Hey all! Here's the next chapter! Disclaimer. Don't own the song at the end of the chapter either. It's called 'Everything About You' and it's by Three Days Grace
Midnight-Blazing-Phoenix - LOL yes he should have the worst and slowest death possible! Mahahaha! Sasuke is very mad and you'll find out just how much this chapter. And I'm currently working on a plot with more Kiba and Shikamaru in it, but for right now hope you enjoy! Thanks for the always great reviews!
Chapter 10: Seeing Green
Ana woke up the next morning in a very pissy mood. The mood she was in did have a lot to do with the fact the every muscle and bone in her body was aching and throbbing, but it also had to do with the fact that she remembered every single thing that had happened last night, every detail. It was just one of those things you hoped you would forget if you went to sleep, but ended up being the first thing you remembered when you work up.
And that's exactly what happened to Ana this morning, even before she opened her eyes. She seemed to remember everything that she had wanted to forget; the emotions, the pains, and even Sasuke's furious face. That alone made a new wave a pain go through her, not physical but mental. She would have to face him sooner or later. Ana didn't think he was as mad as he started out to be since he had come to spy on her and her sisters last night, but she could be wrong. Either way, if he was angry or not, she would still feel the aching guilt pulling at her heart when she eventually did face him.
A loud growling sound pulled Ana from her thoughts. She sighed, rolling her eyes; it was her stomach. When was the last time she ate?
Ana opened her eyes only to see the dirt ceiling above and felt a gentle weight on her chest. She looked down to see Cassandra, her youngest sister, her head lying on her chest and her small hand still clasped around Ana's necklace. Ana looked over to her other side to see Serenity snuggled tightly up next to her, sleeping soundly.
Ana smiled as she looked at her two sister's sleeping faces, both of which looked peaceful and not like they had just lost their mother. All the pervious guilt and pain seemed to be numbed by something more powerful. Seeing her sisters alive and innocent sleeping next to her was enough for Ana to know that it was all worth it.
Her stomach growled again loudly, begging for some kind of food. Ana gave a heavy sigh, gently pried Cassandra's tiny fingers from her necklace, and quietly climbed over and out of bed, despite the throbbing that was radiating through her body. Once out of the bed she looked to her sisters to make sure she hadn't awoke them; they didn't even stir. As she turned to the bedroom door to leave, Ana faintly wondered how all three of them had managed to fit in that bed.
Sasuke, Gaara, and Naruto were all in the small living room, sorting through their weapons and getting ready for their training this morning. Maria and Sakura were no were in sight.
As soon as Naruto noticed Ana in the door way with a confused look across her face, he immediately stopped what he was doing to look at her. "Hey Ana," he greeted shyly, which was uncommon for the loudmouth, "how are you feeling?"
"Fine," she lied through her teeth, dismissing his question, "Where are Sakura and Maria?"
"Getting breakfast," Sasuke replied smoothly as he finished tying the ends of his large bag that held his weapons. Ana stole a glance at him; he didn't seem mad anymore…
"But don't worry, they said they would try to get some extra for you and your sisters," Naruto added quickly.
Ana opened her mouth to say something but was cut off by a gently tug on her clothes. She turned around to see Cassandra rubbing sleep from one eye and her free hand still held tight to Ana's clothes.
"Hey babe," Ana greeted sweetly bending down to kiss her on the cheek, "Did you sleep well?"
Cassandra shrugged, "Yeah, but the bed was really small."
Ana gave a slight smile at her answer, "Are you hungry, Cassie?"
The younger sister nodded.
"Go get Serenity up then and we'll head up."
Cassandra nodded and turned back into the bedroom.
"Ana…" Naruto started, "There's no need for you to go up there…Sakura and Maria said they'd bring something--"
"Do you really think the guards will let them have enough extras to feed three people?" Ana snapped, cutting him off.
Naruto stared at her indifferently, "Then you can have some of ours."
Ana sighed putting her fingers to her temples and pressing down, Naruto was already starting to give her a headache. "I appreciate it, Naruto," she said as gently as she could, trying to control her anger, "but I can't ask you to do that."
Naruto opened his mouth to say something.
"And please don't argue with me, I'm not in the mood."
He shut his mouth.
Just then, Cassandra repapered in the door way behind Ana with Serenity beside her.
"Alright girls," Ana said as she walked over to the wooden eating table where now it was being used as a table to sort weapons on. She took the nearest dagger and holder she could find, not knowing who's it was nor caring, and strapped it to her thigh. "Stay close to me and if anybody touches you, you'll tell me, alright?"
Cassandra and Serenity both nodded. "But what's the knife for?" Cassie wanted to know.
"For anyone you does touch you."
With that said, Ana instructed Cassandra to jump onto her back. But once the girl did, Ana instantly regretted it. A sharp, searing pain ran through her legs and core as the new weight was added. Ana bit her lip, trying to hide her discomfort.
"Ana…?" Naruto asked anxiously, not missing the look on her face.
Ana ignored Naruto and took Serenity's hand in hers and headed for the door but not first without almost buckling under Cassandra's weight. She caught herself right at the door.
The next thing Ana knew, Sasuke was by he side, "Let me help you," he mumbled taking Cassandra off Ana's back and setting her on the ground.
"I'm perfectly capable to look after these too," Ana responded coldly, trying her best to mask the uneasy feeling in her stomach.
"Just let me help you carry them upstairs and to the kitchen," he answered, a little annoyed by her resistance, "your body's weak right now and your going to kill yourself."
Ana turned her head away, speechless, and also to try and hide the faint blush that was creeping up her cheeks. She was embarrassed by what Sasuke meant about her body being weak and what he was referring to since she had no desire to speak of it, and that fact that he was concerned about her.
"Um…alright, I guess," Ana answered after a moment and turned to Serenity, "I've got Cassie so I want you to go to Sasuke…don't be scared though, he won't hurt you."
"Ok," Serenity muttered as she looked up at Sasuke adoringly. He turned around and let Serenity jump onto his back and shift around a little until she was comfortable. Serenity gave a small smile, clamped her arms and legs tightly around his strong frame, and snuggled in closer, a little bit of pink forming on her cheeks.
Ana struggled not to laugh. Even her 11 year old sister, usually very mature, was melting at the feeling of touching Sasuke. She rolled her eyes at Serenity's 'little crush' as he turned around and gave Ana a smug smirk, almost as if he knew exactly what she was thinking and he was highly amused.
Ana couldn't help but smile at their behavior as she took Cassandra's hand and led them up stairs. She realized then that all females seemed to be susceptible to his looks and 'charms', regardless of age. Looks like both the sisters had a bit of a crush on the Uchiha. She wondered now, if Cassandra did too.
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Ana and Sasuke got to the kitchen with the girls without too much trouble, just the occasional glare from Sasuke to some 'innocent' male onlooker. When they got into the kitchen Sasuke let Serenity down while Ana put Cassandra on top of the table she was going to work on.
"Thanks Sasuke," Ana replied sincerely, but not meeting his eyes when he turned to look at her.
"Hn. Just watch it," Sasuke told her, "there are some perverted guys around here. I gotta go." And with that said he left.
Ana watched him leave before picking up Serenity with a little trouble, and setting her down next to
Cassandra on the table. "Alright you two, don't move, ok?"
The sisters nodded as Ana set to work on breakfast next to the girls, often looking up to see if she could see Sakura or Maria when she would give Cassie and Serenity some scraps to nibble on.
A couple minutes later, Ana heard someone's voice form behind her. "So these are the sisters, huh?"
Ana's hand flew to the knife on her thigh, ready to attack whoever said that. But it was only Kiba and Shikamaru, both smirking at her.
"How troublesome," Shikamaru smiled at her.
"Maybe, Shika, but they do look just like Ana, like everyone was saying," Kiba replied.
Ana rolled her eyes, "Hey guys." She stared at them for a minute noticing someone was missing. "Where's Neji?"
"Women problems," Shikamaru stated simply.
"Him and Mira in another fight?" Ana asked knowingly.
Kiba nodded, "over something stupid once again….when will they ever learn to get over themselves and just confess to how much they like each other?"
Ana smirked at Kiba's choice of words, "Indeed."
"So you gonna introduce us?" Kiba asked motioning over to the two small girls on the table.
Ana took a deep breath and turned to her sisters who both had a confused and fearful look on their faces.
"Girls, this is Shikamaru and Kiba," Ana explained giving a heavy sigh, "They're cool, there's no need to be scared. And guys these are my sisters Serenity and Cassandra."
Serenity relaxed a little. But Cassandra stayed a little rigid. This did not go unnoticed by Kiba; he smiled down at her. "Can I show you something, Cassandra, is it?"
Cassandra looked shyly down at the floor and shrugged.
Kiba put two fingers inside his mouth and whistled. A second later a little brown and white dog appeared racing through people on his way to his master. Once at Kiba's feet, the dog jumped into his arms.
"This is Akamaru," Kiba explained, petting the dog whose tail was wagging wildly, "You can play with him if you'd like."
Cassandra's dark blue eyes widened, "Really?" she asked.
Kiba nodded, and the dog jumped into Cassandra's lap. Cassandra giggled and pet it, as did Serenity.
Suddenly, Akamaru jumped form her lap and took off running. Cassandra immediately jumped down from the table to chase the hyper dog.
"Cassie wait for me!" Serenity called also jumping down and following. Ana groaned, "
"Your sisters are very pretty," Kiba smiled warmly once the girls disappeared behind an old crate.
"Yeah, and I'm constantly watching their backs for them so some whacked -up guy doesn't come and take them away." Ana scowled in reply, "I have no idea what I'm going to do with them."
"Troublesome, like I said," Shikamaru pointed out, "But I'm sure you'll come up with something."
"Hopefully." Ana mused for a minute. She could still hear her sisters laughing and the dog's barking; they were still ok.
A silence stretched through the teens as Ana resumed making breakfast while Kiba stared at Ana . "What?" she asked feeling his eyes upon her as she looked up at him. His eyes had softened greatly as he looked at her; she knew exactly what was going to come out of his mouth next.
"How are you feeling?" Yep, she was right.
Ana became instantly irritated. She turned back to the fruit she had been working on and a little too aggressively went back to cutting it. "Fine. How did you find out about that?"
"Well, it's not exactly a secret," Shikamaru answered, "Zabuza didn't waste a minute before telling the whole world about it. He seemed actually quite happy with himself."
Ana's eyes immediately darkened threateningly, as her anger flared inside her and she clenched the chopping knife she was holding tighter. "I bet he didn't."
"Yeah, what he did was pretty low, even for him," Kiba replied.
"Oh, I doubt that," Ana bitterly laughed, "I'm sure he's been lower…that asshole."
Shikamaru shrugged then nodded in agreement, "Yeah, your probably right on that one."
"You almost had him though, Ana," Kiba added, putting a comforting hand to her shoulder, which calmed her down a bit. "That was fantastic for your first real fight."
Ana thought for a minute then shrugged, "It was because my sisters where here…I had to protect them."
"And you did," Kiba told her firmly, "So don't feel so bad."
"Yeah, you look worse then Ino when she's throwing a fit over a bad hair day," Shikamaru added.
Ana gave a slight smile, "Yeah your right…I just can't stop feeling a little guilty though…"
Both Kiba and Shikamaru gave her confused looks. Ana inhaled. "I feel like I betrayed Sasuke in a way, by giving into Zabuza…but he was going to take Serenity and Cassie…I just can't balance out how I'm feeling, or why I even care what the arrogant prick thinks anyway…"
"You did what you had to do to protect your family," Kiba said giving Ana a knowingly look. "And Sasuke, if anyone, understands that….he just being, well, a stubborn Uchiha."
"And I think you know why you care what he thinks," Shikamaru replied, giving her a lazy look.
Yeah because I care about him…no matter how frustrating he is sometimes…we're a lot a like. And I think he understands me. Like I understand him. Maybe not in an obvious way we understand each other, but in a deeper way; like in the way it feels to lose your family right out from under you, to feel it slipping away and breaking apart, like if only you had been stronger and smarter you could have saved it. He knows exactly what it feels like.
An awkward silence loomed over the small group. Shikamaru cleared his throat, "The good news is that at least we know you can hold your own, and all that training wasn't for nothing."
Ana actually smiled to that, feeling a little better. "Gee, thanks, Shika."
Suddenly there was a high-pitched, terrified scream. Ana recognized it immediately. "Shit!" she cursed loudly taking off after the sound…but where did it come from? She looked around but didn't see anything. Shikamaru and Kiba were right behind her, looking just as alarmed. She turned to them, "Help me look for them!" she ordered frantically.
Shikamaru and Kiba both obeyed and the three teens shot off in different directions looking for two little girls and a dog.
Ana sped around a corner and out of the kitchen. Just right outside the door, a little ways form the washing building, there was a large group of men gathered around something; they were shouting and laughing at it. Ana's heart pounded in her chest; she knew her sisters were in there.
She violently pushed her way through the thick crowd being elbowed, shoved and shouted at several times, but finally broke free to the center of the noisy crowd to find a terrified Cassandra, a glowering Serenity, and angry Akamaru. Serenity was in front of Cassandra, shielding her, while the dog was barking threateningly at the jeering men in front of them.
"Get the fuck away from them!" Ana hissed loudly as she ran to her sisters, pulling out her knife from her thigh, and standing protectively in front of them.
"Can you believe our luck, guys?" one of the men in the front row of the crowd laughed now. He had a very short buzz cut on top of his head, and a gruesome looking scar going across his face. "Looks like we hit the jackpot…3 bitches!"
There came a low chuckle from most of the men surrounding the girls. Akamaru growled fiercely, but the men seemed unconcerned.
"The third one's quite the looker too!" another man whooped; this one was shorter then the other guy, and a little less muscled too. "And look! She thinks she can stand up against us with just a puny little knife."
Ana narrowed her eyes at the men, stepping closer to Cassandra and Serenity, determined to do what ever it took to get them out of there.
"What do you think you're going to do with that, babe?" The one with the scar mocked Ana. "Think that will protect you?" He stepped closer.
Ana extended the arm with the knife in it farther out and took another step back; she kept her eyes hard. "I think I'm going to run you through with it…" she hissed, "…If you touch them or me."
Scar-face laughed, "Well I think your wrong on both accounts. Here, you see, nobody cares about you, what happens to you, or what you think, princess."
"We do," said a different, very angry sounding voice. Suddenly Kiba and Shikamaru appeared from the crowd and calmly walked up in front of Ana to face scar-face and everyone else, their swords from their waists unsheathed and out, ready to cut someone through at a moments notices. Ana gave a soft sigh of relief and relaxed from her offensive stance she was previously in. Cassandra and Serenity came from behind Ana to cling on to her from her sides while Akamaru jumped up into his masters right shoulder, still looking stiff and growling quietly.
The scared man went from mocking to angry in a second flat. He glared at Kiba and Shikamaru, "And who do you think you are!" he hissed, "You can't just come up here and take what we found first."
"They belong to us, idiot," Kiba snapped.
"I don't believe you!"
"Do you think we would actually waste our energy to fight for a couple of troublesome wenches that weren't ours?" Shikamaru countered in a bored tone as he crossed his arms lazily over his chest.
The scar faced man growled, but other wise was speechless. He turned away and trudged into the kitchen with a sour look about his ugly face. The crowd had disappointed looks across their faces as they also turned away and went in separate directions.
Ana sighed heavily while putting the knife back. "Thanks guys."
Kiba turned to Ana, all previous traces of threat in is face gone, and smiled warmly, "Don't mention it."
"Sasuke would have killed us if he knew we let something like that take place right under our noses anyway," Shikamaru explained with a shrug.
Ana smiled in thanks again then turned toward her sisters with a hard, firm look in her eyes. "I know I shouldn't have let you run off like that but please, help me out and never do anything like that again." Ana let her eyes soften a bit, "People here are crazy, and they don't care about hurting you. You have to stay close to me, understood."
Cassandra and Serenity nodded apologetically, "We're sorry," Serenity replied quietly with her head down.
Ana gave a short nod and a kiss to each of their foreheads in acknowledgment. "I just don't want anything to happen to either of you." She sighed, "I have to find a way to get you out of here, and I just need some cooperation while I'm working on something."
Kiba and Shikamaru glanced at each other for a second. "Ana, we're going to be late for morning training, can you take it from here?" Kiba asked anxiously.
Ana nodded, "Of course. Thanks again."
The boys nodded and then waved while heading off.
Ana led her sisters back into the kitchen to continue making breakfast. She set them back down on the table and continued while she mentally scolded herself.
"Sissy…!" Cassandra's voice was urgent as she leaned over to her older sister and whispered in her ear, bringing Ana out of her thoughts.
Ana turned toward her sister whose eye were wide and fearful. She was looking at something that was behind Ana. "What is it, Cassie?" Ana turned around to come face to face with a familiar wide, strong chest.
"Hey sweetheart, what's up?" the chest rumbled mockingly.
Reflexively, Ana reached to her knife and brought it out of it's sheath. Zabuza was faster though and knew what she was going to do. He grabbed her wrist that had the knife in it before she could cut him with it, and bent her wrist back, causing her to whimper in pain and drop the weapon.
"I don't think so," Zabuza laughed and let go of her wrist.
Ana retracted her hand and glared up him. "Get away from me," she hissed.
"That's really no way to speak to me, Anabella," Zabuza smirked, stepping a little closer.
Ana reacted by stepping backwards until her behind was pressed up to the table. "I don't wish to talk to you, or even see you again you disguising bastard," Ana spat.
Zabuza just laughed, "I really don't think you have a choice in the matter." He reached out with his hand to touch Ana's cheek, when someone stopped him. Ana turned her head to look at the intruder and her stomach did a happy back flip; it was Sasuke and he was holding on to Zabuza's arm tightly, preventing him from touching Ana. He looked like he was about ready to kill Zabuza; his eyes were darker then usual and he was scowling like Ana had ever seen before.
"Don't touch her again," Sasuke growled menacingly, tightening his hold on Zabuza's arm.
Zabuza pretended not to notice. "Oh look, Uchiha comes to your rescue," he laughed bitterly at Ana.
Sasuke continued to glare hard at Zabuza. "Ana, take your sisters and go back to the room," Sasuke ordered her without turning his head.
Ana didn't need to be told twice; she had no desire what so ever to be near the creep with the ugly yellow teeth. She quickly helped Cassandra and Serenity down form the table, took a couple bowls of fruit and oatmeal she had made, and then hurriedly led her sisters away.
Once Ana had disappeared, Sasuke let go of Zabuza.
"Leave her alone," Sasuke warned, "You got what you wanted."
Zabuza just smirked at Sasuke's warning. "You Can't handle competition, can you Uchiha," he laughed, "Your jealous."
"What's that suppose to mean."
"Your jealous that I laid your property down before you could," Zabuza answered.
Sasuke straightened up. "Hn. Whatever."
Zabuza smiled, "A little piece of advice? Take what's your's before somebody else claims it. Stop with the 'No body's good enough for me' shit and take it."
Sasuke's eyes narrowed. "You're giving me advice?" he snorted.
"It's normal to feel this way, Uchiha…I just fucked your girl and you missed out," Zabuza laughed, mockingly. "I know how possessive you can be…"
Sasuke's eyes flashed. By now the two arguing men had attracted quite an audience.
"And just to let you know I didn't rape her…she did it willingly… and she was perfect… every bit of her."
The young Uchiha clenched his fists and tried to control the sudden anger that was bubbling up inside of him.
"It's so much better when their willing," Zabuza continued, his mind replaying past events, "And when Ana's willing, she can be quite the seductive, feisty little wench."
Sasuke tried concentrating on his breathing, trying to even it out and to slow his angry, racing heartbeat down. "He's just trying to get under your skin. He wants you to punch him. Don't give in to the bastard," he told himself firmly.
"How does it feel, Sasuke…" Zabuza shouted loudly now and smirked, using Sasuke's first name for once, "…to know that not only did I tap what was your property but she did it on her own accord. Your bitch betrayed you after how 'gracious' and 'open' you've been with her!"
Sasuke snapped. He let his anger take control of him and ran at Zabuza throwing a punch. Zabuza blocked it and threw him back. "Feels shitty, doesn't it…" Zabuza replied, "…and familiar…"
A sudden image of Sasuke's brother, eldest of the Uchiha sons, appeared in Sasuke's head, standing over his parent's bloodied and very dead bodies. Someone he thought he could trust…someone he thought he loved…betrayed him that night…
"Itachi…" Sasuke growled, his eyes flashing a murderous red color as he went straight for Zabuza again and this time hitting him square in the face with a hard punch.
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Ana pushed her sisters into the room and shut the door.
"Hey Ana, feeling better?" Sakura asked as Ana came in. Her and Maria were sweeping the floor when the white haired girl had barged in.
"We would have waited for you to go up but we didn't know if you were feeling -- whoa…Ana, you look like you've just seen a ghost," Maria replied coming up to her with worried eyes.
Ana nodded, he mouth dry, "I'm fine," she chocked, trying to gain back her posture. She steered Cassandra and Serenity over to the wooden table and set the bowls down in front of them. "Here. Eat, ok?"
"What about you?" Serenity asked. "Aren't you hungry?"
Ana shook her head, "I think I lost my appetite," she confessed.
The sister dig into there food while Maria and Sakura looked at Ana through narrowed eyes. "What happened?" Maria asked.
"Nothing."
"Something defiantly happened."
Ana sighed, "Alright fine." Next, she told them everything that had happened upstairs including Kiba and Shikamaru and that Sasuke was still up there.
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A little while later when Cassandra and Serenity were finished eating, Ana sent them off for a nap, even though they had just got up a couple hours ago, and went to helping Maria and Sakura clean, worrying every second about what was going on upstairs.
Suddenly, Sasuke barged through the door, making all three girls jump at once. He had an angry scowl on his face, no shirt anymore, his chest shining with sweat, dirt coved his pants, and a bloodied, swollen lip. The girls stared at him as he made his way for the bathroom, without saying a word to them.
"Sasuke…?" Ana asked timidly.
Sasuke didn't answer. Instead he went straight into the bathroom and slammed the door behind him, but not before the girls got a glimpse of his back, which was covered in blood, skin, and deep red scratches.
"What the hell…?" Maria trailed off.
"What do you think happened," Sakura asked, "I mean, I really don't think Sasuke would allow Zabuza to beat him up that bad."
Ana stared hard at the closed bathroom door, her anger rising. "I think I know what happened," she muttered, going to the door and opening it.
"Uh, Ana?" Sakura asked worriedly, "Do you really think it would be such a great idea to go in there right now?"
Ana ignored Sakura's warning and closed the door behind her.
As if right on cue, Gaara and Naruto came through the main door. They looked around and saw the closed bathroom door, both boys had knowing looks in their eyes.
"So if Sasuke's in there…then where's Ana?" Naruto asked quickly, afraid that she may still be upstairs by herself.
"She's in there too," Maria answered.
"Good," replied Gaara, everyone stared at him. Since when did he say 'good' in such a normal, maybe even positive, manner? "They need to work things out."
Naruto stared at Gaara. "Whoa. You actually care?!"
Gaara glared at his blonde haired companion, "We cannot have Sasuke losing control of his anger and being punished left and right because he doesn't know exactly what happened with Ana and Zabuza."
"So you do care about someone other then yourself…" Naruto smirked. Gaara now looked like he was ready to strangle the blonde.
"Whoa. Back up." Maria replied, interrupting them, "So exactly what happened up there?"
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Ana walked into the bathroom to hear an angry curse of profanities.
"Shit," came Sasuke's irritated voice.
The white haired girl looked over to see her master sitting on a small stool in front of a cracked mirror next to the large wooden tub. He was turned to that he could see his back through the glass. In one hand he held the strange bottle of green medicine for wounds, and with the other hand he was trying to rub it onto his back.
Ana rolled her eyes and walked over to the Uchiha. "Let me help you," she sighed, holding out her hand for the bottle.
"I've got it," Sasuke snapped in response to her offer, and continued trying to apply the green substance to the marks on his back. It looked like he had at least managed to clean off most the blood, extra skin, and dirt already, so that only thing left was the deep gashes.
Ana rolled her eyes once again, and instead of listening to her ungrateful master and walking away, she snatched the green bottle away from him. "Stop being such a stubborn asshole."
Sasuke glared at her reflection in the mirror but didn't try to take the bottle back.
Ana applied some green medicine to her fingers and then gently rubbed it into Sasuke's wounded back. She remembered what sting this stuff had but Sasuke barley even flinched. "Male egos." she huffed in her mind.
After a few moments of applying the medicine in silence, Ana asked in a gentle whisper; "So what happened?" She asked even though she had a pretty good idea already.
"Nothing," came the moody reply.
Ana inhaled deeply, "Let me guess: you got blamed and punished for attacking and fighting Zabuza first?" She took Sasuke's silence as a yes. "Why do you let him get to you like that, your so careless. He loves to get under your skin, why can't you keep your anger in check and just ignore him? Why don't --"
"Stop." Sasuke ordered bitterly before she could finish. "You don't know what he said to me, so stop acting like you do."
Ana stopped rubbing to look Sasuke straight in the eyes through the mirror. ""Well, if you would give me more then a one worded answer I wouldn't have to make assumptions, would I?" she seethed.
Ana angrily turned on her heels and stomped over to the shelves with the medical stuff across the room, set the green bottle back and took a roll of bandages off. She sulked back over to Sasuke and began wrapping the bandages around his torso, trying to concentrate on the fact that she was annoyed with him right now, and not the she was so utterly close to him, touching his bare chest. Ana had to keep leaning over and wrapping her arms around him to apply the bandages right, and she could see every pore in his skin, every trace of his muscles, and every drop of sweat that was still there. And it killed her, it made her heart ache, it made her palms sweat and her fingers tingle…it made her irritated.
"I'm not turned on, I'm mad at him, I'm mad at him, I'm mad at him, I'm mad at him, I'm mad at him…"
Yep. There was defiantly something wrong with her.
A tense silence spread out before the teens as Ana continued her work…and mental control.
"Did he rape you, Ana?"
Sasuke's question was so random to the silence that it caught Ana of guard and she hesitated on her wrapping when she heard it. So he didn't know that she had had sex with him willingly? Zabuza obviously must have said something up there.
Ana wasn't sure if she wanted to tell Sasuke. Would he be mad? Would he not even give a rats ass? She decided to go with the latter as she resumed the wrapping. He probably wouldn't even care, so why not tell him?
"No."
"What do you mean 'no'!" Sasuke growled angrily, standing up to face her. The bandages that were still rolled up ready to be used, were jerked from Ana's hands and fell to the ground at Sasuke's feet.
"Exactly what it sounds like," Ana snapped her annoyance rising, "besides you're the one who asked!"
Sasuke looked absolutely furious at the girl. His eyes were flashing dangerously as he started pacing back and forth across the room. "You betrayed me…" he was muttering angrily, "…just like…like…."
Ana wasn't sure who the 'him' was, but she didn't dwell on it, she was far to irritated at the Uchiha to care.
"What was I supposed to do, Sasuke?" she yelled, "He was going to take my sisters! He gave me a choice and of course I wasn't going to let corrupted my girls."
"There could have been another way, and all of it started with you blindly agreeing to fight Zabuza in the first place." Sasuke had stopped pacing now to glare hard at Ana.
"What other way was there!" Ana laughed bitterly, staring unbelievably at Sasuke. This was getting ridiculous; Ana already knew that Sasuke was stubborn but not this unreasonable. "The lanista was obviously on Zabuza's side and has always been on his side, so cheating or having someone else fight wasn't going to work--what other choice did I have but to fight?!"
Sasuke seemed like he didn't know what to say for a minute, but after he ran a hand through his hair he answered with the same intensity as before; "If you just would have waited before you fought him, we could have figured something out. But you didn't, and you got your ass kicked. And I bet you didn't even regret it, bet you had fun with him, didn't you…?Your just as bad as the rest of the women here. Nothing but a common whore--"
"Don't you dare call me that!" Ana raged at him, completely angry with him now, her fists clenched tightly causing her knuckled to turn white. She glared at the man before her like she had never glared at anyone before. All the previous feelings she had for him before, slowly started to disappear in the hate that was forming. But under all the hate, she was still conscious of the aching feeling her heart was giving out. She could almost hear it as it shattered into pieces as she listened to him insult her like that and as she fumed back at him.
"I did what I had to for my sisters, no seconds thoughts. I had to protect them, no matter what it cost me. I thought you of all people would understand that," Ana hissed.
That seemed to strike a sensitive nerve in Sasuke, his angry mask seemed to falter a bit.
"And don't you dare try to understand what I went through," Ana continued bitterly. "I'll admit that I did have sex with him willingly, but that does not mean I don't regret every moment of it." Ana took an angry heated breath before saying one last thing; "I don't have to explain my self to you either, I don't even know why I am…but why does a stuck up, cold hearted bastard like you even care anyway."
The rest of Sasuke's angry mask fell and was replaced by something else. "Because I own you," he answered indifferently, "And I don't want anyone touching Uchiha property."
That did it. Whatever was left of Ana's broken heart, froze and crumbled.
She immediately took his indifferent tone as cold, and careless. She narrowed her eyes and stormed up to him to glare but at a closer range, hate radiating off her in dangerous waves. Sasuke seemed taken back for a moment by her sudden outburst and the hate that was evident in her usually strong blue eyes, but he stood his ground like the proud, arrogant man that he was.
Suddenly, when Ana was close enough, she lashed out her hand and smacked him clean and hard across that handsome face of his.
"Asshole," she spat before turning on her heels and storming toward the bathroom door. Before she left though, Ana turned around to a stunned looking Sasuke and hissed; "And to think, even though I knew what I did was right, I still felt way to guilty knowing that I had betrayed you in some weird, screwed up way. But know I see that I wasted my energy and other feelings on a cold hearted prick that couldn't care less about me or my feelings. To him I'm just another cheap item that he owns and is just to selfish to share."
And with that said, Ana stormed out and slammed the door behind her.
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"…wasted my energy and other feelings on a cold hearted prick that couldn't care less about me or my feelings. To him I'm just another cheap item that he owns and is just to selfish to share."
Maria, Gaara, Naruto, and Sakura all suddenly heard that last bitter outburst from Ana, before said girl stormed out of the bathroom herself, looking like she was going to kill the arrogant Uchiha.
Ana didn't say a word to anyone, or even look at them as she stormed out the main door as well.
All 4 teens looked at each other blankly.
"Well I guess that didn't work out the way it was suppose too…" Naruto sighed after Ana had left as he ran a hand through his blonde head of hair. Surprisingly enough, not even he was stupid enough to say anything to her before she had gone.
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Tears threatened to fall as Ana made her way out from under the Coliseum. She sniffed, blinking them back. She was not going to cry, she was not going to cry…Sasuke wasn't worth shedding tears over, she'd decided.
She felt like punching something. So was so angry she was on the verge of tears. He had done this to her. He had mad her feel things she had never felt before. And he had shattered her heart.
Every time we lie awake
After every hit we take
Every feeling that I get
But I haven't missed you yet
Ana could still feel that painful, broken sensation as he yelled at her, insulted her, and made her feel more guilty then she already was. And he meant those things he said too, she could see it in his dark eyes.
Sasuke thought she was no better then a whore. He thought she was just something else he owned and felt the need to protect from anyone else laying their hands on it. She was another item of his property, nothing better.
Every roommate kept awake
By every sigh and scream we make
And she had wasted her time feeling guilty…wasted her energy thinking about what he thought…wasted her feelings on the prick that thought she was no better then the weapons he owned. He obviously couldn't care less about how she felt. Besides she wasn't suppose to feel anything, she was an item, and items don't have feelings apparently. Cold hearted.
And suddenly realized that he had never cared despite the belief she had that somewhere deep down he did. She was just to stupid and blinded by hope to see it. She didn't really blame herself for hoping though, she had to have something to hold on to in this god forsaken place, and it just so happened that she had hoped she could get through Sasuke's cold shell, and try to understand him more.
All the feelings that I get
But I still don't miss you yet
But he really was just a bastard, selfish and cold hearted.
Ana stormed her way to the empty training grounds. She knew where she could vent her anger.
She really couldn't deal with all this shit right now though, she had sisters too think about and protect. Hell, she had a freaking plan to still come up with to get them out of the hell hole. But, of course, she had been too preoccupied with thinking about him! Urgh! It was all his fault. Everything.
Only when I stop to think about it
. It felt better and was easier to blame someone else for everything that went wrong in your life. And yet Ana couldn't come to convince herself that.I hate everything about you
Why do I love you
Ana walked up to a large, rundown sand bag that was hung up on a pole. Perfect for venting your anger.
And yet here she was thinking about him again. Caring. Sasuke seemed to occupy her mind a lot, even if she was furious at him. But she shouldn't care what he thought. To hell with Sasuke Uchiha!
I hate everything about you
Why do I love you
But now matter how mad she was, she couldn't bring herself to say that aloud. But why the hell not!? She had every right to scream it at the heavens.
Every time we lie awake
After every hit we take
But she didn't.
Because she loved him.
Wait, do I really think that? Is that why I still care, deep down?
Two opposite feelings. One frustrating man.
How is it possible to feel this way about him? I hate him, that's it. How could it get more complicated then that?
Every feeling that I get
But I haven't missed you yet
It's like the feeling you get when your mad at your family. Your furious with them but deep down you still love them, and you can't change that no matter what. Somewhere along the lines, Ana had grown attached to Sasuke, probably from the little thoughtful, rare things he did, and now she couldn't shake those feelings.
Only when I stop to think about it
Ana hated Sasuke. But she realized that she loved him too. There, she said it.
I hate everything about you
Why do I love you
And it didn't matter if he didn't feel the same way. It didn't matter if he thought of her as an item. It didn't matter if he thought of her feelings as nothing. Because she couldn't change the way she felt.
Damn you, Sasuke.
Ana let out a long frustrated yell and punched the sand bag, hard.
I hate everything about you
Why do I love you
It felt good.
She gave the bag another punch because she hated Sasuke, she was furious with him. Thud.
Then another more vicious punch for loving him… Thud…which she'd be damned if she told him that. Just because she felt his way didn't mean she was going to go confessing everything to him; she'd just be making a bigger fool of herself.
A punch for the lanista, and whatever stick was shoved up his ass these days. Thud.
A punch because Ana still hadn't come up with a plan to get her sisters outta there yet.
A punch because her sister were even there.
A punch, and then another harder punch because Zabuza was sick and because it was all his fault the fight between Sasuke and her happened. Thud. Thud.
Ana continued to hit the sand bag harder and harder, even throwing in a few kicks with escalating force, until finally, putting everything she had left into one last punch…which she dedicated to Sasuke, just because. Thud.
It was pretty satisfying to see the dent in the sand bag she had made. She almost felt better…until she turned around to head back and saw Sasuke standing just a couple yards away, watching her.
Ana stared at him, her previous anger that she had just somewhat vented, coming back to her, full force.
Sasuke stared back at her, his face void of anything as usual. He opened his mouth to say something but Ana cut him off before he could.
Only when I stop to think
About you, I know
"It's ok Sasuke, you don't have to say anything. I get it."
Sasuke broke his unemotional mask to give her an indifferent look. "Ana, I'm --"
"Your what Sasuke? Your sorry?!" Ana laughed bitterly. She turned her head away, back to the sandbag. She was going to make him understand "You know, the world doesn't revolve around you Do you even think about anyone besides yourself? All this time you've been upset because Zabuza got his hands on something that was yours. Did you ever once stop to think about how I felt. About everything that had happened to me physically and mentally?"
Sasuke looked at her, not saying anything because he knew she was right, and she could tell it in his eyes, they looked a little upset for once, and maybe a little embarrassed too.
Only when you stop to think
About me, do you know
Ana sighed heavily when Sasuke was silent, she stared at him for a couple moments, her anger still evident on her face. "But yet after everything, I still can't - urgh! Your just so frustrating!"
Sasuke wasn't ready for what happened next. Ana charged at him, attacking him, trying to punch him.
I hate everything about you
Why do I love you
Sasuke blocked the hits after he had recovered from the shock that she was actually attacking him, trying to hurt him. Ana's anger eventually over powered Sasuke though and she knocked him to the ground with a hard punch to the face.
Sasuke growled frustrated, when he hit the ground to see Ana on top of him glowering down on him, ready to strangle the boy. He'd never admit it out loud but that punch did kind of hurt and he really didn't want to get hit again. Besides, she was really getting on his nerves. All he came up here to do was to talk to her and this is what he got. Time for him to take measures into his own hands.
Before Ana could do anything else to him, Sasuke roughly flipped her over and onto her back so that he was now straggling her. Ana struggled against him, giving a frustrated yell, and trying to push him off her. Sasuke took her wrists and pinned them to her sides, keeping all his weight firmly on her middle, seeing that now she was thrashing about, trying to get away. Sasuke continued to weigh her down as he yelled; "Look Ana, I'm sorry ok!?" Ana suddenly slowed down her fighting body too look him in the eyes firmly. Sasuke glared at her with just as much intensity as that apology hung in the air.
You hate everything about me
Why do you love me
"What did you say?"
"Don't make me say it again," he growled, "I don't do this often."
I hate
Ana stared at him, her eyes showing that she listening and waiting for the rest.
You hate
Sasuke read that in her eyes and sighed a little impatiently because he knew he had to explain. "I shouldn't have said what I said, ok? I just couldn't stand the thought of someone I cared about, someone I trusted, to betray me again like he did…like my brother did. It brought back too many memories and I jumped to conclusions, not even thinking about the finer details of your side of the story. When Zabuza…said what he did, I just flipped."
I hate
Ana looked into Sasuke's eyes, searching for any kind of deceit, but all she could see was sincerity, and she knew it was rare. That meant that he was sorry, and Ana suddenly found herself forgiving him. She slowly cracked a smile.
"What?" Sasuke hissed, clearly embarrassed that he had just apologized to the women and now she was laughing at him.
You love me
But Ana wasn't laughing, she was just happy. Relieved. And if she wasn't mistaken, he had said that he cared about her. That probably didn't mean what she hoped it meant, but it was a good start. And also good enough for her to close her eyes, push her head toward his, and press her lips to his, not really thinking anymore about it. So what if he wasn't exactly confessing or anything to her, this was something like the spur of the moment action, and it seemed like the right time to do it.
Sasuke was shocked for the 3rd time that day, frozen by something else this girl did. His mind really didn't register what was going on fast enough before Ana started to have second thoughts. She didn't feel him respond in anyway. This sent warning bells off in her head. She quickly pulled away, red in the face.
"Umm, sorry…" Ana mumbled, biting her lip, looking anywhere but at Sasuke. "Uh, spur of the moment thing…umm -"
I hate everything about you
Ana was cut off by Sasuke's lips on hers. He let go of one of her wrists to put his hand behind her head.
It was Ana's turn to be surprised now, but that was quickly over looked as she smiled into the kiss, using her free hand to run her nails through Sasuke's raven locks, bringing him closer to her.
Sasuke smirked against her lips, which only grew wider and more cocky when he felt Ana playfully nibbling at his lower lip. He opened his mouth, ready to taste her.
Ana giggled to herself as her tongue continued to explored unknown territory. She gave a sexy little groan as she pushed herself tighter into Sasuke's frame.Sasuke smirked, aroused by her sudden actions, and put more into the kiss. All he could think about was how much he wanted this, maybe even a little more then revenge, because for the first time in a long while, Sasuke felt loved again.
Why do I love you
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WOOT WOOT! finally! I don't know about what everyone else thinks but that sure took a LONG time…which I am sorry for by the way but to make it up, this chapter's pretty big. I tried my best on it and really put a lot of thought into it so I hope you like it!
THE STORY IS NOT OVER YET, SO STAY TUNED! I plan on at least another chapter, maybe two…with a big battle scene by the way!
---rayluva4