Sasuke was pissed at Naruto after their training. It was his fault that the raven got distracted. He gritted his fist. A shadow was moving towards him. Noticing Sasuke turns around to check out his stalker. But when doing so the figure was gone.

Naruto kept his eyes on Sasuke most of the day during training. 'Why wouldn't he just tell me what is bothering him?" I mean they are comrades even if they fight non stop. Naruto still cares for him in some part of his mind. Even if Sasuke is most of the time a jerk to him. Not to mention being in love with Sakura is hard on the fox when she loves Sasuke. Of course Naruto had known for a long time that his teammate does not feel the same way towards her. Naruto knows that without anyone saying it. He should not be mad at Sasuke. It is not his fault that Sakura fell in love with him.

Naruto decides to follow his raven hair teammate all the way to his own clan. Naruto felt a lonely chill in the air. As if the air itself here was mocking Sasuke.

Sasuke kept on turning around now and then to see who is the idiot who keeps on following him. 'Do they want a death wish?' After he turns around the 5th time he noticed some orange hair poking out behind a large wooden pole. "You might as well come out of hiding dobe?" Sasuke says in a annoyed tone. This was not the time for his thunderhead of a teammate to play around with him. He was not in the mood for it. Having his hands in his pockets he clenches them tightly, "I know it is you Naruto!" he snaps at the air. He heard a thud coming from the pole. Naruto did not expect his comrade to yell at him like that. Actually since he had Sasuke as his teammate he never heard him raise his voice since that day where Naruto tried to come to Sasuke's rescue only to a make himself a fool and made things worse for his comrade. And the plan of rescuing him became reversed. Naruto was so surprised with Sasuke's outburst that he tripped on one of the sidewalk cracks and fell flat on his face with his arms sprawled out infront of him.

Sasuke was unamused by his teammate falling down. 'How can they teammate me up with someone who can not stand on his own legs?' It is like the teachers and the hokage were making fun of his own abilities which he been training on his own every night since was 10 years-old. To destroy a certain person. As he looks over at Naruto while he was waiting for him to get back up on his feet, 'Why am I waiting for this blasted dobe?' Every part of Sasuke told him to walk away. To leave Naruto in this state. So then why hasn't Sasuke moved a inch on where he has been standing?

Sasuke hates the idea of him getting soft. I mean he realized for awhile that he was ok with caring for the yellow headed idiot once in awhile. He does come to terms that the way he cares for Naruto is different from the way he cares for Sakura. "What are you doing here Naruto?" he decided to break the silence after not saying anything to him for the last minute.

Naruto looks up at his teammate thinking of what to say while he got back on his feet. 'Damn him,' he thought, 'it was his fault that I fell!' He calmed his nerves now was not the time to fight. He did not want to push Sasuke into telling him but he did not know how else to get his teammate to talk, "I came over here to try to see if you…" he wanted to talk to his teammate but he did not think that he would be able to if they stayed in the Uchiha village. He was already creeped out by just standing at the entrance of this ghost town, "if you wanted to have ramen with me tonight?" Sasuke raised an eyebrow, "it would even be my treat," he gritted his teeth after saying the last word.

Sasuke looks down at the ground for a few seconds thinking, "Why- I mean what are you planning?"

Naruto noticed something in his teammates eyes. They were held with confusion, 'I would understand why he felt that way.' he would be too if out of the blue Sasuke asked him to have ramen with him, "I am not planning anything I just thought I should get to know my teammate?"

Sasuke snorts at that but did not answer back. Deciding to hear his comrade out.

"I mean we have been teammates for a month now and the only things I know about you is that you have no interest in Sakura," Sasuke was about to speak about that when Naruto cut him off, "I know Sasuke. Anyways all we did since we been teamed up was fight and even if we tried-"

"I am tired Naruto. Not to mention we have a mission tomorrow. Which I will have to prepare for by more training."

Naruto did not know how to handle a situation like this. It was obvious that his teammate was trying to get rid of him but deep down in Sasuke which Naruto noticed is that his raven haired comrade was trying to keep himself together. This reminded him on why he was really here. Then it clicked on what is causing Sasuke to act this way and what the hokage may have talked to him about. Sasuke took a mission with Kakashi. Not needing Naruto and Sakura to come on this one. That was last week when he remembered the day before telling them only his teammate was needed for this trip. Unless the mission turned out to be at a least a b rank mission. Sakura was worried the whole time Sasuke was away. Naruto had to assure her that their teammate would be just fine after all which Naruto will never admit to Sasuke but admitted to Sakura one night when their comrade was away, "I think he is a strong ninja..." Naruto realized he said that part out loud just now.

Sasuke heard this, looking over at his teammate, "What are you thinking there dobe?"

Naruto cupped his mouth, "Certainly not about you," he innerly slapped himself. How dare his mouth says things without him having no control over at the moment.

Sasuke looks away and over to the empty village. A chill in the air was felt between them. It made Naruto's chest start hurting. 'Is this what Sasuke is feeling too?' "It would be creepy if you did," he spoke quietly.

Naruto breathes in a sigh and let it out. This atmosphere was a bit uncomfortable for him as he looks over at the ones alive clan. He remembered 2 years ago that he saw Sasuke's parents walking into a shop. 9 year-old Sasuke was following closely behind them. Naruto wanted so badly to approach him but was both shy and afraid too. Back then he did not see Sasuke as a rival only someone he desperately wanted to talk too. To have Sasuke look at him.

The present Naruto looks over at Sasuke who in surprise was looking back over him with some hidden emotions. He noticed that he was trying to say something to him but Naruto did not hear, "Sorry I was not paying attention on what you were saying just now?"

Sasuke groans with annoyance as he folds his arms across his chest, "I said you better leave," Naruto noticed that his teammate was not saying it in a way that he wants him to leave but more like he does not want Naruto be exposed to this depressing atmosphere. Naruto instead of moving away from Sasuke his footing decided to move closer to his comrade. "Did you not hear me-"

"Oh save your breath with the last words!" Naruto snaps. Not really meaning to start a fight with Sasuke but he does not want to leave. No matter if the ghost village felt a bit creepy to him. He took in breath and calm himself before speaking. Deciding to approach this in a different way to get his dark haired comrade to spill out what is bothering, "Do I look stupid to you?" he decided to start of with. He knows this question will amuse Sasuke.

It sure has as he looks over at Naruto. A hint of surprise in his eyes by this question, "What do you think dobe?"

Naruto gritted his teeth, deciding to ignore the insult, "My guess it yes you think I am a idiot but Sasuke you do not know anything about me but I know things about you that you probably did not think it was possible for me to know this about you-" Sasuke was about to speak when Naruto interrupted him, "I know that you are the same as me. You too have no parents," he winced at Sasuke's pained face which he was desperately hiding. He noticed that there was blood dripping from his clenched fists as they were hidden by his chest, "I know that the one who murdered them was your own-"

"Stop it!" Naruto was taken back at Sasuke's shouting, but looking closely at his eyes he was not shouting with anger but quite the opposite, "why are you doing this? Do you not realize that when we fight that some of your words have impact on me? That you are not the only one that is hurt when we fight?" the shouting not too long ago was not as surprising as compared to what Sasuke just said to him, "unlike you I could endure it but this? Putting Itachi into this mix!" he turns away from him, "even I will not go that low no matter how much we fight," he spoke softly.

Naruto wanted to innerly kick himself he did not mean for his teammate to think that he was only doing this to win in a fight. I mean he knows to never go beyond on what Sasuke has lost during arguments. "Sasuke I was not trying too-"

"Just go home Naruto!" he walks away from Naruto and into the dark village. Naruto did not want to leave it like this he wanted to get Sasuke to listen to him that he did not mean it that way. But while figuring out how to correct his teammate Sasuke had already vanished away from him.

Naruto sighs, 'That is not what I meant at all.'

Naruto decided to leave him be and also he not know where Sasuke lived and the village had a dark and a gloomy vibe to it so he dared not to enter. Not yet anyways. He was not giving up on his teammate. Not by a long shot. Believe it.

Awes poor Sasuke I want to give him a tight hug so bad and tell him everything is alright :(

Sorry about the wait was both busy and not feeling well. Atm I have a cold but decided to write my next chapter anyways :) It needed to be done. Ones again been writing this while having a cold so my writing probably did not turn out as well as I planned this time :/ Oh well hope you enjoyed it anyways and I will be updating again as soon as I can!