This drabble isn't explicitly SasuNaru, but I don't have much else to say about it otherwise, lol—enjoy!
And with a clash of orange and blue, the rivals swept blades and curses at each other.
Sasuke let out a single laugh. "There's no point in convincing me—I've already made my decision." And an angry blue bolt of lightning rode up past the length of his silver sword, crackling the air with chakra intent on murder.
The blond braced himself, slowly gathering demonic energy at his palms. "This isn't right, Sasuke. This isn't who you used to be!"
Sasuke didn't lose a beat. "You're right. This is who I truly am!"
Naruto could only stare wide-eyed as he watched the cancerous curse mark of his longtime teammate grew over his skin. "I'm not going to give up! I'm bringing you back!"
The raven-haired prodigy sneered, underneath his power-deformed face, perfect ivory teeth grit in a show of disgust.
"Naruto," he asked, in a chide. "Why the fuck do you care so much?"
The jinchuuriki paused for a moment, pools of Kyuubi chakra marginally falling back under his control. A tan hand steadily reached out for his opponent taut and flexed shoulder.
"Because we're friends," Naruto explained, without hesitation.
And with those three words, something collapsed in Sasuke's onyx-eyed resolve.
Whatever blood-colored Sharingan was left in his irises faded out, and he slowly turned his head down toward the ground, shading his face with his raven locks as the black tattooed desire for murder withdrew from his tense muscles.
"Friends, huh?" a raspy whisper emerged from his pale thin lips.
"Yeah," the blonde affirmed softly, shaking his teammate's shoulder once more. "Friends."
The silence that followed made Naruto's heart blossom with some hope that his friend was changed by his words, but after a beat, the Uchiha shoved his teammate's arm off him, subsequently turning around and stepping away without another word.
later
"Heeeey!" Karin cooed, greeting the brooding Uchiha immediately upon his return to their hideout.
He didn't bother to even turn his head to regard her welcome, passing by her, the trail of wind behind his emotionally-restrained step whipping up her uneven locks.
"Sasuke?" the red-haired chick repeated, having expected at least some attention from her petty crush. Not receiving any, her eyes narrowed and looked over to her sword-loving comrade, asking, "What's with him?"
Suigetsu, his hands on his slim hips, flipped his body around to observe the other male for a second.
And perhaps the white-haired ninja knew a bit more than he was supposed to, but regardless, Suigetsu answered, without a drop of doubt:
"He just got friendzoned."
;)
Thoughts? I know I've watered down the fighting quite a bit—I could have totally bombed this piece with more toad wisdom and Sharingan rape but I think we get enough of that now these days with the ongoing war.
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