"Hello Sasuke. I thought I might find you here." Kakashi said. The jounin had found Sasuke in his private training grounds, throwing kunai at targets. "What do you want?" Sasuke asked, throwing another kunai, watching it land perfectly in the centre of the target. "You and Naruto have another mission. Tsunade-sama sent me to collect you." He lied fluently.

"Now?" he asked wearily. Kakashi nodded. 'Perhaps this mission would be a perfect chance to talk to Naruto about something that's been bothering me for a long time now…' Sasuke dropped the other kunai he was holding and sighed.

"Alright, I'm coming." He said.

As Sasuke stepped into the hokage's office, much to his surprise, he was grabbed by two anbu. "What?" Sasuke looked at the hokage, with a confused look. Then he noticed Naruto was stood beside her, desperately trying to avoid making eye contact. The anbu still didn't let go of him. "Am I missing something?" he asked the hokage angrily. Tsunade walked over to him, radiating with anger. "Don't you play dumb with me, bastard!" she hissed. "We know what you did!"

"Look, I really don't know what I'm supposed to have done!" Sasuke said, still trying to break free of the grasp of the two anbu. "Right…" Tsunade snarled. She noticed that Naruto was trying to stop the flow of tears that were streaming down his face by wiping his eyes on his sleeve. Sasuke noticed it too. "Dobe…" Sasuke had never seen Naruto cry and they had been through some pretty testing things. That could mean only one thing; something really serious was going on here. "Sasuke Uchiha, I'm arresting you for the sexual assault on your team-mate Naruto Uzumaki." She said.

"W-what? Are you serious?" Sasuke asked incredulously. The anbu dragged him towards the door and Sasuke really tried to break out of their grasp now. "Naruto… I don't have a clue what's going on here, but I swear I didn't do what they say I did!" Sasuke grabbed onto the doorframe, as a final desperate attempt to talk to Naruto. "You have to believe me, I wouldn't do that to-" Sasuke fell on the floor with a thud.

"Sorry, hokage-sama. He wouldn't stop squirming." She nodded as they dragged Sasuke's limp form out of the doorway. Naruto managed to stop himself from crying as he spoke to Tsunade. "He couldn't have done it… I know he didn't. There has to be an explanation for this. Can I see him…alone?" Tsunade stared at him.

"Are-are you sure you want to do that?" Naruto nodded. "Very well, but I will have anbu stationed outside the cell so if you need them-"

"I wont." Naruto interjected loudly.

"If you do, just shout. They will be right outside." She finished.

Tsunade lead Naruto to the cell they had put the unconscious Sasuke in. "give him five minutes to come round." One of the anbu members said as he closed the door behind them. Naruto walked over to the small bed Sasuke was lying on. Naruto patiently watched him until Sasuke eventually stirred. "Nnh…" he sat up rubbing his head and almost fell off the bed when he remembered what had happened. "Naruto!" he said in surprise as he saw the blonde at next to him. "You-you don't believe what they're saying…do you? I would never, could never…r-rape you Naruto." he said. Naruto looked at Sasuke.

"I don't want to believe it, but I think I saw you…" he said.

"That's impossible! You can't have seen me because I know I wasn't there! Maybe it was dark and you mistook me for someone else." Sasuke said.

"It was dark. I woke up in the night and saw you with your sharingan activated in the corner of my room. Then you blindfolded me and…a-and-" Naruto buried his face in his hands trying not to cry again. Sasuke however, was seeing red.

"The sharingan?" he hissed. Sasuke jumped up. "That bastard! I'll kill him for doing that to you! I'll fucking kill him!" Sasuke screamed. The door was opened and the hokage stepped inside. "Are you okay Naruto?" the blonde nodded as he worried looked at Sasuke, who was now shaking with anger.

'You will become strong…I will make you! Don't bother with ties such as friendship, loyalty and love. Because if you do think about loving anyone, I will destroy them.' Itachi hissed menacingly. These words were not heard by Naruto or the sannin, just Sasuke. As his brother punched him roughly in the gut, Sasuke knew his love for Naruto would have to go unspoken.'

'Its all my fault. Itachi must have seen how close I was getting to him. It's my fault this happened to Naruto. If I had just fucking done as I was told for once and stayed away from him, Naruto would still have his dignity…among other things. I have to be punished for slipping up; if I had just pretended to be a little more distant, but no. I deserve this. I though Itachi meant to hurt Naruto when he said 'destroy' but that sick bastard did even worse and I let him.'

Sasuke looked up. "I raped Naruto, I admit it." He said in a low monotone. Tsunade nodded, almost triumphantly while Naruto looked at Sasuke angrily. "What the hell are you on teme? What minute your swearing your innocence, the next your admitting you're guilty? I don't believe you did it, Sasuke. The way you were talking to me a minute ago… I could just tell. It wasn't you that night."

'If I let them lock me up, Itachi might not hurt Naruto anymore than he already has. At least this way I wont be tempted to act on my feelings and I can be punished for getting close to someone. Fucking Itachi…'

Sasuke looked up at the hokage, forcing a smirk to play across his face for effect. "I raped Naruto, so whatcha gonna do about it?" he said. In reality, the words hurt Sasuke more than anything. He tried to look unfazed as Tsunade dragged a hysterical Naruto away from Sasuke, but when he was alone, for the first time in years, Sasuke cried.