Uchiha Prodigy 2: Taka Revenge

We hate you Sai

It has been about 15 minutes since my team -and Sai, who I refuse to acknowledge as a member of my team-had departed from the gates of Konoha. It'd been a silent walk, consisting mostly of Tariq glaring at Sai. I had tried to get him to stop multiple times, telling him he looked gay, but he'd only flick my ear and continue his glaring contest. Eventually I just left him alone.

I caught Sai looking at me, and I raised an eyebrow. He only looked away from me, a smile on his lips.

I rolled my eyes. I knew that his smile was nothing but a fake.

Sai finally noticed Tariq glaring at him, and he looked at him with a blank gaze. "If you keep looking at me... I will hit you," Sai stated simply.

"SAY WHAT!? I'm not scared of you, believe it!" Tariq announced, shaking a fist in the dark-haired boy's direction.

"Look, I don't have anything personal against you... I'm just trying out a certain personally type," Sai explained.

"Yeah, well, you're doing a crummy job! Believe it!" Tariq countered. "We don't need someone like you on this team! We'd be perfectly fine without you!"

"Tariq, enough!" Captain Yamato interrupted. "Sai is your teammate, now. You're going to have to learn to trust each other. I know Kakashi taught you better than this."

"No! He's not one of us!" Tariq shouted. "The fifth member of this team... Is Honozi Uchiha! All this loser will be... Is a Honozi wannabe! He will never be our teammate!"

"... Fine by me," Sai replied easily, smiling his fake smile. "The last person I'd ever want to be compared to... Is some traitorous cockroach... Who left his village, his friends, and his girlfriend... Joining Orochimaru all for power, seeking things to satisfy his revenge-obsessed idiocy."

I felt a growl creep up my throat, but Tariq beat me to it. "How dare you...!" He said stepping forward, ready to hit Sai.

Anzu surprised us both by putting her hand out in front of Tariq, stopping him. "Look, no matter what the two of you think..." She began. "Sai, Tariq doesn't know you that well yet. He shouldn't judge you. I'm sorry. Please forgive him.

My eye twitched at her. She was just going to let it go?

Captain Yamato sighed in relief, muttering something about there being at least one level-headed person on his team.

"Fine by me," Sai said easily. Anzu smiled at him.

Then, out of nowhere, she punched him in the face, making him skid backwards and fall on his butt.

Captain Yamato stared at her, completely shocked. I, on the other hand, had never been more proud of her. I was even tempted to start cheering her on.

"I don't care... If you forgive me," Anzu growled, glaring harshly at Sai. "Next time you bad-mouth Hono... I won't hold back!"

"Heh... Okay... I'll shut up," Sai said, smiling as he wiped blood from his mouth. "That was a clever use of a fake smile... I'll have to remember that. Although... It never really seems to work for me."

His inky gaze fell on me. "No comments? I figured you would have punched me by now. I did, after all, insult your ex-boyfriend," he said.

I gritted my teeth. "Well, looks like I know how to walk away when I should," I Spat. "You're not worth it." Captain Yamato again sighed in relief, and Anzu and Tariq stared at me as if I had gone insane.

"I heard about you, you know," Sai continued. "The orphaned Takeda Princess who was the most promising member on her team. Abandoned by the one person she trusted more than anyone else... But what was there to expect from a revenge-obsessed traitor? Tell me, Minxie... Did it hurt when he left? I could only imagine the pain you went through. Knowing that Honozi knew what he was doing, that he hurt you and left you, all for power... It must've been pure torture. Especially having the realization that he never loved you."