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Chapter 10

Sasuke was laying in bed next to Naruto after they made love. Naruto had fallen asleep almost immediatly but Sasuke was still awake.

He started up at his ceiling while he gently played with Naruto's soft blonde locks. His mind was going a million miles an hour. He wanted to kill his brother for what he did. But, he didn't want to leave Naruto. He'd promised Naruto he wouldn't let him go and he would never leave and he knew that killing Itachi meant breaking those promises.

Sasuke looked down at Naruto. He could clearly see his face in the moonlight. Naruto looked so peaceful and happy. Sasuke smiled softly and kissed Naruto's head. Naruto moaned in his sleep and rolled onto his side, his back facing Sasuke. Sasuke sighed and slowly and carefull got out of bed. He made sure not to make too much noise or move the bed too much, in fear that he would wake Naruto.

Sasuke dressed silently and packed a backpack while watching Naruto sleep, oblivious to what Sasuke was doing. Sasuke felt his heart break the more packing he did.

"I'm so sorry, Naruto..." Sasuke whispered while tears filled his eyes. He wrote Naruto a note and left it on the nightstand. Sasuke leaned down and kissed Naruto's forehead. He screwed his eyes shut and frowned deeply as he tried not to cry. He pulled back.

"I love you, Naruto. More than anything and nothing I do will change how I feel about you... I swear..." Sasuke said quietly, knowing Naruto couldn't hear him. Sasuke stared at Naruto with sad black eyes for a bit longer before turning. He walked to his bedroom door. He took one last glance at his lover and his reason for living... then he left the house... and the village.

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Around 5:30 AM, Naruto woke up for some unknown reason and rolled over to cuddle with Sasuke. Naruto opened his eyes and saw that Sasuke was gone. Naruto immediately sat up and looked around the moonlit room. Sasuke was nowhere to be found.

"Sasuke?" Naruto called. Naruto then caught sight of the piece of paper on the nightstand.

"What the...?" Naruto said before picking up the piece of paper and looking at it.

On the front, in Sasuke's neat handwriting, was Naruto's name. Naruto frowned and unfolded the paper.

"Naruto,

I'm so sorry I'm doing this to you and I know that I'm breaking my promises, but I have to do this. I hope you can forgive me and if you can't... I understand. Remember when I told you that my brother killed my clan and that I wanted to kill him for what he did? Well... I'm going to go do that.

I'm joining Orochimaru. Its the only way to get the power I need to kill Itachi. I know that I'll become a criminal of Konoha, but I have to do this.

I love you Naruto. More than my own life. Nothing wil change that, I swear. My heart is yours. Treasure it and keep it close until I return.

And I swear... I will return. I will come back to you, Naruto. I will return to your arms.

I love you.

Sasuke"

Naruto put his hand over his mouth as he started crying. He dropped the note to the floor and pulled his knees to his chest. He buried his face in his hands and cried.

How could he ever live without Sasuke?

There's that chapter.

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