Hey people this is my first story (heh hope it goes over well)…

Warnings: Yaoi (please don't read if you dislike this) Sasunaru, Depressed Naruto, OOC Sasuke, and Angst… Also, another note… I've only watched the first part of Naruto (not the shippuden) so many of the events in this story many not be accurate to the original plot. So please be kind, I'm getting this information from things I've heard from my friends or researched…

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto … And we all know Kishimoto-san is a great artist and own all of Naruto… I'm just messing with the characters.

"….." – talking

'…..' – thinking

Italics - F

Sasuke's Homecoming

It was a cold, winter day in the Hidden Village of Konoha. The wind whipped through the trees in the forest outside of the great wall protecting the city. A hooded figure walked slowly along the trail leading to the large entrance gate, observing his familiar surroundings. It has been years. Finally reaching the gate, he smiled, not on the outside, but to himself. Two Leaf shinobi greeted him, unknown faces to him.

"State your reason for entering," the first one said. The second one was younger and just stood there shivering; probably hoping his shift would be over soon.

"I have come home," the hooded man said, emotionless, seeming not to care about the two nuisances standing in his way.

"Let me see your I…" the first ninja was about to say before his partner cut him off.

"Wait, take off your hood … please," the second one said, his youth shown in his voice. The stranger stood there for a moment, wondering of he should reveal his face. Surely everyone knew who he was. The one who ran, the one every one once searched for. Coming to a conclusion, the stranger slowly pulled away the hood that concealed his face. In reaction the younger of the two gasped in delight, while the other blinked like he had seen a ghost.

"I knew it was you."

Naruto's POV

Naruto was currently sleeping in his bed, covered by only a thin orange blanket. The window over his bed was open and aloud the wind to blow bits of snow into his small, unheated apartment. Naruto shivered pulling the blanket more snuggly around his body, he was awake and he played to everything that he could just fall asleep again. But that wasn't happening and he knew it. The blond slowly sat up rubbing the sleep out of his eyes and yawned. 'Yay,' he grumpily thought to himself, 'another day of training and missions.' The wind blew more snow through the window; dusting Naruto in a few rapidly melting, white flakes. He coughed a few times before gathering a set of his clothing and a black jacket, and then started his journey to Shikamaru's house.

Before Naruto knew it he was standing in front of his best friend's door. He knocked a couple of times, hoping the lazy ass was up before leaning on the railing next to the door, clothes clutched in his arms. A few seconds later, Shikamaru opened the door gazing tiredly out at his friend before stepping out of the way letting Naruto in.

"Hey, thanks again Shika for letting me use your shower," Naruto said looking at his tired friend.

"No prob, man. It's not you can take one at your home," Shikamaru stated thinking of the first time the blond came over, telling him about his water heater problem.

"Okay, well I'm off," Naruto called starting up the stairs. The brunette mumbled something in response and sat on the couch. He recalled when Naruto and he had first become good friends.

It was a cloudy day, and one brown haired shinobi lay in a grassy field gazing up at the clouds. It was so quiet ant peaceful that he hadn't noticed the blond kitsune 'til he was sitting on the grass next to him.

"Hey Shikamaru," Naruto said sounding defeated and tired, though he didn't have a scratch on him. The brunette looked over to the blond and gave a greeting. Naruto had been changing recently and it was happening fast. The search for Sasuke had just ended a few months ago and the blond was devastated. But, despite everyone's beliefs of Naruto putting up a fight and all, the warm-hearted shinobi just gave up and agreed. From that point on the number one knuckle headed ninja had changed. He became more conservative and avoided everyone. To be honest, this was the first time he's seen him out of his old apartment in months. People missed him at first and tried to reason with him, but after a while they gave up and went back to their daily lives. All Shikamaru could think of when he looked at the sad kitsune's face was that he was broken. After Sasuke's attempts at taking Naruto's life, he finally broke him. The blond and Sasuke had strong relationship and everyone knew it.

"What's up?" Shikamaru asked, wondering why he decided to suddenly come out of hiding.

"Umm nothing really, I just wanted to come and see the nice weather," Naruto gazed at the sky before sighing and looking at the lazy shinobi. "I also wanted to say good-bye…"

"Why? Where are you going?"

"Uhhhhh, on a mission … it's going to be pretty long," he answered finding the grass pretty interesting at that moment. Shikamaru stared at him, knowing he was lying. But why else would he have to say good-bye? Was he leaving to go find Sasuke? But before he could voice his question, the blond had stood up quickly and ran towards the village. Shikamaru stared at his retreating back for a few seconds before lying back down in the grass. He would be heading to Naruto's apartment soon and wanted to get a nap before his troublesome trip.

"Hey Shika I'm done with the shower," the blond came down dressed in a grey wife beater and black pants. He looked over to the lazy ninja who was daydreaming before putting on his jacket.

"Shikamaru," he called snapping his fingers in front of the brunette's unresponsive face. 'Eh, whatever' Naruto thought before heading out into the cold wind.

Shikamaru stood in front of Naruto's door later that afternoon and knocked twice. No response.

"Come on Naruto, let me in." No Response. 'ugh,' Shikamaru tried the door knob and found it unlocked. He cautiously walked in.

"Naruto where are you?" he called throughout the small space. He checked the bedroom, no Naruto. 'Where could he be? He couldn't had left already?' He walked back into the main room and over to the kitchen area. On the table sat a small piece of paper. 'Oh, what's this?' picking up the note and unfolding it he saw Naruto's will, and a good-bye note.

"Oh no NARUTO" Shikamaru raced out of the building, there's only one place he could be.

Thanks everyone for reading this first Chapter, I know it's short, but it's my first try Please Review and tell me if it's any good

~Nik