Hello all!! dodges flying objects I know I know... I should be working on Afterlife... well just so you all know, I've reached a road block... discribing the afterlife is harder than i though... I'll work on it as soon as i can, but right now... this is stuck in my head.

Desclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Sasuke does
I don't own Tales of Symphonia. If I did, I would have beaten it already...

Warnings: Yoai! Shonen Ai! Fluff! Fighting! Zelos groping Sheena! Death! Swearing!

Pairings: Main! SasuNaru. As in Seme!Sasuke Uke!Naruto
Sides and unimportant nothings! LloydColette, ZelosEverything-that-moves and possibly more...

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Into the Rabbit hole…

The setting sun shown down onto the lake, the waters breathing easily and unharmed compared to the clearing. The clearing around the lake was muddy and wrecked, blood staining the grass. The ground was torn and trampled, bodies of shinobi lying in bloody heaps. Four living people stood in the clearing, surveying the battle that they had starred in.

Only one was a female, the same age as two of the males. They were the youngest in the group, at 17 years of age. The eldest was 32, already with grey hair. He held a scar over his left eye, normally covered, but not for battle. He wore a blue shirt and pants, an olive green vest covering his upper torso.

The girl had hair the color of her name, sakura, and went down to her shoulder blades. Her eyes were like the leaves on the tree which holds her name, emerald in color. On her body, she wore a red shirt with white circles on the sleeves. She wore a beige skirt with black shorts underneath, a bag on her hip over it holding her medical supplies.

The one of the boys had hair like the sun, wild and bright, almost as bright as his smile. It was short and spiked, but he couldn't control it. His eyes were like the sea, in color and depth. They held emotions in them that would leave you staring for hours, entranced by their beauty. He wore a black shirt with a black and orange jacket over it, slightly torn and bloody. He lastly wore orange pants, the same shade as his jacket.

If he was like the sun, then the last boy was the moon. His skin was pale, where the other was tan. His hair was dark and combed the other wild and blonde. His eyes were like obsidian, in color and depth. They also would leave you staring for hours, but this time, because you're trapped. He wore a black shirt with a red and white fan on the back, a mesh shirt underneath it, and beige shorts that go to his knees. Like the blonde's, they were torn and bloody, the only similarity besides the kunai holsters on their thighs.

The man looked about the battle field, amazed that so much damage was done. He smirked though; that's what happens when you fight the Legendary Sannin for this generation. Plus him, of course. He looked over to the side where he saw his students leaning against a tree, bags at their feet, laughing at an inside joke. Okay two of them were laughing, the pale boy was smirking.

The blonde was in a branch of the tree, looking down at the other two, the raven leaning against said tree. The girl stood to the side of the tree, laughing with the blonde while sneaking glances at her crush under the tree. The raven had his head cocked up, staring at the blonde, smirking at their immaturity.

The man smiled, his eyes turning into upside down 'u's as he pulled down his headband to cover his scarred eye. The blonde jumped down from the branch, saying something to the raven. He saw the raven say something, most likely 'dobe', the golden boy yelling at him, something like 'Don't call me that teme!' He chuckled at their childlike behavior.

"Sasuke! Naruto! Sakura! Lets go!" He shouted at the three. Said teens picked up their mission luggage and hurried over to their sensei.

"Great work guys. You did good. You really DO deserve the title of Legendary Sannin…" The gray haired man chuckled.

"Duh Kakashi-sensei! What else did you expect of us?!" The blonde, Naruto, shouted playfully, raising a fist in mock threat. The girl, Sakura, bopped the blonde on the head playfully, calling him a baka. Giving an amused 'hn', the raven, Sasuke turned to their sensei.

"Where do we make camp? This spot isn't what you call 'livable'…"

Kakashi smiled, "I saw a spot on our way to the mission location, and thought it would make a good camp for the returning trip. It was this way," he began to walk in a direction, knowing that his team would follow. They jumped up onto the tree branches once they made it there and leapt from tree to tree, their sensei leading, looking in all directions for landmarks to the location.

They heard the rushing of water after a few minutes of non stop running. Kakashi smirked in success and turned to the sound. Not missing a beat, the seventeen year olds followed suit. They landed behind their sensei in a clearing by a river. It was a small clearing, but it held its purpose as they set up camp.

"I'm taking the night shift," Sasuke stated as they unrolled their sleeping bags, Sakura treating any wounds they had left to heal, having treated the major ones during battle. Kakashi looked up from his book while leaning against a tree, clones helping with the camp, nodded that he heard, and then went back to his book. Naruto dropped a bag down in the center of their clearing and turned to his friend.

"Shesh. Why are you telling us when you always are?" Naruto retorted playfully as he pulled off his jacket and tossed it on his sleeping bag and started picking up some firewood along the edge of the forest. Sasuke snorted amusingly and helped him gather some too cook their food and keep them warm tonight. They tossed the best wood into a pile, the sunlight no longer viewable and brought it to flame.

Taking out some vegetables and a pot, Sakura threw some things together to make a stew, not trusting the males at cooking. Well, she didn't trust Naruto at cooking, but she also knew that she was a smarter cook then them. The men surveyed their camp, scouting around, making sure that no one might come around, while they waited for her to finish their well deserved meal.

It didn't take long compared to most things they had to wait for (cough Kakashi-sensei cough), and they soon finished the meal.

"Night Sasuke-kun, Kakashi-sensei, Naruto," Sakura yawned as she walked over to her sleeping bag for the night.

"Night Sakura-chan!"

"hn……night…"

"Night Sakura"

The pink haired girl smiled. She didn't care how patched together they were. They were her family. No matter how many times they were torn apart, trampled on and tossed aside, they were the family she missed the most on recon. She lay down, eyelids shutting; the last thing she saw before she fell asleep was the turned back of her crush, talking with his best friend. She smiled again. Their relationship seemed to grow the most, yet was hurt just as much from the inside and the out.

Kakashi watched from the side as the girl fell asleep, the two boys arguing over something trivial. He felt himself yawn, the two other conscious people looking over at him.

"Go to sleep Kakashi-sensei. You too Naruto. Let's try to get back to Konoha tomorrow," Sasuke said as he fed more wood to the fire. The grey-haired man grinned and complied.

"I'll take morning shift Sasuke. And this time actually let me take the shift," he watched the boy sigh, exasperated before grinning again, turning to his own sleeping bag. Not trusting the pale boy to wake him up for his shift for a minute, he set the alarm clock for the correct time. He set it next to his head, the glow of the fire the only light in this moonless night. Sleep soon took him, a dream of Icha Icha paradise and Iruka filling his sleep.

Naruto pointed at the clock in exasperation, "Since when did he have an alarm clock?!" His only conscious companion rolled his eyes for a reply. Naruto stuck his tongue out at him before finishing off his soup.

He ended up finishing the rest of the pot before walking over to his sleeping bag, "Night teme."

"Night dobe."

"Bastard!"

"Moron."

"Asshole!"

"Loser."

"Jerk!"

"Baka."

"GAHHH!!" Sasuke smirked in satisfaction as Naruto grabbed his hair in frustration.

"I'll take it that I won?" He said in his lazy superiority that drove the blonde up the wall. A grunt from his companion followed by some very insulting nicknames confirmed his victory, "Night Naruto."

"Night Sasuke," The blonde rolled over in his sleeping bag to face the fire, a smile played across his face. Sasuke chuckled at his child-like behavior before looking up at where the stars danced. It intrigued him that so many stars could lay out there and not collide with each other like the shinobi do.

"Beautiful ne?" Sasuke blinked and looked over at his still awake companion. He was looking at him, probably waiting for a reply.

"Yeah they are aren't they…?" He gave his reply before turning back up to look at the stars.

Those too… "I wasn't talking about the stars…" Naruto whispered under his breath, not noticing that he vocalized it.

"You say something dobe?" Naruto almost jumped out of his skin when Sasuke said that, not realizing that he had said it out loud.

"Don't call me that teme!!" Sasuke smirked before going back to his star gazing.

"Just go to sleep… We're going to be running for a long time tomorrow…" the corners of the smaller boy's lips went up a little, happy that the boy cared enough about him to worry about something small like getting enough sleep.

"I'll try bastard… Night again," Naruto curled up into his sleeping bag and closed his eyes, assurance filling him that his friend will watch for danger tonight.

The pale boy watched as the golden one drifted off, a small smile making its way to his lips. When he was sure he was asleep, he walked over stealthily to kneel next to him. He put a hand to the scarred cheek, caressing it lightly. The smaller boy gave a sleep filled sigh and relaxed more.

Moving his hand up to caress his golden mane, a light blush made it's way up to the surface of his pale cheeks, the tan boy's cuteness too much for his icy exterior. Naruto snuggled into the hand, smile forming on his lips in happiness. Sasuke pulled his hand away, not wanting to wake the boy.

Naruto made a small whining noise, like when you take a bottle away from a hungry baby. Sasuke blinked before putting his hand back in the golden locks. Purring, the blonde drifted deeper in the dreamland.

Sasuke snapped back into focus, needing to keep watch. He extended his senses as he caressed the boy's head below him. Nothing… but that could turn into something…

A few minutes deeper into the night, a light seemed to shine from the golden boy next to Sasuke. Blinking in shock, he looked down. Naruto seemed normal enough.

He pulled back the sleeping bag and stared at the adorable boy under him. He mentally slapped himself. Stay focused Uchiha! He noticed that the light seemed to come from…

The raven lifted the boy's black shirt to reveal a glowing seal. His eyes widened as Naruto began to squirm in discomfort, whimpering in pain. The genius assumed it wasn't because of him.

Sasuke gripped Naruto's shoulder and shook it, "Naruto!" he whispered urgently, "Naruto! Wake up!" The sea blue eyes snapped open. The boy instantly gripped his stomach, trying to hold in the pain.

"Sasuke… What the hell…?" He whispered through the extreme discomfort.

"You just started whimpering in pain and your seal started glowing… What does it feel like?" the pale boy whispered back, helping the tan boy sit up.

"It's… like Kyuubi's being… pulled out… and he's trying to break the seal while it's… Damnit it hurts… It's not helping that he's moving around restlessly…" He panted, the pain starting change between a slight disturbance and painful.

"Hmm… I'll wake up Kakashi-sensei—Naruto!" Sasuke gasped in shock as Naruto began to glow and disappear at the edges.

"Sasuke! Whatever's pulling Kyuubi is now pulling me along too!" he said with fear lacing his voice.

Sasuke's eyes widened and he hugged his friend, "If it's taking whatever's attached to Kyuubi, then it'll take me too," Naruto clung to his best friend as they disappeared.

Sakura woke from the noise that they were making, wanting to bash them on the head, but instead screamed as they disappeared in a few glowing lights lingered behind, before disappearing themselves.

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