disclaimer: i'm still broke guys.


xlix.

Shisui


He breathed in deeply, eyes swirling crimson as he faced off against Shisui, his cousin. Nestled at the base of a large tree, Sasuke was watching the drawn out fight with sleepy interest. Although Itachi had tried to leave him at home, his brother insisted with all the petulance and pleading eyes of a four year old.

A kunai grazed his cheek, forcing him back into the present, "I thought you were a prodigy, 'Tachi?"

With a low growl, his chakra surged; midnight strands flying out behind him as he leapt towards his obnoxious relative. He would show him 'prodigy'.


an. i haven't forgotten about you guys or this story! in fact, i've been writing this whole time–i have thirty chapters waiting in the wings, now twenty-eight.

see, during summer i won't have my MacBook (it's school issued and we only have it up until summer) so i've been trying to get as many chapters done as possible, which means there might be longer lulls for a while as i work on getting a hundred and fifty, maybe more, chapters done. i still want you guys to be able to enjoy the story through the summer.