A very groggy Naruto stood at his front door, preparing to open it. He placed his hand on the handle and swished it open. In front of him stood a crying Tsunade. Upon seeing this, he fully woke up.
"Grandma Tsunade... what's wrong? You act like somebody died or something." he said. Hearing the word "died", Tsunade broke into a fresh bale of tears. "I-uh... I didn't mean that. Come on, what happened?" he stammered out the question again. "I... I'm sorry, kiddo... S-saukra... she... she's dead." Tsunade explained in between sobs.
"There's no way... Sakura can't have died... she's too... She... how?" Naruto asked, letting it sink in. "She c-comitted suicide... she left you a note though... I haven't read it, so you can." Tsunade said. She handed him folded up piece of paper and began sobbing even more. He motioned for her to come into his house and she followed.
He went to his cabinets, pulled out a bottle of sake, which he had never opened, mind you, and handed it to her. She took the bottle gratefully and he sat down onto one of his chairs. He gently unfolded the piece of paper and read the note.
Dear Naruto,
I'm sorry I had to end this way. I just wanted to tell you that I loved you, just like a brother. You were always there for me, even if you weren't technically there. I also wanted to tell you about a few things. One, is that Hinata likes you. I was still quite surprised that you hadn't figured it out by now. Try and give her a chance... she's a really sweet girl. Another thing is this... I have left a note for Sasuke. Please find him and give him the note. DO NOT read it. Let him read it himself. Please, don't try and kill him for the pain he has caused me. It isn't all his fault. I let it do this to me. But I just couldn't stand another day on this planet and know that I wouldn't ever see him again.
With a lot of love,
Sakura
Naruto read the note over and over again, letting sadness seep inside his soul. Letting tears flow, he made a promise to his dead ex-comrade. He would find Sasuke. He would give the bastard his letter. But he could not promise her that he wouldn't hurt Sasuke for this.
It was all his fault. The frickin emo-princess had run off, leaving Sakura out cold on a bench. Sakura had confessed all her feelings towards him, yet he still had the balls to leave her. And now she was dead, her dead body lying somewhere in Konoha, because he had done all of that.
Naruto thoguht about all of that, while Tsunade got drunk. She passed out on his couch with the bottle of sake still in her hand. Naruto gently removed it from her hands and took her pouch off of her.
With a jolt of pain, he realized it was Sakura's. He opened up the pouch to see letters in them. He rummaged through until he found the one he was looking for. He placed the pouch on the table next to the couch, opened his door, and began walking to the letter owners house.
