13.1 - This world may have failed you/It doesn't give the reason why [INTERACTIVE DREAM]

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Effects (optional): Either terror or the intense desire to protect someone
Warnings: Violence, probable blood and gore in comments, lots of creepiness and twisted flirtation
Additional Notes: If you want to get involved with this, be sure you've filled out his profile meme because he'll be at full power in his dream

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The blood red moon was a theme that was common in Sasuke's own dreams as well as Muraki's. It wasn't surprising then that while Sasuke was sleeping he felt that tug Aisling had spoken of, and ended up in this new world. He looked up at the moon and a momentary feeling of panic filled him before he managed to calm himself down.

While the cherry blossoms would have been in the Uchiha compound the place looks wrong, and this clearly isn't home.

A frown plays over Sasuke's face as he watches the man in the white coat and a feeling of familiarity nags at the back of his brain. When Muraki attacks the girl, Sasuke's frown deepens and he runs forward to help the innocent victim. He's not entirely sure why he does it, but he knows for some reason he wants to keep this girl safe.

As Sasuke moves quickly in between the assailant and the girl, he looks up to Muraki, and as his face is cast in shadow recognition finally dawns on the young boy.

"You!" He hadn't activated his sharingan yet, but once he recognizes the man as the one who'd stolen his eye he does so instantly.

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Muraki didn't expect this dream to end up open to intruders, but he's only a little surprised when he sees the boy he beat once before trying to play hero. After all, anything is possible here in Somarium, especially when dream walking seems to be the newest theme and bandwagon.

He laughs darkly and reaches into his pocket for a length of wire. If it binds someone with powers, they become useless and he remembers that power is what he hoped for when he took the boy's eye in the first place. "You couldn't beat me when I was simply human, boy. What makes you think you can now that I'm at full strength?"

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Sasuke's eyes narrow the slightest bit as he watches Muraki. As the silver haired man would know everything was moving at a slower pace in Sasuke's field of vision, and he saw when Muraki pulled the wire from his coat.

He jumped quickly back and out of the way of the girl who hopefully had the sense to disappear to safety. As he moved he focused on the weapons he'd learned to bring with his dream self. Muraki wasn't the only one who used wire, and the special wire Sasuke had was so thin it was nearly invisible. A bit of it was already tied to two shuriken, and Sasuke withdrew those now.

"Because this time I can see you coming." He threw the shuriken, but not directly at Muraki. He put a spin on them so they would go past the man in white and wrap around him, effectively trapping him. Though there was no guarantee the moves would work against this man, it wasn't going to stop Sasuke from trying, and proving that he wouldn't be caught a second time.

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Everything moving slower won't be much help if Muraki feels the need to teleport again, but for now Sasuke gets a bit of an edge by seeing the wire come out before Muraki gets a chance to use it.

The girl moves away, but only a little. She seems too frozen in shock by what's going on to be fully capable of running home.

"That doesn't mean much. I can disapper in an instant if I choose to." When the shuriken miss him, he laughs, wondering what the point was in that, and the moment that he feels wire trying to trap him, he vanishes in the space of a heartbeat to teleport and reappear behind Sasuke.

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Sasuke's eyes widen in disbelief as Muraki suddenly disappears from in front of him. His first instinct is to look behind him and that's where his gaze turns to find that, sure enough, Muraki's moved. A quick moment of panic passes through Sasuke, but he refuses to let it get the better of him.

The young ninja lunges at Muraki, jumping high as he draws out a kunai to slash the silver-haired man's throat. Sasuke keeps his gaze fixated on him hoping to see when Muraki moves. Maybe he'd just missed it? Or maybe his sharingan weren't yet strong enough to deal with this enemy?

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That time, the kunai connects, but only with Muraki's shoulder. He hisses when it bleeds and tries to get his own wire around Sasuke's arm. If he's lucky, he'll bind it and be able to draw energy from the powerless child to heal himself.

"Not bad, boy. You're still not going to win this, no matter how much you try to."

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The knife grazing across Muraki's flesh was enough to boost Sasuke's confidence. The older man may have had a few tricks up his sleeve, but Sasuke still had a chance. However when the wire touches the bare skin of his arm, he grits his teeth and jumps away again to a safer distance.

That wire was dangerous. Much more so than the more ordinary wire Sasuke owned. This fight was going to have to go into the mid-range or the young boy would be risking far too much.

He pulled out some more shuriken, and looked quickly at his surroundings. Granted it was Muraki's dreamfield so he could change it however he wanted. Sasuke hadn't been particularly good at altering others dreamfields so he was stuck with the away teams disadvantage. It wasn't going to stop him. Not if he could help it. "I'll be the judge of that."

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The wire isn't the only weapon at his disposal here in the dream. Muraki planned on murdering that girl, after all, and he has the way to deal with her in his pocket, ready to pull out as soon as he feels like the moment is right.

"Why does your strength matter so much to you?" he wonders out loud before he slides the wire back in his pocket and calls down bats to drain Sasuke's energy. "Children are always weak no matter how hard they try to be as strong as someone far older and larger than them."

He has an idea, of course, but he'll save the real emotional ammo for a better time.

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The bats come as a surprise, but Sasuke's more than ready to deal with them. He makes several quick hand symbols and brings his fingers to his mouth. A moment later a large jet of flame comes out of the boys mouth as he releases his breath. The flame engulfs the bats, but whether it will work is yet to be seen.

Muraki's words don't bother him. He knows why his strength matters, and he doesn't believe that he can't be as strong as those older and especially those larger than him. He can grow, he can get stronger, and he will. Nothing will stop him from being able to protect those he cares about.

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Muraki doesn't expect anything like that to happen, so the bats fall to the ground in a crispy mass of fur as flames hit them once after another.

In annoyance, Muraki grabs the gun from his pocket and aims it at Sasuke's chest.

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Muraki's movement catches Sasuke's eye. A smirk passes over his face, though he has no idea how much faster this round will be compared to Mami's muskets. He stands his ground his body tensing for the bold that will come the minute the gun is fired.

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With Sasuke seemingly unafraid of the gun, he fires. This round is far faster than a musket, thanks to a couple hundred years of additional technology, and Muraki expects it to hit the boy right in the chest even if its motion is slowed down to a degree.

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Saddly Muraki is severely underestimating Sasuke's speed, but then Sasuke's underestimated how fast that bullet is. He moves quickly to the side but not nearly enough to avoid getting shot at all. The round goes into his left shoulder and Sasuke cries out as pain courses through his arm numbing his fingertips.

He forces himself to keep moving, not knowing how many rounds that gun may have.

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That scream makes him laugh as he lines up another shot and fires. There are a dozen or so bullets, but Muraki's not sure he has the control to make more in his dream yet, so he'd rather not waste them.

"If I win, I'm going to strip your memories. What would you hate to miss the most, I wonder?"

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Sasuke continues running. Sheer luck keeps that second bullet from hitting him. With the arm that isn't numb he pulls several shuriken from his holster and throws them at Muraki. He focuses as much as he can on Muraki to have himself ready for where the man may teleport to.

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One of the shuriken hits him in the stomach, but Muraki doesn't seem to care. He teleports again, but not behind Sasuke like he might expect. This time he appears far to the side with his injured arm and reaches for it. Will he scream in pain?