Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Naruto or any of its respective characters. The song 'I Cross My Heart' is by George Straight. I'm just borrowing.
A/N: This one is gonna be long, so sit back, relax, and enjoy. The story text will be before the verses in the song they supposedly go with... I think... unno for sure, just go with it.
Warnings: boy/boy, FLUFF, normal Naruto & Sasuke antics with a tad bit of OCCness.
Love is something you've got to fight for because it's worth it and you can't live without it… If the person you're with isn't worth fighting for to you, and you can live without 'em, then boot 'em and find someone new… Anonymous
Cerulean eyes sweep over the expanse of his huge office, noting that there are many more scrolls and scattered papers on his big desk than there were when he left the night before. Somehow Naruto seriously doubted that he could afford to actually use his lunch break today. yes, Uzumaki Naruto, Konoha's number one knuckle-headed ninja had realized his dream after so many years of hard work. After many failed missions to bring Sasuke back, he had finally been forced to give up for the good of the village.
As much as the blonde wanted to join Sakura and what is left of the Konoha eleven on their rescue attempts, it was out of his hands. Ironic, isn't it, how someone with as much power as he was completely useless when it came to helping his teme. Letting out a soft sigh, he sits behind his desk and starts sorting through his paperwork. The teams would return at the end of the week and with or without the Uchiha, this would be the last attempt made to recover Sasuke. After this he would be declared a missing nin and put as an SS-class criminal in the bingo book. It was a decision Naruto had fought so hard to not have to make, but now it seemed as if Sasuke was forcing his hand. In the end he would do what was right for the sake of Konoha.
I cross my heart
And promise to
Give all I've got to give
To make all your dreams come true
In all the world
You'll never find
A love as true as mine
Onyx eyes stare calmly into clearly shocked cerulean ones. This one person, so precious to him, is what he came back for. Those fools Naruto had sent to retrieve him had passed him long ago in the forests of Konoha, their exit had been what had granted him entrance through the gates of the village hidden in the leaves. A bare hint of a smile curves the corners of his lips as he invitingly opens his arms for the blonde, who had tears in his eyes and was doing a terrible job of hiding them. With a shattered breath, Naruto launches himself at Sasuke, only to be caught in a secure embrace by strong arms. "Y-You're home! Where are the others, how did they talk you into coming back Teme?"
Sasuke simply kisses the young Rokudaime before answering against petal soft lips. "They didn't even realise they passed me on their way out of the village. They didn't bring me back Dobe.. you did..."
Tears, soft, tender, loving words spoken in murmurs, and sweet, loving kisses are all that is heard in the office of Rokudaime, Uzumaki Naruto. Settling on the pillow behind Naruto's low desk, Sasuke pulls his beloved one in his lap and holds him in a protectively secure embrace. Laying his golden topped head on the strong shoulder of his love, Naruto wraps his arms around his waist tightly as if he'll never let go of his teme ever again and cries tears of joy. Sasuke came back. And it was all for him, for Naruto.
I cross my heart
And promise to
Give all I've got to give
To make all your dreams come true
In all the world
You'll never find
A love as true as mine
Smiling, the Uchiha softly soothes Naruto as he curls up even more tightly against him. Dropping loving kisses on the whisker-scarred face, Sasuke muses to himself that he'd always missed the feel of holding his most precious person in his arms. He would do anything to make it upp to Naruto... all those years of pain and heartache for his little dobe... all that pain he'd caused him... Yes, he would make it up to him even if it took the rest of his life, he'd deserve Naruto and his love some day. It was the only thing that had kept him going, the assurance that Naruto's unyeilding love would always be there for him, all he had to do was return and his life would be whole again.
And if along the way we find a day
It starts to storm
You've got the promise of my love
To keep you warm
Soon, the recovery team returned empty-handed to the village, no one looking forward to telling their hokage that they'd failed him. they appear silently in the Rokudaime's office and let out a collective gasp. Uchiha -friggin- Sasuke was sitting in the hokage's seat behind his desk with the Rokudaime himself fast asleep in his arms. Though elated at the scene and happy for Naruto, they couldn't help but gape in shock at the fact that not only was the Uchiha back--but he'd come back on his own willingly... just as Naruto had always said he would.
Feeling the stares, Sasuke pauses in soothingly stroking his dobe's golden locks and looks at them. Raising a brow at their shock, he smirks, then smiles and returns to softly stroking the blonde's hair as if he has all the time in the world to watch Naruto sleep. His smile softens into something so tender and loving when Naruto snuggles closer that the team can't help but feel as if they're trespassing on a private moment. They leave the two alone there wrapped up in each other. Everything else could be sorted out tomorrow, for today, their gift to their beloved friend and Rokudaime would be peace and quiet to allow him the sleep he deserved after so many sleepless nights waiting up for his Beloved Sasu-teme..
In all the world
You'll never find
A love as true as mine
Some things that were meant to be work themselves out. All you have to do is have patience enough and faith enough to wait for that some thing, or some one, to return...
A/N: Ugh, my mind is fuzzy and it's taken forever to wrap my mind around this song and try and write this fic for it. I hope it doesn't suck as much as my mind seems to think it does. Owl-Eyed Athena, one request is comin up next. I do have it half finished.