Woot! Ta next chap right here folks But yeh I hope you like this one! This one took a lot of thinking cuz I had hit a wall called writers block! Well anyway read away! SHWEE!
Chapter Six: Understanding
I'm lost
That's all there is too it, I am lost
Even though they stand next to me they won't find me
For it may be too late
Too late to pull me out of this grave
Because I dug it myself
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Sakura looked at the blank paper on her desk. Doing a critique on Shakespeare was the last thing on her mind. She could only think about yesterday; Sasuke had kissed her for the very first time. It had been everything she had dreamed it would be. It was warm like she knew it would be…but unlike his embrace there was something different about it; like he truly wanted her for everything that she was no matter what her faults were, that was the best part.
"Sakura?"
She looked up to see Kakashi Sensei looking at her blank sheet, "Sakura it's been nearly half an hour and you have nothing written down."
Sakura blinked a couple times, "Well to be honest Kakashi Sensei I don't feel very well."
"Oh? Do you need to see the nurse?"
"Yeah…can you right me a pass?"
He nodded and gave her a pass…she would be allowed to got through the rest of the day excused.
She left the room holding her stomach and as soon as she was out of sight she snuck out to her car.
I…I need to see you right now Sasuke.
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Sasuke sat on the couch and watched TV. He was doing a lot better; Sakura gave him extra treatment, but he wasn't at all ready to leave the house yet. He would need at least a fortnight to even leave the house, any earlier would only put him in jeopardy. His god damned family, what they did was unforgivable and he would get them back for this…somehow.
To his surprise Sakura opened the door. She sat beside him, "Hey."
"Aren't you supposed to be at school?"
"Oh common it's not a big deal," she laughed…even though she hadn't done anything like that in her life.
"I'm teaching you bad habits."
She smiled…that smile; he couldn't help but kiss her. She put her hands on the back of his head and pulled him closer; she ran her fingers through his thick raven dark hair. He put his right arm around her back to pull her body towards his. She held onto him as he kissed her neck and sucked gently. When he kissed her mouth again he ran his right hand up her skirt inching up her leg.
Even though he wanted her so badly he knew he couldn't in his current condition, so he stopped. Sakura starred at him and then kissed him as lightly as she could on his lips.
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She was actually a little surprised at how much Sasuke really wanted to be with her; no one before had made her feel like this before.
I love him…I'm actually in love with him…I never thought I could actually love somebody like this.
They watched a couple shows on TV together. She leaned against his shoulder and felt him playing with her hair. She wanted to ask…what had happened to him and who did it…she needed to know. Even though she knew he didn't want to talk about it.
"Sasuke, um…about…"
"You want to know how I got like this right."
She took her head off his shoulder and nodded her head. She closed her eyes and clutched her skirt; ready for whatever was coming.
"My family."
Her eyes jerked open.
"What! You can't really be…"
"I'm serious Sakura. My family is different then most. They want me to become something much stronger and different than I am now. They want me to be somebody that would do almost anything to become stronger; like my brother. They asked me to kill you…and I couldn't…that's how I ended up in this state."
Sakura wanted to cry; how could people that share your own blood be so cruel. How long has his life been this way? When he was little was his family like that?
She felt his hand touch her face; he turned it towards his own, "Sakura, don't cry. I'm sorry but you may never understand."
She started to cry anyway.
He's right I may never understand, but that doesn't mean I don't want too. Sasuke…please help me understand, I'll do my best.
"Sasuke if you had killed me…"
"Then I would have fallowed you."
He kissed her softly and her tears slowly disappeared.
"Is this her Sasuke? Is this her?"
They turned to the door.
"Midori…why are you here? You're not even suppose to leave the estate," Sasuke said to a small child of about 10 years old; she had short messy dark black hair, pale skin, wore a light blue kimono and was barefoot…on her feet…red stains.
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"Sempai…"
She started to cry and then ran over to Sasuke; she fell to the ground and put her hands on his knees, "Sempai…did you get hurt for this person!? Is this the person that you sacrificed yourself for?"
"Midori...why do you even…"
"SEMPAI NO! I know you think I looked at you with shame those couple of days but I didn't mean it! They told all of us kids to do that! None of us meant it…at lease I didn't."
She burrowed her head in his knees and cried some more. Sasuke started to stroke Midori's head…this child…he had been very close with her in the past. Her parents were one of the 'higher ups' and didn't pay much attention to her so Sasuke was all she had…well before he left. There was another thing; the stains on her feet reeked of blood.
"Sempai…Even though I came to see...her…there is something else…"
Her eyes only filled with more tears until she finally murmured, "Itachi…your brother…he's back."
Sasuke took his hand off her head and it began to quiver. It was not a motion of fear in the least it was a thrill.
So you've decided to finally show your face. You were always considered stronger and then disappeared. You only left me for them to destroy while you escaped their incredible cruelty brother…now what do you want now?
"Sempai; the blood on my feet…it's my parents. Itachi killed them."
Sasuke felt someone grab his arm it was Sakura; she looked at him with the same look she had given him the day of his return from the estate.
"Sakura you want to understand right? Well come with me and you will."
As he stood up Midori grabbed his pant leg, "Sasuke she won't ever understand…she wont…I'm 10 and I already have the drive to kill and attack because of the Uchiha, she doesn't have that."
Sasuke only answered…which wasn't really an answer at all, "Midori stay here, Naruto will be here soon. You remember him right?"
"Yeah; the nice blonde boy that made you smile when you were younger. He made all of us smile."
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While Sasuke was driving to the estate Sakura asked, "How can I help?"
Sakura had already made the assumption that Sasuke was aiming to kill his brother.
This family…so broken…but not the kind I am used to, like divorce and stuff like that…It appears to me that they only feel hate for each other. Also that girl, Midori, she wanted to say something else to me…what did she want to say?
"Just stay close to me Sakura."
They arrived at a large traditional house…house? It was almost like an entire town…it was huge! As her and Sasuke entered he said, "No guards…they must be dead."
Sakura shuddered, dead? His brother…what the hell was he?
They ran through the estate…they ran by several dead people…all with the same symbol as the one that was on the shirt Sakura wore the time she slept over. Wow…she actually thought it didn't mean anything. They heard a blood curdling scream coming from the main house.
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That was my mother's scream.
Sasuke grabbed Sakura's hand and they ran towards the main house.
They hid behind the door in the hallway. Sasuke whispered, "Sakura don't move. Protect yourself." He gave her a knife he had swiped from the weapon display in the main house entrance and kept his own in his pocket.
He saw his mother dead on the ground and his father on his knees.
"Itachi!" Sasuke yelled.
Itachi turned around and looked Sasuke straight in the eye, "I'm surprised you're not cheering me on. I am freeing you from them. You can't hide your pain from me; he is the one that hurt you the most…I can tell that your in a lot of pain."
Itachi was right; Sasuke was doing his best to ignore his injuries, his back was barely allowing him to stand.
He never heard his father scream, not even when Itachi drove the knife through his heart. Now Sasuke would never be able to prove to his family that he could become stronger than Itachi. He took their punishment all those years so that one day he could prove to them all he was the best that he should be the one they respected and feared, but now that would never happen. Although, right now he had to prove it to himself…he had to kill Itachi now.
"Sasuke you will only get in my way now."
When Itachi was inches from him Sasuke grabbed him and pinned him to the wall. Sasuke had to do it now! But if he let go to grab his knife Itachi would shake loose and have an opening to attack…and when Itachi attacked it was a death blow. Itachi struggled and Sasuke was barely holding on…the wound on his left hand had opened. He closed his eyes and winced in pain…when he opened his eyes a second later Itachi's abdomen was gushing out treasured blood. Sakura had actually wrapped her arm around the doorway and stabbed Itachi. When she pulled out the knife Itachi spewed out blood on Sasuke's face. Sasuke reached into his pocket, grabbed the knife and stabbed Itachi through the neck to the wall so that he was pinned up on the wall like a trophy. He was barely alive; in his last moment he looked at Sasuke and mouthed the words, "You can't escape…your blood." He died there; right in front of him.
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On the way back Sakura shivered and looked at the blood on her hands. Sasuke didn't say anything; she could see the blood on the back of his shirt and his left hand above the rope burns. What she had just seen was the hate between two brothers that would never mend even after death. She saw a tissue box under her seat; she took one out and lightly wiped some of Itachi's blood off of Sasuke's face.
When they were inside the apartment Naruto and Midori were playing shoots and ladders.
"Dammit Midori you beat me again!" Naruto exclaimed.
They looked over at Sasuke and Sakura who had just escaped a massacre. Sasuke had Sakura had searched the estate for survivors and there were none; all of Midori's friends were dead, they knew she would have nowhere to go.
"Is Itachi dead Sempai?" Midori asked.
"Yeah…he's dead…"
Midori shot him a sad smile, "I'm assuming everyone else is dead too."
Sasuke only nodded. He then went to the bathroom to shower…the blood reeked horribly.
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Sakura sat on the floor next to Naruto.
"Hey your name is Sakura correct?" Midori laughed.
"Yes."
"Hee hee. I was wrong about you. I thought you were just a girl that my Sempai should have never met…because of you he's hurt really bad. I was wrong though. When you went with him to fight Itachi you didn't give a second thought about going with him…being at his side. Hmmm…right now you're covered in blood and not leaving, you want to stay. Sakura…you love Sasuke, I can tell, and I think he loves you too."
Naruto put his arm around Sakura's shoulder, "Pretty insightful for a 10 year old don't you think!?"
Sakura laughed, "Yeah…thank you Midori."
"Hey Midori! I bet Sakura can beat you at this game!" Naruto yelled.
"I bet you she can't!"
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Sasuke put his hand against the shower wall. He looked down at the crimson liquid running down the drain.
You can't escape your blood.
Those wretched words ran through his head. If he couldn't escape the fact that his Uchiha blood would forever cause him to suffer then that meant that Midori's life would forever remain a tragedy like his own.
Itachi will forever haunt me, but would he let Midori at least live her own life...heh heh…I can't blame Itachi if Midori forever suffers…it's just the way of our blood…ultimate power and an eternity of unhappiness.
The hot water on his exposed back stung, but he was so lost in thought he barely noticed. The cuts on his ankles were also open and he hadn't been able to feel his left hand for the last hour. He would forever carry these scars, but he will still stand tall, just like an Uchiha would.
I wonder if their pathetic souls look at me and say…he has passed Itachi and is the only one that we can call a true Uchiha…Hn…yeah right.
He then thought about Sakura.
At least I forever have her; at least I hope so. Will she stay with me after what she had to witness and go through with? I wonder if she can still stand to be with me. Does she understand me now? Hn, I don't know. Wow…I just realized something…I might really be in love with her. Is that even possible? For me to love somebody again…but does she love me?
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"No! You beat me too!" Sakura exclaimed.
Midori laughed, "Man you too are really sad."
"Hey Sakura I need you to bandage these up again." Sasuke called from his room.
"OK! Man what would he do without me." Sakura giggled.
"Probably cheer."
"Shut up Naruto!"
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Sakura wrapped his hand in a thick layer of bandage, "Sasuke no more moving around and stuff because if you keep opening them like this we are going to have to take you too the hospital."
"Yeah I know, I don't think I will have to worry about leaving for a while." Sasuke said as Sakura wrapped the last layer of bandage around his well muscled chest.
Sasuke sat up and Sakura sat next to him on the bed; he was moving his wrist up and down making sure he still had full movement in it. Sakura started to cry a little; she wasn't really expecting the tears, they just came. What she had seen at the Uchiha estate was finally coming back to her; it was beginning to really sink in. Sasuke put his arm around her waist and she rested her head on his shoulder.
"Sasuke I'm sorry I'm not meaning too…"
Sasuke kissed her cheek where the tears had rested, "I know." Even thought her cheeks were tear stricken she still gave him that famous smile of hers. She looked into his eyes and for the first time they seemed bright; like he had finally let his guard down, the guard that he had up the whole time she had known him. She brushed his wet bangs away from his forehead, "Sasuke…I have to say it…I…"
Sasuke suddenly pulled her into a kiss and then moved his mouth next to her ear and whispered slow and softly, "I love you Sakura."
Tears ran down Sakura's face once again, but this time they were tears of joy, "Sasuke I love you more than anyone."
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"Hee hee."
"What are you laughing about Midori?" Naruto asked her as she continued laughing to herself."
"To be honest Naruto I don't really know."
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Don't worry this isn't the last chapter…I think that chapter 7 will be the last one though…I was thinking about making a sequel to this but I'm not sure…You ppls should tell me in your reviews!
(Sorry for any spelling or grammical errors) heh I don't think grammicals a word…
