A/N: Oh boy… Yaoi-ness… sorry for yaoi haters. So, Kakashi is about to take Sasuke and Sakura. Wonder what's going to happen…Sorry for the long wait! I've got a new section on my profile about current ideas for fics that I'm not sure if I'll post it or not. If you have time, check it out and send me some comments! The fic there is entitled "Snapshot".
Fallen
Something was wrong, there's no mistaking it. Sakura was still new to her powers but her instincts were accurate. She can feel an evil aura from behind her and she's afraid to move or even turn around. Her body froze and she shivered from the eerie feeling as the figure approached, closer and closer. His steps were like that of a cat's, his breathing can barely be heard. Gulping, she found a little amount of courage to take a peek at the intruder, only to have her eyes widened to see Kakashi all covered in black markings.
"K-Kakashi-sensei..?" she gasped when he spread his wings and summoned a scythe, ready to slash or hurt her, rather, his killing intent was directed at Sasuke. She shook her head, refusing to move over or let him hurt one of her guardians. She stood her ground and looked up at Kakashi, trying to overcome the fear that was welling inside of her. "S-sensei… what's wrong with you?" she asked, her voice almost a whisper and a choke at the same time.
The possessed Angel of Death didn't answer and continued to advance forward, threatening to slice her head off if she didn't move. Sakura didn't bother to take heed his threats so he raised the scythe, ready to split her in half. She closed her eyes and hung her head low, not wanting to move aside. If she were to die to protect Sasuke, it would be fine, even if she knows that he too will die later on once she is gone, at least she would throw away her life just to spare him some time to at least gain a bit of consciousness, even if that was really impossible, she could only hope.
And soon, Kakashi brought down the scythe.
Chapter 4: Confusion
"…huh?" Iruka dropped the stack of papers he was carrying, not minding how a cool breeze blew away some of the white sheets, making the hallway a mess. He looked outside the window, his eyes like saucers and sweat dripping down from his brow. Something was wrong, yet he couldn't tell what. It was an odd sensation, a weird feeling, something that didn't happen all the time but only if it was bad.
He could hear a few set of footsteps fast approaching him, bringing him out of his reverie. He blinked a few times and bent down, picking up the papers, piling them on his other hand as neatly as he could. Iruka looked up when two pairs of feet stopped before him, one belonging to a Demon and the other from a Hunter.
The Demon grinned at him, his hands behind his head. "What's up Iruka-sensei, it's not like you to drop those papers so easily." The teacher only returned a smile and got up. "It's nothing Naruto," he said, turning back to the window. "Nothing at all." The blonde looked at him then to his Hunter companion, Shikamaru, who also stared where Iruka was facing. Their eyes narrowed and looked around, seeing no other human, Iruka turned back to them. "Head towards Kakashi's place as fast as you can, I'll go call Neji."
Naruto and Shikamaru nodded and jumped out of the window. The Hunter running as fast as he can, jumping from tree to tree, then roof to roof. Naruto brought out his demonic wings and flew near Shikamaru, both picking up the pace over to Death's home, also sensing a very odd feeling.
She opened her eyes to see a barrier blocking her and Sasuke as Kakashi continued to hit at it, trying hard to break it. Sakura turned to Sasuke, seeing him glowing blue. Thinking that he might be using what's left of his chakra, she rushed to him and yelled at him, telling him to stop doing whatever he was doing. "Sasuke, don't do it, you can't-"
"That's not Sasuke's chakra doing the job!"
Sakura turned to the window to see Naruto tackle Kakashi and Shikamaru eyeing her. "What do you mean?" she asked as the Hunter stepped inside and walked closer to them, the barrier not stopping him from entering. "This is called Natural Instinct, a.k.a. NI. It is a Fallen's NI to protect its body or the Chosen from those who have bad intentions, like the possessed Kakashi over there. As for me, the subconscious of Sasuke's supernatural side knows I won't do anything to hurt you or Sasuke so I can enter. As for Kakashi, he can't for he plans to kill you or Sasuke or something worse."
"What's worse than death?"
"Him bringing you to Hell, to Orochimaru, to Hellarium…"
"Who..?"
"Hellarium, or Orochimaru, is the head of all Demons, whether rogue or not, or anyone who came from Hell. Apparently, Kakashi is Death, so he came from Hellarios and despite being a pure-breed, Oro can still control him easily."
Sakura turned back to Sasuke. "So, why would Hellarium be after Sasuke?"
"Because of his race, he's a Fallen, and Angelus are rare, remember that."
Kakashi kicked Naruto and tried to break the barrier once again but the blonde Demon grabbed his waist and pulled him away. "Come on Kakashi-sensei! This is Sasuke and Sakura you're trying to hurt, trying to send to Oro! Snap out of it! This isn't what you want!" Death only glared at him and elbowed him on his gut, making the half-demon double over from the pain. He then used his scythe and slashed it at Naruto who ducked in the nick of time.
Shikamaru cursed and adjusted his wristwatch where a string was stocked inside it. "Naruto, just get Sasuke and Sakura out of here, I'll take care of Kakashi." He said, stepping out of Sasuke's NI and looping the string he had. He threw it over Kakashi's body, binding him as he held onto the string tight, waiting for Naruto to get the two out of the room. "This is too troublesome…" he muttered.
"This is bad… if these things keep up, there's no telling what could happen to the Chosen." Neji said as he zoomed pass houses, his girlfriend in his arms with Iruka flying by his side. His eyes narrowed when he saw Naruto carrying Sasuke over his shoulder and Sakura following. Iruka noticed this and flew down, followed by the Angel and Huntress. "Where's Shikamaru and Kakashi?" Ten-Ten asked.
"Augh!"
They turned their heads to see the said Hunter fall down from the window and was attacked by a possessed Kakashi with his scythe in a killing stance. Neji didn't waste any time to have his palms a glow and start charging at Death. Naruto left Sasuke under the two female's care as he and Iruka tried to stop Kakashi from a killing spree.
"Isn't there any way to stop this?" Naruto asked, blocking a kick from Death. Iruka shook his head and grabbed one of Kakashi's arm, stopping him from giving a punch to Neji who gave Death an uppercut. "We can't just beat him up to a bloody pulp!" The blonde demon yelled, ducking Kakashi's scythe. Iruka held his counterpart back and tried to think of something. It's not easy to stop a possessed pure-breed, it would take up his whole energy just to do so.
"What should I do..?" he thought; his hold on Kakashi tightening as he kept struggling to escape Life's grip. Neji grunted and held onto one of Kakashi's arm which held the scythe. Naruto pinned down his other arm as Shikamaru got out a bottle of holy water. He closed his eyes and began to chant. "This only has a ten percent chance of working…" Ten-Ten thought and gulped. "Holy water rituals are more effective against Demons, rogue or not."
Still, Shikamaru was a high level hunter, even if he was lazy most of the time; he was smart and hardworking when needed. The Hunter genius sprayed a few drops on Kakashi, earning a growl from the possessed pure-breed. His mark slowly descended but just when they thought it was over…
"Kill them!"
His mark came back and Kakashi growled and threw them all off. He started to walk towards Ten-Ten and Sakura's direction, his scythe ready to kill. The Huntress pushed Sakura back and stood before the Chosen, two kunai at each hand and her eyes glaring dangerously at Death. "I'm not going to let you get what you want." She said, tightening her hold on the weapons. Sakura only eyed the scene before her. She felt useless, despite being the Chosen.
Ten-Ten wasn't one of her four protectors, yet here she was, defending her and Sasuke. Neji and the others were already down and had a few injuries from the powerful aura Kakashi gave out. And Kakashi, he wasn't one of her guardians, but he protected her never the less, now, he needed help, he was being possessed, and she can't do anything about it.
Her fists shook as she clenched tighter, her eyes shut as she tried to force back the tears that threatened to roll down her cheeks. "I have to think, I have to do something…" she eyed Sasuke's unconscious form for a while, recalling how he was out of control the other day and how he nearly gave up his life for her sake. "What should I do..? I don't know how to stop Kakashi-sensei… I can't depend on others all the time…"
She snapped her head up when she heard Ten-Ten's cry of pain. Her eyes widened when she saw blood dripping down from the blade of Death's scythe and a wounded Ten-Ten still staggering to stand up and fight. Sakura nearly fainted when Kakashi almost slit the female hunter's throat, missing it by an inch when Ten-Ten quickly ducked the attack. Unfortunately, it served as a distraction when Kakashi quickly kneed her on the gut and advanced towards Sasuke.
Sakura stood up quickly and blocked Kakashi's path, her arms spread wide and her eyes held a determined look. She knitted her eyebrows when Kakashi took another step closer. Death glared at her and she returned the look, as intense as he gave it, if not more. "Kakashi-sensei…" she said, lowering her head slightly, her pink bangs shadowing her eyes. "Fight Hellarium, I know you don't want to hurt Sasuke-kun, nor do you want to hurt me." She looked up at him, watching as Kakashi poised for an attack. "Sensei," she said. "Fight it!"
His eyelids opened slightly, giving him a chance to see what was going on. It was blurry; he couldn't make out what was happening. He only heard a voice yell at someone and he squint a bit as his vision cleared. Seeing a flash of pink sway from the way the owner shook her head, he slowly sat up, feeling his body ache and sore. He raised his right hand, feeling and seeing it twitch. Closing his eyes once more, he concentrated enough energy ki on it to get rid of the numbness.
"Fight it sensei!"
He turned to his left, seeing her standing before him, her back facing him and arms spread at her side, in a protective way. "Is she… defending me..?" he thought as he saw Death raising his scythe, ready to strike it down on her body to split her in half. "Shit." He cursed mentally and got up, staggering a bit until blood began to circulate through his numbed legs. He stood up straight and summoned forth his katana then rushed towards Kakashi, blocking the scythe that was about to kill Sakura.
A few gasps were heard, but the one he heard clearly was from the girl behind him. She had her hands clasped over her mouth and eyes widened upon seeing him block the attack with his katana. "S-Sasuke..?" he smirked, turning his head slightly to her. "Not bad," he said, letting his eyes meet hers. "Not bad at all." And with all the strength he could muster, pushed Kakashi away with the use of his own weapon. "You okay?" Sakura gave a nod, still looking at him with shock and worry at the same time. "Are… you?" she asked back and he looked down for a while before nodding as well. "Aa, never better."
"Watch out!" he heard Neji yell. Sasuke pushed back Sakura as he took a few steps back, with Kakashi moving forward, attacking him with a kick, punch and a swish of his scythe. Cursing when Death managed to get a shallow cut on his left cheek, he concentrated a bit of chakra on his blade and knocked off the deadly weapon away from Kakashi's hands.
However, being Death, he didn't need a weapon to fight or kill, especially since the deadliest weapon man could ever have is his hands. Kakashi got Sasuke into a heated hand-to-hand combat, swapping hits, blocks and dodges as the others stood their ground, waiting for a right moment to jump in between the two. Ten-Ten held onto her wounded shoulder, gripping onto it.
"Isn't there a way to stop sensei? Sasuke just recovered from regenerating, there's no telling when he could pass out or loose control again." The Huntress said, looking at her Angel boyfriend who reached them and gave a shrug. "I'm not entirely sure, my breed comes from above, not below."
"If you can't handle them, I'll have to send some imps to help you." and the voice in his head did send imps, little demons that were just about the average height of a one-year old yet quick with their feet. They ran towards the other half-breeds, clawing at them, biting them, and if possible, taking a lick of their blood.
Imps love blood, especially if it comes from a half-breed female, and it just so happens, Ten-Ten was one and had two little demons sucking out some blood on her injury.
"Fuck off my girl!" Neji had yelled, clearly angered at how the little nitwits, to put it simply, had touched his girl, his territory in half-breed language.
Without giving it much thought, the Angel had emitted a bright white light, making the imps go blind. It was a sight for sore eyes for impure and unholy creatures like them. Half-demon and half-human Naruto wasn't at all affected by it; he was half and half after all. Once the imps had gone back to Hellarios, Neji had fallen to his knees, panting a bit and staring at the slightly weakened state of Kakashi who had two of his hands holding onto his head.
"No… stop it… get out of my mind!" the pure-breed yelled, his knees buckling as he shook, trembling at how he struggled to fight off the voice commanding him to do what he wishes to not do. Sasuke held his ground, still having a protective arm in front of Sakura, telling her to stay back and to prepare herself for what might happen. He only regenerated, he can't overuse his chakra again or it'll take him a whole week to fully recover.
A supernatural being takes a very long period of time in depleting his chakra, but it shortens when he or she, looses control over his or her body. More over, when transferring half of it to someone to lessen pain or help someone to live longer, his or her ki will surely grow weak from it, a sacrifice that had to be made to save or to help someone.
Kakashi had finally ceased his agonizing cries and slowly got up, his eyes were full of emotions, telling them all that he was the real Kakashi. But his actions said otherwise. "What the- Kakashi, what are you doing?" Sasuke asked as he nearly got punched on the face by his mentor. "I can't control my body!" Death had said. "Damn it!" he cursed when he nearly plunged his chidori on Sasuke's chest, right near his heart.
"Fight it Kakashi!" Iruka yelled and ran to him, wrapping his arms around the possessed Kakashi's waist from behind. "Fight it!" he yelled once more. Life could feel the pounds and hits that Kakashi was giving him as Death told him to let go and keep away, saying he doesn't want to hurt him. It only resulted to tears in his eyes as Iruka had looked up at him, Kakashi's struggling to get him off not halting.
Iruka tried desperately to stop him from hurting the five half-breeds and Chosen. He couldn't bear to see his adopted son, his former students Neji and Ten-Ten, and the other three teens to be harmed anymore. He doesn't know what else he could do so he grabbed Kakashi's shoulders and made the man face him, brought down his mask and pulled himself up to kiss the Angel of Death, startling everyone who was there to witness them. What was supposed to be their secret relationship has just been exposed, just to be able to stop the mark that was continuously spreading on Death's body.
"I have no choice Kakashi…"
"I..ru…ka..sen..sei..?" Naruto whispered, eyes wide.
"It's the only way I can think of as of now…"
"…w-what did he just… do?" Shikamaru asked, stammering.
"You see, we can't keep it a secret forever…"
"…our… teachers are…" Sakura gaped.
"…they'll eventually find out, especially Naruto and Sasuke…"
"Sensei…" Sasuke murmured, having the same facial expression as the others.
"...since they're our kids… adopted kids…"
"N-Neji… do they… have a…" Ten-Ten trailed off.
"…Kids that have grown."
"Y-yeah… I think…" Neji answered.
Iruka parted from his lip lock with Kakashi, his eyes still watery as his counterpart stared at him, eyes wide as well and his mask lowered, exposing the usually hidden part of his face. His mouth opened a bit, Life's name coming out of it, rolling off of his tongue. Surely, they were seen as males when in human form. Yet in Magna Carta, or Heaven in other words, and Hellarios, they were actually genderless.
Naruto knew this about Iruka, but he still didn't believe that what his step-dad had said was true. The blonde only knew that Life and Death were opposite angels, yet they weren't branded as male or female. Just at the thought of being genderless was… a bit hard a fact to swallow. It reminded him of an anime show he used to watch as a kid, something to do with a girl who had the same name as the Chosen, and some magical cards. "Was it glow or flow? Or crow cards..? Damn! Can't remeber!" All he can recall is that one of the girl's two guardians was not male or female, but a gender undefined person.
"S-Sasuke… did Iruka-sensei just…" Sakura didn't finish her question but continued staring at the two, noticing that Kakashi had calmed down and returned to normal. "A-Aa… he kissed… him…" he blinked and shook his head, breathing a sigh of relief as it started to rain. "Are you okay?" he asked out of the blue. Sakura eyed him and gave a nod. Her eyes cast him a worried look upon seeing the small cut on his cheek. The blood had dried up yet the wound could have been infected. She raised a hand over it and closed her eyes, concentrating her small amount of chakra on it.
A hand grabbed her wrist just as she finished healing it. She looked at him with a questioning look when he narrowed his eyes at her. "Don't waste your chakra on a small wound like that." She only avoided his look by lowering her head. "Sorry…" she whispered. He only sighed when her nose twitched and she sneezed. "Idiot…" he muttered under his breath and pulled her to him, trying hard to shield her from the rain. "Yeah right, you just want to hold her close to you…" snorted his conscious. He shook it away, not in the mood to have another debate with his usually reasonable and honest mind.
Sakura had turned beet red from his actions but just remained silent, albeit snuggling closer to him without the Fallen noticing, at least, that's what she hoped. "…He's warm..." she thought, her nose taking a whiff of his scent. Although, he actually did detect her act and he tried hard to push down the blush that threatened to taint his cheeks.
"What the hell did I just felt..?" he thought, trying to shake off the so-called funny feeling that some people dub it as. "Wait… that's usually a bad thing, for me at least." He shook his head and dragged Sakura, who was still in one of his arms, towards the others. Kakashi quickly covered his face once more as he stared at Iruka, his tears mixing with the rain water that splashed on his face, making it unnoticeable. "Iruka…" he said through his mask, eyes half-closed. "That wasn't supposed to happen, you were suppose to perform the-"
Iruka's index finger stopped his lips from speaking. His eyes narrowed a bit at Kakashi before he spoke. "It takes too much time, a lot of determination and courage, as well as energy ki. You know that." He said, retrieving his finger. "And I was too scared to even start the first hand seal for it. You were closing in on them, ready to kill them, I had to act soon, I acted without thinking."
Kakashi eyed him for a while then turned to the approaching figures of the gang. He smiled slightly, seeing Sasuke and Sakura, as a mischievous glint appeared in his eyes. "Well, I'm guessing you'd all like me, or Iruka, or us, to explain?" he asked, scratching the back of his head. Sasuke and Naruto shook their heads, indicating that they already know the whole reason. They just weren't ready to see an… affectionate action.
Neji and Ten-Ten had a "don't-even-bother" look while Shikamaru yawned; silently saying he didn't give a damn about it. With a nod, Death stretched his arms and turned to the Chosen, who was being shielded by Sasuke's white school polo, as usual, left unbuttoned. What caught his eye was how an arm was slung around the girl, holding her close to make sure she won't get wet or catch a cold. Not to mention the slight hint of pink across the boy's cheeks as he tried to remain impassive.
Naruto folded his arms behind his head and turned to Iruka. "Sensei, shouldn't we head back to school by now? Granny Tsunade won't be pleased if we don't head back soon." Iruka turned to him and smiled slightly. "Relax Naruto, I informed Shizune earlier before I left." Naruto blinked. "So, where are we going or what are we going to do?"
Kakashi shrugged and turned to Sasuke and Sakura. "I don't know but the three of us will have to head home now," he turned to Sakura, giving a fatherly smile. "Our little Sakura here has caught a cold." He cooed, earning a blush from Sakura and a serious look from Sasuke as the male teen pushed her away slightly and grabbed her by the shoulders, one hand reaching up her forehead, brushing away her pink bangs and feeling her temperature. He glared at her and she yelped when he picked her up like a groom does to his bride after a marriage.
"She does not have a mere cold but a fever." He deadpanned and averted his glaring onyx orbs at her as she gave a weak smile, her face red from embarrassment and fever. "Slight fever, Sasuke." She corrected but he only ignored it and looked at the rest. "I'm taking her home. See 'ya." And he summoned his wings, flying back to Kakashi's.
"Hey, Iruka, can you take care of them for a while? I think need to go to Jiraiya's first to make sure that Oro doesn't possess me again." He said, his raven wings sprouting behind his back. Iruka nodded as he flew off, following Sasuke. "And you guys will escort me there in case I start loosing control again." Naruto and Shikamaru groaned while Neji and Ten-Ten just nodded, inwardly cursing the man called Death.
"Let me see." He said, taking the thermometer from her mouth and raised it, checking her temperature. Sasuke stood by the door, arms crossed and leaning against the wooden frame, eyes affixed on Sakura intently. Iruka nodded and placed down the thermometer on the bedside table. He glanced at the broken window and the shards of glass on the floor. The window was broken and that was done by a Secular (see chapter 2 and 3). With his eyes closed and a wave of his hand, the shards began to glue together and were fitted back in the right places, making the once broken window look as good as new.
Sakura gaped at him, blinking and slowly sat up. She, however, lay back down when she caught the glare Sasuke sent her. "One of my magic and gift as the Angel of Life." He explained, smiling then turned to Sasuke. "Her temperature is raging from 38.7-39.3 degrees Celsius. Right now, she needs some rest and a lot of care. Also, make her drink lots of water. As for food, it'll be better if it's rice porridge or chicken noodle soup, the traditional medicine in the old days." He chuckled as Sasuke sweat dropped at this. "Or you can always do what your mom does before." He gave a small smile at the teen who lowered his head at the mention of his mom. "Well, I guess I'll fix dinner for tonight, Kakashi did tell me to wait for his arrival."
Sasuke nodded and added a "thanks" after remembering that Iruka had fixed his broken window. He then turned to Sakura who was now dressed in a loose white shirt and sweat pants. He stepped inside and closed the door behind him, took the remote for the air conditioner in his room and switched it on with a press of a button. He adjusted the temperature a bit and then placed it back down the table where he usually studies or ends up falling asleep after reviewing for the finals.
She yawned and glanced at him with drowsy eyes. "Sasuke, where are you going to sleep?" she asked. She felt bad for already having him taking care of her, protecting her and even letting her sleep on his bed in his room. It was just too much. Sasuke sat down on a chair and leaned back a bit, tipping the chair and managing to keep balance as he crossed his arms and stared at her. "I can sleep on the floor or just sit here and use my desk as my pillow. It doesn't matter, I can fall asleep anywhere once I'm sleepy or tired."
"But…" she slowly sat up, ignoring the warning look he gave her. "…this is your room, you're supposed to be on the bed, I can sleep elsewhere." He snorted and she looked down, avoiding his gaze. Sasuke positioned the chair back on all fours and stood up, walking towards her. He too, had changed into a set of fresh and dry, clean clothes with the choice of his favorite or preferred colors of a dark grey long-sleeved shirt and dark blue baggy pants. "Get some sleep." He ordered, pushing her on her back gently and placing the covers over her.
"But-"
"No buts." He hissed and sat down beside her. "Look, this is my room, and I can sleep wherever I want in here, in the meantime, go rest and sleep." She wanted to argue but thought otherwise, feeling very tired and groggy. "I'll wake you up when Iruka-sensei brings you your dinner, just get some rest." He said, his tone softer than usual. "…Before that, can you answer me one question?"
"Aa."
"Is Hellarium so strong to be able to control Kakashi-sensei like a doll?"
He wasn't a prodigy for nothing, he noticed how her voice had a tone that said and hinted fear of being taken away or killed, or maybe even the fear of seeing others die in front of her just to protect or save her. "Yes." He answered, closing his eyes as she gripped on the blankets, pulling it closer to her like a child would when a thunderstorm was occurring. "But," he added and her eyes looked at him, blinking.
Sasuke opened his eyes and lowered his head to hers slightly, a hand brushing away her pink bangs in a gentle and soothing way. "I'll always be here to protect you, no matter how many Seculars he sends, or despite the number of Crusades there are, even if he himself comes and tries, note, tries, to take you away," he reached for her hand and held it in his. "I'll be there, I'll be here, wherever you are, I'll stop him, even if it means giving up my life."
If her face wasn't red, he would've seen how she was beet red. Slowly closing her eyes, she gave a nod and a "thank you" to him, her voice above a whisper as she slowly drifted to slumber. A few moments later, Sasuke still didn't move or shifted from his position. He still held onto her hand and his face was just four inches away from hers, his warm breath mixing with her own, watching how her slightly parted lips breathed in and out. His eyes softened at the sight of her sleeping form as he let his eyelids slowly close and his head dip lower, his lips merely half an inch away from her kissable ones.
He stopped though, eyes shot wide open and face extremely red as he stared at her. His heart began beating wildly as he just realized what he was about to do. "I can't…" he said to himself, his hand leaving the warmth of her own as the cool air coming from the air con touched his hand, making it cold once more. "I can't let my emotions out… I mustn't feel this way towards her…" he stood up and looked at his trembling right hand, the fragments of his past coming back to haunt him. "I kill anyone who I learn to love, because once I love, I let my guard down, and he can easily come back and possess me, and make me kill them, my friends, Sakura."
Blood, he didn't want to see it on his hands if it cam from someone he loves and cares for, he feared being close to someone. He was safe being close to Kakashi as an adopted son, since he was a pure-breed and can very much make him snap from his possessed side, since he was just a half-breed. "But if it was Sakura, I can easily kill her…" he shut his eyes at the thought of her blood on his hands. He didn't want that to happen. He glanced at her for a while, a sad and angered look on his face. "I know how you feel towards me, but… as much as I want to return it just to make you happy, I can't… knowing that… I can eventually… kill you one day if I fall in love…"
It annoyed him to no end. He can't be free, knowing that Hellarium was there, waiting for the right moment to take over his body and manipulate him into killing everyone he knows and loves. "I'm… so confused…" he thought, holding onto his head as he stared at the carpeted floor. He never knew that he would end up falling for someone someday, and it just had to be the Chosen one, which makes it harder.
To be continued…
Next on Fallen: Chapter 5: Nightmares
"Tsunade..?" Sasuke thought, seeing the blonde woman stand before the little Sakura with a soft smile on her face. Sakura only looked up at her with tear-stained eyes as her savior slowly got up and walked away. When she was gone, a man took her place. He had a sinister smile and long silky black hair. Pale yellow eyes shone in the darkness and nails growing sharp, turning into claws as teeth became fangs. Three pairs of black bat-like wings sprouted from his back as he rushed at the older Sakura, the one he was just inches away from.
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