Naori P.O.V

"Sasuke-kun, Sakura just texted me that game just finished," I said as I scrolled through my phone.

"Tch...there's still 30 minutes left..."

I watched Sasuke pace around the room nervously. I sighed, shaking my head at the current situation. He's making a mistake...

I didn't agree with what he was doing. He needed Naruko to be complete. She was the only one who could ever make him happy, and I'm sure he knows that. Sure, the things that happened in the future were bad, but it wasn't his fault. They could have worked something out and continued to be happy together, yet he was so hellbent on the idea that he was the problem which was causing an end to both their happiness.

That night on the school trip, Sasuke had asked to meet me. The moment my eyes met his, I knew something within him had broken. Never before had I ever seen a grown man cry the way he did, much less an Uchiha. With no way to calm him down, I took him in my arms and allowed him to cry. He didn't want to let her go, yet here he was trying to find a way to escape confronting Naruko.

She deserved to know everything, it was her future so she should also have a right on deciding what to do. They needed to talk, but that's not what Sasuke wanted to do. He's going to regret this for the rest of his life if you don't come soon, Naruko...

"Naori."

I jumped as he called my name. "Yeah?"

"Naruko should be on her way home, so can you guard the door? Don't let her in no matter what."

I stood up from the floor, with another sigh. "Okay..."I was walking out of the room when I heard him whisper his thanks towards me. I simply nodded in response as I made my way to guard the apartment door.

He really is making a mistake.

I stood in front of the door for what felt like hours. I continued to check the time on my phone only to find that 10 minutes had passed. I banged the back of my head on the door in anxiousness. A loud sigh escaped my mouth as I looked up to the ceiling. Ughhhh, this whole situation is killing me!

"Naori...?"

"What?" I replied in exhaustion from outside the apartment.

"I know you think I'm going to regret not seeing her, but I promise you I won't. It'll just hurt more if I saw her now, so please...no matter what, don't let her in."

I thought about his request, analyzing the problem from both sides. I wanted to help Sasuke but I also wanted to help Naruko. My moral compass was spinning out of control at the thought of who I should help. Either way, one person would get hurt, and I didn't want to hurt either of my good friends.

"Sasuke, I don't know..."

I heard his sigh from behind the door. "I don't like saying this but a promise between Uchihas is forever."

I clicked my tongue as he brought up our clan's stupid rule. "Fine..."

"Thank you, Naori."

I looked back at my phone in anger as I agreed to help out Sasuke. A promise between Uchiha's is forever...Tch, stupid Uchihas...

While I continued to curse the Uchiha name, the sound of loud panting struck my ears. I looked over towards the stairs to see Naruko. My heart sank as I thought about having to hurt my friend. She was almost at the top, so I backed up against the door, spreading my arms to block any type of entry. I'm sorry Naruko...

She stood at the top of the steps, panting in exhaustion as she rested her hands on her knees. She was slowly beginning to catch her breath, so she flipped her hair back to look at the direction of her home.

Our eyes met, sending waves of guilt throughout my body. I quickly looked away, no longer wanting to feel the guilt in my chest.

"Naori? Why're you standing in front of my apartment?" she asked in confusion.

A sigh escaped my mouth as my moral compass began to spin wildly again. "I'm sorry Naruko, I can't let you go in..." I stated while looking at the ground.

"What the heck are you talking about?! This is my house, so get out the way!" She commanded angrily.

"I'm sorry, I can't," I repeated more sternly.

"Naori, I don't get why you're here but I need to get into my home now, so move out the way," she said while reaching into her purse. As her hand left the bag, she held a can of pepper spray, ready to use it to get her way. "I don't want to hurt you, so please move."

I bit my lip, trying to hold back the truth as I promised Sasuke. He had 20 minutes left until the machine was ready to use, so until then, I needed to stall. A promise between Uchiha's is forever...Keep your morals to yourself-just this once!

She shook her spray in an attempt to threaten me. I sighed, knowing that one way or another, I was going to have to hurt her. She was about to make her move when I loud bang was heard from inside the house.

"Sasuke/Sasuke-kun!" We yelled in unison.

"What did you say...?" she asked in disbelief.

I messed up...

I closed my eyes nervously before I spoke my truth: "Sasuke-kun doesn't want to see you..."

"Huh...? How do you even know about Sasuke?!" she shouted.

My lips were trembling. I wanted to tell her the truth, the whole truth. I wanted her to see Sasuke one last time, but I was bound by the ways of the Uchiha. I owed him my promise.

"How long have you known about him?" she asked with tears forming in her eyes, "Do you...do you know about everything...?"

I nodded my head sadly. I felt guilty for knowing her past when she didn't. It wasn't a past meant for me to know but for her. "Naruko...I promised Sasuke that I would help him on his mission...We've only known each other for about two weeks, but as an Uchiha and his friend, I owed him my services...I'm sorry Naruko, but I can't let you in."

Her hands turned into fists and her cheeks reddened in anger. "Is he leaving?"

"Yes..."

She ran up to me with her fists ready to hit me, but with one swift movement, I had her pinned to the ground.

Her tears stained the floor as she sobbed. "Naori please, I need to see him before he leaves!"

"I can't let you..."

"But why?! You know about us so you should know about our feelings for each other! Please I just need to see him one last time!"

Tears began to form in my own eyes at the sound of her painful pleas. "I...I promised, and a promise between Uchiha's is forever. That's why I can't-"

"Bullshit! When we first met you told me you hated your family name so you never used it. You didn't want to be associated with the hateful people of your clan or their backward traditions, so you became Naori, deviant princess of Saint Madara Academy!"

A tear slipped as she spoke. I'm losing myself...

"This isn't you, Naori! The real you does what she thinks is right and is never bound by the ways of her family! So stop using your family name as an excuse for your own weakness!"

My heart dropped at the truth in her words. My hold on her weakened at the tears I held slowly began to fall. I was slowly losing myself because of the hate I had received in the Uchiha estate.

Ever since I ran away from my meeting with Sasuke, my family became victims to the harassment within the clan. We were seen as a disgrace to the Uchiha's because of my own personal rebellion. I became an outcast at school, my friends left me, adults became unreasonably cruel towards me, and my family became overprotective of me. I was hated by everyone except by my last three friends: Sakura, Naruko, and Sasuke-kun.

When Sasuke made me promise to keep my side of the plan, I felt that if I didn't do it, I would lose him too. So I hid behind my clan name, using it as an excuse for my own weakness. I wasn't like this before, and I bet the Naori of Sasuke's time was nothing like me either.

"I'm sorry Naruko," I cried, "I just...I can't-"

"I love him, Naori. Please let me see him one last time before he leaves!"

There were about 10 minutes left for the gadget to start up, and I needed to find a way to keep her away just for a little longer. I wanted to let her in, but I also wanted to keep my promise to him, not because he was an Uchiha but because he was my friend. This time, I put my name behind me and allowed my moral compass to run free.

I wanted them both to be happy. I already knew Sasuke's love for her, but now it was time for me to see her love for him.

"Naruko, in the future you two will never work out. The events that befall you are life-threatening and not even Sasuke can help you. You two are miserable, unhappy, and a means to an end. That's why Sasuke's been trying to let you go so you won't have to suffer any longer. So you can be happy even if it costs him his own. He has a reason to love you, but why you do try so hard to keep him when you haven't even known him for more than 3 weeks?"

Her jaw dropped as if she had realized her own ridiculousness. She hugged her right arm, staring at the ground while she thought of an answer.

I sighed softly, closing my eyes in sorrow. If you can't answer this, I can't let you in Naruko...I know Sasuke needs you, but do you need him? I just want to make sure your love is really worth saving...If true love really exists...I don't want either of you to be hurt in the long run again...

"I..." She whispered, catching my attention. "I don't know why I try so hard...You're right, I've barely known him long enough to be in love with him, yet somehow, I can't seem to think of a life without him... Before he came I had the fattest crush on my senpai for years. I wanted to spend my life with him even though I hadn't even known him either! Then Sasuke came into my life, promising me that he could help us finally end up together and I was over the moon about that. Sasuke seemed like the worst person for me to even chose to marry, so I thought I could finally have the chance to make things right and marry Kakashi.

Yet, in just one week, he managed to find a way into my heart...The moments we shared laughing, fighting, eating, dancing, and even crying together all felt perfect, as if it was meant to be! Before I knew it, I had fallen for Sasuke's cold heart. The love I feel for Kakashi could never compare to what I feel for Sasuke, but I knew I had to stay away. Yet, no matter how hard I tried to push him away, I kept going back...We kept going back to each other.

Naori, I know this all sounds crazy, but I really do love Sasuke with all my heart. I may have not come from the future or know what happens to us, but I do know that my feelings for him are true. So please, let me see him one last time before I have to let him go forever..."

My eyes widened in shock at her sincere answer. True love does exist...

My mother used to tell me that true love only existed in fairy tales. True love wasn't real, and as an Uchiha woman, our destiny was already predetermined. We had to marry an Uchiha man so we could carry the Uchiha blood in our family.

Yet here I was, witnessing true love with my own eyes. Naruko and Sasuke had a love for the defied time itself. Nothing could stop the way they felt for each other, not even the tragedy that befalls them in the future. They were meant to be together, and even I could see that.

I lowered my hands from the door, giving her permission to pass and see Sasuke before he left for the future. "Go to him, Naruko."

"Naori..."

"Go to him," I commanded with tears in my eyes, "Please save him from making the biggest mistake of his life!"

I cared for Sasuke like an older brother, and I knew he could never be happy without Naruko. If he wasn't going to look after his own happiness, I would do it in his place.

Naruko ran up to me and held me in her arms. "Thank you Naori," she whispered.

My tears continued to fall from her embrace. "Naruko...I want you two to be happy...So please go stop that idiot from making the biggest mistake of his life."

She released the hug and gave me a light smile. "Don't worry. I'm gonna get him back, believe it!"

She ran into the apartment to find her soul mate.

Hey guys!

So updates are gonna be almost impossible until December because of my uni classes. Being a music major is tough lol, and I spend about 8 hours of my day just practicing my instruments and on top that I have 8 classes to do.

Sorry again for the slow updates, but school comes first. I'm almost done with my 2nd degree so I need to keep working!

But besides that, the story is reaching its conclusion, and I hope y'all will love the ending!