Okay, real note…I'm FINALLY BACK. Gosh.
This is NOT exactly how the battle went, but this is how I want it. Also, I privately asked a few of my reviewers a question about how this should go, (Don't feel offended if it wasn't you, I just asked when I remembered XD) and…
Well, you'll just have to see!
The next few days were a living nightmare.
Only a short distance down the trail, we found a defeated Genma and Raidou. They had lost against sound ninja who were traveling with Sasuke. They were planted there to keep anyone from taking Sasuke back.
If they had beaten Jounin, we were screwed.
Hesitantly, Shikamaru led our group farther. We caught up to the sound ninja, there was four of them. We also learned they were carrying Sasuke in a barrel.
To explain everything in full detail would be too hard. We left Choji behind early, he fought Jirobo. Then Neji stayed behind to fight Kidomaru. They were two of the sound ninjas.
I thought we would seriously succeed at one point. We had the barrel. We had Sasuke. Shikamaru, Kiba and I dashed back to Konoha with it. Akamaru followed behind us laying traps.
Akamaru was captured and wounded, so Kiba went back to help him. He battled with Sakon. Then Tayuya caught up to Shikamaru and I, and Shikamaru told me to keep going.
Then my hope started to dwindle when another one of Orochimaru's ninja took the barrel from me without a problem. His name was Kimimaro, and he was bent on bringing Sasuke to Orochimaru.
Leaving Kiba and Shikamaru, I chased after Kimimaro and the barrel.
I finally fought him, but I was losing. To make things worse, Sasuke escaped from the barrel and ran off. Distracted, Kimimaro nearly killed me.
But Lee, who had just recovered, showed up and saved me. He insisted I continue following Sasuke, since I had promised Sakura so, so I did.
Man, if one of us was a girl, this would be a much easier secret to let go.
So much more probably happened after that, but I wouldn't know. All I could hope for was that everyone would live.
For the next few hours after that, I chased Sasuke. I couldn't see him until near the very end of the chase, but I knew I was following him.
And right now, I've caught up to him.
I have to stop him.
We had reached the water boundary separating Leaf and Sound. There were two enormous statues, and he was on the one furthest away. They were…the founders of Konoha or something, I don't remember.
He stopped moving, so he must have acknowledged I was behind him. Maybe he wanted to get me out of the way.
"Sasuke!" I yelled across the water.
He continued walking, uninterested.
"So you'll just run away!?" I growled. I might be able to talk my way through this.
He stopped, one foot in mid-step. He turned around, and the entire right side of his body was coated in those black wavy marks. His transformation must be going further, because his left eye was black with a yellow iris. "So you were stupid enough to follow me."
I stared at him, unsure of what I should do.
"Like I told Sakura already, it's over. We're over. Stay away from me."
He's really serious. So serious he won't even consider what we were before this.
It wasn't right. I know it's not all his fault, but he led Sakura and I on to believe he cared about us. Like WE were the most important things in his world. Now he was like this, and with no explanation why he had changed. I knew it was because of Itachi, but he didn't have to leave, or be alone.
I remembered something Haku said when we were in the land of waves. He said that only when you have something to protect, something important to you, are you the strongest you can be.
"Why?" I said, just loud enough for him to hear. "Why are you doing this? To us? To me?" I begged.
His expression changed to more serious then sarcastic.
"I don't get it! Why!?" I screamed.
"It was stupid to tell you my feelings." He said flatly. I didn't need to question him any further on what feelings. "I'm done playing around with the worthless Konoha crowd."
"But…Shikamaru, Neji, Kiba, Akamaru, Choji, Lee…They all risked their lives to bring you back!" I screamed, defending my friends.
"That was nice of them." Sasuke replied. "I already told you, I'm done." He turned, and started walking again.
No. You aren't getting away so easy.
He must not have been prepared for it, (but hey, neither was I,) because he was caught completely off guard and did nothing to defend himself. He saw my shadow, turned all the way around, and that was it. I had leapt across to his statue and tackled him to the ground. We slid a few feet, and I ended up pinning him down with my knees. He never once tried to move. I grabbed the high collar of his shirt and pulled his head up.
"If I had stayed in Konoha with you," He empathized you. "I never would have gotten this strong. I'm going to Orochimaru."
I already knew, but it hit me twice as hard. Maybe this would convince him. "Are you crazy!? Orochimaru killed the third, and tried to destroy the village! All he wants you for is a body! If you think I'll let you go, and throw away everything you have, you're wrong!"
"That doesn't matter," He smirked. "All that matters to me is revenge, and if you get in my way, I won't hesitate to kill you." He grabbed my collar and jerked me down, similar to what I had done.
He was still smiling. The impatience and anger had just turned into insanity. "If you won't listen, I'll take you back by force!" I hissed.
I wouldn't just be able to convince him. Violently and against his will would be the only way I could bring him back. If I could even do that.
"I don't want to fight you," I added through grit teeth.
He shifted his hand so it was around my neck. "Too bad." He pushed his knee against my stomach, and slowly forced me up. I tried to keep him down, but his brute strength was too much.
Maybe he wanted to kill me. He lifted me higher and higher until my feet were off the ground, then even higher. I ended up with them a foot off the ground. I clutched at his arm, trying to rip him away, at the very least, keep from choking.
He breathed in audibly, then let go. Three seconds later, my stomach was in pain and my body hit the water below us. Had that been a punch to the head, it probably would have knocked me out. He had never had that kind of strength before. It must be due to the curse mark.
After composing myself and catching my breath above water, I proceeded,
To get the shit beat out of me.
My continued screams and pleads were futile, and I didn't try too hard to fight back. He can't be serious. He doesn't want to kill me.
But it became clear that he did, when he told me so.
I had crawled out of deep water and balanced on the surface for perhaps the third time.
"Do you want to kill me or something!? Does everything we had before this mean anything to you!?" I screeched up at him, for he was back to one of the statues.
"No. It means everything." He replied, lowering his head. "That's why I'm going to kill you."
The words spilled out of his mouth, and I was speechless.
He wanted to kill me.
He wanted to kill me.
He wants to kill me!
"Wh-" I tried to make a word, but I couldn't finish. "Wh-Wa-Why?" My voice was broken.
He rose his head. "That is why."
He wanted to kill me.
The thought would not leave my head. Even after everything, he wanted to kill me. For reasons I didn't know.
Our fighting continued. I tried a bit harder, but I was mostly shocked.
After a while, I just stopped moving. So did he, but his was probably just to wonder why.
Was there really any worth in fighting him, or trying to bring him back if he wanted to kill me?
If he didn't care about me?
I balanced on the water with chakra, but I didn't bother doing anything else. He stopped his assault, and watched me for a moment.
I closed my eyes. I didn't want to see what I could hear. The metallic, chirping sounds of Sasuke's assassination jutsu, Chidori.
I thought you really did care.
I always wanted to be friends with you, from the moment I meant you. But you and I were so different, and you were better than I was.
So I decided, you were my rival.
But rival or not, you were always something I wanted to be.
When you told me your feelings and I discovered mine, I was so happy. You were the first person on earth to acknowledge me not because of what I was. You were my first real bond. And I thought I was yours, but…
Does any of that mean anything to you?
Were you lying this entire time?
The Chidori sounds grew louder, and he was so close, I could feel chakra radiating from it. The hand that obviously wasn't harboring the Chidori reached behind me and twisted through my hair.
It was like my dream all over again, but at least he didn't want to kill me because of Kyubbi. It was much worse.
I didn't know why.
But he didn't pull, he pushed. I moved one foot backwards, but it wasn't enough to get away. He pushed my face forward, and it didn't surprise me as much as I thought it would.
His lips were flat and closed, and cold as ice.
I just want you all to know, part two is already all planned out in my head XD People will die D: