Chapter 10: Replacement: Sasuke's Plan.
[ You all know how writers block works...Add it with procrastination and laziness and VOILA: you get my life in a nutshell. Oh and um... I'm not exactly sure where this is going for the next few chapters yet. . . so if anything comes to mind while you're reading this chapter or if there was anything you reaaallyy wanted to happen, I'd love to hear it! ^-^ well, enjoy!]
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One cannot know the light without first been stranded in the darkness. One cannot understand being brought to happiness without having been drowned in sorrow. What happens if you have never known the light? What is the result if one has been in this shadow from the moment they were born? Will they know the light? Or shall it be mistaken as something that is only temporary and will only result in more pain?
That was one of the many questions that were being forced through the organ that resided in my cranium as I suddenly found myself back in the arms of Sasuke Uchiha. At first it had appeared that he had brought me here, but then he was now attempting to break me out...What I thought was the light may never have been the light at all, but merely a glimpse of what a life of happiness could be. What it could be, but not what it was going to be for me.
No. No matter how many times I thought I could be loved, that proved to be impossible for somebody of my nature. Whatever Sasuke was planning on doing now I knew he would eventually turn back on sometime in the future since it had happened so many times in the past...So then why did I find it so difficult to hold back a sudden surge of emotion running through my heart?
The image of Tobi gradually faded into the background as I was carried farther away from the training grounds briskly by the Uchiha. His arms held me in place as though I were something he were not going to let go of...As though I were something he found precious.
Heh, how comical. He had, in simpler terms, brought me to my demise and yet here I was thinking that I was precious to him?
"Yasha..." His soft voice mumbled as soon as I found I was brought to an unfamiliar room, though it was not uncomfortable. It was a lot lighter than most of the hallways I had seen for there were candles lit throughout the whole room, illuminating most of it. There was a cozy looking bed nestled in the corner of the mostly square room with a small desk and a bathroom off the side. It was fairly simple.
"...What are you up to, Sasuke?" I asked finally, allowing myself to hint some...Sadness in these words. Or what I thought to be sadness, anyways.
"I brought you here," Sasuke admitted confidently, seemingly holding no shame about it. His strong black eyes stared at me full on to prove he was not messing around with my head, "Because there was no way around you being taken in."
I stared back at him with a blank expression, all but a small frown creasing my lips in a disappointed fashion, "Are you on my side or are you not?"
"I am," The Uchiha assured, though it was not to my comfort as I found myself having a hard time believing this statement, "but...It's difficult. You already know Madara wants your demon..."
"As you have continuously reminded me," I added in icily, allowing no sense of kindness to leak into my tone.
"Right... But I already told you my plan for this... and-"
"Sasuke you are definitely not in your right mind if you are forcing yourself to believe that I would allow you to transfer my chakra into Kana and have her be taken instead. Besides that, extracting my chakra into anything would kill me, regardless," I explained coldly, glaring at the Uchiha as though I could be angry. As though I felt anger towards him, as though it was possible to feel this emotion towards somebody like that.
"Not if you only extract a portion of it..." Sasuke began to rationalize, "The extraction only kills if all of the chakra is sucked out... You can transfer half of the chakra into that kid...Give Madara half of it-"
I put my hand over Sasuke's mouth to quiet him while my dull eyes buried holes into his, "You are crazy."
Sasuke didn't respond and so my eyes narrowed more than their normal plain width.
"It would kill me unless i willingly gave the chakra up and kept at least ten percent of it. However, I am aware that this one you call 'Madara' will not be too pleased with the idea of receiving only a portion of my chakra. Most of the demons chakra is not able to be used unless it is all in tact with each other...All of it must be there," I explained softly in my dull monotone, not expecting Sasuke to know that beforehand but was bothered that I had to speak longer than a sentence.
Sasuke's dark eyes seemed to produce more blackness than before and though this fazed me not I decided that I should remove my hand from his mouth in order to allow him to respond.
"Madara says it's not that way for the nine tails," Sasuke said finally.
I closed my eyes and tilted my head towards the ground as though I were chuckling, "and have you ever stopped to think for yourself? Is everything you go by what Madara says or what that man tells you to do? The nine tails is the most powerful of all the bijuu... It would not be the same as my mere two tails," I countered, taking my time as I fully realized I was contradicting the Uchiha.
The raven haired boy glared at me with a loss for words as it was very rare that I ever contradicted him, "hn."
I looked back up at him, piercing blue eyes staring straight into his, "Now if you don't mind my asking. Where have you put Kana?"
Sasuke's mouth creased into a frown that appeared darker than usual, "Kana is being taken care of by Karin. Fortunately enough for you I was able to convince Madara to keep the child out of harm for now."
I gaze darkened as I dropped onto the bed in the room so I could stare up at Sasuke. My pale cold hands were folded neatly on top of my lap while I sat with my legs folded underneath me. My fuzzy blue neko ears tilted towards the ground as I stared at the Uchiha blankly.
"It has come to my attention that you do care for the child..." I noted softly, piercing blue eyes gazing dully at mere nothing though it was taking in everything.
Sasuke turned his nose up at me as though the mere thought of wanting to take in a child was simply preposterous, and could not be done. It seemed to me like he wasn't daring to fully admit to the fact that he did care for the' child's safety, however he had gone through the trouble of making sure that Kana was kept well accommodated to.
"Hn, think what you will," The Uchiha grouched.
'As I shall, Sasuke...' I thought to myself, though the mere beginning of my thoughts towards somebody else seemed to summon up the two tailed demon. It seemed to be a regular occurrence these days that the demon come out to have conversation with me.
"I don't understand why you don't just bust out of here..." The Nekomata yawned as it's almost audible purring began. I could feel my stomach churn as the cold chakra slithered about.
"Of course you wouldn't understand...You are merely a cat demon, after all," I replied in my thoughts, mentally inserting a gentle sigh.
"And what's that supposed to mean, hm, Yasha-chan? Last I recall it you are merely a cat yourself," The demon cooed. I could nearly sense its fangs bared towards my heart, it's chakra pulsing through my small body of 5 feet as it thrived for the need to tear my heart out for such an insult. Maybe, perhaps, however, it would just be my imagination.
"That is true," I agreed sullenly when all of a sudden I felt two powerful hands grip my shoulders and jostle me swiftly and harshly, forcing me up from the depths of my conversation with the two tailed demon.
I found myself staring into two red orbs with spinning black pupils instead of blackness.
"Stop speaking to that thing," Sasuke demanded, a biting edge to his usual calm voice.
"I have no choice in the matter, Sasuke..." I mumbled softly, tilting my head slightly to the side to avoid direct contact with the Uchiha.
I thought I felt his grip tighten upon my shoulders however it seemed that he was just releasing them so he could turn away in a silent fit of rage. I could merely curiously tilt my head towards him but do nothing more as he collapsed on top of his bed like a seat and motioned to the spot beside him.
I sighed softly to myself yet I did not refuse the offer and allowed myself rest beside the Uchiha.
As I moved his piercing gaze never faltered until my rear hit the bed beside him.
"Yasha..." Sasuke began the moment I leaned against him in comfort, "...Please allow me to transfer most of the chakra into that kid... Not all of it...I'll give you enough to keep you alive..."
"Why do you persist? By now you must know I must abstain from such an offer, Sasuke..." I reminded in my normal hushed tone, glazed over in a monotone that would refuse to change from my voice.
"...I can't lose you...But I can't lose this opportunity either..." Sasuke mumbled into my hair as he leaned his head on top of mine.
I frowned, "And what exactly would this opportunity be?"
"That, I cannot tell you," The raven haired boy responded.
"Then I have no reason to allow you to transfer my chakra into my child," I countered calmly, finding my argument to be fair to the situation.
Sasuke appeared to become livid again, "Yasha, do you want to die?!" He hissed, turning towards me with his rage nearly pouring through his words.
I stared back at him with sincerity, "...Yes."