been Had he even been gone? It was all so real.
Shivering, he rested his head on his hand. Blood pulsed in his head, still pumping convulsively through his body from his racing heart.
And who was it that cried for him? Itachi wasn't.
He didn't know the person, but he was sure to meet her soon ...Suddenly he heard a hand on his shoulder that gave it a reassuring squeeze.
"Drink this here, then you will be better.", Kakashi said worried and held out a cup with steaming, brown liquid that turned out to be cocoa while drinking it.
Kakashi eyed his new comrade with concern. He was still trembling all over and spilled almost all of the cocoa on his clothes.
"Calm down my boy. It's over!", Kakashi patted the frightened boy's shoulder comfortingly.
"W- What was that?", Sasuke asked after he had calmed down a bit.
Kakashi continued to look worried at the boy.
"We can only speculate, too. Nobody knows exactly ... I don't even think Orochimaru himself.", He whispered, pointing his head in the direction of that person.
Sasuke averted his eyes and stared at the floor.
"I think it must have something to do with the experiments," Kakashi muttered.
Sasuke pricked up his ears. "Experiments?"Kakashi nodded thoughtfully. "You know. It's been about 20 years now since he was held as a test subject in a secret laboratory.
The professors there had the goal of creating the ultimate biological weapon for war. One with psychic powers. They hadn't finished their research before the madness stopped. Too late for Orochimaru. He was injected with another agent.
Since then, everyone has had visions that look straight into their eyes. Mostly not exactly nice ones, however. ", Kakashi finished his presentation.
Sadly, the black-haired man looked into his cup of warm cocoa and took a long sip of it. Poor Orochimaru could be really sorry. It must be really horrible when everyone is scared of looking you in the face ...
But he couldn't blame anyone either.
"SAAASUKKEEE!"
The young Uchiha winced in shock. There was that voice again. He just couldn't get them out of his mind anymore. That fearful, weak voice that screamed for him with the last of her strength.The last thing he heard before ... He swallowed.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Asked Kakashi. Sasuke was silent.
Yes, he wanted to get rid of this burden, but then he would inevitably have to see everything all over again. The human. The faces.
Feel this fear again and breathe the air that smelled so strongly of disease and decay.
"I saw my parents.", Kakashi suddenly started. The black-haired man looked up, confused. "I saw them die, you know. I almost forgot because I was very young when they died. But then I looked into his eyes and everything is back." He looked sadly at Sasuke.
"It's a terrible gift. It's like being there. As if this is all really happening. Everyone sees something different. Some things that were, things that are and some also see things ... things that may still be."
Sasuke looked sadly into the face of his counterpart that looked so hurt and dejected at the moment."I saw ..." he began. "At first I didn't see anything ... just colors. A swirl of colors that carried me away ..."
Kakashi nodded. "This is the stage at which what we see is decided."
"I ... I heard voices," he continued. Kakashi listened.
"Screams. There were so many screams. I was wounded by a sword. Then I heard bombs, mines, planes, gunfire. It was terrible." He swallowed.
"Then everything blurred again ... I ... I saw people. Dead people who lay carelessly on the ground and rotted away. Children who sat next to them and called for them. They did not understand what had happened to their parents. And there ... There were…"
Again he had to swallow. Kakashi put her arm around him sadly.
"You don't have to go on talking. I already know what you mean."
"There was a voice ...", Sasuke continued undeterred. "After my vision blurred again. I felt sick. Mortally ill. I could only make out outlines, but someone called me.I heard it exactly. It was a weak voice. A very weak one. And she told me ... She said I shouldn't give up. It would be over soon.
Then, then he collapsed on top of me ... And I ... I died. "Kakashi swallowed.
"Sasuke ... oh, Sasuke, that's a bad omen. A very bad omen in fact.", He shook his head in horror.
Sasuke looked up, trembling. "Have I seen the future?"
Remain silent. "It's hard to say. Our future changes sometimes. By having this vision now, you may be doing things that you would not otherwise have done. By doing this, you are subconsciously influencing your future."
What is that supposed to be? Sasuke asked himself. What was it all for?
Maybe it had ... Maybe because of ...
"The person you heard in the vision," Kakashi began. "Do you know her?"
Thoughtfully, Sasuke put his cup down and looked over at the games. He should also be on it in a moment.
"I don't know her, no. She was a stranger to me ... And yet she is familiar to me.The only thing I know is that I love her ... "
Kakashi stopped short. "I know that sounds silly." Sasuke grinned. "I can't explain it to myself. I lay there, listening to the person and I could almost feel the love for this person flare up!" Dreamily he looked up at the chandelier and tried to remember every little thing he had seen call. Blonde hair. They were fluffy. The Uchiha sighed comfortably and his heart became very warm.
"I. Draft. It. Don't ...", Kakashi managed haltingly, who had been watching his young friend critically from the side. "You actually have a head over heels crush on this person!"
Sasuke was still grinning. It was a strange feeling to love someone you don't know ...
But he knew this person existed. He felt it. And sooner or later he would meet her.
Still grinning, he looked around. Maybe he should watch a few games.
It's been ages since he last played a game.Full of confidence, he got up and walked past the individual, small groups in which the players stabbed each other to death with their looks.
It watched them with interest. Among them there were one or two good players, but also many who had probably never had cards in hand, which he recognized from the fact that they kept falling out of the hands of the people concerned. Easy game for the opponent.
His gaze fell on the person in front of him. It was a woman. With blonde hair that was tied in two pigtails at the back.
And this very woman had the worst hand he had ever seen in his life!
Curious, he leaned over to see more.
Well my dear, he thought, that won't work anymore. With a hand like that, it would be almost impossible even for a professional to turn the game in his favor.
He was just about to concentrate on the game when he was suddenly grabbed by the sleeve and hissed at him."Hey, kid! Please don't look at other people's cards! That's rude, understand?" The woman in front of him snapped and raised her fist threateningly. He glared at her angrily.
Small? He? What was this woman actually imagining? Did he look like he could be called small?
After all, he was 1.79 m tall! Even if that wasn't the world and just the average size, he was all bigger than them!
And he also had a good rank on the AL, no reason to bully him. Spurred on by this thought, he never even dreamed of allowing the fury to scare him around and started to strike back.
"Please don't take out your displeasure on innocent people who just want to see the end of a game. Better use your excess energy to turn the game around a bit and not be kicked out in the first round," he replied you calm and prudent.
He raised his eyebrows slightly and looked down at her skeptically.Only now did he realize the slight blush on her face. Due to her unfriendly behavior, the extremely bad leaf and the 2 bottles of sake next to her, the young Uchiha guessed that he was consuming too much alcohol, which was confirmed to him a short time later by the woman's repeated nagging, because she had quite a flag.
"Oh yeah? You're brightening up for one of the very smart ones, don't you? Well, if you're so good at it, just take my place in the game."
She cheekily waved her sheet of paper in front of his nose.
"Tsunade-sama! You know that something like that is against the rules! You can't let the boy continue playing instead of you!", The older man next to her interjected.
"What's the matter?", She asked snootily, tossed her hair back and looked around, prompting. "If my hand is so bad anyway, nobody can do anything about it so close to the end, right? What's so bad about it?Are you afraid of being defeated by this boy? ", she laughed drunk and pointed at the boy behind her with a disparaging gesture.
Sasuke crossed his arms angrily in front of his chest. Boy? Small? Just because he was a little younger than the average here didn't mean you had to treat him like the cute mascot from next door. He wasn't a boy anymore, and he certainly wasn't little either!
In the meantime, there was a perplexed silence in the group. Glances were exchanged and answered with a perplexed shrug.
Tsunade looked at the spectacle apparently with satisfaction and grinned quietly to himself.
Sasuke almost hoped that he could take her place in the group.
A little practice game at the beginning wasn't bad at all.
He was also able to show what was in this "little boy"!
Yes, being called that always annoyed him very quickly and hurt his little bit of pride in making it this far.There weren't many opportunities for advancement in this society. Every job at these times was a blessing.
"So my masters!", Tsunade almost shouted and slammed her right palm on the table with a tremendous force, so that everyone present winced. A grin graced her face. "Sometimes I'm so free and sometimes take your silence as consent."
Still grinning, she pushed her chair back, got up and gave Sasuke her cards.
"Your turn. Good luck, you're going to need it