Chapter 8:
Sakura sighs. They had finally reached the main reason she had asked Karin to help with the club. She knew Sasuke and Naruto should be together but it seemed like no matter what she tried to do, they were resisting each other. She needed assistance.
She looks up and point to Sasuke's name on the chalkboard.
"Any ideas?" her eyes glint, as if daring them to recommend anyone besides Naruto.
"How about me and Sasuke-kun?" Karin squeals next to her.
Sakura hits the back of Karin's head, hard. Above them Sasuke rolls his eyes and goes,
"Tsk..."
Naruto glances at him, not in a very good mood. Today hadn't turned out like he'd wanted it to.
"What? Don't you like Karin? Isn't she your teammate?"
Sasuke inhales deeply but doesn't look at Naruto as he replies,
"Could you be more stupid?
A fierce anger embeds itself in Naruto's stomach but he bite his lip to stop from yelling at Sasuke. He was really getting fed up with it though. Sasuke always putting him down. Never acknowledging him. Not explaining anything to him.
Suddenly Naruto notices that the the tone of the room below him had just gotten tense. Sakura is staring at the floor with a very thoughtful expression. Everyone is waiting for her to begin, even Sai's expression seems cautious. She looks up, scowling.
"Sasuke... has been through a lot. His life has been an emotional roller coaster and he has never really been able to relax. When it comes to his love life... he has never gotten what he really wants."
Naruto finds that he has a hard time breathing. He doesn't know where Sakura could be going with what she is saying. Next to him, Sasuke seems to be waiting for something.
Sakura suddenly continues,
"I... I've been spending a lot of time with Sasuke recently..."
This one sentence hits Naruto like lightning. He grits his teeth and balls his fists as he says in a dead voice,
"I see."
He quickly walks out of the barrier just as Sasuke stands up, mutters, "dammit," and follows after him calling out his name. Kakashi and Yamato glance at each other just as Sakura says,
"...and the thing i've really noticed is; there is no one Sasuke loves more than Naruto."
Kakashi sighs.
"What a moron..."
Yamato nods. "If he would have just stayed one more second!"
"He isn't really known for being patient." Kakashi shrugs.
Below them everyone nods in agreement to Sakura's statement. Karin looks thoughtful then she says softly,
"You know... I was talking to Suigetsu once, and he said when they were in Waterfall country Sasuke had spent one whole hour just staring at that bridge."
Tsunade suddenly speaks up,
"I think Sasuke understand his feelings. The problem is Naruto."
Nearly everyone nods. Hinata then adds quietly,
"M- maybe they will work it out on their own?"
On the other side of Konoha, that's exactly what they are doing...
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"Usuratonkachi! Wait up!"
Naruto growls over his shoulder,
"Don't call me that! Who the hell gave you the right to call me that!? I'm the god damned HOKAGE!"
Sasuke glares angrily. He cases after Naruto for some time. Naruto tries to confuse and outmaneuver him but with the help of his sharingan and natural speed Sasuke catches up with him. He pushes Naruto up against a wall and the blonde winces before screaming,
"What the hell do you want!?"
Sasuke is breathing a little bit hard as he says,
"We need to talk..."
This causes Naruto to become so angry he gets a surge of strength and pushes Sasuke off of him as he yells,
"NOW you want to talk?! Been long enough hasn't it, Sasuke!? You've been back a YEAR."
He is now the one panting heavily as Sasuke just stares at him with an unreadable expression on his face. This just makes Naruto angrier.
"Do you know where I was when you came back, Sasuke?"
Sasuke doesn't reply vocally but the look in his eyes says yes. Naruto pulls a hand through his hair and glares at nothing in particular.
"The day you came back... I was training out on the outskirts of Konoha. All of the sudden, fucking Kakashi and Yamato come out of no where and knock me out. When I woke up I was locked in this tiny-ass room. They kept me in there for like, 18 hours! I kept trying to bust out or get some answers but no one would tell me anything. It was really frustrating! Finally, the Old Hag comes in looking all tired and tells me I'm the new hokage."
Sasuke's eyes widen just a fraction at this. Naruto just grows angrier and angrier as he continues with his story,
"I'm still pissed and confused but Granny just smiles and says it's a really good thing. The elders had finally excepted me or something. I kinda feel something is fishy but... I was really happy too. I- I'd always wanted to be Hokage..."
Sasuke looks down. "I know."
Naruto averts his eyes and goes on,
"Well... yeah. I got all my stuff moved to the Hokage tower and did all this paperwork then finally at like, midnight, everyone sits me down at my new 'desk' to tell me something important. They all look really nervous but now I'm really too tired to even care about what they could say. Iruka looks me straight in the eyes and says,
"Sasuke is back."
Naruto stops for a moment and stares off into the sky. He then looks around as if he just then realized he was on top of his own sculpture in the hokage monument. After a minute Sasuke asks flatly,
"What then?"
Naruto shoots him a glare.
"I tried to go find you and kick your ass of course."
Sasuke's cheek twitches as if he is about to smile but when Naruto continues it disappears instantly,
"About four of them had to stop me. They told me... there would be plenty of time to see you, and that I had to get some sleep because there was a lot of hokage work to be done. I didn't listen to them at first but they promised over and over that I could see you any time after I was initiated and my ceremony was held."
He snorts suddenly. "They weren't lying. I did see you. I saw you at the ceremony with Kakashi-sensei and Sakura-chan. Sakura was crying but it seemed like she was doing it more over you than my ceremony. You just acted like... you didn't know why you were there. Then, after the ceremony I was going to go up to you and punch your stupid little face in for leaving this whole time and coming back so suddenly... but there were so many papers! They wouldn't let me get away until I had done them. There was someone watching me all the time! I got distracted and completely forgot about getting answers out of you. I started seeing you all the time too, just in normal places. You would be at Ichiraku's whenever I went. You showed up after a while to go on missions. We even hung out with everyone a few times."
He scowls again. "But... we never talked about it. We were never alone so we could talk about it. So... why the fuck should we talk now? And for that matter... why do you even give a damn?"
Sasuke snarls. "Don't you get why they did that, Dobe? They made you hokage that night so they could have an excuse to keep you away from me. They did the same to me. Lock me in a room for 12 hours, ask me questions without giving any answers, give me things to distract me from you. They knew it wouldn't be good if we met up when we were both so... emotional."
"You didn't answer the question Sasuke. Why do you give a damn about talking now?" Naruto seethes.
Sasuke looks down, glaring. "You want to know why I came back?"
Naruto just crosses his arms and gives Sasuke a searching look. Sasuke's expression relaxes and he looks calmly to the sky. Naruto is almost dazzled by the contented look on Sasuke face as the Uchiha breathes out,
"I'm in love with you, Naruto."
As he says his name, Sasuke tuns to look into Naruto's wide, sapphire eyes.
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Let's see how Naruto reacts to this confession...
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