Mᴀᴅɴᴇss | Sᴀsᴜᴋᴇ Uᴄʜɪʜᴀ

Chapter Six

"Naruto." Sasuke repeated coldly.

"It's you. It's really you!" Naruto released Mei and took a couple of steps towards Sasuke, pushing the girl aside gently. His soberness came back, and mind cleared in an instant. Did Sasuke always have that effect on him?

"What do you want?" Sasuke asked upfront, sending the blonde a heavy gaze,

Naruto looked back into Sasuke's dark eyes. The tension in the air could be cut with a knife. Mei felt out of place. All she wanted that moment was to disappear and never come back to face either of them. She roamed her mind for a good explanation, but there was nothing. She tried to step between them, but Naruto moved her aside once again.

"Sasuke, it is really you. I've been looking for you for so long...we all have," Naruto finally said. He finally got a hold of his emotions and tried keeping them in hand.

"I told you not to." Sasuke retorted coldly. The glaring completion continued.

The feeling of awkwardness was growing in the girl's chest. Slowly, slowly she started moving away from the two but Sasuke grabbed her hand and yanked her back. "Where do you think you're going?" he snarled.

"Well you know...I thought...you two wanted to be alone, this is a private conversation. I am not needed here, so...I'll go and make some tea." Mei made another attempt to leave but Sasuke's grip tightened on her hand. She winced in pain. Mei glared at the Uchiha and tried to pull her hand back.

"You are hurting her." Naruto took a step closer. The kindness disappeared from his eyes, quickly being replaced with a threat. A smirk played in Sasuke's lips. "She doesn't mind."

"Actually, I very much do mind." Mei hissed through her gritted teeth and pulled her hand away as hard as she could. Smirk faded from Sasuke's face as he released her. The girl glared at the two men and marched away into the house kicking the door closed. "Idiots," he exclaimed throwing her arms in the air. "Absolute silliness,"

"What is your relationship with her?" Sasuke question as he looked at the closed door. The thought of Mei and Naruto together was unsettling, yet he could not place why. He did not expect Naruto to answer but he did anyway. "There is no relationship between us." He said. "Not on emotional level at least."

"What does that supposed to mean?"

Naurot raised his eyebrows. "Does it bother you?"

"It does not, but I don't want any interference until our deal with her is over." Sasuke spat back.

"Deal?" Naruto looked at him suspiciously. "What deal?"

"I see it as none of your concern."

Naruto furrowed his eyebrows. All this time he wanted to see Sasuke. He wanted to speak to him, but now that the raven-haired guy was in front of him, he was not sure if he was happy.

meanwhile

Mei poured herself a cup of tea and sat at the table. She opened the book where she kept a thorough track of every herb she came across. Her eyes scanned the lines but none of the information was getting to her brain. She could not concentrate. As the girl brought the tea to her lips, she realised how much her hands were shaking. "Ugh, this is not good." She stood up and rushed to one of the shelves. She opened a small box and took out three small yellow pills. Mei placed them in her mouth and swallowed them quickly without any water. She let out a sigh and closed her eyes. "I don't want to deal with this." She mumbled. "I really don't want to."

Kuro walked towards her and rubbed his soft face on her leg. Mei smiled and kneeled to pet the cat. "You are right Kuro. Thank you."

A loud crash behind the closed door made the girl jump to her feet and rush outside. She stormed out to find Sasuke and Naruto standing a bit further away from her house. The two glared at each other heatedly. Their aura around them was changing drastically, becoming more dangerous and suffocating.