Disclaimer: Naruto does not belong to me. It belongs to some company in Japan
Title: Sinking But No One Helping
Summery: Sasuke is all alone, and is spiraling down a tunnel of depression, loneliness and self hate. It's up to Naruto to take him out of it. Yaoi, NaruSasu.
Warning: Yaoi. Don't like don't read
Speaking " Dun Dun Dun"
Thinking 'Ding Ding Ding'
Naruto and Sasuke were walking down the road; they had nearly approached Hidden Mist Village where they would get the plant from.
"Ne Sasuke…" Naruto spoke, looking at the sky.
"Yes Naruto?"
"Why did you do it?"
"Do what?" Sasuke asked, pretending to be oblivious to what Naruto was saying, while in actual fact he knew exactly what Naruto was referring to: the day he tried killing himself.
"You know…when you tried to kill yourself. Why did you do it?" Naruto whispered, stopping and looking at Sasuke, eye to eye.
'Shit! What do I say? I can't tell him that I tried killing myself cause I felt incomplete cause he didn't love me. What do I say?
"Naruto, you said I could tell you when I felt comfortable telling you, and right now I don't feel comfortable telling you."
A hurt and sad look came across Naruto's face after Sasuke started speaking.
"But Sasuke!" Naruto whined. "I gave you time! Why won't you tell me? Don't you trust me?" Naruto's eyes started glistening slightly.
"Naruto! Its nothing like that, of course I trust you! It's just…NARUTO! LOOK OUT!"
Sasuke pushed Naruto out of the way and saw the kunai hit the tree behind them where they were just seconds ago.
"What's happening?" Naruto whispered to Sasuke.
"We're under attack; it must be a rouge ninja! On the count of three we'll jump out and attack ok? Be careful Naruto." Sasuke said softly.
"I will." Naruto's face was a mask of determination. "You be careful as well ok? And if any of us need help and the other can't help, we'll send a signal into the sky for Kakashi so he can help us alright?"
"Kay." And with that, both Naruto and Sasuke jumped out of the bush, Naruto throwing his Kunai at one of the rogue ninjas and Sasuke throwing his shuriken at the other ninja.
Rogue Ninja #1 tried gut- kicking Naruto and Naruto dodged the attack, multiplying himself till there were 5 of him, all attacking RN#1. However, RN#1 was very strong and he kept dodging most of Naruto's attacks, only getting hit once by the original Naruto, when he head-butted him.
Meanwhile Sasuke was trying to deflect Rogue Ninja #2's attack, dodging his kunai and throwing his own shuriken at him, then getting his kunai and dodging and reflecting RN#2's kunai attacks with his own kunai. Suddenly RN#2 pulled out a set of shuriken and threw them at Sasuke, trapping him.
Sasuke tried getting out of the shuriken's grip but couldn't, and yelled for help as RN#2 came closer.
"Naruto! Help! I'm stuck!"
Naruto turned around from RN#1 and stared in shock at Sasuke, then yelled out, "I'm coming Sasuke!" He moved away from RN#1 and towards Sasuke when he stopped, his mouth opening and a piercing scream shot through the forest.
"AHHH!"
Sasuke whipped his head to look at Naruto and saw blood coming out of Naruto and realized that while Naruto had been distracted, RN#1 had stuck his kunai into Naruto's back.
"NO! NARUTO!"
'It's my fault, it's all my fault! I distracted him, I called him, it's all my fault he's hurt!'
A fire started burning in Sasuke's eyes, and his eyes started turning a blood red colour with the trademark black dots appearing in his eyes. Sasuke had tapped into the power of Sharigan and wrenched himself from the shuriken that had him trapped and with the speed of lightning threw his kunai at RN#2 and disappeared, reappearing in front of RN#1. He double kicked him in the gut, then gave him a right hook, finishing off with shoving his kunai into RN#1's heart.
Sasuke then ran to where Naruto had fallen and checked his pulse, unaware of the tears coursing down his face. He sighed with relief, feeling a weak pulse.
'Naruto, thank god you're alive, I don't know what I'd do if you were dead. Come on baby, hang on, alright? You can't go; you can't leave me behind, all by myself.'
Sasuke held out his hands to where the wound was and closed his eyes, willing his power to flow into Naruto's body, healing his wound.
"Sa…Sasuke?" Naruto croaked out weakly.
"Naruto! Thank god you're alright! How do you feel?" Sasuke asked, his voice mixed with relief and worry.
"Fine, amazingly so. What did you do? I should be dead." Naruto looked around. "And what happened to the Rogue Ninjas?"
"The Rogue Ninjas are gone, I killed them. And you feel fine cause I healed you."
"Aw, thanks Sasuke man! I owe you big timed!" Naruto exclaimed, hugging Sasuke tightly.
"It…it's alright Naruto." Sasuke replied, feeling slightly awkward, a splash of pink across his cheeks.
Naruto let go of him and stood, holding out his hand. Sasuke grabbed his hand with his own and Naruto pulled him to his feet.
"Hey Sasuke! Look!"
"What?" Sasuke flipped out his kunai, in case Naruto had found some more Rogue Ninjas.
"I found the plant that Kakashi Sensei wanted!"
"Great, grab it Naruto then we can get going!"
Naruto pulled the plant out from its roots and the two begin the journey back home.
"Hmm, I wonder if Sakura chan and Kakashi Sensei got into trouble with their mission." Naruto wondered.
"Nah, I doubt it. That old crackpot's strong enough to deal with anything, especially with the power of the Sharigan." Sasuke answered.
"Hey look! Leaf Village! We made it!" Naruto whooped his fist in the air.
"Yea, we did. Come on, let's go the bridge, I'm sure Kakashi Sensei and Sakura are back by now."
"Aye Aye, Captain Sasuke!" Naruto mock saluted to Sasuke.
They reached the bridge in no time, and were shocked to see Kakashi Sensei and Sakura already there.
"YOU'RE LATE!" Sakura and Kakashi Sensei yelled at once at Sasuke and Naruto, identical grins on their faces.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow while Naruto yelled back.
"HEY! What gives you the right to yell at us, Mr. I'm Late To Every Single Meeting!"
"Ehehe, I suppose you've got a point there." Kakashi scratched his head sheepishly.
"So, did you manage to complete your mission?" Kakashi asked.
"You bet we did! Here's the plant Sensei." Naruto held out the plant to Kakashi who took it.
"Excellent! I'll drop this off right away! Great job, all of you, and see you tomorrow same place, same time, got it?" There was a pop and Kakashi disappeared.
"Well, I'm beat; I'll gonna head home now, coming?" Naruto asked, looking at Sasuke.
"Yeah, sure. Night Sakura,"
"Yea, see you tomorrow Sakura!" Naruto waved at Sakura.
"Bye guys!"
Naruto and Sasuke walked to Sasuke's house in silence, then stopped as they reached his house.
"So then Sasuke, you never did tell me why you tried killing yourself that day." Naruto looked at Sasuke, right in his eyes.
Sasuke shifted uncomfortably.
"Naruto please, can't you just drop it?"
"It's got something to do with me, hasn't it? That's why you're not telling me. Am I right?" Naruto searched Sasuke's eyes, trying to find some sort of answer.
Sasuke stayed silent, and Naruto took his silence as a yes.
"I thought as much. If you don't tell me Sasuke, I'll just have to find out on my own. You shouldn't be afraid to tell me Sasuke, I won't hate you, you should know that by now."
Sasuke swallowed the lump in his throat and turned around, walking towards his door.
"Goodnight Naruto." He opened his door and walked in, shutting the door after him.
Naruto stood there, eyes fixed on Sasuke's door.
"Goodnight Sasuke."
'I'll find out why you tried killing yourself Sasuke, one way or another, don't you worry.'
TBC
First off, I owe you all a HUGE apology, as I've well and truly took the mick in updating this fic. I'm not making excuses, but I think it's because I've just been really caught up in the wedding, and then going back to school and having coursework and exams…
Just to make up for it, I wrote an EXTRA long chapter! So I hope you all enjoyed it!
I hope you enjoyed reading the chapter and your reviews mean a lot to me, so thank you!
I've never actually watched Naruto before, so I hope my fighting scene was somewhat realistic to the show, and I don't think Sasuke has healing powers, I kinda made that up.
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Also, thank you all for your kind words and sympathy over the summer, it really means a lot to me and all your nice comments cheered me up somewhat.
!Aki!