SasuNaru One-Shots

deadly love

"Sasuke, if you leave now, it's over. Do you really think power is worth losing everyone, losing me? Is it worth it?!" Naruto shouted at his best friend.

Sasuke stood at the gates of Konoha, his back turned towards Naruto. He couldn't bear to look at him, not now, not when he was going to betray him. Deep down he knew what he was doing would send him down a dark path from which he could never return. He had to do it, for his clan.

"Naruto, you know I have to. You knew this would happen eventually, and you're an idiot if you didn't" Sasuke's words hit Naruto like ice cold water, waking him up to the reality that Sasuke had already made his decision.

Naruto's head dropped down, tears rushing from his eyes. He couldn't save his best friend from this dark fate, and if he looked into Sasuke's eyes, really looked into them, he would have defected with him.

"I'll give you a head start, just be safe. For me" Naruto whispered, knowing that if anyone told the Hokage of what he was doing he'd be punished.

Sasuke turned his head to look at Naruto one last time, his heart sinking as he saw teardrops fall from Naruto's face and onto the ground. He had caused him so much pain, and he deserved better than that.

If he wanted to defeat Itachi, he had to let go of what mattered most to him, and that was the goofy, energetic ninja of Konoha: Naruto Uzumaki.

Sasuke couldn't bring himself to say goodbye, instead, he ran as fast as he could, jumping into the trees until Naruto and Konoha were nothing more than a glimmer.

At Hokage Tower

Naruto could tell Tsunade was upset with what he had done, or rather, what she had believed he had done.

ANBU had reported to her that Naruto was the last person to see Sasuke and had done nothing to stop him.

Tsunade furrowed her brows, pinching the bridge of he nose as she tried to understand why Naruto did what he had done at the gates.

The lies spill out of him, like water from a broken dam, and he's crying as he continued to justify what he had done.

"Stop it Naruto."He shuts up instantly, sniffling"You know we have to tell the rest what happened," Tsunade sighed.

Naruto hung his head, nodding slowly. What had he done?

"Please get Sakura and Kakashi here!" Tsunade ordered, ANBU appearing at her command, bowing their heads before disappearing to gather the rest of team 7.

It wasn't long before Kakashi and Sakura burst through the door, the younger of the two clearly out of breath, but both were concerned.

"Tsunade what is this all about?" Kakashi asked, his usual Ichi Ichi book missing from his hands.

Sakura composed herself, her eyes darting around the room frantically. She's looking for Sasuke.

"Sasuke Uchiha has defected from the village," a small gasp came from Sakura", and he resisted the help of your teammate Naruto Uzumaki." Tsunade's voice was cold, devoid of emotion, like a Hokage.

The air got heavier as the rest team 7 processed this.

"Naruto, what happened before he left?" Kakashi asked, concerned but not surprised.

Sakura stood next to her sensei, still in shock and disbelief.

"He told me he had to avenge his clan, and he would kill those precious to me if I tried to stop him. I let him go" Naruto could tell Sakura didn't want to believe, but it was something Sasuke would do.