Last Chapter:

Naruto stood, staring at the flowers and then at the picture frame ontop of that small grassy hill. The wind had slowed down, but cherry blossoms were falling in place of the flower peddals blowing around. The blond stared at the picture. Sakura was in it smiling like no tomorrow. He felt his heart jumped and he dropped to his knees.
"I'm so sorry! I could have helped you somehow! Maybe even protected you! But I was with Sasuke! And.. Oh Sakura!" he cried. The tears fell from his face onto the ground below him. His eyes opened wide as he felt a pair of warm arms wrap themselves around Naruto and hold him tight, Please don't cry, Naruto. Please don't cry. It's okay. Really. Don't worry about it. I'm fine.. Naruto closed his eyes tightly, "No it's not! You're dead! And it's all that damned Itachi's fault!" he screamed. The warm arms that belonged to Sakura started to slip away and Naruto spun around to face the ghost. But nothing was there. She was gone. The tears, once again, fell from Naruto's face. His body fell over sideways, and he was left there, laying there and staring at Sakura's smiling face. His hands were brought up to his face and he covered his face with them. The tears slid down the side of his silky face. A never ending river of them. He brought his hands away and opened his eyes, still crying slightly. He stood up and wiped away whats tears were left.
"I'll kill you, Itachi... If you kill Sasuke, I swear to god, I will rip you to shreads."
"That's a scary thought," Naruto jumped to the voice behind him and looked at who it came from.
"Itachi!" he said.
"..." Itachi just smirked at the blond boy. Naruto stepped back a bit as Itachi grinned. Naruto's stomach felt like it was tied in a knot. He felt like he was going to hurl, "Aww, what is it? Too little to handle the big boys?" he laughed.
"Go to hell," Naruto responded.
"Make me."
"I'd be glad too," Naruto smiled and charged at Itachi, revenge taking over him. I love you, Sasuke.

Chapter 12:

Sasuke looked at Konoha from high up on a cliff, close to the monuments dedicated to the previous hokage. The scene of Sakura's mangled body kept going through his mind and Sasuke's hands grabbed the sides of his head. They tried to push the thoughts out. He let out a terrifying scream. Horrifying memories of his brother killing his clan played through his mind now. He fell to his knees, craddling his sides. Sasuke began to cry loudly. Seeing his brother killing everyone stayed in his head. His eyes grew wide in terror and he stood up. He let out an ear piercing scream and then pulled himself together. Come on Sasuke. Pull yourself together.. This... This isn't you.. So.. Stop it, stop it now! The raven-haired Uchiha growled slightly at the thought of his brother. Then images of Naruto's sad face came flying into his head. He nearly fell backwards at the thought of Naruto.
Suddenly, Naruto was on his knees staring up at Sasuke with tear-filled eyes, "Don't look at me like that!" Sasuke yelled at the image, "I had too! I had to leave you! He... He will kill you if you stay near me!" he resisted the urge to cry and kept those emotions inside him.
"But Sasuke.. I thought you loved me," the image told him, "I thought you would prove how much you loved me! But you didn't! You lied! You are just a phony.. He's going to kill me. And you're going to be next," the image turned cold and dark and everything became a blur. Sasuke's body flung up, his eyes wide and scared. Sweat was all over his body. He rubbed his eyes and looked around his bed. He was safe and sound in his room. Or.. What was his room for now. He got up and examined the cut on his arm.
Sasuke had received this cut the other night after falling down a small hill. He sighed and stood up. The younger Uchiha was now living in an abandoned place. He was.. hiding from his brother. No.. Not hiding.. Just staying here until I figure things out. Then it hit him. This whole time while he had been here. What was his brother doing?... Where was Naruto?... Sakura's funeral?? No it was over now. Sasuke got changed quickly and headed out of the abandoned home in a hurry.

Itachi grabbed Naruto's wrist and grabbed his other wrist. He threw him onto the ground and got ontop of him, "You're pretty anxious to hurt me, aren't you?" he smiled. The blond fidgeted below him. Itachi held him down by his wrists. Naruto winced in pain. The older Uchiha leaned in close to Naruto's face, "It's no use fighting. You aren't going anywhere. You are exactly like me, Naruto. Lonely and pissed off. And broken-hearted." Naruto's eyes widened. He stopped struggling. The blond couldn't help but agree with the older Uchiha's words. He was right. Naruto was lonely, pissed off, and broken-hearted. But what did Itachi want with him? Nothing made sense. Shouldn't he be dead by now? What did Itachi want with him.. so bad that he wouldn't kill him yet?
Naruto stared up at the red eyes. They were filled with loneliness and darkness. Naruto understood Itachi's pain, "What do you want with me?" the blond asked him.
"Just.." Itachi loosened his grip on Naruto's wrists, "One.." the older Uchiha took his right hand off of Naruto's wrist and ran the back of his hand across Naruto's left cheek. The blond realized what was happening but didn't struggle. Before he knew it, Itachi's lips met Naruto's. The older Uchiha kissed the blond deeply. Naruto, filled with shock and confusion, found himself kissing him back. Itachi quickly pulled away, "Kiss.." he got up off of Naruto. The blond laid there, his eyes closed, hands still next to his face, and breathing heavily. What just happened? Naruto asked himself.
"Are you going to stand up?.." Itachi asked, slightly amused by Naruto's shock. He held his hand, but Naruto smacked it away and stood up on his own.
"Why did you do that?" Naruto asked him sternly.
"Why wouldn't I?" the older Uchiha responded. Naruto couldn't respond with anything. Itachi cupped the bottom of Naruto's chin in his hand and held it gently, "You see.. Me and you.. We're exactly alike-" Naruto cut him off by smacking his hand away and stepped back.
"We are NOT alike. I am nothing like you.."
"Yet," Itachi finished.
"I will NEVER be like you. Not EVER!" Naruto yelled at Itachi. The black-haired Uchiha stared into the blond's blue eyes. Naruto noticed and felt himself blush a bit.
"My point exactly," Itachi told Naruto. The blond just turned away. But Itachi hugged him around the waist. Naruto removed his arms and stepped away.
"Leave me alone!" the blond ran away from the older Uchiha. Itachi watched him and smiled.

Naruto ran into some nearby trees and leaned against one, breathing heavily again, "What the hell just happened?!" he grabbed his chest, "What... What's this feeling?" he closed his eyes, "Sasuke.." he murmured. Naruto began walking towards his place. That was.. Weird? But why am I feeling like this all of a sudden?.. Itachi's words.. He was right.. I am broken-hearted and alone. And.. And he said he was the same? Does.. He like me because we share the same emotion right now? Or is he just using me to ease his pain?.. Naruto shook his head in disagreement, No.. Not Itachi.. I'm going crazy. I've been seeing things all day. That didn't happen.. Did it? The blond remembered the firm grip Itachi had on his wrists and lifted both arms up and saw the red marks around his wrists, Okay.. It did happen.. But I do NOT like Itachi..
Naruto was so long in thought, he walked straight into a tree, "Baka." Naruto looked up in the tree, hoping to see Sasuke. But instead..
"SASUKE!!" he yelled.
"Watch where you are walking," he said and jumped down from the tree onto the ground. Naruto went to hug him but he stepped back, "I'm only here to see if you were okay.. Nothing more," the raven-haired boy stated matter-of-factly.
"STOP IT! Don't... Don't say such cruel words.." the blond responded. Sasuke turned his head away so he didn't have to see Naruto's lonely eyes.
"And I see your fine. So-" he was cut off.
"Your brother was right," Naruto said and looked away.
"What?.." Sasuke turned to face Naruto and stared at him, his eyes wide.
"You heard me," the blond looked at Sasuke with angry eyes, "He told me I was like him, pissed off, alone, and broken-hearted. Now I know what he was talking about. I hate you Sasuke! I really do! How could I be so foolish as to believe the words you told me," Naruto looked down at the ground.
"Naruto.." Sasuke said softly. He walked over to Naruto and lifted his face with his hand. A single tear fell from Naruto's face. Sasuke stared into his eyes, wiping away the tear. The blond stared right back at the raven-haired beauty. Sasuke leaned in and kissed Naruto passionately. Naruto kissed him back just the same. Sasuke pushed Naruto into the tree, holding Naruto's waist. The blond's eyes opened and he pushed Sasuke off.
"No! You're just going to hurt me in the end!" he cried out.
Sasuke's eyes widened, "Naruto.. wait!"
"No. Not for you. Not this time," the blond turned away from him and began to walk away. Sasuke grabbed his hand. Naruto stopped and looked at Sasuke.
"I'm sorry, Naruto.. But you don't understand! I'm trying to protect you!"
"You aren't protecting me! You are protecting yourself! You can't bare the thought of losing someone close to you again! Well you won't lose me. You want to know why!?" Naruto yelled at Sasuke, "Because he won't kill me! He LOVES me!" he screamed. Sasuke's eyes widened in shock and he felt the world collapse beneath his feet.
"What..?" Sasuke said, almost in a whispering voice.
Naruto pulled his hand away, "And he kissed me.. And you want to know what I did, Sasuke?" the blond replied, "I..." Naruto looked behind Sasuke.
"You what.. You're so desperate to tell me, Naruto!!! WHY DON'T YOU FINISH.." Sasuke stopped yelling. Naruto jumped behind the raven-haired boy. The blond winced in pain and fell to the ground. Sasuke turned to face Naruto and stared down in shock. His eyes widened again. Three shuriken were stuck in Naruto's chest.