Sasuke lay the sleeping Naruto into the small bed. He looked around the small apartment that he had been so familiar with when he was young.
Everything had changed it was still small, but there was no rubbish and it seemed more full.
Sasuke could remember when he was young the blond was so messy. He would have rubbish everywhere and it always seemed like that and the picture of team seven was the only things bar the bed that had occupied the apartment.
Sasuke started to wonder about. There was now a bigger bed, four pictures lined the windowsill. The fridge and cupboards filled with more than just Raman. It just seemed like anyone else's apartment.
He wandered up to the pictures the first was team seven when they had first assembled, then it was team Kakashi with Sai and Naruto smiling with an arm around each other. Kakashi was reading a book while Yamato was facing him, they were both smiling and Sakura was laughing.
The picture after that was one of Naruto, killer Bee and the five Kage. They were all smiling surrounding Naruto. It had been just after the war when they had visited. The last picture was very resent. It was Naruto in his Hokage coat and hat along with his own team. They were all smiling and in circle in Naruto's arms.
Sasuke looked back at the blond who still seemed sound asleep. 'I guess he trusts me enough not to kill him.' Sasuke thought as he walked closer to the blond. He was always worried about what Naruto would think about him when he had finally returned. He knew that he had talked to Itachi and knew everything that had happened. But Sasuke was never sure if the blond would accept him back into his life. Naruto had only chased after him because he had promised Sakura he would.
Sasuke sat on the bed next to Naruto and started to take off his head band. Naruto still wore it even though he didn't need to it was important to him because his sensei had gave him the cloth, just like he had a copy of all his books and even the gutsy ninja one mixed in with all the ceiling books he had. It was also one of the reasons he had kept the clothes he wore in the war even though he had out grew them. He was just sentimental.
Sasuke moved to take the blinds top off and just as he moved it over Naruto's head he spotted the two scars on his front. Sasuke froze. He stared down at the scars, he was present when both wounds were inflicted.
The one on Naruto's shoulder-blade he had caused with his own hand. His body started to move on its own and he traced the on he had created. Then he let his hand trail down the blonds chest until he reached the bottom of his rip cage where the second scar started. He looked at the scar that went right to below his waist band and how it covered about half the blonds stomach.
Sasuke looked and he remember the size of the wound when it was first made.
Flashback
Sasuke watched as Naruto turned to face them all. There was a smile across his face, he had finally taken out Obito without killing him.
Naruto's chakra mode disappeared along with the nine tail coats that surrounded everyone.
Sasuke turned to walk back to his group as he heard someone scream in fear. Sasuke whipped back around to see Naruto start to cough up blood. Then he saw the branch like thing sticking out of Naruto.
Anger enveloped Sasuke and without thinking he ran and killed Obito. Then he pulled Naruto off the branch and lay him on the ground. Blood trailed down his whisker marks and the wound was just a little smaller than his stomach. Sasuke could even see the blood puddled ground through Naruto's wound.
Naruto smiled up at Sasuke.
"You didn't need to kill him you know."
"Shut up Dope. One of you medical ninja get over here and heal him!" Sasuke barked as he watched a crowd of people run up and kneel beside Naruto.
Sasuke could only point out a few. There was the five Kage's, Sakura, the two who was with Naruto when they had found him in Oroichmarus hideout and Kakashi.
"Naruto are you ok?" Kakashi's voice sounded rough.
Naruto let out a small laugh and started to cough up more blood. "As good as I can when I just became like skewered meat."
"It's ok Naruto. You will be ok." Sakura chanted as she and the fifth tried to heal the gaping wound.
Naruto just shook his head as he kept the smile on his face. "No I won't be. Even Kurama can't hell this." Naruto closed his eyes and then opened them again. "Gaara you are a good leader and I am glad I was your friend. Ba-chan, cut down on the drinking and gambling you will be fine and I guess you lost our bet. Kakashi stop with the pervy books, and there is also a copy that Pervy sage never published just look in my apartment and you will find it."
Naruto coughed again but looked to his other side. "Sai I am glad I became friends with you and just try not to get killed by Sakura. Bee just stay the way you are. Yamato don't let Kakashi pick on you."
Naruto closed his eyes again but this time it took him longer to open them. And when he spoke his voice seemed quieter. "First, Second and Fourth I am glad I got to meet use all, and I am happy I got to see you again old man Third. Everyone you fought well in this war and I am glad, just keep that confidence in yourself and please don't seek revenge." Sasuke felt pain as her heard the last statement like it was a dig at him.
Naruto turned and faced Sakura. "You did well and I am sorry I couldn't keep my promise to you I was never strong enough."
Sakura whipped away some tears with her elbow as he kept trying to heal Naruto. "Don't talk like its your last moments Baka. Also your promise was kept he is here isn't he."
"Yeah, but I never brought him back like I said I would." Naruto turned to Sasuke smile never-fading.
"You sure talk a lot for a dead person Dope." Sasuke told him as he felt tears sting his eyes.
"I had a lot to say teme. I am sorry that I couldn't keep my promise to you, guess I was just to stupid to survive until then. But I am happy you have decided to return to the leaf." Naruto closed his eyes again but didn't open them this time. Sasuke could vaguely remember Naruto's promise to die fighting each other.
Naruto's hand went in the air and Sasuke felt a hot rush through his body as he thought Naruto was going to put it on Sakura's face, but instead the blond placed it on what was left of his stomach.
"Shukaku, Matatabi, Isobu, Son Goku, Kokuou, Saiken, Choumei, Gyuuki and Kurama. I am glad that I could keep my promise to you. I want you all to end up like Bee and Gyuuki. I am just sorry that I won't be able to see it happen." Naruto took in a struggled breath as his chest started to rise and fall slower. "I love you all, ninja and tailed beast alike."
Naruto's chest stopped rising. Sakura started to cry harder as she poured more of her medical ninjitsu into Naruto's unmoving body. That was when the Fifth sat back and shook her head, tears streaming down her face while she pulled Sakura away from the dead Naruto.
Sasuke felt the tears start to fall as he looked up and saw everyone else crying as well. Then around them he started to feel masses of huge chakra. Sasuke jumped to his feet just in time to see the tailed beasts appear around them.
They all had tears running down their faces too. "Naruto we already let the first sage of six paths die, but we are not letting it happen again." The four tails spoke.
"Yeah brat you have survived more than this. Plus you still need to become Hokage like you always said." The nine tails told the dead Naruto.
"Sorry but did you say sage of six paths?" Gaara asked the tailed beasts.
"Yes. He is the Sage of six paths we could all tell from the start, plus he managed to contain Kurama which is not easy." The one tail spoke.
"Ha Naruto The Sage? Sorry but you do know you are talking about the number one hyperactive knuckle headed ninja right?" Kiba asked just looking stupid with his eyes and face wet with the tears he was crying.
"Yeah I felt it when I first met him too." Spoke the eight tails through Bee.
Then suddenly chakra started pouring out of the beasts and into Naruto's dead body. The wound on his stomach started to heel and after what seemed like forever Naruto started to breath again.
Sasuke let out a silent sigh of relief. As he looked up at the beasts in gratitude.
"That's about all we can do. If use don't treat him as well he really will die though." One of them said as they all disappeared into a small sun like mark on Naruto's new scared stomach.
End flashback
Sasuke gave a small smile down to the blond as he folded his top.
Naruto's hair was almost white in the moon light that shone through the window and his tanned skin just seemed to glow while bathed in it.
"You really are a dope, Naruto." Sasuke whispered as he leaned closer to the sleeping blond. He was about an inch away when Naruto moaned and rolled to the other side Sasuke froze.
'What the fuck was I doing?' He shot off the bed and headed to the door as quietly as he could. Just as he was about to leave he looked over to the blond one last time.
"Good night Hokage."