Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Naruto or any of its respective characters. The song 'Strong Enough' is by Sheryl Crow. I'm just borrowing.
A/N: I heard the song s few nights back on the radio and remembered how much I loved it and thought that it somehow reminded me of Naruto and Sasuke. And seeing as my brain is on temporary strike with my current Sasu/Naru story, I figure maybe this lil beginning story to a series of Sasu/Naru song fic one shots will be what I need to clear my head a bit so I can concentrate on my story and get the next chappie out sooner for the loyal readers. So, if you enjoy the fic, leave a line or two, if not, that's fine too, and if you wish, you can leave some criticism because everybody just loves a good critic… No, seriously though, I like to see what you guys think. Anyways, enjoy!
Warnings: Angsty and there's a character death. Don't kill me for that, but for this one shot… it's character death. Oh, and it's not really yaoi, but there's a definite male/male relationship between Sasuke and Naruto going on here… just bare shots of it.
Here it comes to one and all, the first chapter in Sasuke & Naruto's song fic hall!!
God,
I feel like hell tonight
Tears of rage I cannot fight
I'd be
the last to help you understand
Are you strong enough to be my
man?
It hurt worse than any pain he'd ever felt before. It was more than just the wound in his chest made by the one who left him for dead… It was heartache, pure and simple. Deep cerulean eyes mist with the coming tears he can't seem to stop. It was heartache, yes, but it was also rage; pure rage that flooded his body that was thankfully all his own as the fox was asleep now. How dare he!? How dare his best friend—his lover leave him for dead like that and warn him not to go after him unless he wished to loose his life! Tears fall freely as the blonde gazes out the hospital room window to see that it's raining now. A half smile forms on his lips at the sight. "So you cry too then?"
Nothing's
true and nothing's right
So let me be alone tonight
Cause you
can't change the way I am
Are you strong enough to be my man?
Laughing yellow eyes mock him even as he's shown to his new room. The snake masquerading as a man told him that he would be given all he wanted so that his life would be complete before his body was taken over. He would be trained and taught everything the snake knew in preparation for that coming day. The raven haired youth was not doing this to give the vile man what he wanted he was doing it for the power to kill the bane of his existence- Itachi. Naruto was right when he'd said that all Sasuke would ever care about was revenge. It was one of the things his precious blonde had tried to help him get past, but there was no way around it.
Lie
to me
I promise I'll believe
Lie to me
But please don't
leave
He'd managed to bring Sasuke back once and they had been together and happy for a while. Sasuke had promised then that he would never leave Naruto and Konoha behind again. Naruto believed him with all his heart because it was what he'd wanted. And even now as he watches the retreating back of the Uchiha, his mind echoes in a comforting way that Sasuke would be back, he was just going to the store and that letter he'd received from Orochimaru had nothing to do with his walking out the front door.
I
have a face I cannot show
I make the rules up as I go
It's try
and love me if you can
Are you strong enough to be my man?
Colder, his personality had grown colder and more emotionless as the years went by along with many failed attempts to bring Sasuke back to Konoha with him again. Naruto had never really been one to follow all the rules, but he'd make an exception for the teme. It was time to fight him, time to end this if he chose not to return. Either way, Naruto would never be heartbroken or hurt by the Uchiha again.
When
I've shown you that I just don't care
When I'm throwing
punches in the air
When I'm broken down and I can't stand
Will
you be man enough to be my man?
How many times had he insulted the blonde fighting so skillfully with him? How many times had he held him in his arms and confessed his love and affections for the Kyuubi holder? How many times had he turned away, turned his back on the young man? Naruto wanted him to return and Sasuke wanted to return as well, but he wouldn't, the only thing in Konoha worth going back for would be Naruto, but why would the almost angelic blonde want someone so dirty? Why would he want someone who'd given his body many times so freely to Orochimaru in exchange for power and knowledge? He was broken inside, but he'd never know how much more broken Naruto was than he himself had become.
Lie
to me
I promise I'll believe
Lie to me
But please don't
leave
"I love you…. Sasu…te...me…" Those sweet words spoken from petal soft lips were followed by he gurgle of someone drowning in their own blood and blood spilled from his now still lips. Lips that had brightened everyone's day with bright, cheerful smiles, lips that had pouted when he was ramen deprived, or when he wanted something, lips that had scowled or smirked or grinned at a moments notice… lips that had been loving, tender, gentle, passionate to his lover… were stilled forever now as deep cerulean eyes, once clearer and more beautiful than the skies dimmed and glazed over, the face serene now even in the mask of death.
A raven haired young man's world shattered as he gathered his lover in his arms and cried over a promise made years ago, now broken in death. "I will never give up on you Sasuke-teme. I will never leave you… I will always be there when you need me, so please… stay... for me…"
Naruto had broken a promise to him because Sasuke had broken countless promises to him and by refusing to return with him, had given him no reason to continue fighting because there was nothing for him back in Konoha since he'd driven everybody that had come to care for him away.. All he'd had left was Sasuke, and The Uchiha had denied him that, so in a last minute move, he'd let a kunai meant to miss its target hit. It wasn't so bad really, as long as Sasuke could take back the pain he'd caused when he'd torn Naruto's world to tiny little pieces.
Body trembling, Sasuke cries, sobs wrecking his body as he picks Naruto up and walks away slowly, trudging back home—to Konoha… If there was anyone that should get punished, it was he… for letting his most precious person down… Soft, warm lips cover cold ones in a final kiss. "Gomen Naruto… wait for me, I will join to you soon… I promise."
Solemn words in solemn vows can't erase what I feel now…
A/N: Sad? I think maybe just a bit… I had the idea... and I hope it wasn't too bad... I hope it didn't suck. But this is the first in the one shot song fics about Naruto and Sasuke. Hope you liked it!
