Thank you kio 3. This chapter is quite short, but they will get longer!

Warnings: Eventually this fic will contain smexytime but right now...it just contains Uchiha-retardedness. BEWARE!

Also, I do not own Naruto, which is a tad unfortunate. If I did maybe something cool would happen.

The raven crept silently into the pitch-black room avoiding every obstacle as if the sun was glowing above him. His whirling red eyes were searching for a single person. It was his job to find them. His job and his alone because he was the only one who could do it, or so he'd been told.

The words had come from behind that swirled, emotionless orange mask. "Only you can lure him to me. They will protect him, but he will come to you. The fool still trusts you, making it almost impossible for you to make a mistake like you did with the Hachibi. This time, the Nine-tails will be mine for good."

The boy knew it was true, and something about it made the gnarled black hatred around his heart twist painfully. He let the feeling run its course, knowing numbness would eventually return.

After killing his only kin, numbness was the only feeling that offered him any kind of comfort, anything that resembled peace. But he could never feel true peace of mind until he made the world understand his hatred. And he was so close. This was all he had to do to get his final revenge. The mechanism was breathing in this very room, and all he had to do was take it. He could feel the power of adrenaline coursing in his veins at the thought. But now was not the time for his revenge. The time for that would come later, as he was promised - and he would make sure that promise was kept or there would be hell to pay.

A snort interrupted the silence and the raven's lips twisted, not quite into a sneer and not quite into a grin – the boy himself couldn't even identify the emotion behind it. The red eyes turned to lock on their target. It would be too easy to take what he came for. All the fuss to move him to an island on the back of a turtle and they let him sleep alone, away from anyone who could offer him protection? Even under the scrutiny of the Sharingan, it was obvious the boy was alone and completely unaware of another presence.

Or so he thought.

"Sasuke…"

The intruder froze instantly, reflexes taking over at the sound. I've been recognized. Is he awake? Will I have to prepare for a fight? He analyzed the target for a few moments, anticipating an attack. Some drool rolled out of the side of a tan mouth only to be lazily wiped away, but otherwise the target appeared to be asleep. Focused so solely on his mission, the boy didn't even give a second thought to the name uttered in his prey's sleep.

Looming over the sleeping figure, pale hands extended and eyes glowing ominously red, the raven carefully turned the blonde head to the side. Glancing down coldly, he was vaguely reminded of the last time he'd been looming over this particular motionless form. It seemed so long ago. He was so much weaker then. He was unable to do what he'd needed to get power. But this time, he wasn't going to be held back. Gathering his chakra in one hand he waited for it to crackle and turn to lighting on his fingertips. He slowly placed a hand firmly over the boy's mouth to stifle an impending scream. Once he determined there was just enough chakra to make him lose consciousness but not kill him, the boy pressed the lightning into his prey's neck, right over a pressure point.

The tan boy emitted a muffled cry against the pale hand, his limbs flailing uselessly before going limp. Sapphire eyes flew open in fear and surprise, seeking out his attacker. All the fear melted away as those eyes met the swirling Sharingan, the reassuring image of Sasuke's face the last thing on his mind before losing consciousness.

His goal accomplished, the raven stared blankly down at his prey. "Hello Naruto."

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