Uchiha Sasuke

For a few seconds, all I can hear are my harsh loud breaths. Then I feel him shift behind me, though the blade is still pressed against my neck.

"Who are you? How do you know my name?" he says, and somehow hearing his voice, so close, so... So alive makes my heart beat louder.

This is him... Sasuke, he's actually here!!

And he's trying to kill you, my brain retaliates.

Right.

"Sasuke, I can explain everything... but right now, we have to go," I say, my words are hardly comprehensible since I'm still heaving from all the running.

"She's right... I can sense a few troublesome chakras," says a voice from the shadows... and I smile as I recognize it.

"Is that you, Suigetsu?" I scrunch my eyes and can make out a vague silhouette in the darkness.

"You know me? Are you one of Orochimaru's annoying experiments?" He says, showing his face finally.

I huff out a breath." Of course not. And you're one of his experiments, so you're one to talk"

He laughs and holds my chin. "Aren't you an interesting little girl.?"

Sasuke didn't say anything but did not make an effort to let me go. Now that I think about it, he's the only one who's considering me dangerous, he's the only person who isn't underestimating me. I could already see him trying to figure me out.

"Suigetsu's existence is not known to many, only selected associates of Orochimaru. And you were able to find one of his most secluded hideouts. How? What is your connection to him?"

"Baka" I shout, my mind still reeling from the fact that I had the guts to call him that.

"I'm telling you, I'll explain everything, but right now Konoha's Anbu is chasing after me so-"

"Konoha," he growls, and I instantly regret my choice of words. "I don't have anything to do with them. Come on Suigetsu, we're leaving"

"Stop ordering me around" Suigetsu counters, and Sasuke loosens his grip on me. They start walking away and that's when I realize what's happening...

"Hey, wait a second, you're taking me with you, right?" I say as I trail after them.

"Why would I do that?" Sasuke regards me coldly and I try my best not to cower under his harsh gaze.

"Because I can't take out an elite Anbu team on my own!" I say, looking for something that can help me convince him. "You need to protect me, Sasuke"

"I don't even know you. And why are the Anbu chasing you anyway? What crimes did you commit?'

"Nothing!" I say, and he stares at me. I sigh, "I guess you could say, criminal by association..?"

"Who exactly did you associate with ?" Suigetsu asks, and I throw my head in my hands.

"The Akatsuki..." Suigetsu whistles, but I observed a slight stiffening in his demeanor. The Akatsuki are the most feared organizations of this age, but Sasuke still remains indifferent.

Ahh... Why is it so hard to read him?

I can't figure out what's going on in his head. How else can I convince him?

I could beg for their help, but I doubt that'll make a difference. Plus, there was a part of me that didn't want to seem weak and pathetic in front of Sasuke. Especially Sasuke.

Come on, I say to myself. I can do this, he's just a year older than me, I won't let him intimidate me like this. I may not have power in this world, but I do have something only I can use.

I clench my fists. Here we go.

"Uchiha Sasuke, I'm not exactly from this world. I have no recollection of my past life, but somehow I know exactly what's going to happen to this world." I hold his stare and grip his shirt.

"Do you get where I'm going? I know what happens in your fight with him." I didn't need to say who him was. His eyes widened and I knew he understood.

"I betrayed the Akatsuki, Konoha's after me... if you leave me here, I'm going to die no matter which path I choose." Even though my situation is desperate, I still don't show it, trying to stop my voice from shaking.

All three of us freeze as we hear footsteps along the dark corridor.

The Anbu is here.

"Why did you betray the Akatsuki?" Sasuke asks, and I sigh.

"To get to you."

The footsteps are getting closer and I realize that I'm just endangering Sasuke as well. If the Anbu get him, they'll definitely arrest him... and according to the timeline, he should be forming the Taka, going after Karin. That's a major turn in the series of events. My meddling with the present can cause this world troubles in its future. I close my eyes.

This is not how I wanted things to go. But when do they ever?

Too late now.

I turn to face Sasuke, looking into his eyes, that beautiful cold face of an avenging angel.

The face of the person I loved and would die for.

I smile and poke his forehead with my fingers.

"Sorry Sasuke... maybe next time," I say, and see his eyes widen in recognition of those words, but before he could say something, I turn and run into the passage straight towards those footsteps.

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The pain in my right arm is unbearable, and the burns over my legs, make me want to scream. I was about to when I noticed something.

Oh no.