I am back! So first let me start. I have three people to thank.
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"A bridge of silver wings stretches from the dead ashes of an unforgiving nightmare
to the jeweled vision of a life started anew"
He was walking down the road to get some groceries. Of course he would go alone. He would never ask for company. He was so used to being alone all his life. Depending on someone just wasn't his style at all. He would only buy some tomatoes. That's all he has ever liked. He wouldn't spend much. He was the type of person who would just buy the basics. Of course he inherited every single penny of the clan. But he would never spend it unless it was absolutely necessary. He reached the busy area of the market. It was filled with people. Noises. Kids screaming. Smell of fresh vegetables filled his nostrils. He went to the nearest vegetable shop.
"Uchiha-san" The shopkeeper greeted. Of course everyone would know the sole survivor of the most powerful clan. The legacy of the clan that once lived.
"Hn" He greeted. He was never the man of many words.
"Looking for tomatoes I believe" The shopkeeper smiles. Sasuke just nods his head in affirmation. The entire village knew his favorite food. Thanks to the fangirls.
"Here. These arrived just now. They are of high quality and tastes better" The shopkeeper hands him a bag of tomatoes. Sasuke gives him the money and leaves.
On the way back to his manor, he feels someone was following him. He wasn't bothered at first. He moved a little bit and he could feel someone was following him. He activated his Sharingan to scan the place. He looked back only for a second and he knew who it was. Great! Just what he needed. FANGIRLS . He thought that they would've stopped stalking him after he left the village. But no! They were back again.
He so did not bother to walk again. He just disappeared in a puff of smoke.
This did not bode well with the ladies. Being the obsessive girls they were, they'd do anything to catch the Greek God's attention.
"We should go early in the morning to his house and see how he looks when he wakes up. We should hide near the bushes." Suggested one girl.
"I bet he'll look like the first rays of sunshine when he wakes up! I really want to see him on his bed" Another girl giggled.
"I want a picture of him where he is shirtless" Another girl had hearts in her eyes.
Practically every other fan out there wanted to get their hands on that beautiful excuse of a man. You couldn't blame him. He had the looks . He had become even more handsome over the years. His eyes even more darker. Face chiseled. Muscular body. And how could they forget about his powers. The Sharingan. the Mangakeyo Sharingan. The eternal Mangakeyo Sharingan. And now the Rinnegan and the Yin seal. Wasn't he the hottest commodity in the market, whose value never decreased but kept increasing?! Much to Sasuke's annoyance .
He soon reached the confines of his house. He knew who was inside. Of course he could never expect that particular person to have some manners. He was the Dobe after all. He reached the dining room . There , you could see the blond raiding his fridge. Sasuke sighed and kept the bag of tomatoes on the table.
"Oh! Teme! You are back" Naruto grins at his best friend.
"Hn" Sasuke just grunts.
"I was thinking its about time we kicked some ass. Up for a spar?" Naruto was excited.
"Hn"
"Stop being such a wuss. Can't you say more at all? You were talking so much yesterday!" Naruto was screaming his head off and then he realized what he had just said.
Oh shit! Now Sasuke knows he was eavesdropping. But much to his surprise, Sasuke just smirked.
"You are not mad that I heard everything?" Naruto was dumbfounded. Sasuke leaned on the door frame. Closed his eyes and nodded as if to say he wasn't mad.
"WHAAAAT How can you not be mad? You are Sasuke-Teme! You don't like anyone listening to any of your private conversations!" Naruto was still in shock.
"Shut up ! Dobe" Sasuke hisses. He wasn't ready to take his best friend's bullshit this early morning.
" You know Teme, I thought you suffered vocabulary constipation. I stand corrected " Naruto sits down on the chair and starts slurping the noodles.
"You guys thought, I wouldn't know who enters and leaves the Uchiha compound? Pretty clumsy for high ranked ninjas, I must say" Sasuke smirks in a taunting manner.
"You knew all of us were there?" Naruto stopped eating.
"And you heard what you had to. Finish it fast. I don't have all day to wait for you to drag your ass to the training grounds" Sasuke snorts at the blond.
Naruto grins. Something flashed his mind. This was the right time make Sasuke tell a few things he left in yesterday's conversation.
"So what was all that about teme? You said something about that night! Eh? Won't you tell your best friend about that night? " Naruto asks evilly.
"Hn" Sasuke turns away from the blond.
"Teme! I want to know what happened that night! We are Team 7. We don't keep secrets!" Naruto was yelling.
Now Sasuke regrets letting any of them hear him speak yesterday. Especially a certain loud mouthed blond.
"Don't tell me you and Sakura-chan did IT" Naruto was waiting for an answer.
Sasuke sighed.
"Why would I do IT with her and leave her on a fucking cold bench? Do you have any brains inside that skull of yours?" Sasuke sneered. He never liked telling anything to anyone about that night years ago. There was no way in fucking hell he would talk about it. Maybe he will tell Naruto because he deserved to know. But he would tell only after he has set everything straight.
"Then what the heck were you both speaking about? Don't act dumb with me Teme! I know Sakura-chan means something special to you. You always had a soft spot for her. Even before you left. Don't even deny it." Naruto was all of a sudden serious.
Sasuke didn't say a word. Now Naruto knew that his assumptions weren't wrong. The ice cube always had a soft spot for the cherry blossom. Naruto wanted to know how special she is to Sasuke.
"I'll tel you. Only when everything's set right. Until then, leave it alone." Sasuke said in monotone.
"Are you sure you'll tell me?" Naruto now looked at Sasuke in the eye to look if he was lieing. But Sasuke stared back evenly.
"You'll be the first to know" With that Sasuke walks out of the door.
And that's when Naruto knew, Sasuke was going to tell him. Of course he would never go back on his word. Naruto smiled. Things were looking up. Sasuke was opening up to him. For the first time in days, Naruto felt contempted. He happily skips out of the door and follows Sasuke to the training grounds.
After what seemed like fours hours, they had stopped sparing. They were both out of breathe. Panting. Sweating. Bleeding. Few bruises here and there. They were currently lying down on the grass. Under the shade of the big oak tree!
"Seems like you two can't keep your hands off each other!" Kakashi snickered from behind his orange book.
"Kakashi-sensei" Naruto grinned
"Hn" Sasuke acknowledged Kakashi.
"Man of few words still eh Sasuke?" Kakashi asks in a light tone. He sits besides his boys.
Sasuke just glares at him in response.
"I think he spoke for the next two years from yesterday, Kakashi-sensei" Naruto spat.
"Shut up dobe"
"Teme"
"Asshole"
"Chicken-hair"
"Knuckle-head"
"Boys boys boys! Calm down!" Kakashi sighed. Oh yes. Somethings were never going to change. Even after all these years. He still wondered how two of the strongest ninjas would lower themselves to bickering like kids. Beats him.
Both of them shut up. But there was a smile on Naruto's face. A very small smirk on Sasuke's face. This doesn't go unnoticed by their teacher. And a smile graces Kakashi's lips. Oh yes. It felt just like old times. How much he had missed all of this. So much had happened over time and yet they had managed to come back here. Repeat everything like nothing was wrong.
"Sasuke, I know I haven't been there for you. Yesterday, what you said, It makes me ashamed of myself. I shouldn't have lost hope in you. No matter what the circumstance. You were still my student. I want to make it up to you for the all that in the remaining years of my life." Kakashi speaks softly. Guilt was eating him up. How could he not have trusted the boy he had practically raised? How?
"Told ya sensei, Teme was a good little boy on the inside. Should've listened to me!" Naruto wears a proud expression on his face. But he does know that Kakashi was drowning in guilt. He just wanted to make him feel a bit better.
Sasuke had now turned to look at Kakashi. He was grateful on the inside. At least he knew he hadn't completely lost his only family. Naruto was there. Sakura was there. But he wasn't sure of how Kakashi would react. Now he felt like his life was slowly being placed in order. Sasuke would never say he was grateful or use colorful words to say how much Kakashi meant to him. He wasn't Naruto or Sakura.
"You've drilled that one lesson deep into my skull. That's enough to last a life time" He says. Without missing a beat. Sasuke just smirks at Kakashi.
And this time, Kakashi knew he was forgiven. And his prodigy student was grateful. And the fact that nothing was about to change between them except for the facts that it was going to be just like old times and only this time they would grow closer and older together. Only this time there was wasn't going to be any sort of lapse of relationship.
"Ah! That's enough to last I guess" Kakashi replies.
Sasuke and Naruto know what he meant. They both knew this time they weren't about to grow apart but closer. They all stood in silence for a minute.
"I think we should head to Ichirakus" Naruto was hungry already. They start walking towards the Ramen stand.
"Tch. Dobe. I am not paying for you" Sasuke comments dryly. They were now seated on the stools of the Ramen bar.
"Kakashi sensei's treat." Naruto grins. Sasuke smirks. Kakashi pales.
"You see I have to help this old lady get her turtle out of her closet. I should be heading there now.." Kakashi doesn't have any intention of being broke.
"Sensei! I think you should stop making lame excuses. You know you'll have to pay anyway." A new feminine voice interrupts them. They all knew damn well who it was.
"Sakura-Chan! Come eat with us! Kaka-sensei is paying!" Naruto snickers. Sakura smiles warmly and sits herself between Sasuke and Naruto.
"Hello to you too boys! Looks like you both couldn't keep your hands off each other!" Sakura giggles. Just like old times.
"Makes me wonder if you both are gay" Kakashi makes a snide comment.
He receives glares from both sides. Only this time, his female student backs him up.
"Seriously. All you guys do is spend time with each other. Sasuke-kun only responds to you. You are always running behind him. There is no one else you guys want to spar with except each other. " She turns to Sasuke slowly.
"You don't mind if Naruto enters your house without permission or raids your fridge. You only answer to his remarks. You don't even pay anyone else the attention you pay Naruto"
Sasuke wanted to say something when he was cut off by Sakura.
"And you are always behind Sasuke-kun. All you think of is about how to beat him, how to drag him here and there. You half the time stay at his place. You keep talking about him with every one else. So its kinda obvious to assume you know!"
She now slowly turns to stare at her bowl of ramen. Kakashi only snickers behind his book. This is exactly why he loved his only female student more than his male students. He could see both the boys speechless. Both red in the ears. Sasuke glaring at his bowl of ramen. Naruto with his mouth open.
"HEY! IT DOESN'T MEAN I AM GAY! SASUKE TOLD YOU GUYS I WAS LIKE A BROTHER TO HIM. AND I LOVE MY HINATA-CHAN! OKAY? I AM SO NOT GAY!" Naruto huffs and sits after flailing his arms.
"Tch. Why would I want anything to do with the dobe ! I am fucking straight" Sasuke spat. And then brings his hands under his chin and rests his chin on it.
Sakura and Kakashi laugh at their antics.
It had been thirty minutes after their lunch. Naruto skipped off to see Hinata. Kakashi had to do some ANBU work. Sasuke and Sakura were the only two left.
"Where are you heading?" Sasuke questions.
"Oh. The hospital." Sakura was astonished that he even asked her .
"What time will you be done?" He asks her in monotone. Now that really surprised Sakura.
"Around 11 in the night" She answers carefully.
"Hn" He grunts and gets up to leave. So does Sakura.
She sees him walk away. Something in her dies a little bit. Here she was thinking that he actually cared. She knew he had promised to try. And it only had been a day. But it still hurt her. Even his tiny bit of actions hurt her very deeply. She turns and starts walking towards the hospital. She was going to ignore this incident and concentrate on work for now.
Sasuke on the other hand had so many thoughts running in his head. It was a pretty good day. he was now slowly letting his team back in his life. He was still hurt from the fact that there was no family left anymore. But he thought about Naruto. Then he realized that maybe he should treat people around him like family. Maybe life was giving him a second chance. He felt pretty good that Kakashi had been sorry. And today Sakura was being a bit cheerful. Maybe what he told her yesterday brought a bit of life into her soul. Thinking about being a reason for her happiness caused Sasuke to smirk. He was now sincerely trying. He knew he could count on Naruto . No matter what it was.
Maybe healing wasn't all that difficult. Of course it needed some painful memories to be burned and buried for new ones to be placed. He decided he was going to try and do it.
It was almost 11:15 in the night when she walked out of the hospital. All tired from healing everyone up. She sighed to herself. Her earlier conversation with Sasuke came back to her. No matter how hard she tried, she could never stop thinking about him. She slowly takes a few more steps only to see a shadow falling on her. She looks to see who it is in alarm. But only to have been met with a pair of onyx eyes. Relief floods over her.
"Sasuke-Kun! You scared me. What are you doing here?" She asks in puzzlement.
He doesn't answer. But he comes next to her and stares at her. She stares back in wonderment. He slowly takes two steps forward. And that's when realization hits her like a ton of bricks. He had asked her what time she would be done so that he could walk her back home. He had told her he would try. He cared. Sakura had a wide smile on her face. She was sad for no reason. Her heart thumps against her ribs. She gets this butterfly feeling in her stomach. She can't describe how happy she is.
"Are you going to stand there forever?" His voice breaks her thoughts. She smiles brightly at him and catches up with him.
Neither say a word to each other. They simply kept walking until they reached her house. He stands there waiting for her to open the door. She unlocks it and turns around to see if he wants to come in.
"Goodnight" He says even before she could form a question.
"Night Sasuke-kun" She smiles. He vanishes in thin air. Maybe one day he'll come in and have tea with her. With that thought in mind she closes the door behind her and calls it a day.
They had begun to heal. And it was a pretty good start for her. For him. For them. For Team 7.
"No, this is not the beginning of a new chapter in their life; this is the beginning of a new book! That first book is already closed, ended, and tossed into the seas; this new book is newly opened, has just begun! Look, it is the first page! And it is a beautiful one"
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