Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ AB Type ❯ The truth hurts ( Chapter 2 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Disclaimer: I don't own NARUTO series or any of its characters. They are property of Masashi Kishimoto.

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Sasuke was a very irascible person when certain buttons were pushed. Sakura knew exactly which were they so she was always careful to avoid any conflictive topic.

But today Sasuke was abnormally unfriendly, especially with her.

Today the three of them had been sparring, as usual every Wednesday. They did it in part for keeping eachother in contact, and part because they just loved sparring. It relaxed them quite a lot.

She had been exchanging some kicks and punches with Naruto when suddenly she felt Sasuke coming at her, so she preparated for the attack. It happeed all so quickly that she had no time to realize what was he doing, till she felt his hand tightenig in an undelaying grip around her neck.

He was fighting her seriously.

Normally, she could have easly avoid that attack, she could have even counter it, but not when they were supposedly just playing, and not having a death or life combat. And it hurted her, even more that the bruising hold on her neck.

A sudden rush of fear ran up and down her spine whe she realized that his eyes had turned to sharingan, and that they were looking at her with such a ferocity that brought tears to her green eyes.

"SASUKE!!!", Naruto's voice seemed so distant, flying away from her and her world. Then, Sasuke loosened his grip, and she was able to breath again, and her face returned to the palid hue she knew very well.

And her tears were overflooding her eyes.

But what scared her even more than what he had just done, was the look on his face when he finally released her. His eyes returned to black, but his gaze was quite different. It wasn't the usual cold stare that she met during the years, every day in the mornings. Nor was the hatred that filled his eyes everytime his brother was mentioned. No, it was something Sakura had never thought to see in him.

There were feelings so up to the surface, so clear that they were evident for anyone who looked at him. Such a sadness, guilt, remorse...but most of all, there was fear.

She did't know why he was so scared, perhaps because he realized of what he did, or maybe there was a hidden reason.

'Probably the last', she couldn't know.

Only a fraction of second that their eyes made contact, and she was able to see a completely different Sasuke, that one that was hidden beneath his cold, indifferent mask.

Now the tears ran freely down her cheeks, for she felt safe in the comfort of her apartment, where she was alone and could cry complete days if she wanted to.

'What happened back then...Sasuke kun?'

Was he really going to...No...that couldn't...

that couldn't...

Was he going to kill her?

'Kill...me?'

Uncontrolable sobs made her body to convulse.

In the last year they had been sharing nice moments together, she could feel some connection...and now he just attacked her almost as if she were his brother.

'Itachi' She had almost forgot that through her veins also ran his blood.

Was that the reason?

He should be insane, phsychiatristly sick to get to that conclusion.

But, wasn't he already?

She was just so sad...Lately her dream of being his girlfriend was becoming true. Although sometimes it was difficult for her to concentrate in her love for him, she didn't know the reason for that, but at least he seemed more confortable with her, and that was something to praise. She remembered a time, when they were training. She had been so impressed to see herself capable of such a power. She was strong now, and that wasn't something she was used to. It seemed that Sasuke was impressed too because he just stood looking at her, open mouthed with wide open eyes. The same day in the night, when they were going to their homes, he said that it was good to see her improving.

'Thanks' she said. Then his eyes loked at hers in a way she unknew. But it sent shivers up and down her spine, in made her stomach warm, and if it hadn't been for her selfcontrolled mind, she would have kissed him just there, in the middle of the street.

Yeah...He had flirted with her, very disimulated, sometimes she thought it had been just her imagination, but it didn't happen just once. Some sensual smirks were directed to her frecuently during training, albeit they lasted a few seconds.

So, needless to say she was so impressed for his behavior today...it just...didn't fit.

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The next morning, Naruto knocked at her door loudly. She let him in still half asleep, but the news he had brought were enough to fully awaken her.

"Sasuke left this morning, he asked the old lady to go on this mission, and because it'is more ranked that the one we all had, she let him", Naruto said sadly.

"But...we were going to leave today...", Sakura protested.

"It seems he wanted to go on this mission very much, the old hag told me that he was rushed, like in a hurry"

"What mission is it, did she told you?"

"It was something that involved some missing nins from Iwagakure, they had stolen valuable information about the Uchiha clan"

"What do they have to do with the Uchihas?"

"I don't know, but they were being hunted by a lot of countries, everyone would pay anything for that information, even the Akatsuki"

"What? Akatsuki...isn't..."

'You can't understand me...I'm aiming for completely different things than you'

'Well, I want to understand you...really'

'If given the case, I don't think you would ever forgive me'

'What do you mean?'

'Sakura, not everything is like it seems to be'

You acted selfishly...all this time, you were building up a whole context in wich you could achieve what you wanted...Sasuke...you lied to us...you betrayed us all.

"Naruto...I'd like to be alone...please"

"Sakura chan..." Naruto looked at her with worry...he didn't wanted her to suffer again for Sasuke. Damn, if she could only see further than that bastard...

Her pleading eyes, now full of tears were looking at him intently now, and he could do nothing but comply.

"Bye Sakura chan...and don't worry, he would be back soon and he will have to plead for his life for dropping us like this!", He tried desesperately to lighten up a little the mood, so he gave her one of his big smiles.

It didn't work.

Naruto hugged her and left, it was the only thing he could do right now. He was angry at Sasuke, because they had planned this mission from a long time, it was going to be like their vacations, and above all, Sakura had been so happy about it, talking the whole day of what would they do, what would they eat, even the places they could go and have some fun...poor Sakura, it hurted him to see her happiness, as brief as it would be, completely shattered.

As soon as he closed the door behind him, he lifted his hand to his chest, as to sooth the intense pain that was rapidly growing there.

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He had been travelling for quite a long time. Of course he had already found the Missing nin that held the Uchiha documents and had succesfully accomplished his mission, but that didn't care him at all. He was after another prize.

The mission itself had been easy, but what came next was the most difficult part. It was tiring, but regardless of what he had to go through, he would do it. He had asked to go on this mission in the first place.

Why?, simple, because it involved something he had been waiting for a long time.

Itachi.

He had asked for some information about his whereabouts, but it was too vague, so he had had to do it all by himself, that meant tracking, searching, asking, putting all the pieces together and find out about what his brother had been doing all this time.

He was still the bastard he rememberd him to be.

Needless to say he was tired, weeks of intense searching were finally showing on his body, so he decided to rest and recompose himself at an inn, near the Waterfall.

Sasuke felt excited at the thought of facing his brother, he felt capable now. He had recently taken the Anbu exams and had passed them. It seemed that one year of work for that stupid village was enough to gain the Hokage's trust.

Fools.

They still didn't understand him at all, even if they thought they did. Three years with Orochimaru had made him grow in a whole different manner, completely tainted with his color, being with him had given its results. But Orochimaru wasn't useful to him anymore, he had taught Sasuke all he knew, and precisely on that moment, his so called "teammates" arrived and brought him back to Konoha.

They thought they could change him, such fools.

'Sakura'...yeah, he had been thinking about her a lot lately. It had been a year since he had given her his blood and honestly he never thought it would work. He even felt a little guilty when she fell into coma. But she had survived, and that was absolutely suitable for him.

The last day before his mission, he had lost his control. The thought that she had his blood -his brother's blood- made him suddenly think that she was like an Uchicha now. Not a complete one, but one at least, and that was the problem.

Itachi had been very present in his mind, mostly the last months, and when the sudden -stupid- thought that he could appear from the nothing and kill her too, because she had their blood now, exploited in his head. With the rush of anger, adrenaline and the spar session, he had seen all red and decided, in between all his hatred that he should kill her before his brother did. When he woke up from his trance, he saw a very frightened Sakura and left without uttering a word.

That same day he asked the Hokage to change his misson.

He hated his lack of control sometimes. It made him weak, so weak to think that killing her would be the best option.

She progressed incredibly fast in the last year.

When she started to see right through his actions, he was very worried. When she started to show a big power, he was very interested. That's when he had one brilliant idea.

She seemed quieter, introverted, almost dark, but it wasn't something too notorious, he even thought that he was the only one that noticed her change, but then again, she was probably maturating, and his ears were so glad for it.

He had to admit it, at least for himself, that she was pretty and -now- nice. Unlike before, they could train all day, they could talk (one sided of course), have some drinks. They could spent time together without a problem.

Maybe he did like her, but really, he hadn't time to waste in such an insignificant topic. Love and all that stuff was a pain in the ass that he wasn't willing to afford.

Anyways he was certain that she would be the mother of his children, of his renewed clan, after all, he had her for granted, now didn't he?.

But that would come after he got his revenge. Everything else would come later.

Sasuke entered the bathroom. It wasn't too fancy, actually it was quite simple. He didn't like the idea of wasting too much money in an inn, specially when he lacked it.

So he turned on the hot water, undressing himself. His clothes where nasty so he decided he would wash them later. When the hottub was ready he entered it, feeling inmediatly the soothing sensation it provided him.

It was the first time since a lot of days that he could freely relax. His tensed muscles slowy were warming up, so he closed his eyes to enjoy it.

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Sakura and Kakashi were in a clearing in the middle of the forest. It was a nice place where they both like to go. The grass was high and soft, the trees were big and provided a nice shadow. But she preferred to sit under a Sakura tree, as to do honor to her name.

"It's a nice day" Kakashi said in his tired voice.

"Yeah...it is" Sakura was preparing to tell him about her thoughts.

"Kakashi...I've been thinking some things that worry me...about Sasuke" She said lowering the gaze.

"I heard he left in a mission some time ago"

"Yeah...that's the problem...you see, I'm worried that he might not be interested in the village anymore, I mean, that he has some others interests"

"You mean his revenge?"

"Yeah...he said that he had stopped that thing...remember? Well, now I'm not so sure about it"

"Why you say so?"

"He had been acting very strangely...I think he accepted to return here just to become an ANBU...you see, this mission involved Akatsuki, so maybe he took it just because he had this high probability of meeting Itachi"

"I thought so" Kakashi now seemed concerned, his vocie was lower and his tone was much more serious.

"I'm afraid he won't return..." Sakura tried desesperately to supress the tears. She didn't like to cry in front of Kakashi.

"Well, I think we eill know that with time..."

"Yeah, but it had been three weeks and he still hasn't returned...you know...I don't want him to die", she cried softly.

"Listen, Sakura...You should have realized this before...Sasuke is not the same, and I don't think he will ever be, I know is diffuclt to accept it, but one day or another, he will go, you've always know that his revenge is the most importante thing for him"

"I know...I didn't want to recognize it...but when he was brought here...I noticed something different in him, his eyes were like Orochimaru's and...", a sob interrupted her sentence "...I wanted to belive that it would be like always..."

"We all tried to convice him not to walk that path, Sakura, but he will never turn around...he will never change, you have to face it" he said while embracing her. It was painful for him to see her crying, but he could do nothing to mitigate her pain, she had to lve it pletifully, and learn from that.

"You have to be a strong woman, and confront this"

"I can't...", by now she was crying like mad.

"You can, and you know it...let it go...let him go"

Sakura couldn't talk anymore, the words seemed trapped in her throat, making a hurting knot that was clenching it, that didn't let her pain go away. She could only find some comfort in Kakashi's arms, she felt protected and loved, and understood.

But it hurted so much.

So terribly much.