DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN NARUTO AND STUFF JUST FAN MADE
So, this chapter is for Sakuxnaru, not Sasuxnaru. If you want Sasuxnaru, go to the chapter labelled SASUXNARU. Sasuke and Naruto will still have their friendship though, so don't get freaked out when they start to hug or something.
The Sun and the Moon Chapter 6 (Sakuxnaru)
Sakura had three days to make Naruto fall in love with him again. Soon, the ANBU would take him from her and perform deep hypnosis, and none of them knew what they'd find.
So, just in case somehow Naruto needed someone once he remembered, Sakura had to let him know that she was there to hold him if the situation called for it.
It wasn't until the third and final day that he was released from hospital. She was finally able to take him to the ramen shop he adored.
"You came here practically every day." Sakura said, and watched him as he examined the restaurant. She smiled, showing him in and asking for two orders of his favourite.
For a while they sat and ate, and Sakura answered all his questions about his previous life.
"Who were my parents?" he asked.
"You didn't have any." Sakura replied warily. "I'm sorry Naruto, you were an orphan."
"Oh." Was all he said. "Was I a good ninja?"
Sakura smiled, unsure how to respond.
"The best." She told him, and Naruto was ecstatic.
"Tell me about Sasuke." He said. "I want to know about Sasuke. Who was he? Was I his friend?"
Sakura felt jealousy, something she'd almost never experienced before, bubble inside of her.
"Yeah." Sakura said. "You were pretty close."
Naruto smiled at this news, and Sakura frowned. She leaned to him and took his hand.
"But so were we." Sakura said, leaving some money on the table and pulling him outside. It was dark now, only the street lights illuminating them.
"Naruto, back then... you were in love with me." Sakura explained. Naruto stared at her. "And now, Naruto, I love you too... so much..."
Naruto pulled his hand gently from her grasp, and instead put it on Sakura's cheek. He stared into her eyes, an incredible, unique cyan colour, and he smiled.
"Well, there's one thing that hasn't changed." He whispered to her, and before she could reply, Naruto pressed his lips against hers.
After all this time apart, although Naruto couldn't remember it, they'd finally found each other.
Even if it did take a little longer than expected.
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That night, Naruto was allowed to sleep in his own house. He lay in bed, but wasn't tired; he was alive with energy. The memory of Sakura, of her warm lips and soft touch... there was no way he'd be able to sleep with the essence of her still clinging to his skin.
And then there was Sasuke.
The boy with the dark hair, the one who seemed so familiar. He stayed within Naruto's head no matter how hard he tried to ignore the urge to seek him out.
In his memory, he'd spoken with him only once; yesterday when he'd escaped the hospital in his pursuit.
Finally, he stopped resisting. He pulled his clothes on and left the house despite the time, in hope to discover the location of the one they called Sasuke.
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Sasuke lay awake in his apartment. All day he hadn't been able to get his mind off Naruto. He plagued his thoughts. But Sasuke knew that today he was Sakura's. If she had her way, he would get Naruto to herself every day.
But he'd made sure that it wouldn't be the case.
Naruto and Sakura had finally recognised their love for each other, which was fine, in Sasuke's opinion; it got Sakura off his back, and Naruto would stop concocting ways to flirt with her.
Not that he remembered those times.
But Naruto was still his best friend. Even if Naruto had no memory of their childhood, the times they'd spent together hadn't been wiped from history.
And it was Sasuke's job to make Naruto realise that.
Sasuke pulled himself out of bed and dressed quickly. He'd seen it in those blue eyes... the memory of them was still there. Of what they'd shared together.
Outside, the weather was still warm. He had every intention of heading directly in Naruto's apartment's direction... but some force stopped him, and he looked towards to giant carvings of the Hokage's faces.
He didn't know what urged him to look there, but it was the right decision, because he saw a miniscule figure sitting at the top of them. It was barely visible from where he stood, but just seeing that speck of yellow hair, Sasuke knew it was him.
He rushed to Naruto's side.
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"Naruto?" A voice said, and the blond smiled. He knew he would come. He'd no idea why, but he felt it within himself that Sasuke would show his face sooner or later.
Sasuke took a seat beside him.
"It's incredible, isn't it?" Naruto exclaimed. "You can see everything!"
Sasuke grinned slightly at Naruto's reaction. As Sasuke's looked over the village, he realised it was true.
The town looked like a painting, lit up with tiny lights that reminded him of fireflies. The luminescent glow of the moon shone down upon their faces, and he watched as Naruto closed his eyes, breathing the beauty of his long lost home.
"I knew you'd come." Naruto said, dropping his grin "I don't know why though. Why is it everything is blank... except you?"
Sasuke turned to Naruto. He had fear in his eyes, like he was afraid of what he might reply with.
"I guess Sakura told you about how you're an orphan." Sasuke assumed. "Did she tell you my whole family was killed as well?"
"No." Naruto said softly. "I'm sorry."
Sasuke sighed.
"Don't be." He said. "It's not your fault... in fact, it's the complete opposite. You were the one that saved me. I don't know where I'd be without you... but when you disappeared, it was like losing my family all over again. You have no idea what your appearance did to me, Naruto. I'm scared, too."
Naruto chuckled lightly. Sasuke took his chance.
He wrapped his two front fingers around Naruto's and prayed desperately that he would remember.
He looked up at Naruto. Naruto looked at him. His eyes widened in recognition.
"This... I've done this before with you..." Naruto gasped. "When we were children."
We... That simple word was enough to make Sasuke believe.
"You remember?" Sasuke asked.
"Not everything..." Naruto admitted. "Just parts... just in flashes, whenever we did this."
Naruto smiled, and a tear rolled down his cheek.
"We were so close." Naruto realised with a grin.
And then Sasuke smiled a real smile, one that had been rarely seen by even his friends, and for that moment, at least, his world was filled with happiness.
"We are so close." Sasuke corrected him, and rested his head upon Naruto's shoulder, and for a while they simply stared at the moon.
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"Uzumaki Naruto?" The ANBU asked him. Sakura, Sasuke and Naruto stood. They were back in the hospital. Naruto was to take part in deep hypnosis so he could recall what he'd forgotten.
Sasuke and Sakura could see the fear in his eyes.
Sakura gave his hand a comforting squeeze.
"It's okay." Sakura said. "We'll be right here."
She sounded assuring, but she was honestly terrified. The question stood; where had he been for all this time.
"This way." The ANBU said, and Naruto followed the masked ninja through the hospital.
He's going to remember, Sakura told herself. Everything will be okay.
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He's going to remember, Sasuke reminded himself. I'll finally have my best friend back.
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I'm going to remember, Naruto realised. I'm afraid.
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That was chapter 6 for Sakuxnaru! Hope you enjoyed! Don't forget to review please! And stay tuned!
NEXT TIME... Naruto will remember his old life and everything in between, and lose control of Kyuubi!
