So... I saw Avengers twice already... hehehe...

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His back stayed turned to me as he stared out the doorway. I couldn't help the smile as it finally broke on my face. I walked up to him, shaking my head.

"No I cannot… none of that. Not with him."

"Akuma… try to think of some boys you know in the position you gave me… and tell me who it is you could imagine doing any of that stuff to."

"Huh… but I don't know many boys…" Sasuke shrugged. "Then go by who you know. Lee, Gaara, me, Kiba… people you know."

"But why?" he sighed. "You had me do it… now you do it. You said you never really sat down to do it before… since I know you don't fall off to sleep right away… do that. Then tell me afterwards if you could imagine any of those people with you."

I glanced over to Sasuke as he stayed silent.

There was a long pause from Kyuubi before he sighed. 'I do want to know… did you ever give thought to what Sasuke asked you to… The night before he left?' I glanced over to Kyuubi, whose eye was slightly open as he watched me.

'What Sasuke asked me…?' I frowned more.

'I got an idea… the day you go to get him… tell him your answer. I think it would be the most fitting moment…' I rolled my eyes as I walked off to the closest tree. I jumped in and leaned against it. 'Give it some thought kit… you have one more year…'

"Mmm…" I said, crossing my arms. "I see… The answer stands at no though teme." I gave him a small smile before reaching in front of him for my ninja tools. "I am ready now though." I said, as I dropped my hands from putting my gear on.

"Hn..." he nodded before grabbing me. Instantly I found myself in a small room with only a bed in it. Sasuke began walking towards the door but stopped. He instantly turned towards me and pushed me onto his bed, laying me flat down before he pushed me closer to the wall and laid on his side. Before I could ask him what he was doing, I heard the door creek open. My eyes went wide as I tried to cower down as a few inked snakes crawled onto Sasuke.

"Who are you?" Sasuke growled out in an annoyed voice. "Ah… my name is Sai… I came here under orders to kill you… but…" I felt Sasuke's stare on me as I found myself gripping his shirt. "I came here to try to fix the bond between you and Naruto."

"Bond?" Sasuke slowly turned his head towards Sai. "Foolish…" My eyes went wide as Sasuke caused the room to explode, instantly hiding me in the rubble that flew away.

I growled out as I watched Sai staring up at Sasuke, as Sasuke stood above the hideout. "S-Sasuke-kun…" I looked over to see Sakura standing in the middle of the rubble, staring up at Sasuke in shock. Not too long after I saw Naruto run by, staring up at Sasuke.

'You promised to take him home today… but look at that… it seems he has other plans!' I narrowed my gaze. 'Shut up will you?'

I watched as Sasuke jumped down, wrapping his arm around Naruto. I couldn't hear what they were saying but I could see Sasuke pulling his katana from his back. I narrowed my gaze as I pulled out a kunai. I bolted out from the rubble, hitting Sasuke's blade. It went flying, connecting into the wall.

"A…Akuma!" Naruto shouted, turning around to face me. "Sorry for disappearing, but now I am back!" I said, smiling at him. Sasuke stared at us before he appeared next to his blade. He pulled it out then stared down at us from the wall.

I caught movement to the side and looked up to see Orochimaru staring down at us along with a young child with red hair. 'Red hair… that is the Uzumaki hair…'

"Sasuke-kun… let us leave." Orochimaru said. Sasuke sheathed his blade then jumped over to the two. "Sasuke wait!" I shouted. He turned towards me, giving me a blank expression.

"Years ago you asked me to do something… I didn't answer you right away with an answer… I couldn't see the answer right away… but I planned to have an answer for you by the time Naruto and I came to get you."

He turned fully around, facing me with interest. "It took me two and a half years to find the answer."

"What did you come up with then?" he asked, gaze truly upon me.

"The answer is you… it has always been you. Funny how I didn't even know it. Though you think back now… think of all my reactions… then you will know that I am not just doing this to get a rouse out of you or anything."

I watched as a small smile began to form on his face. "Alright… you told me your answer… and I promised to tell you who that person was…" I glanced over to Naruto, who was staring between us with confusion plastered all over his face.

"That was you." I quickly turned to Sasuke. "…me…?" he nodded before he turned his back to me. I stared down at the ground, frowning.

'See child! He does not care for you! He turned his back to you even after you admitted to that silly thing related to romance… He no longer cares for you, only for power.' 'Power…' My frown deepened as a pain ran through my entire body, causing it to go weak. I fell to my knees as I gripped onto my chest from within the cloak.

'Why can you not see that no one cares? Your own brother had tried to imagine if there was only one of you… your own Bijuu pushed you away… you have no friends of your own, only those that are close to Naruto. You are no one… why do you continue to exist?'

I stayed silent, staring down at the ground. I ignored the gasps from around me, knowing that Sasuke had taken his leave. 'Nande…' my grip within my cloak hardened.

'Why you ask? Silly child… you just don't truly exist in this world.' I felt a grip on my shoulder, but did not move. 'What's this? No more witty come backs? Have you finally realized what you are?'

The laugh of 'Dark Akuma' echoed through my head, closing off my whole thought process. 'Years of training, all gone to waste! That look of defeat truly befits you! This 'Uzumaki Akuma' does not truly exist… only the books say this 'Naruto' does! You were never of any value to anyone.'

"Nande…" I heard the sounds of confusion coming from the people around me. "Why do you never shut up?" I growled out as I lifted my hands to my head. "Stop trying to take over my god damn body! I am not you! If anyone does not truly exist it is you!" I hissed out as my body began to burn in the areas that the markings were.

'Don't you talk back to me!' I screamed out in pain as my body began leaking out dangerous black chakra. "Fuck you damn it… If I want to talk back to you then I will!" I gasped out in pain as my eyes went wide. I looked down towards my chest and noticed the dark chakra had formed into a kunai and had stabbed me right in the chest.

'You don't even know who you are or even what you are… so don't you ever talk back to me. Unlike everyone else around you… I have the power to kill you. You may have lived through that heavy damage from a Jinchuuriki… I didn't have to heal you from death; no I only healed you from your injuries. Why did I do such a thing? Because I am you.'

"Fuck you… you are not me one fucking bit… you tried to kill my brother! You tried to kill the whole village… you are not me. I wouldn't even think of harming my own flesh and blood!" I felt the grip that was on my shoulder tighten.

'Flesh and blood? Ha don't make me laugh.'

I heard a gasp come from within my head, as I felt a pressure around my body. 'What the hell… how did… why…?'

I felt the chakra slowly seep back into my body as 'Dark Akuma' once again became silent. I felt the tears falling from my eyes. I could tell that my body and my mental state could no longer take 'Dark Akuma'.

"I… I can't do this anymore…" I found myself crying out. The pressure around me got stronger but it did not seem like a threat at all. 'Wait…' I slowly dropped my hands from my head, tears still falling from my eyes. I stared into the white before me that moved as though it was breathing.

"O-Oh dear god!" I screamed as I fell backwards, pulling myself out of the hold. I stared into the shocked expressions on Sakura's, Naruto's, Yamato's, Kyuubi's and Sasuke's face. Wait… Sasuke? My gaze stayed on him as the tears continued to fall.

"A… Akuma your chest is bleeding!" Sakura pointed out before she stared at my face. "Oh my god your eyes are bleeding too!" she quickly walked over to me, ready to heal me. "L-Leave me alone!" I screamed in fear as I backed away from her into rubble. "Akuma…?" Naruto asked, slowly coming near me.

"D-Don't come near me! Go away!" I screamed as I curled up into a ball, still cowering away from them. "Akuma… it's me… Naruto… do you remember who I am…?" he asked, coming closer.

"P-please don't come near me! Don't hurt me!" I screamed as I lifted my head up, making the blood from my tears fly from the sudden movement.

"I-I don't want to hurt people… I don't…" I lifted my hands to my head as my body began to shake. 'This is me…' I crawled into an opening in the fallen rubble that was behind me. 'The real me… afraid of everything… why…?' I screamed and cowered against the wall when I noticed that the group had gotten closer to me.

"Naruto what is wrong with Akuma?" Sakura asked Naruto, as they peered at me through the rubble. "I… I don't even know… I have never seen Akuma like this…"

My eyes grew wide in fear as a small fox began crawling into the space I was in. "N-No! Go away!" I screamed to it as I tried to move away from it. "Akuma calm down! It's me, Kyuu-chan! If you continue to move away from me… SHE will win!"

"S…she?" I wrapped my arms around me, digging my nails into my own body. "Yes! This 'Dark Akuma' will win if you continue! She KNOWS your fears! She just heightened all your fears once again!" I stared at Kyuubi in shock before screaming.

"No Akuma!"

"Kyuubi… what do you mean?" Naruto asked, grabbing Kyuubi out of the rubble. "Your sister is filled with phobias that she masked for years… the fear of being touched… the fear of others… the fear of losing people… the fear of being alone… she has had so many phobias.." I heard Kyuubi explain to Naruto as he kept his gaze on me.

I felt something wrap around me from behind, forcing my arms to come close to me. I felt myself begin to shake in fear once again as more tears fell from my eyes. I slowly turned to see what had grabbed me but instead I found myself drifting into a deep sleep.

Naruto's POV

I stared down at Akuma as she slept in a curled up ball in the hospital bed. She had seemed to be in a peaceful sleep, but I knew otherwise due to the blood tears that were rolling down her cheeks.

"Why wasn't I informed of this…?" I asked out loud then sighed. "I would assume she hid it so you didn't worry." I looked over to see Sasuke walking in with two drinks in his hand. He walked over and sat down next to me, handing me one of the drinks.

"I think it is your fault that all this happened…" I mumbled before staring down at the drink. "You left the village without any warning… My sister answered some question you asked her… and then you tell her that this 'someone' is her… after that she fell to her knees… then the instant you touched her shoulder she began talking out loud… then you hugged her and she began screaming and freaking out…"

"You can't say it was my doing dobe… I didn't create this 'Dark Akuma' that is eating away at her mental state… But Akuma… she did always show signs of being afraid of things… she would twitch slightly when hugged or when someone would only touch her a little. She would train away from us, but in a spot that she knew she wasn't alone… The signs were always there… we were just too oblivious to realize them."

I glanced over to Sasuke before sighing. "Did she know that you leaving was a mission too?" I asked. His gaze turned to Akuma. I raised my brow when I notice his eyes soften. "Sasuke." He turned towards me, his eyes turning hard like they were before.

"Did she know?"

"Yes… she didn't want to tell you, which hurt her because she also did want to tell you. She hated Sakura for what she did… coming up to you and pleading to bring me back. I was the only one who could go into Orochimaru's hideout… since his eyes were set on me. So that mission could only be for me… and it couldn't be spoken of since I needed Orochimaru's trust and everything…"

He turned to face Akuma again, taking a small sip from the drink he had. "The fact that you kept chasing after me and everything… it helped because Orochimaru then truly believed that I left the village completely."

"So I was used then?" I asked, not sure what to believe. "No… for the longest of time I did think you were informed… but when Akuma told me no one time you, I realized it was better that way… would you have stopped trying to bring me back if you had known I was on a mission?"

I stared at Sasuke in silence. 'Would I have stopped?' I stared down at the drink he gave me then sighed. "I guess… you are right…" I lifted the cup then took a sip from it. I smiled as the taste of strawberry slid down my throat, soothing it.

I glanced over to Sasuke again and watched as he stared down at Akuma once again with a softened look in his eyes. It was the same look I had seen him give her on many occasions when we were growing up. When I had asked Jiraiya what that meant, he simply told me that depending on who does it and what their relationship may be, it may be a strong love towards the person, or affection like a mother or a father with their child.

"Sasuke." He turned his gaze towards me but did not answer. "I asked you a question three years ago but you never gave me an answer…." He raised his brow as he gave me his full attention.

"What question was this?" he asked. "You don't remember what I asked you years ago?" he sighed, leaning his head on his free hand. "Naruto… for starters… you have asked me so many questions back then… and secondly… I have been on a mission… my mind is far off to even remember the past clearly."

"So you don't remember Akuma and me staying at your place?" I asked.

"No… no I remember that very well… I just don't really remember any of the questions well from around that time… how long was it before I left?"

I shook my head, placing the cup onto the stand next to me. "I could just ask the question again you know…" I said, realizing that in fact Sasuke was worn out since that idea didn't even cross his mind. "Hn… then ask away dobe."

"Years ago I had asked you something about my sister… I want to ask it again because it feels important to me… and maybe even Akuma." Sasuke raised his brow at me before he placed his drink down to the side. "Well then what was the question?"

"Do you love my sister? Do you love Akuma?"

-AN-

I'm hungry so... nothing to say lol.

This story has been edited for errors in spelling and words that Word auto-corrected.

-Ja ne