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"Speech"

'Memories/dreams /thoughts'


Chapter 10 : Nocturne

Blood dripped down the man's chin and his body trembled violently, resulting in more blood streaming down his chest.

'Papa…Papa… No…please' The little boy cried desperately, his little fists clenching the man's blood-drenched robe.

' Na…ru…to' The man smiled at his child, still beautiful at the verge of dying.

'Papa…don't leave me Papa!' The child wailed and placed his small hands on either sides of his father's face. He could feel the warmth of life leaving his father's body as his eyes became heavier, the light in them disappearing slowly. The man lifted a hand to caress the child's tear-wet cheek.

'Naruto… Don't…leave your life…in fear…or distrust…be fr..eee,' The man's body trembled again and after inhaling a deep breath, remained motionless.

'Papa…PAPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA'

Darkness.

Darkness was everywhere.

The only thing that exist in his world.

Nothing else held any meaning.

' He was so kind and naïve.' A faceless man said to another by his side. The great hall was ful of the same people, all gathered around a Golden coffin.

'He brought this upon himself.'

They were all faceless strangers. He couldn't recognize them. He couldn't feel their existence..

'He shouldn't have befriend that monster.'

'He should have destroyed him. Throw him out. Anything!'

'Poor man.'

Who were they? Who the hell allowed them to judge his father? His father was certainly not a poor man but a proud man.

His father. His kind beautiful father.

"Naruto do you hear me child? Talk to me. Move your finger or bat an eyelash. Anything." The old man pleaded. His voice was far and distance. Naruto remained motionless.

'You know Naruto…I'm…I'm very sorry..I wanted to….to be by your side…to watch you turn into the same man as him but…but you know…Mommy is weak….Mommy can't tolerate this anymore….not when…he's gone….he's gone….Please forgive me Mommy.'

The woman sobbed into the child's ear.

Blood

Blood was everywhere.

"Naruto please Naruto. Can you hear me? It's me Haku! Sai is here too. Everyone are worried. Please. Naruto." The man sobbed, his shoulders trembling.

'Papa I'm afraid. The way he looks at me… he is scary.'

The little child whined.

The Blond man smiled. 'Don't be Naruto. He won't harm you. He is not an scary person…he simply …looks like that.' The man chuckled and ruffled the child's hair.

"Don't go…..Come back….. Come back."

The man stared at the motionless body drenched in blood. his long red hair covering his face like a curtain. The child crawled away from him in fear, his whole body trembling in agony.

'Go away. Go away.' He wailed and shook his head.

The man's lips stretched into a tight line. Slowly he fell into his knees.

'Go away. Go away.'

He leaned down and pressed his lips on the dead man's lifeless ones, a tear falling on the corpse face.

'Go away. Go away.'

He lifted his head..A horselaugh filled the room, his red eyes burning with madness and insanity..

Blood

Blood was everywhere.

The child stared at the mad man's face as it began to change. His eyes darkening and his hair taking a raven color. The raven man lifted his head and smirked at him.

'Naruto.'

'Sasuke… we…we're friends…right?' The blond man begged, his hand reaching toward the other.

The raven smirked and in a flash his hands were tightening their hold around his neck.

'Die'

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO… LEAVE ME ALONE… WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? LEAVE ME ! LEAVE ME!" The blond man thrashed around violently in the bed, his hands flailing around in fear.

Sasuke backed away from bed, his back hitting the wall. He stared at the suffering figure for a moment before running out of the room, his eyes burning. He crashed hard into someone and lifted his head and to find himself face to face with Sai.

Sai glared at him with anger. "What the hell are you doing here? Came back to make sure he's dead?"

Sasuke stared at him with a blank expression

Sai smirked." Pretending to be innocent? Don't bother. The whole Harem heard you voice when you were fighting. You could have at least wait a little and then poison him."

Sasuke's whole feature darkened and he threw a vicious glare at the other man. " Mind your own business."

"Or what? You're gonna kill me too?" Sai closed his eyes and plastered a smile on his face. A very fake and disgusting smile.

Sasuke opened his mouth to reply when another voice echoed in the the corridor.

"You…HOW DARE YOU!" Haku yelled and charged toward the first husband before a pair of strong hands encircled his body and stopped him. " Haku cut it out. Are you out of your mind? Stop it. You can't hit the first husband damn it." Zabuza growled in anger. Haku wiggle in his hold.

Sasuke remained frozen, staring in shock at hissing man that he knew as the most calm and gentle member of Harem.

Sai tilted his head and smiled at Haku, his eyes still closed. "Zabuza-san is right. You can't hit the first husband." He opened his eyes. "But I can."

Before Sasuke could even register his words, a fist connected to his face and threw him hard to the other side of corridor, his body hitting the wall hard and slipped to the floor.

"SAI! HAVE YOU LOST YOU MIND?" Zabuza howled with anger and pushed Haku away, grabbing Sai's wrist instead.

"HOW DARE YOU!"

Everyone froze. Sasuke's eyes snapped open and quickly he pulled himself into his feet.

"It's alright Sakura. We were just chatting."

"Chatting? Just chatting? Guards!" Sakura shrieked with anger and pointed an accusing finger toward Sai. "Arrest this man immediately."

"Sakura No!" Sasuke yelled with desperation in his voice. Sai just remained motionless at two huge guards grabbed each of his arms.

"He didn't do anything." Haku yelled and tried to stop the guards but Zabuza'a strong arms once again pulled him away.

"Didn't do anything?" Sakura growled and turned to Haku." He just hit Sasuke-kun. What else is he supposed to do? This is unforgivable. Ran!." She turned toward one of the guards that had a huge scar on his face. "Take this man to the yard and punish him right in front of everyone. I want him to set an example for others."

"Sakura!" Sasuke yelled in anger.

"SASUKE!" Sakura yelled back. Sasuke scowled at the princess who equally scowled back.

"80 strikes." Sakura said with a cold voice, her eyes still focused on Sasuke. Sasuke's eyes widened in horror and Haku gasped.

"If you whip him that much he will DIE!" Sasuke growled, his eyes burning hole into princess's face.

Sakura turned around and began to walk a way. "As I said what he has done is unforgivable."

"DON'T HAVE A SAY IN THIS?" Sasuke howled after the princess, his nails digging into the palm of his hands.

Sakura paused but didn't turn her face. "No one is allowed to lay a finger on you." And with that she disappeared from the sight.

Silence filled the room.

The guard named Ran pushed Sai forward and smirked. "Time to punish a cutie husband, huh?"

Haku grabbed Zabuza's collar desperately. " Do something. Please!"

Zabuza sighed and turned to Ran. " I will do it."

"No, princess told me to do it." Ran growled and pulled Sai. Sai's face was very relax and calm, like they weren't discussing his punishment at all but something else like afternoon tea.

"You don't want anyone to know about your little…you know." Zabuza glared at the man and crossed his arms.

Ran face paled and he gritted his teeth. He threw a vicious glare at Zabuza and shoved Sai toward him. "Fine. But I'm watching you. Bring him to the yard." He give the other guard a sign with his hand and both stomped their way out of the corridor.

Zabuza turned to Sai and glared at him. "You brought this upon yourself fool. I will try to go easy on you but you will be half dead anyway. 80 strikes is no kidding." Haku's eyes flickered to the pale boy. " Sai." He murmured with worry.

"It's ok." Sai smiled at them. "I knew this will happen." And slowly turned to Sasuke who all this time had stood at a corner in silence, his bangs hiding his face from them.

"Naruto means a lot to me. He…gave a new color to my life that's why…" He opened his eyes and stared right into Sasuke's face. " That felt really good."

Sasuke stood there as they walked away from him. One sentence echoing through his mind.

'He gave a new color to my life.'

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20

Sasuke clutched his head, his fingers digging into his hea.

30

He circled his room again and again like a wounded animal.

40

He couldn't bare it anymore. The window was closed but the sound of strikes was clearly heard in his room. He stomped toward a wooden closet and pulled it in front of the window. He hated that window. He hated his life. He hated himself.

50

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH" He yelled with desperation and ran out of the room and slammed the door loudly behind himself. His hands were fisted and his whole body was trembling with anger.

' I'm tired.'

'I'm tired of everything.'

'I'm sick of everyone.'

He slowly slumped down on the floor, his hands clutching his head again.

"Uhm."

His head jerked up when he heard a pained moan from the next room.

"Naruto." He murmured and ran toward the Blond man's room but when his hand was about to grab the knob, it froze. He bit down on his lip, his eyes on the wooden surface of the door.

He couldn't enter. It would only cause Naruto more pain. His head drooped, his gaze now blankly at the floor. Naruto was scared of him. Seeing his face was enough to send the boy into hysteric trembling and shivers. And the words he would yell… they were so painful.

'Why?'

The word echoed in his mind again and again as his heart ached with pain.

'I would never do something like this. Why Naruto? Why did you think it's me? Do you really think…I'm that low?'

He fell on his knees, the palm of his hand sliding down on the door.

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Sandaime checked the pale man's pulse and lifted his head. "He's alive. Just alive."

"Good. Now please immediately go to Naruto's room and see how he is doing. He is more important." Sakura said to the old man with exhaustion in her face.

Sandaime rose to his feet and glanced at the man who had his body covered in bandages and could hardly breath.

"You know princess. You are seriously succeeding in killing your husbands one by one." He sighed and cleaned his hands with a towel. Sakura glared at him. "Just heal Naruto as fast as possible. I don't want Tsunade to know anything about his current condition."

"What makes you think he lives?" The old man asked, his back toward the princess.

Sakura's eyes widened. "What? Of course he will live." She glared at him." Make him live." She slammed her fist on a table and walked out of the room. Sandaime sighed and shook his head. "I really love that boy or else I would seriously wish for his death."

He looked down on the man. "Just to expose your tyranny."

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"How is he?" Sasuke asked from outside of the door.

"The same. For some unknown reason I can't clear his body from the poison." Sandaime replied without lifting his head.

Sasuke tried to swallow the lump in his throat. "Will he survive?"

"Not if I can't destroy this poison in his blood. It's very unfamiliar. Like a mixture of different poisons. Needs a real professional." Sandaime glanced at the raven man from behind his glasses.

Sasuke's lips turned into a tight line. "I haven't done it."

"I know my dear boy."

"You do?" Sasuke's head jerked in surprise.

"Yes, it was thanks to your immediate alert that he has even survived this far. But I'm not the one you need to prove that too, am I now?" He stood and placed a bottle on the table. "Use this oil for his lips. We need to keep them moist."

Sasuke shook his head. "I can't do that. He is…afraid of me." He said and turned his gaze to the floor.

Sandaime pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed.

"Sasuke-sama you are young and naïve. At you age, all we think about is our own pain. There are a very few people who actually consider other's pains and feelings. This boy is one of them." He tilted his head toward Naruto and smiled bitterly. "But that doesn't mean he hasn't suffered the same pain." Sasuke lifted his head and stared at the man who looked hundred years older. "His father was the same. A kind and caring man and he died very young."

"Why?"

"That you need to ask Naruto himself."

"He won't answer, I'm sure." Sasuke said with a sad look in his eyes.

Sandaime smiled. "Naruto is not one to hold grudges. When he first came here all he was thinking about was becoming the first but I know after knowing you he changed his mind and decide to remain the second husband."

Sasuke gaped at him, unable to register his words.

"Yes. He is that kind of person. A real air head! "Sandaime chuckled.

"But why would he do that? He is a prince too. He deserves to be the first husband."

"But not with crushing a friend." Sandaime finished his sentence and walked passed the raven man before pausing again. "He is confusing you with another man in his nightmare world. It's up to you to separate yourself from him."

Sasuke stared at Naruto's body as the sound of Sandaime's footsteps became fainter and fainter.

Slowly he walked toward the bed and sat on the chair placed beside the second husband's bed. Naruto stirred in his bed a little. Sasuke lifted a hand but changing his mind dropped it again. He stared at Naruto's parted lip, a shallow breath hardly scaping from between them.

'I'm sorry for being here when you don't want me.'

'I just…wanted to be your friend.'

'How…. Could you? I thought…. You're… my friend.'

Sasuke's lips trembled slightly as he balled his hands and his nails digged into his palm again, reopening his wounds.

" You know Naruto, I was really hurt when…when I realized that you think I'm the one who had done this to you then again" Naruto moaned in his sleep and shook a little. Sasuke immediately closed his mouth and stared at the blond with worry. Maybe staying away from him was still the best option.

'Don't want to hurt you anymore.' He thought with sadness.

'He is confusing you with another man in his nightmare world. It's up to you to separate yourself from him.' Sandaime's words echoed through his mind again and he took a deep breath.

"Look you have to bare with me, you hear me? I don't care if they think I'm guilty but… I do care if you think I'm guilty." Sadness filled his onyx eyes. " I know I have treated you badly. Believe it or not though I desperately wanted to hate you…but in just few days you became the only person I could ever call a friend. I wanted to hate you but I couldn't and it pissed me even more." He sighed and dropped his head. " I'm a messed up person Naruto but I will never hurt a friend either." He slowly caressed the blond's hand, afraid to hold it in his own. " Please forgive me. I will prove to you that I AM your friend." He fixed his gaze on the blond's pale face with bags under his eyes. The same face that used to glow like a 5 year old's and murmured.

" I will protect you."

Naruto did not move.

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" Sakura?"

Sakura jerked in her seat. " Oh, Sasuke-kun. Are you ok? You look tired." Sasuke just gave her a blank look. " Have you visited Naruto recently?"

"Naruto?" Sakura sighed. " Of course I have. I visited him just this morning. Sandaime wants a few special herbs and I'm planning to go away to find them."

" So, he is important to you?" Sasuke cocked an eyebrow, his expression still blank.

Sakura rubbed his eyes. "Of course he is. He is my second husband and the son of Kushina-hime. I can't just let him die. Besides he's really good in bed." Sakura smiled bitterly. "Don't want to lose him."

Sasuke scowled. Sakura lifted her head and was surprise to see his angry expression but quickly a smile took over her face. She rose to her feet and walked toward her first husband who was leaning on the door's frame, his arms crossed. She lifted a hand and caressed the raven's cheek. " Now, Now don't be angry. I told you that you are my number one. No one can ever take your place."

Sasuke stared at her, his scowl deepening.

Sakura giggled and planted a kiss on his lips. "Tell you the truth, though I'm very worried for Naruto's condition I'm kinda happy too." Sasuke raised an eyebrow, shock in his eyes. "Well." She blushed and looked away. " I'm happy to know that you love me this much. Enough to do this." She giggled again and combed his hair with her fingers. " Don't worry. I will make things right again. Just promise to get along with him when he wakes up."

" I have a request Sakura." Sasuke muttered icily.

Sakura raised an eyebrow. "What is it darling?"

" I want to take Naruto to my own room. I think he can use the fresh air more than me right now. I can sleep in his bed for a while."

Sakura gave him a curious look before nodding in agreement. " Just don't' do anything to him, ne. I seriously can't afford his death."

Sasuke gave her a very vicious look. " What? Apparently you're very sure that he will survive."

Sakura's eyes turned cold. " He has been receiving healing for several days. Even I have done my best. According to Sandaime's last report, his body is almost cleaned from the poison. There is nothing to worry about."

Sakura turned her back on him and walked toward the door. "Take care of yourself while I'm gone. I want you to get better too. Then everything will be alright and we will be one happy family."

Sasuke stared after his wife as she walked away with glee in her eyes, very confidant about her dying husband's condition. He didn't care to comment on her words. He knew her way of thinking after all. A very disgusting way of thinking in his opinion. He sighed and rubbed his eyes.

"My condition hah? Somehow that sounds like history to me." He rested his head on the frame and gazed at the ceiling. "Neither I nor you are the culprits. Then who is?"

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Sasuke couldn't sleep at all. A whole week had passed and Naruto was still burning with fever, thrashing around in a place between reality and nightmare. He couldn't eat or drink anything. He had lost a lot of weight and the bags under his eyes were now deeper and darker. Sasuke sighed and buried his fingers in his raven hair. He himself had hardly slept in two days. The boy had a lot of nightmare. As much as Sasuke wanted to know their origin he didn't want to either. He was just grateful that he wasn't being pushed away anymore. Somehow Naruto had became used to his presence and wouldn't confuse him with some guy that god knew who he was or what he had done to the blond man. Sasuke smiled down at the blond's little hand that was tightly holding his.

Haku had came several times but eventually gave up, realizing in pure shock that the blond was able to sleep peacefully only when his hand was held by the raven's. He had stared at the pair for a long time before slipping out of the room silently. Sasuke hadn't looked him in the eyes. He was too consumed by his beautiful friend.

He gave him some water and grabbed the bottle Sandaime had left him and poured some oil into the palm of his hand. After coating his two fingers with the oil, he began rubbing them on the blond man's dry lips. Naruto's breath tickled the tip of his fingers and he couldn't help but to smile slightly. Now that he was looking at him from this close, he really did look like a 5 year old. His big round eyes were closed but his puffy cheeks and plump pinkish lips were enough evidence. Even the eyelashes were blond. 'Beautiful.' Sasuke mused to himself silently.

After he made sure the blond's condition was perfectly secured, he allowed himself some rest and slumped down in his chair, falling asleep before his eyelids could fall over his onyx eyes.

He woke up with a loud thunder that only existed in his own mind. He felt really tired , like he hadn't sleep at all. He grumbled and decided to take a look at the blond before going back to his sleep. He lifted his head and air left his lungs as he stared at the blond completely dumbfounded.

He was sweating heavily, his breath coming out in form of short pants. The whole mattress was wet from sweat and he was wiggling and thrashing in pain. Sasuke's mind had long stopped functioning, a numb feeling taking over his whole body.

'This can't be happening.' His brain shouted desperately.

He whirled around to look at the huge wooden clock that placed in a corner.

Two am in the morning. Less than one hour had passed since he had least checked the blond and he wasn't a heavy sleeper. No one could enter the room without him realizing.

He whirled toward blond again and hurriedly grabbed a wet towel.

Naruto coughed and small trail of blood dripped down his chin. Sasuke's eyes widened in pure horror and he whirled around on his heels and stormed out of the room.

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"What happened?" Sandaime glared at the beautiful raven. Sasuke was in a very unstable condition and his eyes had a mad look. " I don't know. I was here. Right here! I fell asleep for less than an hour and I woke up to find him LIKE THIS!" He shut his eyes tightly and tried to regain his control.

Sandaime scowled. "There is new poison in his body."

Sasuke opened his eyes and stared at him like he had grown a horn on his head.

Sandaime shook his head. "Tell me exactly what you did while I was gone."

"You…You mean I have done something?" Sasuke clutched his head.

"No! Just answer the question." The old man narrowed his eyes with impatience.

Sasuke took a deep breath and fisted his hands, trying hard to stop them from trembling.

" I washed his legs with a wet towel. Gave him some water. Rubbed oil on his dry lips and Changed the sheets. That's it"

"Give me the water."

Sandaime leaned down and smelled the water carefully. He dropped a violet-colored herb in it and observed carefully as the water changed color and shook his head.

"Give me the towel."

Sasuke raised an eyebrow but obeyed anyway.

Once again the old man shook his head. "The bottle of oil."

Sasuke passed it to him. Sandaime opened the bottle with a loud pop and immediately froze.

"What? What is it?" Sasuke asked nervously though it wasn't obvious in his face.

"What the fuck is this?" The old man muttered and poured some oil into his hand.

"Where did you get this?" Sasuke gave him a dumb look. "From you?"

"This is not what I gave you! Even the smell is not the same." Sasuke gaped at him.

Sandaime grabbed a towel and quickly cleaned the blond's lips. "Must be some kind of a special poison that's consumed from his lips. Shit."

"You-You mean I was … I was." His breath hitched and he didn't continue.

"Shut the hell up brat! You weren't doing anything. If I get the asshole who dares to change my medicine with some…fuck."

Sasuke just stood there as the man kept swearing more than he had ever done in his whole life.

'I was killing him. I was killing him.'

The air had frozen in his lung. He shivered, feeling his whole body placed in cold water.

Sandaime glanced at him. "Sit down and don't die on me. I'm busy right now!"

Sasuke obeyed and sprawled his body on a sofa.

After another hour Sandaime finally stood and packed his herbs. " I'm leaving this god damn room. Don't let anyone in and don't kill yourself. I will be back as soon as possible."

He didn't wait for any answer and strode out of the room.

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Sasuke jumped out of his skin when a cold hand touched his face.

"O-Orochimaru." He growled and slapped away the man's hand. "What the fuck are you doing here?"

Orochimaru chuckled. " I'm a doctor. What do you expect."

"Naruto is under Sandaime's direct care now get out!" He scowled at the man and stood infront of him, shielding the blond from him.

Orochimaru smirked and didn't say anything, instead he walked to the other side of the bed and lifted a hand to touch the blond's but his hand was slapped away again, Sasuke giving him very dangerous death glares. "Get out!"

"May I ask what exactly are you doing?" Orochimaru leaned on the table placed infront of the window and asked with a smile.

"Throw you out?" Sasuke glared.

"Are you trying to save a man who has come to destroy your life?"

Sasuke closed his eyes and rubbed the bridge of hid nose with two finger. "Orochimaru just get the fuck out before I throw you out and take all your poison with yourself." He growled and then suddenly froze at the spot, his eyes widened in shock.

Memories and words flashed in front of his eyes.

Orochimaru simply stared as the man's beautiful dark eyes were taken over by a raging anger.

"You. I'm such a fucking idiot." He whispered in a tune colder than ice. "It was you all along, wasn't it? But why? Please tell me it wasn't because a childish argument. ANSWER ME BEFORE I BROKE YOUR GOD DAMN NECK YOU SNAKE!" Sasuke howled in anger and threw a vase at the man.

Orochimaru dodged it and began laughing. "Easy my love! Of course it wasn't for that. It was…" His face became serious. "For your future."

"WHAT?" Sasuke yelled. "My future? You were about to kill kim for my future? What is this future of mine that you are trying to protect you? Who asked you to ?"

Orochimaru glared at the raging man. " There won't be a future unless this man is dead!" He pointed his pale finger at Naruto's motionless body. "Can't you see? He will eventually take your place. I know that princess is head over heels for you but when you can't serve her anymore even she willl lose her hot for you and then you will sink into nothing but a normal husband for decoration!"

"I KNOW THAT! YOU THINK I DON'T ." Sasuke threw a death-glare at him. He was panting heavily and Orochimaru too wasn't calm anymore.

"But I will never go as far as hurt him like this. I already regret treating him the way I did and you think I want him dead? He is a victim too. I have just began to realize that. And …" He took a deep breath. "Even if Sakura might take my place from me he will never do so."

They stared with hatred into each other eyes when Orochimaru began laughing again like a mad man. "Well, my dear boy. It seems your rough childhood has messed up your mind a little cause you have begin to sound exactly like this moron's father." He pointed at Naruto.

"What?" Sasuke hissed from between his gritted teeth.

"Yeah, he used to say the same shit. He won't hurt me. We can be friend. And where is he now? UNDER THE FUCKING GROUND."

Sasuke yelled with anger and attacked the other man.

Naruto 's eyelids fluttered and slowly opened to reveal a pair of hazy eyes.

Orochimaru grabbed Sasuke's arm and slammed him hard into a wall. Sasuke was about to give him a punch when a sharp pain shut through his arm.

"AAAHHH." He yelled and fell on the carpet.

"Don't worry no one is coming for help. I have taken care of that." He smiled predatory and sat beside the falle man who was unable to move his rapidly going numb body.

"What did you do you snake?" Sasuke growled with anger.

"Oh a little gift before our love-making."

Naruto shut his eyes again and again and tried to gain a conscious from his surrounding.

"Sasuke?"

Sasuke's eyes widened by hearing the low and weak voice and Orochimaru began laughing again. "Oh this is so my day. The sleeping beauty decided this moment to wake up. Let me give him a gift too before engaging myself with you love." He leaned down and licked the raven's lips. Sasuke shivered with disgust and yelled " Don't you dare hurt him."

"Yeah Yeah Honey. You are so ungrateful. After all the trouble I went through for you." Orochimaru muttered and rised to his feet.

"You're crazy. You're mad. GUARDS! GUARDS!"

"Don't bother." He waved his hand and approached the king-sized bed with a big grin on his face.

"Scared Naruto?" Naruto whimpered in pain and tried to pull away from the man but his weak body didn't move an inch.

"You should be. See what you get for talking rude to me or…" His eyes became mad and murderous. " trying to take what's mine!" He howled and grabbed the Blond's fragile neck with both hands. " The poison should have finished you off. It's the same as your father's I mixed both of them after all." Naruto's eyes widened and his body trembled with pain, breath hardly coming out of his mouth and nose.

"LEAVE HIM ALONE. I WILL KILL YOU." Sasuke howled and thrashed around on the floor but the more he was trying the less his body was obeying.

"This is a very special poison. Actually Kyuubi gave me the idea. He gave me the herbs and told me to mix them and since he was such a great man I decided to do him a favor and save him from the monster we both know as your father."

Naruto opened his mouth for air and tears began to stream down his face.

"Everything went perfectly I just have no idea why the idiot decided to drink the same poison and follow the pain of his life but well." He glared right into Naruto's Blue eyes. " I won't allow you to do the same to my Sasuke you whore." He laughed madly and tightened his hold.

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

Naruto inhaled the air into his abused lungs and trembled violently as Orochimaru was thrown off him.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING IDIOT?" Orochimaru howled in anger.

Sasuke didn't answer. His eyes were burning with fire and his body was trembling as hard as Naruto's but from anger and rage.

"I SAID DON'T TOUCH HIM!" He yelled and charged toward the man before he could even move.

A loud crash was heard and Naruto opened him mouth in a silent scream. His eyes widened as the window's glass shattered into millions of pieces and fell on the floor.

He remained frozen as a gentle nightly breeze flow inside the room and fluttered the curtains. From the yard, screams and howls could be heard. Orochimaru was gone.

But so was Sasuke.

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Darkness

Screams

Pain

And more pain

'Don't go. Please !'

'come back . Come back.'

'Don't leave me here.'

Naruto jerked out of his slumber as the pale man stirred in his bed. "Sasuke? Talk to me Sasuke."

The raven man moaned and opened his eyes a little. " Naruto?" His voice came out hourse and weak.

"Thank god!" The blond dropped himself on the raven and hugged him tightly, tears streaming down his face. " You have been in a coma for two month. I was about to lose my mind."

Sasuke smiled weakly and gave a slight push to the blond's shaking arm.

"But You're fine now. That's what matters." Naruto flashed him a big toothy smile.

"Yeah as Sakura said we are…one happy family again." Sasuke smirked weakly.

Naruto giggled. "Sakura was about to lose his mind. She looks like a witch right now but I was fine." He smiled at the man again. " I knew you will wake up."

Sasuke smiled in return. " I had the same feeling about you. "

They gazed into each other eyes in silence, words streaming between them without sounds.

Sasuke was first to break the silence. He groaned in pain. " Naruto will you please open the window? I really can you some fresh air right now." He smiled at the blond but his smile wasn't returned. Sadness had filled the blond's eyes and he looked away, avoiding the raven's gaze. "What's wrong?" Sasuke asked worried and tried to pull himself into sitting position but Naruto stopped him with his gentle hands.

"The window Sasuke…you see… I told you that Sakura was furious. She was about to lose her mind when she heard you were about to die…that you almost died and…" His voice trembled. "I begged her a lot. Many did. Haku, Sai, Chyo, Zabuza…people you don't even know but she…she sealed it." He finished and dropped his closed his eyes tight and waited for Sasuke's angry yells but nothing came out. He opened his eyes to see Sasuke motionless on the mattress, his gaze fixed on the ceiling.

Naruto's lips trembled in pain from seeing the blank look in the man's eyes. They were eyes of a man that had lost the last hope he had in his life.

"Sasuke it's just a window." His voice couldn't even reach himself.

"Just a window." Tears streamed down his face again and layed beside the raven man, crying.

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"Sakura, I was wondering, can I switch room with him? For three days only." Naruto pleaded to the pink-haired princess.

"Switch room. Do what ever the hell you want. Since he has decided to seal his mouth and remain on his bed day and night, perhaps it will do him good to be in your room for a while. He will learn to be grateful for having the best room of the damn Harem" Sakura growled and waved her hand to dismiss him.

Naruto glared at the princess from behind, wondering if he was going to be able to tolerate this woman anymore at all.

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"Wake up Sasuke! You haven't moved your ass for a whole week. You're so boring !" The blond's head popped in front of Sasuke's face and blocked his vision.

Sasuke just looked away.

Naruto grinned. "Looking away won't send me away. Wow that sounded like a poem. Anyway today is YOUR BIRTHDAY." Naruto opened his arms widely and gave him a huge grin.

Sasuke ignored him.

Naruto drooped. "Well, there won't be a birthday party since Sakura is still mad at you for going all mute on her when all she cares about your safety." Naruto rolled his eyes. "Anyway but you have a lot of gifts, see!" He pointed at many gifts around the room.

"Man. You're sure popular. I'm envious."

He smiled at Sasuke but Sasuke didn't react. Naruto sighed and dropped his hands. "Sasuke… I know that window meant a lot to you. But you're alive. I'm alive! Doesn't that mean anything to you?" blond asked with sadness.

For the first time after many days Sasuke looked him in the eye. "It does Naruto I just don't have a reason to continue. Eventually she will take way everything we have. Actually we don't have anything. We are just her toys." In reply Naruto smiled bitterly and looked away.

Silence filled the room but Naruto didn't allowed it to linger. He grabbed Sasuke's hand and pulled him. "Come with me. I have a surprise for you."

Sasuke shook his head. "Leave me alone Naruto. I'm grateful to you but I just need a little time. I'm tired."

Naruto pouted and pulled his hand again. " Please. For the sake of our friendship. Please."

Sasuke gazed at his wet blue eyes and sighed. "Don't tell her that I have rose. I will puke my guts out if I see her face right now."

Naruto giggled and dragged the raven.

They strode across Sakura's room and stood in front of Sasuke's original room.

Sasuke sighed again and raised his eyebrow. "The surprise is my room? You can have it."

"Shhh. Close your eyes." Naruto smiled.

Sasuke gazed at him for a moment and closed his eyes in resignation.

He heard the door opening and was pulled inside of his room by Naruto's soft small hands.

"Now …open."

He slowly opened his eyes and blinked a little. The room was much darker than before with out the window. He blinked again and stared at blond.

Naruto stomped a foot on the floor. "Sasuke." He whined. "Look around."

Sasuke tilted his head and gazed at the room.

His breath cought in his chest and his heart began pounding loudly. The whole room, the walls, the floor, the ceiling, everything was covered by beautiful painted scenes. Beautiful soft colors where smiling at him from every corner. A green field was under his feet, a cloudy sky above his head. A lush forest all over the walls and a sunflower field on the place that used to be a window.

"I…did this in kind of haste and if you don't like it, we can paint it to the original color." Naruto rubbed the back of his head, a deep blush all over his cute face.

Sasuke stared at him. This time his voice had really abandoned him.

"You know… she can't take away everything. No one can. We can still dream and hope. There will be hard moments and sad moments but." He raised his head and looked into Sasuke's eyes. "I believe when you have someone by your side, you can endure anything." He smiled at the paintings. "These are my dreams and I want to share them with you. With my best friend."

Sasuke look at the man's shining face with his dark eyes.

The same man that he used to think as an enemy. The same man that he came to think of as a friend. The man that was supposed to take his place and now was standing infont of him, trying to share anything was remained for himself.

He realized for the first time they were heavy bags under his eyes and he was swaying a little on his feet. He was too consumed in his own misery to realize any of these and now he realized that this man was beyond beauty.

Naruto stumbled but before falling on the floor was cought by Sasuke's strong arms. "Sorry, I kinda didn't get to sleep and now that I have showed it to you…my eyes are closing on me. Weird…you didn't tell… do you like…it?" His eyelids covered his sky-colored eyes and his breathing became slow and even. Sasuke gazed down at his rival that had fell into peaceful slumber in his arms.

He smiled.

Naruto was right. It was too soon to give up. He wanted a part of this world too. He wanted to dream of wild and beautiful things and have them in his hands. He had wanted this for a long time but he had just buried the feeling his heart.

But now he could have some of them. He could have all of them. Since they have all gathered in front of him in form of a beautiful man with a 5 year old 's brain and an ocean wide heart.

Now he had something to live for. Something to chase after, to fight for and to die for.

The raven man leaned down and pressed his lips on the blond's lips.

"I love it."

Tbc


Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I'm going crazy. 20 pages in word! I didn't want to be mean and leave you hanging. In return You guys you seriously better review right now or I won't update this fiction for a whole year and commit a suicide. I 'm pissed at Sasuke for current Manga chapters and I'm seriously considering killing him in all my fics and hook Naruto with someone I hate like Orochimaru and then kill myself.

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