A/N:It took me forever to write this chapter.... it was complicated. I hope you like it!

I own nothing..it all belongs to Kishimoto.

Chapter 6

I walked away from the ramen stand without touching a single bowl of food. For the first time in my life I really wasn't hungry, it bothered me. My appetite dropped ever since Sasuke and I stopped talking, my friend was on my mind as I walked back to campus. Through the crowded streets I could hear sirens and saw the emergency automobiles speeding past. ' I wonder where they're going.' Suddenly I heard my name over the crowd.

"Naruto! Naruto!" I turned around to see a head of pink hair running towards me. Sakura waved what appeared to be a stack of papers in her hand. "Naruto," she panted as she approached me. "I was looking for you, I need for you to give these to Ino." She held out the papers and I took them from her, allowing her to lean against me and catch her breath. "Are you headed back to school?"

"Yeah," I said. "Why?"

"I was headed that way. Mind if I walk with you?"

"Of course you can." She let go of my shoulder and matched my pace as we walked back in silence. Neither of us spoke and neither of us looked in the other's direction. 'After all of those years of fighting for Sakura's love, I don't seem to want it anymore.'

Eventually we got to the front end of the campus. "Well," Sakura said. "This is where our walk will have to end. I have tutoring with Professor Qin."

"Alright, goodbye." She waved in return as she ran off. I shook my head and turned towards the dorms. The hallways were pretty empty which was rather strange for the time of day, usually around that time everyone was out socializing and laughing, no one was out and it made me feel eerie. I was about to unlock my door when I looked behind me for a brief moment and saw the door to room 1321 wide open, but it was pitch dark. 'I should go check on Sasuke for just a little while I suppose.' I walked over to the room.

"Sasuke? Sasuke?" I eased my head around the corner just in time to hear the sound of metal hitting the floor in the bathroom. That was the only room with the light on, but I didn't want to disturb Sasuke (or Shikamaru) if he was in the bathroom. I was about to head back out of the room when I heard something else fall and a groan. ' I know what pee sounds like and that it NOT it.' I started back toward the bathroom quickening my pace every time I heard the person sob. I nearly screamed when I saw Sasuke standing with his back to me, dagger in the air. 'No...no..no. NO!' Sasuke was about to plunge the dagger into his chest when I ran and stopped him by grabbing his fist half way and wrestling him to the ground. I felt a sharp pain in my leg and looked down to see blood oozing from my thigh. It didn't matter though because that would heal, Sasuke's lost life would not.

Sasuke fought and I fought back, he tried to take back the dagger, he tried to get me to let go of the dagger but I refused.

"Sasuke, stop. Stop. Stop. STOP!" He paused, startled, then his face softened and he let go. "What were you thinking?" I nearly punched him, but then my leg started to ache. I fell to the ground in searing pain. "AHH!" Sasuke caught a glance at my leg and a look of pain came across his face, I lied. "I'm okay, it's just a scratch." He didn't say a word, he just looked and ran away. "SASUKE! LEAVING ME HERE TO BLEED TO DEATH ISN'T REALLY KIND!" As soon as I said that he came around the corner with a shirt in hand.

"I thought you said it was just a scratch?" He grimaced as he tied the shirt around the deep wound. "We have to get you to some help," Sasuke said. "Can you stand?" I attempted to but the pain was unbearable. "Fine," he said quickly. "I'll carry you." He reached out to hold me.

"How would it look with you carrying me across campus?" He lifted me up in his arms.

"I really don't care." Then the funniest thing happened, maybe it was because of the pain or maybe it was something else. I suddenly realized that neither did I.

A/N: Well there it is. I really like this chapter so I want to know whether or not it's just me being big headed. REVIEW.