Sasuke's Pain
The beam of blue fully absorbed both Sasuke and the young woman, distorting the atoms that formed them. As the light retracted, they were taken up into a strange metal device high into the atmosphere, then another light fell onto Teito, rearranging the atoms into the correct positions.
As Sasuke collected himself, something squeezed his neck. "Wha...?" He gasped. A tight metal collar pressed against his neck. "The hell?"
"Sorry. King says you're dangerous so we can't just let you roam free." The revealing woman smiled at him with a small blush. "Wow, you are like smoking hot. Damn. Anyway, that collar is used to negate your chakra and sap your physical strength. No escaping!" She walked away, leaving him to ponder alone.
How I am supposed to know where to go? Hmm... Sasuke looked around his surroundings. He was in some sort of garden surrounded by castle, the courtyard would be his first guess. My body... I wonder if it has something to do with this damn collar. I feel weak. He had four directions to choose from, randomly he settled with south.
The garden ended and was replaced with a hall with metal floors and walls with a red carpet lightly covering the hardness of the cool metal. Armored soldiers walked by him without so much as a second look. Sasuke finally managed to make his way out of the large castle and into the town of Teito. This city gave off a feeling of grandeur, many of the buildings were hundreds of meters tall. In sheer size, it made Konohagakure look small, yet Konoha was more outstretched in all directions.
A large billboard was attached to tall building aside the castle with the words; "The Sasuke Uchiha, gem of all bounty hunters, Versus the great Elite General Shinigami in a fight to the death!" He glared at the words for several minutes as passerby made their way around him. The people knew exactly who he was, choosing not to confront him for fear of death. A homeless man decided to take that chance of dying with nothing left to live for.
"UCHIHA!" The man shouted, instantly drawing a crowd.
"..." Sasuke slowly moved his eyes toward the slighty crazy hobo.
"Do ya know what kind of bounty is sitting atop that pretty little face? You stupid fuck! If I call the guards, they'll fucking kill ya without a second thought! Kiss my ass you bitch! GUARDS!" The hobo yelled repeatedly as the crowd moved back, making a larger circle. No soldiers came. "HEY! GU—" Sasuke turned around and headed back to the castle with many questions in mind. The homeless man fell into two pieces horizontally, splashing organs and gore out into the open, causing many weak stomach citizens to throw up the contents of their lunch. The collar may have restrained him, but his power was still more than enough to put down a civilian.
The soldiers guarding the throne were easily tossed aside by him as he stepped into the room holding the seat of King Jakob. Sasuke stared at him after glancing around at the Elite Generals in their respective seats. Leon Kuwagawa, Serah Senshi, and the girl that brought him here. "Ah...our guest," Jakob snickered. "Did you go outside yet?"
"You know I did," Sasuke growled.
"Good. I can only guess you are filled with questions? Hahaha! Should I answer them?"
"Who is this 'Shinigami' general? Is it Masaki?"
"Co-rrect."
"And why the hell are you making me fight him?"
"Hahaha. As I am sure you are well aware of, Sunagakure was attacked by a small squad of our army and the one leading them was none other than Masaki Uchiha. However...not only did he fail in crushing the entire insurgence, he also was severely beaten within an inch of his life by an unknown ninja of Sand."
"So...?"
"Masaki's punishment for failure is to be discharged from his position and...to be put to death. We are generous though, if one of the Elite Generals are discharged, they are given a single fulfillable wish. No matter how ridiculous, as long as it can be accomplished, we shall get it done."
"That bastard...asked to fight me?"
"Co-rrect. The last wish of him was to be able to fight the strongest Uchiha..." Jakob signalled the new Elite General to get up. "Seikou. Take the Uchiha boy to his room. Its luxury."
"Oh good. I hoped we could be alone again." She winked while pulling the sturdy Sasuke with her. After multiple zigs and zags, she brought him to the room he would be using for the next week. "The bed is a Ki-ng si-ze..."
"Leave." Sasuke pushed past her and into the room. It was only one room with a bathroom attached. He sat down on the bed and took a deep breath. "I told you to leave. Now."
"Awww. But you must be awfully lonely after all this time away from the Leaf Village." Seikou inched closer to him with a devious smile.
Sasuke looked up, his eyes red. "GO." He raised his voice. Seikou sighed after a long pause, then left him as he ordered.
I remember what he said...Masaki Uchiha wanted to fight me. He wanted me to kill him. But...for once I...don't know if I can win. Not yet. Sasuke laid back on the soft blanket under him.
The open doorway to his room was suddenely filled. A person lingered at the spot, awaiting notice by Sasuke. "Who're you?" The question left his mouth. "Not very good at hiding your presence."
"Don't tell me you've forgotten? How can I not be remembered?" A pale skin young man came into his eyes. Familiarity filled the ambience.
"You..." Sasuke said with fear. "How did you get here? Why are you here!?"
Warusuke stepped closer, the purple around his eyes glowed. "Why am I here? Hahaha...clueless little Sasuke. I guess you really don't know...about our truce?"
"The Sound ninja and the empire? Wait...why the hell would I care? Tell me why you're here, come to fight me again?" Sasuke got off the mattress and readied himself to battle.
"Why would I want that? You already failed to save Konohagakure. The only reason you even breath is because I protected you from the meteors. To keep you alive so that you may drown in the thoughts of your failure." Warusuke widened his eyes. "Did it ever occur to you?"
"What...?" A dreadful feeling overcame Sasuke. "What the hell?" He grunted in anger, slashing through Warusuke in an instant. The man melted into the ground as if he were never there. "Drown in my thoughts... I did fail didn't I? He rubbed it in by saving me, I would've died if not for my enemy... DAMMIT!"
The moon soon covered the lands as the sky darkened. Six days remained until the battle. As Warusuke planned, Sasuke's thoughts were consumed with the idea of his failure. He questioned if he had any power at all. Maybe he wasn't as strong as he always thought he was.