"Sasuke, hold on - "
"I said show me your real self!" Sasuke growled. Naruko could feel the heat radiating from his body.
"Please listen to me, Sasuke!"
"I don't want to listen to you if you're not going to change back!"
"Matte, Sas - "
The door slamming interrupted Naruko as she slumped down in shock. A tear rolled down her tan cheek. "If you won't listen to me. . .I'll make you." Naruko whispered. She disappeared in a puff of smoke.
~
Sasuke sighed as he sat atop the Hokage monument. He looked down at the town, feeling dizzy and picking himself back up before he fell. All this time, Naruko was someone he knew almost all his life. How could she do this to him after he fell in love with her.
Or him.
Sasuke picked himself up. "I loved you, Naruko." he said to himself, "Do I still?" Sasuke didn't want to think of someone who would fall in and out of love so easily. It wasn't so easy to just forget about Naruko, he couldn't just make it happen in a second.
And he didn't want to, either.
But he felt like he was being played! Did he love Naruto? Of course he did. But he didn't feel like Naruto could be trusted anymore.
Instead, Sasuke decided to go talk to someone he did trust. He disappeared like Naruko had before.
~
"Ino! Ino, let me in!" Naruko pounded on Ino's door. "I know you're there!"
Ino and Shikamaru had been newlywed, just like Naruko and Sasuke. But it took a while for Ino to realize her feelings for Shikamaru, and she considered Naruko marrying Sasuke a favor now. But she still held a grudge against Naruko.
"Go away, blondie."
"You're a blonde too!" Naruko smirked as the door creaked a little open.
"What the hell do you want?"
"To talk. . ."
"About what." The door was slowly closing.
"Sasuke." Naruko could feel the opening getting smaller. "Before you close the door on me, it's really important and Sasuke thinks I'm someone I'm not and - " Naruko said very quickly hoping Ino wouldn't shut the door in her face.
Ino shut the door in Naruko's face. Naruko sighed. 'I was hoping you wouldn't make me come to this. . .' she thought.
"Fine. . .I'll go talk to Shikamaru then. . ." Naruko said in a sing-song voice. The door immediately opened.
"Come in quickly before I change my mind." Naruko smiled triumphantly.
~
"So why do you hate me so much?" Naruko asked the pony- tailed housewife. Ino grumbled.
"Take off those ridiculous pigtails."
"They're not ridiculous!"
"Take them off or I won't talk to you." Naruko sighed in defeat and took down her pigtails.
"Now put them in a pony-tail."
"Nani?"
"Just put them up!" Naruko did as she was told before Ino dragged her over to a mirror. Both girls looked like immediate twins.
"Now you know why I hate you so much."
"What? Just because I look like you?"
"You do not! I'm much more attractive!" Ino retaliated. Naruko held her fingers to her forehead.
"Now you're confusing me. . ."
"I was the best blonde in town until you showed up!" Ino shouted.
"It doesn't matter, Ino! What do you think I should do? Dye my hair black or something?" Naruko joked. An evil grin crept onto Ino's features.
"Ohhhh, no you won't Ino, you will not!" Naruko backed away from Ino. Ino sighed as she plopped herself back down in her seat.
"Now what did you come here for?"
~
Shikamaru tapped his fingers on his table, listening to Sasuke's speech.
"Naruko's been lying to me for all these years! I thought I could trust her and - "
"Hold on, you're saying the same thing over and over again. . ." Shikamaru stopped Sasuke in mid-sentence.
No one in town expected Sasuke to ever be worrying or rambling over anything at all, but they didn't know the real Sasuke. Only two people did - Shikamaru and Naruko. And once they did, they weren't sure if it was a good thing or not. Sasuke kept talking and talking when he was angry. But then again, it was better than him just sitting there and keeping it bottled up until he exploded in front of someone.
"Naruko's just. . .not the person I used to know."
"Oh, you're worried about *that*, aren't you?" Shikamaru said knowingly. Sasuke shook his head as a blush crept onto his cheeks.
"No! I am not, it's just that. . ." Sasuke stopped himself from saying the rest. Shikamaru cocked an eyebrow.
"Just that. . .?"
"Remember Naruto?"
"Yeah. . ."
"Naruko is Naruto."
"What?" Sasuke pulled back, frightened of what Shikamaru would think.
"Naruko /is/ Naruto." he repeated. Shikamaru blinked, surprised, then relaxed again.
"Ah. . .it makes sense, I guess."
"What do you think I should do? This is awkward, you know."
"Well, you fell in love with her, didn't you?"
"Of course I did."
"Then there's only one thing to do."
~
"Thanks for helping me, Ino, but I should go find Sasuke before he thinks about a divorce."
"Whatever." Naruto scoffed and disappeared once again. Ino shut the door angrily. 'How dare she just come over here like I'm her friend. . .' she thought. But then again, maybe she and Naruko did have some sort of friendship. Just like her's and Sakura's.
~
"So what's your plan?" Shikamaru asked Sasuke.
"Do you think Naruko will break up with me if she sees me with another woman?"
"What kind of plan is that?" Shikamaru gaped, "Why can't you just accept the fact that you're damn GAY?"
"Because she - he's been lying to me all this time!"
"Anyways" Sasuke continued, "I'm going to get Sakura to agree to go on a date with me and I'll get Naruko to see. . ."
"Wait! Sakura? Doesn't she have big-eyebrows?"
"Lee will understand. . ."
Shikamaru sighed. "I don't want any part of this. Just keep me out of it."
Sasuke lowered his head. "I just want. . .to forget about her." Shikamaru felt a pang of pain in his chest.
"It takes a lifetime to forget about someone."
"I know." Sasuke puffed into a puff of smoke, with his scheme in mind.
Meanwhile, Naruko watched, hurt, making a plan of her own.
~
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"I said show me your real self!" Sasuke growled. Naruko could feel the heat radiating from his body.
"Please listen to me, Sasuke!"
"I don't want to listen to you if you're not going to change back!"
"Matte, Sas - "
The door slamming interrupted Naruko as she slumped down in shock. A tear rolled down her tan cheek. "If you won't listen to me. . .I'll make you." Naruko whispered. She disappeared in a puff of smoke.
~
Sasuke sighed as he sat atop the Hokage monument. He looked down at the town, feeling dizzy and picking himself back up before he fell. All this time, Naruko was someone he knew almost all his life. How could she do this to him after he fell in love with her.
Or him.
Sasuke picked himself up. "I loved you, Naruko." he said to himself, "Do I still?" Sasuke didn't want to think of someone who would fall in and out of love so easily. It wasn't so easy to just forget about Naruko, he couldn't just make it happen in a second.
And he didn't want to, either.
But he felt like he was being played! Did he love Naruto? Of course he did. But he didn't feel like Naruto could be trusted anymore.
Instead, Sasuke decided to go talk to someone he did trust. He disappeared like Naruko had before.
~
"Ino! Ino, let me in!" Naruko pounded on Ino's door. "I know you're there!"
Ino and Shikamaru had been newlywed, just like Naruko and Sasuke. But it took a while for Ino to realize her feelings for Shikamaru, and she considered Naruko marrying Sasuke a favor now. But she still held a grudge against Naruko.
"Go away, blondie."
"You're a blonde too!" Naruko smirked as the door creaked a little open.
"What the hell do you want?"
"To talk. . ."
"About what." The door was slowly closing.
"Sasuke." Naruko could feel the opening getting smaller. "Before you close the door on me, it's really important and Sasuke thinks I'm someone I'm not and - " Naruko said very quickly hoping Ino wouldn't shut the door in her face.
Ino shut the door in Naruko's face. Naruko sighed. 'I was hoping you wouldn't make me come to this. . .' she thought.
"Fine. . .I'll go talk to Shikamaru then. . ." Naruko said in a sing-song voice. The door immediately opened.
"Come in quickly before I change my mind." Naruko smiled triumphantly.
~
"So why do you hate me so much?" Naruko asked the pony- tailed housewife. Ino grumbled.
"Take off those ridiculous pigtails."
"They're not ridiculous!"
"Take them off or I won't talk to you." Naruko sighed in defeat and took down her pigtails.
"Now put them in a pony-tail."
"Nani?"
"Just put them up!" Naruko did as she was told before Ino dragged her over to a mirror. Both girls looked like immediate twins.
"Now you know why I hate you so much."
"What? Just because I look like you?"
"You do not! I'm much more attractive!" Ino retaliated. Naruko held her fingers to her forehead.
"Now you're confusing me. . ."
"I was the best blonde in town until you showed up!" Ino shouted.
"It doesn't matter, Ino! What do you think I should do? Dye my hair black or something?" Naruko joked. An evil grin crept onto Ino's features.
"Ohhhh, no you won't Ino, you will not!" Naruko backed away from Ino. Ino sighed as she plopped herself back down in her seat.
"Now what did you come here for?"
~
Shikamaru tapped his fingers on his table, listening to Sasuke's speech.
"Naruko's been lying to me for all these years! I thought I could trust her and - "
"Hold on, you're saying the same thing over and over again. . ." Shikamaru stopped Sasuke in mid-sentence.
No one in town expected Sasuke to ever be worrying or rambling over anything at all, but they didn't know the real Sasuke. Only two people did - Shikamaru and Naruko. And once they did, they weren't sure if it was a good thing or not. Sasuke kept talking and talking when he was angry. But then again, it was better than him just sitting there and keeping it bottled up until he exploded in front of someone.
"Naruko's just. . .not the person I used to know."
"Oh, you're worried about *that*, aren't you?" Shikamaru said knowingly. Sasuke shook his head as a blush crept onto his cheeks.
"No! I am not, it's just that. . ." Sasuke stopped himself from saying the rest. Shikamaru cocked an eyebrow.
"Just that. . .?"
"Remember Naruto?"
"Yeah. . ."
"Naruko is Naruto."
"What?" Sasuke pulled back, frightened of what Shikamaru would think.
"Naruko /is/ Naruto." he repeated. Shikamaru blinked, surprised, then relaxed again.
"Ah. . .it makes sense, I guess."
"What do you think I should do? This is awkward, you know."
"Well, you fell in love with her, didn't you?"
"Of course I did."
"Then there's only one thing to do."
~
"Thanks for helping me, Ino, but I should go find Sasuke before he thinks about a divorce."
"Whatever." Naruto scoffed and disappeared once again. Ino shut the door angrily. 'How dare she just come over here like I'm her friend. . .' she thought. But then again, maybe she and Naruko did have some sort of friendship. Just like her's and Sakura's.
~
"So what's your plan?" Shikamaru asked Sasuke.
"Do you think Naruko will break up with me if she sees me with another woman?"
"What kind of plan is that?" Shikamaru gaped, "Why can't you just accept the fact that you're damn GAY?"
"Because she - he's been lying to me all this time!"
"Anyways" Sasuke continued, "I'm going to get Sakura to agree to go on a date with me and I'll get Naruko to see. . ."
"Wait! Sakura? Doesn't she have big-eyebrows?"
"Lee will understand. . ."
Shikamaru sighed. "I don't want any part of this. Just keep me out of it."
Sasuke lowered his head. "I just want. . .to forget about her." Shikamaru felt a pang of pain in his chest.
"It takes a lifetime to forget about someone."
"I know." Sasuke puffed into a puff of smoke, with his scheme in mind.
Meanwhile, Naruko watched, hurt, making a plan of her own.
~
AsnGothic: Yes, a cliffhanger. Deal.