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Forlorn
Chapter 5
Interdependence
"Uzumaki-san…is not your power I doubt, but the reasoning behind your actions."
A gentle breeze passed through the park in which secret words had been whispered and hidden tears been shed. It had become their sanctuary...the only place where none could frown upon them, where calls of hatred were but faint whispers…this place was here two solitary souls met in a symphony of sorrow…
She felt his presence behind her, a silent shadow that represented all she had left in this world. He was her anchor as she was his…She knew his faults, she knew when the pain that shadowed his eyes threatened to overpower him.
She knew…
She knew him, he knew her. And yet he feared her. He was all she had in life, the only thing sine her twelve years of life, that kept her anchored. And yet he did not trust her…
He was like the others…
"Uchiha-san, surely, there is a reason behind your fading trust in me. Surely, you do not believe that, I, the person who saved you from the burning pits of vengeance, am untrustworthy?"
Her voice held no emotion, her face held no expression. Yet in her soul emotions nipped and ate her…wounding it in ways that could not be healed. All because of him…
He had rendered her weak…
And as she looked into his eyes, she knew it to be true.
She was weak.
"You have brought shame upon yourself, Uzumaki-san. Your failure in a simple academy exam is disgraceful."
He looked at her, his expression demanded respect, his statement demanded and answer. He had grown strong and she had grown weak…
"The reasoning behind my actions is not of your concern, Uchiha-san. Do not forget what you would be without me…"
"And you, Uzumaki-san, do not forget what you would be without me."
His words struck her and she forced herself to find amusement in them. Did he really think she depended on him? That he kept her from turning dark…
Did he really?…
"Should I now…Tell me Sasuke-kun, what have you done for me? Have you perhaps stopped me from becoming an avenger? Have you helped me save the life of a relative? Tell me Sasuke-kun, what have you done?"
His face showed no sign of anger, of hurt, of betrayal. Nothing said that he was overcome by the same motions as her.
"Uzumaki-san, I have saved you from a life of solitude and darkness. Surely, you know that?"
And then he was gone, leaving her pondering on his words.
I have saved you from a life of solitude and darkness
"Do you want to graduate, Naru-chan? Do you want to become a ninja?"
She could feel the disdain that clothed him, she could sense the hatred, she could sense the anger. She sensed it and she knew…
She knew that he did not truly want her to graduate, that he wanted to rid Konoha of her. She knew and yet she let him lure her. She knew that this would be a turning point in her destiny.
She knew…
"What can I do, Mizuki-sensei?"
"What are you doing with the scroll, Naru?"
This was not right…
The silence in the forest was broken by the small whisper in the wind…a whisper that did not belong there. Shadows had settled on the horizon and as she turned to face the dark figure whose voice still lingered in the wind, she knew that something was wrong.
This was not Mizuki-sensei…
"Why are you here, Iruka-sensei?"
He took a step forward, closing the distance between them. His eyes lowered toward hers and she saw the anger and confusion in them.
Why was he here?
"Why are you her Naru? Why did you steal the scroll?"
"Really now Iruka, that's between me and Naru-chan."
A new presence had intruded the forest…the presence which she had been waiting for…Mizuki-sensei. He was crouched in a tree branch, body hidden by shadows and shuriken poised in his hands.
"Brat, give me the scroll."
No movement came from her as she stood before him silent and unmoving. From her position on the ground, she could see the flash of hatred and anger that fleeted in his eyes.
"Do you know why you are hated by the villa-"
"No! Mizuki!"
"-gers? It is because you are the Kyuubi!"
She laughed…
She laughed because that was all she could do…find amusement in the situation, hide tears with laugher. No longer would she feel pain at the thought of being the Kyuubi's container…No, she was proud.
She was proud…
"Should I be sad Mizuki-sensei? Should I fall into a never-ending spiral of self hate and self-pity? Is that what you want?"
He looked at me with first shock and then hatred. And then he threw it. The shuriken was sent flying towards me in a quick haze of silver. And I stood there, I did not move, I did not care, I waited for the impact.
But it never came…
"Your blood shall flow today, Mizuki-sensei."
A body stood before me with, in his hands, a shuriken.
Uchiha-san
I have saved you from a life of solitude and darkness
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