Chapter 2! I hope you guys like! not much action hear, but closing in on the better parts of the story! So i hope you guys like and don't be shy! Please Review!
"Talking"
'Thoughts'
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"Argh…" growled a muffled voice under a blanket of its bed
In a dark room there was a bump moving agitatedly around the bed. It turned to it's left and then abruptly turned to the right. Looks like someone wasn't having a good night's rest…
"fuck this"
The blankets were thrown across the room. The youngest living Uchiha was breathing hard as he glared at the blanket sitting up. No matter what he did he couldn't go to sleep.
Every time he tried a flash of a pink haired teen lit up in his head. He sighed heavily.
'damn it, is this because I didn't apologize or even bother to see her?' he thought mentally and scowled.
He went straight home after he slammed those doors closed. He would've went out to train if not for the weather.
'there is no way in hell I'm going out in a freakin' typhoon' he thought stubbornly 'who would?'
He looked out the window and noticed it hasn't gotten any better. Sakura said she was going to train…
He shook his head as if getting rid of the idea 'in that weather?'
He stared out the window, the thunder roared and crackled. She's stubborn, but she wouldn't really go out there… would she?
…
"annoying girl"
He jumped out of bed and grabbed a heavy coat with a hood. He threw on some heavy pants and hastily slipped on his jacket.
'I'll just check if she's home… just to see if she's safe'
He carelessly put on some boots and closed the door behind him.
He jumped through the trees with speed like a cheetah. The rain poured down on his hood and the lighting flashed dangerously causing fires at some areas, fires strong enough to last through a storm like this.
He ignored the fires, there was nothing he could do about it anyway. He finally spotted a house across from where he was, standing on a branch at the edge of a street.
He jumped with ninja speed, across the road and jumped up to the balcony his teammate convieniently had. He peered through the glass door of the balcony and spotted her bedroom, clean and unused since they left for the mission.
'…empty…'
He jumped off the balcony and onto the deserted streets. The only noise was the sound of rain fall. He swiveled around a corner and headed down the streets, about four doors down.
He jumped up to the window of an apartment. He checked the insides of the house through various windows. The only person there was a sleeping blonde.
'she's not at Ino's house…'
He headed down the street and jumped to the window of another house. Checking all the windows he furrowed his brows. An unmoving bun haired girl slept cozily in her bed.
'she's not at Ten-Ten's house either'
The Uchiha began to panic. What if something happened to her? Running at top speed he checked the Hyuuga Compound three streets away.
'she's not with Hinata'
Checking the last place he could think of, and the only other place she would go to, he bolted for his best friend's apartment. Sasuke disappeared and reappeared inside the house. Quietly checking every room he spotted nothing, his body began to shake with anger and... worry?
'that stubborn girl' he glared harshly at nothing in particular
He couldn't believe she actually went out to train in this weather. That's practically suiciad. He disappeared from inside the apartment and reappeared in the middle of the streets.
He focused his chakra and tried to find his teammate as he closed his now red eyes.
"where are you?"
Feeling a faint, but familiar chakra he set out for Konoha's outskirts.
The figure with pink hair lay in a pool of mud mixed with blood. The rain pelted it harshly like needles, but the figure was unconscious and couldn't feel a drop.
Red eyes glared down at her, the person breathing heavily. It was obvious he was tired of running all over town to find her.
The Uchiha slipped off his coat and wrapped it carefully around the girl, bringing her into his arms. He sighed with relief and looked down at the girl he held bridal style.
"so stubborn, you've been out here, since the end of the mission…"
He got no response from the girl, but then again he wasn't expecting one.He still did not realize her hitai-ate was tied over her eyes either.
The rain soaked him to the bone, but he couldn't care less. Right now he was checking her body for injuries, which weren't so hard to find. She was covered with them.
"how the fuck did you get these?" he growled
Judging by the looks of things she was unconscious for nearly two hours. She's lost lots of blood by now. Knowing that fact the Uchiha disappeared.
She couldn't see a thing, only darkness. She felt a clothed metal around her eyes and instantly remembered yesterday.
The girl focused her chakra and made complex hand signs as she sent waves of chakra to the ground. In her mind's eye she saw the spiritual energy of things both living and non-living. She only difference between this vision and normal vision is that with this one you are able to see outlines and spiritual energy of all matter, though the background like the skies and ground are all black and darkness (with the exception of spiritual energy which is color).
Sakura smirked, she's been working on this technique and she always wanted to perfect it. This vision is 100 percent accurate, unlike vision of the human eye which can fool you (hallucinations and illusions) with this technique you are invincible to genjutsut except for those that attack the mind's eye.
The name of this technique…
"nentou boushi no jutsut (mind's eye technique I think)" she whispered
She noticed she is laying on a bed of a familiar yet unfamiliar room. She noticed a human chakra, an all too familiar one.
"Sasuke" she called to the center of the room
Said boy stepped out of the shadows.
"how can you see me?" he asked
She didn't respond, she was too busy realizing she wore her under garments, but she wore his shirt and shorts (which were sizes too big).
"where are my clothes?" she asked a little scared
"you would have gotten sick if I didn't change you" he said apathetic "and no I didn't do anything to you"
There was a tinge of red on her cheeks.
"…"
"why do you have your hitai-ate like that?"
"I have to go home" she responded and began to get off the bed
Only to be pinned with her back to the bed. Sasuke hovering over her, gripping her arms to prevent her escape.
"where were you?" he asked with a hint of anger
"didn't you find me?" she responded with a question
"why were you out of the village in a fucking tempest?" he snarled, his anger getting the best of him
"I told you I was going to train"
"are you crazy?!"
"no, just annoying" she said with a tone
Sasuke glared so hard she could practically feel it.
"Don't mock me" he growled lowly
"why does it matter if I'm out in a storm?! Why would you give a fuck about what happens to me?!" she snapped
…
"exactly" she said quietly
"just because I act like I don't care… doesn't mean I don't"
Sakura snapped her blinded eyes up to meet his onyx gaze.
"if you're injured you'll just slow the team down. You'll be a burden to the rest of us and the success of the next mission"
Sakura stopped her struggling, almost as if admitting defeat.
"then next time do yourself a favor… as well as everyone else" Sakura said quietly
Sasuke looked down at her as her bangs shadowed where her eyes would be,
"THE NEXT TIME I NEED SAVING YOU SHOULD JUST LEAVE ME TO FUCKING DIE AND REPLACE ME WITH SOMEONE WHO ISN'T WEAK!" she shouted
Lifting up her legs from under him she used the small amount of chakra she had left to kick him across the room and smashing into the wall. The force caused a bowl of water and towel on the bedside table to fall to the floor. Sasuke landed on the cold blanket that lay on the floor, against the wall.
'dammit, I didn't mean for it to turn out this way…' realizing his mistake
"Sakura!"
Sasuke stood from the floor hastily to talk to his pink hired teammate, but when he did all he saw was an empty bed and vicious winds blowing inside from the window. Apparently his teammate was gone and the weather has yet to lighten up.
Thunder boomed as he slumped to the floor in defeat.
'why do I always say the wrong things?' he thought
He had only said that so she would be more careful. Somehow the words just came out wrong, worst of all his Uchiha pride kept him from apologizing. He twitched at having to apologize.
'… I'll apologize later…'
Sakura lay on her bed glaring at the ceiling.
"I try to get stronger and then he scolds me for being reckless! What does he want from me?" Sakura thought out loud as she turned on her side to face the window.
'if he hated me so much… why wouldn't he just let me die back then. It would have been a relief for them' she thought and suddenly remembered 'my wounds'
Pulling off her blanket she scanned her body only to find herself wrapped in gauze. Every single scratch and injury has already been dressed. With all of the wounds she had it would have taken hours for him to wrap them in bandages.
She felt her forehead and noticed that her temperature is normal. Then she remembered the bowl of water and towel on the bedside table. Her eyes softened.
Sasuke had spent hours dressing her wounds and taking care of a fever she was sure to get from that storm outside.
"…why Sasuke? Why didn't you just let me bleed to death? Why would you care for me?"
Sakura sighed confused. He says one thing and does another, she didn't know how to react in the morning when she sees him for team 7's training.
"if you're injured you'll just slow the team down. You'll be a burden to the rest of us and the success of the next mission"
Of course. It was just for the team. For the mission, or else she would hold them back. Sakura stared with emptiness at the sky as the sun slowly rose over the horizon.
She remembered how she fell in love with him after that crush she had in her genin days. Although, right now she didn't know how she felt for him. She must not love him anymore… and if she still does those feelings must be buried deep inside.
'I hope they stay there' she thought
Sasuke would never love her back, he doesn't even give a fuck about her if it doesn't involve a mission. It was best if she never loved him again… or so she thought.
"I'll admit it god." She whispered as she gazed at the sun "I'm… losing faith. I'll admit it; I'm broken and lost inside."
A few hours later 4 figures stood at the old team 7 training grounds. 3 mere teen agers while the other possibly twice their age. Yet they are all the same level of ninja.
The older nin looked to his former student. She had an empty expression, but he knew that she's having an inner turmoil inside.
"I'll spar with Sakura" Kakashi announced observing the as she merely nodded and sunk to a fighting stance. Both ninja disappeared into a wider location, and to give Naruto and Sasuke room.
Naruto and Sasuke nodded. Naruto felt this was a good time to knock some sense into his best friend. He lunged at his partner, who raised a brow at the blondes angered expression.
"anger will not help you, only blind you" Sasuke said as he easily dodged the deadly fast flurry of fists
"you don't get it do you?!" Naruto growled
"no" Sasuke bluntly replied with a frown
Why was the overly energetic Naruto acting this way?
Sasuke could only dodge as Naruto kept rapidly throwing attacks at him nonstop.
"Sakura has changed! She isn't the weak lovesick fangirl from the beginning of team 7! In fact you haven't notice how she had changed after the Forest of Death back when we were Genin!" Naruto shouted as he jumped back and threw a flurry of shuriken and kunai
"…" taking out a katana Sasuke deflected most while some painfully cut him
"she saved our asses in the forest! Fighting alone and admittingly at a weak level! Countless times she's saved you as well as you've saved her! From the curse! From Gaara during his Shukaku transformation! From falling to your death at Tea Country!" Taking out a Fuuma Naruto slashed wildly at Sasuke who defended with his own weapon
"…" still Sasuke said nothing. What could he say to that?
Both ANBU grappled with their weapons, trying to outdo the other. In his anger Naruto harshly shoved the Fuuma and knocked away Sasuke's katana, leaving him defenseless.
"in return you treat her like shit! All she did was – is care!" those words got through Sasuke's barrier the wall he built around himself to protect him from those he cared about. If they were to betray him.
"shut up Naruto" he finally said as he dodged the Fuuma aimed with dangerous accuracy
"no! you listen! You always say she's weak and that she needs to be protected! That she's a burden! She's human dammit, Sasuke! She's not immortal!" he snarled and threw a punch
"Stop talking!" Sasuke yelled back
"she protected you too! She defended you from sound nin when we were younger, from Shukakau, and the curse at the Forest of Death! When you were knocked unconscious on the mission yesterday she was the one who healed you! She had to protect you! You were too weak to fend for yourself! You were weak, and needed an S-rank criminal for power! You needed her to save you from dying from your wounds, from past enemies! You were her burden just as much as she was yours! And you still are her burden!" Naruto yelled as he caught Sasuke's punch
Again they grappled for strength, this time both are livid.
"Enough! Just… SHUT UP!" Sasuke yelled as he flipped Naruto over himself and slammed him into the ground
Naruto slowly got up and lunged, punching Sasuke into a tree and leaving a dent in the bark.
"both you and her were hurt by the people you once or still do care about, the same people who push you to become stronger! She did what she could to become stronger and trained. You did what you felt you should do to become stronger."
Sasuke steadily pushed himself off the tree with a human shaped dent, only to punched back into it. This time snapping the tree in half, the other side falling over to the right of the Uchiha. Sasuke could only glare up at Naruto who stood feet away from him, the Uchiha spat out blood as a trail trickled down the corner of his mouth.
"In comparison, you are both the same Uchiha Sasuke!"
Onyx eyes snapped u to Naruto's sad cerulean eyes. Is Naruto saying that something will happen to Sakura?
As if answering his question, Naruto spoke up.
"she's changing Sasuke. She's empty inside, confused, broken, and she feels hopeless, weak. Sound familiar?"
Sasuke's eyes widened 'that's… that was me all those years ago. When Itachi murdered the clan… Is he implying that - ?'
"Sakura will remain loyal to Konoha." Sasuke said confidently
She would never betray the village she loves so much. Her village, her home.
"what stopped you from going to Orochimaru?" Naruto countered
"…"
"I know you don't ate her teme. I know you care for her, maybe even more than just a really good friend. You say those things to protect her, but so far it's only hurting her even more."
'he knows me too well' thought the Uchiha bitterly
"You better act now teme. With each passing moment she'll come to a decision. If you don't do something about it now, you'll regret it later" Naruto told his best friend
…
There was silence.
"…hn…"
Sasuke stood up from the ground and walked forward to Naruto. The blonde stood still and did nothing as his best friend walked right past him.
Sasuke picked up his Katana from the ground. Both nin had their backs to each other 4 yards away. Sasuke closed his eyes and took a few steps forward before pausing when he heard his teammates voice.
"…you'll regret it, bastard"
Sasuke waited for a moment. There was silence as no one spoke. After a few more seconds Sasuke began to walk back to where their team would meet.
Sasuke saw Sakura healing Kakashi who sat against a tree with several broken bones. He Uchiha paused before slowly walking towards the two.
His looked at both, his gaze lingering on Sakura longer than it should have. He noticed Sakura didn't have a mark, what he also noticed was her blank, and emotionless expression.
He knew she is holding in her feelings, but what he didn't know is what's going on inside.
Naruto spoke the truth and judging by the sympathetic look on Kakashi's face, the silver haired man knew as well.
However Sasuke saw this coming before either, he was in her place after all. He should have known how she would react and what actions she'd take.
But training in that storm… that was suicide. Does she do that all the time? He knew most of what Naruto told him, but hearing it from someone cleared the Uchiha's mind.
For Sakura, and because he cares for her, he would change how he acts toward her. Each word kills her, the fact of being called weak and a burden, not being able to protect herself and let alone others. The youngest Uchiha knew, he's been there before thanks to his brother…
Tomorrow would be a new start. He'll make it up to her. But why does he care? Because she's a teammate, his friend, someone who's been there for him through the insults he threw at her? No, something much deeper…
Sasuke shook his head. He'd figure that out later.
"Sasuke!"
The Uchiha looked to Sakura who had called him in a mostly monotone voice.
"I'll heal you"
He nodded and sat on the grass beside Sakura. She looked deep in thought.
"I'm next Sakura-chan!" Naruto called cheerily
Sasuke turned his head to look at Naruto who gave him a look. The Uchiha returned his gaze to the medic of the team.
Her mask was off, and he could finally see her face. It was soft, beautiful, and gentle, but if you looked closer you'd see pain. He noticed she had removed her armor and saw her curves clearly. Overall she looked more matured and beautiful compared to her thirteen year old self, he was a man and could not deny the obvious.
Who would have thought she lived as assassin? Which is basically the shinobi way, kill to survive…
Naruto plopped down next to Sakura chatting animatedly, who had an empty look in her eyes. Sasuke closed his eyes. In truth he never meant to hurt Sakura, it was to protect her, make her stronger, the words just spilled out of his mouth. Take your pick, but it was never intentional. That much was positive.
He looked at the girl with an almost apologetic look as she went on to heal Naruto.
'sorry'
If only he could voice that thought.
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