Confessions IV

Contents: Alternative timeline. The author being a sadist. :P

It was hell. Oceans of flames were consuming the entire forest while many people fled desperately, trying to salvage their lives. Many nins also were doing their part, helping the elder and the children, while some tried to extinguish the fire.

Naruto and Sasuke were anxiously searching for any survivor, while they moved all the disoriented people to some safer place. They found a group of children frighteningly crouched in a nearby stone, the fire burned all the vegetation surrounding them.

Running as fast as they could, they picked up the children and escaped away from the flames, however, a large trunk of tree fell between Sasuke and Naruto, leaving the blond trapped.

"Naruto!" Sasuke yelled frantically, while his friend threw the children away from the circle of fire and was coughing with difficulty.

"Sasuke! Go! You have to guide the children!" Naruto explained while he motioned his arms in dismissal.

"No! What about you, if I leave you, you're going to die!" Sasuke tried to survey any possible escape, his eyes searching everywhere.

"You don't have to worry about it, I'm fine! Just go!" Naruto screamed through coughs, his breaths coming more uneven.

"Look everywhere, you can't even escape now! I won't let you go!" Sasuke growled, attempting to enter in vain anywhere near Naruto.

"Sasuke, stop!"

"I'm tired of running away! I'm tired of hiding what I've always wanted to say to you!" In a bold and thoughtless move, Sasuke jumped and landed next to Naruto, grabbing fiercely the tanned wrist and yelled:

"Naruto! I lo—"

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A torrential of water blew away the flames around them, soaking their bodies to the bones. Honestly speaking, they looked like a pair of drowned rats.

Naruto slowly opened his mouth and said sheepishly:

"That's why I said that you shouldn't worry about it, 'cuz Yamato-taichou can use Suiton jutsu."

"…" Sasuke couldn't dignify an answer, there was a nervous tick spasming on his left eyebrow.

"So, what did you wanted to say it to me before? I couldn't really hear you." The blond asked, lifting slightly his shirt and wringing it dry.

Mentally drooling at the small exposure of that tanned skin but admonishing another chance had shot down, Sasuke brooded.

"Nothing."

AN: AAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA a ha ha ha ha ha ha…errr…cough.