A/N: Yeah, it's been a while. Well I've been seriously thinking about this chapter. It took me a while to get it right...I hope you like it. REVEIW.

Chapter 8

Sasuke's P.O.V

"Uchiha Sasuke, get your ass down from there!" Shikamaru was looking up at me from the ground. There were people that I didn't know forming a large mob beneath me, every one of them had worried looks on their faces. I shook my head.

"No, Shikamaru. I have to do this." Despite of what I said I couldn't bring myself to jump. My body had a mind of its own; my fingers wouldn't let go of the rail behind me and my legs wouldn't move.

"Sasuke, he's not worth it. It's me you should be with, I'll treat you better." The last part was barely audible from where I stood five stories above him. I shook with anger.

"I don't want YOU, I want NARUTO."

"I can call him, I can take you back home. Just get down, please." He was begging, how pathetic. I slowly let go of the rail, ready to die when someone grabbed me from behind.

"Sasuke, stop being stupid." The voice was familiar but I couldn't place it, my mind was in too much of a shock. "Now, let go." The last few words continued to play in my mind. They got fiercer and fiercer the more I refused until the voice was loud and angry.

"No." I was pulled over the rail and held tightly by the unseen man. I fought to get back to the rail but felt like a three year old trying to escape the grip of his father. The man just held on as if I wasn't even putting up a fight.

"It's useless, Sasuke."

"Let me go."

"Not a chance," he laughed. "Are you going to cooperate or do I have to force you?" I started fighting again. I wanted out, out of pain, out of anger, out of life. "Fine, I didn't want to have to do this but you leave me no choice." One of his cloth wrapped arms left my body for a moment before I was twisted around. "Good night, Sasuke." Two eyes met mine, one red with a few black dots in it, and the other just black. Suddenly I was extremely drowsy, then I fell asleep.

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Naruto's P.O.V

I was walking again, it tweaked a bit but I dealt with it. No way in hell was I going ti hobble around on the unworkable crutches that they gave to me. Uzumaki Naruto doesn't do that. I opened the door to the courtyard and enjoyed the fresh air. I was thinking of Sasuke and the somewhat angry note that I left on his desk. I shouldn't have, I know. Even though what he did was touching in an odd way, I still had no feelings for him. I had sympathy, really I did, but it would only hurt him more if I kept my opposition to us being together a secret, I would have had to tell him sometime! As I walked around campus I decided to go up to the front desk to check up on m grades.

On my way I was intercepted by many people who were wondering what happened. Being the great friend that I am I didn't want to make Sasuke look bad so I just said that I hurt myself in training. They left it at that, no questions about what I was training for, only apologies. For what? What did they have to be sorry about?

I walked into the front office and the secretary looked at me sharply. I assumed that this was a woman who hated her job, that was only a secretary so that she would be able to retire.

"You're Uzumaki Naruto, correct?" Her voice was as sharper than her glare for it was laced with much anger and impatience. I nodded. "You have a visitor." She turned to her computer and I assumed that it was the end of the conversation. I walked to the visitor's center and saw only one person. A man that despite how old he seemed, had a head of gray spiked hair. His eyes were two different colors, one red and one black, and the red one had a scar on the eyelids. I thought it was Kakashi Hatake, it looked like Kakashi Hatake, but he wasn't wearing a mask and his headband wasn't over his eye.

"Naruto?"

"Kakashi?" He nodded. "OH MY GOD! I haven't seen you in forever and you still look the same. Well sorta because you're not wearing your mask and -" I babbled on like an overly hyper schoolgirl.

"NARUTO!" His outburst scared me into silence and I just looked at him. "We can talk about what has happened for the past year later, we have something more important to talk about now." I wondered what it was until he told me. "Shut up!I need to talk to you,it's about Sasuke." I saw the worry in his eyes and knew that there was something wrong. I hadn't seen him since I dropped the note off in his room. Not only was he gone but so was Shikamaru so I couldn't ask him where Sasuke was. I suddenly found it rather hard to breathe.

"Oh god, he's not hurt is he?" I sat down in one of the seats that was lined against the wall.

"He's unconscious as of late but other than that he's physically fine, emotionally and mentally I can't say the same."

"What happened?" I was still low on air, my mind rushed to several possible conclusions in a split second.

"I believe that we should go see him before we talk, we need to be in private." I glanced in the direction of his gaze and saw the old biddy poking her nose in our business. I wanted to punch her nose in for being so damn nosy but I thought better of it and followed Kakashi as he started walking. Kakashi saw me wince slightly at the pain in my leg and I tried my best not to limp but I was unsuccessful. "What's wrong with your leg?"

"I got stabbed while trying to save Sasuke from killing himself."

"So it was Sasuke himself who stabbed you?" I nodded. "I see." I searched his expression for any clue as to what might be going on but his face was blank. 'Damn Kakasi and his ninja face! No matter how hot it looks.' To be truthful he really did look hot, like some pure unblemished male model from a magazine I read. Now don't get me wrong, I don't lean either way, but Kakashi's face even beak Sakura's. I dug my key to Sasuke's room from out of my pocket and handed it to Kakashi, he opened the door then handed the key back to me. As I walked in I noticed that Shikamu was sitting at the desk in the cramped office working furiously. Kakashi addressed him with a wave and he only nodded quickly in response. I'd never seen him working so hard, it was scary. We went past him into the bedroom, there before me was Sasuke, he didn't seem hurt. He wasn't wearing a shirt, it was balled up on the floor and his pants were twisted and dis-shelved but he was safe. A load lifted off my shoulders and I sighed in relief.

"He's okay," I said happily. Kakashi looked at me with a sudden intensity and my mood faded as quickly as it rushed over me from his cold expression.

"No, he's not. You need to tell me what's going on, Naruto. He really would have killed himself.

I didn't understand. "What?" Kakashi sat down on the bed by Sasuke's legs and I followed suit.

"The reason that I'm here is because Sasuke attempted to ump off the fifth story of a parking complex, Naruto. You need to tell me what's going on. Why is he so upset?" Kakashi looked at me expectantly. I was ready to lie, to lie about breaking his heart, to lie about him liking me, one look at him and it all spewed out like vomit.

"He likes me,"I said quickly and unwillingly. Kakashi nodded understandingly.

"You have grown up rather nicely," he said. "But that's no reason for suicide." I didn't want to tell him all of it I tried to fight it but it came out again.

"I- I don't like him," I said, nearly a whisper. "I told him myself. I didn't want to lead him on! If I knew I wouldn't have been -"

"How could you have known, Naruto? How could you know that by telling him he would have tried to jump off the 5th story of a parking complex?" I wanted to scream, I wanted to run.

"Where was he?"

"In the city next door to the amphitheater, I don't know why."

"We were going to a BFMV concert," a voice sobbed. Shikamaru was standing at the door shaking uncontrollably, sadness flooded his eyes. "I just wanted to get him out of here, I just wanted to help." It was then that he busted into tears, they ran down his eyes as constantly as a river. He knelt down at Sasuke's bedside and held his hand. "I love you, Sasuke," he sobbbed, kissing his fingers. "I love you so much." Sasuke started to fidget.

"Naruto," he whispered. Shikamaru was horrified.

"No, Sasuke. Not Naruto. It's SHIKAMARU!" Sasukes eyes remained closed and a smile was spread across his face.

"He's still asleep." Kakashi got up and stood behind Shikamaru. "He'll wake up any second now so I sugest you move." Shikamaru shook his head.

"I want to be the first person he sees when he wakes up."

"Suit yourself." With that, Kakashi went into the bathroom and closed the door. I shook my head, 'he's gonna get hurt.' Sasuke moaned as he began to wake up, Shikamaru strattled his waist and rand his hands up his chest. Sasuke's eyes were open only slightly but Shikamaru could see it.

"Good mornng sleepyhead! How do you feel?" Sasuke's eyes shot all the way open and Shikamaru beamed down at him.

"I will give you two seconds to get the hell off me before I beat your ass Shikamaru, you dumbfuck." He said it calmly but there was a serious edge to his voice. He didn't count, he just took action. He punched Shikamaru in the stomach twice and pushed him off. Thought he only used his fingertips he used so much force that Shikamaru was sent flying into the wall opposite of where Sasuke sat on the bed. Sasuke stood up and brushed off his pants, he looked at me, his eyes flickered with something that I couldn't identify. Shikamaru 's head lolled back and forth as he lost consciousness. We stood there for a while until Kakasi walked back in the room.

A/N: Well, there it is. Sorry for the delay. BFMV is Bullet For My Valentine just so you know. They're my favorite band. Be sure to review!