"Sasuke!" Naruto was running the fastest he could, but it was useless somehow he couldn't advance "Sasuke!" Sasuke turned back to see him one last time and he disappeared devoured by darkness.

Naruto woke up, he was in Orochimaru's hideout, in the lab. He felt bad, as if he hasn't eaten for weeks and has been slept for days. "Tsk Sasuke… why always you have to suffers this kind of stuff"

|Flashback|

"You sure Kakashi-sensei?"

"It seems so, it's more like a memory what Itachi gave you, ok once I liberate it you'll see it once and then it'll disappear, so be ready it could contain invaluable info"

"I'm ready ttebayo"

"Kai"

Naruto felt a sudden nimbleness and then nothing at all, he was Itachi, he had in front of him little Sasuke, Naruto remembered when this happened "You lack hatred" "You've become too soft and complacent foolish little brother, way too much comfort" he saw Naruto contained by Kisame "I'll let you remember the path you must follow" the sharingan tormented Sasuke endlessly "Hmp, it doesn't seem enough" Itachi heard Naruto's yelling "I see… I think we should include a new scenario" Itachi gave him more nightmares now with Naruto's death added, after he was finished Sasuke seemed catatonic, he only thought "Sasuke, I leave it to you, grow stronger, revenge the Uchiha clan for what I did… I'm sorry… Naruto-kun, he'll take care of you"

"So? Naruto what did you see?"

"It was nothing… sorry Kakashi-sensei"

|End flashback|

"Sasuke, why do you sacrifice? Why always has to be you? Why can't I never save you?" Naruto started crying.

"Kukuku it may be not too late Naruto-kun"

"Orochimaru!" Naruto quickly stood up "You bastard… you send Sasuke to his death"

"Yare, yare it's almost as if you have said that you don't care about the ten tailed beast any longer, but if you calm down, I could help you save Sasuke-kun"

"You baka, why should I trust you ttebayo?"

"You couldn't defeat me when you had the Kyubi, what do you think you can do right now kid? You want to play smart? Fine… I want you out, both of you, out of the Shinobi world, out forever!" Orochimaru throw a scroll to Naruto "That scroll contains a powerful seal, it'll allow you to seal Sasuke's chakra"

Naruto froze in surprise "Why would I want to do that to Sasuke dattebayo?"

"To give him a better life, another chance, doesn't he deserve it? You'll recover the Kyubi chakra and destroy the ten tailed and seal Sasuke, so he can start again" But Orochimaru was already plotting "And then with you dead and Sasuke weakened I can finally own him, but you'll never find out ne Naruto-kun, this jutsu will also seal his memories forever"

"You… how can I trust you at all?"

"It seems like you have no other choice Naruto-kun"

"I'll save Sasuke this time"

"You don't seem to understand. Let me explain it to you, Sasuke-kun has extracted a portion of the Kyubi's chakra in order to destroy the ten tailed beast by extracting the other bijus, Sasuke-kun had never been this strong. You won't defeat him at your current level"

"I…"

"It wouldn't be the first time you fail Naruto-kun, remember the first time, when he abandoned Konoha, remember why did you fail? You weren't strong enough" Orochimaru manipulated Naruto's feelings, he knew how to get the best out of the boy, he had already provoked him once "But this time will be fatal, just take the seal with you and use as you see fit, in case you are out of alternatives. Or would you risk Sasuke-kun wellbeing? Just for your stubbornness"

"But… there must be another way, if we all join forces we can destroy that monster dattebayo!"

"Certainly, if we have the time, but as we talk here, Sasuke and his team must be already arriving to the Akatsuki hideout, you were slept about 5 hours, Sasuke-kun life has started his countdown" Orochimaru had him, after all he was easy to influence, to control if Sasuke was in the line "Sasuke-kun will sacrifice himself in order to protect Konoha as his brother did, even if the others don't recognize him and he's marked as a traitor forever… But more interesting… Will you let him go Naruto-kun?"

Naruto only yelled at the sannin and went out running the fastest he could, he couldn't felt Sasuke, that worried him much.

Naruto stepped in the hideout, he saw the others defeated but mostly safe, Sasuke was impaling the monster with his sword, but it seemed like something else was going on, the ten tailed beast was paralyzed and there was some strange chakra coming out of it, flowing through the sword into Sasuke's body.

"Sasuke" Naruto jumped into the monster and approached Sasuke, but a strong chakra repel him sending him flying away "What the hell, what a strength it punched me away with its mere chakra"

"Naruto go away" Sasuke was covered by the susanoo, but only the aura remained without the freak skeleton.

"Sasuke I won't let you sacrifice yourself"

"So what? Are you gonna let this thing walk freely destroying the world?"

"Let me do it ttebayo, you have to live"

"I'm sorry Naruto, for all the pain I inflicted you. Good bye" Sasuke pulled the sword out of the ten tailed and more chakra came out.

"Sasuke" Naruto screamed in terror as he threw himself in a desperate last intent to save his Sasuke "You don't have to do it alone, then. I'm here for you" Naruto took the sword placing his hands over Sasuke's, helping him "We'll go together" Naruto smiled to the raven, and for the first time Sasuke corresponded him.

There was a great explosion of chakra and then it was all over.

Leaf and Sand ninjas arrived at the place, they found nothing but a devastated zone where the fight took place.

"Search all over the place, all sensory ninjas come to report" Shikamaru commanded everyone forces "Hinata any sign of life?" Hinata only negated without saying anything "Hana had the boys found something?"

"Not yet Shikamaru, there seem to be some ninjas but they are covering their way"

"Well that must be the sensory ninja that escaped, we presumed Naruto is with she, so as long as you could tell me she is alive, Naruto might as well be"

"Oi guys!" Kiba called the others from far "Come quickly"

"What the…?" Shikamaru and everyone was impressed by the sight, the ten tailed beast laid slain in a crater formed for a jutsu.

"He did it! Naruto really did it!" Kiba started celebrating.

"With this the war is really over, the others defeated Madara finally sealing him, we've finally confirmed the masked man dead along with the Zetsu army, we… we have won" Temari could barely contain her cry.

"But Naruto-kun… where is he?" Hinata asked.

"He must be alive" Kiba immediately answered "He probably is on his way back to Konoha, we must give him a hero welcome"

All the other started celebrated, joy exploded as a Deidara's bomb, but those close to Naruto weren't all happy, Kiba was kind of nervous but he smiled and laughed with the others, Hinata was really worried, Shikamaru was immersed in himself thinking "Well we have to go with this for now, Shino inform the headquarters of what we found"

"Shikamaru!" Ino and Choji called his friend.

"Tsk it was too good to be true" Shikamaru and the others went to their partners "What is it?"

"We found this" Choji showed a Konoha protector but the symbol of Konoha was crossed out.

"This is… Sasuke-kun" Hinata seemed to recognize it.

"Look here is another one" Hana took the other one.

Kiba took it and smelled it "It's… his, it's Naruto's" Kiba saw the dark looks on the others faces "He… he must lost it during the fight"

"Kiba" Ino tried to comfort the boy.

"You can't give up that easy, he is alive I tell you" Kiba yelled.

"He is not" Karin stood in front of then.

"What?" Kiba reacted angry.

The others menaced her "Where did she come from?" Shikamaru thought "Did you see anything? You were fighting?"

"Fighting? You don't fight a monster like that, or interfere in a fight of monsters like those. He, Naruto, and Sasuke-kun…" Karin started crying.

"No" Hinata and Kiba both started crying "You're lying" Kiba shout at her.

"Kiba" Shino put his hand in Kiba's shoulder trying to control him.

"This is bad… you have to come with us, don't worry I promise we'll let you go, just help us clear all this out" Shikamaru commanded, then a medic sand ninja helped the pink headed girl.

It's been two years, and the tensions between the nations haven't calmed, the war was over, Naruto was recognized as a hero of Konoha and a memorial to him was constructed as well as for the kages.

"He's in a better place now" Tsunade and Sakura were visiting his monument.

Sakura put some white flowers in there "It's like a bad dream, I still hoping one of these mornings listening him shouting Sakuraaa-chan, it's Sasuke's fault but it's also mine"

"Don't torment yourself Sakura, he sacrificed himself in order to protect us all, at any rate I should be the one to blame, as I failed to protect him, as I fail to protect his dream"

"Sensei… is the situation really bad? I hear rumors of Orochimaru is alive and pushing the gears of war"

"We'll solve it, no matter what came to us, all of us we'll fight it together, it's the least we could do for him"