Retrogression Chapter 10, a naruto fanfic

12/15/12 - 12/19/12

A/N: Okay so here's the promised next chapter... not in the same day I'm terribly sorry ! I'm writing down a lot of ideas so it's easier for me to update... Also the semester for my college ends tomorrow (today since it's 3:30AM -_-...) so I'll try to update more during January ^^.

Anyway! Sorry for my useless babble, probably the majority of people don't read this and I'm probably talking to myself (like right now) but it's okay xD! So this chapter will have some current stuff and then one flashback... And then the actual search will start in chapter 11~ And no, I did not forget the other characters so don't worry! But remember, mainly SasuSaku! Okies, enjoy~

If needed reference...

::-::-::-::-:: Time breaks/Scene skips!

Italics/Regular – Flashbacks with regular text is a flashback in a flashback...hopefully that makes sense. (NEW: Italics with regular text can also be dream scenarios.)

And Italics/Bold used with regular text it stressing the point!

And BOLD in general is to emphasize.

OH! And Regular with Italics is used for thoughts (NEW: This is switched when it's a flashback, and Regular is used for thoughts!).

I'm sure this sounds confusing, but you'll get it eventually.

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I have to say this again, even though I copy and paste it lol...

Did I create Naruto?

Nooo.

Did I create this fanfiction?

Yesss.

:].

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Retrogression

By: dark dreamerx

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Chapter 10

(And the search continues...)

Step, step, step, step!

Step!

Step, step, step, step!

After some running,

they reached the noise they'd heard...

some time ago.

Silence.

No presence anywhere,

though.

The entrance to Konoha.

The exit from Konoha.

The pathway to and from...

everything.

Was destroyed.

The floor was in shambles.

Cobblestone, rock, cement...

everywhere.

Wide, dark eyes scanned the area.

Searching for her...

or what was left of her.

Red.

Liquid...

pooled under the debris.

Someone had been there...

But who?

Definitely not her...

Was it...Naruto-kun?

Silence.

Where did they go...?

"It shouldn't be that hard to find Sakura-san!"

Lee said aloud.

But his own voice...

betrayed him.

He questioned himself.

Confused.

Aghast.

But most of all,

disappointed.

Why did she become this way...?

He blinked several times.

Tears clawing...

Shook his head.

Where has she gone?

She can't be far from this destruction... can she?

He hadn't seen her in a while.

Quite a while...

Only heard stories from her friend.

Uzumaki Naruto.

Never good ones,

though.

Never.

It was actually scary...

Really scary.

The way his friend...

Someone he used to like...

And probably still did...

turned out.

Completely changed.

Lee shook his head.

They could save her,

couldn't they?

But it was his fault...

The blame...

was entirely his.

Uchiha Sasuke.

Lee removed himself.

Removed himself from his thoughts.

Let his heart echo instead...

Ba-bump.

Then he looked at his comrades.

Swallowed his nerves.

They all looked quite strange...

Hyuuga Hinata.

Nara Shikamaru.

Yamanaka Ino.

And then himself.

All together.

He'd been woken abruptly;

pounding on his door...

Startled.

Unprepared...

But he'd gotten ready.

Quickly.

Hinata had explained the situation.

While they were dashing...

sprinting.

Speeding...

to the fight.

This place,

this tarnished scene.

"Can you see anything Hinata?"

Shikamaru's voice.

Everyone's eyes met.

Waiting...

Silence.

The Byakugen user shook her head.

No.

Nothing.

Lee wiped his forehead.

Sweat already gleaming.

Despite the cold...

the temperature.

The wind picked up.

Trees rustled.

Eight pairs of eyes darted...

simultaneously.

Where is she?

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Stepstepstepstep.

Breath.

Jump.

Stepstepstepstep.

Trees,

blurring.

Vision,

red.

I will find you.

Breathing...

air.

I know what you smell like...

Lungs...

oxygen.

...I know your presence.

Legs...

fast.

I know what your blood...

Stride...

long.

...tastes like.

Breath.

Pause.

Silence.

Then he sensed them.

Pause.

All of them.

Legs pumped faster.

Jump.

Breath.

Stepstepstepstep.

Branches...

crack.

Leaves...

crunch.

Breath.

Stepstepstepstep.

Jump.

He landed on broken gravel.

Cobblestone bits...

he slowed his pace.

Skidded, even.

The same spot he'd been...

just a little while ago.

Where he'd found,

him.

The bloody mess...

of his best friend.

Yes...

he still considered him that.

After all these years...

Years of hatred...

Rivarly...

Friendship...

Betrayel...

Love...

Revenge...

and lies.

He inhaled.

Then stopped.

Abruptly.

They turned to face him...

and Lee addressed him.

"Uchiha...Sasuke."

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He sensed them...

they were so close.

Red eyes...

they told him everything.

He chuckled to himself.

What were the odds...?

That Team Seven...

would end up like this?

It was somehow...

fate.

Or a curse...

or both.

The Sharingan user amused himself.

Basking in his thoughts.

While he threw himself forward.

Sandals to wood.

The air rushing past him.

Through him.

Against him.

He smirked.

There would be bloodshed.

It was cruel...

but he wanted it.

Badly.

Craved it.

Even...

lusted for it.

He was crazy.

Of course.

Disturbed.

It was...

insanity.

Lovely.

Beautiful.

Dark.

Insanity.

And he'd stop at nothing...

to erase it.

Take away that need.

And fill it...

Fill it with the red.

Pink.

Green.

Of something...

someone.

Her.

Breath.

Step.

Pause.

His eyes narrowed.

A noise.

No...

an explosion.

His eyes conveyed everything.

Heart skipped...

a beat.

That...

explosion.

It was deadly.

He rushed then,

the smirk gone.

Erased.

Chakra pulled him in.

He knew they were there.

Then the scene unfurled...

before him.

The Konoha gates...

open.

The guards...

gone.

He hesitated,

puzzled.

Were there guards?

Sasuke clenched his jaw.

This wasn't good.

He already knew...

what had happened.

He moved closer.

Step.

Pause.

Red eyes...

widened.

A rarity.

Taking in...

everything.

Broken pavement.

Cold destruction.

Pebbles.

Rocks...

disintegrated.

Cautiously he stepped...

through and over.

Searching...

anything.

Any movement.

He thought...

before.

There'd been someone...

Two people...

precisely.

Sure it was them.

Positive.

He knew their chakra...

Like his own that ran through his blood.

Well...

So.

Damn.

Well.

But where was it?

Where where they?

Step...

All of a sudden,

he felt it.

Sasuke jerked his head towards a pile of rubble.

Debris.

Rocks...

smashed to bits.

He swore there'd been chakra...

but it was gone again.

Sharingan flared again.

It was there.

Rather...

he was there.

For some reason,

there was bile in his mouth.

The back of his throat burned...

he knew what was coming.

What he'd see.

The prodigy reached the mouth of the damage.

Swallow.

Breath...

hitched.

Eyes focused on the image.

The visual he was graced with...

blood.

So much blood.

So.

Damn.

Much.

It was everywhere.

Dripping.

Pooling.

Caching...

disgustingly.

And in the middle...

there were feet.

Sandled feet.

Attached to torn slacks.

Orange...

under giant boulders of concrete.

The rest of his body...

was obscured.

Mouth gaped...

"N-Naruto...?"

Silence...

answered him.

Bending down,

Sasuke touched the broken ankle.

A pulse...

he just needed a pulse.

Silence.

…...bump.

Ba...

…...bump.

Shit, he thought.

He's practically...

He's going to...

Fuck.

His hands formed seals.

Determined...

nauseated.

"CHIDORI!"

Precise hands speared the boulder and grabbed Naruto in the same instant.

Jumping back,

clutching his friend...

guilt.

That's what he felt.

Nothing else that involved the blonde ever tore at him...

affected him.

Like this.

And it...

was all her fault.

His head hurt.

He knew...

that he loved her.

He did.

He'd admitted it.

And he'd admit it again.

But how...

could she leave him like this?

He had to get to the Hokage...

or else...

No.

He swore he'd save him.

Save her.

Protect them even...

They would not die.

Not on his hands.

Not for his betrayal...

or his loss of sanity.

Inhale.

Step.

Body disappeared into the forest again.

Twice as fast as before,

more reckless.

But careful...

cautious.

Destiny awaited him.

Awaited them.

Her.

The village...

He had to hurry.

Dobe, Sasuke thought.

You have to become Hokage...

you better fucking not die now.

Jump.

Breath.

Stepstepstepstepstep!

He saw her...

same spot as before.

Still standing there.

Except this time...

her expression changed.

She almost doubled over.

Hands shot up to her mouth,

gold eyes dark with dilation.

"...N-NARUTO?!"

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Red eyes refocused,

shaking the memory...

The blood was still there,

though.

He spoke.

His voice monotone...

but urgent.

"Naruto...I brought him to the Hokage-sama. She'll get away... We have to hurry."

And everyone stared at him...

frightened.

Silence.

The Hyuuga was the first to recover.

Her eyes narrowing...

Byakugen still activated.

"Everyone... Let's go save Sakura-san."

Nod.

And then they dashed forward...

past the Konoha gates.

And this time,

the mission would not fail.

A/N: Okay, finished! I will try to update by the end of this month again... but if not I will probably update during the first week of January. Well I hope you all enjoyed, to this who read this and didn't get confused xD. Sorry if it feels all over the place, it's just, I want this story to be completely different than my usual ones... which means the time scenes/skips/flashbacks are important! Okies, I'm done now... until next time..!

-darkdreamerx ;]