AI NO JUTSU
By miku
STANDARD DISCLAIMERS APPLY
WARNING: Shounen-ai/ Yaoi. May contain explicit words and scenes o.O May contain peanuts…
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Thank you very much for the reviews. Hmm… I think I'll change style… I'm sorry if I'm gonna thrash form from now on ; but I wanna finish this fic ASAP and with unfaltering zest. Whenever I think too much on "how to write", I start to lose enthusiasm on my plot ; Hehe. And yes, I wanna finish this first before starting a new AU Naruto fic.
Erratum: No big deal (I guess) but it's been bugging me. That "embryo state" I wrote in chapter 3… well, er… it's supposed to be "fetal position". I don't know how I came up with that line -blink blink- I don't wanna edit that part so… sorry. Hehe.
PS: I guess I should've started the first three chapters my usual way… but… hehehehe…. Tsk tsk… Oh… and this chapter seemed a little too fast.. hehehe… or not?
AI NO JUTSU
By miku
Chapter Four:
Coughs.
I'm dying…
Coughs.
Fuck… I'm dying!
Sasuke cringed at the thought. He hugged himself, protectively holding onto his life, staring at the deadly apple on his feet. He wanted to kick it away (probably had it land right onto his sensei's –coughs- handsome –coughs- face) but his body suddenly felt too heavy to move even just a tad bit.
An apple killed me… damn… an APPLE killed me! ME! Of all people, ME! Damn you apple.
He glared at the silver-haired jounin.
Damn you sensei.
He's not Snow White, Sasuke thought. And definitely he wouldn't want Orochimaru to be the –coughs- prince –coughs- to kiss him awake! IF he could still be awakened. For pete's sake, he's dying!
Kakashi sighed, sweatdropping at the reaction from his former student. "It's not poison, Sasuke…"
"Ch."
Sasuke knew.
"It's a special medicine formulated to close chakra holes in a certain period of time. In your case, the effect may last in a maximum of 3 days," Kakashi explained as he sat beside his student on the bed.
We are on a bed, Kakashi thought and inwardly nodded. Yes, we are, he, himself, ascertained.
"I suppose Tsunade-hime made it."
"Yes."
"To hinder any plans of me to run off."
"Precisely."
Damn you.
Damn me, Kakashi unknowingly agreed, and silently applauded himself for once again (1)betraying Sasuke. And perhaps he'd have to do it again.
"Sasuke…"
"Shut up," Sasuke cut him short, "If I wanted to leave, I could leave. You'd have to kill me to be able to stop me. It's stupid of the Hokage to come up with this sick plan. You think I couldn't live without using my chakra? And you're the only one spying on me?" And Sasuke went exited through the open window, leaving a silenced Kakashi on the same spot, in the same position, nothing but hair strands moving.
It was not the Hokage who came up with that plan. It was his. He begged Tsunade to let him handle the situation. He begged Tsunade to leave Sasuke to him. Tsunade understood and even though hesitant she granted Kakashi's wish. But it turned out the way he expected – for him to be helpless. He wanted to save Sasuke with all his remaining strength but it seemed Sasuke never wanted to be saved.
Due to his uncertainties, he allowed Sasuke to gather all privy information Orochimaru needed. Kakashi knew too well why the freak sennin needed those details – to attack Konoha on her weakest time and from her weakest part. But still, Kakashi did not make a single move to obstruct Sasuke because, if he did so, he'd be faced with many more internal dilemmas.
However, if he let Tsunade act on this, Sasuke would be in greater predicament and Kakashi did not want that to happen… and so Sasuke had all the facts in his hand now…
"Fuck!" he shouted in sudden realization.
Sasuke could leave Konoha NOW!
.-
Kakashi betrayed him so he needed not to feel guilty, Sasuke told himself as he continued jumping from one tree to another. Without chakra, returning to Orochimaru wouldn't be easy anymore. Even right now, jumping from one spot to another was already a difficult task. His feet were slightly aching already but he was still around Konoha's vicinity and it would take him more than day to reach the Sound. But with his chakra impeded, it would take him longer. He only wished nobody would follow and try to stop him.
The only person who probably knew of his escape was his sensei and the latter could've already figured it out by now and was already pursuing him. But Sasuke couldn't give up now. After this mission, he could finally search for Itachi and kill him.
Sasuke hastened but, soon enough, he realized that he was being followed. Probably his sensei, he assumed, and felt a tinge of alarm. A shinobi without chakra against an elite jounin. Very good, Sasuke, very good…
He winced.
That line…
"Good. Very good, Sasuke-kun…"
That line…
He slipped on the tree branch and fell in a painful thug.
"Damn you, Orochimaru," he muttered but enough for his pursuer to hear.
"So Orochimaru sent you," the shinobi said, drawing an arm to his waist.
Ch. Some low-profile shinobi…
Sasuke could not recognize the man. Probably just an ordinary shinobi patrolling around… or even just on his way to somewhere…. With just taijutsu he could finish off the man.
Sasuke started preparing to be on offense. But then suddenly, sharp kunais came flying to him, directed to pierce his feet. Sasuke easily dodged them.
"Don't go too far, Sasuke-kun," a familiar voice warned and Sasuke roamed his eyes around the tree-loaded place searching for his sensei. And he saw him now standing beside the low-profile shinobi. Sasuke could almost imagine the eyes of the low-profile shinobi glistening in obvious relief.
"You wish," Sasuke retored and instantly resumed running. As much as he hated to admit it, with his current state, he was no match against Kakashi.
But Kakashi was fast. Even before Sasuke could move a meter away, Kakashi was already behind him, firmly locking him into his arm. The young boy tried to break free only to be overpowered by his sensei. Sasuke tried to stir around and kick Kakashi but Kakashi blocked it, the action causing them to lose their balance, but Kakashi still had his grip on Sasuke's both wrist, pinning the young boy on the ground as they fell.
(-coughs coughs-)
"Kill him!" the low-profile shinobi, who seemed to have mastered (2)rule #25, and probably had some hidden agenda, shouted. But Kakashi only responded with a glare, surprising the low-profile shinobi.
"Yeah, why don't just kill me now?" Sasuke spatted. But of course Sasuke wouldn't just let himself die that easily. And… and a part of him was telling him that Kakashi wouldn't do it.
But didn't his sensei just betray him?
"You'd be punish if you let the boy escape!" the low-profile shinobi reminded Kakashi.
Oh damn, yes, he'd be punished! Sasuke nagged himself. "You think I'd follow you, sensei?" Sasuke mocked. "You think I'd give in and return to Konoha! You think that things would go peacefully, without having to fight me!"
"Shut up, Sasuke!" Kakashi shouted and Sasuke was instantly silenced. But not just because of what his sensei demanded but because of the look on the jounin's face. The look of hesitation. The look of suffering. The look of a man choosing between dying and living alone.
"You're not going to let the boy escape, are you, Kakashi-san?" the low-profile shinobi suddenly started interfering again.
Nobody replied.
Nobody said anything again.
There was just silence and the wind and the heavy burden of decision.
If Kakashi would let him escape, he'd definitely be punished, Sasuke thought. And Sasuke would never want that to happen. If he were to fight the man, Sasuke knew he was helpless. Sasuke wouldn't want to die, too. But somebody ought to die that moment. If he could only move, he would have killed that low-profile shinobi. However, it would be pointless because Kakashi was the only one assigned to watch over him and if he escaped, the Hokage had only one person to blame.
There's only one solution… but it couldn't be that one….
He felt Kakashi's grip on his wrists loosened.
"Go," his sensei whispered to which Sasuke only responded with widened eyes.
"Are you crazy, Kakashi-san! Konoha would punish you!" the low-profile shinobi intervened once more
"Go, Sasuke," the jounin repeated, not listening.
"You're… betraying Konoha…" Sasuke.
"I said go!"
Kakashi was not looking at him and he remained in the same position even after Sasuke finally stood up.
"If you're not going to fight him then I will!" the low-profile shinobi announced, suddenly feeling heroic, like he wanted to have a name already. But before he could even move a step in his spot, Kakashi threw kunais that wounded the shinobi's feet and other leg. The latter fell on his knees, still gritting his teeth in restrained anger and helplessness.
(I know, the low-profile shinobi really seemed weak but please just bear with it….)
"Go, Sasuke."
Sasuke did not move.
And silence once again engulfed them.
There's only one solution, Sasuke thought, but as much as possible, he wanted to avoid it.
"Sasuke, just leave…"
There's only one solution…
"Sasuke…"
There's only one solution and he finally decided on it.
"If you're not going to fight me," the young Uchiha said in a voice that was barely audible. Kakashi raised his face and gazed at the young boy who had turned his back. "If you're not going to fight me then... then come with me…"
Kakashi's eyes widened in uninhibited disbelief.
"At least come with me," Sasuke repeated, his voice shivering and shy, revealing all his hesitation and vulnerability.
Kakashi did not reply.
And once again, silence invaded the place.
He didn't want to fight his sensei, too. And he didn't want to have him persecuted. And as much as possible, he didn't want him to come with him to the Sound. Should he accept death, then? Sasuke asked himself. It seemed another better option but… but it meant end of his revenge. Then what was the purpose of even coming this far? He could've just lived in Konoha, engaged himself with exciting mission, and spend free time with his happy comrades. But he's already HERE and there was no turning back.
He stepped forward. Tired.
He still did not know what to do but he was going to leave the decision to his sensei. That's being selfish.
He made another step.
What's going to happen now?
Suddenly, he felt strong arms lifting him up. Sasuke looked up and saw Kakashi's masked face. "Tell me which way," the older man requested and Sasuke could only bury his head on his sensei's solid chest.
To be continued…
(1) Read sorry. But if you don't want to, I'd spill it anyway. It's about Kakashi lying his real feelings.
(2) Rule #25 (if I'm not mistaken) is about shinobi not showing their emotions.
There. Please review. Just a shot chapter, I know, but I'm too sleepy. –yawn- so tell me what you think, okay?
