Naruto walked hastily along the sidewalk.

"I need to do something!" he whispered angrily.

He couldn't seem to wrap his head around the whole situation. Hinata being raped through him off, but now he's pissed.

Pissed that he didn't know that she was hurting from the memory that seemed to burn in her mind everyday. He was upset that she didn't at least come to him to talk about it, but he figured that it wasn't the easiest thing to talk about. Well it isn't.

"Damnit!" he whispered a little louder, his anger getting the best of him as he balled up his fists.

Too occupied with his thoughts, and the fact that he was staring at his feet, he didn't realize that he walked a green light.

A loud screeching noise interrupted his cloudy mind, and the honking rung in his ears. His head finally looking up to see a car coming at an alarming speed.

His body seem to freeze; eyes growing wide as the car couldn't seem to stop.

"NARUTO!"

His body jerked to the left, falling to the ground. When he looked up to see that he wasn't in any kind of pain, he thanked god for his saviour.

"I owe you one Sasuke." he sighed as he got up to dust himself off.

"Watch where you're going idiot!" the person in the speeding car yelled before pulling off.

"I deserved that." Naruto sighed again.

"Are you looking for a death wish dumbass?!"

Naruto stared at his feet.

"What the hell Naruto!? Why are you more upset with this than the rest of us? What are you doing?"

"Why is everyone always on my case,  huh!!?"

Sasuke stopped and paused, thinking of his next words carefully.

"Well if it wasn't for me being on your case, you would probably be dead right now."

Now Naruto paused, opening and closing his mouth for a comeback that would never come.

He started to walk away.

"Naruto! Where are you going? I know that you plan to do something, but you can't-"

"Would you shut up Sasuke!!"

They both stopped.

"I'm so sick and tired of people telling me what I can and can't do! Everything and anything I do is a problem for everybody! I can't seem to do anything right in anyone's eyes and the nagging is starting to piss me off!"

Sasuke stared at Naruto's trembling back; watching as he clenched and unclenched his fists, a sign that he knew that Naruto was close to breaking down, crying, or losing his shit.

'Probably crying.' he thought.

"The only person who thought that I did something right was her." He took a hasty breath. "She didn't take me for a nuisance or someone that bothered her." his voice started to get a little shaky. "She said that I helped her, even though I did nothing, and I felt that she was lying to me."

Naruto turned to finally face Sasuke, and he was right. Naruto had tears streaming down his cheeks, his eyes a burning red, making his now indigo eyes stand out.

"But you know what Sasuke...when I looked into her eyes, I knew that she wasn't lying to me."

Naruto wiped his face. "So, I have to do this. For her."

"Do what? And why?"

"Because I love her!"

Everything went silent.

Sasuke couldn't deny that he was a little surprised, but didn't show it.

"I see." was all he said, then he sighed.  "Fine. Do what it is that you have to do, but I want you to repay me now, for saving your life that is."

Naruto looked at him dumbfounded.

"Now!? Seriously!?"

"Yes."

"Sasuk-"

"Promise that whatever it is you have to do isn't stupid, or anything that would get you in trouble."

Naruto stared confusedly at the sincerity in his onyx eyes.

Then he smiled.

"I promise."

Sasuke nodded his head, turned around and began to walk away, then said,

"Oh, and Naruto...be careful." he waved off.

Naruto smiled at his disappearing back, then went on his way.

.•.•.•.•.•.•.

Naruto scavaged around his room; his room now somewhat trashed.

'Damnit!' he thought angrily, after throwing another pair of underwear from his dresser.

After his last throw, he stood up and grabbed the ends of his hair out of frustration.

"Where the hell is it!?" he huffed out.

Seconds later, his memory came to him, the sudden realization finally hitting him.

He ran to his closet door, pushing his few clothing that were sitting on hangers out of the way to give him some room. He kneeled down opening a box, grabbing a small chest from out of it. Underneath the chest, sitting at the very bottom of the box was a key that goes along with it.

Walking to his bed, Naruto sat down on his bed, taking the key and quickly opening the chest in the process.

Inside, on the very top, was a letter; he completely shut the chest, blinking his eyes to rid himself of the tears that threatened to fall. Giving himself a moment to calm himself down, he slowly opened the chest again.

The letter sat there, and he continued to stare at it as if he was afraid of it. Like a simple touch would burn his skin, or crush him somehow.

But although it didn't physically, he still felt it.

He wiped his nose, setting the paper on his bed, trying his hardest not to reread it for the thousandth time again.

He stared inside the chest, feeling guilty about what he was preparing himself to do.

"How much was it again?" he whispered to himself, counting the three stacks of money from inside the box.

He wiped his eyes, trying to focus on the task at hand.

"He said.... three-hundred, fifty thousand dollars."

He stared angrily at the money in his hands. "and I only have fifty-thousand."

He looked saddened; he couldn't just sit there, is what he thought.

"I need help." he said.

He got up, the money in hand, walking to the the door, but not before saying, while staring at the letter:

"I'm sorry."

Then the door closed.

|:~:~:~:~:|

Dear Naruto,

We are sorry.
Sorry that we weren't able to be there for you.
Sorry that we would never know what you had to go through all these years.
That you had to live with the heartbreak and pain for so long.
We couldn't possibly know how you feel right now.
Confused? Angry? Sad? Dissapointed? Upset? We could only imagine.
The pain must must be too hard to bury.
But please find it in your heart to forgive us somehow.
There's so much that we would love to tell you, so many things that we could never be able to ask you.
So many things that we could never have the time to write down.
But since we're writing this down anyways, we might as well get some things out while we still can...
Please take care of yourself.
Don't get into trouble.
And be nice and kind to others, especially the ones who give you their kindness in return.
I wish I could tell you more, but time is running out.
We love you so much.
So very much that it hurts to write this letter.
It hurts to leave you like this.
We don't want to leave you like this; at all for that matter.
You're the only thing that made us the happiest people on this earth.
And now...
Nevermind.
Anyways, we left you some money from our savings, please be careful with how you handle it.
There should be about fifty-thousnd, so be smart and use it wisely.
Be safe
Be happy
Find love
Smile and laugh
Make friends
Make a family of your own someday

Love deeply,

Your parents

Kushina & Minato