Naruto:
Alternate
Youkai Of Hearts: Hey kiddos!! Youkai Of Hearts here!! Some New Year huh? Well now that it's 2008 we're going to have to work a lot harder huh? Most of you are probably going to be doing your GCSE's while others have to do A levels…lucky for me I'm only a Tech student (evil snickering) Personally I didn't like High school very much the only thing that made it worth while was P.E. Art and after school Youth Fellowship of course!!
But enough about that, this isn't a life story this is Fan Fiction!! So lets get the Show On The Road!!
From Where We Left Off Last Time Again…
Sasuke continued to sit in his bed, his fist tightly clenched unto the white bed covers, his eyes narrowed in a most terrifying manor it would immediately send shivers down your spine when your eyes connected with his, Sasuke did have a couple of visits from Sakura every now and then including a couple of others, however he only spoke a few words and that was all he wanted to say.
All that went through the Uchiha's head was his comrade and rival Uzumaki Naruto, that face just made him angry, it filled him full of rage and hate, he couldn't stand just sitting here any longer, he wanted to fight Naruto and fight him now, he couldn't sit here any longer.
Naruto…just how strong have you become
Konoha!
"That looks a lot better on you" Sakura said, her green eyes glittering in complete aww at her team mate while they walked down the street, Naruto on the other hand looked very gloomy about the whole ordeal. He dripped his head over his chest not even looking where he was going but then sighed.
"It's a bit bright" Sakura pulled his cheek again "Hey you couldn't have worn the old orange colour, you should broaden your horizons a bit you know"
"But I like Orange" Naruto whined childishly, chibi tears going down his little tiny cheeks, he was already a bit angry that Kyuubi ditched him on such an ordeal but other than that he knew that wearing these garments was inevitable. Sakura just tugged his cheek even more "A bit too much"
They just continued down the pathway and for some reason a couple of people, mostly women were staring at them, but it wasn't the usual glare that would be thrown in his direction, something that seemed a bit more strange, their cheeks were slightly pink and their eyes glittered, Naruto knew there was a word for that but he couldn't remember what it was.
"Why don't you ever wear something like that when we're on missions?" Naruto looked at his clothes for a moment, a white jacket, no long sleeves just a bit short, white trousers with creamy hems at the bottom, he just decided to wear his black T-shirt along with his blue necklace making the entire outfit look complete, Naruto just placed both his hands behind his head as he replied the answer.
"If white gets stained in blood it'd be hard to wash off…" Sakura couldn't help but act a bit shocked for a moment, he did have a point, blood was hard to wash off, especially with white clothes.
"You've got a point" Naruto turned his head to Sakura and noticed there was a sad expression on her face, he wonders if she would be thinking about Sasuke, probably is, so he closed his eyes again, a soft smile on his face.
"He's going to be okay you know?" Sakura stopped in her tracks with Naruto continuing to walk on a head. The blond shinobi turned his head a bit to the young girl's direction a little smile accompanied with blue orbs caught in the suns light. "I mean Sasuke…he's going to be fine, so don't worry okay" there was silence between them for a moment until Naruto turned and walked on again.
Your worried about him too aren't you? Sakura thought, narrowing her green eyes and for some reason she felt a bit sorry for Naruto, cause here she is worried about her crush with Naruto right there with her, she knows that Naruto doesn't really mind now about it, but she got the distinct feeling that Naruto was more worried about the Uchiha than she was.
But I'm also worried about you, if Sasuke was still like that…w-would he try to kill you?
"Hey Sakura, where were we meeting Shikamaru and the others anyway?"
"You know hat restaurant they always meet at?"
Konoha Hospital
"It's time for your check up Sasuke-kun…" a nurse slowly opened the door into the room, like she always did, the nurse's eyes slowly went wide open when said patient was no longer in sight, or even in the room for that matter
"Doctor, Sasuke-kun isn't in his room anymore!!"
(Sasuke: Yeah really unpredictable… YOH: Agh Shut up!! I'm doing the best I can)
Meanwhile outside the hospital a boy with raven hair and dark eyes made a devious smile as he vanished out of sight like a ghost there was only one thing in his mind that he wanted to do at the moment, there was only one person that he needed to see, one person alone to satisfy his request.
Konoha
"Man Sakura I didn't think you were this slow in getting here!!" Ino yelled her hands on her hips and her blond hair enhancing those enchanted blue orbs, with a dull looking Shikamaru and a starving Choji that looked as if he was going to die from starvation.
"Naruto, what are you doing?" Sakura turned to her comrade who was hiding in an ally way corner. Naruto's cheeks were bright red, he felt a little bit shy, and he thinks if Shikamaru or Choji saw him in these clothes then they would laugh at them or the best he can get out of Shikamaru was a chuckle. "You're not still embarrassed about your clothes are you?"
"They'll laugh at me" Naruto mumbled gloomy, Sakura frowned "Don't be silly you look fine since when did you get embarrassed by something you wear, it's not like your orange outfit" Ino lifted an eyebrow, she wasn't exactly wearing her blue clothes but she was wearing her orange t-shirt that she wore at the Chunin exams with black shorts
"You brought Naruto with you?" Ino began to walk over to her old childhood friend as she peeked her head around the corner and in the alleyway, Sakura froze completely as did a very 'deer-in-the-headlights' Naruto Uzumaki, Ino's eyes widened with a blank expression on her face.
Her eyes looking at Naruto up and then down again slowly, her cheeks going bright red just when you think she's going to laugh she squealed at the top of her lungs as she immediately attacked the madly blushing blond in white.
"Your sooooo cute!!!" Sakura was just as shocked as Naruto at Ino's weird behaviour and this was coming from one of Sasuke's biggest fans.
Shikamaru and Choji just stood there, they felt kind of horrified at what their kunochi was so jumpy and cheerful about, even though they thought that she would be a bit bummed that Sasuke isn't coming
"Poor Naruto, he must be so traumatised by now" Choji nodded with the black haired Chunin, for once he envied Naruto for getting Ino's attention.
By A Sukiyaki Table In A Restaurant…
Shikamaru gently patted a very traumatised Naruto on the back, his blue eyes looked like they've seen hell and just came back or he was viciously attacked by an angry kitten, Choji could only sympathise a little as he did the same on the opposite side. Who wouldn't be scared for life by the way that Ino jumped at him?
"There, there Naruto, it could've been worse, you could've been cuddled to death by a girl like Ino" Naruto could only nod, his blue eyes still looking like they were at the end of their rope.
"Where did you get those clothes anyway?" Choji was the next one who wanted to ask the question, with a hand tugging on the texture of the white coat. "Oh you mean these, well their really old, Iruka sensei got them for me a while back, but I don't wear them very much" Shikamaru snorted.
"You should, I mean I've seen you in orange too much, it just hurts your eyes with a bright colour"
"But white is a bright colour"
"That's not the point, you shouldn't really wear orange all the time it's easy for an enemy to find you and probably kill you instantly if you know what I mean, there was this one time we were on a mission and Asuma urged Ino to change her clothes because of an certain enemy that got away, she didn't at first but it was only after the consequences did she take his advice" Shikamaru explained, taking a sip of his juice. Naruto knew there was a point but he loved orange too much to give it up.
"Besides you wouldn't want to wear orange after that scuffle with Sasuke" Naruto looked at Shikamaru with his eyes wide open "Especially when you refused to fight Uchiha, which was a good call by the way"
"H-How did you know?"
"Sakura told us what happened after that little fiasco, she seemed very worried, she was even in tears" Naruto narrowed his eyes, he felt sorry for Sakura now, he knows how worried she is about Sasuke getting injured again and he didn't want to be the cause of it
"I guess if I was scared about Sasuke's injuries I'd understand" both the boys looked at the thick headed blond, Choji raised a hand and tapped it at the back of Naruto's head with Shikamaru mimicked the action after the first whack.
"It wasn't Sasuke she was worried about you dolt!" Choji snapped
"Huh?" Shikamaru sighed heavily, relaxing his head back on his seat. "What a thick head you have"
It wasn't Sasuke she was worried about
"It was you Naruto"
"What? Why I didn't have any injuries on me so…" Shikamaru placed an arm around Naruto's neck as he tugged the clueless blond close to him and whispered in his friend's ear gently, making sure that no one will hear what he was about to say to the fox container.
"It wasn't about the physical injuries…it was of the mental ones…" Shikamaru turned Naruto's head over to the direction where the girls were, Sakura and Ino were up there ordering a couple of meats that have to be fried for their sukiyaki pot, not to mention all the other ingredients like the soy sauce and sugar.
"Sakura was worried in case you were hurt about those things that Sasuke said to you, not only that…but she was worried in case you would keep thinking of those things, that was the reason that she wanted you to come along with her and us today, because she wants you to just stop worrying about Sasuke for a while, you've been worried about Sasuke and Sakura and never yourself am I right?" Naruto dropped his head down to his chest, a sad expression on his face; there was no point in denying it so he just quietly nodded.
"There's nothing wrong with worrying about others but there is when you don't think about yourself in the process, if you not careful you might get sick"
"Thanks Shikamaru…"
"Hey what's with that look, that doesn't suit you at all Naruto?" Naruto tried his best to smile a bit, trying to find a true smile, he didn't know if he should feel happy or glad for someone like Shikamaru to talk too and yet he was also happy to have someone like Sakura.
"Sorry it took us so long, Ino got into a long conversation with the man at the desk" Sakura said her green eyes narrowing at Ino's direction, Ino frowned back at her
"It only lasted for five minutes"
"Ten and a half"
Shikamaru sighed deeply annoyed at the current argument with the two girls, a hand slapped unto his forehead "How annoying" Choji just laughed his head off when the two girls continued to bicker among themselves, Naruto on the other hand just smiled at them, looking at how much he saw Sakura having fun even though it was bickering with Ino, she looked like she was enjoying herself.
"Sakura…" Sakura looked over to Naruto when she sat down on her chair, which was opposite Choji's. She wondered what Naruto wanted, but when she saw that smile on his face, her heart literally skipped a beat, the smile looked so genuine. "What is it Naruto" not like those other smiles that he would usually give her and Sasuke.
"Thank you" he closed his eyes tilting his head slightly, at that moment it felt as like time had literally stopped between the two of them, everything that they have been through up to this point, it just felt so strong that it was impossible not to think about it, "Thank you very much"
"Awww you look so adorable when you smile like that!" Ino squealed it was so loud that it ran throughout the bar and everyone went quiet and stared at the outburst.
"Ino could you be a little quieter your making a scene" Shikamaru snapped
"Actually you've been acting a bit weird lately Ino, you sure your okay?" there was a pout followed by blank reply "Yeah of course I am why?"
"I hope your not catching a fever" Shikamaru gently placed a hand unto Ino's forehead, this was something you would usually see a parent or a brother would do if their siblings or kin are injured or not feeling well, either that or…
Choji was the first one who was going to make this assumption "You two look like an old married couple"
"We do not!!"
"Choji you better take that back!!"
End of Lunch
"Man am I stuffed, I haven't eaten anything that good since the Ramen stall" Naruto cheered, stretching his arms, Shikamaru just made the usual sigh, Ino and Sakura were arguing again, this time it was about the costs that they both shared in paying for the meal, lucky for him, he and Naruto didn't eat the most it was Choji and speaking of Choji, the guy looked as if he wasn't going to eat again till next year never mind tomorrow.
"It's good to be eating somewhere different than the usual same old place, you should try more restaurants, just don't invite Choji" Shikamaru smirked when he saw the look on Choji's face, those usual chibi ears smearing his cheeks
"Shikamaru that was mean!"
"I was only joking, god what am I going to do with you" Shikamaru hung an arm over Choji's neck.
"Where should we go to next anyway?" Ino asked, looking at the pink haired ninja, Sakura thought for a moment "Hm…I'm not sure, I haven't really thought about it…"
Naruto thought for a bit about the situation, if they left it up to Ino and Sakura then there was no doubt that they would drag them to shops and all, however he did like the idea of going to get some ice cream or tasty pocky.
"Found you…" everyone stopped as they turned round, Naruto and Sakura both looked at the person that had suddenly appeared behind the group, Naruto was more surprised when ocean blue meant dark onyx eyes, there was a kunai raised up to Naruto's chest, slightly piercing his left side, above where his heart would be found, next thing Naruto knew he felt a sudden pain in his chest and he suddenly fell to the ground his body slamming down unto hard concrete with blood covering his hands and white clothes…
"Naruto!!" he could hear Sakura's voice echoing through his head, but Naruto knew that this would happen; he knew that this person would come and find him and would kill him, it was…
Sasuke…
Inevitable
To Be Continued
Youkai Of Hearts: So I decided to send this in on a Saturday, it might take me a while longer to update because I'm going to be attending tech, don't worry though chapter five will be long on it's way!! Might be in next Saturday or Sunday haven't yet decided, so stay tuned to see what happens next okay?
Naruto: So what am I dead or what? I mean I get stabbed by Sasuke of all people…
Youkai Of Hearts: Well…I haven't yet decided but of course the main character survives silly…(for now)
Naruto: What's that supposed to mean…hey!!