Ha' I think this might be a little original if not of well - Naruto story that I guess should be read by those who like the pairing Narusasu and/or NaruGaa but that's just a small warning so if you decide to skip it I would believe cause I did that once and BOY I've read all of the headers since then just for the warning nod nod This is my first Naruto story and I'm sorry if my people seem a little OOC although it shouldn't be to bad I'm not sure how old everyone is yet because I think I want to have this where the manga is about or something like that and that would make Naruto 15 or 16 so that seems a good age…oh phooey I'll tell you when I know. And fair warning right here my beginning are always a little slow but once I figure it out we'll be rolling' well enough of me ranting time to get to the start of this fanfiction.

Disclaimer: Naruto does not belong to me.

Crepuscular nights

Chapter 1: Simple meetings

The sun slowly rose over the faces of the Hokage's in the hidden village of Konoha. Tan stone tinted to soft pinks, oranges and yellows with the rising of the sun. The faces seem to protect the village from harm even in their death the spirits rose to protect the humble village of Konoha. Few people of the city were walking around the streets and in shops while most of the civilians were still at home in their beds sleeping comfortably.

Uchiha Sasuke groaned as he woke up from the mourning glow on his bed. He tried to roll out of the way of the warm radiance that was creeping onto his bed. The Uchiha boy moaned again then finally left his bed and glared to the window that was wide open letting the light. He stretched, while yawning and stumbled around a little before reaching the bathroom. Sasuke stared at his reflection to put it simply he looked like a complete mess regardless that he had just woken up, his normally perfect hair was sticking up in every direction possible. His already pale had seemed to lose a few shades of color, bruises covered parts of face, arms and torso from the sparring session he had with Kakashi the day before. Sasuke sighed, relieved himself then left the bathroom to go find some food. At this point in the mourning all he really wanted was some coffee to wake himself up, but he knew better and starting making food for his grumbling stomach.

In another small room on the other side of town a blonde haired boy lazily slept through the warmth of the sun. Naruto yawned, rolling over and lifted the blanket that covered a small portion of his body in a futile attempt to cover more of his body. The blanket moved over Naruto's body instead of onto it. The blond boy squinted open one eye and tried to arrange the blanket in some sort of manner that made it so the fabric actually covered his body. After a few minutes of struggling with the blankets he had given up and fell back into a cozy slumber lightly snoring.

Another area of the village of the leaf, Sakura Haruno had be awake for a short amount of time, she was now sitting at a large circular, wooden table on a small but grandly designed wooden chair. Sakura sipped some tea from a small mug that sat between her two hands hovering above the table in a lethargic manner. She sighed, as she looked out the large polished wooden framed window the stared straight to the Hokage's faces. A small smile crept to her lips as she gazed out at the Yondaime. (1) Staring at his peaceful yet stern face reminded her so much of Naruto when he was thinking about something. Sakura smiled to herself, sipped up the last bit of her tea and headed out to wait for Kakashi to arrive late like always. Shutting the front door behind her she looked out to the risen sun and wonder if either Sasuke or Naruto had even woken up at this point. (2)

Back in the Uchiha manner Sasuke was munching a piece of toast while still trying to wake up from the lousy night's sleep that he had just awoken from. The temperature kept waking him up due to the humidity and the summer's heat in his room. The heat wasn't the only thing that was affecting his sleep he was having this strange but he couldn't seem to remember what it was. He shrugged it off and looked to a clock that was hanging over the head of the table. He didn't know whether he really cared to be on time knowing that his Jounin, Kakashi-sensei was going to be late like always every mourning he always thought about taking his time getting there and being late so he didn't have to wait as long. Sasuke sighed as he was walking to their normal meeting spot for training or whatnot. Of course he was going to be on time he was the great Uchiha Sasuke that everyone admired for being perfect…although he was already a few minutes late.

Naruto yawned widely and stretched his muscle while popping a few joint in the process. He slowly got up and went to the bathroom to relieve himself then readied his normal breakfast. Ramen. Naruto favorite food in the whole word, he smiled looking down at his ramen waiting for three minutes to pass so he could eat his ramen. This was one of his pet peeves about instant ramen there was nothing instant about it. Naruto groaned, staring at his food like it would move along the process faster. 'Who ever named this ramen instant ramen is dead wrong this takes for ever…' Naruto smiled, breaking his chopsticks apart and started to inhale his ramen.

Sasuke looked around, seeing Sakura staring off into space while waiting for their teacher. All three of the genins under Kakashi would all zone out until the teacher would show up or one of the three would try to start a conversation, which was normally Naruto. The black haired boy looked around for Naruto and figured that he was just late, then sat down next to a rock that Sakura was also leaning on.

Sakura had gotten over her crush on Sasuke a while ago when she finally realized that Sasuke would never be interested in her. She was satisfied with being his teammate and his friend even. The last few months seemed to take forever none of the three had past the chounin exams heck Sakura knew that she had to train much harder because she didn't even qualify to be in the chounin fight exam. The pink haired teen looked over and noticed Sasuke who was also now dozing off into his own little while, but she had no idea what was in there. Sometimes she would wonder why Sasuke seemed so troubled but since he would just deny anything being out of place she would go along with it and very rarely would get a word out of Sasuke. Naruto on the other hand she didn't even have to ask and he would go to her for his problems at times, this didn't bother Sakura in the least she was so used to her boyfriend complaining about small thing to help with the big things just made their relationship go more smoothly.

Naruto, now thirty minutes late showed up to see both Sakura and Sasuke waiting for Kakashi. The blonde haired boy was rather happy that Kakashi hadn't shown up yet not that anyone expected him to. Naruto was almost always late to meet now and usually showed up at least thirty minutes late but never more then an hour. He never knew why he just didn't want to show up any later then an hour Kakashi might show up in that time. (3) Naruto sauntered over to where Sakura was and sat down next to her and gave her a warm smile and lightly latched his hand onto hers

"What's up"

Sakura blinked, then finally noticed Naruto and smiled at him flashing her pearly whites at him

"Just thinking, Naruto" She leaned over on his shoulder, resuming to her thinking while Naruto just went off into his own world.

Absentmindedly Naruto let go of Sakura and started rubbing her back in large circle and loosely draped his arm over her shoulder. Sakura responded to this, by leaning onto Naruto's chest sighing then returning back to her own little world

Sasuke looked to the two of them secretly wishing that he was in Sakura's spot but he had decided not to tell Naruto his thoughts. Sasuke had known that he like Naruto since the incident on Naruto bridge with Haku when his body moved for him…he used that excuse the other few times Naruto brought it up. Naruto never seemed satisfied with that answer but it was the only answer that he was going to get.

Kakashi showed up earlier then all three of them had expected only 45 minutes later that was early for the silver haired Jounin. All three of the Genins stared at Kakashi like he had grown another head

"What?" Kakashi seemed confused by their looks

"Your early Kakashi sensei" Sakura bluntly stated after a few minutes of silence

"Oh…" Kakashi shrugged it off while pulling out his orange book. "There is a D level mission today in which we are going to do here in the town of Konoha it won't take that long either unless you side track" Kakashi remarked glancing to Naruto who already wasn't paying attention to what Kakashi was saying.

Kakashi gazed at Sasuke over his book, slightly worried about the boy in front of him.

"Sasuke can I speak with you?"

(1) Are you suppose to capitalize the word yondaime I did just because that is what everyone calls him so it's like his name in my book right now
(2) Hehe…don't take a match to Sakura wooden house lights a match to her house and the house suddenly lights up and turns to ash this is why

(3) totally dissing on Kakashi Totally sorry for Kakashi fan I don't mean to sound like I'm dissing Kakashi with how many time I put in him being late I didn't realize it for a while and will refrain in the future gomen V

Preview of the next chapter:

Kakashi vaguely remembered when Naruto was going through the same thing as Sasuke was now he sighed and looked to his disgruntled stoic student. A smile crept to his lips under his mask.

"Sasuke?" Kakashi soft spoke only to where the black haired ninja could hear him

Sasuke turned around to face Kakashi. His normal glare in place already knowing he wasn't going to like what his Jounin was going to tell him. 'Give it up' or 'Find some one else that will like you instead of him he is happy now'. Sasuke looked to his teacher seeing the smile behind the mask, raising an eyebrow.

"Tell him" The words escaped from Kakashi's mouth.

It's a short preview sorry they will get longer as will the chapter hopefully Review if you would like I would enjoy it! Comment? Flames? Suggestions? All are welcome along with any ideas. I'm sorry for any typo's or wierd sentence I only re-read through this twice and i'm sure I missed quite a few things