In honor of Christmas, Sasusaku- AKA, No regrets

Sasuke

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"I'm gonna try caroling by Sasuke's house!" Konohamaru whispers excitedly, clutching the newly gotten golden coins in his cold hands.

"Are you crazy?" Hisses Moegi, grabbing the edge of his scarf and tugging him backwards, causing an awkward cough to erupt from his throat. "You'll get yourself killed! Everyone knows Sasuke Uchiha's nothing but a grump!"

Udon nodded in agreement, as he greatly feared the older boy. Huddling closer to the two he tugged on Konohamaru's sleeve. "J-Just stay here." He mumbles.

"Oh come on... He can't be that bad. Besides, Naruto-nii-chan will stop him if he gets any ideas!" Konohamaru whispers before tugging away and running towards the Uchiha's workplace, the two friends yelling at him to get back.

A rusted sign stood above the doorway, the words Sasuke & Madara Uchiha.

On the inside of the workplace was Sasuke Uchiha, a 20 year-old grouch and his worker Naruto Uzumaki (Though, Sasuke often called him Naruto Uzumaki Cratchit due to the habit of calling out a former worker) sat next to two tables, writing into leather-bound books with yellowing pages.

The soft sound of a quill scratching against paper and the quiet, dying cackling of a fire rang through the workplace, placing it in a peaceful silence.

Naruto gazed out the window, watching as the snow fell softly against the ridged sidewalks. Turning back to his work he scribbled down a few more names and numbers and such, glancing at the window every few seconds.

"Ummphh.. Teme-"

Sasuke let out an annoyed sigh, setting down the pen carefully as to not get ink on his written parchment. "What, Crat-...Uzumaki?" He huffs, leaning back into his chair. The childish-man whom he'd grown up with smirked childishly.

"Well... You do what tomorrow is-"

Sasuke's glare shut him up. "Christmas, I know. It's that stupid holiday,"

Naruto let out a gasp just as someone started to sing Christmas music outside the building. Naruto's smile grew wider.

Sasuke twitched, trying to continue writing only to get annoyed.

Standing from his seat he threw open the door and snarled at the younger boy before him. Konohamaru squeaked before bolting the other way, his friends joining in the running as soon as the boy reached them. Growling, Sasuke slammed the door, turning back to his work.

Just as Sasuke sat down again, however, the door was thrown open. "SASUKE-CHAAAAN~!" A voice screams, twirling towards Sasuke. A tick appeared on said man forehead and he stabbed the quill back into the ink canister.

Huffing, he turned towards his oldest cousin, staring the boy in the eyes. "What the hell do you want, Shisui?" He grunted, rubbing his forehead.

"Well, you know what tomorrow is, I'm going to have a dinner party and I wanted to invite you along!" The boy cries happily.

Sasuke gave him a blank look. "No," He deadpanned, turning back to his work.

"Wha-What? But Uncle Obito will be there! And.. And your parents! And... And-!"

"Don't, Shisui, just... Just don't." Grumbles Sasuke. "Why don't you ever come, they miss you Sasuke. Me-"

"Shisui,"

"-Your Uncle,-"

"Shisui, stop."

"-Your mother-"

"I'm serious, Shisui,"

"-and Father-"

"Shisui,"

"-espeically-"

"SHISUI!"

"-Itachi."

Snarling, Sasuke gripped the quill tightly in his hands, almost snapping it in half. Standing suddenly, the chair fell behind him with a loud thump.

"I told you I would not being going, Have I made myself clear?!" Snarls the younger boy, poking his older cousin's chest. His cousin glared at him. "You're going to have to face them eventually."

Sasuke turned away. "I don't care about them, the only one who ever helped me was Uncle Madara, and he's dead." Sasuke snapped, turning away.

Shisui's face scrunched up in distaste. "Madara did nothing but turn you into a selfish bastard." Shisui retorts. Sasuke replied with nothing.

"That wasn't Madara," Naruto muses, "The Teme's always been like that."

Sasuke let out a growl as he leaned down and righted his chair back onto it's feet. He sat down, gritting his teeth. "I'd watch my mouth if I were you, Crat-...Uzumaki." Sasuke hisses, nearly writing 'Cratchit' instead of 'Azuma*' in the records book. 'Tsk'ing under his breath, Sasuke dabbed (More like stabbed) his quill into his ink canister, continuing to write.

"..." Shisui stared at the young man's back, watching as every breath he took made his back rise and fall. "Well... You're welcome to come by if you want, Sasuke. No one's stopping you."

Nothing.

Turning, Shisui left the shop, nothing but the gush of cold air and creaking of the rusting door hinges to let him know.

"...Uhmm.. Sasuke-t..." Naruto began, purposely leaving out the 'teme'. Turning, Sasuke narrowed his eyes on the blonde. "What do you want, Dobe?" He grumbles, eyes flickering to the Uzumaki.

"Well... Since tomorrow is... Ya' know..." Naruto rambles. "I was wondering if... I could have the day off?"

Sasuke stared blankly at him. "A day off? Christmas this and Christmas that-A day off for some petty holiday..." Sasuke mumbles.

"I suppose you won't leave me alone about this, Uzumaki?" Naruto smiled sheepishly. "...Are you finished with your list yet?"

Naruto rubbed the back of his head. "Uhh.. Not quite but I'm almost done so-"

Sighing, Sasuke rubbed his temple. "If you finish-Even if you have to come in early-Then you may have the rest of the day off."

Naruto smiled widely. "Thanks Te-Sasuke!" The loud (Child) man yells, diving back into his seat to continue working.

Sighing, The older man poked the coals in the fire once and then continued to work, unaware of the events yet to take place.

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First Chapter in honor Of Christmas!

Yayyy for Naruto Fanfiction.

I hope to finish this before (Or perhaps the day after) Christmas just to go along with the plot, which will mostly progress like the original book with Sasuke, except he is much, MUCH younger. As for Sakura she is a whole different story in this book :)

This is Sasusaku fanfiction (With a smudge of NaruHina, possible inosai, shikatema, KaruixChouji, GaaraxShijima,)

THE COVER TOOK FOREVER TO MAKE. I don't mean editing or anything I mean I couldn't find a good picture and then I just gave up and used the one on the cover. This has literally been waiting to be published since last week.

Each chapter is short (In my opinion) so I can keep up with each day since my plan is to finish on Christmas or the day after Christmas. Anyways, I think I can finally publish! YAYYY!

*1* Shibito Azuma, appears in episode 120; Volume 27, chapter 242.

P.S, please excuse any mistakes!

Signing off, -Fantasy