Author's Note: Ah, here we have the penultimate chapter :3 And here I am listening to male cover songs... again. They're just so... *shudders* Sex to my ears X3 Seriously though, I think the Christina Aguilera 'Genie in a Bottle' male cover- wow. That's all I can say :3 But yeah, the penultimate (turned final) chapter is here: all of you must cry! }:D I'm crying right now... listening to the male cover of Kelly Clarkson 'Behind these Hazel Eyes' TTATT So beautiful and REALLY makes me think of old times with some shit happening. *sigh* now I'm even more upset... *gloom* I was dumped the other day... doesn't it suck that my longest relationship was 3 months and with a girl? Seems that guys really suck :/ I may just not bother with them. Hello ladies...

Warnings: *ahem* Sorry about up there but yeah in this chapter there is: yaoi, swearing, humour, more angst maybe, more death maybe, violence, blood, more angst maybe, confusing plotlines and yeah... more angst :/ I was pretty depressed when I started to write this...sorry for any outbursts of random 'waa'ing.

Disclaimer: Is the world seriously trying to make me depressed. SERIOUSLY! I don't own shit! Misashi Kishimoto owns all 'Naruto' characters, Juura99 owns Kam, Kao, Stone, Juura and all other characters of hers I use; Fullmetal Gary owns Gary and well... now I'm even more depressed. Fuck you Murphy!

As Naruto was about to punch him, he blocked the hit and every hit after that. The choreography continued as Sasuke countered each punch and delivered a few to have them blocked. Their bodies were too in sync with one another- their bodies were too familiar with one another. Too many nights filled with passion and love had made them know one another well enough to know what move was going to be made next and exactly how to counter that move. But surely, this meant something? If Naruto's body was still able to respond to his even with the virus inside of him, did that mean he wasn't completely gone? Sasuke hoped so because if it didn't, it was going to be an impossible fight: a fight that if Sasuke lost, he'd lose Naruto forever.

Chapter 11

A fist here.

A kick there.

A swerve.

A dodge.

A heartbreak as he saw the blood starting to pour from his lover's nose. He ignored the stabbing pain in his chest as he continued to fight in hand to hand combat with Naruto.

"Just give up Sasuke," a voice growled from the blond. Sasuke gasped on hearing that. Naruto remembered- but then why was he fighting him? His momentary distraction cost him as he was sent flying across the room, crashing into the wall. He coughed slightly, winded from hitting it so hard. The sounds of the fight around him were drowned out as he saw Naruto approaching him. He tried valiantly to push himself up off the floor but failed as a powerful blow was delivered to his elbow, a crack sounding from it. Sasuke cried out in pain and collapsed to the tiled floor once more. A fist grabbed his shirt collar, yanking him up; a punch was sent to his face, spilling blood from his nose.

"Do you know Sasuke? How long I've wanted to do this?" Naruto growled, throwing him to the floor before delivering a sharp kick to the raven's ribs.

"You're a complete jerk!" another kick. Another. Another. Another.

"I never loved you! How could I? I hate you Sasuke!" he yelled, each sentence was punctuated with a strong kick. The raven collapsed, breathing heavily.

"You're a liar," he whispered, shaking as he tried to lift himself up. The red-eyed Naruto looked confused as Sasuke stood up, still breathing heavily.

"You're a liar- and a monster. You're not Naruto!" he yelled, swinging his fist and making sure it collided with the blond's temple, disorientating him. The blond stumbled back, hair turning the same colour as his eyes as he fell to the floor.

"You never hated me. You lie, you monster- KYUUBI!" he roared, running towards the blond on the floor, picking up the discarded knife from earlier. He rushed forward, like a lion to its roaring slaughter as he raised the knife high. The flash of fear in red was missed as the knife was swung down, causing red to splash onto the floor.

"You're not Naruto- because the Naruto I know and love would never do this to his friends, or to me!" Sasuke whispered as he withdrew the knife with a 'schluck' sound. Tears remained unshed as he stepped backwards and turned his back on his bleeding lover to face the devastation around him. Blood was caking the walls; the deceased had been moved away, the injured being guarded as the others fought Orochimaru with all their might.

"D-don't turn your back on me, t-teme!" came a coughing from behind him. Sasuke flinched but walked forward and broke into a run, going to join the fight with Orochimaru.

"Sasuke!" Naruto yelled, his voice cracking slightly making it sound like the normal blond. Sasuke ignored him and kept on going.

"Sasuke, please!" the yell was drowned out by a few more gunshots; Sasuke had more important things on his mind.

Kiba was struggling to keep up with the others. Kakashi seemed to have endless stamina and Iruka just kept on going. Orochimaru didn't seem to want to give up any time soon either.

"Why won't you die, you fucker?" he roared as the man dodged yet another swipe sent his way by the dog lover's fist. He chuckled, punching Iruka in the face and withdrawing a pistol and shooting the man in the chest. Kakashi felt as though he'd been punched in the gut as he saw the brunet fall to the floor. Kiba growled.

"Why did you do this?" he yelled, ducking and avoiding the bullet sent his way, which in turn grazed Jiraiya's shoulder. The white haired man growled at Kiba but was silenced as another bullet sliced through his shoulder.

"I'm going to use this boy to change the world!" he exclaimed gleefully. Kiba glanced to Naruto, who- much to his dismay- was slowly bleeding out but awkwardly making his way across the floor, trying to follow Sasuke.

"Dude, he can barely change his underwear at the moment, how do you expect him to change the world in this state?" he roared, withdrawing the hidden blade from his belt buckle and slicing the snake man across the wrist, causing him to drop the weapon he was using.

"This boy is a prototype. My next target is that delicious redhead over there," he nodded towards Gaara, licking his lips. A growl ripped through the air.

"YOU CAN'T GO AROUND USING PEOPLE AS MICE YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE!" Kiba roared, going in for the kill when a sharp pain caught his side and he collapsed to the ground, coughing blood. He looked around to see the teen with the swirly orange mask with a pea-shooter wave and run out of the room. The room span around, making the brunet feel sick before something warm boiled in the back of his throat. He coughed some more before fainting- red was apparently a favourite colour of Orochimaru's.

Sasuke was furious. He watched as his comrades fell around him- he had to act quickly if he were to save his lover and his family. Ignoring the coughs and desperate calls of the blond from behind him, he sprinted to the black-haired man, readjusting the knife in his hand. As he was about to strike his neck, another blade blocked his own. A growl ripped through Sasuke's throat as onyx locked with gold. A long slimy tongue licked the lips of the golden eyed owner as he took in the sight of the boy before him.

"Such a waste on you Sasuke-kun," he whispered. Sasuke shuddered in disgust before breaking apart from the knife lock.

"I've had enough of your fucking voice!" he yelled, slicing across quickly, only to be showered with red as the pink slimy appendage fell to the floor. Red fell from the mouth of Orochimaru as he stared in disbelief at his tongue on the floor.

"You hurt Naruto; you killed countless others- you truly are the scum of the earth," Sasuke spat as he drove the dagger down, intending to finish off the man that had caused so much grief. Black was replaced with blond as the dagger swung down, causing more red to splash to the floor.

The room was filled with it, drowning in it. Stained with- painted by it. The room was being deafened by the sound of death, being thrown into darkness by the deeds committed. Cries echoed. Laughs rang; but most importantly, there was silence. Everything seemed to slow down as the blond crashed to the ground before the raven. The 'mute' button had been used on the remote of life and the scene played frame by frame as, for the last time, Sasuke watched someone he cared about was ripped away from him.

A cold laugh.

A warm hand.

Blue eyes.

Red puddles.

A muttered phrase.

A loud cry.

Sasuke stared down at the teen in his arms. It couldn't be happening; he'd had no idea that Naruto had been making his way towards him during his fight. He'd arrived at the wrong moment, to be grabbed by Orochimaru- used as a human shield. A cold laugh rang out through the hall, making everybody stop in their ministrations. Kakashi glared daggers at the monster who so proudly stood above them all, two bleeding teens at his feet. Tears were splashing onto the paling face of the tan boy held in Sasuke's arms. A warm hand grabbed his own and onyx locked with ocean blue for the last time. Red was pooling at the sides of soft lips and dripped down into puddles.

"S-Sasuke," Naruto whispered his eyes un-focusing every now and then. Sasuke gripped Naruto's hand tighter and held it close. His arm was still stinging but he ignored it as he held onto the hand like a lifeline.

"It's okay, I'm here Naruto," Sasuke whispered. A cold laugh rang out once more and Sasuke flinched.

"I- I'm sorry Sasuke. I don't know why I said those things!" Naruto gasped, coughing up more blood. A raged cry sounded and a few more gunshots were heard. Both teens flinched- Naruto even more violently.

"It's okay Naruto. It wasn't you," Sasuke whispered, stroking the whiskered cheeks as he watched Naruto fade.

"I do love you, Sasuke; don't forget that," Naruto whispered before his eyes finally slid shut and his breathing stopped. Sasuke's body shook until he couldn't suppress it any longer. A sob escaped his throat and tears trailed down his face.

"N-Naruto!" tears were falling thick and fast down the Uchiha's face as he held the smaller teen in his arms. The cold laughs continued as the tears continued to fall. Gently, Sasuke placed his lover on the ground and stood up, back to Orochimaru. Everybody was silent and everything seemed to have stopped. A few sniffs were heard from the youngest Uchiha whose hands were shaking. He clenched his fists to control the shaking before he lashed his body around, eyes wide with rage.

"I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!" the howl of pain and anguish reverberated around the walls, promising death and everything worse to the person who had caused it. Orochimaru giggled before making his way over to Gaara.

"Why would you kill me, Sasuke-kun? I killed the defective one, and I plan on making a stronger one," Orochimaru cooed in a lisp, grabbing Gaara's cheeks. Not one to be touched in such a manner, Gaara spat at the man holding him, causing him to withdraw in disgust.

"I don't appreciate you touching my sparring partner like that," a whisper came. All eyes whipped around to see Shukaku leaning against the door frame.

"Who the fuck cares? This bastard needs to die!" Sasuke yelled, rushing towards the black haired man who just smirked at Sasuke as he was caught around his middle by Itachi. A look of betrayal crossed the face of the younger brother as his older brother held him back from avenging his lover.

"Itachi! Let me go!" he yelled, struggling in the older raven's grip, tears still streaming down his face.

"No! Get a GRIP, Sasuke!" Itachi ground out as Shukaku pushed himself away from the door frame and took his space next to Gaara.

"NO! He killed Naruto! HE KILLED MY NARUTO!" he sobbed, giving up with Itachi and allowing his older brother to pull him into a tight hug. Shukaku frowned as he took in what had happened. All of the children had passed out and were bleeding, only Tsunade, Gaara, Kakashi, Jiraiya, Sasuke and Itachi were full conscious; the rest were on the floor, out of the way of damage. Kaoru had grabbed a hold of Kamari's hand and Stone's hair; Gary was clutching onto Juura, pulling on her jumper. Kurenai had collapsed on top of her husband, one hand sprawled on his chest, the other holding onto the hand of his nephew's. Shukaku shook his head at all the unnecessary bloodshed before turning to Orochimaru. He looked past the man and raised an eyebrow.

"You really made a bad move there," he whispered. Orochimaru snarled.

"I didn't ask for your opinion Shukaku!" he snapped and rounded on the sandy haired male who still had his eyebrow raised. His eyes trailed from the form behind Orochimaru, to Orochimaru and then to Sasuke and Itachi. He snorted and smiled at the two brothers.

"You guys might want to move in about five seconds," he commented airily. A cry of rage interrupted anything else Shukaku would've said afterwards as he looked down to see a sword sticking through him. A patch of red blossomed through his shirt and he uncrossed his arms to look down in amusement.

"Hm, seems I'll be taking my leave soo-" the rest of his sentence was cut off as another sword was stabbed through his chest. He glared at Orochimaru who had just stuck another sword through him as though he were a game of 'KerPlunk' that needed to be set up.

"That was extremely rude," he growled, blood pouring from the corner of his mouth. He smirked, however, as Orochimaru struck a final blow through his heart.

"Oh, you're going to get it now," he whispered as he collapsed onto the floor. Orochimaru smirked and turned back to Sasuke and Itachi.

"Why are you so sad? You knew you would fail, so why did you try? Now your poor little Uzumaki is-"

"Gunna kick your ASS!" came a yell from behind Orochimaru. It was amazing that Orochimaru didn't receive whiplash with the speed he turned his head at. Naruto was alive and standing, eyes blood red once more as his cuts steamed. Tsunade gasped.

"So those strange chemicals I found in your blood sample-" she realised.

"Now's not the time baa-chan!" Naruto growled, pacing nearer to the man who was obviously scared shitless of the teen that was currently approaching him, pulling a sword out of Shukaku at the same time.

"Sorry about that, man," he apologised to the body. A light cough was his answer. Sasuke was just staring at Naruto as if he had seen a ghost which- in all fairness- he kind of had.

"Naruto?" he asked, a bit unsure as how to communicate with him- the last time he'd had red eyes he'd been trying to kill him.

"One moment Sasuke, I need to kill this prick!" Naruto growled, raising the sword and rushing towards Orochimaru. He was about to swing down when a screech of metal upon metal interrupted the perfect decapitation swipe. Orochimaru had acted on the last second, pulling out a dagger to dodge the attack.

"Why won't you fucking die?" Naruto yelled as he rushed forward, forcing Orochimaru into a quick-paced waltz of dodges and swipes. As they proceeded to make their way around the room, Naruto slipped on some of his blood earlier, allowing Orochimaru and entry to slice at his throat. With reflexes even God didn't know that Naruto had, he swept backwards, avoiding the attack. He leant back up, eyes wide.

"HOLY SHIT! Sasuke, Gaara! Some HELP?" he screamed as he kept slipping on his blood from earlier.

"Bloody hell!" he yelled as he managed to dodge a deadly swipe, doing a move similar to the splits at the same time.

"ITAI!" he yelled, bending over to grab at his 'man-parts' after the complicated manoeuvre. Orochimaru saw yet another opening- this time at the blond's jugular. Just as he was about to stab down, another sword blocked his hit.

"You're not killing my boyfriend again you little fucker," came the deadly growl from the youngest Uchiha, which was then followed by a decisive 'Hm' from Gaara, who stood calmly, one hand in his pocket, the other holding the sword that he'd used earlier against Shukaku. It was only then that Orochimaru felt true panic and fear overwhelm. It was only for a second though as Naruto had then stood back up straight, rubbing his crotch.

"Oh my god that was painful! How do girls do that?" he groaned, getting back into his sword fighting stance.

"Let's get on with this then," he groaned, striking viper fast, barely giving the opponent any time to get his bearings. It was three on one- a good advantage- until they made their way past Shukaku's body and Orochimaru pulled a sword down from the mantelpiece above him, fending off all three hits at once.

"Oh no you didn't!" Naruto growled, pushing back with even more force, causing sparks to fly off of the metal. The others looked worried slightly at the blond, who seemed to be blinking a lot. Orochimaru was grinning. Sasuke and Gaara both resumed fighting against Orochimaru as Naruto seemed to be slowing down, blinking even more.

The dance was deadly, carefully scheduled; not a move out of place. Sparks flew with particularly violent hits. Every now and then Naruto would slow down but for what he lacked in those moments Sasuke and Gaara would catch up and pick up the slack. It was when they'd gone on about their third circle of the room when it ended. Itachi, being the weasel he is, snuck behind Orochimaru as he was about to step backwards, and stuck his foot out, causing the man to stumble and then slip on his discarded tongue before cracking his head against a small step. The three teens leered over the man who was lying on the ground, disorientated.

"I guess this is it, huh?" Naruto asked as he poised the tip of his sword above the throat of the man beneath him.

"Yup," Sasuke supplied, gently applying more pressure to his sword where the tip rested above Orochimaru's heart.

"Sweet dreams!" Gaara supplied, placing the tip of his weapon on his crotch.

"Gaara!" Naruto told the insomniac. The redhead looked to the red-eyed blond who looked uncomfortable and was still blinking a lot.

"What?" he asked, applying more pressure.

"Dude, I'm happy this is over but just looking at what you're about to do makes me cringe!" Naruto complained. Sasuke did so happen to look a little pale too. Gaara sighed.

"Fine!" he replied, and moved his sword to lay in between the eyes.

"On the count of three," Sasuke ordered.

"One,"

"Two,"

"Three!"

A 'schluck' sound resounded around the room as the body was stabbed repeatedly, blood coating the floors. When the boys were finished, they stood back- each with a bit of blood on them. A bit was trickling down from near Naruto's eyes. He wiped it away with his sleeve only for it to come back. He blinked repeatedly- his eyes were starting to sting. He cried out in pain and fell to the floor, covering his eyes.

"Naruto!" Sasuke was by his side in a flash, trying to get the blond to look up and bring his hand away from his eyes. A look of terror appeared on his face when he saw the blood dripping through his fingers.

"Tsunade!" Sasuke yelled. The medic was over there in an instant, trying to get the blond to pull his hands away from his eyes.

"Naruto, sweetie, you need to let me have a look! We need to get everyone to a hospital, okay? And to do that, I need to be able to take a look at your eyes and tell them the damage," she comforted. Slowly, Naruto pulled his hands away from his eyes to reveal them changing from red to blue to black and then repeating- each time they changed colour, more blood would spill. Tsunade sucked in a breath and just tore of a strip of her shirt.

"Close your eyes Naruto; there's an ambulance waiting outside- can you walk to it for me?" she asked, tying the strip of cloth around Naruto's eyes so that they were slightly bandaged. Naruto nodded, grabbing onto Sasuke's uninjured arm for support. The two of them made their way out of the mansion and into the early dawn light. Naruto gripped Sasuke's arm tighter.

"Sasuke?" he asked. Said raven turned to face his lover.

"Hm?" he asked in reply. Naruto swallowed.

"I don't feel too good," he whispered before thin trails of red started to pour from his mouth. Nothing could have been done as the blond crashed to the ground for what seemed like the thousandth time that day.

Hospitals. The place where people came to die. The place where people came to be saved. Naruto wasn't in either state, but comatose. Sasuke had been waiting at his bedside for two weeks now, waiting for him to wake up. The first day that Naruto had been brought in, he was instantly attached to life support. It was after the first week that he was officially pronounced comatose and it had upset the youngest Uchiha to the highest degree. He wouldn't eat unless forced and wouldn't speak unless to ask about Naruto's condition which was always the same.

"He's stable, but still comatose. It's a weak coma so he'll snap out of it soon hopefully," the medic supplied. Sasuke just nodded and went back to his moping position, head lying by Naruto's arm that was still hooked up to a drip that was staying true to its name and dripping.

"Sasuke, you should go home for a bit," came a familiar voice from the doorway. This request had been told to him at least twice a day for the past two weeks.

"I'm not leaving until he wakes up Itachi," Sasuke sighed, actually turning to face his brother this time. Before, Sasuke would've just ignored him and carried on staring at the blond. Itachi was taken aback by this sudden change.

"Sasuke, at least go home to take a shower, you stink," he told his younger brother, trying to use some humour. Sasuke just gazed longingly at Naruto before sighing and lowering his head.

"Is there going to be someone here to keep him company when I'm gone?" he asked, grabbing the blond's still hand in his own. Itachi smirked.

"A little gaggle of terrors," he chuckled.

"I heard that, weasel!" a yell echoed through the door. The corners of Sasuke's mouth twitched upwards in a smile as he looked through the small window in the wooden door to see Kiba,Gary, Kamari, Kaoru and Stone all standing there, still with a few bandages around their person. Sighing, Sasuke stood up and hugged Itachi, shocking him into rigor mortis. Eventually, he raised his hands to hug his little brother back.

"Thank you so much, Aniki," he whispered, squeezing his brother tightly. Itachi smiled and coughed slightly.

"Otouto, you're crushing me slightly," he replied back just as softly. Sasuke broke away, hastily wiping his eyes on his sleeve. Itachi smiled gently.

"C'mon Sasuke, let's let these guys take over for you," he told his little brother before the two of them exited Naruto's room. Once he was outside the room, he was met with various pats on the back and a sympathetic look or two. He felt cold when he wasn't in the room- he wrapped his arms around himself and looked around. Itachi sighed and took his jacket off, placing it around Sasuke's shoulders. Sasuke looked up to his older brother who just smiled back.

"Sasuke, you really smell- don't get any of it on my jacket," he teased. And just like that, order was restored.

Kiba sat at the foot of Naruto's bed, poking his feet.

"Dude, I don't get comas," Kiba stated. Stone snorted.

"You're such an idiot," he muttered. Kamari placed his crutches down as he sat on the chair next to Naruto's head where Sasuke constantly stayed. He sniffed slightly and grimaced.

"Ew, it smells like mouldy Sasuke in here- can you open the window please Kao or y'know, spray some Febreeze?" he asked, recoiling at the smell. Everyone wrinkled their nose slightly at the smell. Stone walked over to the window and opened it when something caught his eye. Slightly to his right, there was a man staring up at their room. Carefully, so as not to get caught, he tilted his head, making it look as though he was scanning the car park and looking for a visitor. The man was heavily wrapped in bandages, leaning on a cane. After getting a long enough look, Stone was about to turn back when the man smiled straight at him. Stone jumped and faked an embarrassed grin before stepping away from the window. As he turned around, his grin disappeared and a thoughtful expression crossed his face. Gary, who was changing Naruto's blanket at the time, caught his expression.

"What's up?" he asked, folding the blanket in his arms. Every head turned to Stone at this question.

"There was a man covered in bandages staring at Naruto's hospital window," he explained, sitting on one of the chairs that had been provided, chin resting on his hand.

"Maybe it was just a coincidence," Kiba supplied as he ran a wet soapy flannel down Naruto's face. Stone sighed heavily and ran a hand down his face as he thought about what it could've been- he then remembered the smile. It had been slightly creepy and haunting, but still enough to pass off as a smile when alerting someone with their presence. It was almost as if the man had wanted to be caught.

"I don't what it is, but I don't have a good feeling about it," he muttered when the door burst open, flooding the room with more visitors. His frown was lost in the sea of faces that were crowding around the unconscious blond. Sai was at the back with his crutches, trying to get closer until he eventually got tired of asking Konohamaru to move and tripped him with his aid.

"Ouch! Sai, why'd you do that?" Konohamaru asked. Sai smiled at him.

"Because you wouldn't listen when I asked you to move," he told the boy sweetly before moving to the forefront of Naruto's bedside.

"Anybody else realise that as soon as Sasuke leaves, everybody else floods in to see him?" Kiba asked- his reply was a smack to the head from Sakura and an explanation from Ino.

"You idiot; Naruto is Sasuke's soul-mate- you interfere with their bonding and you might as well just be yelling at them to break up! Honestly, think about it! If Hinata was in a coma after going through everything Naruto went through, you'd want to make sure that nothing ever happened to her ever again, wouldn't you? You'd stay by her side 24/7 to ensure that she woke up to a face that she loved, wouldn't you- you'd want to be there to hold their hand and explain what happened, wouldn't you?" she asked. Kiba swallowed and looked towards Hinata, devotion clear in his eyes.

"Of course," he replied, making the girl blush.

"So now you know how Sasuke feels," she finalised. Kiba nodded and took Hinata's hand in his own. The girl smiled at him and placed a kiss on his lips.

"Thank you Kiba-kun," she whispered, making the boy blush and grin.

Sai, meanwhile, made his way to the window to see the same man from earlier still staring up at the window. Sai smiled at him and waved.

"Who're you waving at Sai?" Kabuto asked.

"There's a strange man staring at our room," Sai replied, eyes still closed in his smile and hand still moving before he stepped away. Stone snapped up.

"Covered in bandages?" he asked. Sai frowned.

"Yeah- how'd you-"

"He was there earlier," he sighed. Sai hummed in thought before sitting by Naruto's side. He stared at the boy, lying on his hands and on the edge of the sheet when something caught his eye. It was square, thin and a slight cream colour. He sat up, noticing that he couldn't see it from here which made him smile.

"Hey, Neji, is there still that woman downstairs selling prayer cards?" he asked the pale eyed brunet. Neji looked to him.

"Yeah, why?" he replied. Sai smirked.

"What kind of material were they made of and what colour are they?" he asked, grin widening as he managed to spot about five more, all hidden in various places.

"A rich sort of card and a cream sort of colour; why?" he asked, folding his arms across his chest.

"So, say if I were to place one on the bed-sheet of a hospital in just the right place, it'll blend in?" he asked gleefully.

"What are you getting at Sai?" Neji asked, frustrated. Sai turned around with a massive grin on his face, holding about 10 of the cards in his hand, all with Sasuke's neat cursive script on them. Neji blinked.

"No way," was the statement from Kiba as he approached the smiling raven and grabbed the cards to see that they were all indeed, written by Sasuke. There were several where the ink in his pen had blotched making it near impossible to read, suggesting tears- lots of them. It pulled at the boy's heartstrings to think that Sasuke had been driven to this and actually crying in the process. Kiba swallowed.

"When Sasuke gets back here, we're not leaving him alone with Naruto," he explained. Everyone was shocked at this.

"Why?" Gary asked, innocently curious and once again, eating chocolate. Kiba sighed.

"He's clearly upset about the whole thing and he needs some comfort as well. Personally, I nominate Itachi," he told them in a serious voice.

"Hm, Itachi does seem like a good candidate but the thing is he's still looking after Kisame. Kakashi seems strong but then again he taking care of Iruka," Kamari suggested.

"How about Granny Tsunade?" Konohamaru asked. Everyone turned their eyes to him, surprised at his geniality. They were so busy staring at Konohamaru, they didn't see Naruto's hand twitch, or his fist clench. It was only when there was a small groan that they looked to see the teen moving slightly.

"Someone call the nurse!" Ino yelled.

"Fuck that! Someone call Sasuke! I'm not being murdered because no-one bothered to tell him his boyfriend woke up!" Kaoru yelled. Sakura whipped out her mobile and pressed speed-dial for Itachi. The phone rang several times before it was picked up.

"Yo," came Kakashi's voice.

"Kakashi? Why are you picking up Itachi's phone?" Sakura asked, frustrated that she couldn't get to the older Uchiha in time.

"Maa, I thought you'd be glad to hear me," it was clear that Kakashi was pouting.

"Cut the crap Kakashi, Naruto's waking up!" she yelled down the phone.

"What? Seriously?" there was the sound of the phone being dropped and a muffled yell on the other end.

"Itachi! Drive Sasuke to the hospital- it's a matter of life and death!" there was another muffled voice.

"What's going on? Is he relapsing?

"NARUTO'S RELAPSING? NO!" came a newer distraught voice.

"No, Naruto's waking up you idiot!" Kakashi told him.

"WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU SAY IT'S A MATTER OF LIFEAND DEATH THEN?" Came a roar quite close to the phone

"I meant that if you didn't drive your baby brother down to him in time for Naruto to open his baby-blues then Sasuke would kill you. God, we really need some humour in this house!" came the distressed reply from Kakashi.

"Hey! Wait for me!" he yelled as in the background a door slammed. The click of the end-call button sounded and Sakura was frozen to the spot. There was another small groan from the bed and Sakura hoped that Naruto could stay unconscious for just a little longer until Sasuke was by his side. Her wish was not granted however as his hand groped around his side.

"Sasuke," he muttered, still looking for a hand that wasn't there.

"HEY!" he yelled, trying to get somebody's attention, voice cracking to where it hadn't been watered over the past three weeks he'd been admitted into hospital. It was then that Sakura realised that nobody had said anything and Naruto had assumed that he'd woken up alone.

"Naruto!" she yelled happily. He jumped at that, unable to see her as there were bandages over his eyes.

"Sakura-chan?" he asked, trying to sit up, but wincing as he did so.

"Oh my god, my back feels like the morning after I first had sex with Sasuke!" he complained, grabbing his lower-back. Sakura sweat-dropped.

"Naruto, there're a lot of people in the room- including small children- they're just too shocked to speak at the moment and I think Kiba's going to throw up" she laughed nervously. Naruto blushed a shade of magenta at that and looked around.

"Eheheh, sorry about that guys," he said nervously.

"Who cares?" Kiba burst out running over to his best friend, going to give him a huge hug when the door slammed open onto his face as Sasuke burst in.

"Ouch, that's gotta hurt," Shikamaru supplied from his point on the chair.

"What happened?" Naruto asked, distressed that he couldn't see anything.

"Naruto," Sasuke whispered from his place in the doorway, uncaring of the bleeding and unconscious boy behind the door.

"Sasuke?" Naruto's head whipped to the side as he blindly stared at the door. There was a tense silence that was only broken when Shikamaru coughed.

"Well, I gotta go be hitting the sack so," and he stretched and walked off. Nobody seemed to be getting the message when he'd reached the door and so he turned around and glared at everyone.

"Everyone, get out, now! Sasuke and Naruto need some alone time!" Shikamaru told them. They finally caught on with many 'Oh's and they left, wishing Naruto to get better soon. Sakura left last, dragging Kiba's unconscious form and closing the door after herself.

"Sasuke, are you still there?" Naruto asked, confused at the silence.

"Of course I am dobe," he whispered, running towards the bed and tackling him.

"Whoa! Sasuke, calm down!" Naruto protested but was quickly shut up when a pair of lips crashed down on his.

"Never scare me like that again!" Sasuke ordered, kissing his lover once more but more gently.

"What happened?" Naruto asked. Sasuke sighed and sat on top of his boyfriend.

"You passed out after we killed Orochimaru- you were bleeding from your eyes. You've been in a coma for two weeks, hospitalised for three," Sasuke explained. Naruto looked confused.

"We killed Orochimaru? All I remember was coming to in the middle of the fight after you injected me- Orochimaru used me as his human shield," he recalled. Sasuke blinked.

"You don't remember waking up after that?" he asked. Naruto shook his head.

"Did we kick ass?" he replied in question. Sasuke smirked.

"Yes Naruto, we kicked ass." He told him, leaning for another kiss. Before they could quite make it, the door was ripped off its hinges.

"YOU BRAT! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME HE WAS AWAKE! I NEED TO RUN TESTS!" Juura screamed, hitting Sasuke so hard over the head with her clipboard it smashed.

"Now look what you made me do!" she yelled, hitting him over the head with her fist.

"Juura?" Naruto asked. Said person stopped hitting Sasuke to turn to the blond in bed.

"Ah! Naruto, you're probably wondering why you can't see, right?" she asked. Naruto nodded, along with Juura. She stuck out her index finger and went into an explanation.

"Well, when you were injected with the drug, various chemicals you wouldn't understand about were sent into your system. Because the anti-bodies from your spinal fluid were suppressed by a strong radiation from the drug, it was able to take over your actions, altering your neuron-patterns. Your frontal cortex was affected and as a result, your eyes were dyed red from the blood that had been thinned due to the heparin that was in the solution. Luckily it was only temporary as the allele that controls your eye colour managed to fight off the mutation. It also gave a higher platelet count in your body, allowing you to heal much quicker than the average person with no scabbing because the heparin counteracted that. Your blood was so thin because where heparin acts as an anticoagulant, there were no clots for it to thin, so it just thinned the blood around it. Adrenaline was falsely entered into your system, giving you a higher speed and faster reaction times but I'm guessing that there was a chemical in there that made you forget what happened whilst the high was happening. Any questions?" She asked. Naruto looked lost and Juura sighed.

"You were injected; your blood thinned; there was a compound in the drug that made you forget. You can't see because your blood thinned so much that it tried to exit through your eyes and mouth. Your eyes are currently bandaged- so you cannot see." She explained in a much simpler manner.

"Why couldn't you have just said that in the first place?" Naruto asked, tilting his head. Juura sighed heavily.

"Would you like me to take your bandages off or not?" she snapped. Naruto shrank back and nodded. As she approached, Sasuke's hand blocked her own.

"I'll do it," he told her. Juura sighed.

"Whatever, Romeo." She told him, smirking.

"Hey! I can hear that smirk!" Naruto told her. She laughed before sitting on the chair by the bed. Delicately, Sasuke took the back of Naruto's bandages and untied the knot that was holding them in place. He began unwrapping them gently. Naruto could see some light breaking through the bandages and a blob that was blocking some which he assumed was Sasuke. The bandages eventually fell away around Naruto's neck as there was less to support them. The first thing he saw was Sasuke's smile. The words to come out of his mouth were not what he expected as something caught his eyes just as he was about to say something.

"Holy crap Juura, you've dyed your hair!" he gasped, looking at the now redhead. She laughed nervously.

"My bad?" she asked. Naruto shook his head.

"It looks good!" he insisted. She blinked before breaking out into a grin.

"Thanks!" she beamed, earning one back from the blond.

"I feel rejected," Sasuke feigned hurt. Naruto looked back to his boyfriend, pulling him forward by the collar of his shirt and kissing him passionately.

"Better?"

"Much."

Five Years Later

Naruto scratched his head as he placed a box beside him.

"Are you sure this is the right place?" he asked his companion. The raven beside him nodded, checking the picture once more.

"Yep, definitely certain," he told his counterpart, kissing him on the cheek before walking through the door.

"Hurry up with those boxes!" he yelled to the two people behind the blond who were struggling with boxes.

"That's easy for you to yell! You don't have to move all your junk now you have us here!" Obito yelled, struggling with a box marked in Sharpie as 'Bedroom'. Naruto turned to the two Uchihas that were struggling.

"Here, let me help!" he offered, extending a hand. Shisui and Obito straightened up, not struggling with the boxes any more.

"No, we're fine!" they both protested in unison, walking towards the small Japanese styled home before them. Naruto grinned.

"Yeah, sure you are," he told them, walking past and sliding open the door for them. They smiled appreciatively at them before following Sasuke down the hall to where the bedroom was going to be.

Sasuke walked out of the room to the back garden where Naruto was staring at a small pond with a smile on his face. There were a few frogs around which saddened the blond. Sasuke noticed this and sat on the small step that went down to the garden next Naruto.

"You still miss him?" Sasuke asked, placing a hand around Naruto's shoulder. Said blond just nodded, leaning his head on Sasuke's shoulder.

"Out of all the people to die that night, I wouldn't have thought that he would've gone," Naruto whispered, sniffing slightly. Sasuke smiled slightly.

"Have you finished his book yet?" Sasuke asked. Naruto shook his head. Sasuke grinned.

"The ending is pretty good," Naruto looked up.

"Teme! I told you not to read ahead of me!" he complained, shoving against his boyfriend's chest. Sasuke chuckled and brought Naruto in close to press a kiss to his lips.

"How's the world now, dobe?" he asked. Naruto sighed and smiled.

"Much more bearable. Tsunade's doing a pretty good job of managing the Government if I say so myself. Although apparently there's this old man who works there who she finds extremely suspicious- covered in bandages and with a cane but hey, I'm not one to judge," he told the raven Sasuke chuckled.

"I'm just amazed that she hasn't gotten the whole world into debt with gambling," he chuckled. Naruto laughed.

"Ah, baa-chan, the wonders you put us through," Naruto reminisced. Sasuke smiled and looked to the house behind him where Obito and Shisui were still unloading things from the removal van.

"I'm amazed she got us such a good place!" Sasuke told him. Naruto chuckled.

"I think Gary and Shikamaru may have filed a complaint about 'loud neighbour disturbances' to be perfectly honest," he laughed. Sasuke chuckled along.

"I'm glad the world is back together again," Naruto sighed.

"Yeah, me too."

End 'Fighting Darkness'

Before you start to weep about the unfairness of it all, THERE IS A SEQUEL! It should be up around September/ October time for those of you who are wondering and I should warn you now- it's still yaoi, there is a side of yuri and MPreg, just in case you don't like that stuff.

I'm kinda sad this has ended but I guess that because I know there's a sequel, I'm much better. Although I'm gunna be sadder when the sequel ends.

And in case you're wondering- yes, I killed Jiraiya; sorry about that but he had to die for the sequel to happen! Sorry bros.

Ah, as we come to an end on this fic, I'd like to say thanks to a few people. First and foremost, I want to say a huge thank-you to Fullmetal Gary and Juura99 for first of all allowing me to use their characters in this story and for sticking with me through the whole of this story. This is my longest one yet and m most stuck-to one where I never once considered giving up and my greatest thanks go to you for motivating me to never give up!

I also want to thank Kiki2222, Raven-chan, Ofeliarage, JustR, CatchinfForRain, and to all of those who favourite and alerted but did not review because even though you did not tell me what you thought, just knowing that people liked it enough to continue reading and favourite it helped me continue, so thank you so much!

Until my next FanFiction!

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