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I plan to end this story in a few chapters. (It's about time, I think! It's been more than 2 years since I began the story)

Zot/Begin Chapter 12\Zot

Tsunade, Asuma, Kurenai, Gai, and Sakura looked to the door as Sasuke burst through it, panting.

Sasuke observed everyone in the room. It was true what other shinobi had told him: several jounin were attacked. Asuma, Kurenai, and Gai were bandaged in various places, but not injured badly enough that they couldn't stand. Unfortunately, the same couldn't be said for Kakashi-sensei.

Kakashi lay in bed, bandaged and drained of most of his chakra. He had used most of his chakra to protect the other jounin from their attackers.

"What happened?!" Sasuke asked everyone.

"They were attacked, Sasuke," Sakura said.

Sasuke whipped his head at the speaker with narrowed eyes. That's fucking obvious he thought angrily. But who attacked them?

"Nobody will tell me who attacked the sensei," Sasuke said slowly as he looked at the other people in the room. He noticed that they all were glancing at each other.

Tsunade broke the ice. "Sasuke," she began, "the members of Konoha were attacked by," she took a deep breath before revealing, "your brother."

Sasuke's eyes widened as he simultaneously gasped aloud. "Itachi," he deadpanned. "He's here?"

Tsunade shook her head. "He left."

"Where did he go?" Sasuke inquired.

Once again everyone else looked at each other.

"He, and the Akatsuki members that were also with him, left to find," she paused and finished quietly, "Naruto."

Sasuke's heart stopped as he heard Naruto's name. Did he hear her correctly? Did she just say his lover's name?

"W-what?" he stammered, his mouth beginning to quiver as he thought of Itachi finding Naruto and doing God knows what to him.

"Naruto, Sasuke," Tsunade responded firmly. "He's after Naruto."

"Naruto? Uzumaki Naruto?" Sasuke had to be sure.

"Hai."

"No!" he screamed. "Why?"

The elders looked at each other again.

Sasuke couldn't take it and he couldn't wait for a response. He jetted out of there.

"Sasuke!" the others screamed after him, but he didn't hear them. His entire being was consumed with finding Naruto and protecting him. He was not going to let Itachi or anyone else touch him.

Zot/End Chapter 12\Zot

Next chapter: Sasuke goes to the hotel that Naruto last said he was at. He's not there because Jiraiya got them kicked out. He races to find the blond at whatever hotel he's at before his brother does.

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