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Passion and Tears
Sasuke's POV
I was floating in the comfortable darkness of unconsciousness. It was peaceful and still. Slowly lulling me to sleep, the darkness made me forget.
About Itachi...
About Team Snake...
About Suigetsu...
'Suigetsu'
Suddenly the darkness didn't feel so good anymore. I was no longer floating, but falling through the Cimmerian shade that was suffocating me. Pain burst through my head as the current events came rushing back to me. I opened my eyes dispelling the shadows from surrounding me, although the pain remained. An icy feeling of failure seeped into my heart, filling every crevice of my body as well. Failure to protect the one that was precious to me.
'Itachi'
A burning fire of white hot rage melted the previous feeling. Ignoring my throbbing head, I clenched my fists and stood up. I closed my eyes in order to sense the direction they went. There was a hint of familiar chakaras, but I dismissed those quickly and continued searching for my brother.
There...
My eyes snapped opened and I darted after Suigetsu's kidnappers. Trees were nothing but blurs asI flew past them. No matter how fast I ran, Itachi's chakara was still just ahead of me. Ten minutes turned into thirty which soon turned into an hour. Doubt and despair began sinking its way into my being.
I've lost him. I'm never going to reach him. I've failed you Suigetsu.
Unbiddened, a mental picture of an old nightmare I had a couple of weeks before admitting my love for the shark came up.
"Anyone you care about must die." Itachi squeezed Suigetsu's neck and I heard the strangled noises come from Suigetsu.
"S-s-sasu-uke, h-help!" came the shark boy's strangled cry.
"Itachi, STOP IT!" I shouted.
Itachi raping Suigetsu. This was the whole reason why I didn't want to pursue anything more than just sex. I didn't want him hurt.
If only he had listened to me and gone back to Juugo and Karin. I sighed. No, I won't give up on him. They have to stop sometime and in the mean time I'll follow. I'm coming for you, Suigetsu.
Some outside entity must have felt moved at my new determination because I felt Itachi's chakra stop moving. Taking advantage of the pause, I rushed ahead quickly gaining lost ground. I activated my sharigan as I drew closer. My brother had yet to move again. I could hear my heart beating in my ears. Closer and closer and...
"ITACHI!" I shouted bursting into the open plain.
The akatsuki member stood calmly looking at me with an indifferent gaze so similar to my own. I looked around the area and Suigetsu nor Itachi's partner were no where in sight.
"Where is he?" I demanded softly not caring that this would probably confirm Itachi's suspicions about my relationship to Suigetsu.
"Your lover?....You can't hope to become strong enough to defeat me when you harbor this weak emotion."
"Where is he?" I asked again more fiercely.
My older brother looked towards the left and I looked as well. There was Kisame with an unconscious Suigetsu thrown over his shoulder like a burlap sack. The sight tugged at my heart. I angrily turned back to Itachi.
"Let him go," I said.
"You have ten minutes before I kill him," Itachi stated.
My blistering hate for him increased tenfold as I darted towards him with my sword raised. He met me head on with a kunai. I allowed my chakara to travel down my sword as chidori and watched in satisfaction as my sword cut through Itachi's weapon. Itachi jumped back before my sword could slice through him. I followed him quickly and proceeded with a barrage of quick jabs, which were all dodged. When I brought my sword in a downward slice, Itachi grabbed my blade with his hand that was covered in his chakara. My eyes widened in shock and that was all he needed to produce a kunai and slash my chest. I grunted and pulled my weapon out of Itachi's grip. Warm blood oozed from the shallow but long wound.
"You've gotten sloppy, Sasuke. Seven minutes left. You need to concentrate if you want to save him."
Dammit. I need to stop thinking about Suigetsu in order to save him.
I ignored the stinging wound and went to attack him again, but it was no use. I couldn't completely pay attention to Itachi no matter how hard I tried. Worry continued to bubble in the pit of my stomach.
"Three minutes," Itachi said.
Cuts, varying in depth and length, covered my body. I was panting heavily, while on the other hand Itachi didn't look fazed at all. I looked over at Suigetsu, who was now laid at the base of the tree. My brother's partner was swinging his sword menancingly. I glanced at Itachi briefly, then bolted towards Suigetsu. Almost as if he expected it, Itachi appeared before me, chidori already formed in his hand. He thrust his hand forward. I managed to dodge the brunt of it, but his attack did catch me in the side.
"Ahhh!" I moaned in pain.
"Time's up, Otouto," Itachi calmly said.
Time slowed as I watched, Kisame's wrapped sword sunk through my shark. Every fiber of my being collaped as I saw the unmoving form of Suigetsu. A torrent of emotions flew through me: sickness, weakness, anger, hatred, sadness but most of all it was emptiness.
....He's gone...
I wanted to scream and cry, but I was so numbingly cold. Then all of a sudden there were three columns of smoke where Suigetsu, Itachi, and Kisame used to be.
Clones...which means...he's still alive...
Relief flooded my body and I was able to fall to the ground from blood loss, in peace. They may still have him, but the important thing is that he is alive. I closed my eyes, ready for a quick nap.
"SASUKE!!" someone shouted.
Is that...Naruto?
I cracked my eyes open a bit and saw a mess of blonde hair. Immediately, I shut my eyes too tired to care.
"It's okay, Sasuke. I'm here," was the last thing I heard before slipping into oblivion.
A/N: okay, so the 2nd half of this may seem a bit rushed...and it is because I wanted to get this out tonight. Let's see what else... oh I've always sucked at writing fight scenes so there's my excuse for that. Hopefully it all made sense. I apologize for any grammatical, spelling, and sentence structure errors. REVIEW...it puts a smile on my face, which eventually puts a smile on yours :)