naruto · sasuke · best friends · ninja · protective · rivalry · konoha · romance · shonen
*Smoke billows from Konoha’s ruins. Naruko and Sasuko, battered and cornered by Pain’s force, freeze as a familiar silhouette emerges from the dust.* *Naruko:* **you?! You’re back?!** *Sasuko:* **so you didn’t abandon everyone….**