There are times when I wake up and don't know where I am. My hands are often dirty and there is a sure sign that I have been doing something. But no matter how hard I try to remember, all I can recall is a dark silence and an anxious feeling filling my chest. To make matters worse, this seemed to be increasing day by day. Nowadays, my memory skips during day time as well.

Should I tell Kakashi sensei or Iruka sensei? Surely they would understand.

But there was fear inside him. What if he was becoming something not desirable? What if he was turning into a monster?

There was a reason Naruto thought so. There were many days where he would come to his senses and realize he was covered with unknown blood.

Everytime that would happen, he would run desperately through the back alley back to his home. He did not know what to do. He felt that if the others knew, they would shun him and hate him.

That was the time Sasuke confessed to me.

Naruto recalled as he looked at his blood covered t-shirt. He was standing in the middle of the dense forest. The moonlight illuminated the scarlet leaves that fell around him like a blood stain.

"ha...not again."

Naruto sighed as he headed home.

I wonder if Sasuke noticed something.

At first, Naruto was very resistant to staying the night with Sasuke. But he also knew that he could not go on like this.

He was scared to show this disgusting appearance to Sasuke, but somehow he also felt that if it was Sasuke, he could make everything right.

Sasuke has always saved me when I needed help and he understands the most about me.

Naruto felt a little lighter as he thought that the suspicious incidents were soon going to be over.

When Naruto reached home, Sasuke was no longer there...

As Naruto stood in the middle of the room drenched in blood, he felt a sudden loneliness and disappointment. He did not think that Sasuke would go home. Didn't he realize Naruto's suspicious behavior during the night?

Maybe he fell asleep and didn't notice...

Naruto frowned as he took off his shirt to wash them.

I should tell Sasuke about this. I cannot let it go on. I need to do something about it.

Naruto told himself and started getting ready for the mission he had that day.