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Chapter 3 - In the Moonlit Night

Sasuke had no idea where he was going. He ran for what seemed like an age. His joints slowly began to ache as his muscles becam etighter and tighter. Even a searing pain in his side didn't stop him.

The pain was centered around a small, thin area, like someone has slit the flesh. The apin bled into the area around the slit. His breath became more laboured and then he noticed the tree's had started to thin. How far had he ran?

Yugo walked back into the camp with the newly washed dishes in his arms. After placing them in their appropriate spot he noticed the camp was unusually empty. At least that was what he thought untill he heard a faint squealing noise.

'Karin,' he thought rolling his eyes. She had that bloody shirt again. Well enough was enough. Sasuke was short of shirts as it was wihtout some crazed fan-girl stealing one and groping it whenever she thought no one was looking. Not to mention the thing was minging. He might not mind as much if she'd let him wash the blasted thing.

Yugo walked in with his eyebrow raised ready but what he saw made him tickled pink with laughter and it toook all his strength to hold back a snort.

The fan-girl had somehow taken her obssesion to the next level by taking the shirt - may it burn in hell - and wrapping it around her entire head. He could just imagine the look on Sasuke's face if he could see this.

Creeping slowly, Yugo approached the girl and swiftly removed the shirt from her head, goving her a heart attack in the process.

"Yugo," she gasped then saw the shirt in his hand, grabbed it back from him and started cradling it against her chest. Yugo rolled his eyes.

"I take it Sasuke isn't back yet then." Then something suddenly hit im. "Where's Suigetsu?"

"I dunno went off somewhere," she said uncaringly.

"Where," Yugo asked again, alarmed now.

"I just said i don't know," she said the last three words slowly and forcfully, then forwned as Yugo turned to the entrance of the tent.

"Where are you going?"

"To find him."

"Leave him."

"But -"

"Just let him do what he needs to do." She said this with a glare in her eyes that said the conversation was over as she turned back to the shirt.

But Yugo wasn't convinced. He knew what Suigatsu was like and couldn't help fearing for the saftey of the little blond. But there was nothing he could do. Not now.

Sasuke rested on the tree branch for a while. recovering his breath and taking in his surroundings. It was peaceful. the large full moon brightened the darkening surroundings unopposed by the cloudless sky. It was all very surreal.

The sound of splashing water reached his ears as he gently lowered himself to the ground. Walking for a a couple of minutes he came to the bank of a small lake.

Wait a minute...Lake?!

He realised where he was to late as a Naruto rose from the water, glowing in the moonlight. Beautiful shaggy blond hair framed his face, dripping with water. Droplets slid down his slender body ,which was perfectly toned, entrancing the raven.

He should leave, he should get away, He shouldn't be watching this. So why wasn't his blasted body moving, he thought desperately letting out a colourful stream of curses in his head. He tried to remind himself that the blond isn't in his right state f mind.

Wait! Why did he have to remind himself of that! It's not like he was going to do anything to the blond and as if his mind was answering this statement thought began to run through his head that Kakashi would be proud of.

Sasuke began to fidget in his kneeling position, his face flushing slightly at the uncomfortable bulge in his trousers. Damn it why did Naruto affect him like this?!

With his keen eyes Sasuke noticed a faint scar across the blonds right hip. He frowned. The scar looked old but he couldn't recall when Nartuto could of got it.

Dismissing it as a training accident his eye's began to wander again until he realised they were slowly moving downwards. Averting his gaze Sasuke was about to move away when Naruto turned his back to him. And his heart stopped.

There illuminated by the full moon were two deep welts. One from the the right side of the blonds neck to his under arm and the second from his right shoulder to his left hip. Two perfect scars adorned the skin next to his shoulder blades.

And this should of made Sasuke angry. It should of made firs course through his veins and vow revenge on whichever poor bastard had done this to his little blond. But he wasn't. He couldn't be.

He was to transfixed by the symbol engraved on the blonds back. The symbol which overlapped all other injuries. Which marked the blond and claimed him as its own. Sasuke's eyes faded red mirroring the symbol.

For eternity it seemed like the raven stared at the sharingan carved onto Narutos back.