Author Note: The celebration continues and Asaroth and I bring you the continuing to the evil cliff-hanger I left in the previous chapter. I have to say that this one was much easier to write than the last one. I don't know why but maybe because I had the writing spirit on fire. I'm not going to hold you up so just go on reading.

Summary: Now the real battle begins. Sasuke is going after Naruto in an attempt to bring him back but on the way they meet big trouble. In the mean time, what happens to Naruto and when he met Sasuke again will he still remember him?

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and I never will.

Pairings: SasuNaru, HinaNeji, SakuLee.

Please Read, Enjoy and Review. All reviews of encouragement, joy, happiness and constructive criticism are welcome. All flames will be handed or thrown over to my beta reader Asaroth where they will be equally, or worse, flamed back.

What You Left Me

Written by Monkan and Beta-Reader Asaroth

Part 12

"WATCH OUT!" Sasuke screamed.

Naruto just managed to jump out reach as the sword came down over him, but before he had time to do anything else a small needle hit his neck and he could feel consciousness slipping away from him. The Konoha shinobis ran to assist their former fellow ninja, but more enemies jumped out from the bushes and blocked their path. The man with the big sword picked up the unconscious Naruto that lay on the ground and threw him over his shoulder before disappearing.

Sasuke bit down on his tongue to keep himself from swearing out loud. More enemies arrived and the distance between them and Naruto grew larger.

In less than a second his eyes changed to his bloodline limit and he picked up some of the fallen enemies' weapons. He vanished in front of everyone's eyes before reappearing in the air above them. He put one of the kunais in his mouth before throwing one third of the kunais and shurikens down over the enemy. He spun around in the air and threw half of the remaining kunais, hitting the previously thrown kunais to make them change course. Sasuke had to twist around to dodge a series of kunais coming his way. At the same time one of the Konoha ANBUs on the ground formed seals and within seconds all the weapons had multiplied five times.

The area erupted with pain filled screams. When he was almost on the ground, Sasuke spat the last kunais from his mouth and hit one of the remaining Mist shinobis in the throat. Gracefully he landed on his feet. Almost no time passed before he ran in the direction they had taken Naruto.

-o-o-o-o-o-

At that time Naruto was thrown to the floor but he didn't give any indications that he felt anything.

"What are we going to do? If this keeps on he will eventually get ALL his memories back and he will kill us. The treatment isn't working anymore."

"Don't you think I know that? We have no choice; before that rescue team gets here we have to use 'that'!"

The others around the cell paled. The one closest to the one suggesting that gripped his arm. "Are you out of your mind? We will lose control of him if we use 'that'. We were lucky last time that there wasn't anything more serious than broken bones and flesh wounds."

The mist shinobi shook the hand away. "Don't you think I remember, but we have no choice!"

"We CAN'T control Kyuubi. It's time we realized that."

"If we are lucky he will kill that rescue team too. Get started, this is the last chance we have."

-o-o-o-o-o-

Blood splashed over a tree as a dead body fell to the ground.

"Chee, how many are there? And where is Uchiha?" A Jounin asked her comrades.

An ANBU sent an attack of ice before dodging a new attack. "He went on his own ahead of us."

-o-o-o-o-o-

Screams echoed down the hall. Naruto who had regained consciousness just a few minutes earlier was struggling against the men that dragged him along. His strength was almost gone because of the drug earlier but he had to keep fighting them.

They dragged him into a room that was white and had several different instruments that laid on a small table and drugs of different kinds along the walls. Despite his resistance the ninjas tied Naruto's hands to the only empty wall. Naruto couldn't help but cry over his helplessness. It was humiliating how weak he was now. He couldn't even fight against two opponents.

Suddenly screams that came from outside drew his attention, he could hear running footsteps. Who ever it was, they were coming closer. The door opened and there stood Sasuke.

Slowly Sasuke walked over to his koibito, he knelt down and cupped his face. He stared into those blue eyes that he had missed so much. He gently dried away the tears that stained the familiar face he had come to love so dearly.

"Do you know who I am?" Sasuke asked, almost afraid of the answer.

Naruto nodded. "Sasuke!" For a moment Sasuke's mask slipped and his face twisted with many different emotions. Doubt was one of them. Was this really Naruto or was it an illusion? Was this for real or just a trap? He wanted to believe that it was real but so much had happened that he wasn't sure what to believe anymore.

"Took you long enough, bastard!"

Sasuke's face changed again and this time into a smile. Now he was sure this wasn't an illusion because no one but the real Naruto would call him bastard in a situation like this.

Sasuke brought his face closer to Naruto's and gently kissed his lips. Somewhere in his mind memories came back where also had been able to taste those lips. When they pulled apart Sasuke planted a soft kiss on Naruto's forehead.

"Let's get out of here!"

The next second the rope that held Naruto's hands together was cut and the blonde was helped to stand up. Sasuke supported Naruto by holding his waist with his arm. They had barely taken one step before the door was blocked by Mist shinobis.

"You are not going anywhere. Kill them!"

-o-o-o-o-o-

Children ran across the field chasing each other. Their laughter filled the air and everyone was having fun. The adults that were in charge of the group stood watching the kids as they talked low to each other. Among the kids was a child with striking blonde hair and clear blue eyes. His laughter sounded like music and his speed was among the fastest. That was why during the latest half hour he hadn't been the one chasing the others.

He ran around with his friends and easily avoided the hands that tried to catch him. With the adults was a young woman with pink hair, Sakura. She watched as the blonde little whirlpool ran around laughing. Her heart twisted and she couldn't help but feel worried about what would happen to this little boy if he lost both of his parents again.

What would happen to him if Sasuke never came back? Would he be able to handle it? Or would he become like the young Sasuke used to be? So many questions ran through her head and she had no answer to anyone of them.

She stood there in her own thoughts before she realized that Satoshi had stopped running and was looking toward the gate of Konoha. The scene almost made her feel sad and she was about to go over to him when a little girl with blue hair grabbed his arm and shouted that he was 'it'.

Satoshi looked confused for a moment before chasing after her and then after the others as well. He smiled as he lowered his speed to let his friends get a little chance to avoid him. They didn't mind because they all knew he didn't mean anything bad from it.

One of the other adults looked at her watch and noticed the time, quickly calling out to the kids that it was time to go home. All of them shouted 'Hai' and said good bye to each other.

Satoshi ran over to where Sakura stood and they left the park.

On the way back to Sakura and Lee's apartment they stopped by a shop to buy food. Sakura made a comment that she couldn't stand eating Lee's specially made food one more day and that made Satoshi giggle in agreement.

"I don't know what flavour Lee would want since he wanted to try new flavours. What do you think, Sato-chan?"

Satoshi looked thoughtful for a moment before he pointed at a label. "That one!" He exclaimed happily. Sakura read the label before she too thought it was a good idea.

She made her order and stood waiting for it to arrive. Sakura looked around before she noticed that Satoshi was looking at a picture he was holding.

"What's that?" She asked curiously.

Satoshi looked up smiling before he held it out to her. "I found it at home!"

On the picture was a goofy smiling Naruto with his arm casually around a slightly annoyed looking Sasuke. Both of them were in kimonos as the image of a picnic among Sakura trees were in the background.

Sakura looked at the picture for a moment longer before giving it back to Satoshi. The little boy was happy when he looked at it again before putting it back inside his pocket.

Sakura patted his head. "Don't worry, they will come back." Who was she trying to comfort?

Satoshi nodded cheerfully. "I know. Daddy promised that they would come back so I will wait until he comes home."

Just then their order arrived and Sakura grabbed the bag and they walked out. They encountered one of Satoshi's friends and his family. They were going the same way so Satoshi and his friend ran ahead of the adults. The parents of the other child didn't miss Sakura's sad look.

"Is something wrong?" The mother asked.

Sakura shook her head, her short hair swinging back and forth in a smooth motion. "It's nothing." She said smiling at them.

She then watched Satoshi's back as he ran.

'You better keep that promise, Sasuke-kun.'

-o-o-o-o-o-

The forest was quiet despite the fact that there were several people in it looking everywhere. They signalled to each other as they moved on ahead.

What they didn't know was that in one of the trees their prey was hidden. Sasuke held Naruto in his arms as he watched the enemy disappear. He mentally breathed out. He didn't dare move because they could be noticed. They had run and hidden for several hours now and it was starting to get dark. They were both tired and hungry.

"I think we are safe for now." Sasuke said looking down at Naruto's tired face.

Naruto nodded as he struggled to keep his eyes open. Sasuke smiled as he shifted his position so that they sat more comfortably against the tree trunk. "I'll keep watch while you rest. We may be out here for a few days." He whispered gently before kissing Naruto again.

Naruto rested his head against Sasuke's chest and he felt how much he had missed it, only he couldn't completely remember everything so he didn't understand why he had missed it. His memories were still mixed up. Dreams, reality, illusion. He couldn't tell them apart. Only a few things he was sure of.

"Sasuke," He asked softly, "When we get back I can see Satoshi again, right?"

"Yes."

"We'll be together again. All of us?"

"Yes."

"Goo..d...."

Not long after that Sasuke could hear Naruto's soft breathing that told him that he had fallen asleep. His grip around Naruto tightened as he sat completely still and silent.

"I'll protect you! So just rest for tonight, I'm here!"

Tbc...

Author Note: Now you're wondering why I had to stop here of all places. I can't find a reason to myself. Stay stunned for the next chapter but in the mean time look for new chapters in Return of a Stranger – part 10, Upon a Bloody Dream – part 1 and The Unpsoken Truth – part 6. That is what I'm waiting for from my beta readers so I'm watching my mail if something drops by. If you love or simply like this chapter write a review!