The would be the other big story I'm working on... It won't be too long. I do love my Sasuke and Naruto quite a lot. ^^
This is boy love, so please... If you don't LIKE it, spare yourself five minutes and read something else. :P
Also... I unfortunately don't own Naruto, or it'd be done. Trust me.
"Sasuke needs to die."
When I heard that, I knew my friends had hit rock bottom. Did no one see the potential I had to bring Sasuke back? I guess not, or this huge intervention like meeting wouldn't be happening.
"Why do you say that?" I asked, my voice barely above a whisper. Sakura looked at the modestly sized group, and then turned her attention back to me.
"Naruto… He killed Danzo and tried to kill me! He almost killed you as well! He has no heart left, you know you felt it." I guess she was right in a way; he did try to kill me and Sakura. However, she was wrong as well. Sasuke might be deep in, but I felt something there. Everyone assumes I am an idiot, but I know what I'm chasing after. As much as my friends deny it, I am in love with Sasuke Uchiha. He's been gone for years now, but my heart hasn't healed, not even close. A numb sensation sets in whenever somebody mentions him, which is everyday. Time goes by and I cannot bring myself to accept defeat.
I watched my group of friends and couldn't help but heave a deep sigh. These people have been pushing me to sign a piece of paper, which signs Sasuke's life to one with a death sentence. I regard the disgusting piece of white paper and feel my stomach churn. This group -my group- would kill the male I love in a flat second. I don't have to be a genius to know this.
"I'm not signing it," I managed to say: disappoint spreads throughout the clique once again. The one to speak up, who always does, is Shikamaru.
"Are you serious!" he frowned, like it is a shocking decision. Do they think they can sway me? Not this Hokage and especially not on the 'Sasuke issue'. I rubbed the back of my head, feeling a headache brewing in the base of my neck.
"Why does that shock you?" I questioned, my voice as kind as I can make it. It's hard though, since all of my friends are for killing the one I love the most. Ino is the one to speak up next, as if that will persuade me. I'll take a mental note, but it will never make me sign the offending tree by-product in front of me.
"You are Hokage, take responsibility!" Ino growled. "Every other leader has signed it but you." I'm not surprised Gaara signed it, but it still hurt to know he did so easily. He would beg me not to if Sakura was in Sasuke's position. However, no one can admit they've killed someone before, so Sasuke is the verbal punching bag for every nation. He is the one everyone can place blame on and why not? Blaming is so easy these days. Trust me, my friends all play the blame game.
"I am," I began, pushing the piece of paper off of my desk. Rock Lee grabbed it quickly as I continued on. "I will bring Sasuke back… Alive. You all know how I feel about him."
"And you know he doesn't love you." even Kiba is against me. To be honest, I think he just needed a side to pick, which I don't blame him for. I used to pick sides too, until I became Hokage. Until I grew up and knew what I wanted, which was having Sasuke back.
"Nobody knows that. Nobody but Sasuke," I used to be happier, but recent events had crippled my personality in the worst way. "Listen, can you all stop trying to perform an intervention? I don't have a drug addiction, or any mental illness. I just want Sasuke back alive… You have to put yourself in my shoes here. Would you honestly want this huge group after you day in and day out over your significant other?" I asked, addressing those in the room who might relate. However, my eyes fell on guilty sea foam green ones. Sakura looked down, as if I had slapped her in front of everyone. Sakura and I had our fall out about a month ago, when she screamed for me to let Sasuke go and I wouldn't. Big surprise there.
"… Guys. We should leave." Sakura sounded out, her voice so tiny these days, amongst a large crowd which all preached the same message: Get rid of Sasuke.
"You know you have to make a decision here." Shikamaru warned me, gathering up the papers he had hoped I would sign.
"I made it months ago. He's coming back."
"Good luck then."
"Thanks." I answered, enveloped in loneliness once again.
Yesterday was different.
Sasuke came back, so that's a beginner to how weird the day was. I had just finished my morning shower when I received the news. I had walked out of my house to see my newest friend -and addition to the Leaf- Akuma running across the front lawn, stopping at the bottom of the stairs.
"I ran as fast as I could!" she breathed quickly. I tilted my head to the side, wondering why my friend would be so shaken.
"Why?" I questioned, walking down the steps. I felt my stomach turn at what she said next:
"S-Sasuke," she huffed. "Huge… Crowd. You should come with me," she breathed out. I guess I didn't know what to say, but regardless, my brain reacted and made my feet carry me as fast as I could. I heard Akuma yell after me and blinked as she tapped me. Absent-mindedly I wondered why the streets of the village were so empty, but it came to me moment after: They were all probably watching Sasuke. I flinched at the size of the crowd he had probably drawn and looked over at my friend. "He's at the front gate." she shouted, but it coming out muted to me. Perhaps it was because of my heart pounding in my ears. I decided I had no time for this and grabbed the brunette's hand.
"Get on my back." I said quickly. Akuma nodded and swung herself onto my back swiftly, not wasting a second. Feeling she wasn't heavy at all, I sped down the barren streets of Konoha.
"Jesus you're fast!" she yelled and held on as I grunted. I heard her gasp as she regarded the massive crowd at the front gates, yelling drifting through the air. "Shit. When I get to the edge of the crowd, get off," I warned her and slowed down. When I had reached said destination, she jumped off. "Excuse me!" I yelled, citizens turning around. The huge sea of people seemed to part, as if my words were a hypothetical Moses. Murmurs wavered through the crowd as I passed through, Akuma close behind me. When I stopped at the inner most part, where a small circle surrounded the strange new being. Some of the faces in the front were of my friends, angry and wanting justice. I looked back at Akuma and she smiled, pushing me forward.
"Good luck." she mouthed as I turned back, my breath hitching in my throat at the figure before me. True to my friend's word, a beaten and bruised Sasuke stood in the middle of the riot.
"Sasuke?" I asked, not sure if he was quite real. The male's head tilted to the side as he coughed loudly, sounding sickly.
"I think I owe you an apology." he managed to say, which made my heart drop in my stomach. He owed me an apology? Well, of course he did, but I would never make him say such words. He was an Uchiha and Uchiha's have a massive amount of pride.
"Damn right you fucking do!" Shikamaru shouting, causing a mob mentality. Shouts and curses drifted throughout the sea of leaf villagers. I sighed and stepped into the empty portion of the circle.
"I know, but not now," I muttered, stopping two feet in front of my former team-mate. "Why are you here? What happened?" I wanted to say what finally made you see, but I didn't want to ruin the moment. Sasuke looked around at his former villagers and then back to me. He shrugged his shoulders slightly and stuffed his hands into the pockets of his ripped pants.
"I ran into a lot of trouble," was all he said before being interrupted by another angry yell. "Is there any place where we can talk?" he asked. To this, I looked over his cut and bruised body. The lack of pressure he had on his left leg told me it was most likely broken.
"You need to get to a hospital. One second," I said softly, then looked around the crowd. "Everyone. Just because it is Sunday doesn't mean we don't have things to do. Can you go on with your lives? There's no more to see!" I yelled. A few moments passed by, murmurs floating through the sea of people. After that, people began to reluctantly walk off, until three people remained with Sasuke and I: Kakashi, Sakura, and Tsunade.
"Welcome back, Sasuke." Kakashi said. To be honest, I think Kakashi was the only one who understood me and my want to have Sasuke back. He never asked me to give up on him, which I thanked him for eternally. However, Sasuke said nothing back. Sakura frowned and looked at the Uchiha.
"You shouldn't have come back." and Sasuke said nothing to this as well.
"You look a little beat up… Will you let Naruto and I take you to the hospital?" Tsunade asked. Yet Sasuke said nothing. I frowned and laid a hand on my ex-team mate's shoulder, which he reacted to with a slight wince.
"Let's go to the hospital." I affirmed what Tsunade said, but did not give an option for 'no'. Sasuke looked down and shrugged again.
"Okay."
"So," I began after Tsunade had finished wrapping Sasuke's wounds: A large cut on his stomach and leg, which wasn't broken after all. "Why here?"
"Only place I could think of… I don't want to die." the Uchiha answered, his bangs hiding the expression in his eyes. I sighed and got onto the end of the bed, sitting across from him. "You're safe here." I said softly. "Are you back for good?" when a few minutes passed with Sasuke saying nothing, I began to worry. What if he didn't want to come back? What if he wanted to be fixed up and then leave? I was beginning to hate the saying 'what if'.
"Are you going to sign my life away like the rest of them?" was all Sasuke asked. I laughed loudly, making him look up.
"People shoved that paper in my face for months, but I'd never sign it. You're my friend, Sasuke. I said I'd never give up on you…" I trailed off, my voice becoming a whisper. "If I had you back, I wouldn't let anyone show me it again. I wouldn't back stab you like that." to this, Sasuke's eyes locked with mine.
"… Why are you so nice to me?"
"Because you're my friend," I said. Even though I would've loved to admit my feelings for him, now did not seem like an appropriate time to do so. "Remember when I told you to store up your hatred until we fought… To let it all crash onto me, because I was the only one who could handle your hatred. That is was a role only I could play?" I reminded him. "It still stands. I don't know much about what's been happening to you, but I can give you a place to stay, a place where somebody loves you."
"Loves me?" Sasuke asked, almost chuckling. "Who?"
"I do." I let that slip I suppose, but I guess I was never quite appropriate when it came to the 'there is a time and a place for everything' kind of stuff. Sasuke raised a slender eyebrow and smiled ever so slightly.
"I see. Well, thank you," he replied softly, looking at his bandages, before returning to regard me. "I hated the idea of you wanting to be my friend back a couple months ago, when I almost killed Sakura. Now, I feel different. I want to thank you for not giving up, for putting faith in someone as useless as myself."
"You aren't useless."
"I wasn't done," Sasuke sighed, rolling his eyes. "I was in a bad place, but after running for weeks from every nation but the Fire nation, after seeing I was an item of Kabato and that poser Madara to use, I realised I needed to come see you. I know this village hates me, as I'm not fond of them either… However, I believe you. I believe you don't want to use my skills, that you want me for me. I don't want to become a good person and laugh with everyone again because that's not me. I said I wouldn't change, but I want to give up this hate thing, at least the hate of you." he sighed. All I could do was smile.
I hope that wasn't too bad for a beginning. :) I'd love reviews, but I won't hold a chapter hostage for them. Haha. :)