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Legends sometimes necessary in each chapter:

Talking

Author notes enclosed in parentheses and starts with this: Ren:/Events, place, time

Inners/Lyrics centered

Outers/Flashbacks

Kyuubi

Chapter 3: Planned... Right?

Recap

"Sasuke-teme, you're coming with me." Naruto said in a cold, serious voice. He looks like Naruto, but is this Naruto? Sasuke thought as he raised his eyebrow. He felt himself being dragged by the upper arm by his best friend.

"Dobe, where are we going?" This time, the normally loud blonde didn't answer.

End Recap

-When the dawn breaks, I close my eyes and prepare to meet my end.-

"Idiot, I just asked where we're going." Sasuke said. "Quit yapping, and just let me drag your ass off for a while." Naruto said, still not facing his best friend. For the first time, their roles are switched. Sasuke, now the whining loudmouth, and Naruto, the serious "cool" guy. Sasuke 'hn'-ed and let himself be dragged by the blonde.

A few minutes later...

Sasuke POV

Hey. I know this place. The Valley of the End? Isn't this where we fought, and where Naruto popped a tail out?

No shit, Sherlock.

Tch.

"Dobe, what are you planning to--" I dodged a fist that he threw at me. That just made me even more curious. "YOU STUPID BASTARD!!! How dare you do that to Sakura-chan?!" Naruto shouted as he threw another fist at me, this time to my stomach. I dodged it easily and caught his fist. "How the heck would you know? Mind your own business." I said coldly.

"Mind my own business?" Naruto paused, his bangs covering his eyes. When he looked up, it was red. "It's everyone's business. She's our friend. Have you registered what that means in your head, huh, teme?" Though calm, I knew that tone well enough that he was seething inside.

"How the heck is our love life everyone's business?" I asked just to stall the upcoming fight; knew it was coming.

"You know I'm not kidding, Sasuke. I'll send you back to the hospital by the time the sun rises." Naruto threatened blankly.

Hn, as if a goon like him can. "Bite me, then." I teased, it worked. "You asked for it..." I blinked, and I was abruptly surrounded by tons of clones. Tch, as expected. Nothing original.

I created clones of my own, Naruto unsuspecting. I assigned them to rain down senbons on the Naruto clones. And soon enough, the real one was singled out. "Can you get anymore original, Naruto?"

"Oh, this is original." Naruto poofed, smoke surrounding me. What the-- I thought he was just a clone! Better activate my Sharingan. "Sharingan." I whispered in the eerie silence. Suddenly, I was kicked from the ground to the air. I heard the syllables, "U- ZU- MA- KI--" I teleported to the top of a tree branch, not wanting to be beaten up. I know better than to underestimate Naruto. He grew stronger, especially with the training that Jiraiya provided, and with the power of the Kyuubi as back-up, he can be unbeatable.

"Shimatta..." I cursed under my breath. I needed a new tactic very soon. Naruto poofed behind me. Perfect. I turned to look at him, my Sharingan activated. "Usuratonkachi. There you are." I smirked, Naruto should know better than this by now. I trapped him in a genjutsu, using his weakness.

End Sasuke POV

In the genjutsu, Naruto found himself trapped. Surrounded by darkness, and all alone. "Naruto..." A weak voice called out behind him. "HINATA-CHAN!!!" Despite his eyes being red, he still found a way to be the old happy-go-lucky Naruto. "Naruto... Go away from me!!!" Hinata shouted.

Naruto froze in his place. Hinata-chan... I thought... The closer he gets to Hinata, the faster, and the farther she gets away from him.

Naruto, you fool!!! He's using your weakness against you!

Tch, how would you know?

This is my girlfriend we're talking about here; I can't just run away from her. I don't care if she hates me. No matter what, I'll be there by her side.

Your choice. Why don't you beg for my power like you always do? Let's show them our power, Naruto...

Uzumaki Naruto never begs unless it's related to ramen!

"Kai." Naruto said. When he opened his crimson eyes, Uchiha Sasuke wasn't there anymore. "Tsk tsk tsk, Naruto, feels like old times..." Sasuke muttered and kicked him to the air. "Shishi Rendan!" Sasuke did his Lion's Barrage, but to no effect. The red chakra coating of the Kyuubi was already wrapped around Naruto's body, but somehow, the old Naruto remained.

"Sasuke-teme... You're running out of time," Naruto said as he pointed to the sky. Subtle golden rays spread across the deep blue sky.

"Sorry for you, but I think it's the opposite." Sasuke muttered. At this point, he knew that Naruto can't be beaten. Being the genius he is, there is a way. There had to be.

BAM!!!

Uchiha Sasuke was thrown into the waters by Naruto's strong kick. That'll hurt in the morning...

Sasuke recovered slowly. That was one big hit, he'd have to admit.

"Sasuke-teme!!! Who the hell are you?! You're not the Sasuke I knew!" Naruto bellowed, creating a clone beside him.

"Dobe, you're not my parents, so you don't as hell have the right to make decisions for me. What's done is done." Sasuke said, kusanagi in hand.

"Not when Sakura-chan is the case! Rasengan!!!" And blue sparks met.

"SASUKE!!! NARUTO!!! YAMERO!!!" A familiar female voice shouted.

Sasuke and Naruto froze in place, letting the sparks die down. The ground they're standing on has a very big crater; they did a lot of damage.

"Sakura-chan..." Naruto whispered, his eyes turning blue. The red chakra coating around his body wasn't there anymore, his fangs now gone. Sasuke slowly turned his now black eyes to the pinkette. He can't believe his ears.

Where'd my old name go?

Sasuke-KUN.

You've gotta teach her how to say our name after this chaos is over,

Hn.

Sasuke ended his Inner-Outer conversation with a grunt as his pitch black eyes zeroed in on his teammate.

"Sakura." He said, her name rolling smoothly off his lips. "What the hell do you think you're doing?! You got me worried sick, you god damned idiots!!!" She scolded.

Now we're the idiot, huh?

Sasuke's inner thought. "It's not my fault that this jackass suddenly bugs into my life," Sasuke said.

"Why you--" Naruto set aside Sasuke's nickname for now and grabbed Sasuke by the collar as he jumped to the cliff. He cut Sasuke off with an uppercut. "I just told you, didn't I? Maybe training with that homo-snake was bad for your health, teme." Naruto teased in a serious manner and successfully created a blue ball of Rasengan in his hands.

After that, everything seemed to be a blur.

"RASENGAN!!!!!!!!!!!" Good thing Sasuke freed himself before he created the blue ball of flowing chakra, and thus, he reached far enough away from the blonde to create his specialty.

"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" A big ball of fire came out of Sasuke's lips. Blue and red collided, the force throwing Sakura off the cliff.

Sakura POV

Do you know how it feels when it seems that everything is in slow motion? You know... The kind where in your life is about to end?

I planned this... I planned this... I planned this...

That's what I keep telling myself as I closed my eyes, letting my body free fall slowly to the ground. What's there to live for, anyway? God, I am such an emo... Well, who isn't? Especially when your true love rejects you for the enth time? It feels like the world is all against you, closing in on you.

I let a few tears slip past my eye lids, and the last thing I heard was the echo of a voice I so crave for.

"NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!" That's all I heard, and the moment I've been waiting for, everything turned black.

Ren: YEY!!! Cliffy rocks!

Sasuke: Why? Why her?!

Ren: You'll find out in the next chapter... I'll post it soon! Sorry this chapter is so short, I'm not so good in fighting scenes. I purposely made this chapter a cliffie, hehehehe... See ya in the next chapter!!! REVIEW.