A/N: I'm happy that I'm not the only person who is having trouble at school/ work, it makes me feel a bit better, but I digress. If you thought the last one was slow, then here's another slow chappie, but I promise the next one is a comic relief one. Suigetsu and Sasuke won't see each other again till like chapter...11 or 12 I believe. But there will be dreams and I'll try to keep it as entertaining as possible until then. Well enjoy and thanks for waiting on me and for those who reviewed and the like. If it seems rushed, it is. This'll be my author's note for this chapter so REVIEW! oh almost forgot my mantra. I apologize for any grammatical, spelling, and sentence structuring errors. Happy Thanksgiving!

Passion and Tears

Sasuke's POV

Shit... I thought as the Hidden Leaf village and my inevitable doom loomed closer.

I don't have time for this! Who knows where Suigetsu is now....Dammit Naruto, why are you so stubborn?!?

With frustration and anger, I looked down at the mop of blonde, spiky hair.

Why has he been trying so hard to bring me back? Caring is not a good enough reason.

I thought back to times with Team Seven. Memories with Kakashi the lazy, yet powerful jonin; Sakura the annoying lovesick, weak member.

I glanced over at the pink haired girl and met green eyes. Sakura blushed heavily and looked away.

She hasn't changed that much. Although, I do commed her medical skills.

That left Naruto. Our relationship was very volatile at best. We were enemies and yet he was the closest thing I could call a friend. We were both alone in the world. Maybe that's why he came after me. He couldn't bear to see one of his closest friends....disappear? I don't know what he would call it. It's all bullshit. I told them since day one that I wanted to kill Itachi and yet they continue to drag me down.

"Ahhh! We're finally back," Rock Lee shouted.

"Home Sweet Home," Neji muttered as everyone stopped in front of the gate.

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There was a tense silence in the room. Currently, I was sitting in a chair surrounded by Naruto, Neji, Shikamaru, Sakura and Rock Lee. Not suprisingly, the people that knew me gave amazed looks when their eyes fell upon me. Whispers of "Who's that?" and "There's Sasuke" and "Is that Uchiha?" and unshockingly "He's gotten a lot sexier" seemed to come in waves. I could feel Naruto's grip on my legs tighten. They had brought me to the Hokage's office. Across from me, the busty blonde was staring at me coldly. I met her head on with an indifferent gaze of my own.

"Sasuke Uchiha," she said, "from what I've heard, you seem to cause a lot of trouble."

I said nothing and just stared.

She shuffled through papers on her desk. "You know being a missing ninja alone is a great offense and that's only the beginning of all your crimes. Originally, the elders and I had decided that if Naruto was able to bring you back, you'd be put to death-" Naruto and Sakura began to protest.

"Lady Tsunade-"

"Grandma-"

"Both of you shut up and let me finish. The elders and I had decided that if you all were able to bring him back, he'd be put to death; but I am willing to dicuss a different punishment for Sasuke."

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw both of them relax significantly.

"For now, I want him held in our tightest maximum security cell until the final decision is made." She smiled. "I hope you all don't mind dealing with him for another ten minutes."

You won't have to deal with me anymore in a matter of days.

A black scarf was placed over my eyes, and then I was tugged onto my feet. Two people took a hold of my arms and I was led to my cell. We walked for a good while, going down and up many steps, before finally reaching it. The cloth was pulled from eyes and the darkness fell away. My temporary home was relatively clean and small. While Shikamaru was opening up the steele-barred door, I quickly looked around to check if there were any weak spots. He gestured for me to walk in and I did. Immediately, I felt drained and sluggish. It was hard to stand up.

It's...Their...This room is blocking my chakra...

I just wanted to sit down and go to sleep. The sound of the prison door closing behind me was heard and as soon as I was sure that everybody left, I collapsed to the ground. I crawled to the back of the wall and sat up against it. And lo and behold, I find Naruto staring at me but I didn't care. I closed my eyes and welcomed unconcious.

I wasn't sure how long I was sleeping for, but when I opened my eyes. Naruto was still sitting outside my cell.

"Would you like some food?" the blonde asked.

I shook my head no.

Naruto huffed. "Stop being stubborn, teme. You've been asleep for a whole day."

My eyes widened slightly.

A whole day?!? How far has Itachi taken Suigetsu?

A feeling of despair began to sink its away into my gut. Every minute that I spent here, Suigetsu was getting further and further away from me. I wanted to give up and go into a self-loathing phase.

"Sasuke?" a soft voice asked.

I looked up and realized how close he was. When did he come into my cell?

"You're eating whether you like or not. I'll feed you myself if I have to," he said, holding up a steaming bowl of soup.

I was too tired to disagree, so I nodded. He carefully dipped the spoon into the soup and blew on the liquid gently, then he brought it to my lips. I proceeded to sip the soup from the spoon. This pattern continued at a slow, careful pace. I could feel the soup filling my insides with warmth.

"Grandma Tsunade says that you'll be tried before her and the council members by the end of this week. I wasn't actually supposed to tell you that but-"

This means I only have about five days to escape, but how am I going to do it? I'm still wounded and my chakra is blocked.

"you would've found out anyway. Well, technically you wouldn't find out until they called you but who cares. Oh, I'm sorry."

A little soup dribbled out the side of my mouth, and on reflex I licked the juice up. I watched as Naruto froze and followed my tongue as it swept at my dry lips as well. A small flush was apparent on his cheeks and his eyes were glazed over.

...There's no way....he has...

"Naruto," I called. My voice came out in a soft whisper.

His eye lids drooped a bit and his gaze became even more intense. Naruto's baby blue orbs traveled down my body, which was beginning to become hot and bothered from his fervent gaze. Slowly, Naruto began leaning forward.

I unconciously gulped. "N-Naruto, Naruto," I said louder snapping him out of his daze.

"uhh..wha?" he questioned. The hyperactive ninja realized the position he was in and blushed heavily, then backed away a bit. "O-oh, umm right, like I was saying...sorry."

We sat in silence. I looked over at my former teammate, who looked like he was internally beating himself up.

Okay, let's try to add all this up. 1. He came into a chakra blocked cell when he could have just gave it to me through the bars, 2. He hand-fed me when he could have given me the bowl, 3. He tried to kiss me, And....

"Dobe, why did you bring me back?" I asked delicately.

Naruto looked up and growled in annoyance. "Why do you keep asking me this teme? I told you already, I care about you."

I nodded and let out a mental sigh. Everything made sense now. Why had he committed those actions earlier? Why had he been searching for me for about three years? It was all because Naruto had feelings for me.