Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto because if I did I wouldn't be writing this.
Warnings: This fict is a yaoi (BoyXBoy) it also has violence and of course we cant forget all the inappropriate language.
A/N: Hello everyone. Well this is my first time writing a Naruto fan fict so some of the character might be OOC so please try and go easy on me. And before I forget there isn't much Sasunaru on this chapter thought there are hints of it. Also review, but just so you know I don't mind flames, they will just be used to make smores for the good reviewers. So here we go!!
(P.S. this is post time skip so Naruto and the others are like 16 years old)
"talking"
'thinking'
'kyuubi'
Kage No Kitsune: Ch. 1 Disappearance
It was a sunny, clear and quiet morning in Konohagakure. Wait. Quiet? Something didn't seem right. Sasuke wondered what was wrong while he waited for the rest of his old team.
Yes it true the Ice Prince was back though with a little help from Naruto of course. The blond had kept true to his word and literally dragged a beaten up Sasuke back to Konoha. It was quite the sight to see the once worst of his class drag the best back to Konoha. Though Sasuke had betrayed Konoha the elders only gave him a minor punishment. The old geezers were just glad that their last Uchiha was back. So after 3 months in prison and 6 month of beign watched by two ANBU Sasuke was once again a Konoha shinobi. He is currently a jounnin and is waiting for his old teammates for lunch. It was Kakashi's idea saying that the old team should keep meeting up once in a while to keep in touch and of course Sakura and Naruto agreed. So here he is in their old meeting spot.
"Hey Sasuke" Yelled a voices from his right. He turned and saw Sakura walking towards him. He nodded his head at her in acknowledgement. The two were now closer seeing as how Sakura wasn't one of his fangirls anymore and was over him. He was glad for this because he was sure he'd kill her if she still was. Now she saw him and Naruto as brothers and they saw her as a sister.
"Hey Sasuke where's Naruto?" She asked looking around. He looked at her and looked around 'Now that I think about it I haven't seen the dobe since he left for his last mission'
Just as Sakura was going to say something else a 'Poof' and a cloud of smoke interrupter her.
"YOU'RE LATE!" Shouted Sakura at her sensei.
"Sorry about that but on my way here an elf came up to me and told me he needed help painting his horse so I couldn't refuse-" Kakashi said behind his orange book before beign interrupted by a "LIAR" from his students.
Finally he looked up from his book to look at his students and noticed one wasn't there. "Where's Naruto?" He asked ignoring the infuriated kunoichi who at the name of her friend stopped and looked at Kakashi.
"I don't know sensei when I got here he still hadn't come and I haven't seen him since he left for his last mission 2 days ago" Sakura began "but Naruto should have been back by now" she finished concerned at the thought that something might have happened to Naruto.
Kakashi nodded at this and turned to look at Sasuke. Sakura also turned to look at him figuring that if anybody knew where Naruto was it would be Sasuke. She knew how the raven felt for her blond friend. Since they were closer he actually told her how he felt about the blond, though it did help to threaten him to tell her the truth or he would become her new punching bag when she trained and of course Sasuke agreed for fear of becoming a pancake under the brute strength of Sakura's punches. She also had a feeling that Naruto felt something for Sasuke even though she hadn't confirmed it yet. She made a mental note to find out later when she saw Naruto again. She snapped out of her thoughts when she saw Sasuke shake his head. 'If Sasuke doesn't know where Naruto is then that means that he's not back yet, I'm starting to get worried'
Kakashi processed this information and then spoke "We'll split up and look for him lets meet back here in an hour." The other two nodded and they all went off to look for the blond.
(one hour later too lazy to write what happens .)
They were all finally gathered back at the bridge. Kakashi looked at Sakura and she shook her head "I couldn't find him around town. He wasn't even at Ichiraku's ." Kasashi nodded and turned to Sasuke.
"He wasn't in his house either" he said coolly though inside he was in a panic. 'Damn were is that dobe. Nothing happened to him right? Right. He isn't the type to be taken down so easily...right?'
Kakashi once again nodded and said "He wasn't at the training grounds either" he looked between his two former students and saw their worry, even though Sasuke would deny being worried about Naruto. "How about we go tell the Hokage about this, she might know something." Sakura and Sasuke nodded and they headed to the 5th Hokage's office.
Hokage's Office
"Hokage-sama!" shouted Sakura as they entered the Hokage's office but she stopped what she was going to say once she saw Tsunade drunk and in tears. "What's wrong?" she asked carefully afraid to upset the woman before her. Sasuke and Kakashi watched on from behind
Tsunade looked up and the three shinobi were shocked. The powerful woman's eyes were blank and emotionless as well as red from so much crying. She looked as if she had been crying for hours now. "Sakura….." she began with the saddest tone they had ever heard from the woman. This made Sakura worry. Tsunade looked at the three before her before continuing. "I want you, Sasuke and Kakashi to gather all those close to…." She took a deep shaking breath "...Naruto". They looked at Tsunade confused but did as told either way.
Soon all those who were closest to Naruto were gathered in Tsunade's office. That included the Rookie 9 and their senseis, Team Gai, Iruka, Sai, Konohamaru and his gang, Jiraya and the Kazekage and his siblings. Sasuke was the first to speak up "Tsunade-sama what is the meaning of this?" The Hokage looked at everyone in the now silent room. "I have some news concerning Naruto…" She began trying to swallow the lump in her throat. Everyone wondered what could have happened to the blond bundle of energy and waited for their leader to continue. "Naruto has been declared K.I.A.(1)" Everyone in the room looked at her in disbelief
"What do you mean Tsunade-sama" asked the Kazekage after processing this information.
Tsunade put a small box on top of the desk that was behind her. From it she took out a familiar orange jacket and black Konoha forehead protector both covered in blood. "These were found not to far from here deep within the forest." Sasuke was about to speak up to say something when Tsunade beat him to it knowing what he was going to ask. "I already sent out a search group and they couldn't find him. All they found was this," she pointed to the jacket and headband "a trail of blood leading to the river and this kunai near the river area." She took out a kunai that was completely black.
"What does it mean?" asked a confused Choji.
Shikamaru was the one to answer. "Those are the Kunai used by the elite assassin group The Shadow Demons. They're known to show absolutely no mercy and are insanely strong and because anybody who has ever faced them has been killed it isn't known how they fight. The only way of knowing when they have done a job is by a completely black kunai that they leave behind."
"Then that means…" Choji began and looked towards Tsunade who had her head bowed with her shoulders shaking. She slowly nodded her head and collective gasps where heard. The girls began to cry the loss of their dear friend as for the guys: Shikamaru, Kiba, Choji, Lee, and Konohamaru also began to cry, being a bit more silent than the girls, and Neji, Shino, Sai, Kankuro, Gaara, Gai, Iruka, Kakashi, Jiraya, and Sasuke all lowered their heads to silently mourn the loss of the blond shinobi.
Tsunade finally able to regain her voice "The funeral will be held tomorrow, his name will also be carved into the memorial stone. Now go home get some rest and get prepared for tomorrow. There wont be any missions for anyone either. You're dismissed." She finished allowing the shinobi to go home and prepare for a very depressing day.
With Sasuke
He had walked aimlessly for a good hour now. It just seemed impossible that someone with so much energy like Naruto could be dead. Sasuke couldn't believe it. He wouldn't. Sure he had been dragged back but he only let himself be dragged and stayed because the dobe had been the one to bring him back. It's true he had only stayed here because it was Naruto who brought him back.
'I had just accepted that the feelings I had for the idiot were love and now he's gone'. Sasuke couldn't stop thinking that it was impossible but then the images of the bloodied jacket and headband popped into his head and he was filled with the horrible feelings of being alone once again, as well as sadness. He shook his head to clear his mind and saw he was at his house.
He went and sat on his couch and looked at the picture that team 7 re-took when he came back. He looked at the smiling face of Naruto and smiled a small smile but then he thought about how he would never see that smile from the blond ever again. That night Sasuke cried for the first time in years.
(The next day)
Every shinobi in Konoha was gathered to pay their respects to the honorable shinobi. All of his friends from within and out of the village were there. All brought something special to put in the coffin that they knew Naruto would like. Some things were a hokage hat from Tsunade as well as his headband, and also some ramen from Ichiraku's. Sakura, Kakashi and Sasuke all put in the picture they took both as gennin and after Sasuke returned and finally a lot of yellow roses by everyone were put into the coffin.
A lot of the villagers had come as well but most of the older ones were just there to not mourn but celebrate the death of the "demon", as they called him. Although they were quiet about it or they would face the wrath of a lot of angry shinobi, among them a couple bloodline users and two of the legendary Sannin as well as the Kazekage.
At the end everyone went home. Most of the shinobi to depressed to do anything else. The shinobi closest to Naruto all went out and got drunk that night to drown their sorrow and try to remember the happier days left behind.
(Somewhere near the Mist Village)
"Achoo!" the person that just sneezed rubbed his nose.
"Are you alright." asked a female voice next to him. "You're not catching a cold are you?"
"No, I think someone's talking about me" said the voice and grinned at the other person.
TBC…
(1)- It stands for Killed In Action. If I'm wrong then someone please correct me.
Well that was it my first chapter. I hope you guys liked it. If I get enough reviews I'll post up the next chapter. And that's it for now so please review.