Ride 713: Kiji Kyuui, start!!

Pag 4

2: Ahhh

3: The weather's clear today too, yon

Pag 5

9: Pfui

Pag 6

1: Yes, theey're about to close the gates

I got here just in time

As expected, mountain bikes really are

2: so fast....!!

'morning!

Good mornin!

Come on, let's go

Pag 7

1: Gunma prefecture, Harugishi

Ryousei high school

2: Waaaa

Uh-

3: Look at that guy

Right!?

He's so tall!?

4: It's the first time I see him, but I've heard rumors about him since the first day of school!

Chestnut-colored hair and pale-colored eyes.... right!?

7: And he got two consecutive victories with his club in a national competition!?

What!? Two consecutive victories, isn't that amazing!?

The third year....

Pag 8

1: Kiji Kyuui-senpai!!

3: Kyaaaaaa!!

Ahhh, taking off my sunglasses really is dazzling

4: He has a lot of grass on his back!

Are those leaves!?

What road does he take to come to school

5: But whatever, it's okay!!

Pag 9

1: Yeah

You know, this morning when I was waiting at the bus stop....

Ohh

Isn't this cute?

4: Fuu

5: Yoo Kiji!!

The window seat is no good

6: I heard ypu had a game yestarday!? Ah, a “race”, right!?

7: So, how was it!?

Pag 10

1: Huh?

I'm here, here

2: Sorry, I can't see with my eyes closed

Then open your eyes!!

3: You changed from individual competitions to team sports? From this year you're going from “MTB” to “road racing”?

4: I know from the kendo club, too

Surprisingly, team competitions don't go as planned, right?

5: You were the strongest in “MTB”....!! I mean, you won two times in a row, that's amazing

But when it's “road racing”, with several people

6: It doesn't go well!!

Right!? Right!?

7: Z.......

Keeping your eyes closed is making you sleepy, look!! Oi!!

Pag 11

1: Yeah, well

First of all, it's not like I changed sport, yon

2: I'll do both mountain bike and road racing

3: Huh!?

You didn't “switch”? Really?

4: And also, the Inter Highs in the summer....

5: I'll win both of them

6: That's it, yon

7: He really plans to do this, this guy.....!!

The.... then it's a challenge, I'll also aim to be the first in Japan in ken.....

Kiji-saaaaaan....!!

Pag 12

1: Is Kiji-san here!?

Excuse me!!

Huh?

2: Why is a second year suddenly raising his voice!?

Oohata-san from the kendo club! Congratulation for getting third place on yesterday team competition!!

3: Come in

He's glad he remembers so many things 

4: Ah...

5: Yesterday was hard, wasn't it

No!!

Is the bruise you got from falling from your bike okay

6: That's not important

It was for Kiji-san!!

7: You saved me, yon

Pag 13

1: Ichifuji-kun

Fou!!

2: After my debut race during last August, even if I lost to that four-eyes guy, you still made me your pupil!! Thank you so much!!

Yeah yeah, I've heard that at least thirty times, yon

3: Howl, my Merida!!

They're both desperate!!

Pag 14

1: I placed second, but still I was glad

2: Because then I could always follow Kiji-san's back on the mountain bikes field

Thank you so much for teaching me so many things!!

Yeah yeah

4: Finally, I made it today!!

5: Really?

6: Let's go right now!!

That's why I came to call you!!

Thanks-chai

7: Kiji-san, that day

Last autumn....

8:  When you came back from Chiba....

Pag 15

1: When you said “I'll do road racing too, I need to make a team”

2: I'll run in road races

3: I thought I also wanted to help you somehow

4: So, even if it was a different high school from the one I thought I'd go to, I persuaded my parents to let me move here to Ryousei

Fou!!

5: Are you regretting it?

6: No way

Pag 16

1: Here it's the closest I can be to see Kiji-san's great enterprise!!

The double victory of the mountain bike and road race Inter Highs!!

3: You're passionate!!

Pag 17

2: I came this morning and set up everything

Ohh... as expected, you're so attentive

3: So far

4: It's been tough

5: I asked the advisor teacher, and I didn't know anything about road racing, so I studied

6: I got the rollers and collected quite a bit of equipment

7: I asked

8: the guys on the field and even collected members

And we reached this point!! From now on we can start!!

Pag 18

1: The bicycles club of Gunma's Ryousei High School!!

Pag 19

2: From now on, this will be our clubroom!!

3: It just so happens that most of the members I gathered were raised on mountain bikes!!

So let's show them!!

Pag 20

1: How we're going to invade the “road racing” world!!

Pag 21

3: Like in yesterday's race

Let's show them the overwhelming difference between pur powers!!

He Wasn’t There (3/?)

Part 2 https://fifi-uchiha.tumblr.com/post/170553511454/he-wasnt-there-2 ................................................................................... “It was an Uchiha.” “WHAT?” Ino didn’t expect that. She did NOT expect for Sakura to suddenly speak up. An Uchiha. It was an Uchiha who did that to her? But how? Who?! And fucking WHY? Ino knew the story about Itachi Uchiha and how he killed the Uchiha so many years ago, so how was it possible that someone from that clan hurt Sakura like that?! Both kunoichi’s were sitting on Sakura’s new couch in her new home and Ino had made sure to heal Sakura a little more. Her best friends inner wounds first had to heal completely before she’d finish her up and it would take up to five days until her friend would be healthy again. Physically healthy of course. She didn’t say more. Sakura couldn’t talk about it, telling Ino that was more than enough for this week. The blonde hold her hand in a firm grip, knowing that Sakura would need many more days, no months to come back to her senses. The pinkette didn’t ask for Sasuke even once. No, all she wanted was her daughter and her friends by her side, the pink haired beauty didn’t even ask Naruto if he had informed her husband. Because she already knew of course. The medical ninja barely talked at all, much less showed her well known, energetic smile. Her eyes still looked dull and empty and Ino hat the feeling that her soul was screaming, burning inside her like a raging, horrible inferno. “Sakura… Is he… in Konoha? Do we know him?” “No.”, she answered in a dark, heavy voice, her eyes full of bitterness. “Before I collapsed… I broke both his arms.” She voice was shaking a little, a mixture between sadness and angers was raging within her. “He got away before I could kill him. But… I made sure that he would take long to recover.” “Sakura… You..-” Ino wasn’t sure how to react. Working as a doctor, she knew many woman who had to go through sexual abuse but Sakura acted so differently. She was not like them at all. There were no tears nor did she scream or shout. Sakura barely really cried in front of anyone and that fact worried Ino to no end. However, Sakura threw up at least two times a day. It was horrible to watch and it happened in the most unexpected moments. The first time it happened when she cut her finger when she washed the dishes. The blood and the pain of the cut made her insides boil and before Ino knew it, her best friend ran to the toilet and started throwing up like crazy. The other time, Sakura was out with Naruto and Sarada eating ramen when suddenly the voice of ripped clothing echoed in her ears. Her hands were shaking like crazy, her green eyes wide in horror and her jaw hardened for she tried to stay calm. Sakura wanted to keep it back, to convince herself that everything was okay now… However, her body betrayed her and the pinkette ran out of the little restaurant and choked, throwing up the ramen she eat minutes ago. “Mama!” “Sakura-chan!” Immediately, Naruto hold her long, pink hair and Sarada stared in shock for seeing her mother like this terrified the young Uchiha. “Don’t worry… I’m just a little sick.”, she panted, forming a weak smile for Sarada and Naruto. “Come on… Let’s just go back before out meals get cold, okay?” Both, Naruto and Sarada weren’t given the chance to talk to her about it because Sakura tried to stay calm and collected so she could convince herself that everything would be okay again. . . . “Ino. Please tell Naruto about it. There’s another Uchiha who wants revenge for the slaughter of his clan.” Those were the last words of Uchiha Sakura and Ino knew that it would weeks for her to tell her more about the horrible incident. “Don’t worry, Ino. He… he couldn’t finish it.”, she suddenly said dark and  low, making the blonde medic widen her blue eyes in surprise. “Even if I had to sell my sanity, I didn’t let that bastard beat me.”, she snarled quietly, her eyes suddenly looked deadly and hateful which matched to her harsh voice. “I made him regret meeting me...” . . . .………………………………………..………………………………. “What?! Uchiha? You mean the person who hurt her was...-” “Yes. That person was from the Uchiha Clan.” Naruto and Kakashi looked at Ino in utter disbelieve, both hokage were totally shocked about those latest news. “No. This is impossible. Itachi made sure to-” “Obviously, he left out another one beside Sasuke.”, she interrupted the sixth hokage. “She didn’t speak much but Sakura was sure of it. That guy definitely is an Uchiha and he wants revenge.” “But why Sakura-chan?!”, the fox ninja raged. “She has nothing to to with the massacre, dammit! Why would that fucking bastard attack her and not me?!” It really didn’t make sense at all. Not only was Sakura a good person with an even better heart, she also was a part of the Uchiha Clan that guy apparently wanted to avenge. “We shouldn’t push her too much.”, Kakashi said with disappointed eyes. “I mean, she’s pretty tough. Ten days later and she even wants to start working again. I don’t know if I should admire her or worry more about her, really...” “She’s a horrible patient.”, Ino sighed heavily. “I told her that her body will need at least two weeks to recover and I know that she knows. But she is so stubborn.” “You know her.”, the masked ninja intoned. “She can’t live without her job. It’s like a drug and in her case also a… distraction.” A pregnant silence followed in which all three shinobi thought about Uchiha Sakura’s, who would take very long to become the woman she once was. “What about Sasuke? Please tell me he’ll come back, Naruto..!” Ino knew how intimate the relationship between Sasuke and Sakura was for she had seen the glances they shared when they thought no one was watching. Also, Sakura was a very compassionate person who would never marry someone who wasn’t as compassionate as her, regardless of the fact that Sasuke barely showed emotion in public. They shared their moments when they were alone, so much Ino knew. And she also knew that Sakura would feel better and definitely saver with her husband around! “He still hasn’t answered...”, Naruto replied brokenly, his patients was wearing thinner by each passing hour. “I know he takes time to answer but I thought… with Sakura-chan-” “That fucking bastard.”, Ino snarled angrily, her voice thick with fury. “Are you telling me that Sasuke hasn’t even sent aone single fucking letter?!” Naruto looked down, not able to look the blonde kunoichi in the eye. “I know this mission is important but I always thought that his wife and child would be his very first priority.”, Ino spat with venom in her voice. “And here I thought he’s changed. I thought my best friend would be in good hands after their mirage. I thought that the arrogant brat he once was became an honorable man with an absolute devotion to his family, dammit!”

“There must be an explanation, dattebayo-” “What explanation, Naruto?!”, Ino demanded harshly.

“That guy at least tried to force himself on her! I don’t know if or… how he did it but Sakura’s fucking traumatized! She cant eat, she has nightmares, she can’t sleep without Sarada, she throws up regularly… How much more does it take to make him come back?!” Even if it hurt, Kakashi and Naruto knew she was right. Ino was Sakura’s best friend and unlike her teammates, she was able to judge without feeling connected to the missing Uchiha. “She will leave him.”, the Yamanaka said. “She wants a divorce. And guys, you know how happy I was for them but… I will support Sakura with her decision. I won’t try to change her decision. I know how much safer a woman feels with her husband, no matter how strong we are. But Sakura deserves someone who loves her and sees her as his first priority.” Ino’s words were harsh and even if Naruto and Kakashi never wanted their comrades to go through a divorce… there was nothing they could argue about.

“Ino… Listen, I understand you better than you think. Don’t you think I’m not angry?” And Naruto was. The Seventh Hokage was furious and he couldn’t wait to find that son of a bitch and make him pay for what he did. “But Sasuke is my comrade and my best friend. And as long as there’s hope, I’m gonna believe in him, dattebayo. He would never cast his family aside, Sasuke is not that kind of person..!” “I agree.”, Kakashi said calmly who tried to believe in Sasuke even if the whole situation was kind of complicated. “We will support her, too. After all, she is a grown up woman and if she’s not happy with this mirage, then she’s more than free to annul it. Sarada’s old enough to understand and Sakura has a job and is a more than capable kunoichi. We just want her to be happy, that’s all.” And Kakashi knew that she would only find absolute happiness with Sasuke Uchiha by her side. “You better send that bastard another message, Naruto.”, Ino told him sternly. “Not like he cares, but let him know that Sakura will no longer be his wife. The only Uchiha aside him now is Sarada. Sakura, however, won’t be a married-single mother any more.” With those words, Ino just turned around and walked to the door, opening it and leaving both shinobis alone for she knew that the  members of Team 7 needed time to adjust to this new situation. And for many, many minutes both Naruto and Kakashi weren’t sure of what to say, really. “I’ll give him five days, Naruto.”, the jonin started talking and saw Naruto’s confused, unsure face looking at him. “Five days. Should he not come back to the village, I will look for him and tell him something he won’t be able to handle.” Telling him this, Kakashi turned around, his hand in his pocket and grabbing his book to bury his nose in it and the blonde Hokage knew why he did it. Kakashi Sensei was a person who reads when angry and to be honest, the fox ninja was kinda glad about that for he really didn’t need a blue Susano destroying this bulding. Sighing sadly, the hokage looked at the old Team 7 picture again, his eyes becoming more and more depressive due to the fact that his best friend still wouldn’t come back. “Five days, idiot.”, he whispered in a sad but hoping tone. “You have five days. Come back and make the best out of it, dattebayo...” . . . “Sakura-san! You look beautiful as ever, If I may say it like that!” A little smile touched her lips when she met Rock Lee. Sakura was just about to enter a super marked to buy a few things for dinner when she suddenly met the tai-jutsu expert who was just as lively as ever. “Thanks, Lee. You look well, too.”, she said friendly, however, her eyes still looked… sore. As if she’d been awake for several days. “Meeting you here was fate, Sakura-san. I was looking forward to seeing you off.” “You did?”, the pinkette asked incredulously. “Yes. Fate was on my side as it seems, so...” Suddenly, lots of white flowers were hold under her nose and the pinkette realized that the black haired jonin seemed to have bought that bundle of flowers for her. “Back then, when I was hospitalized after my fight with Gaara… You always bought me those white flowers. And seeing you sad and without any happiness made me realize how much I missed seeing you smile. You should cherish your youth and bloom like the baautiful flower you are!” Her eyes twitched and even though she should be happy, thankful and full of gratitude for having such nice friends, Sakura didn’t. She couldn’t. Because she was ashamed of Lee knowing… that about her, it pained her to know that everyone seemed to be aware of the latest events. Uchiha Sakura was a proud, strong and independent woman who never wanted to show any weakness to anyone. And now, after so many years of proving her worth, showing how strong she’d gotten… Everyone seemed to know about that horrible incident. It was humiliating and for a moment, the medic wanted to run away, bury herself in a hole and never come back. “Thanks… Lee, I ap-” ‘You’re mine...’ He heart stopped and her eyes widened at the voice hollowing inside her head. ‘No matter how strong you are, you will never forget about me, right Sakura..?’ Her eyes, her hand, her body, her heart, her very soul- Sakura’s whole being started shaking when that deep, threatening voice made her head pound like crazy, insane and horrible memories hit her like a hot jackhammer. “Sakura-san? Are you okay..?” Her knees gave away and a moment later, the pinkette was half kneeling, cold sweat started to cover her face, dripping over her forehead and cheeks. “Hey..! What happened-” Warning not to come closer, she raised her hand and made him understand that she needed to be alone, that she didn’t want anyone to be near her right know. The pink haired kunoichi looked like she’s just ran a marathon for she was panting like crazy, her eyes insane and dark at those gruesome memories. . . ‘Pathetic, little Sakura. Trying to be strong even when you know you’ll lose.’ ‘Shut up!’ ‘Come now. We both know I’m right. No one knows you’re here, no one will come to help you, no one will miss you when you’re dead.’ ‘NO! My friends- My husband-’ ‘What husband?’ That sinister, dark smirk would hunt her forever just like the words he spoke afterwards. ‘No one will save you when I make you mine...’ ‘SASUKEEEEEE!’ . . “Sakura-san? What happened..?!” “Don’t!” DON’T COME CLOSER! “Don’t… worry… I’m okay.” Don’t come. Don’t come, don’t come, please don’t come! “Lee-san… I-I need to go home. Sorry but… we’ll talk about everything next time, o-okay..?” Never in his life had Lee seen his pink haired friends so shaken, so… devastated. “But Sakura-san, you really should-” “I have to go..!” The tai-jutsu specialist looked with unsure, sad eyes at Sakura’s retreating back, hoping for her to find peace again soon. His friend was too nice, too sweet, too goodhearted to experience something like that. But unfortunately, there was nothing he could do about it. Nothing. Lee knew that the only one who could make her happy… -was Uchiha Sasuke. “I hope he’ll come back soon. Sakura-san needs him so much...” . . . In the darkest hours under the dim moonlight, a dark, cloaked shadow walked through the gates of Konoha-gakure. A man, a shinobi who made no single noise walked quietly, without sparing his surroundings a single glance because he just had one single, important thing to do. The roads were empty, no single civilian or shinobi was outside, only the dark haired man who walked faster than needed to finally reach his aim. He paid no attention to his bleeding wounds or the dark bruises that covered his body. No, even though he was in a pretty bad condition he continued walking, making sure to finally reach the place he was aiming for. The man was obviously impatient, nervous almost for he really was in a hurry right now. He needed to see them. Both of them. Sure, his face showed no emotion, his face was as calm and collected as always. However, he had this strange feeling in his chest that made his insides squirm but… It was impossible. There was nothing to worry about because this was Konoha-gakure, for god’s sake. But still, he could do nothing about that pang of angst surrounding his heart, that hidden fear he started feeling days ago was beginning to crush him. A shaky breath escaped his half parted lips whereas his palms felt sweatier with each passing second. “Dammit...” Why was he so nervous? Why did he feel so much angst and worry?! And since when did it take so fucking long to get to the Uchiha district..?! . . . With a heavily beating heart, his knuckles hit the door softly. The black haired shinobi knew the door was not locked, not to mention that he owned a key of course… But he secretly enjoyed the soft, cheerful smile of the pinkette, followed by the energetic, yearning hug of the youngest Uchiha girl. Yeah… Sasuke couldn’t wait, his heart arched for the most important people in his life. His family. The family he created himself, the family he always wanted, the family he loved more than everything in this world. The pain was nothing to the feeling of absolute excitement he held right now for it was too long since he last saw his family. But to his shock, they didn’t open the door. Not even after the third time he knocked and Sasuke’s angst and nervousness grew and grew. Thinking that they might’ve felt asleep, he opened the door himself and was greeted by dark silence that felt uncharacteristically cold. His home was never cold. Whenever he came back, whenever he was with them, Sasuke never felt cold. Never. But right now… it was freezing. For the first time in his life his house was cold, making the heart under his chest even heavier. “Sakura?”, he called his wife’s name, walking through his home and opened the door of his daughter’s room. “Sarada..?” No one was there. Both of them were gone… But why? He was sure they weren’t out for it was far too late for that. Maybe Sakura was working and Sarada stayed at Ino’s or Naruto’s? Or were mother and daughter camping and relaxing for a couple days? . . . “Well, well. I see, you finally had the decency to come back, huh?” Too engrossed in his thoughts, the Uchiha hadn’t noticed the sudden presence of his silver haired sensei who looked at him with dark… reproachful eyes. Sasuke felt kinda weird for Kakashi always seemed so happy when he saw him after such a long time of being apart. After all, his sensei was the closest thing to a father he had so… why did Kakashi look at him like he broke the rules? “Kakashi.”, was his low, calm greet. “Where are they?” A heavy silence followed in which the dark haired Uchiha felt like hell waiting for his sensei’s answer. Kakashis eyes were unforgiving, his posture usually calm but… he seemed stiff. No, he looked really tense. Just what was going on here, why did everything feel so… off? Patting his shoulder was the first thing Kakashi always does so.. why did he look so upseat? “They are save.”, Kakashi simply answered whereas Sasuke’s gaze twitched. Save? Why shouldn’t they be? “I know you are pretty injured but I will still tell you one thing about Sakura, Sasuke.” The Uchiha swallowed, sweat was dripping from his throat for right know… he had the feeling that Kakashi was going to say something that would wreck his world. . . . “Your wife no longer wants to be with you.” . . . :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Part 4: https://fifi-uchiha.tumblr.com/post/171460831574/he-wasnt-there-4 Weeeeell, that escalated quickly. ^^ But okay, I’m not sure how you guys will react but… yeah. This ff won’t be long at all, this is merely a little practice for one of my ‘main ffs’ that are to come :D So, I hope you liked it even if it was a little boring. Stay tuned and enjoy your weekend ^.^