The Path of Light (Book One of The Choice Of An Uchiha)

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~Sasuke~

When I woke up I found myself in a hospital bed with a sore neck.

'Stupid Kakashi.'

I instantly lifted myself up with one hand and used the other one to touch the mark I now had. Kakashi may have sealed it but I knew it was still there, tempting me.

The power I had in the Forest of Death, and even in the preliminaries was immense, and I loved it.

~*~ Forest Of Death ~*~

"Sakura!"

That was the first thing I heard, Ino's annoying voice screaming out for my teammate. 'What's going on?'

"You have such long and pretty hair. Maybe if you had spent more time training and less time shampooing then you wouldn't be in this situation."

'What Situation? Where is Naruto and Alai?'

"I can't be weak anymore! These boys need me!"

I tried to move my body to help with whatever was going on, but the pain refused to let me even open my eyes. It was pissing me off to no end when I suddenly heard a whisper in the back of my head.

"Use it."

'Use what?'

Before the voice could speak again I heard another voice from the apparent battle in the forest, Choji Akamichi.

"If your all they have left, then where is Alai? I don't see her."

"You mean that girl? I killed her before I came after you, didn't put up much of a fight." An unknown voice called out. There were a few gasps in the area but I no longer cared.

'He...Killed her?'

'Use it.'

'...How'

~*~End~*~

That was when I lost control, sort of. In a way I couldn't move my own body or even register what I was really doing. I wasn't fighting it, the power I felt was so amazing that I didn't want it to leave. Even when I tried to rip the Sound Nin's arm off for telling me Alai was dead and that he hurt Sakura, I just didn't want it to fade.

When the Sound Shinobi admitted he lied about killing Alai I didn't calm down. I wouldn't be calm, not even when Sakura wrapped her arms around my waist and begged me to stop. But then her voice rang through my head.

~*~ "We're friends right?" ~*~

I cursed that memory I had of her, the little girl in my room who reminded me of Alai, the time when we were sparring and Kakashi had to break us up. For some reason they made freeze both times.

'But why?'

I didn't like this feeling she created within me. This idea she put in my head, with all that nonsense of 'having friends'. I wasn't entirely sure what it exactly was, but I knew one thing.

It wasn't hate...

And hate is all I know, it's all I need to achieve my goal.

'But if it were true, then how come I had to keep telling myself that?'

'Alai is just some annoying girl who I got stuck with because of Kakashi. Nothing more.. right?'

I shook my head quickly and cursed. "Right."

"Right what?"

I looked up to find none other then my trainer Kakashi Hatake standing in the doorway with his stupid closed eye smile.