A/N: An abstract idea. Enjoy.

WARNINGS- Light shounen ai. A couple of sentences sound so so wrong… LOL.

ALSO- This could be spoileretic for some people unless they're keeping up with the manga. This is set in the future.

SPOILER: Itachi is dead and the truth has come out. Sasuke is looking to destroy Konoha in revenge for the 3rd Hokage killing his clan, but Pein has beaten him to it. (this is the current point in the manga minus Sasuke being there) SPOILER ENDS: So Sasuke's about to leave and think up another suitable punishment, but Naruto senses him and Sasuke's sanity goes AWOL. And thus a short FF was born :D

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Prove it to me."

Shattered buildings. Hopes in tatters. Plans for revenge in shreds.

"Prove that I still have something to live for."

-------------------------------

Hardened blue eyes are locked on the cruel cold piece of metal pressed against soft, porcelain flesh.

"Put the kunai down." Onyx eyes are resolute, the message is clear. Both know that outright pleading is a waste of breath. No. Wind blows tiny shards of sharp debris and smoke across the hillside. A battleground. A wasteland.

"I came here for a reason. To fulfil my goal. It's been taken from me, just like everything else. Can't you let me have this one satisfaction? To know if…. Someone cares?"

"I told you to forget me. This isn't about you. Why did you come here?"

"If you threaten my home… Then I'll make sure it is about me." Lips curve upwards into a smirk and sinister light dances in black coals. He's amused.

"You know as well as I do that this wasn't my doing. The only way for me to acquire my revenge is dead-" The effect is immediate and shock registers on a tanned face.

"B-but Itachi-!"

"We were wrong." A shadow is cast upon the missing nins face. The look of a person betrayed. "We were all wrong." The shadow passes and the look is replaced by a steely resolve. Pale hands press the blade closer into his own neck and the blond fails to stifle a gasp. The sound of deranged chuckling fills the air. "You know you're rather pathetic Naruto." The boy in question flinches, having thought the same thing far too many times before. "I was planning to leave without a fuss, but you had to come and try your luck again. Do you think the story's going to end differently this time? Is that what you're hoping for? A happy ending?"

"Don't. Do. Anything. Stupid." he's pleading now. The voice is firm and commanding but underneath it all there's a tone of desperation.

"Oh you're the only one being stupid here." Blue eyes darken as a trickle of blood rolls down Sasuke's neck. A pale finger finds its way to the spot, delicately brushing the droplet away and bringing a dainty pink tongue out to caress the digit. Eyes are now locked. The snake begins to speak. Soft, tantalising. Daring.

"You could stop me. Just say the words I want to hear and I'm yours. I'll come quietly. Just say the words I want to hear Naruto, and it all ends."

"I don't understand what you're asking of me Sasuke." The words are gruff and bitter and they do not shake, but are spoken calmly. However sooner or later both boys know that one of their façades will break. Sasuke looks down.

"You said it yourself- there's always something to live for." delicate lips on a perfect face tremble. Weakness. The turmoil inside was finally being brought to the surface. It's not the reaction either expected. "Tell me Naruto- please, tell me what it is." The shorter teen steps forward, speaking with each stride, shortening the distance between them unbearably slowly. Sasuke remains motionless.

"You tried living for revenge-and that didn't work."

STEP

"You tried living for hatred, and that didn't work."

STEP

"What haven't you tried living for Sasuke?"

The raven flinches. He knows what's coming. He's thought it himself. But running from the truth is so much easier than facing it.

STEP

Onyx eyes close as the kunai begins to slip and the arm holding it begins to shake. The blond is practically upon him, and reaches up to whisper into the ravens ear.

"You still haven't tried living for us."

Onyx eyes widen and then slowly close as a sign of defeat. The kunai lands with a thud on the grass as Sasuke takes deep breaths to stem the steady flow of tears. Unseen, Naruto reaches into his back pocket and takes out his own blade, placing it directly above his own chest. The raven looks up as the blond steps away. The penny drops. Coals widen in anger, and though he will not admit it, surprise.

He's been tricked.

The blonds face is deadly serious, one hand holds the kunai, poised to strike and the other is outstretched for the raven to grasp. A clear choice.

"So prove to me you have nothing to live for."

A/N: Just a clever little thing I thought up… I think I will continue this. I have a whole second part all up here :taps brain: It's a possible multichapter I suppose….

Oh and in case anyone was confused- Basically Naruto is threatening to kill himself so Sasuke will realise how much Naruto and the village means to him.