Title: Blood On My Hands
Author: mitsuki0tennyo (Mitsukino Tennyo)
Fandom: Naruto
Pairing: SasuSaku (Uchiha Sasuke x Haruno Sakura)
Rating: T
Word Count: 1,068
Disclaimer: I don’t own Naruto.
Summary: Pein realized Sasuke had began to follow him or rather the Deva Path whom the boy believed was his real body. Nagato didn’t quite know when the Uchiha had started following him but it had something to do with his blue haired companion, only to stop a few days ago and the Uchiha solely focused on the Deva Path in a way that was a mystery to Nagato.
The never ending cycle of rain fell down over the land… Yahiko used to say the heavens were crying but Nagoto wasn’t so sure about that anymore. From his tower of Amegakure, he watched over his realm. For the villagers it was a common sight to see one of the Paths of Pein from the village’s highest skyscraper. This time however he was joined by a dark shadow with eyes of spinning crimson. It was quite easy to mistake Uchiha Sasuke for his brother, especially when the boy donned his Akatsuki cloak for the first time Pein realized. The boy had taken it upon himself to follow him or rather the Tendō, as the youth believed that Path was his true body. Nagato didn’t quite know when the Uchiha had begun tracing his footsteps but it had something to do with his blue haired companion. Sasuke’s eyes had always focused on Konan and himself whenever they were in the same room as the boy. Recently, the raven haired shinobi had dismissed his blue haired partner and solely focused on the Deva Path in a way that was a mystery to Nagato.
“Why does she follow you?”
Of all the questions Sasuke could have asked, Nagato had never suspected it would something like that. Knowing that black eyes never left his form as Akatsuki’s newest member waited for his answer, one it seemed that Itachi’s little brother desperately desired. “Because all we’ve got left in this world is each other.”
“I never quite understood what keeps Sakura at my side.” Sasuke casually remarked, but Nagato knew it had a deeper meaning as the boy stared down at the balcony that was occupied by Konan and the two kunoichi that were part of his team.
“Sakura is the one with pink hair isn’t she? Are you worried something will happen to her?” Nagato asked all the while keeping his voice uninterested and emotionless.
“Not to her… you are not loyal to Madara are you?” At his nod the young man continued, in a somewhat insecure way. “Sakura… she is pregnant… with my child.”
So that was the secret that made the entire team Taka so incredible… twitchy as Kisame had called it. They were always on their guard and now that Nagato thought about it, the pinkette never went anywhere alone ever since Madara had bought them to Amegakure. But Nagato could understand why they would keep it a secret. Pein now understood why Sasuke had come to him… the Uchiha had realized that he wasn’t completely loyal to Madara, although he had misjudged Nagato’s friendship with Konan for a romantic relationship. Still it was strange, but he suddenly realized the boy had come to him for advice… for all his maturity Uchiha Sasuke was still a sixteen year old boy whose lover was barely any older.
“Konan and I were never anything more than friends, we are as close as brother and sister but we never nor will we ever venture to discovering the pleasures of each other’s flesh.” Nagato could feel the boy’s questioning eyes on him, but ignored them and continued with his story. “During the Third Shinobi World War, Konan, myself and our friend Yahiko created the first incarnation of Akatsuki. It was the start of our quest to end the war that raged within this country through unorthodox means. But the leader of Amegakure at that time, Sanshōuo no Hanzō viewed us as a threat to his power and sought to get rid of us. He teamed up with Nē, a secret organization within the command of Konoha to kill our group’s leader Yahiko, who was my best friend and the man Konan loved. He lured us to a meeting where he forced me to kill Yahiko in exchange for Konan’s life.”
“What happened to him, to Yahiko?”
“Yahiko committed suicide by impaling himself upon my kunai to spare me the anguish and burden of killing him. Afterwards I saved Konan and slaughtered Hanzō’s forces in retribution along with the Konoha shinobi whom the Salamander had allied himself with. Hanzō fled and escaped as did the leader of Nē.”
It was hard not to think about his deceased friend whom Nagato had honored by making Yahiko’s body into the Deva Path. It still hurt so much to remember how his friend had died. “I took on the alias of ‘Pein’ and started a civil war within Amegakure. Years later I single-handedly killed my enemy, his family, retainers and followers. But it wasn’t enough… my thirst for vengeance wasn’t stated. So I began a systematical genocide… killing anyone who was even remotely connected to him. To this day only Hanzō’s greatest enemies or should I say opponents are still alive… and one who escaped me until now the leader of Nē, Shimura Danzō.”
From the corner of his eye Pein saw an angry flash of crimson indicating that Sasuke’s Sharingan had transformed into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan the moment he mentioned Danzō’s name. Hatred tainted the boy’s expression, waves of anger rolling off him at the sound of the Elder’s name. Sasuke’s chakra grew darker and viler by the second. On the platform bellow them, Pein saw that the pink haired kunoichi started to turn her head towards the balcony he and the Uchiha occupied, after the redhead had whispered something in her ear. “You should calm down, if you don’t want your two kunoichi to join us.”
At those words, the suffocate feeling of rage disappeared as if it had never been there in the first place. Beneath them the two kunoichi relaxed again and started to pick up the conversation they had with Konan moments earlier. Looking back at Sasuke, a thought crossed Nagato’s mind. “After you capture Hachibi, perhaps you and your team could hunt down Shimura Danzō.”
“Why? Aren’t you going to Konoha to capture Naruto?” A slightly surprised expression appeared on the dark haired boy’s face as he spoke. “Why not kill him while we are there?”
“Because he will not show himself, not even when I attack Konohagakure.” Nagato felt his lips form a slight smirk before continuing. “So perhaps you could hunt him down afterwards and make him suffer.”
(12. Victims of Love ←| Love Like Winter |→ 14. Girls’ Not Grey)
Author’s Note: In this chapter I tried to portray Sasuke for what he is, a sixteen year old teenager who’s lover (in his words) is pregnant with his child. In a way he seeks help because he doesn’t know what to do and has no adult he trust in his life who can tell him what to do. And while he before finding out the truth of Itachi he might have sought out Kakashi, that is no longer an option now. So he turns to Nagato when he noticed that are echoes of his relationship with Sakura and how the former treats Konan.
This chapter is dedicated to Hasiva and ILoveSxS for reviewing every single chapter of LLW but also following me on to my many blogs and deviantart, I also like to thank halfkyubikat for taking the time to edit my story. Also I have started a poll if I should create a timeline for you guys. So you read story in the correct chronological order. Furthermore I encourage you guys to check out my profile (for the love like winter music list), deviantart account (for fanart) as well as my livejournal, blogger and wordpress for story previews and extra’s (in form of interludes and pictures). And if you haven’t heard yet, the SasuSaku Month‘s prompts were released on March 28th. If you interested and want to join link are on my profile page.
mitsuki0tennyo 
Another dedication! Thnx sooooooo much!!!