Thank you to all of you who reviewed my story and im srry that i didnt update sooner. been busy with school work, but i promise that ill update quicker. much love to the readers

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Chapter 3

Making his way down the hallway, Sasuke went into the waiting room where all his friends had gathered after hearing everything that happened with Naruto. Once he reached the waiting room the faces of Sakura, Ino, Hinata, Shikamaru, Choji, Shino, and Kiba looked up at him.

"How is he doing Sasuke?" Sakura asked as he came into the room.

"He is doing fine for now. He is sleeping" the raven replied.

"something has to be done to make sure that he wont hurt himself like this again" Kiba said.

"Y-yea, and I-I don't understand w-why he would d-do something l-like this" Hinata said as tears found their way from her eyes.

Kiba, being the one standing next to her, rubbed her back in a soothing manner trying to calm down his friend. Akamaru rubbed up against her leg also trying to comfort his masters friend.

"We have that taken care of. Naruto is to be under my care and so he will live with me so I can make sure that this doesn't happen again." Sasuke said.

As the group talked about different ways that they might be able to help, Shizune came rushing into the room frantically.

"Sasuke, Sasuke! Its Naruto, he's not in the room and the window was open. He must have gone into the woods again!"

Sasuke took one look at her and was out the doors seconds later, running as if to outrun himself.

/Dobe, what the hell are you thinking? Why the hell would you go do something stupid like this again?/

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Once out the window, Naruto ran as fast as he could to get away from the hospital. His bare feet met the cold earth as he ran. Farther and farther he went until he came to the woods. He just ran straight in not caring about anything at all. His bangs clung to his forehead as sweat slid down his face.

After a while he spotted a cave and went inside. His back met the cold stone as he slid to a sitting position and held his knees to his chest. It hurt to breathe, it hurt to move. It plainly hurt to live. Silent tears fell from his eyes as once again the blond tried to end his life.

"I'm sorry everyone, but I'm tired of living like this. I'm tired of living a lie. Pretending everything's ok when its not. I hate living like this knowing that no matter what I do, it will never be enough to please the people of the village, for they only see me as a monster. And that is exactly what I am. I am a monster that shouldn't be able to live. So I say this, good bye…"

Naruto felt around for something sharp, and he came across a rock that had very sharp jagged edges. He picked it up and tested it first to see if it would be sharp enough for what he wanted to do. He put the edge of the rock to his finger and it slid easily across his flesh like it was bread. Naruto smiled sadly to himself as he once again cut those deep cuts into his arm. He watched as the blood made trails down his arm and it seemed like they were making designs.

He used the same rock to cut gashes in his other arm, watching as the blood fell and dripped onto the cold dark floor of the cave. Soon, as before, everything started to get hazy and his body felt numb. His breathing became labored as it burned his chest and in a matter of minutes, Darkness had her arms wrapped around him in his final sleep.

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Sasuke frantically ran through the woods looking for any signs of his blond friend. Upon finding no traces of which direction he could of gone, he let out a cry of frustration. It echoed off the trees as everything was silent and eerie. Something caught the corner of his eye and when he looked he saw a bird. But this bird was like nothing he ever seen before. Its feathers were of a bright red, that had yellow and orange mixed in. Its tail was long and it was the same color as its body. It looked directly as Sasuke.

Sasuke was taken aback by this bird. It was such a beauty and he was somewhat mesmerized by it. The bird took flight and it looked like fire. Sasuke didn't move from his spot. The firebird, as Sasuke called it, looked back at him.

Follow me.

/weird, I thought that bird just told me to follow it/ thought Sasuke.

Uchia Sasuke, follow me

Sasuke did as he was told and followed the firebird. He followed it to a cave and there he stopped. The firebird landed on top of the cave and looked at Sasuke once again.

In this cave, you will find what you seek

Then the firebird flew off. Sasuke stood there a moment longer before entering the cave. As he looked around he noticed that there was indeed someone here. As he got closer, he noticed the mop of blond hair atop the persons head.

"Naruto?"

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