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[A boy, thin and haggard, trembling. His face is drawn and pale and he's twitchy, glancing to the side every few seconds like he's waiting to be attacked.

Considering he entered Siren's Port an hour or so after midnight, this isn't that much of a surprise.

He's still feeling a little sick, although it's as likely to be psychosomatic and aggravated by malnutrition as the actual lingering effects of the pull.]

The weather. [His illness, the things he's seen--creatures, humanoid, black holes of power. Other creatures, malformed and disgusting. He doesn't want to talk about it.] Is it always like this?

[Cold. It's not that he's never been exposed to it, but it's a rarity. He's used to a perpetually warm climate, both from the areas he's been traveling in and his birthplace.]

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[ Her face twists into an ugly expression of shock, fear, and sadness, then goes into one of pure anger. ]

We will stop you before you do.

[ Oh, you have the Sharingan? They have a Naruto. ]

Try it.

[You haven't seen this sharingan yet.

Naruto is stubborn, but not immortal. Sasuke is sure of this. But there is a part of him, one that will never be voiced, that thinks this as a plea rather than a dare. The small, soft, weak child inside him that still craves affection.

He ignores it for a fool.]

It wouldn't matter here. Death isn't permanent with the Core.

[ Not that she's saying she could kill him. ]

What do you mean, "not permanent"?

[After everything, he's not sure death is the worst option he's facing right now.]

The Core can bring us all back. Death doesn't apply to us here.

You're sure it's not a genjutsu.

[It would have to have been performed by Madara or someone better, to slip by Sasuke's mangekyou, but the skepticism is almost automatic by now. Drilled into his head at such a young age.

It makes him wonder how Konoha's lies were swallowed so easily, including by himself.]

Shikamaru would have caught it while he was here.

He wouldn't have caught an Uchiha genjutsu.

[Pridefully.]

After four years, he would have.

[ So nyah. ]

Doubtful. I'm the first Uchiha in his lifetime to possess the eternal Mangekyou and he hasn't gone up against me.

[ She isn't sure if she should believe that or not. Sasuke was always capable of great things but ... jeez. Sheesh. She scowls. ]

If it is a genjutsu by an Uchiha, then you would be able to see through it.

But you can't, because it isn't one.

I know that, but you didn't.

[He flashes the eyes, just for the sake of proving her wrong.]

[ She shudders, almost tensing up, before she realizes it wouldn't work over the network. It still terrifies her, though. ]

I trust in Shikamaru's judgment and analysis.

Then you're no less a fool than when I left you.

I'd choose being a fool over whatever you turned into.

[ She tries to hide the hurt on her face. He's delusional. Out of his mind. She pities him as much as she ~~loves~~ is terrified of him. ]

I'd rather be what I am than a mockery of a ninja sticking my head in the sand.

Nobody is sticking their heads in the sand! You're wrong about Konoha.

[ Don't call her a mockery; sore spot activated. ]

Danzo himself, the man who gave the death sentence, confirmed the story. So did Itachi's resurrection.

They were lying.

The Uchiha clan was not hated or exiled. They weren't killed because of Konoha.

Were you there in the meetings? Were you there at our massacre?

Of course not.

Then where does your confidence come from? Woman's intuition?

[His tone should tell her how little he thinks of this.]

[ Ouch, Sasuke. That's harsh. ]

My loyalty to Konoha.

Blindly following authority wherever it shoves you is a really good way to get killed.

Our duty as shinobi is to do anything to protect our village, Sasuke.

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