A/N: Why am I writing this? I don't know…

So much blood… he never knew that blood could impact him like this. No, this was no ordinary blood… it was his teammate's. The one that had left but somehow come back again; into his world.

"It happened…once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there lived a beautiful princess. She had… bright yellow hair and sea-blue eyes."

Touch.

"Don't… don't continue…"

" I really wanted to protect her; my princess. Whenever I looked at her, I felt happy, even though I didn't want to. I had to take my revenge on the man who had killed my family and was now after my princess. So, one day, I left, because my princess had become stronger, and to protect her, I had to get more power. I wanted to stay by her side, but I even more than that, I wanted to kill that man, so he could no longer hurt the people I loved. I knew I would make her sad, but I still left. I wanted, I wanted to protect her."

The voice was strained with the huge effort to keep itself coherent.

"Shut up, Sasuke! Please, just shut up and rest…" tears fell, one by one.

"I wanted to keep by her side forever, because she was the only one who knew me for who I was. A true princess- loyal and beautiful. There came a day where I had to fight her- to kill her. I always knew that day would come, but I never knew it would come so soon."

"Sasuke…please… you'll be fine. You can tell us this story when you get better…"

The grasp on his hand weakened.

"Naruto, you understand, don't you? I would never… never have hurt her. I would rather have died."

Fingers brushed his cheeks.

" Don't go on…"

"When I was about to di-"

" Shut up! You won't die! You won't! You won't…"

A smile.

"I wanted to protect her… because I realised that she was my reason… I loved my princess. There was no fairytale ending, but… but I really…"

The eyelids fluttered.

"Shut up! I don't want to hear it! Rest! You'll get well… Sasuke."

They shut then, with a finality he never imagined was so painful.

"Sasuke!! You can't just die, you can't! Open your eyes! Wake up now! Sasuke! Don't you have a princess to protect?"

" He already protected his princess, Naruto…" His other teammate spoke in a halting voice. She touched his hand gently, hoping to comfort him even though her tears were still tumbling down. He shook her hand away roughly.

" Don't cry, Sakura! He won't die, he won't!"

His fallen teammate continued to lie there…

A/N: I wanted to try this format a long time ago, but somehow it came out…like this…