Title : Unspoken Memories

Pairing : SasuNaru

Summary : AUish SasuNaru NaruSasu 'Your next mission?' If I were to never see you again, how could I remember? If you were never to see me again, would you be the same when I return? Mute and Amnesia alert!

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Chapter 1 - Prolog

"Your next mission."

Sasuke took the scroll and opened it. Inside were details on a year-long mission. He frowned, nodded, and disappeared.

Sasuke and Naruto are 16 yrs old, Jounin, and sent out on missions whenever necessary.

The dark haired jounin turned and knocked on a door. The apartment was small, but live-in-able. The door opened to reveal a tired looking blonde. Sasuke smirked at the state of him. His hair was unkept, his clothing disheveled. His eyes were half closed and he was blinking the sleep from them.

"Sasuke?" he blinked again. "Sasuke! Good Morning!" he was hyper again. Sasuke kept smirking.

"Morning." he greeted softly. Naruto saw the scroll and sobered down a bit.

"What's the scroll, huh? Your next mission?" he asked. Sasuke dropped his smirk.

"Yes. That's why I'm here. My newest mission calls for me to be away from...Konoha for 1 full year. I'll be doing a scouting mission of most of the Fire Nation. There have been reports of bandits attacking the villages, and they want me to check up on the rumors." With every sentence, every word, Naruto's smile fell until it was gone completely.

"One year? Bandits?" he yelled. Sasuke shoved him inside the apartment, mainly because they were getting stared at now that he'd yelled. "Why you?" he asked, almost calmly. Sasuke shrugged.

"I don't know...maybe they think I'm the best guy for the job." he sat down in a chair, as if he lived here.

Mainly, he did. Naruto and Sasuke had become friends. After countless missions, a long-time rivalry, and always spending time together, it was hard not to. So Sasuke often visited Naruto's apartment, at first appalled by it's size and how Naruto kept it, now he was used to it. Naruto came to Sasuke's house too, but being Naruto, he didn't want to impose to much for some reason on his friends, and his visits weren't as frequent as Sasuke's.

"And what if you'd been a girl?" Naruto joked. Sasuke through a pillow on the couch at him. "Hey, I was kidding!"

"Dobe..." Sasuke frowned at the scroll again. "I leave tomorrow morning at 10 a.m." he said shortly before disappearing.

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Sasuke stood at the gates to the village at 9:30 a.m. He had a pack on his back and his scroll in his hand again. Scowling at it, he put it into his pack and leaned sideways against the wall. A guy was supposed to come with him, a no name guy.

"Sasuke!" came a cry. It was Sakura.

'How the Hell?' Sasuke wondered how Sakura had learned he was gonna be there this morning.

"Good morning Sasuke-kun!" she greeted. Sasuke visibly winced at her volume. "I'll see you when you get back ok?" she said, in a soft tone.

"Tsh, whatever." he turned away from her. Sakura frowned.

"I guess...then...I'll just...I have to go...But I'll be here to welcome you back when you do come!" she turned and ran off.

At 9:58, the other guy, his name started with a T, showed up ready to go. Sasuke gave him an 'I acknowledge your presence' look, but then turned away from him.

"Sasuke-sama, you are in charge of this mission, but we must get going by 10 a.m." he warned at 9:59.

Sasuke nodded, gaze not leaving the ground. Suddenly, he perked and stood up straight. The T guy was about to question this when Sasuke turned around. Just in time to catch a flying, golden blur.

"Morning." Sasuke greeted.

"Bad Morning!" Naruto greeted bitterly. "You're leaving, so it's a bad morning, not a good morning." he explained. T cleared his throat.

"It's 10:00 sir." he motioned to the gates.

"You go ahead. I'm just going to say good-bye to Naruto first, then I'll join you." he nodded and took off.

"Well, good-bye I guess." Naruto muttered. Sasuke suddenly embraced him. "Sasuke."

"I'm gonna miss you. See you in one year." he let go and turned to the gates. "Don't forget me!" he called back before he was gone.

"Sasuke..." he muttered. "Don't you forget me either!" he yelled after his dark friend.

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