Just acting weird
today...seriously.
I couldn't get to anybody's
site yesterday, because Nee-san hogged the computer... so I substituted for that
by watching the Prince of Tennis episodes 1-4, Night at the Museum, and
Strawberry Marshmallow (just some random anime) volume 2. Anyway, I still
haven't decided whether I should kill off my characters or not in my fanfiction.
Fine. I'm going to post both of it here, though one of them is going to be the
official. It's like an alternative ending!!! Yay!!!
And, this is being aimed at
Nee-san, the character that I might not or will kill off in my future novel that
I am talking about is NOT Kumar! I've decided, he's gonna die, and that's
that!!! (He's my favorite, too T/.\T)
Heh, well, I'll just post my
next chapter here, now that I've got time on my hands...
Chapter
Two – Recognizing –
Sasuke rushed back into the forest, not looking back twice. It
was bad, really bad. If his older brother found out what he was doing on the
village he would really, really mad. He could still feel his two new ‘friends’
eyes on the back of his neck, watching him run away. How grateful was he when he
found out that they didn’t bother to run after him.
What was I thinking? They were shinobi – they were bound to know
me or my brother. We’re probably criminals by now…wait until they found out what
Itachi did to that poor kid that just wandered into our house…Man; I am in big
trouble…
Sasuke dodged the trees around him with his ‘well-earned speed’,
as Itachi called it. There was still no sign of the three shinobi chasing after
him. His life in Konoha was declared over since he decided to run away a long
time ago. Many ANBU Nin were still searching for the pair of them, but whoever
did find them died at the hands of Itachi. Sasuke was amazed at his brother’s
superior strength. He still yearned to be like him, and Itachi seemed to
appreciate that. He had been training under Itachi for a long time now.
The small, inconspicuous house that Itachi had somehow set up was
coming into view. It wasn’t far from the village, but it wasn’t so close that
someone could see it. Itachi refrained from putting a fireplace, despite
Sasuke’s whining of wanting a warm fire to cuddle next to. Once Sasuke turned
nine, he finally understood that the fire the fireplace produced would attract
attention. He jumped across the small stream that ran near the house and slowly
opened the door, hoping Itachi wouldn’t suspect anything.
“Nii-san, I’m home!” Sasuke said, walking in as casually as
possible.
“Oh, Sasuke, you’re back earlier than I thought…” Itachi peered
over his novel, then he returned back to the book. “Why did you want to go to
the village? What did you do, anyway?”
Sasuke sighed. It was the usual ‘worried older brother
interrogation’. “Nothing!” Sasuke replied. “I just wanted a look around, that’s
all!” Itachi seemed to have no objection to that. He gently smiled at his
younger brother, standing up and putting his book away. Itachi walked towards,
Sasuke. The younger runaway Uchiha looked up hopefully at his older brother.
“What?” Itachi practically laughed (Itachi has feelings this time
around). Sasuke continued to look at his older brother with an innocent,
expectant look. Itachi ruffled up his younger brother’s hair and ambled outside.
Sasuke pouted at his brother for a second, shrugged, and walked to his room.
He plopped onto his bed, wondering for a moment why he decided to
run away from Konoha about five years ago. Sasuke thought that the other kids
his age were nice enough…but five years ago, the situation was different. His
parents were divorcing, Uchiha Fugaku, his father, was taking Itachi. Uchiha
Mikoto was taking him away. But that wasn’t all. Mikoto was planning to move out
of Konoha…far away. Sasuke had no idea where the idea of running away came into
this, but his older brother, Itachi, threatened his ANBU squad, ditched his
mission, made many Konoha shinobi lose their minds to the horrible Mangekyo
Sharingan, and risked being a dangerous criminal just to find him.
Yet, the two from Konoha seemed really nice, really kind…really
friendly. Sasuke never had a true friend before, first because he wasn’t really
the outgoing type when he was younger. He used to be very shy and isolated. Now,
it was because he always stayed with his older brother, barely leaving his
sight. Was that what Itachi wanted to happen? At first, Sasuke didn’t mind, but
now, since he experienced only a taste of friendship, he wanted more.
Was it worth leaving Itachi?
~~~~
“What? Kakashi-sensei, you know Sasuke?” Naruto cried out, trying
to keep off the subject that they had failed the test.
The white-haired Jounin stared at the direction in which Sasuke
had run away, then shrugged, probably thinking that now wasn’t the time. He had
students to fail…or pass…or whatever. He turned back to the now terrified Genin.
“You deliberately disobeyed my orders! You were not to untie
him!” Kakashi scolded, doing his best to sound dramatic. Naruto was stuttering,
and Sakura was cowering behind Naruto in fear.
“But…but! Sensei! You saw it! That Sasuke guy cut the ropes, not
Sakura!” Naruto desperately cried. Sakura, who was covering her face, nodded
vigorously. Kakashi, however, didn’t see Sasuke cut the ropes. He believed that
it was Sakura who let Naruto free.
“Oh really? The boy had nothing to do with it!” Kakashi yelled in
the young boy’s face.
“But, you said that we had to work together…to use teamwork!”
Sakura cried out loud, her fear slowly disappearing. “We should be three in one
but…we’re two in one!” Sakura was staring at her sensei right in the lone eye
now.
“Two in one now, huh?” Kakashi yelled, still trying to sound
dramatic. His one showing eye slowly curved into an upside-down ‘u’ as he said,
“You pass!” Naruto and Sakura stared at their now peppy, glad sensei with
amazement.
“We…pass?” Sakura mouthed. She stared at Naruto who was busy
staring at Kakashi-sensei with his blue eyes glazed over with joy. The Kitsune
Boy screamed a shout of delight, ran over to his sensei, and began to hug him
with glee. “Naruto! Let go of him!” Sakura decided to shriek when she saw the
bewildered look on Kakashi-sensei’s face.
“Thanks, Sakura,” Kakashi muttered, pushing the blonde boy away
from him.
“But, sensei…why did we pass? I mean, we broke the rules you gave
us,” Sakura chose her words carefully, trying not to break their lucky streak.
In her mind, she knew that Kakashi-sensei might change his mind and fail them.
Kakashi shrugged, and answered quietly, “Sure, those who break
the rules are scum…but those who abandon their friends are even worse scum.”
Naruto seemed even more awed and amazed by Kakashi’s answer to
the cherry blossom girl’s question, so he again ran over to his sensei and began
hugging him, his face filled with his idiotic merriment. Kakashi’s face turned
slightly purple and that’s when Sakura stood up and pried Naruto off of their
sensei.
“Naruto! The more you try to squeeze him to death the more
chances we will have of failing,” she whispered menacingly to him.
“Oh. Yeah.” Naruto muttered, though his grin was reaching across
his face. Sakura groaned, let go of Naruto, and stared out into the distance –
where that Sasuke boy had ran off to. The Jinchuuriki seemed to notice, because
he said, “We still both have energy to follow him. He must not have gotten far.”
“That kid?” Kakashi said. “I know him. At least, I knew his
family.”
“You do?” Naruto’s face turned back to his regular look, but the
smile on his face turned back to normal size. Kakashi slowly nodded, and Sakura
urged him to explain. “So, is he of some special clan or something?”
“Actually, yes,” Kakashi nodded approvingly at Naruto. His lone
eye closed as the white-haired Jounin lifted up drooping side of his forehead
protector, revealing a scarred, droopy, crimson eye. “Do any of you know about
this eye and the clan in which it came from?”
Naruto blinked at it as if he had never seen it before in his
life. In fact, the poor blonde Kitsune-bearer had never seen that kind of eye
before in his life. Sakura was raising her hand intently as if they were in
class, knowing that the dimwitted Naruto would never answer the question
correctly. Kakashi nodded at Sakura, and she answered, “That is the Sharingan!
The Uchiha Clan is the clan that uses that doujutsu.”
“Correct,” Kakashi nodded for the third time in that phase.
“But,” Sakura continued. Both of the males in Team Seven could
tell by the look on her face that she was going to ask a question. “You’re not
an Uchiha. How could you have the Sharingan, then…?”
“That,” Kakashi answered after a short silence. “Is a story for
another time. For now, though, that boy that you just encountered was an Uchiha.
Uchiha Sasuke. The Uchiha Clan’s home is in our own Konoha, and when you two
were about seven, you might have heard the news that both of the clan head’s
only sons, ran away from Konoha.”
“Oh yeah,” Naruto nodded. “I remember that.” Sakura glared at
him, almost positive that Naruto had never heard of it. “So, the two runaways
were him…and his older brother that he was talking about?” Kakashi nodded yet
again. “Sasuke seemed kind of fond of his older brother.”
“Well, if I tell you about the older runaway Uchiha’s
accomplishments, you will be…er…amazed, I suppose. He’s about the same level as
me, or even higher, depending on what he has been doing since he ran away,” The
Jounin explained to his little Genin friends. “Uchiha Itachi, is his name.”
Naruto looked like he was going to laugh. “He was named after a
weasel?” the Uzumaki laughed.
“Actually, weasels are very graceful,” Sakura corrected the
laughing Uzumaki. “Go on, Kakashi-sensei. Ignore Naruto.”
“Anyway,” Kakashi continued, “he graduated at I think the age of
seven-” that wiped the gleeful look off of Naruto’s face “mastered the Sharingan
at eight, an incredible feat-” Sakura blinked “became a Chuunin at ten, and
became ANBU captain at thirteen. He is at very high standards in Uchiha, and if
he was still an Uchiha he would probably be the new head by now…I think.”
“Cool. That is so cool,” Naruto uttered. Sakura simply nodded in
agreement. “And…what about that other Uchiha kid, er, Sasuke?”
“He just started the Academy before he ran away,” Kakashi
replied. “He’s supposedly the same age as both of you right now. Uchiha Itachi,
however, he’s eighteen at the moment…I suppose you want me to explain more about
these two Uchihas because of your curiosity.” Sakura and Naruto nodded
energetically. “Okay…”
~
Okay? Was
that good?
Doesn't
matter. I have writers block no matter how much my fanfiction notebook has notes
in it!!! PFFT!
I might as
well tell you what my future novel is about, since I'm bored. Well, here's just
the main idea: There are four worlds, and this boy who has the power to do
anything that he wants is subconsciously destroying them. The different races
must work together to save the boy and the worlds.
If it's
successful, then I already know what sequel I might make. This story is (nearly)
based on the ramblings Nee-san and I make up, so some of the credit goes to her.
The main storyline, though, is mine, and so are the characters. I'm a fantasy
person...
Must work
on project now...
Questions:
1 - How do
you like the story?
2 -
Seriously. Should I kill my characters in my fanfiction off or no? I have seven
leave them alives and six kill thems.
3 - No, it's
not Kumar, Nee-san. Should I kill off that OTHER character in my novel or not?
It's been bugging me and if I get this decided it'll change the entire
storyline.
4 - Are you
a TV junkie at times?
See you
around!
~MeikoUchiha~
