The icy waters of the Arctic continued to flow in the same rhythm. Sasuke Uchiha peered out into this fragile beauty as he eyed the fish that he had recently caught. Heading back into the cave that he inhabited, he caught a glimpse of a little boy who lived with him: Konohamaru.

Two fully grown polar bears stood by his side; their pets. The boy cheerfully smiled, "Do you have diner?" In reply Sasuke dropped the bag of fish that he had been carrying around. Konohamaru seemed delighted at the sight, "Ohhhhh, samon!" The Uchiha smiled and then continued through the cave.

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A sub that carried several military personnel slid through the Arctic waters. The captain cocked an eyebrow as he glared at his radar, "It seems that theres a cave about one hundred meters away. Its being coated by a thin layer of ice."

"Well, we should be able to land there."

"Roger!"

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Reaching the end of the cave, Sasuke advanced on his beloved. The fragile young teenager was contained in a capsule at the very end of the icy cave where Sasuke lived. Sasuke's lover, Naruto, had a heart disease and fell into a coma sometime earlier. Sasuke had placed him into this capsule so that it would slow the disease's effects down and give him enough time to search for a cure.

Stopping in front of the capsule, Sasuke began to speak, "Five years today, Naruto… Did you think I would forget…?" He paused as he watched Naruto's unconscious form, as his hair gracefully waved up and down with the substances flow. "The day we met was the happiest day of my life…"

Sasuke continued.

He then reached for a bright orange flower that rested in his pocket,

"A gift for you. I found it in the snow; fragile beauty clinging to life in this frozen wasteland… Like you, Naruto."

Konohamaru then made his way towards Sasuke and curiously asked, "How long does he have to stay in there?" Placing the flower beside the capsule, Sasuke sadly answered, "Until a cure can be found."

Suddenly the sub that had been carrying the military researchers began to break through the cave's surface! Ice began to crack and break into chunks as the floor split apart. Both Konohamaru and Sasuke lost their balance, falling onto the crumbling ground. As the sub continued to surface further, Naruto's usually stable capsule began to wobble. It then lost balance and fell on its side; the glass smashing into pieces as a turquoise gas poured out of it. "Naruto!!" Sasuke urgently cried. As Konohamaru and Sasuke became buried by the blocks of ice, the sub completely surfaced; allowing a small team of people to wander out to explore. "Lets move out," one of the men ordered as they marched towards the exit of the cave.

After the team of military researchers left, Sasuke's polar bears eagerly began to paw away at the ice in the area where they knew their master was buried. After both him and Konohamaru were unburied, Sasuke immediately glanced in the direction that he had last seen Naruto. He gasped as he noticed Naruto's frozen, extended arm sticking its way through the rubble, clearly showing that he had been put into a cyrogenic state…

After several hours, the military personnal returned back into the cave, "Man, I've never seen it that cold!" As they made their way to the sub, the team leader aimed his flash light near the entrance of the sub, illuminating the dead bodies of their other companions. "What in the name of-"

" What happened!?"

"it's the whole crew!!" But just then, Sasuke appeared from behind them, "Not yet…" And the last thing that they saw was a flash of his deadly sharingan...