AN: Thank you for all of the reviews! You all rock! JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WHY THIS CHAPTER IS SO SHORT IS BECAUSE I AM WORKING ON A CHRISTMAS FIC CALLED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS MAGIC. IT'S LIKE A REMIX OF THE NUTCRACKER. IT'S SASUSAKU SO CHECK IT OUT! It's only going to be six chapters long so don't worry I haven't given up on this fic at all. I'm on four and five right now so it should be over soon so I can get back to this story asap!
Who should Kakashi and neji fight in the upcoming fight? Review and tell me!
The Plan
Have you ever been struck in the chest or abdomen so hard that your breath is knocked right out of your lungs? Well, that's exactly what Sasuke felt at the very moment he saw Sakura and Neji together. He felt nauseous and wanted to vomit but found he couldn't. He was too late…The words seemed to ring echoing in the minds of both the rational and inner Sasuke. Sasuke had never felt so much pain in his entire life before. Not even the supposed massacre of his clan seemed to match the agony in which he was now. He had lost her. He had lost the only girl who had really cared about him. Upon seeing the two merpeople together, his inner retreated into the recesses of Sasuke's mind. The only thing that the inner could think about was the horrible fact that he had just lost the love of his life. Nothing else mattered now. The rational part of sasuke was actually worried about this new development. However, he didn't give it much thought as the pain of reality struck at him again.
Slowly, Sasuke backed away almost as if he had just witnessed a murder. The pace at which he backed away was slow at first, almost hesitant. But the farther he got away, the faster his strides became until he burst out into a full on sprint. Sasuke ran and ran and ran, focusing only on continuing forward, so that he could feel numb to the other more painful feelings. He didn't want to think right now. He wanted to forget and feel absolutely nothing. That was how he operated, right? He was a ninja after all. He didn't have emotions. He was cold and indifferent. That's who he was, right? He didn't care. It would figure that Sakura and Neji would eventually get together. They were the same species after all. Who was he to come between them? It wasn't like he cared what Sakura did.
Sasuke stopped dead in his tracks. Then why did it feel as if a part of his heart had just died at that very moment. He had lost her. That was all there was to it. He had been selfish and now it was too late. Now all he had left was the burden of having to see them together now. Sasuke's heart clenched. He'd give anything to change the circumstances in which he was now. But no, that was not the way of the ninja. A ninja dealt with the consequences of his actions and did not complain if they were painful in any way shape or manner. So without another thought, he made his way back to camp.
Kakashi felt his heart sink when he saw the poorly masked hurt on his student's face when he returned that night. No doubt he was in a lot of pain at the moment, so it was probably best if he didn't have to be hassled with pestering questions.
"Hey, Sasuke where the heck have you been? Hey, dude what's up with you, you look like you just ate some bad ramen," Naruto inquired effectively nullifying the silent plea that their sensei had wished for. Kakashi promptly slapped his forehead. Leave it to Naruto to completely make a situation worse. He briefly wondered if theses boys had learned any social skills at all. Did their parents teach them nothing? No, that wasn't the case. Those two were just so incredibly bull headed and stubborn that they probably just ignored all of those lessons.
Meanwhile, Sasuke pinned Naruto with his infamous icy death glare. That traitor. He probably knew that they were already together. All Sasuke wanted to do at that moment was make that stupid blonde feel maybe a tenth of the hurt that he was feeling at this present moment.
"You should be happy loser. You were actually right for once. I lost her. She loves Neji now." His biting tone pierced Naruto to the bone as an obvious expression of confusion and shock marred his features. It actually took a few moments for the content of the words that Sasuke had spoken to actually sink into Naruto's brain. He simply couln't grasp the concept that Sakura had actually moved on to someone other than Sasuke.
"WHAT! Are you kidding me that actually happened! Everyone other than Naruto promptly sweatdropped.