Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Annoying People [ Sasuke x Temari ] ❯ I Wanted To... ( Chapter 6 )

Chapter Six: I wanted to…

 

Temari scrambled awake when she heard Sasuke's choked yell. Looking up, she saw a man holding Sasuke by the neck. Temari's hands slid to her thigh, a small pouch of shuriken and kunai strapped on.

 

“Let-go-of-Sasuke!”

She flung the kunai only to be swatted away like a fly.

 

Sasuke choked and his hands were trying to claw himself free. Temari gritted her teeth and lunged herself at the two.

They all flew out the window and thudded onto another building.

 

Temari rolled a little before she stopped. She rubbed her eye before standing up. Sasuke groaned beside her.

 

He coughed a few times and stumbled to his feet. They both looked at the figure in front of them.

 

“Itachi…” Sasuke murmured. Temari glanced at him.

Sasuke doesn't look so well…

 

Temari pulled another Kunai out of her pouch and raised her arm defensively. Narrowing her eyes at the figure, she backed up until she stood in front of Sasuke, protecting him.

Dammit…my fan is still in Sasuke's room…

 

Behind her, Temari heard Sasuke's heavy breathing. She glanced from the busted window back to Itachi. If she had her fan, she's have a better chance of winning. She would have attacked already. But with only five more kunai and four shuriken, Temari couldn't afford a single slip up.

 

The man stirred and Temari gripped her kunai tighter.

 

Itachi raised his head and looked straight at them. Sasuke tensed. He shoved Temari out of the way and yelled, “SHUT YOUR EYES!”

 

Temari closed them obediently and fell backwards, onto the ground. She felt her arm scrape against the rough cement, and she knew it was bleeding. Why did Sasuke have to push her so hard? But she kept her eyes closed, and relied on her hearing to figure out what was going on.

 

Sasuke felt himself tremble.

No, he was not trembling. He was not!

He stared at his brother, arms slightly outstretched over Temari.

 

Itachi tilted his head, looking at both. When he spoke, his voice was low, and dangerous. But soft, and quiet.

“Sasuke, you look so grown up now…”

He stepped closer and Sasuke tensed again, shaking slightly. Itachi noticed that and murmured, “But still so weak…”

 

Temari's eyes were still closed, but she heard Itachi. Angrily, she shouted blindly, “Shut up! Shut up you bastard!”

Sasuke grit his teeth and hissed to Temari, “Quite, you'll get yourself killed!”

Temari bit her tongue, but she kept quiet.

 

Sasuke looked back at Itachi, eyes narrowed.

“Sasuke…” he murmured softly, reaching an arm out. Sasuke's cheek jumped, and he took a step back.

“You're still so scared…”

Sasuke yelled when Itachi's sharingan engulfed him into the dreaded nightmare.

 

He was falling into the cold darkness. He felt numb as screams echoed in his ears. As he fell, Sasuke saw the bloodstained faces of his uncle, cousins and aunt. Their eyes were open, unblinking, and their mouths parted, blood dripping. He screamed. Sasuke crumpled onto the ground and screamed, his eyes shut tight. But he could still see his family, bloody, mangled, dead…

 

Over and over, the piercing screams, the falling of bodies, the corpses piling at his feet, each one with wide eyes, opened mouths; blood soaked faces and severed limbs. Each one calling his name.

 

“Sasuke…Sasuke…it's your fault…why are you so weak…?”

 

Sasuke reeled backwards, screaming.

“STOP IT! GET ME OUT! STOP IT ITACHI!” he screamed, “NII-SAN!”

 

The ground shifted and Sasuke felt himself falling again.

“Nii-san…”

 

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Temari opened her eyes when she heard Sasuke's screams. They sounded terrifying. Sasuke's crumpled form kneeled in front of Itachi, eyes empty and tears running down his face. Itachi reached out a hand to touch his face.

 

Temari shot out a shuriken and Itachi pulled his hand away.

“Don't touch him!” she grouped, holding a kunai.

 

Itachi's scarlet eyes finally focused on Temari. A chill ran down her spine. Their eyes locked together for what seemed like forever. The whole time, Temari's heart thudded loudly against her chest.

 

The feeling's coming back…
The feeling of when she was with Sasuke earlier…

 

Itachi took a step toward Temari. Sasuke fell then, chest down, his face turned towards her. His eyes were unblinking and motionless. Temari's eye twitched as Itachi came closer.

 

Dammit...my fan…

 

Temari's eyes flicked back to the broken window of Sasuke's room, where her fan was, propped up against his dest.

 

Damn!!

 

She held her kunai in front of her face horizontally. Itachi tilted her head. Goosebumps erupted everywhere. He was so scary.

 

“Do you think you can beat me with a pathetic kunai and a few useless shuriken?”

 

Temari's eyes widened.

Every word he sad was so powerfully murmured, so intentionally heart stabbing.

 

She watched her hand tremble, the kunai rattling. Itachi sighed and closed his eyes.

“Come at me then.”

 

Temari swung three kunai around her fingers and jumped high into the air, falling slowly as she brought back her arm and threw the kunai consecutively, aiming for the throat, heart, and forehead.

 

She didn't even see Itachi move. The three kunai just stopped short in front of his body and clattered onto the ground. Temari grit her teeth and flipped backwards, adding more space between them.

 

Two kunai and four shuriken.

 

Temari cursed. She didn't know any gengitsu or taijitsu moves that didn't depend on her fan. All she could do was throw shuriken and kunai, and hope that Itachi was staring the other way.

 

It was over in a flash. Two kunai, four shuriken wasted. Temari slumped defeatedly onto the ground as Itachi stood over her. He grabbed a fistful of her hair and Temari bit her lip, shutting her eyes. Damn, yes, it hurt like hell. But she wasn't going to cry. It would have went against all her training to show any weakness. He lifted her until her feet had left the ground.

 

Itachi brushed a pale, cold finger against her jaw line. Temari cringed away.

“You're just like Sasuke…” he whispered, “Just as weak…I thought you would have lasted longer.”

 

Temari felt a stabbing pain in her stomach. She fell to the floor, spitting blood out of her mouth. She wrapped her arms around her middle and keeled over, coughing blood and saliva before Itachi's feet. Temari raised her head upwards, glaring and shaking.

 

Itachi looked down at her disgusted.

Temari's eyes widened.

 

He's smiling.

 

That was the last thing she saw before there was a sharp blow to her head.

Everything blacked out then.

It was cold.

 

 

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I was having a hard time ending the chapter.

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