Someone you loved

Chapter 10

Hey, everyone! I've finally had time for an update and now that we have a lockdown again, new chapters will come faster. 

I'd really like to know what you think about the story so far, so leave a comment, please!

Question: So, KakashixChiasa is obviously the main paring with NaruSasu as side pairing, but what about Sakura? 

I thought either GaaSaku or SakuIno or just leaving her single, what do you think? I'm also considering ItaKisa in later chapters, but let me know what you think.

Stay all safe and healthy and inside!

 Stella xx

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Chiasa didn't wake gently like she had done once a very long time ago, but instead like a shinobi: one moment out in blissful ignorance, the next fully alert, sharingan eyes taking in the foreign room in a fraction of a second and only slightly relaxing when she noticed Sasuke – her precious, beloved little brother, her anchor, her last sanity – next to her bed, looking up at her through worried-scared eyes.

"Nee-san," the boy whispered hoarsely, eyes glazing over with unshed tears.

Without thinking, Chiasa pulled her brother into her arms, ignoring the way her entire body protested in utter agony, how the aftereffects of chakra exhaustion made her feel more fatigued than usual, pressing desperate kisses on his forehead and hair.

"You're okay, you're good, you're alive, I'm here..." she muttered frantically, the fear that had been overshadowed by anger breaking to the surface. "I'm never leaving you alone again, Sasu. I swear by Amaterasu I won't leave your side again. I will not lose you too."

The Uchiha Clan Head would never admit that it took her almost half an hour before she was ready to let go of her brother, and even then, it was only because she could feel the chakra signature of the other shinobi in the house moving towards their room.

Chiasa scanned her brother again only to bite her lips harshly. She didn't know how she could have been so out off it as to not notice that her little brother was hurt, the way he hid his arm behind his body from her rang every alarm bell in her head. A coldness clutched her heart and panic flowed through her veins as she tried to desperately keep her composure, lest she'd break down again.

"What happened?" she growled, harsher than she had meant to, but right now it took all of her strength to keep the rising panic at bay.

Sasuke chanced a glance at his bandaged wrist – Haku had given him some herbs to ease the pain and help with the swelling – before taking his sister's trembling hand into his uninjured one.

"I'm okay, Nee-san," he told her insistently, his dark eyes trying to convey that he was truly okay, that he wouldn't simply disappear into thin air, that he would not leave her alone. "It happened in our first fight against Zabuza, Kakashi-sensei was caught by Zabuza, and Naruto and I were a distraction whilst Sakura freed Sensei and I wasn't careful enough. I..."

Suddenly, the room door opened, and a silver-haired head glanced warily inside, eyeing the Uchiha siblings tensely.

There was nothing Sasuke could have done to prevent the next events, other than putting himself into mortal danger so his sister's focus would be on him again, but he doubted that would be helpful in this situation.

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Her brother's voice had calmed the raging fire inflamed by fear when a flash of silver invaded her sight, and it was like something inside of her snapped.