Author's Note: This is the last chapter of this story. I might go back and add a different first chapter for some background information. Tell me what you guys think about that idea. I hope that this is a good ending. Enjoy!

Chapter 11: The Final Decision

(Sasuke's Point Of View)

Sasuke and Orochimaru had been in Konoha for almost two days. They were biding their time, waiting for an opportunity to get close to Kiba and Naruto without the other Inuzukas around.

In the two days that they had been there, they had learned that Kiba's sister and mother were going to go on a mission on that same day. Orochimaru and Sasuke had decided that they would wait for night to fall before they would make their move.

Sasuke was out shopping for some food because he planned to be in Konoha for a long while. He had already gotten the food and was currently searching through the weapon store when a kid he recognized as Konohamaru walked in. He knew that Konohamaru and Naruto were close. He saw an opportunity that he just couldn't refuse.

Sasuke transformed into Naruto and adopted Naruto's voice. He approached Konohamaru carefully.

"Hey Konohamaru. How's it going?" Sasuke/Naruto asked cheerfully. He thought that he was laying it on a bit thick, but Konohamaru didn't seem to notice.

"Hi Naruto. Nothing much. What's up?" Konohamaru asked.

"You want to see something?" Sasuke asked while frantically trying to think of a place that he could take him.

"Sure. Where are we going?" He asked eagerly. Sasuke smiled at how easy it was to get him to agree. 'He must really look up to Naruto.' Sasuke thought gleefully.

"Down to the Uchiha Compound." Sasuke said. He didn't know why, but it just seemed like the perfect place to him.

"But we aren't supposed to go there. It's off limits." Konohamaru said.

"What use is life without a little risk? That's just boring." Sasuke said. He was trying his hardest to challenge Konohamaru, who took the bait without a second thought.

"If you think it is a good idea, then of course I'll go." Konohamaru said.

*Ten Minutes Later*

Ten minutes later and they were at the gate to the compound. Sasuke opened the rusty gate and they both stepped inside. When they got inside, Sasuke shut the gate quietly and rounded on Konohamaru.

"What do we do now?" He asked Sasuke with an excited smile on his face.

Sasuke started smiling and he knew that Konohamaru was starting to get nervous.

"W-why are you looking at me like that?" Konohamaru asked shakily.

Sasuke started to stalk closer and Konohamaru backed up. When Konohamaru's back hit a wall, he started to look around fearfully. When Sasuke got to him, Konohamaru started to laugh nervously.

"Good one Naruto. You got me. Can we go home now?" Konohamaru asked nervously.

"I should probably tell you that I'm not Naruto. You aren't going anywhere." Sasuke said. He got the pleasure of seeing Konohamaru's eyes, which were already as round as saucers, widen even more.

"I-if you aren't Naruto, then w-who are you?" Konohamaru stuttered.

Instead of answering the young boy, Sasuke let the transformation jutsu wear off. He reverted back to his original form.

"S-Sasuke U-Uchiha..." Konohamaru managed to get out before he bolted. Sasuke let him go for a minute before giving chase. It was altogether too easy for Sasuke to overpower him. All you could hear for a minute or so was Konohamaru's bloodcurdling scream.

(Naruto's Point Of View)

Kiba and Naruto had gotten up at around eight. They were currently spending the day together. Hana and Tsume had already gone on their mission, which meant that the two lovers had the house to themselves.

"What do you want to do today Kiba?" Naruto asked the brunette that he was currently leaning against.

"Hmm... I kinda just want to stay here and spend time with you." Kiba eventually said.

Naruto smiled and took Kiba's hand. They snuggled up further on the couch and started to watch movies.

After three movies, they got up and stretched. They heard a knock on the door. They looked at each other in confusion. They got up to see who it was.

When they opened the door, no one was there. Naruto looked down and saw that there was a note on the porch that was held in place with a kunai knife. Naruto picked it up and read it.

'Naruto. We have Konohamaru and we are prepared to kill him if you aren't present at the Uchiha Compound by midnight tonight. Bring Kiba as well.'

Naruto was extremely confused to say the least. 'Who would take Konohamaru just to get at me? I don't have that many enemies.' Naruto thought. Naruto gave the note to Kiba, who quickly read it. He looked at Naruto in confusion and Naruto just simply shrugged his shoulders.

"I have to go there Kiba. If I'm lucky, it'll just be a prank from Konohamaru. You don't have to come along Kiba. On the off chance that this is a real threat, I don't want you to get hurt." Naruto said.

"You know that I would just follow you anyway. We should go around and check to see if he is around anywhere though." Kiba suggested. Naruto agreed.

They went around Konoha, looking for any sign of Konohamaru. Eventually, they found Ebisu. They approached him and asked if he had seen Konohamaru recently.

"The last I saw of him, he was going to buy himself some food. I haven't seen him since. Did something happen?" Ebisu asked in alarm.

"No no. Just wanted to see him is all. If you see him, tell him to visit me at the Inuzuka estate." Naruto said.

"Okay. See you around Naruto." Ebisu said distractedly. He was probably thinking about the new issue of Icha Icha Paradise.

The two lovers quickly made their way to the only market in Konoha. They started asking all of the shopkeepers if they had seen a kid with a long scarf.

Just as they were about to give up hope, they talked to the shopkeeper at the weapons store. According to him, a boy matching Konohamaru's description was there about three hours earlier.

"What happened to him sir?" Kiba asked.

"He went off with that boy next to you." He replied as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Naruto's face went blank from surprise.

"You must be mistaken. He has been with me the whole day. Is it possible that you saw someone else?" Kiba asked calmly. Naruto could sense that Kiba was getting tense.

"How many people do you know that look like him? Now would you kindly stop with these pointless questions? I have customers." The shopkeeper said curtly.

They left quickly. By the time that they got back to the Inuzuka estate, it was already 9:30. Naruto frantically went about gathering supplies.

"Are we taking Akamaru with us?" Naruto asked Kiba.

"I don't think that would be a good idea. He is healed up from your chakra, but I want to make sure he can fight well first." Kiba said.

Naruto nodded and went back to packing. He packed blank summoning scrolls, kunai knives, shurikans, some food pills, and some paper bombs. He wanted to make sure that he was completely prepared.

The thought of asking some of his friends crossed Naruto's mind, but he immediately discarded the idea.

'I don't want anyone hurt because of me. I wouldn't be able to deal with the guilt.' Naruto thought to himself.

After about half an hour of frantically going about the house, Naruto finally felt like he was packed enough. Packing didn't take anywhere near as long as Naruto had hoped it would and now he was stuck sitting around, waiting for the time to leave to roll around.

After ten minutes of sitting, Naruto got up and started to pace. He just couldn't sit still. He could tell that Kiba was getting worried about him.

"Naruto. You need to calm down." Kiba said. Naruto knew that he was right. But for some reason, Naruto felt as if something bad was about to happen. He couldn't calm down.

"I can't Kiba. I don't know how to calm down from something like this. Help me." Naruto said. He had no idea how Kiba could possibly help, but he was willing to find out.

Kiba got up from the couch and went over to Naruto. He wrapped his arms around the blond and Naruto looked up into his mates' eyes.

'How can someone so beautiful care about me so much? It makes no sense. I don't deserve him. And now he might get hurt because of me.' Naruto thought. His thoughts completely halted when Kiba bent down to kiss him.

When their lips met, Naruto felt himself relax. He managed to calm down and he was certain that he could wait it out.

'As long as he holds me, I can stay calm.' Naruto thought in contentment.

They held each other for awhile. Just as Naruto was starting to fall asleep, Kiba shook him gently.

"It's almost time to go Naruto. You need to get up." Kiba said gently.

Naruto yawned loudly and, when he got up, he felt completely at peace.

"Shall we get going then?" Naruto asked.

Ten Minutes Later

They were just heading into the compound when a breeze drifted towards them. Naruto felt Kiba stiffen beside him.

"Sasuke..." Kiba growled. He shifted to his attack stance and searched for Sasuke.

"Please be careful Kiba. Don't get hurt." Naruto pleaded. He saw Kiba give a small nod.

'Can you help me this time Kyu?' Naruto asked.

*I don't think that this will be a fight for mates, so yes. I think I can help. But only when you need it.* Kyu informed his vessel.

"Come out Sasuke. We know that you are here. You too Orochimaru." Naruto said in a normal voice. Kiba whipped his head around to look at Naruto in shock. Kiba could smell a snake, but he assumed that it was nothing to worry about. Naruto, however, knew better. He just never knew that Sasuke would go through the trouble of employing the snake user.

"Well well. Someone knows his scents." Came Orochimaru's voice. Both he and Sasuke appeared about 50 yards from where Naruto and Kiba were standing.

"Where is Konohamaru?" Naruto asked in a clear voice that was devoid of any emotion.

"Here. Take him. We got what we wanted." Sasuke said before producing Konohamaru. He shoved him towards Naruto and Konohamaru went willingly. When he got to Naruto, he broke down.

"Shh. It's okay. Just go home okay?" Naruto said kindly. Konohamaru nodded and ran back towards the village.

Naruto looked back at Sasuke and he couldn't help but feel as if Sasuke didn't know what he was doing.

"Why are you doing this Sasuke? What point does this serve? I thought that you wanted to kill Itachi, not me. Why are you going through this much trouble?" Naruto asked.

"You humiliated me at the hotel. I will not accept that. I have already come to terms with the fact that you will never be mine. If I can't have you, then no one can." Sasuke said.

Naruto saw Orochimaru flinch at that last sentence. 'Wonder what that was about.' Naruto thought in confusion before pushing the thought away.

"Do you really want to fight me Sasuke? I really don't want to fight you." Naruto said.

"Prepare yourselves!" Sasuke said, completely ignoring Naruto's words.

Sasuke charged at Naruto and Naruto easily sidestepped. He countered by creating a shadow clone and using Kiba's Fang Over Fang jutsu. Sasuke barely managed to avoid it. He stepped back a few paces.

"Snake User Jutsu!" Orochimaru said and his body elongated into a snake-like form. Orochimaru bore down on Kiba and Kiba couldn't move out of the way fast enough. The attack clipped him on the shoulder. The attack was apparently laced with poison because Kiba immediately fell to his knees.

Naruto was about to go and help Kiba when Kiba's body was suddenly cloaked in a reddish chakra. The blood pouring from his shoulder stopped completely and he shot to his feet. He punched Orochimaru in the face with all of his strength. Orochimaru, who was taken by surprise, didn't even try to move out of the way.

"What the hell?" Naruto heard Sasuke say. Naruto turned to look at Sasuke and saw that his focus was entirely on Kiba. Naruto also saw Sasuke get ready to attack Kiba so Naruto took advantage of the confusion.

'Keep him distracted love.' Naruto thought towards Kiba. He felt Kiba's acknowledgement. Naruto created a shadow clone and made another ball of chakra.

'Could you let me use some of you chakra?' Naruto asked Kyu.

*Of course.* Kyu replied. Naruto felt an extreme energy rush and his ball of chakra turned purple with red tints in it.

Kiba was pounding on Orochimaru and providing Sasuke with such an excellent distraction that Sasuke didn't even notice Naruto. Naruto snuck towards Sasuke. When Sasuke finally turned to look at him, Naruto hit him full in the chest. Naruto held Sasuke's arm so that Sasuke wouldn't fly away. Naruto felt, more than saw, Kiba stop with Orochimaru so that he could see what was going on. Naruto felt a brief flash of fear at Kiba's disregard of the danger he was currently in.

"YOU WILL NOT HURT MY KIBA!" Naruto yelled in rage as he remembered how badly Sasuke wanted to kill Kiba. Naruto realized that he was holding back. He consciously put everything he had into the one attack.

When Naruto let Sasuke go, Sasuke flew for about 200 feet before hitting a rock formation.

"SASUKE!" Naruto heard an anguished voice cry. Naruto turned around to see Orochimaru sprinting towards Sasuke's unmoving body. Naruto could see tears running down his face as Orochimaru ran by.

'I did this to him. I didn't think of the consequences. I just did it. No wonder people think I am a monster. Maybe it isn't too late to fix this.' Naruto thought.

He started jogging over to Sasuke's body. He could feel Kiba follow him. Naruto got there just in time to hear Sasuke's last words.

"I... Love... You... Orochi... Maru..." Sasuke said with a sigh.

With those four words, Sasuke had made up Naruto's mind. Naruto bent down and placed his hands on Sasuke's body. Naruto ignored the hiss issuing from Orochimaru. Naruto called upon Kyu's power. Naruto could tell that Kyu didn't want to give his chakra, but Naruto was adamant.

When Sasuke was shrouded in chakra, Naruto felt Orochimaru try to pull him off of Sasuke. Naruto asked Kiba to help and he felt Orochimaru release him.

As the three of them watched, the skin over Sasuke's chest reattached itself and his lungs filled with life-giving oxygen. Sasuke shuddered and opened his eyes. He looked at Naruto fearfully. Sasuke would have started thrashing had Kyu not induced sleep.

The entire process took the better part of five minutes. When it was done, Naruto got to his feet and staggered over to Orochimaru.

"Sasuke should be fine now. Take him and go somewhere you two can be happy together. Just promise me that you will leave Kiba and me in peace." Naruto said and walked away. After a moment's hesitation, Kiba followed.

When they got to the gate, Naruto turned around to look back. Orochimaru and Sasuke were already gone though.

When Kiba and Naruto got back to the Inuzuka estate, Naruto went directly to bed. Before he fell asleep, he heard Kiba say something that he didn't quite catch.

"Wha?" Naruto asked groggily. He felt Kiba chuckle.

"I said that you are not a monster. A real monster would have left Sasuke to die. You are no monster. I love you so much Naruto. Please don't ever forget that." Naruto heard. He smiled and groped blindly. Kiba knew what Naruto was looking for and Naruto felt a warm hand encase his own.

"I love you too Kiba. More than you will ever know." Naruto said and promptly fell asleep.

*Two Years Later*

It's been two years since Kiba and Naruto fought Orochimaru and Sasuke. Since that time, Kiba and Naruto have heard from them a few times, but every time it has been friendly. Sasuke and Orochimaru have gotten together and have found out that, just like Kiba and Naruto, they were made for each other. Who would have guessed that they were soul mates? It just goes to show that some people really are... Destined.

Author's Note: I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I AM ACTUALLY DONE! Now that I have that out of the way, thank you for sticking with me this far and I hope that you have enjoyed it. I know that the ending sucks, but I couldn't think of anything better. I guess this is Good-Bye. For now.