Chapter 8

Sasuke...

Please don't leave me...

My dream is to kill a certain man...

You're too weak...

My only goal is in the darkness...

Don't go..

Sasuke..

Sasuke..

SasukeSasukeSasukeSasuke

Sasuke...

My eyes shot right open, immediately getting blinded by the sunlight. I was heaving and sweating, my bed sheets were tangled around my legs. My lungs and throat burned, and kami I was cold. I blindingly walked through the room, tripping and stumbling over books and toys until I bumped into the door. I reached out and slid it open, and walked out into the corridor. The floorboards creaked under my weight, which made me cringe knowing that I could wake anyone up.

"Arata-chan?"

I jumped, spinning around to meet wide blue eyes gazing up at me curiously. "Oh, Kaname-kun you scared me." I breathed out.

He blinked owlishly at me. "Someone's looking for you."

I blinked, and looked down at my clothes. A beige shirt that reached my knees, and torn up black shorts. I needed to change. "Who?"

He scratched his cheek. "Well he's blonde, and he...well has whiskers. Which I thought was weird, and he's really loud and he has blue eyes."

I ruffled his hair. " Oh, that's Naruto. Arigato Kaname-kun, can you tell him that I'll be there in a couple minutes."

"Hai, bye-bye Arata-chan" He gave me a little wave, and ran off. I dragged myself back to my room. My throat sill burned like a bitch but anything for Naruto. Damn brat had me wrapped around his little finger and he knew it too. I quickly changed out of my pajamas and sliped on some dark shorts and a green top. It totally clashed with my hair but...Naruto.

I ran down stairs, grabbing an apple when I passed the kitchen and said a quick farewell to Hikari, Kaname, and the rest of the kids before I ran right into Naruto. Literally.

"Arata-nee-chan!" He knocked me to the ground, his face buried in my stomach and his arms around my waist. I patted his head.

"Ohayo to you too Naruto." I laughed. "Now let me get up."

He removed himself from my waist and helped me up. Naruto was taller than me, much to my disappointment. My head came face to face with his chest, and I had to crane my head to look at him. He was messy, dirt was smudged on his face and hair, his shirt was wrinkled and ripped.

He may be taller than me and slightly older by a few days, physically not mentality, mind you, but that didn't stop me from mothering him.

I put my hands on my hips and gave him a stare. "Naruto Uzumaki, where on earth have you been to make you look like that." I waved a hand at his attire.

He scratched the back of his head and gave me a sheepish smile. "I was at the park."

Immediately after he said that I felt fear grip my heart. Is he hurt? Did anyone hurt him? Is he okay? Please let him be okay. I swear if anyone hurt him-

"Nee-chan I'm alright." Naruto's voice brought me out of my thoughts. He gave me a smile that could light up the world, and I felt myself melt. How could anyone hate him?

Seriously.

I eyed him. "Are you sure?" I reached up and searched his face, scrubbing the dirt off with my sleeve.

"Arataaaaa" He whined, trying to pry my hands off his face. I huffed, and reluctantly pulled my hands away.

"Fine, but if anyone hurt you, kamisama help them I'll-"

Naruto put his hands on my shoulders. "I'm fine, dattebayo!"

He smiled and I melted. The kid was too cute for his own good. I gave him a smile of my own and hooked my arm around his. "Well Naru, if you say so now, lets go I'm hungy."

"Ne, Arata-chan are we go to Ichiruka's. Can we go please"

"No"

"B-But why?"

"Because, if you eat to much ramen you'll become unhealthy and if you want to be a ninja you have to be healthy." I lectured.

"I won't dattebayo!" He punched the air determinedly.

"Still, now let's go get some dango."

"Arata-chan that's not healthy either" He deadpanned.

"Details, details, Lets go already." I shurgged and dragged him out the door. He groaned and reluctantly followed me.

X~X~X

In my little bedroom sat Naruto and I surrounding a desk filled with textbooks and dango sticks, pencils and papers were everywhere, and a couple of juice spills (mostly made by Naruto) littered the said papers. Our feet were layed out lazily, flash cards with harigana and katakana Charaters written on them covered the floor around our legs. Our backs were propped up by a little couch that Hikari installed in my room after I turned four as a birthday gift. My head was on his shoulder, sloppily shuffling through flashcards and throwing them carelessly on the floor, only to then gather them up again and repeat the process. Naruto's head was laying on top of mine mumbling the Charaters as I shuffled through them, his arms were lying next to him uncaringly with a juice box, that Kaname so kindly dropped off for Hikari, in his right hand and in his left hand was a small frog pouch filled with coins.

"Ka, ki, ku, ke ko, sa, si, su, se, so, ta, chi, tsu, te, to..." He murmured, his breath making my hair fly into my eyes, and I had to impatiently brush back but I didn't tell him to move away so he didn't. I moved my head out of the crook of his shoulder and reached out for a dango stick, munching on it quietly I moved back to my original position.

We shuffled through the alphabet for a couple of more minutes and then moved on to writing them.

"Look Naruto, see how I'm doing it. Follow my stroke order. Yeah see!" I moved so I was in front of him a pencil in the air. "Ichi" stroke. "Ni." stroke. "San! There you got it! Just make sure to do the horizontal line first and then the vertical one second, not the other way round."

"Yeah, thanks Arata-chan, dattebayo!"

X~X~X~X

"We're gonna die, Hikari's gonna kill us." I crumbled, clutching my stomach. "Oh, kami. Oh, kami"

"Don't laugh." Naruto panicked throwing water at the burning stove. "It's not funny. She'll hate me now! And then I won't ever be able too see you again."

That stoped me cold. I crawled over to him, ignoring the wet ground. I grabbed a bucket filled it with water and threw it at the remaining fire, finally putting it out. I turned to Naruto, who was looking at the wet floor with sadness. I walked over to him and wrapped my arms around his waist and buried my face into his semi-wet shirt.

"Hikari doesn't hate you." I mumbled. "Kaname doesn't hate you, Nanami doesn't hate you Ayame doesn't hate you, I don't hate you." I shurgged. "Sure, Hikari was careful and sorta suspicious of you in the beginning but she isn't now, and even if she did hate you, she wouldn't stop me from seeing you, you're my brother. You might not be my biological one but you still are my brother and I wouldn't trade you for the world. I love you Naruto, never forget that."

He finally wrapped his arms around me and began crying.

And that's how Hikari found us. Arms wrapped around each other with Naruto baling in my shoulder. She smiled, and then saw the half burnt kitchen.

We were forbidden from ever entering the kitchen after that.

X~X~X~X

Sitting in the middle of an empty field Naruto and I watched the clouds, our hands and heads touching and pointing out different shapes. 'Arata-chan look, that one looks like a ramen bowl.' He would say, and I would let put an exasperated sigh and say, 'Naru, you've said that for the last 110 clouds.' And then he would say, 'but they do dattebayo!' I would laugh, and kiss his cheek. He would whine and push me away, but he never would stop me from doing so.

But to be truthful that cloud did look like a ramen bowl this time.


1,435 words. Done.

Okay so this chapter was kind of a filler, actually most of these past few chapters are fillers but oh well, at least I didn't automatically jump into the Naruto plot.

On another note... Some of your got the triangle right while others were close and others were off... I'm not gonna announce who it is yet, 'cause I want everyone to have a chance on guessing. So guess away. Anyways, I HAVE 100 FOLLOWS. HOLY MOTHER OF ALIEN BABIES YESSS! I LOVE YOU ALL. I HAD THE MOST IDIOTIC SMILE ON MY FACE THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF IT. *sends everyone cyber cookies* I love you guys so much. Oh, I'm crying, you guys are the best.

DarkDust27: Hints? hmmmm, I've already dropped some in past chapters and some in this one, but they're little so look closely.

Yes! Love triangle, I was feeling daring when I decided on it. It's not going to be easy but I'll do it. Thank you for reviewing dear!

1eragon33: Is this long enough?

No, dhayawad won't be her signature word but I'm thinking on it. She might develop one with all the time she's spending with Naruto. Dunno. Anyways, Uchiha massacre? Hmmm? It might happen It might not. I dunno? Chocies, Chocies. They're hard aren't they? *laughs evily*

Mimamicchi: Araka was developed when the kids wanted to pronounce the T in Arata but couldn't, so I settled with Araka in their trials since the sound of the T and K are kinda similar, in my opinion anyways. Thanks for reviewing dear!

Realworld no Shinobi: Glad you love it, my dear! As for you're guesses your gonna have to wait until you know if your right or wrong :)

Lalathefox: Poor Kakashi indeed. Imagine when Team 7 finally forms *laughs* like sensei like student I guess. Thans for reviewing dear!

Mashirochi1: Justin is everywhere.

Anyways, yeah I agree. Even before the Chunin exams, the wave mission and the thing with Gato, Zabuza, and Haku (never forget :'(...) it was all about betrayal and killing and shit, but then again we're talking about a world that breeds child murders and wars are popping from every rock. And the thing with Naruto's parents too! It's all the thirds fault no? Didn't he order to erase everything involving his parents? I haven't watched Naruto in a loooooong time. I'm rewarding every thing right now.

Yeah, with the paring. I'm not exactly staying with canon (I'm sorry don't go!) but the future generation will come into play just not how your expecting it. As for guesses, like everyone else your gonna have to wait a little bit longer to see if your right or wrong.

Thanks for the review, dear!

BloodyORing: Dude same...

Anyways, for your guesses, your gonna have to wait until everyone has guesses to see if your right or wrong :) and don't be afraid to bet anyone you want, totally okay! Thanks for the review dearest!

CalicoKitty402: hope this is long enough! Yeah, the chapters will get longer as we head into the original plot but the length will differ depending on how much time I have (school and all that amazing stuff.) Thank you dear!

That's all for now! Until next time~

P.s. there is No romance between Naruto and Arata you sicko's I know some of you are shipping them already. They're sibling. No romance. None...