By : Kanae
Pairing : SasuKarin
Genre : Hurt/Comfort - Romance - Drama - General
Rating : PG (with bits of language here and there)
Status : Ongoing
Author’s Notes : I swear that this will all make complete sense when the story ends. Really. Just deal with me for now, yes?♥ And speaking about making sense; the (oh so very long) title of the story will start making sense next chapter. For real.
Also, special thanks to the wonderful Alicia , who was kind enough to beta-read this chapter ♥
CHTevious scream, But she still Needed to talk-she Needed to ask her, to ask Sakura, 
Because
- "Shhh, it's okay, hold on" Sakura coos softly, Before Leaving her side for a moment to Reach Out to Karin's table by the bed, serving some water on a glass Bringing It Carefully And Then Towards Karin's lips, using her hand to prop Other her friend's head up so That She Would not choke. The cool sensation of the Water Against her lips felt like life
, and Karin drank it all with an eagerness That She Did not Even Know She Was capable of. Because - "Shhh, it's okay, hold on" Sakura coos softly, Before Leaving her side for a moment to Reach Out to Karin's table by the bed, serving some water on a glass Bringing It Carefully And Then Towards Karin's lips, using her hand to prop Other her friend's head up so That She Would not choke. The cool sensation of the Water Against her lips felt like life
Sakura giggles. "Slow down or you'll choke, Karin" Karin knows Sakura That is right, But she Can not really do anything to stop herself fromWere her senses still Trying to pick up family and That Certain chakra.
"N-no" Karin Utters finally, a feeling of dread Beginning to swell up inside of her as her senses But Continues to Reach out to no avail. Where Could They've put him? Sakura blinks with confusion and Gives her a curious look, and Karin's throat Begins to hurt again as she forces herself to continue her speech. "I meant ... where is ... where is
Sasuke?" The effect
That Have her words on Sakura is immediate, and Karin watches in mute horror as the curious smile turns to grimace Into Before finally slipping down her face, her green Darkening eyes with shadows That Were not There before. Suddenly, it gets harder to breathknows it, she has known it from the start, and she doesn’t want to hear it because hearing it will make it
true
and—
and
— ‘
Close your eyes, Karin
’ “Sasuke-kun is… Sasuke-kun is dead” ‘
…See ya
’
Karin shuts her eyes close but her efforts to hold the tears back are futile and they begin to leak out, quiet sobs assaulting her body as she bites down on her lip, trying to hold them in. And Karin cannot understand how the pain of this loss can be
so strong
—strong and overwhelming enough to the point where she thinks she might pass out from it.
- CHTMHTMLXC But she could deal with that just fine, it’s been a month, so she has had time to get used to it and now she can’t even remember a time when that ache wasn’t a part of her.
She tries not
to remember those times, because when she does, the ache worsens to the point where her vision blurs and her throat throbs and she’s swallowed down into her own little world where all she can see is Sasuke’s fading out and all she can feel is his lips and his fingers slipping away
and —
Enough
.
Karin claims forcefully, her voice breaking through her thoughts and stopping them before they could descend into a spiral of pain and heartbreak.
Once she’s sure that she haThat made the small arms on her arms stand on end.
She just isn't sure
remove What It Was That froze her in Such a Way, Perhaps It Was I emanate the aura in Those rare occasions When I ACTED as Not Only But the Hokage
Looked the part, too. Or Perhaps It Was the historical Things looming behind blue eyes, the Things That I Kept shielded MOST of the time.
Just like her. Or Perhaps it
Had Been His genuine desire to help. Karin
Did not Know Then, and now she Does not Know, But It Was That she knows it thanks to She Was That She Was WHERE now, walking-through the busy districts of a Konoha That Was Almost Fully Back On Its Feet , finally ready to move Into the apartment thaHad Naruto t found for her.
Really, with the way I treat Sakura and Naruto, Would one think they're my
-
twinge Karin's senses and her Thoughts fade away as her eyes widen to impossible lengths. Her legs stop halfway through to step and her left hand Does not make it to remove her glasses, Which Needed To Be straightened. But Karin has lost the Ability to move, Because she could've sworn That -she could've sworn
That, for the briefest of moments, out of nowhere, a new chakra Had joined the ones moving-through Konoha. That chakra
And she WAS one Would Have Been Able to Recognize anywhere, Regardless of the distance, Regardless of the time passed. It Was a
chakrat be "
That Are the words leave her lips in the form of a trembling whisper filled with Nothing But disbelief.
'm Imagining Things I'm Imagining Things I am
-
But Loses the battle and logic in Sale less than the blink of an eye Karin has Turned around and is running as fast as her numb legs carry her dog, Going Towards the direction she felt the chakra WHERE WAS congregate as if she Were Following a thread That She Could not remove see.
(Red one )
-
She Takes five minutes to Reach the place and With Each Second That Passed Karin half Expect the chakra back to fade away Into the nothingness Where It WAS supposed to be.
words over.
“As if… there’s a chance of that” She bitterly mutters, and before her fears can catch up to her again she rounds the corner and runs down the hall.
What she sees makes her stop dead in her tracks one more time. There’s a kid dressed in blacks and beiges kneeling down on the ground with his back turned towards her, quiet and choked sobs assaulting his little body. And there on his back, clear for her to see, was the one symbol that she thought had been lost forever.
A fan, drawn with reds and whites, symbolizing the clan that was both a blessing and a curse. The clan who had been completely wiped out in one single night, and whose only three survivors had dropped dead one after another, until even the very last one had been sent to the grave.
And she had been there. There when that had happened. She had seen him, slipping away, fading away into nothingness. So then, why —? Why was this kid wearing it? And more importantly, why did his chakra feel exactly like Sasuke’s? “H-hey…” She calls out before she can even realize what she was doing, and she watches transfixed as the boy’s back straightens, revealing a head full of black hair stylized in a variation of an all too familiar hairdo.
And then his head turns until he is facing her, and Karin’s breath gets caught in her throat. The boy couldn’t be older than eight years old, but there wed like it, this wasn’t product of her imagination.
It was really happening, somehow.
And the kid was waiting for a reply. “I… I’m Karin. How did you get here?”
His eyes only narrow even further at hearing her words, and his expression looks almost insulted to her.
“What do you mean how I got here? I live here!” He stood up in such a sudden movement that Karin almost gave a step back out of reflex, his eyes flaring up with an inner fire that Karin thought she would never see brightening those obsidian eyes again as he yelled out, motioning around him with his little arms, “What happened?! Who did this to the compound?!”
Karin parted her lips once, twiWAS on finally getting the best of her. She Had Been pushed to ride a roller coaster of emotions Against her wishes, and she has Had enough of it. She Wants Out, now.
"I mean That You're supposed to be dead, Sasuke!
Fucking
dead! "
The boy reacts as if I Had Been Physically slapped, and Karin Begins to rethink her outburst events Before The kid's obsidian eyes begin to tremble, only to Be Followed By His shoulders, Until I lowers" His face down , hiding her eyes from historical expression.
"... I know that" and I bitterly whispers, and Karin Can not help but blink, the anger fading away like a cloud Being pushed by the breeze.
"... Huh?" "I know that ... I Should Be ds her to UNDERSTAND that matters even more Were Complicated Than Thought She Had. This kid-
this
version of Sasuke-Had I just gone Through the pain of losing historical clan.
How Can This be ... events happening?
A part of her conscious perplexed Attempts to ask, But after a moment of turmoil Karin choose to ignore it. She Has Had Enough of answerless questions. It Was
time to face facts INSTEAD, pero They Were unexplainable. "Hey ..." She whispers softly as she Reaches him, Hesitating for a moment Before Attempt to crouching down to look him in the eye. The kid notices Though her intentions, and I turns away and shields His Eyes With His forearm in reply, making Karin frown and her lips curve downwards into what could have passed for a pout. However, when she speaks, there are no traces of annoyance anywhere in her voice. “Hey, stop crying. You hate to cry, don’t you? So why don’t you stop?”
“S-shut up…” The boy mutters in response, and Karin breathes in deeply before reaching out and delicately prying his arm away from his eyes. The boy attempts to resist, but Karin is stronger, and she can read his movements with ease, so she takes a hold of his other hand before he can attempt to shield his face with it.
“Hey, kid, look at me” He doesn’t comply, so Karin tries again, with a stronger voice this time. “Sasuke, look at me”
The name connected to the kid in front of her leaves a fow this is happening, Sasuke, I'm as confused as you are. But the Sasuke I know-the Uchiha Sasuke That Died by my side was my age "Silence befalls upon Afterwards Them As They stare Into Each Other's eyes, she, Trying to make it clear stating That She Was Nothing But the Truth. He, Trying to find anything That Would allow him to restate historical Claim That It Was all a lie.
Their silent battle goes on for eternity for What Seems Like Karin, But Then I lowers "His face Until His Obscuring His Eyes Were bangs from her view. Karin But Did not Need to See Them as She Could discernible That Was the turmoil swirling inside historical chakra, So Many Conflicting emotions coexisting in Ways That Should not Be possible, so Karin That His Head Does not Doubt That WAS spinning in the same ways hers had when she first laid her eyes on him.
“… You’re lying” He whispers finally, and Karin sighs, releasing his hands.
“I wish I was” The red head mutters as she stands up, and the boy raises his face to give her a demanding look through narrowed eyes, but Karin doesn’t bother to reply to his unasked question. “Come on, let’s go”
“What? Where ?”
“I’m taking you to the Hokage” Karin says simply, unaffected by the annoyance and attitude emanating from the young boy. “Perhaps there someone will be able to figure out what the hell is going on” “And why should I go with you, huh? Why should I trust you? I don’t even know who the hell you are!” The boy snarls, and Karin gives him a nonchalant look that makes the anger falter behind his obsidian eyes.
“But I know who you are. And,
probably
—I know you better than you yourself do right now”
She heaves in a sigh when she sees shock drawing itself once again across his face—where was her usual expressionless Sasuke when she needed him?—and without waiting for a reply the red head turns her back on him and begins to walk towards the exit of the what used to be the Uchiha compound. “Hey! Where are you going?!” The kid calls out, but she doesn’t turn around. “
Hey
!!”
“I can’t force you to trust me, kid. But I can tell you someth
Close your eyes, Karin
’ “Sasuke-kun is… Sasuke-kun is dead” ‘
…See ya
’
Karin shuts her eyes close but her efforts to hold the tears back are futile and they begin to leak out, quiet sobs assaulting her body as she bites down on her lip, trying to hold them in. And Karin cannot understand how the pain of this loss can be
so strong
—strong and overwhelming enough to the point where she thinks she might pass out from it.
- CHTMHTMLXC But she could deal with that just fine, it’s been a month, so she has had time to get used to it and now she can’t even remember a time when that ache wasn’t a part of her.
She tries not
to remember those times, because when she does, the ache worsens to the point where her vision blurs and her throat throbs and she’s swallowed down into her own little world where all she can see is Sasuke’s fading out and all she can feel is his lips and his fingers slipping away
and —
Enough
.
Karin claims forcefully, her voice breaking through her thoughts and stopping them before they could descend into a spiral of pain and heartbreak.
Once she’s sure that she haThat made the small arms on her arms stand on end.
She just isn't sure
remove What It Was That froze her in Such a Way, Perhaps It Was I emanate the aura in Those rare occasions When I ACTED as Not Only But the Hokage
Looked the part, too. Or Perhaps It Was the historical Things looming behind blue eyes, the Things That I Kept shielded MOST of the time.
Just like her. Or Perhaps it
Had Been His genuine desire to help. Karin
Did not Know Then, and now she Does not Know, But It Was That she knows it thanks to She Was That She Was WHERE now, walking-through the busy districts of a Konoha That Was Almost Fully Back On Its Feet , finally ready to move Into the apartment thaHad Naruto t found for her.
Really, with the way I treat Sakura and Naruto, Would one think they're my
-
twinge Karin's senses and her Thoughts fade away as her eyes widen to impossible lengths. Her legs stop halfway through to step and her left hand Does not make it to remove her glasses, Which Needed To Be straightened. But Karin has lost the Ability to move, Because she could've sworn That -she could've sworn
That, for the briefest of moments, out of nowhere, a new chakra Had joined the ones moving-through Konoha. That chakra
And she WAS one Would Have Been Able to Recognize anywhere, Regardless of the distance, Regardless of the time passed. It Was a
chakrat be "
That Are the words leave her lips in the form of a trembling whisper filled with Nothing But disbelief.
'm Imagining Things I'm Imagining Things I am
-
But Loses the battle and logic in Sale less than the blink of an eye Karin has Turned around and is running as fast as her numb legs carry her dog, Going Towards the direction she felt the chakra WHERE WAS congregate as if she Were Following a thread That She Could not remove see.
(Red one )
-
She Takes five minutes to Reach the place and With Each Second That Passed Karin half Expect the chakra back to fade away Into the nothingness Where It WAS supposed to be.
words over.
“As if… there’s a chance of that” She bitterly mutters, and before her fears can catch up to her again she rounds the corner and runs down the hall.
What she sees makes her stop dead in her tracks one more time. There’s a kid dressed in blacks and beiges kneeling down on the ground with his back turned towards her, quiet and choked sobs assaulting his little body. And there on his back, clear for her to see, was the one symbol that she thought had been lost forever.
A fan, drawn with reds and whites, symbolizing the clan that was both a blessing and a curse. The clan who had been completely wiped out in one single night, and whose only three survivors had dropped dead one after another, until even the very last one had been sent to the grave.
And she had been there. There when that had happened. She had seen him, slipping away, fading away into nothingness. So then, why —? Why was this kid wearing it? And more importantly, why did his chakra feel exactly like Sasuke’s? “H-hey…” She calls out before she can even realize what she was doing, and she watches transfixed as the boy’s back straightens, revealing a head full of black hair stylized in a variation of an all too familiar hairdo.
And then his head turns until he is facing her, and Karin’s breath gets caught in her throat. The boy couldn’t be older than eight years old, but there wed like it, this wasn’t product of her imagination.
It was really happening, somehow.
And the kid was waiting for a reply. “I… I’m Karin. How did you get here?”
His eyes only narrow even further at hearing her words, and his expression looks almost insulted to her.
“What do you mean how I got here? I live here!” He stood up in such a sudden movement that Karin almost gave a step back out of reflex, his eyes flaring up with an inner fire that Karin thought she would never see brightening those obsidian eyes again as he yelled out, motioning around him with his little arms, “What happened?! Who did this to the compound?!”
Karin parted her lips once, twiWAS on finally getting the best of her. She Had Been pushed to ride a roller coaster of emotions Against her wishes, and she has Had enough of it. She Wants Out,
"I mean That You're supposed to be dead, Sasuke!
Fucking
dead! "
The boy reacts as if I Had Been Physically slapped, and Karin Begins to rethink her outburst events Before The kid's obsidian eyes begin to tremble, only to Be Followed By His shoulders, Until I lowers" His face down , hiding her eyes from historical expression.
"... I know that" and I bitterly whispers, and Karin Can not help but blink, the anger fading away like a cloud Being pushed by the breeze.
"... Huh?" "I know that ... I Should Be ds her to UNDERSTAND that matters even more Were Complicated Than Thought She Had. This kid-
this
version of Sasuke-Had I just gone Through the pain of losing historical clan.
How Can This be ... events happening?
A part of her conscious perplexed Attempts to ask, But after a moment of turmoil Karin choose to ignore it. She Has Had Enough of answerless questions. It Was
time to face facts INSTEAD, pero They Were unexplainable. "Hey ..." She whispers softly as she Reaches him, Hesitating for a moment Before Attempt to crouching down to look him in the eye. The kid notices Though her intentions, and I turns away and shields His Eyes With His forearm in reply, making Karin frown and her lips curve downwards into what could have passed for a pout. However, when she speaks, there are no traces of annoyance anywhere in her voice. “Hey, stop crying. You hate to cry, don’t you? So why don’t you stop?”
“S-shut up…” The boy mutters in response, and Karin breathes in deeply before reaching out and delicately prying his arm away from his eyes. The boy attempts to resist, but Karin is stronger, and she can read his movements with ease, so she takes a hold of his other hand before he can attempt to shield his face with it.
“Hey, kid, look at me” He doesn’t comply, so Karin tries again, with a stronger voice this time. “Sasuke, look at me”
The name connected to the kid in front of her leaves a fow this is happening, Sasuke, I'm as confused as you are. But the Sasuke I know-the Uchiha Sasuke That Died by my side was my age "Silence befalls upon Afterwards Them As They stare Into Each Other's eyes, she, Trying to make it clear stating That She Was Nothing But the Truth. He, Trying to find anything That Would allow him to restate historical Claim That It Was all a lie.
Their silent battle goes on for eternity for What Seems Like Karin, But Then I lowers "His face Until His Obscuring His Eyes Were bangs from her view. Karin But Did not Need to See Them as She Could discernible That Was the turmoil swirling inside historical chakra, So Many Conflicting emotions coexisting in Ways That Should not Be possible, so Karin That His Head Does not Doubt That WAS spinning in the same ways hers had when she first laid her eyes on him.
“… You’re lying” He whispers finally, and Karin sighs, releasing his hands.
“I wish I was” The red head mutters as she stands up, and the boy raises his face to give her a demanding look through narrowed eyes, but Karin doesn’t bother to reply to his unasked question. “Come on, let’s go”
“What? Where ?”
“I’m taking you to the Hokage” Karin says simply, unaffected by the annoyance and attitude emanating from the young boy. “Perhaps there someone will be able to figure out what the hell is going on” “And why should I go with you, huh? Why should I trust you? I don’t even know who the hell you are!” The boy snarls, and Karin gives him a nonchalant look that makes the anger falter behind his obsidian eyes.
“But I know who you are. And,
probably
—I know you better than you yourself do right now”
She heaves in a sigh when she sees shock drawing itself once again across his face—where was her usual expressionless Sasuke when she needed him?—and without waiting for a reply the red head turns her back on him and begins to walk towards the exit of the what used to be the Uchiha compound. “Hey! Where are you going?!” The kid calls out, but she doesn’t turn around. “
Hey
!!”
“I can’t force you to trust me, kid. But I can tell you someth
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