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The Five Senses

So Sasuke crossed many forests and wild rivers, treacherous mountains and deep gorges, vast plains, and even an ocean of some sort, thinking of nothing else but to find this knowledgeable person in his mind's eye. Sasuke imagined this knowledgeable person to be living alone and far away from society and to be old, Along the way, he avoided as many towns and villages as possible; someone may recognize him, and report him to the authorities. It wasn't that Sasuke was afraid of getting arrested, or being put to death, but the whole trial would be tediously long. And why give yourself away and die when you have another purpose in you life?

Being alone wasn't a problem. When Sasuke was being honest with himself, he…liked it. No one was there to pester him about world domination this, new discovers that, jib-jab and flim-flam. For the first time in so many years, that Sasuke had lost count, he was able to think freely. Or, enjoy the satisfaction of not thinking at all. Enjoying all the natural sounds around him, such as the running of the wild river, or the small trickle of the stream. The songs the birds sang, the symphonies the bugs would play. The enormous crash of thunder, the soft sound of grass swaying on other grass. It felt so different and unnatural to Sasuke, who could only remember the sounds of the Sound Village. Such the sounds were usually fire crackling, footsteps echoing off the walls, grunts, sweat dripping from a ninja's face, kunia's soaring and clashing through the air. It donned on Sasuke how sensitive his ears had gotten. And not just his ears…

But all of his five senses.

He could feel the things that he couldn't feel before. He could feel the natural wind blowing ever so softly on his body, the grass tickling his feet from below where he stood. When he swam across that ocean of some sort, he could feel the beyond freezing sea water splatter and try to consume his body. He could feel the sea salt sprayed on his face. And when he was in the plains, he could feel the grass like plants swarming around his body, too, just like the ocean. It felt like no matter where he ran to in those plains, the plains always knew where he was, because they could feel him.

And he could taste this new world that existed outside the Sound Village, too. He could taste the life of the many forests that he had sprinted and walked through. It was so simple; all he had to do was to open his mouth and slightly extended his tongue out. He could taste those assorted green leaves, the air- so delicious! Fresh new life bursting out from all directions- so different from the tastes of the Sound Village. The Sound Village tasted like…sweat. Darkness. Blood. Secrets. And the lies that were always being cascaded upon the ninjas. Sasuke closed his eyes, opened his mouth and ever so slightly, and extended his tongue outside of his mouth. Today, it tasted like…sweet, green grass. Hints of salt, the ever present life, trees…and what was that last taste? The rain?

Sasuke withdrew his tongue from the outside world and entrapped it ounce more. His eyes were still closed. He breathed; inhaling through his nose. It was the rain that he had tasted before. He knew when he smelled the rain. It was difficult to identify the rain when he tasted it through the atmosphere, but Sasuke still loved trying to. 'I will learn to taste the rain' thought Sasuke. 'One of these days…maybe when I find this knowagable person, who knows so much more than I do.' Sasuke exhaled, then inhaled again. Smell. It was different from taste. Smelling was what could be inhaled on the outside, like when one smells a flower. Tasting was what could be smelled on the inside, like if one were to taste or eat a flower. Very different. He could smell the earth. All of it; the whole breathing being that it was. Sasuke was starting to appreciate it more, since he was now starting to realize the wonderful things it provided him with. Food, water, something to run on, new things to learn, places wroth seeing…For what Sasuke knew, this list was -indeed- never-ending.

And then he felt it; the first rain drop. One, two, three- the pace was slow- four, five, six, seven- it was beginning to quicken- eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fithteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighte- the pace of the rain was too fast, and now there were too many to count. Sasuke opened his eyes and looked at his new surroundings. The rain was blurring his sight, but he didn't care- he enjoyed it. His surroundings were a mix of colors that he thought he had seen somewhere before, but couldn't quite remember where. It was meshes of greens, blues, grays, and- BOOM! FLASHES OF LIGHT! Lightning. Thunder. Thunderstorm. When Sasuke had emerged from the darkness and into the new world of light, this had become his favorite wonder; to see spears of light zigzag down toward the ground, so fast- 'Where does it come from?' Sasuke had often pondered. 'How is it created? It looks like my Chidori- but it's different.' Like a curious child, Sasuke needed to know the answers to his questions, but more importantly, he wanted nothing more than to touch the lightning. Isn't that what all curious children do when they find something interesting?

He tore his feat away from where they had been planted and sprinted up the highest tree available. He reached the very top with ease and eagerness, and leaned away from the tree as far as possible…but still, even when he reached out his arm, his hand, stretched out his finger tips until it hurt…even when he stayed in that position for the longest time, getting drenched in the rain, getting his ears deafened by the roars of thunder, waiting for his moment to come…he could not touch the lightning.

The flashes of lighting and roars of thunder were going away, in another direction, and the rain decided to follow it, leaving Sasuke and his surrounding drenched. Sasuke moved from his position, and jumped down to the ground, landing gracefully. He was a little disappointed, but he knew there would be other chances. Unlike the Sound Village- where such an act would be seen as unexectptable and would be killed for it- this was a new world of light, where Sasuke could do as he pleased, and feel the freedom he never knew existed, even through his five senses.

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I know it's not any good, but it's kinda fun to write in this style. :)