[She's never spoken to him this way, which is his first clue that there might be darker influences at work — but the possibility stands at odds with so much time and distance between them. Perhaps he simply doesn't know Sakura anymore at all. Since he left Team 7 and Konoha behind, she was freed to become someone else. A woman of her own standing and not another little girl chasing little boys who didn't want them. He had wanted her to forget him completely, but somehow she could not, whether dragged along by Naruto's explosive force or her own fantasy.
The closest he'd ever felt to Sakura was when she had tried to end his life.
We're equals. For a moment, he hears the old, familiar answer in his own thoughts: 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞? On the battlefield they are not, and for most of his life that was all that mattered to him. Becoming strong enough to kill Itachi or die in the process. And he achieved it, and now he has all the power in the world — and no other seeming purpose. Not like Sakura with her clinic by the docks. Not like Naruto, all of Konoha on his shoulders.
Wherever Naruto has gone, he should be there too. If he has died, then Sasuke should die too. He doesn't see what other point there is. Why cure himself? Why not simply give in to this world's crushing force?
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The closest he'd ever felt to Sakura was when she had tried to end his life.
We're equals. For a moment, he hears the old, familiar answer in his own thoughts: 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞? On the battlefield they are not, and for most of his life that was all that mattered to him. Becoming strong enough to kill Itachi or die in the process. And he achieved it, and now he has all the power in the world — and no other seeming purpose. Not like Sakura with her clinic by the docks. Not like Naruto, all of Konoha on his shoulders.
Wherever Naruto has gone, he should be there too. If he has died, then Sasuke should die too. He doesn't see what other point there is. Why cure himself? Why not simply give in to this world's crushing force?
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