Sasuke woke on his bed, the Six-Tomoe Rinnegan in both eyes strikingly conspicuous.
The marks of the yin and yang powers had already been inscribed on his left and right palms.
"Sasuke, you're awake! You're finally awake! I was so worried about you...!"
Beside the bed, tears shimmered in Karin's red eyes as she hugged Sasuke tightly around the shoulders.
"..." Sasuke gently pushed her away.
"Sasuke?" Karin asked.
"Where's Naruto?" Sasuke asked.
When Sasuke left the room, Sakura Haruno was leaning against the corridor wall.
As he passed her like a stranger, Sakura spoke without expression. "You've wronged a lot of people lately!"
Tap!
Sasuke stopped, glancing back out of the corner of his eye. "What do you mean?"
Sakura said, "When you invaded Konoha, you tried to kill Karin. She made her way to Amegakure and even sold village intelligence to Kabuto just to find out where you were."
"When you were in mortal danger in the Land of Lightning, Naruto used Grandma Chiyo's forbidden technique to save you. It cost him fifty whole years of his life!"
"And while you've been bedridden, Itachi has gone to the Land of Lightning to clean up the mess you left behind. You've thrown that country into utter chaos!"
"What does any of that have to do with you?" Sasuke asked coldly.
Sakura stood her ground. "Nothing, but I'm an Amegakure ninja now, and we did know each other once. So here's my advice: whatever you've done in the past, don't let everyone's efforts go to waste again!"
A faint smile curled Sasuke's lips. "Sakura, you're starting to look a little more like a ninja. But you're still annoying..."
Bzzz! Sasuke's Rinnegan met Sakura's gaze!
Tsukuyomi!
A merciless iron hand pierced Sakura's chest!
Thud!
She collapsed to the floor, shaken. *That