"Tengoku to Jigoku: Yoru no Kasumi"
by We Are DesCom
Jessa-kun: KAWAHI, I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU STILL HAVE NOT UPLOADED THIS CHAPTER! YOU SAID YOU UPLOADED IT TWO WEEKS AGO!!!!
Kawahi: (sweatdrop) I'm sorry! I did not know that it was not uploaded yet…I forgot that I had only uploaded the first chapter.
Schatzi: (sigh) We were all kinds of busy so lay off him…
Jessa-kun: (pouts) Fine…
Disclaimer: DesCom does not own Naruto or any of its characters. If we did, Sasuke would not have left and would have screwed Naruto immediately. :D
Jessa-kun: I love that disclaimer:D
OoO Tengoku to Jigoku: Yoru no Kasumi OoO
Heaven and Earth: Mist of the Night
Sakura walked down the quiet halls of Konoha hospital, a clipboard in her left hand. Her face was solemn—grave, like someone had just died. She passed by several doors before she reached the room at the far end of the hallway. She knocked a few times but she did not receive any reply. She twisted the doorknob and entered the room.
The room was wide, but there was only one small bed. The rest of the space in the room was occupied by complicated and bulky machines, all connected to the person lying on the bed.
"It's time for the check-up, Sasuke-kun."
A figure beside the bed moved. Sasuke looked up and stared at the pink-haired girl. His hands were tightly wrapped around the limp hand of the person on the bed.
Uzumaki Naruto.
"Has Tsunade told you anything? Will he recover?"
Sakura did not answer. Instead, she approached one of the apparatuses attached by wires to Naruto's unresponsive body. She pressed some buttons and took down notes on her clipboard.
"Sakura, answer me."
She sighed and then turned to her raven-haired former teammate. "There hasn't been any progress. It's still the same. Tsunade-sama has tried everything, and yet Naruto does not appear to be getting better."
"That's a lie." Sasuke brought Naruto's hand up to his lips and kissed it sadly. "He'll wake up. I know he will. Naruto is strong."
Sakura just looked at the Uchiha, her expression of sympathy never changing. She left without a word, turning on her heel and walking out of the door.
"How is he holding up?" Sai's face was the first to greet her eyes as she went out. She did not speak, but just shook her head and lowered her gaze. "I'll assume that means not good." Sai slid his hands into his pocket and pulled out a scroll. He handed it to Sakura, saying, "The Godaime sent me to give this to you. I think this is the newest report about Naruto's health."
Sakura nodded and took the scroll. Sai bowed curtly and then left with a puff of smoke. Sakura unrolled the scroll and quickly scanned the report. Her brows furrowed and then she rolled up the report again, tucking it under her arm as she walked away from Naruto's room.
OoOoO
"They're lying. All of them. I know you're going to wake up. Don't leave me, Naruto." Sasuke bathed Naruto's hand with kisses, his eyes closed. Dark circles were under his eyes, and it was easy to see that he had lost much weight.
Naruto did not answer him, and continued to sleep. He was barely visible under the wires and tubes that surrounded his body. His condition was much worse than Sasuke's. His then tanned skin had become deathly pale. He had become thin due to the fact that no solid food passed through his mouth. His lips held a barely visible bluish tinge. He was a far cry from the twelve year old Naruto Sasuke knew.
Sasuke's left hand let go of Naruto's and reached out to cup the blonde's face. "Naruto…don't leave me. You're everything I have. I have so much to tell you." He brushed away a few strands of hair covering Naruto's face. "I'll wait as long as you want. I'll suffer as much as you want…just wake up…"
He remembered when he had found Naruto lying in a pool of his own blood. Sasuke almost felt his heart stop. He had almost taken Naruto for dead. Almost. He had rushed him immediately to Tsunade, ignoring the fact that Naruto's blood had completely stained his precious ANBU vest.
That was a month ago. Tsunade and Sakura had managed to save him from immediate death, but they were not able to save him from getting comatose. A month has passed and still, Naruto's eyes were yet to flutter open. Those blue eyes were yet to reveal themselves to Sasuke. He missed those eyes. Those eyes full of youth…of happiness…of vivacity…of innocence…
The eyes that have dimmed because of him.
Sasuke tightened his grip on Naruto's hand, his brows furrowing. He had foreseen this, and yet he never tried to stop it. He had known that this would come, ever since he had taken Naruto that night.
He bit his lip hard. He remembered how Naruto had tried to struggle, but was easily overpowered by him. He remembered how Naruto had pleaded—begged for Sasuke to release him. He remembered how Naruto had cried out in pain.
He remembered how he had violated Naruto.
And it did not end there. Every night he came to the blonde's house to violate him, and every time Naruto would just bite his lip and endure everything. He had learned to tolerate the pain Sasuke gave him. Sasuke saw the changes that the circumstances gave to the blonde. His bright aura slowly dimmed, and the light in his eyes gradually disappeared. Sasuke was slowly killing him, but the Uchiha was not able to stop himself. He was drowning himself in an addictive illusion.
The illusion that Naruto loved him.
Sasuke knew it was an impossible dream, but that night had taken down what remained of his restraint. He had lost to temptation, and in the process, he lost Naruto.
"Naruto…please…open your eyes…" Sasuke's voice slightly shook with impending tears. "I know you were trying to get away from me by cutting yourself…Give me one more chance. I want to make it up to you. I want to help you forget…I want to tell you…I want to tell you that…that I…" His grip tightened on Naruto's hand. "I love you, Naruto."
Silence.
Sasuke almost wanted to laugh at himself. What was he expecting? For Naruto to reply? After what he had done to the blonde, will it be that easy for Naruto to forgive and accept his feelings? Again, he would be living in an impossible dream if he continued to persuade himself to think that the blonde will just forget all those nights of torture and accept the dark-haired shinobi's feelings. The best response he expected was that the blonde will turn away from him in fear and would stay away.
"Naruto…I want to see you smile…Let me see it…even for just one last time…"
Beep! Beep! Beep!
Sasuke's jaw dropped. He felt his throat run dry. He stood up quickly, knocking down the stool he was sitting on. Time seemed to have slowed down, and he was vaguely aware of the medic nins rushing into the room. All he was able to remember was being pulled away from the room, despite his protests, and watching the doors close as the medics tried to revive the patient inside.
All he could do was scream.
"NARUTOOOO!!!!!!"
OoO Wakas OoO
I've been dreaming for so long
To find a meaning to understand
The secret of life
Why am I here to try again?
………
I've seen the horror, I've seen the wonders
Happening just in front of my eyes
Will I ever, will I never free myself by making it right?
I'd give my heart, I'd give my soul
I'd turn it back it's my fault
Your destiny is forlorn
Have to live till its undone
I'd give my heart, I'd give my soul
I'd turn it back and then at last I'll be on my way
---Jillian by Within Temptation---
Schatzi: (sweatdrop) Why I am I not surprised that we ended with a WT song?
Kawahi: Well, that's expected since this is Jessa we are talking about.
Jessa-kun: XD Long live WT!!!!! Besides, the lyrics fit the fic right?
Schatzi: Sometimes I think you write stories based on WT songs rather than look for songs that fit the fics.
Jessa-kun: (sweatdrop) Hehe…
Kawahi: Oh well…we said that this would be a two-shot, and that the mature part would be in this chapter…We had to revise everything, due to the writer's block that Jessa had due to the lack of plushies and cookies…
Jessa-kun: KIBA AND SAI AND GAARA PLUSHIES!!!! PLEASE GIVE ME!!!!
Kawahi: And sorry for the delay of Frailty and the epilogue-ish chapter of Tengoku to Jigoku (the original one). My professor in math is killing me and I cannot type as fast as I could unlike before…I NEED SAI'S SKETCHBOOK PLEASE!!!
Schatzi: (sighs) And I need earplugs…I'm usually the loud one…