Naruto Fan Fiction
Rated T: - Anti-Sakura
Disclaimer:I DO NOT OWN Naruto or any of the characters, or the settings, or dattebayo included, Masashi Kishimoto does.
Dedicated:To all the reviewers and to two SasuNaru fans in particular – Crazy PurpleSage and xXsasunarufanXx who made these fics worth finishing.
Ok the long wait to find the mystery voice is over!
This is a continuation/sequel to It's Quite The Opposite Of What You Thought
Last Time…
Sakura felt utterly clueless. She sighed "Tomorrow's another day. Hmm if I can't have Sasuke maybe I'll find someone better?"
"Who are you talking to?" She turned. A strange voice whistled into her ear. She didn't answer for a while. "You look familiar. Who are you?" "Can't you guess?"
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Sakura – Your Conscience Is Not Always The Truth
And Now…
Sakura looked up at the tall, dark mysterious figure, she felt like she had seen him somewhere before.
Then it clicked. "It's you! What are you doing here?" she quickly drew out a kunai to defend herself.
"Isn't it obvious I'm talking to you" Sakura stepped backwards and her heel tripped over a nearby rock. She landed heavily onto her back.
She came to, three minutes or so later. The figure was still standing in the same place, his shadow towering down over her.
"Are you done now?" Sakura didn't even know this guy but she knew she hated him straight away.
"You didn't answer my question, why are you here?" she questioned him as she steadily got to her feet. "Don't make me repeat myself"
The voice replied "Or else what? What could you possibly do to me" She threw the kunai at him directly aiming for his head. Instead it missed and pierced his shoulder. Sakura smirked but her expression turned to shock horror as she realized it went through him.
"Is this a genjutsu because I made a direct hit? Release!" but still the mysterious guy still stood in front of her.
"Even if your aim was precise you still couldn't hurt me" There was eight of him now, each one surrounding her.
"In any case, I only returned to this pathetic village to gather information and a couple of things, none of your business really" his tone was casual and emotionless.
He wore a long cloak that was covered in embroidered clouds, which covered his whole body. A straw hat hid most of his face but she could see parts of his dark hair hanging down over the side of his forehead protector that had sustained many scratches. One deep scratch looked as if it had been done deliberately.
"Do you want something with Naruto or Sasuke-kun?" "Nothing at the moment, I actually came to find someone and make him repay the debts he owes me, but now you mention them…"
"How did you get in here? There's jonin everywhere you couldn't possibly be here right now!" He looked at her with a blank expression.
"Unless, unless, yes that's it, I hit my head earlier when Sasuke sandwiched me into the floor… yes so you are just some figment of my imagination, an illusion of the mind that's what you are"
Itachi was clearly amused "If that is what you truly believe, then I am your conscience"
"Yeah, but if you were my conscience then wouldn't you be inside my head and why do you look like Sasuke-kun's evil brother who killed his whole clan?" she must of hit her head harder than she thought.
Having always had an answer at the ready, Itachi was able to respond faultlessly. "Who do you hate the most at this moment in time? Is it my foolish brother by any chance? You really want to get back at him but instead you fight with your emotions and inner self."
He was reading her like a book with giant sized font. "So your inner self created me so that you could aim all that anger and hatred at one person"
"But didn't you say, you came to sort out debts or people" "Yes, I did, but a conscience has his own needs when he tunes out of listening to 'girl talk'"
"Ok where do I start, shall I answer your first question and tell you why I was talking to myself?"
"So tell me your 'conscience' what is going wrong and why Sasuke, my brother is acting in this fashion towards you?"
"Ok. But let's go somewhere quiet, I don't want to look stupid talking out loud to myself."
"Actually I couldn't have put it any better, while it's on the way we need to stop by because I need to see someone"
Sakura walked alongside Itachi as they headed down a close by street.
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They sat in the furthest corner of the adequate dumpling shop. Itachi wore his hat low over his face so that he could remain undetected. "Why are you wearing that, if you're my conscience only I'm going to see you"
"I have a head cold, and the man who kindly gave me my money will maybe report me to the authorities for not having a permit to sell off his merchandise" Itachi didn't even smile at what he thought was his quick wit humour.
"Ok, I still don't see why you had to sell that man's stuff in order to get your money maybe he is low on it right now"
"I did what was necessary" Sakura sighed in agreement before changing the topic.
Sakura started to explain her anger and her feelings to Itachi whom she thought was her conscience, merely because he had said so and she was so desperate to get things off her mind.
Sakura had burst out crying more than once and had completely soaked the handkerchief he had held out to her. 'And she wonders why Sasuke left? It's nothing but Sasuke and Naruto ignored me or Sasuke and Naruto kissed or Sasuke and Naruto make strange noises when they're by themselves'
"Say Sakura, I think I understand why this is getting to you. You need to consult your feelings with them" "But I can't, they wouldn't understand" she wailed. She was now drawing attention to herself.
Itachi got up to leave so that his identity and his reputation wouldn't be wrecked by this girl who was already flooding the table with tears.
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She ran out after him away from the table and followed him back up the street. "Will you stop crying please! Look you're covering my cloak in tear stains." She had clamped onto him as he sat her down on a nearby bench.
"Don't leave me conscience…stay with me!" She burbled slushing more tears onto his cloak.
"I am not you're conscience!" he was getting so annoyed and agitated. What is up with this girl? "Yes, you are… you said…you said"
He should have just left her when she was talking to herself and acting like some crazy loon. Now he couldn't get rid of her.
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"It's getting dark, you should go home now. That means letting go of me" he tried to be gentle and ease her off but she gripped his arm harder.
"Only if you come with me" her eyes looked at him pleadingly.
"Are you insane? Do you want me to get caught or something? I'm an S-rank criminal feared by most. I can't be seen walking you home let alone stay at your house with you"
"Ok then, we'll stay here" her arms wrapped around him tighter. Her pink her buried into is chest.
"You smell just like Sasuke-kun, with a hint of mint" "Well, we are brothers and those are my last packet of polos, so don't eat them all!" his voice was strong with irritation.
"You know for a conscience your really nice and warm" Her hands undid the edge of his cloak and she slipped herself inside before redoing the buttons. "What are you doing now!?" he exclaimed. He was clearly amused.
"Ahh conscience I hope you never leave" "That's it out!" she stared up at him she placed her hands on his face. "You know I have cream that'll fix those wrinkles"
He stood up and because she was clutching his body she stood up too. He opened his cloak wide "Ok, you like the warmth and …!...get out now!"
"No! You're nice and warm" her grasp grew even tighter he practically had to wrench her off. As he did the nails of her left hand caught the skin on his torso.
He tried his best to put on a painless smile as he did up his cloak. 'She is going to pay for that one day! For now though I need to get rid of her'
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean…" Sakura's eyes were filling up with tears again. Itachi ignored this and stared out into the landscape before him.
He could see two figures in the background horizon walking down the hill, they were quite close together. One had short spiky hair that could just about be seen as a blonde blur in the dimmed light.
'Hmm, Naruto and Sasuke…if I can get her to go back with them I can get out of this village and pray that Kisame has a hot bath waiting for me when I get back'
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"Come on" Sakura had clamped to him again and the two hurried along the street in an attempt to reach the two ninja before they disappeared from view.
"So Sasuke, is it my place or your place tonight?" "As much as I like your place Naruto I have to say mine, that way no one can here you scream" Naruto grinned and Sasuke smirked slyly.
"Hey! You two wait up" They whirled around. "Itachi!" the sly smirk had disappeared from his face. He readied himself in a defensive stance, Naruto did the same.
They saw a pink thing bobbing up and down behind Itachi. He stopped in front of them his breathes were ragged. It was Sakura who was lying peacefully on his shoulders.
"Sasuke put that kunai away before you poke my eye out. I'm too tired to do anything so don't argue. Naruto take this!" he took the apparently sleeping Sakura off his shoulders and placed her in Naruto's arms.
"Now I know why you guys paired up…she is the most annoying person I have ever had a conversation with…and I mean ever, more so annoying than Kakuzu always talking about the 'green'…sheesh!"
"What do you want us to do with her?" Sasuke asked angrily "We ditched her so we could just have some us time"
"That is all very well but give me your keys" Itachi demanded of his little brother.
"Give them to me I need to borrow them, I can't get back to my current living location and I need somewhere to stay."
"You can't stay with me…we…it's my house now!" "Oh come on! Foolish brother I'm still alive I own part of it too"
"Hey Itachi why don't I give you the keys to my apartment and you stay there for as long as you like and I'll live with Sasuke"
"Now you see he is what a good brother is all about." he ruffled Naruto's hair before setting off to the apartment. "Erm…Itachi, it's the other way!" Naruto called.
"What now Naruto how do we get rid of Sakura?" "Ok let's pitch a tent and she can sleep in the tent" "One problem. We don't have a tent loser"
"Oh well we could…" "Let's just take her home" They carried Sakura back to her house and dropped her carefully on her balcony. "Wouldn't it be logical to take her inside?"
"Yeah, let's do that and have her parents think what great ninja we are breaking into their house and acting as if nothing happened between the three of us. Just leave her in a sleeping position so it looks like she fell asleep naturally"
"No need, the window's open" "Even better" They placed her onto the bed before drawing the door closed. They silently made their way out of the house and out towards Sasuke's.
"Hey Sasuke, what's that in you pocket?" he pointed to the small object located in Sasuke's short's pocket.
"Oh, this, well Naruto…we've been together for a while now and if something should happen or you want to get away from the world…I was going to give you the spare key to my house, they're Itachi's old ones that he left behind" Sasuke felt stupid for stating the obvious.
"Sasuke" Naruto looked at him with happiness spreading widely across his face he threw his arms around Sasuke.
"I'd give you my spare key but Itachi has those right now" "Erm Naruto, you realise you might not get them back right?" both still holding on to each other
When they broke seconds later they carried on walking in the direction to Sasuke's house.
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"Home at last! Eh Sasuke?" "Someone's forced the door open" He gestured to the door handle that looked the same except for a huge scratch underneath it. That hadn't been there before.
Sasuke pushed the door open and turned the corner kunai at the ready. He heard a rustling only to find Naruto taking his shoes off. He looked at Sasuke before remembering he had to be silent for a bit.
They wandered through the house heading for Sasuke's room, maybe a cat or something had tried clawing at the door which he could have forgotten to lock.
"Sasuke…did you hear that?" "What? Come on there's nothing here Naruto unless you're scared."
The room lit only by a shaft of moonlight from the window began to dimmer. They turned following the shadow to a dark figure. Sasuke stepped in front of Naruto as if he was trying to protect him.
He threw the kunai directly ahead and heard a curse of anger. The clouds covering the moon eased away to reveal Itachi standing before them.
"Itachi! What the…Why aren't you at Naruto's!"
"Foolish brother, now look what you did! You made a whole in my Akatski cloak!"
"Why do I care? Now tell me why you can't give us some privacy"
"I went to Naruto's apartment, and found it in a mess! Ramen pots everywhere, clothes under and over the bed. Eww I even saw a bug or two" Itachi shuddered
"But the most important reason why I left was because the room was not EVIL enough"
"Itachi, I think you have problems, now please leave"
"Don't worry about me, I'll be quiet so long as you guys don't make too much noise" he smiled and waved his arm before retiring to his old room.
Itachi was about to lie on his bed, he was home in his own room after all these years, everything was a little dusty but at least it was home.
He looked down at his chest after noticing something pink caught in his mesh shirt, a cherry blossom petal. It began to glow in his hand. 'Hn, I don't do pink! Purple suits me best' He crushed it in his hand before ripping it to shreds.
The image of the pink haired genin crossed his mind he looked down at his torso where she had scratched him. 'I still need to repay her one day!'
He came out of the room again and addressed Naruto. "Naruto, you'll need to get a new phone, that pink haired nuisance called and I was forced to smash the receiver into the wall" he then disappeared once again.
"Ok, that was weird" Sasuke was heading for his room "I'm tired now" he said collapsing onto the soft squishy bed. Naruto joined him
"Same here. When will Sakura get a clue, that you're not her Uchiha, you're my Uchiha"
"Dunno, maybe when she realizes that you're my loser and that you're irreplaceable"
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A/N: A bit of an ItaSaku moment ending in SasuNaru there, I think I will carry on writing shorts like these but for now I think I'm going to take a break from the writing side.
Of course the new shorts will contain different pairings but there's definitely going to be at least one sentence of SasuNaru or something hinting towards it.
So tell me what did you think? I'm glad you enjoyed it! (If you did)
Happy Fanfic Reading!