The Way of The Ninja

I still don't know where I want to go with this yet, but here it is anyway. I am going to wing it, and just go with what comes to me.

Pairings: Naruto/Sasuke (maybe others don't know yet)

I don't own Naruto, and I never will either.

Naruto and Sasuke stand on logs facing the other one as they talk.

“ Naruto, why do you go this far just for me? Why don't you just let me go. I can't get any stronger staying in that village. I have things I must do and you aren't helping anything by doing this. You are just delaying the envitible.” Sasuke asked staring intently at Naruto.

“ Sasuke, do you know why I was alone? Have you ever wondered why everyone always hated me? I might not know what it means to have a family. But when I am with Iruka-sensei, I wonder if this is what it's like to have a father.”

“ When I am with you, I wonder if that is what having a brother is like. You have no idea the regard that I hold for you. You are my best friend, you are the one I struggle so hard to be an equal to. You are the one above all others that I would die for.”

“ You know what? When I was fighting against Gaara, I was able to aquire the power to beat him by wanting to protect those that are important to me. Even now, I have gained the power to protect the one that I......I....” Naruto broke off and looked away.

Sasuke looked at Naruto with shock. Nobody had ever cared this much about him before. They didn't ever care about him as a person, all they saw was the poor last of the Uchiha clan. Now here was Naruto, one who was looked down upon by everyone, hated and detested by everyone, yes even by his own team.

Naruto, the dead last, was throwing everything he had into saving him. Was putting it all on the line to face him. Naruto who pushed him to his limits like no other could. Naruto who just might be the only one who could understand him like no one else ever would.

Sasuke had two reasons why he tried to kill Naruto. One was obvious,
as Naruto was his best friend, in order to aquire Mangekyou Sharingan, he had to kill him.

The other was not so obvious, that being that Sasuke was attracted to Naruto. Not that he was gay mind you, because he never felt this way looking at other guys, so being as it was just Naruto that affected him this way, then he wasn't gay in that sense of the word.

Sasuke could never say to Naruto that he liked him in that way, because Naruto was hung up on that stupid Sakura! Sakura is the one who holds Naruto's attention, and Naruto would never be able to return his feelings.

But now it looks as if he was wrong, and maybe Naruto did have interest in him that way. Sasuke could only hope that was true, because if it was, then maybe just maybe he didn't have to leave.

As that was another reason why he had to leave Konoha, he couldn't be around Naruto anymore. These feelings that Sasuke had toward his blonde teammate, he could never act on them, so that is why he was going to Orochimaru.

Naruto would never be able to understand, so it was best for him to go. With his mind made up, he faced Naruto and they began to fight again.

When it was over, Naruto lay on the ground passed out and Sasuke stood over him. Staring down at his best friend in the whole world, Sasuke felt sick to his stomach.

This is what Itachi had driven him to? To want to be stronger at any price to beat him? Sasuke laughed bitterly to himself. Yeah I certainly followed that advice, watching Naruto laying so still before him.

Not moving, not even looking like he was breathing.

Sasuke's heart stopped dead in his chest. Had he really killed Naruto? No! Naruto can't be dead, that was a line he didn't want to cross anymore. He meant what he said back then, when he told Naruto that he didn't want to see his important friends die in front of him again. Why didn't he realize this sooner?

Unable to stop himself, Sasuke cried inside, but on the outside he remained as impassive as ever. He remembered suddenly something that Naruto said, about if he ever wondered why he was alone and everyone hated him.

Sasuke never asked him why or asked him to explain that to him. Now that it could be to late, now he was thinking of wanting the answer to that.

Sasuke knelt down to feel at Naruto's neck for his pulse, and felt waves of relief when he could detect one. Naruto wasn't dead after all! But what was he to do now? Could he really leave Naruto here in this condition? Sasuke thought of this and shook his head negatively.

No he couldn't leave Naruto alone like this. He would stay with him until he woke up and then they could talk. There was a much larger picture here than it seems.

Like that red chakra that Naruto used, Naruto's chakra is blue, he has seen it himself, but this red chakra that had a mind of it's own, was one of the mysteries surrounding Naruto, and he would bet that it had something to do with why Naruto was hated by everyone in the village.

As Sasuke was thinking on this the body under his hand stirred. And on top of that, there was someone approaching them. Turning his attention back to Naruto, he was looking down into deep blue eyes.
Naruto was awake and looking straight at him.

“ Sasuke you are still here?” Naruto asked softly. Sasuke nodded once and Naruto gave him a tired smile. “ Why didn't you take the chance to leave? I was out of commission, I still am, but you chose to remain here. There is nobody to stop you anymore....even my.....power wasn't enough to...” Naruto stopped abruptly and looked past Sasuke to see that Kakashi-sensei had appeared.

“ Well boys, you certainly did a number on each other didn't you? I must admit that the odds of finding one of you dead was pretty high in thought at the time” Kakashi said in an offhand tone. Naruto laughed softly, and Sasuke just glared at him. It was way to close.

This seems like a good spot to hold off for now.
I hope that winging it won't come back to bite me in the ass later
but we will just have to wait and see won't we.