Prologue
He was breathing hard, running as if the devil himself was at his heals, disappointment filling him to the brim.
'I'm such a failure…'
He had been so close to bringing Sasuke back, but before Naruto could get to him he had already been and
gone. Leaving the bloody and eyeless corpse of Itachi, his older brother behind in a heap of limbs and bone
almost indiscernible at first, but the Akatski cloak that bloomed clouds of red death upon black skies, and a
necklace embroidered with the Uchiha symbol were grave signs that it was indeed him. Naruto was glad of it,
that for the one he called brother, it was finally over.
'…but where…where is he? That doesn't matter right now! I'll catch up to him soon enough…but why is Kakashi
sensei in such a hurry to get home?'
After they had discovered Kisame's body outside of the hideout Kakashi had received a message from Konoha.
'It must be important, for them to interrupt MY mission!'
"Kakashi sensei?" Naruto began...
"Hn…" Kakashistated, avoiding Naruto's gaze.
"Why are we going back again?" whined Naruto, 'he never did actually tell me…'
...and the rain begins to fall...
