Me: I'm alive!

Crowd: Who cares? We need an update! –yells-

Me: Hehehe, you see, I sort of lost it…

Sasuke: Well, actually, your friend lost the file thing.

Me: I know! Grrr…

Naruto: And Fluffy had to write it all over again!

Me: -nods- See! Look at what I do for you guys!!

Crowd: -shrugs-

Naruto: She does not own me.

Sasuke: and there will be mentions of abuse, Yaoi, and-

Me: Serious Sasunaru fluff!

Crowd: -cheers- -stops- When will there be a lemon?!

Me: -sweat drop- dude! Not right now! Soon, but not now… Sheesh.

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A silhouette sat upon a red cushioned chair, with an eerie stillness in the air, only broken by the annoying ticking of a clock that hung on the battered wall. The figure sat facing the front door of the small broken-down house, with a phone laid atop a small table nearby.

Palpable tension filled the alcohol-scented air…

The figure clenched and unclenched his fists repeatedly, as his patience began to wear thin. The ticking bomb began to reach its limit… And he snapped…

The man stood suddenly, knocking the chair over backwards, banging against the cracked walls. He pounded the wall over and over and over again, releasing his anger.

Quickly as his 'tantrum' started, it ended. He promptly regained his composure. An evil smirk played upon his face. He grabbed his coat and walked out of the house, with the door slamming closed behind him.

'Hahaha… Naruto, you can run, but you can't hide. You know I'm going to find you, and when I do… oh, when I do… hahaha… You're going to know nothing but pain. You have to learn you lesson. You get punished when you run away from dear old daddy… hahaha!' That was the last thought, before the figure slowly disappeared.

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Sasuke widened his coal black eyes in surprise. This certainly wasn't what he had expected.

"Y-your dad?!"

The blonde laid still, apparently not planning on saying anything. Sasuke sighed softly, and turned Naruto around so that they could face each other.

"How long has it been going on?"

Naruto bit his lips, worried that he had said too much. He turned his head, but Sasuke grabbed his chin, forcing them to lock eyes. Onyx met with sapphire.

Naruto took in a small breath before saying: "Since I was seven…"

"Naruto…" The smaller boy had t ears slowly starting to overflow his eyes, silently remembering the incident. Sasuke stared into Naruto's distant, far-off eyes, and pulled him into a small embrace, trying to comfort him.

Dark somber clouds covered the velvet sky, and rain began to fall softly at first, and then quickened its speed.

Naruto knew he going to get… punished… when he gets back home. The longer he waits to leave, the more painful the punishment he will have to endure.

He mentally shook out very bad memories and wipes away his tears that had cascaded down his scarred cheeks. He stood up, pulling out of the embrace. "I-I got to go…" he avoided looking into Sasuke's eyes.

Sasuke quickly got up, brushing away dirt from his pants. "I'm not letting you go back to that hell, dobe," he said.

Naruto's bangs covered his face, as he suddenly found his shoes very interesting. I mean, major space to improve it. 'Hm… Wonder how it'll look if I spray-paint it orange… maybe not spray-paint, even with a simple marker would do…'

"Naruto, are you listening?"

"Sasuke… I have to go back…"

"Why?! Didn't you hear me? I'm not letting you!"

"I have to!"

Naruto turned around and started running toward the direction of his house. Sasuke widened his eyes, and then started to run after him.

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Minato walked hurriedly on the sidewalk, surrounded by a cool breeze, which did nothing to abate his growing anger for his son. Thoughts of plausible punishments came and went… Nothing deemed satisfactory for him…

His shoes gave a soft –plop- with every step he made… Surprisingly, no one crossed his path. Actually, the whole street was empty… He stopped suddenly, gave a quick look around…

Minato pushed this small trivial thing to the back of his mind, and walked on. He took a quick glance at his watch, alarmed at the fact that it was already ten o'clock! How long has he been walking? How long has Naruto been hiding from him? Hours!!

How dare he hide from him!!

Minato cracked his fists menacingly, and a strange evil glint showed in his eyes… Anyone who would have looked and bear witness to that look in his eyes would have felt a spine-chilling shiver.

Abruptly, he came to a halt to a park… Perhaps, Naruto would be in there… It never hurts to look… Well, for Minato it won't hurt, and Naruto… Well, if Minato finds him, he won't be going to school for awhile.

With this thought in mind, Minato gave a laugh that was oozing with hatred and upcoming pain…

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Sasuke tackled the smaller boy to the ground, straddling him at his hips. Naruto struggled violently.

"Naruto, listen! Don't you dare go back!"

Naruto looked right into his eyes… "Sasuke, you don't understand! He… He... the more I'm away, the more he hurts me!"

"Let me help you! I won't let that mother fucker get near you!"

"Sasuke… Sasuke, he'll get you too! Please, I don't want to see you get hurt because of me!" Naruto stopped struggling, and their eyes locked. Sasuke sensed there was something going on.

"Naruto… is there something you're not telling me?" Sasuke stared into his azure eyes, searching for answers…

"My father can do things! And he doesn't only do that stuff to me! He does it to people! Not just people, Sasuke, but my friends! That's why I moved here a year ago! He was so close to getting caught… And… and I actually hoped it was all going to be over… and now… well… it's still the same as it always been since…" Naruto's voice quieted down.

"Since what?"

"Since my mother killed herself…"

"…"

"He blamed me… and always will…"

Sasuke slowly got off of Naruto, then helped the latter get to his feet.

"Don't worry about me. Okay, Naruto? I'll be fine."

Naruto gave a soft smile. "You promise?"

Sasuke felt the sides of his mouth twitch upwards. "I promise."

They shook their pinkies. (Aw… they had a pinky-promise thingy)

A lightning cracked in the distance. They both instinctively turned, and saw a figure headed in their direction. Naruto's breath hitched. It was… It was…

"My father…"

Okay, you guys, I bet you waited this for… a long time. Now that it's summer, I'll have more time to update! Actually, I think I'm mentally prepared to continue and update all my stories! And I'm still mad at my friend for making me lose this story in the first place! Grr…