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War and Peace
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Chapter: 03: Satsuki
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Konohagakure no Sato
2 Months Later
She hated it!
The way the people started to treat her after that night, it really irritated and annoyed her. They pitied her, she could see it in their eyes. She didn't need their pity! They didn't know her pain and will never know it! They could not understand her!
She will have her revenge on that man for causing all this pain, for mercilessly massacring her clan, for killing her parents and most importantly murdering her beloved big brother.
She will never believe the one who murdered her family was her beloved big brother. Her brother had loved her, she knew it. The one to massacre the Uchihas was Itachi Uchiha, who killed her Itachi-nii-san. Her brother could never do it.
Or so she believed…
These were the thoughts of Satsuki Uchiha.
She was walking towards the academy. People were greeting her but she ignored them. They were not worth her time.
She reached the academy, she was always one of the first to reach the academy daily. She opened the door to her classroom and saw it was empty except for the person sitting at the other corner of the classroom. The person was none other than Otsutsuki Naruto or as the other girls liked to put it, the 'No.1' of their class. She always found him sitting there either reading a book or looking out the window. He was always the first to come to the academy. She didn't know much about him but what she knew was that he was strong, he was not like her other classmates who were weak, very weak. He had knocked out Kiba Inuzuka two times with only a single punch. And she knew that Kiba was no pushover, not at her level but to knock him out with a single punch! She wasn't sure if she could do it herself. She wanted to fight him. But boys and girls were not allowed to spar with each other until the last year. She can wait. She will see for herself how strong he is.
She walked up to her seat and sat down. The classroom started to fill in and the noise level started to increase exponentially. Girls were swooning over the 'No.1', talking about how handsome he is, how his smile is so cute, how he always maintains his composure even when other boys try to prank him, about how hot his voice was and on and on and on…
She loathed these type of girls. They were an embarrassment to all the other kunoichis. They didn't know about the darkness in this world. They thought the life of a shinobi was easy, colourful and simple. She knew better. These girls were pathetic in her eyes.
Iruka entered the classroom and started taking the attendance and the class started to become quitter gradually…
The day went on, nothing notable happening. Just those regular shurikenjutsu lessons, Henge and Kawarimi practice, spar request from the dobe, which was more of a bother.
Just a regular day at academy for Satsuki Uchiha.
Academy finished and she found herself training in the Uchiha Training Grounds, which were now sometimes used by some other ninjas too. She had a part of the training ground to herself, Sandaime had made sure of it. She wasn't complaining. She could not use the whole training ground by herself, until there were a hundred of her. And that wasn't possible. Right?! So she didn't say anything about others using the grounds.
She trained for hours, practicing shurikenjutsu, taijutsu katas and her fire ninjutsus. She had yet to master throwing multiple projectiles at once. She will master it eventually, she could see her progress.
What she struggled in was the ninjutsu portion. She had two fire ninjutsus in her arsenal but could only fire them each only once in a single go. She had tried to increase her chakra reserves by practicing these jutsus as many times as possible in a day but it has brought little to no change in her reserves.
She was proficient in the interceptor fist but she needed the Sharingan to master the style which she had not activated yet.
It was now late in the evening and she was going back to her apartment. It had been a regular day for her.
Next Day
Golden pupil-less eyes shot open. The person jolted up and hurried through the daily morning tasks. The person was none other than Otsutsuki Naruto. He had slept after four months. Ah, it felt nice to sleep but reading books was still more interesting to him.
He ran towards the academy. He didn't know what time it was but it was still early in the morning. He reached the academy, not many students were there. He checked the clock at the academy and noticed that he was still early by 20 minutes but late by 15 minutes compared to his usual reporting time.
He opened the door swiftly and saw a person sitting at his place. The person was Satsuki Uchiha. He walked towards her, she had not noticed him yet. What surprised him was when he saw her face, which was turned towards the window, he got a glimpse of a smile on her face. Yeah, Uchiha Satsuki was smiling! Not her usual cocky smirk she gave while sparring with others. It was a true smile!
He was now standing by the desk she was sitting on. Now this got her attention. The smile was instantly gone and a scowl replaced it.
"Can I sit here, Satsuki-chan?" asked Naruto trying to be polite, even if it was his own seat. Well, he had not written his name or something on it but you get the picture, right?!
"Hn." grunted Satsuki, Naruto took it as a yes.
"Thanks! By the way you look prettier when you smile, you know! You should smile more, Satsuki-chan!" said Naruto with a smile.
Satsuki blushed 50 shades of red (A/N: Pun intended! ;)) and turned her head towards the window to hide her embarrassment. How can he say such shameless things with a straight face and with such a smile on top of it. There was something in his smile that he gave her. Why did it made her heart beat faster? She didn't like it, maybe she did, but it wasn't the point! How can someone affect her so much with just a smile and a sentence!
"D-don't get too familiar with me! It would do you good if you just keep your mouth shut! And don't say such shameless things in public!" responded Satsuki trying to be as angry as she can be but the stutter at the starting told otherwise.
Naruto was amused, sun probably rose from the west today! He got the Satsuki Uchiha to blush and stutter in front of him! It was his lucky day! Sleeping did wonders to him! He will even start sleeping more for such things!
"Hmm, so you want me to say such things in private?" asked Naruto with a flirtatious smile.
"W-what?! You know what I meant! And how dare you-" her face was as red as a tomato, steam was practically coming out of her ears.
Naruto interrupted her with a light chuckle, "Hey, hey, don't get so worked up! I was just trying to state a fact. You do look cute with a smile on your face."
"Hn, then save your facts for yourself!" she said with huff.
Naruto just chuckled even more to her ire. She wanted to shout at him and beat him to a pulp! How dare he embarrass her like that! Who did he think he was?! It was good no one else was there in the class, she wouldn't be able to show her face again if anyone else was there.
Whatever, she shouldn't overthink.
She looked out of the window again. It was a beautiful day today. And it should be. It was June 1st after all, her mother's birthday.
Just remembering her mother brought happiness inside her but with a pang of sadness. But today she won't be sad, her mother used to say that one should not let circumstances affect himself or herself. How can she not? It was just too difficult! But she could do it at least for today, for her mother.
The classroom started to fill in and…
"Why are you sitting here, teme?!" yelled Natsumi.
"I came first, saw this seat empty and sat on it. Any problem, dobe?!" retaliated Satsuki with a glare.
Natsumi fumed at her and both girls started to argue.
Naruto shook his head, 'Girls are troublesome.'
And so the day went on…
Academy was over and students were going back home.
"I will see you tomorrow, Naruto!" said Natsumi with her usual happy-go-lucky demeanour.
But even the goodbyes were not exchanged in a civil manner between these two girls. Natsumi looked at Satsuki and gave her a glare before huffing and going her way. Satsuki had also glared in full retaliation and grunted before going her way.
"Hey, wait up!" called out Naruto to Satsuki.
She looked at him and asked, "What do you want?"
"Oh, nothing! I just wanted to walk with you…" said Naruto with a mischievous smile.
"Hn."
They walked in silence for some time. The Naka River was flowing on their right. It was mostly empty, only a few people were there, even then metres away from them.
"I know how it feels." Said Naruto calmly.
Satsuki processed what he said. He said that he knew how it felt, how she felt! How dare he say something like that? He didn't understand anything. How can he understand? She lost all of her family, her parents, her cousins, everything! And he said he knew how it felt?
She snapped at him, "You don't und-"
"But only a part." Said Naruto interrupting her.
"I know how it feels to not have anybody to care for you, I know how it feels to not have parents. Maybe I will not be able to understand all your pain, but I know a part! I never had a father but I lost my mother! She was the only one who cared for me! But she died. She died protecting me. She said she did it because she loved me and she said she didn't want me to be sad on her death. She said she wanted me to be happy! I was in denial for months, thinking that it was just a bad dream and it will be over one day! But that day never came. So, I stopped living in the past! You are still in denial, Satsuki! I can see it! Accept the reality and it would hurt less." Said Naruto, watching her carefully to see how she reacted to this, he didn't want her to spend all her life in despair.
Satsuki's eyes were hidden by her raven locks, fists clenched, her body shaking slightly, "W-why do you care?" she asked.
"I care because you remind me of myself. If that person had not saved me from my despair, I would have gone mad! I don't want you to suffer, Satsuki-chan!" replied Naruto with a smile.
Satsuki looked at him, eyes filled with pain, few tears leaked out from her obsidian black orbs, "But it hurts so much… and how can I just forget." she said softly, voice filled with such pain a child like her should not have suffered.
"I know. I know it hurts. And I never said to forget about it. Just accept it. And don't let the sorrow control yourself. And the pain will gradually decrease." he said while moving towards her. He wiped her cheeks off of the tears and smiled at her.
She blushed heavily, "I-I w-will try." She said softly.
"Come on! Cheer up! If you wanna talk, I am always free! So, don't hesitate." he gave her a grin.
She nodded her head. But stopped when she saw him closing in. She blushed heavily, when he invaded her private space. She wanted to punch him, but her body betrayed her.
"By the way, I am always up for the Private Sessions!" he whispered in her ears in a husky voice and left her standing still with a heavy blush a racing heart.
She suddenly a sort of anger develop inside her, 'THAT PERVERT! How dare he say such shameless things to me?! He is gonna pay for it!'
But soon a small smile stretched across her face. And Satsuki Uchiha went back to her apartment. She had a lot to think over.
That night, she slept with a smile on her face after a very long time.
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A/N: Thanks for reading the chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. Please review guys, whenever I get a review it makes me work more enthusiastically. Even if it is negative and presents a valid point, I will try to improve it. So, please review. Structured criticism is appreciated. Please tell me if I can improve my writing style, I would love some suggestions. If there are inconsistencies in the fic please review, I would try to solve them.
I hope you liked the way I portrayed Satsuki, she isn't the same as canon Sasuke but some of her characteristics matches with him. She wouldn't be as angsty as canon Sasuke.
I hope you caught up with revelation. 'She' from the chapter 1 has been revealed. If you didn't catch up I will just tell you, 'She' is his MOTHER.
Next chapter will be the Graduation!
Thanks again and Bye bye.
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