Umm... this is not my best work. I hope everyone likes it, and would really, really, really like a review. As long as one person like it I will continue. I think I made them OOC. Sorry, didn't mean to.

Also, without meaning to, I made it so that Naruto didn't go to train with Jiraiya. I'm one of those people who started wrting a FanFic without actually first reading or researching the story everything's being based on. I know, I shouldn't be dong that but oh well. I did. I'm sorry.

"Talking"
'Thinking'
Reading/Writing

Disclaimer- Not. Mine. ...Can I cry now?

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It has been two years since Uchiha Sasuke left for Orochimaru. Everyone had given up. Well all but two. Haruno Sakura and Uzumaki Naruto. His best friends, probably only now.

Every chance they got, like on missions, they asked for him, but never got a clue as to where he might be.

It took Naruto three months and five days to realize that the reason he was so upset about Sasuke leaving was because all the hatred he felt for the raven had actually been love. Sadly it had taken more than a whole year for Sakura to realize that her love for him was more of a brother/sister love than anything else.

It was on a mission in the fire country when Naruto had gotten his first sign that Sasuke was still around. The blond was surprised when he had received a letter from a kindly looking old man when he asked after the Uchiha. The letter looked to be about a year or so old.

-Naruto

I have sent you many letters but every time I'd send one, the messenger ends up dead the next day. I can only hope that this one, at least, makes its way to you. I have to leave it with someone who would be willing to hold onto it and would have no possible way of being found with it. It was the only way I could even hope to come into contact with you.

Naruto I have come to realize something recently that I should have realized sooner. Being one of my biggest rivals and all, it seems a little weird but I have learned to embrace it. Hopefully you -' Oh could you get to the point already, teme?!' The blond asked to himself. - Hopefully you won't hate me or freak out about this too much even though we may never meet again.

Naruto with-From here the writing went from slow, neat script to super rushed scrawl which was, if possible, even worse than Naruto's own writhing. Naruto through all of those years we hated each other. All we ever did was fight so I never thought on the strange reasons of why I liked to be around you a lot. The reason I always sought a fight with you. I have discovered that the reason was because with all of by being and all that I am, I, Uchiha Sasuke, traitor, idiot and all around cold hearted bastard, love you. I hope that one day we will meet once again so that I can tell youy to your face. So that I know your reaction to those simple yet powerful words.

Take care,

-Uchiha Sasuke

After reading the letter Naruto had to look over the last part to make sure that his mind wasn't playing tricks on him. It hadn't been… this time.

He was so excited that he thought he'd faint but luckily he had a sudden urge to crush the old man in a very thankful hug. Hmm… Guess he's a mind reader because the man was nowhere to be seen. The blond went in search of him but had no luck. Checking the paper again to make sure he was absolutely certain that it was not a figment of his imagination, Naruto left to continue his mission, hoping for another clue. Maybe one as to his where-a-bouts, but, yet again, he had no such luck.

About a week late Sakura came to Naruto saying that she had met a little girl saying she saw him and this saw confirmed by the little girls family. He was heading toward the mist village just months before.

Three more months went by and there were no more signs of Sasuke anywhere. Both teens went to the country of rice cakes so they could baby-sit a twenty-three year old woman who was being attacked for seemingly no reason. As it turns out, she was messing with some illegal trade and people weren't very pleased. Afterwards, they were eating some dinner before they returned to their hotel when a man had told them:

"Yeah, I've seen that brat. He was fighting one of those sound shinobi and destroyed half of my crops. It was just yesterday morning." The man continued to grumble on about how he would 'put that kid in his place' if he saw him again, but they weren't listening. Actually, they weren't even in the restaurant any more. Forgetting about food, the teens split up and ran around in different directions searching for ant sign of where Sasuke could have gone. Both of them ran all night.

Early morning found Naruto worn out from his relentless run. He was about to turn his communicator mic back on to ask Sakura, once again, if she had found anything, when something landed heavily on his head. To tired and sore to do anything else, Naruto just groaned.

"Loosing your touch, Uzumaki?"

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To Be Continued...
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Ja!
Chibi
(5-19-08) (8-21-09)