Yo, its me, Chaos star951! And I have my third (non-one-shot) story here!

I hope you enjoy this new tale I have to tell (Sorry, couldn't resist) Anyways enjoy...

I don't own Naruto, never have, never will.

"Sasuke sucks" -- Normal Speech

'I second that' -- Thought

Vengeance….

Darkness loomed over the village of Konoha. Thick black clouds concealed the once azure sky. A battered blonde staggered back into his village. Seven cracked ribs, chakra burns, a broken right arm, and a whole assortment of cuts and bruises. That's what he had to show for his mission. Once again, he couldn't bring back the person he ever viewed as brother.

The battle was a long hard struggle for Naruto. Sasuke had unleashed every jutsu in his powerful arsenal. The blonde boy narrowly got out with his life. The raven-haired sound-nin had run off after sensing another Uchiha's chakra signature. Naruto looked up into the shrouded sky with a grimace on his face.

'I failed…again. Why, why did you leave us, Sasuke?' Ha, that was a laugh. He knew exactly why that ebony-haired bastard left. He'd been promised power, power he needed to achieve his ambitions.

Letting out a sigh of defeat, he staggered past the Konoha gates. Naruto knew that no one would be happy about him coming back like this. Tsunade would probably strangle him for taking off without telling anyone and coming back half-dead. Jiraiya would lecture him until some babe walked by, and then he would chase her around. And Sakura…she would pissed that he left her behind and she would be saddened that he had failed to bring back her 'Sasuke-kun.'

'I think I'll just head home. I don't want to let anyone see me in this condition.

That was the plan at least. Hide out in his apartment until his injuries healed up, and with his regenerative abilities that would only take a day or two. However, as experience teaches people, nothing goes according to plans. Cause unfortunately, a certain pink-haired kunoichi happened to be out on an errand for her mentor.

She was in a shop ordering a new desk, seeing as the blonde Hokage had pitched yet another poor piece of furniture to the ends of the horizon, when she noticed a figure limp past the door.

"I'd recognized that orange jumpsuit anywhere," muttered Sakura as she stormed out after the blonde. Yelling out, "Naruto!" which instantly made said boy freeze in place at the sound of the angry female's voice.

Striding over to him, Sakura looked him dead in the eye. "What the hell did you to yourself?!" Naruto swallowed a nervous lump in the back of his throat, as he furiously thought for an excuse.

"Just trying to perfect my Rasenshuriken," he answered, flashing his usual foxy grin.

"You baka! You know that you're not supposed to use that jutsu…" It was then the kunoichi noticed that a section of his arm had been burnt in a way that only a lightning technique could.

'Why would Naruto lie?' she pondered. Then she recalled that the boy hadn't been seen for the past couple weeks.

"You're lying! What have you been doing?" she demanded in a ferocious tone.

"I-I uh…" stuttered the foxy boy as he took a fearful step back. Deciding he would need some more persuasion, Sakura cracked her knuckles in a menacingly manner. "Naruto…." She growled.

Thinking of no better option, the blonde felt it best to just fess up than face this medic-nin's wrath.

"I…...went to bring back Sasuke." He said in a defeated tone, staring down onto the pavement.

"What?!" Sakura's shriek could be heard echoing through the village.

"I went to bring back Sasuke. And when I caught up to him, we fought….He ran off before we could finish the battle though."

Sakura was shocked, Naruto had to be one of the strongest shinobis in the entire village. With his defeat of Kazuku, the S-class and the treasurer of the Akatsuki, with basically one attack Naruto proved that fact. Sure Sasuke was powerful but Naruto had to be at least close to his level. Anger and sadness wallowed up inside her, causing teats to stream down her face. Grasping the remnants of his collar, Sakura jerked him so they could see eye to eye.

"Why? Why did you leave me behind?! We were supposed to bring him back together! How could you leave me behind? And then on top of that fail?!"

"Sakura, I didn't want you to get hurt"

"Stop giving me that bullshit excuse!" She violently shook him. "If you weren't so pathetic, then Sasuke-kun would still be here," she cried.

Her words crushed Naruto. All he ever did was try to make her happy, and what did she do to reward him? Insult him, berate, belittle, and beat him. But he still couldn't bring himself to be angry at her. Why? Cause she was the one he loved more than anyone else. He would do whatever it took to please her.

Then Sakura did something she rarely ever did. She slapped him. Straight across the face. Usually she would pound his skull, but she hardly ever just slapped him. She hadn't even channeled her Chakra through her palm.

The pain of his cheek was a minor sting compared to the rest of his injuries, but it hurt far worse than all of them put together. Especially after what she said next.

"I hate you. I wish I never knew you. Why couldn't you be the one to leave the village? I hate you, Naruto!!" She ran off crying.

Naruto stood there, lost in his own little world. She hated him. She actually said that she hated him to his face. Time stood still around him as the full realization of her statement came crashing down on him like a mighty typhoon blowing him miles away.

'She hates me….Sakura-chan…hates me.' Tears now filled his cerulean pools. The pain was worse than getting hit by thousands of senbon from every direction. It hurt far worse than even Sasuke's Chidori piercing his chest.

Pain gripped his body and soul. And now deep in the clutches of despair a dark pulsation, similar to a heartbeat, sounded.

BU-BUMP!

He clutched head with his good arm. Gripping tightly at those sun-kissed locks, his breathing begun to accelerate at a dangerous pace.

BU-BUMP!

The pain grew far more severe as he fell onto knees. Panting he gasped for air still clutching his head.

Suddenly memories began to resurface. Past instances that he, for some unknown reason, couldn't recall. Yet he could see them now, clear as day.

A group of men whom he didn't recognize surrounded him. Closing in on him, cutting off any chance of escape they reached out and touched him. It burnt, bad. For some reason the slightest touch hurt unbelievably. He tried to cry out, but the sound that erupted from his mouth wasn't what he expected, it was his voice from years ago.

"Stop!"

"Leave me alone, please!"

"What have I done to deserve this?!"

"It hurts!"

His world shattered into pieces around him. Collapsing face first to the ground, Naruto blacked out, losing all consciousness of the place he was in. But there was something far worse on its way now…..

………..

The seal was now broken….

Thanks for reading, please review. And when you do, I would like it if you would send me some name ideas. I need a sinister sounding name for one of the characters in this fic. So please send me suggestions, thanks I appreciate it.

I hope you enjoyed this story so far. And I'd like to apologize to those who like long chapters but I have trouble writing those but I'll do my best.

Well I have one more final message for you. REVIEW PLEASE, I'M BEGGING YOU! Oh and for the record, if this story doesn't get enough support I may just scrap it.

Sayonara (And don't forget to tell me what you thought of this.)