A TorturedTourniquet Beta
It's madd late I know! sorry!
I asked for alot of reviews and all I got was 4.... (T/N: And for once, one wasn't me. That I remember...) Which is sad, because there are 10 faves and 21 alerts to this story ...
Well whatever, I'll still try to post up when I can...
Well okay last time we met Naruto was really angsty...well here's the mass break down per se.
But don't fret all will fare well later on, promise!
And so faithful readers, (who don't mind my review grubbing) let's get ready for more Angel. Onward!!

Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto not every good character would be dying!! But sigh, I do not own Naruto and alas, many characters are dying...
Warning: Yaoi. Cursing! Later lemons. And angsty emo Naruto. You are warned, no flaming!

And he knew he changed. How did he forget that he wasn't the only one who suffered?

Days had passed, a week or so. Every day Naruto would go over to the Uchiha complex. It was filled with awkward silences and onyx eyes glaring at the tan blonde.

"Sasuke," Naruto said, not looking up from his bento box. "Stop staring at me."

The raven scowled. He poked his chopsticks at the rice, annoyed. Where was the loud, obnoxious kitsune of his past? "You've changed, Dobe."

"Yeah," Naruto spat. "Well, we all change under circumstances. Sometimes for greater good, I guess."

Sasuke tilted his head slightly to the side. Were his ears fooling him or was Naruto actually sounding smart? That's not possible. He shook the thought out of his head. "Sometimes?"

"Other times..." Naruto's voice broke. He stood and pushed in his chair. "Other times, change can just hurt, Dattebyo."

The blonde left for the door. After pulling on his sandals, he grabbed his mask. His strong right hand reached for the door.

But like a flash of light, the raven was behind him. A pale hand grabbed the other's wrist. Sasuke leaned his head forward so his lips almost touched the blonde locks of hair. "Tell me, Naruto," Sasuke's voice went low, but yet soft. Naruto shivered. "Was the change you endured... did it cause you hurt?"

Naruto pulled his wrist from the grasp. Sliding the door to the side, he stepped out. "I might not come tomorrow."

Sasuke watched him off. His stoic face suddenly looked pained. Naruto? the raven asked himself. Was it my leaving that took your smile away?

Tsunade looked up at the sudden appearance of the saddened Naruto. "Brat?"

Naruto sighed. "I want off this mission," he said, swiping a hand through his blonde hair.

The women almost dropped her glass of sake. "What?!" Naruto remained silent, expecting the worst. "Baka! You can't just quit a mission because it's too hard," she barked at the man. "Where's all the 'I'll never go back on my word, it's my nindo' crap?"

"I didn't go back on my word, Dattebyo!" Naruto pointed to his heart.

"Oh but you are, Naruto..."

(At the same time)

Sasuke's eye twitched. He hadn't been alone for an hour yet, but he was already bored. "Hey, can one of you guys do something for me?"

An ANBU appeared before him, as always, dressed in white. "What now?" it asked.

"Hn," Sasuke smirked at the other. "Ask the Hokage if she could-"

The ANBU cut him off with a pair of metal handcuffs snapping onto his wrists. "Yeah, how about I just take you to her and you can ask Tsunade-sama whatever your heart desires."

The raven shrugged. "Fine," he mumbled. They exited the complex and left for the Hokage's office.

"And how exactly did I lose my nindo, Baa-chan?!" Naruto questioned, accenting the insulting nickname.

"As a shinobi, you promise to complete your duties, no matter what," Tsunade sighed, calming down. "And.."

There was a silent pause between them. The air was so tense and thick that it could be cut by a knife. Tsunade looked the young man in the azure eyes. "And you promised to bring Sasuke back."

"He came back on his own. Believe it!" Naruto yelled. "I had nothing to do with that!"

"Listen to yourself," Tsunade spat. Their argument distracted them so much that they didn't even notice two people appear off to the side. "Sasuke comes back and it pains you. So you give up?"

Naruto's azure stare tensed. "I've gone through enough pain," the blonde began to softly cry. He wiped his eyes with the back of his hand. "I think it's about time I gave up and let myself heal!" he yelled out in unknown anger. It was hurt and extreme anger. It was a voice never seen by others. It was hurt and extreme anger.

Tsunade took in a sharp breath as she was taken aback. Her honey eyes looked around the room, deciding on what to say next. Then she spotted the two in the back. "Sasuke?" They themselves were taken aback.

The blonde's head snapped to the the Hokage was staring at. His tear filled eyes widened to an incredible state. Stifly, his legs stepped back, a hand reaching for the door. Upon reaching it, Naruto quickly left, running away.

Tsunade grabbed the bottle of sake from her desk and threw it at the ANBU and Uchiha in her office. The liquid splattered aginst the wall.

The man in white bowed. "Pardon our timing, Hokage-sama."

Tsunade raised a hand to silence him. She pressed the call button on her desk. "Shizune, go fetch Haruno Sakura for me."

She turned back to the ANBU. "Leave," she ordered. The masked man nodded. In an instant he left, leaving Sasuke with a calm, yet fuming, Tsunade. "You."

A slender, long nailed finger pointed at the raven-haired missing nin. He didn't pay much attention to it. Instead, Sasuke reeled over what Naruto had said. So he was the cause for this uncharacteristic Naruto.

"My next Hokage just gave up everything he's ever worked for..." Tsunade paused to glare at him. "Because you are a FUCKING baka!"

The door crept open to reveal a pink haired girl. "Yes, Lady Tsunade?"

The women looked at her and began to speak coldly. "Uchiha Sasuke, he hurt you right? He made you run in circles to find him. He made you cry so many times."

Sakura looked at the Hokage then to Sasuke, going back and forth. "What's this about?"

"But Naruto..." Tsunade spoke as if Sakura never said anything. "He took it worse. He lost what was like his brother, his best friend, maybe more."

"Naruto?" Sakura questioned. "What about Naruto?!" She was generally worried, one of the only to know of Naruto's fellings for a certain raven. "What happened?!"

"Naruto has run..." Tsunade sighed, bringing a hand to her head. "Probably to a place he can think."

"You don't think...?" Sakura moved her eyes to Sasuke.

"Yeah, I'm positive."

Sakura started shaking. "Naruto..." she mumbled, her eyes downcast to the floor in front of her feet. "He promised to do whatever it would take to keep me happy, not because he liked me, because he cared about me.

"Long ago, I promised myself to keep my teammates as happy as I could... I still intend to do so," she continued.

Taking slow steps the pink-haired medical nin approached the chained up man. "Forgive me, but this is long o-over due," her voice cracked. Tsunade's eyes bulged out of her head almost, as Sakura brought her fist back before strongly bringing it to hit a pale cheek.

Sasuke flew against the wall. His balance had been off, not excepting the strength. I deserved that... he thought solemnly.

"I'll go after Naruto," Sakura told Tsunade, who nodded in turn. "I'll do my best."

With that she left.

Wow talk about angsty stuff right. And Sasuke is really OOC near the end....
Itachi: Why is that? My brother is too much of a fool to say such things.
Natsuki: Well he's growing a little thing I call Humanity
Itachi: Hmph... Uchihas don't have that gene.
Natsuki: I've noticed.
Itachi: What do you mean by that?
Natsuki: Nothing!! *grin*
Itachi: So anything to wait for in the next chapter?
Natsuki: OMGosh you care about my story!?
Tourniquet: *Typing furiously* You shall never live that down, Uchiha.
Itachi: *twitch* Again I'll remind you that you control what I say in here.
Natsuki: Oh Yeah!!! anyways... In the next chappie there will be a Naruto and Sakura sibling-like love and Sasuke finally follows his urges! O.O Gasp I know lol.... I Want reviews or I'll cry.

Love Natsuki Lee