With a swift leap, Naruto landed in the clearing, his face unusually serious. Not far, and standing with a familiar boredom, was the Ass tard- I mean, Sasuke.

"Sasuke," Naruto breathed, barely able to contain his anger. Strange, red chakra flowed from his trembling body. "H-how could you?" the boy screamed through fresh tears.

"Hn," he grunted, adding to Naruto's fury, if possible. "She was in the way." Naruto growled, still crying, and crouched in a fighting stance; one, much like an animal's.

"SASUKE!" he howled in agony, charging. The said boy reached for his blade, preparing for Naruto's attack, but Naruto unexpectedly side-stepped and appeared behind a shocked Sasuke. 'Since when has the dobe used that move?' He thought. Naruto continued to speak.

"Sakura was our teammate! Our friend! And you killed her? What do we mean to you, Sasuke!"

Naruto's hand, now transformed with claws, swiped at Sasuke's back, but before anyone could make sense of things, there was a soft breeze, and Naruto hit nothing. Quickly, Naruto checked his surroundings, just barely catching Sasuke landing several meters away in the corner of his eye. The teme wasn't even trying to hide from him. Naruto lashed out again.

"What did Orochimaru do to you? Why would you try to hurt us? We're your friends!" Sasuke simply dodged each of his lunges by stepping backwards, his hand still on his blade, but never drawing it. Eventually Naruto cornered him to a tree. He flashed away to the side, while Naruto swiped through the trunk with ease.

"Answer me, damn it!" He demanded, his voice several octaves too high. He hesitated when he sensed Sasuke about to speak.

"I have only one purpose for living. She got in the way of that." That really set Naruto into a killing frenzy. He lunged at the Uchiha with great speed. Even Sasuke couldn't keep up with him. More of the red chakra leaked out from the angered boy's body, engulfing him entirely. Naruto managed to cut Sasuke's sleeve in two, slicing his arm. Crimson liquid oozed out of his flesh. Sasuke scowled, not believing what just happened. He didn't get more than a second to recover when Naruto was on him again, this time getting a handful of shirt.

Naruto ripped away the cloth, leaving retched claw marks on Sasuke's chest. That was the last straw. The blade was forgotten, since Sasuke put one hand on his wrist, and the threatening noise of a thousand birds chirping was heard. The resounding song of Chidori had begun.

Naruto, seeing where this was headed, summoned a clone, which was second nature to him now. He gritted his teeth, blood dripping from the puncture marks, on his lips, from the new found fangs. Naruto gathered the Kuubi's glowing red chakra, and created a swirling ball of it in his hand. He then proceeded to launch himself at the Uchiha.

Just when the two boys were about to deliver their death blows, a silver haired man interrupted. Kakashi hurled the boys the opposite direction of each other. The perverted man flew to Naruto's now unconscious body. He grunted as he lifted the heavy boy on his shoulder.

Once Naruto was secured, he glanced over at Sasuke, who was standing up and brushing off his arm like this whole thing was an annoyance.

"Sasuke," Kakashi said, his voice slightly cracking. "You killed Sakura. You are no student of mine." Sasuke turned around and looked at him through the corner of his eye.

"Hn." With that, he vanished in the blink of an eye.

A/N: Okay that was my first EVER story, I wrote it with my sister, MaoIsSleepy, so please give constructive reviews! No flaming though. I'm still a beginner ;) by the way, sorry it's so short.