Just Cry
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Naruto › Het - Male/Female
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Adult ++
Chapters:
2
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3
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Prologue
Originally this started as a oneshot, but now I’ve decided to continue it and return my writing career to AFF as well as FF. I hope you guys enjoy.
“Just Cry”
By Cloud Strider
Prologue
It was strange really, after killing the one you hated the most you’d think it would make you feel better, but I did, and I felt nothing. It was like I had struck down any other enemy, like I had killed Orochimaru all over again, I felt nothing. Then again, thinking back on it I had felt nothing for a long time, ever since I left Naruto face down in the dirt and grass. Next time I saw him he was my enemy. I almost killed him; again I felt nothing, wasn’t he my best friend? Or had I obtained so much power it was numbing me from the inside? No matter, I had killed Uchiha Itachi… I had reached my goal.
Yet…
The hospital bed of Konoha failed to warm my cold limbs, Naruto and Sakura had fought Itachi with me, and carried me back when I had made the final blow and collapsed. I didn’t expect any less, all those years training and chasing after me, they hadn’t forgotten. I didn’t know where my new team went, they were probably waiting back at the Sound village, yet something kept me sitting in the bed. It wasn’t my injuries, I could have left long ago; it was as if my entire body didn’t want to walk past those gates.
“Sasuke-kun.”
It was a tiny whisper followed by a knock at my room’s door, “You don’t have to ask to come in,” I said simply, and as I had expected a pink head of hair inched through the door and Sakura walked in before sitting down on the chair by my bed.
“It’s been a long time,” she mumbled, twiddling her thumbs and biting her bottom lip, “Are you going to leave again?”
I looked down, staring at my bed, was I? What else was there to do? I remembered my training with Naruto, I had always berated him for not thinking ahead and yet all these years I had been unknowingly doing the same, whilst Naruto had grown out of it. I smirked at the irony, “I don’t know,” I finally answered. What would I do after I had killed my brother, restore my clan, yes but how? I hadn’t thought it through, but by the time I had defeated Naruto it was too late to turn back. Now four years had seen me back to Konoha and I didn’t know what to do?
“Sakura…”
She looked up, hanging on every word I said…
She didn’t know how thin that thread was, “Why did you two pursue me all these years, from what I’ve heard you and Naruto are getting married in a few weeks, you had moved on. Why keep coming after me?”
“Because you’re our brother.”
Strange, Naruto had said the same thing all those years ago, “I have no qualms about killing either of you, why are you talking to me? For all you know I could have a kunai under this blanket ready to slit your throat. I’m not your best friend anymore; why not just let me leave?”
She was still twiddling her thumbs, “Why haven’t you left yet?”
Touché…
After a minute’s pause I continued, “Where’s Naruto?”
“At his apartment, I couldn’t get him to come with me.”
Another long pause, I had nothing much to say. I tried to remember the feelings I held for these two, but it was as if they were completely erased. The fight with Zabuza, my training with Naruto, our rivalry, the memories were there, but the emotions those memories held were completely absent. “Naruto told me everything,” she said. I turned back to her and tears were careening down her face.
“How your brother… He killed everyone in your clan.”
“You’re walking on thin ice Sakura.”
“The Akatsuki wanted him… on one condition.”
Anger, I knew this emotion, “I’m warning you.”
“How come you never cried?”
“I did.”
“Not with us.”
It was swelling now, about to burst at the seams, my sharingan activated and I could feel the curse mark pulsating with energy. I saw red and my hand lashed out, grasping her throat but not tightening. “WHY!?” I shouted, “WHY ME?! You have that dobe to keep you company for the rest of your miserable and pathetic life. Why do you two need me?!”
Her eyes thickened with their tears, and she did not even flinch at the threat of immediate death, “Because we are one.”
-----
“Because you’re one!? That’s your excuse?!” I glared at him; if this guy was supposed to be our teacher he had some nerve. Naruto may have been a total dobe but he was developing, and we couldn’t have part of the team run on an empty stomach. He thought he was so cool reading that damn book of his, I took my stance by Naruto and Sakura did the same, we were about to untie him when…
“You pass.”
I could almost hear that bastard’s grin.
-----
“A team,” I mumbled. What happened to that? What happened to our teamwork? Naruto was training with me every step of the way, and Sakura had that stupid crush on me, but she was still there for both of us. My hand lowered to my side again and I shook my head, “It’s too late to go back, we’re not team 7 anymore.”
“You’re right,” she said, her voice shaking now, “We’re team Kakashi, and you’re a part of us, you’ve always been a part of us. If you care so damn much about your clan that you’d be willing to sacrifice your humanity, kill someone without remorse… then the least you could do is cry for them. Damn it Sasuke do you know what we’ve been through for you?! All the sweat and blood and tears and death, all of it to bring you back home, and now that you’re here it’s like I never even knew you.”
“You never did.”
“Shut up,” she snapped, now tears were pouring down her face, “I do know you Sasuke, and so does Naruto. All your life you’ve been closed up, wanting to kill Itachi and avenge your clan, and when you make friends we’re not good enough to keep you here? Remind you that we’re here for you no matter what? Naruto could’ve been Hokage with all that energy he spent helping me bring you home, and how do you thank him? By almost killing him!”
“But I don’t know what to do, I left that life behind and now you want me to come back?”
“Yes,” she sobbed, “Think of Itachi, how close he was to you, you never killed him, that was a member of the Akatsuki you destroyed, Itachi died a long time ago, don’t you go down that same path.”
“What do you want from me?”
“Just cry,” She whispered, “For the Uchiha clan, for your brother, for team seven.”
I brought my hand up to rub my face and sighed before quickly pulling away and rubbing my fingers together. Something wet, and then came the ache. Kami it was worse than any pain a blade could conjure. I grasped my chest and Sakura rubbed my back.
I had forgotten…
“Welcome home Sasuke,” she said softly, a smile on her face. The only thought I had was, ‘Naruto and Sakura are getting married?’
“Just Cry”
By Cloud Strider
Prologue
It was strange really, after killing the one you hated the most you’d think it would make you feel better, but I did, and I felt nothing. It was like I had struck down any other enemy, like I had killed Orochimaru all over again, I felt nothing. Then again, thinking back on it I had felt nothing for a long time, ever since I left Naruto face down in the dirt and grass. Next time I saw him he was my enemy. I almost killed him; again I felt nothing, wasn’t he my best friend? Or had I obtained so much power it was numbing me from the inside? No matter, I had killed Uchiha Itachi… I had reached my goal.
Yet…
The hospital bed of Konoha failed to warm my cold limbs, Naruto and Sakura had fought Itachi with me, and carried me back when I had made the final blow and collapsed. I didn’t expect any less, all those years training and chasing after me, they hadn’t forgotten. I didn’t know where my new team went, they were probably waiting back at the Sound village, yet something kept me sitting in the bed. It wasn’t my injuries, I could have left long ago; it was as if my entire body didn’t want to walk past those gates.
“Sasuke-kun.”
It was a tiny whisper followed by a knock at my room’s door, “You don’t have to ask to come in,” I said simply, and as I had expected a pink head of hair inched through the door and Sakura walked in before sitting down on the chair by my bed.
“It’s been a long time,” she mumbled, twiddling her thumbs and biting her bottom lip, “Are you going to leave again?”
I looked down, staring at my bed, was I? What else was there to do? I remembered my training with Naruto, I had always berated him for not thinking ahead and yet all these years I had been unknowingly doing the same, whilst Naruto had grown out of it. I smirked at the irony, “I don’t know,” I finally answered. What would I do after I had killed my brother, restore my clan, yes but how? I hadn’t thought it through, but by the time I had defeated Naruto it was too late to turn back. Now four years had seen me back to Konoha and I didn’t know what to do?
“Sakura…”
She looked up, hanging on every word I said…
She didn’t know how thin that thread was, “Why did you two pursue me all these years, from what I’ve heard you and Naruto are getting married in a few weeks, you had moved on. Why keep coming after me?”
“Because you’re our brother.”
Strange, Naruto had said the same thing all those years ago, “I have no qualms about killing either of you, why are you talking to me? For all you know I could have a kunai under this blanket ready to slit your throat. I’m not your best friend anymore; why not just let me leave?”
She was still twiddling her thumbs, “Why haven’t you left yet?”
Touché…
After a minute’s pause I continued, “Where’s Naruto?”
“At his apartment, I couldn’t get him to come with me.”
Another long pause, I had nothing much to say. I tried to remember the feelings I held for these two, but it was as if they were completely erased. The fight with Zabuza, my training with Naruto, our rivalry, the memories were there, but the emotions those memories held were completely absent. “Naruto told me everything,” she said. I turned back to her and tears were careening down her face.
“How your brother… He killed everyone in your clan.”
“You’re walking on thin ice Sakura.”
“The Akatsuki wanted him… on one condition.”
Anger, I knew this emotion, “I’m warning you.”
“How come you never cried?”
“I did.”
“Not with us.”
It was swelling now, about to burst at the seams, my sharingan activated and I could feel the curse mark pulsating with energy. I saw red and my hand lashed out, grasping her throat but not tightening. “WHY!?” I shouted, “WHY ME?! You have that dobe to keep you company for the rest of your miserable and pathetic life. Why do you two need me?!”
Her eyes thickened with their tears, and she did not even flinch at the threat of immediate death, “Because we are one.”
-----
“Because you’re one!? That’s your excuse?!” I glared at him; if this guy was supposed to be our teacher he had some nerve. Naruto may have been a total dobe but he was developing, and we couldn’t have part of the team run on an empty stomach. He thought he was so cool reading that damn book of his, I took my stance by Naruto and Sakura did the same, we were about to untie him when…
“You pass.”
I could almost hear that bastard’s grin.
-----
“A team,” I mumbled. What happened to that? What happened to our teamwork? Naruto was training with me every step of the way, and Sakura had that stupid crush on me, but she was still there for both of us. My hand lowered to my side again and I shook my head, “It’s too late to go back, we’re not team 7 anymore.”
“You’re right,” she said, her voice shaking now, “We’re team Kakashi, and you’re a part of us, you’ve always been a part of us. If you care so damn much about your clan that you’d be willing to sacrifice your humanity, kill someone without remorse… then the least you could do is cry for them. Damn it Sasuke do you know what we’ve been through for you?! All the sweat and blood and tears and death, all of it to bring you back home, and now that you’re here it’s like I never even knew you.”
“You never did.”
“Shut up,” she snapped, now tears were pouring down her face, “I do know you Sasuke, and so does Naruto. All your life you’ve been closed up, wanting to kill Itachi and avenge your clan, and when you make friends we’re not good enough to keep you here? Remind you that we’re here for you no matter what? Naruto could’ve been Hokage with all that energy he spent helping me bring you home, and how do you thank him? By almost killing him!”
“But I don’t know what to do, I left that life behind and now you want me to come back?”
“Yes,” she sobbed, “Think of Itachi, how close he was to you, you never killed him, that was a member of the Akatsuki you destroyed, Itachi died a long time ago, don’t you go down that same path.”
“What do you want from me?”
“Just cry,” She whispered, “For the Uchiha clan, for your brother, for team seven.”
I brought my hand up to rub my face and sighed before quickly pulling away and rubbing my fingers together. Something wet, and then came the ache. Kami it was worse than any pain a blade could conjure. I grasped my chest and Sakura rubbed my back.
I had forgotten…
“Welcome home Sasuke,” she said softly, a smile on her face. The only thought I had was, ‘Naruto and Sakura are getting married?’