"What time is the fight? He never said." Naruto said to himself, frustrated. His phone got a notification. Sasuke commented on a video of you: "Remember: Hyuuga's noon.
Naruto checked the time. It was ten. "I still have time. Her house is only… His house is only like fifteen minutes away. I'll leave at like 11:30."
He flopped onto his bed and text Neji. Why weren't you at the reception yesterday?
Several minutes later, Neji text: Do I seem like I'd want to go to her wedding? I hated her- still do. Receptions are even worse. You went to the reception, didn't you?
Yeah. Why? Is that such a big deal?
From what I heard from Hanabi, she came home crying. You never should've showed up. It's best if you just keep your distance. You're going to keep reopening old wounds.
Upset, Naruto wrote, What do you mean? She was perfectly fine- more than fine actually when I came. What do you mean by reopening old wounds?
Hinata was beginning to heal from both of your troubles and seeing you there, they reopened. She's fragile and weak. She needs to be protected- especially from you.
Naruto was getting angry. She invited me! Sure she looked scared when I first showed but we danced and then she protected me from Hiashi again because I protected my friends. Stop calling her weak Neji. She's not!
That's what caused it. Hiashi might have kept his promise to not threaten any of you anymore but he and Atsushi are threatening to never let her come back here. If you hadn't danced with her, she would be perfectly fine.
What does she have to do in order to come back? Naruto wondered feeling scared.
Neji didn't respond. Naruto tossed his phone across the bed. "What would be something Hiashi would do?" he thought aloud, getting dressed into an orange and black jumpsuit and looking in the mirror. He grinned. "I'm ready."
He went to his computer to check Facebook. He smiled. "I haven't seen Shikamaru in forever." Shikamaru had posted a picture of him and Temari together. "She lied to her brother. That's funny." He scrolled farther down.
"Hmmm… Sakura is now… single?" Naruto jumped to the bed, grabbing his phone. It rang several times until she picked up.
"It's about my relationship status right?" she asked before he could say anything.
"What happened? I thought you and Sasuke were doing fine!" Naruto exclaimed.
"Yeah but he... broke up with me." Sakura replied, beginning to cry.
"It's ok Sakura! When I fight him, I'll tell him how dumb he was for-"
"You don't have to Naruto. Something has been up with him lately and I've tried to get him to talk to me but every time I bring it up, he just walks away. He doesn't want to listen. Do you know what's wrong?"
Naruto hesitated. "He's leaving with Orochimaru today."
"He's… leaving? But why? Naruto, you have to-"
"I tried that already Sakura. He said there's nothing left for him here." Naruto replied, going to the mirror and unzipping his jacket. 'This looks better.' He thought, leaning against the wall.
"Promise me you'll bring him back?" She asked him.
"Don't worry Sakura! It's a promise of a lifetime!" Naruto quickly hung up, not wanting her to say more.
"What is Sasuke thinking? If he's serious about this fight, then it should just be him and me- no one watching." Naruto text Sasuke his idea and waited.
Fine. Meet me at the Valley of the End. He replied.
Naruto chuckled. Where is that?
Minutes later, Sasuke text back. Follow the signs past the Uzumaki bridge.
Naruto stood and walked to the front door. Now?
Yes.
"Bye Jiraiya! I'm heading out." Naruto yelled, running to his car, smiling. "This is going to be fun!" he said, climbing in and starting it. "What's wrong with me?" he asked himself as he got onto the bridge. "First I don't want to fight him, and then I think it's going to be fun. I'm crazy."
Naruto saw a sign pointing towards Valley of the End and he followed. He turned on the radio, tired of the silence. He frowned at the song that was on. "A love song?" he changed the station and there was another. He changed it again, this time to a sports channel. "Thank you!" Naruto said as he listened to the Packers/Browns game.
"Boring. Isn't there anything?" Naruto asked. He turned it off and looked ahead for Sasuke. Ten minutes later Naruto saw his car. Naruto parked and walked to edge, hearing a waterfall.
"Wow…" he gasped, seeing the large waterfall below him. "Why do you want to fight here? It's not like we can walk on water." Naruto told Sasuke, turning around.
"This is where Senju Hashirama and Madara Uchiha fought for control of Konoha." Sasuke replied.
"What does that have to do with us? Couldn't we have fought someplace else? There's plenty of remote places-" Naruto began.
"Shut up Naruto. If you don't want to fight, that's fine by me but I'll just be leaving-"
"Don't you dare! You're the one who wanted to fight me and now you're just going to walk off? Why did you break up with Sakura?" Naruto asked, ready to dodge.
Sasuke chuckled. "She was annoying."
"That can't be true. You two seemed like you really-" Sasuke interrupted Naruto.
"Things aren't like they always seem Naruto! Just like our bond." Sasuke told Naruto as he leapt forward to strike Naruto in the chest. Naruto dodged, slipping and falling into the water below.
He resurfaced and glared up at Sasuke. "Come on Sasuke! Fight me and show me what you mean!" Naruto yelled angrily, wishing he could stand on the water.
Sasuke smiled and fell, joining him but instead of going underwater, he stood on it, creating a splash when he landed. Naruto gasped. "Are you… Jes-" Naruto began idiotically.
"No. I discovered this when I got here. Try it. Just focus on your feet. I want this fight to be interesting." Sasuke informed, watching Naruto struggle with the process.
When Naruto was finally standing, Naruto said, "I'm ready when you are."
I wanted them to fight at the Valley but with the water and stuff, they couldn't do much swimming. So I added a little water-walking here and next chapter.