"Sakura-chan! I'd like another serving, please!"
"Oh, quiet down, you baka! You're going to get fat!"
"I'm not fat! I'm just muscular."
"I don't know about that, Naruto-kun. You are getting a little chubby."
"Ah, shut up Sai."
"But Creating Friendships for the Socially Impaired says that true friends don't lie to each other, Naruto-kun."
"Sai…shut up."
The unbelievable warmth illuminated the already bright apartment, causing an invisible glow to radiate across it. Love, friendship, selflessness…it was all here inside Kakashi's small apartment. There was laughter, shouting; everything that he once had.
Everything he had given up for the sake of revenge.
It had all been so close, so meaningless; the black haired man had swept away the pitiful pleas of those who now seemed so far.
Those that laid just a mere ten feet away from her seemed so far.
So far…
Naruto's happy face, the look of pure joy on Naruto's face had once been directed towards him.
The mere sight of him had once caused the adoration that now shone for Naruto and Sai in Sakura's eyes.
The seat that Sai rested in, a pleasant smile crafted on his lips, was supposed to be his.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HIM THERE. It was supposed to be him, sitting with his former team; not him watching them from afar in the dark.
It was all supposed to be his. The laughter, the admiration, the dedication; they were ALL supposed to be his.
But he gave it all up. He gave it up for the one person he hated more than anyone else.
And what did he have to show for it?
"No…" Sasuke murmured, eyes widening in increasing horror, "No, no, no, no, no!!!!"
He reached a pale hand to his eyes, ignoring the heavy bleeding that spurted out from his body. His eyes swirled into the blood-red crimson that had killed his family, injured his friends, and destroyed everything. He had given up everything for the legendary Uchiha bloodline limit. He had given up everything he had for the Mangekyo SharinganHe had nearly killed those who cared about him; he had betrayed everything he had.
But where was the Mangekyo Sharingan?
Roaring in part anguish and pain, he flashed his Sharingan off and then on, his eyes growing wider and wider.
What th-"No!" he screamed, his face draining of all color. "Why? Why don't I have it?"
He had done everything; he had betrayed everything. So why…why wasn't the all-powerful Mangekyo Sharigan his?
He pounded his fists onto the hard soil, breaking the already broken skin even further. Blood spurted onto the soft green grass, causing a deathly glow to befall onto the plants.
He raised his head in near defeat, the red slowly fading from his pupils.
No!
His friends weren't his anymore.
He didn't even have a proper home any longer.
The sharigan was his no longer.
"What?" Sakura tentatively thought, gazing outside the large window that exposed them to the outsiders gaze, "Did I hear something?" The cup of ginger tea she held in her hand lay forgotten, slipping from her grasp.
Clunk.
Kakashi's hand leaned far over, catching the would-be-shattered porcelain cup in his right hand. He blinked, eyes going back to its usual lazy perspective, "Eh, Sakura-chan. A kunoichi of your standard shouldn't be dropping cups." He thought tentatively for a moment and then added a bemused comment and grin (that none could see because of his mask), "That's Naruto's job."
"EHHH?" Naruto shouted in pure outrage, "Kakashi-sensei, who's the one who's late all the time?" he jabbed a finger at the silver haired jounin, though ended the sentence with one of his large, face stretching grins. He knew that his former sensei meant no harm. Naruto had matured at least that much.
Sakura, startled from her thinking, gave an apologetic smile to the threesome, "Eh, gomenasai, but," she glanced back to the window with certain concern, "I felt…a strange chakra presence outside the window." The pink kunoichi timidly said the last trail of words.
"Ehhh?" Naruto exclaimed again, this time his head going stone cold. Attacks to Konoha had become a frequent thing for the past few months. Sai gave a small frown, while Kakashi's eyes sharpened considerably.
Who?"I'll check it out," Naruto concluded, unsheathing a rather large kunai, "You stay here, Sakura-chan."
The moon stared back at him, mocking him with its unusual red brilliance; the brilliance of the Mangekyo Sharigan that Sasuke had fought so hard to possess
It was the sharigan that he would never again possess. .
Black. Everything. Was it the night? Was it the darkness of his mind, or…
Sasuke Uchiha, the avenger had become blind.
He lifted his hands to his brow, releasing a wrangled cry. No…NO! Not this…
"Yes…"His head snapped back, grasping for anything; anything familiar to his touch.
"You see, Sasuke-kun…you are finished."
"SHUT UP!" the black haired Uchiha roared, banging his fists onto the ground.
"Yes, Sasuke-kun. You thought you had gotten rid of me; but no you haven't. I've been watching your actions…""You've become even more twisted than I. Would you think it possible when you thought you killed me, Sasuke-kun? You became even more twisted than the snakes that served me. You, Sasuke, are a demon."
The wounds were too much to bare now. Shuddering, he felt the blood flowing…flowing…
Flowing.
"SASUKE!"
The avenger lifted his head weakly, grasping for the warm voice that he longed to hear again. Suddenly, a hand rested on his shoulder.
Naruto…
"Sakura! Come quickly! SASUKE! SASUKE!"
"N-Naruto…"
"Oh my god, Naruto. Sasuke! The bleeding…it's too heavy!"
"Sakura…"
His eyes flickered once, the sight of the pink haired kunoichi, Naruto, Kakashi, and even the hated Sai flooding his vision for one last time.
"I'm sorry."
END
Author Note: Eh, Sasuke-kun has hit the rug. D He was an easy character to write; I can understand his deep hatred for the one who he once loved, and the feeling of loss. Poor Sasuke. Oh yeah, you know how Itachi was going blind because of excessive use of the sharingan? Same thing happened to Sasuke at the end. I thought it emphasized the fact that all Sasuke had done left him, ultimately with nothing.
Please R&R, and send me other oneshot pairings/ideas, if you'd like me to maybe write one for you. But for now, bye-bye. :D