Loosing You

Chapter 1: Confession.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, if I did then Hinata would be dead from cancer. Boruto would not be a trash ass bitch, Himawari would have pinkish hair and Sakura would be Naruto's assistant and wife.

"Hinata sucks" – speech

'Hinata is ugly' – thought

Konohagakure High School, probably the most prestigious in the country, one reserved for the elite in all their fields - academic or otherwise. The best students in the prefecture could be found here in their thousands, coming from miles around to receive the best education the state had to offer.

Naruto Uzumaki wasn't the most intelligent of students, but he did have one thing not many other people did – popularity. He was well known in the area for being a delinquent-turned-social icon. It wasn't just adults who had changed their opinion on his in the past few years, the girls had also begun to see him in a different light and constantly vied from his attention. However, with the arrival of a new school term, Uzumaki Naruto had transferred to Konohagakure high school with the aim of helping those who couldn't fend for themselves.

It was 7am. The wind bustled the autumnal leaves which littered the cobbled paths sprawling outwards from the school in all directions, students milling towards the building in their masses. The sun was beginning to rise and stretch over the infamous north rock face of Konohagakure, Its many facets filtering light and shade over the surrounding familiar streets. The entire atmosphere still seemed somewhat fresh, chatter whistling through the air as a new term began.

Naruto walked alone with a trail of teenage girls at his heels. He wasn't used to all these female hormones, it was practically suffocating. He felt like dashing towards the school in a desperate bid to escape them, but thought he might end up being captured and held hostage by their grappling hands if he did so - that was the strength these fangirls possessed.

8:30am. That was the moment he saw a small girl trip over a cobbled stone on the footpath in front of him, the folder in her arms scattering sheets all along the pathway. The last trails of students scurried to avoid the papers, circling around her as she fumbled to collect her notes. He felt sorry for her, walked up to her and knelt in front of her slowly. Tentatively, as though she was a timid kitten who might run off on him at any moment. He couldn't see her eyes; her head was lowered. All he could see was a large red bandana covering most of her forehead, yet he could see stray strands of her pink hair peeking out from underneath the bizarre getup. It was almost as if she wanted people to look at her strangely.

"Hey, do you need a hand?"

It was meant to be a rhetorical question, as he had already begun to gather the sheets around him for her, his hands grasping them at an astonishing rate. In his peripheral vision, he saw half a dozen sheets fluttering away with the leaves towards a nearby river embankment in the breeze, and he rushed over momentarily to retrieve them. In his sudden dash, the girl had looked up in bewilderment, her soft mint green eyes tracing his movements in sheer denial.

"W-Why are you helping me?"

She spluttered in shock as he handed the bundle of crumpled sheets, a soft smile now gracing his face. His eyes crinkled in warmth at her stutters.

'So cute…'

He was taken aback by his feeling of protectiveness over her at that moment, but she was so shy and frail that he couldn't help it.

"Because you needed help. I wanted to anyway, and speaking to you now, I'm glad it did" He stated, slightly embarrassed. His hand scratched the back of his head in reflex, the corners of his mouth turning upwards into his signature sheepish grin.

She grinned back suddenly, her eyes closing as she chuckled softly along with him in their quiet daze. They still were kneeling on the ground, completely unaware that the bells for class had already ceased to ring.

(Scene Change)

As autumn eventually transferred in to chilly winter mornings, Naruto and Sakura would spend every afternoon going home together after school. Of course, during lunch Naruto would play kick the can with Shikamaru, Kiba and Choji – his classmates who had all quickly become firm friends after discovering their shared love of anime. He tried to speak to Sakura every day for as long as he could after class, even taking the longer route home and walking in the opposite direction of his apartment towards her house to stay with her a little longer. She didn't know that, of course. Just like she was also blissfully unaware that this was more than a mere friendship to him, that he was falling for her every time she giggled, every time she got mad at her only other close friend – Ino, and every time she blushed when he complimented her on her soft shoulder length hair.

She revealed to him about her social anxiety, about her lack of understanding in how to act when she was with other people, in other words a social introvert. She got frustrated easily, her masked strength almost too difficult for him to handle at times - although he did tend to enjoy restraining her when he wrapped his arms around her waist as she tried to beat up people who called her 'forehead girl'.

(Scene Change)

It was one of those frozen afternoons that his heart ached for the first time over a girl. They had left the cosy corridors of the main building behind them and were walking down past the football fields. The team was having their usual after school practice, their coach in a frenzy trying to keep them in a line during drills. One boy stood out from the entire line-up. Miles ahead of the others, handling a ball with such control and strength that he ran up and down the field in half the time than anyone else.

His back hair was flying behind his face, his pale skin turning blue from the cold, his dark eyes focused on nothing but the goal in front of him. Sasuke Uchiha.

It was well known that the Uchiha clan had received special treatment here for generations, their family receiving sport scholarships for their expertise in football for as long as the record books could display. But Sasuke was different. His passion for the sport went beyond normal reasoning. There was only one thing that rivalled his competition with the ball: That was his competition with Naruto.

Naturally, an arrogant football captain such as himself practically had a cult following of women by his side, but this had obviously been halved with the arrival of Naruto. That was where the resentment had started, but Naruto wasn't sure if that was the only reason for this irrational attention he had been receiving from Sasuke since he had started classes here.

Sasuke suddenly stood up and turned his head, glancing at the pair of them as they walked along the side-lines of the pitch. His eyes narrowed slightly and he turned away, beginning to stretch his body along with the rest of the team for a cool down. Sakura sighed softly, and Naruto looked around, alarmed.

'Don't tell me….' A soft gasp left his lips as his eyebrows raised disbelievingly.

"Sasuke is so cool, isn't he?"

That was when he knew Sakura's heart didn't belong to him. He didn't even respond to it. The way her eyes lit up just by seeing Sasuke from afar, he knew then and there about her feelings.

"Naruto, I was wondering…. Would you mind helping me. Help me to confess to him, I mean?"

He turned his head away so she couldn't see the pain reflected in his clear blue eyes. So, this was who she loved. Not him, but the Uchiha. He couldn't reveal his feelings to her now, not after she had asked for his assistance. He wanted to help her whenever he could, so that was what he was going to do. No matter how much it hurt him, he was okay seeing her happy.

"Sure Sakura-chan, leave it to me!" A replied with his ever so warming smile. Sakura's eyes lit up, but she felt a different vibe from his smile. But the sheer excitement from the revelation overshadowed her doubts as she nodded quickly.

"Arigato!"

They walked home, a girl with a hopeful future and a boy with a dejected heart.

(Scene Change)

'I've never hated anyone other than my brother before, but Naruto Uzumaki sure comes close.'

Sasuke tutted as he walked home that evening, his football bag slung over one shoulder, walking through the narrow streets and down the winding paths towards his home. Benches lined the street, almost abandoned in this wintry weather, yet one girl sat alone shivering not far from his apartment.

'Is that…. Naruto's girlfriend?'

He had seen them together a lot, and the thought made his blood boil. So, Naruto could have any girl he wanted, and yet he chose her? What was so special about her anyway? She looked pretty ordinary to him.

'Peh, that ugly forehead. Why would that idiot like her?'

But if Naruto saw something in her, then he presumed that maybe she wasn't completely useless. Just maybe.

He walked up to her purposefully, standing authoritatively in front of her in a confident stance, looking down at her with slight disdain.

"I wanted to talk to you."

"W-what?" Sakura raised her eyes from her pink cased phone. Noticing who just spoke to her, her mouth went agape.

Sakura narrowed his eyes as he looked at her. Over the years he had seen many girls confess to him, so naturally he was used to know different reactions from them, and their motives. Seeing her facial expression was enough to understand she wasn't any different. 'Another fangirl.'

He was ready to leave. 'Just when I thought there was something special about her.'

As he turned around without a word, Sakura's eyes narrowed and a sad frown was present on her face. Sasuke momentarily widened his eyes. 'What am I doing… this is the best chance…'

He quickly turned around facing her. Hopeful eyes met his once again. He regained his posture as he spoke.

"I like you, obviously. Ditch Uzumaki and I'll consider letting you hang out with me."

Her eyes widened, her body beginning to rally from nervousness as she realised what he was saying. Her mind hummed with a million questions, her stomach drooped at the harsh words he said about Naruto. She had to break her friendship off with Naruto if she wanted to go out with her crush? Was that a price she was willing to pay? How did he even know who she was? Had he been watching her; did he know her name? A lot of thoughts bombarded her in that mere moment.

Naruto wasn't far off, he had planned with sakura to wait for Sasuke AFTER practice so she could finally confess to him, but he had never anticipated this. As he crouched behind a bush in the shadows nearby, he was nearly crushed with internal agony. This hurt, this regret of never letting her know how he felt. Now she was going to be taken out of his grasp completely by a guy who seemed to have a grudge against him for an unknown reason. Naruto knew in that moment that Sasuke had seen him hiding nearby, had planned this to hurt him. He had used Sakura in a plan to pain Naruto like this, an innocent victim in his mind games.

"O-Okay."

As soon as those words left her lips, he couldn't believe it. He just stared at them for a moment before he slumped to the ground behind a tree, curling into himself, his arms wrapped around his knees. Tears pricked his eyes, yet they didn't fall. He didn't have the energy to let them. So, this was what it was like to be caught in a false love, in a love reserved for one. His eyes shadowed under his hair, his facial expression was not to be found.

"Very good, I expect from now on that you will not meet with him. I don't like broken, vows. Understood?"

Sakura slight faltered from the way he had spoken to her. But just like before, the fact that he liked her overshadowed her reasoning at that very moment. Her eyes just glittered with excitement, joy and happiness, unware of the price she paid for this falsehood.

Author's Note: Here's a new NaruSaku fanfiction. Hope you like it. It's a different approach to the usual bitch like Sakura I write, which to me is likeable, but most of the readers hate~ Like come on, Sakura can't be Sakura without being a bitch and likeable at the same time! Oh well, hope you like this version of her? No? Well sorry, I can't write her like Hinata.

Anyways, let me know your thoughts. Reviews helps for faster update not gonna lie. But I wont make that a condition of course, since most of the fanfics with good reviews I never update and ones that has no reviews I keep updating. It just depends on the mood tbh. But I will try to properly end this and 'A lost Key' which is my favourite fanfiction so far.

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