I usually put these notes at the end, but I want to adress this early on. It seems I made a mistake making Sasuke Sakura's boyfriend. I in no way intended her to seem like a fan girl. Any other male character would have worked, but I honestly didn't give it enough thought. Too late to change it now, but I promise that pairing will not take away from the quality of this story. Please enjoy.
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Naruto was waiting in front of a familiar flower shop. A week after the Tenten incident there was a note waiting for Naruto at his usual training spot. It gave him instructions to wait at Yamaka's Flowers. Naruto knew Ino's family ran the shop, but since it's a common store, he had no clue who was meeting him. Knowing it would take a while he placed a certain item between his lips. He rummaged in his pockets and raised his hand to his mouth. Click.
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"You've got nowhere to run now." said Naruto.
Sasuke turned around.
"...I'm not returning to the village."
"I know that."
"So why are you still chasing me?"
"I've spent years trying to get you back... For Sakura? For myself? For you? I still don't know. But what I do know is that you owe me that time."
"And..?" Sasuke wore a grin.
"And you must pay your debts." Naruto responded coldly.
Sasuke's eyes widened as Naruto was no longer there. Blinking his eyes to activate his sharigan a hand flew towards his face. Two fingers. One in each eye.
"AHHHHHH!" screamed Sasuke in pain.
Sasuke unable to open his eyes unsheathed his katana in desperation and with a mere kick Naruto sends the katana flying. Naruto then grabs his neck and slams his head through the ground.
"The Last Uchiha, huh. You're as useless without those eyes."
"When... did.. you-" sputtered Sasuke.
"Become so strong? When I no longer wanted to save you. I won't kill you because I'm not a son of a bitch like you, but don't mistake my kindness with weakness."
With that Naruto finally walked away, from the anchor that had weighed down his life for a long time.
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Naruto exhales the smoke.
"You know, that's a bad habit you've got there."
"You're one to talk."
"Sarcasm? How troublesome."
"So you left me this note?"
"Give me a light, will ya?" Shikamaru asks.
Naruto set fire to his comrade's cigarette. Shikamaru exhales.
"Yeah, it was me."
"So what is this about?"
"Well, Ino told me something interesting..."
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"Is this some sort of joke?"
"As if I would waste my brain cells on a troublesome joke."
Naruto had known Shikamaru since they were children, if he needed to get an honest and blunt opinion about anything he would ask Shikamaru.
"So that's why Tenten ran away." Naruto told Shikamaru, but was also intended for Kurama's ears.
"Meh..." muttered Kurama.
Naruto smirked hearing the Kyuubi.
"Listen, Kiba is throwing a party at his house tomorrow, Sakura's going to be there."
"What time does it start?" asked Naruto.
"Midnight."
"Thanks for telling me all of this, if you ever need anything."
"Yeah, no problem."
Naruto throws his cigarette on the floor and turns around.
"Oh, one thing." said Shikamaru.
"Yeah?"
"If you ever kiss my girlfriend again, knowing or not knowing, I'm going to kick your ass."
"Heh, got it."
With Shikamaru gone, Naruto was on his way home.
"So what are you going to do, punk?" asked Kurama.
"Isn't it obvious? ...I'm going to give her what she wants."
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I apologize for not making this chapter as long as I said, but it didn't feel right adding any more to it. Because of that I will update VERY soon.
I threw in a flashback as well.
Until next time.