Dear, Sasuke

Numb. That is the best I can explain it as a cold, unyielding numbness. If it wasn't for the mirror on the opposite wall I wouldn't even know I existed.

Failure. I had failed, I failed everyone: Sakura-chan, Neji, Kiba, Choji, Shikamaru…and Sasuke. I failed you…I even got that damn fox to help me and I still failed to save you from that bastard, Orochimaru.

Sorrow. How? How, will I tell Sakura-chan and Kakashi-sensei? Sakura-chan will cry, but sensei will make it better. She'll hate me for sure…I did make a promise of a lifetime. Sensei will hide it but a part of him will blame me, no matter how much he cares for me. Hell, I even blame myself!

Revenge. Was that all of this was for? So that you could beat your brother faster? What about our bonds?! Is killing him or me really going to make you happy? If so…then you should have at the Valley of the End.

Promise. I swear I'll find you and bring you home, even if I have to break every bone in your body! We're family, and you don't abandon family! You just wait and see. In three years I'll spin some new jutsu and use it to smack down the Akatsuki and bring you home!

Believe It!

Love,

Naruto aka, friend, rival,

Knucklehead and brother