In our last chapter of "The Truth Revealed", a dust storm carries Naruto away from his team and their only way of safely traversing the dangerous desert, Shojo.
"SASUKE?" Kakashi yells. No reply is heard. The dust storm is brutal to the helpless Naruto. It thrashes him about and pelts his bodies with rock and other hard, rough objects. A stray piece of wood hits him on the head and knocks Naruto unconscious.
A warm crackling fire is heard as Naruto slowly regains consciousness. His head is throbbing so he keeps his head steady, while trying to see who his savior was. As he cautiously opens an eye to check who had rescued him, he notices that they were no longer in the open desert, but in what looked like an abandoned outpost. His curiosity gets the better of him now and he sits up quickly to confront the stranger.
"Ahhhh," yells Naruto as his head throbbed ever more violently. "Naruto, you idiot," says the voice. "Even you should know not to move at a time like this." The calm and cool voice of the stranger sounded familiar to him, but Naruto's head was in far too much pain to discern who it was. He settled his head back down on what felt like a piece of cloth on a hard bed, and goes back to sleep.
"Time to wake up Naruto," came the voice again. Quickly remembering what had happened, Naruto jolts out of the bed. Looking down he sees a rolled up shirt where is head had been, and a pair of rolled up pants near the shirt. While thinking about the strange sight, he sees a hand reaching for the pants. Turning around, he sees Sasuke putting his pants back on, and, standing with an astonished look on his face, hands Sasuke his shirt.
"Sasuke? What are you doing here?" stutters Naruto. "Oh come now, is that anyway to thank your savior?" asks Sasuke in a calm and cool voice. "Savior? What do you mean?" continues Naruto, still stuttering. "You took a piece of board to the head, and was falling out of the dust tornado. If I hadn't have been there, you probably would be dead."
Looking defeated, Naruto finally thanks Sasuke. "But, we still don't know where we are or anything." "We're in an abandoned outpost probably used for detecting enemy movement," Sasuke answers. "I don't think anyone saw where we went, so we'd better start searching." "We don't even know where to begin!!" yells Naruto frustrated that he was still so confused. "Naruto, we'd better keep our cools and keep an eye open for traps in this place." Sasuke had noticed the hint of frustration behind Naruto's yells. "What traps? Didn't you say this place is abandoned?" He is now looking for someway to get the upper hand. "It's devoid of human life, but not of the dangers they left behind." Replies Sasuke coolly.
Realizing he couldn't gain the upper hand, Naruto sulks off into the shadows of an adjoining hallway. "Where are you going Naruto?" Sasuke yells after him. "None of your damn business," Naruto yells back. After walking down the hallway for a couple of minutes, Naruto starts thinking on what happened the day before. Shojo…..desert…storm…Sasuke…..wood……Sasuke….headache….Sasuke…..shirt-pillow……Sasuke……shirtless…..Sasuke. He finds that he can't seem to get Sasuke out of his thoughts, and tries to pre-occupy himself. He starts thinking of Gaara, Temari, and Kankurou in the sand village waiting for their help.
Suddenly, Sasuke is standing right in front of him! He blushes and walks up to him. "Naruto, you shouldn't have left me. I was so lonely without you." Sasuke says. "Oh Sasuke, I missed you too. I never should have left." Naruto runs to embrace Sasuke and starts kissing him gently. "Naruto…." Whispers Sasuke. "Yeah?" answers Naruto. "Naruto…." Whispers Sasuke again. "Yeah?" answers Naruto again. Wondering why Sasuke is repeating his name, Naruto opens his eyes to find the real Sasuke looking down at him from the ceiling.
Naruto feels his face getting redder and redder as Sasuke climbs down from the ceiling and approaches him. Naruto, feeling ashamed to have admitted his feelings infront of Sasuke, runs even further down the corridor. Suddenly he screams as he falls through a stone slide.
