Chapter 24

I don't fuel on revenge anymore

Last time

Sasuke bounded from the tree top straight towards his target. The flash of red seemed to grow as he saw. A pair of sea green eyes staring back at him. His fists where blocked by the other. And he's smirked as he slowly began to control his chakra. "Garra" Sasuke's voice muttered the smirk growing on his face. "Uchiha" Garra muttered a sinister smirk on his face also. They both took a step back from each other. Sasuke straightening out his clock and Garra well just folded his arms and gave a normal expression the same one that he always did a disapproving unemotional face. But somehow Garra seemed… different.

Sasuke let out a frustrated sigh. 'Why was Gaara out here and all alone? It felt strange seeing people he knew again, let alone Garra that he hadn't seen for longer then 3 years'. Sasuke inspected him closely nothing really seemed different about him, but he was wearing a lot darker clothes that was a new one, But some how he was giving him a different impression then what he used to do. It was like he was trying to suppress something from him. Sasuke let out another frustrated sigh and looked at the floor. His inspection of Garra over with he decided he might as well speak up.

"Why are you out here Gaara?" he droned, but that didn't mean he wasn't curious. "Business" he muttered. Sasuke looked up Garra did never changed. A smirk found hid way to his lips. "What sort of business?" he asked. Garra turned his back facing him there was a long gash down his back. His black clothes torn but still sticking to the open wound "ok I ran away." he muttered and turned back to face Sasuke. Somehow he felt sorry for Gaara he wouldn't ask anyone for help, but seeing as Sasuke felt a tinge of guilt as Garra started to walk away he called out to him. "Gaara let me see." He commanded and Garra slowly make his way back to him.

Somehow the feeling about Garra didn't change; it still was there. Even though he had Sasuke's help a rare thing indeed, and it was even rarer seeing as they were once rivals. Sasuke pulled through the small bag he had with him, throwing kunai and Shuriken so they stuck into the trees around him, Even if he wasn't paying any attention. "Nice shot" Gaara muttered once or twice he was just answered by a swift nod from Sasuke. Finding a bandage at the bottom of his bag he handed it to Garra who just gave a brief nod of thanks.

Gaara hid behind a tree and started to wind the bandage slowly around his open wound. Sasuke found he was curious of what Gaara was running from. 'He was possessed with an inner demon yet he was still running'. "What are you running from?" Sasuke asked. Gaara stuck his head out from behind the tree, "you really wanna know?" he asked back. Sasuke gave a brief nod before he watched Gaara's head disappeared back behind the tree again. "Akatsuki their trying to hold me there," Garra sighed and then started to continue. But of course Sasuke wouldn't listen. The mention on Akatsuki sent him into a trance. Picture of his brother encircled his mind provoking him. "… and there this fish guy and he is really tall." Gaara stopped noticing Sasuke's reaction. 'Why can he say the Akatsuki so confidently in front of him? Didn't Gaara even know his past at all?' Sasuke turned to face Gaara. "Is sakura there?" he asked almost inaudibly. "I don't know" Gaara said remerging from behind the tree,"how can you not know, she's not that hard to miss." This time he spoke in the calmest voice he could master at the moment. Gaara just shrugged, and turned to walk away. This didn't go down well with Sasuke as he lunged forward. Screaming Gaara's name. Gaara's eyes grew wide as he saw a charging Sasuke heading right for him. Sasuke reached out his large hand grabbing Gaara's throat hard. He let out a small squeak of pain and this sent a satisfied smirk on Sasuke's face, so even the great Garra was scared at times.

"If you don't mind, the location of akatsuki please?" Sasuke asked fairly polite giving the circumstances. Gaara lifted his hand in the direction of the left and Sasuke just watched as he felt Gaara's breathing slow down. "Thank you" he said swiftly before letting go of Gaara's neck and walking swiftly to the left.

"You'll be killed you know that" Gaara said it was a small squeak and almost inaudible seeing as he was almost strangled to death. Sasuke turned to face him his eye's glowing an even darker red. Almost the colour of blood, it was menacing and full of hate. "You underestimate me Gaara; I'm not the weakling from the Chunning exams." Sasuke Called a smug smirk on his face as he stood his arms folded about a meter away from Gaara.

"I'm not either yet look at me." Gaara struggled to his feet and stood up hunched over a bit; somehow his once strong demeanour was now shattered because of how helpless he looked. "I am strong far stronger than you think but even I wasn't able to get out of there without a mere scratch." Sasuke Started to fume in anger. Striding towards Gaara, Sasuke started to walk forward he approached Gaara a finger pointed at him. "i-am-not-weak" he called pausing between every word and on the final poke he sent Gaara back against the wall.

Sasuke turned to leave in the direction of akatsuki again until once again Gaara's voice caught his ears. "I know you are planning to kill him there's not point in trying to hide it." Gaara called trying to make his voice sound more confident then it actually was. Sasuke turned to face him. "This isn't about my brother" he coughed out a menacing tone still on his tongue.

"It is about your brother, seeing as Master Uchiha that your female team mate is not in the Akatsuki headquarters I have been there for some time and I haven't seen her. So I can't be about her it's always about your revenge against your brother." After Gaara's own little speech he found himself almost lost of breath but this was nothing that bad seeing as he had been chocked already today.

"You have it all wrong Gaara, I don't fuel on revenge anymore" Sasuke said a little more emotional then he had hopped. Somehow his emotions were getting the better of him. Gaara let out a huff; he obviously didn't believe a word of what Sasuke was saying. Sasuke hit the ground so it shook hard; Gaara looked up at Sasuke he had the again evil aura emitting from him.

"if you don't believe me well ill have to prove it to you" . Sasuke walked up to Gaara and hit him hard in the gut. He preformed a jutsu something he had perfected when he was with Orochimaru. And chakra seemed to surround him. His dark orbs turned a dazzling emerald green. His dark hair was now bright red, "I told you I was serious, I'm not looking for my brother. I'm looking for her." Sasuke called as he watched Gaara cough up a little blood as it trickled down the side of his mouth. Sasuke turned his back towards Gaara and started to walk towards Akatsuki for the final time. But this time he wasn't interrupted by anyone. "Thank you Gaara." Sasuke muttered as he set of into the darkness of the trees. Leaving a confused Gaara propped against a tree.

End of chapter 24 gosh a lot of chapter's people! I have no idea how long this is going to go on for but I know that's its over half way done.

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