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Shiver
Chapter 16 Taunted
"In truth the taunt made me even more determined to succeed."
Sasuke had been taunted before. He had been insulted. He had been made fun of. It happened to everybody. No matter how perfect you are or how nice you happen to be. It was a common occurrence. In fact, in Oto, he had been taunted at least everyday by one sound-nin or another. He had grown accustomed to it now.
The taunts and remarks didn't really bother him but, rather, encouraged him to fuel himself even more and give it more than his normal one hundred percent. Of course, he always tried his hardest when he trained but when he had the determination, the drive, he could push himself a whole lot harder than simply from the motivation of trying to achieve his lifelong ambition.(not a dream because he had completed it)
And maybe, someday Sasuke would be able to get over this. He had learned all the lessons that could not be taught.
And now he had no more excuses.
It was only the true colors that he could shine.
And it occurred to him now, that he was never really strong.
But now it was okay.
Now it was okay….
Because all he really wished now was that he could go back in time and change everything that he had done wrong.
So now he realized, that maybe it wasn't their differences that had drawn him and Naruto together but, rather, their similarities. Because maybe opposites really didn't attract because maybe they were really opposites.
But who was he to speak?
Who was he to speak?
He couldn't even see through the deception that was his life, his only goal and now he had nothing left.
But now it was okay.
Now it was okay……
Because he had found something that he might have left.
And now he knew, he had been living a lie.
But he could fix it.
He could fix it.
Because he was trying hard for this. Because it was what he needed.
And now he had realized many things. Everything that he could ever hope to figure out. And he knows now how stupid he was. How stupid he is. And he does not need anybody to remind him of this. Because now he knew exactly what it was that he needed to do. And it required no response from anybody.
Because now there was only one thing that he had left.
And it was alright.
It was alright.
Because all he had left was his true colors.
And he had enough of all the foolish who say they had been taunted.