You before me ( Sasunaru)

Chapter 9

A guttural howl echoed across the End Valley, clash between the light and dark. Sword to kunai, hand to hand. The final battle between two souls that would decide the fate of their nation - it will decide them of their bond of hidden love burning to be recognized.

One did his best to make sure the other was never hurt too bad but enough to hold the other down, neither refusing to give up. A cacophony of emotions swirling and raging through their hearts and minds, begging to end it all and accept the others warmth. These thoughts whispered through the mind of the last Uchiha as his heart couldnt bear the loss of the last ray if sunlight that held the strings to his sanity: his first love and true bond, he was all he had left in the world after his brother's death. The only shinobi to truly match and understand him. Yet that was what he was afraid of. His fragile mind felt so new to all this, this warm emotion that filled his entire being long lost since the death if his parents and never thought he would feel again. He was afraid of this new feeling, afraid it would weaken him. Afraid of losing that beautiful feeling forever - just like how he lost all his loved ones. He was afraid of losing Naruto his whole life, he distanced himself to get rid of this emotion called love. He tried to forget and hate the other, that beautiful blond sunshine that brightened the darkest parts of him. He was like the sun to his dark sky filling him with that long lost warmth he was so scared would loose. Uzumaki Naruto was his greatest weakness.

Looking at the blond beauty, so forgiving and refusing to let him go, fighting with all he had left with nothing to lose as his ocean eyes shone with courage and determination fueled with unspoken love burning deep within hi. Those ocean eyes he could get lost in forever, the eyes that held an affinity within them forever reaching out and spreading the love and joy he was deprived since birth, even though he had been through so much pain and suffering. Eyes he never stopped dreaming of from the day they met, as he watched him from the sides quietly, admiring his strength of character. Yet his hands were to end it all. Today.

Naruto, of course, refused to give up. It hurt his heart to see those obsidian eyes in such pain and confusion, lost in what to do but drowned in anger and hatred. He wanted to show him the light, he wanted him to feel loved and happy and never let go. His heart refused to hate him. Is this what it feels like to be truly in love, Haku? Just like how you loved Zabuza no matter how he treated you? The blond boy thought as his body enveloped in chakra to deliver a fatal blow to Sasuke's susanoo armour. If that's so, then I wont let go of this feeling, I will find away to show him my love and bring him home. Even if it means my death, he thought smiling sadly to himself as he remembered those precious moments of his life that lead him to him. Uchiha Sasuke. The man he fell for a long time but never realized. The same man who would end his life, yet Naruto had no qualms in doing so, as long as it makes him feel satisfied at least.

The two fought heavily, nine tails cloaking his entire body. Its gigantic size swaying and creating clones to attack the susanoo armour. Out of frustration Sasuke yelled,

"That justsu may be your best, but its nothing more than a reminder that you've always been alone!"

That struck a chord in Naruto's heart as tears threatened to fall yet fuelled an anger to drive him a powerful blow at his adversary. Deep in his heart he knew Sasuke never meant it, yet it didn't stop the pain from those words uttered.

Soon their chakra levels began depleting as their powerful armoured giants vanished leaving them to simply fight hand in hand combat. Blow by blow landed on each other's face as the roared in anger and frustration, lips bleeding and faces bruised and swollen. Sasuke pushed Naruto to the ground straddling him before aiming blow after blow slowly, each one heavier as he punched that once beautiful face till one side swelled before the boy underneath grabbed his collar and slammed his forehead on the other.