Sasuke trembled. His breathing was fast. Gasping, panting. He was sitting right on the bed in the room Orochimaru gave him. The boy was told to rest, but it seemed like he couldn't rest even for days. His eyes, and head were aching. Sasuke's hand was placed right in front of his eyes, grabbing his head and sometimes squeezing his hair. Mangekyou Sharingan was on his eyes. He stared at nothingness. Still panting a lot. He kept breathing in and out, in and out.

"Uh… agh…" Sasuke groaned. "Uagh…." He closed his eyes for a bit, only to then open them again. It was too much.

It hurts. His eyes hurts. His head hurts. His heart hurts.

Naruto…

Ba-Bump! The image of Naruto appeared on his head. The event of that day, the day when he killed the best friend had.

Ba-Bump! Sasuke gritted his teeth, shutting his eyes and trying to forget the kept repeating images in his head.

He charged his hand with electricity and…

Ba-Bump! He striked through his chest, creating a hole on it. Blood splattered all across his face. His hand was covered in blood.

Ba-bump!

Naruto…

Naruto…!

Sasuke screamed.

From outside the room, Kabuto sighed. "He kept doing that, I wonder why Orochimaru-sama wanted that kind of person," He muttered to himself. "All he does is screaming, and crying, and pouting…" He thought about it. "Come to think of it, he killed that kid…"

Uzumaki Naruto, right?

"Hmph," Kabuto remembered the boy. "Why would you kill someone if you only ended up regretting it?" He stared at the door of Sasuke's room for a while. "It's for the eyes, isn't it?"

Kabuto decided to continue with his work, "Well… those eyes will be fallen to Orochimaru-sama." He walked off. "I guess we'll have to thank him for his hard work obtaining them, after all." With that, he walked away. It was useless to pay more attention for the boy right now. It's not like he could tell Sasuke to stop with his screams magically, anyway.

Sasuke panted, and panted… and panted. And screamed.

Sasuke held his head. The scene kept being recreated in his head. I killed him, I killed him, I killed Uzumaki Naruto…!

The image of Naruto with his stupid smile appeared on his head, his best friend…

(Best friend? Really now?)

He killed him.

Sasuke screamed, this time he also threw some things off to the wall. He didn't care what it was. He wanted to rage. He hated everything. He hated himself. Breathing heavily. In, out, in, out, in, out…

Stupid Mangekyou Sharingan

Stupid Naruto

Stupid Itachi

Why do I feel so much feelings after I killed him?

Why do I have to kill him?

Why did I… kill him?

He threw some things again. Sasuke regretted his actions already.

It was not even a month.

Orochimaru smiled. Sasuke is in his possession, he will get the body he wants. "The eyes are a bonus." He smiled. "To think he actually awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan this fast…"

"Orochimaru-sama," Kabuto spoke out. "But… you just switched body. If only you waited for a moment longer…"

"Yeah," Orochimaru replied. "I have to wait for 3 years until I can use that body." He said. "But until then,…" Orochimaru grinned, even in that state. "We can make his body at its finest shape,"

"Orochimaru-sama…" Kabuto commented. Orochimaru started laughing. Everything was going way too well.

"I expected you to prepare him for me when the time comes, Kabuto."

Another loud scream could be heard from Sasuke's room. That boy wouldn't stop screaming, would he?

Sorry, I am sorry, forgive me, forgive me, fuck, no, not sorry, I am… I will kill…

"Forget about something like revenge"

If only I listened, If only I listened… Somebody. Why? Why I didn't listen to anybody?

Who is going to save me now?- I don't need saving. Why I killed you? Why I killed-? I am lonely again. Why? Why?

Wrong. Not wrong. Wrong. I wasn't wrong. Am not wrong. I am wrong. Kill. Itachi. Kill. Naruto. Naruto. Itachi. Why?

Sasuke punched his fist into the wall.

Why?

I am sorry Naruto.

I am not sorry…

I am sorry

"Tch," Sasuke faced to the wall, hand still on fist shape.

Wake up. Wake up. It's all a dream

(This is no dream)

Wake me up!

(You are awake)

This is just a nightmare

(You killed him)

When I wake up, I will be there, together with Team 7. Smiling, happily… everyone is alive. Everyone is happy. I didn't kill anyone. I never killed him. I never killed Naruto. I didn't- I killed- Itachi- Kill Itachi. Kill… Revenge… Real. Not. Fake. Death. No! Naruto- Itachi- I- I-…

"Ngggh!" Sasuke panted heavily. In, out, in, out. He needed to stop with this. He gained the Mangekyou Sharingan. He gained power. He has become stronger.

He is stronger now.

"Naruto…"

Wrong. I was wrong. I was wrong. Sasuke's eyes felt like burning. "Ngh…!" Sasuke placed his hands on his eyes, preventing the pain. It was still painful.

I was wrong.

I was wrong.

Red fluid leaked out from his eyes. It was painful. It fell off just like tears. Was it even mixed with tears? No. I am not crying. I am not crying. I am not wrong. I am not…

…wrong.

I was wrong.

"Ngh… Ngh…!" Harder, he clutched even harder. "Uaaagh!" Stop the pain, stop it. Stop it! Please, stop it!

Hurt. Pain. Ache. Hurt… Pain…

Naruto…

And then he started sobbing.

Sorry.

He fought hard from doing so.

I am sorry.

(You are regretting this now?)

I am very sorry.

(Really? After you've come this far?)

I don't know…

(Wow, you are really a something. You know that?)

Shut up.

(You are a killer.)

Shut. Up.

(You killed your best fri-)

I know!

(You finally accepted that)

I am sorry,

The blood kept pouring out from his Mangekyou, Sasuke stared into nothingness. What's done is done. He couldn't change the past. Regret always comes last. His mind wouldn't stop blaming him. He finally accepted the blames. He was tired of this argument. His face was now emotionless. He felt sorry. He felt regret. He felt grief. He felt guilty.

…Naruto.

Somewhere, in a place covered in darkness, there are nine people gathered below some kind of giant statue. All of them wear the same black coat, with red clouds pattern on it. They seemed to be talking about something serious.

"So… nine-tails' jinchuuriki has been killed?" One of them asked, opening the discussion.

"Yes." One of them replied, "I've been checked. He was really dead."

"I see…" The one that seemed to be their leader replied. He went into silence for a bit and think.

"Aaw, man…" One of the members groaned. "I never expected him to get killed that easily. Who was his killer again?"

"Uchiha Sasuke." The other quickly responded. Upon hearing that name, a certain man with sharingan on his eyes in the group reacted quite fast.

"Hey,… Uchiha." One of them said, "He is your brother. Isn't he, Itachi?"

The man with sharingan, Itachi, only stayed quiet in the conversation.

"That boy is your brother! I heard that boy is his friend… Woah, that boy's so sick!"

A mask-wearing man stayed quiet upon hearing the comment one of his group member made.

"May Jashin be with him,…"

"Oi, you're not going to bring your religion-shit into this conversation, are you?"

"Silence. We are getting back to our main topic." Their 'leader' said, the rest stopped talking and listened carefully. "We never expected Kyuubi's host to be dead. Itachi, your group was in the charge of Kyuubi, right?"

"Yes." Itachi nodded.

"This is getting a bit troublesome." The 'leader' spoke again. "Kyuubi's chakra is now scattered around, this is beyond our original plan." He said. "It's going to be a while to collect the scattered chakras and resummon the Kyuubi."

One of them then sighed, "Collecting Sanbi is a pain already." He said. "It took so many years to collect them in one piece. It's almost complete, though."

"Gathering information of the rest jinchuurikis are not something easy to do either," another member added.

"I heard a certain kid is able to call the Sanbi at will." The 'leader' said. "He has eaten one of Orochimaru's pills. When the time comes, you two go use him to summon Sanbi." He ordered two of the men.

"Oh, O.K.!" The ordered man gave a thumb sign.

"Alright," His assigned teammate said. "I will have time to show off my work of art to that hard-to-collect-bastard. He better appreciate it, after giving us all the trouble collecting them."

"Keep gathering information about the rest of the bijuus. We have to change the plan about the Kyuubi. We don't have much time for collecting the scattered chakras." 'Leader' told them. "Three years from now, we have to gather all of the bijuus. That includes the Kyuubi." He then stared at the one who was responsible for Kyuubi, Itachi, and the one beside him. Itachi closed his eyes as he understood his job.

"Can you two handle the Kyuubi once again, Itachi, Kisame?"

"Yes," that's the answer Itachi gave.

"We'll try," 'Kisame' replied.

"We'll still need to find out how we can resummon Kyuubi." 'Leader' said. "Don't worry about this one for now, we'll get that in time. For the time being, just focus on your jobs."

"Yes." The whole members replied.

"Meeting disbanded." After he said that, the members of Akatsuki left the meeting spot. Itachi remained quiet. The topic of the meeting was still bugging his mind.

He was not worried about how he is going to collect Kyuubi's chakra at that short of time. It was another thing that bugged his mind.

The fact that he heard her own brother killed his best friend.

So that's it… Itachi thought. His brother has now awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan.

The image of Uchiha Sasuke with Mangekyou Sharingan appeared in his head. So that's how it is now… you are going to kill me with that.

He has killed his entire family back there. It was natural that Sasuke wanted his revenge on him. He was the one who told Sasuke to kill his best friend if he wanted the power to kill him.

But to think you would actually end up killing Naruto…

'It was my fault'. Itachi thought.

To find out Sasuke's closest friend was Naruto, it was such a coincidence. Perhaps Kami-sama wanted to play with how the road of the fate goes. Since Sasuke killed Naruto, Akatsuki will be delayed due to the chakra collecting of the Kyuubi.

Itachi still remembered the boy, the blond boy he was supposed to take with him in order to fulfill his mission. Back then, he noticed how close the boy was with his very own younger brother. Sasuke ended up getting more consumed by his grudge and ignored the rest of things that mattered. Fate is really of twisted in some ways. He wondered what kind of road Sasuke will walk on, now that he has killed his own best friend.

Itachi can see Naruto as a sun. He had the chance to remove the darkness from Sasuke's heart. If only he never told Sasuke to kill him off, if he had known it was somebody like Naruto- who had the chance to take Sasuke out from his dark destiny…

He had hoped Sasuke didn't listen to him that time. Oh, well… what's done is done. At least his original plan will work on this way.

Now that he is gone, I wonder who will light the moon?

…Sasuke.

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What does not kill you make you stronger

When you kill someone instead… does it make you stronger?

Hello there! Thanks for still reading up until now! To be honest, I am kind of surprised that even I can make it this far! I thought I would give up right after the prolog but then I continued writing it XD (In the middle of busy weeks of uni? Really, Pii?)

Anyway, I am pretty surprised that it was less than a week but I already managed to get this much of fav and follow. Thank you so much!

As for those who asked me why I put Naruto's name on the character list even though he is dead in this fic, it's because the events that going to occur in this fic are affected by his death. He is the one who make the character development going for Sasuke in this story. He is still a part of team 7, and their friendship is still strong even when he is gone. I am afraid if people will think this fic is about SasuSaku if I only listed the two of them there(sure, I will get some SasuSaku hints but it's not the fic's main plot!)

Akatsuki got a quick change in plan due to the sudden death of a certain jinchuuriki. Itachi and Kisame is going after Kyuubi's scattered chakra. Sasuke is consumed by guilt. How will Sakura stop griefing now? Her friends were fighting, Sasuke has left, and Naruto is gone.

I hope you will stay tuned to the next chapters XD Even though this story is just kind of an alternate parallel to the one that happens in the main series.

The idea is actually way too simple, I am sorry for that. But I hope you enjoy the fic I made in the middle of uni stress that was made by a simple what-if ^^

Until then, see you next time!

(It's kind of surprising to see me able to write this much for a fanfic again now… wow)