Where are you running to, little brother?"
Sasuke looked around but couldn't see anything due to the thick and unrelenting snow. His right leg was dragging behind him as he limped faster. Blood disfigured the snow as it fell quickly. A snarl was locked in place as the younger Uchiha tried to ignore the taunts.
"You know what you'll see even if you get there in time…"
A kunai whizzed by Sasuke, missing him only by a little bit. He could even feel the cold metal brush by his ear. Itachi was toying with him again. Determined the reach the fight in time, Sasuke limped along. The cold winds blew him down several times, but each time he picked himself up and continued in the direction where he had heard Naruto.
"Look at yourself… You say love makes you stronger? Is that so?" Itachi's red eyes flashed and shimmered dimly in the snowstorm that attacked them.
Pain raced up his back as a shuriken embedded itself into his flesh. Sasuke's mouth opened but he swallowed the scream of pain. He wouldn't allow Itachi the pleasure of hearing him scream.
"Shut up… Shut up…" Sasuke panted quietly as he continued. He didn't know if he was even going in the right direction. He was lost, but he didn't care. If just for one last look…
"That isn't your blood… Is it?" Itachi's voice reached his ears and stung them. Sasuke's slightly blurred vision could see red against the snow. It wasn't his. No… It wasn't his.
"Na… Naruto?" he cried out weakly. There wasn't a response. Dread filled him as he continued to walk. There was a large lump on the floor that forced Sasuke to halt. He stared at it for several seconds, trying to figure out whose body it was.
"Tsk, tsk… Kisame was killed by a brat like him?" the older Uchiha reappeared in front of Sasuke again. His head was tilted slightly and he was smiling again. He didn't even look at his dead partner's body.
The dark haired boy couldn't help but to flinch when his eyes locked in with his own. Itachi began to laugh. He didn't even care that his partner was killed.
"See that, though, Sasuke-kun?" Itachi took out an extra long kunai and pointed behind him. Another mound of snow was lying on the floor. Blood stained the fresh snow but it was clearly Naruto. Frozen blonde hair stuck out from the piles of snow. "He's still alive though…" His breaths gracefully curled above them and was swept away with the merciless winds.
"Naruto!" Sasuke screamed, trying to get past Itachi. His eyes were red with his Sharingan, but he was in no condition to fight. It was a losing battle and he knew that. His brother deliberately stood in front of him and stretched out his arms.
"Oh, little brother… Don't look so scared and heartbroken… It hurts me to see you in such a condition…" Itachi stepped over Kisame's corpse and hugged a very unwilling Sasuke.
"Let go!" he screamed, but even as he flailed and struggled, he could feel the man tighten their "embrace". He felt numb. So numb… Cold snow had made him frostbitten and even now he could not feel the intense pain that should lace through his body with every tremor that ran through his body.
"My poor Sasuke-kun…" Itachi buried his head onto Sasuke's broken shoulder. Sasuke whimpered when Itachi's breath ghosted over his skin. He placed the flat side of the kunai against Sasuke's already cold cheek. "Should I rid you of your discomfort? Would you like that?"
Sasuke shuddered and tried to pull away. Surprisingly, Itachi let go of him. He stumbled back until he was stopped by a tree. The world seemed to blur and swirl as he leaned against the rough, frozen bark. He saw the vague form of his brother approach him again.
"Do you know what this is for, Sasuke-kun?" Itachi gazed at the kunai lovingly. "No? Well… I'll show you in a bit…" he pressed his left arm against his throat and cut of most of Sasuke's air circulation. The younger boy choked and gasped for air. His hands were too weak and couldn't pull the arm away. Sasuke felt himself being pushed up the tree.
Naruto! Naruto… I promised you…
"It's such a shame, Sasuke… I had been looking forward to the day when you would kill me… I guess that'll never come though, hm? You're just in the way right now… It's for the bigger picture. You know that, little one… Sacrifices had to be made…" The older Uchiha didn't even flinch as Sasuke weakly kicked him with his left foot.
Itachi's Mangekyo Sharingan faded and something remotely connected to regret shone through his eyes. "Good bye, little one…" his lips twisted into a smile as he pulled back his right arm and insanity danced through his eyes.
No!
Blood splattered onto Itachi's unmarred face when the kunai pierced through Sasuke's stomach and stabbed itself into the tree behind him. He didn't bother to wipe it away. "You were always such a good boy, Sasuke…" Itachi patted his head affectionately and walked over to Naruto's limp body. Sasuke's mouth opened but no sound came out even as he watched Itachi stroke Naruto's hair lovingly.
Sasuke's body shook with pain as he stared at Itachi pick Naruto up and dart away, his evil laugh swirling away with the cold winds. So useless…
… Naruto… I never even said "I love you" to you yet… Not once… I'm sorry… I'm so weak… I couldn't even protect you… Will you forgive me? Will you forget me and continue on with life? I don't want to see you sad… Don't cry for me… Please don't cry for me…
He weakly lifted his head to watch the furious storm. Already, nature was beginning to cover up all the signs of their terrible fight. Kisame's body was naught but a pile of ice and snow. Sasuke could no longer feel his limbs.
Naruto… My Naruto… I'm so sorry… Sorry… I… I wanted to be with you forever… I wanted to protect you… I...
A tear slid down Sasuke's cold face and froze. His eyes began to dull and his body began to freeze. Sasuke dropped his head again. His breathing was becoming shallower with each second that passed.
I love you, Naruto…
He smiled weakly.
Can you hear me?
More blood was spat out as he coughed.
It hurts…
The blood dribbled down the side of his mouth.
I don't care though…
He couldn't even see now.
Please live, Naruto...
Thump-thump.
Live for both of us…
Thump-thump…
Thump—
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A/N: If you cried, don't yell at me. It pains me to write this but still… I know that at least two of you guys will hate me for life, but I already said, I wrote this beforehand and I won't change anything. There's actually a really lame reason for killing Sasuke off... See, I have this really, really sadistic friend that watches "Naruto" to see who dies next (I'm not kidding, that's what she does) and I guess this'll make her a bit depressed. Besides, if I can make her cry with this, I get five bucks! Man, I'm so lame... Sorry guys! I hope you will at least stick around to see the end of this fic!
Advertisement: But if you really wish not to continue reading this, then I recommend you read Lunar Chasmodai's "Road Trip"! Unless Murphy runs over someone, I doubt there will be any character death. D: It's much better than mine, really. Go read it! XP