My favorite part of this chapter is the last paragraph. ^^

Masashi Kishimoto owns Naruto.

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A thousand needles sank their way into Naruto's heart; or so it felt. He felt his body trembling; the heavy, sinking feeling in his chest; the pressure and ache he received never ceasing. The floor underneath him seemed to crumple, shatter into a million pieces.

Falling…..falling……never reaching the bottom…..never seeing the end to this nightmare. Will the pain ever go away?

An almost inaudible whisper of a reply came from Sakura who stood there, only a yard or so away, wide-eyed and motionless. "He…he…what?"

Naruto didn't answer; he couldn't.

Soft whimpers and low pre-cry hiccups sounded their way into Naruto's ears. For a moment he wondered what they were and where they were coming from. Then, with slow recognition, he realized that the painful sobs were coming from him. He tried to stop but the pain was too much now. It overflowed from his body, he couldn't conceal it anymore; it was too much for him to take.

A shuddering sigh escaped his lips as he fought the tears that were beginning to form behind his eyes. He let his gaze drift over to the bathroom where the shard of glass still lay abandoned on the floor.

'Maybe I still could……Is it possible?'

"Don't even think about it Naruto." Sakura said. Her voice sounded scared and shaky. Not at all like the stern and urgent tone she had used earlier.

Losing his last chance and hope at escaping this confrontation, Naruto shrunk down to the floor. His knees up, his head resting in the palms of his hands, he finally let the tears cascade. A shudder rippled down his spine. The door in the back of his mind that had tried to lock away all the memories, the ones that were dangerous to think about, flew open.

A low but painful scream was let out and ran on as his body continued to convulse from the hurt.

"I don't know what to do Sakura!" he finally screamed. "I tried to forget….to…to block it out…..I-I tried…I almost…." He trailed off as more sobs racked his body.

Sakura looked at him with sad green eyes. Soundlessly, she closed the space between them, kneeling down in front of him. She placed her hands over his, moving them away from his face and placed them at his sides. As she did this, Naruto's sobs died down to a faint whimper.

"I can't do this anymore Sakura….I...I can't…." He couldn't continue for the shuddering cries started up again.

"I can't live with the pain anymore!" he said between sobs. "I just want the pain to end!"

"Naruto…." Sakura started off slowly. "You and I both know that suicide isn't the answer. It won't solve anything."

"Oh yeah?! Well at least once I'm dead I won't have to deal with Sa-Sa…" he couldn't bring himself to say the Uchiha's name. He sighed shakily, "I don't know what else to do."

His voice cracked at the end and he mentally cursed himself as tears began to blur his vision again. He was only vaguely aware of Sakura holding him, shushing him, soothingly him with soft words. He must have been crying harder than he thought.

Naruto found himself losing track of time again because the next thing he knew, the rapid tears and shaking sobs had slowed dramatically until there was hardly anything left. Only a big, heavy, gaping hole remained in his chest. Not to mention a pounding headache.

The way his life seemed to be going, he felt like Humpty Dumpty. Having a great fall (being molested by Sasuke which screwed up his life) and shattering to pieces, which no matter how hard anyone tried, it would never be put back together again (in this case, his life).

'I wonder if something happened to Humpty Dumpty previous to his fall and he fell on purpose. Did he throw himself over the edge trying to escape something in his past? Did he decide to take his own life? It's just a theory but if he did, should I do the same? Could I do the same?'