Flirting With Death: 7. It Was Always You

giada-luna:

Welcome to the final installment of my ‘Flirting With Death’ series, in which we let Sasuke get his say. This story covers multiple prompts.

Word Count: 7K – long one!
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Flirting with Death
7. It was Always You

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*First Love/Maybe Next Time*

He had been waiting for Itachi the day it happened.

“You need practice tracking spirits,” Itachi had explained, checking his bow before handing it to Sasuke. “I’m going to release a wild boar. Your job is to track it, and take it down.”

Sasuke reflexively accepted the bow, even as he asked. “Why a boar? We help people cross, don’t we? And don’t we go to where they are? Why would I need to track them?”

“A boar because it will act solely on instinct, and much as it did in life. Since it is a spirit, you can touch it. But that means it can touch you. I’d avoid that in this case – he’s large and mean-spirited. And you will find not every soul goes peacefully; the tortured, the unbalanced – they can fight back. As for tracking,” he plunked a few more bows into his younger brother’s quiver, with a sly smile. “You need the practice.”

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