The promise of lifetime.
"Naruto…please, I beg you… Bring Sasuke-kun back…"
The soul of the avenger.
"Sasuke! I will bring you back to Konoha! Even if I have to break your arms and legs, I will bring you back!"
The broken promise.
"Rasengan!"
"CHIDORI!"
The broken bond between two brothers.
Naruto was on his back, eyes closed. Sasuke's face was hovering above Naruto's face, staring down blankly.
The voice of the person he liked…or loved.
"Please…Naruto… Bring Sasuke-kun back."
He felt his eyes burned with unshed tears.
"Naruto…Naruto… Thank you."
His broken… prom—
"Naruto." Sasuke said.
Naruto didn't open his eyes.
"Naruto." Sasuke called again.
But he listened to Sasuke's next words.
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Konoha Med Center.
She stared outside the window. He had looked like a mummy, she said with a forced cheeriness.
"Sakura-chan… I will not break my promise."
"…"
"Sakura-chan…"
"…" she bit her lip. She didn't want to hear what he got to say. She turned to leave the room.
"Sasuke said something." Sakura stopped and looked back to Naruto's slightly smiling face. He looked at her and held out Sasuke's forehead protector, the metal had a slash on it.
She slowly walked back to his bed, Shikamaru and Tsunade waited. With a shaking hand, she took it from Naruto's hand.
"…"
"He said…"
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His eyes remained blank but his heart was there. Out there…somewhere out there…
Tell her. Tell her…wait for me. Tell her I'll come back. Tell her I'll come back for her.
Sasuke's forehead protector slipped free from his forehead.
Tell her…I…
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Sakura's tears dropped to Sasuke's forehead protector as she listened.
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…love her.
I've love her more than myself. He whispered.
More than my life.
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Naruto smiled.
Sakura clutched the protector close to her heart.
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Tell her I'll come back.
Just wait.
Tell her:
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And Naruto did.
"'My heart stayed in Konoha.'"
He told her what Sasuke failed to tell her.
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Because she is there.
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"You are his heart."
