Chapter 2: The Saddest Ending.

Normal POV

Kakashi arrived to the cliff of the Final Valley, he was soaked to the bone, he looked down and saw a figure on the ground and jumped down. He ran over and skidded to a stop seeing Naru laying on the ground, but it wasn't her that made him stop, it was all the blood around her and that was washing away with the rain and into the river.

Kakashi POV

I slowly walked up to Naru stopping a foot away from her, I let out a shaky breath as I stared at her laying there in her own blood, a gaping hole in her chest. Pakkun walked over and he whined and sniffed before looking away.

"She's gone." He said, I let out another shaky breath, I walked up and gently touched her neck, it was cold and still, I let out a small cry, my eyes caught the blue hitai-ate next to her that was slashed, Pakkun sniffed it and sat down. "It's Sasuke's." I stared at it for a few seconds.

"I can't..." I rasped, I simply fell to my butt next to Naru ignoring the blood, mud and water I was in, I just stared at Naru's dead body laying there. I was late, like normal...

"Boss." Pakkun said looking up, but I couldn't do it, I couldn't look away from her. I did it too many times.
"Enough." I said not caring about anything anymore, I put my hand over my face keeping it propped up on my knee and sat there in the pouring rain with my little student.

The rain let up slightly and I felt the Konoha medic ninja's chakra speeding this way.

'You're too late.' I thought bitterly.

Normal POV

Pakkun sighed and sat next to Kakashi looking at Naru, who's face screamed she died in agony. The rain began to let up slightly.

"Kakashi-san!" Pakkun looked up and saw three Konoha medic ninja's jump down.

Kakashi looked up and sighed as they landed on the ground and ran up, one gasped at all the blood that had yet to be washed down into the river.

"She's …?" The head medic questioned before sighing. "We'll take her-"
"No!" Kakashi said and panted. "Go home and tell Tsunade, I will bring her." He said in a raspy, shaky voice before he slowly stood up.

"Yes sir." They said before taking off to deliver the horrible news.

Kakashi stared at her before reaching into his mission pack that he didn't shed before he took off, he pulled out a scroll and touched it, a blanket appeared, he wrapped it around Naru's body and lifted her up in his arms.

Kakashi POV

I stared at her in my arms, I closed my eyes tight. Again I failed Minato-sensei. Again! it seems I could never keep my promises. I nuzzled her head gently. "I'm sorry." I whispered before jumping back up the cliff, I turned and looked back down at the final valley, I looked up at the woods leading to the land of Sound where Sasuke had gone. My lips curled up in a growl, my heart burned and my eyes did as well. 'Sasuke.' I thought in pure anger.

-*o*-

Sasuke POV

I slowly stumbled through the dark woods panting, I looked at my arm I was holding, blood was still all over it from Naru, but the rain was slowly washing it away. I gulped thinking about it over and over again. I couldn't hold it, I ran to the side and began to vomit, when I finally straightened, I looked back the way I came. 'Naru...' I thought.

"If you can't handle that, maybe you're not fit." His voice said, I growled in annoyance.

"Shut up!" I hissed in anger glaring at the man behind me, he chuckled and his sharingan eye shining through that damn mask. I thought Kakashi's mask infuriated me, this one did more!

"Get over it and let's go. I'll be training you." He said.

"I don't care if you are an Uchiha too, I will kill you as well!" I hissed and brushed past him.

"Where are you going?" He questioned, slight anger in his voice.

"Did you really think I would pass up the opportunity to train under Orochimaru who gave me this much power?" I asked. "You're a fool."

"No, you are, because you wont make it out of there."
"You don't know anything about me... he can't take me." I said, but a small part of me didn't believe that. That man was positively terrifying.

"I told you I would keep your training up, and would increase it more than before." He tempted.

"I will still learn from you. But I have things I have to take care of first. So screw off." I said and walked into the woods.

Normal POV

The masked man watched Sasuke disappear into the darkness, he scoffed with a small chuckle. "Foolish." He muttered, his sharingan gleamed as he turned looking back towards the final valley. 'Step 1 is complete.' He thought with a chuckle before his body disappeared into a swirl.

-*o*-

Normal POV

Kakashi walked through the bush outside of the Konoha gates, he looked up and saw Tsunade standing there along with Jiraiya, both were soaked, showing they had stayed out there once they got the news.

He walked up under the gate and stopped.

"Kakashi." She said, he looked at her, she searched his eye hoping to maybe see the possibility that the news she was told wasn't true.
"She's gone." He said in a hoarse voice.

Tsunade let out a sob and moved the blanket slightly and looked at Naru's pained face, she let out a sob and looked down covering her face shaking her head, Jiraiya looked at her before looking down.

Tsunade took in a deep shaky breath and wiped the tears from her face. "Let's take her to the hospital." She said quietly.

They walked through the streets quickly and entered the hospital, Tsunade motioned for a nurse and a gurney.

Kakashi gently set her body on the gurney slowly, the nurse looked at Tsunade. "Take her to the coroner's office." Tsunade said, the nurse froze in shock realizing the child was dead, she nodded.

"Yes ma'am." She said and wheeled the body away, Kakashi took a few steps forward but Jiraiya stopped him.

"Hokage-sama?" They turned and saw Shikamaru standing there with his hand wrapped up, Gaara, Temari and Kankuro, who had come to the aid of the Konoha ninja's, stood behind him.

"Yes?" She asked, he looked at Kakashi.

"Where is Naru?" He asked, Gaara stepped forward to know about his blond.

Tsunade opened her mouth a few times before she looked down, Shikamaru looked at Kakashi, he shook his head, Shikamaru stared in shock.

"Are you kidding me?!" He snarled. "She's gone?!" He said. "How?!"
"He killed her." Kakashi whispered.

"You have to let us go after the bastard!" He snarled.

"Yes." Gaara said.

"Not now." Tsunade said.

Shikamaru got ready to protest before he stopped and looked down and gulped hard, he walked out of the hospital quickly, Gaara shook slightly staring at the ground with the others.

-*o*-

Two days later there was a memorial service held for Naru on the hokage building, her friends, sensei's and anyone who liked the girl stood there silently as they honored her.

Iruka was sobbing loudly along with Konohamaru like they had been since they heard about her death.

Kakashi POV

I stared at Naru's photo propped up as we mourned her death. My eyes burned but they were dry, I stayed in my apartment for two days sobbing in anger, guilt, sorrow and who knows what else, maybe just all the pent up pain from years. I sobbed so much I had no more tears to give. All I could do was blame myself, over and over again.

People walked up laying flowers on the table, I looked over to Jiraiya who was staring ahead, he glanced at me and nodded, I nodded as well, I noticed Asuma, Genma, Anko and two more nodding in agreement of the secret plan.

One way or another, we were going to find Sasuke and take our revenge on the brat no matter what the consequences may be. It didn't matter, he wouldn't survive... I definitely would make sure of that!