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Dedication: Jennjenner, sorry if it's spelt wrong! I love you're reviews!
Disclaimer: Naruto is not mine nor will it ever be, what a way to bring a girl down…
Warning: It's M because it's M so get used to it
Oh and I have a new one-shot which is called Eye Of Sharingan I would love some of you're feedback, a little O.c but not major so its nothing bad, haha thanks!
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"I want you to stay away from him."
"W-why?"
"It's been five years, people change, he is no longer the innocent child he never was."
"H-he would never hurt me."
Finally looking up from the wood floor to face the white-eyed Kunoichi he replied, "How positive are you willing to make that fact?"
Hinata Hyuuga shook her head in fury, "I let my guard down, and I go drunk, it does not make Naruto a worse person."
Neji cocked a delicate black brow, "It doesn't? The fact that he was trying to take advantage of you by getting you drunk does not make him a bad person?"
She gave her worried cousin a soft smile, "No Neji-kun it makes him a man."
He shrugged simply, "I still do not like the fact."
"I know." Moving from her seat on the bed she walked towards her overprotective cousin giving him a caring hug.
"Thank you."
He wrapped his arms around her, a gesture that would seem impossible from Hyuuga Neji, "For?"
"Worrying about me."
It was his turn to smile, another gesture that was deemed impossible, "I never did it before, and I began to realize it was never too late to start caring."
The two basked in each other's warmth, despite the chilly air that seemed to manifest throughout the now deserted inn.
A catastrophe had happened the night before; yet the two seemed to find comfort only within each other.
It was a habit formed throughout the years of struggling to survive with one another, a habit that was going to be hard to break.
With the now formed circumstances, trusting you're life in someone's hands was not something you wanted to do, even if it was one you would give your own life to.
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The scent of blood still filled the atmosphere, it's bitter stench mixed with mint array of healing balm and cleaning detergent sent ones senses screaming in confusion. Night had fled by quickly and the tense situation still lingered in the morning, nobody but the original eight remained in the inn the rest of the guests ushered out with the excuse that all hotels were required evacuation. The hotels guests could sense that something was amiss in the Cherry Bar Inn yet they never questioned and respectfully gathered there belongings and left.
The kitchen was empty only bearing two occupants while the other six were ushered back to their room for rest. The brown hair of the first occupant began to shimmer in the now growing sun and one could almost see the pink strands of her once baby pink hair glowing throughout the room. The second occupant sat quietly opposite the first occupant lightly drumming a soothing beat from his fingers and on to the wooden table before them. An almost awkward tension was donned out between them, neither one knowing what to say to break the silence. Pink and brown strands shifted as the first occupant looked up from the table witch had taken her interest for the last five minutes, she now stared fully into the red eyes of the man before her.
"Can you make them go away?"
His eyes opened in sudden amusement at her question, "Make what go away."
The woman stared at him in sudden annoyance, "You're eyes, they remind me of all the blood. It bothers me."
Now this caught his interest, was she actually completely over her crush to be so bold and annoyed at him? "Sakura?" Still he would not lose his cool over the subject, "Deal with it."
She rolled her apple green eyes at his stubborn and uncaring qualities, "Naruto is right you are an Emo bitch."
Sasuke couldn't help but let a suppressed chuckle roll out, "Emo bitch? Well Ino is right you are definitely a billboard brain."
Her eyes flashed with concealed anger, "Oh that's going to scar me Uchiha!"
Making a soft 'tat' sound with his tongue and the roof of his mouth he then smugly replied, "There is no point in childish bickering."
Sakura glared at him heatedly the returned to fidgeting with her hands.
Silence began to fill the blood-scented room once again.
This time the prodigy was the one to break it, "It wasn't worth it."
She raised a dyed eyebrow, "What?"
Coughing slightly to cover his discomfort he replied, trying to still salvage his much needed pride, "Revenge…" The word fell out like a whisper hitting the floor then bouncing of the walls in a taunting pattern.
Sakura stared at him bitterly, "It wasn't? All that power, all that hate, all the mistrust, and revenge still wasn't worth it?"
Guilt could be readable on his pale face but as quickly as it came it left, "It was fulfilling. At least in the beginning…"
He could feel it in his veins, coursing bit by bit through his body, the feeling of momentary happiness, the feeling of ultimate power, of accomplishing all he had dreamt of since a boy of five. With a final blow to the now beyond dead corpse he walked away now content on his life's duty.
"Then things turned from wonderful to sour."
Life seemed to find no other path; he had no living family, no friends, no one to go to or to seek out. In life he was now truly alone, worse he had no purpose. He never thought of what he would do after he accomplished revenge, for once he never planned that far ahead.
"They turned from sour to desperate."
One by one they fell drowning in their pools of defeat and blood, one by one ninja and government assassins fell to his wrath. He would kill them all; after all it was their fault he had no purpose, no duty to fulfill. They would all die for it.
"And then after desperation there was realization, facing the truth."
In the end it all came down to him, it was his fault, he had chosen the path of an avenger and he would live it till his last breath. He had left his friends and the one person who truly loved him to seek hate and bittersweet revenge, and in the end the outcome was not happiness… Just like a girl had told him years ago…
"Just like you said that day when I was leaving Kohona, I did not find happiness after my revenge."
Sakura's mind turned into utter turmoil and her heart began to race, what was he trying to say exactly? That he regretted leaving her? That now he saw his error and wanted to come back to her? Was this actually Uchiha Sasuke? No, he was delirious and confused. Sasuke would never say these things; he would never admit that he was wrong; she would not let him tear her apart again.
"You fucking bastard. You can't do that to me! Do you know how much you hurt me, how much I cried, the pain you put me through night after night, wondering if you were all right! Until I finally gave up acknowledging the fact that you would never return. Now what? What do you want me to say?"
Her shoulders shook with tears forced inside, she would not cry for him, she would never cry for him again.
"I'm not saying I am sorry or that I regretted what I did. For I did not, I enjoyed his death, every second of his utter destruction. Watching the life slowly fade from his eyes as he watched me annihilate him, as he watched himself die, as my brother finally came to his reckoning day. And he died in my hands; I enjoyed every second of it. "
The tears began to form in her jade irises once again, the word murderer could be heard whispered throughout the wind, and then it her, she let realization sink in, the man she devoted days and years to was nothing but a sadist, that's what Uchiha was, a sick and twisted sadist. But she could not let her feelings show; instead she admitted the simple truth, "Im sorry to hear you say that."
She was sorry, sorry to hear that he enjoyed killing, he enjoyed the pain that it brought to others, no one wanted to kill. Why was his blood lust so high?
His eyes darted to the ground, not wanting to meet her eyes for his final confession.
"But as much as I enjoyed his suffering, I couldn't help but feel useless. I couldn't help but feel I was missing something… A constant tug to my heart, I needed something… Someone…"
Sakura had no more words to express; there was merely nothing to say, walking up to him she decided to put his words to the test, "Kiss me."
His red eyes blinked in newfound confusion.
"Kiss me god damn it!"
The prodigy blinked once more.
The tears began to form at the bottom of her lids, with a sad smile she began to speak words of menace, "Fuck you Uchiha, I don't need you're shit."
Her pink and brown hair bellowed behind her as she turned on her heel and walked away. And Uchiha Sasuke could do nothing but watch as Sakura left him standing alone, letting his pride sink beneath the guilt.
With a hefty sigh he sat back on the hard wooden seat resting his head in his hands wishing for the horrible guilt to go away. He should have never said the things he said, emotions and feelings were something he had bedridden for so long, yet in a simple glimpse of her they came tumbling back out from the barriers he had kept them locked under.
The sound of footsteps drawled near and his hand instantly touched an emergency Kunai in his pocket, with a small flick of the wrist he sent the Kunai flying, the metal weapon never reached its target.
"You're lucky it's just me Teme."
Slowly he brought his head from his hands and met his black and red eyes to the vibrant blue ones of his former best friend.
"It wouldn't matter, if it wasn't you they would be dead by now. The kunai was flung to hit the necks vital spot."
Naruto remained emotionless, all usual bubbly burst of happiness gone, "Still as blood thirsty as ever, eh Uchiha?"
"Since when did you become so formal?"
"Ever since you broke our hearts."
A sad and almost ironic smile formed at the Uchiha's lips, "That long huh?"
Naruto wasted no time and got straight to the point, "You should have kissed her."
Sasuke tossed the blonde man a glare, "What's it to you."
"I actually love her. I don't play with her like she is some doll to discard."
A smirk drew at the raven-haired man's haughty features, "Oh look at Naruto now, all serious, hes a big man now…"
"Its not about my normal sense of maturity. I have grown a lot over the years, yet I have not grown bitter, I can not say the same about you, but I can for Sakura she has matured and become a fine young woman, she wont fall in love with you so easily…"
The handsome man's face remained impassive and he continued to stare heatedly at his former friend, "Whatever."
He stood up and pushed the chair in nonchantly, then he turned on his heel and walked up the stairs towards his room.
"Stop acting so cool Uchiha, there is no one left to impress. No one left to care."
Sasuke stopped, shaking his head in self-reassurance, "I don't need anyone to care."
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Shikamaru sighed, rubbing his temples in frustration, he was never a man for energy, he was always scolded for his laziness and stared at in disbelief when he accomplished a task. Over the years he had grown and his 'I don't give a rat's ass' attitude lessoned, he had been in charge over countless missions, and had proved to be a genius and an excellent ninja. And when ninja's became outlawed he began to constantly amaze ninja, going of to rescue helpless ninja, and save others from government assassinations. He had played the peacemaker and the strategist, he had done his duty and good to the world, and look what it had given him in return…
Nothing but pain…
Nothing but the feeling of regret…
Nothing but loss…
Slowly he undid his dark hair from his ponytail letting it fall softly on his face, he turned to stare at the sleeping girl laying on the white bed still as a carcass. The only movement was the rise and fall of her steady breathing, they had come in the nick of time if they had been gone any longer she would've unquestionably died.
Shikamaru shuddered; the thought of his close friend dead or anyone of his former ninja companions dead chilled him to the bone. He had seen enough death to last him a lifetime; his fists clenched tightly his nails drawing blood from his callused palms, the government were fuckers, they had destroyed half the world of ninjas and wouldn't stop till they were eliminated till they were feared beyond relief and if civilians stood in the way they would be eliminated alongside.
The pale woman stirred a bit in her dreamless slumber making him divert his attention back to her, he had never got around to telling her how he felt, always with an excuse that there would be another day, but looking at her now it began to dawn on him that there might not be another chance another day to tell her his true feelings, the way things were looking now, it was a time for confession.
She stirred once again, her eyelids blinking slowly then opening fully to reveal soft baby blue eyes, they closed again at the brightness of the room and he quickly stood up and shut the lights, now the only light in the room was the light radiating of her eyes and the little rays of sun that peaked through the curtains. Yamanaka Ino glowed like an angel, her light blonde hair combining with the windows lights to form an almost hallow around her head, her baby blue eyes glittered and gleamed amongst the darkness and her pale skin almost seemed the color of the moon.
"H-hey… S-s-Shika…"
He walked over to her pressing a finger against her lips, "You're so troublesome Yamanaka."
She let out a long and hoarse chuckle, "Everything is troublesome to you Shikamaru…"
Suddenly she cringed and let out a hissing sound of pain, quickly he pulled down her covers to check for any wounds or bruises Sakura had been unable to find. He blushed slightly at what she was wearing, only a large white shirt that had been borrowed from his clothing and the bandages covering her cuts.
"W-w-when are you going to question me?"
He studied her carefully looking for any sings of bitterness, he found none, "I am not… Will at least not yet…"
Her blue eyes seemed to lose its glimmer and they slowly turned a darker almost grey blue, "Why not! I'm not a weakling! I know you're thinking you left me here all alone and look what happens I almost die!"
Shika said nothing and let her continue, "But Shika, this was different, something else, he or she was trained to kill, it knew my weaknesses and preyed on them, and before I knew what was happening she had slit my body into pieces…"
She looked away from his face, not wanting to see the regret he felt for leaving her there, "It is not you're fault Shikamaru… It is not any of you're faults…"
Gently her brought her face to meet his once again, "Yes it is, don't blame yourself Ino, we are a team and no team member should be left behind, and we left you behind without a second thought."
"Its not you're fault Shika…"
His deep brown eyes flared dangerously, "Don't tell me that Ino! I was a team leader, a strategist, one of the best ninja, and look at me now! Letting a team mate fall just so I could go and have a nights out…"
A silence much like the one between Sakura and Sasuke filled the room.
"Shika…"
She sat up bringing a long pale white arm to his cheek; he took her hand in his and stared right into her light blue eyes.
"Ino…"
No words were needed and the two's lips crashed on to each other, years of hidden passion and admiration released on one another, the kiss seemed to last for hours for the two.
They broke apart staring at each other in wonder at the others boldness, a second silence was ensued this one heavy and lustful. He cracked a small smile at her beauty and crashed his lips down on hers once again.
The opening of the door broke the heated passion; a small laugh escaped the woman who opened the doors lips, "Am I disturbing anything?"
Ino glared heatedly at the panda haired woman, "Yes."
Shika shuddered at her suddenly icy voice, "I said I was going to watch her Tenten…" Praying that Ino was still weakened enough not to jump out of the bed and murder her friend.
"I just wanted to check on her progress, but from here I can tell it is fine."
With a wink at the couple she left the room but not before calling out, "Hey Shika she is still weak from the battle, don't get too excited."
The door closed and the two stared at each other with identical blushes, damn Tenten!
Ino looked coyly at him, "Now where were we?"
Shika rubbed his head nervously, "You should get some rest Ino…"
She pouted but suddenly felt sleep take over he worn body once again, "Fine, but you're not getting of so easily Nara!"
He chuckled at her childish behavior and kissed her forehead gently, "You are a very troublesome woman."
Ino cracked a small grin at her former teammate and now lover's trade remark, "Whatever…"
Words that were meant to be spoken years ago were finally confessed, and a new bond between the two was formed. But life never gives you anything easily, and when there is happiness a tinge of tragedy is always promised.
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The sun and the clouds set a pinky orange tinge to the sky, all who were watching this sight sighed at the marvel of the world's source of life. What would they be without the sun? Without the moon to end the tedious day the sun brought, and the then only to disappear so the sun could warm lives once again.
Two figures stood on the hotel balcony watching this wonder with their own eyes, the breeze swept around them and their violent world seemed almost peaceful and serene in this atmosphere.
"I caught them kissing." A dainty laugh was added to the atmosphere making it seem more magical then before.
Her companion smiled at the sound, remembering singsong days of their missions and times together, "It's about time."
She turned to him with a slight grin, "I missed you Lee."
"I missed you and you're youth Tenten."
"Neji missed you too, as much as he wont tell you, but it was obvious."
"He was like a brother to me, still is a brother to me."
The breeze fluttered the leaves of the trees around them and her eyes suddenly grew wistful, "Have you seen or heard anything from Gai-Sensei?"
Tears started to whelm in the mullet haired boys eyes. "He passed on…"
Tenten's voice went to a whisper allowing tears to flow from her own coffee eyes, "Was he? Murdered?"
Sudden rage took over him, "He died protecting me! While I was useless and unconscious on the ground…"
She brought her arms around him and the two embraced in their sorrow, "Im so sorry, he was like a father to you… To all of us."
"I avenged his death, I killed the man who brought sorrow to our life, it was brutal waking up to the dead body of my sensei, of the one man I devoted my life too…"
The world stood still watching the two friends in a melancholy sense of peace, comfort was one of man's greatest gifts to another, and in this time of sorrow it was welcomed.
But time would move on again, and their worlds can do nothing but be sucked further into the dark abyss of mourning.
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Sorry it took such a long time to be posted, I started school so it is very difficult to find writing time…
Please review! Oh and I have a new one-shot series it is called eye of the Sharingan; I would really appreciate if I see some of my reviewers reviewing that one-shot!
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