Hello! This is Mai-oh starting a new story! 3 3

Rating: T may go higher

Pairings: Sasunaru Kakairu ShikaTem Leesaku Nejigaara

Disclamer: I do not own Naruto at.. all sobs in corner

Nobody cared. Not Kakashi-sensei, Sakura, Tsunade, or most importantly of all him… the object of his affections. Sasuke. He left him and the whole village without a passing glance. Naruto had failed Sakura.

When Naruto had returned on Kakashi-sensei's back, injured along with the rest of the dying team Sakura had slapped him across the face. Not even caring that he flew to the side crashing into a wall(1). She had tears streaming down her face.

"Liar! You said that you would bring him back!! You even had the nerve to come back yourself!" with that she walked away, still crying.

The hospital would not treat Naruto. He was the "Demon Child" he should consider himself lucky that they let him live there. Tsunade had to heal him in her office. Then he was sent home. His injuries had been healed; the rest of the team was in stable condition. What use was there for him?

Walking home he was in a depressing mood, Sakura's words rang through his head. Something hit his face. Naruto flinched on impact. It was a tomato.

"How dare you let our Uchiha go!?" an enraged villager shouted, "He could have been Hokage!" The other villagers cheered their friend on with shouts.

"Then you come back!" another said.

"Just die and leave our village in peace!" they started forming a mob yelling and throwing things at him. Naruto just smiled; hiding his pain and walked slowly all the way to his apartment. The villagers' words stung but not as much as Sakura's. He got the same from the villagers' everyday. But he had made a promise to Sakura.

Naruto unlocked the door to his apartment. There was no need it was already open and his apartment was in scrambles. Angry words were written on the wall 'GO HOME' 'LEAVE OUR VILLAGE IN PEACE MONSTER!!' were some of the less rude ones.

His eyes spilled over with tears. He couldn't handle it anymore. The villagers', Sakura, Sasuke leaving, it was too much for him. he ran into his room but slipped on some gunk on the floor the villagers' had left for him.

A cry of pain escaped him. he had landed in a loose kunai. It was digging into his flesh. He had expected the searing pain to hurt, but I didn't, it calmed him down. This pain was what he deserved. He was an affliction upon the village. To much hiding behind his emotional mask. It had taken its toll.

Grimly he took the kunai out of his arm and slashed it down his arms making cut after cut. More! More! More! This is what I deserve!! He screamed to himself in his mind. Naruto fell to the floor in exhaustion, his many cuts bleeding and leaving him woozy.

The fox immediately healed the cuts but there were to many so all he could do was heal them leaving scars so Naruto could remember. Dizzy from blood loss and in pain Naruto slipped into an uneasy sleep.

Naruto woke up. His arms were covered in caked blood the cracked as he sat up. He winced and began to wash off his arms at the sink. The scars were still there. Kyubbi hadn't healed them. Naruto thought he would've healed all of it even the scars and given him a talking to at the gate.

"Maybe this means he doesn't care if I kill myself…" Naruto said gloomily then laughed. He got his clothes in making sure that they covered his cuts. He sighed he really didn't want to go and have to do another mission with Sakura… she was still mad at him probably.

"Not like I have a choice huh?" Naruto said to himself as he opened his dor and stepped outside, giving his apartment one last longing look. If only he could stay in there. But he had mission to do for the village, the village that hate him.

I'm such a good person. Naruto thought to himself with a smirk and began running to the bridge where the old team seven met.

When he got there no one was there. Not even Sakura… Naruto waited for what seemed like forever, Kakashi-sensei poofed next to him and looked at him with a surprised look.

"Didn't Sakura tell you? We don't have practice this week. Sakura's getting trained by Tsunade and since Sasuke's not here I don't have anyone to train." He said not even glancing up from his book.

Naruto smiled; hiding the pain that Kakashi didn't want to train him, "Alright see you later!" he said and ran away.

Kakashi looked at him oddly then poofed away, Leaving the small bridge unoccupied.

Naruto hurried back to his apartment. He needed to relieve himself of his pain. All his so called "Friends" were abandoning him, even his teacher! He got home not feeling any better and went into his dingy, small bathroom. The mirror was broken in several places and the cabinets were beyond repair.

Naruto opened a small drawer to find his special cutting kunai. He took a deep breath and slowly drew it down his arm. Blood slowly went over the edge of his arm and dripped down to the floor making soft dripping sounds.

A half an hour later Naruto was on the floor woozy from blood loss. His head spinning he slowly got up, washing off the residue left from the blood and what was left on the floor, and climbed into bed.

(One week later…)

Naruto woke up later then usual. His arms aching from continues cutting. He opened his eyes and blinked a few times, then suddenly jumped out of his bed and got dressed. He had forgotten that they were actually meeting today at the bridge.

He hurried down to the bridge and saw Sakura already there. He got to the bridge and she yelled at him that he was late. An hour later Kakashi-sensei finally appeared saying something along the lines of 'My dolphin-chan was in trouble and I had to help!'. Neither of them got what he meant by it.

The mission was simple. Transport a scroll form the Hidden Leaf Village to some village in the north. Naruto couldn't remember the name of it. It had something to do with the cold he was sure of it… Naruto loved the cold. It was brisk and kept his mind off of whatever pains he was having.

The journey from the Village to the ending point started out well… they made good time getting out of the village. The walk had been fairly easy all day and they decided to set up camp before it got too dark. They were in no hurry.

They set up camp and decided the watches Naruto volunteered to stay up for the whole time. Not caring about him and happy for the break Sakura agreed. She fell asleep quickly. Naruto stayed up the whole night thinking about his miserable life.

He pulled back the sleeves and looked at his most recent scars. A sigh escaped form him. The sleeve went back down and Naruto looked up at the moon wistfully.

A harsh wind blew across the barren landscape chilling Team 7 to the bone.

Sakura started complaining, "Why do we have to deliver some stupid scroll to some stupid village in the middle of a freaking wasteland?!" Her shouts were heard across the frozen ground. Not an animal stirred. She went back to muttering.

They arrived at the village without a hitch. The occupants were a friendly bunch, inviting them to share their fire and eat with them. They stayed a few days there with the kind villagers and the generous leader before deciding to go back.

Naruto did not want to go back. He liked this village, no one looked at him scornfully or with hate, there was no hostility. But sadly, they had to Naruto vowed that he would go spend some time there again. With that last thought they started trudging across the land again. Back towards Konoha… Naruto couldn't wait.

The journey back was as fun as the way there. The only difference was when they were about 3 hours away from the village. Ninja's suddenly surrounded them and began attacking. Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi-sensei had their backs together. The ninjas were shouting something about a scroll.

"We don't have the scroll!! We delivered it to some village north of here!!" Sakura cried. The ninjas stopped fighting and poofed away.

"Sakura you idiot! Now they will attack the village!" and Naruto ran after them. It was too late. By the time he got there the village was burned down the scroll most likely gone and the villagers, they were all dead. Naruto' heart broke once again.

They had accepted him and he couldn't even save them. Just like Sasuke, a voice said in his ear, you can't save anyone! Naruto had tears running down his face and started the long walk back to Konoha. Sakura reached out as if to pat him on the shoulder but Naruto shied away not wanting comfort.

To say Tsunade was mad was an understatement. She was furious that they had let the scroll be taken. And on top of that a whole village had been slaughtered! She dismissed them so that she could think about what to do.

Later that day she called them back to tell them that they would only be doing small village missions. Naruto bit his lip. He wasn't any help to the village. They were dismissed and Naruto trudged down the familiar route to his apartment.

A horrible sight greeted him when he got home. The apartment was trashed. He rushed into the bathroom to pull out a razor blade. With tears coursing down his cheeks he began cutting and his arms until blood ran down them like rivers. With a sigh Naruto collapsed to the ground.

(1)Here Sakura has already begun some training with Tsunade so she is strong.

Okies so this is my very first Sasunaru fic! I am already working on a crossover so I will try to update as quickly as possible! 3