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A/N: Thanks to Rizera and vwbuba! Appreciate it! ^^ Dunno how this one came out..well, I can always blame it on tiredness. 10/12.
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Uchiha Sasuke has joined Orochimaru. He resides in the Sannin's dank hideouts now, hidden away from the sunlight like the snake his new sensei is.
His training is stringent and difficult, but he is improving by leaps and bounds.
For his favorite pet's fifteenth birthday, Orochimaru gives him a katana, a special one that conducts lightning. A fine piece of metalwork. The weight of the weapon at his side is something he gets used to, after a while.
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"..waving his arm around again. Like he's wielding a sword."
"A sword? What the hell?!"
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He kills his deluded master and starts his own cell, freeing prisoners and gaining their cooperation. Jugo, Karin, and Suigetsu-his new team, the means to reach his end. His goal. Itachi-more specifically, Itachi's death.
The day when he feels his elder brother's blood all over his hands is close in coming; he can almost smell it. The blood will be a warm and sticky way of remembering his brother and what a lowlife dirtbag he was.
The day will be soon. He smiles at the thought.
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"Ugh, that smile is creepy."
"That's a smile?"
"It's what passes for one with him."
"Ah."
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He kills his brother, and something inside of him dies.
Especially after he learns-after he learns-
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"Ah, God-someone shut him up!"
"He's screaming so damn loud; just listen to him…I wonder what he's seeing?"
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Ohgodohgodohgodohgod Itachi's dead and I killed him and he's gonehe'sgonehe'sgone and oh my god he was innocent it was all a lie and what have I done?!-
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"Looks like he's having a seizure."
"Jeez. He's been like that for-what, twelve hours now? Shaking and moaning and crying..what is going on inside this kid's head?!"
"Beats me.."
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He destroys his village. He makes them pay for what they have done.
He's used his eyes, his last gift from Itachi, too much; his sight is darkening fast and he feels tears of blood pouring from his eyes.
Vision fading. He closes his eyes. He would rather have the blackness of his own eyelids be the last thing imprinted on his mind. He doesn't want to see it anymore-the dead village, the dead people-
And Naruto, Naruto, he killed him too; the blond is dead and gone just like Itachi so what is keeping him bound to this world? Nothing-nothing but this damn heart that just keeps beating and beating and beating...
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"Holy f—are his eyes bleeding?!"
"Damn, I think they are. This is bad-call Shizune!"
"Don't need to tell me twice."
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He is dying as well and he is happy.
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"Oy, guys!"
"Hey, Naruto."
"How is he?!"
"You ask that every single time..if something changed for the better, we'd call you."
"Well, yeah, but…"
"Look, Naruto..he's been like this for years. Since he hit his head during the Chunin exams, remember?"
"How could I forget? Ever since then he's been in his own freaking world.."
"Naruto..don't you think it's time you-"
"Shut it. You're going to tell me to give up on him, and I will never do that. So save your breath."
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…That's a familiar voice. That's-wait, that's impossible, because he's dead and I killed him and-wait, what? Someone's touching me; I can feel them, but I can't see them-crap, what's going on?
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"Hey, teme…you've got everybody freaking out, y'know that? Making your eyes bleed and all..you should probably quit doing that, FYI; I don't think it's healthy, and the old lady agrees with me.."
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This is a joke, right? This is insane; I can't be hearing this, this is-
Wait, I remember something-something..different…if my head would just stop pounding for one frickin' second..
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"Sasuke..c'mon. Wake up already. You've been getting loads of attention for three years now, isn't that enough?"
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You have got to be fricking kidding.
I-I've been…
Ah, hell!
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"..and..and…you..are you-SHIZUNE! Shizune he's opening his eyes! He's opening his eyes!!"
"….Sh..shut up already..d..dobe.."
..Fin..