тяαηѕρσятєd [Reader x Various]

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  It's been three months. Never a moment passed during those three months that Naruto wasn't thinking of (Name). Where she was, if she was alright, what she was doing...it dwelled on his mind like a leech. Naruto paced his room, until the door swung open with a crash. "NARUTO!!" It was Sakura. She was huffing furiously, and grabbed Naruto by his collar and threw him to the ground.

"Sakura-chan! What're you doing?!" A tick mark formed on her forehead.

"Don't 'Sakura-chan' me, you idiot!" She fumed. "I'm tired of you pouting in your room all day! This is not like you at all!" She swung her hands around in fury. "What happened to the Naruto who never missed training or missions?!"

"Sakura-chan..." Naruto was surprised by this Sakura. She always got mad at him and was tossing punches at him, but he could tell she was really mad this time.

Looking at the way Naruto was looking at her, Sakura closed her eyes and pressed a finger to her temple. "Naruto. We are training with Sai today with Yamato. Get up and join us." She began to walk out, but not before she added venomously, "and don't be late." With that, she slammed the door. Naruto sat on the floor dumbfounded. He took a breath, and realized how pathetic he was being. He wasn't like this when Sasuke left! So why...

He rubbed his eyes and got up with a stretch. He had training to do.

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"Sasuke sure is in a high state of pisstivity lately." Suigetsu mused as team Hebi sat by a campfire roasting their dinner. Well, everyone but Sasuke. Sasuke was somewhere else, being gloomy on his own. Typical Uchiha thing.

"Oi!" Karin pointed at Suigetsu with her hotdog on a stick. "Sasuke has a reason to be upset!"

"Because of his Nii-san problems, or because he was beaten to a pulp by that cat dude?" Suigetsu stuffed a hotdog in his mouth. Karin made a face. "Or," He started with his mouth still full. "Is it because (Name) is gone?" Karin's eyebrows twitched.

"Don't be ridiculous! Don't you remember the first thing he said when we found him?!" Karin yelled, and Suigetsu rolled his eyes. "He said, 'I am going to kill her'"

"Stop fighting, you two." Jugo said. His deep voice caused silence between them. Only thing that kept the silence broken was the crackling and popping of the fire.

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Sasuke sat in a tree, away from the rest of the group. He had bandages covering the left side of his face, and around his torso. His teeth were clenched. He lifted his hand to graze the bandage that covers his left eye...or lack thereof. That man...that thing...stole it from him.

"You fool," The mask said to him. "You think you can beat me?" He towered on top of the Uchiha who was trembling with anger. The masked man liked to think that it was fear instead. He chuckled, "You must be out of your right mind to think you were going to take her life." 

The Uchiha spat blood, and it splattered droplets of crimson on the white cat mask. He wiped it off as if it was a speck of dirt. "She took away my only chance of killing my brother...!" He roared, and struggled to get up but the masked man held him down.

"She tried to tell you her reasons, did she not?"

"THEY WERE LIES!"

"Do you have the right to make that assumption?"

"What are you...of course I do!"

"Either way," The man chuckled menacingly. "You should know that I still must not let your actions go unpunished..." Sasuke narrowed his eyes at him.

"Your eye will be very useful to me..." He began to reach down to his left eye. Sasuke dodged by moving his head back and forth, but the masked man gripped his chin, and with his other hand, he put his fingers to Sasuke's eye. Sasuke was scared, and he didn't want to admit it.

He screamed.

Sasuke yelled in anguish. He was going to kill him...and (Name).

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"Whiskers~" (Name) cooed. Menma grumbled.

"(Name), you already know my real name...why do you keep calling me by that weird pet-name?"

"Oh, come on! You know you like it~" She teased. She wasn't wrong. Of course Menma liked it, he dreamt about spending this kind of time with (Name) for a while...like the old days. He shook his head from the thought. He needs to focus on the here and now.

"Well," Menma purred. "I guess that means that it is entirely fair for me to give you a pet-name as well." He flashed a wicked grin. "Red." He said. (Name) stared blankly.

"That is a lousy nickname!" She blurted.

"I don't think so...after all...It fits you very well." He said seductively, pointing to her red pendant. "Not only that, but it will be the color of your face after this..." His lips pressed against hers, and he pulled her closer to his body. (Name)'s face turned a deep red. Menma smirked against her lips. "I told you," His lips trailed down her neck, giving her butterfly kisses. She gasped and pushed him away forcibly. Her eyes were teary, and her face was scarlet. She took a shaky breath.

"I hope you know I can't stay here forever," She had finally said what had been weighing on her mind for a while now. It was Menma's turn to stare blankly. He knew he had gone too far. He shouldn't have...he should've known...something like this would happen if he had done that. Still, he did it because he needed her and he couldn't keep it hidden in him any longer. "I don't want to stay here."

"The price you must pay to bring her to this dimension..." 

His head throbbed.

"...you must not get to close to her and keep her at a distance..." 

His heart ached.

"...or else risk being resented by her."

It was happening.