Letters we wrote

Letter 13

Naruto was by himself at the cart, checking the boxes that were left. When a purple head appeared from behind of one.

"Saki" he said in shock and rushed to cover that box. "Finally I see you" he whispered, taking the scroll from its back and putting the snake into his jacket inside pocket, as he started reading.

"I am not telling you. You'll have to wait for me to come back. And maybe there I will."

A smile appeared on his face. Made his heart race a little, because not having an answer was going to kill him, but it made him happy to finally read him again.

"It's indeed not easy at all. With Sakura, honestly, I was not afraid she'd punch me, I can take that. Is the tears I can't take. They just make me uncomfortable.

Anyway, very good try, usuratonkachi. I'm not coming back yet, I can't. Now that I know what I want to be better for, I can't stop until I feel like I deserve that support. Like I deserve to be believed in. Like you believe in me. So no, not coming back yet."

What did that mean? His heartbeat rocketed.

"Even if that weather does sound like a good idea."

He chuckled, letting a sigh out at the end.

"Anyway, I thought I might go to the smaller countries, Kusagakure and all of that, they could be the ones who need more help. Let's see what I find."

Wait, Kusagakure is just next door, he thought with his eyes widened. His heart felt at his throat, jumping like crazy.

Meanwhile, just a few minutes before that, Sasuke was already at the refuge area. He saw the cart at the entrance but went around the other way and came in from the back. He hid behind one of the tents and looked down one of the roads. Several people were gathering near the end of it, so he moved quickly to merge in the crowd to take a better look at what was happening.

And that's when he saw them, two Konoha Jounin unpacking a box outside what it looked like a small supermarket.

They must be supplies for the refugees, he thought. And thinking he could may be of help, he started walking between people to get to them, but something made him freeze.

"Another bag, please!" Naruto's voice resonated through the crowd.

That can't be, he thought, frozen where he stood. His heart jumped to his throat.

"Yes, here" one of the Jounin replied, and a blond haired man came out of the store, huge smile on his face. It was definitely Naruto.

Well, damn me, he sighed to himself.

"Everyone, store will be open in a few minutes" he said, changing his eyes to the crowd. "Thanks for wai-"

Blue eyes met black. Naruto froze mid sentence and a cloud of smoke covered him, making it disappear, another came out suddenly, didn't see Sasuke, and just continued loading food into the market.

"A clone" he sighed.

BA-DUM

"Sasuke?" the real Naruto said suddenly, a clone shadow had just disappeared, a clone shadow that had just seen Sasuke between the crowd. He folded the letter into his pocket, not even bothering finishing reading it, and rushed to where that shadow clone had been.

That was Sasuke, there's no mistaking him, he thought as he ran. A smile started forming in his face.

Sasuke, on the other hand, was backing away from the crowd. He couldn't believe what he just saw. The real Naruto was there, somewhere, and his heart beat went through the roof.