Save Your Soul

A/N: This is a request for Pheonix09.

Naruto walked out of his apartment and made his way to the Hokage tower. Tsunade had asked to see him and he was wondering what it was about. He wondered if she had a new mission for him so soon after he had just returned from one. He was actually kind of tired and would like a break. He made his way up the long staircase into the building and was let in by Shizune. Tsunade looked up as he approached.

"You wanted to see me Baa-chan?" Naruto asked.

Tsunade looked over his features. He looked a bit tired and the usual gleam in his eyes was a bit askew this morning. He had really grown and changed since his departure to train with Jiraiya three and a half years ago. Now at almost eighteen years of age, Naruto actually looked mature.

Of course hunting Sasuke and defeating the Uchiha may have had something to do with that. Three months ago they had brought Sasuke back to the village, broken and bleeding, she had sealed his chakra immediately. Naruto had protested but Tsunade had warned Naruto that if she didn't seal his chakra that Sasuke would be spending his days and nights in prison. Naruto had reluctantly shut up.

Now three months later Sasuke was still a handful. He refused to speak to anyone. He had come back and stood trial only to be interrogated by Ibiki and his team. They had found all the answers they needed but a vote went into effect on weather they should let the Uchiha roam free.

Tsunade had ordered the sealing of his chakra to allow him a chance to readjust to life in the village once more. Sakura had been so excited when they brought Sasuke back only for him to tear her down once more. He refused to speak to her and on the one time he finally did it was to tell her to stay away from him or he would physically do damage.

He may not have his ability to wield chakra and use his blood trait but he still had Taijutsu in his favor. She had left crying and not gone back. Naruto continued to stop by knowing that Sasuke hated his guts and would love a chance to put him in the ground. Naruto of course didn't care. He had fought so long and hard to bring back the Teme and he wasn't giving up just yet.

Kakashi had tried to talk to Sasuke too, only to get a hateful glare and silence. Naruto knew that Sasuke was hurting. Hurting because the village had ordered his thirteen year old brother to kill the clan turning him into a missing nin and making Sasuke hunt and kill his older brother years later only to find that he had never needed to.

Danzo and the elders had paid with their lives but in the end it still wasn't enough. Sasuke wallowed in loneliness and darkness. Naruto wanted to help him but he knew there was no way that he could. All he could do was be there and hope that one day it would be enough.

"Naruto, I haven't seen Sasuke around and I am worried. I know you go see him every so often so I was wondering if you had seen him and if I have a reason to be worried." Tsunade said. Naruto sighed.

The last time he had seen the Uchiha had been a week ago and they had actually gone to blows. Sasuke didn't have to talk to him to kick his ass. Naruto had refrained from using Jutsu or chakra to make it a fair fight but even so he had kicked Sasuke's ass and he thought it was probably because the avenger's heart wasn't in it. He was worried about the last Uchiha himself. He had no idea how to get through to him.

"I saw him a week ago. I guess I can go check on him if you'd like, Baa-chan." Naruto said.

Tsunade could see what kind of strain this request was putting on Naruto. She leaned back in her chair and scowled. She really wanted to kick Sasuke in the pants for his treatment of team seven.

"If you would, I would feel better knowing that the brat hasn't hung himself or something. Naruto, I know what this is costing you. I would ask someone else but I think you are the only one who can heal him." Tsunade said. Naruto blushed. He reached up behind his head and gave it a rub. This was his usual behavior and Tsunade seen it coming.

"Its no problem Baa-chan. I brought him back to the village and I will save Sasuke from the darkness he keeps himself in. Believe it!" He said in true Naruto fashion.

He had that happy grin and gleam of determination back in his eyes and Tsunade knew he had just resigned himself as Sasuke's savior once more. She smiled at the ray of sunshine standing in her office. Naruto had changed yes, but he had also changed a lot of people.

If anyone could save Sasuke from himself it was definitely Naruto.

"Alright. You can go. Just…be careful Naruto. That boy is still so angry." She said. Naruto nodded and left the Hokage tower. Yes Sasuke was still so very angry.

Naruto made his way to the Uchiha district. He hadn't really been surprised when Sasuke had moved back in there. He entered the main gates and walked down the street that he knew would take him to Sasuke. He had had to seek the angry raven out a few times as Sasuke liked to hide if he knew that someone was coming.

Today however Naruto walked into the house and found Sasuke sitting on the floor of the living room arms wrapped around himself and his head bowed to his knees. Naruto looked at the Uchiha for a long moment before he turned to leave. At least he was still alive. Naruto had no sooner taken a step and Sasuke was in front of him.

Naruto sighed not wanting to get into a confrontation with Sasuke. He had come and seen that the raven was okay and so his mission was done. However Sasuke obviously had other things in mind.

"What are you doing here, dobe?" Sasuke asked with malice. Naruto looked at the raven tiredly.

"I'm here on orders from Baa-chan to see that you were alive and well. Now I am leaving and you can have your solitude that you crave so much." Naruto said getting ready to step passed him. Sasuke shoved a hand into Naruto's chest and held him there. Naruto gave Sasuke a frustrated look.

"Why was it so important to bring me back here?" Sasuke asked. Naruto couldn't help but feel a bit overjoyed that Sasuke was actually talking to him. Of course he had learned the hard way to never look a gift horse in the mouth. He gave Sasuke a once over. The boy looked tired and drawn out.

"You, know why. I brought you back because you are a Konaha Shinobi. You defected from the village and needed to pay your debt to the village." Naruto said. Sasuke scoffed. He knew that that was the official reason written on the report but he wanted the actual reason and he wanted to hear Naruto say it.

"What was the real reason, Dobe?" He asked. Naruto shoved Sasuke's hand off of his chest and stepped back. If Sasuke wanted to talk and ask questions than who was he to stop him?

"Alright Sasuke. You want to hear that I brought you back because it killed me to see Sakura so broken? You want to hear that I brought you back because Kakashi blamed himself? You want me to say that I brought you back because I couldn't live without you? Is that it?" Naruto said angrily.

"Why can't you live without me?" Sasuke asked this time leaving off the insult.

Naruto looked Sasuke in the eye and for the first time since Jiraiya died, Naruto cried. A tear rolled down his cheek to his jacket and he ignored it. All of his pain and suffering was threatening to consume him. He clenched his chest as his breathing became constricted. Pain wracked his body as he leaned against the wall for support.

"You think you are the only one who has suffered Sasuke and yet in the end I suffered too. I don't know what it is like to have a mother and a father and then lose them. But I had a brother. He left me just like his older brother left him. I had a best friend and he turned to darkness rather then let someone help him. I had Jiraiya who was like a father to me and you can't tell me that I don't know loss. I have lost Sasuke. I lost you and I lost him and somewhere in the middle I have felt what you feel. You are so consumed by your own pain that you let everyone around you suffer and you hold no regards for anyone. You are broken Sasuke. At the end of the day you are broken and in the end we all are." Naruto said as he stepped around Sasuke who had for once actually listened to Naruto's words.

Naruto was about to leave when the words caught his attention. "Then fix me, Naruto. Make me whole again." Naruto turned to see tears running down the Uchiha's face.

Naruto couldn't believe it. He stared at Sasuke for what seemed like forever before he finally asked him.

"How Sasuke. How do I fix you?" Naruto said. Sasuke stepped forward and put his arms around Naruto's neck.

His lips were warm and inviting when he laid them upon Naruto's. Naruto stood very still not sure what the hell was happening. He reached up and grabbed Sasuke's shirt to keep himself in check.

Sasuke broke the kiss and looked at Naruto. "I…..have…loved you…for so long, Naruto. I can't stand the thought that you don't want me. Help me leave the village and let me go." Sasuke sobbed.

He was shaking with emotions that Naruto never thought he was capable of. Naruto pulled Sasuke to him. He kissed Sasuke with abandon. He held the trembling boy and let all of his doubts and fears go as he kissed Sasuke. He pulled Sasuke into the living room and turned them so that Sasuke was lying on the couch. Naruto ran his hands over Sasuke's hips and his mouth opened in a gasp.

Naruto slipped his tongue into Sasuke's mouth and kissed him deeply. Sasuke moaned as Naruto hit a sensitive spot with his hands as they roamed the body beneath him. Naruto worked Sasuke's shirt opened and slid his hand over smooth toned flesh. He tweaked one of Sasuke's nipples and marveled at the sounds that emitted from the raven's throat.

Sasuke was now shoving Naruto's jacket off of his shoulders and trying to get rid of the shirt. Naruto helped him and the material fell to the floor. Sasuke looked into Naruto's eyes with a burning hunger that Naruto had never seen before. Sasuke groaned as Naruto ran his hand over Sasuke's crotch.

He was so hard and turned on that it was killing him as Naruto touched him here or there. Naruto took the initiative and undid Sasuke's pants. He had always wanted to see the raven naked beneath him but he had kept his feelings in check mostly because of Sakura. Now he didn't give a damn. If Sasuke wanted him then who was he to say no?

Naruto worked Sasuke's pants off of him and stared at the pale skin waiting to be explored. Naruto bent and began to kiss Sasuke's body all over the place. Sasuke writhed in pleasure as Naruto kissed here or sucked on skin there. He was only in his boxers now and he was so hard that he was straining against the material.

A loud whimper made Naruto pull back from his ministrations. He looked at Sasuke who was running his hand down his stomach to his aching arousal. Naruto smiled softly. He stopped Sasuke's hand and slipped the boxers off of his best friend exposing his throbbing need to the lust filled look of Naruto.

The blonde picked Sasuke up and carried him bridal style to Sasuke's room. He had learned where it was when he had come looking for Sasuke a few times before in the last couple of months. He laid the raven out on his bed and undressed the rest of the way quickly. Sasuke eyed Naruto hungrily. He had been so alone and now he wouldn't be.

Naruto crawled up over Sasuke and kissed his neck making sure to breathe hotly against the cooler skin. Sasuke moaned and put his arms around Naruto. He held the blonde closer to his body wanting to feel skin on skin. Naruto obliged and lay a top of him and ground their arousals together.

Naruto moaned as Sasuke gasped. Sasuke grabbed Naruto's hand and sucked on three of his fingers. He couldn't wait anymore and now that he knew that Naruto wanted him too it made it that much harder to be patient. Naruto smiled as he leaned back onto his knees between Sasuke's legs. He pressed a finger into Sasuke's tight heat and relished the moan that drifted to his ears.

He added a second finger and worked it into Sasuke's sweet spot. Sasuke cried out as his prostate was rubbed. His body tightened and a fire spread through his veins. He felt his entire core being ignited and the coil tightened more. Naruto added the third finger and Sasuke cried out in pain. Naruto rubbed circles in Sasuke's stomach as he thrust his fingers to stretch Sasuke.

Sasuke began to moan after a moment or two of his spot being rubbed and poked. He felt like he was about to cum and knew it was time to let Naruto know. "Naruto, take me now. I can't hold on much longer." Sasuke gasped. Naruto nodded and withdrew his fingers. He rubbed the precum from his own shaft across his member to ease the pain it would Cause Sasuke when he entered.

He positioned Sasuke's legs above his shoulders and slowly pushed into Sasuke. Sasuke whimpered at the feeling of being stretched so far. Naruto was thick and long despite what Sai usually said about him. Sasuke closed his eyes and breathed easy trying to get past the pain. Naruto slowly pulled back out and then pushed back in at a slow steady pace.

After Sasuke relaxed Naruto picked up his pace and built up a rhythm. It wasn't long before Naruto was pounding Sasuke through the mattress and Sasuke was pulling Naruto into him at every thrust. They cried out each other's names as the coil got hotter and tighter. Without hindrance the coil burst and the two came simultaneously.

Sasuke shouted Naruto's name as he released, spraying long hot white ribbons onto his and Naruto's stomachs as Naruto called out Sasuke's name to the heavens and came deep within Sasuke. Naruto pulled out and lay next to Sasuke. How he had never seen it before that all Sasuke really wanted was Naruto's love he was unsure. It had nearly destroyed them only to discover in the end that all they had to do was be together.

Naruto pulled Sasuke onto his chest and held him against him. They were hot and sweaty and still a mess from the sex but it didn't matter. They could clean up tomorrow. "Naruto, I…" Sasuke didn't know what he was trying to say but Naruto did. He leaned up and kissed Sasuke softly. He held Sasuke's chin in his hand and looked into those eyes of black.

"I love you too Sasuke. I know that things would have been a little different had I known back then that you loved me. I think you still would have left though. You had something that you needed to take care of. So it got postponed. At least we are together now and we are still young so we have a lot of time to make up for the time we lost." Naruto said.

He looked at Sasuke who looked at Naruto in surprise. It was like Naruto could get inside of his head. He had wanted to say all of that and yet he hadn't found the words. He smiled and laid his head on Naruto's chest. He was tired. He had spent the last three months pining away for Naruto and hating the world for being so cruel to him as to not give him the blonde he wanted so much.

Naruto ran his fingers through Sasuke's hair and watched the Uchiha drift off to sleep. He had broken Sasuke's barrier and had somehow gotten inside the raven's heart, soul and body. He would never let Sasuke go again. He covered the two of them up to ward off the chill of the air. Sasuke snuggled deeper into the bed and closer to Naruto.

Naruto wrapped his arms around his raven and held him close all through the day. He drifted off himself and let all of the anguish and pain he had felt for the past three years drift away with him. He was finally happy and could now focus on his dream to become Hokage. Sasuke could finally be happy and get his ninja status back and be Naruto's number one as he had always planned.

Kakashi walked into the Uchiha manor. When Tsunade hadn't heard back from Naruto she had become worried but as he looked upon the two lovers sleeping peacefully in each others arms he realized that there wasn't anything to worry about. As a matter of fact he believed that things were only going to get better from here on out. He pulled out his Icha Icha paradise and poofed out to the middle of the village with a smile under his mask.