Bold italics- sasuke's thoughts

"Sasuke….don't!"

"Take it back!"

His voice was of formidable command.

"Why Sasuke-kun? Why?" Karin said with pleading eyes.

"Take it back!" Sasuke was growing angrier by the second.

"No!"

Sasuke's grip grew tighter around her neck.

"Sasuke, if you continue, she might die," Suigetsu said, slightly pleading. Juugo just stood there looking panicked.

"Stop it Suigetsu, she will die if she doesn't take it back."

"OK Sasuke-kun," Karin said, almost out of air, "I'll…I'll take it back."

"I can't hear you, " Sasuke growled dangerously.

"I take it back!" Karin's face was now blue.

"Sasuke…" Suigetsu said.

"Louder!"

"I take it back! I'm sorry, I was wrong, she is not an idiot, she is not a stupid fangirl!"

Sasuke loosened his grip a little but still held it in place.

"What more?"

"I take it back that I'm better than her, I take it back that …."

"That what?" Sasuke asked, the dangerous edge still present I his voice.

"….that she…that she never really loved you…."

Sasuke let go of her so abruptly, she fell to the ground.

"Geez Sasuke, " Juugo said," would you kill your own teammates?"

Sasuke flashed his Sharingan and it was enough to silence Juugo.

As he was walking away, Karin's feeble voice said, as if in challenge, "Why is she so important to you anyway? I thought you severed all your bonds long ago."

Sasuke looked back at them. Juugo actually took a step back in fear of being hit by him. But Sasuke's face was unusually calm.

"I did," he said so quietly, they had to strain their ears to hear him. "I severed bonds…. but she had my

heart."

His other team mates' eyes widened at this. He looked at them with more intensity now.

"…and no matter what, you can't sever bonds with your heart…cause then, you can't live on."

He turned away from them and walked slowly back to their hideout.

"Why?" came Karin's voice once again but he walked on.

He himself had the same question. Why? Why did his frozen heart still beat?

And why for her?

Why did it have to when they'll never have a chance together? Why does he hold onto it when he knows they are to live different fates?

But he was a fool to ask. He always knew why.

He had to cling to that last bit of humanity. One she created for him. If only to repay what pain he has caused. So even if she didn't know, he knew all about it and somehow it eases the guilt.

Even if only I know…

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Oh…pls. tell me if this is crappy or a miserable attempt to make Sasuke sentimental...so please review but be kind