Deep Down
(6.27.13)
SasuSaku Month 2013
Day 15: Grounded
You watch him as he calmly tells you to kill the woman lying on the ground, just after telling you his real goal is to burn your home down. Does he not realize that used to be his home too? It seems he doesn't, you conclude.
You walk past him to the woman laying on the floor, the woman he wants to kill because she's of no use. You try to find the strength to do what you came here to do. Because it'll end everything, right? It'll make things easier, you reason.
It's then that you hear it, the sound of a thousand birds behind you and your eyes widen in surprise. You don't jump away like you should, instead you turn to him wanting it not to be real. But it is, you see his eyes and you see the chidori coming your way.
If it isn't for Kakashi's appereance you would have surely been done for, because like it or not Sasuke Uchiha was attempting to kill you.
"You've fallen, Sasuke." You hear Kakashi say and you can't help but agree. He then turns to you and says. "You don't have to take this burden by yourself." Seeing right through you and what you're planning to do. "It's my fault, for saying things I shouldn't have in order to reassure you."
You remember, once long ago when things started to crumble down Kakashi told you that everything would be okay. Since then it never was.
"Don't get consumed by revenge!" Kakashi yelled at who once had been his student.
You watch and stare as Sasuke begins to laugh and your heart starts to break all over again because his laughter sounds broken and lost. And he's not the Sasuke you love.
"Bring me my clan, then I will stop!" He yells in anger and then stares at you. His stare cold and empty and you bite your lip to keep from crying and breaking down. Once again you remind yourself, this isn't your Sasuke and watch as former student and teacher begin to fight with an aim to kill.
So you run, you run to the woman he told you to kill and you heal her, but you feel as tears slid down your face. He's not your Sasuke, he tried to kill you. He's an impostor wearing his face. Your Sasuke is lost. You try to convince yourself.
"He's not the Sasuke you knew anymore." The woman speaks with difficulty.
You stand and look down the bridge knowing that the only thing you can do for him now is to save him. And saving him means death, that's a fact you can't escape. You don't believe Kakashi when he says it's his fault because it isn't. Back then when he left you had the chance to stop him, you could have stopped him. But you weren't strong enough.
If you would have stopped him, this wouldn't be happening now.
You wipe the tears from your eyes and you go. You run through the bridge and you see him down there. With kunai in hand you rush toward him. But you can't help as the memories flood through you bringing tears to your eyes.
You remember him in the academy, him as a team mate, the smiles on his face when he thought no one was looking, and his eyes. It's then that you can take notice that the man that attacked you earlier was your Sasuke. In his eyes you saw fear as his chidori was going to attack you, and you saw the way he bit his lip in regret.
You know that your Sasuke is there somewhere, lost in a whirlpool or revenge and madness, but maybe if you want it enough he can be saved.
With your kunai on his back and tears streaming down your eyes you stand grounded in place knowing you can't do it. You're not strong enough to kill the one you love.
He turns around in a quick movement and then suddenly you feel his hand on your neck choking you down, he takes the kunai from you and once again death stares you in the face.
His cold eyes pierce right through you, but somewhere deep down you can see him. You can see your Sasuke.
A/N:
Not my best I know, I'm sorry. But thanks to all of you who reviewed yesterday. :)
As you may have noticed I changed my penname. My other name was getting a little bit too old. So now I'm Nichole Marye, very similar to my actual name, you probably get the idea.
Anyway, you review, I update.
Deal? ;)