WARNING- THERE MAY BE SOME CHARACTER OCCNESS, BUTYOU MUST UNDERSTAND I TRY MY HARDEST TO KEEP THEM IN CHARACTER. HOPEFULLY IT WORKS.
ADDITIONAL WARNING- surprisingly enough, I don't own any of these characters, accept for Rory
HELLO TO ANYONE WHO ACTUALLY READS THIS STORY!! I decided to update today cuz my writers block had FINALLY gone away, and I had some Ideas, so I went to starbucks.Sasuke: Big deal. You know you really need to learn to write longer chapters.
SOY: fuming Shut up Uchiha. You have got nothing on me, while I have a full arsenal, ready to pull out WHENEVER I need it.
Sasuke: crosses his arms I don't believe you.
SOY: And that shall be your downfall.
Neji: sighs Sometimes I think I am the only mature person in this story.
SOY: Harrumph. Well, here's the next chapter people.
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Oh, just so you know:
-Sasuke's thoughts
-The bad inner Sasuke's thoughts
-The good inner Sasuke's thoughts
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Spare Time
Chapter 5: "Meet the Inners"
Sasuke sat there for a while, pondering what Rory meant. Some might have considered him a genius, but he was definitely in the category of "fool" when it came to matters of the heart. Suddenly, being knocked out of his stupor, he heard an all-to-familiar struggling coming from the back of his mind, and sighed.
Would you guys mind knocking it off already. Its getting really old.
Would you tell him to stop trying to KILL ME? His good inner self yelled, getting a very funny look from the bad one.
Well, look at this. Looks like you aren't as good as your title claims to be. This is your… what, THIRD freak out today?
WELL, WHEN SOMEONE IS TRYING TO KILL YOU, YOU WOULDN'T BE A "GOOD LITTLE PERSON" WOULD YOU?
Haha you called yourself a little person... AHAHAHA.
Sasuke was growing very frustrated with the two, and had gotten up and began walking around Konoha, trying to figure out some way to get rid of the two.
You know, he's not good in the first place, so its not like—HEY!! I do not what to be involved in this. He exclaimed in a frustrated manner. Would you guys be USEFUL for once and actually do what you are suppose to do: HELP ME!!
Well, if you are talking about what that girl Rory said, she's right you know. You do like Sakura.
Pft, that's a good one. Sakura's just one of my ever-annoying fan girls and my teammate. Nothing more.
Giving the impression that he hasn't been listening in on this little conversation, and looking bored, the bad inner Sasuke jumped on top of the good "inner", almost causing the good one to fall over, and rested his chin in his palm. Ah, you say that, but we are the inner you. WE KNOW!! He spoke, with a rather suspicious and menacing voice, and a mischievous grin to go along with it.
Sasuke rolled his eyes and scoffed at that comment, getting a few… strange looks from the people he was walking by.
There is no way that the real inner me could be THIS annoying.
After successfully pushing the bad inner off of him, the good inner spoke again. Well, there WAS another one…
ARE YOU KIDDING!! THERE ARE MORE OF YOU!!!
You didn't let him finish you idiot. He said there WAS another one, but he left ages ago. He was more like you: dull, naïve and stubborn as hell. He stated, picking a piece of lint off of his shirt, still looking bored.
…Right well—
Sasuke stopped to look up from his current position: staring at the ground, and sees none other than… Rory. Leaning against a Sakura tree, meditating. Seeing this as his chance totalk to her, and not wanting the other two to get involved, he quickly thought of something, PRETTY simple, but it always worked:
Hey, good self…
Yes?
I'm pretty sure I saw my bad self steal that shirt that you really like.
The good inner self turns to the bad self and screams, YOU BASTARD!!! Before attacking him.
Sasuke smirked; finally those two would keep themselves busy so he could have a chat with a certain someone. He began walking towards her until he was about 6 feet from her, then she put her hand up to stop him, not bothering to open her eyes and smirked. "I knew you would be back. Join me?"
Sasuke sighed. Might as well play it her was if her was going to get any more info from her. He sat down on the other side of the tree, getting into the lotus position and closing his eyes. Then the fun started.
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INTERMISSION!! Now normally I would just stop here, because then it would be like a cliffhanger, and I've always wanted to make one, well, a GOOD one at least, but I am not going to be like one of those REALLY mean writers who torture you. Besides, the chapter would be ENTIRELY too short.. so here you go.
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Chapter 5, Part 2- "the talk"
Suddenly, he felt a rush of wind in his face, and opened his eyes, only to find himself in a completely different place.
From what Sasuke could tell, he was now sitting in a giant, green, lush field of grass. It seemed to go on forever. In the far off distance you could see mountains meeting the sky in a big contrast of brown and baby blue. The clouds in the sky were the most unreal things in the place, being the most… well, lets just say Shikamaru would have been in HEAVEN. The sun shown brightly, and the wind was light, blowing the grass in a swaying motion, both Sasuke's hair and shirt moving along with it.
He got up quickly, taking out a kunai on impulse, readying himself.
"Hey, relax. Geez, you look about ready to kill."
He turned around and saw Rory lying on the ground with her legs crossed and her hands behind her head.
"Where am I? Where did you take me? Tell me," he began questioning with a glare. Ah, if only glares could kill. The Uchiha would probably have been considered a cereal killer.
"What you don't like it?" She asked, opening her big brown eyes for the first time since the last time he saw her. Seeing his expression she smiled and looked back up. "I guess you could say it's a more… complicated genjutsu. Oh, and don't bother trying to leave. You said you wanted to talk didn't you? I thought you would be more comfortable if no one were able to hear us."
Sasuke hesitated, but put his kunai away and sat on the ground a few feet away from her, crossing his arms and legs. "You are just full of surprises, aren't you?" he said without even looking at her.
She smiled, "Of course, now lets talk."
He exhaled, then paused. "I don't like her. And I don't like you. What else is there to say?"
"Oh Sasuke, that hurt. I'm just trying to help you, and now you say you don't like me." She said, not really sounding hurt. She got up and brushed herself off. "Well, I guess you don't want my help after all" she stated before she informally saluted him and began walking away.
Sasuke sat there for a moment, battling himself. For most of his life, he refused help from anyone. But he had to admit, today wasn't a typical day in the life of sasuke uchiha. She did seem to know what she was talking about. Maybe just this once, he assured himself, he would accept help from another.
"Wait." He opened his eyes turning around to see her already gone. He frantically looked in all directions, finding her nowhere to be found. "Rory? RORY!" he called out, rather uncharacteristically.
"Yes?" He heard from behind him, and he turned around swiftly, finding her sitting cross-legged behind him, where she was once lying, now with an apple in her hands, staring at him. "You called?"
He stood there speechless for a moment, then composed himself and sat down again, crossing his arms. "Yea." He watched her take a bite out of her apple and she froze, looking at him for a moment.
"What, I like apples."
"Hn."
"So, is there anything you would like to say to me? Two words… having to do with something you said before?"
He stared at her for a moment and then raised an eyebrow. "What… you're weird?"
She narrowed her eyes at him most likely meaning- no.
Then it clicked, and he sighed. "Fine, I'm sorry that I said I don't like you. Can we get back on topic please."
She smiled brightly at him. "SURE! Now, the only thing I can really do for you is to help you get over this state of denial that you are in."
"I am not in—" Damn her, he almost fell into that one.
She raised an eyebrow at him. "Look, why don't you just face it. It would save both you and I a lot of wasted time. Think about it. Really, if you had to chose between her and Ino, who would you chose. Sakura. Its that simple."
"That doesn't mean I LIKE her."
"Oh please, like I said before. It's obvious to almost everyone. Did you notice that Naruto has backed off her lately? Its because he knows."
He thought about that for a moment. She was right. Naruto had stopped nagging Sakura lately.
Maybe it was because of all those glares you were giving him.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!!! I THOUGHT I TOOK CARE OF—" He clamped his hand over his mouth as soon as he realized that he had screamed that out loud. Sadly, seeing Rory raise her eyebrow, he had not realized it soon enough.
"…Ok, well, I am going to let you think about that for a while." She said after a long awkward silence between the two, getting up and crossing her arms. "When you are ready, you can come and talk to me, if you like...Now close your eyes, weirdo."
"Huh?" Before he knew it, Sasuke felt the same rush of wind as before and closed his eyes, covering his face with his arms. A moment later, it was all over, and Sasuke opened his eyes, finding himself back against the Sakura tree. He turned his had to see Rory, only to find that she had gone, and sighed, lying his arm on his bent knee and leaned his whole back and head against the tree, and looked up at the tree.
"…Sakura."
FIN
I AM DONE!!! You gotta admit, that was like +1,800 words. That's pretty good, for me. I am satisfied with it. It took me like 2 hours to write, which was a fun 2 hours at starbucks. Some college guys started talking to me because they thought I was a college student. It was pretty kool, considering that I'm only in 10th grade. They said I was sophisticated for my age. Anyway, getting off topic
Sasuke: Like always?
SOY: Hey, you just reminded me, you are ALWAYS walking with your head staring at the ground. Doesn't you neck ever stiff?
Sasuke: stares at her weirdly …?
SOY: shakes her head nevermind… weirdo.. So neji, how did you like it?
Neji: raises an eyebrow You meditate?
SOY: Yes, I do actually. Thank you for noticing. I wasn't copying you or anything. I've been meditating for a few years now. Before I even saw your series.
Both Neji and Sasuke: Series?
SOY: sweatdrop Um, NEVERMIND!! Well, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR READING!!! Please leave a review. I haven't gotten many reviews on my past few chapters. I would appreciate it if someone were to tell me if the story is getting progressively worse. THANK YOU AGAIN!!
Much love,
Sunset-of-youthfulness
P.S- IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, YOU MUST WATCH THE NEW EPISODES OF NARUTO!!! NARUTO SHIPPUDEN!!! IT IS SO AMAZING!! O.O