Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. If I did there would be a lot more yaoi goodness. But I don't so you'll just have to deal with the way it is.

Hi, again! Gomen, for the late updating if you were actually interested in this story. I had a bunch of Algebra 1 quizzes and exams so I really had to study! It can be so confusing! To all who read, thanks a lot. Especially to Redpendragon, thanks for putting up with my annoying messages XD That said, let's cut the chatter and get to the story!

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"Iruka, how could you do this to us?" His body shook with barely contained fury. "We trusted you."

"Your mistake." He grinned, but on the inside he was screaming and crying, 'why did I say that? Where did it come from?'

The mark slowly engulfed his body. "You sonofabitch!"

Sasuke's hand closed around his former sensei's throat as he raised him up off of the floor.

"Go ahead, kill me, Sasuke." Iruka taunted. No!

"S-sasuke..." Naruto tried to speak around the gag before unconsciousness came to claim him again."N-no..."

Hearing Naruto's weak, pleading whisper replaced his anger with heart-wrenching sadness. "Get out." Sasuke ordered, releasing him.

Stay and take what is yours, Iruka! No! Coward... Iruka grabbed his clothes and fled.

Sasuke gently removed the chains and bonds, dropping to the side of the bed.

His anger rekindled as he noticed that Naruto's body was already bruising.

Naruto had always had a sensitive body and a tough spirit, it was one of the things he loved about him.

"Naruto...?" Sasuke frowned as Naruto was unresponsive. "Naruto?"

He was unconscious again.

A few hours later, Naruto began to awaken.

"Sasu-ke..." Naruto's dull, lifeless eyes met the eyes of his love, a clear blue ocean meeting the darkest obsidian slate.

"Save your strength, Naruto. I'm here." Sasuke assured him, softly.

"I trusted him."

"I know." Sasuke clenched his fists.

"I only turned back for a second to let him in and he hit me on the back of my head."

"He hit you on the head?" His precious blonde head. "Does it still hurt?"

Naruto shook his head, wincing quietly at the painful motion, hoping Sasuke didn't hear. "Just a little. It'll go away soon, I guess." His head actually hurt quite a lot, as did his wrists. Iruka had rammed him into the headboard many times and with the restraints on most of the force had been directed in those two places.

Sasuke knew he was lying and he gently grasped his hand. He heard Naruto wince again and released his grip slightly so he wasn't in pain. "Naruto, hontou-ni moushiwake- arimasen."

"I don't want your apologies or your guilt. It wasn't your fault." Naruto declared, turning his head away from Sasuke's gaze, which for once, concealed nothing.

Where was his beautifully bubbly blonde?Sasuke wondered.

He had a feling that he wasn't coming back without a lot of work.

"Kokoro kana ai suru, Naruto." Sasuke whispered, pressing a kiss to his forehead.

Naruto didn't even respond to his unusual declaration of love.

Sasuke's heart ached. It was as if all of his emotions, the life in his body, in his soul, had been drained from the once vibrant boy.

Iruka would pay for this.

There you go, people! Next chapter is focusing on Iruka and his thoughts. Review me, please. For those of you who were confuzzled by the Japanese, ' hontou-ni moushiwake-arimasen' means ' I am really sorry.' and ' kokoro kana ai suru' means ' I love you with all my heart.' this isn't as short as the other chapters, so, yeah... flames are welcome.