Prologue:

Naruko wins through and raises her blade to strike the blow to end their rivalry forever. Instead she lowers her blade. As she see's his counter attack coming towards her she once again raises her kunai and as his blade pierces her heart, hers pierces his. Coughing up blood she looks into his eyes one last time smiling for it was finally over. She never had to hurt Sasuke again. Below her she heard Sasuke whisper his last question to her "Why? Why would you go so far for me, loser?" She leaned in close to him so he could hear her, further impaling herself on his sword, "Because I love you" she whispered with her last breath before collapsing slightly rolling of to his side. "Hn," he said with a smirk before his eyes closed and he breathed his last breath.

Chapter 1:

Naruko awakes in her hospital bed very confused, her whole world focused on one word, "Sasuke." Sakura was beside her bed in tears. But that couldn't be. Sasuke couldn't be dead. She had made sure to hit him just right, just to put him in a temporary death state like Haku had to him once before. She was sure of it, he had to live. Louder this time she asked "Sasuke?" Sakura looked up shocked at the sound of her voice, tears still trailing down her cheeks. "The Hokage and the Anbu just came and took him away" sniff sniff "I guess he did just try to destroy the village and all" sniff sniff. She sounded as if she was trying to convince herself she did the right thing in not cutting down the Hokage the minute she went for Sasuke. so he was here was all Naruko could think he had been right here she thought as she jumped out of bed and through the open window in nothing but her signature black pants and a black tank top, no shoes, no concern for her life threatening injuries only one thought Sasuke. She broke down the door to the Hokage's office and took in the scene before her. Sasuke was being held by Kakashi and Yamato sensei with seals on each arm that drained chakra. If she had to fight his way out it would be harder with him only able to use tai jutsu. The Hokage sat at her desk apparently amused by this interruption. Sasuke's face was shocked, like he'd just seen a ghost, but still hopeful. "They told me you were dead" he said eyes wide. "I'm about to be" she calmly replied raising a kunai in the direction of the Hokage. "This wasn't our deal, you said I could handle Sasuke if he attacked the village. That I could take his punishment, that if he lived you wouldn't touch him!" "That deal was in the case of your death, but as you are alive..." Naruko never took her eyes off the Hokage as she turned the kunai on herself, there was a blur of movement and Sasuke had her wrist so tight in his hand it hurt. Yamato and Kakashi were picking themselves up off the ground and the Hokage had jumped over her desk. Sasuke squeezed her wrist harder, making her drop the kunai, then dropped her wrist completely. He didn't say a word but his dark eyes never looked away from her blue ones. In his eyes she could see, he hadn't tried to kill her either. She hadn't had time to think about it since she awoke, about why she had woken up, why she was alive. The answers were all there in his eyes. "hm" the Hokage smirked "That was exactly what I expected you to do Naruko, but maybe I was wrong about others." At the sound of her voice the jonin in the room had lowered their weapons. As she stared at Sasuke the silence deepened until it was broken by the sound of Naruko's cough. Something felt wrong inside of her, she coughed up blood as the room started to spin. Kakashi rushed to catch her as she fell but she never took her eyes away from Sasuke's deep black eyes in which all she could see was his pain. Then it all went dark.

This time when she opened her eyes it was to see Kakashi sensei reading one of his perverted novels by her bedside. "Sasuke?" she questioned. "As I was leaving with you Tsunade-sama said he was free to go." "How long was I out?" "Only about an hour. Sakura says you need to rest, so don't go planning on anymore rogue outings from the hospital" he said with a smile in his eye as she sat up in bed. She just gave him a flat stare as she put her feet on the floor and stood up. "You're going after him again" She put on her sandals and reached for her headband, "I promised I would bring him home to Konoha, and I never go back on my word" As she tightened the band around her head she swayed dangerously on her feet. Kakshi sighed, grabbing her arm to steady her, "I'll go this time, You really will die if you try to go yourself. Besides I think I might know where to find him." He laid his knucklehead student back in bed and removed her sandals once again, gave a smile and was gone. She was asleep before the door shut.

Kakashi found him staring at the rubble that lay where the Uchiha district used to be. With Sasuke gone there had been no reason to rebuild after the attack by Tendo Pein. "You really should be in the hospital too" "Hn" replied Sasuke. "If you leave again she'll go after you." Silence. Kakashi continued, "Neither of you will survive next time" he was right about that, Sasuke thought to himself. If she hadn't hesitated, I'd be dead already. *sigh*, "It's time to rebuild the Uchiha name and make some differences in this shinobi world"