Two Sides
Sasuke sat on the branch, watching her, taking in everything he observed from her.
She was strong, powerful, yet, compared to her sister, she was nothing.
Bara closed her eyes, still hugging herself.
I guess I should say something.
"Why do you sit there and cry?"
She looked up at him.
Her eyes showed no happiness, only loss.
She didn't answer, instead she jumped off the branch and started to walk.
She looked up to see him staring her in the face.
"I thought you don't get angry."
She gave him another blank stare,and he could almost feel what she was going through.
He wanted to hug her, but it went against everything he stood for.
"Because," she began,"It still hurts to sit there and watch them all die,and not be able to do anything about it. I hate her, I know I do. I know deep down inside I would kill her if the chance ever presented itself. Got strong enough to defeat her the same way she defeated me."
"Then why don't you?"
"Because killing her makes me no better. That's what holds me back. That and my friends."
"I broke my bonds with them a long time ago." Sasuke said.
"I don't see why. I feel stronger around them, rather when I'm by myself."
Sasuke's eyes narrowed in contemplation.
"Why do you do that?" he asked.
"What?"
"Hug yourself."
"Because, whenever things like happen, no one's there for me to do it to, so I do it to myself. Helps take away some of the pain."
"Funny."
"What."
"I thought I was the only one who use to feel that way."
"You don't anymore?"
"No, not anymore."
"Oh. Maybe you should try it, it might actually help."
"I'm not interes-"
Smiling a little she interrupted him by giving him a hug.
"What are you-"
"This is a hug. Feels nice doesn't it?"
Sasuke looked at her for a moment.
Her gaze fell somewhere else, yet he continued to ponder his hesitation.
What's keeping me from pushing her off and walking away? he thought.
He closed his eyes in frustration.
Just walk away. He thought.
His arms, however, had already returned the hug.
What is it with this girl? He thought to himself. Why can't I ever get away from her when stuff like this happens.
She stopped after and while and with a smile asked, "There, that wasn't so bad was it?"
He wanted to say "yes it was!" to glare at her and walk away.
Instead he looked away and said, "No, not really."
"I know what you're thinking." she said in a melancholy tone.
"What?"
"Why can't I stop doing this? Why can't I walk away? Why can't I tell her to get off me and go away?"
Sasuke stared at her now. "So you're psychic now?" he asked sarcastically.
"No silly, I ask myself the same questions."
"And what were your answers?"
She shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know, because I don't think about it. It'll come to me eventually."
She smiled again.
"How can you be so happy?" he asked her.
"I don't know, I like to be optimistic about things."
"What's so good about your situation now?"
"Let's put both of ours together then." she said raising an eyebrow. "We hate our siblings because they killed our families. If what they both did never happened, then neither of us would probably be at the level of power we're at now."
She started to pace back in forth, thinking.
He noticed that her kimono was loose and flowed behind her.
"Why do you wear that when you fight?" He then asked her.
"Oh this? This whole kimono is a weapon." she said holding out her arm and showing him the flowers that pulverized him two days ago.
"That jutsu you used on me the other night, how does it work?"
"Oh, the petal barrage?" she said looking at the flowers on her kimono. "It's a genjutsu ninjutsu combination I made up, since I don't carry ninja tools with me, I use the designs on my clothes as tools to attack, usually as a finisher."
She looked up now.
It was night time and a full moon at that.
Sasuke also looked up and noticed how calm the night is.
"Sometimes I'll come outside and just stare at the stars all day." she said.
Sasuke's arm throbbed and he grabbed at it.
Bara snapped out of her trance and ran over to help him.
"Guess it's time for another healing session. Let's go." she told him.
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