((Here's Chapter two ^_^. I'll try to post a new chapter every 5 days so please be patient :3 Hope you enjoy this one!))

'You have to sacrifice one to protect another'

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'You could have joined me Sasuke…such a pity'

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'You could've changed mom and dad Sasuke'

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'You end here by my hands Sasuke!'

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Two pairs of piercing red eyes shot open at once. Sasuke glanced around the room, almost in a panicky way like he didn't know where he was. The Uchiha was tied down, in a darkened room with boring white walls. He was in the hospital at Konoha and hadn't been conscious to even realize it.

'How the fuck could I have survived Madara's attack?' Sasuke panted remembering the words spoken. It was true the Uchiha's end was supposed to be by the hands of Madara himself, but he managed to survive. He never had felt so helpless and weak. He took a slow breath and struggled to even sit up, but he was restrained by the chains so his body slid back down.

What confused the raven haired man was not just that he was still alive, but why didn't Madara steal his eyes when he had the opportunity to? Someone had to have helped him. His head ached like hell and his whole body was numb. Steadily, the Uchiha slowly raised his shoulders upward and pushed himself up to sit up on the bed.

"For mom…dad..I-itachi…the village. I'll be Hokage to fix this mess," The Uchiha mumbled breathlessly, struggling to even think about anything.

Light footsteps entered the room and the Uchiha's head made a sharp turn to see who intruded into his room.

"What exactly are your intentions Uchiha Sasuke?"

It was Tsunade to Sasuke's surprise. He didn't think she would even dare to speak the Uchiha's name since he committed so many crimes in her village. Tsunade seemed determined to get her answer from Sasuke since it was a perfect time to do so, but Sasuke kept his eye contact away from her.

Although…. Sasuke did plan on becoming the next Hokage.

"Since you're awake I'd like to hear what you have to say. You may have killed the 10 tails, but you have a lot more to prove to us. Don't make me bring Kakashi."

His head rose up to look at her and a small smirk made its way across his lips. "If I was meant to change the way of this village, then I believe I should be Hokage. I saved your people." Tsunade quickly backed away from the Uchiha and didn't know what to say. 'Had Madara's attack really affected Sasuke mentally?' she thought to herself.

"You Hokage?"

A low growl was heard from the Uchiha. He was clearly angered that Tsunade questioned his statement. "I can tell by your face you aren't going to accept my ability to become one! But that's okay. I'm not giving up Tsunade even if it means I have to kil—"before the Uchiha was able to say anymore, he instantly blacked out. Tsunade hit the Uchiha on the back of the head to shut him up.

"We will speak later Uchiha." Anger was in her tone and she left the room.

Damp tear stains appeared on the blonde's ninja-wear. His heart wasn't beating anymore and there wasn't anything Sakura could do. His body was getting colder, and his face looked like a corpse's. The pinklete continued to heal the poor boy, but she felt herself running low on chakra.

"D-dammit! Naruto please don't give up now!" More tears streamed down her face. She knew that Naruto had a pretty bad defeat and after all this time they've been together, it had to end. Her chakra ran out, there was nothing else she could do.

"We've been through so much! Don't die now!" She threw her hands up in the air and then back to her face. She sobbed. Sakura had failed.

"You saved me Naruto….And I can't even save you…"

A swift movement of long silky black hair pushed past Sakura to the unresponsive Naruto.

Hinata held Naruto in an embrace as it seemed she longed for the moment to finally hold Naruto. Sakura's eyes weaken as Hinata began to cry into Naruto's shoulder. Their best friend, the hero of Konoha, was dead and they both knew it.

"This is it huh Sakura? N-no more Na-naruto?" Hinata's voice went shaky and she began to cry again. Sakura looked down, she felt like it was her fault since she wasn't able to save him.

"I've wanted to hold Naruto like this forever. And here I am holding him dead! I love him. I love Naruto so much!" Hinata cried harder. This couldn't be the end of their best friend. 'Not Naruto…he doesn't deserve this. Not even-'her thoughts snapped back. What happened to Sasuke?

"No way! Naruto can't be!" She slammed her fist into the ground which made Hinata jump away from the body in shock. The pinklete wiped away her tears and turned to the frightened girl. She looked around and only to see the familiar spiky, red headed girl crying In the corner. Karin? She kept mumbling Sasuke's name, crying hysterically like he was dead too. This scared her and she knew what she must do.

"Hinata I'll be back."

Her heart felt even more broken when she thought of Sasuke in Naruto's current state. After all, didn't she love Sasuke? Wait. Did she even love him? Was she still in love with him?

END OF FLASHBACK

Sakura entered the dark, gloomy hospital room. Something was missing. She took a quick glance around the room and gave a nervous sigh. "S-sasuke? Are you in here?" There was no response. It was way too quiet. She approached the bed and noticed the chains were cut off. She shrieked, fearing that she'd be blamed for his escape. 'I'm screwed Tsunade won't give me anymore missions now.'

"How did he even escape?!" Sakura shrieked again.

"What are you doing here Sakura?"

The familiar onyx eyed man walked out of the bathroom with only a towel wrapped around his thin, muscular body. His dark hair was dripping wet with water as the thin locks hung down from his forehead. His flawless muscular arms rested against the door and his body leaned against the wall. He had just got out of the shower and didn't seem to be pleased to see the pinklete standing in his room.

At least he looked Sexy.

"W-wah?!" Sakura's face went pale white and suddenly a mad blush brushed across her cheeks. 'Oh no. he better not notice.' She quickly turned away, embarrassed that the Uchiha had seen her blush. No words escaped from her mouth, she only stuttered.

"Uh well…"

Sasuke stared blankly at her, waiting for her to say something. He didn't seem to be annoyed with her, but he didn't seem all that willing to see her at the moment.

"I was here to check on you Sasuke." She sheepishly replied. She could tell that Sasuke was not convinced by her answer.

He scoffed, "Tsunade already came in to check on me. That's why I'm not restrained anymore."

"Oh, I see um…"

Then she remembered something yesterday that she wanted to ask him. She remembered speaking to him in the hospital, but she knew he wasn't awake. It was only his unconscious mind speaking to her because he was trying to recover from Madara and his curse.

"Do you remember what you said to me in the Hospital yesterday Sasuke?"

"No...Why are you here?"

Now she looked stupid. She really had no intention in being here. Maybe she should just leave. He seemed to get irritated because she didn't want to answer that. After a minute of silence the raven spoke.

"Where's Naruto?"

Uh oh. How was she going to say it?

For the first time, Sakura felt like she couldn't speak or have an hour conversation that would bore the Uchiha. Tears began to sting her eyes and soon enough it flowed down her cheeks. She sniffled and quickly tried wiping her tears, but that didn't stop the tears from ending.

"Naruto he's-" she choked up on her words as more tears came out. She didn't say anymore. She hated to cry in front of people, especially Sasuke but at this moment she didn't care. Their best friend was dead and she couldn't stop her emotions from getting the best of her. Sasuke's eyes twitched and just stared at her. His blank expression formed into a compassionate and sad one. He understood why she'd cry. Even if it was annoying to him, Naruto was dear to them both. Sakura choked on her tears even more and couldn't control herself from crying. She began quivering and lost balance from her sobbing.

Small delicate hands slid around his waist and arms were thrown around him. Sakura was holding him and cried into his chest. For a moment it stunned him, which his arms instinctively held onto her thin waist unknowingly. This sudden contact surprised the Uchiha. He didn't pull away or let go of her, he just allowed her to cry. Sakura's cry muffled into his chest and she held onto him tighter. His body felt her warmth, something he thought he would never feel besides the cold. When Sasuke realized what was going on his eyes shifted down to look at the pinklete. His face cringed from her hugging him too tightly.

"Sakura, I'm wearing a towel. Let go of me."

"Seriously?"

Normally, Sakura would protest to cover this mistake or obey the Uchiha. She didn't mean to hug him, it's only because her emotions got the best of her. Her crying suddenly slowed down, but still streamed down, staining her cheeks. Instead, a cold glare shot up from the angered pinklete. Her lips quivered, but her glare was superior to the cold hearted raven and he looked a bit intimidated by her.

"You inconsiderate asshole! Our best friend risked his life for yours against Madara! Madara was your entire fault! And yet…. You don't care about how this is affecting anyone?! Not even you?" Her petite arms raised forward and gave him a hard punch into the chest, which knocked Sasuke into the wall. He coughed a bit, looking a little hurt.

"How the fuck could you not care? Naruto means so much to me! What about you Sasuke?! Our best friend is dead because of you! And you were almost dead to even notice it!" Tears streamed from the corner of her eyes, but she kept her piercing glare fixed onto the Uchiha's onyx eyes. Nothing but pure darkness in those eyes of his.

"D-don't you care?" No answer was from the Uchiha.

"So that's all you could say huh? You know sometimes I wonder why I even fell in love with you." She was so enraged with his quietness that she didn't realize what she was saying. She panted to catch her breath from her sudden rage and kept her eyes on the Uchiha's.

Holding onto his towel, he stood up next to her. He didn't look at her, but stared at nothingness, away from her eyes. Her bright emeralds looked up at the Uchiha and it was no surprise he'd not say anything. But Sasuke finally spoke to her.

"Is that true?" His hand reached up to her cheek and he held onto her face, but he still kept his eyes away from hers. Sakura muffled a sound and she sobbed again into her hands. She did blow up on him, but she couldn't hold back her emotions once again and let it happen.

"Why Naruto, Sasuke? W-why did he have to die!"

Pain was in his face, he didn't want to cry in front of her. He shut his eyes tightly and bit the inside of his cheek to stop himself from this emotion. He felt as hurt as the time when Itachi was dead, even when knowing his truth. Its true Sasuke thought of Naruto as a close friend, even if he didn't want to say it. But to have Naruto and Itachi dead, only made him feel the hatred once again. He grabbed Sakura's head and pulled her to his chest, apparently his way of embracing her. Her eyes went wide and she felt her blood boiling from his embrace. He felt her body stiffen and he figured she would be surprised by this. She held onto him and hugged him once again. His firm hands held onto the back of her head as one slid down to her back. He pulled her closer to him and held onto her warmth.

"I can't lose anyone dear to me again. I hate it when you cry."

"Sasuke…?"

"Naruto can't be dead. I'll have to kill that bastard Madara, before he can say that he's dead!" The Uchiha growled.

As much as she cried, she managed to smile at this. The Sasuke that cared about his friends was here after 3 long years.

"You really came back to us Sasuke" Sakura said quietly.

He smiled a little at her.

Sakura felt something poke against her thigh and this instantly ruined the moment.

"Sasuke?"

"Hn?"

"Your towel fell down." Her face instantly flushed.

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