Ok so yes this chapter has a couple twists…lol that's like the best part neh!? I felt like writing a really long poem at the beginning…so I did.
Chapter Eight: I'm Sorry
I'm sorry that I can't be there
I'm sorry that I left you
You don't want me
Trust me you don't
All I would do is cause you to suffer
You don't have to chase after me
Besides, you won't catch me
Run until you insides ache
Run until you want to die
Only then will you really understand how I feel
For that is what I have done for you
I'm sorry that you're crying
Even though I know those tears are fake
I can tell
For the tears I cried for you were real
Because they were out of love
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Eyes…
That was the final word to the riddle. Well the final word meant nothing if Sasuke couldn't figure out what the riddle meant. All it really did was talk about the girl…and then suddenly his enemy's eyes? It didn't make any sense at all.
Also there was something off about the riddle…there were two girls and one apparently lead to the other. Now he knew that Sakura was one of them at least. But who was the…
REN! Could she have really been…no fucking way! But she's dead…she had to have held a key to this whole mess! Dammit dammit dammit! It can't be it just can't!
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Where am I? Am I dead? No that's wrong…I'm still cold…really cold. If I made it to heaven I would be warm…
Ren slowly sat up; she had washed ashore on the riverbank. She was sitting in a pool of blood, her blood. All of her wounds from before had opened up…she was losing blood quickly.
I guess I really can't die…not yet anyway; not until this whole thing is over, but what happens if this body wears out? Will I stay alive inside a useless body…I shouldn't think about that.
Ren forced herself to stand up…all of this pain…was it a test? This whole time she thought that she was testing them, not the other way around.
It must be testing my loyalty…this fucking pain.
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Shi shit shit…Even if Ren was alive I'd still have to figure out which one was who. Is it Ren leads to Sakura or Sakura leads to Ren?
Sasuke was running…running to a place he had thought he had abandoned so long ago. It was far away but if it held at least some clue to what was going on then it was worth it. Although, that really wasn't why Sasuke was running there; if that place could bury him in pain then it would at least get rid of all the confusion.
Sasuke ran down street after street, ignoring all the passing glances and stares…they'd be out of site soon enough. All he thought about now was…absolutely nothing. He was tired of thinking and tired of well…everything.
A few hours later he was at the place…he was at the old Uchiha estate. It was basically empty besides what ever furniture was left.
He found himself in the empty living room…this was where his parents were murdered. He sat down on the floor and stared at the ceiling and then completely lay down. Sasuke could still see the blood stains.
After about fifteen minutes of losing himself in his past tragedy he slowly got up. He hadn't even noticed that he had been crying…his cheeks were wet and for a second he had forgotten what crying was. He hated crying…it was simply ridiculous.
"Sasuke."
Sasuke froze, who the fuck could be…
To his biggest surprise it was Hinata.
She was wearing a purple jacket and had her hood pulled up and her black three quarter jeans hugged against her tiny legs…he could see her shiver. He did notice something else…when she said his name…there was no stutter or sign of shyness and withdrawal.
"Don't do it Sasuke."
"What are you talking about?"
"You'll only suffer if you keep this up."
"Why are you here?"
"Just stop…nothing good will come of it."
"How did you get here?"
"Can't you see it…? Take this path and nothing…nothing will be the end."
"Who sent you…?"
Each of Sasuke's meaningless questions just got softer and softer.
"Run."
Sasuke blinked and she was gone.
What the hell is going on…?
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Sakura rubbed her raw hands.
She had taken the bandages off and stared at her ruined hands. Would the marks never go away?
Blood was still running from a lot of them…she really wanted to just chop her hands off so she wouldn't have to stare at her mistake.
Sakura started laughing.
They're my hands…who cares what I do with them!?
Sakura ran to the tiny kitchen stumbling over everything that was in her path.
She held up a kitchen knife and was breathing heavily as she held the knife above her left hand. Between her short quick breaths she was managing to laugh. What was wrong with her?
She felt her hand begin to shake and loosen her grip on the knife. She was crying…the tears were very silent. She dropped the knife unintentionally.
She started to scream.
The knife had fallen right on top of her hand…since there was no force it didn't cut deep enough to go all the way through.
She started screaming even more…but then the insane laughter started again.
Maybe I should just finish myself off…
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Sasuke only stood there. Hinata had told him to run…but run from what? He turned around on his heal and he was staring at someone he had not expected to see…Naruto.
"Naruto what…"
"You're the idiot this time…they're both gonna die and it's your fault." Naruto whispered.
"Where the hell did you even…"
"Stop."
"Time will stop and then everyone will disappear….and if that happens then the future doesn't exist now does it?"
"Choose…my friend. I want you to decide."
He was gone.
My friend…
Sasuke thought the last thing that he and Naruto were was friends.
Sasuke stepped out of the building.
"Eyes…what does it mean?"
"I can answer that."
Sasuke saw someone he hadn't expected to see in a long…long…long time.
Uchiha Itachi.
Sasuke was frozen in shock.
"Why the hell are you here!? How can you even step foot in this place?!"
"I used to live here too."
"Common little brother…Naruto's a fool. Do you really think that those words were meant for you?"
"What are you talking about?"
Itachi only laughed.
"ITACHI!"
More laughter.
Stop…
"The riddle…was meant for me."
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Ren drug herself up the river bank.
Sasuke…I can feel it…I don't want this to happen. It can't…if it does then my happiness…everyone's happiness is forever lost.
"SASUKE!" She forced herself to scream.
She laid her head on the soft mud.
What if I just fall asleep…forever?
Ren's eyes jolted open, "NO!"
Ren pushed her frail arms against the mud and pushed herself up. He blood covered legs wobbled as she stood.
I will make it…a little longer and I can return…no not return.
I can let it all begin.
Begin like it's supposed too.
She ran as fast as she could…leaving a trail of crimson water behind her.
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The pink haired girl's breathing quickened.
I feel it…my time. No…not my time to die. It's not that. Right now it's happening. It's finally my time to make myself useful. It's time that I help in all ways I can.
Sakura ran to the bathroom and ran water over her wounded hand. She was doing her best to ignore the pain…which was amazing because it felt one hundred times worse then it looked.
She wrapped layer after layer of bandage and quickly tied it…
Sasuke did such a better job.
Sakura shook her head…she grabbed a black jacket off her coat rack and slipped on some flip flops and ran out the door.
When she was outside the apartment she realized that it was snowing…almost like a blizzard. She knew flip flops wouldn't help her run quickly in snow; so she just took them off and starting running on the freezing cement.
I know it's probably best for me not to be with him…but as I have discovered today I'm kind of a masochist anyway.
Even though she had no idea where exactly she was running she just fallowed whatever that feeling inside of her was…she didn't care where she was going…as long as it lead to Sasuke…quickly.
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Sasuke took several steps back, "Itachi I still…"
Once again Itachi evil laughter filled the air.
"Sasuke…you're nothing like you should have turned out to be…but at least you still have what I've always wanted."
Sasuke was silent once again.
Eyes…
"The final stage of the Sharingan."
Sasuke had wished that that wasn't it. His family's power as well as their curse; he had only used it in his old school in brawls and sparring…but had only gotten up to the second stage. And as for the final stage…when Sasuke had killed his family he had already thought that Itachi had reached the final stage.
But there was something else…why had Sasuke pretty much abandoned his family's gift when he came to the city? He used to spend so much time trying to perfect it…but recently he had hardly even considered practicing at all.
Something else…he had another purpose…and it wasn't unlocking the last stage of the Sharingan like it was Itachi's.
Sasuke stared at the ground.
I promised myself that I would restore my clan…killing Itachi has always been apart of that…but there is another.
Sasuke looked up again and stared at Itachi's now red and black eyes.
Killing him had to come first.
"Itachi…there is something that you fear. You fear something that I am destined to have…you don't want it to destroy you."
Itachi grimaced, "Sasuke you don't know what you're talking about."
"Yes I do and you know it."
Sasuke began to hear a deafening yet familiar ringing.
"And it's me."
Both boys turned to see a young blood soaked raven haired girl.
Ren.
She smiled at Sasuke, "No I didn't die."
"I should hope not."
"My time is not here."
"Not even close."
"Itachi you do know now…"
Itachi scuffed, "That Sakura leads to you because…"
"She is my mother."
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Sakura stumbled through the forest…she had to make it. He feet stung...twigs, rocks and whatever else selfish people had been nice enough to leave on the ground was plunging into the bottom of her feet.
Keep running Sakura just keep running…don't stop.
Her body unwillingly listened.
She then saw another trail of blood besides her own. She fell down to the ground.
It's Ren's…I don't know how I know but I just do…is she dying? I can't let that happen.
Sakura began coughing…adding even more blood to the forest floor.
She got up and leaned against a tree and stared up into the sky and stared at the falling snow…she felt a wet puff fall on her nose.
She smiled…I will find them...both of them.
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Wow I really procrastinated on this one…I'm sorry and what sucks even more is it's not even that long. Well next chapter coming soon!