Sasuke part 13

The trip to the academy wasn't even that long, and besides, the past few days I had to do the same route because of Sasuke. Still.. something bothered me. I managed to keep my gaze down so not that many villagers would see that I had come back. Suddenly she heard a voice she had heard before, but hoped never to hear again. A little kid was running away from a puppy that thought it was a challenge. The boy was running away in fear, while the grey pup just followed, barking happily. She felt the man placing his hand on her shoulder, as he tried to turn her around. 'So it really was you' he said, smiling.

Quickly she turned her head away. 'I do not wish to speak with you, not after everything that happened in Suna' She couldn't see him, but knew he was smiling 'Are you really going to be like that?' She shrugged and turned around. He was definitely one of the people she had hoped never to see again, because he knew too much. When she looked in the general direction of the academy, Chakra spotted two other men who were waiting for her. One of them was obviously happy to see her, while the other one looked apathetic. In a few minutes, the Hokage was supposed to start his speech. Chakra was very well aware of this, just because she was part of the reason that this speech was even necessary.

Chakra.. why are you even here? This question had been bugging her ever since she had gotten up this morning. Sasuke had walked up to her in the meantime and grabbed her hand, while she was preoccupied with her thoughts. He silently walked beside her, not being bothered by the stares some of the other female ninja's gave us. I first realized he was this close, when he gave me a kiss on the cheek; resulting in some very angry girls who were now using words I wouldn't dare to repeat. He had walked around the academy, instead of going inside like everyone else did. The teachers at the gate were preoccupied with other things, so they missed us sneaking out. At least the girls will have remembered seeing me for sure.

Suddenly he spun me around and sat me down on one of the benches that were in front of the trees, near the playground for little kids. Chakra knew what the Hokage was going to say anyways, after this the whole village might come and hunt her down especially, this could turn really sticky very soon. 'Is there something that is bothering you?' Sasuke asked, his voice completely neutral as he stared right into my eyes. 'Yeah, honestly there is. Itachi didn't kill anyone last night, he just left a reminder to me. I first realized that now.'

Chakra knew why the realization came so late, she didn't want to be remembered of the mission. Not for this person that provided her with trust and warmth, she knew damn well that these were the things that could make any ninja weak. Reading about it was something different than actually experiencing it. He and Itachi really were polar opposites. His brother had been trying to get through to her, telling her that she had been starting to stray from what she had been assigned to do. She had to find out Sasuke's weaknesses, but by the looks of it, she seemed to be turning into one of those. It seemed as if the assignment was something from years ago, not something her sensei had assigned her to do three days ago.

She felt Sasuke lean in to kiss her, but she evaded. No. Not today. He made another attempt by reaching for her hand, but she felt her heart grow cold. There was a reason for this mission, and it had to be carried out. He gave up and sighed as he saw the hatred in her eyes rising. Sorry Sasuke-kun Chakra reached for one of the weapons she usually carried around, however when she felt the kunai's cold surface, she realized that she couldn't do it. What good would it do? They had the same mark, shared the same destiny, and how hard this was so admit.. she cared for him. I don't want to lose him, I'd hate myself.. She imagined briefly what it would look like, his blood splattered over the academy's roof, the poisoned kunai's in her hand. She imagined his body with broken bones, just lying there lifeless, never smiling again. How she would hate herself for just creating this scenario. The academy..in which she first learned how to cause pain, not to mention the pain she would feel in her heart after realizing what she had done...

The younger Uchiha was now eying her curiously, anticipating an attack, but at the same time not afraid of what might happen. I bet he's seen a lot more hatred in Itachi's eyes she thought as matter-of-factly. He suddenly smirked at her, leaning in again. 'You can't hate me, can you?' he smirked and put his arms around her while softly brushing against her lips. At this point, his breath intoxicated her, shutting down any sort of doubts she was toying with at this moment. She didn't think twice before kissing him back, pulling him closer and even closing her eyes.

Just for a brief moment, she wished that she had been born in Konoha; without the additional complications. 'We should leave before someone catches us' Chakra realized that her pulse had started to speed up and her breath had gotten heavier by just kissing him. It took her a few seconds to completely compose herself again. 'You're right. Let's go' she said, shying away from him a little. She could hear Orochimaru-sensei talk to her, loud and clear. How many times hadn't he repeated this sentence? 'First lesson: My little Genin, Shinobi are tools. The moment they grow attached, they become weak and useless' Humbly she bowed her head 'Sensei..will you ever forgive me?' she whispered. Her mark started to burn.. the speeding pulse had probably triggered one of the side-effects of the curse.

Sasuke noticed the change and looked worried, he also heard footsteps approaching; just as much as I did. The difference was that, he would be able to get away, but by the way I felt right now I wouldn't be able to roll off the bench to do pretty much anything. I felt so useless right now. 'Chakra, we have to leave. NOW!' Sensei calmly approached us and put his fingers on one of the veins of my neck. He applied a little pressure and let go of me.

'We need to talk,' he murmured. I managed to get up with a little help from Sasuke, so I could follow the white-haired man. His nose was buried in his book, which told me that he was hiding at this particular moment too. 'Let's go for a walk ' he said, not bothering to look at us. He lowered his voice at the end, implying that this was definitely not a request. 'Yes, sensei!' She would have saluted, if not for this miserable position she was in at this moment.

At first when she had arrived in Konoha, she did it just to mock him. But after realizing that him training her day in and day out took a lot of personal sacrifices, just as much as she did; she started respecting him on a whole other level. At that time she was surprised he gave her the honors of being on her feet, instead of crawling in the dust. 'How have you been, Chakra?' After the day he caught her spying, these were the first words he uttered. 'Good, Sensei. Have you read anything good lately?' She asked, feigning innocence. He had made it to the candy stand and scared off Chouji and Shikamaru, telling them they had class. I smiled, before he turned around to face us. He put his book down and finally looked at Sasuke and me. He was trying to figure out what had been going on while he had been out. 'Did I miss anything?' Sasuke opened his mouth, but I managed to kick him in his knees, disabling him to say anything. I put on my sweetest smile : 'Don't get any ideas sensei, you know me'

Technically he did know me... the old me..The new me Chakra thought. It's so weird saying it like that..Sensei noticed the inner conflict I had, but didn't comment on it. On my way to the infirmary I met some old friends, they had all been promoted or given special tasks. And where did that leave her? Due to the moving around, she had been stuck at the bottom of the food chain, the Genin. After they had gotten the mark checked out, she found Sensei, her second Sensei a few inches away from him. This sight frightened her. Sasuke was walking in front of her, but he seemed unbothered. He probably figured that after the infirmary visit, everything was going to be fine now. I tried to find someone, anyone that could back me up. 'Kipachi!' I yelled, he arrived a few seconds later, turning to me to show me his red eye by accident. 'Chakra, what brings you here?' 'Shh, not so loud!' I said, eyeing Sasuke.

He was whistling while two birds flew over him, Sasuke ran his hands through his ebony hair, looking at a blonde-haired girl, while two birds flew by. In their flight Chakra could see they were playing around with each other. 'You've grown' Kipachi noted, Chakra smiled and looked at the ground, that's when she heard Sasuke suppress a growl. She took his hand and softly kissed it. 'It's ok, don't worry' her warm feeling was back, just like the last time. She was guarded by a competent Sensei for a change. Her mark had calmed down, finally. Sensei was looking at her with honest concern. 'I'm fine now..' She turned around and hugged him while he softly bit her ear. 'Do you remember?' 'Of course I do' she whispered back. She walked on and Sasuke seemed like he had only had the time to blink in those few seconds. 'So..you guys "know" each other?' he asked cautiously. 'You could say that,' she responded, but in the tone of her voice he could hear this was something she didn't want to talk about.