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The Canalized River	By : susanna Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 944 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Laran: Thanks for your comment! And,well, yeah, Sasuke... he is
a bit special. But I like him and I don't think he is as broken as most people think he is.

Chapter
Three: Karin's Story

For
a while they sat silent, each of them following their own trail of
thought. Then Karin picked up her bag, searched it for some minutes
and retrieved from it the feather she had found in the cave. It was
no longer black and smooth, but crumpled and grey, and remained like
this even though she tried to smoothen it out again, attaching each
of the feather's tiny branches to its neighbours.

„I
have been thinking about it all evening“, she said. „Strange
chakra and a raven's feathers. It were not only you and your
brother's kagebunshin in that cave – that's why we came to look
for you. Did you not notice anything?“

„No“.
Admittedly Sasuke had not paid attention to anything except Itachi.

„A
raven perhaps?“

„There
was one sitting on Itachi's shoulder. I thought it was part of the
genjutsu he was attempting to catch me in. When the kagebunshin
dissolved, it did so into a swarm of ravens.“

„You
don't get a real feather from a raven that has been part of a
genjuttsu.“

„No.“
Sasuke was still wondering what she was trying to tell him, and why
this bird should be so important.

„I
have met the raven before“, she said. „I recognized his
chakra. You know, the village I was born in got attacked and
destroyed when I was nine years old...“

„I
did not know. You never told.“

Their
eyes met, and for the first time since he had known her she did not
hide her feelings behind a mask of cuteness, seductiveness or
aggression. He recognized the pain in her eyes, normally stored away
deep in her heart, as he had done with his own, and he felt pity for
her.

„All
the boys and men between fifteen and sixty got killed, and the women,
children and old people were taken as slaves. I was the only one who
escaped, because I had sensed the attackers' evil chakra and fled
into the woods. I was still a child, not knowing about my talent, not
knowing yet that what I sensed was people's chakra, but all the same,
I did feel that something evil and dangerous was approaching. I did
not tell my people because they had often made fun of my
premonitions, and when they were assembled on the market place to be
killed it was too late.“

„Do
you know whether they are still alive?“ Sasuke asked.

„Who?“

„The
women and children of your family.“

„I
don't think so“, she answered. „I have never heard of
them.“

He
realized that his words had touched a part of her soul that was still
full of pain, pain she did not want to feel.

„I
am sorry“, he said. „I did not want to hurt you.“

„It's
okay“, she answered, and he saw that she was indeed not angry
with him, yet far from fine, as she claimed to be.

„I
had to survive“, she said. „Nobody would care for me, the
people in my own village being dead and those in the neighbouring
villages scared of the evil strangers and their revenge. Only
Orochimaru, who saw my talent, would take me with him. He trained me
as a medical ninja. What could I have done? I was still a child!“

The
same thoughts that had haunted Sasuke for so long: I might have been
in time. I might have been stronger. If had trained more, I might
have been able to defeat Itachi.

„You
can look for them now“, he said.

„You
forget that I agreed to go with you.“

„We
might help you find your family.“ After I have killed my
brother he wanted to add, but he did not: The words felt cold on his
tongue. Besides, he was not sure if that was really the right order
to do things. His brother could wait.

„First
Itachi“, Karin said herself. „I am sorry, I did not want
to burden you with this story. I have learnt to do fine by myself. I
will stick to my promise and help you. You don't have to find my
family for me.“

Saskue
felt an urge to reach out for her and take her hands, but the
memories of her attempts to molest him held him back. He was glad
that Suigetsu touched her upper arm comfortingly.

„I
just wanted to tell you about the raven“, she continued.

„He
is evil and dangerous, and his chakra is stronger than that of any
person I have ever met, except you yourself. It's some ninja-raven,
or a human being who has taken this form, or someone's kuchiyose no
jutsu creature. Be aware of it.“

„I
will“, Sasuke answered. „Yet at the moment I see no
better way to find out more about it than to go and meet Itachi at
the Uchiha hideout... It seems that the raven's connected to him.“

„So
it's settled“, Suigetsu said, putting out the tiny camp fire.
„We will go there and see that things don't go according to
your brother's plans.“
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