Obstacles Chapter 5, a naruto fanfic

Disclaimer-Me again! Doing what I promised. Yay updates! Okay, my moment is over. I don't own Naruto, but this story...IS MINE!

Recap

"Why would she tell you something like that?"

"Honestly, I don't know. I was walking home from dinner here, I ran into her, she asked me if I knew you, and then she told me. This is really starting to give me a headache."

Folks, that was the end of the line. There was absolutely no way the girl was gonna get away with the gold. She had made a fool out of him one too many times for the Uchiha to take.

It was quite obvious just then what was taking place:

The chase was on.

End Of Recap

Story Time!

Chapter Five- A Little Less Ordinary

Sasuke abruptly stood up from his seat at the counter and stormed off, startling Naruto for the second time in the process.

"That guy really freaks me out sometimes..." Naruto said to himself as he prepared to dig into his lunch.

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It was going to be tough trying to find Misato. Sasuke had not seen her in forever, so he couldn't exactly know what she was thinking of doing or where she'd go when she was angry. He only knew what he remembered, and that wasn't exactly much at the moment.

Even so, Sasuke tried to backtrack to see if maybe he remembered anything that would help.

"I knew I'd find you up in a tree somewhere."

Ok, that's a start. Now I only have to figure out which one...

He headed toward the forest and activated his sharingan. He was gonna need more than sight to get her to stay and talk though. Even so, it came in handy for the chase.

After a few moments of hide-and-seek, he finally spotted her.

"A squirrel told me you like to climb trees."

It was obvious that caught her attention, but she didn't turn around.

"Really? Did he, by any chance, also mention that I don't give up easily?" She said standing up.

"He might've mentioned that." Sasuke responded, a small smirk forming. He prepared himself to run, but instead found himself dodging fireballs.

"Well, I guess it was an honest squirrel, huh?" Sasuke could hear her voice fading as the last of her sentence traveled through the air. At the same time, he felt a small flame brush past his arm. He flinched in pain, but took off after her immediately afterward.

You're not getting away just yet. He had tracked the direction her voice had left in and ran in that direction. She hadn't gotten too far away, so she was still in sight's distance. This made it easier to catch up.

"You underestimated me. Big mistake."

"Same goes for you. Just cause I left doesn't mean I sat around eating doughnuts all day."

"I expected as much."

"Oh really, then let's see how well your expectations match up." Sasuke noticed her speed pick up and she was now a few feet ahead.

Well, this will be interesting...

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Kakashi walked through the village market-place, preparing to get some groceries. He was reading his book while walking toward the store. All was well and calm, until a sudden gust of wind zipped by and almost blew Kakashi's book right out of his hand.

Kakashi put his book away and looked up. That was no ordinary wind... With that, he lifted his forehead protector up and scanned the direction the 'wind' went in. Ah, I see...

Kakashi put his headband back over his eyes and began to follow 'the wind'.

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Twenty minutes had passed since this little race had started. Both people were beginning to become worn out and started to slow down. It wasn't slow enough that they would catch up to each other, though.

They were still a good distance from each other, waiting for something to happen.

Sasuke wasn't about to give up so easily. Therefor he would continue to pursue his sister until all his questions were answered.

The same went for Misato. She wasn't the type to give up either (I guess it's an Uchiha thing, isn't it?) She wasn't about to stop and get caught. She wasn't planning on telling her brother anything until she thought the time was right.

Yeah, but wouldn't it be so much more fun for both of them to get their intentions shot with two windmill strings?

I thought so...

What? Windmill strings? Shoot!

The strings traveled around both ninja and then around a tree. They both tried to break free, but it was too late. The strings had wrapped multiple times around two adjacent trees. Both were caught, but not by each other.

They looked around frantically to find their captor.

"Looking for me?"

Their heads spun to see a man standing in between them. But when they realized whom it was, there was anger flowing through the air.

"Kakashi!"

"Yo." Kakashi responded, with a smile.

"What's your problem! We're in the middle of something, you know!" Misato yelled.

"Hmm, I don't know. Maybe it's because there was a strong gust of wind knocking over items in the market-place a few seconds ago and I wanted to know what it was about. Mind telling me?"

"It's none of your concern!" The two yelled in unison (gosh, they really are related, they think exactly alike!)

"Oh, but it is."

"And just how does that work?" Misato asked, getting impatient.

"You shouldn't be arguing with me, especially not you, Misato. If I'm not mistaken, you said that Sasuke wasn't supposed to know of your whereabouts. Am I correct?"

Misato just looked down.

"Wait, you told everyone I knew about you but wasn't ever going to tell me!"

"..."

"Say something!"

"Sasuke, calm down." Kakashi didn't like where this was going. Sasuke had his sharingan activated and was trying to break the strings.

Kakashi tightened his grip on the string to hold down his student. He was able to keep him there, but that didn't stop Sasuke from trying to break free.

"Why should I calm down! There's nothing calm about this!" For the first time, Sasuke was losing his cool.

Looks like I have no choice. Kakashi thought, lifting his hand up.

Sasuke felt something tap him really hard. He didn't have a chance to feel pain, for within seconds, he was fading into a deep sleep.

"Eventually, he's going to remember everything. You do know that, right?"

"Yes..."

"Then why do you insist on breaking his trust and keeping secrets from him?"

"It would hurt him even more if I told him, especially now. For the time being, I have to find him first."

"I see. So that's your main goal?"

"What he did was wrong. It's time I did something about it."

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Sasuke struggled to open his eyes. It was too bright, almost blinding. Eventually, he managed to get them open enough to look around.

He was home. When he got there or how long he'd been there was all a blur.

He tried hard to remember what had happened. It all came back when he felt a slight pain in the back of his neck.

Kakashi...more importantly-

He didn't want to even think about her anymore.

Sasuke stumbled out of bed and walked out of his room. He entered the bathroom, turned on the sink, and began to wash his face.

Some water ran up his arm as he lifted his hands to his face, which caused his arm to sting for some reason. He dropped the water back into the sink and looked down at his arm. There he saw what looked like a bur wound.

That's right...

Sasuke finished washing his face and went to get a first-aid kit. Once he was done bandaging his arm, he went off to get ready for training.

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Misato stood in front in front of the awning to the Uchiha mansion. Her face fell as she looked inside.

"It's different here...you can constantly hear the sound of rain...clashing with rolling tears...yet, it's silent...and empty at the same time. Gomen ne, Sasuke-nii-san. I had no idea..."

Flashback

Being first gave Sasuke time to himself before it was time to get on the move, though. Realizing he had this time, Sasuke pulled the locket out. He didn't open it. He didn't want to. He just looked at it and tried to think of who it could've belonged to.

The question didn't linger for long, though.

"It's yours . . . "

End Flashback

"Shoot! The locket!" Misato went to run but stopped herself. If he opens it, it'll be all over...but,

Flashback

"Eventually, he's going to remember everything. You do know that, right?"

"Yes..."

"Then why do you insist on breaking his trust and keeping secrets from him?"

"It would hurt him even more if I told him, especially now. For the time being, I have to find him first."

"I see. So that's your main goal?"

"What he did was wrong. It's time I did something about it."

End Flashback

I have to back down...or I'll end up crushing him forever.

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Sasuke was dressed and ready to leave, yet something didn't want him to leave just yet. He started to feel the room spinning and decided to sit down for a few minutes.

It wasn't like he was late or anything anyway. He was always the first one at the training grounds. It wouldn't be such a big deal to be second for a change.

It would make the day a little less ordinary.

To make use of his time, Sasuke pulled his locket out of his shuriken pouch (I was going to say pocket, but decided it rhymed too much like a Dr. Suess book.)

He held it by the chain and let it dangle in front of his face. The sunlight coming through his window made it glisten.

It was beautiful, but something about it didn't seem right to him. It felt as if it held something big inside. Something that made Sasuke extremely curious, yet skeptical at the same time.

Sasuke lifted his other hand and let the locket fall into it. He stared at it for a moment, looking memorized. He was debating on whether or not he should open it or not.

That's when he realized it.

He'd been fighting with his sister about wanting to know the truth, yet he had a way to get it right in front of him the whole time.

He placed his thumb on the edge of the locket and tried to open it.

Just as he was about to look inside, a shock ran through him. It was like instant pain.

Sasuke began to feel extremely cold, as if he was sitting under pounds of frozen snow. He wrapped his arms around himself, trying to keep in the warmth.

"W-what's g-going o-on? Why is it s-so c-cold?" The strangest thing was that it wasn't cold at all. Sasuke's house was actually quite warm.

Too many thoughts, were invading his mind all at once, most he did not understand. By this time, he'd already dropped the locket and was clutching his head. Nothing was helping, nothing at all.

To make things worse, Sasuke was started to feel sick to his stomach as the room spun faster.

There was a blanket that hung from the side of the couch Sasuke was sitting on. When he noticed it, he immediately grabbed it and wrapped it around himself.

The thoughts began to come in faster.

Flashbacks (jumbled)

--"I knew I'd find you up in a tree somewhere."

--"Come on, Sasuke! Why are you avoiding that place?"

-"Why bother even looking?"

"So you're still mad then?"

-"Maybe..."

--"Happy Birthday--"

-"Because...it doesn't feel right. What if you get hurt? What can I do?"

"It won't happen..."

"How do you know?"

"I just do..."

"Plus, even if it does, I know you can take 'em down. Have you forgotten who you are?"

"Forgotten who I am...?"

-"You're an Uchiha, silly. Just like..."

-"You remember?"

-"Remember what?"

-"The stairs…their gone!"

"How do we get up there, then?"

-"We climb."

--"Misato? Where are you?"

-"We have to get out of here."

"Why?"

"We just do, now come on!"

"You're pulling my hand too hard! And you're shaking. Something's wrong."

-"Nothing's wrong."

-"I want you to put anything you have from or of me inside this box."

"Why?"

"Just do it!"

"But I don't understand."

-"Doesn't anyone ever say you ask 'why' too much?"

-"I know you. What happened when we got separated?"

-"Nothing! I'm fine. We just gotta go now!"

--"I don't need her…"

End Flashbacks

"Stop!" Sasuke couldn't take it anymore. He would go insane if this continued. Fortunately for him, the memories stopped rushing in and Sasuke was left to calmly sleep away the pain.

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"Hmm?" A man wearing a large hat covering his face turned to look behind him. It was as if he heard someone's voice. A voice he hadn't heard in years.

"Something wrong, Itachi?"

"No…it's nothing…"

End Of Chapter

Ha, so how was that? Surprised at the ending? Thought I'd throw in some unexpected person at the end…well, sort of unexpected. Anyway, review and tell me what you think, ok?

(A/N-I've only seen parts of Sasuke's house, as have most other Naruto watchers. Therefor, I am not completely familiar with the interior furniture. So, the couch was just a guess, just to let you know.)

(A/N2-The flashbacks are sort of separated to help you not get completely confused. There is a little '-' at the beginning and end of one flashback scene. Since Sasuke is seeing those all at once, I thought I would make it easier for you to see it without getting a headache like poor Sasuke. Also, there are some new flashbacks in there that haven't been in the story at all yet, in case you didn't notice. They will appear again, but I thought I'd throw them in there to help the plot. Don't worry, guys! It will all make sense soon enough. There is in fact a method to my madness!)

And with that, I take my leave!

R and R!