Mistaken Gender (chapter I)
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto for owning it requires vast imagination (cause there are so many episodes, duh)
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13 years ago….
"Hey Sasuke, let's play catching since Ino & Shikamaru are here…." Naruto yelled at a nearby raven.
"Okay!" came the reply.
"I'll be the catcher" Naruto volunteered & added "Alright, ready, get set, GO!"
Three children ran around when a blonde boy started chasing behind them. A raven haired child deliberately waited for Naruto to come close by before sprinting away whereas the other two were far away from Naruto already. And just like that a group of toddlers' afternoon swept by. Soon after, Ino & Shikamaru had to bid goodbye, leaving Sasuke & Naruto by themselves. Both of them began talking about their lives & admiring each other & the life each of them are having. Then came the moment when Naruto & Sasuke left the playground, Naruto turned around to look at Sasuke.
"Bye bye"
"Bye…."
Years passed by, by now, Sasuke & Naruto were almost like buddies, each knowing one another's thoughts.
"Sasuke…."
"Yes?"
"I'll be leaving Japan soon, my new foster father is going to pick me up later….i'm so excited!" Naruto exclaimed.
"What?! How long will you be away?" Sasuke asked almost abruptly.
"I'm not sure….i'll ask my foster dad later…."
A man around his thirties entered the playground & looked around as if looking for something he had lost. His eyes slowly traced to the frame of Naruto then, he began to walk gracefully towards the 6 years old boy.
"Are you Naruto?" the white haired man asked.
"Uhuh….thats me…."
"Okay then, I'm your new foster father, Jiraiya & we're going to be flying to America first thing tomorrow, are you excited boy?"
"VERY! But there's one thing I would like to ask sir, how long will we be staying there?"
"For being courteous, I'll answer your question….but I'm not sure either, ranging from 5 years to 10 years I suppose but worry not as we will be back" Jiraiya said with a grin.
"There's your answer….farewell brother Sasuke…." Naruto said with a whimper at the end. Sasuke's eyes began to water & Naruto held Sasuke in his arms. Jiraiya sighed at the scene, wishing he could do something to help but of course, nothing would help. Then after Sasuke stopped crying & Naruto stopped sniffing, Jiraiya let Naruto bid Sasuke farewell for the last time before holding his hand & walking away. It was then did Sasuke reflect upon the last few sentences, especially the one that Naruto said "farewell brother Sasuke". Sasuke wanted to run & find Naruto & tell him that Sasuke was no boy but a girl from the start but alas, finding no strength to pursue the long gone figure, she sat down the waited for her brother to fetch her.