AN: Well, here's another chapter, I'm updating so quickly beacuse, well, nobodies reviewed, maybe it's hasn't gotten intersting enough, lol. Hope this is better XD If you do have something to say..well...say it! Please. LOL XD

"Sasuke-Bastard, what the fuck is going on? You almost kill—" A brutal jutsu attack drove through his system causing the young man to stagger backwards in surprise, which only turned into anger as he threw himself forward, attacking the black-haired nin with ferocity.

"Stop lying to yourself dobe, you can't beat me. And you can't stop me. These people are fools. You're a fool, you think they will let you become Hokage?" Came the rasping reply, which only angered Naruto further.

"Take it back! I will become Hokage! You'll see!" A kunai slashed through his shoulder and he leapt back before it could penetrate deeper.

"I'll be dead before you ever become Hokage."

Naruto splashed cool water on his face as he waited for the both jounins to come. That had been their biggest and worst fight. It had also been the last time Naruto had seen him before having to take a blade to him.

"You have no idea how right you were Sasuke." He whispered looking down as the water drained.

"Naruto, Shikamaru and Neji are here." Sakura said at the bathroom door. Naruto nodded, sweeping from the bathroom swiftly to meet the two guards he choose to leave for Konoha.

"I'm sending you both back with a message to Konoha." He proclaimed, a look of surprise flashed briefly over both of their faces, a Hokage would never sent his guards from him,then again, Naruto had was not the run-of-the-mill Hokage.

"The council won't like this." Neji said calmly, eyeing Naruto.

"Well, the council doesn't like half the things I do, so they can shove it up you know where." The blond huffed pulling an empty scroll from the shelf and began scribbling out the orders.

"They would find that too troublesome." Shikamaru muttered quietly to his partner. Neji only stared stoically at the Hokage leaning over the table writing out whatever orders he wanted, everything about him screamed out confusion. In a flourish Naruto made a few more appropriate marks then stood.

"This needs to get to the council safely, I want every free hunter-nin after those rogue's immediately." Naruto said finishing the scroll quickly. It was messy, but it would get his point across.

"We will return immediately." Neji said with a slight bow.

"Don't bother." Naruto said dismissively, "I can hold my own."

He turned away knowing the disapproving looks he was receiving but also knew they wouldn't disobey his orders. At least not yet.

"Naruto?" A voice called into his darkened house. It had been five day's since the deed. He refused to talk anybody since. Pressing his lips together firmly he ignored the young ninja who was calling for him. His eye's fell on the folded forehead protector. After destroy the body, one of the hunter-ninja's had passed this on to him. It was a half attempt of closure.

"Naruto? Please, you can't stay here forever, you have a village to run." Of all the people that had to try and coax him to speak it had to the pink haired ninja. She stood in his bedroom door and waited. The blond looked up,

"What?" He croaked.

"We can't have a Hokage who won't talk with his people." She said gently.

"Fuck being Hokage." He snarled, If Sakura had been surprised by the comment she didn't show it.

"It's been you're dream for over the pas ten years, The council has already appointed you, you don't want to let Konoha down."

"How can you act as if nothing's changed?" Naruto asked suddenly standing up quickly, Sakura adverted her eye's,

"Everything's changed Naruto" She replied.

"Then stop acting like it hasn't. He's gone because of me—"

"Naruto, you once said a Shinobi never gives up what he believes in." Sakura suddenly cut him off. The blond glared at her for using his words against him,

"How do I make peace treatise when I know I've killed practically my own flesh and blood?" He asked quietly, they had been more then just friends for before he left. Much more…

"You make peace within yourself first."

Naruto found himself at the same oasis later that night. His feet just took him there and didn't even realize he was leaving the village until he saw the rising sand dunes.

"When have you last had a full nights rest?" Came a quiet voice from behind him. Naruto jerked up from the soft sand in surprise at being snuck up, a kunai in his hand just out of impulse. Gaara stood a good three feet from him, his arms crossed looking down on him, his face unreadable.

"I sleep well thank you very much." Naruto snapped irritably.

"You don't eat well either." Came another observation.

"I eat well enough." The blond replied, "And anyway why do you care." With that he settled back onto the ground ignoring the other completely.

"A failing Hokage does not bode well for the future of peace between our nations."

"I'm not failing," Naruto hissed, "Gaara. You don't know me." He continued his eye's now focused on the clear inky black sky be-speckled with stars.

"He alluded every other nin searching for him that night. Why do you think he sought you out?"

Naruto's eye's jerked open as he slowly sat up again, his eye's on the other Kage.

"Don't you think I've asked that question to myself countless times already?" He asked quietly.

"You confided to me once that you had loved him. I'm sure he proclaimed that himself to you that night as well."

Naruto felt his stomach churn at the thought. Remembering how smoothly his blade sank into the body, Sasuke sagging against him whispering the words in his ear.

"Stop if Gaara." He whispered,

"You're condition has worsened. It makes you an ineffective leader."

"I don't have a condition!" Naruto snarled, his stomach gave an unhealthy flop belied that fact,

"Can you fight? I'm sure you're strength has waned since you had someone to fight for, is people of Konoha not worthy to fight for?"

"Gaara. Would you just shut up!!" Naruto jumped up from the ground, his cerulean eye's narrowed in rage. The cool pale green eye's just watched him, which caused Naruto anger to burn all the brighter.

"How can you spout self-righteous shit, you don't know what it's like to kill you're best friend." Naruto took a shaky breath, "Lover." What he thought would be a few hours of reprive away from his duties, had turned out to be broiling self-doubts and stomach turning memories.

"Don't I though?" Gaara's whisper was barely heard through the blood pounding in his ears.

"Don't lie to me!" Naruto roared, the rage erupting through him in a blaze red-hot chakra. Any ninja within ten miles would have felt it. An explosion of sand shoved the blond up against the nearest tree pinning him there before anything could get out of hand. Gaara knew perfectly well the power of a demon and could see the blond was using every once of strength he had in his reserves to fight against his sand attack. The once bright blue eye's had turned blood red, the snarl escaping his turning feral in his attempt to force the sand from his body, his arms escaped from the encasing sand, the fingers curved into claws. A focus of chakra and sand wrapped around them, pinning them down once more. Gaara stepped forward as Naruto strained against the binds only stopping as the sand began to get crushing.

"Yashamaru." He breathed once he was within a few inches of Naruto's face, "Was the closest thing I had to a friend when I was younger."

"Do you know what happened to him?" Gaara asked the besieged man, the marks of the demon were fading from his face, but he was still struggling and still glaring.

"He tried to kill me. In turn I took his life." The eye's had returned back to their normal color and went wide.

"Kazekage-sama!" Someone shouted and soon the trapped Hokage had at least three kunai placed at his throat.

TBC

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