Disclaimer: I do not own any of Naruto except for the OC Imiro and her family.

Chapter 3: Mr. Lonely

Breakfast was different this morning. Usually everyone was quiet which made sitting down for meals VERY awkward. But since the Fukazawa family was there, there was plenty of conversation going on. In a way, Sasuke wished it would be like this everyday.

"Isamu, me and my wife will be out of town today, and Itachi will be on missions for the ANBU. Would you mind watching Sasuke for me today?" Mr. Uchiha asked.

"I'd be glad to. It'll give me time to get to know little Sasuke-kun here," Isamu turned and smiled at Sasuke.

"Great! Thanks a lot Isamu."

When breakfast was done, Sasuke ran into his room to get his clothes and went to get changed in Itachi's room. He slipped on a blue t-shirt and white shorts and made his way into the family room.

"All set?" Isamu asked Sasuke as he entered the room.

"For what…?" Sasuke gave Mr. Fukazawa an unsure look.

"I'm going to take you and Imiro into town today to do some shopping. Imiro's still getting ready though."

"I see," Sasuke joined Isamu on the couch.

Ten minutes later, Imiro finally was finished getting changed. When she ran into the room, Sasuke noticed why she was so late. Her hair was done up into pigtails and butterfly clips held up the hair that would be hanging down in front. He guessed that she had spent a while doing her hair.

"I'm all set and ready to go!" Imiro giggled at her own corny-ness. Sasuke looked up at her and smiled softly as she giggled.

"All right then, let's go," Isamu said as he got up and headed for the door.

As they walked down the road Sasuke asked, "So where is Haruko-san?"

Isamu looked down at Sasuke and smiled, "That's a secret."

Sasuke began to be annoyed with Mr. Fukazawa. He never liked secrets being kept from him.

The three of them soon came across a small ramen place called "Ichiraku Ramen".

"Daddy, is this where we'll be eating lunch?"

"Hahaha, of course it is sweetie. I heard they have pretty good ramen here. You know how I love ramen."

"Yay!" Imiro squealed with joy and ran right in.

Sasuke sighed and followed them inside with his hands in his pocket. When was in, he glanced over at the boy eating ramen at the end seat. He had golden hair, wore an orange t-shirt, and seemed to have black marking on his face…sort of like whiskers.

'Isn't that the weird boy from the academy that has some sort of monster inside of him?' Sasuke thought to himself. 'Better not talk to him.'

Just as he thought that, Sasuke was shocked to see Imiro get up and sit next to the strange boy.

"Hi, I'm Imiro," she took out her hand.

'She's talking to me?' the boy thought to himself. "Hi I'm Naruto Uzumaki!" He then shook her hand with a smile.

"Nice to meet you Naruto-kun!" Imiro smiled back.

"Guess what?" Naruto seemed excited that someone was talking to him.

"What?"

"When I grow up, I'm gonna be Hokage!"

"Really? I'll be rooting for you then!" They both laughed. Then Imiro turned her head over to Sasuke. "Sasuke-chan! Why don't you sit over here and talk with us? This is Naruto-kun."

"I know," Sasuke gave Naruto a dirty look and sat all the way at the other end away from them.

"Oh…" Imiro dropped her head and ate her ramen quietly. No one spoke until everyone was finished eating. "Well, I'll see you around Naruto-kun."

"Bye…" Naruto was alone once again.

After that, things were quiet between Imiro and Sasuke. As Isamu was shopping, Imiro wondered if she had done anything wrong. She didn't understand what was so wrong about talking to someone new; making a new friend. After going to a few shops, Isamu broke the silence between them. "Why don't we go get some ice-cream?"

Imiro's sad face began to smile, "Ok!"

"Fine," Sasuke replied.

After 5 minutes, they all came up to a small ice-cream stand. Working at the cashier, was Haruka.

"Mommy!? You work here?" Imiro was surprised.

"Yep," Mrs. Fukazawa said, "So what would you like?"

"Um…I want a hot fudge sundae with sprinkles on it!"

"Haha ok, what about you Sasuke-kun?"

"Hm? Oh. I'll have just a vanilla ice-cream cone."

"Ok," Haruka smiled, "Oh, and it's on the house."

As they all sat down to eat, Imiro felt the need to make up with Sasuke. It would be hard to live together and not speak. So Imiro scooped up some ice-cream from her sundae and put it on Sasuke's nose.

"Hey!" Sasuke paused for a few seconds, scooped up some of his ice-cream, and then put it on Imiro's nose! They both laughed. Isamu was glad to see them having fun again.

Later that night, while eating dinner, Sasuke told his parents about his fun day with Imiro.

END OF CHAPTER 3!

Ok, ok, I know. I haven't updated in a while. A LONG while. I hope this chapter was worth the wait for you anyway. I'll try to update the next chapter sooner so don't worry. Please rate and comment!