::Remember Me::
"He's
gone. He can't be gone. He's not gone. He's not! No! He didn't leave
me. He would never do that! What the hell is
wrong with him tebayo?!" No matter how many times he
told himself nothing would happen. Hell, he'd only told himself a
Thunder rumbled outside and flashed upon the Kyuubi
containers face. No tears streamed down his face as some would
expect. He was done crying. Or he had just cried all of them out.
Maybe there were no more.
-
Naruto smiled confidently to himself. He had done something back then. He had done something. The teenaged boy was rather pleased with himself. But there was one problem with his accomplishment. The breach. The hole, the hole in his chest that could only be filled by one thing. Naruto knew exactly what it was. It was Sasuke. It didn't take much of the boys mind to answer that question. Actually, it did take much. The biggest part. What people didn't realize is that the Uchiha betrayer took up more than half of Naruto's small brain capacity.
A cool breeze made a soft sound in the empty valley. Naruto frowned slightly and griped the jacket that covered his finely toned chest. His chest bothered him. It hurt. It had a longing that needed to be fulfilled.
Dusk was approaching and the sun was setting. The array of colors blended in like a collage in the darkening sky. This place was one that helped Naruto get by. One where he could just listen to the cool breeze and relax. This was the place that seemed to remind the fox boy of him the most though. Why did it do that?
He couldn't really answer that. This place seemed to have a serene aurora but one that was cold and unwelcoming from time to time. It was bipolar. The place was like the weather. The happy times coming and going. Naruto got that scary, freaky feeling during the calm of the storm. Every time. Right before it would hit he would manage to have a wave of coldness rush over his small body. It was both a wave of comfort and displeasure.
Did that mean that a storm was coming his way?
That the calm feeling of soft raindrops would greet his form again?
Or would it mean that the soft rumble of thunder would sooth the blonde.
The wonderful possibilities rushed through his head. Everything about depressing weather made him brighter, happier. It could bring him through.
He loved the way it made him forget, he loathed the way it made him regret, and yet, it was all just his circumspect.
A split second before the blonde's soft eyes closed, a rapid bolt followed by no noise was caught by a glance out of the corner of his eye. No rumble, no crackle. Not any noise was heard. Could it have been he was too far away? It was just a blue-ish ball... of... lightning?
"Nani?" He questioned himself.
'I recognize that... where is it from...?'
After the blue orb disappeared, a soft wind once again sent chills down the Uzumaki's spine.
It definitely wasn't too far away. He could feel the aftermath. But that wasn't it. A reassuring current was replaced by a whipping wind.
This never happened. The wind was too strong for this to happen. It would have to be a rather large storm. Better judgment told Naruto to go home. He'd gotten long used to the theory he was being watched and decided being in a nice bed would beat sitting out a storm.
He stood up with a very bland expression. There was nothing to be happy about and nothing- little to mourn about. Expressionless was the way to go when he was alone.
He was alone.
Those words rang through his mind and he quickly shook his head to relieve himself of anything that could possibly upset him. But that of coarse is impossible. Naruto was always upset because he hadn't cherished the golden times, the times where he was with Sasuke. He had fought with him instead and ruined any possibility of solid friendship.
He had ruined anything that possibly could have been reality.
He was alone.
His heart and soul screamed in agony but all Naruto could do was sit. Sit and wait. He knew Sasuke wouldn't come back. The was the cold, hard truth.
"Sasuke..." The boy took one good last glance at the home-away-from-home before sprinting off.
-
One could never know how fast or slow time goes. It simply varies on the person. For this amount, a simple day seemed like weeks. To one specific person that is.
It turned out there was no storm. No nothing.
But what got to him the most was that he was now delusional. That was all he needed.
Naruto smiled softly to Sakura who greeted him.
"We have the day off," Sakura informed Naruto.
"Hai!" A bright smile graced the boys' visage.
"Mhm." Sakura tilted her head to the side with a smile, not even close to as big as Naruto's.
"Arigatou! Dattebayo!" Naruto waved sprinting to his favorite spot.
The time he spent in the village was joyous and filled with happiness. Naruto couldn't tell if it was fake or not though.
Naruto may not come across as much of a thinker but there were times when emotions built up inside needed to be thought out. Sorted in a way. he needed to figure out ways to get through things.
"Hmmm..."
The serene feeling once again glided over Naruto's body. It was in this place where it was like there was something so close but so far. Like that cold feeling replaced by the serene one. It was too much for Naruto but too perfect at the same time.
Once again the sun quickly descended down the multi-colored sky.
Only in this place time seemed to have sped up. It went by quickly as the incoming tide on a videotape set to fast forward.
He lost track in simple words. Time seemed to glide along the flat plain that could only stay straight when a person entered a trance such as this. Sasuke never left his mind. Never.
The darkness seemed to engulf the sunset. But the sunset wasn't the only thing it engulfed.
ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz
The soft sound of slumber and the perfectly even breathing could only be heard within feet. The small distance disrupted almost nothing.
Almost nothing.
The low gasp of another's' was short and surprised as a shadow cast along the grass. The moonlight played along a sleeping boys' featured revealing a trail of drool the slithered from the corner of his agape mouth to the soft soil beneath him.
"N-Naruto."
Whoever it was choked on their words. The voice remained normal. For them at least.
"Naruto." This time however, it was a hoarse whisper. Just far from an earshot.
-
"Eh?"
Words echoed through the dense place. A cool breeze ruffled
the outfit of that a young boy wore. A person stood opposite him. He
recognized a faint smell of one person. That person who made Naruto
feel both an eternal bliss and eternal hell from. "N-Naruto?"
The opposites voice cracked from either surprise or disgust.
He hoped it wasn't the latter. Though the boy wasn't the latter
either. He was shocked beyond belief. All he wanted to do was run out
and hug the person. The person was the person he loved more than
anything. He was like a brother. "Sasuke-teme!" He
burst out angry, "Nande... nande dattebayo!? Why did you leave
me?" He whispered. The only problem was that Naruto
fought with himself. Emotions running wild in his body gave him mixed
directions and his nature seemed to have said the wrong thing. The
other male remained quiet. Almost as if speech at left him. A bitter
smile made its way onto the elder's expression. "Naruto."
He could only repeat that name. Who knows how many times he
had said it before. It was a longing voice, lusting possibly. It was
hoarse though. Quiet as well. "Sasuke-" He was cut
off with a low gasp as the elders' fist cut into his neck.
"Naruto." A tear slid down that of an Uchiha's
face, "Remember me." His vision faded to black and
the last thing he could see was But
those words were still fresh in his memory.
-
"SASUKE!" Tears slid in rapid amounts down his face.
His heartbeat was rapid and his vision was blurred.
He gasped and looked around. No one was there. No one.
He was alone. Again
His sobs echoed through the forest. He had drifted off and the presence of safety and grace had left him. Just recently as it seemed to the boy.
An object that glisned in the moonlight caught his eye.
"Nani..." Naruto glanced down at his palm, which was folded over softly.
His hand had a tingling feeling to it and it was that feeling. It was still there. They're with Naruto.
"Sasuke." His hands managed to un-clench, which revealed an Uchiha charm necklace.
It was a pendant. Of the Uchiha clan sign. The red and white fan-looking object glistened in the bright moonlight.
Naruto's sobs no longer could be heard. Instead he smiled and griped the pendant tighter.
"I will remember you."
"You talk too much, dobe." Came a voice from behind, "And you snore."
His eyes were wide. It wasn't just a dream. It was reality. Reality and Sasuke was something Naruto wanted more than anything. He was speechless. For the moment.
"Hmph! I do not!" Naruto snorted.
"You haven't changed in the slightest."
"Neither have you."
Naruto cautiously glanced at his old friend. His heart rate stayed at a fast pace and the cold gaze Sasuke transfixed on Naruto made his stomach sink. He slowly took light steps towards Sasuke.
"I don't think I can trust you, demo, I would like to." Naruto looked away once he had reached Sasuke.
"I don't think you can either." Was his reply.
Sasuke was embraced tightly by his slightly shorter comrade who rested his chin on Sasuke's shoulder.
"...But I can try."
Naruto's eyes closed taking in Sasuke's scent. Forever is a distant word but if he could spend it with Sasuke, he'd go the distance.
Time seemed to stand still but everyone knew that nothing lasted forever.
"I'm sorry." Sasuke attempted to push Naruto away, he wouldn't allow that.
"Don't leave me again." Naruto hugged him tighter.
Sasuke lifted Naruto's chin upwards and gazed into his blue orbs, "Just be quiet." His lips connected with Naruto's.
Sasuke's eyes remained closed in a peaceful way and Naruto's eyes were wide but closed and eventually kissed back. The younger boy's arms switched from Sasuke's back to his neck and Sasuke pulled Naruto into him tighter by gripping his waist. Naruto smiled into the kiss and tilted his head to the side.
But good things have to come to an end.
While Naruto was concentrated on Sasuke, the Uchiha let his hand travel up the Uzumaki's back and up to his neck. Before Naruto could protest, Sasuke had flicked his neck, causing him to drop to the ground.
The moon was like the sun in a more peaceful way. You could glance at it forever and still have perfect vision. It also cast a shadow, no matter how small the object. It was replaced and replaced the others. It was interesting. The shadow of the Uchiha was one that cast along the Uzumaki just as they were going to part.
Once in a dream and once in reality. Words have to be repeated and dreams can be predictions. The final words of an Uchiha to Naruto were said with both the bitter cold tone and grief.
"Remember me."