I do not own Naruto. 'nuff said.
'Military' did not come from me, and the original idea came from CrAzY-SiLLy-Me/shadowofdeath90.
Military
Chapter 1
17 years old.
He was only 17 when he reached the rank of a Lieutenant Colonel. He was an Uchiha.
They called the Uchiha clan, geniuses.
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18 years old, a Lieutenant Colonel under General Hatake Kakashi. Caretaker and supervisor ever since the young Uchiha step foot into the military.
He was taught to defend the country and the people.
Duty came first before anything else.
Emotions, thrown away.
Relationships, banned.
He didn't care. Defending the country, eliminating threats was all that matters.
Or so he thought.
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Cold onyx eyes stared at the blonde haired Marshal sitting at her desk in front of him. The young teen, no older than 18 stood tall and proud, not flinching even when his superior sent him a warning look. His eyes betrayed nothing, and showed no emotions. He was the best here, showing nothing but loyalty and devotion to his job. Until now.
"Uchiha Sasuke." The blonde haired woman began. "You are, no doubt, the best in this very military base, but I've received a very disturbing report concerning you."
The young teen, Uchiha Sasuke said nothing. If he had panicked, there was no evidence in his facial expression. If he was ashamed, his face remained motionless. Years of harsh training had made the Uchiha void of any emotion, and he simply stood like a statue.
But then somehow, standing there, in the office the Marshal, he couldn't help but resist the urge the smirk at the irony of being founded out after a long period of secrecy.
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2 years ago
14th August
Eight p.m.
It was his turn tonight, to patrol the perimeter of the base, to insure that no one unwanted had sneaked in. He frowned at the thought of this. He was a Major, why did he have to do something a Cadet could do?
Oh right.
The last time they sent a Cadet out to patrol, they ended up missing a few important supplies from their warehouse. Turns out that the Cadet had 'forgot' to patrol that area, resulting in a big opportunity for those fucking military thieves to sneak in.
Damn.
Sasuke really hated his luck. No, scratch that. He hated a blonde fox boy, namely, Uzumaki Naruto. He racked a hand through his raven dark hair and gritted his teeth in annoyance, trust Naruto to make his day worse than it already was.
He had walked into his quarters after duty, fully intending to take a shower and just lie on the bed, sleep off the tiredness he had that whole day. He would never, ever again agree to take over any of the Lieutenant's duty to train the Cadets. Never. He had been stupid enough to have been passing by the training area of Lieutenant Yamanaka, a spoiled brat that somehow managed to rise in the ranks to a Lieutenant. She had begged him to oversee her batch of trainees while she ran off to do god-knows-what.
Seeing as he had nothing to do, he stupidly agreed. The following 5 hours were more of a patient test to him than training sessions. Normally, training sessions allowed him to release any stress he had, but this particular session added stress onto him. He mentally cursed himself as he corrected the Cadet's way of handling a rifle for what seemed like the hundredth time that hour. He was also wondering what the hell that blonde woman taught these kids, who didn't even know how to aim.
By the end of the day, Sasuke had dismissed all 30 Cadets grumpily, glaring at any of them who so much as looked his way as they left. The Cadets didn't need to be told twice, and they scurried of as soon as Sasuke uttered the word 'dismiss'.
Now, on to why Naruto made his day worse.
"As Cadets aren't trusted to make a full petrol around the perimeter, the Marshal had sent commands that one of the higher ranks is to petrol tonight." Naruto announced, ignoring the glares and groans from the Lieutenants, Second Lieutenants, Captains and Major in the quarters.
"So!" Naruto shouted, gaining the attention of all the people inside. "Why don't we settle this now and we can all sleep?"
Murmurs of agreement were heard all around, they just wanted to get this over and done. Naruto pulled out a small box with pieces of papers in it. He shook it lightly and showed it to them.
"All of our names are inside this box, I'll draw a name from here and that person has to petrol tonight. Agreed?"
"Troublesome, but at least it'll be fast…" Captain Nara mumbled, agreeing. Everyone else was either too tired to argue or to think of another way, so they too agreed.
Sasuke was lying on his bed, ignoring the commotion around him. Was peace and quiet too much to ask for?
It was.
"Sasuke."
His head snapped up. "What?" he growled.
Naruto grinned as he held up a piece of paper. "Your name. Petrol duty."
Everyone was quiet as the young Uchiha glared at the blonde, each one betting that the Major would probably fly towards Naruto to strangle him. Surprisingly, Sasuke just stood up and grabbed his jacket, sending a death glare to the boy and stomping out of the quarters.
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So that's how he ended up walking in the night, taking the coldness of the harsh winds. Honestly, he should have killed the blonde when they were in training session, and claimed it to be an accident.
Unfortunately, Uchihas don't make mistakes.
He briefly wondered if that could have been an exception.
He sighed and pulled his cap lower to cover his eyes. He never really did like these military caps, but it was compulsory to wear them, so he didn't have a choice. Just as he was about to finish his rounds, something pink caught his eyes.
"Pink hair?" he raised an eyebrow. Who in the world would dream of having pink hair?
A girl, age around 15 was sitting by the river that flowed out to the forest from the base. She was wearing a white uniform with the red cross symbol, indicating that she was from the medics. Her eyes were closed and she was humming to herself, arms wrapped around her body to keep the cold winds from attacking her.
He was slightly awed at the beauty of the girl, and if he was any other guy, he would have drooled. But he was Uchiha Sasuke, and Uchiha Sasuke was a human ice cube.
He walked towards the girl and was about to call out to her, when her eyes snapped open. What happened next impressed Sasuke. He wouldn't say he couldn't do it, but to think a medic like her could pull out her shotgun and aimed it at his head in a mere second really was astounding.
It took the girl at least 5 seconds to digest the fact that the person in front of her was a Major, by the stars he held, and that he was the Uchiha genius, as his name was on his tag. She quickly lowered her gun and salute.
"I'm really sorry Major, I thought you were the thieves again…" she trailed off, not knowing what to say. Sasuke nodded.
"I understand." The girl visibly relaxed, but still stood straight. "What are you doing here…?"
The girl blushed. Sasuke thought she was another fan-girl, and was about to just turn away when she spoke. "I was just…remembering something from the past."
Sasuke sighed. "In times this late? Don't." the girl bit her lip. "I'm sorry, we don't have time to spare in the day, so I would just sneak out at night…"
He sighed again. God he was sighing so much today. "Whatever." With that, he turned and walked off, giving no more thought of that weird girl.
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The next time he remembered her, it was the time he was picked for petrol duty again, two days later. He wondered if Naruto really had everyone's names in that stupid box…
She was, yet again at the river, this time wearing a black cloak to blend into the surroundings. He smirked to himself, thinking she must really be good in hiding, as the two previous nights there was no report on a medic being spotted. Or maybe he was just good in seeking. He would stick with the latter.
This time however, not only did he get her name, he didn't think she was a spoiled brat like the other girls he talked to before. Haruno Sakura. Cherry blossoms of spring.
"I am an orphan." She said, as she stared at the river rushing downstream. "I heard from the orphanage I was staying at, that my parents died in line of duty, so I came to join the military as a medic, to help people."
"Why didn't you just become a doctor then? It's safer." Sasuke had replied. Sakura giggled.
"My parents died in war, Uchiha-san. I want to help those in war, it's not the matter of whether its safe or not."
After that, Sasuke had pondered about the things she said. She had asked him why he joined the military, and he said it was because his whole family was in the military for as long as they remember, so it was a kind of duty to the family too.
"I see…but what would you have wanted to do?"
He didn't know.
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A week later, he met her again, but this time, it was not by the river. It was during the sorting of teams. General Hatake had brought her, introducing her as the medic chosen for their team.
"She's a quick learner and directly under Marshal Tsunade. I trust there are no problems?"
Sasuke had not objected, but remained silent as he watched Naruto greet her and self intro, while Sakura giggled at his antics.
Emotions are not suppose to get in the way, be it in a mission or training.
He reminded himself every time he saw Sakura laughed and smile, and wondered why a mere girl was affecting his life.
Damn it.
He was trained from young to throw his emotions out the window, kill his own heart if he had to, as long as you don't show emotions. His brother, Uchiha Itachi had been a good example of what he should be like. Void of any emotions, a General by the age of 18, and in the elite forces, Akatsuki.
Itachi was his role model. His nemesis.
He loved him. He despised him.
He was what everyone wanted to be. He wanted to be the exact opposite.
He was the true genius. Sasuke was his shadow.
In the four man team, he was always the quiet one, the leader when the General was absent, and the one to resolve all problems. Always the calm and collected one, unlike Naruto who always lost his head when something wrong happened, or get angry when someone or himself messed up.
That was then. He had thought of himself like that.
But that was his first mistake, as he was also human.
And because he was only human, he couldn't stay calm forever. He got into his first fight with the medic of his team.
"You should stop that." Sakura had said one day after training.
"Stop what." He replied, downing his water.
"Being so isolated. It hurts to see you pushing everyone away when you need someone."
Something inside him snapped that time. He didn't know why, but it did. He fully regretted it, as the conversation had ended with him stomping off, leaving the medic with tears streaming down her face as she watched him walk away. Naruto and Kakashi had been there, but they were clueless to what had happened, and they could only comfort the pink haired girl.
I didn't know why I did it, but I shouted at her. I couldn't control myself, the things she said really made me feel like she was slowly penetrating the walls that I so carefully build up since young, and I would be damned if a girl like her would just crumble it down in a mere second.
A/N: I tried out a different writing style here, similiar to 'Contradicted' actually...I thought it was interesting to try to write like this...xD I haven't updated 'Walking with the Dead' yet, but I promise soon... I actually wanted this to be a one-shot, but I guess it has to be a few chapters...but if no one likes it I'll probably take it down. Pls R&R!