"Foolish Hearts"

'Chapter Five'

Naruto ignored Sasuke's question and turned to grab a small plate full of mixed foods, vegetables, some meats, and fruits. He took it over to the table that sat easily in the middle of the kitchen and sat down, "The rice is ready," the fox leaned back in his chair, his hands lacing together and pillowing behind his head.

"I don't know what else you like to eat, so I just threw some stuff on the plate for you." He watched his new roommate carefully, Sasuke was stable for the moment, but Naruto would see how long it would last.

He smirked slightly, "I don't know if you've gone Ino on me and went vegan without telling me." He laughed slightly, remembering the memory of the woman giving Naruto a look of distain as the boy's barbequed and she was served meat.

Sasuke ignored Naruto's chatter, quietly picking at his food, picking at everything on his plate evenly -- not hinting to a favorite.

Silently he chewed, dark eyes watching the fox, for the moment his eyes were still in check. Half from the drugs, half from the seals.

"You can't pretend around me." Sasuke murmured, lowering his eyes to his plate as he popped another glob of rice in his mouth.

He rolled his shoulders, trying to keep himself awake, ignoring the haze in the back of his brain. "How long am I here for?"

Naruto stopped and just looked at Sasuke, just staring at him. Letting out a sigh, the fox slowly dropped his hands and moved to sit up straight in his chair, "I don't honestly know." Leaning on his elbows once more, the fox scratched the back of his neck he tried to avoid the darkened eyes. "No one's given me a timeline; they just locked us in here for now." He paused, "I didn't realize I was pretending…"

"You're smile."

Sasuke was quiet after a moment, dark eyes flashing up to the kit. "I know that smile; you use it on everyone when you're hiding something." He chewed carefully, eyeing the fox evenly, "Doesn't work on me."

"Well..." He ventured, "We won't be here forever, because you are the Hokage-sama."

His plate was nearly cleaned, when had he eaten last? He wasn't too sure, he'd been running non-stop in one direction for so long -- he didn't have to listen to his body's needs, not with his sharingan.

But, deactivated...he was as weak as any other person, as strong as anyone, and retained all needs of a human.

"When they don't feel like having you cooped up, that's when they'll get rid of me." He smirked slightly, "Probably won't be too long, hm?"

Sasuke was acting braver than he really felt at the moment. "Not with these seals... if I went for a run outside, I'd drop dead, right?"

"That'd be quick..." He said, almost seriously contemplating it.

"That's not how it was supposed to be." Naruto snapped back, his eyes turning up to the black orbs. "I told them not to use that fucking jutsu!" He growled his thoughts going back to the conversation with the council just before he had been given permission to take Sasuke out of the hospital.

"It was just supposed to be basic chakra restraints -- not basic, basic, but you know what I mean." He sighed heavily once more, and sat back in the chair, rubbing his eyes. "This wasn't supposed to happen, and you have to believe me..." He looked up at the man, his eyes still guarded, but apologetic. "The council is pissed at me, so we might be here for a while."

"Mm."

Sasuke had finished his plate, setting the chopsticks down with a quiet clack. His dark eyes were still rimmed red, but the crimson wasn't bleeding any further than along the edge.

He let out a sigh, holding his head, his dark eyes sliding shut.

"...Naruto." He said after a moment, opening his mouth to speak then shutting it again.

What did he want to say? He didn't really know...

He was already developing cabin fever, knowing this was his final cage, this was the end of the line.

He failed in his revenge…

But, looking to Naruto's blue eyes, he would've failed caught or no -- he could…he could never kill the fox.

He growled in his throat, getting up from his seat and picking up the dishes, moving to replace them in the sink -- unsure what he wanted to do, unsure how long this sanity would last.

Closing his eyes slowly, the fox tried to keep the look of sadness off his face as Sasuke didn't react. What was he expecting? Sasuke very much kept to himself, even when they were younger.

"Hm?" Looking over his shoulder, he didn't look at the man, but turned his head enough so he could see the Uchiha out of his puerperal vision.

He pushed himself up off the chair and stretched his body slightly.

"I have some work to do in the office…" He started turning to look at the Uchiha. "I went out and marked the boundaries around the house...So you can go out in the garden if you want." He pointed over to a door which lead to the outside Zen garden, "My office, if you need me for some reason, is three doors down on the left."

Walking towards the hall way the kit started out of the room, leaving Sasuke to do as he pleased. Stopping he turned and looked back at the man, "Oh and that pill bottle is yours," He pointed passed Sasuke to the pill bottle, "Take one if you feel like you're going psycho on me. I like my house in tact."

Sasuke was left alone in the kitchen, looking to the bottle of pills. Right now he seemed fine enough…

He took in a breath, picking up the bottle he stalked around the house, looking at everything. It wasn't a big place, but it looked very lived in, homely.

Unlike the Uchiha manor.

Which he hadn't seen in years now…who knows what it looked like now.

Everything smelled like Naruto.

His face was more relaxed as he paced around the house, slowly making his way to the garden -- intent on getting some fresh air.

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Sasuke had found himself in the garden for some time -- enough time for his mind to finally clear and he was forced to pop a few of these pills Naruto had set up for him. He had watched the koi, sitting by the pond and just watching the fish enjoying the feeling of the warm breeze as it came through the trees and fluffed his hair.

It had been a long while since he actually sat by and watched the world.

He closed his eyes, inhaling nature -- the smell that always reminded him of the kitsune.

As the sun fell in the sky Sasuke came back into the home, walking through the halls noticing how quiet it was. His mind was a little fuzzier than before but he tried to ignore it -- maybe he took a few too many, what were they anyway?

Mm.

Didn't matter.

Sasuke rounded the corner on the kit's office, peering inside, noticing the fox asleep on the desk. He smirked a little, his dark eyes soft, "Working hard, hm?" He said loud enough to rouse the fox.

The fox slowly blinked his eyes open at the words. Slowly moving to rub his eyes, he looked over at Sasuke, a small look of confusion on his face. "What work?" he asked his voice groggy with sleep. "You didn't bring me any work Kiba." He had closed his eyes once more, trying to settle down to sleep once more.

"Kiba?" Sasuke quirked a brow, leaning in the door way, blinking his eyes awake…hm…those pills were making him drowsy.

Naruto thought about what was around his desk he remember any papers on the mahogany wood, so why was Kib--

Opening his eyes, the kit shot up, "Sasuke!"

Sasuke pushed off the wall, "Did you build the garden yourself?" He asked absently, standing a little ways inside the room.

Sasuke was trying to make conversation.

Why?

For some reason, he just wanted to. -- Maybe, get to know Naruto again. Naruto was the key to his lost self, and even if the fox didn't know that, or would ever know that, the kit's presence added a calm the Uchiha wanted to always have.

With his eyes black Sasuke could enjoy the fox…could enjoy himself.

Even knowing this arrangement was temporary, even knowing that this would all end in a matter of time; He would try his best to keep himself from falling into the darkness so he could try and make some nice memories for his last moments.

Failure.

Uchiha Sasuke was such a failure.

Naruto rubbed his eyes and moved around to wake himself up, "Sorry, Kiba usually brings me papers and reports." He yawned slowly waking himself up.

"The garden?" He looked outside once more, his eyes landing on the pond and smiled slightly.

"Yeah, I did." Turning his bright blue eyes back to Sasuke he smiled slightly. Reaching under his desk, the fox kicked the chair across from his desk out a bit, "Sit, sit." He encouraged, seeing the slight haze in the man's eyes.

Sasuke took a few more steps deeper into the room, sitting down in front of the fox, one leg up in the chair -- one leg down, an arm over his raised knee.

Casual.

The Uchiha's dark eyes turned to the window -- the red was all gone from his eyes, the drugs locking all his darkness away -- but he was feeling light-headed from it, a little woozy.

"It's…nice." Sasuke said after a moment, not looking to Naruto's eyes. He had enjoyed the little bit of outside, and somehow it just seemed peaceful, special almost. Like, an intimate little slice of the kitsune he had been invited to take part in.

Naruto nodded, his own eyes still focused on the garden, "It looks ton's better now than what it did three years ago, when Shikamaru and Kiba lived here." The fox started a small smile on his lips. "We couldn't keep Akamaru and Kiba out of the garden, they kept digging holes." He laughed slightly, "But once they moved out, Ino and Sakura started to help tidy it up."

He leaned back, setting his feet up on his desk, crossing his legs at his ankles, his hands resting lightly in his lap. "I took over and kept it going." He looked back at Sasuke, watching the Uchiha's eyes take in the world.

Sasuke…had missed Naruto's voice.

His face was slack, his eyes distant, past memories slinking into his consciousness. He banished those thoughts as quickly as they came, mask sliding into place as he ran a hand through his hair, trying to clear his fuzzy head.

"When were you going to let me read the letters?" He asked after a moment, black eyes sweeping back to the fox, drinking him in.

Naruto blinked owlishly for a moment, before he remembered the letters, "Ah, that's right."

Letting his feet fall off the desk he reached for the top drawer and pulled out the seven different letters. Each was written in an elegant kanji, which read, Uchiha Sasuke. Holding them delicately in his hand the fox sighed and tapped them gently in his hand before slowly handing them over.

"These are for you." He carefully set them down in front of the Uchiha.

Pushing himself up from his chair the fox moved out of the office to the small outside walkway that framed the garden, "I'll let you read them in peace." He gave the man a small smile before turning and stepping down on to the stone path that laid over the moss. Slipping his hands in his pockets the kit walked down the stone path, and over in the opposite corner to the pond, where his frogs and koi were.

He was nervous; he didn't know how Sasuke would react to the pure emotion in his letters.

Sitting down next to the pond, he let out a loud sigh and let his head bow. He could hear the soft croaking of the tiny frogs that lived there, and felt one hop up to his knee. Giving the little green and black toad a small smile the fox reached down and ran his finger down the back of the frog, as if he were petting it.

--

Sasuke watched Naruto's back as the fox left the room, letters now in his hands. He blinked down to them, keeping his mind focused as he opened the first letter and began to read.

The characters were so smooth, written with a care he didn't think the kitsune possessed. He licked his lips, his dark eyes sweeping over the smooth characters.

Sasuke-

It's been two months since you left the village.

I've been training with Ero-sennin since I got out of the hospital about a month ago, and it's been fun. He's teaching me so much more that Kakashi-sensei, but it gets annoying when he decides he wants to be a pervert and spy on women. It's just the two of us, traveling around the Fire County doing odd jobs, it keeps me busy, and I find that I barely have time to myself.

It's lonely out here. I find myself thinking about the times we had while we were on Team 7, and how you and I would bicker and talk while we traveled. I miss it, I keep turning as if to find you standing next to me, the same annoying scowl on your face, but... …you're not there, and it makes me sad. I train for hours on end, working until I can hardly move and Ero-sennin has to carry me back to the inn. I wait to hear you call me, 'Usurakontachi' and roll your eyes at me before helping me up, but you're hand isn't there anymore.

I keep dreaming, I never really dreamed, and if I did it was about something stupid like food, or the people in the vi-- Ahh, never mind about that! Heh, it's nothing important.

...Then there are the times that I dream about the mission back in the water country -- our first real mission. I dream about Haku and the bridge, and how you saved me. Actually now that I think about it, you saved me twice on that mission; II know I yelled at you, and told you, "I never asked you to do it.", but really, what I was trying to say was, "Thank you."

...Funny way of saying it, huh?

I dream about how you saved me, and how you gave your life for me, and I wake up still in the dream, screaming, like I was still on the bridge, holding you. I can almost feel the blood on my hands, and -- Ack! Point is, I wake up and you're not there to call me a dumb ass and tell me to go back to sleep.

Your best friend,

Naruto

Sasuke--

It just seems like everywhere I look, I see memories of us; Ero-sennin tells me to let it go and move on, that you're never coming back, but I can't help but feel different. I have to bring you back. I have to, not only because I promised Sakura-chan, but because I don't feel whole anymore. You were my first real friend, Sasuke. You saw me for me, and not as a monster. You believed -- or doubted, in your book -- in my abilities, you acknowledged me as a person. You and your friendship mean so much to me that, I feel completely lost without you. Everyone tells me that it'll fade, but, the ache in my chest tells me that it won't.

Which is why I can't give up on you!

There is no Sasuke without Naruto, and there is no Naruto without Sasuke.

I hope this letter finds you well, and that Snake-bastard isn't doing anything weird to you, because I'll have to kick his ass if he is!

...Come home and find me soon.

Your best friend,

Naruto

Sasuke-

I finally did it!

I finally achieved my life dream of becoming the Hokage.

The ceremony just ended not twenty minutes ago, and they've already locked me in my office for paperwork. I hate paperwork too. It's a miracle that I even made it this far, I was surprised that the village actually went with the idea of me being the Hokage, since most of them still hate me for holding the Kyuubi inside of me. I'm sorry I haven't written in a while-- and if you never got my other letters, there are six of them, and I have copies, so come visit me if you want to read them-- things have been rather hectic here. Everyone has been wound rather tightly the last few days, with the Tsunade-baa-chan stepping down and me taking over. Formalities are a joke, if I had to do this again, I don't think I would -- the ceremony part, not the position of Hokage.

Although…while we went through the ceremony, I was surprised at something.

I wasn't as happy as I thought I would be. It was so hard for me to smile as I got a remade version of my father's robes, and turning to the village for the first time as their leader. I could barley do it. Sakura-san said that I looked like I was about to cry. I told her she was full of it, grown men never cry.

I'm crying right now though.

I always had this dream while I was searching for you, that when I was announced as Hokage, you were the Anbu Captain, and together you and I would protect Konoha from the Snake-bastard. I think that's why it was so hard for me to go through today, I really wanted you to be there, even if it was in the distance watching from a tree; but I kept searching for you and you never came.

Heh.

You'd think I'd be used to that by now.

It's been almost 5 years, you're eighteen now, I'm still seventeen. You'd think I would learn to grow up and let things go, but I can't. I miss hearing your voice, I miss seeing you, I miss feeling your presence around me during a fight, and knowing that my back is covered.

I'm sorry if that was a bit direct, I haven't been myself lately. Sakura-san keeps trying to put me on some weird experimental anti-depressant, but I just keep feeding it to Akamaru or Kiba when they aren't looking. She also took my Sake, so now I can't sleep. I know I'm suffering from depression, it's obvious to anyone who looks at me, but I already know the cause of it, and can't really do anything about it, since I don't know where you are.

I've given up trying to express how much I want you to come home and we can have things go back to normal, but...at this point I have to be realistic.

But, God, what I wouldn't give just to talk to you once more…to walk with you through the woods, or fight together and not against each other.

This'll be my last letter, I know I can't change your mind and force you to come back here anymore. I have to let it go...but, Sasuke, you have to understand that I don't want to do this; I want to hold on to that little bit of hope that's left in me, but I can't. I can't be selfish anymore; I have a village to guide. I just wish you were here to help me, I don't know what I'm doing…you were always the calm, political one, the brains and the brawn, and I was just the noisy distraction.

I hope this letter finds you well, and that somewhere inside you, you're a little proud of me.

If you ever decide to come home, find me, please.

Your best friend, and Hokage,

Uzumaki Naruto, Rokudaime

Sasuke had finished the letters, placing them on the desk and just sitting there in silence -- digesting the words.

There was a light smile on his face, his dark eyes softened…memories popping back in his head, urging away the shadows.

Naruto...

You dumb ass...

He ran a hand through his hair, smirking to the quiet room… Why couldn't the kitsune just forget? And why couldn't Sasuke let his heart die?

They were both fools.

He slowly got up out of his seat, walking out of the room and down the hall to the garden where the fox had retreated to. He stood in the doorway, just watching Naruto's back. He let out a sigh, glancing up to the sky, it was splashed pink, orange, and purple, the sun was setting.

He swallowed thickly, the medication was putting a cold sweat on his skin -- he should really lay down soon, he was barely awake right now, but he was forcing himself to be. "Naruto." He murmured, hoping he had the fox's attention, even though Naruto didn't turn.

His dark eyes watched the kit's back, silently shutting the screen and stepping further into the garden, but still keeping his distance. "I would never have thought you would make it to Hokage." He said after a moment, a soft smirk on his lips, his dark eyes a little hazy. "I'm…surprised." He paused, "...and proud."

"I know…I'm not what you were hoping to find." He said after a moment, "I know…I'm not the same person you remember. But you are everything I remember." Sasuke ran a hand through his hair, trying to keep a hand on his thoughts but they were loose -- scattered, and the dozing drugs were making it harder and harder to keep focused. "..Naruto…you…kept the last piece of me alive, all these years."

"I'm not…good at talking like this. I haven't..." He laughed quietly to himself, the tone so silent it was barely heard -- more like a snort. "I hadn't thought… I would ever... really see you again. I thought I could take my revenge, take out Konoha…and never see you again and I could…finally let my heart die."

"God Naruto -- I don't even know what I'm saying…" He laughed again, a little louder, turning his head from the fox, hiding in his hair. "This is stupid..."

Naruto listened to Sasuke's words, his eyes still down on the frog that was resting in his lap, his fingers resting in the water, where the koi would brush up against them.

He felt his chest tighten and tears start to pool in his eyes.

Sasuke was proud of him.

Gently scooting the frog off of him, Naruto turned in his seat and looked up at Sasuke's back before he got up and walked over to the man. Without warning, or thinking, the fox wrapped his strong, tanned arms around the Uchiha's chest, and press his face to the back of Sasuke's neck, in an effort to hide his tears. Small hiccups escaped him as he held on to the dark man tightly.

Sasuke held on to him, he had kept Sasuke alive and going.

"God Sasuke..." The fox hiccupped, "I missed you too." He smiled slightly, trying to hold back the sob he felt in his chest.

Sasuke closed his eyes, limp in Naruto's arms -- feeling the heat and strength of the other man as he held him. He felt the kit's breath on his neck, the sensation almost... relaxing.

"Are you crying?" Sasuke asked, his voice soft, "How old are you again Hokage-sama?" But Sasuke's heart was constricted as well, enjoying the feeling of Naruto's arms around him -- enjoying the feeling of being human and not the dark monster he had become. Silently, Sasuke raised his hands, resting them on the kit's forearms, standing like that, just wrapped up in Naruto's essence.

"I'm not crying!" The fox buried his face more into Sasuke's neck, trying to hide the truth, but he knew he had been caught. He couldn't hide anything from Sasuke, but these weren't tears of sadness, they were tears of joy. Happiness because Sasuke had needed Naruto just as much as Naruto needed Sasuke.

The fox's heart seemed to grow wings as Sasuke rested his own hands against the fox's forearm, his own version of a hug. He was finally getting through to the Uchiha. Giving the man a gentle squeeze, Naruto sniffed slightly, and rested his chin on the strong shoulder. "..This isn't stupid, not anymore."

"Mm." Behind his eyes began to pulse, and the sweat on his forehead finally fell down his temple. It was hard to focus, he kept blinking but the world just wouldn't stop being fuzzy.

"Naruto…" He said after a long moment, his body feeling weak -- his muscles like mush; he felt like he was falling. "Something's...wrong..."

The world began to swim..

How many pills had he taken?

What the hell were those?

"Naruto..."

He saw the bright colored spot…getting smaller and smaller.

Naruto felt Sasuke's body giving out on him before the words left the Uchiha's mouth.

"Sasu-Sasuke!" Naruto tightened his arms over the limp body and adjusted his arms so one looped under Sasuke's back, his fingers went to the man's throat, feeling for a pulse, and getting a sluggish beat in return.

"Shit!"

Looping one of Sasuke's limp arms around his own neck, the fox reached down and lifted Sasuke's legs into his arm and started back to the house.

What was happening?

He was well within the 35 feet boundary, and the chakra seals didn't take that much chakra.

Being careful to stay off the moss covered ground, the fox walked briskly across the yard and up the stone stairs to the wooden porch. Pushing the sliding door open with his shoulder, the fox walked into the living room and gently knelt down next to the couch, and eased Sasuke onto it.

Jogging back into the kitchen he reached for the phone, and quickly dialed up Tsunade and Sakura, while grabbing a wash cloth, and a bowl of cold water. He was finished with the quick phone calls before leaving the room. Carefully setting the bowl down, he reached up and pulled the blanket, which rested on the back of the couch, down and spread it out over Sasuke's body, tucking the corners in to keep the man's body warm. Ringing the cloth out he folded it into halves before gently dabbing that the sweaty face.

"C'mon, wake up!"

Sasuke's mouth was dry, his eyes half-open, his heartbeat was a sluggish pulse in the back of his mind. He could hear the fox -- but at the same time, he couldn't. It sounded so distant; he felt so fuzzy.

What the fuck was wrong with him?

He was getting scared…

…scared of this weird whatever it was.

It had to be from the stupid pills -- he should have read the bottle before he downed them. He had been too scared of his eyes, he wanted so badly to keep the familiarity Naruto and he were creating -- to the point where he apparently poisoned himself.

Damn it…

God…

Everything felt heavy…

…everything was just a fuzzy bright smudge.

"..Naru...to..." He tried to keep himself conscious, but it was getting so damn hard. His black eyes were rimming with red the sharingan attempting to cut through the drug-induced barrier -- through the chakra shields, attempting to save the weakened body. The red swirled in the darkness of his eyes, control being fought over -- the numbing drugs were powerful, as were the shields but Sasuke's will was trying to win, to stay awake, to stay alive.

Naruto narrowed his eyes, wracking his brain with what could have caused this. Did the doctors lace the pills with something now?

The pills..

Looking back to the kitchen he caught sight of the pill bottle on the table, and not the counter.

"Sasuke." Naruto gave the man a gentle shake, "Look at me." The fox commanded, his voice serious, "How many pills did you take?"

He watched the beginnings of the sharingan start to bleed through the blackness of Sasuke's eyes and pursed his lips, "Sasuke, how many did you take?"

"I.." Sasuke's voice was weak, the red receded as the black fought for control -- fighting to keep a hold of his bright orange spot; his warm sun in the cold dark of his soul. "..I..a..few?"

He swallowed, his throat feeling on fire, his eyes so heavy…he couldn't move…he felt paralyzed. "…Four..? Maybe..." He trailed; sweat breaking on his skin, barely feeling Naruto's hands on his shoulders.

Naruto cursed once more, and rested the cloth on the Uchiha's forehead before he pushed himself up from the couch and moved back to the kitchen. Reading the label he saw that Sasuke was only supposed to take one, and there were thirty in the bottle. All but ripping the cap off, the fox spilled its contents over the table, and quickly counted twenty-four pills, which mean that six were missing.

His eyes widened, "Sasuke you idiot."

Reaching back for the phone he called Sakura once more, "I need Ipecac now!" He ordered moving back to the living room. He needed to get Sasuke into the bathroom, where the man would be spending most of the next day in.

"What? Naruto, are you crazy? I can't bri-"

"There are six pills missing, Sakura. He's starting to fall unconscious."

The fox felt his heart stop as Sakura paused, why was she hesitating?

"…I'll be there in 10 minutes."

Hanging up the phone, the fox looked back at Sasuke.

"C'mon, you need to get up. You can't sleep yet." Working the limp body up, the fox all but manhandled Sasuke into a precarious standing position. "You need to wake up more, c'mon."

Sasuke's dark eyes blinked over and over trying so hard to keep them open. He felt so weak…he couldn't feel his legs…he couldn't even hear his heart anymore.

This…was the end…wasn't it?

Sasuke smirked, licking his dry lips as Naruto tried his best to move him…feeling his attempts, his body not reacting at all…like a huge limp doll in Naruto's strong, comforting arms.

Uchiha Sasuke -- overdose, the end of the horrible monster.

How anti-climatic.

"Naruto..." He murmured, his eyes closing, his body falling against the kit's -- his breathing slow almost non-existent. "I'm...glad…you're here..." He said softly, feeling his mind slipping further and further from him -- consciousness nearly fading with each heavy breath.

"No!" Naruto cried out, his mind was frantic as Sasuke started to slip more and more from him.

The weight of Sasuke going almost completely limp in his arms forced the fox to lay the man down on the floor once more.

"Sasuke, don't quit on me, please! Don't do this!" He felt for the weak pulse and listened to the struggled breathing.

"Don't leave me, please." He rested one hand on Sasuke's cold cheek, his bright eyes frightened, tears, once more coming to his eyes.

To have come so far to get his best friend back, only to loose him once more.

"C'mon, bastard, fight this." He looked at the clock.

Eight more minutes until Sakura came.

"Please, please don't leave me." His voice was shaky at best, a single tear dripping out of his eyes and on to Sasuke's cheek.

Sasuke was on the floor, he could feel the cold wood under his body...he could feel Naruto's warmth near him...everything felt dream-like and far-away.

He could hear Naruto's words, like a voice calling to him from under water. He felt the tears, warm and thick land on his cheeks.. coming from above.. coming from Naruto.

Naruto was crying?

For him?

A soft.. distant smile was on Sasuke's lips.. actually looking serene. He couldn't open his eyes.. he had no strength left..

Darkness was sweeping through his mind, blacking out his bright orange spot..

Naruto...

He had wanted to say so much to him...

And.. it was all over now..

Sasuke fell to the unconsciousness, unable to hold himself above the current -- his breathing evening out.. his heart a slow uneven beat under Naruto's fingers.

A/N:

Sasuke goes unconscious quite a bit I noticed. Well, if you guys have came this far then you like the story yes? Please tell us what you think and the next chapter will be coming out soon. Next chapter gets a bit steamy; I hope you enjoy it!