Naruto 307

I'm beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeak!

Page 1:
Title: On a whim
Side: They've never stopped searching for him. Though his face is unchanged, and his body so close, he is still miles away.

Page 2:
Text: Sasuke stands before them!

Sasuke: Naruto...
even you're here...

Who's next, Kakashi?

Page 3:
Yamato: I'm afraid I'm Kakashi-san's replacement for the time being.
However, Team Kakashi is head to take you back to the Leaf Village.

Sasuke: Team Kakashi, huh...

Page 4:
Sakura: I KNEW IT! Sai, y-

Sasuke: And he's my replacement?
He said he wanted to protect the bond between Naruto and me...or something.
Looks like a loser to me.

Page 5:
Sakura: Wha?
Sai: It's true that my orders were to assassinate Sasuke-kun...
but I've had enough.
I want to act on my own for once.

I suppose Naruto-kun helped me remember
what it was like to feel.

Something that, I think, was very important to me.
[sasuke's eyes: Oh, jesus.]

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Sai: I admit I don't know you...
but there's a reason Naruto-kun and Sakura-san have come this far to find you.

They're doing everything in their power
to protect their friendship with you.

I can't say I understand it yet,
but you must.

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Sasuke: I understand perfectly.
That's why I abandonned them.

I have another "bond"...

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Sasuke: A bond of hatred...for my brother.
Itachi: Why are you so weak?
Because you lack...

hatred...

Excess "bonds" cause you to lose your focus, and weaken your ability to achieve your ultimate goal.

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Sasuke: What the fuck would you know about how I feel?
You never had parents or siblings of your own...

You were alone from the start!!
You don't get it at all!

I've suffered ever since I lost them!
You'll never know what it feels like!

Naruto: Maybe I can't understand what it's like to have a real family...

Real Naruto: Then why...

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Sasuke: Why...
Why are you trying so hard...

Naruto: Because you're the first real bond I've ever had...

Real Naruto: Why...

Sasuke: That's why I have to break it!

Page 11:
Naruto: Why didn't you kill me??
Why didn't you fulfill your goal??

SakurA: Naruto...

Sasuke: It's very simple.
It isn't that I couldn't fulfill my goal...

Itachi: Like me,
you have the potential to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan.
However, there's a catch...
You must kill...your closest friend.

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Sasuke: I didn't want to give HIM the satisfaction of knowing he'd controlled me.

Naruto: What the fuck are you-
Sasuke: I don't need to explain myself.

Page 13:
Sasuke: But I will say this.
I let you live on a whim more than anything else.

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Yamato: Shit, he's fast...

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Sakura: My God...
Sasuke: Wasn't YOUR ultimate goal to become Hokage?
Shouldn't you be training instead of wasting your time chasing me?

Sakura: S-Sasuke-kun!
Sasuke: This time...

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Sasuke: I'm going to kill you, on a whim.

Page 17:
Naruto: Someone who can't help his friends isn't fit to become Hokage.
Eh, Sasuke?

Sasuke: Pfft.

Side: Sasuke's expression doesn't lie: He will spare and end lives as he pleases. Time has changed him...from a friend, to a cold-hearted monster.