[She tried keeping awake. She really did. Everything she could think of--raiding the store levels for anything with caffeine, pacing around the less-ruined levels of the ship, talking at Itachi, not really saying anything until her throat was sore and he was completely fed up with her
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Anko...are you all right?
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I-Itachi...Aren't you de...you can't be...
I can't beat him, Itachi.
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[He's up now and running. The last thing he wants is an Anko breaking down on him. What the hell was all of this staying and annoying him for anyway...?]
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Stupid, worthless girl, you think he can help you now?
[She scrambles up and away from him again.] They're not dead, they're not dead, no one's dead.
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That much power, and you're giving it to him.
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She's also leaning against the dilapidated wall outside her room, blood on her face, catching her breath.]
Not giving him anything, Uchiha. I can't- [she grist her teeth] I'm not strong enough to beat him, and he knows it.
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[ But he does know something. It's not easy to take power away from your own fears.
In fact, Sasuke's not sure he can do it himself. ]
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I-- I can't. Not when my fears are so real. Not when they've been keeping me running for all these years.
[Well, she's tired, she was bound to say more than she meant to.]
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