So I realized that I didn't write who I was or my disclaimer for the last story. Sorry about that. Anyway, for those of you just getting introduced to me and haven't read my other story Zero in the Vampire Knight section, my name is Whisper and I look forward to writing for you. Hehe thought I'd be a little formal.
Anyway, I do not own Naruto, such genius did not sprout from this mind.
As always, please review!
Unfortunately for Naruto and those who truly did love him, he forgot one cardinal rule and that was there were two sides to every story, for while Naruto was sinking further into his depressive state, Sasuke was fighting. Sasuke didn't want to be Hokage, it was not his intentions to take that away from Naruto. Sure Sasuke may have talked big during the battle, but he didn't want to be Hokage, not after everything Naruto had been through to gain the position. It was Naruto's dream not Sasuke's and he respected that. However, some people just didn't know when to back down. Some were going to great lengths to make him Hokage, spreading the lie around the village that he was after the position. Sasuke was sure Naruto had heard the news by now and Sasuke intended to set things straight once he set everything else straight. For Sasuke did intend to stay, to become a better ninja, to protect the village his brother had desired him to protect, to stay by a certain dobe's side, for though Naruto didn't know, the bond between him and Sasuke was not destroyed all those years ago. No, Sasuke was just good at acting like he could care less when the reality was very different. For Sasuke didn't hate Naruto, the opposite was actually true. That bond had shifted and changed for the Uchiha, morphing into something stronger, into something that would tie the two for the rest of their live whether the other knew of this stronger bond or not. For Sasuke loved Naruto and not as one should love a best friend or a brother. No, Sasuke loved Naruto in the romantic sense, though if ever found out he would deny such a claim until the day he told Naruto himself. However, currently Sasuke had more pressing matters than telling a certain blonde dobe how he felt, how he had always felt. He was trying to fix this damned mess these people had caused and he was so close to being done. Only then, would he find the idiot and tell him how he felt, hoping the feelings would not be rejected or even better reciprocated. He just hoped he wouldn't be too late. If only Sasuke had known what was going through his precious blonde's mind, he might have taken the time to admit all his feeling, but Sasuke didn't know and his ignorance could cost him his precious dobe.
Sasuke wasn't the only one who loved Naruto, and though in not the same sense of love as the Uchiha, all of Naruto's friends cared deeply for their friend. They were just so busy helping the Uchiha decline the Hokage while promoting Naruto for the position. They were busy rebuilding their beloved village that was almost destroyed in the war. They had become so busy that Naruto's presence had started to blur into everyone else until he blended altogether. Despite Naruto's thoughts that they were ignoring him because they didn't care, the truth was entirely different. So it was no surprise that no one noticed the blonde's absence. They figured he was busy helping other villagers in the town, not suspecting that he was instead alone in his apartment. They were planning to visit Naruto in that exact place later that night, for the Uchiha's efforts had proved fruitful. The idea of Naruto as Hokage had always been in the minds of the villagers, he was after all their most beloved hero. All that they had needed to do was continue to nurture this idea, to make it grow in all the villagers minds so that those that were pushing for Sasuke to become Hokage would realize their efforts would be fruitful and would bestow the position upon the person who most deserved it.
Later that evening, unknown to those around, a mysterious person visited Naruto in his apartment. Choosing their timing perfectly when the Naruto was at his lowest and when it would be easiest to persuade him to leave with them. Silently, this person had crept through the village and slipped into Naruto's apartment where the blonde had listened silently to what this person had to offer and what would be offered to him in return, when the person would slip out of the exact apartment with a beloved hero following behind as they made their way out of the village.
No more than minutes later a nervous man showed up at the blonde's apartment. Praying to whatever deities above that everything would go well with the blonde. Letting out an almost silent sigh, the figure knocked upon the door, confused when no one answered when the presense of the blonde still lingered. Reaching to open the door the figure was surprised that it was unlocked and walked inside seeing now sign of Naruto. Calling out in the still apartment the figure walked over to the bed where he finally noticed the letter with strange handwriting on the outside addressed 'To Whom May Panic First', the figure opened the letter trembling and eyes widening as he read on. With a silent curse a panicking Sasuke ran out of the apartment hoping he wasn't too late to stop whoever had done this, only to stop not feet outside of Konoha knowing that he was indeed too late. With clenched fists the Uchiha ran back into Konoha already planning on how to rectify everything that had gone wrong, planning on getting back what belonged in Konoha. Sasuke went to gather everyone up while he silently wondered how they had all allowed this to happen.
So another chapter done. Please review!
