Chapter 4
The moment their eyes met Hinata was lost, lost in a swirling sea of red and black. She was still standing rooted in place as the sun rose and the garden around her started to stir to life.
But where others might be lost forever, trapped in the depths of the Sharingan she was able to find her way back and even take something with her. She had enough time to think about it until their next meeting. Think about the feelings behind his strange eyes, eyes she should know but yet could not remember.
When she had looked into Sasukes eyes the first time she saw pain, hatred and righteousness, he fought for the last memories of his family, his loved ones and for his brother. She didn't think he would ever back down or flee a battle but when Naruto made true to his words and tried to end both of their lives he just faded away into nothingness.
But these eyes held nothing of the hatred or righteousness there was pain as great as hers but there were also regret and fear. His fear seemed to grip her and wouldn't let go of her – who could still harm him?
There was only one name that she could think of - the other Uchiha, the man she hated more then every other living being – she could still hear his laughter in her dreams. The moment Sasuke vanished and Naruto collapsed of exhaustion he swept in, laughing beneath is mask and his eye shining with glee as he sucked the blonde into a dimension where they could never ever reach him.
This was her first and foremost memory of the Uchiha eldest, there were other encounters in the war when he would just appear with the other Akkatsuki members and they would slaughter everyone in sight before disappearing from this dimension again. How she had tried to kill him, them and how she had fought and all for nothing.
Dead friends, scars and nightmares were all she ever took back to Konoha when they battled against Madara, nightmares of blood death and spinning eyes...
...and then she knew that Madara would never fight again and why Sasukes eyes seemed to be strange – he had taken Madaras Sharingan and achieved the next level of the Mangekyou.