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I'm sorry this chapter took so long to post!! I have been really busy lately and I didn't have any time. Then when I did have time, I got writers block! But I finally got it done, I hope its not too bad. Thank you to all that have reviewed!!
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Vacation Chapter 9 Naruto POV
I ran upstairs to get ready to go to the beach. A smile never left my face. I don't think I have ever been this happy.
I looked through my bag until I found my bating suit. It was orange with a blue stripe down the side. I put it on and looked at the clock. It only took us about 15 minutes to get home, considering we ran the whole way.
I had ended up winning the race home, but I have a feeling that Sasuke let me win. I just don't think he was giving it his all.
I looked at myself in the mirror, and took my forehead protector off. I set it down on the dresser and headed downstairs to wait for Sasuke.
I walked into the dining room and saw Sakura sitting outside on the porch, she has a long thoughtful look on her face. I open the porch door and walk up to her. She looks up at me and slightly smiles. "hi Naruto." She says as she turns to look out at the ocean.
'I wonder why she looks so sad.' I thought to myself.
"hey Sakura what's wrong?" I ask as I sit down next to her. She looks at me for a second and sighs. "nothing is wrong, why would you think that?" she asked. "Because I can see it in your eyes." I say to her. She looks surprised at me for a second, then looks back toward the ocean. "I guess I'm just feeling a little heartbroken." She says sadly, her eyes never leaving the sea. "Heartbroken?" I ask, confusion showing clearly in my voice.
'she already has Sasuke, how can she be heartbroken?' I thought as I waited for her to continue.
The pain in my heart returned as the image of them together came to my mind, but I pushed the feeling down. This wasn't the time to feel sorry for myself.
"he loves someone else." Sakura said sadly, breaking me out of my thoughts. "huh?" I ask, even more confused than before. She looks at me and smiles sadly. "that night, when Sasuke went for a walk, I followed him." She says as she looks down at her lap. "I wanted to tell him how I felt about him, and I was hoping that he would feel the same, but that wasn't how it turned out." She says once again looking at me, her eyes brimming with tears. 'what is she talking about! I saw them kissing!' I thought in disbelief. "when I found him he was sitting by a lake, staring out into the water, deep in thought. I decided that it was now or never, so I told him how I felt." A single tear slid down her cheek, as she continued. "he didn't say anything, so I figured he was just trying to digest what I had said, so I decided to kiss him. I wanted more than anything for him to respond, for him to care about me the way I cared about him." She paused and wiped the tears off her face. "but he didn't respond, not the way I wanted him to, he pushed me away. He looks at me, with sadness in his eyes, it was then I knew that it wasn't me that he loved." I sat and listened to her talk, feeling both happiness and sadness at her story. I was happy because Sasuke didn't love her, and I was sad because Sakura was heartbroken. "he said he was sorry." she continued. " and I told him it was ok. It took me a while to come to terms with him not loving me, I couldn't accept it." she said sadly. "but, after a while I began to accept it, I came to terms with the fact that he didn't love me. Now all that really matters is that he is happy, and I hope this person that means so much to him will feel the same."
I looked down at the ground not knowing what to say. "are you going to the beach?" she asks, trying to change the subject. I look up at her to see her smiling at me. I smile back. "yea." I say "we are meeting our new friends in a few minutes, would you like to come?" I ask. "id love to, I'll go change" She says as she heads back inside.
I smiled and looked at the ocean. 'maybe there is a chance' I thought.
Just then I heard the porch door open. I turned and saw Sasuke standing there wearing plane dark blue swimming shorts. My mouth unconsciously opened as I stared at him. He was casually leaning against the wall of the house his arms crossing over his bare chest with a towel draped over his shoulder. He was very lean and I could see his traces of muscle in his chest and arms. His swim shorts hung snugly on his hips and the suns rays shined on him giving him a godlike look.
He made a small fake cough that brought me out of my thoughts. I looked up at him form where I was sitting. He raised one of his eyebrows as if to ask 'what are you staring at'. I realized I was blushing and quickly looked away to try to hide my blush hoping he wouldn't notice it. What would he think if he found out I was practically drooling over his body! Not that I was doing a good job of hiding it.
If he noticed my blush he wasn't saying anything about it, which was good on my part. How would I explain my blushing? He walked next to me and sat down watching the ocean. We sat in silence, it wasn't an uncomfortable silence, it was actually quite comfortable. Just sitting there enjoying each others company.
Just then Duo walked up to us with Heero in tow. It didn't look like heero really wanted to be here. "Hey guys whats up?" asked Duo happily. I smiled and got up to meet him, Sasuke following behind me. Duo was wearing black swim shorts and Heero was wearing dark blue ones much like Sasukes. We picked a spot on the beach and started talking about our plans for today. Sasuke sat in silence listening, while Duo and I tried to talk Heero into playing in the water with us.
'I swear Heero is just as stubborn as Sasuke is' I mused to myself. Sakura then came out and joined us. I introduced her to Heero and Duo. She seemed to really like them, in which I was happy about. 'I wonder if Kakashi would like them too?' I wondered.
After a few minutes WuFei arrived and Duo immediately started trying to get him to agree to go in the water when Quatre and Trowa arrived. Just then we heard a high pitched voice yell from down the beach. "HEEROOOOOOOO!" the voice called. Everybody looked over to see Relena in a pink bathing suite running over to us. I didn't even want to look over at Heero and Duo and see the sadness in their eyes.
"OH HEERO!" Relena cried as she jumped into Heeros arms and gave him a hug. Heero just stood there, unresponsive. 'you'd think that girl would take a hint." I thought as she told Heero about her day and scolded him for not telling her where he would be. Duo stood there, not even trying to smile, sadness and anger filling his eyes. I looked over at Sasuke and Sakura neither of them seemed to like Relena. "Stupid onna" I heard WuFei say as he sat down on a towel. I frowned at Relena, I didn't even know her and I didn't like her. Despite the fact that she did this to Heero and Duo, she didn't even acknowledge anyone except Heero.
Just then Quatre and Trowa arrived. They walked down the beach hand in hand, not caring what other people thought of them. The sight of them made me smile, I wanted that kind of relationship. "Hi guys." Quatre said with a smile, as Trowa nodded to us in acknowledgment. Their smiles faded when they saw Relena though. And Quatre looked sympathetically over to Duo.
Relena looked over at Quatre and Trowa and frowned. "Look at those faggots Heero, its so disgusting, lets go" she said not to quietly. That really pissed me off. My eyes narrowed and I turned to her. I was about to yell at her then beat the shit out of her when someone placed a hand on my shoulder. I looked behind me to see Sasuke. He shook his head slightly. I stared at him for a second then relaxed a little bit.
Heero didn't look to happy about what she said either. His eyes narrowed as he talked to her. "I am not going anywhere." He said in a calmly, "but you on the other hand, can leave." She looked at him for a second then sat down on a towel, making Heero sit down with her. "But I wanted to spend my day with you." She said. Heero just sat there and stared at Duo sympathetically.
Everyone sat down and semi glared at Relena, but she didn't seem to notice. Our conversation soon picked up, and everyone was ignoring Relenas presence.
"A dance is gonna be held tonight" said Quatre happily "We should all go." "OH! A dance! We should go together Heero!" said Relena as she clung to Heeros arm. Quatre covered his mouth realizing the mistake he made as he silently apologized to Duo. Duo just smiled sadly. "Your parents will be happy to have you go with me" Relena continued. I glared at her, silently wishing I could kill her. I watched as Heero and Duo stared at each other. Their eyes held such love for one another in them. It was sad watching them, the pain I feel is nothing compared to theirs. 'This isn't right' I thought. 'They shouldn't have to go through this, if it weren't for Heeros parents then they could be together.'
Just then I got an idea. I looked one more time at Heero and Duo, then I got up and ran. I had to fix this, I couldn't let them hurt anymore. I could hear everyone's voices yelling after me, and soon Sasuke was chasing me. I didn't even have to look back to know it was him following me. He was the only one fast enough to catch up to me.
I stopped when I was far enough away from the others, because I knew Sasuke wouldn't let me go without telling him why I ran away. He stopped next to me and silently asked me why I ran. "I cant watch them anymore." I said. "they shouldn't have to go through that, they love each other too much." I said sadly. "its not your problem" he said calmly. I looked at him and smiled. "it is now, they deserve to be happy and I'm not gonna sit back and watch while they get hurt." He just stared at me with an expression on his face I couldn't read. "and plus, I don't like Relena" I said with a grin. He smiled at me, not one of those fake smiles, but a real one. my heart skipped a beat, its shouldn't be possible for someone to be this beautiful. "You always care too much." He said calmly as he reached a hand up and caressed my face. My eyes widened slightly and a small blush rose to my cheeks.
He smiled as he placed a soft kiss on my cheek. "Just be careful ok?" he said. My hand unconsciously reached up and touched my cheek, I simply nodded unable to speak. He smiled again and left. I stood still for a while, trying to grasp what had happened. My cheek still tingled from the kiss. Dare I even think that he felt the same wa about me?
I then snapped out of my trance and decided to think about Sasuke later. I ran down the street in the direction of Heeros house thinking about the task that was ahead of me.
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Well that's the end of chapter 9. Again sorry about taking so long to post this, I hope its not turning out too bad. Thank you to all who Review! I LOVE YOU ALL!
I'm sorry this chapter took so long to post!! I have been really busy lately and I didn't have any time. Then when I did have time, I got writers block! But I finally got it done, I hope its not too bad. Thank you to all that have reviewed!!
'thoughts' "quotes"
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Vacation Chapter 9 Naruto POV
I ran upstairs to get ready to go to the beach. A smile never left my face. I don't think I have ever been this happy.
I looked through my bag until I found my bating suit. It was orange with a blue stripe down the side. I put it on and looked at the clock. It only took us about 15 minutes to get home, considering we ran the whole way.
I had ended up winning the race home, but I have a feeling that Sasuke let me win. I just don't think he was giving it his all.
I looked at myself in the mirror, and took my forehead protector off. I set it down on the dresser and headed downstairs to wait for Sasuke.
I walked into the dining room and saw Sakura sitting outside on the porch, she has a long thoughtful look on her face. I open the porch door and walk up to her. She looks up at me and slightly smiles. "hi Naruto." She says as she turns to look out at the ocean.
'I wonder why she looks so sad.' I thought to myself.
"hey Sakura what's wrong?" I ask as I sit down next to her. She looks at me for a second and sighs. "nothing is wrong, why would you think that?" she asked. "Because I can see it in your eyes." I say to her. She looks surprised at me for a second, then looks back toward the ocean. "I guess I'm just feeling a little heartbroken." She says sadly, her eyes never leaving the sea. "Heartbroken?" I ask, confusion showing clearly in my voice.
'she already has Sasuke, how can she be heartbroken?' I thought as I waited for her to continue.
The pain in my heart returned as the image of them together came to my mind, but I pushed the feeling down. This wasn't the time to feel sorry for myself.
"he loves someone else." Sakura said sadly, breaking me out of my thoughts. "huh?" I ask, even more confused than before. She looks at me and smiles sadly. "that night, when Sasuke went for a walk, I followed him." She says as she looks down at her lap. "I wanted to tell him how I felt about him, and I was hoping that he would feel the same, but that wasn't how it turned out." She says once again looking at me, her eyes brimming with tears. 'what is she talking about! I saw them kissing!' I thought in disbelief. "when I found him he was sitting by a lake, staring out into the water, deep in thought. I decided that it was now or never, so I told him how I felt." A single tear slid down her cheek, as she continued. "he didn't say anything, so I figured he was just trying to digest what I had said, so I decided to kiss him. I wanted more than anything for him to respond, for him to care about me the way I cared about him." She paused and wiped the tears off her face. "but he didn't respond, not the way I wanted him to, he pushed me away. He looks at me, with sadness in his eyes, it was then I knew that it wasn't me that he loved." I sat and listened to her talk, feeling both happiness and sadness at her story. I was happy because Sasuke didn't love her, and I was sad because Sakura was heartbroken. "he said he was sorry." she continued. " and I told him it was ok. It took me a while to come to terms with him not loving me, I couldn't accept it." she said sadly. "but, after a while I began to accept it, I came to terms with the fact that he didn't love me. Now all that really matters is that he is happy, and I hope this person that means so much to him will feel the same."
I looked down at the ground not knowing what to say. "are you going to the beach?" she asks, trying to change the subject. I look up at her to see her smiling at me. I smile back. "yea." I say "we are meeting our new friends in a few minutes, would you like to come?" I ask. "id love to, I'll go change" She says as she heads back inside.
I smiled and looked at the ocean. 'maybe there is a chance' I thought.
Just then I heard the porch door open. I turned and saw Sasuke standing there wearing plane dark blue swimming shorts. My mouth unconsciously opened as I stared at him. He was casually leaning against the wall of the house his arms crossing over his bare chest with a towel draped over his shoulder. He was very lean and I could see his traces of muscle in his chest and arms. His swim shorts hung snugly on his hips and the suns rays shined on him giving him a godlike look.
He made a small fake cough that brought me out of my thoughts. I looked up at him form where I was sitting. He raised one of his eyebrows as if to ask 'what are you staring at'. I realized I was blushing and quickly looked away to try to hide my blush hoping he wouldn't notice it. What would he think if he found out I was practically drooling over his body! Not that I was doing a good job of hiding it.
If he noticed my blush he wasn't saying anything about it, which was good on my part. How would I explain my blushing? He walked next to me and sat down watching the ocean. We sat in silence, it wasn't an uncomfortable silence, it was actually quite comfortable. Just sitting there enjoying each others company.
Just then Duo walked up to us with Heero in tow. It didn't look like heero really wanted to be here. "Hey guys whats up?" asked Duo happily. I smiled and got up to meet him, Sasuke following behind me. Duo was wearing black swim shorts and Heero was wearing dark blue ones much like Sasukes. We picked a spot on the beach and started talking about our plans for today. Sasuke sat in silence listening, while Duo and I tried to talk Heero into playing in the water with us.
'I swear Heero is just as stubborn as Sasuke is' I mused to myself. Sakura then came out and joined us. I introduced her to Heero and Duo. She seemed to really like them, in which I was happy about. 'I wonder if Kakashi would like them too?' I wondered.
After a few minutes WuFei arrived and Duo immediately started trying to get him to agree to go in the water when Quatre and Trowa arrived. Just then we heard a high pitched voice yell from down the beach. "HEEROOOOOOOO!" the voice called. Everybody looked over to see Relena in a pink bathing suite running over to us. I didn't even want to look over at Heero and Duo and see the sadness in their eyes.
"OH HEERO!" Relena cried as she jumped into Heeros arms and gave him a hug. Heero just stood there, unresponsive. 'you'd think that girl would take a hint." I thought as she told Heero about her day and scolded him for not telling her where he would be. Duo stood there, not even trying to smile, sadness and anger filling his eyes. I looked over at Sasuke and Sakura neither of them seemed to like Relena. "Stupid onna" I heard WuFei say as he sat down on a towel. I frowned at Relena, I didn't even know her and I didn't like her. Despite the fact that she did this to Heero and Duo, she didn't even acknowledge anyone except Heero.
Just then Quatre and Trowa arrived. They walked down the beach hand in hand, not caring what other people thought of them. The sight of them made me smile, I wanted that kind of relationship. "Hi guys." Quatre said with a smile, as Trowa nodded to us in acknowledgment. Their smiles faded when they saw Relena though. And Quatre looked sympathetically over to Duo.
Relena looked over at Quatre and Trowa and frowned. "Look at those faggots Heero, its so disgusting, lets go" she said not to quietly. That really pissed me off. My eyes narrowed and I turned to her. I was about to yell at her then beat the shit out of her when someone placed a hand on my shoulder. I looked behind me to see Sasuke. He shook his head slightly. I stared at him for a second then relaxed a little bit.
Heero didn't look to happy about what she said either. His eyes narrowed as he talked to her. "I am not going anywhere." He said in a calmly, "but you on the other hand, can leave." She looked at him for a second then sat down on a towel, making Heero sit down with her. "But I wanted to spend my day with you." She said. Heero just sat there and stared at Duo sympathetically.
Everyone sat down and semi glared at Relena, but she didn't seem to notice. Our conversation soon picked up, and everyone was ignoring Relenas presence.
"A dance is gonna be held tonight" said Quatre happily "We should all go." "OH! A dance! We should go together Heero!" said Relena as she clung to Heeros arm. Quatre covered his mouth realizing the mistake he made as he silently apologized to Duo. Duo just smiled sadly. "Your parents will be happy to have you go with me" Relena continued. I glared at her, silently wishing I could kill her. I watched as Heero and Duo stared at each other. Their eyes held such love for one another in them. It was sad watching them, the pain I feel is nothing compared to theirs. 'This isn't right' I thought. 'They shouldn't have to go through this, if it weren't for Heeros parents then they could be together.'
Just then I got an idea. I looked one more time at Heero and Duo, then I got up and ran. I had to fix this, I couldn't let them hurt anymore. I could hear everyone's voices yelling after me, and soon Sasuke was chasing me. I didn't even have to look back to know it was him following me. He was the only one fast enough to catch up to me.
I stopped when I was far enough away from the others, because I knew Sasuke wouldn't let me go without telling him why I ran away. He stopped next to me and silently asked me why I ran. "I cant watch them anymore." I said. "they shouldn't have to go through that, they love each other too much." I said sadly. "its not your problem" he said calmly. I looked at him and smiled. "it is now, they deserve to be happy and I'm not gonna sit back and watch while they get hurt." He just stared at me with an expression on his face I couldn't read. "and plus, I don't like Relena" I said with a grin. He smiled at me, not one of those fake smiles, but a real one. my heart skipped a beat, its shouldn't be possible for someone to be this beautiful. "You always care too much." He said calmly as he reached a hand up and caressed my face. My eyes widened slightly and a small blush rose to my cheeks.
He smiled as he placed a soft kiss on my cheek. "Just be careful ok?" he said. My hand unconsciously reached up and touched my cheek, I simply nodded unable to speak. He smiled again and left. I stood still for a while, trying to grasp what had happened. My cheek still tingled from the kiss. Dare I even think that he felt the same wa about me?
I then snapped out of my trance and decided to think about Sasuke later. I ran down the street in the direction of Heeros house thinking about the task that was ahead of me.
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Well that's the end of chapter 9. Again sorry about taking so long to post this, I hope its not turning out too bad. Thank you to all who Review! I LOVE YOU ALL!