Both were so desperate for power, yet so different in motives... so lost in their ambitions, neither could see the other for what they truly are.

The time would come soon, far too soon, when Naruto and Sasuke would cross a line. One where their fates could not turn back, though if one looked close enough that line may have already been crossed... the moment the met each other, maybe sooner. An event that could not help but happen. Even if you tried to stop it, it was inevitable. For one was the darkness, the other the light... while they hated each other, they needed each other in ways neither could fathom. No matter how hard they'd try to pull away, they could not leave each other anymore than they could stop their un-rational and ever so different goals. Oh, how different their paths in life would be, like all else, the exact opposites in direction. Has it ever been suggested that the relationship of "balancing each other out", was un-healthly? Inevitably an inescapable down fall? Like a destructive force brought on by the sheer power of nature. Neither could look at another the same way they saw the other... in a love, the depths of despair. They were undeniably the polar opposites in most everything. They would soon be at the forefront of two of the the strongest emotions possible. Love and hate. Lock forever in the cruel bindings of fate.

Would they destroy each other? Yet, could they destroy each other?

Only the precious ticking time would tell...

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If anyone's wondering what the 'line' is they are about to cross is, it's either (or both) absolute hate or absolute love... I guess this is a strange look at their relationship ^_^' And I wrote this very late at night, so I think I just repeated random ideas over and over... feh. I don't think I've seen a fic, a *real* and *complex* fic (not just some short babble like mine) looking at this possibility. *shrugs* If you have, let me know what it's called! Does anyone even follow the idea I was trying to present? I won't blame you if you can't... I hardly can.