Summary: I wanted to try something different, actually write something! This is a fic written from Sasuke's point of view, at least for the most part it is. The closer you get to the light, the greater the darkness becomes. Can Sasuke find his light or will the darkness consume him?

(A/n: Everyone is 20 expect for Sai, Neji, Lee, TenTen and Kakashi . . .I think you get the trend here.)

Stretching Shadows

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Blind:

Beep . . . beep . . . 'what's that sound?' my eyes open lazily, the drugs that had been keeping me under slowly wearing off.

'Oh right.' I'm stuck in this damned hospital.

It sickens me to be in this place, its walls painted such a plain white; it makes blood and death more evident.

Long hollow hallways allow screams to echo throughout each room, reaching every ear.

Various tubes are lodged in the veins of my arms revealing the source of the beeping. Bandages cover most of my torso hiding my cursed seal.

'How am I still breathing?' I stare blankly out the window, not really seeing anything, remembering the past events.

I had killed Orochimaru and Itachi and had little to keep going, I was broken in more ways than one. I had been living in the shadows for so long that I didn't know my way home, or remember if I even had one to go back to. I had stumbled aimlessly searching for light through the increasing darkness when I collapsed at the village gates; maybe I made my way back unconsciously.

"How's he doing?" asked a voice just outside my door, freeing me from my reverie.

"Go, see for yourself." said another.

I looked towards the door as it opened, it was Naruto and the Hokage, Tsunade, they sounded different, hell even they looked different.

'How long have I been out?'A huge grin formed on his face; I swear if he grinned any wider his face would get stuck that way.

"Sasuke, you're awake! Hey Tsunade-bachan, you were right! He's finally awake!"He yelled.

It took my heavily drugged mind a minute to process that; what did they have me on, enough tranquilizers to put down an elephant?

"What do you mean finally? It's only been a week tops." I said my voice groggy from disuse, man I was thirsty.

As if she could read my thoughts Tsunade handed me a glass of water, she waited until I finished gulping down the liquid to speak.

"Ok, Sasuke, there's no way to go about this without shocking you so I'll be straightforward, you've been in a coma for a little over four years." I'm glad she waited until I was done with my drink or I would've choked on it, was my sluggish thought process messing with me or did I hear that right?

"What?"I said loudly, disbelief evident on my face, if this was a joke it wasn't funny.

Naruto spoke up this time "Found you half dead, just outside the village's Main Gate, I thought you were gone but Bachan said you'd wake up, it took some time but you did." He said a little more calmly then before, his grin fading into a sad smile.

"You've missed so much . . ." he trailed off.

I took in the information and looked at Tsunade sitting up with a grunt, my body was extremely sore but I didn't care at the moment.

"Hokage?"I asked simply, looking at her. She shook her head and gestured towards Naruto, he scratched the back of his head nervously.

"That's not even the best part, hey Sakura, come in." said Tsunade.

The pink-haired girl, err, woman walked in, greeting Sasuke and taking Naruto's hand. He held out her left hand to show Sasuke a ring on her ring-finger. Sasuke's had to process this . . . his two friends were married . . . to each other. He really did miss a lot.

He drew a blank; he didn't know what to say. It was Sakura who saved him this time. "Maybe we should give him some time to let everything sink in, he just woke up and he needs to rest." Everyone said their goodbyes and left, turning out the lights.

'Wow.' Was my only thought. Everyone had changed so much, not that I didn't expect it, it just seems so sudden. I know this isn't all I've missed and I wonder if anyone will have any time for me.

That's when it hit me; will I still be left to wander alone in the darkness again?

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