A/N: The second chapter here has 2 point of views b/c I couldn't help making it like that. It won't be often though, since I'm aiming for a mainly Sasuke dominated perspective. With that said, I hope you enjoy the chapter :)
In case anyone didn't get this the first time...
WARNING 1: this is a ROMANCE BETWEEN TWO MEN! Be pleased or don't read ;)
WARNING 2: this is rated "Teen," so there's NO SEX!
WARNING 3: might as well add that this fic DEVELOPS SLOWLY!
WARNING 4: language and crappy action.
Sorry to disappoint :)
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Chapter 2: Dilemma
(Sasuke's POV)
The earth was breaking before their feet that Sasuke could swear even the sky was shaking.
Everyone had to rely on skills that didn't require jutsus, and that was proving difficult as the earthquake was disorienting people all around. Sasuke felt that himself, unable to think clearly to the point where he couldn't remember letting go of Sakura's hands. He couldn't even remember the words the woman screamed at him during that whole time either. It felt like the world was ready to crack and explode. All around, it was a free-for-all. Help yourself first before the others.
Through the roaring and the sound of crumbling, the dark-haired groom could hear a voice that pierced through the chaos – a voice he knew all too well in the past that screamed his name countless times. The same voice he had ignored, which later saved him, was now calling for him once more.
"Sasuke!" Naruto yelled and almost tripped as he did so. Somehow, during the fray, he was left solely all alone on top of a crumbling cliff just parallel to where the bride and groom stood. However, unlike most people, Naruto could barely move. "Save Sakura!"
Only an idiot could possibly think of somebody else when he was in danger himself, but Naruto's screams effectively brought the groom back to attention.
Sasuke whipped his head around just in time to see his best man dropping over the edge. He figured something must be terribly wrong if Naruto couldn't even save himself from falling off a cliff. Then, from the corner of his eye opposite of where Naruto had fallen, he could see white and pink disappearing over the edge as well.
Shit, the dark-haired man thought turning his head sharply in both directions. It was a split second realization – with the way things were going, with people dying here and there by falling off the cliff – it wouldn't take long for Naruto and Sakura to meet a similar fate. Great ninja or not, that didn't matter now without jutsu and a ravine forming just below them.
The dark-haired man immediately scrapped the possibility of trying to save both, because he inherently knew it would be impossible, but…who should he save? His bride or his best friend?
His feet moved before he realized what he was doing.
(Naruto's POV)
Sakura and Sasuke managed to separate and both were in distress, but Sakura, Naruto noticed in alarm, was straying farther and farther towards the ledge. Naruto tightened his fist, feeling contempt well up inside him. He was the best man. Seeing the two most important people in his life pledge to each other was never going to happen ever again, yet he couldn't do a thing to help them.
For some insane reason, he could barely move a muscle. He felt as if there was an invisible bind that imprisoned him, but Naruto knew that Sakura had to be saved. If it couldn't be him, then he knew who to entrust her to.
"Sasuke! Save Sakura!" Naruto screamed before disappearing past the edge of the broken rocks. Whatever jutsu imprisoned him, Naruto could not recognize, but he knew that he wouldn't come out alive unscathed. Naruto grimaced. His fall could only be broken by the jagged rocks at the bottom of the ravine.
So much for a scenic wedding, he thought bitterly. Stupid Sasuke, but then Naruto remembered that it was him who suggested coming to the cliff of the five Hokages.
Wind rushed passed his ears and for an instant, Naruto wondered if his life would flash by like so many others have described their near death experiences. After a split second of wondering, Naruto hoped with all his might that Sasuke was able to save Sakura so he could die in peace, but never, in a thousand years, could he have imagined Sasuke sailing over the edge where only Naruto had just fallen off of. The blonde thought he was going to die of a heart attack at the sight of his friend diving towards him.
If Naruto couldn't survive the fall, what made Sasuke think that he could? But that was the least of Naruto's worries as another urgent thought took priority.
"What the fuck are you doing?" Naruto roared over the wind, even though he already knew what would happen in the back of his head, but it didn't mean that Naruto wanted it. His heart began beating even more erratically than when he fell.
Please, no…Naruto thought desperately. Angry tears prickled his eyes as he continued yelling. "Why the hell are you coming after me?"
And when Sasuke didn't respond, Naruto assumed he couldn't hear, so he screamed as loud as he could: "You're never going to find a girl like her ever again, you bastaaaard!"
The blonde's voice was lost in the howling wind and the only thing he could see was Sasuke's outstretched hand, his desperate face, and the Sharingan eyes that adorned it. By then, Naruto was frustrated and distressed, but he attempted to change Sasuke's mind once more.
"God damn it, Sasuke! You know I love her – save her for me!" Naruto cried out hoarsely, although, he knew that it didn't matter what he said anymore– Sasuke was upon him, and the words the man spoke next seemed like a death sentence to the blonde.
"I'm sorry," Sasuke said breathing roughly into Naruto's ear so he could hear. "I'm really sorry…but, I can't save her – not even for you!"
The stiff blonde was struck speechless as the groom wrapped the other man in a tight hold. While Naruto remained immobile within Sasuke's arms, he stared over the dark-haired ninja's shoulder and watched in helplessness as a woman wrapped in white disappeared into the ravine.
After warning Naruto to brace himself, Sasuke landed with a heavy thud on the border overlooking the deep crack in the earth. Naruto wanted to scream when he finally landed on his feet. Mustering every strength he could find, the blonde pushed himself away from Sasuke and growled out at him coldly, "I will never forgive you," Naruto started in a low voice, "if Sakura is dead. Do you hear me you bastard?" he shouted at the end.
Sasuke took no heed to Naruto's cries and quickly called over Shikamaru who seemed safe and available. "Shikamaru!" he shouted. "Look after Naruto and find Hinata to check out his body. The idiot can't move for some reason."
"This is crazy…hey, what's wrong with you, Naruto?" Shikamaru said in a rushed voice as he helped Naruto balance himself. "Dammit! So nobody can use their jutsu -"
"I can," Sasuke stated flatly.
Naruto, unable to express his rage, tried to find words as Sasuke turned away from him, the Sharingan glowing as he did so. Before the blonde could even spit out a single syllable, his saviour dove into the ravine.
