TheLadyWolf- Yo! –Strikes a youthful pose like Guy- I am here to save the day! –Is tackled by angry readers- I have a reason! Don't hurt me! . school is thy enemy and wants to keep me away from thee! So without further ado, here is another chapter for you. : 3

Disclaimer: oh cruel fate that keeps me from owning Naruto!

Sasuke- 17

Naruto- 17

Itachi- 26

Fugaku- 47

Mikoto- 42

Iruka- 30

Kakashi- 30

Neji- 17

Gaara- 17

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Chapter 5. The lies before my eyes.

Dancing with girls that don't shut-up can put a damper on anyone's mood, but also being forced to listen to ones teacher go on and on and on. About 'dances of the youth' is what will make you snap.

I held back a groan as I noticed the girl before me was still talking.

"Sasuke!" damn, the bushy browed man noticed me.

"What is the world are you doing!?" he shrieked.

I raised an eyebrow; everyone had paused in their dancing to watch what was going on.

"Um…dancing Mr. Guy" What in the world was wrong with this guy? People thought it was crack but I had other theories to the truth.

Aliens

To me that was the only thing that made sense to me, Guy was abducted by aliens, and I wasn't the only one with this thought either. Mr. Kakashi backed me up on this too.

"You call that dancing!? Bah hum bug! You dance as well as a penguin!" he shouted.

'Penguin?' everyone thought with raised eyebrows.

"You are far too stiff; you need to learn to let the music flow over you. So I am switching you partners, you shall now dance with…NARUTO!" he shouted, striking his good guy pose, with stars for eyes and blinding white teeth.

Students screamed as they covered their eyes from the brightness.

"AAAHHH my eyes!" one boy screamed as he fell to the floor covering his eyes and twitching from the light. Some students dazed from the sight walked into the wall and each other.

Sasuke, being the smart boy that he was, had turned and closed his eyes at the right moment, so unlike everyone and not including Naruto, he could see. He turned back to the teacher.

"Mr. Guy why would I dance with Naruto, the point of this is for us to learn how to dance with girls, not boys." He replied in a bored tone.

"But Sasuke! Your dancing is so stiff and you have no heart in your movements, so lets have Naruto changed that! Naruto, do you have any problem dancing with Sasuke?" the teacher asked.

"No sir." Was Naruto's reply, he was trying to find out were his partner had gone off to, the poor girl had been blinded by the light.

"See Sasuke! He has no problem with it, now go and dance the dance of the youth!" he said.

Sasuke mumbled a few things he would like to do with this 'youth' as he walked over to Naruto who as helping the girl sit down near the wall.

"Naruto, lets get this over with already." He growled out as he snatched arm and yanked him towards the middle part of the gym.

Sasuke rested his hand on Naruto's hip very reluctantly, and grabbed his hand, while Naruto rested his free one on Sasuke's shoulder.

Guy clapped his hands, "now that everyone has recovered from their sudden bought of fatigue, lets us dance once more!" he pushed play on the stereo and the music started.

Sasuke started to lead, and Naruto said nothing as he went along with Sasuke's movements.

"Sasuke, relax. You're very tense." Naruto said smiling at Sasuke as he danced with him. His eyes seemed to be looking into Sasuke's, but he knew that was impossible for Naruto to be able to do that. But he still, couldn't look away.

"Naruto, how will you learn the songs for the competition?" Sasuke asked, he didn't trust Neji not to do something to make Naruto lose the challenge.

"Oh yee of little faith. Have I not told you how magical I am?" he laughed after saying this; the sound was full of happiness and echoed in the room bringing a smile to everyone's face as they heard it. Without realizing what he was doing, Sasuke twirled Naruto, bringing him back close to his body.

He gulped and brought back the space between them, Naruto didn't seem fazed at all, while Sasuke was horrified to feel a small blush rising on his face.

Sasuke choose to ignore it as he looked around the room, trying to avoid looking into those deep blue pools that were belittled by just being called eyes.

"Don't worry Sasuke, if I didn't feel I couldn't win I wouldn't have even suggested it in the first place, I may be blind, but I'm not stupid." He said, his eyes locking back onto Sasuke's.

Suddenly, everything started to move in slow motion to Sasuke. Before his eyes he saw Naruto just smiling, and then he started to cough. The coughs got more violent, and before Sasuke could ask Naruto if he was ok, blood started to gush out of his mouth. Sasuke looked up horrified in Naruto's eyes, only to see that they were red, like Kyuubi's.

"Sasuke!" Naruto yelled.

Sasuke snapped out of the trance, he quickly looked at Naruto's mouth, and saw no blood on them, only his natural soft pink lips.

'Soft pink lips?' Where did that thought come from. He shook his head to clear it.

"Sasuke, are you ok? I was getting worried when you weren't moving or saying anything." Naruto said, his eyes full of concern.

"No, everything's fine." He looked Naruto over, trying to figure out what the hell had happened, but he thought that it had to do with Kyuubi.

"Naruto…" he wasn't sure what answer he was going to get.

"Are you sick?" Naruto seemed to freeze.

He looked down, not that it would matter where he looked, he still wouldn't see anything.

Only darkness.

"Yes" he said simplely.

Sasuke was a little shocked; he was expecting him to say no. Naruto didn't look sick at all.

"How sick?" he asked.

"Now that, is something I will tell you another day. But not now, so lets just go back to dancing" Naruto didn't say any more and when Sasuke tried to ask more questions, Naruto just ignored them or acted like he didn't hear them all.

Sasuke sighed, knowing he wasn't going to find out anymore information.

At least not today.

They rest of the day seemed to pass in a blur and before they knew it, school was over and they were on their way home. Naruto didn't say anything the whole ride home and when they got there, he went straight to his piano and played. He stayed there for the rest of the night.

Seeing no luck in talking to Naruto right now, Sasuke decided to try another source.

Itachi.

Sasuke knocked on the door, when he heard a grunt; he took that as a sign to come in.

When he walked in he saw his brother on the computer. Typing away, it must have been an assignment for school.

"What don't you want little brother" he asked, not stopping for a moment what he was doing.

"Do you know that Naruto is sick?" Sasuke asked. He saw no reason to beat around the bush.

Itachi stopped what he was doing and pushed his chair back so that the wheels rolled and he was facing Sasuke.

"Yes" he said, his full attention on Sasuke.

"How sick is he? Do you know what's wrong with him?" Sasuke asked him, leaning against the door frame. He could hear the piano from downstairs.

"How much did he tell you?" Itachi asked, resting his elbows on the armrest of his chair and putting the tips of his fingers together.

"Just the fact that he was sick, he wouldn't tell me more then that." He replied, glaring at his brother for knowing more.

"Well then I guess I can't tell you more, he will tell you when he feels like it." Itachi turned back to the computer.

"Why the hell did he tell you then, don't I have a right to know?" Sasuke snapped back at his brother.

Itachi quickly turned back towards Sasuke and got out of his chair.

"Because incase something happens, I know what to do for him, and the 'reason' that you don't know is because your not the one who's fucking sick, so he doesn't have to tell you shit. Now lay off him about his sickness, is that understood Sasuke, would you want someone prying into you?" he told Sasuke in an icy tone, his eyes narrowed in anger.

'No' Sasuke thought. If he were in Naruto's place, he wouldn't want someone learning personal things just out of curiosity.

Sasuke looked at his brother. Since when was Itachi so protective of other people? Let alone someone he had only known for a few days if even that.

"Sasuke" Itachi said in a tired voice, "just leave it be, Naruto will tell you when he's ready, so just…just leave it be ok?" he said, rubbing a hand over his eyes as he sat back down in the chair.

"Sasuke…I'm sure there's a reason why he didn't tell you, so just give it time, he will tell you." Itachi turned back to the computer, showing that the conversation was over.

Sasuke looked one more time at his brother before he turned and left the room, his mind filled with more question and less and less answers.

Sasuke sat on the couch, staring at Naruto as he played. He tried to approach but at as soon as he had started to; he had begun to feel ill. So he had decided it would be better to just keep his distance for now.

Naruto seemed very tired to Sasuke, there were bags under his eyes, making them seem to sink into his face and making his eyes stand out the more.

"Sasuke, is there something you wanted to ask me about?" Naruto asked as he smiled and continued to play. It was a very nice song, but it seemed kind of sad and lonely to Sasuke. (1)

"How the hell do you do that?" Sasuke asked. Puzzled once more by Naruto's strangeness. He was a puzzle to Sasuke, just when you thought you found the right piece, it turned out to be another. But it made you want to see the completion of it all the more, just to know what it would like when done.

Naruto just chuckled, "magical baby, magical" he smirked after saying this.

Sasuke just rolled his eyes, though Naruto couldn't see it.

"What song is it that you're playing?" he asked, just trying to make conversation.

Naruto turned to Sasuke and smiled a dazzling smile. "Neji" he said.

"What do you mean by Neji? Don't tell me their actual is a song named after that fate freak." Sasuke groused out, laying back on the couch and closing his eyes, enjoying the music.

"Nope, it's Neji." He finished playing the song. "This is what I hear when I'm around him, that's how I can tell the good people from the bad ones." He messed around with the keys, making them go high and low very quickly.

"So….Sasuke, would you like to hear what Itachi sounds like?" he asked, his eyes moving around out of habit. He seemed nervous.

"Itachi eh? Sure, lets hear what he sounds like" Sasuke said, not really caring all that much though, but he thought he might humor Naruto.

Naruto face lit up with his smile. "Alright!" he said happily as he took a deep breath and started to play. (2)

Sasuke felt his breath took away when he heard the music. Then he felt jealous, here was Itachi showing him up once more, even if it was something that he didn't have a choice or control over. But not even that could put a damper on how lovely the sound was; only Naruto could create something like this.

The sound slowly died out and Naruto rested his head on the top of the piano, his blue eyes locked with Sasuke's, he could have sworn that in that moment Naruto could see him. From the way it looked, you wouldn't think he was blind.

"Naruto…" Sasuke started.

"Yes?" He murmured, not taking his eyes away from Sasuke.

"What do I sound like?" Sasuke asked.

Mine and Naruto's eye's locked onto each others.

I don't think I could have looked away if my life depended on it.

"Absolutely wonderful"

I was once again submersed in darkness; music (3) was my only guide in this place. So I didn't hesitate to follow it, maybe if no human was willing to answer my questions, maybe a demon would.

It was not a surprise to see kyuubi once again in the light playing the piano, or should I say, himself. Without saying anything, I walked up to him and just stood beside the piano, watching him play. While watching it made me wonder what it would be like to see Naruto able to look at me, to have his focus on me.

'Where are there's thoughts coming from?' I wondered.

"From love" Kyuubi said, playing.

"What are you talking about?" Sasuke snapped at the demon fox.

Kyuubi glared at the insolent human, 'how dare he speak that way to me.'

"Watch your mouth, or I will tell you nothing, it's not my fault if you have difficultly coming to terms with your feelings." He growled, eyes glowing red.

Sasuke looked over at the growling demon, 'guess it's not a good idea to tick him off'.'

"Kyuubi, how sick is Naruto?" Sasuke asked. Suddenly kyuubi slammed his hands on the piano.

"Why do you care human? What does it matter to you if he is or isn't?" kyuubi growled out, his head down.

'Why do I care so much?' wondered once more.

"Because, I…because…" Sasuke didn't know what to say.

"Because you suddenly find yourself in love? You care for him? Spending time with him makes you feel nice? Or you're just bored and felt interested in finding out what the hell is wrong with him? Is that it?" Kyuubi asked as he stood up, walking towards Sasuke.

"Is it love, you wonder?" Kyuubi held both his hands over his heart, fake smiling.

"Oh Sasuke, how my heart beats for you! I love you so much, dance with me my love!" he grabbed Sasuke's hands and started to waltz around. The piano started to play a waltz, and Sasuke looked up and saw that instead of kyuubi's red eyes, Naruto's stood in stead.

For a moment, Sasuke pretended that it was Naruto, and that he was really looking at him…and not past him. But for only a moment.

Sasuke broke away from kyuubi's grasp and glared at the fox. Hating it at that moment.

"Oh Sasuke, your breaking my heart! Why are you rejecting me?" he covered his eyes with his hands, " Is it because I'm blind?" when he removed his hands instead of blue or red eyes, white murky ones stood in place.

"Would you still love me?" kyuubi asked, tilting his head to the side. "Even if I was broken?"

Sasuke wasn't sure what to say, he wasn't sure what Kyuubi was trying to prove. But it was causing some feelings inside Sasuke though, which he wasn't sure how to describe. He didn't think he wanted to.

"Why are you doing this?" Sasuke asked.

"Because, my master deserves some much better then some punk who dares to ask questions he that he has no right to. He told you he would tell you, just wait, he will tell you. The question is, are you sure you want to hear the truth." He started to walk back towards the piano, leaning on it.

"Leave me, I tire of your presence…maybe, maybe another time I will tell you the things you wish to know. But, I find my self very tired, healing one tires me greatly." Everything started to fade, like last time when Sasuke woke.

"Don't do something stupid human" was the last thing Sasuke heard before everything went dark.

"Sasuke…"

'Who's there?'

"Let me sleep" he mumbled into the pillow.

"Sasuke…wake up…"

'What a wonderful voice' he thought.

"Sasuke, your mom said I could let Itachi pour ice water on you if you didn't get up." The voice threatened.

Sasuke's response was to just dig deeper into the pillow.

The next thing Sasuke knew he was leaping out of the bed, from shock of the cold water hitting him. He looked around a saw a smirking Itachi holding a cup while Naruto smiled and rubbed the back of his head.

"It was either this or we let him drag you out of bed, and he said he wouldn't have stopped there." Naruto said.

Sasuke rubbed his hand over his eyes.

This was not a good way to start the day.

TLW: Don't worry, it's going to pick up, just give it a chapter and be amazed! Or something like that. Oh well, hope you like it, read and review! Please!

1. Opus #12

2. Opus 28

3. Opus #11

All done by Dustin O'Halloran.