Hi! Small chapter, I know. But a lot is happening.

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It's Over

それは終わった (Sore wa owatta)

Naruto jumped carefully and slowly from roof to roof with an unconscious Sasuke on his back. There was no way he could walk down the streets with his teammate like this. People would stare at them or even threaten Naruto, which he couldn't allow now that he had to look after Sasuke.

"This day has got to be the weirdest day ever" the blond boy thought, glancing at the sleeping raven.

When he finally got to his apartment, Naruto went to his bedroom and placed Sasuke on his bed, taking both his sandals and his forehead protector to make him more comfortable. Then, the blond pre-teen covered him with a sheet and a warm blanket.

"There! All comfy" Naruto said, as he watched his teammate sleeping peacefully, his chest rising and falling as he breathed. His color had returned, which was a good sign. At least he didn't look so sickly like before.

Sasuke had really scared Naruto this time. He actually thought the raven was going to die. Even if Sasuke had been just tired and hungry, which was a rookie mistake that Sasuke should have prevented, Naruto couldn't forget what the raven boy had said in the hospital.

Tou-chan. Sasuke had called him Tou-chan! He must have been so confused that he thought Naruto was his father. Man… when Sasuke regained his senses he was going to be embarrassed for life! Mistaking his so called "Dobe" teammate for his father? That was too much!

"He seemed so sure that I was his Dad too" Naruto thought, watching the sleeping Uchiha. "The way he talked… he really sounded like a little kid. I guess he must really miss his Tou-chan."

Naruto had never seen Sasuke look so vulnerable before, so sad and scared. The blond never had any parents, thus he couldn't really understand him, but he knew how it was like to feel all alone and abandoned. He could only imagine that it must be worse for Sasuke, because he had a family and lost it, unlike Naruto who didn't have anyone from the start.

Looking at his messy bedroom, Naruto decided that if there ever was a time to clean his house, this would be it. He never had guests before, except for the old man Hokage and Iruka-sensei. Naruto had never thought that one day Sasuke, the Uchiha Sasuke, would stay in his house. It was way too surreal.

But before he fainted, Sasuke had acknowledged Naruto. He said he wanted to fight him and that he had potential. Sasuke even claimed that Naruto was gonna be Hokage. There were no words that could describe how happy the blond boy felt. Finally the person who he admired the most and who he strived to be had noticed and accepted him.

Sasuke was his friend now for sure.

Anyway, the blond rolled up his sleeves and picked his clothes and books from the floor, trying not to make any noise. Fortunately, he had gone shopping and bought a whole bunch of instant ramen and candy. Even if Sasuke refused to eat, Naruto was more than eager to shove them down his throat. That bastard was never going to scare him like that again!

Sasuke didn't know where he was. Last thing he remembered was jumping towards a tree branch while he was training with his Dad, then it all went black.

The boy looked around him and saw that he was in some sort of endless corridor. Somehow there was a strange red light coming from nowhere, so he could see the walls and the floor.

"Where am I?" Sasuke placed a hand on his throat. His voice was higher, like his regular child voice. As he looked at his hands and the rest of his body, his suspicions were confirmed. He was a kid again. "But… why? Did I go back to the future?"

Confused, the child started walking down the corridor, attentive to any sound, which was none. Everything was dead silent except for the sound of his footsteps and his nervous breathing. This wasn't the future, he couldn't quite explain it but he felt like this place wasn't even real.

"Then… I'm dead? Did I fell of that tree and died?" the boy whimpered, his eyes tearing up. "No! I'm don't wanna be dead… "

Trembling, Sasuke hugged himself and kneeled on the floor. How could he be dead? It wasn't fair, he was too young! There were some many things he still wanted to do. He didn't want to die yet. He didn't want to leave everybody behind.

"Daddy… help me…" the child cried.

Noise. What an annoying noise.

Sasuke blinked and looked around. He was sure he had heard a voice.

"He-Hello? Is anyone there?" the young raven asked warily. And why did that voice sound so familiar?

Stop with the questions. So annoying.

Sasuke stood up and a door appeared before his eyes. Curious and also scared, the boy didn't see much of a choice and slowly opened the door.

It was a big room, like a dojo. The walls were white and the floor was made of wood. There was a single window which illuminated half of the room with the moonlight. On the dark half, there was somebody sitting on the ground and leaning against the wall.

Sasuke entered the room and walked carefully towards the person. To his dismay, he saw a pre-teen boy chained to the wall, sleeping. Sasuke didn't even need one second to recognize him, after all he had been living in his body for days now.

The boy was Uchiha Sasuke, his past self. This was where his mind had been all this time.

The young Uzumaki moved closer to his elder self and watched his sleeping features. Though he was immobilized with chains, he looked very peaceful.

Who are you?

The child almost fell on his back. He recognized his older self voice, but the other Sasuke was still sleeping. Was this telepathy, or something?

I can feel someone here. What do you want?

"I… I don't want anything" future Sasuke said. "I don't know how I came here."

I was resting. Leave!

Sasuke frowned at the grumpy voice. "I would if I knew how!"

Not my problem. Get out.

The young boy pouted. Was his older self really that stuck up? All Sasuke did was come here and the elder boy was already acting like he was a pest that he wanted to get rid of as fast as possible.

"It is your problem, 'cause if I can't leave I'll be trapped here with you, bastard!"

Naruto?

The raven boy blinked in confusion. "What?"

Is that you, Naruto?

Sasuke stared at his elder self for a few seconds, not knowing what to reply. Was that Sasuke mistaking him with his father? He couldn't sense that he was talking to himself?

"No, I… I'm not Naruto" the boy answered. "Why do you ask?"

I can feel him in you.

Sasuke gaped. He felt his Dad in him?

"You feel … Naruto in me?" Sasuke asked, feeling his chest somewhat warm.

Yeah… and you sound just as annoying as he is.

"What? I'm not annoying!" the child cried out. "And Naruto isn't annoying either."

Hmph! He's a hopeless loser who likes to talk big. It annoys me just to hear him talk.

Sasuke was appalled to hear his other self say those things with such contempt in his voice. "How can you say that? He's your friend!"

Friend? As if I need something like that. I want to become stronger and I can't because that damn loser keeps screwing up our missions and bring me down with him.

"He's weak now but his going to become very strong!" the Uzumaki said. "He's gonna be stronger than you!"

There was a small hesitation before the elder Sasuke spoke again.

Don't… Don't be ridiculous. That idiot will never be stronger than me. He just can't!

Sasuke was surprised as he sensed fear and jealousy mixed in his past self arrogance. The boy realized that he could sense all his feelings. Under the Uchiha's thick layer of pride, there was a lot of sadness, loneliness and fear of being weak and insignificant. The young boy's angry expression softened, because he too had felt that same way sometimes. Now he understood where that came from.

"Naruto wants to be strong so you can accept him" Sasuke said. "Why are you so angry at him? You're lonely and you want to be his friend too."

What? No, I don't!

"Yes, you do! I can feel it because this is your heart" the boy said, pointing to his past self body. "You can't lie to me."

Shut up, brat. You're getting me mad. Who the hell are you?

"You really don't know? I'm you" the child answered, facing his past self with a defiant frown.

That is the stupidest lie I've ever heard.

"I'm serious! I'm the person you're gonna become in the future" Sasuke said, though he could sense the other Sasuke's cynicism and also disgust that he was comparing himself to him.

I'm going to become you? You have to be either very dumb or very daring to say that to me. I would never become someone as childish and idiotic. Only weaklings like Naruto feel the need to have other people around to lick his wounds and depend on to survive. I'm strong on my own and that his true power!

The boy trembled as he felt the huge amount of dark emotions overflowing from the sleeping Uchiha. His lust for power, ambition, arrogance and hatred had practically eclipsed every other positive emotion he might have. He was like a black flame of destruction.

"I… You don't mean that. You can't mean that" the child whispered, his heart shattered by fear and utter disappointment. This person couldn't be his past self! He just couldn't! He wasn't this twisted boy who seemed to have a block of ice where his heart was meant to be.

This Sasuke couldn't possibly be the person his Dad wanted to be friends with.

I've had it with you. Get out!

Sasuke felt a strong force pull him out of the dojo room. The last thing he sensed in his elder self was that he had gone back to sleep.

When Sasuke opened his eyes he saw darkness. For a moment, he thought he was still in that dark dojo of his dream (or whatever that was), but then he saw a window at his left and saw the familiar Konoha buildings in front.

As he looked around, Sasuke recognized his father's bedroom, although it was shipshape now.

"Why am I here?" the boy thought, sitting on the warm bed and looking around again.

The room was definitely tidier than before, there was nothing on the ground anymore and even the dust had been cleaned. Still, Sasuke could feel his father's scent, especially on his sheets, which brought back good yet painful memories of their house when he went to his bedroom just to be together with him after a long day at school.

The boy felt his lips trembling and his eyes teary. God! How could he have been such a mean and scary person? Past Sasuke was nothing what he had imagined him to be and it broke his heart. Sure, he was still pretty smug and he was kind of a loner, but he wasn't a cold as that boy he had seen.

He got along with his teachers and his classmates, even that jackass Riku. He thought of Tsunade, Shizune, Iruka-sensei and even Gaara-san like his aunts and uncles; Shikamaru and his team were always nice to him and Naruto… Daddy was the person he admired and loved the most in the whole world! He was his best friend.

Once, on Sasuke's fifth birthday, he remembered asking Naruto if he had known him in his first life. Sasuke felt that he had known his Dad forever and he felt that they had been friends because he felt a good, warm feeling when he thought about is past life with Tou-chan. But now, he thought that maybe that had all been just wishful thinking.

Who would want to be friends with someone like he was? He hated Uchiha Sasuke, despite knowing that he was himself. How could a guy like him ever get any friends?

There was a sound of a chair moving and then footsteps coming closer. Before the raven boy could stand up, someone turned on the bedroom light.

"Hey! You woke up!" Naruto said with a huge smile on his face, moving next to his teammate. "How are you feeling, Sasuke?"

Still overwhelmed by his "dream", Sasuke remained silent and kept staring at his Dad's smiling face. He looked so happy to see him awake and so concerned despite all the harsh things his past self had probably said to him.

"Sasuke? Are you okay?" Naruto asked, kneeling on the floor and staring directly into Sasuke's onyx eyes. "You fainted when we were training back in the forest, you know? I didn't know what else to do… I mean… You scared the shit out of me, so I brought to the hospital and the doctor told me you passed out because you had a hypy… hypegli… hypoglo… You were hungry! Seriously! Why didn't you eat before we went training? That's like the most basic rule!"

Sasuke's eyes widened as he registered the genuine worry in Naruto's eyes. He really cared about him and acted just like in the future when the raven did something reckless. That only made Sasuke want to tell him the whole truth right away and get his father back, but he knew it was too soon and he didn't want to mess it up.

"I… I was so busy yesterday, that I didn't have time to eat" the raven answered, trying not to look away. "Anyway… why am I in your house?"

Naruto's cheeks got a bit blushed and he scratched the back of his head. "Well… the doctor said that you needed someone to look after you until you got better, so I volunteered to babysit you."

Automatically, Sasuke frowned and glared at the smirking blond. "Hey! I don't need a babysitter, idiot! I'm just fine!"

Conveniently, Sasuke's stomach decided that it was the perfect time to roar like a caged beast, causing the raven's face to go red and Naruto's grin grow even wider.

"Haha! I knew you were hungry! Your belly can't lie" Naruto grabbed Sasuke's arm and pulled him carefully towards the kitchen, where the table was already set with several cups of heated ramen.

Sasuke sat at the table and his eyes widened as he saw all his favorite food. It took him a hard time not to drool.

"Now you're gonna eat everything I tell you to, teme" Naruto said. "Doctor's orders! I don't care that you hate the food. You can fuss all that you want but… Huh?"

Naruto had been so busy talking that he didn't even notice that Sasuke had already eaten half a cup of ramen with obvious delight. The blond was so taken aback that he didn't say another word until Sasuke finished and stared at him again with his chopsticks in the air.

"More!" the raven demanded, his mouth and chin dirty from the gravy.

"Ah… Sure, here it is" the blond pre-teen answered as he gave Sasuke another cup and watched in awe the raven devour it. God Lord! Not even Naruto ate that fast and desperately. "You like ramen?"

Sasuke finished his second cup and picked the third one.

"Of course" the raven answered, talking between gulps.

"You do? I thought you only ate fresh vegetables and healthy food" Naruto said, pulling his cup towards him before Sasuke ate it too. "Since when did start eating ramen?"

Sasuke finished his third cup and felt incredibly satisfied. When stared at Naruto, he looked a bit nervous.

"I love ramen since I was a little kid" Sasuke revealed, deciding to start sharing his true past. "It was my Dad's favorite food and we usually ate it together."

Naruto blinked and stopped eating his ramen. It was strange enough that Sasuke was willingly sharing with him a memory of his family, but it also reminded the blond what had happened in the hospital when he called Naruto "Tou-chan" over and over.

"Hm… So… how was your Dad like?" Naruto asked, not really sure why he felt so curious about it. "I mean… I'm just curious."

Meanwhile, Sasuke tried very hard not to smile with joy, the plan was working. "Tou-chan was cheerful man that made everybody laugh. He was always smiling and he never wanted anyone to be sad. He was also very brave and strong… like he wasn't afraid of anything."

Naruto looked at his cup with a small smile. "Sounds like a cool Tou-chan…"

"Yeah, the coolest" Sasuke said, glancing at the blond. "He wasn't like the other adults, but he was strict when he had to. Most of the time, we liked to walk and train together."

"I see… You must really miss him, huh?" Naruto said.

Sasuke nodded with a sad smile. "He was… just like you."

"What? Just like me?"

"Yes, because he was silly and acted like a kid. He was like a grown-up and cooler version of you."

Naruto didn't know what to say. This was all so unexpected! Sasuke had always been so composed, cool and reserved. It wasn't like him to share all this personal details about his family, let alone with Naruto who he had claimed, more than once, that he couldn't stand him. Also, Naruto resembled Sasuke's Tou-chan? That was very hard to believe. Was that why Sasuke had mistaken the blond for his father at the hospital?

"Eh? Sasuke?" Naruto asked carefully. "Do you… remember what you said when you woke up in the hospital?"

Sasuke frowned. "Huh? I woke up in the hospital?"

"You mean you don't remember?"

"No. All I remember was falling down the tree. What did I say?"

"Oh! Nothing really" Naruto said. "You were confused and babbling for a minute. I was just curious if you remembered. It's not important!"

Sasuke could tell that his father was hiding something from him. "Tell me! What did I say?"

"It doesn't mean anything, Sasuke. Really!" the blond boy replied, blushing again.

"I want to know" the raven answered, unwavering.

"You said… well… You called me Tou-chan" Naruto finally said, blushing with awkwardness while Sasuke could only gape in awe. Seeing the look on the raven's face, Naruto hastened to add. "Don't worry! I'm not gonna make fun of you, it's not right. You were very confused, Sasuke. It didn't mean anything!"

To Naruto's confusion, he saw Sasuke's expression go from surprised to upset.

"It didn't mean… anything?" the raven repeated slowly and lowering his gaze.

"Sasuke? What's the matter?" the blond boy asked. He thought he was reassuring Sasuke that he wasn't going to humiliate him, so why was the raven so sad all of sudden? "Did I say something that I shouldn't?"

Sasuke felt his palms sweaty and his heart beating in his chest. This was it! He had to tell him the truth now. He couldn't wait anymore.

"Look, Sasuke… It's no big a deal. You were sick and…"

"Naruto!"

Out of the blue, Sasuke got up and walked towards the still sitting Naruto. Before the blond could react, Sasuke place his two hands on the blond's shoulders and made him look at Sasuke in the eyes.

"Sasuke? What are you doing?"

"I gotta tell you something important" the raven said to the dismayed blond boy. "You might not believe me at first, but I have to tell you."

"Te-Tell me what?"

Sasuke took a deep breath and finally opened his mouth. "I'm really…"

Sasuke's sentence was interrupted when he felt someone point something sharp to his neck and pull him away from Naruto.

"I think that's enough" Kakashi said, holding Sasuke's arms behind his back and pressing a kunai to his throat. "Show is over."

Naruto's front door opened and five ANBU entered his kitchen, surrounding the boys and Kakashi.

"NO! Kakashi, let me go!" Sasuke cried out, trying to free himself in vain.

"I'm afraid that's not going to happen" the Jōnin said calmly. "You've roamed free to too long already."

"What the hell is going on?" Naruto yelled, not wanting to believe his eyes. "Kakashi-sensei, what are you doing? Have you gone mad? Let Sasuke go!"

Kakashi shook his head and pressed the kunai closer to Sasuke's neck. "Sorry, Naruto. I can't do that. This person… is not Sasuke."

Naruto's blue eyes got incredibly wide. "Wha… what the hell are you saying?"

"No! Get off me!" Sasuke yelled, struggling in Kakashi's hold. This couldn't be happening! Not he was so close to tell his father the truth. "You're making a mistake."

"I realized that you have been impersonating Sasuke ever since we came back from the mission to the warehouse" Kakashi said to the horrorstrucked Sasuke. "I only kept quiet because I wanted to know what your objective was. Now I know that it was Naruto all along."

Naruto gaped, his eyes fixed on his sensei and the struggling raven. "Sensei… you mean…?"

"I'm sorry to say this, Naruto, but this isn't Sasuke. I'm still not sure of what he wants from you but he has been trying to deceive us all this time by trying to pretend he's Sasuke. Which, I might add, you should have done a better research. Your impersonation was rather pitiable."

"I… You don't understand!" Sasuke yelled in desperation. "I am…"

With an incredible speed, Naruto ran to Sasuke and punched in straight in the face, much to the raven's and even Kakashi's surprise. Sasuke looked at Naruto with his eyes wide and scared and his face throbbing with pain, but nothing could compare to the pain he felt when he saw the pure anger and resentment in Naruto's eyes.

"You damn bastard!" Naruto roared. "You've been lying to me all this time! How dare you pretend to be Sasuke? How dare pretend that you wanted to be my friend so you could use me?"

"No, Tou… Naruto, please listen! I wasn't pretending, I meant everything" Sasuke cried out, feeling tears behind his eyes as his Dad glared at him like he was the most despicable person in the world. "You have to hear me. I need to explain…"

"I don't have to hear anymore of your lies, YOU FAKE!" Naruto screamed in anger and hurt for that betrayal. "Give the real Sasuke back! What have you done to him? If you hurt him, I'll kill you!"

"I… I'm not a fake…" Sasuke whimpered. "Please, listen to me! I wasn't pretending to be your friend. I wanted you to like me…"

"As if I would ever be friends with someone like you" Naruto replied with plain disgust. "A fake like you will never be my friend! My friend is Uchiha Sasuke, the real one! Not some fucking impostor! Give him back!"

Sasuke opened his mouth to talk but he closed it again and lowered his face, completely crushed. It was over… everything was ruined.

"Let's go" Kakashi said to the ANBU and pushing the now defeated Sasuke towards the door. "I'm so sorry. I promise we'll get our Sasuke back."

Naruto just glared once more at the raven before they all disappeared from his house. Then, the blond punched the wooden table so hard that it broke in two, scattering the ramen cups all over the floor.

The ramen he had eaten with a fake Sasuke. He had actually believed that Sasuke really wanted to be his friend. He was so stupid!

As the anger dissipated, Naruto was finally able to sit on one of his chairs and buried his face in his hands while tears of sorrow and betrayal ran down his cheeks and his sobs echoed through the empty apartment.

12 years in the future

Naruto was running as fast as he ever ran, though his despair was clouding his thoughts.

No matter how much he wanted to think straight, he could not forget that a ruthless bitch that he thought he had defeat was actually back and taken his son with her.

Fuka was sadistic and would anything to hurt Naruto. Take away Sasuke was the perfect way to cause him pain. If Sasuke was hurt and suffering… or even worse, Naruto would never live with himself. He'd rather die than let Sasuke suffer.

His baby. His little boy. She had stolen his little boy from him.

"I'll find you, Sasuke" Naruto said. "Please wait for me. I'm coming for you!"

Naruto lifted his head when a bright red beam of light came from the mountains. At the same time, the young man's heart was filled with dread.

He couldn't feel Fuka's chakra anymore, or Sasuke's.

Sasuke was gone.

First of all, the flow of time in the future is slower than in the past (like in the Lost Tower movie), that's why older Naruto is still tracking Sasuke.

Also, I'm aware that I might have made past self Sasuke a bit too dark but I felt it was important to the plot.

Well, like always, I hope you like the chapter (sorry for the cliffy).

See you guys later!