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Fallen from the Branch

Naruto Fanfic

By EnigmaticSentinel

Memories: something that is on the mind of a certain teenage boy. The good times he had enjoyed; the hardships that he had to endure. Naruto Uzumaki kept rolling around in bed, vainly trying to get rid of the discomfort within.

There was a figure looking over him as he slept. She had a solemn expression as she watch the boy toss and turn. She let out a sigh as she sipped her green tea which had been at just the right temperature.

As Naruto was sleeping, a particular dream had plagued him throughout the night. How he first met Sasuke Uchiha.

Four Years Ago

(Konohagakure Ninja Academy)

Many youths attend the school with hopes and dreams. Only a fraction of them would be able to live them while others would have to walk away forever with shattered dreams. Despite all the odds, despite all his failures, there stood Uzumaki Naruto. Some pitied him while the majority down right hated him. The underdog managed to stay in the classes despite his poor ninjutsu's, his subpar taijutsu, and non-existent genjutsu skills. The instructors are left baffled about how he performed and wondered why they still kept him there. But his no quit attitude is what keeps him there.

As he performed a simple clone jutsu, a deformed figure stood next to him. He knew what would happen next.

"YOU FAILED!"

His confident demeanor did a 180 as he walked back to the desk with his head held low. It seemed like the whole student body mocked him. As he tries to tune out the voices of discouragement, he looked at one voiceless student as she sits alone. For just a brief second, he found himself admiring the beauty of the raven haired girl. She then walks up out of the chair and towards the unsuspecting blonde boy.

"Naruto, wake up."

Present Day

The blonde teenager almost bolted off the mattress, not expecting to hear the voice that awoke him. He rubs his head as he looked up to the voice that woke him up. Naruto almost dismissed the girl's presence as an illusion until she hands him breakfast. He was pleasantly surprised that she was in-fact very much real and there with him.

"Sasuke…"

The raven haired girl gave him an almost emotionless look except for the fact that Naruto saw some glimmer of light in her dark blue eyes.

"Just eat the food I made you…" She said with a slight annoyance but with a hint of gentleness.

They both appear to be in some kind of cave with two torches keeping the light inside. The blond shinobi devoured the udon noodles before him.

Uh, this ain't ramen, but it's definitely better than nothing.

Though he eagerly consumed the food given to him; he was still drained from what happened a couple days ago. He looked into the raven's eyes, seeing some kind of regret.

"Sasuke, what's wrong?"

"You're an idiot. Shut up", she said with annoyance.

"Cut me some slack you bastard, I did a lot just to get this far."

Naruto sat up from the bed and looked down groggily. Sasuke took the bowl and utensils from Naruto and placed them in a backpack of some sort.

"You're really selfish Naruto, I thought I'd let you know that."

"You're one to talk! You left the friggen village just so you can kill your brother Itachi!"

"Because I wanted justice! You would just get in the way every time I wanted to be stronger!"

Those words stung the blond teenager. He never wanted any of this to happen. He never intended to get in the way of her goal. It was never the same for Naruto after Sasuke left.

"What about that dream you were loud and proud about? Why don't you go back to Kakashi-sensei , Sakurai, and that other girl?"

The sole Uchiha turned around to face the sole Uzumaki. She sounded like she lacked any form of joy in her voice.

"Do you even realize how important you are to me? Even after all those things I did and all the things I said to you?"

Sasuke thought back to when she fought Naruto at the Valley of the End and the fight that took place.

The violent backlash from Chidori and Rasengan clashing together forced the two ninja back. They both skidded across the water as they used their chakra to stay afloat on the water. The kunoichi looked into the eyes of the determined shinobi. His blue eyes started to turn red as it was filled with his passion and anger. She felt sadness and pity for the boy.

"I love you! I refuse to go back home without you!"

Idiot, why would you even love someone like me? I never wanted to hurt you.

"I threw away everything that mattered to me. All the people that were close to me like family, my dream of becoming Hokage, I sacrificed so you can let me be with you."

Naruto had put on a fake smile to hide the pain of what he had to do to get here; just so he could be there for her. Sasuke felt her bowels constrict knowing that this experience was taxing on Naruto. She knew it wasn't hard for her to leave Orochimaru; as she knew that he was just going to use her as just another vessel to contain his putrid soul in. But that paled in comparison to what Naruto did. They were now both on the run from the people and organizations they were once affiliated with.

"We're going to kill Itachi together. Right Sasuke?"

He's never going to let me be. No matter how much I push him away.

"Yes."

Time had passed for a couple of hours. Naruto had nothing to do as he mopes around the cave.

"Man, this is so boring! Isn't there anything to do around here?"

Sasuke was annoyed by Naruto's boredom, but she felt relieved when there was a hint of the fun loving ramen eating boy was coming out of his depressing state.

"No."

The blond shinobi watches the Uchiha kunoichi lie against the jagged walls of the cave sipping her tea.

"You know what Sasuke, what the hell do you even do for fun? All I see you do is mope around as if you as if you were an unsatisfied middle aged man who misses his youthful days."

That was quite random…

"Naruto, I don't like my time wasted. Fun is something that has no meaning to me."

"Are you serious? Come on, I'm sure there's something that you enjoy doing."

The raven looked thoughtful for a minute, but didn't answer to keep her pride intact. The blond shinobi tilted his head slightly. Instead of his innocent cheery grin on his face, it was replaced with a sleazier grimace. She tried her best not to show her embarrassment and tried her hardest not to blush. Sasuke knew that Naruto had aged and matured, somewhat. He was now taller than the Uchiha girl and gained more muscles on his pubescent body.

"Anyway, we have to leave for the Hidden Waterfall Village. We don't have a lot of supplies so don't waste what we barely have."

"But Sasukeeeeeeee, how do you expect me to survive without ramennnnnnnnnnn?"

"Moron, we're broke and on the run. I don't care about your food troubles."

The Uchiha kunoichi places one of the rucksacks behind her back, motioning for Naruto to pick up his.

"Ugh, about time we moved from this place!"

Though Sasuke's Uchiha pride prevents her from verbally admitting it, she actually loves his energetic and carefree attitude. She missed Naruto the whole time she was away from him; but her mission was more important to her and still is.

The two ninja walked outside the cave into the forest. The canopy of the forest let in a limited amount of light into the forest, making it easier on their eyes. Naruto watches Sasuke activate her Sharingan. She uses her Kekkei Genkai to scan for potential threats including squads of patrolling Sound Ninja. They didn't want to waste any time escaping the Land of Sound. It would be bad enough if the Sound Ninja found them and called for more powerful reinforcements.

"Let's go, we don't have all day moron."

"Sure thing, bastard."

They immediately skipped into the branches of the trees in the tall forest at great speed. The Uchiha Kunoichi was traveling at a faster rate than Naruto, who struggles to keep up with her.

Damn why does she have to be faster than me?

Sasuke senses another presence approaching her and Naruto; it was a Sound Village patrol.

Not now!

Naruto senses it too, as much as he wanted to kick their asses, he knew it was better to run for now. However, they were fast, they were relentless. They eventually caught up as they threw kunais at Sasuke.

"Shit! Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

Several clones of Naruto appeared in mid-air as one of the clones took the hit from the kunai instead of Sasuke. One of the sound nin faced the Uchiha Kunoichi and released a noised based jutsu out of his mouth. The blast of the high pitch scream tore apart one of the narrow tree bark and sent it collapsing as Sasuke dodges the attack. Both ninja still tried to escape both attackers as they neared the border into the Land of Iron. Naruto did another Kage Bunshin, this time leaving 70 clones to distract the patrol. Although it was a gamble, it prove to pay off as it bought enough time to evade the patrol.

Haha, I didn't actually think I could fool those suckers!

They jumped across the now mountainous terrain, hoping that the Sound Ninja will not cross the border into the Land of Iron.

"Wow that was close."

Naruto was gasping for breath while Sasuke barely broke a sweat.

"Are you sure you're able to keep up with me?"

The Uchiha girl grinned at Naruto causing his cheeks to become a little red.

"Uh, yeah, this is nothing!"

With that, the two ninjas headed towards their next destination.

End…

This is my first time making a fan fic of Naruto so tell me what you think and whether I should continue this! Thanks people. =)