Kiss of the Sharingan

You're still here

Tell me who I am
Tell me what I'm hearing
Is it God or man
Leads us to our fate
Darkness turns to light
While my soul is healing
I know I must fight
This war deep inside
It's my heart calling
It's my heart calling
It's my heart seeing
What it wants to see
It's my heart crying
It's my heart flying
It's my heart trying
To set me free

Chapter 4 you're still here

The ravens filled the air of the clearing and flew in
circles, while the few of them, flew chaotically; they
made the typical sound of the group that gathered
and that noise hurt Sasuke's ears. He gritted his
teeth enraged and shouted
"Show yourself!"And he looked around, looking for
the blond, knowing that he was still close. He
turned to look behind, narrowing his eyes and saw
his former teammate's face emerge from the air,
as it formed from the few ravens that merged with
each other. It caused the face to be seen only
partly, as here and there were feathers, and the
wings and tails of these birds still moved, overall
making him cringe at the picture. He wondered
how he was caught in this illusion if he was using
his own doujutsu, and noticed that the red eyes of
the blond no longer had black dots in them, but
the mangekyo Sharingan, in the shape of shuriken,
that Itachi used to have. These eyes gazed at him,
almost sadly, and he wanted to hurt him, to make
him feel pain, and to take those eyes away,
because they were not his.
He activated his mangekyo too, and attacked with
his blade, covering it and himself in lightning, as
he rushed to the side and pivoted on his left heel,
swinging the sword horizontally. It was stopped
with the same kunai, which was now covered in
the thin layer of the wind chakra. It didn't budge,
as if the sword was a mere stick that had no sharp
edges, and the strength behind it was nothing but
the push from a child. Sasuke glared at the blond
who fully emerged from the illusionary ravens and
pushed with all his might, trying to prove that he
was stronger. The blond merely observed him as
very slowly, his gaze was turning hateful too, and
their battle of stares began.
"You traitor…"Hissed Sasuke, baring his teeth,
almost like a snake, that was ready to bite and
poison its prey or attacker. His former teammate
responded to it with a whisper, that had more
hatred and pain in it than it ever did.
"You, murderer,"
Simultaneously they pushed and parted their
weapons, only to swing with them once more,
creating a loud clang. Sasuke pivoted on the left
heel again, but this time to hit the blond's head
with his right leg, only for it to be blocked with
Naruto's right hand. He scowled at it and gritting
his teeth visibly, bent his right knee and lowered
his leg to hit the blond in the guts with a foot. It
was caught and sharply turned, causing the
avenger to fall and roll on the ground. He quickly
stood up and started to make hand seals, inhaling
deeply, before blowing out the wide fire ball, that
covered one third of the clearing easily.
In the smoke that it created, he couldn't see if it
reached the target, but something just told him,
that it didn't. Maybe it was the confidence that his
former teammate sported, or just a feeling, but he
knew he didn't even scratch him. He narrowed his
eyes, seeing that the few ravens that were still
flying above, merged together, forming the blond,
who landed on the ground on his feet and faced
him. From the inside of the smoke, the blond he
fought walked out, without a hint of being touched,
and stopping beside the second Naruto, faced him
too.
"Clones…" Realized the black haired teen and
scowled, hating the fact that Naruto preferred to
fight him with copies of himself, instead of facing
him himself. It was insulting, because it looked
like he didn't think that Sasuke was strong enough
to having to be fought by original. He bared his
teeth in anger and concentrated on his body, which
after quicker than before, he moved and attacked
the clones, curving like a snake and avoiding any
hits with fluid moves. In a quick motion, his sword
pierced one of the clones through the stomach, as
the second was immobilized by the snakes that
encircled his ankles from under the ground. But
before the second clone was destroyed by
Sasuke's sharp blade, he managed to cut Sasuke's
shoulder, making it bleed. In the puff of smoke the
avenger looked left and right, and his bangs
shifted, raised by the wind. He put his sword on
his back, under the lilac sash, that was made of
rope, and turned around, looking for the true
Naruto; fisting his hands in anger he spoke,"I
suggest you fight me yourself, instead of wasting
chakra,"
A moment later the blond started to emerge from
under the ground in front of Sasuke and the black
haired teen glared at him, seeing the body slowly
rise above the earth. He focused his chakra on the
illusion of the blond being pierced in lungs, heart,
sides, back and hips with sharp, black, tinted red
feathers, and almost felt pleasure at the sight he
himself created, but the blond didn't even react to
it, continuing to stand and gaze at him with
emotion hidden behind the coldness; and then the
feathers strangely slid down, turning into dark red
snakes, that crawled to Sasuke's feet and turned
into red, sticky, bloodied ropes that mercilessly
encircled his knees and wrists; the ropes pulled
him down to the ground and he pulled them up
using all of his strength, not willing to fall; he
wanted to gag at the amount of blood and the
stains it left on his hands, and pulled himself out
of genjutsu, sweating with the effort. He panted
and looked up, only to see his former teammate
stand in front of him untouched, unscathed, and
what was even more insulting, calm and relaxed.
There wasn't even the drop of sweat on him and it
was hurting his pride. He was composed as if this
fight didn't mean anything, and Sasuke was just a
child, that the blond let get close and play games,
for his own amusement.
They stared at each other with Naruto keeping all
of his feelings inside, while Sasuke's gaze was
hateful, and unable to keep his emotions controlled
Sasuke attacked the blond with his fists.
Shikamaru landed with Inoichi in the clearing and
his eyes went wide seeing the corpses; bloody
bodies of anbu, and shockingly, the Hokage. The
white mantle of the leader of the village stood out
mockingly against the background, dark, dirty,
dusty and red. He looked to the right and saw
Sasuke's companions stand at the edge of the
scene not moving. Their gazes met, and he glared
at the frowning swordsman, known now to him as
Suigetsu. Inoichi observed them too, and they did
not move to attack. At their puzzled expressions,
Karin spoke adjusting her glasses.
"Sasuke-kun asked us not to interfere in his fight,"
Shikamaru blinked and turned to look ahead, where
in some distance, were seen the best friends, and
now, enemies, fighting each other in a hand to
hand combat. The day turned evening, and the lack
of light didn't let the spectators see the details,
but when the opponents were close enough, they
could hear them.
The raven haired teen's fist hit the ribs, and his
elbow hit the chest of the blond, pushing him.
Naruto stopped the next hit catching the right fist
in his own right, and left in his left, crossing their
hands, which after he pulled Sasuke down and his
raised foot hit his stomach, and releasing Sasuke's
arms, he kicked him in the face, throwing the
teen's head back. Sasuke felt the taste of blood in
his mouth and knew that now on his jaw formed a
large bruise; he turned in his fall to roll on the
ground, instead of falling on his back, and quickly
stood up, unsealing shuriken from his wrists and
throwing them in direction of the blond. He
skillfully dodged and in the back of his mind
Sasuke wondered how strong the blond was. Was
he on par with Itachi? Or Itachi was stronger?
The black haired teen reached for his sword and
attacked again, now faster, with more effort and
strength behind each move he made. The blond
blocked his swings with kunai, and seeing the
opening, hit him with the elbow. Surprisingly,
Sasuke turned into the mud, revealing to have been
a clone, and Naruto looked behind from the corner
of his left eye, waiting for his opponent to appear.
Then, for a moment, his vision was covered in
black, and his reflexes forced him to block the
punch, aimed at his side, and dodge the swing,
that could cut off his arm. He released himself
from illusion in time to see the sword descending
down to cut him in half from above, and acting
quickly turned to the side, only to feel that his legs
were caught in a wire, and the avenger put the right
foot over his from behind and pressed the sharp
edge to his neck ready to cut it.
Sasuke's left arm held the blond in a dead grip,
but Naruto still seemed to be coldly calm, as if he
expected it. Irked by it greatly Sasuke narrowed his
eyes and hissed. He barely controlled his anger,
and knew it would only take an inch, a slight move
of his wrist to kill the blond…
"How could you… you keep saying that you're my
friend… that you want to save me… to help me…
and yet… right behind my back… you… fuck… with
him…"His grip tightened and became painful and
he shook with fury, speaking in a hoarse voice,"…
what have you done… to him? You… manipulated
him… you used him… how smart of you, Naruto.
You… you betrayed me. You lied to me. How… how
could you… kiss his hands?"
The blond scowled and threw his head back to hit
Sasuke's face as his elbow hit him in the ribs,
pushing him back. Naruto's red eyes that were
spinning wildly became framed with the red
eyelids, and he slowly turned around, to look at
Sasuke who tightly held his sword at his side and
was looking down on the ground, panting in anger.
"How could you, kiss the hands that killed my
family, my parents… How could you?!"He shouted
looking up and trembling with emotion.
On Naruto's face was a sad expression, and he bit
his lip as the tears threatened to escape his
eyes,"I loved him,"He whispered. He watched his
friend grace him with nothing but fury and hatred,
as his body was ready to attack and kill, to
destroy. "And you… you killed him, Sasuke,"He
continued, and one salty drop slid down his left
cheek, trailing between the lines that decorated his
face. A grimace formed on Sasuke's face, and his
body started to cover with small shining sparks of
his element. Above them in the sky appeared the
dark storm-clouds and was heard the thundering,
indicating the closing in storm.
"I am glad I did,"He answered with venom, and he
raised his head, looking down on his former
teammate, now burning with disgust at the
memory, where he saw them together…
"So much hatred…"Whispered the blond narrowing
his moist eyes. Sasuke called for the lightning and
almost roared, when he ran to shut this mouth up;
he raised his arm to swing the blade and caught
the lightning, that suddenly descended from the
sky and connected to him through the metal of his
weapon and he prepared for the swing that will kill
this traitor once and forever and expected the
blond to evade, but when he got close enough to
him, Naruto stood still, and then, his right arm
calmly rose and bent, when he hit Sasuke on the
side of the head with the back of his hand. The
move of the arm was simple, fluid and easy, while
the force of the blow was so great, that it made
Uchiha fly horizontally across the clearing, severing
his connection with the storm, and making him hit
the tree with the grunt. Not even a second later,
the blond was above him and raised him by the
neck up, pressing him to the trunk of the tree.
The new witnesses of the scene, Tsunade and Ino,
who barely was able to keep up with the Godaime,
stared at it with shock, and the girl wanted to run
to stop the blond, not wishing for any of them to
get hurt, when she was stopped by Tsunade's arm
on her shoulder. They caught the sight of the
bodies on the ground, and loudly gasped.
The right hand of the blond squeezed the pale neck
tightly, and Sasuke raised his arms to stop it, he
gripped the arm but could do nothing, the hold
was too strong.
"Tell me, Sasuke, what is it, that you truly hate? Me
…betraying you, with your brother, or me… being,
with your brother?"The blond asked in a soothing
whisper, gazing at the struggling Uchiha.
"You… kissed… his fucking… hands…"Sasuke
managed to take out, trying to free himself from
the grip. At his speech the blond tilted his head
slightly, and curiously looked into Sasuke's eyes.
"Ah… are you jealous, Sasuke?"He inquired softly,
like Itachi would do. Sasuke widely opened his
eyes to stare at him and then glared with passion,
recognizing the manner, in which the blond spoke.
"Maybe… you hate the fact that it was me, and not
you,"The blond continued, leaning closer to
Sasuke's face,"that it was me , who forgave him,
instead of you,"The blond tilted his head to the
other side, observing Sasuke,"Or maybe… you hate
me for being closer to him than you, ever could?"
Sasuke shut his eyes not willing to show his
emotions, but he wanted to scream, to shout so
loud so that someone would finally hear him, hear
his pain, that he held inside. He just didn't want to
admit it to anyone, ever, even himself, that he felt
this, that he couldn't understand this.
"Tell me, what do you have, Sasuke? His three,
most powerful techniques? How wonderful,"Naruto
smiled,"Well, sorry to disappoint you, but I… have
all the rest. I, have everything , so your three nice
powers, aren't impressive much,"He said with a
slight shrug. And then his left hand rose with a
kunai, the same he had from the beginning, and he
played with it, before his body tensed, and his cold
gaze pierced Uchiha.
"I hate you for killing him, Sasuke,"The blond said
lowly,"Do you share that hatred with me?"He asked
softly, pushing and pulling Sasuke's nerves and
strings further, wishing to break him, to hurt him,
and remind him, of what he did,"I want to hurt you
so much…"
"Let me go… you fucking traitor…"Muttered the
avenger, desperate to be free and tired of being
held in the grip. The blond leaned closer to his
face, and examined it.
"Me, traitor? Look at yourself, Sasuke,"He replied
sadly,"Look at you…"He repeated to himself. "You
are so much alike… on the surface,"He started;
sounding almost fascinated, and looked at
Sasuke's eyes. "And yet… there's nothing
resembling him inside,"He continued bitterly, and
the eyes he stared in filled with pain, and sorrow,
and Sasuke didn't want to, but agreed, even though
no word left his mouth,"I want to kill you. To have
my revenge… and yet I can't,"Naruto said, leaning
to whisper in Sasuke's ear,"…because I swore to
protect you, otouto, and I will,"He almost
embraced Sasuke with these words, but then his
left hand pierced, through Sasuke's skin, plunging
the kunai in his stomach, causing the black haired
teen to soundlessly scream, and then grunt and
hiss with pain,"After I get over my hatred for you,
that is,"the blond finished, twisting the knife before
pulling it out; he let go of Sasuke's neck,
uncaringly grabbing his white shirt and putting,
almost throwing him on the ground on his back.
"I believe you can take care of the rest, Tsunade-
sama,"The blond spoke turning to the woman,"I
don't want to see his face for now,"He added,
leaving the scene with the cold look. The
spectators stared at his back with shock as he left.
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