Within These Empty Walls
A/N I am so sorry for not updating faster! My sister got a virus on my laptop that completely ruined it and I haven't been able to get a computer until now! So just to let you know, updates will be very slow until I get a computer I can frequently have access too. It's hard because I can't go on my dad's computer (I'm grounded if I even touch it) and my mom's laptop is her work computer, and my sister also got a virus on the "kids computer" that my brother and sister were supposed to use. Also, at the library they don't give me enough time to write out a chapter and I can't just go to the library every day. I'm so sorry. But I promise you, know matter how long it takes, I swear I won't give up on this story.
Anyways, enjoy this chapter!
Chapter 2: Two Kinds of Darkness
In Sasuke's dream, all he saw was darkness.
Darkness that engulfed any and every source of light, swallowing the Uchiha in its unknown whereabouts.
He glanced around fearfully, sweat beads clinging to his forehead. He could feel his legs shaking beneath him, and his arms felt heavy as he kept them up in a defensive position.
Where the heck am I? He looked around panicked. He heard a familiar laughing somewhere in the distance and he whipped his head around, gritting his teeth and deepening his stance.
"Who's there?" He growled angrily, trying to conceal his fear with anger.
The laughing continued a little longer, before it died down to chuckles.
"Sasuke-kun… " His eyes widened as he recognized who it was. He grit his teeth even more.
"Orochimaru." The man laughed again, and suddenly, Orochimaru's head appeared in the blackness, towering over Sasuke. He smiled crookedly as he saw Sasuke's shocked expression.
"What did you do to me?" He spat angrily at the man. The Sanin chuckled at him.
"You'll find out soon enough, Sasuke-kun." He laughed. The giant head faded to darkness, and Orochimaru, now life sized, stepped out in front of Sasuke, only about ten feet away.
"Why you..!" Sasuke yelled angrily, a chidori sizzling to life as he charged at the snake man. He laughed and sat there as the Uchiha struck. He smirked, but then gasped when he realized that his attack went through Orochimaru's body. He turned around and stared shocked, and lunged at him again, only to have the same thing happen to him again. He growled angrily at him, and the Sanin just laughed playfully. He reached his hand out and lightly brushed his white fingertips against Sasuke's cheek. He tried to jerk away from him, but he found his whole body was paralyzed.
"Sasuke-kun… how I can't wait until I have this body of yours…" He whispered, and Sasuke's eyes widened a little.
W-what? My body? He thought, completely thrown off by the statement. He shifted his eyes to Orochimaru's hand, and he saw silver snakes begin to slither out from his sleeve. He gasped as they began twirling around his body, pinning his arms to his sides and coiling around his legs. He could feel their tongues gently brushing against his legs. More and more continued to come out, and by the time Orochimaru had stopped stroking Sasuke's cheek, they had completely covered him from head to toe. One was wrapped around one eye, and into his hair and back down by his neck. He began trembling and found he was no longer paralyzed.
He began desperately struggling to get free. The snake near his neck slithered to the other side to the Curse Mark, which was beginning to throb as the snake's tongue gently slid against it. He watched it with fearful eyes as it opened its mouth and chomped down harshly on the mark. Sasuke winced as the fangs sank deeper and deeper into his skin.
He sat unmoving for a moment, until suddenly, there was a burning sensation on the mark. He felt as if the mark was on fire. He screamed out in agony and the snakes slid off of his body and back to Orochimaru's sleeves. The Sanin watched with a wicked grin as Sasuke dropped to his knees, digging his fingernails deeply into the already bleeding skin. Sasuke lowered his head to what felt like ground to him so he wouldn't see the tears spilling down his cheeks.
"How does it feel, Sasuke-kun?" The man laughed quietly, kneeling down next to the sobbing Uchiha. He slid a hand underneath his chin attempting to pull his head up, but he turned his head and cried out louder.
"DON'T TOUCH ME!" He screamed at the top of his lungs, lifting his head up while saying it. The Sanin got a good look at the tears and just laughing louder.
"You're coming with me, Sasuke." He smiled. Another snake slid out and bit down on the side of Sasuke's neck, away from the mark this time. Sasuke winced, but suddenly felt a drowsiness that was beginning to increase inside of him. He could feel his limbs getting heavy and his body going numb. With some relief from the pain, he began weakly trying to crawl away from the Sanin, who did nothing but sat back and watched, feeling entertained by Sasuke's attempts to get away. Sasuke got about five feet away when he collapsed on his chest, panting heavily.
"Had enough, Sasuke-kun?" He smirked as a giant snake slithered out from behind him, looming over Sasuke hungrily. Sasuke looked up drowsily and his eyes widened a little at the reptile above him. He cried out in fear as it opened his mouth, and swallowed him whole. Blackness consumed him.
Sasuke gasped and awoke with a scream, and he panicked when his scream was accompanied by another, louder one. Sasuke's eyes shot open and the next thing he knew, he was on the ground, on top of something bright orange.
"What the heck Sasuke? Get off of!" Naruto yelled. "You're crushing me!"
Sasuke stopped flailing and relaxed a little when he realized it was only Naruto, and that the whole thing had only been a dream. He sighed and closed his eyes, unmoving as he tried to calm himself down.
"Geez Sasuke, what's wrong with you? Hey, Sasuke! Sasuke? Sasuke, what's wrong with you?" Naruto asked him, realizing his eyes were closed and he wasn't moving. A few seconds passed before he opened his eyes and narrowed them at the blonde.
"What are you doing in my house you usuratonkachi?" He spat at Naruto, trying to get up, but collapsing back onto the ground with a quick gasp of pain. The blonde whipped his head to look at Sasuke as he fell back down on him.
"Sasuke! What the heck-?" He paused and gasped. "You're hurt! How did that happen?" Sasuke turned his head a little and noticed his Curse Mark was bleeding, and that his fingertips were covered with it.
I must've been digging my nails into the mark in my sleep. He thought, he quickly covered it up with his hand, but Naruto began trying to pry it away.
"Let me see!" He yelled.
"Get away from me, you idiot!" He yelled. He suddenly gasped and cried out in pain, falling to his side and grabbing the mark again. He clenched his teeth together and turned away to avoid Naruto's panicked stare.
"Sasuke!" He yelled, placing his hand on his teammate's shaking back.
"GO AWAY!" Sasuke suddenly screamed out, making Naruto quickly jump backwards in surprise.
"Sasuke I…" he was cut off as Sasuke yelled at him again.
"GO AWAY! JUST LEAVE! AND DON'T YOU DARE TELL ANYONE!" Naruto gasped, his eyes widening a little.
"No! I'm not going to leave you!' He yelled defiantly. Sasuke growled and was about to yell a scathing reply when the mark pulsated and he cried out again, collapsing completely onto the ground. He felt Naruto's strong hands on his back as he tried to communicate with him, and the last thing he saw was panicked baby blue eyes staring down at him, before his eyelids slid shut and everything went black.
Well that's all for chapter 2! I really hope you enjoyed this chapter! Thank my mom for allowing me one night to write my heart out! (I'm going to start writing the third chapter right now, but I won't update until a little later so there isn't a long wait again)
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