A/N: This is my first attempt at a fanfiction that others will read...it may not be the longest or the best but I strive to better my writing skills. Reviews and Flamers are both welcomed...just don't bash me for the fun of it. So enjoy the story...its rated M for later sequences of violence, suicide, course language, and possibly some Lemon/lime if requested. Done completely on wordpad, as soon as I get Microsoft Word I will redo this fanfiction to make it look better.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the characters portrayed in the manga/show. But if anyone wants to give the rights to me...I'm fine with that.
"Normal Talking"
'Thinking'
'Inner Sakura/ Kyuubi'
The Death of a Friend, the Love of Another
"Sasuke-kun" Sakura gasped, "No...no! There's no way... (sobbing) he...he can't die like this... can he?"
"Sakura-chan?" a blonde teenager asked lovingly, "Are you going to be alright?" the blonde questioned again, holding back his own tears.
"I don't kn...know...Naruto-kun..." she squeaked out weakly. It was breaking Naruto's heart to see his Little Cherry Blossom fall this far from a comfortable mind set.
"Sakura-chan...please listen to me..." he almost didn't finish his sentence when he saw Sakura sobbing again. "Hey now (he embraced her firmly in a loving hug)...he didn't die for no reason..." the blonde trailed off slightly. "He died protecting me" Naruto, who is usually the most optimistic of the Rookie 9, began sobbing quietly, which startled Sakura.
"What do you mean? I was told he was fighting Itachi." Sakura questioned.
"Akatsuki had me in there grasp... and Sasuke found that it was Itachi who had taken me..." he trailed off again, sobbing even louder than before.
"A...and what happened next?" Sakura asked teary-eyed and feeling as fragile as glass.
"Sasuke followed and fought the Akatsuki, mainly Itachi." A familiar emotionless voice cooed. "He killed Tobi, Zetsu, and Itachi while doing so." Sai explained.
"He sacrificed his soul to kill Itachi. He used the 4th Hokage's technique to do so." finished Naruto.
Sakura had just looked down when she heard something strange, both Naruto and Sai were crying silently, as to not set off her crying but she noticed and they all bawled together in Sakura's small room.
It took 30 whole minutes for the 3 of them to dry things up and prepare for the funeral. The very last Uchiha would be buried in Konoha, named a hero put under Orochimaru's spell of power. He would later be known as the One who saved the 6th Hokage and in doing so saved the Village Hidden in the Leaves.