Title: Fatal connection

Pairing: SasuNaruSasu

Warning: none so far, but maybe in the later chapters. Maybe. :/

A/N: I don't usually write SasuNaru stuff, but this idea wouldn't leave my head. it was annoying me so I had to write it, I will do some more chapters soon. I like this one better then my hybrids story for some strange reason. Oh well. I will update my other stories sometime soon - but Im kinda been lazy right now XD Enjoy!

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Chapter one:

Things we lose

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Sasuke Uchiha. The name was crossed out on the small black book in the blonde's hands. He stared at the name long and hard, watching as if it would suddenly turn in to the person itself. When nothing happened; he simply continued staring at the name as he waited for a confirmation from the guard that had gone in to check that he had access. No one was to be fully trusted to go in to the holding cell, not even when they had a note from Tsunade herself. They needed human confirmation.

The guard came back from his talk with Tsunade, and gave Naruto a small stare which simply meant 'You're crazy'. This was most likely true, he had been one of the first people to know when Sasuke was finally captured by all the best Ninja in the village and had instantly demanded access to him. Even Gaara had been called out for help. After getting cornered, and his followers abandoning him so they could flee, Sasuke had no choice but to give up.

He had only caught a glimpse of his ex-team mate as he was man handled along the street, surrounded by at least twenty other strong ninja, one been Shikamaru. It had been two in the morning. Sakura hadn't been told about him been captured yet, but for now it would be best to keep her carefree until they managed to get Sasuke back to his senses. He didn't want her getting any more hurt than she already was. He didn't want to see that depressed and sad look on her face again.

Naruto sighed and ducked away from the guard as he entered the room. It was cold, dark and lonely, sadly reminding him of his own child hood. Naruto shook his head, blonde locks bouncing off his head. He took a few more steps; the guard allowed him to go forward and stepped back himself so the other could be alone.

He pulled out a hand, pushing the large metal door. Oh the smell. It was terrible; it was like walking in to a battle field of dead people. Naruto's nose wrinkled uncomfortably as he entered the dimly lit room. There wasn't much in it. But even if there was, Naruto wouldn't have been able to stop himself from staring at the figure against the wall in front of him.

It seemed the Hokage had gone to great lengths to make sure Sasuke couldn't escape. The once proud ninja looked pathetic as he sat on the ground, breathing deeply, black cloth over his eyes and shackles stretching his arms up above him. Blood and grit was staining his usually white kimono like suit, and his sword was long gone. Naruto took another step forward, taking in more of Sasuke's features. He was more muscled, but bruises and cuts were visible from his previous fight. Which obviously, he had lost.

His legs were out in front of him, one resting its knee on his thigh. He looked…Pathetic. Naruto would have cried for how humiliated Sasuke would have felt as guard did this to him, but he just couldn't. At the moment, even as weak as he was, Sasuke was an enemy and would be until he proved himself otherwise.

Sasuke's breath hitched as he turned his head in the direction of footsteps. His hands twisted momentarily in the cuffs against the wall, then slumped back. Sasuke had gotten no first aid; Naruto could tell that by the large swelling cut that was on his arm.

The nurses probably refused to go near him in fear of been killed, that wouldn't be a surprise; Sasuke was tall and had a cruel smirk that could frighten anyone. Heck, a few times Naruto had been scared by that smirk. It put him on edge.

The black haired ninja twisted his head against the wall, possibly trying to get rid of the black band around his eyes. If he could get his Sharigan working, perhaps he could change something…somehow. Naruto shook his head, closing the door behind him and letting the darkness, save for a small lamp, cloud over them again.

He took a few more steps, noticing every movement Sasuke made was in self defense. He was probably worried that he was going to be tortured, or killed for information he didn't even have. Sasuke didn't work for the group with Itachi in it; he wouldn't have any information worth looking at about that subject.

Naruto knelt down a few steps away from Sasuke, ignoring the fact his pants would probably be stained by the blood that had gotten on to the floor. Sasuke kicked out a leg in attempt to kick whoever was there. He couldn't do much more; they had put a seal on him so he couldn't use his chakra properly. To his dismay, his leg was simply caught and stilled in mid air.

"Sasuke…" Sasuke's eyebrows furrowed as his name was spoken. He recognized that voice; perhaps it was a little less whiney, and a little bolder and manlier from when he last heard it. He paused, covered eyes flickering open as he tilted his head up toward the voice.

"Naruto." Sasuke said, voice coming out painfully soft. Naruto let his foot drop back on the ground, and sat there, unsure of what else to say to Sasuke. After all, what could you say to someone who had tried to kill you—twice! The light above them flickered as the flame weakened against the darkness. It would be out within a few hours at least.

"Why?" Naruto asked finally, a question he had wanted to ask for a long time now. He got no answer, just cold silence and black eyes staring up at him from behind a black piece of cloth. Naruto glared at Sasuke, although he knew the idiot couldn't see anything. "Sasuke, why…WHY!?"

Sasuke resisted the urge to wince at Naruto's raised voice, his head was hurting due to been hit to hurt by one of the guards and he would have preferred to die in peace and silence. Not that he wanted to Die, in fact if could avoid it he would much prefer that. It was a bit hard to look intimidating when you were shackled to the wall, so Sasuke decided he would just answer the best he could. He was probably going to be killed soon anyway, so what did it matter?

"Why? That's simple" A smile came on to his face; Even thought his body ached and his head thumped against his skull somehow he could still keep up one of his sickly smug smiles. "Because it's my purpose."

He heard Naruto take in intake of breath. Most likely out of anger. "What kind of sorry excuse for a purpose is that? Huh!?" Naruto shook slightly, filled with anger at Sasuke's apparent smugness. "I- We cared about you! We accepted you and- and you…In the end, what do you have now? Tell me Sasuke, what do you have?"

Sasuke's smile faltered, replaced by a small but firm frown. What did he have? Sasuke felt his stomach dropping. What did he have? Why is that so hard to answer? When he had his followers, and his sword for that matter he could have said 'I have power'. But now he couldn't, not when he had a shameful defeat handed to him.

He went silent, staring in the the black cloth around his eyes. He had nothing. He didn't even have friends anymore… Were his thoughts always this pathetic? Sasuke shook his head mentally. Well, he did have an ambition. Was that enough to be a purpose?

He couldn't bring himself to say anything to Naruto, so he closed his mouth and stayed silent. Naruto in turn stared at him, hands digging in to the stone ground with repressed anger. God, he wanted to sock Sasuke a hard one right now just so he could understand how much pain he had put him and Sakura through.

"Tch, bastard. I guess you can't answer" Naruto moved around on his legs as he watched Sasuke carefully for any reaction. Instead of anger, a small smile spread out on Sasuke's face. There was that smug smile again, great.

"Dobe, I have no reason to tell you."

Naruto would have really, really socked him one if Sasuke didn't look as pathetic as he did with his arm's chained to the wall. He wouldn't attack someone who was defenseless; no matter how much he wanted to let out years and years of repressed pain and anger. Saying he was angry would have been an understatement. He felt as if he was lugging a huge rock behind him, always having people poke and prod him, causing his anger to rise like a volcano.

"You haven't changed" Naruto said regretfully. "You're still Sasuke-teme, Still a bastard."

There was a long silence. Sasuke turned his head and rested his cheek against the cool stone of the room's wall. His arms were feeling fairly numb and his body wouldn't stop aching. Part of him wished Naruto would go all goofy on him and grab him medicine and bandages and call him stupid for running away as he treated his wounds with a usual annoyed look on his face. Saying it was unlikely to happen would be the biggest understatement in world history.

"Naruto tell me…" Sasuke let his body still, head continuing to face away. "When are they going to kill me…?"

Almost instantly he heard Naruto get on to his knees. "What!?" The blonde boy yelled, one fist poised in front of his chest. "What makes you think you will die!? No! I won't let them kill you!"

"Dobe, I'm a threat to this village, I could kill you to get out of here."

Great idea, lets tell the person who could keep you alive you could kill them. Sasuke frowned as he heard Naruto go quiet. Shouldn't he have started yelling about been stronger now that he had been captured?

"Sasuke …Ill find a way to keep you alive, Ill find a way to make sure you can join the village again…" Naruto's voice was hushed and quiet in the small room.

Sasuke would have turned to stare at him with a 'you truly are an idiot' look in his eyes had his eye's not been covered by an offending black cloth. Releasing someone who could kill you; sounded just like something Naruto would do.

The idiot had too much of a heart. "I doubt your current Hokage will allow that Dobe." Sasuke said, an eyebrow raising under the black cloth.

Naruto gave a small huff of annoyance and lifted a hand to the cloth over Sasuke's eyes. He knew why it was there. Naruto rubbed his finger over it softly, then pulled away when Sasuke turned his head.

"Like I said, Ill find a way." Naruto said, moving back on to his knees. "Even if I have to break a few rules, Ill find a way."

He gave Sasuke one more look, and then steadied himself as he got up. The smell of blood wasn't as bad as when he had entered. He probably got used to the smell after awhile. Naruto stepped back towards the door, knowing the whole time Sasuke was staring at him through that black cloth.

"But Sasuke." Naruto turned his head, eyeing Sasuke warningly. "If you run again, I won't hesitate to kill you."

What that said, he stepped through the door and closed it behind him. Now he had a meeting with Tsunade he needed to get to. Naruto stepped past the guard, ignoring his skeptical look, then headed straight towards the fifth's office.

As usual the desk was cluttered with its usual papers, and Tsunade was busy drinking sake instead of signing the documents. She was probably too tired to do anything after capturing Sasuke. All the questions that he had aroused probably put a fair bit of strain on her. Especially when Naruto had come bursting in to her office, demanding to see him.

For the second time that day Naruto burst in to the fifth's office. Tsunade, now used to this action, simply lifted her head and watched Naruto walk in. More like strut in, but she didn't say anything. By the time Naruto had gotten to the desk, Tsunade had put anything he could throw out of harms way incase he got annoyed at her for something involving Sasuke. Sasuke was a very… delicate subject when it came to Naruto.

"What is it Naruto" Tsunade asked, annoyance hinting in her voice. "If you keep on running in like that you will have to pay for new doors."

Naruto gave her a sheepish look for a minute as he turned to look at the door. For sure he cold see splinters forming where he had thrust it open too quickly. Putting on a stern look, he turned back to face Tsunade.

"Sasuke won't be killed." He said, his request sounding more like a demand.

Tsunade sighed. "I knew it would come to this point at some point, but Naruto, you going to have to deal with it. Sasuke is a danger to this village, a danger to you. If we let him free you know the first thing he will do is regroup with his followers." She explained having gone through this in her head many times before. She hadn't expected him to ask so early, but early was better than never. "We already have enough troubles with new enemies popping up all the time; I don't need him out there causing more ruckus."

"But- but couldn't there be a way! To turn him back to this village! To make him a Leaf village Ninja again!" Naruto slammed a fist against the table, making a small crack in the wood. As expected. "Can't we…Can't we do something! Anything!?"

"Well" Tsunade looked thoughtful as her eyes drifted the the newly made crack in her desk. "There is one thing…"

"What! What is it!?" He asked, looking eager. He placed his hands upon the table and leant forward, eyes wide and ears listening. "Ill do anything!!"

"You probably won't like it so listen up…" Tsunade leant forward with her hands together in front of her. "What we will do is…"

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