Thanks for the reviews and I am so sorry for the VERY long delay. For now, let's have a short story about Sasuke's past with evil Saya.
PAST AND PRESENT
Chapter 9: Reminisce
The wind rustled the autumn breeze, scattering orange and red leaves on the earth soil. The sun was up and shining brightly at the heavens, decorating the skies magnificently. It was a beautiful afternoon and is a good time to reminisce his past.
Sasuke was leaning over a tree trunk, his head tilted up to the blue skies. A bird flew past him and sends shadows over to his face. He didn't flinch for he was already deep in his thoughts.
It has been a very long time since he last seen Saya. They were childhood friends. The Uchiha Clan was once close to a weapon maker clan; the infamous Sakashita clan. The Sakashita clan has provided the Uchiha with the weapons they would need in their missions. The two families were in good terms with each other and so are their children.
"Sasuke-kun!" a little girl with red short haired came running to Sasuke, her flower ornaments on her hair falling down to the ground once she glomped over to Sasuke.
"Tsuki, why are you here?" Sasuke asked as he released the girl from his embrace.
Tsuki Sakashita is Saya's younger twin sister. She has red short hair with deep dark gold eyes like their mother's. She was frail and fragile. A sickly little girl who needs protection by everyone.
Tsuki smiled at Sasuke and then she picked out from inside her red Yukata an origami she herself has made for the Uchiha prodigy. It was a swan, a beautiful origami made out of red parchment paper. The young girl presented the origami to Sasuke, who took it to his hands and stared at its wonderful feature.
Tsuki was good at this kind of thing. Being locked up inside their house all the time, she has gained a talent for origami making.
As the two friends began to chat with each other, Tsuki's father appeared before them and pulled away Tsuki from Sasuke's front. The young girl struggled with her father but gave up when she began to cough violently, blood dripping out from her lips. Sasuke only managed to look at her with a worried expression.
"Please excuse us. I need to send my daughter to the doctor." Tsuki's father said as they both retreated from the Uchiha mansion.
Sasuke looked down to the swan origami on his hand and he retreated back to their mansion to seal away Tsuki's gift to one of his treasure boxes in his room. Sasuke liked Tsuki but he knows that sooner or later, the girl whom he liked so much will soon disappear from him.
After five months, Sasuke's fear happened. Tsuki died. His family attended Tsuki's funeral. Everyone was wearing their black funeral kimonos. He saw Tsuki's parents near her tomb, crying. As he was scanning the whole area, a red haired girl appeared from behind a tree, her long black yukata covered with black mud. She looked sad as she came up to Tsuki's grave.
It was Saya, Tsuki's twin. The young girl walked up to her parents and hugged them, her green orbs looking down to her sister's grave. As the remaining Sakashita family wept for their deceased member, Sasuke could only feel pity over them.
After the funeral, Sasuke's parents went over to the Sakashita's to talk while Sasuke and his brother were left in their mansion. Sasuke locked himself inside his room as he stared at Tsuki's swan origami on his hand. A tear fell to the origami as he remembered Tsuki's happy face. Indeed, he was much in love with the young Sakashita daughter.
"Sasuke-kun! What are you doing up there?" Saya shouted from below the tree, her long red haired flowing with the breeze. "The Hokage is calling for you,"
Sasuke snapped out from his thoughts and looked down to Saya. For a moment, it was Tsuki's face that appeared before him and not Saya's. As he stared at Saya's face, he began to realize the truth behind everything.
He was not in love with Saya in the first place. He was drawn to her resemblance to Tsuki, which made him fall in love with her. All this time he was blinded by the fact that he cannot let go of his feelings for Tsuki. He liked Tsuki and being with Saya compensated the lost time he should have share with the younger twin. If only he had realized this, maybe he could have let go of his past and moved on with his future with Sakura.
Saya stared at Sasuke with a confused expression. As the young Uchiha prodigy jumped from the tree branch and settled beside Saya, the red haired teen realized a change of mood in him.
"Are you okay?" Saya asked.
Sasuke could only stare at her and nodded. "Everything's fine," he forced to smile. "Everything is all right now." He added as he passed by Saya's side and to the Hokage's office.
A/n: Okay, thanks to everyone who tuned in with this story. I have introduced to you a late character. Her name is Tsuki Sakashita; the youngest twin of our main antagonist. To clear everything up, Sasuke is not really in love with Saya, but to her twin's resemblance. Okay, now let's review. XD
