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Warnings: I do not own Naruto. Rated "M" for language and adult situations.
Chapter 29: I know who you are now.
Sasuke didn't have the nightmare like he normally expected. This time Sasuke's dreams where of things that should have been and could have been. He was standing next to his father, looking out over the pound near the Uchiha compound. There were no words between them, just a mutual admiration for the calmness of the water. Then Sasuke was hugging his mother before running off to meet his friends.
Sakura and Naruto standing at the gates of the Uchiha compound waiting for him. Naruto had his normal foxy smug grin. Sakura had a smile on her face and his name on her lips. "Sasuke-kun! Hurry up or we'll be late!" The bright cheerful voice would melt even his cold heart every time she said his name. Sasuke allowed himself these moments in his dreams, because they were just dreams.
He ran towards the pink haired girl wanting to grab on to her and not let go. Sasuke wanted to tell her how much he truly cared about her, and that damn idiot Naruto. He wanted to explain why he had left her. Sasuke got close to her figure and it faded. He stood alone on the street near his old home. Then he heard laughter in the distance.
Sasuke followed the sounds of laughter and children playing. He stepped on to a great field of golden grass. Large mountains surrounded him and tall trees lined the meadow. The bright yellow sun was high in the crystal blue sky. The warmth beat down on him and it felt so good.
This wasn't his dream. Sasuke had been all over the country, and this was no place he had ever seen. Sasuke saw the small girl and boy running through the meadow and over the hills in the distance. The girl was obviously faster.
The laughter was assaulting his ears. Sasuke felt himself being drawn into the childish game of theirs. He walked closer, curious as to where they were going. The girl had long black hair and wore a yellow dress. The boy had short spiky black hair and was wearing a green t-shirt and black shorts. The girl stopped at the top of hill a good distance from the boy and waited.
"Myra! Not so fast Rabbit! I can't catch you if you run that fast!" The boy yelled.
The little girl laughed at the boy. "That's the point Brother Fox!" The girl skipped over the crest of the hill. The boy continued to chase her. Sasuke started to run after them. He crested the hill and watched as the boy tackled the little girl. The children tumbled in a heap at the base of the hill. The little girl started to giggle hysterically.
"Stop it! I can't breath!" The little girl gasped for air between fits of laughter.
"Not until you say UNCLE!" The boy resumed his tickling assault on the girl.
"STOP!" The girl cried and gasped even more. Sasuke couldn't stand there and do nothing anymore. He ran up to the boy and yanked him off of the girl.
"Hey! Let me go… I wasn't hurting her, honest… Tell him Myra!" The boy kicked and flailed at Sasuke. The little Myra girl looked up at Sasuke and glared. Even tear stained and as young as she was, her glare could stop a charging rhino. Sasuke couldn't help the amused curl on his lip.
"Put him down Sasuke." The voice echoed from no where and everywhere all at once. Sasuke looked around to find the source of the voice. When he looked back at the little girl, the older Myra had appeared and was helping her younger self to her feet. The older Myra wasn't much different from the Myra he had seen in his dream from before.
Her hair was in a tight braid down her back and she wore a simple pair of jeans and a purple t-shirt. Sasuke dropped the boy on his butt. The boy got up and ran behind Myra, but stood protectively between the little girl and Sasuke.
The boy tugged on the older Myra's shirt. "Sister, who is he?"
Myra turned her back on Sasuke and harrumphed. She knelt down to be eye level with the boy. "His name is Sasuke and he's a big dorkfish." Sasuke grunted in disapproval. Myra didn't pay any attention to him. "Now run along and play with Rabbit while I talk business with the Dorkfish. And don't tickle Rabbit so hard next time, ok Minato?" The little boy smiled a wide cheesy grin.
"Come on Myra, let's go play." Minato grabbed his little sister's hand. The little girl was still glaring at Sasuke. The older Myra nodded at the little girl letting her know it was ok. The two children ran off towards the distance and disappeared out of sight.
Myra watched the two children go before she rounded on Sasuke. She managed a glare at him, but didn't say anything to him for a few moments.
"This time I get to say it. YOU shouldn't be here." Myra crossed her arms in front of her.
"Where am I anyway?" Sasuke was confused.
"You're intruding on MY dreams this time." Myra kept staring.
"Why am I here?" Sasuke glared back. It was a perpetual glaring match.
Myra shrugged. "I haven't figured that out yet. I think it has to do with family ties, but I haven't had the time to do the research on that yet."
"Family ties? My family is dead." He spat at her. Myra rolled her eyes at him. She was still angry about Sasuke causing the fight between her and Naruto, even if he hadn't physically caused the fight, but now was the perfect opportunity to take it out on him.
"Oh yes, how could I forget? Poor Sasuke Uchiha… Family massacred by Itachi Uchiha. What a tragedy? Blah Blah Blah" She was being melodramatic. "You aren't the only person in this world that lost family that night. I know the story. EVERYONE knows the story. Get over yourself you ego Centric FUCKTARD!" She took a deep breath and calmed for a moment. "I wasn't talking about YOUR family, dumbass. I was talking about MY family. And YOU, oh mighty Sasuke, happen to be a part of MY family, whether you choose to accept it or not. And whether I like it or not." She was clenching her fists in anger.
Sasuke stood there with and indifferent look on his face. But Myra could tell she had touched a nerve. No one in their right mind, except Naruto, had EVER talked to him that way. Sasuke accepted it from Naruto, but he wasn't going to take it from this upstart BITCH. What did she know about him anyway?
Sasuke really turned up the juice on his "I hate you" death glare. Myra did the only thing she could think of to combat such a stare. She laughed at him. Myra succeeded in pissing Sasuke off even more.
"What the hell do you know about anything BITCH?" He growled at her dangerously. Myra continued to laugh at him. He grabbed her by the collar. Myra stopped laughing.
"You have no sense of humor do you?" Myra wriggled out of his grasp and adjusted her shirt.
"I don't have time to fuck around. Why did you bring me here?" Sasuke barked.
"Cool your jets there, Sasuke. I didn't pull you into my dream. TRUST ME, you are the LAST person I wanted to dream about." The laughter from the playing children echoed. Myra turned her back on him and walked to the top of another hill. Sasuke followed, partially because he wanted out of the mad house, but the rest was curiosity.
"I came here to watch them play." She pointed to the dream figures of herself and her brother playing chase in the meadow. "I was feeling a bit nostalgic. Dreams are a way to keep the ones you've lost close to you. My father told me that when he was teaching me how to Dream Walk. I lost my brother the same night you lost you're whole family. I know that lost isn't as much as a whole family, but it hurts just the same." Myra whipped a single tear from her cheek. Sasuke turned to watch the children play. He heard that addicting childlike laughter. Sasuke picked up on her sadness. He wanted to reach out and tell her everything was all right and he was going to make it right again. He didn't understand why he could pick up on her sadness and most upsetting was the fact that it affected him. He shook off the foreign emotions.
"That doesn't explain why I'm here." His patience was beginning to wear thin.
"I haven't figured it out yet. Like I said, I've got an idea why we are dream sharing, but I haven't had time to do the research." Myra started to chew on her bottom lip in contemplation.
"You said it had to do with family. How is that possible? I am the last of the Uchiha." He was being ego centric again. Myra closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When she opened her eyes she looked directly at Sasuke, red sharingan activated in her eyes. Sasuke gawked at her with an open mouth in disbelief.
"You aren't the last anymore." Myra shut her eyes and released the sharingan.
"But how?" Sasuke was still shocked and it showed.
"For crying out loud! Are all geniuses as STUPID as you are?" Myra rolled her eyes. Sasuke glared at her… Again… Myra laughed at him… Again.
"Stop with the glaring already. I get the point. You have no sense of humor." She laughed more. Sasuke was royally pissed off by her mocking at his expense. Myra knew it, and didn't care.
Suddenly there was a tremor that rocked the landscape. Myra looked skyward as the sun became darker.
"What was that?" Sasuke was looking around for the source.
"That means I don't have time for a family history lesson." Myra looked worried. "If I hit you, it will wake both of us up." Myra looked back at him.
"Why would I LET you hit me?" Sasuke raised an eyebrow.
"Because, you fucktard, it's how you woke ME up, or don't' you remember?" She looked back at the sky that was getting increasingly darker.
"You are one crazy Bitch if you think I'm going to LET you hit me." He shook his head. She looked back at Sasuke and smiled.
"Wow… You noticed… Thanks. Look, compliments aside… I have no idea how much of your chakra presence will translate through the Etherial. I happen to be sleeping in VERY close proximity to Naruto." She looked worried again.
"WHAT!" Sasuke was horrified. Myra smiled sheepishly.
"I'm sleeping with your best friend." She nodded. Sasuke was dumb struck with what he felt at the moment she told him that she was sleeping with Naruto. Myra couldn't help the smirk that crossed her expression. Sasuke was jealous that Naruto had a love life, but then there was the overwhelming urge to beat the shit out of him for touching her. There was another tremor that snapped Sasuke out of his daze.
"I can explain, but not now. Naruto is starting to wake up. HE may not be able to sense your chakra, but I'm pretty sure the Fox can." Myra looked almost desperate. Sasuke looked at her wide eyed again. She knew about the Kyuubi, and now he had to know exactly how much more she knew about the Uchiha family. The golden field started to fade.
"How can I trust you?" Sasuke was skeptical.
"I'm family?" She smiled at him.
"That doesn't help." He growled and nearly lost his balance with the next violent earthquake.
"I haven't told anyone that I've talked to you." Myra looked serious. "And I promise that I won't tell Naruto that I can find you." Sasuke went pale. She touched his hand. He knew instantly she was being sincere. Sasuke had family that wasn't trying to kill him and wouldn't betray him. She had found another piece to the family puzzle. She could feel how he was suffering from the last few years of self inflicted loneliness. Sasuke was still a little confused by all this emotion. He would figure it out later, there wasn't time for it now. Sasuke wasn't alone anymore and it comforted him.
Myra let go of his hand. "NOW GO!" She reached back with her right fist and punched him. Sasuke woke up milliseconds before he hit the ground. Like a cat, he turned himself to land on his feet. He grumbled under his breath about Myra punching him. "Crazy bitch..." Sasuke rubbed his jaw. He had to admit, Myra had a nasty right cross.
