OH MY GOD I'M SO SORRY! I thought I uploaded this before I left, and I just came back today and was starting to write chapter 4 and saw that I haven't uploaded chapter 3! I feel really bad, and I'm really sorry, and I hope you like this chapter! (I haven't changed anything from 3 weeks ago, I've just added this message!)
Sorry to keep you waiting, here's Chapter 3!
Naruto's Perspective
"What are you doing loser? Trying to waste more of my time?" I hear Sasuke sneer beside me, placing one of his hands in his pockets.
"I'm trying to make clones, give me a break!" Mayako shouts back. I stop walking, and swerve around on my feet, now facing Mayako to see what she is up to. May is attempting the clone technique. Her feet are planted firmly on the ground, her legs bent at an acute angle, her hands linked in a tiger sign with her bucket linked in somehow. Her foot slides a bit, and her bucket swings in the wind as both Sasuke and I watch her from a distance.
"AhhhHH!" Her right eye starts to twitch and her entire face turns completely red. Suddenly, a cloud of smoke appears out of nowhere, engulfing Mayako, a breeze blowing us a bit from the sudden dust. For a second, I thought it worked, and I really hoped she did, cause that would be awesome. As the smoke evaporates into the air, I peer at my sister through the lingering white cloud, who is now standing awkwardly next to two sets of her clothes, sweatdropping. I sweatdrop along with her as the clothes disperse into thin air, leave two puffs of smoke to linger on either side of her. She lowers her tiger sign with her bucket still interlocked within it. Her head tilts to the side as she tries to pull herself together from the embarrassment.
"God, you're pathetic." I hear Sasuke say quite rudely. I scrunch up parts of face and turn around to look at him. I swiftly move my right hand up and down again, now pointing my index finger at him with an angered expression plastered on my face. As I was just about to blurt out a rude comeback, I stopped myself when I examine what I see. Sasuke has created almost a dozen perfect replicas of himself, all of them, including him, with one of their hands in their pockets, and a hand holding a metal bucket with the sponge floating in the soapy water over his shoulder, and they had their eyes closed to add to the bastard's look. The real one pulls his hand out of his pocket, and swiftly swings his arm like he's slicing the air in front of him, and his clones all turn in a direction of a platform or roof and leap off out of sight, the clunking sound of the buckets swinging vibrating in the wind.
"You show off!" Mayako shouts loudly at the Uchiha next to me, grabbing the attention of everyone around us. Her cheeks are puffed and still a bit red, and her index finger is pointed directly at him. Her bucket is in her left hand, swinging a bit from the sudden change of movement. Sasuke opens his left eye and glares at May, who is still fuming from the utter embarrassment and his calm state.
"You can't be serious. Creating clones is a technique beyond basic loser." He lectures in his usual 'cool' manner. Mayako's cheeks burn up again as she is rendered speechless. She opens and closes her mouth three times before closing it completely, then frowns, scrunching up her face, her left eye twitching again. She then spins around on her left foot until her it facing in the opposite direction of Sasuke and me, and crosses her arms over each other and into her chest, and lets a loud 'humph' seep out of her mouth. I don't show it as much, but I'm as embarrassed as her right now. We are twins after all, we are completely the same, even in the clone department, and any jutsu for that matter. Actually there's one I can perform that I've been working on, hehe… I smirk inwardly. The next time I see old man hokage, I'm going to show it to him.
"Whatever." Her voice echos back to us, snapping me out of my thoughts. She then starts to walk off, her arms still linked together on her chest. I turn my head 90 degrees and glimpse over at Sasuke, but then widen my eyes as I see he's not there, only his bucket. I turn my head back around and look ahead of me, and startle a bit when see him in front of Mayako, his hand inches from her head, his thumb against his middle finger, creating a circle. I look back and forth as a small dust cloud appears where he had been originally. He's so fast!
She is too slow to react to the sudden movement, and gets flicked in the middle of her forehead by Sasuke, her head tilting upwards as she stumbles backwards. The sudden impact makes her lose her footing, and after trying to keep her balance and failing, she falls onto the concrete slabs below her, thumping the ground butt first, letting go of her bucket's handle in mid-air. As it hits the ground, it splashes as it rolls around, creating a clanking sound as it continued to repeatedly hit the pavement. Her eyes are closed as her left hand makes its way to her forehead. She growls as she opens her eyes, and peers upwards at him.
"What was that for you jerk?!" May sneered as her left hand rubs the part of her forehead where she was flicked. I can see from here it's already starting to bruise. I sense that they are stuck in a death stare, both sets of eyes piercing into each other's. I wonder how ugly this is going to get…
Mayako's Perspective
I try to peirce my eyes through his dark ones, but they are both equally as powerful. I so want to kick his ass here and now, I have a reason to do so, and he bloody deserves it. I scrunch up my face as I continue to stare deeper, and clench my teeth for the added effect. I growl before trying to speak, but as I was about to, I stop myself. He's not staring at me anymore; he's glancing at his hand. His eyes are completely different from a moment ago; he's lost his calm and cool stare, which has been replaced with one that's… frightened? On top of that, his breathing has picked up the pace a bit. He then let's out a small gulp, but only I notice it. Did I do something? No, I haven't kicked his butt yet, but if it's not me, then who, or what is it. I question myself.
He then closes his eyes and shakes his head as he turns around in the opposite direction I am facing, giving me his back, then abruptly bends his legs, and disappears into thin air. I look around a bit frantically, then spot him on a nearby roof, jumping away from here. I snap out of the shocked state I am in, and prop myself up on one knee, and use my hand to stand on my own two feet. I quickly pulse chakra into the soles of my feet, and leap onto the roof he did in a single jump, and looks around. Puffs of smoke evaporate from sections of the village, most likely Sasuke's clones. I then spot a him jumping toward the hokage faces, and follow him
What happened? The question repeats itself in my head like its on replay as I try not to lose him.
Naruto's Perspective
"Hey Mayako, wait up!" I was just about to jump after Mayako, but a figure appeared in front of me, that not only stopped me from going after her, but also making me bump right into the figure, and lose my footing, falling onto the pavement the same way my sister did.
"And where do you think you're going? Get cleaning Naruto!" Iruka's voice booms down at me. I look up at him with a pleading look.
"But-" I was cut off instantly.
"No excuses!" He yells down into my face. I sigh as I grab my bucket from the floor, placing the sponge into the water, and scrunch up my face as I prop myself up, and stand to face Iruka sensei.
"…you suck Iruka sensei." I said under my breath.
"What was that?!" His head is throbbing, and his voice demonizing
"N-nothing!" I quickly shake off the comment. I then change my tone as I sidestep to the side and peer behind Iruka.
"Hey! Don't just stand there! Get to work!"
"Yeah, yeah fine…" That statement there just earned me a kick into the nearest brick wall.
Sasuke's Perspective
Itachi, you promised you'd help me with my shuriken training!
I clench my teeth. Please, stop…
Sorry Sasuke, I have to prepare for a mission.
You're such a lair big brother!
Stop…
Why don't you ask dad to help you?
But you're way better than him, even I can see that!
Stop!
Come here…
…
Ouch!
Sorry Sasuke, maybe next time.
Hpmh, you always say I'm sorry Sasuke, maybe next time, then you go and jab me in the forehead-
Stop replaying these bloody lies!
I clench my head tightly with both my hands, shaking it as I continue to leap from roof to roof, my legs starting to ache, and my chest starting to hurt. The memories start to retreat into the back of my head, trying to stop them from surfacing. No, they're not memories, they're false dreams. A huge lie.
I let one hand slip off my head, and let it dangle aside my waist, the other one still planted on the top of my head as I try to steady my breathing. As I do this, I glance up. The weathers changed, it's now grey all above the horizon, no sun in sight. A trickle of rain splashes onto my cheek, then another, and then one more onto my hand. It then starts to quicken its pace, now a thousand droplets drenching my body. Rain, a symbol that the sky is crying, that it's in pain. It has no reason to cry, because it hasn't experienced half of the pain I have. I then firmly land on the ground, and take in the place in front of me, the destination I wanted to reach. The downpour continued still, droplets of rain dropping from my spikey hair and onto the back of my back and parts of my face as I glance at the Uchiha compound. It's looks weathered already, and it's still covered in danger tape. I let my eyes droop as I walk towards the compound. All I can hear are my thoughts and the noise my sandals make as I walk. I pull up a length of danger tape, and climb over the piece below me, ducking under the one I pulled up with my hand. When I'm over, I let go of the yellow strip I was holding, and glance around. The outlines of my butchered family members are slightly fading from the rain, the compound feeling more deserted than when I was here last. Anger boils up within me, but I don't let it surface. The feelings of despair and hatred have taken its place. I don't realise I'm walking, but when I turn to my left, I gaze at the house beside me. That used to be a place I could call home. I make my way towards it, and grasp the handle, and slide the door to one side, allowing me to enter freely. I walk inside, now not getting pelted by the rain that's still crashing down outside. As I get to the two steps that lead into the hallway, I take off my sandals with my hands, and place them on the left side of the wall. It's a habit of mine, I was told it was polite to do so at a person's house by father. I walk around the place, inspecting the kitchen, living room, bedrooms, everywhere. Nothing has changed, except isolation has taken the place of once used to be a happy and loving home. Now it's nothing.
I stop myself from walking any further when I catch a glimpse of a cracked frame with a photo still inside it, sitting nicely on the living room shelf. I make my way over to it, hearing the shallow echoes of my footsteps as I walk. Once I'm in a half-metre radius I stop, my feet planted together, my hands curling into fists. It's a picture of the family I used to have. My loving mother who would always take care of me, a strict father who would always discipline me, the man I wanted to please, then Itachi, my brother, the person I aspired to be like. I used to love him, but that love had died long ago. It was just an act, he even admitted it.
Tears sting the back of my head as I try not to let them fall, but I fail to do so. No one's here anyway, no one's going to see me. I let out shaky breaths I fall to my knees with a thud, my hands placed firmly on the ground in front of me. My screams and shouts are echoed out by the rain outside, my frustration on not being able to do anything that night, my frustration towards my brother for murdering our clan for his own ability.
Foolish little brother-
"Shut up!" I whisper loudly under my wheezy breath. That night, those words make my blood boil. I want to kill him. I want him to suffer the same way he made our people suffer. I want revenge.
I stop screaming for a moment as I catch my breath. The wind then picks up, flowing through the crack in the window nearby. I freeze for a moment as I sense I'm not alone. Someone else is here.
I prop myself up on one knee, and stand up fully, still staring at the photograph in the frame. I wipe the tears from my face with my sleeve and exhale the breath I'd been holding in.
"Go away." I yell to whoever is here. It was silent for a while, but then I heard footsteps behind me. I peer over my shoulder, and stare at the dripping figure. I frown as she inches closer, her sandals creating noise each step she takes, not listening to my command.
"What part of go away don't you understand loser!" I yell louder. She still proceeds to walk. She's staring at the floor in front of her, still stepping towards me. I'm angered as she continues to ignore the words I say. I startle as she stops in front of me, and then takes another step. The expression of pure frustration seeps onto my face as I curl one of my hands into a fist, my nails digging deeply into the skin of my palm, making it bleed. The blood was now dripping onto the wooden planks beneath me. I now growl at her as I get annoyed.
"Come any closer and I'll punch you! You hear me Mayako!"
"Then do it." Her gaze shifts to me, and locks it. I widen my eyes in surprise as I see her face fully. Tears are streaming down her cheeks, her eyes a bit red and droppy, but she still keeps a smile planted on her.
"Then we can both be in pain."
SO CUTE!
Hey guys! This chapter for me it was really hard to write and it's probably not the best one, but I hoped you liked it! Also, I'm going to be away for a while, maybe 3 weeks, and I'm not making this up, it's a huge school camping trip our school's doing and I'm really excited about it! Sorry you will have to wait even longer, but the holidays will be after our camp, so I'll hopefully have more free time as well!
(Also, just going to reply to the reviews as well – Future Notebook)
Hey PokemonTrainerAzure201! Thanks so much for your support! You're such a great friend, and I am so grateful that you are reading this even though you're not a Naruto fan! You rock!
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