Author's Note: Rurouni: Here it is, chapter 14!
Sakura: Yay! ^_^
Sasuke: ;_____;
Kabuto: R+R, hope you enjoy the chapter!
Rurouni: *obsessively checks for reviews* ^^;
Kabuto: We hoped to have this up earlier, but Rurouni had a project due.
Sasuke: *tries to get out of the author's room* Let me out!!! For the mercy of living things let me out!!!
Sakura: *puts leash on Sasuke* Your mine. ^___^ *Rurouni and Sakura gawk evilly at Sasuke*
Sasuke: ,_, *whimper*
Chapter 14: The start of what already was
Hinata stared at Naruto. This time she was sure she had heard Naruto wrong, she was positive. There was no way he could've said what she had thought he said. Just no way.
"C-could y-you say that again Naruto-kun? I think I heard you wrong . . . "She stuttered.
"I love you to Hinata." Naruto repeated. The pale-eyed girl was shocked; beyond shocked.
"Hey look, Naruto and Hinata!" Ino barked pointing at the two. If it were possible to die from embarrassment, Hinata would've already died seven times over. Some of the others in the room turned to see what she was talking about.
"So, you finally told Naruto huh?" Ino continued.
"W-w-well . . . U-uh . . . " Hinata stammered, wanting to crawl up into a dark hole.
"Ya!" Naruto confidently exclaimed. "We're going out."
"W-we a-a-re?" Hinata said even more surprised and confused. (Is that possible?) This was too much for one day. Naruto nodded smiling at her.
"Well good for you!" Ino said smiling.
*Heh heh, one less girl to worry about trying to steal Sasuke-kun.*
"I-I'm going up t-to m-my room. I'll s-see you later N-Naruto-kun." Hinata blurted out and raced off up the stairs. She passed Ten-ten and Gaara as she ran.
"What's with her? She looks embarrassed." Ten-ten said questioningly.
"Who cares. Will you let go of me now?" Gaara glowered. Ten-ten looked down at her hand clutching Gaaras and quickly released his hand.
"Sorry, but otherwise you probably wouldn't come. Hinata will probably tell us later, lets go."
They both walked down and joined the others in the dinning room.
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Hinata dashed into her and Sakura's and plopped herself down or her bed, breathing heavily out of embarrassment. Once that she managed to clam herself down, she rolled over onto her back. *Today . . . Is great*
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Sakura finally got to her destination with Sasuke in tow. It was on a pier overlooking the ocean; with a couple fishing stands along the way to the end. When the pier ceased to proceed further, Sakura plopped herself down unceremoniously at the end and dangled her feet freely in the air. Sasuke sat down next to her and looked out over the ocean. Sakura could feel her heart hammering against her chest. Even though she had known Sasuke for so long, he was just a familiar stranger. She really didn't know much about him at all, even though she had spent years obsessing over him and trying to get closer to him.
"Sasuke-kun . . ." she began awkwardly, shattering the silence. "Do you ever get tired of being alone?"
"Hm?" Sasuke replied questioningly, not wholly understanding his teammate.
"I mean, you always push people away; because of your brother. But now . . . since Itachi's fine . . . you don't have to. You can be a normal person. So why . . .? Why do you still push them away?" Sakura stated boldly, while edging closer to the raven-haired boy.
"Habit I guess. Doesn't matter." Sasuke replied a bit rushed, while trying to scoot away from Sakura. Being this close to someone startled him for some reason.
Sakura noticed his movement and could see a hint of uncomfert in his eyes. *Is Sasuke . . . nervous?* She suppressed a giggle. The boy who was idolized by almost every girl in the village and was extraordinarily strong, was being shy. What reason would he have to be shy around her?
"It does to matter. Lighten up, you should let your feelings out more." She said with a smile, rather enjoying the conversation. Sasuke turned to face away from her, surprised ay his own actions. Sakura, seeing her chance, hugged Sasuke around the neck.
"Aww, common Sasuke." She cooed playfully. By reflex, Sasuke pulled away quickly.
"W-what's wrong with you?!" he said, his voice shaking. He wanted to go back to the hotel. To sit and not have to think about her, because deep inside himself, he couldn't deny that he had enjoyed it.
"Nothing." she said smiling, and then to her own and Sasuke's further surprise, she kissed the Uchiha boy. Both of them flushed deeply. *Why did I let her do that?!* Sasuke mentally cursed himself. He stood up quickly and announced, "Lets go back to the hotel now. It's already lunch." Sasuke said as he walked swiftly back in the direction of the hotel. Sakura giggled and followed him. *Haha Ino, just you wait . . . *
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Kabuto and Kakashi walked over to the table where Itachi sat alone, twirling his fork in his breakfast - he had not the stomach to eat.
"Come here, let's talk." Kakashi said as he ushered the older of the Uchiha brothers out of the hotel. Once they had gotten a ways from the hotel, they slowed their pace. Kabuto noticed Sasuke and Sakura heading in the opposite direction, but payed them no heed.
"So," Kabuto was the first one to talk "how are you?"
"Fine." Itachi replied, a bit distractedly. "Have you found out anything else?" he then added after a moments pause, hopefully.
"Not really." It was Kakashi who spoke this time. "Lets go over what we already know. We first found you with Kabuto at the forest near the entrance of the village when the gate watch noticed you in the shrubbery. We confronted both of you in hopes of getting information about the Sound and Akatsuki. Instead we found that you have no memory of the past 5 years. (He's 18, and the team 7 is 13. You can figure out the rest from there . . . ) Kabuto told us that the sound had been controlling you, by means unknown, and for purposes unknown. Apparently this matter was not discussed among the sounds nin. So we came here to prevent and attack on Konoha or the genin. We only needed to take team 7 away from Konoha, but that would seem strange. That's why we took all of the genin. We're going to stay here until we've figured out what's going on."
"Why just team 7?" Itachi questioned.
"Because that's the team your brother is on." Kabuto stated. "The sound might target him to get to you. I don't think that they'll give up their puppet so easily."
Itachi sighed, even though they had explained everything to him over and over, he still didn't understand what was going on. He had already told them all he knew, which wasn't much. That on the day of his memory loss he had been going to receive his next mission (He was an anbu, always busy. ^^; ) when he had been confronted by nin from another country, and had seen a strange man before he blacked out. When he next woke up, he had seen the same man. He was unused to his body, being familiar with the 13-year-old version of himself, but had still managed to follow Kabuto away from the clearing. Yet even with the shards of truth they had put together, the picture was still a hazy mess. Nothing made sense. As he walked, he didn't pay attention to a thorny twig sticking out from the fence bordering the sidewalk. As he moved into it, the large thorns punctured his flesh, making a noticeably size gash in his leg. He winced as a small bluish-green item fell out of the gash along with the trickle of blood. Suddenly his head ached horribly and he collapsed to the floor and his hands and knees. Alarmed, Kabuto knelt down to see what was the matter, while Kakashi looked quickly around to see if anyone had attacked them. All he saw were people staring with curious expressions on their faces, wondering what was the matter.
"You alright?" Kabuto questioned.
"I" Itachi stammered "I . . . r-remember . . . "
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Author's Note: That was short. But the next one will be longer.
Sasuke: Stupid brother.
Sakura: Aw, poor Itachi. *glomps Sasuke*
Sasuke: *looks at Sakura* _; Stupid fan girls.
Rurouni and Sakura: BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! NO ESCAPE!
Kabuto: See you all in the next chapter! Again, if you have any questions, drop Rurouni an e-mail or put it in your review.
Rurouni: I would prefer it in a review . . . ^^;;
Kabuto: Hope you're all enjoying the fic!
Sakura: Yay! ^_^
Sasuke: ;_____;
Kabuto: R+R, hope you enjoy the chapter!
Rurouni: *obsessively checks for reviews* ^^;
Kabuto: We hoped to have this up earlier, but Rurouni had a project due.
Sasuke: *tries to get out of the author's room* Let me out!!! For the mercy of living things let me out!!!
Sakura: *puts leash on Sasuke* Your mine. ^___^ *Rurouni and Sakura gawk evilly at Sasuke*
Sasuke: ,_, *whimper*
Chapter 14: The start of what already was
Hinata stared at Naruto. This time she was sure she had heard Naruto wrong, she was positive. There was no way he could've said what she had thought he said. Just no way.
"C-could y-you say that again Naruto-kun? I think I heard you wrong . . . "She stuttered.
"I love you to Hinata." Naruto repeated. The pale-eyed girl was shocked; beyond shocked.
"Hey look, Naruto and Hinata!" Ino barked pointing at the two. If it were possible to die from embarrassment, Hinata would've already died seven times over. Some of the others in the room turned to see what she was talking about.
"So, you finally told Naruto huh?" Ino continued.
"W-w-well . . . U-uh . . . " Hinata stammered, wanting to crawl up into a dark hole.
"Ya!" Naruto confidently exclaimed. "We're going out."
"W-we a-a-re?" Hinata said even more surprised and confused. (Is that possible?) This was too much for one day. Naruto nodded smiling at her.
"Well good for you!" Ino said smiling.
*Heh heh, one less girl to worry about trying to steal Sasuke-kun.*
"I-I'm going up t-to m-my room. I'll s-see you later N-Naruto-kun." Hinata blurted out and raced off up the stairs. She passed Ten-ten and Gaara as she ran.
"What's with her? She looks embarrassed." Ten-ten said questioningly.
"Who cares. Will you let go of me now?" Gaara glowered. Ten-ten looked down at her hand clutching Gaaras and quickly released his hand.
"Sorry, but otherwise you probably wouldn't come. Hinata will probably tell us later, lets go."
They both walked down and joined the others in the dinning room.
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Hinata dashed into her and Sakura's and plopped herself down or her bed, breathing heavily out of embarrassment. Once that she managed to clam herself down, she rolled over onto her back. *Today . . . Is great*
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Sakura finally got to her destination with Sasuke in tow. It was on a pier overlooking the ocean; with a couple fishing stands along the way to the end. When the pier ceased to proceed further, Sakura plopped herself down unceremoniously at the end and dangled her feet freely in the air. Sasuke sat down next to her and looked out over the ocean. Sakura could feel her heart hammering against her chest. Even though she had known Sasuke for so long, he was just a familiar stranger. She really didn't know much about him at all, even though she had spent years obsessing over him and trying to get closer to him.
"Sasuke-kun . . ." she began awkwardly, shattering the silence. "Do you ever get tired of being alone?"
"Hm?" Sasuke replied questioningly, not wholly understanding his teammate.
"I mean, you always push people away; because of your brother. But now . . . since Itachi's fine . . . you don't have to. You can be a normal person. So why . . .? Why do you still push them away?" Sakura stated boldly, while edging closer to the raven-haired boy.
"Habit I guess. Doesn't matter." Sasuke replied a bit rushed, while trying to scoot away from Sakura. Being this close to someone startled him for some reason.
Sakura noticed his movement and could see a hint of uncomfert in his eyes. *Is Sasuke . . . nervous?* She suppressed a giggle. The boy who was idolized by almost every girl in the village and was extraordinarily strong, was being shy. What reason would he have to be shy around her?
"It does to matter. Lighten up, you should let your feelings out more." She said with a smile, rather enjoying the conversation. Sasuke turned to face away from her, surprised ay his own actions. Sakura, seeing her chance, hugged Sasuke around the neck.
"Aww, common Sasuke." She cooed playfully. By reflex, Sasuke pulled away quickly.
"W-what's wrong with you?!" he said, his voice shaking. He wanted to go back to the hotel. To sit and not have to think about her, because deep inside himself, he couldn't deny that he had enjoyed it.
"Nothing." she said smiling, and then to her own and Sasuke's further surprise, she kissed the Uchiha boy. Both of them flushed deeply. *Why did I let her do that?!* Sasuke mentally cursed himself. He stood up quickly and announced, "Lets go back to the hotel now. It's already lunch." Sasuke said as he walked swiftly back in the direction of the hotel. Sakura giggled and followed him. *Haha Ino, just you wait . . . *
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Kabuto and Kakashi walked over to the table where Itachi sat alone, twirling his fork in his breakfast - he had not the stomach to eat.
"Come here, let's talk." Kakashi said as he ushered the older of the Uchiha brothers out of the hotel. Once they had gotten a ways from the hotel, they slowed their pace. Kabuto noticed Sasuke and Sakura heading in the opposite direction, but payed them no heed.
"So," Kabuto was the first one to talk "how are you?"
"Fine." Itachi replied, a bit distractedly. "Have you found out anything else?" he then added after a moments pause, hopefully.
"Not really." It was Kakashi who spoke this time. "Lets go over what we already know. We first found you with Kabuto at the forest near the entrance of the village when the gate watch noticed you in the shrubbery. We confronted both of you in hopes of getting information about the Sound and Akatsuki. Instead we found that you have no memory of the past 5 years. (He's 18, and the team 7 is 13. You can figure out the rest from there . . . ) Kabuto told us that the sound had been controlling you, by means unknown, and for purposes unknown. Apparently this matter was not discussed among the sounds nin. So we came here to prevent and attack on Konoha or the genin. We only needed to take team 7 away from Konoha, but that would seem strange. That's why we took all of the genin. We're going to stay here until we've figured out what's going on."
"Why just team 7?" Itachi questioned.
"Because that's the team your brother is on." Kabuto stated. "The sound might target him to get to you. I don't think that they'll give up their puppet so easily."
Itachi sighed, even though they had explained everything to him over and over, he still didn't understand what was going on. He had already told them all he knew, which wasn't much. That on the day of his memory loss he had been going to receive his next mission (He was an anbu, always busy. ^^; ) when he had been confronted by nin from another country, and had seen a strange man before he blacked out. When he next woke up, he had seen the same man. He was unused to his body, being familiar with the 13-year-old version of himself, but had still managed to follow Kabuto away from the clearing. Yet even with the shards of truth they had put together, the picture was still a hazy mess. Nothing made sense. As he walked, he didn't pay attention to a thorny twig sticking out from the fence bordering the sidewalk. As he moved into it, the large thorns punctured his flesh, making a noticeably size gash in his leg. He winced as a small bluish-green item fell out of the gash along with the trickle of blood. Suddenly his head ached horribly and he collapsed to the floor and his hands and knees. Alarmed, Kabuto knelt down to see what was the matter, while Kakashi looked quickly around to see if anyone had attacked them. All he saw were people staring with curious expressions on their faces, wondering what was the matter.
"You alright?" Kabuto questioned.
"I" Itachi stammered "I . . . r-remember . . . "
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Author's Note: That was short. But the next one will be longer.
Sasuke: Stupid brother.
Sakura: Aw, poor Itachi. *glomps Sasuke*
Sasuke: *looks at Sakura* _; Stupid fan girls.
Rurouni and Sakura: BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! NO ESCAPE!
Kabuto: See you all in the next chapter! Again, if you have any questions, drop Rurouni an e-mail or put it in your review.
Rurouni: I would prefer it in a review . . . ^^;;
Kabuto: Hope you're all enjoying the fic!