True Self, New Self

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Wow, I got plenty of reviews I think that the answers took more space than the actual story I must apologize, I planned to post this chapter yesterday but the boys wanted to pass some quality time with the family on me and dragged me to the amusement park. They just wanted free ride there and not pay for the tickets or food. The point is that by the time we came back home, I was so tired that I felt asleep *sweat drops* But now here it is, hope you enjoy it

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True Self, New Self

Chapter three: Brief encounters

He's there, standing in the middle of the trees, looking at me. I can see on his face that he doesn't recognize me, how could he? Even if no one else can see what I do, he always wears a mask, like I did in the past, but a complete opposite to mine. His is an emotionless one, but I could always see trough it.

We're alike in a way, but the paths we chose are what make us different. He chose revenge, I, forgiveness. When he pierced that hole in my chest, he decided to leave everything he had in order to gain power. I can't blame him though, even one with the strongest will was meant to break under the pressure Sasuke was put in.

The avenger, the villagers called him, the last of the Uchihas. Not even once I heard one of the adults calling him by his name. He was supposed to be perfect, a genius like his older brother. He was just a boy when the massacre happened, but no one ever told him that everything would be alright , no one was there to console him. The only thing his young ears heard was words of hate towards his brother and phrases like, you must revive your clan You must take revenge

He grew up hearing those things, those words poisoning his mind until all he could think about was that. He had to be perfect, in order to take revenge; but a perfect ninja... isn't a person. No, you can't be human, you have to be a machine. To carry out missions with mechanical precision, to follow orders without thinking, to feel no regret, to not fell at all. Itachi reached that perfection and... well... we all know what happened.

Now, he only lives for his revenge. He went to Orochimaru in order to gain the power to achieve it. It's been five years since he left me there to my luck in the Valley of the End. Can you see the irony in that? He has changed, I can see that. Now there's another ironic thing, he looks more like his brother now, his hair is long and tied at the nape of his neck, but he also reminds me of the snake-bastard, his clothes are almost an exact replica of the ones Orochimaru was wearing the first time we saw him.

His haori is open, revealing his pale torso, you won't be able to see any muscles that could give hint to the strength behind that unmarred skin. His feminine frame, giving a false sense of security to those who have the misfortune to stand on his path.

Many will say that he's beautiful, many will want to have him all to themselves. Like those girls that used to follow him everywhere he went. But no one really knows him, no one knows what lies behind his icy exterior, no one, but me.

He's still looking at me, a gentle breeze flowing between us, making my untied hair flow with it. He looks at me, and I decide that it's time to open his eyes to the truth he has refused too see all this years. I lock my eyes with his, he gasps, but it's too late, I already have him trapped in one of the illusions that my kind can produce.

[Inside the Illusion, Sasuke's POV:]

I fell dizzy. Where am I? What happened? Everything is dark around me. I can see something at my feet, someone, that person is dying in a pool of his own blood. Blood, I can feel that sticky substance all over my body, I can smell it. I look at my hands, there are bloody too, and one of them is holding an equally bloody sword.

I killed that person, I can tell that. This isn't the first time I kill someone, but never before it had been so messy. Who's this person? I take a step forward, into the blood pool. Those clothes... could it be? Yes That corpse at my feet is my hated brother. I smile, finally my revenge is complete.

A ray of light falls at my side, there's a boy under it, watching me.

"Why did you kill oniisan?" he asks.

Oniisan, why is that boy calling Itachi that. Now is time to really look at him. I gasp, that boy, looks just like me, when I was little, before my childhood was taken away from me by my older brother.

"Because he killed our parents, our entire clan."

"And, are you happy now?"

"Of course I am, I have my revenge."

"But now, we're alone, truly alone He was the last person we had a bond with. I don't want to be alone!" The boy started crying and the light that let me see him disappeared.

"Look what you did teme!"

I turn around, there under another ray of light, it's Naruto. But how he looks... he stands there, with a serious expression, with his orange clothes coated in blood. The hole I ripped on his chest is there, letting me see trough his body.

"Tell me bastard was it worth it? You almost killed me, and then you ran to Orochimaru. You KNEW he was planning to use you as his next vessel, but you went anyway. What did you think huh? That by giving him your body you would get the strength to defeat your brother? Now he's dead, but it wasn't you who killed him, it wasn't you who got your beloved revenge."

"What are you talking about dobe of course it was me."

"Really? Look at yourself, look your at your reflection on the blood of the only relative you had left."

I look down, but the face that looks back isn't mine. It's Orochimaru's.

"Kukuku, you were so naive, Sasuke-kun. The moment you gave me your body, was the moment you disappeared from this Earth. Kukuku, how funny, you broke a promise to yourself Sasuke-kun. You died before you got your revenge, and now, you won't be able to revive your clan either. Your goals, are no more, a dead person has no goals." I see my reflection, it fades as the darkness consumes me.

[End of the Illusion. Back to Naruto's POV]

I stand up. Sasuke is panting and sweating, his mask long forgotten. He looks at me, part with fear, but I can see deep in his eyes that he had a revelation, he won't be able to deny the truth any longer. A life of revenge and hate is a life of self-destruction, and after achieving it, there's nothing else, only darkness and emptiness. You had to see that Sasuke, so you can save yourself. I could save your body from Orochimaru, yes, but your mind is what you must save. I gave you the push, now lets see what you do next.

I walk by his side, leaving him with the feathery feeling of the barely not there touch of my skin and my hair.

"Kaji." I whisper when I pass.

[Sasuke's POV:]

The beauty of that golden haired creature sitting at the fountain, even after that... illusion I am still entranced by him. It wasn't genjutsu, his hands never moved. That illusion, even though I know that it was only that, I must admit that it was true. Everything I saw, everything I was told inside it, was the truth.

That creature stands up and walks to me, his hair floating behind him, he seems to be floating towards me more than walking, the grace of his movements are almost inhuman. He walks pass me, like I wasn't there, but I could feel the softness and warmness of his skin and his hair when he brushes my side, it was so light that I could think that it never happened, but I know it did.

He whispers a word before completely leaving my side. Kaji. Even his voice is beautiful. I turn around to see him, but he isn't there anymore. Who was that creature? I feel like I should know him, but how could I forget someone like that? And how did he do that, disappearing without using chakra. I don't know if he was the one that caused the illusion, I don't think so either, if he did, there should be chakra traces behind, but I couldn't feel any coming from him, or the place.

Kaji... I'll remember him. I hope that our paths cross again in the future, but for now, I must go back to Otogakure and report to Orochimaru.

[Back to Naruto's POV:]

I walk to my room again, to my surprise Jiraiya is coming out of it. He stinks of alcohol, and for the way he's walking I can tell that he's completely drunk.

"Yo kid, where have you.... been?"

"Taking a walk old man."

"And what.... took you so long huh?"

"I bumped into someone on the way here."

"Ohhh... and was she cute?... did you have... fun with her?"

"It was Sasuke old man."

"Sa...suke? And why I don't see.... you dragging his sorry ass with you?"

"Because it isn't time yet old man, he has to think of something first, he's not ready to come back yet."

"Really?"

"Yes, now go back to sleep, or whatever you were doing in your room."

He actually listened to me. I can smell women inside his room, disgusting... Well he won't remember anything about what happened tonight anyway. As drunk as he is, he won't be able to go shopping for more supplies tomorrow, guess I'll have to take the risk and go myself, I just hope none of the girls, or the guys, will actually try to jump me. Right now I need some sleep.

[Otogakure, Orochimaru's office, Sasuke's POV]

"The mission was successfully carried out Orochimaru-sama."

"Good."

I turn to leave, there are plenty of things in my head that I need to think about, and I need some rest too.

"Before you go Sasuke-kun, there is some interesting news that I think you might want to hear."

"And what could that be Orochimaru-sama?"

"My spies in the Stone country informed me that a young ninja and his sensei where ambushed in the woods, and unfortunately, the student died saving his teacher."

"And how does that concern to me?"

"The boy, was the Kyuubi holder. He was one of your friends, right?" he says with that knowing evil smile.

"He was. Now may I leave?"

"Yes you're dismissed Sasuke-kun."

Naruto... dead? No, it can't be, the dobe is too stubborn to die

[Orochimaru's POV]

I see that Uchiha boy leave, even if he says he doesn't care, I know he does.

BOOM

"It seems that the Uchiha boy didn't took well the news of his dead friend Orochimaru-sama."

"I know Kabuto, I know. That will prove useful in the future, the more he breaks, the easier will be for me to take his body."

[End of Orochimaru's POV and start of kamisama's]

Orochimaru smiled, and then laughed. He actually thought that Sasuke don't has anyone to live for any longer. But what he doesn't know is that in his student's mind, the image and the memory of that encounter with Naruto, even if he doesn't know that it was him, will prove more than enough to make him want to continue living and even make him leave his side...

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