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Naruto
Chapter 21: Good Bye Sasuke
Saga: Death and Rebirth
Sonki stood in front of the Kazekage, her eyes at her feet and hands turning into fists at her side.
Her teammates stood solely at her side, only Naruto, in his usual demeanor, seemed to be unaffected with the current situation, his mind lingering elsewhere.
"You swear you have no information as to the whereabouts of Gaara?" the Kazekage asked, his expression stern, this being the third time he had felt the need of asking the question.
"I swear," Sonki hissed at him, annoyed as she turned her head up to face him. "I've sworn three times! What do you hope to gain from this continuing swearing of loyalty!"
"Your answers are vague, who else would not consider putting that under suspicion?" the Kazekage asked frowning at her. "For Gaara to leave…" He trailed off, getting more frustrated every moment as he put thought into the situation at hand. "This is nothing but unusual… For him to act so rashly… To leave without my permission…"
"You're afraid of him," Sonki spat at him, glaring. Why am I defending him? After what he did… Kisei…
"That is none of your concern!" the Kazekage roared at her, slamming his fist down on the desk in front of him. "You're here for my questioning! Not to do as you please! If you wish to destroy the ties that have been built between the Sand and Leaf continue to do so! Your Hokage will be nothing more than ashamed!"
Sonki locked her jaw, forcing all thoughts to cease at his sudden outburst at her.
"Sonki…" Kakashi said sighing as he ran the palm of his hand down his face. "Please… Just finish answering his questions. The sooner we get done with this the sooner we will be able to leave."
Sonki nodded her head, her eyes not leaving the Kazekage's.
A victorious smile appeared upon the Kazekage's face. "When did you last see him?"
"A few weeks ago." Her voice was now stern, almost emotionless. "He was in one of the forests that surround Konohagakure Village."
"Which one?" His hands came to an arc in front of his face.
"Shimensoka."
"Why were you wandering around in such a dangerous place?" The Kazekage raised an eyebrow at her, obviously impressed.
"My Master used to live in that forest. Kisei the Dragon Sennin."
"I've heard of him…" The Kazekage leaned back in his chair, his hands gripping the arm rest as he closed his eyes, as though slipping into a state of peace. "A horrid man… Tricking naïve Genin to come under his guidance… It was said that he had been looking for a new pupil…" His eyes opened, boring into hers. "One that was strong enough not to die… One not to fall under the power of the Dragons that they would soon summon… To live with them trapped inside."
Sonki's lip curled up. Naïve!
"And so it seems you are the befouled student to have stumbled upon him?" He laughed to himself. "Such a pity. You will soon die…" A wicked smile spread across his face. All demons must die… What right to they have to live among humans to freely?
"So I've been told… Many, many times. But as it seems…" Her hands were now rested on her hips. "I'm still alive." She let out a deep sigh. "And obviously that must mean that I am not as weak as everyone comes to propose too."
"That may be so…" He leaned forward, palm flat on the desk. "But as you reside in my Village you will follow under my rules, or so I will have you rejected from the Shinobi World. Death or if you shall happen to have more luck face upon you, exile."
"What ever…" She removed her hands from her side, crossing them over her chest. "Are you done questioning me? I'm growing impatient and tired."
"Did he say anything about the actions he was going to undergo… Or… Someone he was going to kill?"
Sonki shook her head, her expression back to being stern. "Nothing. He said he would listen to me no longer and follow under his own rule."
"I see…" His face was ash gray as he gulped. "Is there anything more that you feel me necessary to question about?" He was now facing Kakashi.
"No, you seem to have done a satisfactory job yourself," Kakashi said bowing slightly to him. "If you would not mind I would like to take my students and myself away from the time we have used up for your day." He looked out the window behind him. "It seems as though you are busy enough without my students snobbish answers."
Sonki shot him a glare complete with malice.
"You are dismissed then…" He waved his hand at them, not even bothering to watch them exit the room.
Sonki lingered in the doorway as her comrades and teacher exited the room. "He may already be dead."
The Kazekage starred at his hands, smiling to himself.
"Jeez Sonki," Naruto said, his arms crossed behind his head as he looked at her from down the line. "You've got some real guts talking to the Kazekage of this country…" He then frowned. "You would be willing to give up being a Shinobi just to express your thoughts?"
"No, that's not it," Sonki answered shaking her head. She looked back at him frowning. "Don't you understand? The Kazekage resents nothing more than our presence in his Village." She smiled at him softly. "One demon is enough here… But two at the time same. It would cause a sense of panic."
"We're not going to do anything though," Naruto said sighing. "If he didn't want us here than he should have never asked for our assistance! This is all just a waste of time!"
"Maybe so," Sonki said frowning to herself. "But until we do find Gaara…"
"Don't let your guard down for an instant right?" Sakura finished for her, a smile of reassurance on her face. She looked at Sasuke for some sort of appraisal. She frowned as he continued to look ahead, as though he was ignoring the situation that was going on around him.
"It's not just that…" Her eyes lowered. "But as I've already explained the Akatsuki is after Naruto…"
"And you," Sasuke hissed at her, hands in pockets as he gave her a curt glare. "Don't leave such vital information out of the current topic." His face twisted up. "Stop erasing yourself from the picture and explain to everyone what is going on."
De-ja-vu… Sonki frowned and then let out a sigh.
"More secrets?" Kakashi questioned, for once he was not interested in reading his novel. "Would this be about the demon that is sealed inside of you?"
She nodded her head. "Garou… He is…"
"You're one of the nine aren't you?" Naruto asked, his eyes showed all signs of remorse.
"No." She shook her head and then looked at him, almost pleading him to tell her it was not true. "I'm the tenth."
"So you failed to mention when we were discussing this in front of the Hokage," Sasuke spat at her, tension building. "And you wonder why people are mad at you all the time."
"Enough of this!" Sonki roared back at him, her face turning red from anger. "You hate me, I hate you! I'm willing to get over this stupid argument for the moment! For the sake of this team I now reside in I wish to no longer pursue the topic of who hates who the most!"
He narrowed his eyes at her.
"Mind you this is no truce! I am only meaning to set this up so neither of us will get distracted by outdoing the other in battle! If one of us falls the whole team falls!"
"Acting big aren't we Sonki? Please tell me your head hasn't swelled to much."
"Stop it now Uchiha…"
"What are you going to do about it then? What could you possibly do to make me even consider this little…" He paused as if going into thought. "Squabble?"
She smiled wickedly at him. "Garou has been yearning for a new taste of blood. I might just accidentally let him out for a while. I'm sure no one would mind… At least than your dear brother will never have to worry about a weakling such as yourself trying to tag along behind his hidden footprints. That he will no longer have to worry about letting another Uchiha live in this World."
"FUCK YOU!" Sasuke screamed at her, rage building as his hands turned into fists.
They had all but ceased walking, now watching Sonki and Sasuke fight in words.
"Like I'd ever undo my pants for you…" His face twisted in disgust.
"BITCH! I'LL MAKE YOU FEEL PAIN YOU WOULD NEVER IMAGINE!"
"Try it. Try and defeat me than Uchiha! See what happens when I let everything slip!"
"Stop it!" Sakura screamed out.
"KEEP OUT OF THIS YOU IDIOT!" Sasuke flung his fist out, catching Sakura in the side of her face.
"BASTARD!" Sonki roared charging at him, kunai in hand.
"Drop it! Now!" Kakashi hissed, standing in between them. One of his hands holding onto Sasuke's leg and the other on Sonki's wrist. "You are part of a team! Act like one! Differences such as this should be overcome!" He twisted his face up in disgust as he looked at Sasuke loathingly. "And to attack a teammate such as you have done is unforgivable. The Hokage will be informed and you under suspension from any further activities involving this team."
"Do you honestly think I care?" Sasuke asked him, amusement in his voice. "I would give nothing more than to be off of this horrid team. I did not come here by choice!"
"THAN LEAVE!" Naruto screamed at him, several kunai in his hands as he begun to approach him. "I thought I was wrong to assume you were just some stupid arrogant show off! That you could have been or done something to change my thoughts! Everything that happened in the Country of Wave… WAS IT ALL JUST A LIE!"
Sasuke smirked at him, jerking his leg out of Kakashi's grasp.
"I guess so."
"Bastard…" Naruto took another steep forward, passing Sakura who was now sitting on the ground, clutching the side of her face where Sasuke had struck her. "I'll kill you for this!"
"Naruto!" Kakashi yelled at him. "Hold your ground! You will do nothing of the sort! He is your team mate!"
"Look what he did to Sakura!" Naruto screamed back at him, his hand ushering in Sakura's direction. "What teammate would do this to a member of their own team! She didn't even attack him!"
Kakashi frowned, strain coming forth.
"Sasuke… I…" Sakura begun, her eyes watering up.
"What?" he asked her mockingly. "You love me? Honestly…" He drew back his hand, flinging it forward as several kunai stuck at her feet. "WHY WOULD I EVER LOVE SOMEONE LIKE YOU! YOU'RE A PATHETIC WEAK EXCUSE OF A NINJA! WANNA-BE'S LIKE YOU DON'T EVEN DESERVE TO BREATH THE SAME AIR AS I DO!"
"SHUT UP!" Sonki smacked Kakashi's grip off of her arm and threw her body at Sasuke, kicking him in the back of the head. "DON'T YOU DARE TALK TO MY TEAMMATE IN SUCH A MANNER! IF ANYONE DOESN'T DESERVE TO BREATH THIS AIR IT IS YOU UCHIHA! YOU DESERVE NOTHING MORE THAN DEATH!"
He picked his body up from the ground, brushing dirt off of his shoulder's.
"So…" Sasuke begun, turning around to face her. "Why don't you…" He grinned. "Show me this ultimate power you speak of… This Demon you posses… Those Dragons? Why keep their power all locked up? Let them lose, that is unless…" His grin widened. "You don't think you can control them?"
"SCREW YOU! STOP TRYING TO MAKE YOURSELF SEEM LIKE THE BIGGER PERSON! YOU KNOW I'M STRONGER THAN YOU! GET OVER IT!" She roared right back at him, her hand shooting to the hilt of her sword.
"THAN SHOW THEN TOO ME!"
Sonki dropped her hand, a smile on her face as she glared at him, now reaching for a kunai.
"NO!" Kakashi shouted out, his hand now back on her wrist as he glared at her with his one showing eye. His body was shaking as he held onto her. "Don't you even think to… Dare too…"
"STOP GETTING IN THE WAY OLD MAN!" Sasuke shouted out, throwing a punch at him. "YOU ALWAYS GET IN THE WAY OF MY BATTLES! I'M GETTING SICK OF IT!"
"Shut your mouth now Sasuke," Kakashi said grabbing a fist full of his hair, cause Sasuke to cry out, stopping midway in his attack. "Do you wish to be in more trouble than you already are! I'm willing to be a bit lenient on you! I know the anger you must have built up inside of you… But to unleash it on your team…!"
"LET GO OF ME!" Sasuke screamed back at him, Sharingan lighting up his face.
"Sasuke…" Sakura moaned out, tears running down her face. She lifted her head to look up at Naruto's face, anger ridden.
"He…" Naruto begun through clenched teeth, eyes not daring to remove themselves from the battle that was about to begin in front of him. "He-can't-do-this."
"Kakashi…" Sonki begun, her eyes meeting his as she removed her hand from the holster at her side. "Please let him go. If he wishes to fight me this bad…" Her faced turned. "Than let him. Let me put him back in the place he belongs. A Shinobi should never stray from their mission…"
Kakashi dropped his hand from Sasuke's head, his face troubled. "I can't let you do this. If you continue in the direction you are headed… You will not be sparred from the report I will have to share with the Hokage."
Sonki took a step forward. "I know."
Kakashi stepped back at Naruto's side, more troubled than before.
"SONKI!" Naruto screamed out, now fixing his glare on her. "DO YOU HONESTLY WANT TO DO THIS! DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING! DO YOU WANT TO BE EXILED FROM THE SHINOBI WORLD! KILLING YOUR COMRADES IS THE LOWEST YOU CAN POSSIBLY GO!"
She shook her head, a faint grin playing it's way on her face. "I'm not going to kill him."
"Is that so…" Sasuke asked, starting the first hand signal.
"Of course…" She faded into the fire the erupted around her body.
"Sonki!" Naruto screamed out.
Sasuke's body came crashing into the ground, Sonki standing on top of him, one foot centered in his back, hands on hips. "Stop now Sasuke, before something really bad happens… Do you really not wish to exact your revenge against Itachi this much?"
"DON'T YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT HIM!" He flipped his body out of her grasp, gripping the back of her head in the palm of his hand as he slammed it into the spot he was just laying, now crouching over her body. "Don't you dare…"
"What is it exactly that you're thinking Sasuke?" Sonki asked, then blew hair out of her eyes. "Is there anywhere you wish to… travel too?" A grin spread into her features. "Someone you are searching for?"
"SHUT UP!" He pushed her head further into the ground. "STOP SAYING THINGS LIKE THAT! STOP IT!"
"Searching for?" Naruto asked, his face confused. "What is that supposed to mean?"
"Don't go looking for him Sasuke… It won't work…" She pushed her head against the force of his hand, spitting the dirt out of her mouth. "Even if you do find him… Even if you do gain more power… You'll never be able to get the ultimate Sharingan! I won't allow it! I won't allow you to kill Naruto!"
Sasuke loosed his grip in surprise.
"K-kill me?" Naruto asked. Him and the Akatsuki are after me!
"Naruto?" He grinned, leaning his face closer so he could whisper into her ear. "Why would I feel the need to kill Naruto?"
"He's your best friend!" She could feel the palm of his hand pressing harder on her head.
"Naruto's not my best friend…"
Her eyes nearly out of her head. "W-what the hell are you talking about?"
"Oh… So something you don't know then? Don't feel so high and mighty do you now?" A satisfactory grin spread across his face. "Naruto has never been my best friend."
"WHO THE HELL IS THEN!"
"Best friend…" Kakashi mused to himself.
"You are." He wretched her head back, now extending her throat openly. "After all you're the only person I've ever felt any twinge of emotion for. You're the only one who's managed to get under my skin…"
Dammit… She could feel the tears stinging her eyes. This can't be happening! WHY! Why did I wish to come here! Why was this my heart's desire! I didn't deserve this! No one deserves this! I'm ruining everything!
She could feel the tears stinging her eyes."But do I really want to kill you now?"
Let me out. I'll break his neck in an instant.
No… I can't…
Sonki! Do it! You know right now, at this instant, that you do not want to be killed by this pathetic excuse for a human being! You'd loath yourself even more if your death were to sue-come to this! LET ME OUT!
"NO!" Sonki screamed out, tears now spread in the dirt below her. "NO! I WON'T LET YOU OUT! I KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF I DO! I CAN'T! I CAN'T INVOLVE OTHERS IN THIS! I DON'T WANT THEM TO DIE!"
"What are you talking about…" Sasuke's grip loosened on her head, Sonki taking no recognition of this.
HE'LL KILL YOU! HE'LL KILL BOTH OF US! HE IS AN UCHIHA!
"I don't care! I won't lose! I won't lose to him!"
"Sonki…" Naruto took a hesitant step forward.
I'LL TEAR YOU APART FROM THE INSIDE OUT BEFORE I LISTEN TO YOUR COMMANDS! I DO NOT WISH TO DIE HERE AND NOW SONKI! IT WAS NOT MY CHOICE TO BE SEALED INSIDE OF YOU! AT LEAST TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION ABOUT YOUR OPTIONS! YOU'VE NO WAY OF GETTING OUT OF THIS SITUATION! YOU WILL DIE!
"I WON'T DIE! I'M NOT GOING TO ALLOW IT!" Her hand reached up, grabbing Sasuke's wrist as she flipped his body away from hers. "DON'T TOUCH ME AGAIN!"
Sasuke quickly regained his composure, taking in her new reactions.
"I'll do-" He was cut off by Sonki now standing before him, pinning his body to the ground as she slammed kunai through both of his shoulders and into the ground, the neck couple going through his hands as he screamed out in pain.
"No!" Sakura screamed out, her whole face convulsing up into pain. "Please Sonki! Stop this! Stop this right now!"
"I can't…" She positioned her last kunai on his forehead, looking into his fearful eyes. "I can't stop this… Not now…"
"Fuck you… you… murderer!" Sasuke gasped out, spitting blood out of his mouth and onto her face.
Sonki winced, slowly she drew her body away from his, dropping the kunai that was in her hand onto the ground next to her. She took in his blood ridden body, his malice as he glared up at her.
"FINISH ME OFF!" He tore the kunai out of his hands and shoulders as he stood up. "WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!"
"Go to him…" Sonki begun, taking a step back, fear taking control. "Go to Orochimaru… I don't…" She gulped. "I can't… I don't… to kill you now?"
"YOU'RE SO PATHETIC!" Sasuke roared back at her, now on his feet, but with no balance as he swayed from side to side.
Kakashi took a step forward, grabbing Sonki around the shoulder, pulling her back into his chest.
"Leave…" Sonki crocked out. "Leave now…"
Sasuke turned his back to them, walking away.
"SASUKE!" Naruto screamed out.
"Don't…" Sonki begun, trying to rush over to Naruto's side, only to be held back by Kakashi. "Let me go… Kakashi-sensei… Let me…"
She stopped as she saw his hand rise to cover her mouth.
"For now… We will head back to the Hidden Leaf. The Kazekage will understand. As soon as these matters are sorted out we will return, to finish this mission."
"Why did you…" Sakura begun as she saw Sonki jerk her body away from Kakashi's. "Why did you hesitate to kill him?"
"I didn't want to become a murderer."
LIAR!
"I wouldn't be able to live with myself." Tears come back into her eyes. "I couldn't…"
BULL SHIT! YOU'VE KILLED AND YOU'LL DO IT AGAIN! THIS FEELING RUNS TO THE DEEPEST PART OF YOUR SOUL! YOU WILL KILL AND CONTINUE TO KILL! IT IS A PART OF YOU!
Sakura stood shakingly to her feet. "So you… You let him go to Orochimaru instead?"
"He wants to kill Itachi…" Sonki stopped in front of her, meeting her eyes. "For him to gain power he must go to Orochimaru… To defeat him here would be pointless."
"You should have just killed him now!" Naruto screamed at him, allowing himself to be quiet no longer.
"It would have been pointless. All I would have to do is allow my demon to break free… To summon a single dragon… He would have died instantly… At least now… Now he may have some chance of surviving. I will come to meet him again Sakura…" She frowned. "And when I do… I would like for us to at least have a fair advantage over each other…" Her frown deepened. "Then at least the original story board will go back to it's original content. At least now things will go back to… normal…"
Naruto threw his body in front of her, glaring into her eyes. "BUT STILL!"
"I couldn't do it!" Sonki screamed back at him. "I couldn't kill him! Even if I wanted to! Even if he had nothing left to fight with! I still wouldn't be able to kill him!"
"Because he called you're a murderer?" Kakashi asked, turning to face her. "Because that is your weakness?"
Sonki didn't speak, turning her head to face the ground.
"We're leaving…" Kakashi stated.
The team headed into the direction of the exit, grim looks on their faces.
A/N: Sorry to bother you all with this… But if you would, please leave comets at the end! I want to know what you think, what I should change, something to improve everything. If you don't oh well, this will not inter fear with the posting of new chapters. Just a request if can be managed.
On another note I think this story will be finished in about six more chapters at max, but at least four. Otherwise thank you for reading this story!