welcomed his new opponent with a shuriken rasengan that was only half dodged. Fox lost chakra, and so did Naruto. But you couldn't compare Kyuubi with a merely human being.
Crow's clones rushed at Sasuke, having the miserably faith of being smashed, but the man understood that a long distance ninja was the only solution there. He tried a couple of techniques, but all failed dismally.
"You are so going to die. " The harsh words were spreading wildly in the sky, so much passion in it, so much hatred in just one person. Naruto was trembling. Where did Sasuke go? That Sasuke, his Sasuke. He wanted to cry, to rip everything, to smash his bones, to bite him until he comes to his senses again.
Crow stopped at a distance of twenty meters in front of Sasuke. He started a jutsu that seemed too familiar to Naruto. He blinked, but had no time to process anything because Fox got tired of being ignored. Naruto had to fight him, but his mind was filled with Sasuke.
The raven watched almost carelessly at his pray. He was so confident in his powers, thing that's taboo for ninja world. Sasuke realized too late that the weird technique was one of mind controlling. What would happen if a stranger entered his well confined mind? All of sudden he felt a strange presence deep inside.
It had been already too late.
/Look what we have here./
"Fuck."
/Your inside is as lame as your outside. Now I understand why Danzou insisted on Naruto. /
Sasuke smirked, trying to look defiant.
"You are pretty confident yourself, aren't you? Do you think that you and I can live the same hell together?"
Without a response, Sasuke invaded his mind with dark memories that hunted him every single night. Everything was painted in a lively red and the Sharingan was penetrating everything, killing their intimacy.
Craw started to crumble in his spot.
/Pretty boy, you're so naive./
Sasuke continued the process, his own mind starting to be in turmoil because of the horrifying images. But he was fine. He bore it half of his life; a few minutes would definitely not kill him.
/You'll die eventually so I can have a little fun with your garbage. It will be our little secret. Danzou won't know about this./
"Leaf is a despicable place, but his ninjas are far more miserable. You have no dignity and you let yourself controlled by idiots. I'd rather commit suicide then dying from your filthy hands."
/Don't give me that shit about dignity and control. From the moment you chose Orochimaru you have lost both./
"Yes, that was for the seek of revenge. I had a purpose for everything despite all of you, shameless dogs. And I learnt how to surpass my controller in order to kill him."
/And all of that so you can now let yourself controlled by a demon./
Sasuke frowned, thinking of Naruto. "He's more human then all of you put together."
/Pretty soft for a traitor, aren't you?/
"Pretty talkative for Danzou's dog, aren't you?"
Sasuke won the argument and he smirked victoriously. Crow stopped talking, like a realisation, and started to pull out a new jutsu. Sasuke continued on his process to. The image of Itachi dying appeared like a ghost. Crow grinned.
/With/
Sasuke's head started to throb so badly that he knelt down, breathing harshly while trying to get oxygen in his lungs.
/your memories/
His eyes were desperately trying to get out, the unsurpassable violet heat was burning his body from inside. Sasuke's mind was dissolving. Like having an operation withoutanesthesia, that was how tormenting the sensation was.
/I become/
The voice continued to echo in the raven's mind. The Sharingan was gone, susanoo had half disappeared. He couldn't understand the facts.
/stronger/
"Shut up. Shut up. Shut up!"
/and/
"I fucking said to shut up!"
/stronger./
Sasuke fainted.
The remaining chakra exploded, everything collapsed instantly. There was nothing left. Every single thing burnt along with Sasuke's decadence.
