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After the dust had finished settling, the landscape laid out before the young shinobi's eyes was unimaginable. It looked as though a war of epic proportions had just been fought, and in some ways there was. Enormous craters pockmark the once beautiful wildflower laden field and ancient trees undisturbed for hundreds of years now lay mangled and strewn everywhere. But the most horrific of all scenes lies at his feet.

Her beautiful cerulean eyes frozen open, the light completely gone from them as they stare endlessly at the cloud ridden sky. Blood seeping out of the corners of her mouth and trickling out of her ears, staining her once beautifully sunshine colored hair the color of blood. But most horrific of all was the hole in her chest, right where her heart used to be, large amounts of blood seeping out of it.

"Why didn't you move dobe? You could have easily dodged my chidori. I don't understand," tears streaming down his cheeks, mixing with the dirt and blood that had accumulated on his face as he drops to his knees. "Why!" he screams at her broken body. "Why," his voice gradually getting softer as his sobs slowly take over. "Why?"

As gently as his shaking hands would let him, he cradles her broken body in his arms, his tears falling on her face. But a piece of paper catches his eye, gently he lays her back down and removes the piece of paper from her pocket. The envelope spotted with blood, soaking into the paper, his name barely readable. Quickly he rips open the bloodstained envelope and begins to read its contents, his eyes opening wide with shock, tears beginning to flow even more.

Sasuke,

If you're reading this then I am dead, most likely by your own hand. This was the only way to show you just how far you have strayed from the path of good. I'm sorry I couldn't have done more to save you. I just want to let you know that I forgive you for all the things you've said and done to me when we first started out as genine and when you left to go with Orochimaru. No matter what you will always be my best friend, and the person that will always occupy a special place in my heart. Just promise to do one thing for me, okay? Let go of all your anger, of all the hatred that has turned your heart as black as your obsidian eyes, become the person you are supposed to be, to become truly strong. Only once you have accomplished this can you finally be at peace. Perhaps in another life we were meant to be together.

And just one more thing, I will always love you, no matter what.

Naruko

After reading the letter several times, Sasuke just sits there on his knees with tears flooding out of his eyes, his body frozen in shock.

"Sh—she still loved me, even after all the things I said and did to her. And this is how I repay her, with a chidori through her heart? I don't deserve her love. I should be the one that is lying cold and lifeless on the ground, not you Naruko."

Slowly he stands holding the lifeless Naruko tenderly in his arms and carries her back to Konoha, his heart heavy with guilt and grief, but devoid of all the hatred and anger that had once resided in it.

"I promise your death will not be in vain. I will honor your memory and be at peace. I will always love you, Naruko Uzumaki."

A/N: I hope you all liked it. This was just something that I wanted to write, right now it is just a short one-shot but I might turn this into a full story later on. Please review!