Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. If I did, there'd be SasuNaruSai threesomes all the time! Dattebayo!
When will the fillers end?.! Bejesus Crisco, man! After the 90-minute special, if episode 206 is another filler, I am going to kill myself! Jeez! It's already been a year and a half:Gasps for breath: The only info that makes me hope is the fact that each season lasts no more than 27 episodes and season 8 is over now with 26 episodes, and that there is a new opening and ending starting with episode 203. The opening is "Yura Yura" by Hearts Grow, and the closing is "Scenario" by Saboten. :sigh: Don't even try to listen to the songs ahead of time on youtube, there's no use, I tried.
And how come you guys say you don't like the SaixNaru pairing?.! It's adorable! Especially since Sai is really shy!
Song used in this chapter is "The Garden of Everything" by Maaya Sakamoto (feat. Steve Conte)
Sai watched Naruto out of the corner of his eye, noticing his friend's shocked expression, Did something happen? before he could say anything, Sakura beat him to it.
"You look like you just caught a glimpse of a hot girl, Naruto," she teased. But one glimpse at Naruto's pout and slight blush made her blink, "... did you?"
"No! And it was a guy!"
"... I didn't know you--"
"Yes you did! I told you I was bi three years ago!"
"Hehe, gomen," Sakura stuck her tongue out and went back to dicing vegetables, "so you were checking him out?"
Naruto sighed and pulled out a stool at the coffee bar, smiling to a couple of blushing girls oggling him. They covered their faces with their menus and began whispering to each other happily, "No, I was not checking him out... he just looked familiar, that's all..." the blond grabbed a water bottle off the counter and saw the name "Sai" written on the cap. He frowned and unscrewed the cap anyway, taking a swig, "I stole your water, Sai, I hope you don't mind," he grinned.
"Not at all."
"Che, you're no fun! You're not even fighting back or anything!"
"Why should I? It's just water... and it's as if I'm giving you an indirect kiss," the raven gave a smug smile and winked, causing his friend to push the water away with a sickening groan.
"Aww, how cute!" Sakura cooed, pushing her diced vegetables onto a plate.
"What is so fascinating about gay men?" Sarutobi asked roughly, handing one of the customers their coffee.
"Everything, Ojichan!" the girl replied eagerly, "have you ever seen two guys kiss? It's the sexiest thing since... since... ever!"
Sarutobi shook his head and sighed, Teenagers...
"So..." Sai began, ignoring the floating hearts surrounding Sakura, "this guy you thought was familiar, what did he look like?"
Naruto looked at him suspiciously, "Why should I tell you?"
"Because I want to steal him away from you and rape him."
"... Shit, man, don't say stuff like that in a place like this," Naruto sweatdropped, used to the boy's weird and disgusting sense of humor, "and I know that was a joke, so I guess I could tell you... Well, in all honesty..." he laughed, "he looked like you. Except he had duck-butt hair!"
Sai raised an eyebrow at that, sitting a plate of fish in front of another customer.
"You just admitted that Sai is attractive!" Sakura practically screamed, "you said that one guy looked like him, so basically, you're saying Sai's hot!"
"There's one problem with that, Sakura... I never said that guy was hot or attractive!.!" Naruto growled.
"Calm down," Sarutobi grumbled, "Naruto, go get started on this order," he pulled a piece of paper off of the rack above him and handed it to the blond.
Naruto took it and frowned, "This is a lot of stuff... I'm supposed to make it by myself?"
"I believe in you," Sarutobi chuckled, "and you've made more than that before, haven't you?"
The fox grinned, "I'll have it all done in half an hour."
"That's good, because that's all the time you have left. It's for a business party," Sakura smiled and blushed slightly, "Naruto... you should've seen the guys that came in! They were so handsome! Especially the raven-haird boy..." she giggled like a school girl, "he was gorgeous!"
Naruto laughed at the girl, "You say that about every guy you meet," he ignored the angry huff from his friend and went into the back, oblivious to the pair of chocolate brown eyes watching him.
xXxXx
All three of them went to Ehime Prefectural Matsuyama Technical High School, but on Sundays, they would help Sarutobi out with his coffee shop. Mostly Naruto and Sai because Sakura was taking a lot of college prep courses since she was a senior. The two boys were juniors.
Sakura had been living with them for a total of seven years. Before that, it was only Naruto and Sai in their Ojichan's home. When they were five, they met each other in a foster home on the shores of Okinawa and not even a month later, they were both adopted by a very loving Sarutobi. But they never considered each other brothers. The reason behind for that was strange... Sai had told the blond that he would never be able to see him the same way a brother would. Naruto had no clue what that meant, and truthfully, he still didn't. Sai was a complete mystery when it came down to his feelings and thoughts.
"He can't see me the same way a brother would..." Naruto sighed and finished with his fourth meal, placing it in the oven with the other three so it would stay warm, I must be an idiot if I can't figure that out.
"Naruto-san, are the dishes ready yet? The business group has arrived," Sai said with an authoritive voice.
The blond scoffed at the tone, "I only have one more left. Take the others out, ok?" he pointed to the oven while he cracked an egg open.
Sai pulled a tray out from under the sink and sat the meals on it, lifting it, his eyes meeting Naruto's, "Don't take too long, Naruto-san," he said softly, exiting the kitchen.
"That was odd... What's with him?" Naruto shrugged and went back to cooking, laughing to himself every time he would hear Sakura squeel out in the front, It must be that guy she was talking about. He finished the last meal and sat it on one of the smaller trays, carrying it out to the tables by the dock.
"There you are," Sarutobi said, cleaning a few bowls, "you're lucky Uchiha-san is a patient person. You should've had his meal ready a while ago."
"A-ah, I'm sorry, Ojichan."
The old man sighed and tilted his head toward the occupied table to the right of them, next to the boating port, "Say sorry to him, not me."
Just great, my first time serving businessmen and I screw it up, he fixed his hair and sauntered over to the table, a bright smile on his face. Even though he didn't know which one was the Uchiha, he sat the plate down in front of a raven-haired man who was calmly speaking to the man beside him. He couldn't see his face, but he swore he saw the hair before... It was... very familiar...
"Gomen, Uchiha-san!" he apologized, "I just wanted to cook it to perfection, so it took a little while longer."
The raven turned to him and obsidian clashed with blue, a feeling of recognition pooling in Naruto's stomach, The guy from my dream... it's duck butt! Man, this must be deja vu! Yeah, that's what that dream was... deja vu.
"What a sucky excuse," a man with fanged canines said.
"Hn, be glad that I'm not an easily angered person," black eyes scanned over a silver name tag on Naruto's shirt, "Uzumaki Naruto," he took a sip of the wine Sakura had given him and smirked.
Th-that smirk... it's just as annoying as Sai's smile! Naruto thought, "Che, whatever Teme," realizing what slipped out of his mouth, he coughed nervously.
"Dobe," the teen teased, "it's Sasuke to you."
Sakura and Sai watched the scene roll out from behind the counter, Sarutobi just mumbling something about an idiotic son of his who didn't know when to keep his big mouth shut.
"D-Does he even know who he's dealing with?" Sakura whispered.
"Uchiha Sasuke," Sai said indifferently.
"You know his first name?" she gasped, "he only gave us his last name! How did you know what it was?"
"I just know..." his brown eyes were burning as he stared at Sasuke.
xXxXx
Two of the business men, Inuzuka Kiba and Youma Kankuro, were laughing their asses off at the conversation going on between their friend and the waiter. Sasuke was smirking at the blond, having asked a very personal question. It wasn't news to them that their buddy liked men, and the teen seemed to have taken a liking to the blondie.
"I asked you a question, Naruto," Sasuke purred, "have you ever had a boyfriend?"
"N-not really," Naruto blushed. Sure, he'd been asked out before, but he never liked those guys.
Sai was sitting at another table across the room, Sakura leaning against the wall next to him, a large smile on her face, "They seem to be getting along well," she huffed slightly, "and it's a shame Sasuke-kun's not into girls. Sai, how come all of the good looking men are gay?"
"That's not true," Sai said, but he wasn't paying attention to the girl, he was too busy trying to catch every word the other man said to Naruto. His eyes narrowed when he heard the word "boyfriend" said in a very husky tone.
"Sai? What's wrong? Oohh, I see, you're jealous," Sakura giggled.
"So what if I am?" he took a swig of his water and looked over at the pink-haired girl. His brown eyes were empty of anger, instead, replaced with something the girl couldn't place.
"Sai..."
"Dude! I can't believe you're a virgin!"
"I can't believe we're talkin' 'bout stupid shit like this!" Kankuro's sister, Temari, growled while drinking beer, "who cares of he's a virgin! You're a virgin, too!"
Kankuro scowled at his sister.
"Y-yeah! So what if I'm a virgin! There's nothing strange about me wanting to lose it to, uh, a special someone!" Naruto said with his arms crossed and his nose in the air.
"Well, Sasuke's pretty special," Kiba snorted in amusement.
"Troublesome..." a brunette groaned as he lifted his head off the table, a napkin stuck to his cheek.
Naruto grinned at him and turned to see Sasuke staring. He held back a blush and frowned, "What're you staring at, Teme?"
"Something good," was the throaty reply.
"Excuse me," everyone turned to see Sai standing there with a smile on his face. It was one of his fake ones, Naruto noticed, "Uchiha-san, you said you needed to be back at work by noon? Well, it's eleven thirty and it takes at least 15 minutes to get to Uchiha Corp. from here. I'm sure someone of your status will be expected to arrive early?"
Sasuke noticed the quick glance the other raven gave to his blond waiter and glared, "Thank you for telling us," he read the boy's name tag, "Sai."
"Oh, it was no problem," Sai said with a sickly sweet tone, "I hope you all have a nice day," he bowed to them as they stood.
"I hope to see you around, Naruto!" Kiba grinned and punched his new buddy playfully on the shoulder.
"Yeah, man, you're so fun to mess around with," Kankuro chuckled.
"E-heheheh, thanks you guys," he laughed nervously, rubbing his throbbing shoulder.
"See ya 'round, Blondie," Temari smirked and went out, swinging her empty beer bottle back and forth before tossing it in the trash bin outside.
Shikamaru trudged behind her, waving tiredly to Naruto.
Last but not least was Sasuke. As he walked outside, he threw one last smirk at the blond.
"I think he likes you!" Sakura chirped, running up to her friend and hugging him around the shoulders, "are you going to ask him out?" she then realized that Sai was still around and coughed, "um, I mean... you two make great friends!"
"Uh... sure," Naruto gave the girl a "what the hell?" look and pulled away from her hug, looking over at the table the business group had occupied. He groaned, "I don't want to clean."
"You weren't even doing your job," Sarutobi chided, "it seemed to me as if you were just hanging out with some friends."
Naruto scratched the back of his head and laughed sheepishly.
"And because of that, you'll have to clean everything by yourself. That's how things are, Naruto."
"Dammit," the blond grumbled and trudged over to the table with a trash bag he got from off the coffee counter.
"Sakura and I will be in the back cleaning up the cooking kitchen. I want you to clean up the tables, and Sai, could you please stay out here and take care of any new customers?"
"Sure, Ojiji," Sai went behind the counter and instantly greeted three young girls with another one of his fake, yet handsome smiles.
Naruto dumped the extra food in the trash bag, but something glistening under the sun caught his attention. It was a round... locket? It seemed to be made of gold, but it was old looking, and it was rather large. He lifted it up and looked on the back. His brows furrowed as he tried to read a name on the back, but it was impossible. The locket must've been really old if the name was washed out.
"It's probably that Teme's," he stuffed it in his pocket and continued to clean, telling himself that he would head over to the Uchiha Corp. after school tomorrow.
xXxXx
"Going to bed early, Sakura?" Sarutobi asked as he got himself ready for bed as well.
"Yeah, my prep course starts earlier than usual tomorrow, so I need to get some more sleep," she waved to her friends and to her Ojichan before heading down the hall to her room.
"What about you two?" the old man turned to Sai and Naruto, the both of them reading the same magazine, Naruto mumbling something about wanting some famous singer's hair.
"I suppose I could go to bed now," Sai looked at the clock.
"Yeah, you need your beauty sleep," Naruto joked, flashing Sai a toothy grin.
Sai smiled and shoved the blond back with only his palm, "You need it more than I do, Naruto-san."
"Bastard!" Naruto rubbed his red forehead. He got up from his chair and pouted, "Fine, then I will go to bed! And we'll see who's better looking in the morning!"
"What childish games," their Ojichan sighed.
"Sai started it!" Naruto shouted, but huffed and crossed his arms, "whatever, I'm going to bed. 'Night, Ojichan."
"Good night."
Naruto went down the hall and entered his room shutting the door behind him. He sat on his bed and blinked at the odd feeling in his pocket. That was when he remembered the locket.
"I wonder what's inside," his eyes shifted back and forth, and he pulled out the locket, eyeing it with interest. His thumb pressed down onto a small button and the top popped open. Inside was a ring. It slipped out of the locket and fell into Naruto's palm, then a soft tune began playing. It was slow and relaxing, and... it felt familiar...
He leaned back until he was lying down and he stared at the ring as the music played. As the tune stopped after a few minutes, lyrics began flowing into Naruto's head, verses he didn't recognize, then the music started all over again, this time accompanied by Naruto hesitent voice.
"Here you are
Daylight's star
Made out of miracles...
Perfection
Of your own
You alone
Oh, so incredible..." he shut the locket and frowned, This is frickin' weird... I've never even heard this song before..
He bent forward and turned the lamp off, basking in the moonlight that flooded in through his window. As soon as he closed his eyes, he was taken to a place that was so different from anything he ever saw before. He was sitting on what seemed to be one of five different heads that were sculpted into a huge mountain. His head was lying on the leg of another male, a soft voice floating in there air, the tune exactly the same as the locket.
"The mirrow melts
I'm somewhere else
Inside eternity
Where you on
outstretched wings
sing within
The Garden of Everything..."
The soft voice stopped and Naruto felt a warm palm run across his neck, soothing the muscles. He could sense a smile in the voice as the song continued,
"Eyes of pure
deep azure
Quite unbelievable
The sun's daughter
you've been made
not to fade
Quite inconceivable"
The song stopped once again, the voice becoming more emotional, as if the boy was trying desperately not to cry,
"A love like ours
A starry flower
Through the seasons and centuries
As rivers reach the sea
You'll reach me
With songs of your symmetry
Here we'll see
love's lost tree
made out of miracle
emotions, crystal leaves
to cover me
and you in eternity
And so here we are
Twin stars of brilliant brightness
Lanterns lit by life for all the depths of night
And every day will return us
To arms of the ever eternal
And so here we are
So far from earthly orbits
Burning supernovas of all sound and sight
Where every day will return us..."
The song ended softly, the wind blowing their hair. Naruto could feel the wind chill his eyes, probably because they were wet... he lifted two fingers to his cheeks and felt tears.
"Naruto... ore wa(1)..."
Blue eyes snapped open and he quickly sat up in bed. He quickly glanced down at the locket that was in his closed hand, the music still playing. He sighed, his heart racing, These dreams...
Out in the hall, Sai had his hand on the handle of his doorknob, his forehead resting against the wood of his door that was right next to Naruto's. He could hear the soft music from inside and as soon as it stopped, he turned his head towards his friend's room, his brown eyes empty.
(1)- Ore wa is the male form of "I"
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