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Chapter 2

By the time it was morning they made it back to the camp that Naruto wondered away from. It was still pretty earily in the morning so no one was awake yet. Giving a sigh in relief, Naruto sat down on the soft and slightly damp grass. Sasuke looked down at Naruto and sat beside him, grabbing a hold of his hand.

"How do you think they'll take it? After everything that I put them through and all?" Sasuke asked as he looked at Naruto.

Naruto squeezed his hand gently, "I'm not sure how they'll take it. But…. I know that they won't be mad for long. Well, most of us anyway." he said trying to make Sasuke less worried.

It didn't seem like it was working that well. He could noticed the look of anxiety on, the usually emotionless, Uchiha's face. Sure, it wasn't going to be easy for him when he came back to Konoha. With everything that happened with Orochimaru and with him trying to destroy the village, he would most likely be put under arrest or something in that matter. Naruto let go of Sasuke's hand, which caused the raven to look at him.

"What's wr…" Sasuke was cut off by Naruto placing his lips against his, in a sudden kiss. He was taken slightly by surprise but he quickly got over it and returned the favor.

Naruto placed his hand against Sasuke's chest and pushed away slightly, breaking the now heated kiss between them. " What are you going to do when you get back and everything is fine for you to be there?" the blond asked, looking away from the slightly confused raven.

"I don't know." he replied quietly. "I didn't even finish what I was trying to do in the first place. Itachi is still out there somewhere and Orchimaru is still alive. You're still in danger of the Akatski." he looked away from the blond.

He hated the fact that he wasn't able to avenge his clan and that he wasn't able to do anything to protect his dobe. It didn't matter or did it? He made the decision of going back to Konoha with Naruto and that's what he was going to do. It still felt like he wasn't accomplishing anything. All that time he wasted chasing after his brother, was all for nothing. Or so it seemed to the young Uchiha.

Naruto looked over at Sasuke, understanding what was probably going through his mind. "You know what Sasuke?" he asked him, trying to get the young Uchiha's attention.

"What?" Sasuke asked, looking over at Naruto.

The made the move to stand up, reaching out his hand to pull Sasuke up with him. Sasuke allowed Naruto to help him up. "We don't have to go back to Konoha right away." he said as he was looking Sasuke in the face.

Sasuke was shocked to say the least. He didn't except that Naruto would say something like that to him. "What are you talking about dobe? For the past three years now all you have been trying to do was bring me back, and now you're saying that we don't have to go back right away!" he asked with his voice rising louder with each word he said.

Naruto placed his hands against Sasuke's chest, "Shhh, don't be so loud. Are you trying to wake them up or something?" the blond asked getting slightly irritated with his friend.

Running a hand threw his hair, Sasuke sighed in defeat. Knowing all to well that he didn't want to wake up his former teamate and the bastard that they used to replace him. "You're right. So… What is it that you have in mind?"

Smiling brightly at the fact that Sasuke gave in without that much of a fight, Naruto decided on what it was that he was going to tell him. "I was thinking that since you agreed to come back with me, that I could go out and help you avenge your clan. I know how much that it's important to you, and I want to be able to help you out with that."

Sasuke looked down at him with shock, "You want to help me? But, what about going back? You can't just go up missing or that old hag would send a search party out for you. It could also ruin your chances of ever becoming Hokage." he said, trying to reason with him.

Naruto shook his head, "I don't care about all of that. I'm not going to lose you again Sasuke. I refuse to let that happen. I…." Naruto stopped what he was saying as he looked away from Sasuke, trying his hardest to cover up the pink that was dusting his sun-kissed cheeks.

His reaction was enough to grab a hold of Sasuke's attention. He placed his hand on the side of Naruto's face and gently turned his head, so that he would face him. Just because Sasuke was having Naruto face him, didn't mean that Naruto had to make eye contact with him. The raven noticed how Naruto was trying his hardest to avoid looking at him, but he wasn't going to have that.

"Naruto, look at me." Sasuke asked him softly.

He could still noticed the hesitation in Naruto's movements, but after a few moments he was looking Sasuke directly in the eyes. Sasuke was caught off guard by the emotions that he saw there.

"What?" Naruto asked him nervously.

Sasuke decided at the moment that this wasn't the right time or place to be talking about all of this. "Why don't we go. We could start looking for my brother after a few days rest." he told the blond.

"Sounds good to me. " he said with his voice full of excitement.

After that was said, they decided that it would be best if they started on their way out of here. They could sense that the people inside would be waking up soon, and they didn't want any one to know that they were still there.

SASUKE'S POV

I still wanted to know what it was that he was trying to say. I know that it's better not to rush him, but it's not that good of an idea to act like it never happened. So, against my better judgment, I decided that I was going to find a way to get it out of him. By the time that we came to a place to start setting up camp for the night, it was already nightfall. The place that we came up to was a clearing that wasn't that far away from a stream. It was completely in the view of the moonlight, so this time we wouldn't be forced to stay out in the dark.

It was quiet the whole time we decided on making up a camp fire. We didn't have anything with us but the clothes on our backs and our weapons, so we didn't need to worry about setting up a tent. After we were done and was just sitting around the fire, watching it burn. Naruto was the first one to break the silence that was between us.

"Last night..." he started to say but stopped as he looked over at me.

I nodded my head, "Yeah, what about it?"

He looked down at the space between our hands, "There was something more that I wanted to tell you." he admitted as he grabbed a hold of my hand and interlacing our fingers together.

I waited for him to say something but I got the impression that he wanted me to say something to him in return. "Was there? I know that there was something that I wanted to tell you too. Or more like needed to tell you." I said looking over at him.

"Oh yeah? Well…" he stopped looking away for a moment. "I know that we basically told each other how we felt, but I want to know if it was the same for sure." he said shyly.

Instantly, my heart was racing and my face was starting to burn. I know how I felt about him and I was planning on telling him. When it came to actually doing it that was when things started to get hard. I love him and I knew that he loves me. Or I'm hoping that he feels the same way about me. If he doesn't, then I wouldn't know what else to do.

Taking a deep breath and looking into his endless blue eyes, "I love you, Naruto." My voice was shaking slightly. I was afraid that he would reject me, and if that happened. I don't know what I would do. I wouldn't really have any reason to want to go back anymore. It seemed like a whole life time went by, when in reality, it was only a few seconds that past.

NARUTO'S POV

The moment when I heard Sasuke tells that he loves me, my heart skipped a beat. I was filled with so many different emotions, joy, love, happiness, and relief. Maybe he wouldn't reject me after all? I couldn't help myself any longer. I closed the remaining distance between us. Well, more like I jumped on him. Throwing my arms around his neck and crashing my lips against his hard enough for them to bruise. I could tell that my reaction startled him, because his body with completely rigid for a moment. Breaking the kiss, "I love you, too, Sasuke." I told him as tears started to come to my eyes.

I noticed that he was going through the same exacted thing that I was. For the first time, I saw him truly smile. "You should smile more often. It makes you look more breath taking." I told him, kissing his lips softly.

"Only if it's for you." he whispered against my lips.

I couldn't help but laugh at that. I was happy that he loved me and that I wouldn't have to be alone. For now everything seemed like it was all going to work out right.