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Disclaimer: I do not own
Naruto. (Sasuke: Of course you don�t. I do.) Chibi turns to Sasuke. No,
you don�t, baka. Naruto passes by. (Naruto:
Anou sa� Why is there a fight cloud in here?)

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A/N: Chibi
dusts her hands off, smirking at a KO-ed Sasuke. Finally had this up� I�m
really sorry for the extreme delay, but I was really busy these past months� I
barely have time for myself lately� But what the heck�
At least I finished the chapter� which is, by the way, an uber
late birthday gift for Mel. Enjoy!

~*~

Filling
the Void

~*~

Chapter
11: Catalyst

~*~

Why?
Tears fell heavily, like
pearls from a necklace that abruptly snapped.
I hated you, too�
He had promised himself
years ago that he wouldn�t cry�
Please� Don�t die!
And yet he couldn�t stop
now.
Don�t leave me!
His chest was hurting, his
heart painfully clutched by an invisible hand; the torment seemingly lasting
forever� Pain unlike any other pricked his senses. Pain that was born of his
heart� The loss of something�he didn�t even know of what exactly. He was
falling, falling, deeply into the abyss of his grief.
Slowly, surely, the pain
went away as he fell endlessly in the dark. His eyes open, yet seeing nothing.
His ears straining yet heard nary a sound. He felt nothing, numb as though he
was the one dying.
And perhaps he was.
But
then�
�I�LL NEVER FORGIVE
YOU!!!!�
From the ashes, he rose. A
fire that had been long gone returned, carrying with it a feeling so intense;
so terrifying in its ferocity. Rage welled up and drowned him in its insane
fury, and he did nothing but embrace it as he faced the enemy, the limp form
still in the protective hold of his arms.
�I�LL KILL YOU!!!�
Sasuke had stopped
breathing.

~*~

It�s a shame, really.
To lose that life of his much too early�
�He landed a blow on me,
and without flinching, died to protect you. To protect a precious person,
knowing it was a trap, he was able to still jump in. He is a shinobi who
deserves respect.�
Haku dusted himself off as
he stood. He looked at the morose scene before him, a twinge of sympathy
jolting in his heart for the sweet boy he had met in the clearing.
�Is this your first time
dealing with the loss of a friend? Ah, but this is the way of the shinobi��
�Shut up��
The reply was
half-hearted, spoken as though the blond was not really there; yet somehow the
words poured out as naturally as it would have in any other circumstance. The
grief-stricken boy leaned closer to his comrade, his friend� And
stopped.
An explosion of heat
caught him unawares. It spiraled upwards, dancing
dangerously, licking at the ice mirrors, threatening their existence.
W-what?! This chakra
is�
The red chakra lashed out
in animalistic fury, thriving in taking its chaotic paths, reaching out to
destroy anything and everything.
It�s impossible for
chakra to change like this! And such an evil chakra�
Hissing sounds sizzled in
his ears. Haku�s attention was drawn to the wounds he had inflicted upon the
object of his surprise.
Th-they�re healing!
What is this boy�?!!
Slitted eyes stared into his own, a bloodthirsty red that held a lingering
promise of pain and death.
Right then and there, Haku
knew it was the end for him.
He fought back: attacked
and defended, but the actions were mechanical. They were no match for each of
the other�s passionate hits, fueled by such strong
emotions. At that moment, the drive and purpose of the blond far outweighed his
own.
He was ready, he supposed,
to die�
I cannot defeat this
boy, Zabuza-san�
His mask crumbled and fell
off, revealing a beautiful face marred by such a defeated expression.
He had failed.
He watched his opponent�s
fist approach.
�You�re from that time��
Surprised, Haku asked,
�Why did you stop?�
When Naruto didn�t answer,
he continued, �I killed your precious friend� Yet you can�t kill me?�
Naruto looked back at his
fallen comrade.
�Dammit!�
Haku picked himself up,
recovering from the punch.
�What happened to your
intensity? You can�t kill me with that��
�Can you understand the
pain of simply living? Zabuza has no need for a weak
shinobi. You have taken away my sole reason for existing.�
Naruto, of course, didn�t
understand.
�Why for a guy like that?
He�s a bad guy who takes money from a criminal! Is that eyebrow-less freak the
only important person to you?�
Haku retold his sad tale,
and the wounds he thought had healed reopened. However much he told himself
he�d moved on, the pain was still there. It had always been there.
�I realized the most
painful thing� that in this world, I am a person who is unwanted.�
He looked straight into
the eyes of the blond, recognizing the understanding in the depths of those
blue pools. Understanding that could only come from
experience.
�Naruto-kun� Please...
Kill me.�
Hesitation caused the
blond to not take action.
�I�m sorry that you will
have to stain your hands��
�Is� Is this the only way?�
�Yes.�
He watched as the other
boy slowly built his courage until he steeled his resolve.
�If we�d met under
different circumstances, we could�ve become friends��
Haku smiled, serenity
showing in his face as he waited for his end to come.
�Thank you.�
You will become strong.

~*~

�My future is death? Hn. You�re wrong again, Kakashi.�
Only his shinobi instincts
allowed him to utter those words despite the shock of it all.
�Great job, Haku��
He knew for sure, Haku was
dead by now�
�I sure picked up something
useful! Giving me this final chance!�
Zabuza readied himself to strike through
both his adversary and the boy.
His Haku�
He was torn whether to
feel angry or relieved when Kakashi decided to teleport himself and the boy
away from the threat of his mutilation.
Kakashi gently put the boy
down and closed the dead eyes, and the older shinobis
fought on, Zabuza wondering why he can�t even catch
up with the jounin. Kakashi had rendered his arms useless, only to find that
the bastard Gatou had planned everything all along.
�WHAT ARE YOU DOING,
YOU BASTARD?!!!!�
Zabuza turned his attention to the blond
boy who was being held back by his sensei.
�Say something too!
Weren�t you guys friends?�
�Shut up, kid. Haku is
dead.�
Still, the young one
persisted.
�Don�t you feel anything
at all? Weren�t you two always together?�
�I only used him, just as Gatou used me. I have no regrets.�
�Do you really mean that?
He really loved you that much! Do you really not feel anything?� Tears welled
up in Naruto�s eyes. �If I become as strong as you, will I really become like
you? He threw away his life for you!�
The dull ache in his heart
pulsed stronger and stronger at each of the boy�s words. He felt his control
slipping�
�Without his own dream� To die as a tool� That�s just too sad��
It became too much for
him, and he succumbed to the urge to grieve.
�Kid,� he swallowed the
lump in his throat, �You don�t need to say any more��
He allowed himself, just
that once, to let go of his emotions.
�You may be right, kid� A
shinobi is still a human. We may not be able to become emotionless tools� I�ve
lost.�
Yes, he had lost
everything. But he wouldn�t go down just like that. He was the Demon of the
Mist, after all.
�Kid, let me borrow your
kunai��
Gripping the weapon with
his teeth, the Demon once again proved his prowess, plowing
through hundreds of hired killers just to get to Gatou
and cut his head off.
This is goodbye, Haku�
Thank you for
everything.
I�m sorry�
His weakness became his
strength. The loss of his loved one served as the catalyst to his rage. To
finally come to terms with his true emotions at a time like this� Fate was just
too cruel.
Beaten and unable to move,
he laid on the ground. Seeing Kakashi, he gave his final request.
�I want to see his face��
�Sure.� Kakashi carried him
to where Haku was.
Gratefulness shone in his
eyes. �Thank you� Kakashi.�
He turned to his side,
staring at the deceptively serene face.
You�ve always been by
my side�
I�d like to be by your
side at the end�
He raised his hand to the
other�s face, stroking the younger one�s cheek. He spoke out loud, hoping that
Haku would somehow hear him.
�If I could� I�d like to
go to the same place as you��
Snow fell on Haku�s eye
and melted; the water flowing down his cheek as though he was crying tears of
joy and acceptance.
Finding an odd sense of
peace in his heart, Zabuza breathed his last.

~*~

Two weeks
had passed� Two weeks since the event that clearly marked a significant growth
of Team Seven as ninjas, as individuals and as a team. And now they found
themselves standing over the graves of their former enemies, paying their
respects.
�Kakashi-sensei��
The jounin looked at
Sakura�s back as the girl called his attention.
�Were these two correct
about ninjas?�
She voiced her doubts; the
beginnings of the hard acceptance of a cold truth.
�A shinobi isn�t supposed
to pursue his own goals, and becoming the country�s
tool is most important. It�s the same for Konoha��
The unusually quiet blond
spoke up, �Is that what it really means to become a true ninja?� His tone was that
of distaste. �You know what? I don�t like it!�
Sasuke seemed to be
curious as well, Sakura noted.
�You believe that, too?�
he asked his teacher.
�Well, each and every
ninja has to live while dealing with that issue��
Silence met Kakashi�s
reply. Sakura honestly didn�t know what to say to that. Her na�ve perception of
the world and her role in it was shattered so abruptly. She was sure this was
just as well with her teammates.
�Che. I�ve just decided.�
Sakura blinked at that.
She wondered what the dobe was on about now.
�I�m going to be a ninja
in my own way!�
She didn�t quite
understand the way she felt about Naruto right then. She had to admit, he was
surprisingly mature for the most part of the mission. Her distaste for him and
his behavior had significantly lessened since that
time when they were training. For him to lower his pride and
ask for advice? For him to care, even for his enemy? For
him to say something like that with full conviction?
There must be more to
him than this�
Sakura realized.
She resolved to try to get
to know him better; he was still, after all, a teammate. She would never look
at him as she does at Sasuke, but to be friends with him could be nice.
The next day found the
team and their hosts at the bridge, saying their goodbyes.
�Thanks to you, we�ve
completed the bridge� but this is super sad�� said Tazuna.
Polite when needed,
Kakashi answered, �Thank you for everything.�
�Don�t worry! We�ll come
to visit!� Naruto piped up.
Inari�s shoulders started to shake.
�Y-you�d better��
�Inari! You�re sad, right? It�s alright to cry!� Sakura noticed
that Naruto said his bit louder than he intended.
�I�m not going to cry! But
Naruto, you can cry, too!�
Naruto turned and started
to walk away, leaving nothing but a half-hearted, �Fine�� and, �Later�� to the
child.
Geez� They�re like twins�
The kunoichi
sweat-dropped, seeing that both were trying to cry soundlessly. But she smiled
at the change in the little boy.
The change that was
caused by Naruto�
She tuned out whatever it
was Naruto was saying as soon as she caught sight of the ever-brooding Uchiha,
walking alongside their sensei. She blushed, all thoughts zoning in �Kyaaa! Sasuke-kun!� mode.
�Sasuke,
how about a date when we get back?�
Well, old habits die hard.

~*~

�YAY! LET�S GET HOME FAST SO I CAN HAVE RAMEN WITH IRUKA-SENSEI!!!�
Kakashi grinned at the
blond�s mention of his lover. How he would love to have a homecoming party�
His happy crescent eyes
focused on his now sharingan-wielding student, noticing that he was brooding
more than usual.
Hmmmmm�
Kakashi made a quick
review of the events in the past three weeks, deducing that Sasuke probably had
issues about what he did back when he thought Naruto was going to die by Haku�s
hand.
So, he was finally
forced to admit it to himself�
Nothing like a
life-and-death situation to act as a catalyst to a chemical reaction such as
one�s feelings�. Things should be a bit clearer to Sasuke now, but confusion is
inevitable at such an early stage. Things were fragile as of that moment.
However, it was really too
bad for Sasuke that his jounin sensei decided to make a hobby of picking on him
when it came to his love life. If asked why, the masked nin
would probably say something along the lines of, �Because I can.� He could even
supplement it with a reply of, �And because it�s a great stress-reliever.� But he would probably end up with a statement much like, �You
should try it!� with a deceptively innocent smile under that blue piece of
cloth.
�Oi, Naruto� It�s my
treat, remember?� the scarecrow said cheerfully, draping an arm about
orange-clad shoulders.
�Oh
yeah!� Naruto
pumped his fist in the air, �That�s even better!�
Kakashi spied on Sasuke
from the corner of his eyes.
Twitch. Twitch. Twitch.
He smiled to himself. He
could already feel the stress siphoning off from his person.
Ah, the simple joys of
life�

~*~

A/N: I
know, I know�
You guys are gonna say that this is not really that much of an update, but this
slow build-up is very important for the foundations of this fic� And yes, I
will stick to the original plotline most of the time. I intend, however,
to tweak some facts and events along the way� Some minor, and probably a few
major ones� So it won�t be completely predictable. Chibi winks.

~*~

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Thanks!! Sorry for the slow update� Lemons will come in the future, but it
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goes all sentimental too. I�m sorry if I update slowly� Sadly, time has
been scarce lately, as well as inspiration� But don�t worry! I will definitely
see this story through, however long it takes. Chibi
smiles. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, too. See ya!
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