Nothing But the Truth

Chapter 16: Something Perfect

AN: Here's another chapter. I hope you enjoyed this one. Thank you to those who reviewed and gave their feedback. I plan on reworking the previous chapter a bit when I go to reconstruct the story.

I would like to point out a (portion of a) review by V-ChanLSSJ:

"This chapter was certainly interesting. I might have read something similar about the scroll Sakura found that supplies the ability to contain and use the Sharingan, it sounds familiar."

Here's why I'm pointing this out: I feel as if I've read the idea somewhere else too. I'd love to say that the idea was completely original, but when I decided to include that as part of the story, it felt super familiar to me as well. I've been reading fanfiction for a very long time, and there is the possibility that I found that in another story years ago and subconsciously buried it. If I knew the story, or knew that the story existed with this idea, I wouldn't have put or I would have changed it a bit.

So my plea to reviewers: if you know what story V-ChanLSSJ and I may be thinking about, then please let me know. I do not wish to blatantly plagiarize ideas, even if it is fanfiction. At least that way, I can perhaps give the author credit for the idea. Then again, if I do find an author who had the idea, how do I know if they came up with it by themselves? There could be other stories out there with the same idea and I wouldn't want to credit one while not crediting the others. Huff, huff. It's a fickle world we live in. Anyway, let me know if any of you have any ideas.

Some people also were confused at the purpose of the Sharingan and introducing it to Sakura. For now, it has none. However, it is important for the sequel and it would make no sense to introduce it later. It fit well with what I was doing now. I'm sorry if that was very unclear. I hope I clear up some of that in this chapter.

Anyway, I'll stop yammering now and let you read. Thank you for reading and please review!

Nothing but the Truth

Chapter 16: Something Perfect

"I think our last kiss was meant to be quick and chaste, but after the first touch of his lips fire leaped up and roared through my belly. My fingers yanked him close, digging into his back, and his arms crushed me to him as if wanting to meld us together. I knotted my fingers in his hair and bit down on his bottom lip, making him groan. His lips parted, and my tongue swept in to dance with his. There was nothing sweet or gentle in our last kiss; it was filled with sorrow and desperation, of the bitter knowledge that we could've had something perfect, but it just wasn't meant to be."

-Julie Kagawa, The Iron Daughter

"Next week," she said definitely, looking over her notes in the dark cell, a small flashlight lighting the contents of her research.

Sasuke was propped up against the wall on his bed, eyeing her warily. Sakura had just spent the last hour probing his mind dutifully. This time, she hadn't been expelled when Sasuke had tried to force her out. She watched him transform as he fully succumbed to his curse seal. His usually deep, masculine voice was replaced with a hiss that made her skin crawl, and for the first time in a long time, she felt truly frightened of Sasuke. Even the day at the bridge, when he'd tried to kill her, she had never been so afraid of him.

Sasuke gave her a look, asking her what she meant. "I'll be prepared to separate Orochimaru from you next week," she explained. "I've been working for a month on a solution, and I think I figured out a way to do it. We won't know until we try, right?"

Sasuke shrugged. Sakura pursed her lips a bit, "Sasuke, I'm going to need Itachi to help me with the procedure."

Instantly, Sasuke stiffened and sent her a withering glare. "No," was his sort, angry answer.