Authors Note: The first chapter was fun! This one, however, was kind of hard. I had a bunch of ideas bouncing their way through my skull during the first chapter but for this chapter the bouncing balls took a bit of a vacation. So please R&R but don't be too mean!

Acknowledgments: To all the people who reviewed for Ch.1 I thank you. THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU! hehe!

Disclaimer: NO! I DON'T OWN NARUTO, WILL YOU QUIT BUGGING ME ABOUT IT?... you didn't say anything?... Oops. Heh. Sorry 'bout that. Psycho moment, don't mind me!

"Speaking"

Thinking

(Author Rants XD)

A Silent Scream

By XscarletXsuccubiX

Naruto... I WILL find you. I promise! It was a promise Sasuke intended on keeping. He hadn't gotten very far when he noticed the blood trail on the street end. Sasuke growled in frustration and looked around for some sign of a trail. As he glanced around, he recognized Sakuras house just around the corner. Sasuke frowned. Sakura... she discovered the note at 2 in the morning... what woke her and what led her to Narutos house? The blood, maybe? Sasuke glanced towards Sakuras bedroom window and blinked. There... a smear of red on the window? Sasuke climbed and jumped his way to the window. On the window-sill he found a small puddle of blood that looked fresher than the trail on the road... in fact, the smear on the window almost looked like a word.

Bye.

Sasuke blinked. Naruto... he came here right after he left, then reopened the wound to write a final farewell. That means the wound is bleeding more giving me a trail to follow. Sasuke smirked a little. That dobe probably woke Sakura and was spotted when she turned to look. She went to Narutos house to confront him. Heh. Baka can't even commit suicide properly. At the mental reminder of the suicide note, Sasuke became serious again and began looking for the newer drops. Up there, he took to the rooftops after visiting Sakura. Sasuke resumed his pursuit. Hmmm... he changed directions, where is he going now?

The next direction took even less time to reach and Sasuke was shocked to find that it led to his own bedroom window. He came here? He was obviously more careful at my place than he was a Sakuras. But unlike Sakuras house there was no word of final farewell, just a large puddle as if someone had sat on the windowsill for a while and bled. Sasuke frowned. What was he doing here? There's no final farewell like at Sakuras, so what was the point in coming here? Guess I'll have to ask after I save his life. This puddle was large, large enough that when Naruto turned to continue his rooftop run he stepped in it. Every other step Naruto took left a smear of blood. Well, on with the hunt.

Sasuke followed blood trails all over the place. Sometimes the wound got renewed and a couple times, Sasuke even lost the trail. But he was able to discover most of the places Naruto visited. The ninja academy, Ichigaku ramen even near the observing area for Mt. Hokage. (1) The fact is, it seemed almost pointless to follow the blood trail because Naruto kept visiting the most remote locations. Jeez, what was he doing? Sightseeing? I bet he's not even go through with it and this has all been completely pointless. The fact is, Sasuke was starting to get pissed. He looked all over the place but still no Naruto. He had lost the original blood trail long ago and had begun a sweep of the village.

He better be committing suicide cause if he's not I'm gonna kill him!... wait. Is that Naruto? Sasuke had been moving through one of the forested areas and had just passed the Hero's Stone(2) and had caught a glimpse of a human figure sitting against the stone. Sasuke changed directions and headed towards the monument. That IS Naruto, is he asleep? As Sasuke got within speaking distance he noticed a dark stain surrounding Naruto. More blood, did he write something... no, there is too much blood for a small wound...

As Sasuke stepped up next to Naruto he discovered the source of the large puddle. "Oh... Gods..."

Naruto had slit his wrists. He's dead.

CLIFFHANGER! Don't Kill me there is another chapter on the way.

Authors Final Rant: Oh My God... I was at a loss on how to write Ch. 2. So, I am sad to say... I winged it. The part I planned went all the way to the 'Bye' at Sakuras window and stopped. The Sasuke window was something that fits in with the SasuNaru but the rest was me trying to speed past the half-hour-or-so chase. So please send reviews. I need to know how I did! Please and Thank You!

(1) Sorry. I couldn't remember if they ever gave that place a name. I figure Mt. Hokage works since it IS a rip-off of Mt. Rushmore.

(2) Again, I'm sorry if the name is wrong, it's the big rock that has the names of Shinobi who died in battle like Iruka-sensei's parents.