Title: A Quiet Someday
Author: Winde
Characters: Kyuubi, Naruto…SasuNaru (implied)
Rating: PG to be safe…maybe even PG-13
Category: Angst
Warnings: mmm….spoilers up til around chapter 250, it's actually earlier but this will ensure you're not spoiled :p…it's really only memories but I'll put this spoiler warning just in case so…read at your own risk!
Disclaimer: Unfortunately I do not own Naruto or any of the wonderful characters, if I did, I woulda made Sasuke and Naruto fuck like bunnies already and yea…it hasn't happened so obviously I don't own them .
Summary/Author Notes: italics are for Kyuubi talking. A sleepless night, memories that won't fade, and pain that will never go away. Written for Challenge #3 Naruto500
He rolled over for what seemed like the thousandth time in an hour. Covers were strewn everywhere and he sighed, sitting up again and running a hand through his hair. For the past week he had not been able to get any sleep. Try as he may he would only continue to toss, further tangling himself in his sheets. Growling slightly he slipped from his bed, shivering from the cold air against his skin. His thoughts ran back to the last time he had seen Sasuke. Naruto had followed Sasuke to bring him back home, to Konoha…to him. Sasuke wouldn't have it though. They fought, and in the end Naruto once again lost his best friend…his other half. Clutching his chest tightly his muscles tightened. He would not cry again, not ever again.
"Yes kit, it hurts doesn't it."
Naruto jerked. He should be used to his presence by now; he still jumped every time Kyuubi talked to him. Sighing and willing away the tears that still threatened to spill down his marked cheeks he walked into the bathroom to splash cold water on his face.
"Ne…why did it have to be this way?"
"You know that better than I do, kit. He seeks power and that's something that you can't give him. He sees you as his opponent, because of my power."
"I never asked for it! All I wanted was to be recognized, not to be shunned because of you!" Naruto sobbed again, "This is all your fault. If it weren't for you I…"
"You'd what. Be normal? Have friends? Would that matter in the eyes of Sasuke? Do you think he'd still be the same, that he would have been friends with you? Think about it kit, because of me you have him."
Fisting his hands Naruto slammed them on the sink. It just was not fair. The only thing that he wanted he could not have. He would give anything to have Sasuke back, anything to have him….
"Have him love you?"
"Get out of my thoughts…"
"No matter what, he's not coming back kit. Face it, he left you and there's nothing you can do."
"You're wrong." Looking in the mirror again, Naruto grinned, "I'll bring him back, just watch. I'll do it with or without your help."
Naruto walked out of the bathroom and went to the window to look out at the dark night. Sasuke would come back, even if Naruto had to knock him unconscious and drag his body back. Curling his hands around the windowsill, he stared up at the moon and shivered. The cold air of the room seeped into his skin and he crawled back into his bed. He knew it would be useless to try and sleep as it had been useless every night. Still, he wrapped up in his blankets to get warm and his mind wandered to Sasuke. Seeing those dark eyes and that pale skin, Naruto slipped quietly into sleep for the first time since he'd fought the Uchiha. Kyuubi mumbled to himself and his presence slipped away, leaving the blonde at peace once again.
