46 -=Goodbye=-

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A/N: Read 10 chapters ahead in my P a T r E o N

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Sasuke approached Kaede and Naruto to help them, immediately Kaede pointed to Naruto saying

"Him first, he needs help more" She said

"But you look more hurt than him..." Sasuke said with a bit of worry on his voice

"I am still awake, he is not. case close-"

*Cough*

Kaede was interrupted by a strong cough, droplets of 'blood' stained her hand

'Sage, I am bleeding? that shouldn't even be possible, tough? also, why did I just cough?' Kaede asked the only one who could truly answer her

<Notice

bleeding is a symptom of soul damage, not to permanent stage yet

you cough because of body strain, the [Limit break] skill can only hold so much strain>

'Man... I really did a stupid thing, huh?'

<Affirmative>

'Hey! You shut up Sage!'

<...>

Kaede really is strange to argue with an AI like skill...

"Uh... Kaede? what is that on your face?" Sasuke who just finished helping Naruto askes

by helping Naruto I obviously meant putting him by the shade of a tree, and that is it

"What?" Kaede asked as she quickly put her hand on her face, feeling the same 'blood' from before

Immediately she made a mirror of ice to look at it, from her forehead all the way passing her eyes, down to her chin, think crack like lines filled her face, as if she was 'breaking' (Like in Minecraft)

"What is that..." She asked no one in particular

<Notice

The damage done to your body and soul are responsible for those cracks>

'And how do I fix it?'

<Fix your soul problem>

' -_- don't talk like that is easy...'

"Are you okay? is that hurting?" Sasuke asked, conveniently ignoring the ice jutsu kaede used just now

"I'm fine..." She answered

Both Kaede and Sasuke kept silent for a while, having their own important thoughts

'Why was she so mad at Naruto? I know he stopped her from finishing Itachi, but with those injuries he should die anyways, no?

Also, who was that intangible idiot?...'

Sasuke's mind went overdrive with all his newly acquired info

'What is the correct way to cut a cake into six equal slices?' Kaede asked herself mentally

As I said, important thoughts

"So... is what you said to Naruto true?" Sasuke decided to ask something, and he asked the first thing that came to mind

"What part?" Kaede asked as she stopped her super-useful thoughts

"The Sakura part" Sasuke answered

"Hooo... So you were spying on us?" Kaede asked with a smirk

"I-I wasn't!" Sasuke quickly denied

"Yeah, right" Kaede looked away, smirking still

"Just answer me, stop changing the subject..." Sasuke pretending to be interested on what he asked, that to be honest he has already forgotten what it was

"Yeah, it was" Kaede answered plainly, looking at Naruto with a complicated feeling

"You know... those things I did are very evil, right?

I was thinking about it recently and noticed...

I didn't feel anything about it, not regret, not scared of what I did... maybe I was always meant to be such a literal monster?"

"Why are you saying that?

It really doesn't matter Kaede..." Sasuke said, not really bothered by that

The life of a ninja wasn't a happy one, he learned that a long time ago with his father, brother and Shisui... though, they are all dead now, asides from Itachi, but that only proved to him how bad a shinobi's life can go...

"You say that but, I don't really care you see?

If I needed to change who I am because the people around me, then there is something wrong...

also, with how that girl was, she was going to die at the first c-rank she did anyways..." Kaede said

"..."

"Anyway, I need to get those cracks under control... I think I will go now..." Kaede said as she got up, walking east

"Uh... that is the wrong direction Kaede..." Sasuke, who noticed where Kaede was heading towards, said

"Exactly. I am leaving Sasuke, this is a goodbye..." Kaede looked back and said

"B-But why?" Sasuke, got by surprise asked

"You see, there is a lot of things you still need to learn Sasuke... one of those, for you new uchiha patriarch, is politics

when you study that, read some books about 'That' incident, you will connect the dots and will want to leave as well" Kaede gave some hints to Sasuke, just in case

"Then... Then I will go with you!" Sasuke said firmly, curious about what Kaede said, but more worried about something else

"You can't" Kaede plainly said, before coughing a bit more

*Cough Cough*

'Damn, this is annoying...' Kaede thought about this random coughing

"Why not?" Sasuke asked frowning

"Because...

You are weak" Kaede said with a dramatic pause

"Weak?...

I get that I am not as strong as you, but I have also awakened my sharingan, how can I be weak?" Sasuke asked in confusion

"Hehe, you see Sasuke, the place where I am going isn't a good one, people below jonin rank there are just useless and die left and right, you are strong, yes

but you cannot beat a jonin, and you know it" She said

"But... I can help in other ways, then-"

"Sasuke! just... stop...

I lost my family more than once, you are the last resemblance of one that I still have, and I won't let you just kill yourself, ok?"

(To anyone who couldn't tell, Kaede was acting)

"But..."

"Shut it, stay at konoha, get stronger and learn the truth

after that find me in 2 or so years, if you feel ready for it" Kaede said as she turned away and started walking towards the forest

"But... how can I even find you?" Sasuke tried to follow her, but after Kaede passed by a tree, she disappeared into it's shadow

"Find the Akatsuki for that, they have great spies there" Kaede's voice echoed around Sasuke one last time leaving him alone

"Kaede? Kaede?" He asked as he looked around, he kept doing that for a little bit more, before looking at his own hands

"...Again

once again, I am too weak...

what am I doing wrong?...

I keep thinking that I am strong, but when I need to be strong for real, I have always been too weak to do anything..." Sasuke monologued a bit, remembering a lot of things

Finally, after a bit he decided

"I will be strong, stronger than you can ever imagine Kaede... I will show you that I am not useless..."

The flames if yout-*Cough* of DETERMINATION started to burn in Sasuke's soul, giving him the reason he needed to begin to grow stronger

'Just wait for me Kaede... I promise to not disappoint you!'