Hello again! Well, I'm skipping school tomorrow, and I'm all done with midterms…So…I'm posting this now XD Oh, just to clear something up, the whole skipping around with POVs…..I am doing that on purpose, and it will continue to be written this way until Itachi and Sasuke meet ' Also, I'm giving in to doing this the right way and starting a new paragraph with every speaking part….So if it looks longer than the other chapters…Its probably not XD Last, I'd like to thank my reviewers! You keep me going 3 Oh, by the way! I've decided completely where I'm going with this….So, this chapter is also short, and the next one will be, too…The one after that will be the long one So, on with the fic!

"Sensei? Hey, sensei!"

Kakashi blinked and quickly looked over to his blonde-haired student.

"What is it, Naruto?"

Kakashi had been deep in thought, and hadn't heard Naruto's repeated calls. The team had just passed through a town not too far from Konohagakure, and was now running through the outskirts of it.

"Kakashi-sensei…..Why do you think Sasuke would want to leave?"

Kakashi bit his lip, continuing to run and not looking over at his student for a long moment. Of course he knew why Sasuke wanted to leave, what other reason would there be? Though, he also knew that most of the kids around Sasuke's age wouldn't have a clue…They were much too young to remember. Kakashi let out a sigh, before turning to face his student.

"I'm not sure, Naruto….But we're going to find him, and he'll come back, ok?"

Naruto nodded, giving his sensei a half-hearted smile, and continued to run forward.

"Itachi?"

"What is it, Kisame? Did you find out anything else?"

Kisame smirked slightly and nodded, holding up a large piece of paper in front of Itachi, which he soon realized was a map.

"Where the black dot is…Your brother was apparently spotted around there earlier today…It isn't too far from where we are now"

Anyone who didn't know Itachi well would assume by the look on his face that he was bored, uninterested. But, being around the Uchiha as often as he was, Kisame recognized something on his face that wasn't often there….Excitement.

"Well…It won't be much longer now…."

Sasuke stood in a rather desolate area, staring blankly at the sky. How long had it been since he left Konohagakure? Probably only a few days…But to him, it seemed like years. Why did it have to be this hard? Why couldn't he just find Itachi, get it over with, kill him? Or be killed himself…Either way, it would be better than wandering aimlessly, caught up an in endless search….At least, to him it would be. At this rate, giving up almost seemed like a good idea…But if he couldn't find Itachi now, could he ever do it? Sasuke let out a heavy sigh, averting his glance to the grass beneath him.

"I can't give up….Not yet…I need to keep going…"

He growled a little and reached behind his head, untying the blue cloth of his headband. Once untied, he held it in his hand for a moment, staring at the engraved symbol of Konohagakure.

"I don't belong there….I don't belong anywhere…..Until I kill Itachi….I'm useless…"

He let out another growl, throwing the headband. The metal plate skidded against a rock, leaving a deep scratch across the leaf symbol.

I dunno, the ending seemed dramatic XD Well, until next time… 3