『 Mistake 』

『 For The Better 』

02.09.19

2900 words

『 For The Better 』

["Having seeing so much will definitely change one. You won't be able to fix me, dear brother."]

I opened my eyes, blinded by the sun's light. I blinked and sat up, pulling my knees up to my chest, careful with my bandaged right foot. I then gently placed my left hand over to my left eye, getting a cool feeling from my said eye.

I don't really know what happened after I trapped the ginormous insect... but weird things are happening since. I've been having weird dreams since after the centipede incident. Things are often going strange around the temporary cottage tou-san built for me to stay in.

Tou-san's out and had something to do so he went away, assigning Shisui as my body guard while placing others around the forest for protection. He postponed the training for now, saying he has something to do back in his work. He took Inoichi-san with him too, so I don't really know where they're going.

Inoichi-san seemed so panic these days too. It has only been a few days after the Centipede Incident... I don't know what happened after I caught the king-class centipede in my trap-but it seems like it's enough to shake up the adults. Tou-san only said that I passed out after I trapped the said thing due to chakra exhaustion... but I doubt that. I'm sure something happened.

The jounins around me are definitely hiding their uneasiness behind their soft smiles. They would often avoid my gaze and just "observe" and "guard" from afar, like they're more afraid to me than anything else. When I approached one jounin and asked him why they're sometimes distancing away, he really wasn't sure and even questioned himself too.

"You up-woah...!" I heard a voice as the door slid open, making me to turn my head ever so slightly towards the person. It was Shisui. He's close to dropping the tray he's carrying. "Do 'ya know how to turn that thing off? It's cool and all but I'm never gonna get used to it." He pointed at his own left eye. I raised a brow.

Well, I'm not going to get used to your chatter-box, Shisui-nii.

I blinked at him as he snapped his fingers, a small mirror appearing between his hands before tossing the said item to me. I caught it, startled from the reflection that greeted me from the mirror.

A golden gaze.

I blinked.

It disappeared.

["You do not own that power. That power owns you."]

"... so yeah. That's why I'm here-are you even listening?" I heard the Uchiha sigh, "As I was saying, I'm asking you if you want to walk around a bit? Kuro-sama postponed your training but you could definitely use a walk. You have horrible dark circles under your eyes for your age-much darker than mine, seriously."

He placed a hand on his waist in a lazy manner, "You definitely remind me of a little crow back in my compound..."

My head feels light at the moment, so I kinda just nodded at him.