A/N: Guess what? I'm baack – and I've got a brand new chapter with me! But, before getting to it…
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Awkay, before I'll start to weep here, let's get going! Here comes chapter two. I really, REALLY hope you'll like this one!
/ It took so long to see
You walked away from me
When I need you
Wake up I'm pounding on the door
I'm not the man I was before
Where the hell are you
When I need you
Wake up I'm pounding on the door
I won't hurt you anymore
Where the hell are you
When I need you /
(Three Days Graze; Wake up)
/ Three weeks later. /
En contraire to what most people probably thought, Sasuke had never particularly liked darkness. That's why he absolutely hated the pitch black, cold and silent world he'd ended up into.
Or no, it wasn't completely silent. Sometimes, he could hear voices – real or not, from past, future or present, he had no idea. Not that it would've mattered anymore.
" Forgive me, Sasuke."
" Remember."
" Hate me, detest me."
" I'm sorry if it's cold."
" You still lack hatred."
" He did it to protect you."
" It's finally stopped raining. It's beautiful out there."
He grimaced despite himself, the voices constantly pounding his head becoming too much for him. " Shut up." It was supposed to be a hiss, but his voice was so frail that it was more like a breath than anything else, and even he could barely hear it.
But no matter how hard he asked (begged was a word he would've never allowed himself to use), there wasn't silence in this personal hell of his.
For just a second, he could almost swear he managed to catch a briefest glimpse of bright sunlight, but his rationality quickly released him from such a delusion.
After all, there was no light in his world.
CHAPTER 2: Wake Up
At first, Naruto had found Sasuke's hospital room cold and hollow, soulless. But as first days, then weeks scrolled by, he found himself growing fond of the place, especially with the flowers Sakura and Ino had brought giving it a nearly intoxicating scent.
He'd been surprised but certainly not disappointed by how easily Tsunade had granted the Uchiha a permission to stay in the hospital. For Sasuke's safety, only a small group of people knew about his return.
He found himself grinning as he opened the room's window, letting in bright sunlight and a huge breath of warm, fresh air. " Now take a look at this, teme", he all but murmured, closing his eyes and enjoying the warmth. " It's finally stopped raining. It's beautiful out there."
There was no response. He hadn't been expecting one, of course, but that didn't make it any less painful.
A part of him feeling reluctant to do so, he braced himself and slowly turned around to face his best friend.
Sasuke's physical injuries were healing nicely, and only the very worst ones were left to bother him. But it didn't take a genius to understand that everything was not all right. Sasuke had already been frail when they'd found him, but now – having lost dramatically more weight – the Uchiha seemed more fragile than glass. Everyone (especially Naruto) had tried every single trick to try and coax the raven into eating, but nothing worked. Not when it seemed that Sasuke's soul had been stolen away from him.
To rid the painful silence Naruto hummed as he started the ritual he'd performed every single morning for the past weeks. Carefully making sure the water's temperature was precisely correct, he wetted a small washing-towel, then walked up to Sasuke's bed and sat cross legged before the also sitting boy. " I'm sorry if this is cold, but it's really hard to find the right temperature. These things get cold too damn fast."
Sasuke did nothing – didn't even jolt like he had the couple of first times he'd done this – as he washed the raven's eyes and face, his moves firm yet tender. Even though he left the rest of the washing to more capable hands, this was something he wanted to do himself. He wanted to see Sasuke's eyes, just in case there'd in some miraculous way finally be life in them.
Faster than he'd expected he was done, and after gently drying the Uchiha's face with a tiny towel he almost reluctantly released his hold on the other. It was time to perform the last part of his little ritual.
Shifting so that he was sitting behind Sasuke, he took a comb from a nearby table, beginning to run it through the silky raven locks. A chuckle escaped him. " You know teme, you seriously have girl's hair. No guy should have hair this soft." (He, of course, would've rather swallowed his tongue than revealed how much he liked them.) He hummed once more for a while until he spoke again. " And they grow fast, too. Soon your hair will be as long as Ita…" Fortunately, he managed to swallow down the rest before any further damage would be done.
However, he wondered if he indeed should've spoken out the rest as well, because for a moment he could've sworn Sasuke tensed. But he blamed it on overactive imagination and lack of sleep.
That's where he decided to slip from his usual routine just a little. Usually he'd just sit there in a chair beside Sasuke's bed, blabbering about everything that'd happened during the past three years the raven had been gone. But not today. This time, he needed more.
Quite firmly he closed his mind from the fact that Sasuke didn't react at all as he wrapped his arms around the boy, shuddering. " Geez, teme, you feel like a block of ice!" He was almost glad it was Sasuke's hair instead of those soulless eyes he looked at. " Are you cold? Should I close the window?"
He was too worked up by others things to become startled when the room's door was suddenly opened and Sakura came in. The girl blinked with surprise upon discovering what he was doing before she managed a tiniest smile. " Morning, Naruto. I figured you'd be here."
Looking up, he met a pair of extremely tired green eyes and flashed a small grin, not really caring if it looked as fake as it felt. His focus then returned to Sasuke. " Sakura-chan, he feels so cold. Is it natural?"
Giving a small frown that was most likely supposed to be unnoticeable, Sakura walked up to Sasuke and laid her hand to one of his. Naruto could see her swallow. " I'll have to tell Lady Tsunade about this", she murmured, her thoughts obviously troubled.
Naruto – in a desperate need of something, anything, else than Sasuke's deteriorating condition to think about – also frowned. " What's up with baa-chan, anyway? She's been avoiding me since I came back. Is she mad at me or something?"
The look he caught in Sakura's eyes told even him that something was deeply wrong. She wouldn't look at him. " She's… got a lot on her mind right now, Naruto." The girl let go of Sasuke, clearly finding his coldness too much to bear. She wrote something to her papers. " But trust me, she's not mad at you. She just needs a little bit of time."
His frown deepened. " Time for what, Sakura-chan?"
Unfortunately for him, Sakura was just then saved as the room's door was opened. Ino's reaction to seeing his position behind Sasuke was identical to – if not even more shocked than – Sakura's before the blonde's attention shifted to the pinkette. " Sakura, Shizune asked me to come and get you. She says it's urgent."
Sakura nodded. Naruto grew deeply confused by how he felt like something that belonged to him had been stolen when the girl – in a spur of a moment – leaned down and allowed her lips to brush Sasuke's forehead. Green eyes were filled with something close to misery. " Hang in there, Sasuke-kun, please. Wake up soon." Then skilfully creating a radiant smile, she looked at Naruto. " I'll see you later." And she was gone before Naruto could even open up his mouth.
After giving a somewhat grumpy sound, he readjusted his attention to Sasuke while getting out of the bed, forced himself to look directly into those empty depths. " I should go, too", he half-sighed. " I've been neglecting training lately – Kakashi-sensei and Captain Yamato say I've got a lot of catching up to do. But I'll be back as soon as I can." He didn't even notice how his hand clasped around Sasuke's icy one. He swallowed. " You… You'll better be here then, teme, you hear me?"
A tide wave of dejection washed over him when there was yet again no reply. Unable to bear the room's silence anymore, he got out of the bed, shut the window and slipped out as fast as he possibly could.
As he got out of the room, he was suddenly forced to lean against a wall for support as a wave of something so bizarre he couldn't even explain washed over him like an icy, dark wave. Panting just a little, having no clue of why exactly he was feeling out of breath all a sudden, he found himself shuddering.
What the hell was that all about?!
In the end, he managed to convince to himself that the explanation was very simple. He hadn't eaten properly for quite a while now; it was natural to feel winded.
Managing a pale grin despite everything swirling inside his head, he decided to head for some ramen. Kakashi and Yamato would have to wait for one more hour before they'd get him to train.
Had he been just a little bit more observant, he would've noticed a faint glow of ominous red chakra that glowed all around him for a moment.
Her legs moving her forward without her properly realizing it, thoughts whirred behind Sakura's troubled eyes.
Ino's sharp voice caused her to jump. " Forehead, snap out of it."
She blinked with startle, then glared at her friend. " What was that for?"
Mixture of worry and annoyance appeared to Ino's face. " You were an inch from walking straight to a door."
She looked away embarrassed. " Sorry. I suppose I've been… worked up."
They walked on in silence for a while, until Ino finally managed to gather enough of courage to ask. " Sakura… Do you think Sasuke will be alright?" Obviously, the blonde had grown out of being a fan girl, but that didn't mean she wouldn't still care.
She kept looking away, resisting the urge to chew her lip. A little over a week ago, she would've said 'yes' without any hesitation, but now… The truth was that no one knew. The only certain thing was that whether the reason was some vicious technique or collapse of mind, Sasuke was in a state that resembled to coma, and there was no telling whether he'd have the strength and will to pull himself out of it, especially now that his goal was accomplished. She couldn't keep lying to herself, or Ino. She swallowed thickly. " I… don't know, Ino", she practically whispered, feeling oddly defeated. " I just don't know."
Nothing more was said.
As they entered a small room in one of the hospital's most isolated parts, Shizune was already anxiously waiting for them. " Good, you're finally here."
Sakura – forcing herself to focus – frowned a bit. " I understood this was urgent."
Shizune nodded. " Konoha has recently decided to offer shelter to a girl. I need you to make a quick check up on her and take her into safe house. She'll be heavily guarded." The raven turned to look at someone behind her. " Izumi, these are Sakura and Ino."
Feeling curious despite everything weighting their minds, they turned to look towards the direction. On a bed was sitting a about sixteen-years-old girl with impressively long, snow-white hair tied from two places, dressed to a pale-blue outfit that looked a lot like Sakura's old one. But what immediately caught their attention was her milky white eyes that quite clearly couldn't see a thing.
She gave them a slightly wry smile. " Sakura-san, Ino-san, you really don't have to feel bad for me. Not having eyes doesn't mean I wouldn't be able to see you." Her smile turning into a pure, warm one, she turned her unseeing gaze towards something. " Hajime, honey, these two girls will take us to a safe place. We'll be protected, just like obachan promised."
It wasn't until then they noticed the tiny, about a year and a half old baby-boy in her arms. The child seemed absolutely adorable with his shortcut, unruly white hair (obviously inherited from Izumi) and huge dark-blue, almost black eyes.
Ino blinked with stun. " He's… yours?"
Sakura, on the other hand, found herself melting at the sight of the child. Smiling, she walked up to the suddenly very suspicious looking toddler. " Hi there. What do you say if I take a little look at you and your mom?"
The child immediately seemed to recoil, searching for support from his mother.
A soft smile remained on Izumi's lips. " He's a little shy of strangers." The girl stroked the baby's cheek ever so gently. " Hajime, it's okay. These people are friends. There's no need to be afraid."
For a moment, the child seemed uncertain, then – without a warning – became reassured and smiled brightly.
Sakura just had to grin as well. " Well, then, let's get started so we'll get you two to the safe house as soon as possible."
When Tsunade's somewhat hazy eyes that carried at least a dozen of dark emotions opened, she could no longer properly count how many bottles of sake she'd already emptied. She was fairly certain the number was close to ten.
It was pathetic, really. She didn't even like sake, and she knew that in a couple of hours she'd reduce into a heaving heap, but neither of those facts really registered to her at the moment. All that filled her mind was the message she'd received the day before and immediately ripped to thousands of shreds.
Lady Hokage,
We're deeply sorry to report you that an hour ago we found Jiraiya's body. We'll bring him to Konoha as soon as possible.
Her hand was already reaching out for another bottle, when there was a knock on her office's door. Forcing on some composure and soberness, she cleared her throat and carefully hid the bottles before speaking (or rather, growling). " What now?"
After a second, in came a woman in her late twenties with long, brown hair and extremely sharp green eyes, wearing dark brown pants and black shirt. The woman bowed slightly before speaking. " Lady Tsunade, I came to inform that I just brought her to Konoha."
Her head sobered up immediately, and her eyes flashed. " Did everything go according to the plan?"
The woman nodded, smiling a faintest bit. " Yes. They're both all right, and they'll be well guarded. The Akatsuki won't he able to hurt or find either one of them."
This time she nodded, feeling so grateful it shouldn't have been humanly possible. It took several moments before her voice was ready to work once more. " Excellent work." She blinked, feeling nausea caused by sake kicking in. " You're dismissed. You have a mission to continue."
A strange look appeared into the woman's eyes as she nodded once more. " But first, I'll stop by and leave a little gift to an old friend."
Tsunade's was too worked up to properly even notice the woman take her leave.
So… She was now in the village.
Suddenly, it felt like a hurricane had been approaching.
Her eyes carried dozens of emotions as she glanced out of a window, towards for once clear blue sky. " Damnit, you old pervert… Do you have any idea of how much I'd need you right now?"
Sake's affect kicking in just then, she jumped up from her seat and sprinted towards the nearest bathroom, mind too busy to notice her eyes weren't only clouded by alcohol.
Although Kakashi had been deep in though for a very long time, his ninja's instincts managed to spare him from being caught off guard just before a very familiar voice sounded. " Kakashi-sensei, I've been looking all over for you!" Naruto exclaimed, panting heavily.
Despite all, he smirked a bit with near-relief behind his mask while putting away the book he'd been reading. " So, you're finally ready to continue training?"
The blonde nodded determinedly. " Those creeps deserve to pay for what they did to Sasuke. Besides, it's only a matter of time before they'll attack. I want to be ready."
Kakashi nodded, momentarily stunned by his former (and apparently, current) student's determination. If only Sasuke had known to what extremes Naruto was willing to go for him, known how much he was needed… " Then why don't you go and get Yamato? We have a lot of training planned out for you."
Naruto nodded, none of the determination fading, before sprinting off.
Staring at Naruto's distancing back, Kakashi was once more deep in thought, this time too much so to notice the threat before it was too late. His visible eye widened dramatically when out of blue, a whistling sound passed his ear, followed by a thud as something extremely hard hit the tree behind him. Turning his head, he had to blink twice when he first noticed a kunai that was stuck firmly on the wood, then fixed his attention to the very, very familiar pink ribbon attached to it.
Stun washing over, he glanced around rapidly, only to discover that there was no one in the trees surrounding him. Certain that he was alone, he reached out a slightly trembling hand, slowly unbinding the ribbon with his head spinning.
It couldn't be, just couldn't…
" Kakashi-sempai?" Yamato's voice brought him back into reality. Turning his gaze once more, he found a frown from the brunette's face. " Is everything alright?"
He nodded, still slightly shaken. " Yeah."
Naruto, noticing the kunai and ribbon, frowned as well. " What are those all about?"
He just had to chuckle a bit as he put the ribbon gently into his pocket. " I really wish I knew."
The two would've most likely wanted to ask a lot more, but became interrupted when more people appeared into the woods. They all became dead-silent as they watched three grim-faced ninjas walk past them, two carrying a corpse that was covered by a white blanket. Suddenly, one of the corpse's hands slipped to view, fabric visible. The third ninja immediately rushed to re-cover the arm.
He was, however too late, for all three of them recognized.
Jiraiya…!
Gasping Kakashi could tell his heart skip several beats and felt like he'd been punched hard before his eyes shot towards Naruto, partially because he couldn't bear watching the heart wrenching sight anymore. Obviously, he made a wrong decision.
At first, Naruto's eyes widened with utter disbelief, terror and grief, and Kakashi could see absolutely all colour disappear from the teen's face. Every single muscle in the blonde's body tensed. Then – faster than he could open up his mouth or reach out a hand – Naruto bolted into a mad dash, running as though for dear life.
After several moments finding his voice, Yamato all but whispered in a tone that was far from his usual. " Where… Where is he going?"
Misery settled into Kakashi's visible eye, as well as into his chest. " I have a pretty good idea."
For a longest moment, Naruto had no idea of where his feet were taking him as he stormed through the hospital's hallways, eyes blinded by several different things. But a huge part of him wasn't surprised at all when he found himself from Sasuke's room.
At first he stood still for a long moment, as thought not really sure about what he should do. In the end he approached the bed slowly, sitting to its side. It took a while before words broke through his impossibly tight throat. " S – Sasuke, they… Jiraiya, he's… He's dead." His airways were so tight all of a sudden that it was hard to breath. He fought against tears with all his pride, but was pretty sure he failed miserably. " He… He's really dead. He's never coming back."
Those heartbreaking words finally hitting him, he lost control over himself.
He wasn't sure if he was relieved or dejected when Sasuke gave no reaction whatsoever as he wrapped his arms around the raven's body, frantically trying to find even a slightest trace of hope and consolation.
Nothing such was granted to him.
He bit his lip so hard he tasted blood, stubbornly holding on to Sasuke to receive anything at all. And it seemed his efforts were eventually paid off.
Because at that moment of despair and heartbreak, Naruto noticed something that despite all managed to stir a smallest trace of hope within him.
Sasuke's body against his… albeit limp, it was warm once more. He could actually feel Sasuke's heart beating right against his (though it could've as well been his imagination). It was almost like some distant part of the Uchiha had attempted to comfort him.
At that moment, even someone as strong as he didn't manage to keep it together anymore. Only a small sniff was a warning before he buried his head into Sasuke's shoulder, and his eyes overflowed. " Come back, you bastard." His voice was incredibly sad, broken. His hand grabbed Sasuke's in a desperate force. He squeezed his eyes tightly shut, focusing firmly on the reassuring beat he could still feel against his chest. " I… I…"
The words tangling on his tongue required such courage he'd never needed before in his life. But if it was this what getting Sasuke back required, he'd do it. Hell, he'd do anything.
His eyes still firmly closed, he breathed out. " I… I need you, Sasuke. So… come back, please. I need you to come back."
The beating from before was his soul response.
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In his own world that'd turned almost unbearably cold at some point, Sasuke frowned as he heard something that resembled to sobs.
Was someone really crying? But… Who…?
" He… He's really dead. He's never coming back."
That voice, it was so familiar… He could almost put name to it.
" Come back, you bastard."
His eyes flew wide.
Naruto…
More than anything else, he wanted to reach out from the darkness that'd trapped him – to scream and shout that he was there, to make those goddamn cries stop, to let Naruto know he hadn't been abandoned.
But no matter how hard he struggled, those sobs and desperate whispers that (as much as he despised admitting being affected) tore his heart continued.
" I… I need you, Sasuke."
He squeezed his eyes tightly shut, screaming to endless emptiness.
Stop crying, damnit! I'm still here!
" Come back, please. I need you to come back."
I'm not dead yet.
He wasn't sure if he was relieved or infuriated when Naruto's voice became overrun and numbed from his head by another he recognized much too well.
" Foolish little brother…"
He focused with all his might – to block out the sound or to grasp onto it, he had no idea.
I'm still…
" Sasuke… You've become strong… Very strong."
I'm…
" Run! Run and cling to life."
He didn't find it from within him to keep fighting anymore, and his eyelids fell closed.
It became cold once more.
… sorry …
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Back in reality, Naruto was too exhausted to even think about crawling to his home, and truth to be told, being alone was the last thing he wanted at the moment. That's why he laid down to Sasuke's bed, pulling the raven down with him although he knew the other wouldn't sleep without heavy medication, nuzzling himself as close to the Uchiha as possible. As his arms wrapped firmly around the other and his mind started to grow hazy, his tiny sobs were the only sound in the room.
He missed Jiraiya, missed him so much. And he missed Sasuke, too, badly. He wanted this freaking nightmare to end.
The flow of moisture to his cheeks wouldn't stop even after he'd fallen asleep.
(What he didn't know was that one – just one – tear slid down Sasuke's cheek as well, only to dry instantly.)
Far closer to Konoha than anyone would've dared to expect, the Akatsuki gathered together – along with a new addition.
A flash sudden might've called sad appeared to Kisame's eyes as he noticed a certain face was missing.
Noticing his expression, Pein spoke. " Unfortunately, Itachi didn't make it. It was very unfortunate, especially considering we weren't able to get his Sharingan before it was too late. However, he wasn't irreplaceable. You'll be assigned a new partner right away."
A flash of such wrath he wasn't used to flared through him, and a frown appeared before he managed to disguise it. " A new partner?"
Pein nodded, then signalled towards behind him. " Kisame, this is Aihiko Suzume."
As he turned around, his rage from before grew tenfold, barely remaining under his control. For behind him was stood a girl who couldn't be older than sixteen with dark brown hair that was clipped extremely short from back and slightly longer from sides, and strange, fire-filled brown eyes. She was dressed in all black, and he had no doubt she had weapons hidden into her long, also black boots. " Hello, Kisame-kun." She sounded much older than she looked. " I'm sure we'll have lovely time together." His ears detected a crackle of sarcasm.
He growled loudly, no matter how hard he tried to restrain himself. " You're assigning a brat as my partner? A mere brat?" Immature as it was, he refused to speak directly to the girl.
Suzume's eyes turned into a shade of pure gold, and the entire space filled with also golden electricity that was tinged with blood red. " You should already know by now, Kisame-kun", she all but hissed, her whole body beginning to glow with voltage. " Looks can be very, very deceiving." She arched a challenging eyebrow, dangerous eyes glowing. " Would you wish me to give you further proof?"
Despite shock, he managed a somewhat wry look. " No."
The girl's eyes returned to normal as electricity slowly died down. " Good."
" Well, now that you had that thing sorted out…" Pein's voice sounded deeply irritated. " We need both the Kyuubi and Sharingan, so we'll have our hands full. I suggest you to start preparing yourselves right away."
Zetsu's eyebrow bounced up. " So it's finally time for action?"
Pein's eyes flashed in a way none of them had seen before. " Soon enough, a storm will fall on Konoha. And as soon as it's on its knees, we'll strike and take everything we've been working for."
TBC??
A/N: Can you feel the action kicking in? (bristles with excitement)
So, what do you guys say – does this fic deserve a chance to continue further? Please do let me hear from you – this my first long maleSasu fic, so I'm really nervous. (gives absolutely irresistible puppy's huge eyes)
And, what's more… If you wish this to continue, another poll. I'm driving myself crazy with pondering these, so I'm asking you. Which of the couples mentioned below would you prefer as sidecouple? PLEASE, help me out here – I'm really stuck!
SakuxLee
SakuxSai
InoxChou(ji)
InoxSai
ShinoxOC
KankurouxOC
Your own suggestion.
Awkay, that's all for now. Thank you so much for reading! Please let me hear from you!
Take care!
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Belladonna-Isabella: Naruto and Sasuke indeed are a absolutely perfect couple for just about any type of relationship, huh? They're a real fanfic-writers dream! (smirks like a madman)
(chuckles) I'm definitely doing my best to make you like this as much as you have 'Last Chance, Last Dance' thus far. I love challenges!
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