So I became quite upset about the lack of multi chapter or non crack fics about a SasuSui pairing. So I made my own so people just like me dont have to stay up till 1.30 am before a math for liberal arts test the next day writing one! Forgive me if it's not up to par, I'm quite tired and my eyes arent' focusing correctly 0.o

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Chapter 1- He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not

For the most part they walked in silence. Suigetsu was sipping on his bottle of water, Karin was staring at Sasuke thinking God knows what, and Juugo was looking for all sorts of random wild life to talk to. Sasuke didn't think much of it. He preferred it this way. Less talk means more effort being focused on getting to the next town; which for Sasuke meant getting closer to Itachi. "I'm tired! Can we take a break?" Suigetsu complained. Karin started yelling at him for being so lazy but Sasuke found a tree to sit under and sat down quietly. Juugo found a squirrel and started talking to it. Suigetsu smiled thankfully at Sasuke. Sasuke didn't repay the expression. He rested his head back on the tree and closed his eyes. Suigetsu slumped down in front of another tree defeated. Having to put up with Karin was complicated enough. How on earth was he supposed to tell Sasuke how he felt? Most of the scenarios in the water ninja's head always ended with Sasuke either killing him or punching him really, really, really hard. Good thing he could just turn into water. Suigetsu sighed heavily and looked up at the clouds; it looked like it was going to rain soon.

"Karin, how far is it until we reach the next town?" Sasuke's emotionless voice asked. Sometimes Suigetsu would become jealous just because Sasuke's eyes were on someone other than him; he'd give anything to hold a conversation with Sasuke, but he knew that wouldn't happen. Sasuke wasn't the "chit-chat" type.

"If we stop taking breaks every fifteen minutes we'd be there by nightfall!" Karin said with acid in her voice. Sasuke's eyes flashed to Suigetsu. The water ninja looked away quickly. He wondered if Sasuke ever saw him as a burden instead of an asset. Sasuke nodded his head and then shut his eyes once more.

"Sasuke! This squirrel thinks he may have seen someone who fit's Itachi's description just yesterday heading in the same direction as we are!" Juugo said happily. Sasuke's eyes snapped open and he immediately go to his feat. Suigetsu wanted to protest but he knew nothing would come of it. As tired as his body was and as much as it screamed out in protest, Suigetsu knew he had to keep moving on. He didn't want to burden Sasuke anymore than he already had. The four walked on mostly in silence. Sasuke's pace was a lot faster than before.

"Can you run?" Sasuke asked. Suigetsu didn't realize he was talking to him. The pale haired boy was so deep in his thoughts that he could hardly hear anything.

"What?"

"Can you run? I want to get there as soon as possible, but I don't want you falling behind." Suigetsu wanted to smile. Sasuke was thinking about him.

"I can probably for a little while, but I won't last long."

"Karin, if Suigetsu starts to fall behind you're going to stay with him. Juugo and I will meet you in town." Karin looked like she wanted to protest but nodded her head anyway. Suigetsu's heart fell into his stomach. Sasuke didn't care at all about him. They all jumped into the branches of the trees and began running as if they were flying. Suigetsu followed as well but he could hardly keep up. He felt his body evaporating and his muscles burning. He couldn't keep this up for more than a few minutes. He had already pushed himself that day because he didn't want to get on Sasuke's nerves. Suigetsu missed one of the branches to land on and slammed his stomach into it. The boy didn't even have time to protect himself from it. He crashed hard into the tree and fell to the ground. The last thing he remembered before going out cold was someone looking down at him; someone with onyx-colored eyes.

Suigetsu awoke lying on a bed roll with a cold rag on his head. His stomach ached horribly. The only light in the room was a candle that was currently in use by someone in the corner reading something. Suigetsu waited for his eyes to focus on the figure. "Sasuke?" Suigetsu croaked. Sasuke looked up and placed the paper he was holding down. "Why are you using a candle?"

"I didn't want to wake you." Suigetsu's heart fluttered. Sasuke was considerate of him after all. "How are you feeling? Juugo had to carry you the entire way here. We couldn't even wake you."

"I feel like I just got rolled over on by an elephant." Suigetsu looked around the room. The two of them were its only inhabitants. Suigetsu couldn't help but smile. "Can I ask you something?" Sasuke's eyes darted up to meet Suigetsu's purple ones.

"Maybe," he answered. Suigetsu let out a laugh only to grab his stomach in pain as it protested.

"Were you worried when I fell?" Sasuke's eyes widened in shock for only half a second until his calm demeanor returned and he grunted (his way of laughing).

"I don't know. I guess I was more shocked that you didn't burst into water."

"I can't do that unless I make myself. I didn't even see that tree branch."

"Do you think you'll be able to walk tomorrow? People around here are saying that Itachi left only a few hours before we got here. I'd have gone ahead but Juugo protested. He said something along the lines of you needing me or something." Suigetsu blushed; he was quite glad the room only had that small candle for light or Sasuke would have seen the color in his cheeks. Suigetsu remembered that night when he had a few too many glasses of sake with Juugo and ended up telling him how much he "loved" Sasuke. The water ninja was quite glad Juugo hadn't told Sasuke about it.

"I'm sorry that I slowed you down. That seems to be the only thing I'm good for." Suigetsu looked away and out the window. Rain was pouring down outside.

"You have more uses than just slowing me down. You're good in battle, you freak people out, and you don't creep me out." Suigetsu smiled over at the raven haired boy.

"Was that your way of giving me a compliment?" Suigetsu tried to sit up but grimaced as pain surged in his abdomen. Sasuke didn't answer.

"You should get some rest. I'd like for us to leave tomorrow if you're able to. I got some medicine for you to take so the pain subsides. I'll leave it next to you." Sasuke reached into his yukata and pulled out a bottle of pills. He took one of the pills out and handed it to Suigetsu. He also handed the purple-eyed boy a glass of water. Sasuke took a moment to notice how innocent Suigetsu's face was. If it weren't for his shark teeth Sasuke wouldn't take him for the man he actually was. Sasuke shut his eyes and averted his head. He was not going to think about Suigetsu anymore!

Just as Sasuke was about to leave the room Suigetsu said, "Sasuke," the leaf ninja paused and looked just slightly over his shoulder. "I'll be better in the morning. I won't keep slowing you down anymore." Sasuke nodded and exited the room. Sasuke sighed heavily as he walked to the next room where his bed roll lay. He flipped on the lights and looked into a mirror. Did he look innocent to people too? Or did his eyes give away everything? Sasuke thought back on Suigetsu's bright purple eyes. The boy shook his head to get the vision out and tried to clear his mind. He didn't want to think about anything. He just wanted to sleep.

"The sooner the better. After I kill Itachi everything will work out. I won't need to be near them anymore." He turned off the lights and nestled into his bed roll. Shutting his eyes only to have dreams of a certain shark toothed, purple eyed boy.

Suigetsu awoke to Karin throwing a water bottle at his head. He hated her. "Come on! Sasuke is outside waiting!"

"Didn't you say you were only going to come with us until you got to where you were going?" Suigetsu said rubbing his head. Karin's face got all red and she stormed out of the room. Suigetsu sat up and pain surged within his stomach. He wanted to lie back down and fall asleep but he didn't want to make Sasuke angry with him. He gritted his teeth and stood up. He felt dizzy and wanted to throw up, but he kept getting ready to leave. Sasuke was outside looking up at Suigetsu's window. He hoped that he was feeling better. Sasuke bit his lower lip as he thought about Suigetsu's stomach. 'No! I have to get over this!' Sasuke's face returned to its normal stoic expression. Juugo came out of the inn with Karin right behind him.

"Where's Suigetsu?" Sasuke asked. Damn it, why did he have to think about him again?

"He's still inside. I woke him up but he's so lazy I wouldn't be surprised he was still in bed!" Karin scoffed.

"Let's leave. He'll catch up." Juugo and Karin both became wide-eyed. Sasuke was always very patient with Suigetsu. Why did he suddenly change? Sasuke's stomach tightened and a lump formed in his throat. As much as he wanted to wait for the other ninja he couldn't. He wanted to forget about his feelings for him and move on with his life; he had other things to worry about!

Suigetsu finally finished throwing up in the bathroom. He brushed his teeth quickly and did his best to "run" out of the inn. Once he reached the outside he looked around but didn't see Sasuke, Karin or Juugo. He walked around the streets trying not to throw up again and find the other three. He remembered where they were going next but he was slightly taken aback. They had left without him. Suigetsu's stomach flipped and more vile spilled from his mouth. A single tear fell from his eyes as he thought about Sasuke. 'He…left me…'

"Sasuke! It's nearly sunset and Suigetsu still hasn't caught up!" Juugo said as he kept turning around to see if the white-haired boy would be just barely in sight. Sasuke clenched his jaw and said nothing. He jumped into the trees and started running from branch to branch at full speed. Juugo and Karin were both surprised at his behavior; not that Karen really cared. She was with Sasuke and that was all that mattered to her. She was slightly relieved they left Suigetsu. Now she didn't have to deal with his constant complaining and bickering. "I'm worried about him! What if his stomach didn't heal all the way? He did run into that branch really hard," Juugo persisted. He felt that it was unfair to leave Suigetsu so far behind like this. Sasuke stopped and turned to Juugo.

"He knows where we're heading. He'll catch up."

"But Sasuke-" Juugo started to protest.

"If you're so worried about him then go back and get him! I'm not going to keep waiting around for him! I've allowed him to slack off too much! If we don't get to where we're going I'll kill all of you!" Karin's eyes widened in fear.

"Who are you and what have you done with Sasuke?" Juugo asked. Sasuke didn't answer. He just ran ahead. He didn't want to listen to them anymore.

Suigetsu couldn't walk any further. He collapsed onto the ground, gasping for air. His stomach seared with pain. He had emptied his stomach completely until all that he could do was dry heave when his body started getting nauseous. He felt weak and tired. "I was a burden…" Suigetsu tried to get up but his limbs felt like spaghetti. He collapsed once again to the ground and just lay there. His eyes could barely see because it had become so dark. He was alone, scared, and extremely tired. He had no way of defending himself and no way of getting to sleep. A branch snapped making the water ninja close his eyes. This was it then. Sasuke didn't care at all and this was how it was going to end. "Suigetsu!" came a familiar voice. Suigetsu didn't even open his eyes. "Suigetsu, you're bleeding!" Suigetsu didn't care. He didn't even care if this person killed him. He was useless anyway.

"Do you have any idea how far back you've just now put us?" screamed a quite annoying voice. Suigetsu opened his eyes to see both Karin and Juugo. His eyes scanned everywhere but there was no sign of Sasuke.

"Sa- Where's Sasuke?" Suigetsu barely said above a whisper.

"We need to get you to a doctor," Juugo said.

"He kept going. We told him we were coming back to get you but he didn't respond. He just kept going," Karin said.

"Karin…you came back…for me?" Suigetsu decided he in fact was already dead. There was no way Karin would pass this chance up.

"Yeah well! Don't get used to it! I had something to do back this way anyways!" Karin crossed her arms over her chest and looked away. Suigetsu smiled. He decided he was going to slightly, maybe a little bit be nicer to her. Juugo picked Suigetsu up very gently and held him bridal style in his arms.

"We need to get you to a doctor fast!" the orange haired ninja said. They took off into the trees heading towards the town Sasuke was supposed to be in…that is if he didn't decide going alone was a better idea. Suigetsu felt like his lungs were sucking in ice and his stomach was going to burst but he didn't mind. He was extremely happy that at least they came back for him, but at the same time he was extremely depressed. The one who mattered the most didn't come back.

As I said, more of an intro, the next one will have more plot and character development. Review? (Or Sasuke will kill you too!) : )