Chapter 7: Failure and Mistakes

Well, apparently, Sasuke ran away. So much for that. If so, that means here is the new part, Sasuke Retrieval Team 1, FAILED. You could read clear enough that this means MISSION FAILED. Well, it's not like they're just going to give up like this. And so this chapter begins.

Sasuke POV: I keep jumping further and further. My head hurts… I want to stop and turn back, but I can't control myself! You know what, I should have been stronger before… then I wouldn't have run away and nobody would have gotten hurt… Well, too bad for me. I kept on jumping. At last, I reached Orochimaru's base. ' Don't go inside! He could use you as an experiment or anything like that…' ' No!' the fake me won. I hesitated before going in. The time that I hesitated was the time that I tried to fight the evil Sasuke. Guess I'm not strong enough to fight Orochimaru. Hn.

"Sasuke, I guess you've finally come, huh?" Orochimaru hissed at me.

"Yes I have," I replied.

As he led me down the hall, I asked him a simple question, " Now, when are you going to give me the power to overcome my brother or anyone else who gets in my way?"

Kabuto was behind me and whispered, " Sasuke, don't ask that. You never know what you will get from Orochimaru if you ask that too many times."

I ignored him and asked Orochimaru the same question again. When he didn't answer, I repeated the question again. Kabuto telling me to stop asking Orochimaru that question again interrupted me the last time. I turned around and gave him the Uchiha glare that all Uchihas knew how to do. He gave me an uneasy look, but I again, ignored him. Then I glared at Orochimaru. Couldn't he answer me? I don't care if the answer was " A long time later"; all I cared was that he could answer me at all. Orochimaru turned to look at me and gave me an evil smile. I was mad. There I said it. Not really, but in my head. It was important that I said it because Uchihas weren't supposed to get mad that easily. Actually, now that I thought that, I'm not so mad anymore. It's more like getting annoyed that getting mad. Anyhow, I was something that was NOT happy. As we walked further into the hall, he turned around again and gave me a strange look. '…' What was that about? Kabuto stared at me. I turned around and snapped, " What!"

Kabuto stepped back and said, " Nothing…" as he shook his hands in front of his face. He looked scared. I smirked. He then started staring at me again. I chose to ignore him this time. ~Awkward Silence~

Kabuto broke the silence by suddenly saying, " You did know that I was not scared right?"

I shook my head. "Obviously I did. Who wouldn't?" I looked at him and he looked at me. We both looked away and I concentrated on Orochimaru. I was about to repeat the same question when Kabuto put a finger across his lips. That meant silence. I glared at him yet again.

Orochimaru gave me the strange look again (…) and asked me a simple question like the one I asked him. I was surprised at the question he asked me.

This is how it went. " Sasuke, are you so sure that you want the power?" He hissed at me once again. " If so, train with me…" Another hiss. Now the hisses were getting annoying.

"Sure," I replied.