The Sharingan's Voice

Chapter 4 Sharingan Kakashi and the Consequences

Sakura ran up to the shaking body, she recognized this look, this behavior. The young man was going into shock.

"Hey, Tatakai! Snap out of it." She grabbed onto his shoulders, wanting to shake him. He recoiled violently, slapping her hands away. Breathing hard, he was clawing at the grass with his fingers, but his gaze was focused again. His breathing slowed down after a while. Just then he shifted position, relaxing slightly. Finally he rose his head once more, scrutinizing Kakashi, who had covered his eye again, not having anticipated this reaction.

Sakura just stood there, observing what was happening. She was trying to understand what was going on, Kakashi surely hadn't used any weird Sharingan based Genjutsu on him?! She had only briefly read about those, but she'd never seen Kakashi do anything like it before. Her attention snapped back when Tatakai finally sprang to his feet, he looked like he was about to kill, however, after a moment he simply turned around.

One moment he stood there, the next he was gone in a blur. The killing intent everyone had felt was gone too, he really had disappeared from the site.

Sakura stopped. "What the hell just happened?" Kakashi was still looking at the place Tatakai had disappeared from. "Kakashi, what did you do? What is going on?"

"Apparently he panicked upon seeing my Sharingan" Kakashi said calmly. Sakura knew, calmness and cheer was his way to cope, but it still irritated her to no end.

"You didn't use any Jutsu on him then?"

"I didn't."

"So the Sharingan freaked him out? Does that mean he is familiar with it?"

"well, he looks old enough to have encountered it before..." Sai said as a matter of fact. The others had joined up.

"It did look like trauma, but it surprises me honestly, he seems quite strong a ninja otherwise, sure, the Uchiha clan doesn't exist anymore, but to have such a strong weakness, if found out like now, it's a danger I wouldn't imagine he'd just do nothing to overcome."

"Well, he'd have been a child when encountering it, right? Maybe he forgot until now? If the memory was so bad, he might have suppressed it successfully." Sai said, his picture book in mind.

"I don't know."

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Sasuke had to remind himself strongly, why he had to refrain from going to the Uchiha compound. This was why he found his way to the Hokage Monument to cool off there. He knew, he had to refrain from destroying anything, so he simply went through his sword form, trying to focus on that only. Of course it didn't work.

That man had the Sharingan. A Sharingan. He definitely wasn't an Uchiha though... Why? How? He positioned himself again, going through the same steps for another time, trying to utilize maximum power into the slash, but not losing balance afterward. He closed his eyes, mapping out the series of Kata he'd go through after another, preparing for the quiet deadly dance. He was surprised no one had interrupted him yet, they had left him alone. People usually grew suspicious from such a reaction, and he had expected some kind of check up,... but nothing had happened yet. He turned and swung the blade, switching hands, eyes still closed, he could feel some Chakra signatures afar, but none he recognized, and no one was approaching either. One never knew though, he'd absolutely not be surprised, if a blade suddenly met his own. He ran forward, to where he believed was a tree, eyes closed, solemnly relying on his memory, He jumped and ran up the tree, flipping backward to meet the ground.

It reminded him of Itachi... Itachi, who had finally trained him after killing his whole family. Finally, after they'd had a conversation about hatred and praise just days before. Sasuke had thought about that many times. Itachi must have known already what he was going to do, though Itachi had never ever confirmed nor denied any guesses Sasuke had brought up. He'd always redirected his attention the same way.