A/N: Holy crow bars, I was so surprised at the amount or reviews that asked for a second chapter! I know most of you just wanted your fluff after such an angsty fic, but their were a few of you who were slightly confused. This fic was mostly about inferring things, but I suppose I should write you your fluff to clear the air. Keep in mind that since this was supposed to be an angsty fic, the epilogue is going to be short and not as fluffy as other written stories. It was never meant to be fluff, so no bashing my brains out!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

Last Letter

--Epilogue--

"I love you." A husky voice whispered, voice echoing around the room. My head pivoted and I almost got whiplash as I spun to face the voice.

"Sa…sasuke? SASUKE!" My voice was rough as tears begin to fall down my whiskered cheeks once more. I jumped up as my eyes met onyz, and ran to my love's arm's. He embraced me in a tight hug, lips kissing away the tears on my face. His cool body was the perfect antidote to my heated, death felt one. I'd thought I was going to die…I'd thought he'd died…

"H-how…?" I managed to choke out. He chuckled slightly, but it was a pain filled one. I pulled away and noticed a bleeding bandage directly next to his heart. I gasped and placed my palm against it, silently asking Kyuubi to heal the man.

'Ah…just this once kit…as long as where not to die.' The monster residing within sighed, his warmth flowing out through my fingertips to heal the skin on my injured lover. Sasuke moaned at the tingling feel of my palm on his chest and sighed when he was relieved of the pain he must have been feeling. I laughed and pulled him close to hug once more, glad to be able to help him through his pain.

"I love you so much Sasuke…" I mumbled, content to stay like this for a little while. He chuckled again, but it was happier this time. He didn't feel pain in the action anymore. Hoisting me up, Sasuke took me to the couch in front of the fire. My arm's were still wrapped around his neck as he sat down, and I didn't mind being held like this. I pulled away after a time and settled myself into a seat next to him. Wrapping an arm around my shoulder's and pulling my head onto his chest, he begin to speak.

Tears still falling down my face in pure happiness of Sasuke being alive and well, I listened intently to his story. He told me of his journey to Orochimaru's hideout, all the while trying to think of a way to come home safely. He told me of the rough run, and the many run ins he endured to get to Orochimaru. He told me of the time he came upon Orochimaru's hideout, and in a pain filled scream, had launched himself forward. His heart had ached through that scream, and hearing my voice, he realized that I'd figured out that he had been sent on a suicide mission.

He told me of the onslaught the screams brought forward, and how, through his rage, he had taken down the entire group in mere hours. Orochimaru was the only one left, and though he was quivering in rage and fear, he'd laughed, saying there was no way he could win now. Sasuke, very little chakra left, wiped his katana free of the blood that adorned it, and ran at Orochimaru. Using his last little bit of Chakra, he took down Madara as the snake sannin brought it forward.

Orochimaru, deadpanned and with no time to form another handseal, pulled free his katana and a sword fight ensued. Many times, both were almost taken down. Stabs wounds littered both of their bodies, but none were close enough to the heart to take either down. Finally, Sasuke was able to pierce one of Orochimaru's lungs, and gasping for air, Orochimaru swiped at Sasuke's chest once more. He missed, and Sauske took the chance to stab the man through the heart. With a death scream, Orochimaru managed to catch Sasuke right next to the heart, a scream ripping from Sasuke's throat.

Shivering as he fell to the floor, Sasuke clutched at his wound. He knew it would take him at least a few hours to get back home, but he wasn't sure he'd make it. However, through pure strength of will, Sasuke ran to Konoha. It was nearly piercingly dark when he made it to the gates, and he ran to our home. He knew he'd feel better if he could at least be home, and he'd feared I'd have killed myself by then. When he got home, he found me on the floor, tear tracks on my face and his letter gripped in my hand.

Hurrying to my side, he'd made sure I was still alive, and smiling softly to himself, walked to the bathroom to dress his wounds. When he'd finished, he'd come back to my side and laid me on his side of the bed. Watching my sleeping face, he stroked my blonde hair out of my eyes, and wiped away the tear tracks on my face. He didn't sleep once, and left to redress his wound's before I could wake. As the sun had come up, he'd walked back to our doorway silently, watching me and waiting for the perfect moment so he could tell me he was home.

Through out his story, I stared up at his face, tear's falling down my cheek's non stop. I touched the many cuts on his chest when he spoke of the fierce battle, and wiped away his tears when he spoke of his fear that I would be dead when he came home. I littered kisses over his chest when he spoke of watching me as I slept, and whispered I love you's whenever I could get a word in. He smiled and hugged me to him when he was done, silent tears falling down his cheeks.

"I so badly didn't want to leave you this morning…"

"I know you didn't…"

"But I had to…and I couldn't even tell you goodbye. I didn't want it to be the end…goodbye would mean forever losing you…it would mean I wasn't expecting to come home…It would mean you would kill yourself all the faster…I couldn't risk it…I just couldn't…" His voice was soft and tender as he stroked my hair, whispering the word's in an attempt to hide the quiver in his voice. But I heard it, and I kissed him softly, feeling the quiver on my own lips. His finger's held my chin up as he kissed me tenderly. It felt a lot like two night's before, when he'd made love to me unhurried.

My fingers laced with his ebony locks and I shivered under his touch. I would never miss this, if it went away. If he stopped being so tender, I wouldn't have the heart to miss it. It was a sign of his death…it was a sign of him never coming home…it was a sign of the end…

"I love you…" I mumbled under his lip's, hugging him close. "I never want to lose you…"

"Neither do I…but it's a risk we have to live with…"

"They finally forgave me…their hate disappeared the minute they heard what we thought was your death scream…"

"I'm so sorry…" He pulled my head onto his chest once more and stroked my hair, tears falling onto my scalp. I squeezed my eyes shut at the memory of the crying town's people. I didn't want their acceptance anymore…I didn't need it. I'd stopped needing it when Sasuke'd accepted me, and they thought it was right to give me their acceptance after taking away the only man who had ever accepted me…

They were wrong…and it was only Sasuke who kept me sane…

"I wish they would all die…"

"No! No…no Naruto…you don't wish that…they would have done the same! If it hadn't been me, they would have sent someone else and someone else would have been grieving! They did what they thought was right…they sent the one person they knew could succeed and knew had the chance to get home…they accepted you the minute they thought you let me go. They accepted you because they thought you were trying to save them, and you know as well as me that if I'd told you it was a suicide mission, you would have gone yourself and that's why I didn't tell you…because you're better for them then I am…And all I did was make them see that without taking you away from them…" Rushing through his word's, he tried to explain to me why I shouldn't hate them…he tried to keep me sane as he always did. I stared up at him, into his onyx eyes, trying to read the reason he was defending them.

They'd done nothing but hate us. They'd hated me since the beginning of time. They'd hated him the day he came back, never trusting him again…and they'd hated us from the minute we declared are love to the world. The only people who had forgiven him, had loved me, and had ignored the fact that we were gay, were our closest friends and the gay community that had hidden for so long…and yet he defended them…

"Why are you doing this!? Why are defending them!? They never cared about us! They never cared about me! They never cared that I was forced to grow up without a family and the Kyuubi sealed within me wasn't who I was! I didn't kill those people! I didn't choose to have the Kyuubi locked within me! But they never cared…So why are you defending them!?" I hollered, pulling away from my lover. Something inside me snapped, and my fist launched out to hit him. He stood up and grabbed my wrist, pulling me into his chest, holding onto both my wrists to keep me from hitting him.

"Naruto calm down…Calm down!" He yelled as I squirmed in his hold, sobbing and trying to hit him. My finger nails pinched my skin as they became enlarged nail's, and I screamed, slumping in fear of what I was about to do. My head, whirling in confusion, shut down, and the last thing I saw were concerned onyx eyes and a pale hand stroking my face and trying to calm me.

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I woke in our bed, the smell of ramen wafting into our room. I smiled to myself and got out of bed. Walking into the kitchen, I found my one and only love, and hugged him around the waist. I kissed his neck softly and hugged him recklessly close.

"I don't want to fight with you…I don't want to go insane again…" I mumbled against his skin.

"I know…"

-Owari-

A/N: Not the way you expected this to go was it? Well, I didn't even expect it to be this long! It was supposed to be REALLY short, but that didn't happen. Told you it was angst, and it's NOT going any longer. This ending gave me an idea as I was writing this. What would happen if Naruto went insane? What would happen if the hate from the town caused him to go insane, and Sasuke was the one to end up saving him? You guys asked for the ending, so you caused this odd ending. I hope there was enough fluff to placate you, as this is an angsty fic. Hope you enjoyed, and I hope you wonder about an insane Naruto as I'd intended by the end of this fic XDD