Starts with Goodbye

Author's Note:

Summary: Naruto leaves his life behind to go abroad, including his lover Sasuke, so what happens when he comes back years later to find nothing is the same?

I know I really probably shouldn't be starting another story since I have about 9ish going right now, but you see a few of those are giving me trouble so writing more helps me get the creative juices flowing. Plus this is the story that won the polls of which I should write by seriously one vote so after some of my other ones are done you might see the ones that came in second :D

Oh and in this both Naruto's and Sasuke's parents are alive

My inspiration for this story: Starts with Goodbye by Carrie Underwood and the show October Road

This is AU

BoyxBoy relationships, it's rated M for a reason, bad language, Yaoi, all the that good stuff

Unlike my other fan fictions this one probably won't have a song in it very often O.o

Enjoy and REVIEW!

Chapter one: Breaking the News: I love you but….

Blue eyes looked down at the letter in the owner's tan hands. The tan boy bit his bottom lip, he knew what the letter was, and it was the letter that would determine his entire life.

His thumb slid over the royal blue, prestigious, cursive writing embedded on the envelope.

"Open it Naruto," he heard the voice of his father say from the other end of the phone that was currently between his shoulder and his ear so it would stay up.

"I don't know if I can," Naruto said as his voice shook and the nervousness built up.

"You have to."

The tan hands shook as they opened the letter that would change everything if it was one of acceptance.

"What does it say?"

"I'm trying to read it hold on," the blonde said.

His blue eyes read, expecting to be declined, but he wasn't, he was accepted. The phone fell to the ground as he stared at the letter.

He could hear his father yelling something, most likely asking what had happened.

As he was still in his state of shock, he picked the phone back up and said, "I got accepted."

"That's great!" his father said, though he didn't really want his son to leave, but he knew he couldn't stop him.

"Yeah, I'll talk to you later," Naruto said before he hung up the phone.

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'I got accepted…but what am I going to tell Sasuke?' Naruto thought. It had been a month since he found out, and he was leaving in a week, but he didn't know how to tell him still.

Naruto paced back and forth in his room. He thought of how in the world he'd tell his lover that he's leaving. It was something that he had to do, and the hardest thing he had to do. He knew that Sasuke wouldn't take it well; he just hoped that it wouldn't break them up.

Sasuke and he had been dating for years and they were in love. How do you tell the one you love that you're going away to school in Europe? That was Naruto's problem. He knew that normal couples would probably try long distance, but Sasuke, well, he'd probably get mad. And Naruto didn't want to lose Sasuke.

Slowly he dialed Sasuke's cell phone number. The phone rang for what seemed like forever before he heard the voice on the other end. It was the smooth, sexy, voice that made his heart melt, it was Sasuke.

"Hello?"

"Hey Sasuke."

"Oh, hey Naruto, what's up?"

"Well, I have something to tell you, can we meet up?"

"You can't tell me on the phone?" Sasuke sounded concerned, usually Naruto would have just told him, but he didn't. Sasuke knew it was serious then, he didn't want to think that it was something that he didn't want to hear.

"No, I should tell you this in person." In all honesty, Naruto didn't want to tell him in person and risk getting beaten to a pulp, but he had to, it was the right thing to do.

"Oh, okay, when did you want to talk?" Nothing could be good with the words that came out of Naruto's mouth, Sasuke knew this.

"In like fifteen minutes, in the park?"

"Yeah, sounds good."

"Okay, see you then."

The phone went silent before Sasuke could say another word and Sasuke had a strange feeling, he couldn't tell if it was the end of them or the start of something new.

Sasuke walked to the park, it was cloudy out and looked like it would rain. He didn't like rain much; it reminded him of the sadness he once felt.

As he arrived at the park he saw his blonde lover sitting on a swing. Naruto may have been in his late teens, but he still loved swings.

"Hey Naruto," Sasuke said with a small smile, which soon faded as he saw the look on Naruto's face. It was a sad look, not one the blonde usually supported.

"Hey Sasuke, sit down."

Sasuke raised an eyebrow, confused, but did as he was told. The swing next to his lover was wet, but he didn't care, he sat down and looked confused at his blonde lover.

"What's going on?" Sasuke asked.

"I don't want anything between us to change."

Sasuke had many things going through his head as to what Naruto could be telling him.

"What's going on?" Sasuke asked as he looked into Naruto's eyes.

"I…well…you see….the thing is…."

"Just say it, what's going on?" Sasuke asked, thought by Naruto's stuttering he wasn't sure if he wanted to know.

"I got accepted to a university."

"So?" Sasuke asked confused, he knew Naruto would go to college what was the big deal about that?

"In Europe," Naruto said as he looked down.

"WHAT!?" Sasuke yelled as he stood up.

"I leave next week," Naruto said, still not making eye contact.

"You're…leaving? So what does that mean for us?"

"Sasuke, I love you but…"

"Not enough to stay here," Sasuke finished for him, angrily.

"That's not what I was going to say!"

"Then what Naruto?"

"I have to go, this is a once in a life time opportunity! Your whole life is planned out for you already, I have to make it on my own, and I can't pass this up."

"Well then, don't let me stop you, just go. But don't expect me to try long distance because I won't. I'm not coming second to you going to Europe. If you leave, you lose me."

Naruto felt a tear roll down his cheek, "I don't want to lose you, but I have to go."

"Don't let he door hit you in the ass (1)," Sasuke said as he walked away from the blonde.

Naruto felt the tears roll down his cheeks as he watched Sasuke walk away, 'I knew he wouldn't understand.' The rain continued to pour down as Naruto felt his heart break.

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If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all. - Anna Quindlen

Five Year Later:

Naruto stood in front of the door to his old house, he wasn't sure if he could face seeing his parents at the moment, but he knew he had to. He rang the door bell and patiently waited.

The man that he looked almost exactly alike answered, causing the man's eyes to widen, "Naruto?"

"Hey dad."

"Come in, why didn't you tell us you were coming?" Minato asked as he moved to the side to let his son in.

"I don't know, I wanted to make it a surprise."

"Well, it's good to have you back, let me go get your mother."

Naruto just nodded as he looked around as he saw all the changes to his old home. The once white walls were a calming blue, the couch that had once been black leather was changed to a soft beige color, and the pictures of the family were no longer decorating the fire place, but instead hung on the wall in a large elegant picture frame.

Kushina's warm smile made him feel better as his mother walked toward him, arms open for a hug. He hugged her as she said, "What a pleasant surprise!"

He smiled, "Yeah, sorry I didn't call."

"You know you're welcome here anytime," she said as she released him from her hug. She was worried as she saw her son was no longer the hyperactive boy he used to be, he seemed mature, she wasn't happy about it though. He didn't seem happy; in fact he seemed some what sad, though had on a content mask.

"How have you been? It's seems like we haven't talked in ages," she said as she made her way to the couch.

"I've been good, I got a job with a big company actually," he said, though stayed in the same spot.

"That's great, why don't you have a seat?" she said as her hands motioned for him to sit.

"No, really I can't I have to go get settled into the hotel and talk to some people."

"Oh, how long are you in town for?" she asked, hopeful it would be awhile.

"Just until I close a deal," he said as he made his way to the door.

"What kind of deal?"

"The company I'm working for is trying to take over some small company here, I really should get going," he said as he made his way out the door.

"He's changed," Minato said as he looked at his sad wife.

"The real him is still there somewhere, I know it."

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Naruto checked into the nicer of the two hotels in the small town, he wasn't practically happy about being back in his home town. He thought that once he got the job in the big company, Hokage, then he wouldn't have to go back and face his past, but apparently he was wrong. Why someone put the main office for Inu Corporations in Konoha, he'd never know, but they did and he was just thankful that it wasn't part of the Uchiha Empire.

The Uchiha's were known world wide, they owned all kinds of businesses and were one of the worlds leading corporations. Inu on the other hand was rather a new company with locations in only few countries, but it was worth the take over; they brought in quite a bit in the past four years they were in business.

He knew this wouldn't be a fun trip, he knew that there were a lot of people he left behind when he left. Mostly he really didn't want to see Sasuke; he wasn't sure how he'd react. The raven and he were in love when he left, though they broke up, there was no denying the fact that they loved each other deeply.

The blonde went up to his room, which was rather nice, to merely set his things down and leave again. He was already dressed in a black suit with a red tie and white dress shirt. He didn't realize how he no longer looked very Japanese at all, the blonde had been Europeanized.

He quickly left the hotel and made his way to his rental car. The car wasn't extremely nice, but it would get him around. He pulled a piece of paper out of his dress pant's right pocket and unfolded the paper.

The paper had the address to the company's headquarters, followed by directions. He quickly read it over and stuffed the paper back into his pocket.

He let out a sigh and got into the car. 'As long as I don't see HIM then I think I'll be fine. Now, how will I avoid him while I'm here for who knows how long?'

In the eyes of the people around him Naruto would be considered successful; he had a great job, made plenty of money, and lived "the life". But the truth was he had failed, because it doesn't matter how much money a person has, or the recognition, if they don't have someone to share it with. He didn't have anyone; he had given that person up a long time ago.

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"Love is not about finding the right person, but creating a right relationship. It's not about how much love you have in the beginning but how much love you build till the end." - Source Unknown

Sasuke had been doing extremely well since Naruto left. He ran a branch of his family's company, a nice house, money he didn't know what to do with, he looked great, and he had a boy friend – Kiba. Now it's not to say that he was in love, he wasn't, both of them knew that, but they were happy. The raven haired man may not have been as happy as he was with Naruto, but he knew that Kiba wouldn't leave him.

Kiba wasn't a copy of Naruto, though their personalities were very similar and they both had spiky hair. Kiba had brown hair and two red triangle tattoos decorated his face. Sasuke found it rather an odd thing to tattoo on oneself, but he really didn't care, if Kiba wanted to red triangles on his face for the rest of his life, who was he to tell him he couldn't have them?

It was understandable that Sasuke ended up going out with Kiba. Other than Sasuke, Kiba was Naruto's best friend. Kiba and the raven didn't like each other much, but their problems seemed to go away when Naruto left. They had turned to each other because they were the ones most affected by him leaving, and they ended up starting to like each other. Eventually they started to date, though neither of them was really "in love."

Sasuke's hair was a bit longer than when Naruto left and his clothing choice may have matured when hew was at work, but he looked relativity the same. But being the same wasn't necessarily a bad thing when it came to Sasuke, because he was good looking to begin with.

Kiba had to work even though it was the weekend; he had to meet up with some guy from a company that wanted to "take them over." Sasuke had to work as well, but really was just finishing up some paper work, then would go over to help guide Kiba.

The brunette's father owned Inu Corporations but was letting Kiba handle the business with Hokage on the terms that Sasuke helps him. Sasuke knew the way businesses worked because of his father, so Kiba learned a lot from him and was able to score some extra time with his boy friend.

It was almost one and he expected the guy at one thirty, unfortunately he expected Sasuke to come at one forty five, which meant fifteen minutes of him and the guy from Hokage that he would have to understand on his own. It wasn't that Kiba was stupid, he just had a short attention span and if people talked to fast, which they usually did in the meetings, he would sometimes get lost.

Kiba's eyes widened in shock as he saw the man he was to be meeting with, his looks made it unmistakable to whom the man was. It was Naruto, the guy that made his and his boyfriend almost go into depression, the guy the he believed his boyfriend was still in love with. The distinctive birth marks, which looked like three whiskers on each of his cheeks, made it no doubt in his mind that he was Naruto.

Naruto mentally cursed as he saw the man who was his best friend five years ago standing in front of him.

"Naruto?" Kiba asked just to make sure.

"Kiba?" the blonde said, hoping to be wrong, though he knew he wasn't.

"What are you doing back here?" Kiba asked still in a state of shock.

"Obviously this," Naruto said in a calm voice.

"R...right," Kiba said as he mentally cursed himself.

Kiba led Naruto down a small hallway into a private room where they could talk. There wasn't really anyone in, but that's where Sasuke knew to find them.

The room wasn't big; it was just big enough to comfortably fit a rectangular table for six people to sit at. Kiba took a chair across from Naruto. Kiba's back was facing the door; he didn't really want to see Sasuke's face when he saw Naruto.

"Listen, why don't we catch up, I'm in shock of seeing you right now and since I'm not god with this business stuff we should wait for my friend."

'Friend? Which friend could be good with business…maybe new people have moved here since I left…it has been five years,' Naruto thought.

"Sure, that's fine," the blonde said as he looked up at Kiba.

"So, how have you been?" the brunette asked.

"I've been okay. What about you?" Naruto asked as he started to feel uncomfortable. The blonde shifted in his chair and looked around the room.

"I've been great actually," Kiba said with a little smile.

Just then the door opened, earlier than Kiba had expected. He knew it was Sasuke, who since he didn't hear a gasp yet obviously was preoccupied with something.

"Sorry I couldn't make it earlier, you know how Sakura is," he said with a laugh as he was looking at his phone.

Kiba turned toward his boy friend to see him texting something on his Iphone.

Naruto was frozen, hearing Sasuke speak again was as hard as looking at him, he felt his heart race faster as he continued to look at the raven.

"Sorry about that," Sasuke said as he locked the keys on his phone and put it in his pocket. "I'm…" His voice trailed off as he finally looked up.

Black (2) eyes with bright blue and Sasuke's ability of speech seemed to diminish as he saw the man before him.

Naruto wasn't much better off though, his eyes widened and he bit his bottom lip, unintentionally as the raven and him locked eyes. 'Crap he looks even better than I remember! What the fuck am I supposed to do now? I can't possibly work with him.'

Naruto wanted to run, but he knew he couldn't, all he could do was try to get past their past. His job was increasingly hard as the room started to fill with an immense amount of awkwardness.

TBC…?

So should I continue? Is it good? Bad? Let me know!

(1) I'm not sure how many people heard this saying but my dad says it and it pretty much is a way of saying for someone to leave.

(2) I know some people might say that no one has black eyes, but that's not true, I've known someone with black eyes and I don't mean really dark brown they were black so yes people can have black eyes

Please Review….I want to know what you think either way….if I should stop it now please do tell me lol Oh and any thing I should work on let me know cause I will try to work on it if I am informed that I need to :D