Chapter Three- Reactions
"Sasuke,
I'm serious." she said in a very serious tone. "Who do
you
see" she asked again as she quickly glanced at Kame giving
him
a
look that said help.
Kame
caught her glance. "Sasuke, you didn't know that I was
your
older
brother until just recently, right? Well, you have another
sibling
that you didn't know about...The girl, standing in front of
you,
is our sister." He looked at Sasuke with an
expressionless
face...
Sasuke
took a step back from the two of them. No! It couldn't
be
true!
"Uso...
uso da! (Lie... it's a lie)" Sasuke said, his tone just
barely
above a whisper. The corner of his lip turned up into a
snarl.
"It's a lie"
But
she looks just like okaasan said a small voice that came
from
deep
inside of his mind.
He
shook his head. "No! Brother killed them all! Besides, I
never
even
knew this girl before the chuunin exams even started! You
expect
me to believe you now? I was all alone for all these years,
and
you spring this up on me now"
Sasuke
felt his anger begin to rise. "First Kame, and now you! Don't
go
thinking I'll just accept you with open arms. You'll get nothing
of
the sort from me"
A
single tear rolled down her cheek, but she quickly wiped it
away.
I knew it. I knew he wasn't going to accept this...why did I
even
come back... she thought as she stared at him.
"...I
guess it
was a
waste of my time to even come back to Konoha. I only came back
because
I cared for you; I didn't want you to be alone. Even though
I had
never met you before... All those years, I dreamed of being
with
my little brother, I would stare at the pictures Okaasan sent
me of
you. Wishing I could be here with my family... You try being
sent
away at a young age, leaving your family and all that you
loved
behind,
to be forgotten..." She continued to look at Sasuke. "It's
not
a very good feeling... and if you want I can leave, and you can
be
like Itachi to me...Non-existent." she looked at him with
an
expressionless
face...
She
pulled two pictures out of her pocket and handed them to Sasuke.
One
picture was of her, Kame and their mother, and the other of
Sasuke
and their mother. "Keep them." she said as she turned
and
walked
away while pulling up her mask.
Sasuke
let the pictures fall to the ground. How dare she"If you
cared
about me so much... if you wanted to see me so bad... you
would
have come back sooner, not left me to rot all by myself for
all
these years" he shouted, still very angry at her for trying
to
just
magically become a part of his life again.
His
hands at his side clenched into tight fists and began to
tremble
slightly from the force of his own grip. "As far as
I'm
concerned,
I am the last Uchiha! I alone am going to restore my
family's
honor"
She
stopped in her track after what he said. She turned around tears
in
her eyes"I tried..." she said "I honestly tried. You
don't
know
what I've been through to get here..." she took a few
steps
towards
him tears running down her cheeks. "I knew it would be hard
for
you to accept." she said wiping her tears away.
"Please,
Sasuke, give me a chance..." she said as she took a few
more
steps
and hugged him."Please." she said softly still hugging
him
becoming unusually desperate.
"HANASE!
(Let go)" Sasuke said, breaking free of her hug. "Why
should
I give you a chance" he said to her, glaring daggers
at
Tatsuya.
"When you never even bothered to give me one. Just go
away...
I'm sure a jounin like you has better things to do than hang
off
of genin's like me."
He
shot her a knowing look. "It wasn't hard to find out. Now
please
leave."
"Just
a little brat." she mumbled then walked away as if
nothing
happened.
He'll come around; I just need to give him time to
accept
it. She thought as she walked away back towards the ramen
shop.
Kame
just gave him a cold look. "Humph! Selfish..." He turned
his
back
to Sasuke, and started walking away. "Come see me when
you
realize
the world doesn't revolve around you...Until then, you're
not
my brother. I as well as Tatsuya have hurt as much as you...and
you
shouldn't push people away like that. It hurts everyone, and I
know
it hurts you, too. Unless you have no heart..." He walked
away
in disgust to the ramen shop.
"Che"
Sasuke went on his way, having lost his
appetite.
"Hypocrites. They say I think the world revolves around
me?
But it's those two that are trying to push themselves into my
life
like they belong there."
He
hated people like that, people who just wouldn't mind their own
damn
business.
"What
was that" asked Naruto, who was passing by with a
full
backpack.
"None
of your business" Sasuke replied flatly. He looked at
his
fellow
team mate curiously. "What's all that for? Are going out
to
train"
"Yeah.
I'm gonna try to find that erosennin and get him to teach
me
something.
Well, bye." Naruto leapt up onto a nearby rooftop
and
disappeared.
Sasuke,
with both hands in his pockets, headed off to find Kakashi-
sensei.
Tatsuya
sighed and muttered random things to herself as she walked to
the
ramen shop. When she arrived she noticed Sakura was still there.
She
looked at her and Sakura shot a dirty look at her. Tatsuya
simply
shrugged and ignored her, then ordered some ramen. 'Such
a
horrible
day.' she thought, feeling depressed.
Kame
got back to the ramen shop, and sat down next to Tatsuya. He
looked
at her, seeing how depressed she was.
"Hey...It
needed to be
done.
He had to know about you, there wasn't any other way..."
He
dropped
his head to the counter, depressed as well.
"I
take it the two of you finally confronted him and told him"
Kakashi
inquired, still seated in the same spot at the ramen cart.
The
older ninja looked at the two of them with his one,
unblocked
eye. "And I take it that it didn't go so well."
Tatsuya
sighed and looked over at Kakashi... "Heh, it went
horrible.
But what do you expect from him? I knew he wouldn't take
to
it very well." she sighed again and looked at Kame... "I
don't
know
what to do anymore."
Kakashi
studied Tatsuya's features for a brief moment. It was
hard
to tell what the instructor was thinking, especially with the
mask
that he wore.
After
a pause, Kakashi said to her"Well, I suppose that
it's
understandable
that he took it poorly. That's just how Sasuke is. I
can
see how you must be feeling, but let me ask you this... did you
ever
consider for just a minute how Sasuke himself must feel
regarding
all this? You did just drag him off and tell him out of
the
blue."
Kame
sat up and looked at Kakashi and Tatsuya. "What other way
was
there...I
mean, he knew you, right sis? The only thing he didn't
know
was that you were his sister..." He put his head on the
counter
and wrapped his arms around it again. "Hell...He hasn't
welcomed
me yet, either, and it's been a few months since I
returned...I
don't know what to do either..."
Tatsuya
sighed deeply before speaking. "It really wasn't my idea
of
telling
him yet. I was more or less forced and rushed into it."
She
said glancing over at Kame.
"Forced"
Kakashi tilted his head to the side and looked at Tatsuya
curiously
with his one open eye. "What makes you say that" he
asked.
"What do you mean by 'forced?' You're saying that
something...
or SOMEONE made you do this"
"Yes...
it was my dear sweet brother, Kame." she said not sounding
to
please. She looked back at Kakashi and sighed. "What have
I
done"
she asked as she put her head down...
