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Lover's Diary Chapter 2- Promise made, Promise Broken
Seated with his back on the book shelf for support, Sasuke read the pages of the diary without a stop. Next to his leg lay the diaries that he had read. The one that he is reading is the one written when Naruto was aged 12 on a page about the promise.
-A Tale of the Past-
Two young boys were seen playing beside a large lake.
"I'm bored!" Naruto said.
"Me too…" Sasuke agreed.
Naruto closed his eyes and thought for a while before an idea strikes him, "I know! Let's play hide and seek. I hide and you seek!"
Sasuke smiled and nodded. He quickly turned around closing his eyes and starts to count.
"1… 2….. 3….."
Not wasting any time, Naruto quickly ran towards another direction.
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Naruto is still running after 5 minutes looking for the best place to hide.
"Where should I hide?.. I know!" He turned to his left and quickly ran into a forest. "I know just a place where he can find me but will take a while for him to figure out!" Naruto looked around and smiled when he spotted the place that he is looking for.
"Yosh! Let's hide."
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"16…. 17… 18…. 19…. 20! I'm coming to look for you now!" Sasuke shouted out if Naruto is nearby to listen. He began to run around looking for his friend.
"Naruto! Where are you?"
Meanwhile at Naruto's place, he waited for a while but Sasuke still have not found him yet.
"He is so slow! I'm bored!" Suddenly his head perked up to a sound he heard outside and thought it was Sasuke. He quickly sat still and waited for him to enter but a voice spoke up and it does not belong to Sasuke.
Back to Sasuke, he is still having trouble looking for Naruto. Finally he stopped in defeat and shouted to an open space, "NARUTO! WHERE ARE YOU?" His voice echoed around but there is no sign of movement around him. No Naruto, no wind, nothing at all.
"Think.. Think Sasuke. Where is he?"
-Flash back-
"Come, Sasuke!" Naruto gestured Sasuke to follow him.
"What?" Sasuke asked Naruto. Without asking further, he obeyed Naruto and followed the blond. They entered the forest and walked straight. After a while, a wooden house could be seen. Naruto turned behind and looked at the worried Sasuke.
"We are here!" Naruto exclaimed.
"What is this house for?" Sasuke asked as he explored the area surrounding the house.
"Don't know. I found this for sometime and no one seems to come here. It seemed abandoned to me. Hehe…" Naruto smiled happily at Sasuke. "We can use it as our secret place. What do you think?"
"Huh?" Sasuke looked at Naruto confusedly.
"Every best friend has a place where they will spend their time at and they called it secret place. So I've decided to make this our secret place! What do you think?"
-End of Flash Back-
"Could he be hiding at the secret place?... Could be.. That is the place where I won't find first." Sasuke turned around and quickly ran towards the wooden house.
At Naruto's place.
"What is this damn kid doing here?" A rough voice said as he pulled Naruto up with one hand.
"Let go of me!" Naruto shouted furiously at the man. He kicked and punched but he was far to small to reach the man.
"Some kids playing around this place. We'll just keep him and sell him off. No one would look here." Another voice said.
"Good idea, we can get some money too."
Naruto was getting furious about all this talks on selling him off, "Let go of me, you bastards! You are not going to sell me off!" Suddenly a hand slapped him at his face.
"Still being so cheeky. You can't even hit me with that small fist of yours, so, shut up." The man who was holding Naruto passed Naruto to his partner. "Tie him and gag him up. He's noisy."
As the guy tied Naruto up, he glared intensely at the guy and then he gave up when he was dumped into a corner helplessly.
"Sasuke… Please.. Save me…"
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Sasuke smiled when he saw the wooden house in sight.
"Found you!"
Then he stopped in his track looking at the house with a frown.
"Why are there two shadows in the house?" Slowly, Sasuke crept towards the house quietly and peeked into the house through the window. He saw two rough looking men talking to each other. When his gaze fell upon a blond in the room, his eyes widen in shock.
"Naruto… He is gagged and tied up! He is in danger. I must save him." Sasuke wanted to run into the house but even though being a young child, he still has some common sense. He refrained himself from running into the house and slowly crept away. When he was far enough away from the house, he ran as fast as he could.
"I'll save you. Wait for me!"
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Naruto fell asleep after a while and woke up when he heard someone struggling around him.
"Hmm…" Naruto looked up and slowly the blurred image began to clear up and he saw the two men who caught him just now are tied up. Then he looked at the two people who saved him.
"Naruto!" Iruka quickly ran over to Naruto and untied him.
"Are you okay?" Kakashi asked quietly.
Naruto pulled off the gag and nodded. "Yeah.. I'm alright. Thanks for saving me…."
Iruka smiled, "You are not supposed to thank us. We just helped. It was Sasuke who told us that you were caught so we came."
"Really? Where is he?" Naruto looked around for Sasuke.
"He's outside." Kakashi replied.
Naruto quickly ran out before Iruka could stop him. When he saw Sasuke outside, he ran and hugged him.
"Thanks for saving me!" Sasuke did not answer Naruto. Naruto pulled off and looked at Sasuke. He saw Sasuke's eyes are now brimming with tears.
"Sasuke…"
"Idiot.. Do you know how much I worried about you?" Sasuke scolded.
"I'm sorry…." Naruto said lowering his head.
"….. Promise me…" Sasuke whispered softly but is audible to Naruto.
"Huh? Promise you?" Naruto tilted his head aside.
"Promise me that you'll never leave me anymore…"
Naruto looked at Sasuke surprised at first but then his expression softens up and smiled.
"I promise! Let's do the usual bond sealing thing!" Naruto said and Sasuke nodded.
"We promise never to leave each other anymore or the liar will suffer a bad end!" They hooked their last finger together and shook it three times.
-End-
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Today: Sunny day and then cloudy!
Dear Sasuke,
Today was very scary… When I was playing with Sasuke hide and seek, I was caught by some bad guys. Luckily Sasuke is smart. He saved me! We even promised each other never to leave each other's side anymore. Whoever who breaks the promise will suffer a bad end! I also promised myself to protect him since he protected me! When we are going home, Mr. Iruka lectured us about playing alone away from the adult's supervision but I don't mind anything at all. I'm sure that Sasuke will protect me! But I'm still very grateful that the teachers came as soon as possible. Thank you for protecting me! Just now father was very angry when I came home today. He slapped me and scolded me for coming home late. I'm getting more and more afraid of him but I can't tell anyone. Who can help me?
NARUTO, 12 years old
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"…. Why didn't you come to me? Naruto…." Sasuke said as he hugged the book to his chest.
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-A Tale of the Past-
A 13 year old raven haired boy could be seen running across the street amidst the rain.
Flash back
"He is leaving with his father today." Mr. Iruka said.
End of flash back
Another flash back
A young boy who was holding a ball looked at him, "Naruto? I hear from my mother that he and his father are moving to some other place today."
End of flash back
"These are all just lies… He promised me.. He is probably still smiling and playing around in his house." Sasuke said to himself.
He made a sharp to the left at the corner and ran straight until he saw Naruto's house. He quickly went up to the door and knocked hard, not caring whether he gets scolded by Naruto's father or not. All he cares at the moment is to find the blond in the house. His effort was in vain.
Sasuke slowly rested his hand on the door knob and turn it. Those tears that was threatening to fall a minute ago was falling freely down his cheek the moment he saw the emptiness of the house.
"Why… WHY DID YOU LEAVE? I THOUGHT WE MADE A PROMISE NEVER TO LEAVE ME ANYMORE?" Sasuke screamed out to the empty house. His voice echoed through but that is the only sound that replied him.
"Why….? Why did you leave without telling me or even say a good bye?..." Sasuke muttered softly and fell down to his knees. "I hate you… I hate you, Naruto.."
-End-
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Sasuke was waken up by the sound of knocking from the door. He looked around for a while before he finally noticed that he fell asleep while reading the diaries.
"I dreamt of that day…" Another knock on the door broke Sasuke out of his own world.
"Yeah? Come in."
The door creaked opened slightly and Sakura pokes her head out.
"Sasuke?" Sakura called out softly.
Sasuke looked up, "Yeah?"
"We brought you food. Do you want to take a break from packing?"
Sasuke looked at the book on his lap for a while before leaving it on the floor without closing it. He stood up and walked towards the door, "Sure."
Sasuke left the room and went down stairs with Sakura. The diary that was lying on the floor was opened to a certain page.
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Today: Rainy day…
Dear Sasuke,
I left the house and everyone… and Sasuke… I didn't even tell him that I'm leaving or bid a good bye. Father won't let me do that…He just woke me up in the middle of the night and say that we are moving out and he won't allow me to tell anyone… Why is he being so secretive? Even when I'm just here for an hour already, I'm beginning to hate this place. This place is like a slum… The house is so gloomy and dirty. Father ordered me to stay in my own room quietly and don't come out till he calls. Just now when I was helping father to buy a pack of cigarette at the store across the street, all those people are looking at me with those scary eyes…Just like father. I wanted to escape from here but I'm afraid of leaving here too… What should I do? I broke a promise too… I promised Sasuke that I'll never leave him anymore but I'm already so far away now… I'm sorry… I'm really sorry Sasuke… I can't even bid you a farewell…
Naruto, 13 years old.
-End of Chapter 2- Promise Made, Promise Broken-
There you have it.. The second chapter. I had checked it for any mistakes but if there is, please bear with me… It's kind of late here. Don't mind about my grammar please because I know it's not that good. Oh ya.. This story is an AU story.. So it's a normal world like ours.. Hope that you'll like this chapter and the part breaker is not too confusing. Thanks to those who had reviewed and once again here. Please review! It'll get me fired up to continue to the next chapter!
