I don't own Naruto. I only wrote the fan fiction! If some of the characters seem a little OC-ish then I'm sorry - I haven't been keeping up with the episodes so don't bug me, and I might have changed a couple things - that is another thing NOT to bug me about! (Italic - thoughts, and "..." is speech)

The Talk

The two ninja walked in silence the way to Kakashi's house, and once they got there the silence remained. Kakashi let Sasuke go in first and then he followed.

"Just make yourself comfortable on the couch alright?"

Sasuke did as he was told and sat down on the couch. Kakashi had come into the living room after taking his vest off. He walked over and sat down next to his troubled student.

"What's bothering you Sasuke?"

"To tell the truth...I really don't know how to put it to words."

"What's on your mind then? Let's start there."

"I-I've just been having these...nightmares..."

"Nightmares?"

Sasuke nodded.

"What happens in these nightmares?"

"I just relive seeing my entire clan die at my feet, but I can't move, and I can't hear anything at all; I have to watch it all happen; I can't scream; I basically can only stand in one spot and watch everything happen; even my parents being killed." Sasuke explained; his voice cracking every once in a while; almost sounded like he was going to choke up.

Kakashi didn't say anything in case the boy wasn't finished, and he didn't want to say anything to offend him or hurt him in anyway. "Of the three gennin on the team...why is it you who has these problems; you're too...too...too young...to experience things like this." He thought as he tried to find words in attempt to fill his thoughts and try to figure out why these memories are hunting Sasuke.

"Do you know why these memories are coming to you in your dreams?"

"No...I don't know..." Sasuke said lowering his gaze to the floor.

"Hm..."

Sasuke was silent.

"Well tell ya what..."

Sasuke lifted his head and looked at his sensei. "What?"

"If you wanna...you can stay the night."

Sasuke's eyes widened. "He's allowing me...to stay here, but why?"

"Do you want to stay the night Sasuke?"

Sasuke gulped "S-sure..."

"You didn't really sound like you where positive about that answer."

"I-I'm sure about my answer..."

Kakashi lifted an eye brow.

"I swear I'm positive Kakashi-sensei."

"There's that 'sensei' thing again...*sigh* so this IS serious." The jounin thought before smiling.

"What?"

"Maybe you should rest first. You're probably just very tired. C'mon." Kakashi said putting an arm around his student and guided him to the guest room. "You can sleep in here tonight okay?"

Sasuke slowly nodded. "Wait what about my cloths?"

"You're only staying for the night; you can go home and get changed in the morning, and I'll even walk there with you."

"So what do I wear to bed?"

The man walk out of the room and came back a minute later with a pair of sweat pants. "You can wear these for tonight." He said handing the boy the pair of sweat pants.

"Thanks. I'm gonna go try them on." Sasuke said before walking into the bathroom.

Kakashi sighed "This is not going to be easy. I'm really going to have to sit down with him and talk about this bothersome situation he's in. Oh boy..."

Sasuke came back with the sweat pants on; he had his shorts and his shirt in his hand. "They fit well enough for one night I guess."

A warm smile crept onto the jounin's face. "Alright then get some sleep Sasuke." He said before walking by him and whispering in his ear. "I promise I'll be here when you wake up."

A faint blush spread across the gennin's cheeks and he nodded.

Kakashi left the room and shut the door behind him and walked down the hallway to his room to get changed and go to sleep himself.

Sasuke climbed into bed and lied down and went to sleep - the nightmare returned, but it was much worse this time because Sasuke could hear what they were saying. He didn't want to stay asleep anymore, but couldn't wake up - he was trapped.

Kakashi was woken up by a scream, and instinctively went to the guest room where Sasuke slept. He walked in and sat on the bed where Sasuke sat; eyes wide open with tears flowing from them.

"Sasuke..."

No reply.

"Sasuke what happened?"

"Everyone's dead..." Sasuke said with a timid voice; it was cracking.

"Huh?"

"They all died...and I couldn't do anything about it..." He continued; his voice was still so small; like he was a scared young child.

Kakashi stayed silent.
"I just stood there and watched them die...I was too weak to save them..."

Kakashi's eyes widened. "No Sasuke that's not true; you weren't too weak you were a child...your still basically a child..."

Sasuke looked at the man with no words left; tears still rolling down his cheeks.

Kakashi took the sleeve of his black suit and rubbed the tears away and held Sasuke in a comforting embrace. "Maybe you should sleep in my room instead."

Sasuke nodded; not knowing what to do out of fright.

Kakashi stood up and as did Sasuke, and the two ninja walked down the hallway to Kakashi's room.

"Get in." The man simply said to the young gennin.

The boy did as instructed and lied down. "What about you Kakashi?"

"I'll sleep on the floor. You can still sleep up there though."

"But that's not fair for you."

"That said - I want you to go to sleep...or at least try...okay?"

Sasuke sighed. "Alright I'll try then..." He said before shutting his eyes, but he quickly remembered what he would see if he fell asleep again. He truly wanted to keep his word and try to go to sleep, but the nightmare haunted him to the point where he didn't want to sleep anymore.

Kakashi sat up. "I have a question."

"What is it?"

"When did you start having these nightmares?"

"I don't remember...it was a while ago that's all I remember...sorry."

"So...it's pretty much worse than I thought huh? Well then...this could take a while..."

"What was the point of that question?"

"I was just wondering. I was going to ask - if you remembered that is - why you didn't tell me or someone you can talk to about this, but seen as how you don't remember then I guess the question is kind of irrelevant now."

"Oh..."

"Sorry to bother you..."

"Ah it's nothin'."

"Le'me guess...you can't sleep even if you tried...am I right?"

"Pretty much..."

Kakashi sighed and stood up and sat on his bed with Sasuke. "What do you do when you can't go to sleep?"

"I just lie in bed and stare at the ceiling, but that only helps when I can't sleep; not after I've woken up from that stupid nightmare. Once I wake up from that nightmare I don't go back to sleep."

"No matter what time it is?" Kakashi asked.

"No matter what time it is." Sasuke repeated.

"Well then I might as well just try to get him to talk now instead of in the morning...damn...why does most things that I try to do that are NICE end up being so difficult?"

"Sensei?"

"Hm?"

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah I was just thinking about something, but don't worry about it."

"Okay."

"I have something I'd like to talk to you about."

"Is it the whole 'what's bothering me' thing?"

"Yeah. I'm worried about you Sasuke, and whether or not you can tell; your team mates are worried for you too; especially Naruto."

"Yeah I kno- wait what? Naruto? I thought you'd say especially Sakura, but Naruto?! Wow..."

"Although it surprises you it really doesn't surprise me at all."

"Why's that?"

"He looks to you as a role model, a rival, and a friend; he really cares about you Sasuke."

Sasuke lowered his head and became silent.

"Now then...shall we...or do you not want to talk now?"