Scroll 2: The Third Uchiha [Naruto]

Chapter 19: The Uchiha Siblings [Naruto]

Sasuke

I caught Rin’s waist just pulling her from the grass ninja’s attack as we landed a few branches away. She had froze up, just like that and now, now I could feel her body shaking in my arms. I released her only to have her fall into me again.

“Rin…” I felt her hand gripping my shirt as her now dark eyes met mine.

“We have to go, w-we have to go now Sasuke, we have to get away. I-I we can’t beat him” I stared at her more in shock than anything else. She was afraid and I knew Rin, Rin didn’t feel fear or rather she never showed it. Not since she was a kid but now she was afraid.

“Smart girl, finally realizing the truth” I pushed Rin behind me and felt her grip tighten on my arm as the ninja approached us. Naruto had already gone down and Sakura was watching battle leaving Rin and I. Rin was afraid though and not just afraid but scared stiff, literally trembling in fear at this ninja.

“To bad the other brother isn’t here to protect her.” He taunted.

“No, no don’t listen to him Sasuke, please let’s just…”

“Rin, I have to protect you.”

“No, no you don’t…”

“I have to!” She fell silent then as I pushed her farther back and her grip released me. It was always Itachi, always Itachi that would risk his life to save Rin, to keep her safe; he wouldn’t even give it a second thought, he would die for her. That night I had ran from him, I ran with Rin but I never even once stood against him. It was Rin that had, Rin that tried to fight him to protect me. She refused to be afraid like I had been and now she was afraid. How could I ever face him, if I couldn’t even face this guy? I looked up at him activating my sharingan and noticed him smirk. I wouldn’t be afraid, I would win this.

Rin

I couldn’t even move. I was shaking too badly. Without Itachi around I had always been afraid, afraid of him. On more than one occasion in the Akatsuki he had tried to kill me, and take my sharingan. Madara never allowed him to train me alone. He may have hated me but he hated the idea of Orochimaru having the sharingan even more.

“Rin!” I looked up as a panicked Sakura pulled on my hands trying to get me to stand.

“Rin Sasuke needs you right now!”

“I can’t help him Sakura…”

“You have to!”

“I can’t! This guy, you don’t even know what he can do! We need to get out of…” I was shocked at first when Sakura’s hand struck my cheek the pain seeming to break through numbing feeling of fear.

“You need to snap out of it! You took Zabuza head on without a second thought and I know you can fight this guy to, you’re Rin Uchiha and your brother needs you!” I turned back staring at her for a moment. I didn’t know if I could do this. Actually I was almost one hundred percent sure I couldn’t but that hasn’t stopped me before.

“Just stand back.” I instructed her and noticed a smirk on her face as I reached for my Katana and got to my feet. I released a slow breath activating my sharingan once more. This was it. I back flipped off the branch as he walked towards Sasuke.

“Heads up!” I turned midair as he looked up and brought my leg down slamming it into face. I pushed off turning with my Katana and the sound of metal clashing rang through the area.

“So you’ve grown a backbone Princess?” I smirked slightly.

“And a wicked right hook” I turned slamming my fist into his stomach and he flew back slamming into the tree. I pulled the senbon from my hair and threw them hitting two point that I knew would paralyze him. I was in front of a moment later and slammed my Katana through his chest.