Chapter 4 Stranger of Fire
The room remained silent for several minutes after the boy finished his story. Sasuke stared at the ground, not moving. Tears silently made their way down the woman's cheeks, and her husband held her close.
"Everyone?" she managed to ask.
"No. A few survived. I've spent the last five years trying to track them down. A few times I nearly succeeded. But these are the best ninja, and they do not want to be found." She smiled.
"That's good." After a few more minutes, Sasuke excused himself and they all headed off to bed.
He lay unmoving and unsleeping for hours. Visions of those final minutes haunted him at night every time he closed his eyes. The loss of everything, the feel of everything and everyone being ripped away right when they began to matter. That was what was left of Uchiha Sasuke. Then the windows shattered.
Everyone sat up. The blast had been real, and from what Sasuke could tell, it had been some very major explosives. He raced out of the window to find himself staring into the eyes of the Anbu of Earth Village. He chuckled softly to himself.
"Back again, guys?" he asked, crouching low. What seemed to be their leader lunged at him. Bang, a shuriken went through him and into the man standing behind him. "Do you guys ever learn? You killed everything important to me, and now it's MY TURN!" An explosion rocked the ground, but this time from the chakra of the ninja, and the lifeless forms of Anbu crumpled to the ground like leaves. When the farmer looked out of his broken window, all he saw was nearly forty corpses, and Sasuke holding a daito (long sword). Sasuke turned to him and bowed low.
"Thank you for your hospitality, but I will be leaving now." With that, he walked on into the night. Fading again.
For the third time that night, a massive explosion ripped apart the landscape. But this one was farther away, and was made from an extraordinary amount of chakra. Sasuke ran in the direction of the fight, hoping beyond hope that he would be there in time to help whoever was there.
There were nearly fifty more Anbu in the clearing. They had one enemy. They were losing.
His blasts of fire, Sasuke's breath of the fireball technique, were decimating what were supposedly the strongest members of their village. The raven-haired shinobi watched numbly, as if in a dream, as the boy no older than him cut down his opponents. It was llike the boy was dancing, he played with death and didn't care what the outcome was. There was an insane smile upon his lips, and he abandoned his fireball technique for a bokato (a wooden sword). Even though the wood was rounded and dull, it cut his opponents in half with one swing.
In no time, he had destroyed the Anbu of the Earth Village. He smiled, then looked up to the night sky and mumbled one word. Then he walked over to where Sasuke stood.
They both stared at each other in amazement, not willing to believe what they saw. Finally, the blonde spoke up.
"They busted up the only ramen stand for miles, but there's a bar about a mile back. Let's eat." Sasuke smiled. That was just like him.
"I'm buying." With that, the two walked off in silence. Naruto and Sasuke just smiled. The night had now truly begun.
The room remained silent for several minutes after the boy finished his story. Sasuke stared at the ground, not moving. Tears silently made their way down the woman's cheeks, and her husband held her close.
"Everyone?" she managed to ask.
"No. A few survived. I've spent the last five years trying to track them down. A few times I nearly succeeded. But these are the best ninja, and they do not want to be found." She smiled.
"That's good." After a few more minutes, Sasuke excused himself and they all headed off to bed.
He lay unmoving and unsleeping for hours. Visions of those final minutes haunted him at night every time he closed his eyes. The loss of everything, the feel of everything and everyone being ripped away right when they began to matter. That was what was left of Uchiha Sasuke. Then the windows shattered.
Everyone sat up. The blast had been real, and from what Sasuke could tell, it had been some very major explosives. He raced out of the window to find himself staring into the eyes of the Anbu of Earth Village. He chuckled softly to himself.
"Back again, guys?" he asked, crouching low. What seemed to be their leader lunged at him. Bang, a shuriken went through him and into the man standing behind him. "Do you guys ever learn? You killed everything important to me, and now it's MY TURN!" An explosion rocked the ground, but this time from the chakra of the ninja, and the lifeless forms of Anbu crumpled to the ground like leaves. When the farmer looked out of his broken window, all he saw was nearly forty corpses, and Sasuke holding a daito (long sword). Sasuke turned to him and bowed low.
"Thank you for your hospitality, but I will be leaving now." With that, he walked on into the night. Fading again.
For the third time that night, a massive explosion ripped apart the landscape. But this one was farther away, and was made from an extraordinary amount of chakra. Sasuke ran in the direction of the fight, hoping beyond hope that he would be there in time to help whoever was there.
There were nearly fifty more Anbu in the clearing. They had one enemy. They were losing.
His blasts of fire, Sasuke's breath of the fireball technique, were decimating what were supposedly the strongest members of their village. The raven-haired shinobi watched numbly, as if in a dream, as the boy no older than him cut down his opponents. It was llike the boy was dancing, he played with death and didn't care what the outcome was. There was an insane smile upon his lips, and he abandoned his fireball technique for a bokato (a wooden sword). Even though the wood was rounded and dull, it cut his opponents in half with one swing.
In no time, he had destroyed the Anbu of the Earth Village. He smiled, then looked up to the night sky and mumbled one word. Then he walked over to where Sasuke stood.
They both stared at each other in amazement, not willing to believe what they saw. Finally, the blonde spoke up.
"They busted up the only ramen stand for miles, but there's a bar about a mile back. Let's eat." Sasuke smiled. That was just like him.
"I'm buying." With that, the two walked off in silence. Naruto and Sasuke just smiled. The night had now truly begun.
