AUTHORS NOTE: I started this chapter, and it was coming out quite respectable. Until I hit the backspace button and erased the whole thing. God I stuck don't I? I'll give this another shot. Expect updates to be consistant. My goal is at least a chapter a day.

This chapter was very difficult for me. I sat at my computer like, hurrrrderrrr derp a dur. What would a conversation between Naruto and Sasuke actually be like if it was friendly?

It was about noon and Naruto had just finished his breakfast of whole milk and cereal. Damn it Sasuke. Naruto had chewed his food very slowly when he ate, and didn't finish his bowl. Naruto hadn't heard from Sasuke since the night earlier, and Konoha's streets weren't always the safest. What if Sasuke was abducted. Or raped. Or worse, murdered. Naruto thought it would be best to sneak onto the Uchiha compound and check up on Sasuke. Afterwards Naruto would head out to Jiraya's house for some more schooling on to summon toads, which he hadn't been making good progress. Especially since this whole Sasuke thing took off. It was distracting him from living his life normally. Or normal to Naruto. Naruto was used to seeing his best friend every day, them training together. But ever since Itachi's arrival Naruto hadn't been getting the attention he required. Perhaps it was a deep rooted problem. The blonde hadn't had anyone to pay attention to him since he was a baby. His parents died the day of his birth. Someone had to care for Naruto until he was old enough, but he couldn't remember who it was. Now subconciously Naruto craved everyone's eyes on him. Perhaps that was why he acted up so much when he was only twelve and just about to enter the academy.

Naruto headed out the door of his small pad and sighed as he zipped up. "Well here goes nothing." Naruto started in the direction of the Uchiha grounds. They weren't more than a ten minute walk apart. Naruto remembered walking past the grounds when he was a child and seeing how happy everyone was. Naruto was jealous he didn't have a family that loved him and stuck together in hard times, like the Uchiha's. He would sigh and continue on, hoping he never had to come back. But he always did. Always.

"Show me what you got!" Itachi motioned for Sasuke to come at him. The two had been training together since early in the morning. Most of the clan was gone to investigate a murder on the other side of town. This meant they would be gone most of the day. The Uchiha crest was the symbol of the Konoha police because the clan was infact, the police. Sasuke ran towards Itachi and as the he got closer he jumped up, did a flip in the air and began falling right above Itachi. So he plans to tackle me down. Itachi's eyes opened wider and the Sharingan overtook his dark iris's. Itachi grabbed Sasuke's ankle and flung him across the ground. Sasuke tumbled in the dirt and didn't move for a second. Damn it, Sasuke scolded himself in the mind. This fight was going to be all fists and kunai, no justsu allowed. Itachi obviously had the advantage here. He was stronger, taller and not to mention a specialist. Sasuke slowly brought himself up on his hands and knees and turned his head to give Itachi a smirk full of determination. Once standing, Sasuke and Itachi stood looking at each other about ten feet apart. Sasuke pulled his sword from his scabbard that was held in place by his belt. "This isn't a fair fight." Sasuke pointed the sword at Itachi as he spoke. "I'm going to make it fair."

"Sasuke, put the sword away. I don't want to hurt you." Sasuke didn't budge. "Come on Sasuke, please. I don't want to have to do this." Itachi tried to plead with Sasuke, but Sasuke didn't listen. Itachi reached into his pants and grabbed six kunai. He held those kunai between his fingers and spoke again, "Remember when I used to do this when you were a child Sasuke? You used to be so impressed." Sasuke growled and clenched his sword tighter. "Shut up. We both know you're fathers pride. Don't rub it in." Sasuke began another stride towards his aniki. Itachi jumped into the air and threw the kunai in all directions. Then, turning upside down Itachi grabbed two more and threw them up. This sent kunai flying all around Sasuke. None we aimed at him though, which kind of threw him off. Before he knew it the kunai wrapped around Sasuke and punctured the trees in the surrounding area. Sasuke was held in wire that was attached to the ends of the kunai. How could he not see this coming? He used to do this move all of the time. Sasuke would wire someone to a tree or rock and send his fireball jutsu flaring down the wires, scorching his opponent. This caused Sasuke to drop his sword and become helpless to his brother.

"I told you I didn't want to hurt you. So I'm not going to." Itachi walked up to Sasuke, picking up the fallen sword. "Take it easy Sasuke, we're just training. You're taking this far too seriously." Itachi lifted the heavy sword and examined the blade. "Now, hold still so I can cut you loose."

Naruto reached the compound within the expected time, about ten minutes. As he walked through the gate he took a good look around. Where is everybody? This wouldn't be such a sneaky plan after all, since there was virtually no one around to ask him what he was doing. The blonde made his way to the back of the compound and walked around the perimeter of the house that Sasuke lived in. "Now, hold still so I can cut you loose." What the fuck is going on? Naruto peeked his head around the corner of the house and saw Itachi holding Sasuke's prized sword, and Sasuke all tied up. Should've known something like this was going to happen. Naruto sighed. He felt a twitch in his pants and cupped his crotch. Go AWAY! Those two seemed inseperable. Could they ever get enough of each other? Naruto turned away from the sight that gave him his boner, that was oh so embarrassing for him.

Naruto walked away from the Uchiha household, kicking dirt along the way. Why do I keep letting myself get hurt by him? It's not like he's ever going to love me back. Naruto hadn't felt this empty since his childhood, when he watched all the happy families interract together and all the kids laughed at him because he couldn't produce even three shadow clones. He was jealous of the bonds his peers had with their families. No! I won't give in to that feeling again.. Hinata, where are you? I need to talk to someone.

"Sasuke-kun, let's go for tea." Sasuke looked up at Itachi and returned his sword to his scabbard. Sasuke needed to relax. He hadn't mentioned anything, but his asshole hurt from the previous nights events. "Yeah, I need something to relax." Sasuke chewed on the inside of his lower lip nervously. He knew that Itachi would ask why he was so uptight, and Sasuke didn't want to tell his virgin-taker had left him feeling sore in the behind. "Sasuke, you seem a little irritable today. Did you not get enough sleep?" Sasuke looked up at his brother with a empty look on his face. "Yeah, I'm just uh- hurting." Sasuke paused, and Itachi didn't say anything, like he was expecting an explanation. "From last night." Itachi then cupped Sasuke's face in his hands and kissed the raven genly on the lips. When he pulled away, he rested his head on Sasuke's soft forehead. "I'm sorry.." Itachi whispered. Itachi kept feeling like he failing his baby brother. "We won't try anything again until you feel better, my little kawaii." Itachi would still masturbate, however. At night, after everyone was asleep the elder would slip his hands into his pants and touch himself to the thought of Sasuke.

"Aniki.." Sasuke whispered back, "Do you love me?" Itachi scooped up Sasuke under his arm and pulled him tightly against his own chest. "Of course I do!" Itachi gave Sasuke a firm kiss on the forehead. The two stood there like that for awhile, their arms wrapped around each other. Sasuke took in Itachi's sweet smell. To Sasuke, Itachi smelt like a freshly baked yellow cake with a creamy vanilla frosting topped with rainbow circular sprinkles. "Come on Itachi.. I want to sit down." If Sasuke wasn't in the pain he was in, he would've and could've stood like that with Itachi forever. Itachi's sweet smell kept Sasuke calm, and the sound of Itachi's heartbeat in his chest was enough to lull him into a deep sleep. It was nice for Sasuke. It reminded him Itachi was still living.

A gust of wind passed which caused the Uchiha brothers hair to sway with it. "Sasuke-kun, are you sure you want to go? I can carry you inside and set you down to rest. We can have the tea that's in the cupboards." Sasuke shook his head and looked up into Itachi's eyes. "No I want to have tea in town." Sasuke just wanted to be seen in public with Itachi, but he'd never admit that. Although, Itachi took the hint and smiled a warm kind smile at Sasuke. 'Well let us stop wasting precious daylight!"

Shisui Uchiha ran through the street's of Konoha looking for Itachi. There was important news from Fugaku and Itachi was needed immediately. "Itachi!" Shisui ran up to the tea stand the Uchiha brothers sat at. "Oh, I'm sorry to interrupt. But Fugaku has summoned for you." Itachi turned his head and looked at Shisui who was leaning against the tea counter. "What's the situation?" Itachi took another sip of his tea and tapped Sasuke's foot with his own under the table. Almost as if he was saying, "Don't worry, I'll be fine." Sasuke didn't change the emotion he showed on his face, but he began sipping his hot tea again. Sasuke was drinking a soothing cinnamon tea to invigorate his nostrils as well as relax his body. "There has been a murder. Fugaku needs you to help track down the sucker that did it. I took a look at the body, he looks a lot like Sasuke actually, now that I'm looking at him." Sasuke looked up from his tea and gave Shisui a concerned look. Itachi turned his head, gave Sasuke a quick glance and then looked back at Shisui. "Well we better get over there." Itachi reached into his pocket and pulled out some yen. He put it on the table in front of Sasuke. "Here's the money for the bill, and a bit extra in case you get hungry. Mother probably won't be home to make us dinner." Sasuke desperately wanted to kiss Itachi good-bye. He wanted to hug his built brother and listen to the beating in his chest again. Itachi had obvious concern on his face when he left Sasuke to finish their tea.

A loud sigh escaped Sasuke's lips once Shisui and Itachi were no long visible. "Itachi-chan, you better be safe.." Sasuke stood from the table and left the yen for their drinks. What am I supposed to do for the rest of the day, or at least until aniki comes home? Sasuke stuffed his hands in his pockets awkwardly like he always did when he walked, expecially alone. Sasuke could never really handle the attention he got from girls, especially when he was alone. It was all very overwhelming, having about five girls swarm you. They all seemed to be after his heart, even though he could never be interested. "Sasuke-kun! Over here cutie pie!" Sasuke ignored the calls from yet another one of his fangirls. If he ran into Sakura or Ino he wasn't sure how he would brush them off. Those two are the most obsessive out of all the fangirls.

Hours seemed to pass before Sasuke really knew where he would go. The sun was in the early stages of setting, or just about there. Sasuke was tired of how slow he was moving and decided he'd get to his destination much quicker if he just ran. Sasuke looked around and when he saw no one was around the outskirt of the town he jumped onto his first rooftop. Some people didn't respect shinobi after the war between the Sand and the Fire countries. Sasuke was good with his agility and manuvering. Sasuke ran at a decent pace that he could keep up with for awhile and leaped from roof top to roof top. I hope he's home.

BANG. What the fuck was that? Naruto looked up at his ceiling as it shook. Within a few seconds there was a hard knock on the door. Naruto frowed his eyebrows, still confused what the disturbance was in his ceiling. "Naruto, open up. You better be home." Naruto stood up from his comfortable seat on the floor by the coffee table in the living room and walked over to the door. So it's Sasuke. Naruto opened the door. "What's up?" Naruto had been cooped up in his house after making his daily training session with Jiraya as short as possible. "Well.. You complained the other day how we don't see each other anymore. So here I am." Sasuke's voice was so monotone. It always was, unless he was with Itachi. Itachi made him gentler, somehow. "Let's get the fuck out of this house. I've been here almost all day." Wow, Naruto actually staying home for once? That doesn't happen unless the little fucker is sick.

Naruto knew if he wanted to make his freshly awkward friendship with Sasuke last he needed to apologize, even though he still thought he was right. "Sasuke, I'm sorry for what happened the other day. I'm happy as long as you are.." But Naruto was lying. On the inside he just wanted Sasuke to himself. "Hmph, thanks Naruto." Sasuke was always awkward with accepting apologizes. "Hey, Naruto, why don't you date Hinata?"

"What are you talking about?" The two men had abandoned the Uzumaki house by now and retreated to the forest that surrounded the village. The sun was falling quickly. Sasuke hadn't realized he had wasted so much time wandering around, taking in the sights and smells of Konoha. "I see the way she looks at you Naruto. Why haven't you given her a chance? I think you're lonely, whether you realize it or not." How dare Sasuke tell Naruto that he should be with Hinata, when Naruto clearly thought he belonged with Sasuke. "I haven't really thought about relationships. I guess when the right person comes around I'll start thinking about it." Naruto was lying again. He had been thinking about it, but certainly not with Hinata.

"Why don't we sit and talk about it? I feel like you're distracted." Sasuke raised his hand and grabbed onto a unusally low branch as he ducked under it. Naruto did the opposite and volted the branch gracefully. "I just don't like her. And I don't know how I'd handle being reponsible for not only myself, but another person as well." Sasuke sat down on a tree stump and rested his elbows on his knees, his legs spread apart. Naruto thought that looked a little strange. Sasuke usually sat in a very uptight way, keeping his body close to itself. Naruto had no other choice but to sit on the ground in front of the raven. "I think you're just afraid of being hurt." Naruto thought about that for a second, Could he be right? I'd never actually had to be committed to someone before. Not a parent, nor a girl. The only thing I've comitted myself to was my training. "Sasuke, why do you care about my love life all of the sudden?" Sasuke shrugged off Naruto's question. "I think you're lonely, like I said before."

Naruto could suddenly sense a foreign chakra. It surrounded them in the darkness. It was a very strong chakra. Naruto knew someone dangerous was in the area. "Sasuke, do you sense that?" Sasuke held up his hand as if saying 'let me see'. He sat there for a couple of seconds. But if Sasuke would sense the rogue chakra, he would have before Naruto even said anything. "No. I had a lot of tea. I'm very relaxed. You're probably ju-"

"SASUKEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Naruto's scream sent birds flying from the trees.

Sasuke's eyes widened and he fell from his comfortable seat on the stump. A kunai attached to a chain pierced through Sasuke's shoulderblade and cut through his body, shattering his collarbone and slicing his left lung. T-This pain.. It hurt so- bad. Sasuke clenched a fist full of dirt. He'd been left in the position of his elbows and knees. "Bastard!" was Sasuke's last word before whomever threw the kunai yanked the chain, causing Sasuke to flinch and stand up on only his knees. Sasuke looked Naruto in the eyes and a small stream of blood ran down Sasuke's pale face that would soon be stained in a red. There was another yank and the kunai was pulled out of Sasuke's torn body. A cough from the Uchiha's lips caused blood to come projectiling out of his mouth and all over the ground, not to mention his clothes were drenched and stained. The rogue ninja appeared from the darkness. Sasuke laid curled into a loose ball in the moon light. The pale light illuminated his skin and the blood that covered it.

Itachi... I love you. Sasuke struggled to keep his eyes open as he laid motionless on the ground. I'm sorry Itachi-chan. I should have gone home.. I've failed you. Just like I always fail Father. I'm just a failure. I should die right here.. I'm sorry aniki... Sasuke blinked a few times, but with each blink it became more and more difficult to open his lids again. Until eventually they didn't open again.

"Hey. What's red, white and blue?" The rogue ninja gave a smirk. "I believe Sasuke looks very red, white and blue."

"It's going to be your face!" Naruto clenched his fists and rose from his seat on the ground. "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!"

"Don't you think you'd better get him to the hospital?" The rogue ninja gave Naruto an evil smile. The moonlight caused the rogue's fangs to glimmer in the night. Damn it.. He's right. Naruto glanced at Sasuke's body. It seemed lifeless on the ground, still. The rogue threw a smoke grenade to the ground and disappeared into the Konoha forests. Naruto managed to notice he was from the Hidden Village of the Stones by the symbol on his headband. There's no time. I need Sakura. Sasuke can't die on me... Not now. Naruto ran as fast as he could screaming out for Sakura. Naruto was always a loud mouth, so Sakura just took this as another one of those times. What a knuckle head. Sakura smiled blissfully as she walked towards Naruto's screaming.

Naruto ran right into Sakura. She'd been walking home from her shift at Konoha Hospital. Their bodies slammed into each other which knocked them both to the ground. "God Naruto! Get off of me!" Sakura shoved him off her and collected herself. "Sasuke's hurt Sakura... I- I think he's dying.." Sakura's heart stopped and she gasped. "Where is he?" Naruto's eyes were welled up with tears and an orange chakra began to illuminate his body. Sakura hadn't seen Naruto and this chakra like this since the Naruto Bridge incident.

"O- out in the forest. It's really bad S- Sakura." Naruto's voice trembled, a smooth mixture of anger and fear.