Author's Note: Hello! How is everyone?

Oh my gosh! It's a Sunday and I'm updating! Yay for me!

Anyways. Thank you to everyone who reviewed. I took on the small about of constructive criticism was given and tried my best to fix it. But my main focus of the use of "I". It made me very self-conscious when writing because honestly, I didn't realize how many times I actually wrote.. "I" . But that was the main thing I focused on.

Be scared about the title of this chapter. You might hate me by the end of this chapter... you might not.. I told you that the real drama will start this chapter and that's exactly what's happened. It might seem slow, but it gets better.

Okay, on with the story!

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Chapter Thirteen: Death on Ice

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Staring at the wall, boredom consumed me once again. Of course I enjoyed the beauty of the open greenhouse. I had spent a lot of my time thinking things over in this place. It actually amazed me how many life decisions were me here — not just me, but TenTen, Hinata and Ino as well. The boredom came from the lack of conversation between Sasuke and I. It was just quiet between us. It didn't feel right. Normally we would be talking about something.. Well, I would be talking about something and Sasuke would just say a few things here and there when he actually had something to say about the topic we were talking about. Other times, we would just sit in a comfortable silence, me tracing my fingers over his hand. But today, there's just a thick silence between us.

Looking over at Sasuke who was leaning against the wall beside me, my thoughts drifted away to earlier in the week after I had told Sasuke about the women and her shiny handgun. To say that Sasuke was not happy about that piece of information was an understatement. His eyes actually turned red. He had tried to convince me to stay a little longer.. persuade my parents into allowing me to stay here full-time. I knew I couldn't do that. Like, I didn't want to leave the Uchiha Manor — obviously — but I couldn't just abandon my parents for the short time they were back because Sasuke was scared. I cared about both my parents and Sasuke.. it was hard to choose between the two.

But in the end I had to make a choice and I chose to go home to stay with my parents. He wasn't happy with me, I knew, but there was nothing else I could do. Of course Sasuke was important to me, and keeping him happy was what I wanted to do the most, but what if someone came to the house asking questions about me and something happened to my Mum and Dad? If I was there, at least there would be a chance at saving them.. I would give my life for my parents. I hadn't been training with Sasuke, Kakashi and Itachi for no reason.

"What?" Sasuke suddenly asked, breaking me out of my thoughts.

I gave him a dazed look. "Hm?"

He rolled his eyes. "You were staring."

Shoving his shoulder lightly, I tried to make light of it by letting out a laugh. Revealing my thoughts to Sasuke would be too awkward and it was weird enough just the two of us sitting here talking about nothing.

"I was thinking since we're not going to do anything... that you could tell me a little more about... your depression." I asked hesitantly. It was probably a bad idea, but maybe Sasuke was willing to tell me something to fill the suffocating silence.

I was expecting him to make a big deal out of the question, but surprisingly, Sasuke didn't seemed fazed at all. I didn't know if he was surprised or annoyed or angry or even sad that I asked to talk about such a delicate topic.. His face was just completely blank. He didn't even stiffen slightly. Just kept his gaze forward. I couldn't even see his jaw clench. It was weird of Sasuke not to freak out over it. I mean, we didn't talk about it a lot.. actually, we didn't talk about it at all. I just thought that because he go so upset when I said that I knew about it, I thought it would be the same every time it was brought up.

That, or he was just really good at faking that it didn't bother him.

"No. Not today." He told me, shaking his head.

Inwardly sighing at his rather blunt dismissal, I plastered on a fake smile. "Okay. Then can you explain to me more about drifters and biters?"

Sasuke gave me a suspicious look which I bluntly ignored. I wouldn't fight him on this. It was his choice what he told me and if he didn't want to speak about his depression or what was on his mind, then there was nothing to be done or said to get him to speak. It was totally his choice and it was time I started to respect that. Pushing it would only cause us to fight and that's something we didn't need right now. Although Sasuke was sitting next to me, I felt further away from him then I ever have in the whole four months we've known each other. Making me feel further away from him by pressing the subject would only make the feeling worse.

"What do you want to know?"

Tapping my chin with my pointer finger, I thought about that for a minute. What question could I ask Sasuke? They had explained a few things to be, but I wanted to understand more — especially about drifters. My hope was that the more I knew about drifters, the more I could get to know Sasuke and Itachi and Mikoto and even Fugaku!

Suddenly coming up with a question, I smile brightly at him. "Okay, here's one! I know most of a drifters strengths, but what about your weakness?" I asked. "There has to be something that you can't do."

It took Sasuke a minute to respond to my question. "We... We can't drift when we're bound to something." Sasuke said, frowning to himself like he was trying to come up with a way to explain it to me. "If we're tied or chained to say, a wall, or the ground, we can't drift. It's.. undriftable, for lack of a better word."

Nodding my head, I slowly took in the implications of a weakness such as that.. "So, you're practically saying if you were bound to the ground with like, with chains or a rope or something.. you wouldn't be able to drift away?"

Sasuke just shook his head.

Biting my lip I turned green eyes towards him. "Huh. What about biters?"

He frowned. "They're more complex. Where our weakness affect our life, biters are lucky. The only thing that could effectively kill a biter is if making him use his ability for too long.." Sasuke trailed off. "..You could get an advantage if you were to drift a biter, as it weakens them as their bodies aren't inept for such movement."

Biting my lip, I tapped Sasuke's shoulder before I got to my feet. There was nothing I could really say to that was there?

Things had been kind of awkward between me and Sasuke. I wasn't sure if the awkwardness came from me, or him. Sure, it would obviously be awkward. Sasuke had practically asked me out and I rejected him then I made out with him right after I told him he couldn't kiss me anymore. Plus, there was the whole 'keeping me safe' thing that Sasuke had taken upon himself to initiate. Spending all that time with someone who rejected you mustn't be ideal for Sasuke. In all honestly, I just didn't know what to do and I hated it. I hated it so much that this is my fault. It's my fault he isn't happy at the moment.

There was nothing I could do though, it was too dangerous for Sasuke and I to be together right now.

"C'mon, the bell is gonna go in a minute."

Sasuke stood up and we picked up our bags before making our way back to the cafeteria. We said nothing too each other and I wanted nothing more than to just go back to the way we were before.. Why does life have to be so complicated? I felt frustrated and disoriented, like I had no idea what I was doing or where I was going anymore. Everything just didn't make sense to me at the moment..

I just hope everything clears away soon..

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There was a loud gasp behind me. Turning around, I looked down the hall and rolled my eyes. Karin was fuming. Probably because I was walking down the hall, perfectly healthy and alive. It just further proves my point that the women wasn't lying when she said Karin wanted my head on a pike. Then again, I had no reason to disbelieve her.

It wasn't like I thought Karin would actually try to hurt me herself, but then, I didn't think she would have anyone try 'assassinate' me so I should expect the unexpected. It just worried me that Karin was willing to go so far to have me out of the picture just so she could have Sasuke all to herself. There had to be more behind it. There just had to be.

Remembering the story of the girl Sasuke dated back when I was a freshman flashed in my mind. Karin bullied the girl until she thought there was no other way to stop it but to kill herself. Did Sasuke try to help the girl when she got bullied? Did he feel bad that she killed herself because Karin bullied her for dating him? Did Sasuke even know the girl committed suicide? Question after question flooded through my mind and I knew I needed answers to my questions. If Karin was willing to bully someone until they killed themselves, it wouldn't be too out there to try to have someone killed for dating Sasuke. However, considering that the women, a drifter, knew about Orochimaru, had me believe that something bigger was going on with Karin.. Did she somehow have contact with Orochimaru? Was for working for him with the thought that she could have Sasuke all to herself?

Suspicion filled me. I'll have to talk to Sasuke about this the next time that I see him. It's too suspicious to ignore.

"Sakura-chan? Earth to Sakura-chan!"

Shaking my head, I turn towards Naruto. "Oh.. hey. Sorry, I just have a lot on my mind.. What's up?"

Naruto shakes his head and gives me a broad smile. "I was hoping we could talk." He said quietly.

Nodding my head, I opened my locker and put my books away. "Ok. Shoot."

He shook his head. "Not here."

Raising an eyebrow I take out my English books for next period. "Why are you being so suspicious?" I tease, only slightly serious.

Naruto shrugged his shoulders. "I hoped I could talk to you about Teme... he's been.. well.."

"Enough said. Lets go." I tell him, wrapping my arm around his.

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Naruto let out a boisterous laugh, almost falling over. I can't help but smile at him. He looks so happy and free right now, just spending time with me and laughing like there was nothing wrong in the world. I wished that I could be like that right now.. not worrying about if I'm gonna get threatened again, or if Sasuke is gonna spring another "you should be with me" on me..

Wiping his eyes as a few tears slipped, Naruto let out a deep sigh. "I can't believe you did that."

"I did." I reply.

Naruto sent me a cheeky smile. "But in all seriousness, Sakura-chan, you could have done worse than slap him."

My smile was washed right off of my face. "Like what, Naruto?"

The blonde shrugged his shoulders. "Slapping him and then making out isn't necessarily sticking to your case, is it?" Naruto said, giving me a cheeky smile.

I put my hands over my face. "I regret telling you about that now!" I whine in embarrassment.

Naruto smiles, letting out a small chuckle. "Teme wants what he wants, and I'm sorry Sakura-chan, you're what he wants."

"But can't he see the dangers of that?" I ask, exasperated. My emerald eyes make contact with Naruto's azure blue eyes, trying to show him the emotions that I was feeling. Mainly confusion and annoyance. "I'm just trying to keep the both of us safe.."

Naruto reaches forward and gives me a tight hug. I revel in the feeling of his strong arms around me. Naruto gives amazing hugs. Hinata is one lucky girl.

"I'll talk to him.." He quietly whispers into my hair.

I nod my head. Pulling away from his reluctantly "Okay. So what did you want to talk about?" Naruto and I went up to the open greenhouse so we could talk privately during the very shot break between fourth and fifth period. Instead of talking about what Naruto wanted, we ended up talking about what happened between Sasuke and I on the weekend. Not all of it of course, just some of it.

He shook his head sheepishly at me, rubbing the back of his neck in an awkward gesture. "It's nothing important... Really."

Giving him a look, Naruto averts his gaze. "C'mon, you said it's about Sasuke, so obviously it's important." I remind him.

Naruto sighs and runs a hand through his spiky blonde hair making it go messy and flop over his forehead. I was tempted to push that annoying blonde lock from his eyes, but that would be weird so I just left it. Naruto was silent for what felt like forever, but when he opened his mouth, I leaned forward, eager to hear what he wanted to say about Sasuke.

But no words left his mouth.

For a further five minutes, Naruto opened and closed his mouth, attempting to find the right words.

"Teme has gone back to being his usual depressed self.. and now that I know why he's acting like he was before.. I just.. I'm worried about him." Naruto says honestly, avoiding my gaze. "I'm not good at explaining this properly..." He trails off, clearly embarrassed at not being able to explain his worries to me.

But I knew what Naruto was talking about.

Sasuke has been rather distant lately since I rejected him and told him of my near assassination-experience. It was pretty obvious. He was silent and moody and never seemed like he was there most of the time. It's my fault, I knew. If I had said yes to being with Sasuke he would be happy instead of depressed. But couldn't he see that I was doing this to keep everyone safe? The closer me and Sasuke get to each other, the more danger I was in, and the more danger my friends and family were in.

I wanted to be with Sasuke, honestly I did.. But right now isn't the time for us to start a relationship. We haven't known each other four months but we've been through so much. I don't want to push it but going into a relationship especially with all these threats that are popping up. It's just too complicated and I wished Sasuke could see that.

There was no way that I could think of that could convince Sasuke that even though I wanted to be with him, it just wasn't the right time. You would think after being held at gunpoint by a drifter would drill into his head that it wasn't safe for us to get together right now. But no, it did not. There was no other way to convince Sasuke of it and he will continue to be distant and down until I finally say yes. Even then, I don't think he'll be happy.

Did Orochimaru himself have to hurt me just to prove to Sasuke how much power he had over the situation? Because honestly, Orochimaru does have that much control over the situation and if Karin is somehow in league with that hideous bastard, then it wouldn't be a great idea to be in a relationship anyway..

Why does so much shit have to happen? Why the hell does it have to be so damn complicated? Why can't Sasuke and I have a normal relationship where we argue over stupid shit and just be happy together? Was a simple, beautiful relationship with a damaged boy so much to ask for?

Obviously it was.. otherwise I wouldn't be sitting here with Naruto.. thinking about all the savage things waiting to attack us.

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Ino looks over at me as I focus on my English homework. It's not that hard, just a few questions to answer from a textbook and then I can jump right onto my math homework.

Lately I feel like school has come second in my life. I hardly ever pay any attention when I'm in class and the days feel like weeks. I haven't been getting half of my homework or assignments done; I'm falling behind in my classes and if I don't start picking up I'll fail and I cannot have that.

"Hey Sakura.." My best friend says slowly. "What's up between you and Sasuke?"

Her question takes me off guard. That was the last thing I expected her to ask me. I realize that since the weekend, there has been something.. off.. about Sasuke and I, but I knew there was a valid reason for that, my friends however, did not. I'm actually surprised Ino noticed. She's normally too distracted by Shikamaru to really notice anyone else.

Done with making up excuses and running away from the problem that is Sasuke, I decide to tell Ino the half truth. I couldn't tell her everything, especially about the Uchiha — that's not mine to tell.

Not wanting her to make a big deal out of it, I opt to shadow myself in indifference much like Sasuke does when his attention walled off. "Sasuke asked me to be with him and I said no."

Ino gave me a look that I could only describe as pure shock and confusion. "What do you mean you said no? Why would you say no?" She exclaimed waving her arms around.

Sighing, I put my pencil down on my English book and rubbed my temples. "It's complicated."

The previous conversation with Naruto replays over and over again in my head. I don't need to have this conversation with Ino right now. Talking with Naruto earlier today was enough emotional turmoil about Sasuke for me today. I don't need anymore.

She scoffed. "How is it complicated? You like him, he likes you. There is nothing complicated about it."

Try putting in an evil man who attacked Sasuke and his family almost ten years ago, which in turn caused him to have PTSD and MDD which ruined his life. Also, while we're at it, might as well add Sasuke and his families ability to 'drift' places, while putting in an evil red-haired witch who wants me dead. Yup, not complicated at all, I thought bitterly.

Choosing to ignore her, I pick up my pencil and continue to finish the last question from the textbook. I don't dare look up at Ino. She doesn't understand. And why would she? She knows nothing of what's going on, and she doesn't need to know about it either. Ino is in enough danger just knowing me, if I told her, it would only cause everyone trouble that what was needed.

"Don't ignore me forehead!" Ino yells at me after a long silence.

I once again let out another sigh. What did she expect me to say? There was nothing that I could tell her to explain why I can't be with Sasuke right now. I don't want to lie to her, but I can't tell her the truth either.. "What do you want me to tell you, Ino?" I ask her, giving her a sharp glare. Her baby blue eyes are focused intently on me and her thin eyebrows are raised. "Because whatever reason I give you, it's not going to be good enough." I tell her, frustrated.

Ino pushes her long blonde hair away from her baby blue eyes. Normally she would wear her hair up, but for some reason today she has it down. Her hair is thick and silky and goes all the way down to her waist. It was dead straight too and she didn't even have to do anything too it.

"Explain it to me then."

I roll my eyes. "You wouldn't understand."

"Then make me understand!" Ino shouts, once again waving her hands around in the air which she often did when she was frustrated. "Because he practically asked you to be his girlfriend and you rejected him. It makes no sense to me. I thought that's what you wanted; to be with Sasuke.."

Huffing, I lean back against the sofa in my living room. Mum and Dad were outside, surprisingly doing the gardening in the backyard. I hadn't heard a single word from them. I wasn't sure if they were actually getting on for the first time in years, or they were being calm because Ino was here.

I just don't know what to say to her.

"I do want to be with him Ino.. But it really is complicated." I tell her more calmly this time. There was no point in getting upset about this. "There are.. things about Sasuke that I don't know how to deal with." I tell her honestly. "He constantly doubts me all the time. 'I don't know why you're here, Sakura' or 'You can't be with me, or you don't want to?' It always the same!"

My blonde best friend doesn't say anything for a whole five minutes. I wasn't sure if she just didn't have anything to say, or she was trying to work out what I was telling her in her head. Whatever it was, the silence was making me uncomfortable and the look she was giving me was so heated that I had to look away.

"Have you voiced to him all of this?" She asks.

Nodding my head slowly, I bite my lip before speaking again. "Of course I have. I even slapped him."

A shocked giggle left Ino's mouth daintily. "You actually slapped Uchiha Sasuke?"

"On Sunday actually. He was being an idiot again so I kinda just.." I trail off, a small smile on my face. "But in all seriousness Ino. I can't be with Sasuke right now." I tell her. "I just need some time to figure out what I want and what's best for Sasuke and I..."

Ino nods her head like she understands. Patting my knee, Ino smiles sincerely at me. "It's right.. just not right now."

I give Ino a small smile before returning back to my homework.

"So, tell me.." She trailed off.. "What's up with you and Karin?"

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A little while after Ino leaves I help Mum make dinner while Dad 'supervises' us from the kitchen table. It's nice having everyone getting along in the house. It's better to have everyone laughing and joking around instead of shouting at each other.

After dinner I jump in for a quick shower. It was a long day and all I wanted to do was curl up in a ball, go to sleep and wish tomorrow would never come. I don't think I could spend another agonizingly awkward day with Sasuke shadowing over me like he was my bodyguard sent to protect me from assassins.

When I thought about it that way, it was true. Sasuke was practically protecting me from getting killed. Evan though I felt more than capable to look after myself, I still thought the gesture was insanely sweet. In the back of my mind I felt Sasuke needed to be protected more than I did. Sasuke and The Uchiha needed to be protected. Orochimaru was after them. The only reason he was going after me was so he could get to them. Mainly Sasuke.

As for Karin and her drifter-assassin, I could deal with them. Mainly Karin. I wasn't intimidated by her at all. Actually, she brought out the worst side of me. Someone who was sarcastic and bitchy and confident. Someone I wasn't normally. But Karin needed to be put in her place. She's no better than anyone else.

Now with the new revelation that she could be working for or with Orochimaru, I'm even more concerned than ever. Like, I don't hate the girl. I thought we could be good friends if she didn't act like Sasuke belonged to her because he didn't. I wasn't sure if it was because I wanted Sasuke or what, but I couldn't help but believe that Sasuke belonged with me. I couldn't see myself with anyone else and I'm sure Sasuke couldn't see himself with anyone but me. That's just how it was. And now with Orochimaru most likely whispering false promises into her ear, there was no knowing how far she would go for her conquest.

As for all the shit going on between Sasuke and I, there was nothing to do about it at the moment except hope when Naruto talks to Sasuke, he can get through to my stubborn Uchiha.

When the time is right, I'll walk right up to Sasuke and plant a perfect kiss against his lips.

The thought made my heart flutter.

It was ten o'clock when my phone started to vibrate. Feeling frustrated, I blindly reached for my phone on the desk next to me. I didn't even bother to check the caller ID to see what idiot was calling me at a time like this. I just pressed the green button and pressed it to my right ear.

"What?"

There was a sickly chuckle on the other end of the line that instantly made my blood run cold. "Someone's not happy.." The sound of Orochimaru's voice instantly made a shiver run down my spine.

Turning around in my chair, I felt a sense of fear rush through me. It was strange to be scared of a man I've never even met before, but from what I know about the Uchiha's past, I can tell Orochimaru is a man definitely worth fearing. I choose not to say anything to him. Well, I like to think that I choose not too. It was practically fact that I just couldn't form a decent sentence with the gripping fear coursing through my body.

Oh God, my heart was beating so hard.

Why was he calling me? Orochimaru hadn't bothered me for weeks. Why would he be calling now of all times? What could he want? Is he going to threaten me again? Has he got somebody watching my house as we speak? Did he do something to Sasuke or Itachi or Mikoto or Fugaku or even Kakashi? So many worrying questions were spinning around my head. I didn't have anything to say.

"Can't got your tongue, Sakura-chan?"

My hands became sweaty. "Don't call me that. You have no right to use my name so freely." I snapped, not at all comfortable with him using my name like we were long time friends.

Orochimaru chuckled, a loud string of coughing followed. He sounds like he's dying, I thought, my eyebrows furrowing only slightly. But I did not care. After what this man did, he had no right to live in my opinion. It actually scared me how violent my thoughts were towards this man.

"Sakura-chan, I see Sasuke-kun has finally opened up..." He said. He sounded like a dying snake.

His words made my chest burn in anger. How dare he talk about Sasuke. He has no right to even say his name!

"Shut up." I said, my voice hard. "What do you want? Why are you calling me? What do you want from me?" I fired question after question as my frustration grew.

This was the bastard who hurt Sasuke and his family. He was the man who was stopping Sasuke and I from being together. I hate him!

Orochimaru made a tutting sound before his voice turned absolutely cold. "I want Uchiha Sasuke-kun." he tells me causing a chill to run down my spine.

Biting my lip, I get to my feet and began pacing. "What's that got to do with me?" I demanded.

There was a long silence from the other end. So long, in fact, I thought that Orochimaru had hung up on me or I accidentally hung up on him. It wouldn't be the first time my ear had actually hung up the phone. I contemplated laughing at the thought of Orochimaru having to call me again and me telling him my ear had ended out terrifying exchange of words.

No, I shouldn't find anything amusing about this situation. It's serious! Focus Sakura, you need to listen to everything he says carefully so you don't miss anything important, I scold myself.

Finally though, the snake decided he would talk. "Oh it has everything to do with you.. dear Sssakura-chan.." He trails off, stressing the 's' in my name, making the letter sound like a sinister hiss.

A deep frown creases my features at his words.

"I'm not following."

"You're Sssasuke-kun's weakness, yes? To get to him.. I must get to you.. right?" He laughs, causing my blood to run cold once again. "I wass thinking of kidnap.. but I thought of something better..." He trails off.

I couldn't breathe.

My heart was pounding fast in my chest as I held tightly onto my sleek black iPhone in my hand, pressing it against my ear. I could feel the air around me become colder and the small amount of air I was managing to take in disappeared completely as I noticed a thin sheet of ice bigan to cover the window, then the walls and then floor until it began to encase around my feet. Slowly but surely, it wrapped around my room. It didn't exactly look like ice, it seemed to be carved with intricate patterns.

What the hell was going on? The ice was moving about my room so fast I barely had any time to process that a biter was either outside my house or in my house. A fleeting thought concerning my parents crossed my mind, but I knew I needed to get out of my room before I too, became one of the ice objects in my room. I didn't have to be smart to know that it was a bad idea to get covered in this ice.

What would happen if I didn't make it out fast enough? Would it be possible for a biter to freeze over my whole house? What if they hurt my Mum and Dad? So many thoughts were rolling around in my head all at once giving me a spinning headache, but I had to get over it.

I quickly hang up the phone and dial Sasuke's number as I began to run towards my bedroom door, being careful not to drip over. Ice was slippery after all. The last thing I needed was to hit my head or break a bone. My feet were freezing and I swear I could see my toes and fingers turn blue. My heart was drumming in my ears so loudly it was all I could hear. My breathing was labored and heavy.

It was so cold that every time I breathed out I could see my breath. When I finally got to my bedroom door, I cursed myself for closing. My fingers wrapped around the door handle. It was cold to the touch and completely frozen. I wasn't going to be able to open the door.

That's when the panic set in. I have no other way to get out of my room. Trying to go for the window would be stupid considering it's completely frozen over. Everything was covered in pale blue, intricate patterned ice. Tears fell from my eyes before I could stop them but the room was so cold my tears actually began to turn into ice as they slid down my cheeks. If this wasn't a life or death situation, I would of marveled at my tear-drop ice crystals.

So this was the power of a biter.. This was what they could do.. This was what Orochimaru could do.

I could feel my feet and legs become encased by the sheet of ice, then my stomach and then my arms. I was unable to hold the phone any longer and it fell to the ground with a smack. I hope the screen didn't crack. My body began to shake as my world spun. My head felt so heavy. All I wanted to do was sleep. I tried to catch myself, but my body was so stiff and cold and frozen it was futile. Panic was the only thing I could feel at the moment. Panic and fear. I was scared. Not only for myself, but my parents.. for Sasuke.. he would think this is his fault, he'll never forgive himself.

If I could cry, I would be balling.

I am going to die. This is it. After 17 years of life, this was it. This was where my life was going to end. My eyes began to close. Sasuke's smirking face flashed in my mind and I tried to smile at the image. I wasn't ever going to see him again. I was never going to see any of my friends or family again. This was it, Orochimaru won. He knows what this'll do to the Uchiha...

Orochimaru won..

"...Sasuke.."

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Author's Note: Please review and tell me what you think!

I know there wasn't much Sasuke in this chapter, but it was necessary!

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