Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the characters. Okay this was edited very quickly because I finished it and now I'm running to catch my bus so I hope you enjoy it and I hope there are no mistakes left after my editing xD
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"Hinata..."
"H-hai, Sasuke-kun. Umm... Why are you here? I mean, outside my house"
Despite the mix of troubling emotions tearing Sasuke apart, he couldn't help but smile at the shy girl who's face was now a deep scarlet, only getting darker the more she talked.
"I ah, was on my way to the pier and I was going to ask you to come with me."
"OH!!" Hinata's face went darker then Sasuke had ever seen it and was getting ready to catch her if she decided to faint again. "Ah... H-Hai... I'll go with you"
Sasuke walked with the girl in silence, not wanting to make her any more red or else she would pass out again. They walked together oblivious to the eight eyes watching them, four of which were red, two white and two a chocolate brown.
Once at the pier they sat down at the edge, letting their feet dangle into the warm water. Sasuke sat back, resting on his elbows as he watched the girl in front of him jump up and start walking on the water.
Four mouths dropped at the same time as they watched Sasuke stand up, walk over to Hinata who was aimlessly splashing water around her now bare feet, and wrap his arms around her from behind, making her gasp.
"Sa-Sasuke?"
As he tightened his grip around her waist and he lay his head on her shoulder, he felt her slip away quickly. Sasuke was glad he had quick reflexes, otherwise Hinata would have completely fallen into the water. She had fainted... again.
Sasuke picked her up bridal style and put her down on the pier again, her head resting in his lap as he waited for her to regain consciousness. Staring at the Hyuga girl and knowing he could never tell her how he felt, he decided to say it to her while she couldn't hear him.
Smiling, he began to talk to her gently.
"You don't know what you do to me Hinata. I'm a completely different person when I'm around you. All my anger, my hate, even my dam stubbornness just melts away when I see you." Sasuke started to stroke the sleeping girl's head, not noticing she stirred and was now awake.
"I think I'm falling for you. You make me... happy. I feel as if nothing else matters. Not my training, not my dead family, not the village, not even my brother. I'm falling for you Hinata and I can't break the fall until I hit the ground. I'm falling for you, even though I should hate everything about you and your clan. I wish I knew what to do. I've never felt like this before. I've never needed anyone, never wanted anyone. Not since that day. Not since I lost everything. But now, I find myself thinking about you when you're not beside me and when you are beside me, I'm just different. You change me Hinata, and I don't know if I should run away or stay and fight. I need to be in control, but I lose it when I see you..."
A warm drop fell onto Hinata's cheek which made her open her eyes. She wiped it off and began to sit up, startling Sasuke.
"Oh, your awake? I ah~"
He was cut off by Hinata who put her finger to his lips, telling him to be silent. She put her arms around Sasuke's neck, pulling him closer, her face turning a dark red at the closeness.
Sasuke's mouth parted slightly as he felt Hinata wrap her arms around his neck and bury her head in the crook of his neck, almost as if trying to hide. He could feel the heat emitting from her as she held him, her face a shade to rival that of Sasuke's bloody nightmares.
They stayed still, not moving until they heard a cough from above them. They looked up to the site of Neji Hyuga jumping down from a tree, landing right in front of them.
"Hinata? Leave here at once. I need to talk to Sasuke."
Hinata looked from Sasuke who was no longer in her arms, then back to Neji before replying. "N-no Neji. I'm staying here."
"Leave or I will make you leave."
Hinata stood up and took her newly found fighting stance. "I'm not leaving Neji!" All her hard training with Kiba and Shino would finally be of use.
"Very well. I will defeat you!" Neji took his stance in turn as he started to focus his chakra, Hinata doing the same.
Sasuke got to his feet, but instead of stopping the two, he stepped back. There are some fights that have to be fought alone, and Sasuke knew this was none of his business anyway... well, unless you include he likes Hinata and Neji likes him.
"Byakugan" The voices spoke in harmony, but as soon as each took a step forward, they were each grabbed by a strong pair of arms.
"Kakashi-sensei? Iruka-sensei? What are you doing here?" Sasuke was now back in his usual, uncaring demeanour because the only one he showed any emotion to was Hinata."
"Well baby brother, you fled before we could finish talking so they said they would help me." Itachi walked out of the shadows and started to walk towards Sasuke.
"Dammit Itachi! I told you to wait until we told him what was going on!! It's been how many years and you still can't do what your told!" Iruka had let go of Hinata and was now standing in front of Itachi, blocking his path to Sasuke.
"I don't care sensei! I need to talk to Sasuke and he will listen to me. I don't care if I have to tie him down and make him hate me!"
"Well I do and so does Kakashi. So you will wait until he's ready!"
"Why do you care about him so much? He's probably a lost cause anyway!"
"I care about him because he is-was my student. I said I would protect him and all my other students from idiots like you. And he's not a lost cause Itachi. Who the hell do you think you are?"
"I'm an idiot? No sensei, I was and still am great and you know it. I could have been the best ninja there was. I could have even made it to Sanin. But no! My stupid clan decided to make me a weapon. Once I mastered my Sharingan they stopped caring about me. They used me. I'm here to set that kid straight and to train him to be the best. We are the last Uchihas and we will be great."
"So you want to do to Sasuke what was done to you?!"
"That's not what I said"
"Well that's what I heard."
"Well then you're deaf and deaf ninjas aren't of any use. Do you know what happens to useless ninja? They die sensei and that's what's going to happen to you."
Itachi raised his hands but before he could do anything, Iruka was on top of him and they were both falling to the ground.
"You will not touch Sasuke. You will not speak to him. If you do so help me Itachi by the time I'm finished with you, you'll wish I left you to ANBU or let Kakashi put a chidori through you. Do you understand?"
Itachi never answered, but simply let a smile fall onto his lips. But this smile was a smile that promised death. Iruka was about to say something, but was cut off as he was drawn into the crimson eyes of the body below him, black dots spinning faster than he could follow as he stared into them in a hypnotic trance.
Kakashi was watching Itachi closely the whole time, knowing he didn't need hand signals or time to activate the Sharingan. Once he caught a glimpse of those crimson eyes he let go of the Hyuga he was holding. He hurled his body at Itachi and pulled off his headband. Once it was off he managed to put it over Itachi's eyes and pin his hands so his eyes were hidden from view and Itachi couldn't fend off the attack.
"There is only one disadvantage to the Sharingan. If you cannot see the eyes, it will have no effect on you. So, if the Sharingan is kept from view, like this, it's virtually useless." When he finished speaking, he got Iruka to tie the headband securely so it wouldn't get loose.
Neji was now in his own world, lecturing Hinata and trying to get her to leave. Sasuke, seeing Kakashi on Itachi and Iruka standing by his head, decided it was safe to walk over.
"So you disappear for six years to get stronger and yet you can't even beat your old senseis. Tch. I can't believe I used to look up to you. You're pathetic." Sasuke's eyes were cold as he glared down at his brother who stopped moving as soon as he heard Sasuke's voice.
"Sasuke.... You need to know what happened. Everything that happened. The depth of the feud and... me. So baby brother, you're going to sit there and listen to me!"
"You're in no position to tell me what to do. I was fine until you showed up again. But, at least this way I don't have to find you to kill you!"
Everything happened so fast in the next few moments that Iruka almost didn't stop Itachi from taking off the headband covering his eyes. But he soon realised Kakashi was gone and took his place.
As soon as Sasuke put his hand on his arm, Kakashi knew what was coming. He launched himself at Sasuke who was now back a bit further, knowing Kakashi or Iruka was going to try stop him.
"Chidori"
As Sasuke started running towards Itachi who was now being pinned down by Iruka, Kakashi moved to try and stop the youngest Uchiha.
He jumped towards the moving boy, but Sasuke dodged at the last second and was quickly closing that short gap between himself and his brother. After trying and failing to trip up the blood-lusting Uchiha, Kakashi did the only thing he could do. He ran in front of Sasuke and grabbed his arm, the Chidori burning Kakashi's shirt and melting it onto his skin.
He picked up Sasuke by the arm he was holding and threw him back the way he came. Sasuke hit a tree with a sickening thud, his chidori going straight through the tree.
Sasuke got to his feet, panting and rubbing his head.
"Teme. This is none of your business sensei so leave. Take Iruka sensei and Hinata and get out of here. I will kill that bastard for killing my family."
"Sasuke, you're not going to kill him. Not yet anyway. I told you once before, if you leave your revenge consume you, you will be empty once you get it."
"How would you know Kakashi?! You don't know what it's like to have your whole family murdered. You don't know what it means to be alone!"
Kakashi moved so fast Sasuke couldn't defend himself when Kakashi ran at him. His throat was grabbed and he felt his feet leave the ground as Kakashi pushed him back into the tree he hit not moments before, his feet still hovering off of the ground.
"I never knew my parents. They abandoned me and left me on my own. I was raised by the Hokage but I never got close to him. My team, my sensei and my boyfriend were all killed by a rogue sand ninja. The only reason I'm alive is because I ran. I was a genin like you and I ran. I was on a C-ranked mission that should have been A-ranked for Jounin. I spent two years training before I finally found the bastard hiding in the mountains. When I found him he had a wife and two kids. I murdered them all. I killed him for my revenge but I killed his family because he killed mine. You know how I felt after that? I spent the journey home feeling relieved, as if a weight was taken off my shoulders, but when I got home nothing changed. I was still depressed. Killing him didn't make it any easier. It just proved I was a killing machine. I killed first and thought later. I was empty Sasuke, and that's how you'll be. So shut up and listen to your brother. He's your family."
"Okay, so revenge didn't help you. It will for me. He's not my brother anymore. He hasn't been since the day he abandoned me and killed everyone."
"Sasuke are you even listening to yourself?! He didn't kill your family and he saved your sorry ass."
"If he didn't kill them he left them to die! He ran because he was a coward!!"
"He was thirteen Sasuke. Your age. Don't try to tell me you would face an entire clan after seeing most of your own being killed and then seeing your dead parents and then finding your kid brother in the same room. He saved you so you could live the life your clan no longer has. He saved you so both of you could rebuild your clan again."
"I don't care he should have left me to die! I have no reason to live anymore!"
"Fuck Sasuke your still a kid. Your a ninja! There's your reason. And don't try to say your alone because we all heard what you said to Hinata! Go listen to what your brother has to say."
Sasuke was about to reply when he realised something. They heard what he said to Hinata. He tried to speak but he couldn't. Even if he could he didn't know what he would say. Deciding he may as well know what happened before he killed his brother, Sasuke sighed and pushed himself away from the tree and walked towards his brother. When did he even let me go?
He sat down but before he spoke, his attention was caught by a loud crash. Sasuke, Iruka and Kakashi all ran towards the Hyuga's who were now in the middle of fighting. Kakashi ran to Neji and Iruka ran to Hinata, but Sasuke beat him there.
Sasuke stood in front of Hinata and grabbed her shoulders, staring into her white eyes. Her heavy breathing gradually calmed as her eyes gained colour and she relaxed her body. Once she realised she had brought her hands up to Sasuke's, her face darkened and she stared at the ground before welcoming Sasuke's arms around her as he picked her up. Iruka smiled to himself, knowing that look in their eyes all too well, but it only widened when he saw Kakashi.
Neji was not so easily tamed, he attempted to fight off Kakashi throwing 'gentle fists' at the copy ninja. He actually managed to cut off the chakra in Kakashi's arm, making it useless, before being sent to the ground by Kakashi's fist.
He dragged Neji by the collar of his shirt over to where Itachi was sitting. He threw him onto the ground before pulling his headband from Itachi's head, not liking the look he was getting from the Hyuga who was staring at his revealed eye, and half of his face. He clutched at his arm, and examined his injury.
Iruka, Sasuke and Hinata soon followed and they all sat around Itachi, who was well aware he was surrounded by 5 powerful ninja, one of which was already trying to kill him.
"Before I start talking, who are they?" Itachi pointed his finger towards Hinata, who was sitting beside Sasuke, cowering from his pointed finger and bending her head towards Sasuke's shoulder, and then to Neji who was sitting between Kakashi and Iruka holding his head up as he glared at Itachi, knowing he was Sasuke's brother.
"Oh you don't know??" Kakashi's eye closed to a crescent moon and his hand went to rub the back of his head. "This is Neji and Hinata. Hyuga."
Itachi's mouth almost fell open upon hearing the Hyuga part.
"Hyuga? Well this should be an interesting conversation. So Neji, how much do you know about the night your clan slaughtered mine?" Itachi's voice darkened further, clearly not liking that he was talking to the Hyuga heirs.
"My clan did nothing like that. We wouldn't need to. You're the one that murdered them all in cold blood. We were told many times of your power, of your evil and your hatred. But maybe they were just stories because I'm beginning to think you couldn't have killed the whole clan by yourself. I could kill you so an entire clan could definitely do it."
Itachi glared at Neji once again, his Sharingan activated. "You want to try it?"
Neji simply laughed at the threat, not knowing the danger he could have been in, if Kakashi hadn't thrown a kunai at Itachi, knocking his concentration back to the story.
"Fine I won't kill the kid. Yet." Itachi tore his gaze away and turned it to Sasuke, who had quietened down since sitting with Hinata.
"So, my baby brother has fallen in love. With a Hyuga. Big mistake kid! She'll probably kill you in your sleep."
"Wh-what are you talking about? You keep talking about a war and my clan killing the Uchiha clan, but it's not true. We would never turn on a fellow leaf ninja." Hinata spoke her words with a confidence and power no one knew she even had but yet keeping a shy tone to it that was Hinata.
Sasuke turned to the girl and couldn't help his smile. He turned back to his brother before replying, the smile once again gone from his pale features. "Itachi, not everyone is out to get me. Not everyone wants to kill me. Unlike you."
"Just wait Sasuke, just wait. I'm sure it runs in the family. Now, all of you shut up and listen! If any of you say another word I will kill you. And I'll make sure to start with you, sensei's. Otherwise you'd try blindfolding me again."
Everyone stopped talking and looked towards Itachi as he began to tell the details of what happened all those years ago.
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AN: Okay this chapter came out fast because my muse decided she wanted something written seeing as I wouldn't let her kill Kakashi. You probably won't see another chapter until next week so I hope you like this one =D
Review and tell me what you thought... Is the story (Or me) getting better or worse?
