Rating: T (will go higher)
Warning: Yaoi, Shounen-ai.
Pairings: SasuNaru, GaaLee, and many others.
Never Far Behind
Chapter 1: That Was Then, This Is Now
"Sasuke, come and play" an energetic, eight year old blond yelled, sitting on the swings, waving over his best friend.
Sasuke smiled and nodded, running over to the blond, his best friend, Naruto.
"Push me" Naruto commanded gently with a giggle. Sasuke grinned and nodded, he gently began to push Naruto as the swing swung back and forth.
"Your getting fatter, dobe" Sasuke joked, with a smile. Naruto turned around playfully sticking his tongue out at Sasuke.
…
"Ice cream! Ice cream!" Naruto chanted, dragging Sasuke along with him throughout the park to go buy ice cream. Sasuke entwined their fingers and followed.
"Strawberry" Naruto answered, excitedly, to the ice cream man. Then cocked his head to the side waiting for Sasuke to choose and wondering what was taking Sasuke so long to answer. "I don't want any" Sasuke said, with a shrug, causing Naruto to pout.
"Aww, come on Sasuke" Naruto whined, giving off those cute irresistible puppy eyes. Sasuke felt a tinge of blush rise to his cheeks but then he noticed Naruto's knowing smile and shook his head. "Maybe later" Sasuke said, with a smirk.
…
Sasuke and Naruto sat patiently on the park bench calmly watching as people passed by. Naruto leaned his head on Sasuke's shoulder, he was sleepy. They had played and ate all day long.
"Sasuke…" Naruto started hesitantly. "Hn" Sasuke replied, enjoying the peace and the warmth of the other.
"We'll always be friends, right?" Naruto asked, his voice becoming quiet and a bit sad.
"Always" Sasuke repeated, confidently, nuzzling his cheek atop Naruto's blonde locks.
"Don't ever leave me Naruto" Sasuke whispered, staring at the horizon, slowly watching the sun went back down, allowing room for the night.
"Never" Naruto repeated, sitting up to kiss Sasuke lightly on the cheek.
"We'll be together, always and forever" he added, as the time passed by. The wind blowing gently throughout the trees causing Sakura blossoms to fall and scatter, as the wind carried them.
….
"Sasuke, wake up!"
Sasuke groaned and rolled over, seeking the warmth of his covers. 'I had that dream again' he thought, in frustration, burying his face deeper into the pillows.
"Sasuke!" an annoyed Itachi, shouted once more, slamming Sasuke's door open.
"Shut the hell up!" Sasuke shouted back, half groggily, as he sat up, running his hand through his hair.
Itachi smirked. "Kodak moment" he said quickly, taking out his cell and take a quick picture. 'Click'
"Itachi! You better delete that fucking picture right now" Sasuke cried out frustrated, jumping to his feet, running over to Itachi.
"Too late" Itachi said, chuckling. "It's been sent to half the school by now" he added, as comfort, before running away from Sasuke's bursting rage emitting throughout the room.
"Die in hell bitch" Sasuke shouted, extremely pissed, slamming his door shut at his brother's retreating back.
'One day more, one day less' Sasuke thought, grabbing the nearest clean towel as he walked over to the end of the room to his own private bathroom. He turned on the shower adjusting the water to a nice warm temperature as he undressed and slowly slipped in.
After a good long shower, Sasuke stood in his room rummaging through his drawers looking for some decent clothes to go to school with. He quickly found a pair black baggy jeans, with a white t-shirt, and a black sleeveless hoodie with a small school leaf symbol embedded on the bottom left.
"Sasuke, breakfast is on the table" one of Itachi's dumb friends shouted from down the stairs. Sasuke didn't even bother to reply as he put on his black boots and slipped a small light gold necklace over his neck hiding it under his shirt. He quickly brushed his hair down neatly, flatting it all down, before wildly running his fingers all over the place, creating random spikes all over the place.
He grabbed his Nike gym bag, which only carried a notebook and random papers as well as a few pens, slung it over his shoulder as he walked out of his room, locking the door behind him, before heading downstairs.
The kitchen was already packed when Sasuke walked in. It seemed Itachi had invited all of his friends over for breakfast.
"Hey kid" they all shouted, as he walked in, taking the last empty seat. He just gave a short grunt in response before picking up his empty plate to fill it with a few pancakes lying on the silver platter on the table.
"Did you guys hear?" Kisame started, causing everyone except Sasuke to look up and quiet down.
'They are like old gossiping woman' Sasuke thought, with a smirk, drinking some of the orange juice before him.
"They're going to be like six new transfer students today" Kisame continued, "and they're all coming from the same place and home. I heard they're were three guys and three girls. Everyone says that their transferring so suddenly in the year because they were kicked out of their old school for inappropriate behavior" he added.
Itachi and the other's eyes gleamed with excitement. "About time" Sasori said, with anticipation. "Orochimaru and his crew were getting boring" he added, with a fake yawn. The others along with Sasuke laughed and agreed silently.
Sasuke took a glance at the clock before getting up grabbing his bag getting ready to leave. "Want a ride?" Itachi offered, juggling his keys in one hand.
"No" Sasuke answered, quickly. "I rather like living, thank you" Sasuke added jokingly, giving Itachi an 'I'll be alright' look. Itachi just nodded and laughed along with his friends knowing that Sasuke was probably right. Itachi was a crazy ass driver.
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The walk to school was nothing but the usual. Same old path. Cutting through the park.
Sasuke watched as small kids ran around the swings so early in the morning probably waiting for the bus as well as parents hurrying with brief cases to work, while others people just walked, jogged, or ran around with their dogs. The light cooling breeze felt extremely right as Sasuke passed through the Sakura Blossom Tress.
Suddenly a young married couple walked right in front of him along with their two young children. The mother laughed as her youngest son talked excitedly about what he would be doing at school while the older one joked around with his father talking about last night's basketball game.
Sasuke froze on the spot.
Flashback
"Sasuke, come on, it's time to go home"
Sasuke lifted his head off of Naruto's and looked up at his mother who was waving him over, along with his older brother arms crossed scowling to the side, and his impatient father waiting in the car.
"I go to go, Naruto" Sasuke said, sadly. Naruto just smiled as they both got up on their feet.
"You'll be here tomorrow?" Sasuke asked, feeling hypnotized watching those clear blue eyes. Naruto just smiled.
"Bye Sasuke" he whispered, giving Sasuke the tightest and biggest hug in his life. Sasuke eyes widened in surprise before hugging back.
"See you tomorrow, Naruto" Sasuke whispered, quickly letting go to run over to his parents.
However, the next day came and Naruto never did come back, not days later, weeks, months, or years.
It was a day or two later that Sasuke noticed Naruto had never said the word 'bye' before that day.
Sasuke parents had died in a tragic accident a year later as well. Leaving Sasuke and Itachi appointed with an old family friend as their new guardian.
End of Flashback
"Guess I'm nothing but bad luck" Sasuke whispered, sarcastically, giving a final glance at the happy family before continuing his walk to school.
As Sasuke reached the tall school building he was quickly greeted by a bunch of girls all lined up against the door to give him their well planned out greetings. "Good morning Sasuke-san" It seems they were even more energetic today.
Sasuke just ignored them, lightly pushing through the crowd till he made himself in to the building down a few hallways and right to his locker.
"Hey"
Sasuke turned around and found his friends lazily walking towards him. Sasuke nodded in acknowledgement, as he proceeded to take out his books necessary for the day. He never came to his locker during school time, fan girls tended to be around his locker ready to announce their true feelings of love. His friends were used to I by now so they were really great friends when it came to escape during those Valentine and other mushy holidays.
His friends consisted of random nobody's and everybody's. There was the laziest but smart as hell Shikamaru. As well as the popular and a hunk of a guy, Neji. The silent and creepy type, Shino. Finally, their energetic bushy eyed friend, Lee.
Sasuke gathered his stuff and took a good luck at his friends.
Shikamaru had his usual ponytail along with black cargo pants, a white t-
shirt, and black sneakers, carrying nothing except a pencil in his left pocket. His hands resting behind his head lazily.
Neji had his long black silky hair tied into a girl ponytail with two strands hanging at opposite sides of his face. He wore black dress pants, with a white beater, and white unbuttoned dress shirt over it, along with black sneakers.
Shino as always had his hair all spiked up. He wore dark huge sunglasses as well as dark brown Capri's and an over sized grey/silver lab coat, with black sneakers.
Finally, Lee, with his bowl cut hair and huge eyebrows. He wore black loose jeans, with a white t-shirt, and an emerald green hoodie over it, along with his white sneakers.
"You have great bed hair" Neji said, a smirk playing on his lips. As Sasuke stopped to a halt turning around to look at him curiously.
"What?" Sasuke asked, confused, but then it click. "Itachi" he growled. He then heard a chorus of annoying giggling behind him, he found a horde of girls looking into their phones. He annoying walked up to them quickly snatched one of their phones away and found this morning's picture as their wallpaper. "I'm so going to kill that bastard" Sasuke groaned, giving back the phone, to walk over to his locker and bang his head repeatedly on the locker.
"Let's go" Shikamaru muttered, noticing the once empty halls becoming fuller. They all nodded and agreed. They all knew where they were going. The roof. It had become their meeting spot before, after, and during classes. Whenever they felt the need to be away and go and smoke or just relax.
As they walked down the hallway people gave them way parting away as they walked, giving them room. However, they quickly noticed another similar thing happening further down the hallway heading in their direction. They stooped and suddenly the crowd parted, giving way to the other group.
Three boys and three girls stood in their way.
Sasuke quickly glanced over them uncaringly before his eyes suddenly stopped to find himself staring at light clear blue eyes. He felt his eyes widen in shock and his body stiffen.
'Naruto'
End of Chapter One
A/N: Ok, guys this a new story of mines and yes I'm aware of my previous deleted stories and I'm telling you right now that my other stories will probably not be continued unless I have some real free time. So here's the new one as well as a few others that are also on the way. I apologize deeply for the deleted stories but as I've said in my bio page, I've had many problems and complications at home and in my family, please try to understand. I'm sorry, but I hope you like this new story.