Summary: 'Empty. That's what I feel most of the time. Like there's no emotion inside of me. Some people call it depressed. I call it normal.' SasuNaru. Naruto becomes depressed with Kyuubi whispering false things in his mind. He thinks he's fooled everyone, but there's a certain someone who won't stop until he's found out what has happened to the blonde.

A/N: Before I start anything else, let me clear up some confusion I've noticed. Sasuke, Naruto, Sakura, and those around that age are about 18. The 4th war happened and it's been a few months since Sasuke's came back. Note, I haven't seen the fourth war yet, so don't hold me to the information. But when Naruto thinks about vanishing, he isn't talking about going with Jiraiya. He's talking about leaving the village when a small amount of people know he's leaving, let alone where he's going. Basically, he's talking about disappearing without permission.

Now that that's cleared up, hopefully, thank you for all the reviews and yada yada. Stuff I say all the time. This is in Naruto's and Sasuke's point of view. Let's get on with the story. And sorry again for making you guys wait so long!

I sat on my bed, staring down at my hands. My lips tingled with some strange feeling. I lifted a finger to touch them before bringing it back down again. Sasuke kissed me. He actually kissed me. It had surprised me so much that I instinctively retreated. I wasn't sure how I should've behaved in that situation. Should I have stayed and kissed him? What if I hurt his feelings? That thought was quickly removed from my mind as I heard him moving around the house. If he was mad at me or something, he wouldn't be making any noise while he crossed from one room to another. I shook my head to rid myself of the thoughts of Sasuke. My gaze shifted from my hands to my legs, where my orange pants used to cover my scars. They had disappeared when Sakura had healed me.

I pulled my pants down to where I could see my canvas. I traced my finger on it and slid it around, like I was cutting myself. It felt odd to not have to desire to do so with an actual blade. This was the first time I've felt content without my music ever since the old Naruto vanished. It was then that I realized something. Sasuke actually made me feel. Just earlier, he had made me feel angry and agitated at him and then happy that he kissed me. My eyes widened at the realization and I shot to my feet. Before I knew it, my hand was on the door knob, ready to twist before I stopped. What was I doing?

I hesitated for a minute, debating on what to do next. If I went out there, what would I do? I didn't have a plan. I closed my eyes for a moment and took a deep breath. I opened them once again in determination. I would beat my shyness and I would do what I wanted. I opened the door, paused, then took a slow step forward. It took me a while, but I finally made it to the living room, where Sasuke was reading another of his books. At the sound of me entering the room, he looked up and flashed a smile at me. My cheeks turned red and I looked away. I sluggishly made my way towards him until I was right in front of him. Then I gave him a quick little kiss. I turned around before I could see his reaction and booked it back to my room. I closed my door, leaned against it, then slid down to the floor.

-SasuNaru-

It's been two weeks since I had agreed to go out with Sasuke. I was slowly getting over my embarrassment, thanks to the aid of pills Tsunade gave me. Antidepressants. They lessened the feeling of emptiness inside of me, but they didn't really make me happy. The only time I was truly happy was when I was with Sasuke. But as soon as he was gone, the emptiness came back at full force. When I had finally gotten the courage to tell Sasuke, he wouldn't leave me for longer than absolutely needed. We seemed to only be separated at night, when we were in our own rooms. That was when I had the most trouble fighting the urges to mark myself with the kunais.

It was now the fifth night. I had spent a long and relatively happy life with Sasuke, but now he was in his own room. I had taken my pills but I was still feeling hollow. I stared at the blade that was sitting on my table. Kyuubi growled in my head. "Do you really think he cares about you?" I rolled my eyes. We had been over this many many times. He had learned to not say anything while I was with Sasuke, so he usually attacked while I was alone.

"Yes, Kyuubi."

"I don't buy it."

"I know you don't." I said, annoyed. I still didn't know why he was so against Sasuke liking me.

"He doesn't like you. You should just do him a favor and get rid of yourself." He hissing, sounding like it was in my ear. My eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "He thinks the same way all those other villagers do. He doesn't appreciate you. He doesn't care about you. He just wants you gone." Tears came to my eyes. That wasn't true. I knew it wasn't. But it still hurt that Kyuubi was saying these things. With a final push, I threw him out of my mind. But his words still lingered in the back of my head.

My eyes traveled to the kunai once more. My hand seemed to lift itself out of my lap to grab ahold of the hilt. I picked up silently and brushed it against my skin. Where it touched, it left a trail of invisible fire along my thigh. I could just imagine it splitting the skin to make a crimson line trickle down the sides. Before I could think of what I was doing, I put pressure on it. With a sudden tingle, blood started to flow out. My eyes went wide as I watched. I hadn't meant to go so deep. But I felt calm. Like I had just conquered all of my demons. I closed my eyes in bliss and slowly dragged it from one side to another. I could feel the blood pouring out of the new cut. I could feel it start to pool on the sheets beneath me. What started as a drop had now turned into a small puddle that was rapidly growing as I made more on the canvas that was my thigh. Soon, I had lost myself completely in the euphoria of my pain. Without realizing it, I made more and more cuts on my legs, slowly descending further into my flesh.

Then I opened my eyes and the world started to spin. Where my bookcase once was now held my dresser. The ceiling became the floor and the colors were starting to blend together. I blinked multiple times, trying to understand what was going on. It seemed like a light went off in the back of my head. I was bleeding. A lot. This was what happened when you lost too much blood. For some reason, I was beginning to feel panicked. I didn't want it to end yet. I was just starting to enjoy my life. It couldn't end with an accident. If I was going to die, it was going to be because I want to. Eventually, everything started to blend together into a mass of color and rough edges. A black dot started to form in the middle and engulfed the colors before rushing towards me. My mind had lost track of what was going on long ago, but my body collapsed onto the bed when the dot reached me.

-SasuNaru-Sasuke's POV-

I knocked gently on Naruto's door. It was forty minutes past noon and the idiot was usually up. He wouldn't stay up, but he would wake up around noon and go to the bathroom only to end up crashing on the couch. Today, however, he had yet to even make a noise. After a moment of waiting, I knocked again harder. Still nothing. I slowly turned the knob and slid the door open before peeking my head. Then I saw him on his bed, blood everywhere. Time seemed to stop as I studied his torso, seeing if he was breathing. His chest was barely moving. My body moved on its own, throwing the door to the side as if it was nothing. I rushed to his side and picked him up. There would be no time to get Tsunade over here, so I would have to take him to the hospital.

I swiftly ran out of the house before putting all of my weight onto one foot. Then I launched myself upwards, onto the roof of the building and made my way to the hospital. On the way, Kakashi spotted me and ran alongside me. "What's going on?" He asked as he assessed Naruto's bloody legs.

"I need you to go get the Hokage and tell her to get to the hospital as soon as possible. Tell her it's Naruto."

"Got it." He said before branching off to go his own way. I spoke when he was safely out of earshot.

"God dammit, Naruto! If you die today, I will never forgive you! Do you hear me?!" I all but shouted at the Kyuubi vessel. I felt something hit my cheek and looked up at the sky. It was clear. Not even a single cloud in the sky. So what had fell on me? It slowly slid down my face until it reached my lips. I cautiously tasted it and realized it was salty. Where had that come from? Before I could ponder over it, I had reached my destination. I stormed through the doors and caught the gaze of the woman behind the desk. Sakura. Her eyes widened then she calmed herself and went to work. She led me through the halls with practiced motions and everybody else seemed to move out of the way.

"What's going on with him, Sasuke?" She asked sadly.

"He's been dealing with some stuff." I answered.

"What kind of stuff?"

"Jesus, Sakura! Can't we just get him some help?!" I snapped at her. She didn't reply. Instead, she practically kicked a door in and walked into the room.

"Lay him on the bed while I get some of this stuff ready. Can we get some help in here?!" She yelled the last part as I carefully set him on the bed. A few other medical ninjas ran in and immediately started to help set everything up. Then Tsunade busted in with Shizune behind her.

"What the fuck is going on in here, Sasuke?" She shouted. The others in the room didn't seem to mind her loudness, but it certainly bothered me. I looked her directly in the eye and spoke.

"We went to bed last night. When I woke up, I waiting for a while until I noticed that Naruto wasn't waking up around the usual time. When I went to go check up on him.. I found him like this. I'm not sure how long he was like this." I said the last part softly.

"I thought our deal was that you check up on him every few hours." She growled. I opened my mouth to say something. She spoke before anything left my lips. "If you would've kept your end of the deal, we wouldn't be here right now! He would be at your house, safe and sound!" She yelled. That got Sakura's attention.

"What deal?" She asked. We both ignored her.

"He was doing very well. I don't know what happened last night. He seemed just fine when we went to bed." I hissed back at her.

"Well obviously something was wrong!"

"I didn't know that! You try taking care of this idiot! It's not the easiest thing to do!" I raised my voice, startling the other ninjas. She stayed silent and glared at me. "I don't care how angry you are with me. Just save him." I said, voice fading. She studied me with sorrow and sympathy in her eyes before turning to the blonde and hovering her hands over his legs. A green glow started to form around her hands and she closed her eyes.

"Wipe the blood off. Let me see what I'm working with." She ordered. Shizune quickly did as she was told. Once it was mostly gone, everyone gasped. Cuts, all round both of his thighs. Almost down to his knees. Line after line after line. Tsunade took a shaky breath. "Shizune, Sakura, anyone else who can help, get over here and let's heal him." She whispered. But it was still loud enough for everyone to hear. "Sasuke. We're going to need you to go wait somewhere else. We need as much room as possible." She told me. I bit back words that would probably anger the busty woman and turned to leave the room. I quietly shut the door behind me before sliding to the floor. I put my head in my hands and closed my eyes.

-SasuNaru-

I don't know when, but I had fallen asleep while the ninjas worked on my boyfriend. I was woken up by the door opening and a soft hand on my shoulder. "Sasuke? You can go in there and be by him." A female voice said. I looked up and saw it was my ex-teammate. She gasped when she saw me and her eyes softened. "Were you crying?" She asked tentatively. I looked away sharply.

"Of course not." I hissed weakly.

"That's weird. Because your eyes are red. Like you've been crying." She said, pulling me up. I just allowed her to do it and tensed up when she wrapped her arms around me in a hug. "Oh loosen up. It's just a hug." She joked. I groaned and she let go. She motioned into the room with her head with a smile. "Go in there with him." She said, patting me on the shoulder with sympathy. I nodded at her and moved to go through the door. When I was in, everybody else started to dissipate now that the worst was over. All but Tsunade left. I turned to her with one eyebrow raised.

"So. How bad is it?" I asked cautiously.

"We managed to heal the wounds and close them. But he lost a lot of blood while you were sleeping." She said. I closed my eyes in agony. So he could've died just because I was sleeping?! I forced the lump that was forming in my throat down before reopening my eyes to look at her. "He should be fine after a day or two. We just gotta pump blood into his and keep him hydrated. It will be the same as last time." She continued. "Seems like you're his savior." She said with a smile. I just shook my head and looked down at my blonde, ignoring her. "We'll leave you be now." She said.

I looked at the blonde with sadness in my eyes and bent down to kiss him. My lips lingered on his and something wet splashed onto his cheek and onto our lips. I pulled away in surprise. I reached up and touched just below my eye to feel that it was wet. I blinked rapidly as more fell.

And just like last time, I sat down in the chair beside the bed and waited for Naruto to wake up. I put my head down on the bed and closed my eyes as sobs racked my body. Tears slid down my cheeks as I silently cried. I stayed like that and cried until I couldn't anymore. And then I fell asleep. Next thing I knew, I woke up to the machines buzzing and making noises. Tsunade, Shizune, and Sakura rushed in and started moving around, doing things that I didn't understand. "Sasuke. We need you out of here. Now. We'll do what we can, but we need you out." She ordered. I stood up, confused.

"What's going on?" I asked. When no one answered me, I looked at Sakura. "Sakura?" I asked.

"We're losing him. Please, Sasuke. Just get out." She said, tears falling from her own eyes. When I looked at Tsunade and Shizune, I could see that they looked focused, but closed off. They didn't have hope left. My heart seemed to break as I was pushed out of the room by Shizune. She shut the door in my face. I stood there in shock before collapsing onto the floor for a second time that day. Forgetting all about my pride, I cried again and ignored all those that walked past and stared at me. I could hear them talking and trying to fix whatever was wrong.

A/N: Woot! It's finally up! I tried to write a little bit every day, but I just had this inspiration last night to write. So I did. I thank you guys for all of the favorites and follows and reviews that you guys have given me! I have sad news though. This next chapter is going to be the last to a wonderful series that I am very proud of. I have two choices that I'm debating on, but they both end the same. They just have different events happening. But! I will give you guys a warning! Tears will be spilled next chapter! I give all of my thanks to everybody who read this story even when I disappeared time and time again!