Entangled

Bleeding - Chapter Thirty One

AN - Finally an update XD Midterms are done and I have survived lol. I ended up rewriting what I had for this chapter. Hopefully it's better but if not oh well lol. Big hug to everyone who has been voting, commenting, reading and saving this story to their reading list ❤️❤️   And I'm glad you like darker themes as much as me 😈 

Bleeding - Chapter Thirty One

A few kilometres outside of the gates of Konoha, Sasuke huddled against the far wall of a secluded cave. The strong December wind whistled past the lip of the cave, nipping at his skin as it blew up the ankle of his baggy pants. The cold air tangled with the heat of the small campfire he had set to warm the air.

His red, unblinking eyes stared out of the cave, not truly seeing what was in front of him.

"Sasuke..."

His hand fisted as his arm rested against his bent up knee.

"Sasuke..." Her final call echoed through his mind.

He could see her face as a perfect image in his mind; his Sharingan replaying clips of her voice, her smile, her blush, that pouting glare every time he succeeded in crawling under her skin.

"Sasuke... I made a mistake." The scenes merged to one. As his heart clenched his jaw followed, trying to repress the familiar darkness oozing from the back of his mind.

"What happened after I left?"

"I made a mistake."

Sasuke's hand darted out, the side of his fist slamming into the stone wall behind him.

"You're still so foolish, little brother."

Sasuke's widened eyes narrowed. His mouth, parted in surprise, flattened as it pulled into a smirk, "I finally found you."

Nothing reached Itachi's expression, "No matter how far you come, you see so little with those eyes. They're truly wasted on you."

"My eyes are finally like yours," Sasuke growled. "I did what you said, used my hatred. Harboured it all and unlocked their full power. Now I'm going to use them to kill you."

Sat along a sturdy branch, Itachi looked down his nose at his brother, as uncaring to the threat as a lion to a hissing stray cat. "But what did you sacrifice to come here? Playing into the hands of your enemy. You're a disgrace to the Uchiha name."

"Hinata can take care of herself."

"I care not about the girl," Itachi's coarse voice monotoned as he looked away, staring off into the horizon. "Though I do find it interesting how much you over estimate her skill. Does it make you feel better about your own weakness, little brother?"

Sasuke's nose scrunched in anger, baring his teeth as his upper lip curled.

"Tobi is not someone she can yet beat."

A hole opened up in Sasuke's stomach. He swallowed. Gritting his teeth together, he reached back for his katana. It slid out of its sheath with a hiss."I don't care. I'm finishing this." He couldn't move forwards until he ended this.

Itachi didn't move an inch from his perch, "Today is not the day this ends. I now have a mess to clean up."

"You're not going anywhere," Sasuke growled. He leapt towards his brother, a lightening blade of chakra leading the way to slice through Itachi.

The Itachi on the brach morphed into a murder of crows. Their sharp caws pierced Sasuke's ears as they dispersed through the forest.

"Do you want to know the truth?"