The Last Wish
Chapter 6
Summary: Today, Naruto decided to confess her unwavering love for the Uchiha. But it hadn't been the day she thought she would die as well. So what happens when she is a ghost, and Sasuke can still see her? Warnings inside. AU. Rated T to be safe. FemNaru
Disclaimer: I take no credit for any of these characters, they belong to Kishimoto. I do however, own this story, you may not copy or proceed to use any of the ideas given through this story.
Rain continued to pour down unforgiving in the little city of Konohagakure, its water slowly drowning the pavements. Clouds thickly covered the dark night sky, no stars coming to shine on the empty night. Trees stood along the streets, their leaves thick and heavy, too much water starting to affect the green brisks.
Street lights flickered weakly as their spark began to fade away, slowly into nothing. Sasuke sat outside his apartment complex, while his father drunk himself to a stupor behind closed doors. Frustrated and angry, Sasuke clenched his fists, the knuckles turning white. Bringing his head down, Sasuke closed his eyes, unshed tears coming to freeze behind his lids. He couldn't remember a time since things had begun to go downhill for his father, that he hadn't come home disorientated. The man had no job; next to nothing to his name. He had no reason really, to even still be walking the earth. As much as Sasuke loathed his father's behaviour, he knew that it wasn't entirely the man's fault. If Fugaku hadn't been silly enough to allow Itachi to overrun the company right under his nose, the man would be one of the richest people in the world. Yet, now here he is, a man no one respects, not even his own son.
Sasuke opened his eyes, his deep onyx pools freezing over, emotion swirling in their depths. As much as he sympathised with his father, his heart still burned with malice.
"Hey." An all too familiar voice called out to him, the word slicing through Sasuke's thoughts.
"Naruto." The word played off his tongue, melodised and practiced. Long blonde hair cascaded down, coming to fall in the small of her back. Cerulean crystals glittered brightly in the dark night, shining prettily. Naruto stood near Sasuke's hunched form, her posture careful and composed, concern etching her features. Sasuke still sat with his head facing down, refusing to look into Naruto's eyes, fearing his own would tell his feelings. A small gust of wind whistled around his apartment, ruffling his hair into a chaotic mess. Naruto would have snickered at the unkempt Uchiha if it had been any other moment but this. Rain still drizzled down the roof of the veranda, large puddles creating a small moat around his home.
"You know, sometimes I wonder." Sasuke spoke in a monotone voice, each word quiet. At this, he raised his head, his eyes blankly staring across the street. Toys littered the front yard of the home opposite to his, ruined gardens with ruined figurines scattered in the dirt. A broken bicycle splayed in the yard, its handle utterly broken.
"What about?" Naruto asked quietly, choosing her words carefully.
"About what I could ever have possibly done to have deserved a life like the one I have." As the words slipped past Sasuke's lips, Naruto felt herself tense. Looking directly at Sasuke, she became unsure. Unsure as to what was running through her best friend's mind. Unsure what those words could have possibly meant. Unsure what to say. She'd never really seen Sasuke act like this, and knew she was treading on dangerous ground, with mines and booby traps littering her path, with Sasuke as her destination. Building up courage in her unbreathing chest, Naruto spoke back.
"Sasuke, I don't really understand what-"Her words were halted by Sasuke.
"How could you ever." They dripped into Naruto's ears like a poison, causing shock and fear to run through her. The words contained an emotion she never thought she would hear Sasuke speak to her with, never thought she would witness. Hatred. Time seemed to still in the few moments it took for Sasuke to turn his head, the breeze still lightly ruffling his silky raven locks. His deep midnight eyes seemed like stone as they bore into Naruto's wide crystals, glistening and clear. Confusion etched onto Naruto's face, surprise settling in her cerulean orbs. Naruto parted her sultry pink lips, questions on the tip of her delicate tongue. But she found she didn't know what to ask. What anything Sasuke had said, Naruto didn't know the meaning too. She found many thoughts running through her head, but none making real sense.
"What?" Naruto didn't know what else she could say, what she should say. She simply found herself at a loss as to what to respond with. She'd seen Sasuke sad and even mad, but never at her. Looking down at her feet, Naruto felt herself begin to feel embarrassed. Her cerulean eyes stared at her hollow body, she felt a strange feeling begin to wrap around her.
"You could never understand Naruto. What it's like." His words cut like a knife. Sharp and spiteful, dripping with malice. She felt a piece shatter.
"Do you have any idea how I feel sometimes? You don't." His words seethed past his lips, hate filling every word. Naruto felt that same feeling wrap around her, unfurling in her chest. Another piece broke away.
"You can't know what it's like to have a father like mine. You want to know something, Naruto?" He was right, Naruto didn't know what it felt like to have such an abusive father, but she never said she had. More pieces fell, and she felt something.
"I wish I didn't have to be here." Naruto raised her head, her eyes meeting Sasuke's, stone coils boring into her. Naruto felt a part of her break. This Sasuke, this Sasuke she didn't know. And she wasn't sure she wanted to.
Sasuke looked away from Naruto, feeling himself begin to become lost in her eyes. Clenching his fists tighter together, he closed his eyes, trying to calm himself down. He was being irrational right now, taking everything out on her. She'd never done anything to intentionally hurt him, well, not emotionally anyway.
Flashback
"Dobe, I swear, if you don't get here right now I'll kick your scrawny ass for all it's worth!" Sasuke's voice seethed, a clear threat as he yelled at Naruto from the other side of the hallway. The blonde culprit was currently running down the hallway, as far away from Sasuke as she could, a pair of men's 'bonds' under flapping in her hand as she scurried away. Sasuke's hair was messy and spread out in many directions, little bits sticking out in odd places. His chest heaved heavily, deep gulps of air being swallowed into his lungs. His school shirt was unbuttoned, exposing his muscle toned chest, the button on his pants undone. Deep pink stained the Uchiha's cheeks as embarrassment overtook him, his usually stoic eyes turned down in shame. He'd just spent the past ten minutes running around the school hallways attempting to catch the blonde, and possibly to strangle her.
Sasuke had just had P.E. last lesson, and his teacher, which he questioned to be sane or not, made them run twenty-nine laps, threatening them with a fail if they did not complete it. After the torture session had finished, Sasuke was practically dripping sweat, his uniform positively soaked. Deciding he'd rather not smell like BIO for his next class, he'd hopped in the shower, loosing himself in the coolness of the water. However that had been his downfall.
Naruto, as payback for him leaving a fart cushion on her seat, then proceeding to have her superglued to her chair, decided she would steal his jocks, leaving him without underwear for the day.
Sasuke didn't think she would sink so low. But this was Naruto he was fighting against.
Sasuke ran out of the locker room, knowing exactly who the culprit would be. He found her snickering to herself by a classroom door, an evil smile plastered on her scarred face. He could feel a vein of irritation stick out on his head. Walking up behind her, Sasuke didn't bother trying to hide his bloodlust as it practically oozed out of his pores. But before he could so much as blink, the girl bolted, her long legs coming in handy. So now here Sasuke was, chasing Naruto around the school, half dressed, if that. Sometimes he wondered where Naruto even got the ideas for half of her pranks from.
Turning around a corner, Sasuke saw an all too familiar tuft of blonde locks, wind lightly ruffling them as the girl slowly jogged, pair of jocks still in hand. Tan legs took long strides as the muscles in her calves lightly flexed; her school skirt bouncing as she moved.
Coming up as quietly behind her as he could, Sasuke reached around the blonde, clasping her in a tight headlock, a small screeching sound passing through her lips. Her ocean blue eyes contorted into pure fear and horror at the fact she was caught, now at Sasuke's mercy. Sasuke felt a wicked grin place onto his porcelain face.
Oh he was going to have fun with this.
End Flashback
Sasuke almost smiled at the stupid memory, despite his current mood. Thinking of the blonde just lifted his spirits, but at this moment in time, he could only feel it deteriorate. He didn't know what had even caused him to first lash out at the blonde, maybe it was because she just cared too much, and he didn't want her too. After all, he couldn't keep relying on someone he could never have. So why did he keep trying?
"How can you even say that?" Naruto's voice broke through, her voice thin and quiet. She wasn't looking at Sasuke, instead she stared up at the stars, her eyes hidden from his view.
"You have no idea Sasuke. What it's like." Her voice was careful, neither condescending nor harsh.
"I'm not you, and you're not me." She didn't want to say anything to upset the Uchiha, understanding that he was simply in a mess due to everything his father had put him through.
"And what difference does it make, even though I'm not you." His voice was cold; no ounce of care or warmth the blonde was used too. The feeling engulfed her entirely, pure emptiness filling her to her core.
"The difference?" Naruto questioned, not expecting to have to have given an answer. She looked around the dark night, the milky-way clear in the sky, the stars shining above. Another small gust of wind whipped through the air once more, the rain fell down, patting along the roof of Sasuke's home. A car drove along the street, its lights filling up the open road. Drought used to plague the city of Konohagakure, and now, it seemed almost as if it would drown, not an ounce of sunshine having been seen in weeks. Heavy drops fell down the veranda roof, as they fell into a large puddle down the steps of Sasuke's house. Reaching her hand out, Naruto spread her slender fingers out, attempting to catch a falling droplet. The water fell through her hollow hand, her fingers curling back into her palm.
"You're alive, Sasuke." Her words came out as though they were the simplest thing in the world, and as though they answered every problem he ever had.
"You can still smell everything, touch everything. Everyone can see you." As though to exaggerate her point, Naruto made her way out into the rain. Standing in the middle of the walkway to the front door, water droplets cascaded through Naruto's being, causing her to become transparent.
"They're things I'll never get back." As she spoke those words, she stared directly at Sasuke, his eyes no longer made of stone. The Uchiha continued to sit there, looking at nothing but the blonde in front of him. He felt like kicking himself for being so naïve and selfish. He didn't even think to consider his best friend, and ended up hurting her too. From the beginning, everything Naruto did was for Sasuke. Everything.
"The name is Naruto, you asshole!"
"I've fallen in love with a bastard like you."
"That's why I love rain."
"It's okay."
"I miss my best friend."
"You didn't seriously think I'd let you have another birthday without a party right?"
"I'll go with you then!"
"You're alive."
By the time Sasuke focused back on the girl in front of him, she'd vanished before his eyes.
A/N
ERMAHGERD! I'M ALIVE! Bet you thought I abandoned this ;) As if I would! Sheesh. It's just that I had to knuckle down on my last semesters of school, and well, NOW I'M FINALLY GRADUATED BITCHES! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Feels so good ;) So so good. Had prom/formal and everything :D YAYYYYYY NOW TO COLLEGE :D Bring it.
Also, next chapter won't take long to upload ;) It's already all written :D It's the final chapter guys :D So be ready :D For tears :'( But I won't upload it till I'm satisfied with reviews ;)
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