Author Note: Thank you all for every review I've got on this story. This is the new edited version of chapter 3, I finally fixed the grammar mistakes I made. Also, I want to apologize for a note I left in the old chapter 3, I made a comment that maybe wasn't so great to say but at that time I had been hurt deeply by someone I thought was a friend. So I just wrote it to get it out, sorry. If you want to read the old author note you have it below. Enjoy this re-made chapter.
Old author note: Thank you all for the reviews I got. Never have my inbox been more filled then now. If I can hold onto myself over the next week with all the test's I have to do in school then thing's will go much easier for me to write... probably... ... Well I won't hold you up for much longer, just also wanted to say that inspiration is returning to me
Parings: Still is SasuNaru but if you've read the 2 previous chapters then you already know that. If you have hard times reading shounen-ai fictions then turn around.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, I'm only playing a little with them.
Ranting: (PG) T - for slightly bad languish and for what the future holds, I'm not good at ranting so you tell me if it's to high or low.
Itsu Made Mo Dobe
Written by Monkan
Chapter 3 - Meeting Again
200 Years Later
It was a busy day in Konoha as the villager's prepared for the market. Some people had already opened and were fully busy with selling. Others were shopping for the night celebration.
Today was the celebration of 200 years of peace the fire country had had. But it was also the anniversary of the 6th Hokage and his body guard and best friend deaths. It had become a custom to honour the day of when the bodyguard and formerly hated demon host, Uzumaki Naruto, sacrificed his life to save his best friend and former team mate, Uchiha Sasuke. Even if Sasuke hadn't died literally that day, people's story that had passed down in generation said that he had died in his heart on the day he lost his friend.
People said it was because of his close friendship to Naruto and the blonds sudden and unnecessarily death that lead to his suicide. The suicide had happened on the day same that the fire country celebrated the new peace treaty, that day set the mark of well fare in the countries.
Naruto may have been the vessel for Kyuubi and in many peoples opinion's back then a monster but he had thrown away his life and dreams to protect some one important to him and it was not something they could ignore. After he had died many of the villagers were happy that he was finally gone but as time passed they actually started to miss the hyperactive shinobi that had somehow melted into their daily life. The people that hanged around the ramen shop thought sometimes that they would hear him order ramen. But time passed and they never heard his loud voice again and the quiet echo that was left behind for those that remembered him was defeating.
As for the 6th, people honoured his name and what he had accomplice for Hidden Leaf. For some reason The 6th had never gotten his face on the Hokage Mountain before he died, how that was possible remained a mystery for everyone. No one found a single picture of him that had been taken of him in the last few years of his life.
It wasn't until Naruto's friend had gotten the courage to clean out his apartment when they found, not one but a box of both Naruto and Sasuke.
All where taken in Naruto's place and mostly they smiled or smiled, holding each other around the waist or shoulders like good friends. Sometimes there were pictures when one of them or both had fallen asleep on the same couch or rested against each other. One of them, mostly Naruto, would sit in the other's lap, resting against his chest, the other one with his arms around his companion's waist, resting his head on his friends shoulder with his eyes closed, both clearly sleeping. They just looked so innocent and ignorant of the world around them. Some were also taken just for fun, when the other was asleep, eating, brushing teeth's, changing clothes, Naruto writing on Sasuke face while he slept, Naruto with a big bump on his head and an angry Sasuke in the background. Both normal and special events in their lives.
There had been many pictures of them, almost too many. One, probably the last taken, was with Naruto in his ANBU uniform. Head band on his forehead and a holster on his leg. He stood with his back against Sasuke's. He in his turn had on a pair of white long legged pants and a dark blue long sleeved shirt with a wide neck line, the cursed seal on his neck was partly visible. His black hair was in its normal condition around his pale face, he held the Hokage in his right hand while he held onto one of Naruto's hands with his left. Naruto held a kunai in his free hand. Both faced the camera, Naruto with his trademark fox smile while Sasuke had a smirk on his lips. Both looked truly happy in that moment.
The sole member of the former team 7 and her sensei had come to the 5th in order to ask if they could raise a personal memorial for their friends.
With the help from Sakura's friends and peers Sakura managed through the blast of losing the two person's that had come to mean so much to her. She felt partly guilty for not being there when it all happened and there were clearly a big part of their life that she hadn't been a part of and that made her both angry and disappointed at herself. The others felt that they owned it to their fallen comrades to be there.
They met as often as they could so they wouldn't lose contact with each other and lose something important between them.
Lee continued to ask Sakura out and eventually, after more rejection than he could count, she agreed to go on a date with him. She eventually got over her grief and started a new future, and believe it or not, with Lee too. Sakura realized that she had come to love Lee as time passed and when he proposed oe day she said yes.
Neji found Hinata one day at the training site where she sat and cried. Neji had walked up to her and talked to her, something that sometimes happened a few years after the first Chuunin exam. In Hinata he had found that she was more like him that one could think, lonely and stuck in the middle of the conflict between the Hyuuga families. They were good friends and were therefore understood each other better when the other needed someone to go to. Even after Hinata married Kiba she let Neji come over when he needed a place to sleep when the conflicts between the families were too big. Neji tried his best to get along with the Main family but some of them still made it extremely hard for him. He met Tenten again one day two years when he was wandering around, she had come back home after an A ranked mission and they started to date.
Shikamaru got what he wanted as a life. Once the regular girl found out what she had in front of her and Shikamaru got the girl he wanted, Ino. It played out just as Shikamaru dreamed. Two kids, job, growing old etc. and he finally learned what was so special about women.
Chouji and Shino became part of a special team of shinobi's that took care of too dangerous missions even for ANBU members.
But no matter how hard they tried they couldn't forget their friends. Hinata, Neji, Shikamaru, Chouji, Kiba and Lee had a hard time accepting that Naruto was gone for he had been the one that affected them the most even if some of them wouldn't admit it at first. How his easy-going nature and how he understood their problems and made it such an easy issue of them that they didn't seem to big anymore. Sasuke's death was hard on them too. Ino was more affected by the fact that Sasuke was gone even if she respected Naruto and missed him. Sakura grieved for both of her friends. Shino and Tenten didn't know them as good as the rest but they missed them to and cried for them, even if it didn't noticed so well on Shino.
They gathered every year to visit Naruto's and Sasuke's graves. Their first visit there, they weren't surprised when they meet Iruka on the way and he asked if he could tag along, holding a cup of ramen in his hands. But what really freaked Sakura out was by the fact that she had left a message for Kakashi-sensei that if he wanted he could come with them. When they got there Kakashi was already there. Never in her whole life did her former sensei come before her or the others to anything and what was more, never had she seen the tears roll from his only visible eye.
-o-o-o-o-o-
A boy around 17 years walked along the streets of Konoha. His black hair with blue highlights was tied back in a low pony-tail but it still left strands of hair to cover the sides of his pale face. His dark and light looks contrasted against each other, making him look like an angel. He wore dark pants and a blue t-shirt.
Many of the girls that saw him walk by started to giggle and tried to catch his attention. But he spent them no thought.
"There he is."
"Isn't he just cute?"
"He actually look's so gorgeous. You know the one he's named after."
"You mean Uchiha Sasuke?"
"Yes. It's really sad to know how the Uchiha Clan almost came to extinction."
"The 6th didn't have any children when he died, how did the clan survive?"
"Were you asleep during class or what? It was the daughter of the 6th's brother that saved them."
"Itachi! The traitor's daughter?"
"Yeah, to think he would kill every one of their clan only to end up saving them."
"But at least Sasuke have got his heart and look's from the 6th. Even if the 6th didn't have any children, he and his brother were very much alike in looks. And they were brothers so technically "our" Sasuke is from the 6th's blood."
And so it went with the whispers behind his back. How his clan was saved by the traitor and how much he resembled the great Uchiha Sasuke. He was sick of it.
But it wasn't the only thing he had in common with the 6th. Just like the 6th, he had an unwanted fan club that followed him ever where when he was in school and in town. He had recently given up the bath house after he found at least 9 girls trying to peek on him.
His school, he was almost sure 45 of all the girls there had chosen that school just because he had. It was an art school. (AN: I read the story 'Hero' and I just loved the idea and I didn't know what else to make of this Sasuke. Many thanks to you that writes 'Hero', can't unfortunate remember your name) Sure, he trained on his free time in different ways of kicking and hand-to-hand defence and some easy jutsu but that was it. His passion laid in his soul and to express it he had decided to become an artist. He was among the best talented from what he heard the teacher's say. He had great scores and was talented but still he didn't have anyone he could call friend.
He also was an orphan. His clan still lived that was for sure. They had once again become one of the strongest clan's in Konoha. It happened when he had been eight years his parents had been killed in an accident. No one could explain how it happened. Sasuke had been on his way home when the blast happen. He had rushed to his home where the others were gathering around and someone had held him back from entering the house. Ten minutes later the corpses of his parents were brought out and after that he didn't remember anything.
Since his clan was there for him he had the option to live with someone of them but still he had withdraw from them and choose to live alone. It took him time to come over it but he did return back to them in a way, much to everyone's relief.
Right now Sasuke was on his way to his secret spot outside Konoha. A place he went to when he wanted to be alone with his thoughts and painting's. He went there whenever he could and it was great to be there for he really felt at peace once he was there. Like he belonged there and... he knew it sounded silly but it felt like he wasn't alone at the same time.
To lose the annoying girls he took a special route and once again succeeded in shaking them of within the course of one minute.
He walked through the woods until he could see the bright sunlight break through the leaves. Then he was there, out in a meadow and in the middle was a cherry tree. It was big and beautiful. The light pink flower's was in full bloom as they hung heavy on the branches, pointing down toward the ground. This was one of the most beautiful place's he knew of around Konoha. That was why he didn't tell anyone about it. Call him childish but this place had a special, if not magical touch to it. Something unspeakable that remained, year after year, waiting for something to come.
But something was wrong with the picture today. Some one else was there.
Some one lay under the cherry tree. A bag lay on the ground beside him. Slightly angry Sasuke walked closer to notice the other person had striking blond hair that still fell in bangs around his face. He was probably the same age Sasuke was. He wore bright orange pants and a black shirt. Three whisker marks on each cheek. The stranger had his eyes closed. Sasuke stopped for a minute to admire the stranger.
'He's beautiful.'
"Are you just going to stand there or do you want me something?"
Startled out of his thought's Sasuke looked into a pair of blue eyes.
"Who are you?" It was the first question that came to his mind.
Smiling slightly the blond thought he could have some fun with this guy that seemed annoyed of him being there.
"Who do you want me to be?"
"Excuse me?"
"Never mind, I'm a traveller. I came this way when I found this place and decided to take a break before I continue to my next job."
"I see, but you still haven't told me your name." Sasuke said.
"Does it matter?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Because."
"That's not a question."
"It's the same with your answer. You didn't give me your name."
"I wasn't aware I had to."
"It's not very polite to be so rude. You're annoying."
"I'm not annoying, just who I am."
"Damn it, will you answer my question or what."
"I have answered you as much as I want." He could see the tension in Sasuke's jaw.
"All right, what is your name?" Sasuke tried to calm his rising temper. How was it possible for a stranger to get on his nerves so fast?
"I can't tell you!"
"Why not?"
"Because I don't have to."
"Why not?" Sasuke pressed.
"You didn't say please."
That was it, he was now angry. Violence hadn't been something he liked since he was a little kid but he really wanted to beat up this boy. Sasuke knew he needed to get his anger under control or he wouldn't be responsible for his actions, with a cough he said slowly, "can you tell me your name, please?"
He said while he looked away.
"Hmm... no..."
A nerve twisted on Sasuke's head as he turned his head back to look with a glare at the other boy. Who the hell does he think he is?
The blond decided he had enough fun on this guy's bill. "If you just wanted me to leave then you could had just said it." He got up and grabbed his bag. Throwing it over his shoulder. He looked at the dark haired boy, taking in the expression he got. How elegant he stood there with a sketch book in one hand and a pencil behind his ear. He was brought up well, but was reluctant to share his thoughts with anyone, good looks, a sharp mind from what he could gather and angry like hell. The blond smiled wide.
"Naruto." He said.
"What?"
"My name is Naruto" The blond said again. "What's yours?"
Feeling awkward to the fact on how this conversation turned so fast and the anger was gone. "Sasuke."
Silence fell over them as they just stood there and looked at each other.
Naruto was the first break the situation he turned around and left. Sasuke watched Naruto's back, staring at it for as long as he could until he was gone.
"Naruto... ne..." Sasuke whispered to himself. The wind decided to play with his hair.
... sasuke...
'Wha..?' Sasuke looked around. Had he actually heard someone call his name or had the wind just played a trick on him? The next thing he knew he could feel his eyes close on its own and his ears listen carefully to the wind.
"Sasuke, do you think this will last?"
"What do you mean?"
"I don't want this to end. I'm happy just being here. Truth is I haven't felt like everything is so perfect in a long time. I don't want this to end."
"I don't want this to end either."
Sasuke opened his eyes in shock. What the hell was that, did he just imagine it or... he didn't know what to believe. Was he going crazy or was someone playing a trick on him?
That day Sasuke didn't draw anything for his thoughts were on the blond, still stranger, Naruto. 'I don't know why but I hope I will see him again.'
TBC...
Author Note: OMG, did I really write this author note below? Unbelievable, I must have been on crack that year. I felt slightly ashamed over it when I read through it so I erased some of it. Well, two big projects are done now and I only have two more weeks until summer vacation. I will have more time to write, if only we can get the net back home it would make it easier too. I've also made a decision to go abroad when I graduate. What I will do, I have no idea. Still haven't told my parents and I won't until there's only a few weeks until I'm going so they won't stop me.
Old author note: Well, what do you think? Let me know... I knew how I wanted it to continue but not HOW to write it so I hope you'll like this... I have big planes for them and when I'm in the mode I can and will screw up their lives big time... hehe... I have no idea how long this story will last. It can be over if I only write two-three more chapters after the ones I'm done with or I can make this a really long story. ANYWAY, I don't know how this will progress... School is taking up much time right now with exams this week so I will probably be exhausted when it's over. I think or more like know that I have to re-take the math B tests again. Half of us failed probably because we got to have 9 out of 12 questions right to pass this course. I don't think no one could the last three...! 'scratching the back of my head'
When I posted the first chapter I couldn't believe it when some one reviewed on it and said that it was awesome, I had a hard time write it the first time cause I had never written a battle scene before so I read it thought once and then added a lot to it and the result was what you read. I feel so proud of myself... It isn't easy with the grammas but I'm working on it... I'm making progress in it...