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Promises Not Made are Promises Never Kept
Flashback Twenty-Eight – Run
"Run, Sasuke!" She cried to him as blades flashed in the light. "Run!"
This shouldn't be happening. He thought as he fled, racing through the empty streets as he could feel the fear chasing after him. Why is this happening?
So maybe he had gotten a little too overeager. Maybe he should've seemed to have a little more trouble with the fights. Maybe he should've been more secretive with his place in the village and who he lived with. Maybe he shouldn't have accepted a challenge from that guy who looked WAY too pleased to be set up to try to kick the shit out of some kid half his size-
Oh God but it had been glorious. For three weeks, he had been a hero. A legend. The Mirror.
The goggles that Tyra had given him lay forgotten and bloodstained on the arena floor far behind him, one of the lenses shattered and in pieces. Blood dripped down Sasuke's forehead where a piece had dug in.
He knew why this was happening – who was he kidding? He knew why and he was terrified. It was out in the open. Only one man had seen but Goddammit that was exactly the one person that should never have seen them ever ever EVER-
He heard Tyra running behind him as he could only make his way to the apartments, completely at a loss for somewhere else to go. They had to get out and they had to get out ohmyGod NOW-
"No, you idiot!"
Then Tyra grabbed him by the roots of his hair and tugged him around the corner in the opposite direction.
HAKU! ZABUZA!
"Why the fuck did you do that?!" He demanded of her as they dashed down another street, the man hot on their heels.
"I'll get you!" He cried. "I'll get you and those pretty little eyes kid!"
"You want them to die too?" She asked simply, completely unmarred even though she had slashed through what must've been a dozen people to get them out of there alive (poor blokes. They had just been in the way)-
No, he didn't.
But I don't want to die without them either.
"And what about Molly?" He demanded angrily. "You're just going to leave her too?" She didn't answer, tugging and pushing and shoving him in the direction of the mountains. Sasuke knew what she was planning and he couldn't believe it- "Do you even know where you're going?!"
"Hey, I am the adult here!" She snapped in irritation, pointing at herself with a thumb as they ran. "So shut up and trust me!"
Smashing through one of the hidden doors that led into the mountains, she practically threw Sasuke into the passageway before following, the man close behind them.
I'm leaving them. Sasuke thought as he went numb. I'm leaving the only people that have meant anything to me just to save my own skin and I'm not even going to say goodbye-
Just as he came to the decision that he was going to turn back and try to lose the man following them so he could see Zabuza and Haku one last time, he and Tyra emerged in a clearing not unlike the one that she and Zabuza had first interacted.
A miniature army of ninjas were waiting for them, all of them from the Village Hidden in the Mist.
"What the fuck?!" Sasuke cried as he and Tyra screeched to a stop, immediately becoming surrounded as the man followed them out. "Hidden Mist ninja? Why so many?!"
"As soon as you caused ruckus in Andora, the ones in charge alerted us to your presence," one of them explained. "You broke the one rule that kept you safe, and now Andora has taken back its protection. You are outside the safety of the village and now you are fair game."
"TYRA!" Sasuke cried in exasperation as he looked over at her. Blinking, she shrugged.
"Hey, I didn't know they worked that fast," she replied nonchalantly in explanation. Sasuke glared at her heatedly before the Hunter ninja that had followed them out of the village spoke.
"Those eyes, my brothers!" He cried. Sasuke remembered seeing the tattoo of the Village Hidden in the Mist – under the man's shirt right beneath his collarbone – right as he tackled Sasuke and sent him smashing face-first into the cage of the arena before pushing him to the ground to lock him in a choke hold. Fury boiled within the young teen at the memory as he glared at the man. "He has the blood eyes! You know what that means!"
"Shut up! The other two are here!"
"Sasuke!"
He looked up to see Haku and Zabuza sailing downwards to land in the center of the circle with he and Tyra, needles threaded in between Haku's fingers and Zabuza's sword unsheathed.
Molly was with them, dropping from Haku's back and immediately moving to Tyra.
"My Knight," she stated simply. The redhead turned to look at her and kneeled in front of her.
"Molly," she breathed as she did, allowing the blonde girl to reach out and touch her face for a moment before she moved to stand behind Tyra, partially hidden behind one powerful leg as Tyra stood, reaching for her last remaining sheathed axe.
"It wouldn't have been more effective to catch them by surprise?" Sasuke asked his teammates, so, so selfishly thankful that they arrived but at the same time so incredibly confused.
"It would've, but I needed to say something first," Zabuza stated simply before he turned to Tyra. "What the fuck were you thinking, taking him to a place like that?! Who gave you permission, exactly, to do that? Thanks. Thanks a fucking lot ya whore!"
"Oh shut the fuck up old man," Tyra snapped irritably, the tension that had gathered beforehand disappearing into smoke as the hunter nin looked at each other in confusion as they watched. "You were letting him decompose in that fucking city! At least I was trying to be the responsible adult and keep his mind sharp!"
"Oh, right, yeah, by getting him almost killed-!"
"Oh fuck you! He's fine!"
"He is BLEEDING! FROM THE FOREHEAD! THAT IS NOT FINE!"
"It's a fucking little scratch-"
"Oh, nonononono. Don't you DARE downplay this-"
As they loudly argued, Haku's gaze drifted over to Sasuke's and he bumped the child's hip softly. Raising his eyes, he looked at Haku and the older male smiled at him, his eyes twinkling. Sasuke couldn't help but smile back.
"I was so scared I would never see you again," he breathed in joy. Haku's smile widened just a bit, those eyes carrying so much more love and understanding than could be put into words.
"Wait for the cue," he murmured – almost to the point where Sasuke couldn't hear him.
Oh.
Haku, as he glanced around him at the surrounding ninja and then back to the fighting pair, sighed heavily.
"You two fight like a married couple," he commented dryly. Sasuke felt fire burst along his skin as a wordless message seemed to pass through the group.
That's it-!
Immediately, all four of them leaped into action, piercing through the ranks as blades and needles flew through the crowd and blood sprayed. Molly stood in the center of the fray, quiet and tiny and completely ignored as she silently watched.
Zabuza was ruthless. Tyra was mighty. Haku was precise and Sasuke was quick. But there were just too many of them. It was the cave with those mountain men all over again, except now Sasuke knew what was going to happen.
They were all going to die.
Sasuke felt something run him completely through and he coughed, stumbling backwards as pain flared throughout his body. Reaching up, he held the side of his belly where the kunai had created a hole and felt blood bubbling up from behind his lips. His knees buckling, he fell onto them and warmth dribbled from his lips.
"Sasuke."
His eyes rose to see Molly standing there next to him, Tyra landing behind her and pausing in a half-crouch to gaze at him, all three of them suddenly alone in the world. Sasuke's eyes were wide and horrified as he gazed into Molly's big black eyes, knowing what was coming and so, so afraid.
"It's time to show them who you really are, Sasuke Terranova."
Shaking his head, he began to push himself backwards away from her. Dauntless, she stepped forward to match his movements, reaching out for him with a tiny pale hand.
"N-no… Molly, Molly please don't-!"
"It's time to rise."
"Molly-!"
Her fingertips pressed themselves against his forehead very, very softly.
End Flashback Twenty-Eight – Run
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