A/N: Hi! this is my first story ever! hope everyone enjoys! plz plz rate and review! i'll glomp you if you do!!!!!

bold: Kyuubi talking

'Thinking' "Talking"

'A single tear I will shed for you.' I told myself over and over again." Naruto said to himself, crying over Sasuke's body.

"N-Naruto?" a voice said, snapping Naruto out of his thoughts. It was Sakura. "What's wrong?" she gasped. "Naruto? What's wrong with S-Sasuke?" her voice cracked from choked back tears. She already knew what happened. Naruto just turned away.

"I tried to stop him from going to Orochimaru. I couldn't stop him. It's a-all my fault." Naruto said, tears slowly trickling down his face.

"No, it's not your fault. If it's anyone's guilt, its mine."

"How could it possibly be your fault?!"

"I should have—"Her sentence was cut off by a sudden pair of lips kissing hers.

"N-Naruto!" Sakura gasped. "You…you…"

"Sakura-chan, you're sounding like Hinata-chan!" Naruto chided. He laughed as Sakura turned a delicate shade of red. "Sakura," Naruto started, suddenly serious, "the last thing Sasuke said to me was 'protect Sakura, the village, and kill that man', meaning, kill the murderer of his clan, Uchiha Itachi.

Time skip: Sasuke's Funeral

The fifth Hokage, Tsunade was giving the sad speech about how Sasuke's life was full of joy, how he had many friends and everyone in the village hidden in the leaves will miss him greatly. Some people, including Naruto, were shaking their heads, knowing even though Tsunade said nice and pretty things about Uchiha Sasuke, most of them were lies.

The shinobi from the other villages left soon after the funeral out of respect to Naruto, Sakura, and the entire village of konoha.

As Sakura said a teary-eyed goodbye to Temari, Gaara, and others from the sand village, Naruto shook hands with the Kazekage and other people. As Naruto and Sakura turned to leave, he heard an unforgettable jingle of bells and saw a cloaked figure dart into the crowd and down an alleyway. "Sakura, go back to the apartment. I'll be back soon." Naruto said hurriedly with a quick kiss onto her cheek, and he ran off before Sakura could protest.

Naruto POV

I know I saw someone in a cloak run down here.

I know kid. I saw him run here too.

Kyuubi?! How long have you been able to read my thoughts?!

For a long time, but that's not of importance right now! That person had the smell of Sasuke's blood on him. I have no doubt who that was.

You don't possibly mean…

Yes. Sasuke's killer was Uchiha Itachi.

But… but how long have you known that?!

I sensed it.

Naruto ran around a corner and stopped dead in his tracks. There, in the middle of the backstreets of Konoha, was Uchiha Itachi, the S-Class min-nin of the village hidden in the leaves.

Buhahaha! I am evil! Left you with a major Cliff hanger didn't I?! the only way you get to read the next chapter is to RATE AND REVIEW OR I SHALL RELEASE KYUUBI ON YOU!

Kyuubi: Hey! What did I ever do!

Me: ...you tried to destroy the world for starters...