Warning: Someone might die in this chapter. -grins evilly- But who will it be? Actually, I have no idea yet. I'm completely writing this as I go along. I just know someone might end up dying. Just to warn everyone. :)

It was night.

A dark-haired boy crept silently down the road, a pouch of weapons on his hip and a kunai in his hand. It was time to put his plan into action.

It took a while to get to Naruto's house. He passed Sakura's on the way, wondering what she would think when she heard about Naruto's death.

Sasuke shook his head. Of course she would be happy, once he was there to console her. Everything would be perfect. As long as nothing happened that night to change the circumstances, Naruto's death would look like an accident. Nobody would suspect Sasuke's involvement.

He reached the small home, peeking into a few windows at random until he spotted Naruto's room. The boy was asleep, a small smile on his face. Sasuke smirked. He wasn't going to be smiling for much longer.

He jumped onto the roof without a sound, thrusting his kunai into it and beginning to saw through the solid material. "I have to make this look good..." he thought, making the cuts more jagged so they would look natural. Finally a large piece was completely cut out right above Naruto's bed, and Sasuke had to hold it up so it wouldn't fall down, sticking the kunai back in his pouch. He had to make sure this was fatal, and they only way to do that was to throw the piece of ceiling at him. Maneuvering himself down through the roof and into Naruto's bedroom with the piece held over his head, Sasuke blinked at Naruto and grit his teeth. "Damn...this thing is heavy."

Sasuke stumbled a bit, trying to get his bearings without waking Naruto up, and finally settled on setting the piece against the wall where it would fit and taking a quick breather. After all, there was nobody else around. As long as he didn't wake Naruto up, he was in no danger of getting caught.

He bent over, placing his hands on his knees and resisting the urge to gasp, breathing silently instead. It had taken a lot of effort to move a piece of the ceiling. Glancing back up at Naruto quickly, Sasuke saw that he was still asleep.

Sasuke looked back and forth between Naruto and the ceiling piece. His eyebrows furrowed. "You know what? Who says this can't look like a murder. I mean...nobody would be able to prove it was me. And I'm not sure I have the strength to throw that thing at him." He took a kunai out of his pouch and twirled it around his finger. "One quick stab in the chest is all it would take...one slash to the throat...one cut to the head...much easier than crushing him." He took a menacing step towards the sleeping boy, raising the kunai. After a moment of hesitation, he finished the walk to the bed. Sasuke eyed Naruto, the kunai hovering over several spots on his body. "Heart, brain, neck, his main artery...lungs..."

He paused. "Neck." Slowly his hand moved so that the kunai was positioned an inch from Naruto's throat. "Say goodbye, Naruto."

A soft thump came from next to him. Sasuke immediately withdrew the kunai and looked down. About a centimeter from his right foot sat a shuriken, which was now stuck in the floor.

He looked up through the hole in the ceiling to see someone standing on the roof. "S-Sakura...what are you doing here?" Sasuke asked with wide eyes. She did NOT look happy.

"Get away from him, now," she growled, raising another shuriken.

Sasuke's eyes returned to normal, and then slowly they narrowed. "No." He dodged the second shuriken, and then in a flash he was back by Naruto's bed, and the kunai was by his throat again. He stared up at Sakura, who was watching him warily.

"Sasuke...you don't want to do this." She mentally berated herself. Those were the only weapons she had brought in her haste to follow Sasuke.

Sasuke laughed quietly. "Oh, I definitely do. I want you, he's in the way. I eliminate the threat."

Sakura grit her teeth, then something in her eyes changed. She knew what she had to do. "Alright, Sasuke..." She sighed, hopping down through the hole and landed a few feet away from him. Sasuke watched her carefully.

"Alright what?" he asked, reaching for a second kunai with his other hand, prepared to defend himself.

"Wait!" Sakura cried hastily. Sasuke raised an eyebrow and stopped. "Um...that won't be necessary."

He watched her suspiciously. "Why not?"

"I'll...be your girlfriend Sasuke. Just don't kill Naruto."

A wide grin spread across Sasuke's face. "You will? Really?"

"Mmmhmm..." Sakura replied absentmindedly, concentrating on Naruto's face behind Sasuke. "Wake up, dammit!" she thought. Sakura held back another sigh. She had hoped it wouldn't have to come to this...

Sakura walked slowly over to Sasuke, who was still grinning, and pressed her lips to his. Sasuke immediately jerked forward, wrapping both of his arms around her and deepening the kiss.

Sakura tried not to get sick, and instead focused on her hands. One was in his hair, and the other one was slowly moving down his side towards the pouch on his hip. "Keep going...keep going...ew, ew..."

Her hand felt the pouch and she slowly undid the clasp, opening up the top. A hand slid in...and she felt metal.

Sakura felt Sasuke start to pull away and bit down on his lip roughly, trying not to gag at the same time. It worked.

Another second passed and her hand identified a kunai in the pouch, gripping it tightly. She pulled it out slowly...and Sasuke's hand flew to her wrist.

He jerked his head away from hers and stared into her eyes furiously. "Thought you could fool me?" He tightened his grip and snatched another kunai out of his pouch, walking backwards slowly towards Naruto's bed, while pulling her forward with him. He turned away from her and held the kunai to Naruto's throat again, and Sakura took advantage of the moment and stomped on his foot. He cried out and released her wrist, and she moved her kunai swiftly to Sasuke's throat.

"Touch him and I'll kill you," she whispered.

Sasuke grinned at her. "Touch me and I'll kill him."

Her eyes didn't waver from his face. They were stuck. Naruto lay on his bed, still asleep, a kunai at his throat, while Sasuke stood next to him by the bed, and Sakura stood on the other side of Sasuke with her kunai against his neck.

Sasuke was at a disadvantage since he was in the middle, but it didn't matter as long as Naruto wasn't awake.

Both Sakura and Sasuke realized this, and Sasuke quickly pulled out another kunai and moved it to Sakura's throat before she could do anything. "Scream and I'll kill you."

Sakura grinned at him. "You couldn't kill me even if you wanted to."

Sasuke frowned at her. After a moment, he withdrew the kunai and put it back in his pouch. "Fine. If you scream I'll kill him. I don't care if you kill me afterwards."

Sakura didn't reply, instead keeping a sharp eye on Sasuke. She looked from his face to his weapons pouch. If she could grab another kunai, she would have two to use against him, but the pouch was on the other side of him, where Naruto was. There was no way she could sneak it, especially since the kissing idea wouldn't work again.

She saw Sasuke move a little to his left so that Naruto was blocked from her view, but Sasuke still didn't take his eyes off of her.

"Naruto will wake up eventually. The clock is against you," Sakura pointed out.

Sasuke grimaced. "You're right. Maybe I should just kill him then. Is that what you're saying?"

Sakura pressed the kunai harder against his throat. "Not if you value your own life, you won't."

They both stood face to face for another moment. One of Sasuke's hands was still behind his back, and Sakura had to assume the kunai was still against Naruto's neck.

As if reading her thoughts, Sasuke said, "Don't worry. It's still there." He gave her a sick smile.

Sakura looked at him, disgusted. "You're so different from when we were twelve."

"Being with Orochimaru can do that to you."

"That's no excuse. Karin's not even as bad as you."

"Karin's not truly in love."

She glared at him. "Just because she doesn't try to kill people for no reason like some sick bastard doesn't mean she doesn't love you."

Sasuke chuckled darkly. "She hates me, remember? Ever since I used her, she's hated me."

Sakura scowled at him silently, pressing the tip of the kunai even harder against him. A small trickle of blood ran down his neck.

Sasuke looked from the blood to her face. "I wouldn't do that. Naruto could suffer the same thing." He moved to the side and Sakura gasped when she saw a few drops of blood run from Naruto's neck and pool at his chest.

Sasuke moved back to his earlier spot so she couldn't see him. "Told you." He sighed like he was bored. "At any rate, you're right. He could wake up soon. So I think I'll just..." He smiled evilly and activated his Sharingan. Before Sakura knew what had happened, the kunai had been knocked from her hand and she was across the room with her back against the wall and stars in her eyes. She looked up at Sasuke, dazed, and saw him shoot her another dark grin. "Say goodbye to your darling Naru..." There was a small slashing sound and Sasuke's eyes widened. He stared at Sakura in shock, before letting out a small cough. Blood spattered on the floor and he looked down silently. Sakura followed his gaze.

The small tip of a kunai was barely noticeable, and it was protruding out of Sasuke's stomach. With a startled cry, the Uchiha crumpled to the floor, and the kunai was withdrawn from inside him. Naruto was revealed, sitting up in his bed with his hand held out in front of him, the kunai in his blood-stained hand.

Sakura watched with surprise as Naruto stood up in only his boxers, glaring down at Sasuke's lifeless body. "Bastard tried to kill me." He wiped the blood from his chest as best as he could, and Sakura jumped up, racing over to him and crushing him with a hug.

Naruto's eyes widened in surprise. "Sakura...are you okay?"

Sakura nodded rapidly, tears leaking out onto Naruto's shoulder. "He almost killed you...I couldn't do a thing!"

Naruto laughed merrily. "What are you talking about? You saved my life!" He leaned back slightly and placed a kiss on her cheek. "You stopped him from killing me, you distracted him while I grabbed a kunai from his pouch, without you I couldn't have done anything." He looked at her seriously. "If you hadn't showed up I'd probably be dead right now."

She let out a shaky breath, her eyes moving to focus on Sasuke's back. "Naruto, we killed Sasuke... the same Sasuke that used to be our best friend."

Naruto followed her gaze. "No...that wasn't the same Sasuke. He changed. He wasn't the same person he used to be. And if it's any consolation, I take full blame for his death. I'm the one that killed him."

Sakura shook her head. "I don't want you to get in trouble for it. Let me take the blame."

Naruto could help laughing. "Sakura! I just killed Sasuke and you're STILL thinking about me? Listen, go get Tsunade. Tell her what happened, okay? I'll take...I'll try and carry his body to the hospital. Meet me there."

Sakura frowned worriedly, but nodded all the same. She leaned forward and wrapped her arms around his neck, giving him a quick kiss. "I love you."

Naruto gave her a small smile. "I love you too. I'll see you in a little while, okay?"

In a second Sakura was up through the hole and heading towards Tsunade's office. Naruto looked down at Sasuke's bloody body, examining it.

Sasuke was lying on his stomach, his eyes were wide open in shock, and a kunai was still gripped lightly in his hand. "That was the kunai that would have killed me..." Naruto thought with a shudder. He wrapped his arms around Sasuke's body, throwing it over his shoulder. so that the front part of the body was hanging down behind him. He sighed sadly, preparing to leap through the roof. "I'm going to miss h-"

Naruto collapsed forward on his knees in pain. His chest was on fire. He looked down slowly to see a kunai stuck completely through him.

Sasuke wrenched himself from Naruto's grip, holding his stomach tightly and struggling to stand up straight. He grinned at the other boy as blood poured out of Naruto swiftly. "Maybe you should have stabbed me in the chest, moron," he said, his grin getting bigger as Naruto's eyes widened slightly and he collapsed on the floor on his stomach. "Say goodnight, dobe."