Sasuke was beginning to sleep less and less. He would train to absolute exhaustion in the day time and lie in bed awake and full of haunting thoughts at night. His sleep had been impaired ever since he came to Orochimaru but he had never had this kind of insomnia. It started after his encounter with Naruto and Sakura. The thought that he had nearly killed them –he wanted to kill them –rarely left him. That's why he was even fiercer with his training than before. Orochimaru was glad –his disgusting snaky smile never left his face. The stronger Sasuke would get the sooner he would defeat his brother and then Orochimaru finally could take the little Uchiha's body over.
It was day time. Sasuke was perfecting his chakra control near the waterfall. He was tired and his muscles were sore. He knew he had to rest but it was so unappealing –having to stay alone with his thoughts. Despite his unwillingness to stop the training his body betrayed him and he had to sit and rest. He sat on a rock near the waterfall and proceeded to catch his breath. He felt really drained. And he soon found out that it was a really bad time to feel drained because someone was coming. Sasuke silently jumped up from the rock his posture tense and ready to attack. The leaves rustled and a person came out from behind the corner. Sasuke's eyes widened at the sight of light sunny blonde hair and the orange color overdose. It had surprised him so much that he couldn't even act cool and emotionless.
"Hey, Sasuke!. Ready to go back to Konoha yet?" , Naruto said and smiled at him.
Sasuke gathered his strength and his speaking ability and regained his collected posture.
"How did you find me?"
"With the ninja dogs. They tracked down your scent."
Sasuke smirked involuntary at the boy's stupidity.
"And you expect to defeat me all by yourself?"
"First thing ,Sasuke: I'm not here to defeat your or fight you in any way. Second thing : you know, you are too tired to fight, yourself. And finally, you actually want to go back with me. "explained Naruto still smiling warmly.
Sasuke had no desire to argue with this stupid determined boy but he had to distract him to perform some kind of genjutsu which would allow him to hide.
"Do I really have to kill you to teach you that I am not your friend anymore?", asked Sasuke coldly, his eyes matching the words.
Naruto's smile has gone and his eyes filled up with tears.
"I am!", he shouted in a childish disobedient manner. Sasuke saw something in his eyes reminiscent of their fight at the Valley of the end. He was really confused. It was not at all like Naruto to act like this.
"You were and you always will be a moron", concluded Sasuke and with a speed of lightning ran away from the place. Naruto should keep talking with the created illusion of Sasuke for awhile. The Uchiha stopped running when he was far away and carefully looked back to be sure that nobody was following him. Then he proceeded to go back to Orochimaru's headquarters. He nearly fell down when right in front of him he saw Naruto, looking exactly the same as before ,as if he hadn't been running.
"Why are you trying to escape Sasuke?", he asked now in a bit condescending voice. "You know you want to be with me…", Naruto was really close to him and he took another step forward. "..with Sakura and Kakashi-sensei."
Sasuke was breathing hard unable to understand what was wrong there. Naruto was so close he could see his own reflection in Naruto's eyes.
"What's the matter with you?", he yelled with his composure lost. He pushed Naruto away from himself. "I'm not a friend to you! I'm not a friend to anyone! Get it through that thick skull of yours!"
"There's no need to hate yourself so much, Sasuke."
Sasuke's head was pounding. He stared unbelievably at Naruto.
"Who are you? A psychiatrist?"
"No, I'm not. Though, you could use one."
Sasuke grabbed him by the collar and pushed him against the tree. He was definitely angry and it was a rare occasion these days. Naruto just smiled at him in a bit teasing way.
"You think I'm Naruto? You think you can kill me ?", he asked. Sasuke just stared at him ,confused.
"Well, I'm not Naruto", he informed and suddenly disappeared. Now all that was in Sasuke's hands was air.
It was the weirdest thing that ever happened to Sasuke. His head was still aching. He reluctantly headed towards the waterfall hoping that some practice will help to clear his mind.
AN : I like Sasuke. He reminds me of myself, so I understand the character. That's why I decided to write this fic. It will be pretty much like Sasuke's analysis. Please read and review.
