Pain is the antidote to everything(open)

[Sasuke Uchiha]

The ground was slick from the night before. It had rained pretty heavily last night. One of the reasons the Uchiha knew that was because he had been out in it. To many it was a stupid decision. The boy could of caught a cold or gotten lost in the storm. Not to mention the possiblility of getting hit by lightning. But the Uchiha hadn't been scared that night, if anything he wished he had been hit by lightning but of course fate was never on your side.

So the Uchiha was out training as normal. But today there was a different air about him. His usual spirits were down. But he had been like this lately ever since Naruto and the others had left. Itachi hadn't been much comfort since he was always with that girl. Though the Uchiha couldn't blaim that on his brother but the Hokage. The guy who had caused all of this. Sasuke was angry as he clenched his fist.

With a huge throw into his weight he aimed a punch right at a tree. He landed the blow knuckles first. Of course the tree barely had a scratch on it while blood slowly trickled down Sasuke's hand. Of course it hurt. But the pain was getting Sasuke's mind off of things. It was the only thing he knew how to do anymore. Some would say it was a habit that would end up killing the Uchiha. But what was the point since the Uchiha was already dead anyway?

The raven continued to pound the tree over and over again steady beats. Sasuke almost didn't notice as tears feel from his face intentionally because of the pain he was causing himself. Finally when he punched again a crack sounded as a peircing pain shot up his left arm. It instantly dropped to his side. Sasuke couldn't move it and he didn't care. He could feel blood as it trailed down his hands and drip to the ground. Sasuke let the tears fall as he leaned against the tree unwilling to move again.

[Ashurii Mitsukai]

Ashurii

scarlet reflections,
teardrops falling,
vowing revenge,
my life calling.
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Ashurii walked through the village of Konoha, the silence calming her. She had left Itachi in his room to cool down; Fugaku had really upset him this time. She was careful in her stride, not wanting to slip on the slick ground. She was heading towards the training grounds, not to train, but to see if anyone else was out. She was a bit rusty, but if one of Fugaku's lackeys caught her, she'd probably end up breaking his office again.

Deeper into the training grounds, past the forest of death, she heard noises that were definately human. She headed towards them, wondering who it was. Her question was soon answered when Sasuke came into view. She had never convered with him much, though she saw him almost every day. He seemed to be of the quiet, brooding type, almost like his brother. She sped up, noticing his limp, bloody left arm. Stopping beside him, she chided him. "Sasuke-kun! Why are you training so hard? Let me heal your arm." she said.

She did not make a move to heal it yet, she wanted him to speak. She noticed the path of tears running down his cheeks, probably from the intentional pain he had inflicted upon himself. Her heart almost broke in two when she saw the normally calm Uchiha boy in tears. It almost made her want to cry with him. But she chose to try and figure out why he was crying, other than the pain, and comfort him. "Why are you crying, Sasuke-kun?" she asked, in a softer tone.

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word count: 262
mood: worried
muse: low
rping with: sasuke

[Sasuke Uchiha]

The Uchiha probably knew of Ashurii's presense long before she had been close to him, let alone seen him. He however had just ignored it for once. If it was one Fugaku's men at the moment he was glad he had done, whatever he had done, to his arm. That way he couldn't attack them like he wanted to do so bad.

Sasuke barely glanced at the girl when he saw her approach him. He almost wanted to sigh. She was the same girl that Itachi, well was married to, well it was close enough. They were engaged after all. Sasuke glanced at her when he realized that she was talking to him. The tears that had been falling down his cheeks where all but gone now.

He glanced away before pushing off the tree with his shoulder. His arm still limp at his side while his right was against the tree to help him stay up straight. Sasuke honestly didn't know how to answer her first question. And honestly he didn't truely understand why exactly she wanted to help him. True, he had never met her so he didnt know what she was like. But still why would she want to help?

Sasuke glanced at her. "You don't have to heal me.." he said looking at her. When she asked why he was crying he didn't really know how to answer that question eighter. Sasuke sighed and glanced at her. "It was something that happend intentionallty. And the reason.... well I guess I did it because its all I know how to do anymore.." his voice was dead. And if anyone looked close enough in his eyes you could tell something was wrong.

Sasuke had ment his arm when he answered. But he also ment other things too. But those things only he would know about. And he intended on keeping it that way.

[Ashurii Mitsukai]

Ashurii

scarlet reflections,
teardrops falling,
vowing revenge,
my life calling.
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Ashurii's eye twitched when the boy refused her offer to heal him. "You know what? I know I don't have to heal your arm, but I want to. And you can't stop me." she said, a little aggravated now. "Sit." She didn't really care if he listened to her or not. She took his limp arm in her hand, just waiting for him to pull away. A white chakra emitted from her other hand as the broken bone began to mend and the flesh sew back together. "There. That wasn't so bad, was it? Besides, you can train more now." she said.

She didn't expect a thank you from the broody Uchiha. He was practically like a mini Itachi, when Itachi was younger, that is. She sighed and shook her head. If all Uchiha boys were like this she didn't know what she was going to do, as she was likely to meet many more. She was still aggravated at Sasuke; she didn't know why the boy would cause himself harm intentionally, unless he was mental or a masochist. She was beginning to think it was the former. But his last sentence made her expression soften and she hugged the boy she thought of as her otouto, even though they didn't really know each other. Well, technically, he was her otouto.

She realeased the boy, ruffling his hair, and leaned against the tree Sasuke had been leaning on. "Come on, I want to see you kick that tree into oblivion! I know you can do it." she said, trying to redirect his thoughts away from whatever was upsetting him. I'd train with him myself, but it's too much of a risk. I don't want to get caught. This time, I'd probably break Fugaku along with his office. I'll ask Itachi to train with him, though. she thought, thinking that training with his older brother might cheer him up.

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word count: 318
mood: aggravated/worried
muse: low
rping with: sasuke

[Sasuke Uchiha]

Sasuke noticed as Ashurii's eye twitched at his comment. Sasuke almost even smirked at her comment to him. She was definitally a girl for Itachi. She definitally had the spunk for it. Itachi definintally had his hands full with her or at least that was the impression the young Uchiha got from her. But dispite that thought she was actually pretty nice. When she told him to sit the boy dispite how me may had been acting sat right away.

He honestly didn't want to get her mad. Itachi would be irritated and he knew it. The two where already on a bad basis. Sasuke knew he had things to do, so it wasn't all that bad, or at least that was Sasuke's oppinion. When Ashurii said that that hadn't been all bad Sasuke had the thought to say something snide and sarcastic. But he held himself back. For some reason he didn't really feel like being rude to her. He glanced at his hand that had been bloody a moment ago, flecxing it he sighed.

"Thanks, I guess..." he said glancing at her. However when she hugged him Sasuke didn't know what to do. He sort of stiffened as he felt his face go red. Sasuke usually didn't have this sort of thing happen to him so it was no wonder the boy was a little freaked out. When she let him go he didn't know what to say honestly to her.

Though he quickly glanced away as she rubbed his head. Though that did tick him off a bit. " Could you not act like I'm a kid?" Sasuke asked glancing at her. Though when she said about beating the tree to a pulp the uchiha sort of smirked a bit. "You wanna see something amazing? You haven't seen anything yet." the Uchiha said stepping back.

That was when Sasuke placed his right arm over his left. "Oh and you might want to move." Sasuke said as chakra started to form in his left hand. Along with the chirping noise. A blue looking chakra started forming as Sasuke's hair was ruffled from the sheer power. "HERE GOES NOTHING!!" The Uchiha yelled dragging his hand against the ground as he ran at the tree.

Then at the last moment he pulled his hand up smashing into the tree. But that wasn't all Sasuke went right through the huge oak that seemed like it had been there for centuries because of how big and tall it was. Not to mention how thick. Sasuke had gone all the way through a huge hole in it. Even after that the Chidori was not done but Sasuke let the chakra fade.

Slowly he pulled his hand back from out of the tree. That was when Sasuke turned to Ashurii. "How was that?" he asked smirking a bit.

[Ashurii Mitsukai]

Ashurii

scarlet reflections,
teardrops falling,
vowing revenge,
my life calling.
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Ashurii smiled at the unexpected thanks from the boy. She was about to hug him again, but his red face when she had hugged him before was an indicator that he felt uncomfortable with hugs, so she resisted the urge. “Sasuke, you are still a kid. You can act like a kid, even though you are a ninja and an Uchiha. Itachi acted childish when we were genin.” She said, laughing at the memory that popped into her mind. Their jonin sensei had treated them to dango after their first B-ranked mission. Itachi, upon seeing his favorite food, had grabbed as much as he could carry. He wouldn’t let their sensei, Junko, or herself anywhere near him. He ended up eating about ten sticks of dango and getting sick. She shook her head, wondering how Itachi managed to become such an elite ninja.

When Sasuke suggested that she move, she complied, wondering what technique he was going to use. When he powered up the Chidori, her eyes widened and then narrowed. She was going to kill Kakashi the next time she saw him. When the Chidori demolished a large oak tree, she smiled. Sasuke had used the technique with aplomb. “Nice job, Sasuke! That was a pretty good technique. But I am going to kill Kakashi-taichou next time I see him. The Chidori can have very serious side effects.” she said. Kakashi should be glad that he wasn’t in the vicinity; otherwise, he’d be on his way to the hospital.

“Would you like to see a cool technique, Sasuke? You showed me one of yours, so it’s only fair that I show you one of mine.” she said. She pondered which jutsu she would use, eager to break the rules. The perfect technique came to mind. She activated her kekkei genkai, the Himitsuagn eye, and formed the four hand seals. “Shoton: Omiwatari no jutsu!” she said. A stream of crystals shot from her right palm and wrapped around a large maple tree. She folded her palm and the crystals crushed the tree. “Impressive, isn’t it? The crystal release, or shoton, is a release that can only be used with my kekkei genkai. It can turn any form of matter into crystals. Wood, water, and earth release techniques are useless against my crystal release.” she said smugly.

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word count: 386
mood: smug, happy
muse: low
rping with: sasuke