Alright! So I just adopted this story from Wander of Souls and Light. The first part of the story was written by her so if the writing styles are different then that's why. I hope you all like it.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto nor any of the associated characters.

WARNINGS: Sasunaru, Character death, OOC (Smart Naruto), rated for possible language. Serious change of plot.

"Talking" 'Thinking' "Kyuubi" Flashback

Story starts a few months after the Valley of the End.

Chapter 1

Sasuke... the reason he was here in the first place...

'Heh... Teme.' He thought, as the Chakra whipped around him wildly, red chakra pouring from every pore in mass amounts. That wasn't completely true, It was actually Akatsuki.

But they had used Sasuke as bait.

To lure 'the Kyuubi', bring his best friend gone bad into the organization, knock him out, and hold him ransom for Naruto to come and fight.

He remembered the times before he betrayed them, the Tree-walking, the arguments, the time where he was loosing control of the seal, when he battled Gaara, the evening they were young and didn't know anything about the future...

When he left, when he stabbed with that chidori, when he simply scratched out the symbol for their home village...

All their fights... His smirk...

'I... really have it bad... and it's not even logical... teme... stupid, stupid teme.. All your fault..' (1)

Naruto's thoughts continued to revolve around his best friend as he began to fade into unconsciousness.

'Well Kyuubi, I guess this is the end...' He thought, but received no reply from Kyuubi, who had mostly faded from his mind '...at least... I know Sasuke is safe...for now...I just...hope he doesn't...do anything...stu . . . pid. . . . . . .'

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Sasuke looked around from where he lay on the ground. What was he doing here? For that matter, where is here?

He sighed before getting up. He was in a clearing of a forest somewhere, but that really didn't tell him much, hell it didn't even tell him what country he was in.

He thought back; the last thing he remembered was that he had been fighting his brother. He'd been knocked out. 'Damn. I lost again.'

'What did Itachi want with me anyway. Itachi never comes looking for me, so why now? And why did he leave me here of all places?' he thought irritated and trying to remember what Itachi had been saying to him before he had knocked him out.

Sasuke walked away from the clearing, the sooner he got out of this forest and near civilization, the better. If he kept going straight then there was a good chance that he would come across a road or some kind of distinguishing landmark that could tell him where he was. As it was now he couldn't see anything but trees. That's all there was! Trees, trees and more trees, as far as the eye could see! And it irritated him even more! Of all the places where Itachi could have dumped him, his stupid brother had to leave him somewhere completely unidentifiable!

'What did Itachi want with him anyway?' Sasuke though as he walked. It really was the big question, What did Itachi want him for and why had he just discarded him it the middle of nowhere when he was done. He was sure Itachi had said what he had needed him for... "SHIT!" Sasuke practically yelled as he suddenly remembered exactly what Itachi had wanted him for. Itachi had wanted to use him as bait to capture Naruto, and if Itachi had thrown him away that could only mean that he had succeeded and Naruto was probably in the Akatsuki's hands.

It was all his fault! If he wasn't so weak Naruto wouldn't have had to try and save him. If he wasn't so weak Naruto wouldn't be in gone. If he wasn't so weak, he could have saved him!

...He had to calm down...It's already too late to save him, and there's nothing he could do anyway. He'd already lost to Itachi. Sasuke looked to the sky, looking for answers. He'd lost the last person that he had considered important, his last precious person...his most precious person. 'I couldn't protect you Naruto, but I swear...I will avenge you.'

He had to get out of here, he had to get back to Otogakure(2). He'd be able to get stronger there. Strong enough to beat his brother, and the rest of Akatsuki.

Sasuke thought for a moment, Itachi probably would have taken him to the Akatsuki's base in Amegakure (3). So he probably wasn't too far from the rain country, but where? If he was on the western side of the country then he had either Wind country to the south or the Earth country to the north, neither one were incredibly appealing. However, if Itachi had left him on the eastern side of the country, then he was probably in the Fire country. That would certainly be much more helpful. It would only be a short trip north-east to get back to Otogakure. Of course, he'd have to pass by Konoha to get there, but he was confident he could sneak past his former village undetected.

So he just had to head north-east, the only problem was that if he was to the west of the country, then he would run right in to Ame (4), and that was something he definitely wanted to avoid.

Sasuke sighed. He'd have to take a chance. Itachi obviously didn't want him dead, otherwise he would have killed him already. So he'd have to trust that Itachi had left his somewhere where it would be easy to escape from, he'd have to hope that Itachi had left him in the Fire country.

Sasuke shifted his chakra to his feet to give him an extra boost of speed as he jumped from tree to tree. He was still far enough away from Konoha that he couldn't even see the village from the tree tops, so he wouldn't have to worry about hiding his chakra yet. There wasn't much chance of being detected this far away from the village. Although, he'd have to hide his chakra once he got closer, and that would slow him down, but he didn't have a choice. He couldn't afford to get caught. He had to hurry to Oto(5) so he could get stronger. He had to avenge Naruto.

Ok. Done with the first chapter! Let me know what you think. Once again I adopted this from Wander of Souls and Light, so make sure and give her a big thanks.

1- This is the end of what Wander of Souls and Light wrote, from here on was written by me.

2- Hidden sound village (you should all know this)

3-Hidden Rain village (you should know this one too)

4- Short for Amegakure

5-Short for Otogakure

The next chapter will be all about Sasuke's trip back to Oto and maybe his training.

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