The White Room Chapter Seven

Friday

An akward fourty-five minutes of silence passed between them.

Naruto sighed. Progress may have been a good thing; but Sasuke was tearing him up inside.

"Can I tell you my story?" Sasuke finally asked, breaking the silence.

Naruto nodded. Anything was better than the silence. It was begining to make him mentally plead insanity. "Sure. Go right on ahead."

"My brother, he killed our whole freaking clan. I swore to kill him after that. But is it even worth it anymore? Sure I did... eventually... but... I wonder if that was a mistake. I guess it doesn't really matter now though. You can't bring someone back from the dead. Even I know that... Sure he was a sadistic bastard... but he was human too... somewhere deep... way deep down..." Sasuke laughed bitterly. "I don't even know why I told you any of that. It's none of your buisness..." He leaned back in his chair. "It's just it's funny... The irony of everything... Of all of this..."

Naruto didn't know how to react to any of that. And how could he?

"I spent my whole life trying to do everything that I could to best him in something. Just once you know? It's all I ever really wanted. But I knew that I couldn't, even still as hard as I tried. However I guess I did finally... When I finally got to look in his cold lifeless eyes. Bloody sharingan eyes... I guess I know now what I look like... The splitting image of him. And no matter how hard I try, I'll never look anything less than his reflection. Even after his death..." Sasuke rubbed his temples.

"We humans are truely pointless creatures arn't we?" He smiled to himself, looking off at something in the distance. His smile only became more serene. It was truely a beautiful sight; to see an Uchiha smile. However it held a distinct feeling of something forboding... "I mean. Why do we try to do things we know that we can't, for the sake of trying? It's just a waste of time and energy. And God knows that no one could possibly know that feeling more than me..."

Naruto was taken aback. "Sasuke. Anything is possible. It's just that we as humans tend to set bariers. Ones of our own design. There's nothing that can stop you from anything... Nothing except yourself... It's just a matter of how far you're willing to go to obtain your goal, and how much pride and dignity you're willing to sacrifice."

Sasuke shook his head, laughing slightly. Honestly Naruto had never seen Sasuke smile so much. However sarcastic it might have been... "But take in other factors... What about love? What if you know that the person you love will never share the same feelings that you do? It's a bitter feeling. That's not a barrier you set yourself. You have no say in that one." Sasuke was choking on his words. He took a couple of calming breaths before glaring at the other, as if it was 'her' fault for making him get so emotional. "You make me sick. I mean you really make me sick. Your optimism almost kills me inside. In this world we live in, how can you look so blindly through such corruption. There's not a damn thing that could possibly make things better." Even through such biting words, Sasuke couldn't help but smile. "But you're so much like him... I can't help but trust you because of it... Maybe tommorow I'll tell you of someone I hold dear to me..." He tapped his chin in thought. "Yeah...My dearest friend... His optimism... It made me sick too..."


Authors Note- Mmm Yummy angst. Well my dears; it only gets worse from here. Last chapter the rewriten ending coming up next. However please stick around for the alternate ending the original ending Bare in mind it's character death! Bring the tissues!