Oh wow…what a random chapter. O.O Weird. Okay, Sasuke is sooooo out of character that it's scary. -; It's like a mutant Sasuke or something. But whatever, it was fun writing it. . Keke.

Chapter 2: Sasuke Jr.

Sasuke shivered. It was cold in the bathroom stall. Smelly, too. And the brown stains on the ground were quite disturbing. But it was better than the alternative….out there. Where they waited.

They had swarmed around him like a hive of bees. Eager, wrinkled faces, zany grins pasted on their insane faces, all waiting to be escorted to the bathroom. By him. Uchiha Sasuke. There was something in their lopsided grins that scared the jebeezers out of him. It had been one of the rare instances in life that our young Uchiha had truly known what fear was. Cold, full-blown, full-fledged fear.

Now Sasuke was not very accustomed to fear. So the moment it hit him, he had high-tailed it out of there to the bathroom and locked the door. Very, very tightly. Not to mention that he had placed several explosive seals on it. So if they did manage to open the door, they would blown to bits of flaky skin. Almost like confetti. And he would be safe. At least he theorized.

Sitting in the cramped stall with a large, particularly fat fly settling on the toilet seat near him, Sasuke thought back over his actions. Had he been too cowardly? For a moment he felt ashamed. But only for a moment. He mollified himself with the thought that even the high and mighty Itachi would've taken the same course of action when faced with such a life-threatening situation.

I mean, who wouldn't? Locking yourself in the bathroom? It seemed reasonable enough.

Sasuke sighed. The men's bathroom was really a disheartening place. Well at least the fly next to him was nice enough. Maybe he should name it for good luck? He pondered upon a name. Freddy? Walsworth? Carlson? Or…it hit him.

SASUKE JR.!

He was stunned with his own brilliance. No wonder he was considered the genius of the Uchiha clan.

"Well, Sasuke Jr., it looks like it's just you and me." He stared a bit too lovingly at the fly, who was now occupying itself with a tasty mound of human feces. Sasuke reached over to pet his sole companion, but the fly teetered away, a bit disgruntled.

"Why won't you let me pet you! You don't like me or something?" The fly only scooted further away from Sasuke.

"Fine! BE THAT WAY! Consider whatever we relationship we had DONE WITH! I'm so over you!"

It perched precariously on the edge of the toilet seat. The brown water rippled forebodingly.

"Well you know what! I don't care what you think! You can go jump in the toilet and drown for all I care!"

Sasuke watched in horror as the fly, as if broken-hearted, tumbled over the edge of the toilet seat and landed with a plop into the gaping water.

"N-NOooooooo! I didn't mean it! Why? Why did you have to leave me?" Sasuke hiccupped between sobs. "Why…Sasuke Jr….we could have had something special….why…."

A thought occurred to Sasuke. He could still save Sasuke Jr.! If he saved him, Sasuke Jr. would be forever in his debt! And he would have to let him pet it! He watched as the fly struggled in the water.

"Don't worry, Sasuke Jr.! I'll save you!" He was about to reach with his hand to pluck the helpless fly from the germ-infested water when he heard the bathroom door open with a creak.

Sasuke was dumbfounded. What had happened to his explosive seals! He was going to sue the manufacturer as soon as he saved Sasuke Jr. and figured out who the heck had gotten past his ingenious traps.

"Sasuke…I know you're in here."

Oh crap.

He stayed deathly silent. Sasuke Jr. floundered in the water, the water slowly closing over its head.

Sasuke had a brief heart attack as Kakashi appeared in the bathroom stall. Right next to him.

"Sasuke, what are you doing?"

Oh crap. Now what?

"Nothing." He eyed Sasuke Jr. helplessly.

"Really now. Aren't you supposed to be helping the elders?" Kakashi watched the dark-haired genin suspiciously.

"I just uh…had to…go to the bathroom, that's all. I was just planning to leave until you showed up." Sasuke could've sworn that he heard Sasuke Jr. gurgle for help.

"Well…if that's so, you should hurry back. The elders are getting a bit restless." Sasuke gulped a little.

"Right…"

"Then what are you waiting for?"

"Nothing, nothing. Uh, you can leave first."

"No, I'll wait for you."

"I insist," Sasuke said through clenched teeth.

"No, I, as your sensei, insist that you leave first. Oh, and there's a fly in the toilet, if you didn't notice." Kakashi reached out and in one swift movement, pulled the handle on the toilet.

The water swirled down in a torrent of brown. Sasuke watched, aghast, as Sasuke Jr. was sucked down into the black depths known as the sewer.

"Nasty little bug, that one. Pretty big too." Kakashi wiped his hand on his vest. "Well, that takes care of that." He looked at Sasuke strangely. "What's the matter, Sasuke?"

Sasuke had a pained look on his face.

No…not Sasuke Jr….Kakashi didn't just…..flush him down the toilet….NO! I refuse to believe!

Kakashi touched Sasuke lightly on the shoulder. Sasuke reacted abruptly and snapped back viciously.

"How could you!"

"How could I what?" Kakashi stared at him blankly.

"You….MURDERER!" Sasuke rushed past Kakashi, pummeling his way through the door. Suppressed tears glistened in the corners of his eyes as he ran, not caring where he went.

Sasuke Jr., one day I will avenge you!