Naruto's and Sasuke's fate could have been reversed, but what would have done it? As it turns out all it takes is the death of one Umino Iruka. Massive canon divergence. NaruSasu/SasuNaru. Rated M for disturbing, violent, and sexual situations.

[collab with scarylolita] University is off to a rough start. Issues from Kiba's childhood keep creeping out of the closet, Sasuke's grades are slipping seemingly inexplicably, and Naruto is just busy trying to keep everyone afloat. Everyone has secrets. If you keep them bottled up long enough, they'll eat you alive. College AU. TW: trauma from rape and CSA, drug and alcohol abuse

They had sacrificed their precious time to free him, they didn't even know it was him and they had used their last reserves of chakra to save him… and they only asked he looked after this child in return. Naruto stared at him in silence, his fingers reaching to tug at his dirty black hair. It would be his penance, his absolution.