Chapter 11
A/N: Okay I really hope people won't be mad at me for this, but I just can't do this story any longer. It's going nowhere and I have nothing, not an idea, not inspiration just nothing. So I'm going to wrap it up real quick and yes it will probably suck and for that I'm sorry. This story is just so much like nightmare and I find myself having a really hard time coming up with ideas that make this different than Nightmare. One the plus side once this story and Nightmare is complete I will be going back to do the sequels to my Naruto stories. So yes this ending will probably suck, but at least you are just one story away from sequels. So again I apologise for this shitty ending, but hey at least it's an ending.
It had been three long horrible months for Sasuke, but now things were finally starting to look up. The last three months had been hard and confusing for him. He was constantly battling with his mind and his heart. His heart knew that Kakashi was safe and he could trust him, but his mind was screaming otherwise at him. When Kakashi had told him he would need to reprogram his mind he honestly didn't expect it to be this hard, but it was. There had been many bumps in the road along the way. There had been a few times when he was around the others that he didn't know what to say or how to act. There had been more than one occasion where someone would have to correct him and let him know that he was doing the wrong thing. At first it was extremely awkward to be around them especially Naruto. Naruto had of course apologised for all the horrible things he had said to him and Sasuke had told him he understood. After all Naruto didn't know the truth and Sasuke knew that if he had he would have never said those things. If Sasuke was honest if the situation was reversed he would have reacted the exact same way as Naruto had.
Kakashi had been his rock through all of this. They still lived together in Kakashi's home and Kakashi had made it very clear that he didn't want Sasuke to leave and Sasuke was fine with that. Sasuke wasn't in a hurry to live all alone again. He had been alone in that room for six months and each second he wished that he could see Kakashi again. In the end Kakashi had done exactly what Sasuke knew he would do. Kakashi had saved him and brought him back to who he used to be. The last three months were unbelievably hard, but they were worth it. Kakashi truly had been Sasuke's life line throughout all of this. He had gotten him through the nightmares, the fog and even helped him gain weight. No matter how hard it was Kakashi had stood by him and was patient and Sasuke could never thank him enough for it.
Asuma and Gai hadn't let him down either. They had put a squad together that consisted of thirty Jounin and high ranking Chounin to go with them. They had been gone for a month and when they came back Orochimaru was dead as was Kabuto. They were all injured and needed some time off, but they had done it and because of them Sasuke was safe once again. Danzou was executed for his actions and after three months Konoha seemed to be getting back into the normal routine of things. At first there were ninjas and even some villagers that were angry at Sasuke for all of this trouble. Once some time had gone by people moved on from it and new problems came up to distracted everyone. Sasuke was more than happy to be back in the background and not in the limelight. Now everyone was busy being focused on the Akatsuki, a new organization that are going around trying to capture all the tail beast demons. Kakashi had explained it to him and even told him how his brother was a part of it. Kakashi wanted to let him know, because of the obvious reasons. Kakashi was worried how Sasuke would react in the field if it ever came down to them having to fight. Kakashi knew that in time Sasuke would be at the same level as Itachi, but he didn't know if Sasuke truly had it in him to kill his older brother.
Sasuke had been honest with Kakashi and did admit that he didn't think his heart would let him to do it. Sasuke had explained that even though Itachi had killed the clan it was hard for him to see him as an evil person. It made sense to Kakashi; growing up Itachi was very attentive to Sasuke and you could tell he loved him. Having to face Itachi would be difficult for Sasuke and Kakashi was hoping he would be there for when the day came.
Sasuke was getting ready to head out. Kakashi had been on a mission for the last two days and Sasuke was heading out to train with Naruto. They had been getting closer since everything with Orochimaru came out. Sasuke had to admit it was nice to have a close friend after so long. Sasuke would never regret his decision to not kill Naruto. He knew he made the right choice and he would never regret it. He was just glad that Naruto was finally able to forgive himself and get past all the guilt. The experience had brought them closer and even the rest of the Rookies had grown closer to Sasuke. Sasuke made sure he had everything he needed before he headed out to meet Naruto.
Sasuke never would have thought a year ago that he would be living with Kakashi and actually had friends. What happened to him was horrible and he would always carry it with him. After all scars only fade, they never disappear. However, he did come out of this a stronger and better person. His life had taken a drastic change, but he couldn't say that he wasn't happy that it had. After his family's death Sasuke never thought he would ever feel cared for or even care for others again. He didn't want to feel the devastation of losing someone again; but now he couldn't imagine going back to being alone. The six months in the Sound had changed everything and Sasuke finally felt like he had a life once again. It had been hard, but at least now Sasuke could live again and he felt that with his friends and new family by his side there was nothing he couldn't do.
The End