Gone but not forgotten. Originally written by me. I changed my profile and everything. And I'm changing this story. So bare with me as I update all of this.

Disclaimer: Why would I be writing these if I did own Naruto?

It's been a year since a rescue mission finished. A rescue mission, that was not for Sasuke Uchiha.

It has been two years, three months, a week and four days since the return of Sasuke Uchiha. He had orginally left Konoha, seeking for power to kill his one and only but murderous brother, Itachi Uchiha, the traitor and killer of the Uchiha clan. When he left he abandoned Naruto after the fight at the Valley of the end, knowing full well that Akatsuki was after him, but it never entered his thoughts back then. He was too angry, too absorbed in himself and his future, until Orochimaru, the man he ran off to for power, told him Naruto vanished that same day. Orochimaru never told him for fear Sasuke would leave.

He was right.

Sasuke left and returned to Konoha. He was questioned, interrogated, tortured incase his intentions were not as it seemed. When they were sure, he was allowed to see the Hokage and disscuss with her.

He explained to the Lady Hokage the events that day. Narutos pain and anger. His unconcious state. The amount of chakra he used. Everything because every minor detail could have one micro hint to his disappearance.

In that moment, a pink haired girl and silver hair man rushed into the room.

He received punches from Sakura Haruno. The girl he thought useless; his team mate. She was now a medic nin.

She cried to him, at him, he knew she wanted to blame him; blame him for Narutos disappearance, but not once did she let slip out such words, she just hit him.

Kakashi simply put his hand on his shoulder, and welcomed him back.

they disscussed more about the day at the valley of the end.

Picking and pointing out reasons why Naruto could, if he wanted to, leave on his own will. Many came to mind.

They all knew it, it was in the back of their mind.

Only kakashi voice it out when he spoke.

"He is the number one unpredictable ninja of Konoha, no one would never know what he was thinking, planning, wanting..."

Jiryra had come back too, walking into their small meeting and accidently hearing upon Kakashis words, he spoke the same as he did back then. "The Akatsuki must have gotten to him before you, Kakashi.

Naruto wasn't the type to run off like that, he loved his village no matter what. He wouldn't give up his dreams just like that. His dreams to be the greatest Hokage ever! It was his nindo, his ninja way.."

Because of his sentence, it gave them hope again, that Naruto would never leave willingly no matter how many points they could see why he would.

It was then Sasuke joined the search, and on the day the search had been declared finished, that if Naruto was not to be found and declared dead, Sasuke promised that he would abandon his dream to complete Naruto's. His dream to be hokage.

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