What if Naruto got away from Obito the night Madara revealed the truth about Itachi to Sasuke? What if Naruto got to Sasuke? Would anything change in Sasuke's cold eyes?

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Chapter one:

Running.

Sasuke Uchiha triumphed in the battle, Itachi Uchiha is dead.

Those word's were all it took for Naruto to put a plan into motion, was it the smartest choice he'd ever made? No, probably not. But he wasn't wise and if being wise meant he stood there and did nothing he didn't want to be wise. That's why as he, Kakashi, Sakura, Hinata, Kiba, Yamato and Shino shot through the tree's at top speed, vastly approaching the black flames - he wasn't with them, only a clone left behind in his place. He was gone long before his friends, long before the flames had spread enough to make a way through, he'd make it... he'd do it. He just had to...

As he burst into the clearing of rubble, the first thing he saw was the Uchiha crest painted on a piece of rock but what he noticed second closed his throat.

Sasuke?!

His mind screamed in desperation and he started scrambling over the rubble, he had to get to him, he had to get to his friend.

Sasuke was spread out on the floor unconscious, along side his older brother Itachi. Itachi's eyes were open, lifeless... they stared at the sky above him and appeared lifeless. Sasuke really had done it... Naruto flashed back to one of his first memories on team Kakashi - Sasuke 'describing' himself and vowing to defeat a 'certain someone' who they had later figured out meant Itachi Uchiha. Now he'd finally done it... how did he feel? how had he done it? What had really happened here...
"What did you go through here, Sasuke?" His voice low with an emotional husk.
Naruto glanced across from Sasuke at Itachi's face and felt something similar to sadness stir in his stomach, Itachi was a villain, a member of the Akatsuki, evil as far as Naruto was concerned, he'd put Sasuke through all of this pain and agony, taken his family away and left him to rot in his sorrow... but no death made Naruto happy, it just wasn't the right way to feel.

Reaching over Naruto pressed a thumb and forefinger to Itachi's eyelids and forced them to slowly close, there - he looked more peaceful. Satisfied he turned back to look at Sasuke but felt a chill run up his spine when he did - Sasuke's eyes were open, the left one struggling, it weeped with little droplets of crimson, bloodshot and sore.
Sasuke looked both shocked and angry to see Naruto leaning over him at this particular moment but was too weak to do anything, he just stared. Hoping the blonde would get the message and hopefully vanish from his sight.

"Sasuke..." Naruto's voice hoarsed; eyes emotive as ever as they shook in their sockets. "You... did it." It was an odd thing to say, especially right now, considering everything they'd been through. "You said this was your goal... you said this was the one thing you wanted to do. Does that mean... does that mean you're going to come back now!?" Naive, Naruto was and always would be naive.
Sasuke didn't respond, he continued to stare, unnerving the blonde. "Q-quit staring like that! Say something Sasuke!"
But he couldn't, he was lost. His life goal had been to get revenge for the Uchiha clan, yes. But Sasuke hadn't anticipated how he'd feel after; that was still his brother...

Numb.

But one thing he did know - there was no way in hell he'd be going back with this complete idiot, even now.

"God dammit... Say something cocky, something annoying that pisses me off! You're even more frustrating when you're not speaking Sasuke!" Naruto was yelling.

Why is everything he does so loud?

"Sasuke!"

Ugh.

"Sh-sh...shut...up, l-loser..."

Naruto stopped yelling the instant he heard Sasuke's voice, it was almost as though metaphoric fox ears perked atop his scruffy blonde spikes and he was wagging his tail.

"That's more like it!" And the idiot was grinning at him. Why was he grinning? There was a corpse right beside them, it was raining, the only thing he could smell was the strong stench of blood and smoke from the black flames... He almost wanted to punch that grin right off of his face but he just didn't have the energy.

"Your eye... it's really bleeding Sasuke," Naruto frowned as the grin slipped from his tan face. His whiskers always crinkled when he frowned. To Sasuke's dismay Naruto shuffled up some on his knees and reached up to push some of his hair out of the way of his face, Sasuke felt the tug as some of the hair was pulled off of dry blood on his skin. He didn't want Naruto here, he never wanted Naruto here, why couldn't he just...

His thoughts were interrupted as Naruto ripped off his kunai pouch attached to his leg and chucked it away, using the bandage that resided there to tie it around Sasuke's head, covering that eye in particular, blood was quick to seep through but it was something. His eye felt like it was on fire, burning. But with the bandage over it, it eased off a little. He could be grateful for that much but right now he just didn't care...

"Leave..." Sasuke grunted. "I don't...want you...here-"

"Tch, you never want me around, you bastard! Just shut up for once, would 'ya-tebbayo!" Sasuke was so frustrating. Why couldn't he see that all Naruto wanted to do was help? Help him clear his head, get his feet back on the ground, make him see sense, save him from his own foolishness. Even now... it didn't need to be too late!

But before Naruto could say anything more, there was the sound of a gush of wind somewhere behind him, his eyes widened. He'd spent too much time talking... he should have just grabbed Sasuke god dammit!

"Ah... so this is where you got to..." Someone giggled from behind.

Tobi.