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Talk by Greenie

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Chapter notes: I do not and never will own or make a profit off Naruto.
Title: Talk
Author: Greenie
Chapter: One Shot
Summary: Song Fic
Pairing: NaruSasu


Talk



‘Step one you say we need to talk’

How do you know when asking to talk is the right thing to do and not simply invading their personal space?
Iruka-sensei said that when you found yourself asking that very question, then it was okay and you weren’t invading anyone’s privacy.

‘He walks you say sit down it's just a talk’

He got mad and tried to walk away, but after a moment he stayed and sat down for me, staring at me suspiciously as though trying to figure out just why I was at his door and wanting to talk to him. But I think he already knew why I was there. The only problem was, I wasn’t really sure why I was there.

‘He smiles politely back at you’

I’m not sure when it was I realized that stoic, calm look he always wore was just a mask, that on the inside there was some secret turmoil that I was unaware of. All I know, is that one day, I saw something else. Something that I’d never noticed before and that something told me that maybe, like me, he was wearing a mask too.

‘You stare politely right on through’

He never cared about all the love and adoration he received from everyone. He never went to the parties he was invited to, never read any of the love notes he got from all the pretty girls (and the ugly ones) and he never smiled. The mask he was wearing was so obvious, that no one saw it. There was something wrong and no one was seeing it and I still didn’t know what it was, all I knew was that I was there to talk to him.

‘Some sort of window to your right’

When we were kneeling there, beside his table in his living room. I was looking around and couldn’t help but notice how quiet it was. He had such a big house, but there wasn’t any sound. It was so quiet and empty, even though it was filled with lots of furniture. When I really got to thinking about it, I realized the whole walk to his house had been quiet, like the area was inhabited by nothing but ghosts.

‘As he goes left and you stay right’

He wouldn’t look at me. He kept looking everywhere but at me and because of that, the only thing I could do was stare at him, wondering what was wrong and what he knew, that I didn’t.
‘Between the lines of fear and blame’

Iruka-sensei once said that sometimes, bad things happen to good people and they spend the rest of their lives being afraid and blaming themself. Maybe that’s why he wouldn’t look at me, but instead opted to stare at the corner of the table. Was he scared? Was he blaming himself for something? Maybe that was why he was so angry and cold all the time, something happened and he hated himself for it.

‘And you begin to wonder why you came’

I couldn’t help but wonder why I was there. He didn’t like me and I certainly didn’t hold him high on my rather short list of friends but... He was on it and when I really think about, he was higher on it then anyone else, I just didn’t want to admit it at the time. But still, I wonder why I was there. He wouldn’t talk to me, he simply wouldn’t, he was like that. He wouldn’t talk to anybody about the secrets his mask guarded, let alone me, so I should’ve left right then.
‘Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend

Sitting there at the table, the two boys remained quiet. One looking everywhere but at his guest and the other, doing nothing more then staring at his host and looking uncomfortable while clenching and unclenching the orange fabric of his pants in his hands.

“So uh...” Trailing off, the blonde swallowed and shifted, noting the brief glance sent in his direction. “What’s the matter?” Never one known for tact, Naruto decided to be blunt.

“What?” Lifting a slim eyebrow, Sasuke gave Naruto a rather dry and slightly confused look, wondering just what Naruto was talking about.

“Well, I mean... You’ve been acting really weird” Naruto replied, gesturing erratically with his hands, already getting flustered.

‘Somewhere along in the bitterness’

“So says the Lord of all that is strange.” Sasuke replied sarcastically with a cruel smirk, watching as Naruto’s blue eyes flashed angrily and the blonde stood up, pointing at him like a child throwing a tantrum.

“Bastard! I came here to talk to you!” Heaving, Naruto stared intently at Sasuke his body shaking with anger and something else that he wasn’t ready to admit was concern. “There’s something wrong with you!” He added, nearly shouting at the cold Uchiha, who stared at him with narrowing charcoal eyes.

“And there’s nothing wrong with you?” Sasuke countered coolly, glaring up at Naruto.

‘And I would have stayed up with you all night’

“ARRGH!” With a growl of frustration, Naruto gripped his hair and glared hotly at Sasuke, his body shaking with his heaving breaths. “You... You...” Not seeming to find an insult that properly suited the Uchiha in this moment, Naruto settled for glaring angrily, his hands curling into fists.

“Me.” Sasuke said simply, rising to his feet and calmly walking around the table. “If that’s all you came here for, you can leave now.” His voice was cold and uncaring. But there were underlying tones that had someone cared to listen, would’ve said that he didn’t want to be alone right now, that he wanted Naruto to stay, but the blonde being who he was.

“AAGGHH!” With another yell, Naruto promptly spun on his heel and stormed from the house, the door slamming shut behind him as he quickly and angrily left the last Uchiha’s home.

‘Had I known how to save a life’

Sasuke’s brother... I wonder what he did. I remember back in the country of the waves, Sasuke told me he wanted to kill his brother. At the time, I didn’t think much about it, what with Sasuke dying in my arms and all but later... When I had some time, I laid in bed for a long time, wondering why Sasuke would want to kill his own flesh and blood.
Thinking back now... I realize I should’ve asked when I had the chance, instead I left in anger.

‘Let him know that you know best’

I’ve never seen Sasuke as angry as he was that day... The day that man, Itachi showed up at the hotel. His brother. Sasuke wanted so bad to kill him, but Itachi had just whipped him around like some rag doll and said things to him. Bad things that I didn’t hear but I wish I did so that maybe I could’ve done something more.
After Tsunade healed his battered mind, I guess Kakashi talked to him about whatever happened between Sasuke and his brother.

‘Cause after all you do know best’

I don’t know what Kakashi told Sasuke either, but whatever it was... It obviously didn’t work because a few short days later, Shikamaru, Chouji, Lee, Neji, myself... And even Gaara were all chasing after him, trying to get him back from those sound Ninja.
Sasuke was leaving. He was leaving for reasons I didn’t understand, he was leaving without talking, like I did to him.

‘Try to slip past his defense’

Catching up with Sasuke, I think I began to understand something. He was hurting on the inside because of something his brother did and to set that something right, he felt that he needed to be strong and kill him. I tried so hard to talk to him, to get him to stay. Or at least, I thought I did at the time. But I realize that I didn’t try hard enough, I didn’t ask him the things I should’ve asked and I didn’t say the things I should’ve said. Instead I just got my ass kicked right down into the hard stone below us.

‘Without granting innocence’

He said he had to kill me because I had become the most important person to him. Somehow, I didn’t understand the logic. But then again, I rarely understood any kind of logic.
Fighting with Sasuke then, somehow felt wrong, but I was still doing it because if I didn’t, he’d kill me and leave. And I couldn’t let him do either.

‘Lay down a list of what is wrong’

I tried so hard to talk to him then, I tried to tell him that he was being so stupid, that what he was doing was wrong.
I remember that horrible laugh he had, that evil chuckle and those horrible marks on his body. I tried to make him see sense, that doing what he was doing, wasn’t the way to get what he wanted.

‘The things you've told him all along’

We always fought. About everything. It was just something we did, all the time. It seemed to be how we communicated with one another, through argument and bitterness. It was how we pushed each other to be better. But then... That fight was just so wrong and it shouldn’t have happened. Sasuke was being so stupid, running to the snake man for power like that. The only thing Orochimaru really wanted was Sasuke’s body, he didn’t actually want to help him.

‘And pray to God he hears you’

I tried so hard to talk to him... To make him stay...

‘And pray to God he hears you’

But he just didn’t hear me...


‘Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend’

The sky turned a stormy grey as the waters in the valley below churned and roiled with the force of the two boys power and strength they threw at each other. The very ground they fought on seemed to explode with their exertion; their intent to destroy each other.

‘Somewhere along in the bitterness’

This wasn’t the first time they’d fought with one another. Each day they spent arguing and trying to be better and out do each other. It was practically a way of life for them and yet... As the leapt around the valley, striking at each other with rage and fury, it was easy to see that this wasn’t any day, this was a special day.

‘And I would have stayed up with you all night’

Today... Today was the day Sasuke was committing suicide and at this point...

‘Had I known how to save a life’

There wasn’t anyone who could save him.

‘As he begins to raise his voice’

I wanted to make him stay so badly... Not just for Sakura-chan, but for Kakashi-sensei! And... For me too! Sasuke was the closest thing I had to family and I didn’t want him to go away. But he was so intent on destroying the bonds we had created between us that I couldn’t get through to him.

‘You lower yours and grant him one last choice’

Give me a door and I’ll bust it down. Give me an army and I’ll charge right through. Give me Sasuke and... I don’t know what to do. He was always so distant but so close at the same time. I didn’t want him to leave, hell I didn’t want to fight with him, at least.... Not like that anyway. I didn’t want to hurt Sasuke. But he didn’t give me any choice, none at all. I didn’t want to fight him but I...

‘Drive until you lose the road’

It hurt... It hurt so much when his chidori hit me. But moreso then the pain of the attack, was the pain of the look on his face, that satisfaction he seemed to feel at our brutal and terrible fight. Don’t get me wrong, that chidori hurt a lot! But somehow, Sasuke’s words and his face hurt so much more.

‘He will do one of two things’

I remember the look on his face, the terror that crossed his features when the fox’s power welled up inside me. I wonder what went through his head then. Was he thinking about quitting? Was he thinking that he wouldn’t be able to beat me like that? Or... Was he thinking of something else... Some way to fight back against me.

‘He will admit to everything’

I threw Sasuke around that valley, wishing that he would just call himself an idiot and be done with it. I didn’t want to hurt him anymore, but someone had to knock some sense into that damned mind of his. Someone had to make him realize that there were other options, that there were other things he could do and if that meant nearly killing him, then I was ready to do it.

‘Or he’ll say he’s just not the same’

That curse... That horrible curse that Orochimaru had planted on Sasuke changed everything. It made him far more terrifying and stronger then I thought it would. He didn’t even look like the Sasuke I knew. It was then, in that moment that I realized it was going to end there and that everything we had ever done together was leading right up to that last blow. Everything was leading up to our leaping off the cliff face, my rasengan whirling and his chidori singing. It was then that I realized that everything... Everything we had...

‘And you’ll begin to wonder why you came’

Was over...

‘Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend’

It’s amazing how many stories could be carried by a single object and how much someone could learn about a person just by looking at and touching a single object.
Each small scratch and tiny scuff that marred the perfection of Sasuke’s head band was touched and memorized day by day by Naruto.
The blonde spent long hours sitting somewhere, the scarred garment held in one hand, the finger tips of his other hand gently caressing and committing to memory each tiny imperfection upon the metal and within the fabric.

‘Somewhere along in the bitterness’

That scratch came from one of Haku’s needles back in the country of the waves, as did that one. This small tear in the fabric was from the first fight with Lee and that tiny scuff was when he fought that rain ninja in the second phase of the chunnin exams.
Each small mark, no matter how seemingly insignificant or tiny was found by Naruto, identified by him and remembered for the ninja the head band belonged to.

‘And I would have stayed up with you all night’

The center of the headband received the most attention from Naruto’s longing eyes and searching touches. For there, marking out the symbol that had marked the wearer as a proud ninja of Konoha was a deep scratch, one that was caused by the one that was supposed to die. Naruto knew that mark the best, for he was the one that had created it.

‘Had I known how to save a life’

And there wasn’t a day that passed, that Naruto didn’t think about that deep scratch and who the headband belonged to. There wasn’t a day that went by that Naruto didn’t think about what he’d say the next time... The next time he told Sasuke, they needed to talk.

Owari~

Song: How to Save a Life
Artist: The Fray
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