Neon: Short, fun drabble to let off steam. I do not own Naruto.

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By all relevant points and purposes, Uchiha Sasuke should be dead. He was spared by his older brother on the night of the Uchiha massacre, he survived the mere ten percent chance of living through Orochimaru's curse seal. He even fought against Naruto and his demon cohort at full power, (or so he assumed, as the demon's chakra was actually causing Naruto pain to uphold) and still managed to knock the boy out.

He should be dead. He should be broken. He should be a sobbing pile of putty in some mental case hospital.

But then again, the Uchiha complex shouldn't be so empty. There should be more than spiders in the bedrooms, and more than rodents and raccoons staring out at you from the hollowed out windows. There shouldn't be rain washed blood smeared across the walls.

And, most of all, his eyes shouldn't have such a fatal intensity. Sasuke shouldn't be able to cause full grown ninja to run the other way just by looking at them. Sasuke should have a touch more color to his skin, a little more warmth in his eyes. He shouldn't look like he'd be at home slithering through knotted grass, awaiting unwary prey to stray from the beaten path.

Uchiha Sasuke should be dead.

But that is impossible.

He cannot die.

…Not until he kills that man.