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We appeared in that same grubby room that he had brought me before. He threw me to the ground. I landed with a thud on the hard floor, my hair in my face. Itachi pulled out a kunai and threw it at my arm. "Aita(ouch)! I squeaked before a puff of smoke filled the room and my body was replaced with a log. "Hmm... Art of substutution.." He pondered as the smoke faded. I re-appeared in my backyard, the sun was shining bright. I ran into my house to find Sasuke pinned against a wall by a tall blue guy with some sort of sword which was wrapped in bandages on his back. He had gills on his cheeks and his headband was from the hidden mist. It had a slash through it, like Itachi's headband. He wore a cloak similar to Itachi's. "Sasuke!" I yelled as I tackled the blue guy. He was thrown off his feet for a moment and quickly got up. Itachi reappeared next to him. "Sasuke.. You take Itachi.. I'll take Jaws over here..." I muttered. Sasuke nodded. I pulled out several kunai and ran towards Jaws. I ran into him, being sure to stab him with the kunai. He meerly dodged it and snickered. "Hey Itachi.. Do you think I should use it?" Jaws asked Itachi.
"Sure.. Why not, Kisame." Kisame nodded as he pulled off the bandaging to reveal a scale covered sword. "Hehehe.. My sword doesn't cut. It shaves!" He shouted as he ran towards me and attempted to hit me with his sword. I barely dodged it and he swung it around and caught me off gaurd. It hit my shoulder and he pulled it towards himself, shaving my skin off in the process. "Aita!!" I screamed, gripping my badly bleeding arm tightly as I fell to the ground. In the backround, I could see Sasuke and Itachi going all out... Sasuke was getting ready to preform a fireball jutsu. I jumped to my feet and quickly did the handsigns: boar, dog, bird, monkey, sheep. I shouted summoning jutsu and a huge tiger appeared next to me. "This is the strongest senshi(warrior of soilder) of the tigers..." I chuckled as my tiger, Kokoro, attacked Kisame with his bearing his claws. Kokoro was scratching and biting at Kisame, who was struggling to stay on his feet. I jumped over the two of them to find Sasuke lying in a puddle of blood on the ground in a hurt wolf position. I ran over to him, kneeled down, and checked his heart rate. 'He's going to be alright...' I thought to myself, tears forming fast in my eyes. I quickly stood up and did the handsigns hare and ox. Time slowed down, I could feel it. Eventually, Kokoro and Kisame stopped moving, Kokoro's fangs in Kisame's shoulder. Itachi was perfectly still. I did the hand signs tiger, snake, rat, horse, rooster, boar, monkey, dog then dragon. My hand started to glow green with an energy ball as time started up again. I held my hand out towards Itachi's face as he ran towards me. I closed my eyes as I felt the energy leave my hand and move towards Itachi, who I heard stop running. "What is this?" He shouted in shock and amazement. I opened my eyes to find Itachi's body glowing with the same energy. The light grew a thicker green as I heard Kokoro and Kisame stop fighting and watch silently. The light dissapeared with Itachi as it's captive as I heard him cry out in pain and in terror, not knowing what future holds in store for him. I glanced over at Kokoro, to find both him and Kisame all bloody. Kisame had a big tear in his shoulder from Kokoro's fang. Patches of Kokoro's fur were missing, and where it was missing there were blood. Kisame quickly kicked Kokoro off of him and stood up. I backed away in fear of what he was going to do to me. My hand hit the cabinets, signaling that I was trapped like a mouse. Kisame smirked evily as he drew his sword up to my throat. I saw Sasuke move a little out of the corner of my eye. 'My trick won't work on him... He already saw it!' I cried in my mind. Tears started to form in my eyes, knowing that I could die any second. I peeked once more out of the corner of my eye, looking for Sasuke. I didn't see him, all I saw was that puddle of crimson red blood that he was lying in. Kisame's sword was thrown to the ground, the tip scraped my skin severly around my throat. I winced in pain as I grabbed my neck, trying to clot out the bleeding. I looked up to find Sasuke standing in front of me, facing Kisame. Sasuke had apparenly knocked Kisame's sword out of his hands, injuring himself in the process. Part of his blood soaked shirt was torn, and so was his skin under that. I got scared and did some hand seals. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" I yelled as puffs of smoke appeared and with them, exact replicas of me. Kisame smirked as every last one of me charged forward, bearing kunai and shuriken in my hands. Kisame shielded his face with his arms, and my kunai hit their mark. The clones jumped off as I held my kunai in his arm, holding myself up as well. I smirked evily as I did hand signs with one hand. Another tiger appeared as Kisame threw me off him, launching me towards the wall. I hit the wall and fell to the floor with a loud thud. I coughed up blood and fell into a state of unconsiousness.

My eyes flickered open to find Sasuke kneeling down in a puddle of crimson blood beside me. "Sasuke?" I ask quietly, the coppery taste of blood haunting my mouth. Sasuke smiled and propped my back up against the wall. I looked at my arms and legs. They were soaked in blood and my arm had a huge, drying scab on it. I stood up and went to our cabinet. "Sasuke, can you get those bandages up there?" I asked him quietly. Sasuke nodded and reached for the bandages and finally pulled them down from the top shelf. "Thanks." I said as he handed them to me. I took the bandages and started to wrap my arm in them, wincing from the pain. "Here... Lemme do this for you." Sasuke said as I handed him the bandages. "Aito!" I winced as he wrapped the bandages tightly around my arm. "Hold still!" He said to me as I winced in pain. "It's kinda hard to!" I replied. Minutes later, he moved on to bandaging my neck. "Oww oww oww!" I winced even more because it was still tender there. "All done." He said as he finished with the wrapping. "Thanks again!" I thanked him as I stood up. "So.. What happened while I was unconsious?" I asked out of nowhere.
"Oh... Well... After Jaws, or Kisame flung you towards the wall, you went into a state of unconsiousness... I told Kisame to back off, unless he wants to see the light.. He said that I couldn't do that, so I proved him wrong... I summoned a giant snake, and yes I do know how to do summoning jutsus... And he backed away slowly and made a run for it... You were unconsious for around an hour..." He said to me.
"Ohh.. That makes tons of sense!!" I realized. "Hey.. I'm going to go change and take a shower...." I told him as I ran up the stairs.
~Later...~
I ran down the stairs in dry clothes and non-blodied hair. "Sasuke!" I called as I ran into the kitchen. I skidded to a stop. "Kakashi-sensei?" I shouted as I saw him in our kitchen. "Why yes.. I'm here. Just came to say that I changed my mind.. We're not going to meet tomorrow... We're meeting today and now.." He said. I nodded as I pulled on my shoes and left the house, with Sasuke following me close behind. I wandered onto the place that Kakashi told us to meet him and waited for the others to show up, taking a seat on one of the logs.. "Sasuke... When are they coming?" I asked impatently, an hour later. "Sasuke?" I said as I looked around for him. 'Oh no.. He isn't here.. What do I do now?' I thought frantically. Apparently, I was thinking so hard that I didn't hear Sasuke sneek up behind me. "Boo!!" He shouted, scaring me off of the log I was sitting on. I screamed at the top of my lungs in terror. "Geez Hisakata... It was only a joke!" He said to me. I didn't reply, my head was still spinning. Naruto appeared behind Sasuke in a puff of smoke. "Haha!! That was good!" Naruto laughed. I stood up and brushed myself off, my face was red with embarrasment. At least an hour later, Kakashi showed up. "What the- YOU'RE LATE!! I THOUGHT THAT YOU'D FOLLOW US HERE!! WHERE IN THE WORLD WERE YOU??" I screamed at him. He didn't reply, apparently, not wanting to say that he got lost. "Okay team.. I have three bells here. Whoever gets one of the bells from me, passes. If you don't get a bell, you fail..." He simply said. "Ready... Set.. Go." He said as he walked away. I grabbed Sasuke's collar, to keep him from running off. "Okay Sasuke.. I think this is all about teamwork... That's why we were put on a three man team..." I told him. He nodded to signal to continue. "We need a plan..."
"How about this... I have Naruto create a diversion and we both do the Barrage of White Lions...."
"One problem."
"What?"
"Naruto went after the sensei!" I replied, shaking my head in dissapointment. "How about this... We'll stick together. If we see the sensei, we try to get one of the bells... If we see Naruto, then we tell him the plan, got it?" I said as Sasuke nodded. I went into the woods, I could hear Sasuke behind me. It started to rain. "WHY?" I yelled at the night time sky. It stopped raining when I yelled that. "Strange." Sasuke said when it stopped raining. I blushed slightly. I heard the bushes rustling. "Sasuke... In the bushes." I muttered to him. He nodded and we both drew our kunai. Kakashi stepped out and was reading his book, Come Come Paradise. "Kakashi!! Put that away! Do you have any idea what that could do to your mind?" I shouted at him. I threw one of my kunai at the bells, and he dodged it. Sasuke threw several kunai and three shuriken, all aiming for Kakashi. He dodged every one of them. "Sasuke... Change in plan... Lemme try something." I said to him. I did the handsigns used to stop time.. I felt the time stop all around me. Instead of doing the signs to preform the Memory of the Stars, I walked over to Kakashi and took all three bells that were hanging by strings around his waist. I grinned as I walked over to Sasuke, waiting for time to start up. As time started again, Kakashi started to move and so did Sasuke. "Kakashi... I don't want a bell... I don't care if I pass or not." I said with an air of sarcasm.
"What?" Both Sasuke and Kakashi shouted at me.
"I already have one.. See?" I said as I held up my bell. Kakashi stared at me in shock and Sasuke gaped akwardly. Kakashi dissapeared. "Hisakata? How did you get that?" He asked me.
"Easy... My Memory of the Stars jutsu.. Remember?"
"No..."
"Here's a bell for you!" I said as I handed my other bell to Sasuke. He thanked me and we wandered back to the logs that we were sitting on. "Where do you think Naruto is?" I asked Sasuke out of nowhere. He shrugged in reply. We sat there until about eleven at night... The reason we left at eleven was because we heard someone yelling for help. "Hey!! Get me down from here!" We could hear Naruto yell. "Naruto! Where are you?" I shouted, hoping that he'd answer.
"Look up!" Naruto shouted in reply. I looked up to find Naruto suspended in a tree by his ankle, which was tied to a rope. "You just never learn, do you..." Sasuke said to him as he jumped up and cut the rope with a kunai and jumped down. I stepped forward to catch Naruto but there was a trap there too! A rope coiled around my ankle and pulled me up towards the branch that Naruto was hanging on moments earlier. "Get me down!!" I yelled to the two of them while clutching my skirt to keep it from falling. This time, Naruto jumped up and cut the rope, and Sasuke caught me in his arms. "Gee thanks you guys!" I said as I hugged Sasuke, who's face was turning red. Naruto laughed at the sight of Sasuke, who was flushed. "Hey Naruto.. Did you get a bell yet?" I asked him as Sasuke set me down.
"No...." Naruto said in dissapointment.
"Here.. This is for you." I said and pulled out the last bell. "How'd you get this so fast?" He asked as he gaped in amazement.
"Sore wa himitsu desu!! (That is a secret!)" I said as I put my fingers to my lips. Sasuke rolled his eyes as I grinned. We all went back to the logs that we were sitting on and found Kakashi waiting there for us. "Kakashi?" I asked.
"Congradulations... You pass." He said. We all grinned, but Kakashi had to ruin it for us. "No... Only Hisakata passes. She's the only one who took the bells from me. She may have given them to you, but that doesn't count." He finished. I could feel tears flooding into my eyes, not from happiness, but from sadness. I didn't want my team mates to fail because of me. I glanced over at Naruto, who looked sad, and Sasuke, who looked calm, but I knew that on the inside he was crying. "But... They have a bell too.. Doesn't that count for team work?" I asked quietly, defending my team mates.
"True, but they had to do some work too... You're the one who did all of the work, not them."
"Yes, but they helped me out of the tree to get me back here safely, so that's considered work."
"Very good. You all pass." He gave in as he pulled out Icha Icha Paradise. I walked up to him and snatched the book away from him, muttering how those kinds of books will rot his already rotting mind. He took the book from my hands and dissapeared. I ran over to Sasuke and hugged him, yelling something out in Japanese. "What?" Sasuke asked me, struggling to stay on his feet as I cuddled him. "I don't think I made sense at all!!" I laughed. He rolled his eyes once again as Naruto walked away, leaving the two of us alone. I stopped cuddling Sasuke and looked up to the sky. "Wow! It's late!" I said. Sasuke peeled me off of him and we started to walk home. "Seven." I said, watching Sasuke yawn. "What?"
"Seven! I rated your yawn a seven."
"Okay then." He said and continued to walk. I giggled slightly. We finally reached his house, strolled inside, took off my sandals, and walked into the kitchen. "Umm.. Sasuke, who's this kid in our kitchen?" I asked him nervously. Sasuke walked beside me to see who was there. "I don't know. But, whoever you are, get out of our house!" Sasuke yelled at the person. The person was a boy about the age of twelve. He had red hair, with a brown gourd with seals on it strapped to his back and the symbol for love on his forhead. He looked as though he was wearing eyeliner and had aqua colored eyes. He wore black clothing. "I'm looking for Chihiro... I was told that I could find her here." He said dryly.
"Why do you want my sister?" I asked him.
"Taking her back to Suna... Kazekage's orders." He said, his voice was still dry. A puff of smoke shot up from the ground next to me and my sister appeared, carrying strawberry parfait. "Strawberry parfait!!" She shouted as she shoved it in Sasuke's mouth. "And some for you too!!" She yelled as she shoved some in my mouth too. "Oh Sasuke! Let me help you chew!" She said as she put one hand on the top of his head and the other on his chin and opened and closed his mouth. "Oh yes... The ice cream!" She shouted as she pulled out some ice cream and shoved it in our faces. "Chihiro.. What's with the parfait?" I asked after swallowing some strawberrys. "Oh... No reason." She said cheerfully, making Sasuke chew some more. She turned around for no reason and her face lit up, from what I could see. "Gaara!!" She shouted and ran over to the scary kid sitting at our table, giggling wildly. "I see that she is very fond of you, Gaara, is it?" I said akwardly, watching my sister cuddle this Gaara kid. Sasuke and I walked over to her. "So.. You two love each other?" Sasuke asked.
"Gaara... Say yes." Chihiro hissed into Gaara's ear.
"Yea.. We madly.. Pastionatly.." Gaara said.
"That's enough!" She hissed once more. I rolled my eyes. "Gee.. It's pretty late. Do you guys just wanna crash here tonight?" I asked them to be polite.
"Well, Gaara doesn't sleep, and I'm getting kinda tired myself..." Chihiro admitted. Sasuke pulled my arm, telling the others to give us a second alone. They nodded and he pulled me into the living room. "Hisakata... If they stay in our beds, then where will we sleep?" He hissed in my ear.
"Simple. We have a futon and extra pillows and blankets!!" I said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
"Yea.. One."
"I'll sleep on the floor or in a tree.. I'm fine, don't worry!" I assured him. We walked back into the kitchen as I took my sister's hand and escorted her up the stairs. My sister had Gaara's hand, and dragged him up too. Sasuke was following close behind. "Okay.. Um.. Chihiro, you can sleep in my bed.. And Gaara.. You can stay in Sasuke's bed.. We'll be down stairs if you need us by any chance." I said as I sat Chihiro down on the bed. She nodded. I went over to the closet and dug around in there, throwing out some dusty kunai and shoes in the process of looking for two extra pillows and a blanket or two. I found what I was looking for and I took Sasuke's wrist and went down the stairs, with him telling to stop pulling. I let go as soon as I walked into the living room, and pulled out the futon from the couch. I plopped the pillows and blankets onto the futon as Sasuke stared at me, wondering what was going through my head. "Sasuke.. Why are you staring?" I asked him as I felt his eyes watching me. He had an embarrased expression on his face when he answered. "Are you angry or something, Hisakata?" He asked me quietly. I shook my head no in reply as I made the bed, apparently forgeting that I was sleeping on the floor at my will. "Oops!! Silly me! I forgot!" I muttered quietly as I took one of the pillows and plopped it down on the floor next to the sofa. I smiled at Sasuke as I laid down and quickly fell asleep.
Sasuke's P.O.V.
"Sasuke... Why are you staring?" Hisakata asked me, apparently feeling my eyes watching her. I could feel my expression turn into embarrasment. "Are you angry or something, Hisakata?" I asked her quietly. She shook her head no in reply as she made the bed. I could hear her mutter something to herself as she grabbed one of the pillows and put it on the ground. She turned around and smiled at me as she laid down and fell asleep quickly. 'Wow, she's fast...' I thought to myself as I walked over to the bed and looked down at Hisakata, who was sleeping like a baby. I felt some sympothy for the poor girl, so I tucked my hands under her back and knees and lifted her up, laying her back down on the bed. She rolled over in her sleep and sighed happily, apparently having a good dream. 'Girls really are the prettiest when they sleep!' I thought as I walked over to the light switch and flicked off the lights, waiting a minute so my eyes could adjust to the darkness. I made my way back to the bed and walked over to the other side of Hisakata, and eventually laid down. I then drifted off into sleep.
Back to Hisakata's P.O.V.
I woke up in the morning, sat up, and stretched, apparently not realizing that Sasuke was asleep beside of me. I opened my heavy eyelids to find myself lying in the futon, next to Sasuke, who was still asleep. 'Ohmygod.. How did I get here?' I thought frantically, feeling my face grow redder by the second. I gripped the sheets of the bed tightly underneath me as Sasuke rolled over and threw his arm around my waist, causing me to freak out even more. I pryed my hands around his arm, trying to get him off of me so that I could make breakfast and get ready for the day. I pricked and pryed and I was finally free. I stood up and walked out of the room, after making sure that Sasuke was still asleep and my face wasn't red anymore. I walked into the kitchen and went to the fridge. I pulled out four eggs and some milk. I went over to the cabinets to get a frying pan.. Scrambled eggs! I could hear Sasuke move around in the room, apparently waking up from his groan. I sighed inwardly as I turned the stove on and cracked an egg with my fingernail and let it fall onto the frying pan. I could hear Sasuke shuffle around in the room, apparently realizing that I was awake. 'I would have been better off in that tree...' I thought to myself, thinking about last night. I could hear Chihiro run down the stairs, carrying something. I spun around to see her run into the living room, yelling something. I stopped what I was doing and ran in after her. Chihiro was carrying a water gun and was pointing it at Sasuke, who was putting away the futon. Sasuke blushed slightly when he saw me run it. Chihiro noticed that and shouted, "Ohh!! You're thinking of kissing Hisakata, aren't you?" Sasuke shook his head no. "Yes you are! Don't lie to me! Bad boy! Bad boy!" She shouted as she squirted him with the squirt gun. She wouldn't stop until he was soaking wet. "Chihiro!! Stop!" I said as she continued to squirt him. I grabbed the squirt gun and she spun around and hit me in the face with the water. "Chihiro!" Gaara shouted as he ran down the stairs. He ran in and withstrained Chihiro from squirting anyone with his sand. "Sorry about this..." He apologized.
"No worries!" I said as I wiped the water away from my eyes with my arm. "Oh. Sasuke, go change. You're soaked." I said to him. He nodded and I smiled sweetly at Gaara. "What's that smell?" Gaara asked me.
"Ohmygod! The eggs!!" I shouted as I ran past Gaara and Chihiro and into the kitchen. The eggs were on fire! "Ohmygod.. Water.. I need water!" I shouted as I dove into the cabinets looking for a pot. I found one and quickly filled it up with tap water from the sink and threw the water all over the stove and most of it splashed to the ground. "Whew.. All better now!" I sighed as the eggs simmered lightly in the water. Gaara and walked in after setting Chihiro down. "Whoa.. What happened in here?" Gaara asked.
"Oh nothing!!" I chuckled and rubbed the back of my neck. Sasuke came running down the stairs in his usual blue tee shirt and white shorts. "Chihiro... What happened?" He asked me. Chihiro started to run around in circles and eventually up a wall. "Chihiro says that Hisakata set the eggs on fire on purpose!!" Chihiro cheered on the ceiling. Sasuke shot me an what-really-happened look and I replied, "Like I said.. Nothing happened... Hey.. Let's go out to the Ichiruka Ramen Shop.. My treat!" I suggested. Chihiro shouted, "OKAY!" At the top of her lungs. I went and pulled on my shoes after cleaning up my mess and we all headed out to the ramen shop. Sasuke ordered for us and I gave in the money, one thousand yen to be exact. Gaara took Chihiro back to Suna with him afterwords and both me and Sasuke waved goodbye to the two of them. We turned to go home too! As soon as we walked through the doors, I sighed a sigh of relief. "Aren't you going to miss your sister?" Sasuke asked me curiously.
"Well, a little... I thought that she had died in that fire... Nobody told me that she is still alive.. Anyways, she is so annoying.. I guess that you agree." I said as Sasuke nodded while he took off his shoes. We walked into the kitchen and I was scared half to death. Sasuke looked scared too. "Hello, Hisakata." Orochimaru greeted us. I backed away slowly and tried to run, but Orochimaru had already thought of that so he prepared a kage bushin no jutsu, art of the multiple dopplegangers, and one of them caught me. "Lemme go!!" I kicked its leg but it didn't dissapear. Another had grabbed Sasuke, seconds after the one had caught me. The clone who caught me started to nibble on my hair, apparently liking my hair. My expression was a mixture of anger, scared, and creeped out. I tried to kick the clone away, but it was useless. The real Orochimaru laughed evily as he walked over to Sasuke. "Heh... You like the Uchiha, don't you?" He asked me evily. I shook my head no, but he knew that I was lying. Orochimaru did a number of multiple hand signs and his neck stretched out, biting me on my neck. "Augggggg!!" I cried out in pain as the clone released me, letting me fall to the ground. Tears flodded to my eyes as I tried to make the pain go away by grasping my neck tightly. "Hisakata!" I heard Sasuke shout as he tried to break free of the clones grip. Orochimaru laughed evily as Sasuke struggled to get free, and pulled out a kunai. I couldn't see what was going on, but the waves of pain were growing stronger. I could feel myself start to sweat as I cried out in pain again, the pain was too overwhelming. I fought to stay concious. Sasuke dug the kunai into the Orochi-clone's leg and it dissapeared, but sadly, more clones tackled him. I eventually lost my battle to stay consious, and fell, limp, to ground.
Sasuke's P.O.V.
"Heh... You like the Uchiha, don't you?" He asked Hisakata evily. She shook her head no, but he knew that she was lying through her teeth. Orochimaru did a number of hand signs, and his neck stretched out, biting her on the neck. "Augggggg!!" She cried out as the Orochi-clone released her, letting her fall to the ground in pain. She grasped her neck tightly as if trying to make the pain go away. "Hisakata!" I shouted as I tried to break free of the clone's grip. Orochimaru laughed evily as I continued to struggle to break free, pulling out a kunai. Hisakata cried out in pain as she started to sweat. I dug the kunai into the Orochi-clones leg and it dissapeared. More clones tackled me from behind. Hisakata fought to stay concious, but lost her fight and fell limp to the ground. "HISAKATA!" I cried out as I beat off the clones and charged straight on at Orochimaru, who was laughing at me. I could hear Hisakata's breathing become heavier, as if she was going to die any second. I kicked Orochimaru up into the air, his head hitting the ceiling. I chuckled lightly as I preformed the White Lions Barrage, slamming him into the ground. He landed on his head and turned into a log and some leaves. "Substutution!" I shouted as he appeared behind me. I knew that was coming, so I did hand signs and blew fire out of my mouth, making sure that I didn't hit Hisakata in the process. Orochimaru got himself burned, or, so I thought. There was a big, smouldering hole in our kitchen wall. I pulled out five shurikin and threw them at Orochimaru, strings attached to them. I controlled the shurikin and the strings with my chakra, being sure to hit Orochimaru in the process. I did the same hand signs and blew out fire towards the strings, setting them on fire and burning Orochimaru. "Aeii!" He cried out in pain as the embers worked away at his skin. He collasped on the ground and the golden embers faded. Orochimaru was totally burnt, so much that you could tell that he was dead. The clones dissapeared as soon as Orochimaru was killed. I ran over to Hisakata, whose breathing was still heavy, and lifted her up bridal style. I walked up the stairs and to her bed. I carefully set her down, running into the bathroom, fetching a rag and some cold water. I dipped the rag into the water and folded it up, placing it on her forhead. Her breathing slowed a little. I sighed in relief as I took a seat on her bed and watched over her.
~Hours Later~
I heard a rustling from the bed as I was in the bathroom, getting Hisakata another rag. I ran out to find her sitting up in the bed. "Eh? Sasuke?" She asked.
Hisakata's P.O.V.
My eyes fluttered open to find myself staring at the ceiling in my room. I sat up and saw Sasuke ran out with a soggy rag in his hands and stared at me. "Eh? Sasuke?" I asked, blinking twice. "Uurg!!" I cried, clutching my neck as sudden waves of pain grew strong. I was clawing at the mark on my neck, trying to get it off in agony, but it was no go. "Hisakata!" He yelled out as he ran over to me. I glanced up to see his face, which was a mixture of concern, sadness, and happiness. "Are you going to be alright?" He asked me. I nodded as I stood up, completely ignoring the pain at the moment. I winced slightly as I let go of my neck, the pain intensining. "Are you sure?" He asked me once more, but this time, more concerned.
"Yea.... Course I am...."
"But, you're in so much pain.. From what I can see..."
"No, Sasuke... It hurts, but I have to deal with the pain... I can't let it consume me.. Or I'll become worthless... Emotionally and physically... I had to grow numb... Numb to everything, even the sweet things in life... Because we both know it won't last... They won't build us stronger, they're only a weakness..." I breathed out slowly. Sasuke sighed and took my hand. "Hisakata.. You're never going to be able to do that... For I know that if you did, then you wouldn't be as fun as you are now... And you wouldn't like that, and neither would I.. So don't change yourself because of one tiny thing..." He said. Tears flodded to my eyes as he hugged me, and I hugged him back, breathing in his scent. "Sasuke.. What time is it?" I asked him minutes later.
"Around five.. Why?" He replied. My expression turned to shock as I completly ignored the pulsations coming from my neck. I ran down the stairs and found a corsp along with a huge hole in the wall. "Sasuke?? What happened!!" I half asked, half yelled as he ran down the stairs. I ran over to the corsp and bent down on my knees, finding that it was a dead Orochimaru. "Replacement!" I yelled, seeing as there was a black hole in it's stomach. It turned into leaves and a log before my very eyes. "Sasuke... Really.. What happened?" I asked as he ran to me.
"Orochimaru.. Wait.. REPLACEMENT?" He tried to explain, realizing that there was a replacement jutsu. I nodded, gripping the leaves on the floor tightly. I stood up, ran over to the wall, while preforming a kage bushin no jutsu, and completly ignoring the pulsations coming from my neck. "Okay.. I want you, you and you to go to the store and get things to patch this up.. You two.. I want you to find paint to match the walls.. Go!" I commanded. They ran out of the hole and to the stores. I sighed as I turned to face Sasuke. "We're going to fix this hole... And, how could you not realize that this was a replacement jutsu?" I asked. He shrugged, apparently too ashamed to answer. I sat down at the nearest chair and folded my hands, propping my head up with them. He sat down next to me and we waited for the clones to get back.

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Part 3... Yeah yeah yeah... I know and we all know that it's coming...

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I can't spell, and I don't remember the name of the creator... Isn't it... Kishimoto..? Someone email me or IM me about that... xD

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