Chapter 23: Not Forgiven
Atami POV
I awake to hushed whispers and the smell of fish. I open my eyes to see Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura cooking fish. I try and sit up but that only brought whimpers of pain. That got all three of there attention.
"Atami!" they shout. Sakura gets up, walks over to me and helps me sit up. With great difficulty due to the pain..but I sat up none the less.
"How are you?" she asks. Where are we and what happened to everybody?
"Atami?" Sakura asks and I get out of my thoughts. I look her in the eye and see she's worried.
"Are you hungry" I shake my head no and she frowns. She gets up and walks back over to the others. I look out into the forest not wanting to look at any of them..I hear them whispering again and then I hear someone coming towards me.
"A-atami?" Sasuke!
"Atami look I'm sorry" he says. I just look at my hands which are in my lap. He sits down in front of me and moves to touch my hands, but I just move them away from him. He says he's sorry..but does he mean it? Is he going to get that crazed look again? I think and unconsciously rub my mark. Will that happen to me?
"Atami?" Sasuke calls looking at where I rubbed my mark. He looks hurt, I mean Sasuke never looks hurt or regretful. *sigh* Sasuke then gets up.
"Wait!" I whisper/yell. He stops and looks at me wide eyed surprised I spoke.
"Its okay...but your..not forgiven" I say and he just nods.
"Are you sure your not hungry?" he asks and as I was about to reply my stomach growls. Sasuke smirked and came to grab my hands but I flinch. He stops and scrunches his eyes, pain and hurt flashing through them... I then put my hands in his and he half smiles at me. He slowly pulls me to my feet and walks me over to where the others are.
"Hi Atami!" Naruto shouts.
"Hi" Sasuke gives me a fish and I start to eat.
"Its been 4 days since the exam started and we still don't have another scroll. There might not be any left." Sakura says and I choke on my fish. Everyone turns toward me.
"FOUR DAYS!! I've been out for 3 days?" I ask and they nod.
"Yeah were not gonna break any records. Everyone must already be heading towards the towers." Sasuke says.
"We've been out here recovering"
"I'm going to go get some water" Sasuke says and leaves.
Sasuke POV
As I'm walking I start thinking about Atami.. If she doesn't forgive me..does that mean she doesn't want to help with revenge?
'N-no matter what happens, p-promise m-me that you will keep going, f-find forgiveness, and n-never forget I will a-always be by y-your side. P-promise me t-to never let the t-tears of the p-past stop you from seeing t-the beauty of today and the h-hope of the future.'
No... she said she would always be by my side. When I get out my thoughts I notice I was at the river. I get my water and head back to camp. Always by my side...When I get back I notice that Kabuto guy there and a frightened Atami. *Growl* What did he do? I walk up to them with a kunai in hand.
"Why are you here?" I growl and everyone freezes and Kabuto smirks.
"Well if I didn't come any sooner your teammates would've opened the scroll" he says looking at Sakura and Naruto.
"You tried to open the scroll?" I growl and they pale.
"Hn" I then walk over towards Atami who was shaking. I sit down in front of her and look her in the eye but she doesn't seem to be focusing on me.
"Atami" I say and she looks at me.
"Are you okay?" I asks and she nods.
"Can I have some water?" she whispers and I get it from my pouch and pass it to her. I then walk over to Kabuto and the other two.
"So how many do you have?" Naruto asks
"Oh. I have both scrolls" he says and pulls them both out and I smirk.
"Well I have to go meet my team, see ya around" Kabuto says and starts walking.
"Fight me" I say
"Waa!! Sasuke your not serious. After all he's done for us" Naruto shouts
~~Timeskip~~
Atami POV
So we made it to the tower finally and I am beyond tired so I'm leaning against Sasuke.
"What does that mean?" Sakura asks pointing at words on a wall that I really don't feel like reading. I mean we barely made it out of the forest alive. I just want to sleep...sleep sounds real n-
"Iruka sensei!!" Naruto and Sakura shout getting me out of my thoughts. What did I miss?
"Well looks like you guys barely made it" he says. Oh thanks for your concern...
"Iruka sensei what are you doing here?"
"He's here to give us pillows and potpourri" I say rolling my eyes.
"Nobody asked you" she growls
"Girls..Anyway I'm your designated chunin, lucky you guys got me" he says. Another boring speech..Nobody has time for these things. Whats wrong with a congrats and keep it moving? Is that to hard to ask for?
"Atami!!"
"Huh!"
"Are you listening" Iruka asks me.
"Uh..Yeah"
"No she's not" Sasuke says.
"Nobody asked you"
"Hn"
"Hn"
"Okay so good luck on the third exam" Iruka says and disappears.
"I'm going to learn how to do that" I say
"Sure you are" Sakura mumbles but I hear her.
"Sasuke please just let me smack her. Just one good smack" I beg and he just smirks and walks away.
"Is that a yes!" I shout after him.
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