The Sage's Daughter (Naruto Fanfic)

Chapter 15 - Calm Before The Storm

Chapter 15

Recap

Sasuke smirked against my lips at my shocked expression and slowly pulled away, lingering there for a second as though to tease me. I stared up at him, my cheeks feeling hot and stuttered as I spoke, "W-what..?" "What's wrong? Never been kissed before?" His voice was low and even if you weren't looking, you could tell he was amused by my reaction.

Snapping out of it, I forcefully ripped away my wrists from his grasp and pushed at his chest, making him fall off the sofa. Just as he was going down, he tugged on my arm and I fell with him. "Oof!" Was the noise we made at impact with the floor. Well, he made impact with the floor while I made impact with his chest.

Blushing, I stumbled off of him and to my feet before running upstairs to find the spare bedroom, not even sparing the Uchiha a glance as I'd only be embarrassed further.

My mind was filled with crazy thoughts. The main one being 'What's wrong with me?'

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I hadn't came out from my room for over an hour now, knowing the reason why but not wanting to admit it. As soon as I got to the guest room, I'd slammed the door shut, placed a random chair against it so that no one (Sasuke in particular) would be able to get it and sat myself on the bed to thin; I was determined to not leave the room until I knew what was going on with me.

Ever since the forest of death, something's been going on between Sasuke and I that I've no resolve to get rid of. At first, I had thought that it would leave by itself but it hasn't and has only grew further. 

From downstairs, I could hear the faint sound of someone moving around - Sasuke. I wondered what was going through his mind when he did what he did; what was going through his mind now. I knew that he had confidence in himself, but never would I have thought that he would dare to kiss someone. Not when he was so detached from everyone and everything with only the goal to defeating his brother. That got me thinking even further into it; what if this has caused the future to change. What if I cause Sasuke to stay- 

I stopped there, knowing that nothing and no one would ever be able to get Sasuke's heart back on track. There was just too much darkness and hatred spurring his vision. This darkness and hatred would only continue to grow as the days went on... 

I don't even think I want to be hear to watch it happen, even though I could stop some of the worst situations from occurring. 

Keeping my ears away from the noise, I though deep and hard about my situation, my face was probably scrunched up, causing beads of sweat rolled down my temple. By the time I'd gotten back from my thoughts, I noticed that the sky was already darkening. Night time. And Dante was not even back yet. Thinking back to Dante, I wasn't used to him having so many bad moods in a week. Back on earth was he at least tolerable when he was upset - as soon as something was wrong or on his mind, he made sure to tell me. However, since coming here he hasn't really been himself. 

With a sigh, I stood up and leaped from the window with a single destination in mind. Sure I was that Dante had also gone there because of how much peace it would give us. 

It had taken longer than expected to jump across the rooftops and all the way to the other side of the village. But, the point for tonight was to do things slow and calmly. Since coming here there has been a bit too much fighting and not enough calmness. First Zabuza, then the main antagonists of Naruto and finally the chunin exams - which was all but finished. There was only so much that Dante and I could take before we went crazy. I knew that Dante must have been feeling the same as me and all his frustrations had bottled up only to be unleashed earlier on. I didn't like fighting with him - he was my best friend after all- but sometimes even the best of friends fight with each other.