I Will Protect You Always
No No 22: Hey!
Naruto: Hi No No-chan!
Sasuke: Hey.
No No 22 and Naruto: (gasps) Sasu-kun actually said something, besides hn!
Sasuke: Well what did you expect after The Little Closet Trauma?
No No 22: Well, I thought you'd still be your bastard self, no offence.
Sasuke: Non taken.
Naruto: Heh, I'm glad you're going to write another fanfic No No-chan.
No No 22: Well some of my reviews from The Little Closet Trauma said I should write another fanfic, so that's what I'm doing. - Beside, I like writing fanfics.
Sasuke: That's the spirit No No-chan.
No No 22: (stares) Wow, you're way much colder than this manga character, and already you're nice to me! The manga character still hasn't warmed up to me…yet.
Sasuke and Naruto: What's their name?
No No 22: I don't like naming names, but I'll give you a hint. His name starts with an F.
Sasuke and Naruto: (mutter's names that start with the letter F) Wait! It's a he?
No No 22: Yup. (watches Naruto and Sasuke mutter names) Well, let's start the fanfic! Please enjoy!
Sasuke and Naruto: Is his name Frank?
No No 22: No.
Chapter One
A Promise He Swore He'd Keep
In the forest of Konoha, in a small clearing, crouching behind a bush, a little blond haired boy of the age of 8, wept. Naruto was covered in bruises from head to toe. His white shirt was slightly torn at the edge, and his shorts were covered in dirt. The villagers had beaten him up again, and he had no idea why. He had no idea why they beat him, despise him. He had done nothing to them, so why do they beat him? Why do they despise him so much?
"W-why," Naruto sobbed. He continued to sob, until he heard a rustle come from the bush he was hiding behind. Naruto's tearful eyes widened and looked up to see who it was. Naruto found an onyx haired boy around the age 9, with curious onyx eyes, and was wearing a black shirt with an oversized collar, and white shorts. Naruto stared fearfully at the boy, who also stared at him with his curious onyx eyes. The boy then raised his hand towards Naruto. Naruto flinched and buried his face in his hands.
'He's going to hit me,' Naruto thought fearfully. Naruto felt a hand land on his head, and he heard the boy crouch down in front of him. Naruto opened his, shocked. He looked at the boy who returned a concerned look.
"Are you hurting anywhere?" the boy asked Naruto.
"A-are you going to hit me?" Naruto said. The boy looked at Naruto, raising a brow.
"Why would I do that? We just met," the boy said. Naruto looked at the boy and shrugged. The boy studied Naruto for a while before he gasped. "Hey, you're covered in bruises!"
"I'm okay, they heal right away, and they don't even hurt!" Naruto said, getting on all fours.
"Oh, okay. Uh, why are you so happy?" the boy asked, watching Naruto's smiling face. Naruto smiled brightly.
"You said you wouldn't hit me, and you worried about me because I was hurt," Naruto said, smiling at the boy.
"Ah," the boy said, blushing (A/N How adorable!). He then looked away. "It's no big deal. It's normal to be concerned."
"No," Naruto mumbled sadly, hanging his head. "Everybody hates me."
The boy stared at Naruto for a long time, then he got up.
"Then how about this," the boy said, sticking his hand out to Naruto. "You're going to play with me."
Naruto's eyes widened in surprised and looked up at the boy. He then slowly reached out and took the boy's hand.
"Okay," Naruto said, as the boy pulled him to his feet. The boy smiled at Naruto warmly and then he started to run away from Naruto. Naruto stared at him in confusion and sadly.
"Catch me if you can!" the boy called out to Naruto. Naruto stared for a moment and smiled brightly, before running after the boy, laughing.
Don't worry. I will!" Naruto yelled at him. They kept on running after each other, laughing, and having a great time until they could run no more. Panting, the two boys plopped onto the grass, looking up at the clear blue sky, much like Naruto's eyes. Both boys had a wide smile on their faces. They looked at each other for a while, before they both started laughing.
"I've never had so much fun in my life," Naruto said, when he was done laughing.
"Me neither," the boy said, grinning.
"Sasuke-kun!" came a few screams from the distance. The boy sat up and looked around.
"Your name is Sasuke?" Naruto said. The boy looked at Naruto and nodded.
"What's your name?" Sasuke asked.
"Naruto," Naruto said. Sasuke smiled and was about to say something but was interrupted.
"Sasuke-kun!" came the screaming again, only a lot closer. Sasuke and Naruto looked around to see girls around their age, run at them. Sasuke and Naruto both got up, and stared at the girls in horror.
"They're going to trample us if they don't stop running," Naruto said fearfully. Sasuke nodded in agreement. (N/N They still do that, only it's the SasuNaru fan club instead of the Sasuke fan club.)
"Come on! Let's get out of-uf," Sasuke was pushed to the ground by a pinked haired girl and a blond haired girl. Sasuke tried to get up, but was pushed back down by the girl's hugging. Then the other little girls yelled at them for hogging Sasuke.
"Sasuke-kun we've been searching for you all day," the blond girl said.
"Yeah," the pink haired girl said. Sasuke growled. Naruto frowned.
'I have to do something before they suffocate him,' Naruto thought. "Hey! Get off him!"
All the girls glared at him dangerously. Naruto started regretting what he just did.
"What did you say," the pink haired girl said as she and her blond friend, who seemed to be the leaders of the fan club, got up and started looming towards Naruto. Naruto to a step backwards, tripping over a branch and fell on his backside.
"I-I s-said…get o-off him," Naruto said fearfully.
"And why should we listen to a freak like you?" the blond girl said. (S/N Ino's going to pay for that comment.)
"Um-
"Why do you exist, anyway?" the pink haired girl said. (S/N And Sakura.)
"Uh-
"You don't deserve to live," the blond said. (N/N That was a bit harsh.)
"T-that's-
"Why don't you go back from where you came from?" the pink haired girl said.
"SHUT-UP," Naruto yelled, tears falling down his face.
"What did you say? Did you just tell me to shut-up? Maybe this will teach you to keep your mouth shut," the pink haired girl, as she raised a fist (S/N Sakura you b!). Naruto flinched and closed his eyes shut. He waited for the impact, but it never came. Naruto slowly opened his eyes and looked up; his eyes widened. Sasuke was in front of him, grabbing the pink haired girl by the wrist, stopping her attack, and glaring at her with hatred.
"Don't you dare hurt him," Sasuke growled at the girl.
"But Sasuke-kun, he deserves it for being a freak. And anyone who hangs out with him is a freak too," the girl said, sending a nasty look at Naruto. Sasuke roughly pushed the girl.
"Then I guess I'm a freak, because I'm hanging out with him," Sasuke said. "Naruto is my friend, and if I hear you call him a freak while I'm around…I'll kill you."
"No Sasuke!" Naruto said, as he clumsily got up. Sasuke looked at Naruto with warm eyes. "Don't kill her, because of me. I don't want anyone to get hurt."
Sasuke continued to look at Naruto and nodded.
"Alright Naruto, I won't, but…" Sasuke turned his attention to the girls. "You will pay if you call him a freak. Now go!"
The girls nodded and started to run off. Sasuke continued to glare at them, even after they disappeared. He then turned to look at a tear stained Naruto, concern in his eyes. He walked up to Naruto and put a hand on his head.
"You okay?" Sasuke said. Naruto nodded. Sasuke lowered his hand to Naruto's cheek and wiped away the tears. Naruto stiffened at his touch, but soon relaxed. "You shouldn't cry, Naruto. You look much cuter when you're happy."
Naruto looked at Sasuke in surprise, his crystal clear eyes blinked a few times. Realizing what he just said, Sasuke drew his hand back and looked away, blushing furiously. Naruto couldn't help but smile; nobody has ever called him cute. Naruto started laugh lightly. Sasuke looked at Naruto bewildered and a bit pissed off that Naruto was laughing at him.
"Thank-you Sasuke," Naruto said as he stopped hi laughing and looked at Sasuke with happy crystal clear eyes. "But why did you do that? We just met, and we barely know each other."
"Because…you're the first one to likes me for who I am, not because of my name," Sasuke said with a smile. Naruto looked at Sasuke with an innocent look and smile. "Er…um where do you live?"
Naruto's smile faded as soon as Sasuke asked the question. He bowed his head.
"I have no home," Naruto mumbled. "The orphanage kicked me out this morning."
"What!" Sasuke cried out, looking at Naruto in shock.
"I told you…everybody hates me," Naruto mumbled.
"But why?" Sasuke said. Naruto shrugged.
"I don't know, they just do," Naruto mumbled. "They always beating me up, all ways giving nasty looks, and sometimes…drunk men do something bad to me. That's why I was crying, behind that bush; two men had beaten me."
Sasuke looked at Naruto in shock, as anger started to boil inside him towards the villagers. He couldn't believe that they'd they do that to a fragile thing like Naruto! He couldn't believe that they beat him and even abuse him sexually (S/N F you villagers!). Sasuke then grabbed Naruto's hand and started to guide him somewhere. Naruto looked up at Sasuke with a surprised and questioning look.
"Where are we going?" Naruto asked, walking along the side of Sasuke.
"Home," Sasuke said plainly.
"But why are you taking me along?" Naruto said. Sasuke stopped and turned around to face Naruto and took his hands in his own.
"Because you're going to live with me. That way, I can keep an eye on you and keep you safe," Sasuke said, with a determined look in his eyes, while Naruto's eye widened in shock. "The villagers won't hurt you anymore. I'll make sure they don't, that's a promise (N/N sniff)."
"Sasuke," Naruto whispered, looking at Sasuke with his wide eyes. No one was has cared about his safety. Naruto's started to fill with tears, but this time they were happy tears not sad, lonely ones.
"Naruto? Why are you…crying," Sasuke said, as Naruto hugged him, burying his face in his small chest. Sasuke was taken by surprise with the sudden impact, and looked down at the blond. Sasuke smiled and hugged him back; it had been a long time since someone had hugged him like this. They stayed in that position for a long time before they finally broke apart. Sasuke wiped the tears off Naruto's face with a warm smile. "I told you not to cry, dobe."
"Since when was I a dobe," Naruto said, pouting.
"Since now," Sasuke said with a playful smile. Naruto pouted even more and folded his arms across his chest, while Sasuke laughed at him. He grabbed Naruto's hand again, and guided him out the forest, and through the village. As Naruto walked along the side of Sasuke, he timidly looked around at the villagers. He saw the villages throw him disgusted looks at him, even worse than before he had Sasuke guiding him around.
"Look, its that boy," Naruto heard a them say.
"What's Uchiha Sasuke doing around him?"
"He must've threatened him or something. There's no way Uchiha would hang out with him."
Naruto flinched at every comment he heard. He couldn't stand it. He didn't like the glares, the threatening looks, and the disgusted looks. He couldn't stand the whispering the do behind his back. Naruto closed his eyes, wanting to disappear. (N/N Well duh.)
"It's okay Naruto. As long as I'm with you, nothing will harm you," Sasuke's soothing voice said. Naruto opened his eye and looked at Sasuke, who was looking at him with a comforting smile. Naruto nodded. He couldn't help but believe in the soothing words the boy said to him. Naruto sent the boy a smile and looked on ahead. Naruto's eyes widened fearfully, as his body froze.
"Naruto, what's wrong?" Sasuke asked, looking at the blond boy with concern.
"Hey you, demon," yelled a voice from behind Sasuke. (S/N He's going to pay for that comment.) Sasuke turned to see a man around his mid thirties, walking towards them.
"Naruto?" Sasuke said, turning to the blond boy again. Naruto continued to stare wide-eyed at the man. Suddenly, Naruto turned and started to run as fast as he could. Sasuke stared after the blond.
"Hey! Come back here!" Sasuke heard the man yell. He felt the man pass him, as the man ran after Naruto.
"Naruto," Sasuke said as fear for the blond swell up in his chest. Sasuke then started to run after Naruto as well. As the young Uchiha ran, he saw the man getting farther away from him. Sasuke felt helpless and wanted to give up, but the thought of Naruto getting hurt kept him going.
'I made a promise, and I'm going to keep it,' Sasuke thought, as he focused some chakra to his legs, making him run faster. Sasuke saw the man disappear in the trees of the forest where he had found Naruto. As Sasuke entered the forest, he stopped and looked around. He didn't know where the Naruto or man had run off. Sasuke started to panic that he might not be able to save Naruto from that man. Then Sasuke heard a scream somewhere ahead. Sasuke's heart skipped a beat; he knew that scream came from Naruto. Sasuke started to run, run for Naruto's sake. As he ran he saw a clearing up ahead and heard a cry come from the clearing. Sasuke ran faster, and then he finally reached the clearing. Sasuke was looking around frantically, when he spotted the man and Naruto behind a bush. Sasuke eyes widened in horror and anger. Naruto was pinned to the ground, shirtless and pantless, and the man was trying to take off his boxers. (S/N I AM SO GOING TO KILL HIM!) Naruto was struggling and kicking, making it hard for the man to take off his boxers. Sasuke felt anger rise to his head. He couldn't believe it! Sasuke started to run towards the man and the struggling Naruto.
"Leave him ALONE!" Sasuke yelled as he jumped and threw a kick at the man's head, knocking him off the little blond boy. Sasuke stood in front of Naruto in a battling mode, breathing heavily. The man rubbed his and glared at Sasuke, as he started to lunge at him. Sasuke dodged his attack, and as the man tumbled to the ground, Sasuke threw four kunais, pinning the man to a tree. The man struggled but couldn't break free. The man glared at Sasuke then at Naruto, who was still sprawled out on the ground with only his boxers. The man with his foot kicks a stone at Naruto square in the face. Naruto clutched his face and cried out in pain. Sasuke stared at Naruto in horror then at the man anger.
"I told you to leave him alone!"Sasuke said as he sent chakra to his fist, then hitting the man with the fist making him become unconscious (N/N That's what you get!). Sasuke glared at the man. He was so angry; angry that the man would actually do something like that to an innocent boy. Sasuke raised his fist to hit the man again, needing to take his anger out on someone. He was about to bring his fist down on the man when he felt a small hand grab his own. Sasuke looked to see Naruto looking at him with sad, pleading eyes. He had a deep gash above his eye, and blood slowly trickled down his face. That's when Sasuke noticed that Naruto had three birthmarks on each cheek, making them look like whiskers.
"Don't Sasuke," Naruto pleaded. Sasuke looked into the blond's crystal orbs. For some reason, every time Sasuke looked into those orbs, all emotions will disappear and would be replaced by happiness and calmness. Sasuke lowered his hand to his side, not taking his eyes off Naruto.
"Okay," Sasuke said, his face softening (S/N He was lucky.). He then reached his hand and brushed his fingers over the gash on Naruto's forehead. Naruto winced at his touch. "Does it hurt? Are you all right? He didn't do anything serious to you, right? Do you need any help on treating your wound?"
"Wow! I never knew when people worry, they would ask a lot of questions," Naruto said, blinking innocently. "Either that or you just ask a lot of questions."
Sasuke frowned, but soon was replaced by a worried look. He then grabbed Naruto's hand and pulled him into an embrace.
"I'm glad nothing happened to you," Sasuke whispered into Naruto's ear. Naruto blinked a few times, not sure what to say. The blond smiled to himself. He was glad someone cared about him, and that he had someone to care about. Sasuke let go of Naruto, a smile plastered on his face. Naruto saw study him and blush. "Er you should put your clothes on." (N/N Perve.) (S/N Shut-up.)
Naruto looked down and blushed. He'd forgotten that he wasn't wearing any clothes. Quickly, Naruto grabbed his clothes and put them on. He laughed nervously, putting a hand behind his head.
"Sorry about that," Naruto said. Sasuke shook his head; a bit a blush still tinted his cheeks.
"It's not your fault," Sasuke said. He looked at Naruto for a moment then took his hand and started to drag him back to the village. "Come on. There's a first aid kit at my house. We have to treat that wound of yours."
"Oh, okay," Naruto said slightly nervous, and was getting even more nervous as Sasuke dragged him through the village.
No No 22: First chapter of my Fanfic is finished! Only, a certain blond and a certain onyx haired kept on interrupting it. (glares accusingly at Naruto and Sasuke)
Naruto: You interrupted the fanfic too!
No No 22: Once! Just. Once. When you two interrupted more than once. (talks to readers) For those who haven't figure it out, S/N stands for Sasuke's note, N/N stands for Naruto's note, and A/N stands for author's note, which is me. And if you reread the chapter, you will realize that I'd only interrupted once, unlike these two. (smacks both Sasuke and Naruto upside the head)
Sasuke and Naruto: Hey! What was that for?!
No No 22: For interrupting to much than you should have! Your little notes might have disturbed the reader reading the fanfic.
Naruto: Why don't we ask the readers if they mind our notes?
Sasuke: Which I highly doubt. After all, they love us.
Naruto: Yeah! (talks to readers) Do you mind our notes? Tell us in your reviews.
No No 22: While you're at it, tell me if you like the first chapter or not.
Sasuke: Hey No No-chan. Is they say that they don't mind our notes, we're going to continue adding notes when and where we want to.
Naruto: Yeah!
No No 22: Alright. But only if they say they don't mind.
Naruto and Sasuke: Hm. (nods head)
No No 22: (sighs) Well until next time. Bye!