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.Heaven's Gate: Princess.
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Chapter Twenty-Three: Not For an Uchiha.
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Sakura breathed out as the four Gods escaped her body. Her eyes fluttered close, her breathing sped up again as she was hit by another attack.
Sasuke looked at her and then at Naruto, confused.
"Wha…" he stared at him. Naruto looked back at Sasuke, his expression was just as confused.
Pein, what is going on??
I can't have you go into his body.
What?!
He's an Uchiha.
So?
Uchihas don't have a stable emotion. He might want to save her today, but no one could ever know what he want to do for tomorrow, or the next day, or next week, or next year.
You don't believe in him.
You shouldn't either.
What?! Then why do you agree for us to get out from Sakura-chan's body??
She's dying. She's impossibly weak right now, if the four of you stays in her body it is clear that she's going to die by the end of today.
But now we can't save her.
Of course you can, you're back to normal. You're individual Gods now. It'll be easy for you to kill Hideyoshi Kuno.
Pein. What on earth are you thinking?!
I should be asking you the same thing. Why would you want to enter the Uchiha's body when you can just get out?
Sasuke is strong. With us in him, he'll be stronger.
You can now kill Hideyoshi Kuno yourself. No need to bother.
Pein, have you forgotten then?
What?
I can't believe you're one of the High Gods…
What is it?
Gods can't harm humans. This is why we need Sasuke. Just like Temari, her wind could kill the humans but she can't. That's why all she done is repel those humans away.
Pein closed his eyes as he buried his anger. He took a deep breath and then looked back at Sasuke.
Right, okay.
Now what?
I'll try and have a talk with the other High Gods. They might be nice enough to let the four of you into the Uchiha.
Now what do we dot to Hideyoshi Kuno?
Just scare him, have him let go of Sakura.
Naruto shook his head and then sighed.
Okay.
Naruto… Pein hesitated, I'm sorry.
Apology not accepted.
Naruto looked at Sasuke and shook his head slowly. The other Gods gasped as they looked at Sakura and Hideyoshi Kuno in despair.
Hideyoshi Kuno saw this and grinned a sinister grin.
"Well, now I shall be going," he bowed. He turned and then stopped. "Oh, if by any chance you change your mind, come here and I'll give her back to you."
A piece of leaf flew from under his hair and it stopped in front of Sasuke. Sasuke looked down at the leaf and then at him, his sharingan stared at him with hatred.
"An Uchiha, huh…" Hideyoshi Kuno nodded to himself. "Interesting."
Sakura opened her eyes and stared at Sasuke. Her tears fell down her eyes as Hideyoshi Kuno disappeared with her.
Sasuke-kun…
Sasuke's eyes grew wider as he stared at the spot where they were.
"Sakura!" he screamed. He winced as his wound ripped wider. He groaned, and then he turned to Naruto. "What… is going on?!" he huffed.
"I'm sorry, Sasuke," Naruto shook his head, his expression pained.
Gaara screamed as his sand grew crazy around him.
"Gaara! Stop it!" Lee yelled, shocked.
"That guy! He took Sakura away!!!!" Gaara shot himself up toward Heaven. "Pein!"
"Stop him!" Naruto yelled. Lee and Neji followed Gaara not seconds later.
Gaara is coming for you.
He's going to be punished.
You failed us. Sakura is now going to die.
You don't know that.
No, you don't. We do. Her disease starts again. She's going to die.
Pein closed his eyes as he stared at the other High Gods.
"We have to do something," he told them.
They sighed and murmured something amongst themselves.
"Uchiha Sasuke has to prove to us that he will really not use the Gods for bad," they said, "even after this war is long over. He has to give the Gods back after he defeated Hideyoshi Kuno."
Pein nodded.
Sasuke is given a chance to prove himself.
Never mind that, he's off to go look for Sakura already. I showed him Hideyoshi Kuno's track, so he'll be able to follow.
He'll die.
For someone he loves.
Pein sighed.
He told us to just take care of Konoha from the attack, and to tell Matsuo Tabi what's happened if by any chance we see each other. If Gaara arrived, kick him back down and tell him we need him down here.
Pein nodded and turned away from the High Gods.
Even the Gods could be selfish. Sakura had given everything, the country had given everything they had… but they won't help her because of fear for the future. Right now… the present should be what was important.
He sighed as he figured out how humans can sometimes be wiser than they were.
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Sasuke dashed faster than he had ever gone.
He had just lost Hideyoshi Kuno's track after his ninjas blocked his way. Now, he didn't know where to go. He just went by instinct… which might be wrong.
He caught a glimpse of someone in the forest. He stopped.
Maybe that someone could help him.
He walked toward the man and patted his back.
"Excuse me," Sasuke said, alert at the same time; just in case this man was a bad man.
The man turned. He had blue skin with shark teeth and eyes, also gills. Just like Suigetsu. Sasuke realized a big sword was lying near the man. He tried to ignore the sword, but was still on his guard.
"Itachi?" the man gasped, shocked.
"What?!"
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Yay! So short and another sort of cliffy.
My head hurts, well… only my chest actually. I'd been crying over someone I can barely grasp.
Well,
Reviews would be impossibly appreciated as they would cheer me up.
Thanks.
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P.S. If my story becomes sucky or miserable later on, you'd know that's exactly how I'm feeling. So I might stop writing for a while until my emotion is stable again. Sorry.