Sorry, school's slowing me down! Whew!
Key:
"''" Talking and quoting.
1234567890987654321… Memory/Scene Change.
Writing like this Thoughts, unless in "", then it's just emotion.
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Sasuke opened the entrance gate to the Uchiha mansion and walked down the nearly deserted path to the village.
As he walked, he wondered where she could have gone. Possibly to go hang out with Ino?
Sasuke stopped walking.
Ino…
Why did Sakura stay with him if he could have stayed with Ino? After all, he was so much further away from Sakura's house than Ino was.
He started walking again.
The evening sky was clear and windless, making it warmer. The sun was just starting to go down, and the whole village was bathed in a warm orange glow.
"I wonder if anyone knows where she could have gone to?" Sasuke asked himself out loud.
Finally, he arrived at the center of the village. First he walked to Ino house.
"No, I haven't seen her for three days," Ino said after Sasuke had asked her. "Sorry."
"That's alright," Sasuke said. Before he turned away, he said, "Look, if you see her by chance, tell her I'm looking for her."
"Sure," Ino said, shrugging.
"Okay, have a good summer, Ino," Sasuke waved as he walked back down her path.
Maybe she's with Hinata, they're pretty good friends now, Sasuke thought. H changed his course and walked towards the Hyuuga residence.
Knocking on the huge gate that could compare with the Uchiha's, Sasuke thought maybe this was a bad idea.
Hanabi opened the gate a crack and glared at Sasuke, asking, "What do you want?"
Sasuke raised an eyebrow, thinking, what a little bitch! God, it's no wonder Hinata has such low self esteem, I can tell her little sister gets more attention than she does.
"Can I talk to Hyuuga, Hinata please?" Sasuke asked, as politely as he could.
Hanabi didn't even answer. She slammed the gate, and Sasuke heard faintly, "Hinata, some person's here to see you. I think it's your boyfriend!"
Sasuke slapped his hand on his forehead. Stupid!
He waited for a couple more minutes and soon the gate opened, and as soon as Hinata saw Sasuke, she squeaked quietly and dropped the heavy gate.
"S-sorry," Hinata stuttered, opening the gate again. "Um, U… Uchiha, S-Sasuke! Wh-what…"
"Um, Hinata, I was just wondering, do you know where Sakura could possibly be?"
"N-no," Hinata said, looking down at her feet, her face visibly red. She quickly looked behind her back, apparently looking at something or someone Sasuke couldn't see. "I-I haven't seen her for a-at least a m-month now, I t-think. W-why?"
Ignoring Hinata's strange behavior, Sasuke continued talking.
"Er," Talking to Hinata made Sasuke even more nervous than he usually was. "Well, see, she left me this note, and I was just wondering if you have any clue where she could have gone," He handed Hinata the folded up note.
She unfolded it carefully and read through it. "Um, she said not to come looking for her," Hinata looked up at Sasuke then glanced behind her. "You sure y-you want to go against w-what she said n-not to do?"
"Well, something seems fishy about the letter," Sasuke put his hand on the gate. "I don't know what, but I think something's going on."
"Oh, okay," Hinata smiled. "I've got to get back. Good luck with finding her! 'Bye Sasuke, see you later!"
"Okay, um, thanks Hinata," Sasuke said as he turned away.
I have no clue where else to look, Sasuke thought. I think I'll head back. Hinata's right, if she doesn't want me to go looking for her I guess I won't… Doesn't stop me from worrying though…
He sighed as he walked back up the path to his house.
This reminds me of when… That… Happened…
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I've stayed out for a while, Sasuke thought as he ran back to his house.
He gasped. Why is it so cold all of the sudden? He stopped running. What…? He looked up towards the top of a .
What was that? I thought someone was there…
Looking around quickly, he realized something…
The lights are out… It's not time to sleep yet.
Sasuke started running back to is house… Did he miss something? Did his Father say something about some sort of meeting tonight?
This is… Sasuke thought as he stopped running.
It was so real, it was almost fake. Kunai and shuriken were stuck into the wall. Lanterns, banners, flags and windows were broken. Blood was splattered on the walls and ground… But the worst part… Bodies were scattered over the ground… Lying in unnatural positions…
"What is this?"Sasuke said, thinking frantically.
He started running down the path, trying not to look at the bodies lying all around him.
"What's going on?" Sasuke thought as he continued running. Some sort of illusion? Maybe a trick?
Sasuke slowly came to a halt in front of a woman and a man he had talked to just this morning.
He slowly walked up to them…
"Shizu… Auntie Shizu…" He whispered, horrified.
Sasuke suddenly looked up, towards his house.
"Father… Mother…"
He took off towards his house, looking around… No… He thought, as he heard no noise issuing from his house…
"Father? Mother?" He called out as soon as he entered.
"Are you here?" He quickly took off his shoes, and then his bag, placing it gently on the ground.
He walked around, looking first in the living room, he then practically ran to the sitting room. No one was there either…
BOOM!
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I just hope it's not the same scenario, Sasuke thought, shaking the thought from his mind. He pushed the gate open… Blood was everywhere.
"No," Sasuke whispered. He rubbed his eyes, and when he opened them again, the blood was gone. "Imagination…" Sasuke muttered. "Thank you, God…"
He walked back towards the mansion, heart slowly going back to its original rate. He rolled the door back and saw Sakura's shoes. Well, at least she's back, he thought. I should go talk to her.
He knocked on her door softly, and Sakura answered, looking down. She gestured for Sasuke to enter, and as soon as he did, he started talking.
"Sakura, listen, I'm grateful for what you've done for me, really, cooking and cleaning, and I didn't mean to snap at you, I didn't… I just had a lot on my mind," He turned towards her, and found her sitting on the bed. "Sakura?"
She nodded ever so slightly to indicate that she was listening.
"Well, I'm truly sorry, and if there's anything that I could do to make it up to you…"
"There isn't. Please leave," Sakura said.
Sasuke walked slowly out the door, thinking that whatever it was he said obviously upset her more than he ever planned.
Sasuke walked towards his own room, and he opened the door to his bathroom, planning on having a hot shower to think things over.
He removed his clothes in front of a half mirror, checking the new cuts and scars he had received from the latest mission Tsunade-sama had assigned him.
He was completely naked. He liked having clothes on better than being naked. Maybe it was just the way he was raised. Some people he knew were so open about themselves (-Cough-Naruto-Cough-) but Sasuke hated the way his body was. It was… No… Looked so weak, like someone could snap him in two easily.
He turned away from the mirror and reached for the tap on the shower. He stuck his hand under the water and counted: 8… 7… 6… 5… 4… 3… 2… 1… There, perfect. It was habit.
He got in and let the water run on his face for a couple of minutes before washing his hair.
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"Brother," Sasuke said as he entered the mud room. "Can you help me out with my shuriken training today after school?"
"I'm busy," Came the reply. "Ask Father."
"But he said that you're better with shurikens," Sasuke pouted. "And I think that, too. You always treat me like I'm a nuisance, Brother."
Itachi turned around and waved his hand as if telling Sasuke to go away. Sasuke ran towards Itachi, planning to jump on his back and not let go until he promised to help him.
Itachi shifted slightly and raised two fingers.
Sasuke knew what that meant instantly.
Nooo! Sasuke thought as he reversed his direction immediately.
"Ouch," Sasuke let slip as Itachi's fingers came in contact with his forehead, hard and direct.
"Forgive me Sasuke," Itachi said in a voice that didn't sound like his normal one. "Maybe another time."
Sasuke growled a little, but stopped when he looked at his Brother's eyes. He looked almost possessed as he glared at the floorboards.
Itachi stood up abruptly, almost making Sasuke jump.
"I have no time to help you out today," Itachi said, his back to his younger Brother.
Sasuke rubbed his forehead while saying: "You always say, 'Forgive me, Sasuke,' and hit my forehead, and you don't ever help me out, not just today."
Itachi ignored him. He walked towards the door and opened it, letting bright, mid-afternoon sunlight pore into the dark mud room.
Sasuke watched as Itachi walked out and slowly closed the door behind him. He watched with a small smile on his face.
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"Why'd I smile?" Sasuke asked himself out loud. He said this a little louder than he meant. "Why'd I smile and let him escape? He knew. He knew. His eyes showed it, and I… I didn't realize… Idiot… He knew when I was in the mud room talking to him. I think he already had the Mangekyo Sharingan by that time, too."
As Sasuke reached up to rinse the shampoo from his hair (which felt weird being loose from its normal 'just-got-out-of-bed' position) he heard a knock on the bathroom door.
Quickly turning the shower off, he grabbed the nearest towel and went to open the door while looking to see if anything was showing that he generally didn't display to the public. The door handle wasn't there.
Sasuke got out of the shower when he noticed the door open.
"Sakura?" Sasuke asked as he looked around the corner of the shower. Sakura was standing in the corner, glaring at him and biting her nail. "Sakura… What's the matter?"
"I hate you…" Sakura said. "I hate you."
"S-Sakura… Wha…?" Sasuke couldn't believe she was saying this. To him!
"I hate you so much," She muttered. "I hate you because you can't open up to me. I hate you because I can't open up to you."
"You could open up to me," Sasuke said. Why is she acting like this? "You can tell me anything."
"I can't tell you anything until you open up to me!" Sakura yelled. "I can't say anything because you won't listen!"
"Sa-Sakura…" Sasuke whispered.
"You just need to talk to yourself, is that it? I'm not worthy enough to hear your stories? I have stories too, you know," Sakura breathed in deeply, tears welling up in her eyes. "I'd like for you to actually talk to me, and not just at me."
"Sakura… I would… But… I didn't…"
"Didn't know? You didn't know for the last 16 years of your fucking life that you could actually talk to me and tell me about yourself instead of about your fucking mask?" Sakura breathed out hard, shaping the sound like a laugh, slapping her hand on her leg in sheer frustration as she rolled her eyes.
"So… So, you heard me?" Sasuke asked her, his eyes widening.
"Every single fucking time, Sasuke," Sakura hissed. "I can hear a lot of things, and it would be nice to know that you trust me more than the fucking darkness. I have better ears than the dark and silence."
The tears in Sakura's eyes finally won the battle against her eyelashes. The started poring down her cheeks in silent sorrow and Sasuke reached forwards immediately and held her. He didn't know how to comfort a girl, or another human being, as a matter of fact, but he had a puppy once and holding her seemed to make a difference.
"S-Sa-Sasuke…" Sakura choked. He felt her shift in his arms as she withdrew something from her back pocket. "Sasuke… I r-r-received th-this a w-while ag-ago…"
She handed him a letter. He opened it and scanned the first two lines. His eyes widened and he looked at Sakura, mind filled with shock. "Sakura… Does this…"
"Yes," She leaned back onto his chest. "My parents died three nights ago."
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Oh, a shocker. Poor Sakura, but I had to make something to happen in her life that would make her pissed off at Sasuke for no reason. Sorry!
INFO: Sasuke not liking his body doesn't mean he's gay and he has a female hormone in his body. Some teenage guys actually hate their bodies as much, or even more, as/than most teenage females do, whether it's because of the media or just teenage hormones.
Review please! If I did, or didn't do something that could have possibly offended you in the slightest way at all, please, don't let me know!
