Declaimer: Still doesn't own Naruto.

Some jutsus used are not real or do what they aren't supposed to do. SASUNARU


Previously:

Naruto could not look away and answered without hesitation.

"I would never leave you Sasuke."


"What in gods name is going on? Did you all feel the need to break down my door?" Tsunade yelled as the Konoha nin noticed the off skew doorway that had been trampled on in their rush to reach the Hokage.

"We are very sorry Hokage Tsunade-sama, but we have urgent news that we needed to get to you," Ino replied taking off her mask and speaking in a professional manner.

"What about? Did something happen on the mission?" Tsunade asked holding back her tongue in wonderment as to why all the teammates were removing their masks without being given permission to do so.

"We have information on Sasuke that we really need to get a team together and go check on," answered Kiba as he finally allowed himself to catch his breath.

Tsunade signed, knowing where this was all going. Though she highly respected the team in front of her, she could not let herself perk up at every piece of information that could lead to Naruto when it always ends in disappointment.

"Look guys, I'm happy that you all want to find the both of them, but you can't be running around when you are on missions when they don't amount to anything," Tsunade pleaded trying to keep her voice even when she felt that her words were more true than she wished to believe.

"Kiba is right, Lady Tsunade-sama. There is some evidence that we could not ignore and that have to be further investigated. I think they will lead us to information about Sasuke and Naruto," Shikamaru spoke trying to convince her that this was not another one of their wild goose chases.

Tsunade saw the determination in their eyes, but couldn't let herself hope. Before she could speak though, the last of their teammates finally spoke up.

"Lady Tsunade-sama, we heard one of the waiters at a cafe we visited say Sasuke's name. It was as if he was in a daze and didn't even realize the name had come across his lips. When Ino asked him what he said, he eyes were no longer glazed over and he went back to serving us as if nothing had happened," Shino finished as he looked over the Hokage's facial expression change to one of interest and slight disbelief.

"Though that is unbelievable, it can't be something that can hold as a reason for me to send out ninjas at this time," Tsunade said hoping that they might have had anything else for her to be able to take action with.

"That's not all. When we were leaving, Kiba picked up some of the dirt on the ground and we saw a seal written into the ground. Just then we looked up and the town we rested in glowed for a split second, but we think we saw Sasuke in the middle of it all," Shikamaru explained almost not believing that he saw the boy standing in the center of the bright light and disappearing with it.

A clatter of scrolls could be heard as they dropped to the floor. Sakura was in the room the whole time hoping that they actually had information on Sasuke or Naruto and this was something they never got close to in the years since they disappeared.

"S-Sasuke was there? Why didn't you go after him! Naruto could have been close or even with him!" she shouted not believing that Naruto's friends would just turn their backs on him and run home when Naruto could have been in the area.

"There is no way we could have even begun to go after Sasuke. Do you not remember what happened when you guys confronted Sasuke? Did you expect us to even stand a chance against him?" Ino questioned looking at Sakura's distraught appearance.

Sakura calmed down some when she caught herself stepping out of bound. There was no way the others could have defeated Sasuke with just the four of them.

"I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me," Sakura whispered realizing her mistake.

Ino walked over to Sakura and wrapped her arms around the shaking girl. She knew that this could turn into something after all this time and allowed her friend to cry with hope that any information they found could led them to Naruto.

Tsunade was sitting silently trying to keep her anger under control remembering the dark haired boy who had taken away someone she felt was as close as a son to her.

Looking up at the people in the room Tsunade directed them to acquire the ninjas that she wanted to assign to this new mission. She hoped this would be their break that they needed to finding Sasuke and most of all Naruto.

~oOo~

Sasuke was feeling more stressed than he liked. He knew that the ninja running away from the small village were some of Naruto's old friends and that they had seen the light from the village. At first, he thought they would be heading back to check what was going on instead they left right away.

He didn't know if that was better or worse then them looking around the village and asking question. Almost certainly, they would be back and with more then just the four to ask the villagers about anything suspicious going on. Sasuke was not worried that the villagers would talk, there was nothing they knew about.

"Except that one waiter," Sasuke snarled becoming angry at the thought of the waiter from the cafe actually remembering something and telling the Konoha team when they got there.

"What did you say, Sasuke?" Naruto asked coming into the bedroom.

They were getting ready for bed and Sasuke couldn't shake the feeling that something would go wrong. He knew that they would be safe in the forest, but just to tame his paranoid mind he had to go back into the village and check on that one person that always rubbed him the wrong way when they visited.

"Sorry babe, it was nothing." Sasuke answered shaking his head to rid of his thoughts, "Naruto, I'm going to have to go back to that village again." Naruto protested before Sasuke had a chance to say something else.

"You were just there this morning, can't I come with you at least?" he asked trying to a least compromise instead of starting a fight.

"Not this time but I won't be going until the day after tomorrow," Sasuke replied knowing that Naruto would be disappointed that he had to stay in the house alone again.

"What do you have to do this time? I'm starting to wonder what it is you really do there without me," Naruto's sad eyes jerked Sasuke's heart, but he knew that Naruto couldn't go with him.

He would never allow Naruto to know what Sasuke had to do to keep them safe from others that were trying to break them apart.

"You just have to trust me. I would never do anything that would betray you. I promise," even as Sasuke said it, he knew it was a lie.

Their whole relationship was governed on betrayal. He was just so desperate and scared that he didn't really think there was any other way to have Naruto in his life the way he wanted.

Their last meeting left Sasuke with the cold realization that he couldn't go back to the village he used to call home and live a life with Naruto by his side. The people around him seemed to make it their goal to keep them apart. As well as the Kyuubi making it known that Sasuke should not be a part of Naruto's life.

But he would do everything over again if it meant that Naruto and him could be like this; with a home and just themselves to rely on.

"Just get some sleep. We'll go out on a walk tomorrow and maybe to the river," Naruto smiled at the chance to visit the river. That was more rare than his visits to the village.

Sasuke knew it would be safest to check everything around the forest tomorrow with no chance that the Konoha ninjas would be anywhere near the area until at the very least that night if it took them half a day or so to get here. If he knew these Konoha ninja like he thought, they would probably want to leave right away and not stop until they got to there destination.

The visit to the river also gave Naruto a chance to relax seeing that Sasuke wanted to go out of the house with him. Sasuke knew Naruto could tell that he was stressing about something and this would be a good way to get him to stop his worrying. He would just have to chance seeing the Konoha nin in the village, but they should be easy enough to avoid.

Everything looked good around the house. Even with Naruto pestering him about being slow in their walk, he could see that the gate had no chance of anyone detecting it and allowed it to fall down so they could head to the river.

The day was sunny and both boys were happily walking towards their destination hand in hand. Once they reached the river, Naruto took off his shirt and shorts and slipped in the water with only his boxers on. Knowing that this was Naruto's intention from the beginning, Sasuke followed suit.

Sasuke swam over to Naruto and kept close incase anything were to happen. They stayed in the water until Naruto got tired and than headed out of the water. Both boys settled down on the grass and allowed the sun to dry them before putting their clothing back on.

"That was so much fun Sasuke. It's been forever since we've been to the river. We should go more often, especially in this kind of weather," Naruto said with a labored breath.

Sasuke smiled at his love, but saw that Naruto might have stayed in the water longer than he should have.

"Here, lay on my lap. You look a little tried," Sasuke said as he maneuvered Naruto to rest his head against his legs.

"Thanks Sasuke. I think I was a little over excited." Sasuke snorted, "Ok, way over excited, but we haven't done this in forever. I'm happy to share this day with you." Naruto smiled as he started to close his eyes.

"Naruto, hey don't fall asleep here," Sasuke smiled while whispering dobe to the boy laying on him fast asleep.

This was a better outcome then having to put Naruto to sleep by force, so he picked up the boy bridal style and slowly walked back to the house. Naruto was light and Sasuke could carry him like that for a long time so he felt no need to hurry on home.

Placing Naruto on their bed, Sasuke went back downstairs and then headed outside to allow the gates to reemerge and checked once again that everything was alright. It wasn't to late and nothing out of the ordinary happened, so Sasuke felt safe for the moment. He would wake Naruto in a few hours for dinner and than make sure he slept all the way through the night and most of the next day.

Naruto yawned and smiled to the smell of food. He slowly walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. Sasuke was sitting at the table looking out blankly and seemingly not paying attention to his surroundings. He tensed as Naruto wrapped his arms around Sasuke.

"You okay? It's rare that you would not notice me approaching you," Naruto told him as he sat in the seat across from Sasuke.

Sasuke was surprised that he didn't even hear Naruto get up and walk down the stairs, much less be able to embrace Sasuke with a hug before he noticed his blonde lover. He realized he was more anxious than he let on. Seeing those people after all this time would be both annoying and dangerous, but he would have to take that chance.

He remembered that Naruto would tell the folks at the village all about where he lived and what he did, without a care in the world before Sasuke could even begin to stop him. That was the reason for the memory erasing seal on the village. The last thing on his mind when they first visited the village was to tell Naruto that their life was a secret and afterwards it just became easier to erase their memory instead of tell Naruto that he couldn't tell those people anything.

That laid back approach might just be his downfall now that people he knew all too well were going to snoop around. Sasuke was sure that all that the ninja saw was the glow, so he would have time before then to get to the cafe waiter. Just to be sure, Sasuke will be leaving first thing in the morning and catch the kid before he started his work at the cafe.

Looking at him expectantly, Naruto waited for Sasuke to answer. He could tell that there was something wrong, but like always he wanted to trust Sasuke that he could handle it.

"Sorry, I was just thinking. Eat up, I want to go to bed early so I get to the village early and be back that much sooner," Naruto smiled at the thought that Sasuke would be making a quick journey and coming back to him as soon as he could.

They finished their meals in silence and walked up to the bedroom. Both got ready for bed and laid down with Sasuke wrapping his strong arms around Naruto's smaller body. They were so close that they could feel each others heart beats. This was the time that Sasuke cherished most. Being so close and sharing this moment meant the world to them both.

"I love you."

"I love you too." Sasuke kissed his forehead and put him into a deep sleep, "I'm sorry for this."

-o-

Sasuke woke up just as the sun was rising and looked over to make sure Naruto was still in a deep sleep. It didn't do the boy any harm, but he wouldn't wake for quite a while.

He got ready to head out quickly so he could catch the guy before he went into the cafe and with as little people around as possible when he did get to him.

He made the decision the night before that he would let the gate down while he was out and only protect the house itself. No one could come in, but Naruto would be able to get out. If he didn't return by tonight than when Naruto woke up he would be able to leave if he needed to. Just in case something did happen with Sasuke, he didn't want Naruto to be trapped in this maze that he had created for the both of them.

Kissing Naruto on the forehead and covering him up in the blanket, Sasuke made his way outside and towards the village as fast as he could.

In a short while he finally made it to the village and was looking from the roof of the building across the cafe for any sign of movement from the place and if the waiter was coming. There were more people walking around going to the various shops than he hoped, but Sasuke went undetected. He masked his chakra as well as he possibly could knowing that whatever Konoha team was sent could and possibly are there now.

Facing them now would be bad, because he didn't know if he could or would want to fight them to the death if it came to it. During all his time with Naruto, even though his memory of everyone from Konoha was erased Naruto told Sasuke that he has had nightmares about people that were dying right in front of him and seeing people who felt so familiar to him turn their back on him.

Shaking his head from the thought, Sasuke stilled as he saw the waiter entering the cafe and was about to descend towards him when he saw them. His eyes narrowed and cursed his luck.

"Damn, why did they have to be here so early?" he thought as he saw Sakura, Kakashi and Sai entering the cafe with Ino and Shikamaru right behind.

Sasuke backed off, not knowing how many others might be in the vicinity.

As Sasuke concealed himself further, others in team two surrounded the cafe from different vantage points. They knew that this was the first place, if not only place, they should look if they were to get answers and where Sasuke might show up. So they had to protect the location as best as they could.

When news came that there was information about Naruto and Sasuke that could possibly lead somewhere, all the rookie eleven minus Naruto, Sai and their sensei's packed into the room to hear what the Hokage had to say and who she would select to go on the mission. Everyone was fighting to be the ones to save their friend and defeat the one that betrayed their village many years ago.

Flashback

Everyone in the room was talking at once trying to state why they should be allowed to go on the mission and Tsunade just about had enough. She let it go on for a moment more before raising he head to signal quiet.

"But I have to go!" Kiba shouting not noticing everyone's silent state.

Ino bopped him on the head and he was about to ramble on more, but he saw everyone was staring at him with a mix of annoyance and pity. With a pout, he apologized and also became quiet.

"Now that I've got everyone's attention I can start. This is going to be a very difficult mission and I think we will need a big number to people. Uchiha is a dangerous person and from our last encounter has shown no mercy when it came to getting what he wants. We will have to assume he will be in that village, but from seeing that the people are living with no fear believe that he had not shown them his true power.

"There is also the chance of Naruto being with him, but we are not sure. If anyone sees any sign of Naruto, they are to immediately protect him and get him away from Sasuke. And please bring him back with you.

"This is our last chance. If we do not get Sasuke or Naruto, I will not allow anyone to look for them anymore," There was an uproar, but Lady Tsunade quickly quieted them down.

"I know what I say is unbelievable, but we are all emotionally and physically drained. We are also scared that Naruto will never come back, but I cannot allow my village to be sucked into this any longer," Tsunade stopped when she saw Sakura clean her throat to speak. She allowed it and waited for what she had to say.

"How can you say that? He's like a son to you and you would give up on him if this time we can't get him? You know that he would never give up on any of us. What about the ones that don't go? They will always be burdened with thought of what if they were there, could they have helped in any way. You can't be serious about this," Sakura pleaded trying to understand the Hokage's thought process.

"I'm know he is. God do I know what that boy has done for me and us all, but my first priority is to the village and I'm sorry but my heart just can't take anymore of this. As for anyone regretting not being able to go and wishing that they could have done something if they were there, that will not be a problem. You are all going on this mission. You will be split into three teams of five and head out as soon as you all gear up," Tsunade stated.

End Flashback

Everyone was grateful to hear that they could help and Tsunade explained that they needed people who understood the situation to go to the village to look for the two ninja. This was indeed their mission and their last chance to save a precious friend.

The first team was made up of Sakura, Kakashi, Sai, Ino and Shikamaru. The three who are closest to Naruto and two of the people who had actually seen what had happened in the village were put together as a front team giving them the opportunity to ask around the village and hopefully find something, anything that could give them information about the two missing ninjas.

The next team consisted of Kiba, Hinata, Choji, Gai and Kurenai who were to look after team one. They were hiding on the roof tops and away from the villagers, but made sure to keep an eye out for anything suspicion that could be a danger to team one when they were looking into information from the villagers and if Sasuke could possibly be looking out.

They too were protected by the last team with Neji, Lee, TenTen, Shino and Asuma staying in the forest surrounding the village in the event that Sasuke came into the village or tried to get out if he was already there.

And Sasuke sensed them all. After spotting the five go into the cafe and hiding further away from the place, Sasuke felt that they were not the only ones in the village. Some of the teams tried to hide their chakra, but for the most part it seemed as if none of them cared that they would be found out. If anything, they wanted Sasuke to find and confront them.

Sasuke wasn't about to oblige to that and started to plan the best way to either get rid of the waiter before he talked to the ninjas or get out of the village all together. He was almost certain that the reason they got to the cafe so fast was that they already knew who to go to. Just how the hell they figured it out was beyond him.

Walking into the cafe, Sakura went up to the counter where a young lady was ringing up take out orders for customers who decided not to sit and dine.

"Hello, welcome to Cafe Taiyou. How may I help you?" she asked Sakura.

The other four sat down at a table and kept an eye out for anyone or anything out of the ordinary. From Ino's description, they knew they were looking for a guy with short brown hair, tan skin and black rimmed glasses and he didn't seem to be in the main cafe area yet. They kept their eyes sharp while Sakura was asking if the casher lady knew where the guy was.

"I'm sorry to bother you, but would you happen to know where I can find one of your workers? He has short brown hair and wears glasses and was waitering here just the day before last," Sakura finished with a smile on her face and put the hands that were gesturing with the details she was describing down.

The girl smiled back and thought before answering with a nod, "Yeah, I'm pretty sure I know who you are talking about. He should be in the back, I'll go get him for you."

The girl walked to the back in the kitchen while Sakura turned to the others giving them a smile and a nod. They nodded back and as Sakura turned back around, they all heard a scream erupt from the direction of the back kitchen.

All of the the members ran to the back and were shocked with what they saw. There was a snake in the kitchen and it had attached itself to a workers neck. His eyes were dilated with fear and before any of them could make a move, the creature clamped down on the neck and the life of the guy seemed to be sucked out.

They knew that they were seeing the person they were looking for. He was dying before their eyes, finally prompting Sakura to run to him.

Sai produced an ink bird that flew toward the snake and grabbed it before it got away. Once it's claws sank into the snake it proofed away leaving everyone shocked that a clone could be this dangerous and deadly.

The guy was on the ground clinching his neck and taking deep breaths. He didn't have much time and Sakura knew she needed to get to work.

"I have to get the poison out right away or he will die. Sasuke is here, you all have to go after him. There isn't much time. I'll follow you out as soon as I can," Sakura explained in slight panic as Ino and her worked together to get the deadly poison out of his system.

"Will we be able to get any information out of him?" Kakashi asked as he watched the two work and debating on how best to go about this situation.

"Not anytime soon. When the poison is out, he needs to go to the hospital and fight the rest of it off. I know what was used on his body and he won't be able to function for days, maybe even weeks," Sakura told him, knowing how to treat the poison.

Sasuke had used it before when he attached another team that went after him and she had gotten a sample of it. It took months, but with the help of Lady Tsunade, Sakura had finally came up with an antidote that would help fight the poison. It was still not strong enough to get rid of the poison on its own, but it gave the victim a chance to live.

"Go now, we'll take care of this. Kakashi. You have to find him," Sakura begged staring straight into her sensei's eyes. He understood what this meant to her and to all of the others. They needed to find Sasuke.

Sasuke had slipped back into the shadows after he saw what had happened. He knew he couldn't go in there himself, because no matter how well he hid his chakra he knew that if there was any one who could sense him it would be Kakashi or even Sakura. They knew him too well for him to chance getting that close to them.

It was easy enough hiding from the others that seemed to be watching the cafe and surrounded area for anything that seemed unusual. To bad they weren't looking underground, because thats just the way Sasuke knew he could get his snake clone in. Once the snake was in, it found who it was looking for and attacked. Whatever happened after the bit didn't matter because Sasuke was already running out of the village.

What he didn't count on was having another team watching in the forest. He sensed them too late too go unnoticed. Running as fast as he could now, he just hoped to get away from the team.

Neji was watching the forest with his byakugan and saw right away that someone was coming. Even with his gifted eyes Neji could just barely tell that there was someone else in the forest; they were that well hidden. What he could tell was the biggest chakra point that lead to the heart and he knew that it had to be Sasuke. He was one of the few strong enough to almost make himself invisible, even to Neji's eyes.

"I found him," Neji spoke into the headset and flaring up his chakra so the others could tell where his location was. He already knew that Sasuke knew he was there, therefore there was no reason to hid. They had decided to do that from the beginning.

It was in hopes that Sasuke would go after one of them and give his position away. Than he might either be captured or led them to where Naruto might be. The teams thought it would be in the village, but with Sasuke running out Neji wasn't so sure that Naruto was in the village at all.

Everyone of the Konoha ninja followed Neji's chakra as he tried to keep up with Sasuke. Neji thought for sure that Sasuke would stop and fight him, but all he was doing was running away.

Deeper into the forest, Sasuke realized that he couldn't go back to the house. They would find Naruto there and he wasn't almost positive that he could throw them all off his track. It seemed that the whole Konoha 11 and their sensei's had come after Sasuke.

Neji saw Sasuke stop in a clearing and held back at the forests edge. He didn't want to start anything until the others came. With the power he showed from their last encounter, he wasn't so sure he could hold his own against Sasuke and plus starting a fight will just waste time if they didn't get information about Naruto from him.

"You just going to hide Neji? Didn't know you were such a coward," Sasuke taunted already knowing that this approach wouldn't work on the stoic boy.

"I'm not here to fight you Sasuke, we just want to know where Naruto is," Neji calmly told him. They both could sense that the others were very close.

"Hn, he's safe and that's all you need to know," replied Sasuke as he saw the others coming through the forest.

Activating his sharingan, Sasuke was prepared to fight them all if need be. The rest of the groups arrived and surrounded Sasuke. Some were in the forest trees and others standing ahead of him in the clearing.

Everyone of them were looking at him with mixed hate and hurt in their eyes. He knew what he did to these people and how he took away someone that they cared about, but he didn't regret taking Naruto.

Sasuke didn't want to talk to these people, just to try to get out of here and go to Naruto. He knew that Naruto would wake in a couple of hours and as much as he was trying to tell himself that he was alright that Naruto left because he at least had some time with him, he couldn't bring himself to let go without having had a chance to stop Naruto from leaving.

"Sasuke, tell us where Naruto is. We don't want to fight you," Sakura said trying to calm her racing heart.

It's been a long time since she had seen her old teammate and the hurt and hate that she felt towards him for what he did to her and all of Konoha was stronger than she ever thought. Her lack of care for this man she used to claim was the love of her life almost surprised her, but after what he had done it was more than understandable. All she wanted was for him to give Konoha its sun back.

"I don't want to talk to you. Like I told Neji, he's safe," Sasuke explained, making it clear with his glare that they had nothing to talk about.

"You hurt too many people for us to believe you! If you don't want to tell us anything then we will force it out of you," Sakura replied as she fisted her hand ready to take the man in front of her down.

"So be it," and without warning Sasuke was in front of the ninja ready to pierce her with his katana before Kakashi stopped him.

"You plan to kill us all, Sasuke?" Kakashi questioned unbelievably. He had not told anyone why Sasuke took Naruto, but he knew that he couldn't let him keep Naruto hidden and away from his village for just that reason.

"If it comes to it," Sasuke spoke knowing full well that he was putting up a front. He only needed to get an opportunity to run away from here, but he knew these people would not hold back in trying to take Sasuke down.

From his left Kiba attacked and got as close as a foot away before Sasuke disappeared on him and came from behind to knock him unconscious, but again was stopped by another. This time it was Hinata who got to him.

After that, everyone came towards him. He knew he was stronger than most, if not all of these people so it would be no problem taking any of them down. His problem was that they knew it too and were fighting together making no apologies about ganging up on him. This was going to be harder than he thought.

All of them were protecting each other and Sasuke couldn't find an opening to either attack or escape. Sai's ink birds came towards him and he sliced through them resulting in the ink surrounding his katana. Focusing his chakra in the katana, the ink easily fell apart from the weapon. Wasting that moment allowed Gai and Lee to come from both sides.

They were fast enough to kick Sasuke back and into TenTen's stream of kunai that were flying quickly towards him. He was able to dodge them all and landed in time to notice the insects gathering at his feet. Shino's bugs were ready to attack and put a paralyzing poison into Sasuke but Sasuke jumped up and usedhis Fireball Jutsu to kill the creatures quickly.

Sasuke landed in a tree branch a few feet away and looked to see Asuma and Shikamaru coming towards him. Before he could make a move Shikamaru trapped him in a Shadow Imitation Shuriken Jutsu that paralyzed Sasuke in place giving Asuma time to use his chakra blades to strike at Sasuke. Just before reaching him with the deadly attack, one of Sasuke's snake clone removed the shuriken from his shadow allowing Sasuke to block and kick Asuma sending him flying back towards Shikamaru.

Barely getting a chance to catch his breath, Sasuke saw Choji and Ino charge at him. Ino was preparing to use Mind Destruction Jutsu to control Sasuke and allow Choji to use Partial Expansion Jutsu to pound Sasuke down with his fists, but Sasuke proved too fast for them. Coming up behind the two in a flash, Sasuke knocked them both out.

Kakashi attacked Sasuke head on as Sasuke's katana and Kakashi's kunai flew through the air towards each other. Though both sharingan's were being used, both men didn't use them to their full advantage. This was a simple fight between student and teacher. They were moving too fast for the naked eye to see what was going on, but with the assistance of the byakugan Hinata and Neji saw it perfectly.

It was in surprise that Sasuke went down. Landing on his feet, but being unable to move quickly enough Hinata and Neji continued to use Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms on Sasuke's chakra points. They knew Sasuke could be strong enough to uphold an attack by one of them but both working together in rapid succession made it impossible for him to react. He was pushed up against a tree and felt its branches wrap around him, realizing too late that he was trapped in an illusion. Kurenai had used her Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death to immobilize Sasuke and his counter would have worked if his eyes weren't also proved useless.

Sakura had swiftly came up to him in his weak state and used a Temporary Paralyzing Jutsu on Sasuke's eyes. He could see, but any jutsus he tried to perform using his sharingan weren't effective.

Breathing heavily, Sasuke felt numb and knew he was trapped. This fight had taken a lot out of them all, but in the end they all had worked together to get him in a position that would render him useless and escape to become impossible.

"Where is he Sasuke?" he heard someone he believed was Sakura question.

Sasuke just stared at the people that surrounded him. All the pain he caused everyone for his own selfish reasons and hell he had put them through came at him when he looked into their eyes. He still didn't regret taking Naruto, but he did feel sorry for taking him away from people he loved and who loved him in return.

With all the hate he had towards his previous home and the people that tried to get close to him seeming to fade, Sasuke welcomed whatever they had for him.

"I'm not going to tell you that," he said, knowing that once Naruto did leave their house he would be able to find his way back to Konoha and to the people he truly wanted to be with.

"Sasuke, if you do not cooperate than we will have no choice but to follow orders to execute you. If what we have witnessed, you are an enemy of the village; too dangerous to bring back who is believed to have killed his former teammate. Do you honestly not have anything to say to us?" Kakashi stated attempting to get through to Sasuke before it was too late.

Sasuke took a deep breath and calmed his racing heart. Relatively speaking, he was more accepting of his faith than he thought he would be. The end never seemed as welcoming as it did before, even when he was willing to give his body to Orochimaru. He believed that Naruto would never want to be with him after he found out what he did to him, so he didn't see himself staying in a world where Naruto hated him.

Time passed and silence filled the forests. Sasuke still refused to say anything.

"Please Sasuke, just tell us where he is," Sakura begged when Sasuke still refused to speak.

After a long moment Kakashi was forced to do the inevitable. When the familiar sounds of the Chidori reached Sasuke's ears, he closed his eyes and pictured Naruto standing before him smiling. Everyone was holding their breaths at what was to happen.

As the powerfully electric hand came towards Sasuke's heart he whispered, "I'm sorry for everything."


Hope you enjoyed this chapter! There should be one more coming out sometime soon.