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Night 43: M51-M60 Hallway

Aug 29, 2009 21:50

The intercom's words grew more and more telling as the day neared its end. Faize now understood that to those running the institute, he and the other captives were the subjects of some sort of reeducation program, one which was responsible for the brainwashing of patients, visitors, and doctors alike. Next Wave, the announcements mentioned often. ( Read more... )

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Outside M58 lostonlifesroad August 30 2009, 06:51:00 UTC

[ From hereSasuke's room was only a block away, and Kakashi had fortunately seemed to avoid any major happenings in the hall. Maybe there were good things to be said for being early, but the jounin wouldn't be the one saying them. At least not in front of his students ( ... )

M58 sasuke_of_sound August 30 2009, 07:11:40 UTC

After his talk with Aidou, Sasuke had contemplated the pros and cons of trying to find new allies or possibly making an attempt at separating a Konoha-nin from the herd to a sufficiently trustworthy degree. The vampire had a point, and Sasuke had certainly run into the idea more than once himself; the unfortunate fact of the matter was that the most reliable allies that Sasuke had been able to cultivate were nearly all gone. Aidou was really the only one left besides Sai -- and Sai now reported to Shikamaru, of all people ( ... )

Re: M58 lostonlifesroad August 30 2009, 07:35:27 UTC

Slowly? Kakashi had expected to be invited in, but that particular adjective was out of place, especially when he thought about how 'nicely' Sasuke had asked him for this little meeting. Any questions he might have had were quickly answered, however, as Kakashi pushed open the door and got a whiff of the air ( ... )

Re: M58 sasuke_of_sound August 30 2009, 23:06:49 UTC

Kakashi was on time and smelled delicious. Sasuke almost wasn't sure which observation was of greater concern. It appeared that the jounin had taken his request perhaps even more seriously than necessary; then again, Sasuke had to admit that it was probably something of a surprise. Still, he couldn't think of another person here whom he could reasonably expect to be able to keep his mouth shut about so minor a thing, unless Kakashi had changed beyond the point of recognition (although he was answering to Shikamaru ( ... )

Re: M58 lostonlifesroad August 31 2009, 05:04:38 UTC

If Kakashi had know what Sasuke was thinking, he would have immediately placed greater concern on the latter. He was not, after all, a ninja of the Village Hidden in the Ramen Bowl. What he could observe, however, told him that Sasuke was indeed staying under control--even if it took considerable effort.

Opting not to poke at Sasuke's confidence by stating this fact, Kakashi took the offered file. Luckily, he had some experience reading while still maintaining awareness of his surroundings. Who said no good came from his dedication to errotic literature?

Looking at the first page was enough to answer all of Kakashi's questions. Itachi's real life: what the nurses expected him to believe, all in print that Sasuke couldn't read. "Anything in particular you're interested in hearing, or should I start from the beginning?"

Re: M58 sasuke_of_sound August 31 2009, 05:34:38 UTC

Kakashi appeared to take Sasuke's word, at least to the extent that he was willing to move on to the order of business Sasuke had planned to cover. From the sound of it, Kakashi hadn't chosen to create all that much distance between himself and Sasuke either. Whether that should be taken as an insult to Sasuke's strength or respect for his willpower, Sasuke wasn't sure.

Though he probably ought to be grateful that Kakashi was willing to remain in here at all. He could smell the stench of rot from his own body, the weird loose pain of it still strong on his right side.

"The whole thing," he answered. Anything in there that might lead to a clue (a reason), anything that might be worth knowing at all -- he needed to know. "We can discuss what I owe you afterwards."

Re: M58 lostonlifesroad September 2 2009, 00:44:26 UTC

The temptation to open the door for relatively fresh air was strong--about as strong as the odor of decay in the room. But Kakashi had a touch more control than that. Plus, dinner hadn't been tempura. Maybe a bit too close for comfort when it came to the fries, but he wasn't going to think about that just then, or any food, aside from the thought that it had settled well, and he was used enough to this smell to keep his well-settled dinner where it belonged ( ... )

Re: M58 sasuke_of_sound September 2 2009, 14:14:52 UTC

The beginning of the file read as expected, more or less. The 'Ivan Li' that had existed in this world had led as comparatively charmed a life as 'Sean', if either had really existed at all (and despite the earlier conversation with Shikamaru, Sasuke remained fairly certain that the people who visited the Institute were indeed people, if perhaps not exactly the people they claimed to be). That 'Ivan' had cared for his younger brother was --

Well, Itachi had seemed to care.

Sasuke had resigned himself to being told the same information he'd experienced when Kakashi said something that didn't even quite make sense at first, the words not properly resolving in Sasuke's hearing. His first instinct was that he'd heard wrong, had to have heard wrong -- but Kakashi kept reading, calm voice somehow brutally grating.

The Uchiha plotting to overthrow the village (midnight meetings, whispered words). Itachi acting on orders -- orders, and from Konohagakure? For a moment Sasuke tried to picture the Third giving such an order (instead ( ... )

Re: M58 lostonlifesroad September 3 2009, 03:37:32 UTC

Of course Sasuke wouldn't want it to be true. Kakashi understood, at least to an extent, the pain that came when the love of a relative changed into something else. For Kakashi, it had been forced into shame so he could pretend not to feel the pain of his father's suicide--that he could somehow convince himself that it was justifiable according to the rules. And in Sasuke's case, Itachi had convinced a brother to hate, for both Sasuke's sake, and maybe for his own ( ... )

Re: M58 sasuke_of_sound September 3 2009, 21:03:23 UTC

Kakashi reaffirmed what he'd said with a voice that was almost brutally reasonable -- and the logical part of Sasuke's mind did know that the man had no reason to lie. If anything, it was in his best interests to say the exact opposite; this story not only vindicated a traitor to the Konohagakure but incriminated the village itself, made the people that Kakashi served responsible for the wholesale murder of an entire clan.

But why? Why would the Uchiha plan a coup? Sasuke wracked his mind frantically, trying to remember anything (except being too young to understand, too young to be told anything of note -- feeling a strange tenseness in the air that he couldn't explain but, but surely there had to have been more of a sign than that). Any hint his father or mother might have given, because if there had been such plans there was no doubt that the family of the clan head would be involved ( ... )

Re: M58 lostonlifesroad September 4 2009, 00:31:27 UTC

Kakashi couldn't ignore the growing sense of helplessness he felt as Sasuke tried to process the reality of what he'd heard. Only a few simple words, and the Uchiha's entire worldview would be forced to change. Kakashi had long known the potential cruelty of the ninja world, but now, standing here and watching Sasuke try to absorb the full measure of its depth, the jounin almost felt freshly cut into himself ( ... )

Re: M58 sasuke_of_sound September 5 2009, 02:34:17 UTC

Sasuke was unprepared for movement -- nearly shaking, he barely even noticed the sound of Kakashi crossing the room until suddenly the man was sitting beside him, speaking. The abrupt closeness of his voice was enough to make Sasuke flinch. The words made him turn his head to stare in the man's direction, as if even his sightless eyes could help him make more sense of what was being said, what was being revealed.

Kakashi thought Sasuke hadn't done anything wrong? When barely two nights ago Sasuke had killed Itachi -- killed the brother who had apparently been protecting him the entire time, who'd sacrificed his own bonds with the clan, with their parents, with Sasuke in order to keep Sasuke safe. It was a thought that was still difficult to understand, let alone believe, but it was apparently an incontrovertible fact ( ... )

Re: M58 lostonlifesroad September 5 2009, 03:15:48 UTC

There were answers Kakashi could have given. One of the first lessons he'd ever tried to teach them: that a ninja must see underneath the underneath. That the reality of the ninja world was one of secrets and lies, all designed to protect innocents and preserve peace. That there was always someone simply better--more apt at manipulation, more skilled in mind games ( ... )

Re: M58 sasuke_of_sound September 5 2009, 06:04:11 UTC

Couldn't have known -- but should have, because it was Sasuke's brother whom he'd failed so spectacularly to understand. His own brother whose blood now stained his hands, and who hadn't deserved it. And for the first time in years that disbelieving voice that had always been there, he couldn't have done it, he was my brother, there must have been a reason, for the first time there was something to believe. Except the truth was ...

Was something Kakashi was trying to explain away. Konohagakure's leaders had ordered the destruction of an entire clan; that much was now fact.

The question was how many people had known about it -- how many people had supported it, and how many people had then deliberately hidden that fact and allowed everyone to believe that Itachi was a traitor. Had forced him to kill his own family and then branded him missing-nin, lied to Sasuke for all these years.

Kakashi said it so easily, as if it made sense. As if Sasuke weren't already part of the cycle, because by killing Itachi he'd been the one who'd nearly ( ... )

Re: M58 see_my_back September 5 2009, 06:30:25 UTC

[[from here]]Had she been fast enough? It wasn't hard to find Sasuke's room number on the bulletin, but knowing what kind of schedule he was running on was another thing entirely. It was probably a wasted trip, especially when there were so many other things she ought to be looking for tonight, but as was so often the case with her, Sakura's heart won out over her head and she stared at the door to M58 for a few seconds before she knocked and pushed the door open ( ... )

Re: M58 lostonlifesroad September 5 2009, 06:49:32 UTC

"I'm not saying you should ignore it." Kakashi kept his voice calm in the face of Sasuke's growing anger, but there was also a firmness. He wouldn't let his words be ignored, because Kakashi recognized that this could very well be the last chance he had to save the Uchiha. If he recklessly tried to murder the leaders of the village, even Tsunade-sama wouldn't be able to prevent Sasuke being declared an official missing-nin. Sasuke had to learn to see past his rage and his hatred, while there was still time. "But deciding to retaliate now right after you learned the truth isn't something you should ( ... )

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