T r u t h
C h a p t e r VI
The new student, Kabuto, seemed nice enough. Everyone was drawn to his kindness and he quickly made friends with every girl and boy in our grade. Naruto was especially drawn to the silver haired boy's compassion and urged me to also become friends him.
But it annoyed me, how sickly nice he was to everyone. Didn't he ever get tired of it? The endless fake smiles, the overly enthusiastic voice, just watching him irritated me.
Kabuto seemed to notice this from me and paid specific attention to me for whatever reason. I assumed he didn't like the feeling of 'being hated', though I didn't 'hate' him exactly. I just wasn't in love with him like everyone else.
Kabuto regularly came up to me, greeting me in a friendly manner. My only reply was a, 'Hn', a common response by us Uchiha brothers.
And so the week went on and I never had a minute alone at school. Kabuto hung around me and Naruto a lot. The blond was satisfied when I finally gave up trying to avoid the annoying silver haired boy. But I could see in Naruto's eyes that he never healed even slightly from my rejection.
I tried to ignore it, hoping he'd eventually move on. Hoping my Naruto would soon come back to me. Hoping that the happiness would finally return to his eyes.
"Good morning, Sasuke!" Kabuto greeted me cheerfully, taking a seat beside me as I sat in our Art classroom, waiting for Deidara's arrival. Coincidentally, the silver haired boy had all the same classes as I did, save for Language Arts. Kakashi's class became my one haven. The one class Naruto and I had alone without that irritating Kabuto always contributing to our conversations.
Anyways, he sat beside me, a bright smile on his lips. Fake, I guessed. I forced myself to reply with, "Morning." Before I went back to staring at my desk.
"Sasuke, I was wondering if you'd like to accompany me to a movie, perhaps this weekend." Kabuto asked politely.
I shook my head. "No, I'm busy this weekend. I have…plans with my Aniki." It wasn't a lie. I really did expect to spend the weekend with Itachi. I smiled at the memory of waking in my brother's arms that morning, as I did most every morning. I never got bored of my beloved brother's presence and he always surprised me, doing things I'd never expect.
"Oh, that's too bad. Maybe Naruto would like to go." Kabuto mused.
"What about me?" Naruto asked, joining us at our desks. The silver haired boy sat between us which seemed to dissatisfy my blond friend, but didn't make an issue of it.
"Would you like to see a movie with me this weekend?" he repeated the question to Naruto. I expected the blue eyed blond to accept immediately, but to my surprise, he shook his head.
"Sorry, I have plans with Sasuke this weekend!" Naruto looked hopeful, a slight excitement returning to his eyes.
But Kabuto frowned. "Sasuke just told me he had plans with his older brother." And then the excitement vanished from those bright blue eyes. I felt my heart drop as I saw his disappointed face.
At that moment, I hit my head, faking a 'duh' expression, before saying, "Shit! I forgot, Naruto. You're coming over Saturday. Right?"
The blond smiled again and nodded. Kabuto looked from Naruto to me and I could have sworn I saw amusement in those gray eyes behind his glasses. But the silver haired boy gave in, accepting the fact that we were both unable to accompany him to a movie that weekend.
Third period soon came around. Language Arts with Kakashi. Our teacher was late for the millionth time, giving me and Naruto a chance to talk alone. Naruto was the first to speak.
"S…so, Sasuke, are you really doing something with Itachi this weekend?" the blond seemed slightly nervous. I shrugged, looking up at him.
"I'm free Saturday if you'd like to hang out, Naruto." I gave a half smile and I could see his cheeks turn a light shade of pink.
"Yeah!" he grinned, obviously excited by this idea. "We could go to that carnival that's coming this weekend!" But there was still something in his eyes…a sort of hollowness inside those large blue orbs. He looked almost…pained, smiling so brightly. And suddenly I frowned as a tear fell from his eyes.
Without thinking, I brushed it away, only making his blush even more distinct. "Sorry." I muttered, turning away.
The blond gave an embarrassed laugh. "Gah…I think something's in my eye." he told me before our teacher finally decided to show himself.
Lunch soon followed third period and I sat myself across from Naruto after buying something to eat. Like usual, my blond friend brought cupped ramen while I ate a small salad. We were soon interrupted by Kabuto as he greeted us happily.
I just nodded as he sat beside me. The silver haired boy kept talking. "You two must be really close. How long have you and Sasuke been friends, Naruto?"
"…almost two and a half years, I think." the blond answered before inhaling the rest of his ramen.
"Hm." Kabuto said, his eyes full of curiosity. "Say…are you two…going out, perhaps?" he was looking straight at me this time.
Naruto was also staring at me, his blue eyes almost fearful. "…why do you ask, Kabuto?" I asked slowly.
"I'm just wondering. I'm sorry if my question offended you." he quickly apologized.
"No, you haven't offended us. And no, we are not going out." I refrained from looking at my blond friend, afraid of how he'd react to this.
"Really?" Kabuto raised an eyebrow, apparently very surprised by this. "I'm shocked Naruto hasn't fallen for someone as…attractive as you, Sasuke." the silver haired boy raised a hand to my cheek, but I made no response, my eyes emotionless.
"Don't touch him." I heard a voice hiss and I turned to Naruto, realizing he had been the one who said it. His face clearly expressed his anger, but he wasn't glaring at me, but at Kabuto. I saw his blue eyes widen as he realized what he had done. Glancing at me, embarrassed, Naruto quickly apologized before leaving our table.
"Naruto!" I stood up, about to go after him.
Kabuto looked almost as surprised as I did. "Sasuke, I'm sorry. I really didn't mean to cause any trouble between you two." He told me.
"Don't worry about it." I muttered.
"I'm going to go to class a little early. See you there." he gave a friendly smile and waved, walking away from me. Sinking back into my seat, I put my head in my hands, giving a tired sigh.
I'm sorry, Naruto.
Eventually, I left the lunch room to get my math book from my locker.
I approached the locker, in time to hear a girl scream out, "Someone call an ambulance!!" I walked more quickly toward my locker which was now surrounded by a group of kids. Then I saw it. Not 'it'. Him. There were bloodstains all down my locker and the surrounding lockers. I looked in horror as I saw a leg hanging limply out of my partially closed locker.
My hands shook, just seeing the blood which reminded me of my mom. Pushing through the forming crowd, I stood in front of my locker. I opened it further which was a mistake because a full body fell out of the locker and on to me. I fell to the ground and everyone around me scooted back further, some girls screaming even louder.
And then I saw them.
Eyes that had normally been bright and full emotion were now dull and blank. I pushed the corpse off of me, yelling in shock, surprise, and horror. His blond hair was stained with his own blood. My eyes were wide and I could hardly believe what I was seeing.
"No…NO! Naruto!" I grabbed the boy by his shoulders, shaking him. "W…wake up!!" I yelled in frustration. I cried into Naruto's chest. "Wake up! D-don't leave me…not like her." I couldn't hear the crowd of students any longer.
It was just me and Naruto. I cradled his body in my arms, sobbing.
"WAKE UP, YOU MORON! DON'T LEAVE ME!!" I screamed. "Itachi said…he said everything would be okay! Now wake up!"
Someone tried pulling me away, but I jerked out of their grip. I recognized them to be Maito Gai, my fitness teacher. "Get the fuck off of me!" I hissed at him through my tears. I could barely see anything anymore as I cried.
"Sasuke, let him go." Another voice told me. I looked up to find Kakashi kneeling beside me and Naruto, trying to mask his alarm.
"I…I can't." I muttered quietly. "I can't, Kakashi. He's my best friend."
"I know." Kakashi wore a solemn expression on his face. The silver haired man shut my blond friend's eye lids and told me, "Sasuke, there's nothing we can do for him now."
I stared down at Naruto's bloodied body, biting my lip to keep from making a sound. "Naruto…" I brushed his bloodstained hair out of his eyes before pressing my lips to his forehead. And then everything went black.
T o B e C o n t i n u e d…
P l e a s e R e v i e w.
Do you hate me yet?
By the way, I did realize that Kabuto was actually older than I made him to be in this fic, but in order to make this story work, I decided it would somehow work out…
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