Author Note: I would have had this story done last week but a friend of mine got the rest of hunter x hunter down and I had been waiting for it for weeks. So I saved everything on his hard drive and two days later (when I had finished watching the anime) I was going to get everything back but he forgot a cable so I couldn't get my hands on it again. I couldn't post during this week due to the fact that mom's computer crashed a month ago we still have no net AND I couldn't post this one since half of it laid on my friends hard drive. We all had a week off of school so I've been really busy writing as much as I could while having other things to do too. I was actually so bored of being home alone at the end of the week that I ended up cleaning my whole room. Now that was a revolution in mom's eyes. I can't remember the last time my room was this clean, well, I actually can! 'hehe'. well then, thanks for your patient waiting for this update. Also I shocked everyone by cutting my hair. (useless information for you but I will probably not remember what I write here tomorrow :p) I hope you won't be too disappointed with this chap. (joking, I know most of you won't be!) Not much action in this one, not even sure if it was I who wrote it, but it has my name on it and it was in my computer (that's off limits to everyone else except my closest, closest friends that weren't even around at the time) so it has to be me who's responsible for it. Yeah it is. If I'm not making much sense now it's because I'm so happy too see my friends again tomorrow and that my birthday is one step closer since this new month started.
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Parings: SasuNaru. Hopefully you know what this pairing means so don't hunt me down afterward.
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What You Left Me
Written by Monkan and beta-reader by Asaroth (Was told I mixed the words 'edit' and 'beta-reader' up. 'sweat drop')
Part 10
In one of the rooms in the Hokage Tower, Satoshi was sleeping at the edge of the bed his father was lying in. The scratch on his cheek had been taken care of and he had been given something to eat. Sasuke was slowly and tenderly stroking Satoshi's hair. His dark eyes watched the small figure sleeping.
He, on the other hand, had been confined to bed after the fight by Tsunade's orders. His body had taken a rather big shock at the end of the fight and he had to stay in bed for a few days to let it recover. His arm was bandaged from the wrist and almost up to his elbow.
The silence stretched out in the room and into time too it seemed.
--Flash--
Deep red eyes stared back at him, framed by untamed blond hair.
--Flash--
Sasuke dodged the attack and barely made it away from the claws that were intent on hurting him.
--Flash--
Satoshi was struggling to break free from his kidnappers.
--Flash--
He saw the gentle smile and blue eyes as he caught Naruto.
--Flash--
Sasuke held onto Naruto as he relished in the presence of the other that he had thought dead for so long.
--Flash--
The moment when they took away Naruto from him again, as they disappeared, there was nothing he could do.
--Flash--
Sasuke's eyes narrowed at the memories. His mind was awfully clear despite what had happened. Pieces of old memories along with the newest ones flashed through his mind. Happy memories, painful memories. They all mixed up in his head, leaving him unsure whether what he had seen was real or not.
Naruto was alive. How? He had seen his koi die before his eyes six years ago. He had wished for a moment to say his final good bye and now he was facing the fact that Naruto was actually alive! It didn't make any sense. A person that's been dead for six years doesn't come back to life. They just don't.....
He sighed in hopelessness.
All this thinking was taking him nowhere. It only made him more confused than he already was. He closed his eyes so he could clear his mind.
-o-o-o-o-
Tsunade was sitting at her desk with a very serious face. Jiraiya, Kakashi, Neji, Shikamaru and Sakura were standing behind her while an ANBU team was scattered around the room. They were questioning the mist shinobi.
"You are telling us that..."
The man nodded. "Yes. It's the least I can do."
"You know that you will be a traitor if you do this?" Neji interjected.
"I'm fully aware of that too but it's not like I have anything to lose anymore. I just want to correct what I did wrong." The mist shinobi said without hesitation. "I'll help you. I'll share as much information as I have."
"What's your name?" Tsunade asked.
"Shiichi. Takaziwa Shiichi."
-o-o-o-o-
Everything was black. The sound of someone sobbing echoed through the darkness. A lonely tear reflected a light that didn't even exist. When it hit the floor it sounded like it hit water and the floor moved as if it were covered with water.
"Where are you? I can't see you!"
A cell with iron bars. The water on the floor lightly reflected the dim light outside.
"Where am I?"
A laboratory.
"Answer me..."
A bloody hospital bed.
"Sasuke! Where are you?"
A bloody hand hanging from the bedside. The fingers twisted slightly.
"Sasuke?"
A bandaged chest, stained with blood.
"Sasuke? I don't want to stay here! Where are you, Sasuke?"
Light crept into scene, slowly concealing everything.
"Answer me, Sasuke!"
The entire room was white.
"Sasuke!"
Suddenly the white was stained with red.
"SAVE ME!"
-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-
Sasuke sat straight up, panting. He hadn't even realized that he had fallen asleep.
'What was that?'
It had been random images, but it had felt so vivid. He had never been to a place like that, but somehow he knew that place too well. There was something frightening about that dream. Added to it was that it was Naruto's voice that he had heard.
"Daddy?"
Sasuke finally noticed that Satoshi was still with him and that he had awakened the boy. Innocent big blue eyes looked at him with concern. For a moment Satoshi's blue eyes overlapped with another pair of deep blue eyes that he knew too well.
--Flash--
"NARUTO!" Sasuke barked when he slammed the door open.
"WAAAAHHHH! I'M INNOCENT! Whatever you are accusing me of, I had nothing too do with it this time." Naruto said as he pressed himself against the wall on the other side of the room.
Sasuke walked toward a very scared Naruto. Sasuke didn't lose his temper very often but when he did... it was safer to be in the same room with an angry Gaara than with this guy! How could this have happened? Sasuke had been in such a good mood before he left this morning.
Sasuke was only half way across the room and Naruto could already feel the chilling air surrounding him. It was clear that he was in deep trouble. With a dash Naruto crossed the room, over the furniture and everything in his path. He almost made it to the door when a hand slammed against its frame. Naruto stared at the arm in front of him that blocked his only escape path.
"Naruto." The chuunin hissed. His dark eyes had an icing tone in them.
Naruto gulped. 'Not good, not good, not good.' He backed away as far as he could, but too soon his back met the wall. His last escape route: The window. It wasn't so bad if you didn't mind 25 meters of free fall. 'Doesn't sound bad at all right now. On the count of three. One! Two! T...'
Naruto accidentally glanced at Sasuke's face and was struck when he saw a sad and pained expression instead of the angry one. All thoughts of escaping left his mind and he became concerned by this sudden change of mood.
"Sasuke? What's wrong?"
Sasuke wrapped his arms around Naruto's shoulder and hugged him closely. It was a tender embrace, completely different from just a few seconds earlier. "Sa.. suke?"
"........stay..." His voice was barely above a whisper.
A sigh of relief and amusement escaped Naruto's lips. He gently returned the embrace. "You know you don't have to ask me that. I won't let go of you so easily."
--Flash--
'That time I had been bothered by something I had heard some Jounins speak about. I can't remember clearly what it was now, but it had really bothered me back then.' Sasuke placed a hand on Satoshi's shoulder.
"I'm fine. Can you get Tsunade-sama for me?" He asked Satoshi.
The boy nodded, happy that he could be of use to his daddy. He was out the door really fast leaving Sasuke behind with his thoughts. 'I'll bring back what's most important to us. This time... for sure... I won't let go until there's nothing left.'
The door opened and Tsunade walked in.
"Feeling better?" She asked.
"Yeah. Tsunade-sama?"
She put her hands on her hips. "What is it?"
"I'm going after Naruto."
"What? Don't be stupid. Do you even know where he is? If he's still ALIVE? Even though, this isn't something you can pull off by yourself!"
The look in Sasuke's eyes left no place for arguing. "Even if he's dead I'll bring him back home. I'm going to bring back what we lost. I'm not going to let others do this. I'm going to bring him home with my own hands. I'll find him, no matter where he is I'm going to find him. Both for mine and Satoshi's sake."
TBC!
Author Note: Another chapter came to an end and I realized something. That this story has been going on for some time now and that the ending is drawing closer and closer with each chapter that is written. (The happy ending) I hope that you liked this chapter because I was a little stressed over getting this done. I've had lots of time to write but something always came up or in the way so I only got a few sentance down each week. But that's over now! Also, I gave the mist ninja a name now, finally! So what do you think so far? Still a wonderful story? or is it becoming boring? (Hopefully not) Review and let me know! Until I post next time...either on this one or the others! Once again thanks for your patiants...