GOMEN NASAI FOR THE LATE UPDATE!!!! I was just really uninspired…and a plot bunny for a new SasuHina fic just bit me. I was tempted to put this on hold, but I decided that I'd finish it as soon as I can. And I'll be updating waaayy slower once school starts (in 4 days) because my evil violin teacher makes me play 3 hours of violin every day. So I have absolutely no time to fit typing and doing hw on weekdays. Sry guys.
Disclaimer: Naruto © Masashi Kishimoto
Chapter 2:
Past Revealed
Hinata-
I'm really sorry that I didn't make it in time to see you one last time. I hope that maybe you'll forgive me…I really tried, but he just wouldn't let me come. I'm so sorry. If I knew that this was going to happen, then I wouldn't have left. But I know that that would probably be a lie…I had to leave. It's for a reason that you might not understand. But I'll explain it for you anyway, kami, I hope someone will read this and really understand.
It's simple, but it's yet, really very hard…
I think that by now, you are familiar with the legend of the Kyuubi, the nine-tailed demon that was later sealed into a newborn baby. The Yondaime Hokage gave his life to save the villagers and sealed it within his own son. His son, was me. I grew up without knowing who I was or why everyone hated me, only that I was alone. Then Iruka-sensei came and became sort of like a father to me. Later, Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi-sensei came and they became my family. After the Chunnin exams, Ero-Sennin, AKA, Jiraiya, taught me how to control the demon's chakra within me.
What they didn't tell me was what would happen if I ever ripped off the seal in myself.
When I retrieved Sasuke, I knew that he was only looking to die and that kind of person is very hard to defeat. They care nothing for their own life anymore. But I just want you to know, it's not his fault. It's not anyone's but mine. When I was fighting him, the seal was ripped off in my attempt to defeat Sasuke. Just as he promised, the Kyuubi gave me all his power.
But only for a little while.
Then I could feel that the Kyuubi was slowly overtaking me. Once the seal as taken off, instead of the demon fox being set free, it was still trapped in my body, giving me unimaginable power, and immortality. The only bad side is, I can't control myself. There's no warning, nothing. It just suddenly controls me and I can't even fight back. I almost destroyed a whole village, Hinata!
Then this man came to me, he said that his name was Mamoru or something. He said that he could reseal the demon inside of me without killing himself. I didn't know his true intentions at that time, but he asked me to do a favor for him if he helped me reseal it. Being the idiot I was, I accepted. It worked. He resealed the Kyuubi, but at a terrible price.
He killed his own daughter.
It turns out the favor was that he wanted my help to take his revenge against the Leaf Village. I declined, but he had me in his grasp already. It turns out that the seal on the Kyuubi was a new one, one that could be controlled only by the sealer. Which was him. I knew that if he released the seal, I would probably annihilate everyone I cared about. I had to stay with him. Maybe one day, I could find a way to thwart his plans before it's too late.
Everything else, you can find out from Sasuke. This will be the last time that I'll ever communicate with you, Hinata, and I hope that it wasn't completely useless.
Just don't come looking for me. I'll come to you.
-Naruto Uzimaki
Sakura looked at the letter in her hands in shock. She couldn't believe what the words were telling her, after all that time…the truth was finally in her own, gloved hands. The letter was found at Hinata's grave and Kiba had brought it to her after reading it on his own. It was clearly Naruto's semi-legible chicken scratch, but she just didn't want to believe it. She had an urge to go and pummel Sasuke all of the sudden, but then it would be against Naruto's wishes.
But since when had she ever followed Naruto's wishes before?
She ripped of her white lab coat and flew out the door without a greeting or farewell to anyone. Her destination? The abandoned Uchiha village. She ran into the streets lined with deteriorating houses, making small cracks on the ground with each of her footsteps. She reached a larger complex and opened the door. It wasn't the first time that she had been here before.
"Sasuke!" She yelled throughout the house, not caring that she was almost screaming.
"What do you want?" A pale figure strode in, his skin was covered with a sheen of sweat that told her that he must've been training when she came.
"Look. At this, " she shoved the crisp letter at him.
He took it and scanned the words. It was no surprise to her that his face showed no emotion whatsoever. After a few seconds, he folded the paper and glared at her venomously.
"So you came for the rest of the story?"
"Yes."
"It's very long."
"I have time."
"Fine. Sit down on the couch, this is going to take a while."
She glanced at him suspiciously and sat down onto the soft couch in the middle of the room. HE sat down opposite from her and activated his Sharingan. She flinched a little at the rotating dots.
"What are you doing?" She hissed.
"It's easier to just show it to you. Now relax."
She obliged and suddenly, she felt herself collapse onto the soft cushions behind her. She opened her eyes sleepily, to find herself floating in darkness.
'Sasuke? Hello? Where am I?'
'In your consciousness. Just observe.'
A floating Sasuke appeared beside her. He waved his hand and she was suddenly transported to a garden. A young woman with dark, forest green hair was humming as she watered the plants and herbs in front of her. The tune she hummed was sad, with a tinge of angst in the melody. A figure opened the door and came outside. It was Sasuke.
"H-hello…Sasuke-k-kun…"
"I told you already. No formalities, " he glared at her and muttered under his breath, " I hate formalities…"
"Oh…ok…"
The woman looked down and resumed humming the sad tune while watering the flowers. Sasuke passed by, not even glancing at her on his way out.
Suddenly, everything became blurry and things started to whirl around. Sakura's eyes were wide, ' What's happening?'
'Time changes. It'll take too long to show you everything.'
'Ano..Sasuke?'
'What?'
'Who was she?'
'Just..an old friend…'
Sakura looked over at the pale skinned man curiously, she knew that this girl was probably much more to him than just 'an old friend.' He glared at her when he caught her gaze on him, and Sakura turned away, frightened. He gestured toward them again and mouthed 'look'.
It looked like it was autumn and the woman looked a bit older. She was a bit taller and her hair was cut short just above her shoulders. She was walking on a dirt path leading through a busy street with a certain pale-skinned man, Sasuke.
"Sasuke, how long do you plan to stay? You must have people who worry about you…" She fidgeted with her hands while she looked down at the ground.
"No…I belong no where…as for how long I will stay…I can leave now if you want…"
"No! That not what I meant…er..I mean…" she blushed as she tried to clarify her answer. Sasuke looked over at her and smirked. He loved making her blush and stutter. She looked up at him, trying to find what his true thoughts were. He smiled and tipped her chin up and kissed her.
Sakura gasped as everything went blurry again. She looked at Sasuke for some answer.
'You weren't supposed to see that..' he hissed at her.
'Fine. It's not the end of the world or anything.'
'Hn.'
It was winter, but the sun was still bright and shining even though there were sprinkles of snow here or there. She saw Sasuke standing in a middle of the field, training and wiping the sweat from his forehead. Suddenly, his head jerked to the side as a rare swirl of wind passed by and a distant cry was heard.
He dashed toward the town, only to find that same green-haired woman lying in a puddle of blood with paramedics and doctors surrounding her. His face paled and he tied to run in, but some doctors who pushed him out prevented him.
Sakura gasped. The scene reminded her of when Hinata was sick. 'Hinata…' her eyes started to grow wet at the thought of her lost friend. The scene went blurry again and she saw herself in the middle of a field. Apparently, Naruto and Sasuke were in the middle of a fierce battle.
Naruto was panting with exhaustion while Sasuke just looked his old, calm stoic self. The blond closed his eyes and orange chakra started to surround him. Sakura gasped, she knew what he was going to do. In a flash, she found herself in a dark room in front of a humongous cage. There was pair of dark, evil eyes looking at her…no…Naruto. He was confronting whatever was in there, it was telling him to rip it off, to rip off the seal so he could gain all of his untapped power. Naruto reached for it, but was stopped by a pale hand. The hand, of a certain Sasuke Uchiha.
"So this is what's in you, eh?"
"Get out, Sasuke-teme."
"Why? So you can use this demon and take me back to your 'home'?" Sasuke spat this out bitterly.
"It's your home too."
"No it's not. It never will be."
"You are NOT getting away…I promised Sakura-chan that I would bring you home…and I NEVER go back on my word!!"
In one fluid motion, he ripped off the seal and the whole place started to rumble. Sasuke's eyes were glaring at him, " You BAKA! DO you know what you've done?!"
He disappeared and Sakura found herself on the couch in Sasuke's house again.
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