Sasuke Uchiha, Killed by the hands of his comrade

Sasuke Uchiha, Killed by the hands of his comrade!?:

Written by: The Hokage (Lady Tsunade)

In the early hours of this morning, Sasuke Uchiha, was discovered dead, not far from Konoha village, by the ANBU Black Ops. Sasuke's body showed fatal wounds to the chest, face, and shoulders, there was also fatal bruising, and severe burns. Medical ninja who recovered the body, and reviewed it, inform myself that the wounds caused to Sasuke's body, were from a wind natured chakra.

ANBU Black Ops are currently interrogating suspects of wind natured chakra, also the selection for the 6th Hokage will be held soon. All households will be notified of the selection as soon as it has been decided.

Naruto slams down the newspaper acrimoniously, tears running from his face.

"Why… why Sasuke, why did it turn out like this!?"

"Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock"

"Naruto, are you in there? Open up!"

Naruto wipes the tears from his face, hastily; he doesn't want Sakura-chan to know that he had been crying.

"Knock, knock, knock. Come on Naruto! What's taking you so long?"

Naruto pulls on some pants, and squeezes into his top, as he makes his way towards the door.

"Hold your horses Sakura-chan, I only just woke up" Naruto puts on a tired voice, whilst reaching for the handle.

"What's the rush all abo--"

"WHAM!"

Naruto is sent flying across the room, at a rapid speed.

"BANG! "

"Drop…"

Naruto is lying on his stomach; his arms and legs spread out like an eagle, half conscious.

"Ow… Sa-sa-sa-sa-sakura-chan, that hurt, what was that for?" Naruto says in a breathless voice.

"I'm sorry Naruto! I thought you were asleep, so I decided to knock down the door. You must have got in the way!"

Sakura-chan walks over to where Naruto is lying, and bends down to heal his injuries.

"Naruto… um… about Sasuke's death…" Sakura begins to cry, tears streaming down her face.

Naruto sits up, and places his left arm around her shoulders.

Sakura sits there wiping her eyes; the tears don't stop, but continue to run down her face more heavily.

Naruto speaks in a quiet, and sympathetic voice, "Sakura-chan, I'm not sure what you've heard, but about Sasuk--".

"IS IT TRUE NARUTO!? Is it true you were the one who killed him?.

Naruto's head drops, tears running down his cheeks, Naruto removes his arm from Sakura's shoulder, and turns his back on her.

"I… I'm sorry Sakura-chan… It couldn't be helped, Sasuke was just too strong and I had to play my part in protecting Konoha, even if it was to kill a comrade! Sakura-chan, I… tried to stop him with my own power! I really did, but he was too fast, that sharingun is really something you don't want to mess with! If only I had of mastered the Kyuubi's powers a bit earlier, maybe then I could have saved him… It's only thanks to Yamato that the Kyuubi's chakra was suppressed. You see… Orochimaru had taught Sasuke everything he knew, it was like fighting Orochimaru but only Sasuke was stronger… However… Sasuke came at me with his chidori, and I could see from a far distance that his eyes were clouded by the hatred he held against me. Sakura-chan… I have to admit that I was myself when… when I… Sakura-chan you have to understand that I only had a split second to think, and he was coming at me with sharingun and chidori, I mean there was nothing left to do but use that technique… I finished Sasuke with Rasenshuriken… After that happened all that I remember is waking up in the forest, outside konoha, Sasuke lay a meter from me. I rushed over to him to find a pulse, but…"

Tears rush down Naruto's cheeks; he turns his head slowly towards Sakura-chan, then…

Sakura-chan threw herself into Naruto's arms, his arms slowly met her waist, and they sat there for a while, Sakura sobbing into Naruto's shoulder, and Naruto, tears also running down his face, grasped Sakura more tightly than ever. Although there were moments when he thought she would turn around and punch him in the face, in all her fury, but he was sure that wouldn't happen…

To be continued…