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I. afjdslk. I'm only just through the introductions and the first arc, and already my IchiHime essay is over 2,000 words. The limit is 5,000. I am going to have to do some cutting. D: Never again will I choose a leading couple for ship_manifesto. Well, except maybe Allen/Rinali. But I think I'll try again for Temari/Shikamaru next. Assuming I can get this one
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But yeah, the IchiHime fans who bash Rukia are really frustrating too. :/
3) Here's the second segment:
Afterwards, still dripping with blood, Sasuke incinerated Naruto's remains. He thought of it as a last favor to a friend, but it didn't really work--no matter how hot his fire, he couldn't destroy the twisted metal of Naruto's hitai-ate. Eventually, he realized that other Leaf ninja would be coming, and he fled. He took Naruto's ashes with him, but left the hitai-ate.
He had intended to go to Orochimaru, of course, but somehow the snake's promise of power seemed hollow now. He told himself he'd still go--he still needed to hone himself, after all, temper his edge--but first, he needed some time alone.
The forests he lurked in were not very welcoming. He found himself ill at ease, starting and staring at any sign of another human being. He kept thinking that Naruto would lunge through the undergrowth, pin him down, and demand an explanation.
He was unutterably relieved when he finally managed to manifest the Mangekyou. For the first week of his hiding, he feared that it had all been in vain, that his eyes wouldn't change at all. But finally they did--and then came the unexpected.
Despite the evidence, he began to doubt.
What if the Mangekyou's appearance was a coincidence? What if it hadn't been triggered by Naruto's death, but some other aspect of the battle? What if there were a way to gain that power without Naruto's death? What if, what if--
He tried to tell himself that it was useless, that he shouldn't be worrying about the bonds he'd just broken. He was stronger now.
Still, sometimes at night he woke up in a sweat, and he'd leap out of his makeshift bed with a kunai in his hand. The rage and despair was nearly overwhelming, and he wanted desperately to just slice open his own flesh to let the hurt out. Only the discipline of all his training saved him, reminded him that such self-harming behavior would be wasteful and futile.
After a few weeks, the doubts began to go away, and his goal began to reassert itself. It was a blessed relief. He'd let himself be weak for a while, but finally, (the memory of) Itachi saved him once more, set him on the right path.
It was good that Naruto was dead. Now there was nothing stopping him. Now his path was clear.
At about that point, the fevers began.
Orochimaru had grown quite tired of waiting for him, and then of searching for him. Now he was pulling on the curse seal, trying to reel him in by pure psychic force. Sasuke found himself curled up in a little ball at night, biting at his own hands and arms, sometimes until he bled. He wasn't ready to go just yet. He needed time to begin to unlock the Mangekyou on his own.
But it was exhausting. He was nearly ready to give up and respond to the call when he woke up from one dazed fever dream to find Sakura tending to him.
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2) Where is it that you want to go now?
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2) I need to establish Sakura's presence there with Sasuke and recount the time he spends with her. I think I can do it, I'm just not sure of the exact details.
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2) You're going to have Sakrua kill him in the end right?
But right now, maybe go into her healing him some? Or maybe have her tell him how she found him. Sasuke could be annoyed that she found him, when he wants to hide.
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