Ok....so TENTH CHAPTER!!!!!!!! WOOT!

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'silent communication'

Two days later, Naruto was far beyond nervous. They had to tell Sasuke, and it had to be soon. Tonight. His old friend was confused, and it was getting worse, even in the past two days, it was getting noticed by Sasuke's other' friends. The Uchiha (he would never be Pagano) set up silencing spells at night now. At first, Naruto had been confused when he sensed them, until he released them with Kai, cast a stronger silencing jutsu that covered the both of them, letting Naruto hear him.

And hear him he did.

The boy had spent the night trapped in nightmares, begging someone, anyone to save 'them'. Begging someone else not to kill them.

And Naruto knew what was in those dreams; the slaughter of his clan. His brother killing his family.

It hurt, to realize it was his words that had brought Sasuke to this point. It hurt enough for Naruto to spend the nights awake, trying to soothe the sleeping Uchiha, only leaving his side when Sasuke threatened to awake.

As it was, Naruto was fairing better than Sasuke with their current sleeping patterns. Sasuke was jumpier than before, hints of paranoia flickering in his eyes. He cast charms and spells so he appeared normal, no one would notice, he cast them before he left his bed. The only reason Naruto knew, was because he dropped them when he went to bed. The sight of Sasuke, so effected by something, hurting because of it, set Naruto aching.

It was the other's pain that had Naruto wandering the halls during one of Sasuke's break periods. Portraits and paintings watched him as he wandered, searching for some inspiration, some way to tell the other boy, to get him to believe him. But how? It wasn't exactly like he could just tell Sasuke they were quite possibly from another world, that Sasuke was from there. They were, for lack of a better word, mercenaries, assasins, trained killers. How could he tell Sasuke his family was dead, that his brother had killed him? How could he tell Sasuke the reason his family was dead was because they were getting to greedy, they wanted power, they were sick of merely being the police force, so the village had them murdered, or rather, that Danzo had given the order?

How did he explain that incident drove Sasuke away from his friends, his makeshift family? That it had driven Sasuke to nearly kill Naruto, that five other friends (six if Akamaru was counted) had nearly died in an attempt to get him back? That the only reason they weren't dead was because of a helpful intervention from Suna?

How could he explain to Sasuke that they had been closer to each other than anyone else? They were more than rivals, more than teammates, more than friends, more than family. How could he go on to say that he was a demon host? How could Naruto possibly explain his relationship with the Kyuubi, a creature that had killed hundreds of people?

Naruto groaned, leaning against the wall. The soldier pill he'd taken the night before had erased his need for sleep, temporarily at least, but his mental exhaustion was far from cured. There were to many questions, not enough answers.

And he knew, of course, that Shino was right.

If this went badly, Sasuke would need to be...taken care of.

And Naruto would have to do it.

No matter how much he didn't want to, he'd have to. He owed it to Sasuke, his last act to make sure the Uchiha wouldn't do something he'd regret.

Afterward would be a different story though. He'd probably need to make Shino keep an eye on him...

It wouldn't do for Naruto to kill himself.

What he needed of course, was to just destroy something for a while, just use the rasengan until he was to exhausted to think, until he could just act, to not worry about consequences or problems. It probably wouldn't be a good thing after, but it'd help for now.

With a groan, he continued moving, but in the opposite direction. He had to meet up with Sasuke, for....class. He couldn't remember a time he'd been concerned with classes back home, but this was Sasuke. And Sasuke would need him for now. Someone had to keep him sane.

The day was almost over, dinner was coming to a close, and Naruto was close to panicking. Sure, on the outside he looked calm, but on the inside, he was a bundle of nerves, mentally flipping out.

He had to tell Sasuke, but his 'soon' was steadily turning into a 'now'. Shino had already told Lexi that they wanted a boys night. Which Naruto knew was just a way to keep her out of the Room of Requirement. Shino wouldn't be in the room when Naruto told Sasuke. He'd be just outside the door, waiting for a surge of chakra, a sign, but he wouldn't interfere until he needed to. This was Naruto's moment, his job, but he was grateful for Shino's willingness to be nearby. He doubted it would get bad, but if it did....It'd be nice to have Shino there.

He wanted to scream when Sasuke pushed away his plate, and stood up. When his own legs lifted him of their own accord, following Sasuke out the door, he wanted to run the other direction. He couldn't be sane for doing this, something had obviously happened to him in their arrival, something to make him clinically insane. He could help Sasuke with the nightmares, could help with everything. He couldn't do this, couldn't ruin the other's life. He couldn't tell the other everything he was missing, everything that made the difference between his happy life here, and the miserable life in Konoha.

But if he didn't....then how would he ever get His Sasuke back? Did he even want the old Sasuke back? The answer to that was yes....but...

He wasn't aware he'd stopped in the middle of the hallway until Sasuke was turning to look at him, confusion written clearly across his features. "You okay, Naruto?"

And Naruto was nodding, suddenly aware of the familiar presence of chakra as it ghosted up the stairs, to fast to be seen. When it vanished, presumably in position, Naruto made himself speak. "Hey Sasuke....I was wondering....wanna talk in the Room today? Just the two of us?"

Sasuke nodded, smiling slightly, and Naruto screamed at himself mentally for what he was about to do, at the reply of "Sure, why not?"

But when the dark haired boy led the way to the room, he followed. Sasuke still trusted him, and Naruto prayed that wasn't about to end.

The hallway the room was in was empty as usual, though Naruto could sense Shino's presence, and the sight of several insects wasn't a surprise in the slightest. When he followed Sasuke in the room, he thought he might've seen the other shinobi drop from the ceiling, but he couldn't be sure as he shut the door, sealing their existence from the rest of the world.

Sasuke had settled on a chair, looking more comfortable than he had all day, leaving Naruto feeling more guilty than he had all day. "So...what'd ya wanna talk about, Naruto?"

Naruto sat across from his friend, rubbing his hands together nervously. "Umm...well...I have...uh....something to tell you."

Sasuke nodded, waiting, and once more, Naruto's nerves made an appearance. "Well...umm...I..." He sighed, "Okay...Sasuke...you know the umm...nightmares...you've been having?"

"You know about those? How?"

"Uh...yeah. I know about them....and well...finding out is a long story. But umm....I know...what caused them. And you're...fit...a few days ago...."

Sasuke gaze snapped to him, "What? What the hell is causing them? What's happening to me? Tell me!"

"Easy, Sasuke...try and stay calm. And try not to make any....judgments...until I'm done..." Sasuke nodded, impatient.

"Alright...well...Please..please..try and believe me Sasuke...but...you aren't just a wizard. You never have been, you never will be. Before you came here...you were something else...and someone else entirely. You were what I still am, a shinobi...a ninja." He took a slow breath as Sasuke stared at him with unreadable eyes. "You and I were from the same village. We were close....we were rivals...and best friends. But...you....you didn't have...a good home life...to say the least....and....it got to be to much. You....you wanted things you didn't think we'd be able to give you....so you left."

"There's more to it than that." Sasuke's voice was shaky, but sure. He knew.

"Yes....when you left...I came after you...with some friends. We didn't want to lose you, Sasuke. So we fought for you. And it didn't turn out well for our side. But we didn't stop after that....we kept coming after you...we never stopped....we still haven't."

For a moment, Sasuke looked at him. "You aren't telling me everything...This sounds....familiar.....right...but its not....all there..."

Naruto looked away, "Sasuke...there....there are some things I can't tell you. Some things...you need to remember for yourself."

"Then prove it to me....prove to me that you're telling the truth. If you won't tell me everything, then show me this." The other boy was desperate, trying to figure out what was going on, why this made sense, but it shouldn't.

"Then tell me what you remember."

"I remember.....me and....and you? I think. We were....fighting....umm...." Sasuke's face went blank. "It was...bloody...I....there was lightning....and...a blue...something...There was water....and statues...?."

Naruto closed his eyes, he knew what the other was talking about. The most painful of the memories. "Uh...yeah...we were...fighting..."

"There was blood...there was so much.....Why was there so much...what caused it?"

"This..." It took a moment of concentration, chakra focusing in his palm. The rasengan formed for a moment, spinning as he showed it to Sasuke.

A look of realization mingled with fear, confusion and something else formed on Sasuke's face as the rasengan vanished. "N-Naruto....what...what were we fighting about? Why....why were we doing it?"

Naruto looked away, terrified. He knew he couldn't lie, not to Sasuke, not about this. "I was...I was trying to stop you, Sasuke....I was trying to help you."

"What was I doing?'

"You...you didn't want to be stopped....You were....you were...trying to kill me."

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