Summary: Naruto's fight to be Hokage and the fight for Naruto's' heart begins Sakura finally notice him an a shy girl will call upon her courage to stop her, this will be a long fan fic its going to start slow but get interesting and deeper around 4 whit the pairings and all.

Disclaimer: Naruto is not mine. It's his creators' property. (Kishimoto Masashi). The only thing mine are my own made up characters.

A/N: Thanks Frost Fae for bea reading this chapter thanks!!

And revised by Jiraiya.

"Hello " speech

Hello Thoughts

Hello Kyuubi

Hello Kyuubi's thoughts

(Hello) Inner Sakura

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CHAPTER 5: SASUKE'S MIND

"Noooooooo!!!!!" A scream was given out by a voice in a dark room.

The boy laid there in a bed. His arms and legs tied to it, he was unable to move and yet he still tried.

"Where am I?" The boy tried to look around, but it was too dark to see anything.

What happened…? I don't remember…did I go to Orochimaru…? It's so dark…quiet…and…humid…just like a snake's lair…NARUTO…so he wasn't able to stop me…did I kill him? He thought while looking into the darkness.

"I've closed the gap Itachi, now I possess the mangekyou like you…" He suddenly stopped his words.

Like you...

The shock that overcame him was visible even in the pitch black room, he knew his brother and he hated what his brother had become, yet he tried so hard to be like him, like the man he hated.

"Damn it, I don't want to be like that bastard! I just want to kill him… I'm nothing like him, I'm an avenger. He's just a murderer…" He said with doubt in his voice.

He killed only to prove he was stronger, he killed his friend for nothing, I've killed Naruto for a reason! After I get Orochimaru's power, I will kill him as well. He thought while smiling.

I did kill him right…? He thought. After that, he tried to release his arms to no success.

"SHARINGAN!" He said, starting to look around, but was surprised.

He began to examine the room around him, trying to see the power of the Mangekyou sharingan. He looked and looked but to no avail.

What the hell…? It's the same! It hasn't changed a bit. I don't have the mangekyou!!! He cursed himself.

"NARUTO!" He said.

The images of him holding Naruto by his shoulder rushed to his head, the words he said, the emotions and ideas running through him; all the reasons he had for killing him now seemed foolish and worthless.

Damn it! I was an idiot to believe Itachi's words…Everything I did was for nothing…I left the village…I killed Naruto…and I left Sakura…He thought cursing himself for his stupidity.

"But what does that matter now anyway? I'm in the Sound now; they must've picked me up after I killed Naruto. The only thing I have to look forward to is getting Orochimaru's power... And after I get them I'll leave this stupid place and get my revenge on Itachi… he'll pay for destroying my family and making me leaves the village and killing Naruto!" He said to himself, attempting to excuse all that had happened because of him.

After saying those words he laid there in silence, thinking of the fight. He had tried to convince himself, that what had happened was for the best, that with the power he had gotten he was able to defeat Naruto, his rival, even though he never told anyone that he saw Naruto as one.

He thought of every fight, the one with Haku... I could beat him but he did… what Sakura told him about the fight he had with Neji… He closed his 64 chakra openings and still was able to win… The fight he had with Gaara…damn it! I hit him with 2 chidoris and still couldn't beat him…he summoned a frog and fought with Gaara transformed into that monster…He thought.

"My chidori was weak compared to that thing he did with his hand... rasengan, I think he called it," He pondered.

A flashback of the hospital shot to his mind, the time his chidori almost met Naruto's rasengan; he was mad that his most powerful technique which he could only do twice, had less power than that simple sphere in Naruto's hand, which looked to be summoned by the boy with no trouble.

Wait, our techniques met in the waterfall… He though. Damn it, why can't I remember what happened? He held his head in pain.

"I'm stronger! My chidori's more powerful!" He said, his screams reverberating off the walls surrounding him.

Sasuke's feelings turned from guilt for killing his friend to anger.

Damn you, Naruto, it's all your fault, it's your fault I had to leave, it's your fault I had to go see Orochimaru…It's your fault I left Sakura…it's you're fault I had to kill you…He said to himself.

Even though he kept on telling himself these things, he still felt the guilt, even though his mind was convinced that it was Naruto's fault, his heart knew different.

Damn it, I'm no different than Itachi. He had people that cared for him and he simply killed them…He made me suffer, to leave me with out them…Did I do the same to the only person who cared about me?…Sakura, I know you cared about me and Naruto…and I knew he cared for me, if only has his rival…and yet, I did the same as Itachi…I killed Naruto and left you to suffer…I took away every one you cared for…and I left you even after you said those words to me…He reminisced with deep regret.

"No, it's you're fault! I had to do this so you wouldn't catch up to me! I couldn't let you catch up to me… I had to be stronger… I had to be the strong one… I'm an Uchiha… I'm my father's son…" He spat out with now a tone of jealousy in his voice

The boy was disturbed with all he knew about the blond boy; he tightened his fist, angrily trying to free his hand from the bed. He was now not just angry; he felt an emotion he knew quite well when he saw Naruto grow.

Why were you so strong? Every time we trained I became stronger, but you…you always closed the gap…no matter what technique I learned, you always matched it if not surpassed it…He thought with malice and jealousy.

You always had to try and steal my glory, didn't you? You wanted to take every thing away from me…It didn't matter the mission, you wanted the glory. In the Wave, you had to beat Haku, didn't you? In the chuunin exam you had to save us from the Snake, didn't you?! He thought stopping and tightening his already fisted hand.

You had to save Sakura, didn't you, you couldn't let me…even now you tried to stop me from getting power. One which you could never get…you tried to steal my revenge…to get the glory of bringing me back. Even though his mind was set, one image kept showing in his mind.

Sakura…you tried to take Sakura away…always asking her out…screaming her name…you don't know how I loved seeing you get shot down, that's one thing I'll miss from the leaf…His mind was filled with thoughts of Naruto and all he did since he knew him.

"We both had nothing in our lives, yet you tried to take the little that I had…" He whispered to himself.

The boy's mind suffered, conflicting one thought with the other and the other with the next. His mind was torn apart from the emotions he felt; the guilt of leaving Sakura and killing a friend, the anger of being forced to do things by his brother and Naruto, the jealousy and envy he felt towards Naruto and the speed in which he became stronger.

His mind was focused on his emotions when... they where interrupted by a door opening.

Two men wearing long white coats, with their mouths covered appeared.

"So you pulled through…" The man on the left said with a slight tone of disappointment.

Both of the men got close to Sasuke and started to do some scanning jutsu. While they did that Sasuke observed every little move they made and he searched for their hitai-ate.

He sounded disappointed…That-that's the leaf symbol…Damn it! I'm not in the Sound. Damn you Naruto, even now you've taken away what's mine... he thought, cursing Naruto and all he'd done for him.

"…So you're fine…" One of the men said in a cold tone.

So they're disappointed that I'm fine are they…? Look's like I'm not the precious Uchiha boy any more…thanks to you they brought me back…just to punish me and hate me…You've taken everything from me, Naruto…you finally beat me…He thought, staring into one of the men's eyes.

I hate knowing that I'll be seen with the cold eyes those two are giving me…I won't be thought of as the last Uchiha, I'll be looked at as the traitor, as the missing-nin that was brought back by Naruto…cold eyes…After that, he started to see into the darkness of the room.

Naruto was seen with cold eyes…I remember seeing them in many of our teachers…we were the same, the last of our kind… yet no one ever spoke of the Uzumaki clan… only of the Uchiha…

Maybe that's why you wanted what I had…we were the same and yet they treated me as different. I was praised when you where scolded…I was admired while you where ignored…I was loved by the people while you were hated…I was acknowledged as the thing you desired the most, while you were never…

You baka, you should have left that village long before me…yet you couldn't could you…never gave up…never gave in…always fighting for your ninja way…you baka…all that ninja way got you was death…Naruto no baka…He thought while he saw the two men performing their scanning jutsu.

After performing their scanning jutsu, they left the room, outside, three figures stood in wait for them.

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"So how is he?" A blond woman asked.

"He's fine, he pulled through…" One of the men answered.

"You sound disappointed," A gray-haired Jounin said with slight anger in his.

"I'm a little disappointed because that traitor pulled through… But don't think I didn't do my best…" The medic-nin said.

"We know you did your best Shinji, I wouldn't expect anything less from one of the best medics in Konoha." The blond woman praised him.

"So what's the prognosis for Sasuke?" The gray-haired man enquired.

"Kakashi-san, his physical condition is okay, but his mentality is another story…Koshi tell them…" Shinji said while looking at the man next to him.

Koshi, a slightly taller man than Kakashi stepped forward.

"Well, I've made everyone of the scans I can, and it looks like his mind has become unstable… I do not know if it's the curse seal or the mental trauma he suffered when his clan was massacred when he was a child…" Koshi said.

"Maybe it was both….." A boy behind Kakashi said.

"What do you mean, Shikamaru?" Tsunade asked.

"Well, in the forest of death in the chuunin exams, Sasuke kind of lost it…" Shikamaru mumbled the last part.

"What do you mean he lost it?" Tsunade said while leaning forward towards Shikamaru.

Man this is trouble some…He thought, then he noticed something. Man I can see her cleavage…what is she, a size D? He thought, while fighting back a nose bleed.

"Spit it out you brat," she yelled at Shikamaru.

"Gulp... okay, well, you see... in the exam… after they were attacked by the snake guy, they were attacked by the sound genin…" Shikamaru said, and then paused for effect.

"After we showed up and helped them, Sasuke woke up…but he wasn't him self…"Shikamaru said.

"Explain your self Shikamaru?" Kakashi asked the lazy chuunin.

"Well that time he was… blood thirsty… he broke Zaku's arms and he enjoyed it he would have probably gone and killed him if it wasn't for Sakura… it looked like he lost control of him self, he wasn't himself, and his body was covered by the seal and his eyes weren't like always, they were different…" Shikamaru said while looking at the sealing.

"So it appears like the seal has psychological side effects on the person," Shinji said

"This would explain the tendencies for his victims to go after him, despite the fact that the seal was given forcefully," Koshi said

"Yes, it's a way to break the victim with out having to do anything," Shinji said

"And the seal reacting to his chakra is to always remind him he has it," Koshi said.

So that's how the seal works, it clouds and disrupts the mind, it makes the person power hungry and violent, that's why the person always ends up doing the wrong thing, going after him…even if they know they're giving up there freedom and ability to make choices…and taking the easy way out, getting power the wrong way, the easy way…She was disturbed for what her former partner did, she always knew he wanted power, she just never knew he'll do any thing for it.

This seal you created it was just another of your plans to get power the easy way, you made Sasuke go through all the pain the seals gives…so when you take his body the seal will be ready and you won't have to go through the risky parts…Orochimaru you coward. Tsunade thought with anger in her eyes.

"So perhaps if we put a full moon seal over the curse seal we may be able to stop the mental effects it has on Sasuke…" Both of the medics said in unison.

After the medics said those words, the three shinobi's eyes shot up.

"What do you mean you can stop it?" Kakashi asked.

"Yeah, the third was never able to get the course seal off Anko". Tsunade replied

"Well, we're not the third, and I think the problem was he tried to destroy it completely. That's too difficult to do, so instead of destroying it, or trying to seal it all up, we'll just seal a single part of it. In other words, we'll stop one of the many things it does!" Shinji said in a proud voice.

"It looks like I spent too much time gambling, I never thought of that approach…" Tsunade said in a proud voice.

"Ha! You think too highly of us, Hokage-sama," Koshi said while blushing slightly.

"So can we see Sasuke?" Shikamaru asked.

"No… he's too unstable… if you tried to talk to him he'll be too paranoid, confused and angry to take the information in, it just might make things worst… he might not trust you at all right now…" Shinji said, looking straight into Kakashi's eyes.

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While outside the room, they were trying to help Sasuke; inside he just lost himself more to the seal.

"It's your fault Naruto; it's your entire fault… Damn you Itachi, you'll pay for lying to me! For making me kill him… Orochimaru, after you, give me all the power. I'll crush your village so you'll feel like me when you have no place to go…" His words were interrupted by the two men in white.

"Well traitor, it looks like you got lucky… but to be honest, I don't know what we saw in you… maybe we were expecting you to be like your father… but you ended up like Itachi... I knew your father and you're nothing like him. You're NOT you're father's son…"

Those last words made Sasuke's soul ache in pain and regret, the thing he wanted most was always denied from him, to be acknowledged as his father's son, the one thing Itachi had that he wanted... and the thing he was acknowledged for was as the man he hated the most, he was seen as a new Itachi.

"I'm not like Itachi…" He mumbled.

"What did you say traitor?" Shinji said in a cold voice.

"I'm not like Itachi… I'm my father's son…"

"Yeah right!!" He was cut off.

After screaming those words to Sasuke, Shinji started to make hand seals, while he made the seals, Koshi moved Sasuke so the curse seal would be visible.

"Don't touch me! I'll kill you if you keep touching me..." Sasuke spat out to the medic-nin.

"Shut up traitor and take this…"

"FUUIN JUTSU: FULL MOON SEAL!!" After yelling those words he slammed his palms over Orochimaru's curse seal.

"HAAAAAAAA!!" Sasuke screams in pain caused by the new seal over the old one. He fell unconscious in his bed, with pain easily shown on his face.

"There, now you're fine in mind and body… Now you can take responsibility for what you did…you traitor…" He said with disgust in his voice.

"Calm down Shinji…"Koshi said to his friend.

"I can't calm down! Not after what they did to this village, their father gave everything for this village. I can't believe his own kids would, ruin not only the Uchiha name, but his own, too..." Shinji countered.

"Just because they're his sons doesn't mean they may be as great as him," Koshi said in a calm voice.

"I know you're right... but it... still hurts to see it…" He was interrupted by the door opening.

Shikamaru, Kakashi and Tsunade entered the room.

"So he's still sleeping… after all that all trouble…" Shikamaru said in his bored tone.

"So was the seal a success?" Kakashi asked in a worry tone.

"Placing it was a success. We'll see if it works perfectly," Shinji answered.

"So if he's going to be mentally stable, take him to the hospital where we can monitor him in a better way..." Tsunade ordered them.

After hearing those words, Koshi took out a scroll, opened it, did a quick hand seal and in a puff of smoke a stretcher appeared.

They untied Sasuke and placed him in the stretcher, slowly but surely they took him out of the room and onward to the hospital.

"Man, looks like thing are finally looking up," Tsunade said.

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Later that night in the Hokage office a lone figure sleep over a ton of paper.

Man, every time I come here she's sleeping. It doesn't matter if it's early in the morning or very late at night, a white-haired man silently observed.

"HEY! Tsunade, wake up!!" He said, after finishing those words a fist flew towards him.

Not this time, he thought, as he dodged the punch.

He smiled as he jumped out of the way, but was unaware of the kick flying his way as well.

What the hell...? She has to be kidding me… he thought as the kick connected with the side of his face.

"Huh…? What the hell?" A drowsy Tsunade said.

"Jiraiya, what are you doing on of the floors of my office?" She asked, scratching her head.

She's got to be kidding... there's no way she didn't do that on purpose... He thought, right before he blacked out.

A few healing jutsu later they started their midnight chat.

"So what do you want Jiraiya?" She asked in a grumpy tone.

"Man, you kick me in the jaw and still aren't nice to me…" He said in a slightly disappointed tone.

"Shut up and tell me before you get another kick. This time not in the jaw." She enforced in an evil tone.

"Very well… Naruto's training was a success, not even I can sense the Kyuubi's chakra; that boy keeps impressing me," Jiraiya said while rubbing his jaw.

"Really? That just made my day," Tsunade said smiling.

"You had a good day?" Jiraiya asked.

"Yeah, Chouji pulled through, Neji's stable, Kiba is okay, Shikamaru is back on duty, Naruto like you said is back in control of the Kyuubi's chakra, and Sasuke's curse seal is under control." She said in a relieved tone.

"The seal is under control?" He asked.

"Yeah, Shinji was able to use one of his seals to control it, well… most of it…" She said in a slightly unsure tone.

"Don't worry; I'm sure he won't let his old partner's son be consumed by the seal." He said, trying to convince Tsunade.

"Yeah, you're right… I can finally relax a bit." She said.

"Well, I have to get back to Naruto, just rest and relax; I know you haven't had a good night's sleep since Naruto left on the mission." He said to Tsunade.

After saying those words, Jiraiya jumped out of the window and disappeared in the darkness of the night.

Well, isn't the night beautiful? I can finally enjoy it now, knowing that I won't have to worry about Naruto and the others. She thought, while taking out a sake bottle.

"How were you able to stand the worries this job gives you… Sarutobi-sensei…?" She said in a calm voice, just before she took a swig out of the bottle.

END CHAPTER 5