Run Uchiha Run

Guess who's back from the dead? Here I offer you a holiday gift in the form of emotional degeneration! You'll finally find out what happened with the whole confusing text of the last chapter. I hope it's clear, if it's not, drop me a line and I'll hook you up with the goods!

Warning: hints of rape and bad words

Disclaimer: Sadly the stars have not yet alined and granted me my wish. So no, I don't own Naruto or any subsequent characters...Damn

XOXOX

The fruit of his efforts

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A slow pool of blood crept across the floor as the sounds of battle roared beyond the edges of her senses. A shuttered gasped breath slipped past her lips as her forest eyes stared at the sliver of metal protruding from her chest. A terrible tremble tore through her mind, forcing her to wrap around the fact that it was Sasuke's blade in her chest cavity. It was not an enemy ninja, nor Orochimaru's men. It had been the person she had been kissing only seconds ago, the world finally seeming right for once.

Then the curse mark awakened. A gurgled cry bubbled from her mouth as Sai furiously worked to keep her heart beating. She had seen his eyes lose focus and the sheer panic that covered his face. She couldn't explain it. The seal slipped across his face, then he just...Snapped.

Her hand slowly moved around the protruding hilt of the blade, gingerly feeling along its polished surface. She blinked slowly as she touched the blade, feeling it move with the lung it had pierced. A wince spread across her features. It was bad.

Her hand inched to the lip of the wound, droplets of crimson joining a steadily growing pool. Sasuke's blow had been sloppy, causing the entry wound to be jagged. Her flickering eyes cast their gaze on Sai who still hovered over her, looking at a loss for what to do. It was clear in root, their members were not trained in medical Jutsu. Sakura cursed Danzo's view of the men under his control. He had taught them to dispose of those who should be considered comrades. Now Sai was suffering from Danzo's mind set.

Pushing her less than productive thoughts aside, she took grip of the hilt of the blade before using her still free hand to settle around the wound. She knew she could only heal so much in her weakened condition, but the young woman had faith that she could push off death long enough for a blood tablet and more than a few clotting pills. Medicine was a medics best friend.

"Sai..." She whispered hoarsely, a froth of copper coming from her impaled lungs to her lips. The addressed Shinobi quickly came to attention at the beckoning, his usually impassive features focused into a sharpened gaze. Sakura took a tighter grip of the hilt of the blade before she regarded the teen to give him orders.

"I need you to compress the back of the..." She paused to take a half gasped breath before she continued. "...wound once the blade is out..."

The nod from Sai told her he understood. The teen quickly grabbed the blanket Sakura had laid over Sasuke moments before to use as a make shift bandage. She nodded gently before she grit her teeth. It didn't take a medic to know removing the large blade was going to hurt.

. . . . .

The bloody haze that had shrouded his eyes faded into disbelief as he stared forward at Sasuke. He had heard Sasuke scream in such a way once before. But never from a source he had personally witnessed. The binds of wood around his body slipped back into the earth they had come from as he was released from the jutsu, the controller of the branches looking for help. Yamito too, was at a loss for a thought on what had just transpired.

Naruto quickly went to Sasuke's side, ignoring the torn feeling in his chest as he fought the urge to rush to see if Sakura was alright. Yamito quickly identified the conflict in the teen, knowing he was needed more with Sakura than he was with Sasuke. At current, the Uchiha was in no physical, and dare he think, emotional condition to fight.

Naruto watched Yamito go back into the half destroyed house before he set his eyes back on Sasuke's violently shaking form. After the terrible scream, the teen had fallen into a fit of sobs the likes of which had never been witnessed by him. He had never seen someone break down so totally. He tore away his gaze from the shell of a former powerful shinobi, unable to bring himself to see something so...painful.

Naruto swallowed the terrible feeling in the pit of his stomach before he reached for the fallen Uchiha. The teen had gone deathly still spare for the shudder of his shoulders. Even his breaths were shaking, his whole form curled into itself in a dark mess. The young Jinchuriki watched on in something close to awe. He had never seen someone shatter down to their foundations before. Never seen true pain bubble up to the surface and wash away anything else a person could feel. Naruto turned his head away, a vague memory of years gone past dredging itself up from his conscious like a corpse from its grave.

"You were alone to begin with! What could you know about me!" The roar of the water fall did nothing to drown out the thud of his heart at those words. He stared with wide eyes into Sasuke's Sharigan endowed own. There was pain mixed in behind all the anger an adrenalin. All that Sasuke was, all that he had felt and known was visible to him now. In their most violent moment, he was beginning to see who Sasuke was. Why he was the way he was. Every thing was coming past the fog.

A powerful kick met his chest, breaking him from the stupor that had wrapped around him from the sting of the words. He flipped back, landing on the wall he had stood on moment before. He stared up at Sasuke as the teen exploded, his eyes focused with such intensity, it left him breathless.

"This pain is born from my family bonds!" Sasuke hollered, all his pent up emotions breaking free in a haze. Everything that Sasuke was came with them. All the pain he felt, how alone he saw himself. It made Naruto question why they were fighting, why Sasuke felt he needed all this. He didn't understand. He couldn't understand, yet he wanted to fix this.

"How could you ever know what it means to lose anything!" Sasuke screamed to the point where his voice cracked from the strain. Naruto recoiled at the declaration, a pang of betrayal coming with it. Had Sasuke not seen how much Naruto wanted to be there for him? Had he not seen that they shared the pain and how much it would kill him if Sasuke left? He swallowed hard. He swore in that moment, he would fix Sasuke. He would make all this better. It was his true promise of a life time.

Naruto shook his head, kneeling on the ground next to Sasuke's violently shaking form. He swallowed the chill inside his throat away as best he could before he gently brushed his fingers along Sasuke's shoulder in a vein attempt to bridge the sudden distance between them.

Sasuke jumped as he felt something touch him. He fell back, his hands defensively held up weakly. He met brilliant azure eyes. They stared into his obsidian. Silence took reign over the space between them, Naruto's eyes staring at the underneath. A scowl skittered across Sasuke's visage before he turned his face away, hating the feeling that Naruto was reading him like an open book.

Naruto shifted forward, taking hold of Sasuke's wrist to make sure the Uchiha wasn't going any where this time.

"Why?" Naruto uttered as he stared hard down at Sasuke. The elder teen shifted slightly, pulling at the grip Naruto had on his wrist, a feeling of domination being exuded over him. A tingle of Adrenalin came from the contact, a silent threat being directed to him, even if Naruto didn't know he was saying it.

"Don't..." Sasuke whispered in turn, shifting slightly in the grip, though he did not break it completely. He knew Naruto was not against him on this common ground. Still, his heart began to climb his throat, his muscles going taunt. A tingle of chacra sizzled at the corner of his senses.

Sasuke shifted his eyes on Naruto, a silent warning floating into the gap between them, widening the sea of unknown.

"Let me go," He breathed slowly, trying to keep his emotions out of the situation.

Naruto tensed at the implications of the simple words. He frowned, a part of him wanting to keep his hold. Another, a much stronger part of him, was telling him that if he kept his grip, he would make the distance grow. Slowly he moved his hand from holding Sasuke, hoping the Uchiha wouldn't try anything stupid.

Naruto relaxed when he witnessed the taunt muscled on Sasuke's face smooth out to a show of almost relief. It was subtle, but very much there. It made Naruto tense, a glimmer of anger trickling into his mind towards the person who made Sasuke like this. The same person who had been so strong and able to stand on his own. There was no threat to Sasuke, no fear. Now, he was sensitive to the touch, as if human contact burned his bruised skin.

Sasuke sat up a bit more, a small wince skittering across his face as previous injuries made them self known. He let a silent curse slip past his half parted lips, his legs trying to tremble against his will.

'Stop it,' He mentally reprimanded himself, trying to make sense of what had just occurred. A chocked breath hitched in his throat in a fragmented memory of his previous sobs. He turned his face down, his hands fisting the grass beneath him. He silently wished he was in worse pain for what he had done, for who he had hurt. The sting of tears tickled at the edges of his eyes, but he refused to let them fall. They were not for Sakura, they were for himself. They were meant to make him feel better, not right what he had wronged. Fix what he had broken twice.

Naruto frowned as he saw the emotions play across Sasuke's face, the teen wavering on the line of emotional break down. He was close to sobs again, something that hurt inside Naruto.

"Sasuke?" Naruto spoke as he stared down at his friend. A half choked sob slipped past Sasuke's lips before the Uchiha could muffle the sound. Obsidian eyes shut sharply, as if the sound had hurt to release. He shifted back, a silent wish to be alone in his woes. He wanted no one, most of all Naruto, to see him like this.

Naruto moved closer as a precaution, not liking Sasuke's sudden urge to make physical distance. Even if Sasuke was...upset, that gave him no grounds to avoid what he had just done. At the thought, Naruto spared a quick glance at the half destroyed house behind him, a pit forming as he heard the deafening silence emulate from the place.

Sasuke glanced at Naruto, noting the blonde's line of sight. A pang thundered in his chest like a physical blow. A part of him dared to wonder to the worse. He had flung out his sword with no real direction and had hit flesh, that much he was sure of. As far as he knew, Sakura could be lying in a pol of chilled blood, her heart split in two proverbially, and worse yet, literally. Another sob broke past his guards, bring with it a new froth of tears. The idea that he had hurt the single woman he had ever cared for...It was unbearable.

He couldn't be here. Not like this. Not with Sakura's body in that house and his hands stained with her blood. He reached up a trembling hand, it going over his eyes, a soft mutter of intangible self injuring insults being flung to the wind.

The words were not silent on all ears. Naruto stilled as he witnessed the remorse. Slowly, the gears began to turn in Naruto's mind, the pieces falling into place bit by bit. All of it, down to Sasuke's lack of control had a connection somewhere. He delved into his memories shifting past the demonic chacra induced rage he had fought with. When he had entered the room after Sakura's screams, he had seen the curse seal. It had stretched over Sasuke's face in its tainted glowing purple. Something was different though with the seal. Maybe it was a feeling, or something more corporal. What ever it was, it left the Uchiha at the time off.

More so, Sasuke had a look of panic on his face, not malice or anything as violent. Something had spooked him. Something had seriously usurped his common sense. What could cause that kind of panic so suddenly?

Naruto moved closer to Sasuke, as if he looked hard enough, he'd see the answer to the mystery of the events that had transpired. Sasuke had not fought back at first. He didn't even look like he could see straight. He was dazed to almost drugged levels. When was the last time he saw Sasuke like that? It was vaguely familiar.

A small flash of color on Sasuke's neck caught Naruto's eye. A thoughtful frown came to the teen's visage.

"Sasuke," Naruto beckoned through the haze of remorse Sasuke exuded. The Last Uchiha didn't meet Naruto's gaze, but lowered his hand from his face a bit to show he was listening.

"Let me see your neck," Naruto asked. The question caught Sasuke off guard. He glanced at Naruto for an instance in silent confusion. The look on Naruto's face served to confuse him more. Naruto looked...contemplative. It wasn't something typically seen on the blonde, as best his memory served any ways. The gap in time suddenly seemed longer than he thought it had been. Despite this, he turned his head to the side a bit, exposing his neck more fully to Naruto's gaze.

Brilliant blue eyes sharpened to an electric version of its normal color. The intellect radiated off Naruto from two years experience as he regard the teen's neck. There on the pail flesh was two bite marks, each jagged and swollen. He had seen them before at a glance, but now that he focused, there was something off about them. the look of the marks tugged at a memory. The bites were close to Sasuke's curse seal and looked almost black in consistency, as if there was poison under the skin.

Naruto's eyes widened in realization. Not poison, ink. Orochimaru had given Sasuke the seal through a bite. the mark was designed to make Sasuke a soft of slave to Orochimaru's wishes. If Orochimaru had bit Sasuke again especially after what had happened...

"Oh shit," Naruto whispered under his breath as the pieces came into place. Everything fit now. The sudden outlast of panic, the way Sasuke had been almost incapable of movement, never mind self defense. What ever had happened between him and Sakura had triggered it.

Sasuke regarded Naruto with a hint of distrust. He instinctively moved his hand over his curse seal, the are in question still tingling from before. He didn't particularly like the sudden show of smarts. It made Naruto feel...Dangerous. He had never seen this side of the teen, at least, not so intensely. Naruto had had his moments of shear genius, but nothing like this. It made him feel like their strength where closer, that he might even have fallen behind again.

Naruto didn't notice, or didn't care about Sasuke's discomfort as he moved closer to the teen under his guard.

"What happened between you and Sakura just now?" Naruto asked, though Sakura's name came out with a bit of a pained expression. It was hard to regard someone that he wasn't sure was even alive. He pushed away the thought at present. He needed to focus and just let Yamito handle the situation.

Sasuke recoiled at the mention of the teen. He felt the familiar sting of tears, but his discomfort was winning out. He inched back from Naruto's closer proximity. His personal space was slowly being violated.

"Nothing," He said defensively, which proved to be the wrong thing to say very quickly.

Naruto scowled at the snub. He reached out, taking the front of Sasuke's shirt in a tight grip. Sasuke tensed at the movement, but made no move against it. He let Naruto glare at him, his emotional condition too sullen to bother with such things.

"Just answer me damn it," Naruto muttered out slowly.

Sasuke let his head lull to the side, a grimace on his features. He knew Naruto wouldn't like his answer. The way he had kissed Sakura, the way his hands found the edge of her shift. The way he wanted to feel her in ways no one else had.

"We were," Sasuke began, his tension rising. He sighed softly, raising his head to meet Naruto's gaze. There was no hiding it. They would have know soon enough if things had continued.

"We were going to have sex," Sasuke spoke before his voice clogged in his throat at what that meant. Now that he spoke it, it took on a new meaning. The girl he had never known he wanted was offering everything to him. the same girl he had just stabbed clean through with a sword crafted by his rapist. A hole opened up inside him as he let the image come to his mind of her dead on the floor, her heart shattered. His betrayal as fresh as his kiss on her lips. The thought was enough to prompt a gurgle of tears to his eyes. He had hurt Sakura.

Naruto's look of anger melted away as he stared at the person he held.

"W-What?" Was the only stuttered reply he could speak. He let his grip go slack, allowing Sasuke to lean back. The Uchiha's head was turned away from Naruto, a look close to regret on his face.

Naruto stood from his kneeling position, a hand in his hair. He turned his back towards Sasuke, shaking his head back and forth in disbelief. The young Uchiha sat a up a bit more, ignoring the throb of his injuries.

"Naruto...It's not what you think," Sasuke spoke softly, trying to salvage what he could. Naruto pivoted on his heal, his eyes hot as they stared at Sasuke.

"Not what I think! Jesus you were raped what! Two, three days ago! Suddenly you're all over Sakura like nothing happened!" Naruto hollered for the world to hear.

Sasuke physically recoiled at the outlast, but did not back down. His pride refused to allow him such a defeat.

"It didn't happen the way you think Naruto," Sasuke spoke calmly in his defense, trying to keep himself level headed unlike his friend. Naruto showed no regard to Sasuke's calm towards the situation. He was too enraged to care.

"And how did it happen! Did you confess your love so you could just get laid!" Sasuke growled darkly at the comment, the jab being too low of a blow to remain impassive about.

"It wasn't about the sex damn it! I wouldn't go that far!" Sasuke defended vehemently as he forced himself to his feet. The pain that tore up his spine was all but ignored in stead of the accusations directed at his moral fiber.

"What was stopping you! Certainly not some traumatic sexual experience!" Naruto screamed back.

"Stop making this about that! I wouldn't go that far! I wouldn't do anything to her that she'd regret in the morning!" Sasuke seethed, his eyes flickering with his sharengan. Naruto pushed further, beginning to circle dangerously. Sasuke mirrored the motion.

"Is this who you really are Sasuke!" Naruto hissed out low and cold as he raised his hands to a loose fighting stance.

"Would you listen to me!" Sasuke shouted in his defense, though he too raised his fists for a fight.

"For what! So I can listen to more of your bull!" Naruto words were rising in volume, warning that the argument was beginning to walk on dangerous ground.

"What do you think I am! Some hormone driven sex freak!" Sasuke nearly hollered.

"Someone who was just raped wouldn't be stripping down to screw!" Naruto accused. The words hit a nerve in the Uchiha, making his eyes snap to crimson.

"How would you know! You have no idea what the hell I've been through!" Sasuke retorted violently, his limbs trembling with furry.

"Don't give me that shit! Did Orochimaru even rape you or did you just fucking want it!"

A hush fell over the small clearing, the air freezing as the comment was uttered. Naruto's angry leer melted away as he realized what he had said. He lost his anger, its blinding shroud lifting to reveal how hurtful the words were that he had just uttered, what it implied. He looked at Sasuke, the Uchiha having fallen still in his circle. His hair fell over his eyes, his shoulder rigid with tension.

Naruto swallowed hard, his mouth suddenly feeling very dry. He took a small step forward, his stomach tying itself in knots at the horrible thing he said.

"Sasuke I-"

"Shut up," Sasuke interrupter. Naruto recoiled at how toneless Sasuke's voice came. The chill of his breath met Naruto, giving rise to small bumps on his flesh. Despite this, Naruto tried again to talk.

"Sasuke I didn't mean th-"

"Shut up Uzumaki," Sasuke hissed, his shoulders trembling with the words. Naruto stopped his advance, his throat tight with regret. A heavy stillness fell across the small clearing. The pressure was crushing, making Naruto struggle to breath in a breath. He swallowed hard wishing to say something, anything to apologize for accusing Sasuke of such a thing.

"I didn't mean that. I shouldn't have..." Naruto whispered, his head turned to the side in a show of regret. His body was strung tight with tension, his mind a mess of emotional backlash. Another quite stretched across the field. Naruto glanced up, seeing that Sasuke still remained unmoving. He went to speak again, but a voice cut him off.

"I wanted to die..." Came a voice from the silence. Slowly, as if drawn up by invisible stings against his will, the ebony haired Uchiha set his gaze on Naruto once more. His obsidian eyes had lost their luster, the orbs looking lifeless, gray even.

"I wanted to die so much it hurts...I-I..."Sasuke whispered, a tremble rolling through his body as if a wave of emotion had crested.

"I want to die," Sasuke breathed before he took a small step back from Naruto.

"I thought you...I thought I..." A crack formed in his visage, a glimmer of emotion peaking through the stony expression. Hot tears began to form in his eyes, wavering as much as he was. They welled like shattered gems cast aside for their impurities. They bleed his emotions that his face would not give.

Sasuke took another step back, this one larger as his form turned slightly away from the teen across from him.

"I thought you would give me a reason not to end it..." He whispered. He pivoted sharply on his heal, taking to the tree's in a burst of speed and tears.

"Sasuke!"

. . . . .

Yamito was worried. Now this was nothing new, except for the cause. He had left Naruto and Sasuke alone. The Uchiha was clearly in some kind of mental degenerative state and he was unsure about Naruto's ability to handle the situation. The though left him as he regarded Sakura again.

The young medic was ghostly pail, her flesh looking like milk. He was providing what medical help he could, but it was proving nothing of worth in the presence of a seasoned medical ninja. Sakura was going most of the healing, but things were not going as smoothly as he would like. there was too much blood. He understood that she had taken a clotting pellet and a cologne pellet as well, but that did little to ease his tension. He had seen people bleed out before even under the best conditions. He just hoped she would pull through.

Sakura let loose a soft gurgled sight, the blood in her pierced lung still festering in an bloody froth. Despite this, a smile slipped onto her weakened features.

"I've stopped the hemorrhaging...I just need to...rest..." She said weakly, her eyes half mass. Yamito frowned at the comment. Sleep was an injured persons worst enemy when the wound was not fully treated.

"Are you sure?" The leader of the ground asked softly. Sakura gave a soft nod in confirmation, waving off his concerns with a small notion to Sai. The silent conversation was heard. He nodded to Sai, letting the teen know that he was in charge of Sakura's well being. Yamito would prefer to personally stand watch,but his prowess in medical know how was about as detailed as Sai's. The difference between them was Sai was able to take the blunt logical side of the situation and keep his emotions removed, mostly any how.

"I'm going to go check on Naruto," Yamito spoke as he rose to his feet. His exit was interrupted when Sakura took hold of his ankle weakly.

"Is Sasuke...Alright?" The young pink haired medic asked softly as sleep began to claim her. The question came as a surprise to the two still present. Yamito in turn chose to answer, deciding that the answer could do no harm.

"He's...Alright," Yamito said vaguely, not truly knowing the Uchiha's condition at present. Sakura gave a skeptical look and went to voice her opinion on it only for a loud shout to penetrate the relative silence of the room.

"For what! So I can listen to more of your bull!" Naruto's voice cut through. Yamito's expression went dark. He shot a look at Sai, commanding the teen to keep watch over Sakura while he checked on what was occurring bellow.

The man lept down the hole that had been burst through the wooden structure from Naruto's rampage prior. He went into the clearing swiftly, taking care to avoid the debris strewn about.

Sasuke and Naruto stood across from each other, staring the other one down. Yamito felt the static heating the air dangerously. A fight was about to begin, one that Sasuke was in no condition to partake in. If the Uchiha should do so, his wounds would reopen.

Yamito began to weave signs as the argument reached boiling point. He would need to intervene to save the Uchiha's life. He came to the final seal. He was about to press his hands to the ground when a final shout tore across the landscape from Naruto's lips.

"Don't give me that shit! Did Orochimaru even rape you or did you just fucking want it!"

Yamito recoiled, disbelief staining his face. He had never heard something so...horrible. Was this the Naruto that Kakashi had regarded as a kind hearted person? Someone who would cause no harm to any one without just cause? This was not the person who stood before him now. To say something like that to a person who was clearly hurt is just messed up.

Things only grew worse as Sasuke began to speak again. Yamito's eyes widened when he heard the Uchiha's declaration. His worst fears towards the Uchiha came to fruition in a simple set of words.

"I want to die."

Yamito felt his heart skip a beat. He knew what it meant for someone to say those words and mean it like the Uchiha just did. It was not a warning, it was a promise. He swiftly moved into the clearing when Sasuke took the the forest beyond them, a new urgency to help the Uchiha founded. If he let the teen get too far, it just might be too late.

"Sasuke!" Naruto cried out s he saw his friend leap into the forest. He moved to run after the emotionally damaged teen only for Yamito to step in. The Anbu commander set a strong hand on Naruto's shoulder, halting his advance. Naruto turned towards him, a confused expression on his face. Yamito set his sights hard into Naruto's eyes, making sure the blonde was paying attention.

"You've done enough damage," Yamito said in slow simple syllables.

"Go inside and watch Sakura before someone else gets hurt by your flippant mouth," He all but ground out, his anger clear in his chocolate eyes. What ever respect he had gained towards Naruto had been destroyed in a single instance of stupidity, but in that instance, it showed him what damage Naruto was willing to do. What was stopping Naruto from hurting Sasuke more and pushing the teen to the point of no return? Yamito didn't let the thought take root. He gave Naruto's shoulder a sharp shove, nearly knocking the teen over. He ignored the look Naruto had. He could care less if Naruto felt guilty. Guilt would not fix what he said.

Yamito lept into the forest, rushing to find the injured Uchiha before he could cause himself harm.

XOXOX

I bet you never thought Naruto would say something like that in a million years. Hopefully I will update soon enough that you can see what will occur from this.

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