In The Leaves | A 'Naruto' fan story | SasuNaru

I'm coming with you, Sasuke

It was the ninth day, and the tenth day was in a few hours. Naruto laid on his bed staring up at the bright moon that lit the sky.

He was going to see Sasuke in a few hours.

"Sasuke...are you waiting for me?" Naruto mumbles, his mind picturing Sasuke's reaction to his arrival.

He hopes Sasuke changes his mind this time.

~

The sun peered from behind the clouds, as Naruto packed his bag for that night. He wanted to be prepared to descend without wasting any time.

He hid his bag underneath his bed, and walked outside to begin his D-rank mission with Sakura and Sai, who were already waiting on him outside.

~

Naruto took his time going back home to prevent any suspicion of his leaving.

His pace was slow and his eyes showed no hint of his excitement. He wanted no one to know or no one to follow him.

This was his journey to find Sasuke, and he knew Sasuke wasn't going to give in after one day. He was going to be gone for a while.

"Goodnight Naruto-kun." Rock lee says, running by Naruto on his hands towards his home.

"Night Lee." Naruto said to him, although he was too far away.

Naruto made it to his tent, and peeked behind him to check for anyone and went inside. 

He opened his tent, walked in, and quickly walks in to grab his bag. He places his bag on top of his bed, and sighed-his thoughts were racing.

He was about to leave Konoha, and try to bring Sasuke back himself.

"I hope they forgive me." Naruto says, swinging his bag onto his back, and taking one last look around his room.

He slowly backed away from his bedroom to go out his tent, slipped back on his shoes, and walked outside quietly. He closed it and snuck around the village to the exit.

He kept quiet and made sure to stay out of sight the entire time.

Once he made it out of the village, he hid behind the trees that managed to survive the destruction of Pain, and sat down to activate his Sage mode.

After a few minutes of sitting still to gather the chakra from nature, he stood up with his Sage mode now in effect to sense Sasuke.

He sprinted in the direction of where Sasuke was heading when he last saw him, and hoped it would give him a lead.

~

"Found him." Naruto said, heading in the direction of Takigakure.

Naruto took a while before he arrived, and kept running where Sasuke was.

His feet carried him and his lungs were hurting, but he didn't stop for a second. He ran and ran, until he saw that familiar black hair and Uchiha symbol.

"S-Sasuke!" Naruto shouted, his lungs about to give out.

Sasuke turned around and goes wide eyed when he sees Naruto. "Naru-"

Naruto ran into his arms before Sasuke could finish saying his name. "Sasuke, I finally found you."

"What are you doing here?" Sasuke replied, not bothering to hug Naruto back.

Naruto tried to catch his breath as he replied. "I-I...haa...told...y-you...ten...days..."

Sasuke sighed. "Go home before they realize you left."

"Home is...haa...with you...S-Sasuke..."

"Konoha does not want me back, let's face it, I belong elsewhere."

Naruto clicks his tongue and lifts his head, he cups Sasuke's face in his hands to force him to look at him in the eye. "You do belong there, you have a place there, all you have to do is come back."

Sasuke frowns. "And what am I suppose to do? Go back to Team 7?"

"Yes! That's exactly what you should do!"

Sasuke took Naruto's hands off his face and turned around. "Go back to Konoha, you should've involve yourself with a rogue like me."

"I was involved the moment we kissed before you felt, your emotions entered my mind, and I became apart of your life in that instant. I might not know how you feel, but if you tell me i'll lift that pain."

Sasuke walked away. "Goodbye Naruto."

Naruto tried to walk after Sasuke, but his body collapsed to the ground. Exhaustion hit him all at once. "Sa...suke..."

Naruto passed out from dehydration and exhaustion, which made Sasuke realize-Naruto forced himself to find Sasuke, though his body was ready to collapse a bunch of times.

"This loser..." Sasuke said, walking over to Naruto. He wrapped one hand around his neck, lifted him up, and held onto the other arm to carry him. "I guess he'll be with me from now on, he better enjoy this journey, because going back will not be an option."