Author's Notes: this is told either through Naruto's, Kurama's, and Sasuke's point of view. This story is a Sasu/Naru YAOI (boyxboy love) so don't read if you aren't into those kind of things. I do not own Naruto and/or its characters as they are owned by Masashi Kishimoto. I have gotten this the idea while reading several other familiar fanfiction stories in which Naruto loses his sight so, this is my version of what I think would happen. Please feel free to leave your comments and reviews telling me what you think as I look forward to reading them.

Key Guide: 'thinking', (authors notes), "regular speech", *telepathic/mental speech*, CAPS - points of view, italics-jutsu & attacks, bold-Kurama talking

One: the mission
NARUTO'S P.O.V.

Ever since the end of the fifth great ninja war, life in Konaha had returned back to normal. You think after risking my life not once but twice for this village I would be hailed as a hero. Nope. It frustrated me to no end that all of my friends and even teammates had become a jonin and chunin while I was still ranked a near genin. It didn't matter that I had the most powerful Biju sealed within me or the fact that I had become a sage. It felt like everything I ever did or have done doesn't matter anymore. Hell even my life long rival Sasuke Uchiha had returned back to the village. Much to the happiness of the council and all of the fan girls. But lately I have been feeling depressed. I have lost all will to smile as I didn't even pick fights with Sasuke anymore. Knowing that it was a complete waste of time. I still kind of wore the fake smile around people. If that wasn't bad enough, Hinata told me that she was no longer to associate with me and that her clan had arranged for her to marry her teammate Kiba Inuzuka. I think that the Hyuga clan still blames me for Neji's death. About the only one who still showed me any support was Kurama. I even changed by my mindscape for the nine tailed demon fox as now instead of sewers it was a lush forest. Kurama opened up to me a bit more telling me all about his past hosts and other things that I should be concerned about. And trust me when I say this, half of the things I would never think was even possible could happen. For example, if I chose to have sexual relations with a male, depending on who is the seme decided on who becomes pregnant. Trust me I was shocked to find this out. Not that any guy catches my eye or anything. As I am still partly grossed out by my first kiss with Sasuke. I didn't think those damn fan girls could be even more vicious until I had stolen Sasuke's first kiss. Hey..... It wasn't like I planned for it to happen.

Anyways getting back to the point here. It was a start of a normal day as I got up, took a shower, got dressed, and ate breakfast. I decided to go and visit pervy sage, my parents, the old man, and Neji's grave. I would have gone to the Yamanaka Flower Shop to get some flowers but I didn't know if Ino was working or not. And besides when Ino wasn't working the family would charge me almost double for even the flowers that weren't the greatest in the world. So once again I went without a tribute do to how poor I was even despite being the son of the fourth hokage. I bet you that my dad is probably fuming in his grave if he saw how poorly I was being treated. If he knew that most of the Namikaze funds went to the village and its council, he would have a field day on their asses. I was even lucky to get any of his and my mom's belongings. As I made my way through the village, I kept my head down. I avoided most of the elders in the village gaze as I knew that they were speaking poorly of me. I wanted my life to end as I felt that I was no longer wanted in this world.

When I reached the graveyard, I tried my best to hold the overwhelming emotions that I was feeling. By the time I had reached my dad's grave, I had broken down in tears. Even though we barely gotten a chance to talk during the war, I knew that his resurrected body wouldn't hold out forever. I never truly got a chance to talk to him. To find out if he was proud of me. If he regretted having to seal Kurama within me and for us to be hated by the very village that he fought so hard to protect. But I knew that he and my mom where in a better place. Even before I knew that I was the son of the fourth hokage I wanted to be a hokage. To have people acknowledge me and respect me. I only had a small handful of people who did that.
*Pull yourself together kit. I doubt that your father would want to see you like this. You're the son of the two of the strongest people in all of the leaf. If you feel this village has shut you away then, why don't we leave?* Kurama asked me mentally. I wiped away my tears as I was kind of shocked by his suggestion. *Just think about it. All right?* Kurama stated before I noticed that I wasn't alone. Kakashi-sensei had come to pay his respects as well.
"I thought that I would find you here. We have been summoned for a mission." stated Kakashi. I just looked at my teacher as I nodded my head as I followed him to the hokage tower.

Tsunade sat behind her desk as I forced myself to smile in her presence. I didn't want her to trouble herself with my own problems as she had the entire village to look after.
"Thank you for coming Team Seven." I looked at both Sakura and Sai as they both wore jonin jackets as Sasuke wore his slashed head plate when I gave it back to him. I just bowed my head keeping the fake smile plastered on my face as I tried to pay attention to why Tsunade would bring us here. Ever since Sasuke had come back, Sakura has been flirting even more with him than before. I had noticed that every time Sakura did this it caused Sai to roll his eyes. The former Anbu root member had fallen in love with the pink haired banshee not that she would even notice. Sasuke was still the same emotionless emo prick that he always has been. I didn't even know what these damn fan girls see in him. "The reason why I have called you all here is because I have an A ranked mission for you to complete. We have received word of someone going around and collecting kekkigenkai eyes and siphoning off some of the Jinchuriki's chakra." stated Tsunade bluntly.
"Lady Tsunade is it really a good idea to have both Sasuke and Naruto on this mission? Considering that this person is after them both?" asked Sai.
"It is because of them that it may draw this person out." answered Tsunade as she pulled out a map pointing to a spot on it. "Here's where we have received word of his last known location." All of us looked at the map memorizing the location. "You are to find this man and to bring him back for interrogation."
"And if we can't? And something terrible was to happen?" asked Sakura.
"Then I give you full permission to kill him. But retrieve any data that this person may have." answered Tsunade. All of us nodded our heads that we understood the mission. We then bowed to Tsunade before we turned to leave.

As I was leaving I could hear Tsunade call out to Sasuke.
"Congradulations Sasuke. You are now of a chunin rank." she stated. I felt my world come crashing down. The damn teme got to be a chunin before me. As I turned to leave I could see the two elders whom controlled the council waiting.
"Uzumaki, a minute if you will." stated the man known as Homura Mitokado. The female that was next to him was Koharu Utatane. I could hear Kurama snarl through our mental path. I couldn't blame him as these two viewed us a weapon, nothing more. They were part of the reason why I was so damn poor. By now Sasuke had come out of Tsunade's office as he knew that I had heard about his promotion. That fake smile was still plastered across my face.
"Congrads on making chunin Sasuke. I will see you guys at the gate. The council elders wish to speak to me for a moment." I stated. Sasuke just clicked his tongue as he bowed his head at the elders before leaving.
"We assume that you know about your upcoming mission." stated Koharu as I simply nodded my head yes.
"Good that makes things much easier. During this mission you are to protect Sasuke Uchiha with your very life. He is the hero of the leaf as he has both the Shaningan and Rinegan eyes. The council has also decided that he will become the next hokage." stated Homura. Almost instantly I felt my very world come crashing down all around me. And since I was only a genin, I had to comply with their demands no matter how much I didn't want to.