The Snake Reaching for the Moon

Chapter 4

After Kakashi's fight with Zabuza, your team stayed at Tazuna's house as you waited for Kakashi to recover.

Naruto: Umm...(Y/n)?

The blonde crawled over to you as you sat in the corner of the room.

Your (E/c) eyes shifted to him without saying a word. He seemed a bit nervous instead of his usual active self.

Naruto: Uh...It's not that I mean to say anything bad, but...from the way you were talking before I thought you had fought against guys like Zabuza before so I just wanted to make sure you were ok.

(Y/n): I'm fine don't worry. If anything else happens you can count on me.

Sasuke: Ha, tough talk from the guy who froze up while Naruto and I helped Kakashi.

Your eyes narrowed at the Sasuke as he mocked you.

(Y/n): This is my first time as a member of a team in years. After I showed my dad I could handle myself without any help, all of my missions were solo. The only reason I froze up was because I had to follow Kakashi's orders after years of being free to do whatever I wanted.

Naruto: Oh, I see so that's what happened. Sorry I doubted you, (Y/n). No, wait! It's not that I doubted you I was just checking if you were ok!

Sasuke: Heh, sounds like an excuse to me.

(Y/n): I don't care what it sounds like to you. Especially since you were about to kill yourself back there before Kakashi called out our names.

You lifted your head, smirking at him as you reminded him his own cowardice.

Sakura: What are you talking about (Y/n)?! How dare you make that up about Sasuke just because you didn't do anything.

(Y/n): Am I lying Sasuke? Then please tell me, why did you turn your own kunai to yourself back in Zabuza's mist? Was that the first time you felt real killing intent?

Sasuke clutched his hand tightly and bit down on his teeth.

Naruto: Sasuke...is that true?

Sasuke: Shut up loser! I don't need to explain anything to any of you!

He stood up and walked past you to leave the room.

Sakura: Sasuke, wait. I'll come with you.

She said, desperately getting up fast enough to run after him.

(Y/n): There's no shame in trembling at someone else's bloodlust. Zabuza is a different type of shinobi than what you saw back at your academy. I was afraid the first time I felt someone wanting to kill me and I was blind at the time.

Naruto: Huh, (Y/n) you were blind? What happened?

He asked, ignoring Sasuke's tantrum and showing his interest in you.

(Y/n): Oh, don't worry. It was from a surgery my dad did on my eyes when I was little. I'm fine now, see.

You lifted up your eyelids to show Naruto as he examined your (E/c) eyes.

Sasuke: I am nothing like you! I've trained too hard to simply freeze up like that! Those things shouldn't happen to me!

He pounded the wall next to him as he shouted at you and Naruto who were already moving on.

(Y/n): Hahaha! Are you serious? There's no such thing as someone who's prepared for everything. It's how you adapt that shows your true strength. I can tell you now and you can ask Kakashi later, no mission and defiantly not every fight will go according to plan. If you're not ready for that you're doomed to fail.