Trying something new with dialogue. Not exactly yaoi, but feel free to read whatever you want into this, be it SasuNaru, NaruSaku, SasuSaku, or for an all-of-the-above, NaruSasuSaku. This should probably be considered AU, due to the implied events and a few possibly out of character moments for Sasuke.


"This grass is itchy."

"I fail to see how this is my problem."

"Well if you hadn't ripped me up so bad I wouldn't be itching!"

"…"

"And these were my new clothes too!"

"…"

"It's pretty dark out. You think it's true, that it's always darkest before dawn?"

"Hn."

"…"

"…"

"Oy, Sasuke, I bet heaven smells like grass and ramen and Sakura-chan, ne?"

"Chh… where did you get that idea from?"

"Think she's already there?"

"…"

"Of course she's there! How could you doubt Sakura-chan?"

"I didn't say anything, dead last."

"So?"

"You haven't changed at all."

"I have too! Well if you're so smart, then what do you think heaven smells like?"

"Doesn't matter. I won't be there."

"Sasuke!"

"…"

"…"

"…rain. Earth. Fresh-laundered shirts. Weapons polish."

"What about Sakura-chan?"

"Dobe, if she's already there I won't need heaven to smell like her."

"Oh."

"Oh."

"Stop smirking."

"Can't. Face stuck that way."

"Bastard."

"Heh."

"Think she's mad at us?"

"…?"

"Sakura-chan! Don't tell me you forgot her!"

"It's a good thing she can't kill us if we're already dead."

"Wow Sasuke, that was a complete sentence."

"Shut up."

"Another one! You wait until now to learn how to hold a conversation?"

"Dobe."

"Eh?"

"Shut up."

"…"

"…"

"Oy, Sasuke."

"Hn?"

"I think the rain's stopped."

"Ah."

"…"

"…"

"What does it feel like?"

"…?"

"Rasengan."

"Probably hurts as much as Chidori."

"You're cruel. Putting a Chidori through me."

"Chh."

"You never did get Itachi eh?"

"…"

"So was it worth it to go to Orochimaru?"

"I'm stronger than you."

"Hey! I've been training hard!"

"No."

"I did too!"

"No… wasn't worth it."

"You ever wish you stayed in Konoha?"

"…"

"Answer the question."

"…Naruto."

"You missed us, huh? Me 'n' Sakura-chan?"

"Hn."

"I missed you too, Sasuke. Now was that so hard to say?"

"Chh. Dead last."

"Hah."

"…?"

"Sakura-chan's gonna punch us through walls when she sees us."

"…"

"Whatcha smirking for?"

"I look forward to it."

"Hah!"

"I guess you have changed. Three years."

"Couldn't stay in your shadow forever."

"You were going to be Hokage."

"Guess not now, eh?"

"…"

"Sun's rising."

"Hn."

"You scared?"

"…"

"We'll be okay."

"…"

"Sasuke?"

"Hn?"

"I'm glad you're here with me."

"...I'm sorry."

"It's okay. I understand. The Rasengan can't feel too good either."

"No...I'm sorry."

"Hmm? Oh. You should have realized we'd never let you go."

"Hn."

"Man that sun is bright. Saaaasuke, turn it off!"

"Chh. I was wrong. You haven't changed."


The end.