I killed today. There were so many of them. Really, it was like a festival! Only everyone was dead, corpses were scattered everywhere. I'm sorry, father; I couldn't resist. I'm sorry, mother; I loved you, I swear. I'm sorry, elder brother; I never meant to attempt to kill you. I'm sorry, little sister; I don't know where all your money disappeared to, honest!

Okay… that was weird.

Anyway!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto… or.. do I?

Happy reading!

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Kenryouku = Influence.

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Stomp stomp stomp.

"AAARGH!"

Crash.

"Hn."

BOOM.

It was all so nostalgic.

A Chidori in one's hand, and a Rasengan in the other's. Minus the mutated body parts, it all looked so familiar.

Naruto panted heavily, fatigue and pain from being beaten all over finally starting to creep in like a spider on its web. Both their jutsu diminished almost instantly from their hands. "Heh." Pant pant pant. "I beat you this time, teme." He bragged, managing a tired yet strong grin.

"I don't think so…" Sasuke was panting as well, almost mirroring his opponent's said actions. "..dobe." Both of them.

Sasuke smiled. He watched Naruto slowly closing his already heavy-lidded eyes all the while falling unconscious to the ground with a heavy thud. Face first.

And Sasuke, well, Sasuke was not like the dobe. Tch, of course not! Sasuke fell, but only to his knees. He will not soil his pride and fall asleep to the ground like the idiot beside him. Feeling heavier by the millisecond, he resorted to fall on all fours.

But, oh, how sweet it looked to slumber right then and there.

All it took was a right arm down.

A left leg stretch.

Sasuke lay on the ground, slowly falling unconscious as well. Drifting into deep, undisturbed sleep beside his rival.

Just for today, he would soil his pride. Just this once.

Oh what frighteningly powerful influence the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki had on him.

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Well this certainly hasn't turned out like I thought. It was supposedly a scene for Den-en No Sakura and turned out to be a SasuNaru moment. Teehee. I guess I couldn't resist the urge to fluff up their scenes. XD