Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Two Back, One Gone ❯ Their Discovery ( Chapter 1 )

Chapter 1: Their Discovery

D. A. Nico

 

 

 

A lone tree stood nestled on the top of a sloping hill that looked over one of the many forests in the Fire Country. Leaning lazily against the wide trunk a womanly figure with emerald eyes and pink hair watched as the sun rose for a new day. The rough bark bit into her skin when she shifted herself to become more comfortable.

 

It had been two years since she'd left her home. Her eighteenth birthday had been and gone only a couple months ago and Haruno Sakura felt exhausted. Other then this full night's rest, they'd been traveling for two days now nonstop, except for short ten to fifteen minute rest stops. There of course was a reason and a destination for this grueling pace.

 

A shift in the grass beside her made Sakura look over towards the other woman on her team. “Gin,” she offered in a simple greeting before looking away.

 

“We should reach Konoha today, do you think they'll like their present?” she purred out sweetly. She didn't act like she was twenty three years old, and sometimes Sakura had to wonder if the woman had been lying about her age from the start.

 

Sakura didn't reply for the moment as she blinked down towards the camp where the last two members of her team slept the morning away and the bundled body of a coma induced person lay still and quiet.

 

“We'll leave soon, go start waking the boys.” She simply said before sinking further into the grass and closing her eyes. Gin was gone the second the sentence had ended.

 

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Standing out in front of his home Sasuke couldn't help but frown. Last night when he'd gotten home the damages really hadn't looked that extreme. They'd been hidden by the dark. Years without anyone aiding to the already withering buildings had taken its toll. The main house was missing numerous shingles, two windows had been broken and in general there was wood rot and minor necessities that needed to be done.

Inside was no better. Insects had taken to the place with casual acceptance of a new home, which he'd immediately evacuated. A thick layer of dust coated every possible surface but he thanked whoever had come in a long time ago to cover most of the furniture with sheets. It would take quite a while to restore the place let alone the rest of the Uchiha grounds.

It was simply another reason that Sasuke could damn his brother further into hell.

Letting out a small disappointed sigh he turned on his heel and headed out the gates and away from his family's grounds. The thought of restoring that place seemed like a pain but he still had pride in being an Uchiha and he'd always planned to restore the clan, even if it meant restoring the entire place as well.

Of course his own thought process didn't stand on that subject alone, at least not for long. Team Seven was slowly etching its way into his mind once again. He'd been alone with Jiraiya-sama and the idiot Naruto for nearly two years, so the yellow haired shinobi wasn't the first thing on his mind. The pink haired kunoichi on the other hand was.

The last time he had seen her was in the snake's lair where she was unwittingly trying to wrap her hands around the neck of his replacement on their team. Which had amused an angered him far beyond his own knowing.

Other then that day however he'd heard nothing of her. The first couple of months that Naruto and Sasuke had been together Naruto had thought he should inform Sasuke on every little detail about their former teammate and at the time he was getting sick of hearing about her. However as the months turned into the first year the talk of Sakura had started to die away. It wasn't that they didn't want to talk about her, it was simply neither of them had anything more to actually say. They hadn't seen her in so long that no one knew what had become of her and by the time they were nearing the middle of their second year she was virtually unheard of.

In truth Sasuke's feelings towards the girl hadn't gone anywhere, but they hadn't depressed themselves either. The night he'd left Konoha, the night she'd confessed her feelings he'd almost not made it to the gates. It had taken all his will power to knock her unconscious and leave her there, let alone walk out gates with nothing but thanks for her companionship.

At the time Sasuke wasn't sure how he felt about Sakura, she tended to be far to annoying and clingy for her own good but sooner or later she would, or at least he'd hoped she'd get out of the fan girl stage and calm down on her obsession for him. On the other hand his heart had leaped whenever she'd be coming down the street to meet their group. Then his heart would sink whenever she was in trouble. He and Naruto had made some unspoken pact to never allow her to get hurt. Something's were harder to keep then others.

Nevertheless, leaving her and causing everybody (including himself) so much pain was simply just another thing he'd blamed on Itachi. If it wasn't for his brother's murderous rampage, the Uchiha's would still be alive and striving; and he would probably have had a much easier life.

Sasuke reached up to wipe away the blood trickling from his mouth. A well earned punch had found its way to his jaw region further back into the fight. Sasuke knew that it was now or never that they end the fight. He, Naruto and Itachi were exhausted; Kisame was dead.

Sasuke had  begrudgingly come to the realization that the only way he was going to be able to beat his brother today was to do it with Naruto's teamwork.

 

His Sharingan eyes glared forward towards where Naruto was acting as decoy.

A physical dome of hundreds of Naruto's stacked one on top of the other surrounded the elder of the two Uchiha's. It was a live chakra barrier that completely barricaded Itachi with in it. This was the distraction Naruto had told him about? Sasuke would always be surprised by the creativeness of kyuubi vessel.

“< i>Chidori!” Sasuke yelled and while he could allow it to take over his entire body he channeled it down into both of his hands. One was simply a back up measure should the first one go astray or be pushed away like it had a long time ago.

“Hope you're ready Naruto, cause it's now or never.” He murmured beneath his breath before setting off at a sprint towards the barricade. The sound of the birds whistled in his ears as he zoned in on the body beneath the clones with his Sharingan.

At just the right time the clones that were blocking his path dissipated into nothing and he locked onto his brother who was currently looking towards a clone that was bouncing around trying to get a random punch or kick at him. Meanwhile, every other Naruto was jeering him on trying to get his attention in random different directions. Somehow the loudmouth managed to dull down and almost block out the sound of the chidori.

The dome of Naruto's pulsed inward as some of the clones disappeared and the wall surrounding them suddenly grew much smaller; there wasn't much room for movement let alone a miss. It was a straight line to kill his brother and with a notch up in his speed he flew towards him, both hands full of the chidori.

“Idiot brother.” Itachi snarled angrily as he looked over in time to see his brother running towards him. He felt himself become trapped with in the wall. He never liked crowds and it seemed to be fueling his anger.

Sasuke flung his fist up aiming the chidori towards his brother's neck region. Itachi's eyes caught the motion and immediately slapped Sasuke's hand down and away. The movement caused the chidori to blast off into one of the Naruto's.

 

Sasuke had been prepared for this and watching his brother's hand connect with his, he immediately twisted his wrist around and locked his finger's around his sibling's wrist.

“Incoming!” yelled a Naruto, which made Itachi turn some of his attention towards the speaker. It was a false advertisement and the perfect decoy because at that moment Sasuke shoved his second had straight into his brother's side with enough force to do damage.

 

His hand easily went through the skin, muscle and cracked the bones. The electricity digging through and quickly sent sparks through all points of Itachi's body. There was no mercy behind that attack.

“Rasengan!” Naruto yelled a split second later before smashing his own technique into the left side of Itachi's back. The whirlwind of chakra shredded the body. The moment both attacks were slacking both Sasuke and Narut o jumped quickly away. They waited tensely both watching Itachi.

Sasuke couldn't help but wonder if something had gone wrong. There was the blood and wounds, proof that his brother had been hit. There was even a glazed looked to his Sharingan eyes, but why wasn't he dying?

Something flitted across Itachi's eyes and immediately Sasuke reached behind him and wielded the kusanagi, building up and sending the chidori straight into the blade as he prepared for the assault.

Itachi plunged full force towards Sasuke; he noticed a crazed look clouding his eyes. He was no longer thinking, he was acting in panic. It seemed even the famous and deadly Uchiha Itachi was scared of dying.

His brother's fist was flying towards his face, and Sasuke's sword embedded itself deep into his brother's body before he was flung backwards with the power of the punch.

Somewhere off in the distance he heard Naruto screaming his name but that wasn't the important thing. Itachi's falling form was.

Smashing into a tree hard enough to make the old oak split straight up the middle, he knew he would be rendered unconscious soon. It was pure will power and need to know that kept him glaring towards his brother and waiting to see if he moved from the ground. He never did. Sasuke's world had gone dark and the last thing he saw was Naruto running towards him with a worried look in his face but a glow in his eyes.

“You did it, you did it!” he cheered. The years upon years of obsessed revenge had finally come to a screeching halt.

A smirked crawled across Sasuke's lips, “We did it Naruto, teamwork.” He muttered before letting his head fall backwards and slipping unconscious.