Title: Illusion Covers Everything (Former: Fade to Dark)

Disclaimer: Naruto doesn't belong to me. Just the fanfic story.

Summary to be edited.

Rating: T (may change in the future.)

Genres: Drama; Angst (may change in the future)

Pairings: Soon to be revealed.

Warning! Time skip. A lot of time skipping. Oh and bashing.

"You." Normal speech.

'Me?' Thought speech.

Author's note: Thank you to Phoenixx Rising, TGnat, NarutoAdmirer21, tenma66 and Anonymous!

Chapter 5

Two and a half years.. That's how long his friend has went missing. His clan and friends have helped but they didn't find anywhere inside the village so they tried going outside but it proved to hard for the hokage refused their permission to get outside the village to look for the young blonde.

Instead, the hokage has been sending anbus in search of his missing friend but till now.. It proved to be futile. It's like his friend vanished into thin air. And he's getting more and more worried as days passed on. And as the days, weeks and months passed by, Sasuke has grown cold. Distancing himself from his family and friends. He wants to see his best friend.

But where? When? Will he even see him again?

He didn't get any answer.

"Congratulations, class!" Iruka exclaimed, smiling brightly at his students. "From now on, you'll be genin and as of today, you'll be getting your genin team and your sensei. Good luck!"

Sasuke didn't care. What he wants is to find his best friend! He looked around and observe their faces. He scowled. They didn't care at all that his best friend is missing. It actually looks more like they were happy that his best friend was gone.

'As if I would let that happen.' Sasuke clenched his hands tightly, almost enough to make a wound.

But Sasuke didn't care. This pain is nothing compare to what he's feeling.

What if someone has kidnapped him? Tortured him?

He can't even...

Naruto must be in pain too.

'We're the best of friends, Sasuke!'

Sasuke can still hear Naruto's words when they were still toddlers. Clear as the sky. Clear as the azure eyes of his best friend.

If he doesn't find his best friend soon.

Sasuke closed his eyes tightly, breathing deeply.

He'll go insane.

"Hokage-sama." A voice called out.

Said hokage looked up from his work, his eyes widened at the figure at the center. He looked at the white haired figure beside him.

The white haired figure nodded his head, his mouth set in a firm line.

Sarutobi sighed deeply before nodding at the voice who called him. "What's your report."

"Mission has gone smoothly, Hokage-sama."

"Alright. You're dismissed." The Hokage said.

After the anbus were gone, he looked a closer look at the figure beside the white haired figure.

'He has changed so much..' Sarutobi said in his mind, smiling sadly.

"Welcome back, Jiraiya and—"

'Why...' Sasuke said internally. 'Why of all people does it have it be her..?' He scowled deeply when the pinkette keeps on talking about herself, trying to impress the young uchiha. It wasn't working. At all.

The door suddenly opened and a jounin with a face mask and white hair appeared. "Yo!"

"You're late!" Sakura shouted, pointing at him rather rudely.

"Ma, ma.. A black cat has crossed my path and I had to take the long road." The jounin reasoned.

Sakura gawked at him, forgetting that she was supposed to impress the young uchiha. "Liar!" She shrieked.

Sasuke winced. 'Must she be loud?'

The jounin merely laughed. "Now, now.. Let's meet at the rooftop." And he disappeared in a white smoke.

Sakura growled. "Why that-" She then remembered about her beloved uchiha. "Ah! Sasuke-kun! Let's go to the rooftop!"

Sasuke hn'ed, already out of the door.

Sakura gawked again before she ran out. "W-wait for me, Sasuke-kun!"

"First off. Let's introduce ourselves to each other." The jounin smiled at them. Or that's what they thought he's doing. That mask of him is in the way. "State your name, your likes, your dislikes and your goal or dream!"

"What about you go first, Sensei?" Sakura asked.

The jounin sighed before nodding. "My name is Hatake Kakashi. I have many likes and many dislikes. My goal is to read all of Icha Icha paradise chapters and my dream? Well, I had a dream yesterday night but that's for me to know." He smiled that creepy smile of his again.

'All we got was his name..' Sakura said in her mind before she stopped. 'Icha icha paradise?'

"Okay! Your turn pinkette."

Sakura glared at him.

Kakashi merely shrugged.

"Well, my name is Haruno Sakura and my likes is," she looked at the young uchiha, giggling.

Sasuke ignored her, looking up at the sky that reminds him so much of his blonde best friend.

"My dislikes is Ino-pig!," She growled out, scowling. Her expression changed after. "My goal is," She looked at the young uchiha again, giggling madly. "And my dream is.." She looked at the young uchiha again, squealing loudly.

Kakashi sweat drop. Great. What luck. He got a fangirl!

Can you hear the sarcasm?

Kakashi cleared his throat. "Alright. Your turn emo kid."

Sasuke scowled at him but answered nonetheless. "I'm Uchiha Sasuke. My likes is my clan and my best friend-" Sakura looked at him again at this, frowning but he ignored her. "who is currently missing. My dislikes are fangirls," He narrowed his eyes on the pinkette and glared.

Sakura thought he was admiring her. What a foolish girl.

"My goal is to find my best friend. And my dream is not a dream for I will make it real." He finished as he crossed his arms in his chest.

Sakura fawned at him.

Kakashi nodded to himself. 'It looks like the reason for his change is Naruto..' He frowned. 'I just hope Hokage-sama knows what he's doing...'

He clapped his hands twice. "Good introductions! Now I'll let you know what we'll be doing."

A lot has happened after that. They do D-rank missions. A lot of them at that. And it's driving him nuts!

He's supposed to be looking for his best friend not sweeping, gardening, cleaning the houses and baby sitting! What kind of D-rank missions are these anyways! And damn that cat!

The mark of Three years when Naruto have gone missing came and Sasuke is now getting more and more mad and the last string of his sanity is almost snapping.

When will they get a more higher missions? He needs to get out of this village to look for his best friend! Loyalty be damn! He doesn't care if he goes rogue just to find his blonde friend!

"Oy! Sasuke!"

Sasuke frowned, he seems to be hearing voices now.

"Sasuke! Are you even listening!?"

A smacked to the head and Sasuke was out of his thoughts. He glared murderously at the brunette who smacked him in the head.

Kiba glared back. "You deserve it! I've been calling out to you for like five minutes now!"

Sasuke clicked his tongue, nursing the sure to be bump in his head. "I didn't know you can count just by using your mind now."

Kiba scowled at him. "Why you-"

"Enough, guys."

They looked at the other brunette beside them who was sitting by the tree beside Sasuke.

"Troublesome. You're noisy."

Kiba growled.

"What were you saying again, Kiba?" Sasuke asked.

Kiba blinked and looked at his friend. "Oh, you know that you're still missing one more person in your team?"

"Yeah..?" Sasuke nodded slowly.

"Well, I heard that someone will be coming to join your team." Kiba said, sitting at the other side of the young uchiha.

"I see."

Kiba furrowed his eyebrows. "Aren't you going to complain?"

Sasuke sighed. "Why?"

"Why? Aren't you saving that spot for Naruto?"

"It's not like I have a choice for that matter..." Sasuke responded with a frown. He looked at the brunette. "But maybe.. Just maybe.. If we'll have another person to be on our team. The hokage might give us a higher mission so that we can get our of this village to look for him."

Kiba blinked in surprise. That was the longest that the young uchiha spoke since he started distancing himself. He grinned. "You're right!"

Sasuke gave a small smile.

Shikamaru meanwhile watch their conversation with a soft smile. Maybe they'll get to find Naruto soon. They hope so.

He looked around them.

All the genin teams are here. For some reason, the senseis said that they'll need to see this.. New addition to team 7. He wonders why...

He shrugged leaning to the tree behind him again. It was too troublesome to think. They'll know soon anyways, so might as well wait... And sleep for awhile till they arrive.

Thirty minutes later, the jounins came with the Hokage and few anbus.

Wait what!?

"What's going on?" Tenten asked.

"Gai-sensei?" Lee called out.

Gai looked at his students and smiled reassuringly.

Neji meanwhile narrowed his eyes. The jounins along with their sensei who always shouts youth seems to be quiet as well.

"W-what is this?" Hinata murmured.

Shino lowered his head a bit. "Who knows.."

Even Choji stopped eating to observe them.

Ino and Sakura were huddle with each other near Kiba and Sasuke who were now standing.

Asuma sighed walking a bit and stop beside the hokage. "Now, now. Don't look at us like that. We're not going to do anything to you all."

The others relaxed a bit at this.

"Then.. Why did you really call us all out here?" Tenten asked.

Asuma scratch the back of his neck. "Well-" He was interrupted by Kakashi.

"Just like we said the other say. We called you all to meet the new addition to team 7." Kakashi stated.

Sasuke frowned. Even Kakashi was serious.

"It seems this new addition you're saying is quite special." Neji declared, looking at the anbus around.

It was the hokage who answered this time. "Oh, he is special. But that's not the main reason we want you to meet him." Sarutobi looked at Asuma, seeing him nod to him, he continued. "You actually already know the guy and we thought that we call you out for a reunion with him."

Ino blinked. "Reunion?"

Sakura furrowed his eyebrows in confusion.

Kakashi smiled this time. "You'll see."

The genins looked at each other before looking back at the jounins, the hokage and the anbus.

"Then.. Where is he?" Choji asked.

Kurenai crossed her arms in her chest. "He's currently being escorted here."

"Escorted?" Shino asked.

Sighing, Gai scratch his head. "It seems there's a bit of problem with him," He looked at his rival, Kakashi. "He seems to always be tempted to kill somebody."

The genins' eyes widen at this statement.

"K-kill!?" Kiba exclaimed.

"Well, yeah.." Gai put his hand on his hip. "Though I couldn't really blame him. He had a hard life."

Kakashi nodded his head. "He was pushed too much into pressure that he finally snapped."

"Poor guy.." Ino murmured, she was getting worried even though she doesn't know who it is.

Sakura though has different opinion. "T-then why put him in our team? I mean you're going to risk putting a possible murderer in our team, Kakashi-sensei?"

Kakashi's eyes, as well as the others narrowed their eyes at her statement.

"Sakura!" Ino shouted at her friend in disbelief. Wasn't she listening at all?

Shino furrowed his eyebrows. "You shouldn't say such things, Haruno. You should have heard, the guy had a rough life. It wasn't his fault he became like this."

"B-but—" She stopped when he notice their glared. She shrink back, nodding her head in defeat.

Sasuke was also glaring at her. How dare she say such things? He looked at his sensei. 'His story.. I can't helped but be reminded of Naruto..'

Shikamaru chosed the right time to interrupted. "And by putting him in team 7?"

Kakashi blinked before looking at the brunette. "Ah, yes." He cleared his throat. "Hokage-sama here thought that he'll be put in team 7 so we could help him."

Shikamaru raised an eyebrow. "That doesn't seem to be the only reason."

Kakashi gave him a mysterious smile.

Sarutobi smiled. "That's right child. It's just one of the reason why we're putting him in team 7," He looked straight at the young uchiha as he continues. "It's also because someone there is close to him that maybe having him near would be enough to make him stay calm."

Sasuke's eyes widen as he look at the hokage when he heard his statement. 'Could it be?' He suddenly felt giddy.

The hokage seems to know what he was thinking and nodded to him happily.

Sasuke's mouth slacken a bit.

His..

His best friend..

They finally found him...

His blonde..

"Naruto.." Sasuke unconsciously murmured.

The others heard him though. And when they did, their eyes also widen in shock and surprise.

Little by little, a smile etched on the young uchiha's lips until it becomes an almost happy and grateful smile as he looks at the jounins, the hokage and the anbus.

The others were once again shock at this.

They never seen the young uchiha smiled so happily before. It shock them to its core.

The jounins and the hokage started smiling in relief and happiness when they saw the young uchiha's onyx eyes brightened and seems to shine. The anbus also were smiling happily for the young uchiha behind their mask.

The hokage however, bowed his head to hide his face in his hat, a sad smile showing on his face, his eyebrows furrowed deeply. 'I just hope you'll be able to change him back.. Sasuke.' He closed his eyes that shows the pain that he's feeling inside.

Meanwhile, Sasuke was looking at the blue bright sky with the smile still on face.

He's finally going to see him!

He'll be reunited with his best friend again!

His—

"Naruto..."

To be continued. . .

It really took long cause I was having a hard time thinking on how to write the next chapters cause I have a lot of scenarios in mind. . . It'll get harder if I were to make a fighting scene! Please help me! I need jutsus! O w O; I'm also debating if I should make Naruto have the sharingan just like what I've read to some few fanfic stories I've run into. His main affinity of course will be wind. But I want to add some more :3

Les make Naruto-kun badass! .. Well not that much.. Just powerful enough but not god like.. I don't like that.

So! Let me know which element you want me to add for Naruto!~ Feel free to suggest! Oh! And jutsus too! I'm not good at this so I really need help! I kinda forgot which wind jutsu Naruto uses. . . Well, their names at least and how he can use it. . . Like the rasengan for instance. .. Welp, I'm hopeless . . .

Anyways..

Dun dun duuuun~ Suspense!~ o u o; What do you think happened to Naruto?

Side note: Spoiler alert! There's some pin points there. . . Somewhere~ What do you think it is?~

Next up! Sasuke and Naruto's reunion!

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I'm sorry to those who likes Sakura but after reading few fanfics which got Sakura bashing, I kinda gotten mad and hate her a bit for always getting on the way of Sasuke and Naruto's love for each other. . . I'm purely Sasunaru/ NaruSasu fan!

I'm sorry! o n o;