Moments in Time
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Author's Note: This was a challenge that I found. I wrote this mostly to clear my head of the crazy stuff that's been going through it. Basically, the guidelines were these:
1.)Set ITunes or whatever music player you have to random and you have the song time to come up with a story. No planning, just writing from beginning to end of a song and it has to pertain to the song.
2.)No going over or under the song limit
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"Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real." –Tupac Shakur
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1---Ultimate (Lindsay Lohan)
Sasuke wasn't often one for wondering, but this one thought caused him to think more than anything. He was broken, disassembled, not all there-everyone said it, could see it. So why, dear gods why was Naruto never giving up on him? Ever since they were kids, Naruto had stood by him, and now Sasuke looked at him curiously.
The brunette wondered if you had to be religious to believe in angels, because this person right beside him was definitely one.
2---Angels on the Moon (Thriving Ivory)
How many people had told him that he was crazy, had told him that his dreams were unrealistic? Gods, there probably wasn't a person in town that hadn't said it at least once. Actually, his best friend/lover hadn't actually said it. He'd never said he didn't believe that Naruto could make it. Most people simply automatically assumed that when Sasuke said "Dobe." he meant that the blonde's dream wouldn't come true.
Naruto didn't particularly care if people believed him or not, just that they wouldn't put him down for it, wouldn't try to jerk him out of his dreams. They were all that had kept him together when Sasuke had left, and even now, there was a lot riding on them. The one day Naruto would show them, would show everyone who had ever said anything bad about his dreams that dreams come true almost everyday.
3---I'm Just a Kid (Simple Plan)
Naruto kicked at the rocks, watching them skirt into the shadows of twilight. His eyes traveled up the stairs to where all the other kids were playing, were playing with each other. All smiles and warmth. Naruto didn't know that feeling, couldn't know that feeling.
Years of late nights just staring up at the empty walls and having waking dreams of actually fitting in with those kids had hardened him a bit. It hurt to see it, but he didn't try to join in anymore. It wouldn't work anyway. If the kids didn't shun him, than the parents would. They always did. And it looked to be another lonely night for Naruto.
4---Check Yes Juliet (We the Kings)
It felt so strange to see Konoha like this, so battered and broken. The world was battered and Naruto didn't want to leave. It had been his home for so long and as if to top it all off, it was raining. Just like when the Sandaime died, it was a steady, cool rain, making his hair plaster to his forehead. A familiar hand on his shoulder made him turn and Naruto nodded to the unasked question. He knew he had to leave eventually.
It felt good to run without anyone after them. It was such a different sensation, just to feel the wind in their faces and the grass under their feet. They saw the different sites of battles that were old now, a forest of bones, an entire area of forest leveled, a bridge that bore his name. Naruto wondered out loud to his companion why he was still with him. He didn't have to be. Sasuke simply smiled ever so slightly and replied "It's you and me."
5---On Top of the World (Boys Like Girls)
They'd gotten separated so long ago, neither knowing when or how. They tried to find each other, to catch a glimpse, but how could they find each other on opposite sides of the world?
Naruto had gotten into a habit of watching the stars when Sasuke left. He liked to watch how they slowly revolved around the world, and wondered if Sasuke could see them too, was watching the very same stars. Maybe that was the key. Stars could be found anywhere, right?
It was something that had gotten him beaten more than once when he was working under Orochimaru; staring off into the sky like he did. But he couldn't help it. The sky was universal, anyone could be staring at precisely the same patch of sky he was. And Sasuke knew that that was where they would meet, at the very top of the entire universe.