Hey everyone! Thanx for the reviews, and sorry I haven't updated in a while. SO much schoolwork.... groans. Thankfully the school year is almost over, though! YAY! Oh, and last chapter, I made a type-o and spell Sasuke's last name wrong grins sheepishly. It won't happen again (hopefully) ! Ok, anyway, on with the fic!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto! But I would like too...

Demon Child

"You little demon! You demon child!"

Naruto felt hot tears flow down his cheeks. Why was this happening? What had he done wrong?

"You little bastard! You drove my wife away from me! Before you came, everything was going fine! But you made her hate me! Demon children like you don't deserve to live!"

Oh, so that's what he did?

"But I didn't mean too! It's not my fault!" Naruto felt a fist punch him in the stomach, and because of his size, flew back into a tree. He started coughing up blood in between his body wracking sobs.

"Didn't mean to? DIDN'T MEAN TO?!" Haru screamed. Through his confusion and fear, Naruto dimly registered that is was starting to rain.

"Of course you meant to take her away! You greedy little demon! From the moment you got here, you've been plotting to take her away. And you were succeeding! That is, until I made sure she would never be able to leave me." Haru ranted, then started laughing madly. In the sky, lightning flashed, briefly lighting up their surroundings. Naruto looked up into Haru's eyes, immediately wishing he hadn't. Haru's eyes were wild, with a mad, almost insane glint in them. That's when Naruto realized he wasn't drunk. He was sober, but then why was he doing this? Why did he seem to be in one of his drunken rages?

Then Haru's words sunk in. What had he done to Kaila? Where was she? Naruto tried to make himself believe she was somewhere safe, but couldn't get rid of this icy feeling in the pit of his stomach.

"And now, all that needs to be done is to take care of certain demon child, to ensure that Kaila will be mine forever!" Haru said, then started walking forward towards Naruto. Naruto tried to back away, but found that the tree he had slammed into was blocking his escape route.

He saw Haru pull a knife out of his pocket. Naruto screamed in fear, certain of what was about to happen.

Haru reached him and bent down until he was level with Naruto's fear- ridden face. He held the knife an inch from Naruto's face, and then suddenly slashed into it. He did this repeatedly, until he had made three cuts on each side of his face. Naruto realized this wasn't going to be fast, but slow and extremely painful. Haru just smirked when he saw comprehension dawn on Naruto's face. What Naruto did next, however, he was unprepared for.

Naruto suddenly threw himself forward and through Haru's legs. He continued running. All he knew was that he had to get back to Kaila. She had to be all right, and she would protect him, like she always did. Like she promised she would.

He finally caught sight of the car he had tried to get into earlier. He dashed around it, and immediately froze when he got to the other side.

There lay Kaila, face down on the ground, in the middle of a pool of blood. She had knife slashed all over her. And imbedded in her back was the knife that had made those cuts.

Naruto fell to his knees. This wasn't happening. There was no possible way. This woman had been a mother to him. His mother.

"MOTHER!" His scream was lost among the thunder.

"Now she can never leave me."

Naruto got to his feet and slowly turned around. His soaked hair hid his eyes. He just stood there. Not making a sound. The silence was starting to unnerve Haru, so he decided that he had enough fooling around. He took out his knife once more and started moving toward Naruto.

Naruto was shaking. There was fire in his veins. He felt like he was going to be consumed by it. Just as Haru reached him and raised the knife and started to bring it down, Naruto let his instincts take over. He moved out of the way faster that Haru could react to, and grabbed the knife out of his hand in the same movement. Then he jumped back, out of Haru's reach. The fire was still there, coursing through his veins, fuelling his rage further. It was as if he was being possessed, for he had never been like this before.

Haru, who had finally gotten over his shock, screamed in newfound rage. He rushed once again at Naruto, but never got any further than a foot away from him.

In his fire-induced rage, Naruto had lifted up the knife and buried it in Haru's chest. Haru fell forward, his strength flowing out of him just as his blood was. But with his last breath, he managed to say something that would haunt Naruto forever.

"You really are a demon child." And Naruto knew that was the truth.

And so he screamed into the night, once again lost among the thunder.

Naruto's eyes shot open. He was still screaming, and drenched in a cold sweat. Sasuke was next to him, his hands on his shoulders, shaking him and yelling his name.

Once Naruto stopped screaming and remembered what he had been screaming about, he started to cry. Right now he didn't care that he was crying in front of Sasuke, he was too filled with grief and sorrow. It had been years since he had remembered that fateful night, in a dream or otherwise. He had tried suppressing it, but it just wouldn't go away.

He started when he felt warm arms encircle around him, but just continued sobbing. He clutched Sasuke's shirt and buried his face in his shoulder. They stayed that way for some time, until Naruto and cried himself dry. His throat was sore and his voice was hoarse, but he felt better. It had been years since he had allowed himself to cry like that, let alone have someone there to comfort him.

"Feeling better? Do you want to tell me what happened?" said Sasuke in a soft voice, which surprised Naruto.

Naruto wanted to tell him desperately, he wanted to tell someone, anyone, about this awful nightmare that haunted him and have someone understand. But didn't want to scare Sasuke away. He was a murderer. Sasuke would hate and fear him. He didn't want to lose this comfort that he had just found. Even if it only lasted a little while longer, Naruto wanted to hold onto it. Everyone and everything was taken away from him eventually.

"It... it was nothing. Just a really bad nightmare." Yes. A nightmare. One that he couldn't wake up from.

Sasuke knew Naruto was lying, but he let it be for now. He just hopped that Naruto would trust him enough one-day to tell him the truth.

"What am I doing here anyway? This isn't my house, and you certainly wouldn't be there." Naruto asked after looking around the room. It was a plain looking room, white walls, a desk and some chairs, a couch. Nothing special.

"We're at my house, dobe. We came here to work on our project, remember? Or is your memory that bad?" Naruto wished it were.

"Hey, don't call me dobe! And my memory is fine, thank you." Naruto said, slipping his fake mask that hid his emotions back into place.

Ah yes, now he remembered. Sasuke had taken him to his house after that incident with Haru. They had been working on their project, and he must have fallen asleep. But for how long?

"Hey Sasuke, what time is it?"

Sasuke glanced at the wall in front of him, on which was a clock. "It's 1:36."

"WHAT? It's WAY late! Now I'm gonna have to walk home in the dark! Kuso...."

"What are you talking about, dobe? You've already spent most of the night here. You might as well stay out the rest of it. You can just borrow some of my clothes for something to sleep in." Sasuke had also returned to his normal state, cold and distant. Both suddenly realized how close they were, for Sasuke was still holding Naruto. They both jerked back away from each other. Naruto's face was beat red, and was surprised to see that Sasuke had a slight blush staining his cheeks as well.

"Um... ya, thanks. I guess I'll stay tonight..." Naruto said, still blushing slightly.

"Oh, and just one thing, dobe."

"Ya?"

"You better not snore."

"WHAT?! Of course I don't snore! I bet YOU do, though!"

Sasuke just smirked Naruto's outburst, and stood up. He made his way to the door. "Well, are you coming or what dobe? I'm not gonna carry you."

Naruto glared at Sasuke, then pouted and got up. He followed Sasuke to what he guessed was Sasuke's room. Sasuke's apartment appeared to be small, but not cramped. It seemed more comfortable to live in, unlike his house, which was big and lonely.

He didn't have many decorations, just the necessities. Naruto didn't mind though. The whole place was just a result of how Sasuke lived.

In Sasuke's room, which consisted of a bed, desk and chair, dresser, and not much else, Naruto acquired a plain white T-shirt and some black shorts. And by acquired, he means they were thrown in his face.

"Sorry if they're a bit big, but that's the smallest I have." said Sasuke, still smirking a bit.

"Thanks, I'm sure they'll be fine," Naruto said in a strained voice, trying not to scream at Sasuke for throwing the clothes at him.

Sasuke just smirked some more, grabbing his own pajamas and heading toward the bathroom to change.

Naruto quickly changed into his own pajamas before Sasuke came back. But when he did come back, Naruto wasn't in his room. He went out into the hall and looked for him. He finally found him on his couch, shifting around restlessly because of discomfort.

"Hey dobe, you're never going to get any sleep on that thing."

That was a good thing, though. Naruto didn't want to sleep, for fear his dreams might start to haunt him again.

"That's alright. I'm fine here is nit that bad, really." Sasuke just raised an eyebrow. They both knew that thing wasn't comfortable at all. Naruto just grinned sheepishly.

"You're not fine. Your back will be killing you in the morning, and you won't get any sleep. Now come with me."

"But-!"

"Now!" said Sasuke, his eyes flashing red dangerously. Sasuke normally wouldn't have pushed this and just let him sleep there, but he didn't want Naruto to be alone. Not after Sasuke had seen him dreaming. He had been crying and screaming, thrashing and shivering. It had made something inside Sasuke hurt to see Naruto like that. He wanted to protect Naruto....

"Hey Sasuke, are you gonna show me were to sleep or what?" Naruto had given in, and was now waving his hand in front of Sasuke's face.

Sasuke just grumbled and grabbed Naruto's arm, dragging him back toward his room. When they got there, Naruto suspected he was going to sleep on the floor, but was shocked when he was pushed onto the bed.

"Sa-Sasuke? Why do I get the bed?" Naruto asked.

"Dobe, you're not getting it for yourself." Sasuke said, impatience written on his face.

Naruto just sat there another minute, before it registered.

"You mean, you're gonna share it with me?!"

"Obviously. Unless you want to sleep on the floor?"

He had a point. Naruto sighed and got under the covers. He found it very comfortable. He was relaxing when he felt another weight on the bed, and Sasuke climbed under the covers with him.

"S-Sa-Sasuke- um, uh-"

"Shhhhh, dobe. Just go to sleep." Sasuke said, his voice made Naruto want to do just that. It was nice having Sasuke there next to him. He radiated warmth and security.

Suddenly Naruto felt Sasuke wrap his arms around him and pull Naruto to him, so that his back was against Sasuke's chest and his arms were around him. Naruto was trying to decide whether he should pull away and start yelling at Sasuke, when he did something that was sure to put Naruto to sleep. Sasuke started to rub his stomach, and whisper into his ear to go to sleep. Naruto could barely keep his eyes open, and started to fall asleep. His last thought before sleep claimed him was that he liked having Sasuke sleep next to him.

Poor Naruto! But I made it up to him at the end! Ok, hope everyone liked it! I'm definitely gonna try and get the next chapter up before the weekend, cause I'm going on vacation this weekend ! Ja ne!