A/N Alright. This story was just an inspiration, and here's how it works. Sasuke made the right decision, and turned back to fight by Konoha, becoming part of the Anbu. The Akatsuki, Kabuto and the rest of the enemy turned on him, and that's where this all came from. They killed him. Naruto and Sasuke had had a romantic relationship before this all happened, and Naruto's life is crumbling right before him. Don't hate, I know it's not good. For full emotional torture, listen to the song "In My Arms," by Plumb. I'm not afraid to admit I bawled like a baby while writing this. Anyways, Onto the pain.
"Come on!" Naruto yelled, his blue eyes wide with anger, resentment and desperation. Tsunade's gaze softened as she took in the boy's expression, but her voice remained strict, final.
"Naruto, No! You cannot go to that battle! You have to stay here and remain safe. You have to fight with your village! This is your responsibility!"
Naruto scowled before yelling back, standing up from his seat and slamming his hands down on Tsunade's desk.
"Tsunade no! This is important! I have to be there! You don't understand!" Naruto growled the last part out, pushing off of the desk and turning his back to Tsunade, who sat there, staring at Naruto's back. Before either of them could say or do anything, a member of the Anbu dashed in, clothes tattered and blood stained. He was panting so hard it was almost impossible to hear him at first, but he took a deep breath before finishing what he was saying.
"L-Lady Tsunade...N-Naruto...something has happened to Sasuke..."
Naruto whipped around, his blue eyes wide and frantic. Tsunade rose, about to speak, but before she could, the Anbu turned and ran back out, followed quickly by Naruto, who shot Tsunade a furious glance before exiting.
Tsunade sighed, lowering her head and rubbing her temples.
Naruto ran after the Anbu, who lead him out of the village, down some ways into a clearing in the forest. There was a group of ninjas' crowed around an area, some of which he recognized as Kiba, Ino, Shikamaru, Temari and even, surprisingly, Gaara. The others were unrecognized Anbu members. A lot of the crowd were bloody, and seemed wounded in some way. Naruto narrowed his eyes; his heart beating so fast it nearly hurt him. There was a sinking sensation in his gut as he slowed down into a brisk walk. One by one, the heads of the crowds turned in his direction. They moved away, parting to reveal a sight that would haunt Naruto for the rest of his life.
The first thing he saw was Sasuke.
Sasuke was lying on the ground, his Anbu outfit torn everywhere, blood splattered over his pale, ivory skin, and his eyes half-lidded. Sakura was bent over him, her hands glowing blue with her healing chakra, her head down and a curtain of pink hair shielding her face. He could tell she was crying though. Her shoulders shook uncontrollably.
Naruto's breath caught, his heart stopped, and his eyes widened. His body went numb, and before he knew what was happening, he shot forwards, pouncing over Sasuke's body and crouching beside him. Sakura immediately stopped, her hands returning back to normal and raising to her face, choked little sobs escaping as she fell backwards into a sitting position, her knees drawn up to her chest. She too was covered in blood and scratches, most of which were bleeding.
Naruto couldn't breath. He couldn't speak. The crowd looked on them. He could feel their sympathetic gazes, but he didn't care. He looked down at Sasuke, leaning over the raven haired male. Sasuke's eyes were hazy and unfocused, but when Naruto came into his line of vision, he stirred slightly, something registering in him. He focused on the blonde, a soft smile coming to his blood stained lips. He coughed a bit, before whispering,
"Dunce...it's about...time you got ... here."
Naruto's eyes filled with tears. "Sasuke..." he muttered, repeating it again, louder this time. He leaned down, kissing the fading male hard on the lips, the tears in his eyes spilling over and rolling down his cheeks. He pulled back, looking down at the male, holding back a sob. Sasuke's eyes went in and out of focus, the smile fading away and his eyes drooping, nearly closed. Naruto grimaced, the tears rushing down his face, unstoppable. He grasped Sasuke, pulling him up into his chest, sobbing.
"S-Sasuke, No! You can do this! Stay...Please, Stay with me!"
When he pulled back, he noticed Sasuke fighting to keep his eyes open. Sakura, sitting to the side, let out another choked sob, her hands clutching to her hair. Her green eyes were rimmed red, tears streaking her cheeks. Naruto took no notice of her, his hands shaking as he clutched Sasuke against his chest, crying out for Sasuke to stay with him, over and over again.
Sasuke weakly lifted his hand, smiling a pained smile as his cold, nearly lifeless hand gently pressed against Naruto's wet cheek, the touch just barely there. Naruto instinctively leaned into the hand, his blue eyes full to the brim with unshed tears and unvoiced words. Sasuke opened his mouth, trying to speak, but his voice caught and nothing came out but a soft rush of air. Naruto gritted his teeth, gripping to Sasuke for dear life. This couldn't be happening. No, Sasuke could pull through this! He'd done it before, he can do it again!
...Right?
Sasuke managed to choke out one last statement, "Naruto...I...I'm so...sorry..."
The hand pressed against Naruto's cheek fell away, falling lifelessly to his side. Naruto stared at Sasuke's pale, strained face, his body shaking violently. Sasuke's eyes fluttered closed, one last laboured breath sounding from Sasuke, then...he went silent. Still. Naruto let out a cry of anguish, his cry reverberating around the eerily silent woodland. Naruto's head bowed, pulling Sasuke up into his chest, crying out,
"Sasuke! No! Wake up, Wake UP!"
Gaara stepped forwards, his ocean blue eyes full of remorse and pain at watching Naruto. He moved to Naruto's side, putting a hand on the blonde's shoulder, gently trying to pull him away from Sasuke's lifeless body. Naruto cried out, clutching to Sasuke's corpse tighter. Gaara's jaw clenched.
"Naruto," he whispered, kneeling down, "Come on...You've got to let-"
"NO! He's NOT dead!" Naruto shouted his blue eyes wide and pained, the tears never ending.
Tsunade walked into the clearing, her heart jumping into her throat as she took in the sight. Kakashi followed, as well as Gai, Iruka and Kurenai. Naruto showed no signs of noticing anything beyond Sasuke.
Tsunade stepped forwards, her voice soft yet firm.
"Naruto, Let go now."
"No!" He shouted violently, his voice quivering. Sakura stood shakily, her sobbing held back for the time being. She moved forwards, kneeling behind Naruto and wrapping her arms around him, whispering into his ear, "Naruto...Come on..."
Naruto was silent, save for the heart-wrenching sobs that emitted from him, before he gently let go of the body, his mind slipping in and out of reality. Everything seemed so unreal to him. This was just a bad dream, a really, really bad dream that he has yet to wake up from.
Yeah, that's it.
Iruka moved forwards, taking Gaara's place and helped to heave Naruto up to his feet. Naruto swayed unsteadily, his expression unreadable as he stared down at Sasuke's body. Any minute now the Uchiha was going to sit up and smirk his cocky smirk at him, call him 'Dunce', and kiss him. Any minute now...
Iruka helped to guide Naruto away from the body, looking down at the blonde in concern when nothing was heard from him. Naruto barely moved, didn't speak. The tears continued to silently roll down Naruto's cheeks. Iruka sighed softly, turning to look back into the clearly briefly, before leading Naruto back to the village.
That's all for this chapter! I'll upload the second one soon. Thanks! Please review! Reviews greatly appreciated.