Slowly Itachi draws his last breath as he glances up at his brother. "You'll never know how much I love you." He says before slowly his heart ... stops. Looking around Sauske screams in agony his one and only love gone. Looking down to his brother he lays a final kiss on his lips. Walking over to the side of the camp he see's his own reflection with tears running down his face. "Please brother come back." Sauske sobs violently looking down at his reflection. Looking behind him he sees the petal of a rose float down and land on his brothers forehead. Walking a few miles to the small village that Sauske had come to think of as home. Coming into the hidden leaf village he saw someone familiar in an odd fashion. Looking over to Naruto he sighed and walked over to him laying a hand on his shoulder. "Itachi ... he's dead." Sauske said breaking down right there and holding onto Naruto for support. Sighing he looks at the ground and cries a little bit more.
Naruto takes Sauske back to where the team is practicing. Kakashi looks over and immediately stops the practice. Seeing Sauske upset deeply upset the perverted teacher. Looking down at his book he absent mindedly puts a bookmark in "Make-out Paradise." Walking over the teacher says in a solemn voice, "I heard."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Later that night~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sauske is running around desperately trying to shake the solemn feeling that hangs in his chest. Looking down he sees something shining and picking it up he sees that it's a coin. Reading on the coin he sees that it's American. "What the heck is this doing here?" He says to himself quietly and whirls around when he hears soft footsteps coming through the forest. Seeing Naruto he sighs and says, "Punk what are you doing out here?" Naruto blushes hard enough that you can see it in the dark. "I was just worried about you." He says looking nervously at the ground. Sauske is surprised by the boys actions and smiles ... and the funny thing is that the smile feels real. Sauske is filled with a sadness but it seems as if when Naruto is around it makes things bearable. Sauske smiles over to Naruto and puts his arms around him in a friendly embrace. Looking over he sees his exposed neck, and before he can stop himself he is kissing the boy trailing his tongue lightly along the exposed skin.
"I'm sorry I shouldn't have done that!" Sauske blushes and looks down embarrassed. Naruto looks over and sees the boys discomfort. "Don't worry about it ... in fact I enjoyed that." He says and Sauske looks over surprised. Leaning in closer to the boy he lays a kiss on his soft lips. Kissing each other is pure bliss for both of the boys. Looking at each other they keep their eyes slightly open so they can see what the other one is feeling. Sauske looks away first and immediately the kiss breaks. Looking down Naruto asks, "What's the matter?" Sauske turns a deep shade of red and looks away. "It's just too soon after my brothers death I don't feel comfortable doing all this." He says and looks away and instantly Naruto understands. "I'll wait for you."