At the end of this chapter, I decided to randomly add some song lyrics for 'I Will Follow You Into The Dark'...Don't ask. This chapter brought me near tears, for some reason, so enjoy.

Disclaimer: Don't own Naru

Chapter Ten — Her Cold Uncertainty

'What's going on in his head? Sasuke seems so freaked out...it's like he can't even hear us.' Naruto thought, frowning at his friend. Sasuke wasn't moving at all, but just breathing in rattling breaths. Both Sakura and Naruto could tell he was calming down though.

"Sasuke-kun...Sasuke...kun..." came a weak voice. Naruto and Sakura turned their heads to see Hinata, who was forcing herself to sit up. Hinata was clutching her side and panting heavily, one eye half-closed in pain.

Sasuke's head shot up at once when she spoke. His wide eyes stared at her, his expression wild. Circles had started forming under his eyes from so many tears, and his face was red and blotchy, tear stained.

Slowly, the boy stood. No one had any idea what was about to happen besides him. No one could see his black eyes turn red, and the extra black pupils start spinning. The only time they knew something was wrong was when his hand started to crackle, and the sound of tweeting birds filled the cold winter air.

There were surprised murmurs from the crowd of people who were walking by. No one had paid much attention before n ow, seeing that a fight was beginning. Then, Sasuke lifted his head. His eyes spun and he lifted his hand, the chidori still sparkling.

"Sasuke." said Hinata softly. A single tear ran down from her left eyes and she closed her eyes, standing up straight. 'I'd rather die like this than in any other way.' she told herself, taking in a deep breath. 'It'll all be okay soon.'

Sasuke was running towards her, there was no hesitation.

"RASENGAN!" yelled Naruto, and in amazing speed he started to collect his chakra to his left hand by use of his right. The ball of chakra flashed as he leapt in front of Hinata and punched his palm forwards.

There was a small explosion as the two amazing techniques touched and interacted with the other, and then disappeared. Sasuke and Naruto were both panting, their palms touching.

"Sakura, get Tsunade-sama!" Naruto called.

"Hai, Naruto-kun!" said Sakura, before turning and running towards the fifth Hokage's office at top speed.

Naruto knew that Tsuande was the only one who could cure both Hinata and Sasuke. Each of them were in a horrible state, broken on the inside and torn on the outside as well.

"Sasuke..." Hinata whispered again. "I'm sorry. It's not like that...Kiba and I are only teammates...you have to...believe me." she said in a shaky voice, which cracked as she gasped from pain.

Naruto spun around to see her clutching her side again. It was bleeding hard, and it was not the nicest wound he'd ever seen. "Dammit..." Naruto mumbled, taking Hinata's arm gently and helping her sit in the snow. "Stay still, Hinata-chan. Tsuande-sama'll be here soon, I promise." he murmured, resting her head in his lap so that she would be warmer.

"Thank you...Naruto-kun..."

Two Hours Later

"Will Sasuke be okay?!"

"I'm more worried about Hinata, what the hell happened?!"

"Sasuke-kun—"

"Oh, poor Hinata-chan!"

"I'm worried about them both, what in the seven hells happened?!"

Temari's voice broke all the arguments and everyone was quiet. It was a question that was difficult to answer, especially for anyone who had been there. But Temari had a stubborn look in her eye, and her brother's just hung back. You could tell they were curious too, however, by the way Gaara and Kankuro frowned.

"It's a long story, Temari-chan." said Sakura softly. Shikamaru spoke up at once.

"Who cares? Temari and I both wanna know, so tell us!" he snapped, standing next to Temari, who glanced at him with a small smile. He grinned back.

"Sasuke made a mistake. He misread the actions of Kiba and Hinata and went overboard. All the feelings that he's been keeping inside were let out — thank God

they finally got out, he probably would have literally died from the inside out if he hadn't screamed his feelings to everyone."

Sakura was first to turn her head, because she had been about to tell a lie to them all. She watched her sensei sadly and then nodded at the crowd. Naruto nodded with them, watching the Fifth Hokage from the corner of his eye in wonderment.

The waiting room burst into murmurs again, everyone scared and surprised at the same time. No one had ever heard of Sasuke making a mistake, let alone letting everything out.

"So will he be okay?" That was everyone's question.

In the hospital room

Hinata lay awake, breathing in an out slowly, to try and dull the throbbing pain. Her wounds were healed, but it was impossible to heal the wound to the heart she had just suffered. Hinata closed her eyes, trying not to think, but to just focus on the pain and let it all rush out.

Carefully, hoping she wouldn't injure herself doing so, Hinata turned her head to look at the bed next to her. Sasuke was awake, staring at the ceiling, his expression blank. He noticed her stare, and tilted her head to look at her.

"What can I say...?" he asked her warily. "I'm sorry."

When he spoke those words, she felt the tears jump to her eyes. "Sasuke-kun?" she said in a soft voice, before turning her own stare back to the white hospital ceiling.

If heaven and hell

"Yes, Hinata-chan?"

Decide that they both are satisfied

"Can I tell you something?"

Then I will

"Anything."

Follow you

" I really do love you. Really."

Into the dark.

Yuss, that's the end up chapter ten...I hope you enjoyed. Chapter two of my ShikaTema story will be up soon...and if you haven't already checked it out, I'd be really greateful if you did! And HinaNeji as well. Please? I'd love you forever!

Sayonara, until the next chapter!