I found this picture online and it was so fitting for the relationship between Sasuke and Naruto in this fic!

He was frozen, watching her fall. Frozen, knowing he'd never make it in time.

Frozen, knowing he was losing someone. Again.

She fell as in slow motion, screaming out one last anguished cry. His name. "Sasu-"

She never finished.

Her head snapped onto the ground, a sickening crack on the floor. His vision darkened.

He snapped.

He flew at the closest person to him, which just so happened to be Naruto. "I'll kill you! I'll kill you! I'llkillyouI'llkillyouI'll--"

Sasuke lost it after that. All he focused on was ripping Naruto to shreds. He could dimly hear his comrades screaming in the background. He didn't care. He could feel something hot and wet pouring down his face. Maybe it was blood. He wasn't sure. He didn't feel. He didn't care. He didn't care.

Then his leg exploded. He cried out in pain as a sword ripped into his lower left thigh. Black spots danced across his vision. He felt hot and cold all at the same time. Waves of agony washed over him as someone pulled him off Naruto and kicked him over and over in the head.

Then blackness took over.

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"Got any food, Sasuke?"

He started, glanced around the darkness that surrounded him. He was sitting in a wooden chair, stiff and uncomfortable. "What?"

"I'm hungry. Please?"

"Who--Kaydee?"

"Hi Sasuke!" She danced out of the blackness on her skinny legs, in her usual white dress. Only now it was stained red. "Guess what?"

"What?"

"I lost another tooth. But I bled all over my dress. Can I have some candy?"

Sasuke stared at her, partly in shock and partly in horror. "Candy? I'm sorry, I don't have any. Kaydee, what are you doing here?"

The little girl's face began to morph. "I'm not Kaydee."

Sasuke sucked in a breath. Staring back at him was a face he knew well.

"Hello again."

"I--you--"

"Been a while, huh? Four years? Yes, that seems right. I died then, didn't I?"

"What are you--how--?"

"Why did I die again? Oh, yes, you weren't strong enough. You couldn't do what I asked of you. Why would you let me die? The only person you had left?"

"Please...don't say this..."

"You don't want to see me? I guess I'll be leaving now."

"No, wait!" Sasuke yelled, reaching out. He seemed to be glued to the chair.

"Bye Sasuke..." The person whispered. "Enjoy your fate..."

They faded away into nothing, and Sasuke was left alone.

That couldn't be the real them, he thought. Just a figment of my imagination. They would never say those things to me.

He was just tormenting himself because he'd let Kaydee...

Why her? Why that innocent little girl? She'd never committed a sin in her life, unless you counted the food she stole so that she wouldn't starve to death.

She should've lived, he thought miserably. I should have been the one who died. But I let her down. Like I did four years ago...

Because if I'd made the right choice, that person would still be here.

A sharp throbbing in his leg made him jerk, and the blackness around him began to disappear.

"Time to wake up, Sasuke."

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"Time to wake up, Sasuke."

The throbbing was still there, only intensified. His lids felt heavy, and his body sore and uncomfortable. He didn't want to open his eyes.

A sharp blow to his stomach changed his mind pretty quickly. He let out a groan. "Aghhh..."

Lifting his head, the room came into focus. He was in a small cement gray room, with a metal door on the wall in front of him. Standing in front of him was the pink haired girl. The one who'd killed Kaydee.

Sasuke tried to get up, but found he couldn't move. He looked down to see he was sitting in a brown wooden chair, his arms bound to the back of it, as well as ropes wrapped around his midsection. His injured leg was swollen to a considerable degree, and was wrapped tightly in a bloody bandage.

"Good to see you're finally awake," the girl smiled. It was an emotionless, cruel smile, devoid of any warmth. "Let's you and I have a talk."

"I have nothing to say to you," Sasuke spat. "Except for the fact that you're a complete monster."

"On the contrary," she stated boredly. "I am a police official who works for the good of the people. Those who threaten the peoples' sense of security will be taken care of. Unfortunately for you, Uchiha Sasuke, you are considered a threat to society. I was ordered to use any and all means to detain you."

"Killing the girl was unnecessary!" Sasuke shouted, then winced in pain as a spasm wracked his body.

"It provided an opening through which I could get to you."

"You--you are an emotionless little rat. Don't you have any compassion for human life!?! Did the life of the girl mean so little to you that you could easily throw it away just to achieve your goal?"

The girl turned and promptly slapped his face so hard, he tasted blood. He was surprised to see fury in her eyes. "Why don't you try telling that to Naruto? See how much he leaves of you by the time he's done! Naruto is my closest friend. He lost his most precious person because of you! And now you go and say that? You filthy hypocrite. You'd be dead now if we didn't need you alive. You--" the girl swallowed, trying to compose herself. "You don't deserve to live." She turned and moved towards the door. "I'll leave you to rot in here. Give you some time to think of how stupid you really are."

The door closed with a slam.

Sasuke struggled against his bindings, pulling against the ropes. He was really stuck right this time. There was nothing he despised more then being confined against his own free will, and being tied to this chair was already driving him crazy.

Listen, he told himself. They are going to try to break you. They will do everything in their power to force answers out of you. But you will not give in. You will fight them to your dying breath. For Kaydee's sake.

Right now, he had to clear his head. Try to figure out what they were going to ask of him and come up with answers. They would definitely ask him about Naruto's mother, who he honestly didn't know anything about. For whatever reason, they believed he was the cause of her death.

He didn't know how long he sat in the cold gray room. There was no clock, or windows, so gauging time was extremely difficult. He was sure he'd been here for at least a few hours though, when the metal door opened and Naruto walked in.

He slowly walked around the chair, giving the legs a kick a few times. "How are you feeling Uchiha? Tired? Sore? In pain?" He slowly placed his hand on Sasuke's swollen leg, causing him to jump as it exploded in flames of heat.

Naruto began to apply pressure, pushing down harder. Sasuke took deep breaths, sweat rolling down his face. The urge to scream was so bad he felt tears of agony well in his eyes, but he refused to let them see him break.

"This hurt?" Naruto asked, looking on steadily.

Sasuke drew back his good leg and kicked Naruto's knee. "Like hell it does."

Naruto considered this for a moment before punching him in the face. "I think we'll have fun together, don't you, Uchiha?"

"Most definitely," Sasuke said, nodding.

Naruto snorted in disgust. "You better pray you leave this place alive--because I'll be doing everything in my power to prevent that."

"What's a little boy like you doing in the police anyway?" Sasuke asked. "You don't look any older than me."

Naruto leaned close to his face. "Because I use my talent for good."

"Good?" Sasuke fired. "And killing a ten year old is good?"

Naruto turned away. "I didn't approve of that." He said quietly. "Sometimes...Sakura acts on her own impulses. But just because what she did was wrong doesn't mean anything about you."

"I wonder..." Sasuke drawled. "What makes police different from murderers? If you take off their uniform, how are they different from me...or at least what you make me out to be?"

Naruto glared at him. "Shut up."

"Why? Because you have no counter for it?"

Naruto's face had become closed off. "I'm leaving, Uchiha."

"Fine by me. Think about what I said."

The door slammed.

What do you guys think? I'm having so much fun writing this story, because it's so new and I have so many ideas. Please vote and comment!