S-Sasuke...
The whisteling of the wind stopped as it slowly passed above the water and through the Valley of the end. The statues where emotionless and motionless. Standing in those poses they held as they watched the fight from below come to an end.
Naruto was completely in fear as his heart thumped against his chest. He was covered in blood and could feel it trailing along his entire body from head to toe. Sasuke stood over him, the cracked sword tightly against the teen's neck.
"Naruto, your death will lead to my strength."
The blond swallowed before replying. "Like that time when... when you left home to gain your 'power'? So you could get revenge?!"
The slight smile on the Uchiha's face turned to a frown. "I got my revenge because of Orochimaru's power."
"To kill you brother because he killed your clan, right!?"
"How the fuck would you know about it? How would you know about family when you never had a fucking one?!"
Naruto turned enraged at his comment. "At least you had one! I was alone from the time I was born, you bastard!"
"Who the hell cares about YOU?!"
A tear trickled from his blood-stained eyes. "I-you-you're right...nobody cared about me...everyone hated me from the beginning. The pain I suffered was so strong...I almost turned just like you. I almost wanted to get revenge on-on Konoha. I would have killed everyone!"
Sasuke stood silent.
"It- it was because of Iruka-sensei that I didn't turn into that...because of Kakashi-sensei and Sakura-chan...because of you..." He closed his eyes as tears began to pour down.
The Uchiha still, was silent. His mouth slowly becoming agape.
He opened his eyes and thrust his head forward. "You are like my brother...no...you are my brother!"
"My only brother is the one that I killed. The one that killed my entire family...anyways, why should anybody care about you? You are the Nine-tails' Jinchuuriki."
Naruto gritted his teeth and sent an evil glare at Sasuke. "You son of a bitch! All you care about is yourself...you killed your own brother for damn revenge. Well, I know the truth about Itachi and I don't blame him for what he did. Neither do I blame Konoha..." He closed his eyes and thought for a moment. Blood now streaking all over his face.
Sasuke furrowed his eyebrows and softly growled. "Just shut the hell-"
"No, why don't you just shut the hell up, huh? For once in your life instead of crying like a bastard you could try that instead. Huh?!"
The Uchiha was silent once again. He blinked a few times before he slowly replied his answer. "Maybe I should just kill you now...or take you back to Madara and Kabuto."
Naruto re-opened his eyes and was infuriated. No matter what, I'm not going back. They're using me to destroy Konoha and win this war. I won't let them!
"Naruto...what are you doing?! What the hell are you-"
"Then, do it!"
Sasuke stared in surprise. "Do what?"
"Kill me already, dammit!"
"Hey, kid. Are you insane?! You're talking nonsense!"
Naruto gripped Sasuke's sword in his only workable hand and pressed it closer to his own neck Blood began trickling from the sharp edge of the cracked area.
Sasuke stared deeply into those dull blue eyes. "What the hell are you talking about?"
The blond swallowed slightly before answering. "I won't be a burden to Konoha any longer...if I'm dead, then there won't be a Jinchuuriki for a while. Everyone I care about will be safe...why am I telling you this...?"
"Hey, kid. That's not our deal! I never gave you permission to go kill yourself."
"Sorry, Kurama. If I don't die now both you and Konoha are in danger. I don't want that Madara controlling you as much as I don't want Konoha to be destroyed...gomenasai...gomennasai...gomenasai!"
A blood streaked tear fell from his cheek. "I hope you understand..."
"Naruto..." Sasuke glared down at him. "What happened...what happened to that damn annoying 'Ninja way of never giving up' you're so proud of?"
"I'm done, Sasuke. I already told you why." He closed his eyes and prepared for death.
Nothing came.
"Get up."
Naruto opened his blurry eyes in fear. "W-what?"
The sword was slowly removed from his neck. Sasuke grapped Naruto's right arm and lifted him onto his feet.
Naruto stood there wobling on the water's surface. His whole body shaking. He was afraid of what was going to happen next.
The Uchiha noticed his quivering and softly smiled. A smile with a tinge of true humor. "Lean on me."
"W-why...I told you I wasn't going to endanger Konoha...if you take me back I'll kill myself!"
Sasuke ignored his comment and placed the blonde's arm around his neck at which the blond struggled for release. He activated his weak Sharingan and stared into the distance. "I sense Konoha ninja."
The whiskered teen only continued to fight against the raven's grasp. "Let me go!"
"Naruto..." He turned to face him and honestly, sinerely let out a smile. "You and my brother want to protect the same thing and I honor that. I'm coming back to Konoha along with you."