The Newest Member (A Naruto-Akatsuki Fanfic)

Chapter 6: Finding Lost Love

Sasuke walked down the empty streets, no one was in Konoha it seemed, he was all alone

'Where is everyone ?'

"S...Sasuke ..."

He turned around to see his friend standing in the street clutching his stomach, a large slash has cut Naruto wide open, spilling his intestines over his hands, which desperately tried to push them back in. In one of Naruto's hands was a bloodied Kunai which had done the damage. Sasuke felt like vomiting at the gruesome sight

"N...NARUTO !"

"Sasuke .. You did this to me ... Your hatred ... Your despair ... passed onto me .. THIS IS ALL YOU !"

Naruto stumbled to his knees, his eyes beginning to bleed and his hair falling out in tuffs. Sasuke began to run towards Naruto but he was not moving as he run. Sasuke sprinted on the spot but was not moving any closer to Naruto. He outstretched his arm ad tried to reach f[r Naruto tears spilling down his eyes

"NARUTO ! GIVE ME YOUR HAND !"

"NOOO !"

The ground opened up and a large furry claw wrapped around the mangled boy and pulled him down to the depths of hell it seemed. The kyuubi's roaring laughing ripped through Sasuke's mind, he began to scream in the real world

Sasuke awoke covered in thick sweat, he gripped his chest and gasped for fresh air, he had screamed and he knew it. It was more than a nightmare, It was a haunting at the very least. Sasuke folded his head in his hands and wept, Naruto had come to him yet again in his nightmares which had become more and more frequent

"Sasuke !"

Sakura had pushed open the door and ran in at the sound of Sasuke's distressed nightmares. Sasuke was staying in Sakura's spare bedroom until he found an apartment in Konoha and put it back into the Shinobi system.

"What's wrong Sasuke ... it's okay ... I'm here ..." she cradled him in her arms, his bare chest shiny with perspiration

"N...N...NARUTO ... He came to me ... Its my fault .. OH GOD I MISS HIM SAKURA ... OH GOD ..."

His tears spilled down his cheeks as he let it all out, it was hard for a Shinobi to cry, especially a Uchiha, but these are by no means a normal circumstance.

"Sasuke ... he always loved you so dearly and now his greatness wish have come true, you have come back to the village, which is all he ever wanted"

"Well ... He...He always wanted you ..."

"U...Um...Well that's different Sasuke ... please ... I loved him but ... It was so early, I fell in love with the man he became ... But I've been .."

"You have been ? ..."

"I have been in love with you since the beginning ... Sasuke ...I feel horrible for what I have done but ... I love you ..."

Sasuke thought long and hard as she talked, Naruto wanted him to live a happy life in the village, would he ruin his friendship with Naruto by confessing his love to Sakura ? he was unsure, but he knew Naruto wanted him to be happy and live a normal life. Love would be the quickest way to achieve this.

'I'll do it ... I've been a cold bastard for too long'

"What is your answer Sasuke ?"