Summary: I'm getting really tired of typing this thing…. Sasuke and Naruto fought again and Sasuke gets sick, so Naruto brings him back to Konoha, in the hopes that he'll want to stay.

Warning: Yaoi (SasuNaru), cursing, and maybe suggestive stuff later on… spoilers and OOCness… Um… angst…. and evil people who make me angry/sad inside… .:cries in a corner:.

Disclaimer: .:had to get extensive therapy from the gun-point trauma and comes back feeling normal:. Oh don't be silly, people like me can't own Naruto, I think I'll go solve the world's problems and be totally selfless, just like Naruto, who is SO not gay! .:gets hit in the head by a brick:. Was I doing something SasuNaru or Naruto-stealing related?

Chapter 15: But if I'm without you

"Any news Karin?"

"No Suigetsu… go back now…"

"You don't want to hear my news?"

"Why didn't you just come out and say you had something important to say?"

"Because I know it bothers you!"

"Just spit it out Suigetsu before I get mad…"

"Well I just thought you'd want to know that blondie is on the move…"

….

"Damnit Sasuke where'd you go?" Naruto asked himself as he wandered about, looking this was and that, trying to find Sasuke.

Gread idea kit, go out without a clue as to where you're going…

"Well it's not exactly like he left a forwarding address Kyuubi…"

Why don't you just get over it, I'd think it was pretty clear from that letter that he wants nothing to do with you anymore…

"It's not clear to me, Sasuke's not like that… and I know I wasn't dreaming when he said it… when he said that he loved me…."

Kyuubi stayed silent after this comment and Naruto felt a small twinge of gratitude for the demon fox, but the feeling passed quickly.

Naruto pulled his jacket closer into his body and resisted the urge to shiver, the cold couldn't bother him now, not now.

"Alright Sasuke, I'm coming…"

….

Sasuke wandered aimlessly for what felt like weeks. He felt like he wrote that letter days ago, like it was in a dream… he felt like what he said back there… like that hadn't only been about 3 hours ago, it had to have been longer…

He figured he should find his things… his sword, etc. that they'd taken from him when he was admitted into the hospital. He couldn't exactly attempt to get out of here in a pair of Naruto's grey sweatpants and a black t-shirt… that just really wasn't his style.

He stuffed his hands in his pockets and turned down a less inhabited street and began to make his way to the hospital, all the while a certain blond occupied his mind, and he wondered painfully if Naruto had already read the note… and he almost had a fleeting hope that Naruto would come after him and stop him… and understand everything…. But that wasn't likely, so Sauke simply dismissed it.

"I guess the only choice now is to leave…" he sighed, as he turned another corner and felt the only too familiar pain in his chest.

….

Sai had made up his mind, it was up to him, and he made his choice.

"Are you sure you're ok with this?" Sakura asked, standing up behind him, from their spot on the roof.

"Positive, it was my own stupidity that caused this in the first place… if I get to Naruto first, then those bastards of Falcon will have to get through me first…"

"Yeah but from what you've said they made a pretty legit threat… you sure you want to do it alone?"

Sai caught the hint; she was offering to help; she was worried about Naruto too… and maybe even him, but he didn't care, this was way more personal than that…

"Positive! Sorry Sakura, this is my bond… and I gotta fix it… even if Naruto and Sasuke want nothing more to do with me…"

….

This is getting annoying Kit, we can't just wander the streets all night! Just think, where would Sasuke have gone?

Naruto could hear and practically feel the anger and annoyance building up inside from Kyuubi, and he normally wouldn't care, but this time he knew Kyuubi was right, he had to think fast, or there'd be no Sasuke left to find….

"That's it!" Naruto shouted to himself, suddenly struck with an idea as to where Sasuke might be headed.

What's it Kit?

"He's leaving!"

You sound happy about that…

"Well no… but that means he'll need his stuff, and I know exactly where that is…"

….

"And you're absolutely positve he's going after Sasuke?"

"Yeah Karin, how many times do I need to tell you?"

"Does he know where Sasuke is, or where he may be going?"

"If that stupid grin on his face is any indication than I'd say yes…"

"I didn't know you knew what indication meant…"

"Shut up…"

….

Sasuke walked calmly towards the hospital, his feet knew where to take him which let his mind wander to other things... like Naruto…

He felt so stupid for letting this happen and looking back he could've just kicked Sai's ass and just not done anything… but somewhere deep down he knew their were more unspoken implications and if he hadn't agreed than Naruto might… then again he might be hurting anyway, Sasuke was to thank for that.

He figured that after this little… "adventure" he'd go back to Falcon, and carry out his mission to obtain the eight tailed fox and eventually destroy Konoha….

He blinked and his eyes widened as he suddenly remembered the deal… if he took the eight tails then 'he' was going to take…

"Naruto!" Sasuke said, not realizing he'd said it out loud.

"What about him?" came a light, almost sweet, but still unwelcome voice from behind him.

"Sakura?"

"In the flesh!"

….

"So what's the plan?."

"Do you constantly feel the need to ask the obvious or are you really just that stupid?"

"I just know you hate it…"

"So you simply take delight at being a pain in the ass?"

"Nope!"

Karin gave Suigetsu a doubtful look, not remotely convinced of his innocence.

"I don't take delight in being a pain in the ass," he assured her, "it's just your ass I like to cause pain…"

….

"What do you want?" Sasuke asked, sounding harsher than he meant to, though it was how he actually felt.

"Not much…" Sakura answered, walking beside him, "Just to figure out what the heck's going on between you Naruto and Sai, he's really lost you know…"

"And why should I give a damn about how he feels about all this, it's his fault…"

"You'd like to think that wouldn't you?…"

"What are you talking about Sakura?" Sasuke asked, feeling rather irked with her at the moment. He wanted to be alone with his thoughts… and now the alone part was sort of ruined…

"I'm just saying you should probably cut Sai some slack, he's hurting just as much as you are, if not more…"

"What do you mean…"

"I'm saying there's more at stake here than just how you and Naruto feel… think about that, OK? I mean I'm not saying I want you to change your whole outlook on the world or anything, I'm just saying you should try and think more about why he did it, you know his reasons that's all I'm saying…"

Sasuke kept walking as though indifferent but Sakura had seen the understanding flash through his eyes, if only for a moment, and she let it go.

"I'll see you later Sasuke…" she said sadly, "Much later by the looks of things…"

"Hn…" came the signiture reply.

….

"Really though Karin, what's the plan?"

"I thought that'd be obvious, idiot, we're going to interfere… If Naruto gets to Sasuke we all know he'll convince him to stay, at least for a while longer, and unfortnately for us Naruto seems to have almost… "bewitched" Sasuke into doing just about anything he asks…"

"So we attack Naruto? Wouldn't that just make Sasuke mad at us?"

"So we make him side with us…" Karin said simply.

"You do realize this is Sasuke we're talking about right?"

"Obviously, since my intellectual levels far surpass your own…"

"I'm pretending to not hear you… but seriously, you gotta have a better plan than that…"

Karin sighed and began laying out the plan, plain and simple before Suigetsu. "Look, we need Sasuke to do what we say, and he'll do anything for Naruto so…" she leaned her head in towards him, as if in indication that he should finish.

"So… we get a hold of Naruto and Sasuke'll do whatever we tell him…"

"Well what do you know, there is a brain in that thick skull of yours…"

….

Sasuke continued to make his way to the hospital and he could slowly see it increase in size as he came closer and closer.

He thought about what Sakura had said, and figured their probably was some higher plan in this than Sai's personal twisted feelings but he didn't care. He just wanted to leave and not have to think of Naruto or feel that familiar pain in his chest anymore.

He made his way to the storage room which he assumed would hold his belongings and thought nothing of what else might lay ahead inside that room.

"Hey Sasuke, you certainly took your time…"

….

Sai ran for what felt like forever. He knew if he failed he'd never be able to face Naruto or himself again. He had to do it, he had to rescue Naruto's bond, that only broke because of him, which he only did because of that damn Falcon girl…

Sai stopped when he saw a diffferent member of the group, the tall almost sad looking one standing alone on a roof top, he seemed almost like he was waiting for someone.

"Oi!" he shouted, trying not to let the anger he truly felt creep into his voice.

The guy looked over at him, he saw the recognition flash in his eyes and then he turned back around.

"What do you want?" he asked calmly.

"Revenge…" Sai said clearly.

"Revenge is wrong…" the guy said, solemnly.

"I don't care, you and your bastard friends deserve it… Where is Sasuke and Where is Naruto?" Sai demanded, making what he wanted very clear in his statement.

"My guess would be the hospital…" the guy said simply, not seeming to care what information he gave out.

"The Hospital.?... What the Fuck did you guys do to them!?" Sai was furious and worried, though he didn't let that show.

"Nothing, Sasuke's probably fetching his belongings and Naruto's probably trying to talk him out of it…"

Sai blinked, not sure if he should believe him, but decided for it, what choice did he have.

"So where are your buddies?" Sai asked suspicously, feeling as though he already knew the answer.

Somewhere off in the distance the two heard a large crash and both jerked their heads in that direction… the direction of…

"The hospital… Naruto!"

Sai began to move forward but a large hand on his chest stopped him. He looked up at the guy and glared angrily, "Let me go!"

"Relax…so long as Sasuke complies with our wishes neither he or Naruto will come to any harm… so just relax…"

"Relax!? How can I relax!? What did that crash mean!?" Sai demanded, feeling an unfamiliar hatred and anger rise in his chest. Years without emotions can make you confused, and now Sai was feeling that confusion, along with all the other emotions. "What did it mean!?" he demanded again, a hint of nervousness creeping into his voice.

"It means Sasuke didn't comply…"

….

"Well now how'd I know you'd show up here?" the mysterious voice asked from the shadows of the hospital storage room.

Sasuke perked up and stood erect, his senses on full alert, wondering who the voice could belong to.

"You're awful predictable Sasuke… I knew you'd want your old clothes back… but I didn't realize you'd be that eager… are my clothes really that ugly?"

The voice stepped out of the shadows and Naruto wore an obviously false expression of being offended.

"Naruto!?" Sasuke's shock was apparent but he quickly replaced it with a look of indifference, "I thought I told you I was through with you…"

Naruto shrugged and walked closer to Sasuke, who couldn't help but take a few steps back. He hated to admit it, to himself and to everyone else, but he was afraid of this confrontation, he couldn't keep acting like he hated Naruto because that just wasn't true… and he got this strange feeling that Naruto already knew it…

"You're such a teme… did you really think I'd let it go just like that?"

The honest answer was 'no' but Sasuke didn't dare admit that…

"Besides it's not like I wasn't going to forgive you, you fuckin' betrayed your whole village, I'm sure I could let a stupid, not to mention untrue, letter slip my notice…"

"Dobe…"

"Don't even Sasuke, you knew from the beginning that I'd forgive you… you've always known that…"

Sasuke blinked as he heard Naruto's tone slip from angry to sad, almost as though the thoughts in his head caused him pain, which they probably did, now that he thought about it.

"I'f I'm without you… If I don't have you…. That kind of life isn't worth living Sasuke, I want you and I need you and I'll do whatever it takes, even forgive you for all your stupid mistakes, if that means you'll stay with me, and I'm not stupid and neither are you, we both have known it all along…"

Sasuke didn't say anything, how could he. Here Naruto had laid his feelings flat out on the table and Sasuke still couldn't admit that he loved Naruto just as much as Naruto loved Sasuke.

Naruto was almost stupidly selfless when it came to Sasuke and that frustrated him more than anything, Naruto just kept forgiving him and forgiving him, what was he going to do when Sasuke didn't forgive himself? Or what if he messed up badly enough that Naruto didn't want to forgive him but did it anyway because that's what he promised?

Sasuke knew Naruto well enough to know that even if he hated too Naruto would always live up to his promises, no matter how stupid they were. Naruto meant everything to Sasuke and Sasuke was fully aware that Naruto felt the same for him but he knew that it couldn't happen that way.

"Leave it be Naruto, I need to leave…"

"I FUCKING KNOW SASUKE!" Naruto shouted, sounding sincerely offended, an unspoken accusation found in his words; Naruto seemed offended that Sasuke could accuse him of being too stupid to realize he was leaving.

"I knew you'd leave, and you knew I'd forgive you, but I'm asking you too wait… to stay with me, so we can wait till we're both ready when the time comes… and we both know it will…"

"Naruto I can't—"

"You can't or you won't?"

Now there was another question that Sasuke couldn't answer. How was he supposed to answer that kind of question.

"I won't…" he answered honestly.

Naruto seemed ready to say something, and Sasuke was afraid that he'd have to confront feelings he didn't want to face yet but he was saved by a small sound by the window.

Apparently Naruto heard it too because he closed his mouth and straightened up, his ears almost seeming to perk up as he tuned into his powerful fox hearing. "What was that?" he asked, his voice low and empty of emotion….

Naruto couldn't remember anything after he hit his head, he didn't even remember how he hurt his head. He remembered flashes of things, like a bunch of people, one a girl, he thought, he couldn't really tell, and the other a boy with a large sword.

He thought he remembered Sasuke shouting in protest about something, he sounded furious and Naruto almost remembered one of the two, maybe the boy… maybe it was the girl… well one of them objecting and shouting back defensivly.

He remembered trying to crawl away and being picked up again by a pair of strong arms.

He remembered Sasuke's quiet voice telling him not to worry and he'd straighten things out…

He remembered Sasuke and the girl and the boy arguing.

He remembered feeling numb… and feeling like he was falling…

He remembered his last thoughts being of Sasuke and then… Darkness…

Sorry it took so long, I was swamped with school stuff and I had major writer's block… and still sort of do… I have some major ideas but no little fluff ideas… so if u have any cute SasuNaru moments you want me to write let me know and I'll put it in (not promising but I'll try). So yeah again I'm sorry it took so long, so to make it up to you guys it's pretty long… sorta… no matter how hard I try I can never get it to be all that long…

Anyway, sorry it's another cliff-hanger… I'm so mean, lol, I'll try and do better next time :) and yeah sorry if some people were a little OOC… I didn't do that on purpose but I needed them to say the things they did…. so yeah, again thanks for being so patient with me guys, and once again please give me ideas for fluff etc… thanks!

Thanks to my reviewers etc.

Freexflyer – aww u still hate him! NU! lol, I'm still mad at him too (even though it's sorta my fault that he did that….) and lol, yes fate IS a bitch, omg that's like the best quote I've ever heard… like ever (on FFN anyway…)

SasorixreborN – I'm glad you feel bad for him (that means I did my job) but yeah, I tried… :P and I'm really really genuinly happy that you love my story :)