Title: Cycling through Time

Rating: M

Warning: Yaoi (BoyXBoy), SasuNaru

Note(s): This story just hit me as I was trying to going to sleep. And let me tell you that was annoying. But I got a wonderful idea for a story. This is more of a prologue than an actual chapter. I really don't know if this story is worth keeping, if you like it then please review. I will not place notes at the end unless I have something that really needs to be said. So this is a dry run for this story, I will not place a second chapter unless I get enough reviews.

'Denotes flashbacks and inner thoughts'

"Denotes speech"

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of its characters.

Beta: uchihasasukekun07

Summary: Naruto is one of nine royal demons but they are not all back on earth yet. So he lives his life and watches his friends grow old and die. Then he has to wait for them to be reborn and the cycle to start again.

Prologue: Death Bed

-----Naruto's POV-----

I watched as Sasuke lay there in the dull lighting of the hospital room. I didn't want to lose him but he was so frail. His eyes once so dark and beautiful were now dull and they no longer hid his emotions. His dark hair was silver and beautiful in its own right. He lay in the bed, looking so fragile. He was one of the strongest people I knew. He had chosen to live with me even though he knew that he would age and I wouldn't. I wish I could have gotten rid of the demon inside of me, so that we could have aged together. But I never blame Kyuubi, it isn't his fault. I wiped away a few tears as they slipped down my cheeks.

"Please, don't cry for me Naruto I chose my path. You said you could give me a life time and you have. I don't regret choosing to stay with you, I am only sorry that I must die and leave you alone in this world. And you will remember me like this, old and frail. But you, my dear ,you look just like when I met you." he said, with one of his old wrinkly hands sliding down my cheek. He had a sad smile on his face. Most people thought that I was a great grandchild, but they were wrong. I smiled and placed a hand on his, holding it to my cheek.

"You're not old, Sasuke, you're just not young any more." I said forcing a laugh and a smile for him. We both knew it was forced for it didn't reach my eyes.

"That's my Naruto." he said softly.

Slowly I leaned over and gave him a quick kiss, we had stopped doing much because of his heart. So I pulled away, his smile was so beautiful that even at his age it wasn't dulled. I watched over him while he lay in the hospital bed. He made sure that everything would go to me when he died, I told him not to worry about it, but he did. As he lay there I watched as his breathing slowed and after a while a nurse came in and I was just sitting on the bed stroking his lifeless hand. Tears were running down my cheeks while I watched them cover him up. We had been together years and he had lived to be a hundred and fifty years old. Most people didn't know but Kyuubi had helped in keeping him alive as long as possible, but even the power that Kyuubi had couldn't help Sasuke anymore.

And so I watched as time made his proud shoulders droop and his hair faded from coal to silver. However he was and would always be my Sasuke. I had stayed with him through everything. I had also watched as our friends had aged and died. Only one of our friends was still alive, he was the only other one who followed the cycles. He was older than me by one cycle. I knew about all of the demons, they were going to come back into the world, slowly. So over the cycles our little family would be getting bigger. There were nine main demons, the royal family. Then there were the other demons. The ones that were around and had just not been awakened yet. We needed more of the royal demons to wake up before we could awaken the rest of the demons. Gaara and I had both lost our mates to time, but then we would regain them when the next cycle started. Then we would have our mates for one more life time, unless they were reborn with a demon in them. We both knew that the chances of that were slim and so we didn't even think about it.

I watched Sasuke's eyes as they dulled and I let the tears flow as his hand fell to the bed. Leaning over I gave him one last kiss on the forehead before I stood up and I walked out of the room. I couldn't even grieve around his body right now because of the small building. One of the nurses tried to stop me but I ran out of the room running into the surrounding woods. I howled and the change began. The fur rippled across my body and I ran faster, dropping onto all fours. My form growing until I towered over the trees. I ran but I was careful not to crush much. Finding a large clearing I allowed myself to shrink, into a horse sized fox with nine tails. Curling up, I watched as some hunters came into the clearing. They looked at me and they bowed. Some of the humans thought that I was a God, in a mortal form but they were wrong. They walked up to me and I nodded.

"What's wrong? What could cause a God to cry?" one of the hunters asked.

"His mate has just died." Gaara said walking into the clearing. He walked over and ran his hand down my back. "I'm sorry, but wait for the next cycle." he said. "Would you mind hunting further away from here for a while?" Gaara asked the hunters.

The hunters left and I just lay there not moving and Gaara didn't ask me to. He just kept rubbing my back. As the sun was setting I returned to my normal form and I looked at him. He stood and walked off.

The day after my Sasuke died, me and Gaara moved. I didn't sell anything. We would be back when it was time to start again. I smiled as I watched them bury him. Gaara found me later that night looking at the mansion. I didn't want to sell it yet. I would sell it when the right family came. Just thinking about it made me happy, knowing that I would see Sasuke again. I just hoped I didn't have to wait too long.

The house we moved to was in the middle of a small town. It was just beginning to develop, the name was Konohagakure. Their leader was called a Hokage, I warmed to him immensely as he smiled as he allowed us a house near the forest, even after we explained everything. I smiled as I asked if they could supply a spot for a statue in the village. He said that they could put one by a park. I gave him my deepest thanks and I walked out of his office.

After a few weeks they had the base of the statue set up near the park. I had walked there with Gaara the day they finished it.

"Are you sure that you want to do this?" he asked me.

"Yes, please wake me up at the turn of the next cycle." I asked.

"Of course my friend." he said.

I started the transformation and when I was ready I lay down on the pedestal and Gaara waved his hands. I could feel my heart slowing down. It stopped and I could feel the stone forming on my fur. Then all thought left me as I died.