My first Naruto fic with chapters. If you don't like it, don't read it. Hope you enjoy.


He was back.

So why was no one smiling?

Why was he being treated like this?

He was back wasn't he?

Begged to come back.

Fought to stay away.

But in the end he came back.

So why was no one smiling?

Then he saw her. Sakura. He walked over to her, she would talk to him surly, smile at him surely. She looked up, noticed him, and gave him a look that would make even the bravest man stop. What had he done to deserve this?

"Uchiha."

Someone had said his name. Finally! He turned round, and saw the laziest guy in Konaha. Shikamaru. Not the greatest person but who cared. He was acknowledged. Happiness spread though out him as he began towards the lazy Chūnin. But then Shikamaru turned his back on him, and started to walk away. As Sasuke began to fall into the depths of despair again the Chūnin looked back and motioned for him to follow. And follow he did. He was so happy. He followed Naru all the way to the park, the place where he had once played. Then Shikamaru stopped and sat down on a swing. He motioned for him to come and sit on the opposite swing. He sat down, puzzled. Shikamaru opened his mouth, seemed to pause for a minute, then spoke. "Kakashi is in the hospital. He couldn't protect Naruto." What? "Kisame found them. He weakened them a lot. When Madara came along they lost in about a minute. Kakashi came back just after you did. He managed to tell us what I just told you before fainting. Tsunade said he'll take a while to wake up, probably a week, and at least two months to recover." What? What was going on? Naruto couldn't be dead, there must be some reason to doubt Shikamaru's story. Come on, think, think... HA! It hadn't been three days. Right? When was Naruto captured? There might still be time... "When was Naruto caught?" he asked. Shikamaru paused for a minute, as if asking himself what he should say. It felt like a century before he spoke. "I wanted to avoid telling you this but... Kakashi said that they got Naruto two days ago." He seemed to purposely wait for him to let a smile spread across his face before telling him, "We have no idea where they are sealing the nine tails. We have about twelve hours before it is the end for Naruto. There is no time. The only thing we can do is hope for Naruto to somehow escape." Feeling his face fall back into its usual expression and then a completely depressed face, he got up, and started to walk away. He heard Shikamaru call to him and tell him to go and see Tsunade. He didn't catch anything else. All he could think about Naruto. He couldn't be doomed; he always got out of these things. Somehow. But no. He was doomed. Apparently not even Kiba could track Naruto. Wait, Kiba! He twisted his head to face Shikamaru and asked about Kiba. All he got was an answer that told him that Kiba had been attacked. The Akatsuki hadn't taken any chances. So Sasuke trudged away, unable to speak, only able to move because of the goal he had been given. Go and see the Hokage. He had no idea how long it took for him to get to the room where Tsunade was, or how long it took him to wake up and start listening to Tsunade (it might have been after she hit him). Then he just listened. He listened to everything, where he was going to live, his career, forms he was going to have to fill out. Then Naruto was mentioned. He instantly sat up straight and woke up completely. She listened to how it was up to Naruto now and how he had been captured. Then Tsunade stopped talking about Naruto, said he could go and see Kakashi and said he could leave. He stood up and left. He walked over to the hospital, and found the room where Kakashi resided. He headed over, and found out that Kakashi was awake. They spoke for awhile, and then he got and started to leave until he heard Kakashi laugh slightly. He turned around and asked what was so funny. Kakashi responded with one sentence, "You hated Naruto, but now you can't stop thinking about him and how upset you are that he is gone." He opened his mouth to respond, but stopped when he realised it was true. He couldn't stop thinking about the teenage blonde. But why, he didn't get it. Now that he thought about it he didn't get anything. He gave up and left to go and find his house. When he found it he went straight to bed. A few hours later a clock on a table in Sasuke's room showed 22:00. A figure almost crawled through the forest. The figure was carrying something that looked like a person. The person was completely still. It looked like a copse. The moving figure stopped and suddenly slumped. S/he spat out something and nearly collapsed. The person gave a quiet groan and set off again. S/he was heading to Konoha.


Cliffhanger! Hope you enjoyed the first chapter and the second chapter will be out soon. Please review (put some nice comments in your reviews please. I hate the ones that just say that the fic is terrible). See you next time.