Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of it's components, nor am I making any money of this.

This is just a tiny Sasunaru-tinted fic, meant to be a musing on what is going on in canon-Naruto's head, but again, very SasuNaru tinted..

...Sasuke

I do not quite understand... I did not quite understand… I still don't understand

Why trade me and Sakura for that Snake-bastard?
Why are you gathering up that group now, proclaiming you can fight Itachi?

Why do you want to die for that cause?

Why don't you comeback with me?

…

Why don't you come back with me, so we can be happy!
And talk about stuff that doesn't matter, like, why Sakura's hair is pink, and why Hinata's so weird and gloomy!
Because, we never really did that, did we?

…

We never really did that… did we?

I…

When I came back from training with that old pervert, I really thought I could save you, just take you with me…
But at that moment just seeing you would be worth it, just as it always has been worth it.

Just being with you, those old times of our early childhood…
To gain respect from the top boy in our class… From the only boy which could understand my loneliness.
I wanted to talk to you, to share our loneliness… But you ignored me…

I was, I am just a nuisance…

You told me that in our genin days.
But still, you and Sakura gave me a tiny bit of respect and friendship, which I greedily took and treasured with all my might.
For I am the boy with the demon fox, and your friendship is my greatest treasure…

Especially now it's so rare…

I've been noticing that my demands are getting less severe lately, I only need you to be there to feel like I used to, to satisfy my addiction, because Sakura just doesn't cut it anymore…

Yes, she still makes my breath go a little quicker and still makes me feel just that bit warmer, but I don't yearn…

I don't yearn for her…

She doesn't make me feel like you used to do, still do.
You make me want to be close to you, to just be with you…

I'm going to rescue you, even if you don't like it, even if I don't know what will happen afterwards…
But I'll find a way!
I'll find a way to become Hokage, and I'll find a way to help the Hyuuga clan, and to help people like Gaara, and to date Sakura…
And I'll find a way to be with you…

I promise you, and I don't get back on my word!

YOU HEAR ME SASUKE? I'M NOT GOING BACK ON MY WORD!

BELIEVE IT!