Naruto had always envied the villagers. He always wondered how they can go about life harboring such hatred towards a child. The villagers had always treated him horribly. The first memory Naruto has is when he was four years old being chased out of a grocery store. They did not want him to eat. They hoped he would die of starvation. As he walked down the street the villagers now cower away from him. Now that he was grown the villagers eyes turned from hate and turned to fear. They once had glared him into submission, now they would advert their eyes to avoid him completely. Many would say it is better than the beatings, but Naruto would disagree. He missed the regular beatings. He felt as if he deserved for all the horrible things he had done to the village.

He had once broke down and told Sakura how he felt. Sakura had lost her temper. She yelled and screamed at the young ninja. "Damn it Naruto! It is not all your fault. You have not killed anyone in this village. How can you blame your self? You have only done good. You saved the village from Pein. I.. I just do not understand. You are my brother." She placed her hand on his back. "It is not your fault Sasuke left. He would have left unless you killed him. You would not have been able to live with your self if you did kill him."

During her rant Naruto just sat there unable to look anywhere besides his feet. We was ashamed to have someone defend him. It made him feel even worse because it was Sakura. He promised her once that he would bring Sasuke back. How could she call him her brother he had failed her. It was long ago since Sasuke had betrayed his team and left. Naruto Had trained his self bloody and exhausted attempting to bring the boy back.

Sasuke was no longer a boy, and Naruto has not to convinced him to come back. Naruto deemed this as his worst failure. He was never good enough to keep Sasuke in the village. Before he left Sasuke had to prove to Naruto how much of a failure he is. Sasuke had nearly killed him. The only reason Naruto was alive was a whim on Sasuke's part. Naruto would never tell anyone, but he secretly wished Sasuke had killed him. If Sasuke had killed him he would not have to see the way everyone in the rookie nine looks at him. Pity. That was all he could get from his so called friends.

Naruto was on his way to the Hokage Tower. Tsunade had sent an Ambu messenger during the night to have Naruto meet her in the office before the sun comes up. In the tower no one paid him any mind. Naruto had recently showed his worth to the ninja population of the village. When Naruto arrived at her door he could hear the hushed whispers. He could not mistake the voice on the other side of the door as anyone besides Kakashi.

"He is not the same as he used to be Lady Hokage. He has withdrawn from everyone."

"Kakashi if he brings the boy back maybe he will perk back up."

"I do not think he will madam he has been broken.. He may never be the same."

"He is my brother Kakashi I will not stop believing in him."

It should have warmed Naruto's heart, but all he could think of was Kakashi did not buy his mask. He had worked so hard on perfecting it. What if more people did not buy his mask of stupidity and happiness. Naruto did not even bother to knock he just walked into office. Tsunade gave him a look as he could only see as pity and Kakashi adverted his eyes.

"You wanted to see me Old Hag?" Naruto asked with a big bright smile. Tsunade screamed at Naruto and punched him in the jaw. The punch was strong enough to knock him back out of the door. Naruto was slow to get up. That is when Tsunade saw what Kakashi was talking about. She saw the pain and deadness in his eyes. It broke her heart.

"Alright brat we have a mission for you."

"Granny I just got back" Naruto had whined

"You would not want to miss this mission. You would be upset if I gave anyone besides you the mission."

Naruto stilled, he stood as a statue. He knew that could only mean it involved Sasuke. Before Naruto was concealing his chakra, now some started to make an appearance.

Tsunade continued, "As you may know Sasuke has killed Itachi. He has been spotted outside of the Lighting Country alone. Our Intel leads us to believe he may be ready to come back." Tsunade had to pause. Naruto's chakra was making her light headed. The boys eyes had turned purple. "We would like you to go to him and try to get him to return."

Kakashi was watching his former student expecting some reaction, but there was none. He chose this time to speak up. "We would send a team but we deemed you are the only one he cares to see."

Naruto Directed his attention to Kakashi. The confusion was evident on his face. Naruto was unsure of what Kakashi was implying. Sasuke had never cared for him.

"Wouldn't Sasuke prefer you." Naruto asked his former teacher.

To the common eye the question seemed innocent, but Kakashi knew better. He knew Naruto was angry the he had bonded better with Sasuke. Naruto always felt left out. Kakashi believed it was deeper than that. Naruto thought Kakashi hated him.

Tsunade could feel the tension between the two ninjas. She did not think they would brawl, but she did not want more ill harbored fillings from either man.

"You will go to Sasuke and convince him to come to the village. I do not want you to go in your Ambu gear. He needs to see you as an invitation not a threat."

"Understood Granny."

"You are to leave immediately... You are dismissed."

Naruto appeared to disappear and Tsunade felt a hash breeze blow past her. Naruto was out the window. She turned to look out the window and Naruto was no where to bee seen. She looked over to Kakashi with a sad face.

Naruto was back in his rundown apartment. He was angry, beyond angry. He could feel his beast releasing. His hart was racing. It felt as it would burst from his chest. He could feel it pounding in his ears. His eyes were the deep purple signifying the change. Then his heart started to slow. It slowed to almost no existent. In a burst his claws were digging into his palms, his fangs were digging into his bottom lip, his senses were enhanced. He could hear the owls hooting outside the village. Naruto let out broken cry. He was hurting. He dug his claws deep into his chest and started to pull. He followed this action five times. Blood had started to puddle on the floor at his feet. He was crying. The physical pain was nothing, but he could feel Sasuke plunging his fist through his chest. In his dreams he would beg for death. He would beg Sasuke to take away his pain and kill him. Sasuke would always chuckle and leave him. He would leave him sobbing and screaming. Sasuke had beat him bloody, but it was not enough to take his life. He shook his head to disperse his bad thoughts. He was now calm, his eyes faded back to blue and claws retreated.

Naruto discarded his destroyed shirt and started to bandage his chest. Naruto stopped cleaning his wounds when he decided that death by infection was a fine death by him, as long as he died. Naruto covered his bandages with a fishnet shirt and threw on his jacket. He stopped wearing his orange jumpsuit when he became an Ambu. He now wore back cargo pants with many pockets full of weapons. He wore the red fishnet shirt and a black jacket with red trim and a fox on the back. Naruto grabbed his sleep pack and his Ambu bag and headed to the gate. The sun was just now coming up. Naruto walked out of the village without even looking back. Naruto started to sprint he would make a two day trip in 18 hours. Naruto let the beast within show. He wanted to see the changes Sasuke had made. Naruto knew Sasuke would always be beautiful, but he wanted to see if his eyes were alive. Last time he saw Sasuke his eyes were as dead as his own.

"Kit, slow down. Can you feel the rain soaking you."

"i can and I do not care."

"I know you wont get sick but you should take cover. Get out of the rain."

"Shut up Kurma."

Kurma retreated to the back of Naruto's mind with a huff. Naruto had been sprinting for 16 hours. If he kept this up he would be in the lighting country in two hours. Naruto slowed to a walk. When Naruto and Kurma merged he could see, and locate other people's chakra. Naruto started to scan the area for any sign of Sasuke. He could feel a few bandit ninja who remained in hiding. They most likely knew who he was and they were scared. An hour into his scan he felt it. He could feel Sasuke. He was less than a mile away. Naruto came to a stop, and let a small smile grace his features. He created 3 clones with now hand signs. He instructed them to surround the open field Sasuke is in. Naruto and his clones started to sprint. They were on the border of the field in two minutes flat. Naruto and his clones were concealing his chakra. Naruto stood in the trees watching Sasuke. He was just standing in the center of the field staring at the sky. The rain was pelting his body and face. Standing in the rain as he was looked stunning to Naruto. He could see Sasuke's hair sticking to his forehead and the drops rolling down his skin. Sasuke now wore a tight midnight blue long sleeve shirt and tight black pants with a black weapon bag. It was simple but Naruto enjoyed how tight it was. Sasuke was now 20 years old, a year younger than Naruto. He was still slender, but it was lean not sickly. His pale skin was pulled tight across his firm muscles. He stood at 6'2. He was beautiful. Naruto wondered if Sasuke was really there. The moment looked to perfect. He was thinking that it may all be in his head. He stepped out into the field and uncovered his chakra to make him self known. Sasuke dropped his head and made eye contact with Naruto.