Just a reminder that the main pairing in this is and will be SASUNARU. Thank you.
The darkness shifted and Sasuke saw the ground rush up to meet him. Preparing himself, Sasuke landed gracefully on the cold floor. The same could not be said for his companions. Sakura fell over in an awkward heap on the ground; Sai only just saved himself from Sakura's fate by grabbing hold of the wall.
Eyeing his comrades in distain, Sasuke silently asked any divine being who was listening, what he had done to be cursed with such embarrassing team mates. A sly little voice in the back of his mind, whispered, "I wonder, maybe it has something to do with betraying your village, team and best friend? Hmm? Could that be it?"
Sasuke wisely choose to ignore the voice. These little internal battles with himself were becoming more and more common. They did nothing to reassure Sasuke about his own sanity. He had a nasty feeling he had picked the habit up from Sakura.
Surfacing from his bubble of intense thought, he surveyed their location. The team currently stood in a kitchen. A long wooden table stretched out in front of them, where two men were currently sitting eying them off. By this time Sakura had pulled herself off the ground and while dusting off her clothes embarrassingly had realised no one was about to start introductions. Taking charge she bowed in respect, "I'm Sakura Haruno, this is Sasuke Uchiha and this is..Uh.. Sai."
Both men raised eyes at Sai's lack of last name, but neither commented on it. "Welcome all of you, we all thank you for-" however before the balding ginger could finish his welcome, he was interrupted by a sound that made Sasuke's blood run cold. Everyone's heads snapped towards the door, but by this time Sasuke was already out the door and up the stairs in a flash, racing towards the source of those horribly familiar screams. 'Naruto!'
Sasuke came to a screeching holt on the second landing and burst into the room. He took in the scene before him, eyes spinning red. A red headed boy stood near the door, with a messy head girl clutching his arm, hyperventilating. None of this matter to Sasuke. What had his attention was Naruto screaming as his tossed in his bed eyes still shut, most likely still asleep, with some black hair boy leaning over, almost sitting on top of him!
With a snarl he leapt towards his blonde friend, almost knocking over the two watching teenagers, grabbing hold of the black haired boy who had dared to sit on his Naruto and through him across the room. He heard the red head yell and the girl scream as the boy hit the wall. Ignoring them he focused on Naruto.
When Harry had burst into the room to help Naruto, he had not expected to be thrown into a wall. To say he was shocked when he found himself sailing through the air would be an understatement. Looking back at Naruto in a panic he say a black/blue hair boy grip Naruto'a shoulders as he sat on his stomach trying to wake him up. Clearly it was not working judging by Naruto's screams which were growing in volume. Angrily Harry jumped to his feet, about to throw the guy away from Naruto, when a hand came out to stop him. With a shock he saw the hand belonged to a girl around his own age with pink hair. Storing away this shock for later contemplation, he realised that the rest of the household were gathered in the doorway, along with an unknown black boy, who like the other two was about his own age.
His attention snapped back to the pink one as she spoke with confidence. "Stay where you are. All of you. Just wait. Sasuke knows what he is doing."
Raising an incredulous eyebrow at the confidence she put in to this angry looking "Sasuke" he turned back to watch Naruto and Sasuke struggle. He turned back to see Sasuke not so gently hit Naruto in the face. By now Harry was glaring intensely, itching to tear this violent Sasuke prick off Naruto.
The slap had coursed Naruto to awaken from his asleep, but with his nightmare still fresh in his mind, blurring the line between reality and dream. There was a split second of silence while Naruto stared up at Sasuke before he ripped himself away, off the bed and slammed backwards against the wall. Naruto's gaspy hiss of "MADARA!" as he stared at Sasuke before clenching his eyes tightly shut, meant nothing to Harry or the wizards assembled but judging from the pink haired girl's gasp of horrified shock and the snarl of anger the issued from Sasuke, Harry deducted that who or what was Madara, it was definitely bad news.
At this point Harry decided to intervene. This time the unknown girl did not try to stop him. He hadn't moved more than two steps forward, before Sasuke had spun around spitting, "Back off!" Harry stumbled back. It was not due to the angry words, but due to Sasuke's eyes. They were red. Sasuke sneered at Harry before turning back to Naruto who still had his back pressed to the wall, arms wrapped around his lithe body, eye clenched shut.
Getting over his shock, Harry was about to yell back at Sasuke, but Sirius pulled him by the arm back to the group of wizards who stood by the door.
Sasuke took two deep breathes, calming his anger and pain at being mistaken for Madara by Naruto. 'Its just the eyes, its just the eyes,' he told himself over and over as he deactivated his sharingan stepping towards Naruto once more.
"Naruto," Sasuke said. "Open your eyes, it's ok Madara isn't here."
Naruto flinched rather violently at the name Madara, his eyes remained closed. "That's just what he'd want me to think. It's all just a game to him, I probably haven't even escaped. He's made me believe Sasuke saved me so I would crack completely when I realise it is just those blasted eyes of his!"
"Naruto!" Sasuke snapped. "It 's Sasuke talking to you. You're at Grimmauld Place. Your safe ok."
"How can I believe you?"
Sasuke stepped forward, Naruto pushed further backwards against the wall, sensing his movement.
Reaching forward, Sasuke reached for Naruto's hand, prying it away from his side, he brought it up to his own throat. He wrapped Naruto's hand around a necklace he had on around his neck.
"This is the necklace you gave it to me for my birthday, remember? You said it was a special charm to keep me safe. And I said you need a safety charm more than I do. God, I didn't realise how right that would be did I?" His sentence trailed off in to a lingering whisper as he glared at the floor.
"Irony's a bitch… Sasuke." Sasuke looked back up at Naruto's face to see Naruto's beautiful blue eyes, watching him.
Dropping his hand from Sasuke throat, Naruto asked "So how've you been Sasuke?"
"Hn. And yourself?"
"Yeah you know, same old same old." Without warning, Naruto flung himself at Sasuke, hugging himself tightly to Sasuke's body as he silently started to cry. Sasuke pulled him close, feeling complete for the first time in a week. He had Naruto back in his arms, where he belonged.
Sorry it was very shot, but I promised I would update by Sunday, and its Sunday night now so yeah. Cool. Thanks everyone who reviewed. Can someone please let me know if the replies to the reviews are being received, please, because I have been replying to everyone who has reviewed. :D
Ok also, what side pairings does everyone want to see. Review and let me know, or you might be stuck with something you hate O.o
Please review and I'll update sometime this week, if you all review! Or at least some of you! It will be a long chapter, if you do :D
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