A/N: Hello, guys! It's me again! Thank you for all your support and are you wondering about my fanfic "Fly"? the title has changed to "Nothing is Impossible"… Don't worry, I'll continue that story too someday, because I don't know how do they get married (They are not Christians, you know. Probably Shintoists or Buddhists, I think…) I studied Asian History last year but we didn't study about Marriage on other religions. Being a High School fic, this story is an AU, and it's my first time to write one. In the story, Naruto and Sasuke are best friends (not rivals) and they are just ordinary people like the other characters.
DISCLAIMER: I never own Naruto, if I did, Sasuke should be the main character and Sakura should be his girlfriend already!
Summary: Naruto and Sasuke are best friends ever since, but then one day, Naruto discovered that Sasuke loves Sakura, his crush and Sasuke was asking help from him on improving his confidence on asking Sakura to the prom, knowing that Naruto and Sakura are acquaintances. What will Naruto decide, Sasuke's happiness? Or his own Happiness?
Pairings: SasuSaku (As usual), NaruSaku Oo, slight NaruHina at the ending…
Optional notes:
"TEXT" – dialogues
'TEXT' – thoughts
"TEXT" – Naru-angel and Naru-devil's dialogues
The Right Decision
Chapter one: Friends
The morning sun shines vibrantly around the city of Konoha. Traffic was there once again! Today was a busy Sunday morning, as work starts very early but ends at noon…
Ichiraku's Ramen shop was very early, being the most famous restaurant for everyone.
A blonde boy was sitting on the high stool, waiting for his pork ramen to be served. His name was Uzumaki Naruto, 15 years old, a very average boy who had a lot of friends that are busy nowadays. He looked towards Ayame, the ramen girl. "Hey, miss… is my pork ramen ready?"
Ayame giggled and handed him a bowl of ramen. Naruto chuckled and grabbed his chopsticks as he prepares himself to eat. "Idatakimasu!" He shouted happily.
Ichiraku, the ramen shop owner, looked towards his number one customer, obviously known as Naruto. "Hey, how's your life now… you're graduating next year, right?"
Naruto nodded playfully and sipped a Ramen noodle. "I'm fine, but… my friends are too busy to see me now." He replied.
"Yeah, the final exams are coming next month. I think your best friend Sasuke must be really studying hard, being an honor student. And the JS prom is coming soon!" Ayame agreed.
Naruto smiled as he remembers Uchiha Sasuke, his 16-year-old best friend who was a very shy person, but he can be also a true friend, especially on Naruto.
"Hehe… Sasuke is nice to help me out in the exams. He said we'll meet later at his place to study Trigonometry and Physics. JS prom… let's see, Sasuke hasn't picked his partner yet but I'm not sure who would be my partner." Naruto said.
Suddenly, he saw a pink-haired young lady beside him. He giggled and blushed a bit, knowing it was his crush, Haruno Sakura. She was wearing a blue short-sleeved shirt with a ribbon on the center of her collar and dark blue long skirt… oh jeez, why is she wearing blue? But Sakura was seven months older than him, and she is an honor student just like Sasuke.
"I'll be having a beef ramen. Just don't put anything spicy on it." She said with her high, soft voice.
Naruto giggled. "Sakura-chan, it's you!" Naruto said, greeting her. Naruto wants Sakura to be his partner at the prom, but she's too smart and too beautiful… Naruto wants another girl too, Hyuuga Hinata, a very shy girl who admires him, but Naruto was not sure… will it be Sakura or Hinata?
Sakura faced him and showed a smile. "Oh, Hi, Naruto…" She said gently.
Suddenly, Naruto hears footsteps nearby him, and a familiar voice. "S-Sakura…" It was a shy voice, really suited for a guy like him, Uchiha Sasuke. He was wearing a dark blue sleeveless shirt and black pants. What? He was wearing sleeveless! Sasuke never wears that… unless it was summer. But it's still spring! Jeez…
Naruto grimaced and waves his hand towards Sasuke. "Hi there, Sasuke!"
Sasuke shyly waves his hand to say hello to his best friend and then shyly looked towards Sakura. "Um… Sakura… I think… you l-left this in the classroom. It was your P-Physics notebook, right?" He said shyly.
Sakura faced towards him and smiled. "Oh… I thought I lost it! You're really a nice seatmate. Thank you so much, Sasuke-kun." She said, grabbing the notebook from Sasuke.
Sasuke bows his head shyly and sat between Sakura and Naruto. He looked towards Ichiraku bashfully. "I'll be having a beef ramen." He said.
Ichiraku chuckled. "Right away, sir!" He said.
Sakura faced towards Sasuke's direction, which made Naruto quite jealous. "Sasuke-kun, do you have already a partner for the prom?" She asked.
Sasuke sighed softly and shyly looked towards her. His face was very handsome, but the blush makes it cuter! He bowed his head lightly and looked at Sakura's emerald eyes. "I… don't have a partner yet, but…" He said shyly. "…Why are you asking me that? Boys are asking the girls…"
Sakura giggled happily. "I wish someone's gonna ask me out. I don't really care who, but it's better if I know that guy a lot." Sakura said.
Sasuke's face turns redder and looked towards his best friend Naruto. "Naruto, I'm sorry… I sat between you two, but can… I talk to you about something when S-Sakura left?" He whispered towards him.
Naruto frowned childishly and crossed his arms around his chest. "Fine, fine…" He replied.
Ayame handed Sasuke and Sakura their orders and giggled. "Please enjoy!" She said.
Without noticing, Sasuke and Sakura splits their chopsticks at the same time and sipped a ramen noodle altogether. Naruto gasped and chuckled, but quite jealous again. 'Darn it, don't tell me they are destined to be together.'
Suddenly, a small version of himself in devil suit appeared on Naruto's left shoulder. "Hey, hey, hey… don't ya give up… you can be the partner of that Sakura-chan soon! You must poison Sasuke! Poison him! POISONNNNN!" It was trying to speak to him.
Then another small version of himself in Angel suit appeared on Naruto's right shoulder. "Hey! You shouldn't offend your best friend just because of a girl! You should just ask him why he's acting strange later, when Sakura went away!" It said.
Naruto sighed. His mind is getting crazy too! 'Jeez, Naru-devil… I'm going to follow what Naru-angel said… I never thought you're both going to appear again… like when I was deciding on Sasuke being my best friend years ago…' Naruto told them, in his mind, so that nobody is going to notice him speaking to nothing.
FLASHBACK
It was when Sasuke and Naruto met… Eight years ago
Sasuke walks around the grade school campus. He was just in grade two then, and as usual, he sits below the tree as he starts reading his favorite book of Science. He was still wearing his glasses, because he still had astigmatism (which he had since Nursery, and finally healed at Grade 5) that's why there's nobody playing with him.
Suddenly, a girl with short blond hair named Yamanaka Ino and another girl with pink hair named Haruno Sakura passes by him. Ino laughed and told her friend "Hey, he's a NERD! HAHAHA!" She squealed with her bratty high-pitched voice.
Sasuke looked towards Sakura shyly. "Oh… girls." He whispered and started reading his book again.
Sakura just blush and hides behind Ino. "No… he's looking at me, Ino-chan… and… he seems to be busy reading. Let us not disturb him." Sakura said.
Then a blonde boy was playing alone on the swing, which swings slowly because of his gloomy mood. He was Uzumaki Naruto, the boy who still… doesn't have a friend. He looked towards Sasuke who just continue reading like a nerd.
Then Sasuke stands up and walked towards him. Naruto raised an eyebrow, seeing a caterpillar's pupa above the metal that supports the swing.
Sasuke looked towards him and pointed at the pupa above. "Um… Is… that a pupa?" He asked shyly.
Suddenly, Naru-devil and Naru-angel appeared. Naruto gasps as he saw the two.
Naru-devil laughs evilly. "BWAHAHAHA! You must tell that raven-haired NERD that the pupa above there was his dung!"
Naru-angel shakes his head. "NO! You must just tell him that it WAS a pupa. You may be friends soon… I know you want to have many friends!" He said.
Naru-devil frowned and disappears as Naru-angel giggled and disappears.
Naruto nodded. "Yes. It was a pu-what? What's that again?"
Sasuke chuckled and looked at it. "It was a pupa, where a caterpillar is going to be a butterfly soon." He said.
Naruto gasps. "Oh! You must be very smart… Anyway, what's your name? I'm Uzumaki Naruto from 2-Orange. I see you always reading, while I always play here." Naruto said.
Sasuke tilted his eyeglasses up and down. "I am Uchiha Sasuke from… 2-Blue. Um… do you have friends?"
Naruto shakes his head. "No, not yet…" He said sadly.
Sasuke smiled. "I knew it. I don't have friends too but it's okay." He said.
Naruto chuckled and stands up from the swing. "Um… Can we friends? I know you're a bit busy studying…" He asked.
"Okay. First I'll tell you something about Multiplication and Division in Math." Sasuke said.
Naruto gasps and his eyes grew as big as a tennis ball. "MULTI-WHAT! DIVI-WHAT! What is that? I'm not really good at Math so… you're gonna help me?"
Sasuke smiled and nodded his head. "Yes, let's go to the library." He said.
Naruto giggles and walks away with Sasuke. They're already friends, so he was happy.
Naru-devil frowns. "HMPH! Stupid friendship…" He said.
Naru-angel flies with joy and plays his harp. "Yay! Naruto was so happy with Sasuke!" He said happily.
END OF FLASHBACK
Naruto raised an eyebrow and faced towards Naru-devil. 'I'll be following what Naru-angel said again... It was better!' He told him.
Naru-devil frowned and disappeared on Naruto's shoulder, as he comes back to Naruto's mind again. "Hmph!"
Naru-angel chuckled and winked towards Naruto childishly. "Hehehe… Thank you so much!" He said, as he disappeared on Naruto's shoulder too, as he comes back on Naruto's mind.
Suddenly, Sakura stands up and waved her hand goodbye to both boys. "Well, I'll be going now. My friends might be there already at the shopping mall. If you want to talk with me, you can come in my house later." She said. Sasuke waved his hand back bashfully, while Naruto smiled at her.
As Sakura has left the Ramen shop, Sasuke faced towards Naruto shyly as Naruto looked at him proudly. "Well, what do you want to tell me, Sasuke?" Naruto asked.
Sasuke blushed again and bowed his head lightly. "Um… About the prom… I… want…"
Naruto gasped. "What? Are you thinking that Sakura-chan will be your partner?"
Sasuke cleared his throat and smiled happily. "Yes… I want Sakura. I know you two knew each other more, right? You two have been classmates from grade three to grade six straight… but Sakura and I have only known each other for about a year. But can you help me to ask her to the prom? I'm just… too… timid on asking her." He replied.
Naruto giggled. "Okay, then… just help me on Physics. But why are you so shy? Sakura-chan is a nice girl." He said.
Sasuke sighed shyly and his face turns red. "I LOVE her, Naruto. I just discovered that since we became seatmates and classmates this year. I promise I'll help you in your studies… just tell me how I can tell her… I know you're a great friend, Naruto." He replied.
Naruto gasped. "Oh, you love her. So… Okay, I'll help you. I owe you that help because of teaching me how to memorize those formulas on Geometry weeks ago!" He said confidently.
Sasuke showed him a very handsome smile. "Thank you very much. I'll see you tomorrow at school." Sasuke said, waving his hand goodbye.
Suddenly, Naru-devil appeared once again. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THINKING! You're not going to be Sakura's partner if you help him… Just Kill him, I tell you… he's just that NERD who is not ready for love yet!" He said.
Naruto hissed. 'Jeez, fuck off, Naru-devil. He's my best friend and he helps me a lot ever since grade three. I owe him that and I'll be happy if he's happy with Sakura-chan. I'll just choose another partner. There are still girls for me, I think and… I hope…' He told the devil in his mind.
Naru-devil frowned furiously and crossed his arms. "Hmph! You're just too kind. I HATE KINDNESS!" He said.
Suddenly, Naru-angel appeared, with his harp on his hands, "I love Kindness, Naruto. It's good you will help your best friend Sasuke. I know he's quite unconfident, but I know you can make him more confident! You're a great friend." He said, playing his harp gracefully.
Naruto smiled and stands up on the stool. 'Hey, you two should leave already. Maybe they'll think I'm absent-minded or a robot.' He commanded the two to come back on his mind.
Naru-devil frowned and disappeared with a poof. Naru-angel nodded his head kindly and disappeared with a poof also.
Naruto waved his hand goodbye to Ichiraku and Ayame, and walked away from the Ramen shop.
Naruto sighed as he walked throughout the city of Konoha. He knew that Sakura will not be his partner at the prom anymore, but still… Sasuke really deserves that because he was helping Naruto ever since… and that will be right to thank him. 'Oh no… that means I'll be going to ask Hinata now… but her house is much farther than Sakura-chan's… so I'll be asking Hinata tomorrow in class instead.' He thought.
Suddenly, he hears a beeping sound from his right pocket. Naruto sighed as he grabs his cell phone, and saw this on the cell phone screen:
1 Message Received
Naruto opened the message folder and saw Sasuke's name on the sender's info. 'Oh, it's Sasuke once again…' He thought. He read the message, which says:
Hi, Naruto. Thank you very much. I know that you have a crush on Sakura ever since, so I'm asking you this favor… Will you ask her what she thinks about me? I will teach you my secret on memorizing ALL the Physics formula, I promise! Just reply if you reject… See you tomorrow.
Naruto chuckled as he knew that Sasuke can't misspell even on the cell phone. He pressed on the reply option and types:
OK, I will axept it. I no dat Sakura-chan is nut a min gurl like that her fwend & oh-so-famous cheerleader Ino. Wen I spok to hur, she don't even luk at me! She just tink that popularity is evrything, Sasuke. I'm gld that even tho ur popular, your still nice Sasuke
Meanwhile, at Sasuke's house, his cell phone beeps silently. Sasuke smiled lightly and grabs it. He chuckled happily on Naruto's spelling. He knew that Naruto is always in hurry and who would even want to waste their time? Yeah, Ino is one of Sakura's friends, but she is the most popular, and the most annoying one on Sakura's friends. He chuckled silently, making his house more silent than it ever was, ever since his whole family was murdered by his own brother Itachi. He sighed as he grabbed his family photo from the house's main table.
The picture is not really that cheery unlike his picture with Naruto, where Sasuke was blushing while he made a handsome smile and Naruto's arms are around Sasuke's neck. Sasuke's father (Uchiha Fugaku) was not smiling, Itachi was not smiling either, Sasuke's mother (Uchiha Mitoko) was smiling cheerfully while beside Fugaku and Sasuke was slightly smiling while his head was patted by his mother. 'Otosan… Okasan… why wouldn't you be here to see me grow up? Why did Oniisan have to kill you all?' He thought sadly.
At a certain medium-sized house at the outskirts of Konoha, Naruto stood by the gate and knocks the door gently.
"Wait a sec!" A familiar voice said.
Naruto giggled as he knew it was Sakura's high-pitched voice. He gently puts his hands on his waist and starts whistling, imitating the bird's chirps on the tree beside Sakura's house.
Suddenly, someone opens the door, it's a pink-haired girl obviously known as Sakura. She was still wearing those clothes she wore on the Ramen Shop. She gasps in surprise as she sees the blonde Naruto on the doorstep. "Oh! Naruto! Anou… Hi… What… brings you here?" She greets him anxiously. She sighed. 'No way, he must not invite me to the prom… pleaseohpleaseohplease' She thought.
Naruto scratches his head childishly and chuckled. "Hehehe… Hi, Sakura-chan. I just want to talk to you. It's about someone." Naruto said.
Sakura nodded and walked inside the house. "OKASAN! I'll just go out with my friend!" Sakura lied.
Her mother, who was preparing the food on the kitchen, replied "OKAY! JUST DON'T BE LATE, SAKURA-CHAN!" She shouted.
Naruto raises an eyebrow with a "…?" look. Sakura giggled. "Come on… we can't talk here. Mom may think you're my boyfriend. We'll just go to the tea restaurant, okay?" She whispered, moving her head nearer to Naruto.
Suddenly, Naru-angel appeared on Naruto's shoulder with a mad look. "HubbaHubbaHubba… I think she likes you. But you're doing this for Sasuke, right? You must not be the other guy for her. It must be Sasuke."
Naruto's face turns red and chuckled childishly again. His heart beats faster as he looked towards Sakura's irresistible face. "Heh… Okay. Just don't move your face near me. You might give me cooties." He said. Naru-angel chuckled and disappears quickly with a "poof!"
Sakura giggled and covers her mouth. "Of course I won't. Anou… I will treat you tea, okay?"
Naruto shakes his head. "Nah. It will be my treat. It's really something important, not just a talk between a boy and a girl."
Sakura blushes and holds Naruto's hand, but Naruto releases his hand. "Nah, don't touch me. Sakura-chan, you must hold someone else's hand, not mine. And we're just friends, right?" He told her.
Sakura sighed. 'I knew it… who the heck will be my partner on the prom! Jeez, if girls will ask instead of boys… it will be nice if Naruto is going to be my partner. But I really want Sasuke-kun to be my partner and I don't have enough courage on asking him!' She thought.
The two walked away from the house. Naruto knew that he has a crush on Sakura, but this is not for him anymore. It's for his best friend Sasuke. Of course, it's better to help your friend that stealing your friend's opportunity on the prom. After all, it's his first time. Even in the Grade 6 graduation prom, Sasuke didn't come because he was busy studying… and Sakura didn't come because she had a fever. Naruto didn't have a partner because it must be Ino, but she refused and changes her mind. That Grade School prom was the worst event in school for Naruto. He didn't have a partner, and his friend didn't come.
Sakura's heart beats faster, knowing it was her first time to dance with a guy, and she was not yet sure who would be her partner. Feeling curious, she spoke. "Naruto, why did you want to talk with m-me? Are you going to invite me to the prom?" Sakura asked.
Naruto stretches his arms. He sighed and faced towards Sakura. "It's because I want to talk you about my best friend… he still don't have a partner and I think you're the perfect one for him." Naruto said.
"Your best friend? Who is he?" Sakura asked.
Naruto chuckled. "You'll know it soon… I believe you know him already." Naruto replied.
TO BE CONTINUED…
If you don't understand Japanese… this will help you (Don't Read if you don't like)
Idatakimasu- is similar to "Let's Eat!"
Okasan- means "mother"
Otosan- means "father"
Oniisan- means "big brother" or "older brother"
Anou- an expression which is similar to "Um…" e.g. "Anou (Um…)… Will you… tell me about it?"
A/N: Finally, it's done… I'll post Chapter two soon…please be patient. I hope you liked the story and please review XP
Wow… I can't believe that I made Sasuke a nerd here… hehehe… it doesn't suit his irresistible face, right? And I made a lot of OOC-ness here… I'm so sorry! Hehehe…
Anyway… will Sakura feel the same way like Sasuke felt for her? But does she love Naruto instead of Sasuke? And will Naruto succeed in asking the shy Hyuuga Hinata? Find out on chapter two!