Title: Impaled

Author: CuriousKitsune

Status: Complete

Summary: For Naruto and Sasuke, this is what lies at the end of the road.

Start

A fly buzzed, the dried blood and decomposing flesh a tantalizing meal not to be ignored. It landed, for a moment still, and the unrelenting sun beat down on the cruel tableau.

A wooden stake jutted from the sand, reddish-brown streaks pooled from the corpse impaled upon it. Legs dangled lifelessly, the right knee at an awkward angle and the nails missing on the left foot. Tan skin was burnt and marked with dark lines. Genitals were unrecognizable, a bloody mash. The naked skin on the front was unmarked, only emphasizing the black brand in the center and the meat that was the skinless back. Arms swayed softly, every finger on each hand obviously broken. The head was thrust back, the wooden point just emerging from the open mouth like the popsicle stick of a child's icy treat. The silent scream was somehow more audible than if it was aloud, and the open eyes stared unseeing into the sky, pain personified.

The blond man turned from the scene and walked away.

Blood dripped.