The Boy in the Park
Chapter Fifty-Nine
Kakashi Hatake was not having a pleasant stay in the hospital.
For one thing, he was without porn.
For another, he had to hear the ramblings of Shinku.
For a third, he was actually forced because the man had pretty clearly told him that he'd stick Gai on him if he even tried to ignore him.
"And really, that's not a normal way to act! Naruko never acted like that before, so something has to have happened back during the mission," he insisted. "Are you sure nothing changed?"
"Yes, nothing changed," Kakashi drawled. "Nothing at all."
"Really nothing?"
"Yes," Kakashi sighed. If it weren't for the enticing 'pie' Shinku had brought him, which hid within a collection of Icha-Icha, he would have feigned being asleep.
As it was, Shinku Haruno was his porn pusher, and he needed his fix of porn after the Icha-Icha Specialty Shop was destroyed.
He growled as Shinku narrowed his eyes on him for a moment, before he finally relented. "The only thing I heard is how they're supposed to meet with an informant who was a spy for Orochimaru at the Heaven and Earth bridge."
"A spy for Orochimaru?" he brought up an eyebrow.
"That's all I know and I'm technically going against protocol by informing a civilian about such a matter that is unrelated to you, but she is your charge so I'm actually forced to tell you if anything psychologically traumatic happened to her…and nothing happened."
Shinku sighed, before handing over the 'loaded' pie to Kakashi.
"Enjoy then…" he grumbled as he waved the man goodbye.
"She did say something strange though," Kakashi added. "Well, actually she half-grumbled it."
"Uh?"
"Something about 'snapping'… Not that I understood much after that."
Shinku kept his face filled with perplexity even as he left the hospital lost in thought. What did he mean with 'snapping'…snapping fingers? Snapping…maybe napping? Was Naruko tired?
He sighed.
Whoever understood females was a god.
Naruko Uzumaki stared at Sasuke Uchiha from her position, with Sakura, Sai and Yamato present. She looked at him and clenched her fists.
The Uchiha came down with a bright smile on his face, and then chuckled. "I cut away those bonds…" he began, "Because they tied me down."
He began to unsheathe his blade. "What about you, Naruko? Still tied to your a-ni-ki?"
Naruko exhaled. Her face suddenly relaxed.
"You know, Sasuke," she smiled. That smile made Sakura sweat.
That smile made Yamato inch quite a few meters backwards.
That smile was a perfect, plastered copy of the Demon Smile *tm*. Sai mentally jolted it down.
"I tried." She placed her left foot backwards.
"I thought I'd do him a favour too. I saw the Akatsuki, and the way they act. I saw Kankuro on the bed nearly dying because he tried protecting Gaara. I saw the corpse of Gaara, and Chiyo-baachan giving her life for him. I saw it…" she clenched her fists, "and I realized I was just being selfish. If I wanted to act even a bit in the best interests of Aniki, then staying away from his life would be the best possible thing for him."
She gritted her teeth.
"I ignored him. I avoided him like the plague. I snapped at him. I insulted him. I trashed away any effort he made, even when he was simply trying to understand why… and it hurt." The last part, she hissed.
"If losing your family means never seeing them again, if it means feeling like all hope is lost, then yeah, I understand that pain now. Aniki isn't going to forgive me for what I did, how could he? And I'm angry all right, I understand your anger now, because I'm angry at myself so much I can't even stand to look at my reflection in the mirror. I can't stand to be in the same room with someone who took away my family, and when that someone is me, it's even harder…" she babbled out, her eyes shining slightly.
"But now I know how you feel, so I have to ask…even after all of this, even after all this sorrow, this hate…do you still love your brother?"
She shuddered.
"Because I do…and if I suffer this much, if I'm so much in pain…it's because I love him even now."
Sasuke eyed Naruko warily, and then replied coldly.
"I hate my brother, and what you feel is but a speck. I lost my entire family, my entire clan; you didn't even lose him properly. How can you even think they compare? I should reiterate my past offer then…want me to come back to Konoha? I'll graciously accept…" he smiled, eying Yamato.
"Ah…" Naruko exhaled, then cocked her head to the side. "Then this is it, I suppose," she stopped smiling.
"I'll just have to kill you then."
Sakura's eyes widened. Yamato tried to say something. Sai's movement stopped in perplexity.
Sasuke took a step backwards.
The next moment, the ground exploded as Naruko charged ahead. Sakura brought her hand up to protect her face from the debris lifted, as Sasuke found himself pummelled through the ground by Naruko's onslaught.
"I'M NOT LETTING YOU NEAR ANIKI! UCHIHA OR NOT, I'LL SLAUGHTER YOU! I'LL SNAP YOUR BONES AND TEAR YOUR LIMBS APART UNTIL NOTHING REMAINS! I'LL BREAK YOUR SPINE IN A THOUSAND PIECES AND PLUCK YOUR EYES OUT AND SMASH THEM ON THE GROUND!"
As the two battled far away with various degrees of destruction, Sakura sweat dropped and chuckled nervously.
"I…think someone pushed her berserker button."
Yamato paled. "The Kyuubi could break free!"
Sakura stared at the devastation. "Sensei…there's not a hint of the Kyuubi chakra here."
"Uh?" Yamato blinked. That was true. "Then how is she…"
"Oh, hell has no fury like a woman's scorn," Sakura giggled. "Although in this case, I think it's 'hate' rather than scorn."
"You…don't care about your 'ex' teammate?"
"He's a traitor who wounded Onii-sama," Sakura deadpanned. "He can die whenever he wants!" she smiled brightly.
"Wait, so the reason you insisted on this mission wasn't to rescue him?"
"Well, Naruko wanted to try," Sakura mumbled. "But then again, the reason shishou didn't place Sasuke in the missing-nin list was because I asked her not to." She fidgeted. "I wanted to be the one to help kill him, you know," she added hastily. "But I'll leave it to Naruko for the moment."
She took out a small book and then began to scribble down. "If I'm so much in pain, it's because I love you, Onii-sama," she giggled lecherously. "This is a sure win. I'm pretty sure of it!"
Near them, the ground still trembled and shook as the screams of "DIE! BURN! MAIM!" were followed by "OH GOD MY HAND! MY LEG! STOP!"
Yamato just brought a hand to his face and sighed.
Orochimaru watched the scene from his hiding spot, and then sighed.
As fast as lightning, he substituted Sasuke's now battered body with a mud clone, and then left quickly because the girl —or better yet the Banshee— realized it.
"Hurts," Sasuke mumbled in pain.
"Yes, yes," Orochimaru rolled his eyes. "The way she stomped your balls fifty-four times makes me wonder if you actually have the Sharingan."
"No…techniques…"
"Uh? She used no techniques? Interesting," he commented.
Naruko exhaled as she slammed her fist straight through Sasuke's pelvis. The mud clone actually winced before disappearing in…well, mud.
Naruko growled, before slamming her fists on the ground and snarling out.
"You damn coward!" she hissed that. "You damn…bastard…"
Then she began to sob.
Sai remained far behind, and then decided to scribble down a small note.
Understanding of the female teenager is proving more difficult than expected…more materials required.
Author's notes
There was such fluff in here that I felt my cavities act up.
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Fluff for everyone!