Moonwolf: looky it's a sequel!

Never again

A gloved tan hand smashed into a bruised pale face for the last time before the owner let go of a blue shirt. Sasuke fell on the floor with a thump, groaning softly as it agitated every hurt and broken bone in his body, he still forced himself to curl together to avoid further pain. But Naruto had enough after 2 hours of punching and kicking and beside…the little…ah 'gift' he had left in Sasuke's bloodstream had also done fabulous on the blonds mood.

Naruto moved over to the chair he had been sitting in when Sasuke arrived and carefully picked a key and a gold necklace with the Uchiha pendant of the table beside it. Sasuke had given him the pendant when they got back together after the last…indiscretion, saying how much it meant for him to have a new chance and how much he cherished it with all his heart. Bullshit.

Sasuke almost flinched when he heard steps closing in on him but he couldn't…not only did he have to much pride but…it had become impossible for him to move from his position without serious pain. His black eyes could barely see Naruto's sandals as the other stopped before him "no more chances Sasuke… its over" the key and the necklace hit the floor in front of Sasuke, the thump of them hitting the floor sounding like thunder to both as the key bounced again before stilling. Its over…its over…its over… the sentence repeated in Sasuke's head along with the sound of falling key and necklace. Its over…

Naruto was talking again "I'll give you a fair warning right now…ever come close to me without a good reason and I'll pound your head in…" Naruto started to walk away, his steps sounding strong and confident to Sasuke ears. The door shut and silence was all that was left in the apartment that they had shared for so long…

Sasuke slowly uncurled, even through the pain and reached over to the necklace, closing a shaking fist around it. It was cold.

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Kiba sighed and sipped the coffee Iruka-sensei had forced on him. Really…he was a jounin now and Iruka was just a chuunin! How did the guy manage…the phone had stopped ringing and Kiba sat up properly, staring at it "its…very silent" Genma remarked from the mission desk .

Kiba nodded uneasily before standing, getting the attention of Akamaru, who had been dozing on the floor and the rest of the room "guess its time to check out that the bastard isn't dead…." he muttered, stuffing his hands in his pockets before slowly trailing towards the apartment, taking his sweet time. Half the mission room followed him, stealthily of course. Kiba stood outside the door, staring at the door he had gone from for about seven hours ago. It still looked just as perfect as when Naruto had been standing in the door, staring into the dark.

He didn't bother to knock, knowing that Naruto most likely busted the Uchiha up properly. A proper twist on the door handle (Kiba might even have broken the lock…he didn't care thought) and the door swung open to revile Sasuke, leaning his back against a chair as he sat on the floor. Bruised dark eyes flickered up to look at him before the raven spoke, in a harsh, rusted voice "what took such time?" he groused out . Kiba smirked and decided to take a page out of Kakashi's book "Akamaru was stuck in a tree so I had to save him…until I remembered that Akamaru was a nin dog and capable enough to save himself"

Beside him Akamaru barked, as if to confirm. Sasuke grunted and just rested his bruised body. Kiba took a few moments to take a look at him, noting the crocked nose (a break…most assuredly he mused) with a slow tickle of blood running down to busted lips. Both eyes were bruised and swollen as Sasuke closed them with a small winch, drawing attention to his chest where Kiba could vaguely note that it seemed to sink slightly in, indicating that the Uchiha had a few broken ribs along with the bone in his left thigh. Kiba couldn't help smirking lightly "and this is what the dobe has done with the almighty Uchiha" he snickered.

Sasuke growled as a few other jounin's joined Kiba "just help me to a medic nin…please" he grounded out between clenched teeth, reduced to begging for help. Kiba shrugged and walked over to him, getting Raidou to help him out "where is Naruto?" a anxious Iruka asked while looking around, barely sparing Sasuke a look. It was a good question though, where was Naruto?

Fifteen minutes before

The second the door went shut behind him, Naruto collapsed against the door, his hands shaking as he slowly reduced them into fists. He trusted him…with his heart, with his soul…with himself.

Naruto swallowed slowly, wanting to get away as he knew that Kiba and whoever was with him would be responding to the call the nabors must have done. Quickly pushing away from the door and bouncing onto the roof on the other side of the road Naruto let his feet carry him away, to some where…anywhere as long as it was far away from Sasuke and other people.

Through the village, past civilian that were out to late and shinobi's that might have just come home. He didn't stop for any of them thought as he felt tears gathering in his eyes, the emotional backlash finally coming through after getting his revenge on the stuck up…no! no thinking of him Naruto. He jumped high and landed on a lesser travel path that just a few of the rookie twelve knew about….it would take longer to find him as he got up to the Hokage mountain and jumped over the fence down on the fourth's head.

He usually felt more calm on top of the youngest Hokage's head….its might had something to do with him being the blonds father…but who knew. He sat down heavily as he flexed his fingers, staring at the bloody stains on them, it seemed he would have to get new ones, he thought detachedly to himself. He huddled himself together, pulling his knees up to his chin and rested his chin on them, wrapping his arms around his legs as he fought the tears at bay.

Then he just stared at the village as the cold seemed to bite into his bones and make him shiver lightly. Not that Naruto noticed as he clenched his arms around his legs, keeping the stinging sensation in his eyes. A dark form landed close to him after a while (a hour? Two? Naruto questioned himself) and Naruto could vaguely hear someone kneeling behind him "I thought I find you here…" that voice… Kakashi-sempai… "hello Kakashi-sempai" he murmured out in a thick voice.

A sigh went of behind him before Naruto got tugged back, his back hitting Kakashi's warm one "your allowed to cry…this isn't the first time he done it…Sai and Sakura…" he whispered gently. Naruto whimpered as tears started to gush down from his eyes, he didn't want to remember "so cry Naruto….its allowed" the whispered nice words, the gentle hands, the warmth… tears overflowed Naruto's blue eyes as they started to fall down whiskered tan cheeks "I trusted him…" he chocked out.

In that instant he was turned around and burrowed into Kakashi's warm shoulder, his tears wetting the green jounin vest as he clung to the older man who had been team seven's teacher and his ANBU teacher. Kakashi just held the younger one tightly as he sobbed quietly against the copy-nin's shoulder, each tear hitting Kakashi's heart with a sorrowful sound "its going to be okay…I swear Naruto, its going to be okay…" he murmured as he rocked the boy in his arms.

Naruto just clung to him as he cried himself dry for everything, leaving him feeling empty and tired in Kakashi's arms. The last thing he heard was Kakashi's promising voice "never again Naruto…Never again"