To Be Your Star
Chapter 1
Miles away from home, there he was propped up against a tree and sitting on the rocky ground where patches of short green grass could be seen spread across the land. The moon glowed lively to be the only source of light for anywhere as his onyx eyes stared at the starless night sky.
His gaze wondered from the night sky to scan his current position and surroundings. To him everything seemed so lifeless.
Just like me.
A loud snore broke the silence and his train of thoughts. He paid no attention to where the noise came from, he already knew what it was or more precisely who it was. His best friend. How they were best friends is a mystery but being rivals to each other was understandable, always competing against each other at practically anything.
"Nnggg..."
He turned his head to his friend, he was in a deep sleep. His short, blonde hair was messy and those shimmering sapphires were closed. His brows however were furrowed til they nearly met. He was uncomfortable, the ground was cold, hard and rocky after all. His brows then unfurrowed and a clear liquid could be seen leaking out from the side of his now open mouth. Drool anymore and he would be sleeping on a cold, hard, rocky and wet ground. He smirked at his friend knowing the cause of this insightful drool. It was either ramen, a certain raven haired lover or well, more ramen.
He envied his best friend in many ways for many things. His best friend really didn't have this big ego to uphold and his relationships with anyone would always be on good ends even if it was bad to begin with. He worked very hard to be recognised and gain the respect from the people who hated him because of what was sealed within him. The Kyuubi. People saw his best friend as the monster himself yet he never gave up to gain their respect. He had many dreams but one stood out from the rest, he wanted to be the next Hokage. He was loud and a happy go lucky fellow that always voiced out what his thoughts were to the whole world.
The self proclaimed Rokudaime was his best friend.
He was Uzumaki Naruto.
And still as loud as ever.
Onyx eyes turned away from the sleeping and snoring best friend to the starless night sky once again. His dark raven hair fluttered lightly as a gentle breeze swept its way across the land. He closed his eyes and let his memories sweep back into his mind.
Flashback
He woke up and the colour white was the first thing he saw, he had awoken in a hospital. Konoha hospital to be exact. As soon as his eyes fluttered open, a shout of what seemed to be "Get the Hokage" could be heard and not long the Hokage or how Naruto would yell "old hag" herself was standing there in front of his bed. She was exactly the same as he last saw her. Still the same blonde that never seemed to age no matter how many years had passed and with the infamous word "gamble" at the back of her green clothing. Those amber eyes that sent a death glare at him which he reacted as being impassive as ever. Tsunade was the Godaime of Konoha. He was questioned seriously and the aura around him and Hokage was intense indeed. Bystanders who happened to be the elite ANBU and Hokage's advisors did not dare to interrupt the conversation between them two.
What really caught him off guard was the next question Tsunade had just thrown in his face.
"If you were given a chance, would you stay in Konoha again?"
He was silent for a while as though he was actually thinking. He didn't know how to answer but it wouldn't hurt to say yes even things turned bad he could always run away. Again.
"Ah"
He was croaking. His throat was dry and when he tried reaching for some water the ANBU thought that he was going to attack and were standing on guard. It was silent for a moment and he looked directly at Tsunade curious to what she would do to him. He was stunned again by her answer but being the poker face was his speciality.
"Yosh... You can stay in Konoha again as long as you accept the punishment that I will be giving to you."
"Why?"
He wanted to know.
"You have eliminated Orochimaru who is, well was a great threat to Konoha so now I have one less enemy to deal with."
He only nodded.
"So continuing on, your punishment is being suspended from doing any missions and stepping out of Konoha for a year or so. If you step out of those gates even by a millimetre I will have ANBU excute you on site. Also you will have to come to the hospital once a week for chakra drainage and failure to do so will be the result in you being locked up until further notice and you will also have a seal on you to prevent you from doing anything unnecessary. This is your punishment so are you still willing to stay? This punishment goes the same for your fellow comrades as well."
Right, his comrades were here in Konoha as well. This punishment was not bad at all in fact it was actually a generous one. He nodded in agreement and only one thought came in mind. His eyes followed the people leaving the room through the door. Tsunade was the last to leave and she turned and smirked at him. She had voiced his thought.
"You might take this easy but your still the enemy after all and I know what your thinking, I'm thinking of the same thing. Keep your friends close but keep your enemies even closer."
And with that she exited.
His eyes opened again. Four years since that happened and he remembered that clearly. He was still loyal to Konoha in some way. He had not ran off straight away after his punishment had been fulfilled. He still stayed in Konoha and there was only one reason.
Because of her.
He did have a hard time in gaining back the trust of the people that he use to be around with in his genin days but slowly and gradually everyone had accepted him again. Though it took more effort and more time to gain the trust of one person who he thought would be the first person to forgive him.
Her.
But eventually she forgave him.
As to the rest of the Konoha population that was a different story.
Some hated him.
He was a traitor.
Most men envied him.
He was strong and had most of the female population fawning over him.
Most women loved him.
He was everything a woman could want. Power, wealth and looks.
He was the one and only Uchiha Sasuke.
Once again his eyes drifted back to the starless night and let out a sigh, he had been doing that alot lately. Not one star could be seen in sight.
Just like there is no shine in her eyes.
He closed his eyes and the next thing he felt was a cold metal blade against his throat. He still kept his eyes closed and did not panic at all.
"Hello to you too, Kakashi."
Kakashi slowly turned his head to find one of Sasuke's clone had held a kunai at his back and then with a 'poof' it disappeared. Kakashi retracted the kunai from Sasuke's throat and sat beside him.
"At least your still as alert as ever but if your too caught up in your thoughts you could have been killed."
Slowly did Sasuke open his eyes to stare at his fellow teammate with a blank face.
". . . . . . Couldn't you give some kind of reaction?"
Sasuke only continued to stare which irritated Kakashi a bit so in turn he pulled out his favourite orange book. Sasuke could only wrinkle his nose in disgust as his former teacher made a weird perverted giggle while reading his beloved Icha Icha Paradise.
"You know I was serious about how you could have been killed if your too caught up in your thoughts."
"And you know that you could be killed right now since your nose is buried so deep into that filthy book of yours?"
"Hey! Its not filthy, its called art and besides your suppose to be on watch tonight."
"Nnggg!"
Naruto was twitching and rubbed his nose and continued to snore.
Sasuke could only let out a frustrated sigh as he ran his hand through his raven hair. His teammates were just weird but they were also his friends and special people around him.
"I don't think I can continue reading with this loud blonde snoring his head off, its ruining the moment so I'm off to a quieter place."
Sasuke could only shiver. It sounded so wrong.
Pervet
Kakashi slowly stood up and started walking and disappeared into the forest but Sasuke could hear his last sentence as the wind carried it towards him.
"By the way Sasuke, congratulations on your two year anniversary."
"Ah" To be heard by no one.
Today was his two year wedding anniversary with a certain pink haired woman. Even though it was his anniversary today, he did not feel excited. In fact his anniversary was about to end in an hour or so, he would never make it back in time. Even if there was a miracle that he somehow made it back just in time, he still would not be excited. To him it just felt like any other day, there was nothing special. Sasuke neither gave or received presents nor did he and his wife exchange any words of love. Reality was that they hardly even talked to each other and his wife could care less. She had changed so much since he left Konoha. He knew he was the cause of her change, well to most parts of it. Though to her closet people, she was so warm to them. She smiled an elegant smile for them.
She use to greet him with a radiant smile.
Now she didn't een have some kind of curve at her lips.
She use to only have eyes for him.
Now she barely even looked at him.
She use to be Haruno Sakura.
Now she is Uchiha Sakura.
Cindii