Kidoumaru Does Konoha!
Chapter 9
Confident he was no longer being followed, Sasuke straightened himself and put on his best 'sympathetic' look, "Sakura? What's wrong?"
Sakura was sitting on a bench near the park, sobbing. "Kid-Kidoumaru... You were right..."
"I'm so sorry about that, Sakura," He sat beside her, "I only wish I could have found out before you became so close with that freak."
Sakura turned, her tear-filled eyes blazing. "No, Kidoumaru was right...And I didn't believe him."
"WHAT!?" Sasuke shouted.
Kidoumaru, Ino, Sai and Suigetsu stepped into view from behind a nearby building.
"You were seen! Sai and Suigetsu were there! They heard you!" Sakura stood up, radiating with killer intent, " I knew you were cruel, Sasuke, but I didn't know you were this heartless! How could you do that to us, how could you play with Ino's feelings like that?!"
"They're lying, all of them! They're all in this together!"
"Sai may be an emotionless creep, but he doesn't lie! I saw the notes! You're nothing but a monster, no better than Orochimaru! I can't believe I ever wanted you!" Sakura turned swiftly and delivered a vicious punch to the Uchiha's mid-section, knocking him into, and through, a nearby wall. As a stunned Sasuke tried to get up, he saw Ino and Kidoumaru standing over him.
Kidoumaru cracked all of his knuckles, "Let's play a new game, it's called 'Punching Bag' And you're the bag!"
And then the pain began...
Obito walked into his parent's bedroom. Other than a good dusting, nothing had been changed, everything was as it had been when they died. Obito picked up one of the pillows, and held it close. Kakashi watched sadly as his friend ran his hands reverently over the bed. During the whole cleaning and renovation, Obito hadn't been able to set foot in this room. Kakashi knew the pain of losing one's parents to violence, and it was heartbreaking to watch his friend suffering through it now. Kakashi had been a small child when his parents died, and Obito, now nearing twenty-nine, but still a child in his own mind, had found/remembered his parent's deaths, and learned that he had been forced, against his will, to take part in the tragedy. Kakashi just watched, not wanting to interrupt his friend's thoughts, but keeping careful watch in case the memories became to much. Obito was in such a fragile state, torn between Tobi and Obito, between the carefree young boy he had been, the childish Akatsuki member whom his damaged psyche had created to protect him from the memories, and the man he would have to become to accept his horrific and tragic past.
To be continued...
