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This story takes place in the first Shippuden episode, in that intro – spoiler – thingy; right after Sasuke pops bubble – Kyuubi.

Sasuke retracted his sword from Naruto's back and gut, dropping Naruto's body to the dust. He quickly took care of the other male companion and was at Sakura's neck. His sword was under her chin, touching her skin, threatening to cut it. Sasuke lowered it and returned it to its sheath. As he walked past Sakura she made a bolt and pushed Sasuke against the side of the gorge. She slipped a kunai from her pack and raised it in the air, poised to stab Sasuke in the chest.

"I am sorry, Sasuke. I can not let someone live who will completely ignore emotions and cut sacred bonds over power. I will not kill you; for you are already dead. I will kill this thing lives in your body now." She raised the kunai a bit higher. "I am sorry."

Sakura brought it down but Sasuke caught her wrist a moment before it hit his skin. The chakra that Sakura had been concentrating at the tip went forward and cut a bit through Sasuke's chest, making it bleed slightly. His eyes still possessed the color that trickled down his chest, hardening around the wound.

'She's changed.' Sasuke thought to himself. 'If I hadn't stopped Sakura she would have killed me without hesitation. And her eyes are filled with a blanket of hate, my Sharingan revealing the love hidden under. And even though I'm so close to her, touching her, and staring straight into her eyes; she does not falter. What is this strange act she is putting on?'

Sakura pushed harder with her wrist, trying to force the kunai into the healing wound.

'She does not even break eye contact.' Sasuke switched their positions before Sakura could stop him. He pressed his body to hers in an attempt to get some weak reaction, but to no avail. Sasuke felt the embers of a fire he has extinguished long ago begin to flicker once again in the depths of his mind. He hadn't been this close to Sakura but a few times, many were he was badly wounded and she was crying.

'She was so fragile back then.' Sasuke thought to himself, putting a hand on Sakura's cheek.

"Get your filthy hand off me, dog!" Sakura snapped, jerking her head away from Sasuke's hand.

"If I'm a dog," Sasuke moved his face closer to Sakura's. "then you're a fox." 'She was so easy to break.' he thought, pressing his lips hers. Sakura's body tensed and she tried to pull away, but Sasuke pulled closer to her, pushing her close to the side of the gorge. His hand he moved from the wall to her back and Sakura began give in; Sasuke releasing her hand. Sasuke moved his hand to the pack on her hip and took a Kunai from it, resting the point the point between to ribs above the skin. He felt a point at a similar spot on his back. He opened his eyes, returning them to their normal color. Her green eyes stared into his.

"I see we were thinking the same thing." he muttered.

"So it seems."

They stood there from a while longer before Sakura spoke up.

"Sasuke?"

"Hmm?"

"There's no way I'd rather die."

"Nor I."

At that the two kissed once more; thrusting the blades into each other's lungs.

"Sasuke?"

"Hmm?"

"See you in hell."

Sasuke snickered as his strength and sight faded.

"See you."

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Meh, short story idea, decided to write it down, sue me. I'm behind on most of my stories thanks to writer's block (damn it) and I've been watching InuYasha instead of Naruto for some time now, so this might be very crappy. shrugs I felt like having a bittersweet ending.