Authors Note: Sorry that this chapter took time too, but as I told you I
had a project to finish and after that I found out that one of my friends
had big problems so that kept me distracted for a few days, but hopefully
I'm back on track now :) I'd like to thank you all that have followed this
story from the beginning to the end and you that jumped on, on the way...
It has been fun and I'm glad that I wrote this one... I still have to
update the other two too. The last one got pretty long but I wanted to have
all the scenes in it and then they got longer than expected... but I don't
think that you were complaining though! :)
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, Kishimoto Masashi does. And he's doing a great job too. :D
Pairings: SasuNaru =YAOI.... like always, if you don't like it, don't read...don't blame me if you do. It's completely your choice.
Since the changes in the upload I'll use '.....' in this chapter for thoughts and scene or Pov changes will be oOo...
Please follow my R.E.R motto :) Read, Enjoy and Review!
Itsu made mo, dobe
Written by Monkan and Edited by Asaroth
Chapter 14 - The Sealed Fate
3 years later...
Sakura petals danced around the school yard. The air was filled with laughter and happy chatting as families and friends waited for the graduating students to come out. At the edge of the crowd, stood a young man with spiky blonde hair. His sky blue eyes wandered from face to face as he too waited for someone that was graduating today.
For the past 3 years he had worked as a Leaf ANBU and rumours said that he was the best in what ever mission his team took. He never left anyone on his team behind even if it could compromise their mission. Because the Hokage hadn't known what team to put him in, Naruto had worked with many different people and they all loved to work with him. He didn't know what was so great about him, he was the same as always and still when he met his team, new or old comrades, they all greeted him with a friendly face and words that matched their faces. He was now 20 years old and had a lifetime of experience as a shinobi and everything that came with it, but he was still the same person.
Maybe it was that he let people get close to him now after everything that had happened in his life. Now that he had precious people it felt much better than the hole of emptiness that had filled his heart. Naruto smiled slightly. And it was still just as great to tease Sakura and Ino that Sasuke was HIS boyfriend like it had been the first time 3 years ago.
He looked down at the single rose he held in his hand, it was red. He had seen it on his way here and at first he hadn't thought about a present for Sasuke, but once he saw the flower standing alone in the flower shop he couldn't help it. What he had done didn't hit him until he had walked up to the school and felt slightly embarrassed about it, but when he saw others holding presents of every kind it had washed away.
He had been on a mission for a few days and had come home just an hour after Sasuke had left this morning. He really had hoped when he got the C ranked mission that he would make it home jus in time to get ready and then meet Sasuke as he walked out of school. After all the troubles they went through it looked as if all his plans would crash but somehow it had worked out.
'Somehow? It was my team that made sure of it. I have to thank them tomorrow.' Naruto thought.
Naruto heard a couple of doors open that were followed with more laughter and applauses. Naruto tried to see Sasuke among the sea of now ex-students. It was harder than he had ever imagined. How many students are there in this school?
Naruto stood on tiptoe in hope to see better, no such luck. He managed to catch a brief glimpse of other people he had come to know, but none of them was his koibito. Naruto saw a bunch of kids run his way and he jumped out of their way before he was run over. 'Kids!'
When Naruto turned around he saw a head with black hair through the crowd. His heart skipped a beat.
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Sasuke looked around as his eyes searched for someone. Some of his closest Uchiha relatives had already come up to him and congratulated him on his entrance into the working world. He was glad but it wasn't them he was looking for. Naruto hadn't been home yet when he left this morning, but he had really hoped that he would wait for him outside now.
Some kids ran past him and pushed him slightly. He turned to look after them only for a moment when he saw a blond person jump out of their way too. Sasuke stood where he was and he just looked at the smiling face.
When Naruto turned around and saw him too he was sure that he would always keep this sight in his heart.
To him, it looked like an angel was waiting for him with his blond hair that had grown a little longer during the past 3 years and the brilliant blue eyes that shined like the clear summer sky, the lean body that was stronger than it looked was dressed in a pair of pale blue pants and a yellow shirt. His angel stood there among the cherry blossoms, waiting, smiling at him.
They stood there for what seemed like forever, but neither noticed that it was only a minute or two. Sasuke walked slowly over to Naruto. When the blond man smiled at him he couldn't help but to feel light-headed. As Sasuke reached him he couldn't control his reaction and reached out with his hand and placed it on Naruto's cheeks before kissing him softly.
'Sweet heaven, what have I done to deserve this angel?'
When the need for air was too demanding they pulled apart and looked at each other with a faint blush covering their cheeks.
"Congratulations, Sasu-koi." Naruto said, still a little breathless.
"Arigatou." Sasuke replied while he was holding onto Naruto's arm.
Naruto held up the rose to Sasuke and felt his face become a little hotter. Sasuke took it after a moment and gave Naruto a kiss on his cheek. "Thanks." Sasuke whispered.
Naruto gave Sasuke his fox smile as he felt his heart fly away in happiness. Naruto reached up and grasped Sasuke's hand. "Come on!" He said and walked away with Sasuke from all the others at the school.
Neither of them noticed the smiling face's of the people around them. Well, there were a pink and a yellow haired girl that weren't as happy as the rest but who cared?
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From the ground that was below the faces of the first Hokages of Konoha, stood an old man watching the village below him. More precisely a blond and dark haired couple leaving Konoha's Art School. Beside him stood a man, leaning against the railing that surrounded the cliff. His purple eyes followed them as they moved over to a shop to get something to eat.
"He sure has grown." The man said.
The Hokage nodded. "Hai. It's hard to think Naruto was that strong 3 years ago has grown so much since he came to Konoha." The old man looked at his companion. "Will it be hard for you to leave him here?"
The purple eyed man watched as the blond shinobi reached for his lover's hand that held a glass with some kind of liquid, taking a sip from it.
"No, this is my job. I can't get emotionally attached to someone that is alive. It would be impossible." He saw Sasuke whisper something to Naruto. "Even if I would miss him, there is nothing I can do about it." He looked over to the old man beside him. "I've watched Naruto for over 14 years. Now, I don't have to be around anymore because I know that he will be alright now. His future is practically sealed now."
He looked down just in time to catch a glimpse of the two persons in question share a kiss before they were interrupted by two girls that tried to pull Sasuke away from the other one. The pink haired girl held onto Sasuke's arm while the blonde one clung to Sasuke's neck. The Hokage smiled. "Even if he still has to fight for what he wants."
The stranger gave something between a groan and moan in reply. The girls were fast, but Naruto was faster and soon both Sasuke and Naruto were sitting on the roof with their food and drinks. The man could see that Naruto was sticking his tongue out to the two girls.
"He's still so childish." He sighed. "That can't be helped, that's how he is and he didn't have a childhood where he could live it all out. At first I wondered if it was right to bring him into the cursed world so early, but that isn't an option for me to think of. When I am given a mission or promise, I follow them through for as long as I have to."
The old man nodded as he followed the other man's eyes and watched the scene unfold. The girls were shouting something to Naruto and he answered just as loudly and after that swept Sasuke so he was laying flat on the roof before being showered with kisses. The girls had eyes like saucers and their chins to the ground.
"Not that it's any of my business, but how long have you had this mission?" The Hokage asked.
The purple eyed man smiled. "Since I talked to someone that looked exactly like him."
"Are you talking about..."
He nodded. "Hai, Yondaime. But that was in the past that I would watch over Yondaime. Did you think that he would just leave the little brat alone? When he died he asked me to watch after Naruto. Even if he never knew he was never alone. I was there with him all the time. His pain, failures and when he found friends and love."
"That's not something that is easy to do, is it? Without being affected I mean. I wouldn't be able to do your job and just stand back and do nothing." The old man smiled at his companion after a moment of quiet thoughts. "But then again, I'm more human than you."
The man's face didn't betray a single thing. "I said that people like me can't get emotionally attached to someone in the living world. No matter what happened, I couldn't interfere. They had to shape their own lives as they walked along the path together. There is nothing I can do as a Watcher. A Watcher is only a Watcher. We can't do anything that we aren't supposed to do and that is watching over the cursed ANBU we chose. I admired the reason of his death and I made a promise as I watched his lover slowly fade away until he took his life at his beloved's grave. Before I first met the kid again, almost 180 years later, I thought that my promise would be for nothing, but when he walked down that street something that isn't supposed to happen to a Watcher did, I felt a new sense of hope. I knew that if I made him a cursed ANBU I could make sure that he would survive until they met again. I didn't know if the other one would live another life at the same time as Naruto, but I had to take the chance. Now I know that I chose the right thing."
He paused in his speech and saw Naruto and Sasuke walk away from the two crying girls.
"I wonder what he would say if he knew that watchers are closer to Kyuubi than any other living thing in this world." The Watcher looked deep in thoughts for a moment before shrugging it off and turning around to face the old man fully. "I will be leaving soon to go home but I will be back sometime to check on him." He turned to walk away.
"I thought that Watchers didn't get emotionally attached to the livings?" The Hokage said.
"Unfortunately for me I became attached to that young man when he died 200 years ago." The Watcher admitted. He didn't have to look to know the human was smiling at him. He took a few steps until he was standing in the shadow. There he turned around and his purple eyes held a strange glow in them that startled the Hokage. "To answer your question from this morning. Yes, I think that you can't make a better choice, but wait a few years before making it official."
Before the Hokage could answer the Watcher was gone.
The old man took in what just happen. He gave a slight chuckle as he turned toward the village again. "Arigatou for your approval." He motioned for the shinobi that had stood in the shadows all the time to come forward and send him away to search for someone.
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Naruto and Sasuke laughed as they entered the park. They didn't want to go home just yet. They saw that many of the graduating students were having a party with their families so that made it harder to search for a private spot but they finally found one.
Sasuke took off his school uniform jacket and sat down in the soft grass just a moment before Naruto fell backwards on the ground. He had his eyes closed and the sun filtered through the leaves above them and cast a random pattern of light over them. Sasuke followed Naruto's example and laid down on his side, looking at his koibito. 'I'm so happy right now that I just want time to freeze.
"Are you just going to stare at me?" Naruto asked as he opened one eye and looked at Sasuke.
He gave the blonde a smirk. "No, I'm going to do this too." He caressed Naruto's cheek before leaning forward and kissing him, playing with the other's lips. Naruto moaned into the kiss and that sent shivers down Sasuke's spine.
"Sasuke." Naruto moaned when the dark haired man started to kiss his neck. Sasuke kissed his way back up to Naruto's mouth and stole a kiss from his trembling lips before pulling back and watching his expression. His eyes were closed and his lips were slightly parted as he breathed hard. "I love you, Naruto."
Naruto opened his eyes and gazed at the face above him. "I love you too." He wrapped his arms around Sasuke's waist. Sasuke smiled tenderly at his koibito before lying down and resting against Naruto's body. His head on the other's shoulder. They laid there with the rays of light falling over them.
It was so peaceful there. The wind blew through the leaves of the trees making them sway and so did the sun rays, the light shinned over them.
"Uzumaki Naruto?" A voice asked.
Both of them opened their eyes and sat up to see a shinobi standing not far from them. Naruto stood up and brushed his clothes. "Hia." Sasuke still sat on the ground looking at the man.
"The Hokage wants to talk to you." He said.
"Alright. Alone?"
The man shook his head. "Not what he said."
Naruto turned around and offered his hand to Sasuke who took it without much thought and with the other's help stood up. The shinobi nodded at them before jumping away and Naruto followed with Sasuke behind him. Naruto kept the pace slow so that Sasuke could keep up. The man brought them to the place at the Hokage Mountain where the old man was waiting for Naruto.
The Hokage turned around as the shinobi informed him that they were there.
"Is anything wrong Hokage-sama?" Naruto asked.
"No. I just want to talk to you for a moment." The old man said.
"About what?" Naruto didn't know what was going on. Since when did the Hokage call for him for a small talk?
"About Konoha, but mostly about you." He said.
That made Naruto feel a little worried but he didn't show it. What had happened now? 'If someone played a prank on him I'm innocent.'
"You have become an important part of Konoha, Naruto-kun. When I first met you I would never had thought that, but now..."
Naruto blinked. "I'm sure that most people here would find it hard if you left us."
Naruto scratched the back of his head. "I wasn't aware that I was so popular here. I haven't changed much since I moved here and still...."
"You may not have noticed it, but you others have seen changes in you. One of the things why I'm having trouble placing you in a team permanently is because whatever team you are with, makes them feel like they can accomplish anything. You don't leave anyone in your team behind just because of the situation and that is something that is admirable. They know that they can always count on you to be there for them no matter what has happened." The man's eyes softened, if it even were possible from the warm look they had, making Naruto shift his weight to his other foot to make the tension he felt go away. "Konoha hit a rough spot 3 years ago. If things hadn't turned out the way they did I'm not sure that Konoha would be standing where it is now. The peace that we have worked so hard to keep could have been destroyed in an instant and we would have been facing another era of war. It would have destroyed us and thousands of people would have been slaughtered." He looked up to the faces of the first Hokages and the other two followed him. 'Where the leaves dance, fire burns. The shadow of the fire will flash over the village, and the leaves will grow once again.' That's what everyone before us died for. To make Konoha a better place where the next generation would be safe and not have to live through the pains of the past. Many died because of the dream of Konoha, but also because they had someone that was precious to them. That was the reason they were ready to throw away their own lives for the one they held close or loved." He turned his face toward them and gave them a smile. "But I guess you already knew that."
Naruto and Sasuke could feel a slight blush creep up on them. Feeling that it was time to get to the core of the matter, Naruto shook his head to get rid of some distracting thoughts. "What is the reason you asked me to come for Hokage-sama?"
The man smiled sadly. "I'm getting old Naruto. I don't want everything to end suddenly, but if there is something that you can't change it's death and time. What I'm trying to say is that I want you, Uzumaki Naruto, to take over the Hokage title."
Naruto and Sasuke stood still, had they heard right? "N-nani?" Naruto whispered.
"I think you heard me. I want you to take over the Hokage title after me. I have given this lots of thoughts because I can't give this job to just anyone. You care about the people around you and you try your best no matter what you are doing. You are always in a bright mood, you smile a lot when you are in the village and that creates an atmosphere around you that is pleasant to be in. You treat everyone with respect, but you still say what's on your mind when you see something you don't like. You make a stand for what you want and think. Just like a few minutes ago when those girls tried to steal Sasuke from you."
'The old geezer saw that?' A big sweat drop appeared on his head.
"But most importantly you have a spirit that never gives up. You have a fighting spirit that is rare, not many would go to such measures that you do when someone important is in danger. You know the hard world that exists outside these walls and because of your cursed life you have more experience than needed for this job. I know that this is a hard thing to ask you with your history of hardships, but if I asked you would you be ready to sacrifice your own life so that the one you love could live on?"
Naruto looked over to Sasuke. His eyes searched the other one's for something, like an answer of some kind. "I would always be ready to do that..." Sasuke's heart seemed to stop in fear of what he heard. No matter how much it could have meant to someone else to hear those words, Sasuke knew by heart the pain that would follow his soul if it ever happened again. The unbearable pain that tells you all the things you have wanted to say to the other person, but never got a chance to do. He met Naruto's gaze evenly until he turned his head away.
He had had enough and would have turned away to leave them alone if it weren't for the arm on his waist.
"But I don't think that the one I love would appreciate it so much and I want to spend as much time I can with that person I love right now. So don't think of me as someone that can be sacrificed as soon as the village is in trouble. I would help of course but if there were another way around it then I would take it."
The old man shook his hand in front of his face. "I didn't mean it like that. I didn't ask you to go and die for everyone. As I said I have given this some serious thought and I came to the conclusion that I can't have anyone better to continue the work for Konoha but you. It will still be a few years until it will be made official, I'm not ready to hand over the title to a 20 year old man even if he is the reborn soul from Konoha's greatest hero." He finished with a smile.
"Can I think of this for a few days?" The blond asked.
The Hokage nodded. "Sure."
Naruto turned around and slowly walked away with Sasuke not far behind him. What had happened wasn't real. He couldn't take this in like he usually did with everything else.
They walked in silence back to their house. Sasuke didn't say anything as he felt that Naruto needed some time to think about this. After a few minutes and neither of them had said a thing Naruto stood and watched out the window. Sasuke couldn't stand it anymore. He walked up to Naruto and hugged him from behind.
"What are you thinking about?" He asked Naruto.
"Everything. If I will be able to take the job or not." He said. "What do you think? Can I do it?"
Sasuke thought for a moment. "If you will be able to stand the paperwork that will follow!"
Naruto looked over his shoulder at Sasuke's face before he started to laugh. Sasuke was happy that he had managed to break the tension and joined Naruto as his laughter grew louder.
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Time passed and when Naruto celebrated his 24th birthday he was given the title of Hokage. He asked the old Hokage for some advice whenever he felt that everything was holding him down, but he was always smiling and listened when problems were presented to him. Unlike the mistakes in the past, he took time to be with Sasuke and he felt that all of the old wounds had healed now. If someone told him they needed him to finish something when he was on his way to meet Sasuke for lunch or something he would tell them, sometimes politely, to come back later or if they really bugged him, he would describe it so clearly that there were no mistake that they HAD to come back later, but afterwards he would apologize for his rudeness.
After Sasuke graduated he took on a full time job where he, for a few months, drew only for the Come Come Paradise series and he put his name on them too. Through his work with Jiraiya he met a few other people that wanted to talk business with him and after two years his name was famous in the art world. Even though he had lots of work to do, that didn't stop him when he felt that he missed his blond kitsune too much. Somewhere deep in his heart he felt that finally his life made sense, he understood why he had to suffer so much before. Why he had to see his parents' dead bodies. Why he had been so alone when all he had to do was voice his need for someone to listen to him. Why he almost lost the one he loved again. It was because now he felt that there was nothing that could tear him down and destroy what he had. If someone said it wasn't possible to live in a dream they had never found the one that they were meant to be with. The joy of seeing everything in a new perspective and paint the world in such a beautiful image that it will always live on without the fear of ever completely disappearing.
Konoha had entered a new era with the hard work of their new Hokage. Everyone felt that finally the dream so many had hoped for through the years had finally come true: the Konoha that bloomed every year and the children that would be the next generation and carry on their hopes and dreams.
Sasuke and Naruto lived together in the Uchiha clan's property and they were always very happy together. Naruto felt for the first time that he had a family beside his lover that accepted him for who he was and the clan was glad to have him as a part of their family. Whenever the clan had some occasion to celebrate, the kids would gather around Naruto and Sasuke to hear stories that took their breath away. How could they know that those stories were the truth from the past? They never told anyone about that, so everyone only thought that they were mere stories. Except for the 46th Hokage who knew the truth.
They met a few people that weren't too happy about the nature of their relationship, but they didn't worry about those people. Not until some of them tried to teach them a lesson that almost caused another tragedy. Naruto had been the one to be most wounded, but with Kyuubi's help he survived. The other villagers wanted those responsible for it to pay, but to everyone's surprise Naruto didn't punish them, only told them to think over what they had done and if someone else had been hurt if they could have lived with what they had done.
Every year Sasuke and Naruto would go to the clearing to pay their respect in honour of their own past, but other than that they didn't go there much often since other people came there too to pay their respect to the dead legends. Instead they went to the clearing where they first met with the Sakura tree in the middle of it.
Linked together throughout time: To be there for each other, to live together, to love each other, to fill the empty space in each others hearts, hold each other close and touch the other's heart with their soul. The ones that had found the one they so desperately needed to acknowledge the others' feelings and to simply know they were alive and loved.
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One night, one of many when he had to work late or maybe all night, a blond man stood by the window in his office. Taking a break from all the papers and breathing fresh air. He let the cold night wind come through the window and into the room. The curtains moving with the wind, creating soft sounds as well as caressing his skin. The pale light from the moon reflected of a single gold ring that he carried on his left hand. He watched the night sky and all the stars. He made a wish upon the stars that he would see his koibito soon.
On the other side of Konoha in one of the Uchiha house's a man with black hair sat in his bedroom, wrapped in a blanket and sat in the open window. The air wasn't very warm but it felt wonderful when the cold wind blew over his pale skin. His ebony eyes watched the night stars. His fingers playing with a ring he wore on his left hand. When he saw a star fall he smiled.
"I miss you too koi." He whispered into the night.
On the nightstand laid an old sketch book with pages that had the edges lightly coloured in yellow. On the page that was visible a blond boy with his fox smile stood in the embrace of a dark haired boy that wore a smirk. The fox boy held the others hands as they rested around him. Around the edges of the page was a careful drawn flower that was blooming. Both of them looked like they held a secret that only they knew.
The End.
Authors Note: This is it. This is the end of Itsu made mo, dobe. It turned out to be a 14 chapter long story. I'm really proud of this fact. For you that thought that the surprise for Naruto would be an mpreg, sorry but I already have one of those and I liked the idea of a Hokage Naruto better. Now for the first time (mostly) ever, I'm going to answer some reviews from this story that have left a few questions that I'd like to answer to. And send some thanks to too...
Foamy and Foolproof: Did you actually think that I would kill them :p I already did that once and never do it twice... mostly :) thanks for your support and the "pen pale offer" even if it was emabarrassing in the beginning... you know what I'm talking about!
Ookima: thanks for your support through out this whole fic (even if you missed slightly in the beginning :p). You are one of my most loyal readers that I know of =) my next object is to update your favo story =)
ranoshiai: I actually didn't think of it before you reviewd on it, about making a lemon and post on aff.net. But if I do then it won't be until I'm 18, don't ask me why if you don't see the number of age :p but it's only about half a year left until then and in the mean time i can write on them :o)
ghostninja85: I'm glad you liked the way I handled the curse, I wasn't sure how to "fix" the problem but i liked that scenario too =)
I would make a long comment to the reviewer too but i think those that wrote right away after that one made the message clear... I'm not the first to write sasunaru and most deffinatly not the last...
Renn: I thought so too when I got to the point that it pulled out on the story andi needed to cut the scene soon =)
Kisu: yeah, exaclly my thoughts too. Sasunaru forever and ever!
It wasn't many but i tried at least :) THANKS MANY TIMES AGAIN to you that have read this story and reviewed you that didn't review, thanks for just simply reading this fic!! I couldn't had done it without you all, as well as the small flames i got, with the exception for The Reviewer...
I threw in a little about the Watcher since quite many wrote about him. I don't have anything on his personality and life except for what I've written in this and the previous. Don't hate me for that, maybe someday I'll write about him in a side story but I don't know yet...so don't get your hopes up only to be disappointed.
Even if this is the last chapter to this story I'd like you all too still review. I want to know what you thought of this last chapter as well as the whole story/idea as well. Once again thanks to all of you that have followed this fic through the weeks (ahem months) that it has been going on. To all of you that reviewed, thanks for your support.
I'm starting to sound childish CAN'T HELP IT!!! :-D:-D With the chance of being annoying :o) thanks!!!
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Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, Kishimoto Masashi does. And he's doing a great job too. :D
Pairings: SasuNaru =YAOI.... like always, if you don't like it, don't read...don't blame me if you do. It's completely your choice.
Since the changes in the upload I'll use '.....' in this chapter for thoughts and scene or Pov changes will be oOo...
Please follow my R.E.R motto :) Read, Enjoy and Review!
Itsu made mo, dobe
Written by Monkan and Edited by Asaroth
Chapter 14 - The Sealed Fate
3 years later...
Sakura petals danced around the school yard. The air was filled with laughter and happy chatting as families and friends waited for the graduating students to come out. At the edge of the crowd, stood a young man with spiky blonde hair. His sky blue eyes wandered from face to face as he too waited for someone that was graduating today.
For the past 3 years he had worked as a Leaf ANBU and rumours said that he was the best in what ever mission his team took. He never left anyone on his team behind even if it could compromise their mission. Because the Hokage hadn't known what team to put him in, Naruto had worked with many different people and they all loved to work with him. He didn't know what was so great about him, he was the same as always and still when he met his team, new or old comrades, they all greeted him with a friendly face and words that matched their faces. He was now 20 years old and had a lifetime of experience as a shinobi and everything that came with it, but he was still the same person.
Maybe it was that he let people get close to him now after everything that had happened in his life. Now that he had precious people it felt much better than the hole of emptiness that had filled his heart. Naruto smiled slightly. And it was still just as great to tease Sakura and Ino that Sasuke was HIS boyfriend like it had been the first time 3 years ago.
He looked down at the single rose he held in his hand, it was red. He had seen it on his way here and at first he hadn't thought about a present for Sasuke, but once he saw the flower standing alone in the flower shop he couldn't help it. What he had done didn't hit him until he had walked up to the school and felt slightly embarrassed about it, but when he saw others holding presents of every kind it had washed away.
He had been on a mission for a few days and had come home just an hour after Sasuke had left this morning. He really had hoped when he got the C ranked mission that he would make it home jus in time to get ready and then meet Sasuke as he walked out of school. After all the troubles they went through it looked as if all his plans would crash but somehow it had worked out.
'Somehow? It was my team that made sure of it. I have to thank them tomorrow.' Naruto thought.
Naruto heard a couple of doors open that were followed with more laughter and applauses. Naruto tried to see Sasuke among the sea of now ex-students. It was harder than he had ever imagined. How many students are there in this school?
Naruto stood on tiptoe in hope to see better, no such luck. He managed to catch a brief glimpse of other people he had come to know, but none of them was his koibito. Naruto saw a bunch of kids run his way and he jumped out of their way before he was run over. 'Kids!'
When Naruto turned around he saw a head with black hair through the crowd. His heart skipped a beat.
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Sasuke looked around as his eyes searched for someone. Some of his closest Uchiha relatives had already come up to him and congratulated him on his entrance into the working world. He was glad but it wasn't them he was looking for. Naruto hadn't been home yet when he left this morning, but he had really hoped that he would wait for him outside now.
Some kids ran past him and pushed him slightly. He turned to look after them only for a moment when he saw a blond person jump out of their way too. Sasuke stood where he was and he just looked at the smiling face.
When Naruto turned around and saw him too he was sure that he would always keep this sight in his heart.
To him, it looked like an angel was waiting for him with his blond hair that had grown a little longer during the past 3 years and the brilliant blue eyes that shined like the clear summer sky, the lean body that was stronger than it looked was dressed in a pair of pale blue pants and a yellow shirt. His angel stood there among the cherry blossoms, waiting, smiling at him.
They stood there for what seemed like forever, but neither noticed that it was only a minute or two. Sasuke walked slowly over to Naruto. When the blond man smiled at him he couldn't help but to feel light-headed. As Sasuke reached him he couldn't control his reaction and reached out with his hand and placed it on Naruto's cheeks before kissing him softly.
'Sweet heaven, what have I done to deserve this angel?'
When the need for air was too demanding they pulled apart and looked at each other with a faint blush covering their cheeks.
"Congratulations, Sasu-koi." Naruto said, still a little breathless.
"Arigatou." Sasuke replied while he was holding onto Naruto's arm.
Naruto held up the rose to Sasuke and felt his face become a little hotter. Sasuke took it after a moment and gave Naruto a kiss on his cheek. "Thanks." Sasuke whispered.
Naruto gave Sasuke his fox smile as he felt his heart fly away in happiness. Naruto reached up and grasped Sasuke's hand. "Come on!" He said and walked away with Sasuke from all the others at the school.
Neither of them noticed the smiling face's of the people around them. Well, there were a pink and a yellow haired girl that weren't as happy as the rest but who cared?
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From the ground that was below the faces of the first Hokages of Konoha, stood an old man watching the village below him. More precisely a blond and dark haired couple leaving Konoha's Art School. Beside him stood a man, leaning against the railing that surrounded the cliff. His purple eyes followed them as they moved over to a shop to get something to eat.
"He sure has grown." The man said.
The Hokage nodded. "Hai. It's hard to think Naruto was that strong 3 years ago has grown so much since he came to Konoha." The old man looked at his companion. "Will it be hard for you to leave him here?"
The purple eyed man watched as the blond shinobi reached for his lover's hand that held a glass with some kind of liquid, taking a sip from it.
"No, this is my job. I can't get emotionally attached to someone that is alive. It would be impossible." He saw Sasuke whisper something to Naruto. "Even if I would miss him, there is nothing I can do about it." He looked over to the old man beside him. "I've watched Naruto for over 14 years. Now, I don't have to be around anymore because I know that he will be alright now. His future is practically sealed now."
He looked down just in time to catch a glimpse of the two persons in question share a kiss before they were interrupted by two girls that tried to pull Sasuke away from the other one. The pink haired girl held onto Sasuke's arm while the blonde one clung to Sasuke's neck. The Hokage smiled. "Even if he still has to fight for what he wants."
The stranger gave something between a groan and moan in reply. The girls were fast, but Naruto was faster and soon both Sasuke and Naruto were sitting on the roof with their food and drinks. The man could see that Naruto was sticking his tongue out to the two girls.
"He's still so childish." He sighed. "That can't be helped, that's how he is and he didn't have a childhood where he could live it all out. At first I wondered if it was right to bring him into the cursed world so early, but that isn't an option for me to think of. When I am given a mission or promise, I follow them through for as long as I have to."
The old man nodded as he followed the other man's eyes and watched the scene unfold. The girls were shouting something to Naruto and he answered just as loudly and after that swept Sasuke so he was laying flat on the roof before being showered with kisses. The girls had eyes like saucers and their chins to the ground.
"Not that it's any of my business, but how long have you had this mission?" The Hokage asked.
The purple eyed man smiled. "Since I talked to someone that looked exactly like him."
"Are you talking about..."
He nodded. "Hai, Yondaime. But that was in the past that I would watch over Yondaime. Did you think that he would just leave the little brat alone? When he died he asked me to watch after Naruto. Even if he never knew he was never alone. I was there with him all the time. His pain, failures and when he found friends and love."
"That's not something that is easy to do, is it? Without being affected I mean. I wouldn't be able to do your job and just stand back and do nothing." The old man smiled at his companion after a moment of quiet thoughts. "But then again, I'm more human than you."
The man's face didn't betray a single thing. "I said that people like me can't get emotionally attached to someone in the living world. No matter what happened, I couldn't interfere. They had to shape their own lives as they walked along the path together. There is nothing I can do as a Watcher. A Watcher is only a Watcher. We can't do anything that we aren't supposed to do and that is watching over the cursed ANBU we chose. I admired the reason of his death and I made a promise as I watched his lover slowly fade away until he took his life at his beloved's grave. Before I first met the kid again, almost 180 years later, I thought that my promise would be for nothing, but when he walked down that street something that isn't supposed to happen to a Watcher did, I felt a new sense of hope. I knew that if I made him a cursed ANBU I could make sure that he would survive until they met again. I didn't know if the other one would live another life at the same time as Naruto, but I had to take the chance. Now I know that I chose the right thing."
He paused in his speech and saw Naruto and Sasuke walk away from the two crying girls.
"I wonder what he would say if he knew that watchers are closer to Kyuubi than any other living thing in this world." The Watcher looked deep in thoughts for a moment before shrugging it off and turning around to face the old man fully. "I will be leaving soon to go home but I will be back sometime to check on him." He turned to walk away.
"I thought that Watchers didn't get emotionally attached to the livings?" The Hokage said.
"Unfortunately for me I became attached to that young man when he died 200 years ago." The Watcher admitted. He didn't have to look to know the human was smiling at him. He took a few steps until he was standing in the shadow. There he turned around and his purple eyes held a strange glow in them that startled the Hokage. "To answer your question from this morning. Yes, I think that you can't make a better choice, but wait a few years before making it official."
Before the Hokage could answer the Watcher was gone.
The old man took in what just happen. He gave a slight chuckle as he turned toward the village again. "Arigatou for your approval." He motioned for the shinobi that had stood in the shadows all the time to come forward and send him away to search for someone.
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Naruto and Sasuke laughed as they entered the park. They didn't want to go home just yet. They saw that many of the graduating students were having a party with their families so that made it harder to search for a private spot but they finally found one.
Sasuke took off his school uniform jacket and sat down in the soft grass just a moment before Naruto fell backwards on the ground. He had his eyes closed and the sun filtered through the leaves above them and cast a random pattern of light over them. Sasuke followed Naruto's example and laid down on his side, looking at his koibito. 'I'm so happy right now that I just want time to freeze.
"Are you just going to stare at me?" Naruto asked as he opened one eye and looked at Sasuke.
He gave the blonde a smirk. "No, I'm going to do this too." He caressed Naruto's cheek before leaning forward and kissing him, playing with the other's lips. Naruto moaned into the kiss and that sent shivers down Sasuke's spine.
"Sasuke." Naruto moaned when the dark haired man started to kiss his neck. Sasuke kissed his way back up to Naruto's mouth and stole a kiss from his trembling lips before pulling back and watching his expression. His eyes were closed and his lips were slightly parted as he breathed hard. "I love you, Naruto."
Naruto opened his eyes and gazed at the face above him. "I love you too." He wrapped his arms around Sasuke's waist. Sasuke smiled tenderly at his koibito before lying down and resting against Naruto's body. His head on the other's shoulder. They laid there with the rays of light falling over them.
It was so peaceful there. The wind blew through the leaves of the trees making them sway and so did the sun rays, the light shinned over them.
"Uzumaki Naruto?" A voice asked.
Both of them opened their eyes and sat up to see a shinobi standing not far from them. Naruto stood up and brushed his clothes. "Hia." Sasuke still sat on the ground looking at the man.
"The Hokage wants to talk to you." He said.
"Alright. Alone?"
The man shook his head. "Not what he said."
Naruto turned around and offered his hand to Sasuke who took it without much thought and with the other's help stood up. The shinobi nodded at them before jumping away and Naruto followed with Sasuke behind him. Naruto kept the pace slow so that Sasuke could keep up. The man brought them to the place at the Hokage Mountain where the old man was waiting for Naruto.
The Hokage turned around as the shinobi informed him that they were there.
"Is anything wrong Hokage-sama?" Naruto asked.
"No. I just want to talk to you for a moment." The old man said.
"About what?" Naruto didn't know what was going on. Since when did the Hokage call for him for a small talk?
"About Konoha, but mostly about you." He said.
That made Naruto feel a little worried but he didn't show it. What had happened now? 'If someone played a prank on him I'm innocent.'
"You have become an important part of Konoha, Naruto-kun. When I first met you I would never had thought that, but now..."
Naruto blinked. "I'm sure that most people here would find it hard if you left us."
Naruto scratched the back of his head. "I wasn't aware that I was so popular here. I haven't changed much since I moved here and still...."
"You may not have noticed it, but you others have seen changes in you. One of the things why I'm having trouble placing you in a team permanently is because whatever team you are with, makes them feel like they can accomplish anything. You don't leave anyone in your team behind just because of the situation and that is something that is admirable. They know that they can always count on you to be there for them no matter what has happened." The man's eyes softened, if it even were possible from the warm look they had, making Naruto shift his weight to his other foot to make the tension he felt go away. "Konoha hit a rough spot 3 years ago. If things hadn't turned out the way they did I'm not sure that Konoha would be standing where it is now. The peace that we have worked so hard to keep could have been destroyed in an instant and we would have been facing another era of war. It would have destroyed us and thousands of people would have been slaughtered." He looked up to the faces of the first Hokages and the other two followed him. 'Where the leaves dance, fire burns. The shadow of the fire will flash over the village, and the leaves will grow once again.' That's what everyone before us died for. To make Konoha a better place where the next generation would be safe and not have to live through the pains of the past. Many died because of the dream of Konoha, but also because they had someone that was precious to them. That was the reason they were ready to throw away their own lives for the one they held close or loved." He turned his face toward them and gave them a smile. "But I guess you already knew that."
Naruto and Sasuke could feel a slight blush creep up on them. Feeling that it was time to get to the core of the matter, Naruto shook his head to get rid of some distracting thoughts. "What is the reason you asked me to come for Hokage-sama?"
The man smiled sadly. "I'm getting old Naruto. I don't want everything to end suddenly, but if there is something that you can't change it's death and time. What I'm trying to say is that I want you, Uzumaki Naruto, to take over the Hokage title."
Naruto and Sasuke stood still, had they heard right? "N-nani?" Naruto whispered.
"I think you heard me. I want you to take over the Hokage title after me. I have given this lots of thoughts because I can't give this job to just anyone. You care about the people around you and you try your best no matter what you are doing. You are always in a bright mood, you smile a lot when you are in the village and that creates an atmosphere around you that is pleasant to be in. You treat everyone with respect, but you still say what's on your mind when you see something you don't like. You make a stand for what you want and think. Just like a few minutes ago when those girls tried to steal Sasuke from you."
'The old geezer saw that?' A big sweat drop appeared on his head.
"But most importantly you have a spirit that never gives up. You have a fighting spirit that is rare, not many would go to such measures that you do when someone important is in danger. You know the hard world that exists outside these walls and because of your cursed life you have more experience than needed for this job. I know that this is a hard thing to ask you with your history of hardships, but if I asked you would you be ready to sacrifice your own life so that the one you love could live on?"
Naruto looked over to Sasuke. His eyes searched the other one's for something, like an answer of some kind. "I would always be ready to do that..." Sasuke's heart seemed to stop in fear of what he heard. No matter how much it could have meant to someone else to hear those words, Sasuke knew by heart the pain that would follow his soul if it ever happened again. The unbearable pain that tells you all the things you have wanted to say to the other person, but never got a chance to do. He met Naruto's gaze evenly until he turned his head away.
He had had enough and would have turned away to leave them alone if it weren't for the arm on his waist.
"But I don't think that the one I love would appreciate it so much and I want to spend as much time I can with that person I love right now. So don't think of me as someone that can be sacrificed as soon as the village is in trouble. I would help of course but if there were another way around it then I would take it."
The old man shook his hand in front of his face. "I didn't mean it like that. I didn't ask you to go and die for everyone. As I said I have given this some serious thought and I came to the conclusion that I can't have anyone better to continue the work for Konoha but you. It will still be a few years until it will be made official, I'm not ready to hand over the title to a 20 year old man even if he is the reborn soul from Konoha's greatest hero." He finished with a smile.
"Can I think of this for a few days?" The blond asked.
The Hokage nodded. "Sure."
Naruto turned around and slowly walked away with Sasuke not far behind him. What had happened wasn't real. He couldn't take this in like he usually did with everything else.
They walked in silence back to their house. Sasuke didn't say anything as he felt that Naruto needed some time to think about this. After a few minutes and neither of them had said a thing Naruto stood and watched out the window. Sasuke couldn't stand it anymore. He walked up to Naruto and hugged him from behind.
"What are you thinking about?" He asked Naruto.
"Everything. If I will be able to take the job or not." He said. "What do you think? Can I do it?"
Sasuke thought for a moment. "If you will be able to stand the paperwork that will follow!"
Naruto looked over his shoulder at Sasuke's face before he started to laugh. Sasuke was happy that he had managed to break the tension and joined Naruto as his laughter grew louder.
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Time passed and when Naruto celebrated his 24th birthday he was given the title of Hokage. He asked the old Hokage for some advice whenever he felt that everything was holding him down, but he was always smiling and listened when problems were presented to him. Unlike the mistakes in the past, he took time to be with Sasuke and he felt that all of the old wounds had healed now. If someone told him they needed him to finish something when he was on his way to meet Sasuke for lunch or something he would tell them, sometimes politely, to come back later or if they really bugged him, he would describe it so clearly that there were no mistake that they HAD to come back later, but afterwards he would apologize for his rudeness.
After Sasuke graduated he took on a full time job where he, for a few months, drew only for the Come Come Paradise series and he put his name on them too. Through his work with Jiraiya he met a few other people that wanted to talk business with him and after two years his name was famous in the art world. Even though he had lots of work to do, that didn't stop him when he felt that he missed his blond kitsune too much. Somewhere deep in his heart he felt that finally his life made sense, he understood why he had to suffer so much before. Why he had to see his parents' dead bodies. Why he had been so alone when all he had to do was voice his need for someone to listen to him. Why he almost lost the one he loved again. It was because now he felt that there was nothing that could tear him down and destroy what he had. If someone said it wasn't possible to live in a dream they had never found the one that they were meant to be with. The joy of seeing everything in a new perspective and paint the world in such a beautiful image that it will always live on without the fear of ever completely disappearing.
Konoha had entered a new era with the hard work of their new Hokage. Everyone felt that finally the dream so many had hoped for through the years had finally come true: the Konoha that bloomed every year and the children that would be the next generation and carry on their hopes and dreams.
Sasuke and Naruto lived together in the Uchiha clan's property and they were always very happy together. Naruto felt for the first time that he had a family beside his lover that accepted him for who he was and the clan was glad to have him as a part of their family. Whenever the clan had some occasion to celebrate, the kids would gather around Naruto and Sasuke to hear stories that took their breath away. How could they know that those stories were the truth from the past? They never told anyone about that, so everyone only thought that they were mere stories. Except for the 46th Hokage who knew the truth.
They met a few people that weren't too happy about the nature of their relationship, but they didn't worry about those people. Not until some of them tried to teach them a lesson that almost caused another tragedy. Naruto had been the one to be most wounded, but with Kyuubi's help he survived. The other villagers wanted those responsible for it to pay, but to everyone's surprise Naruto didn't punish them, only told them to think over what they had done and if someone else had been hurt if they could have lived with what they had done.
Every year Sasuke and Naruto would go to the clearing to pay their respect in honour of their own past, but other than that they didn't go there much often since other people came there too to pay their respect to the dead legends. Instead they went to the clearing where they first met with the Sakura tree in the middle of it.
Linked together throughout time: To be there for each other, to live together, to love each other, to fill the empty space in each others hearts, hold each other close and touch the other's heart with their soul. The ones that had found the one they so desperately needed to acknowledge the others' feelings and to simply know they were alive and loved.
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One night, one of many when he had to work late or maybe all night, a blond man stood by the window in his office. Taking a break from all the papers and breathing fresh air. He let the cold night wind come through the window and into the room. The curtains moving with the wind, creating soft sounds as well as caressing his skin. The pale light from the moon reflected of a single gold ring that he carried on his left hand. He watched the night sky and all the stars. He made a wish upon the stars that he would see his koibito soon.
On the other side of Konoha in one of the Uchiha house's a man with black hair sat in his bedroom, wrapped in a blanket and sat in the open window. The air wasn't very warm but it felt wonderful when the cold wind blew over his pale skin. His ebony eyes watched the night stars. His fingers playing with a ring he wore on his left hand. When he saw a star fall he smiled.
"I miss you too koi." He whispered into the night.
On the nightstand laid an old sketch book with pages that had the edges lightly coloured in yellow. On the page that was visible a blond boy with his fox smile stood in the embrace of a dark haired boy that wore a smirk. The fox boy held the others hands as they rested around him. Around the edges of the page was a careful drawn flower that was blooming. Both of them looked like they held a secret that only they knew.
The End.
Authors Note: This is it. This is the end of Itsu made mo, dobe. It turned out to be a 14 chapter long story. I'm really proud of this fact. For you that thought that the surprise for Naruto would be an mpreg, sorry but I already have one of those and I liked the idea of a Hokage Naruto better. Now for the first time (mostly) ever, I'm going to answer some reviews from this story that have left a few questions that I'd like to answer to. And send some thanks to too...
Foamy and Foolproof: Did you actually think that I would kill them :p I already did that once and never do it twice... mostly :) thanks for your support and the "pen pale offer" even if it was emabarrassing in the beginning... you know what I'm talking about!
Ookima: thanks for your support through out this whole fic (even if you missed slightly in the beginning :p). You are one of my most loyal readers that I know of =) my next object is to update your favo story =)
ranoshiai: I actually didn't think of it before you reviewd on it, about making a lemon and post on aff.net. But if I do then it won't be until I'm 18, don't ask me why if you don't see the number of age :p but it's only about half a year left until then and in the mean time i can write on them :o)
ghostninja85: I'm glad you liked the way I handled the curse, I wasn't sure how to "fix" the problem but i liked that scenario too =)
I would make a long comment to the reviewer too but i think those that wrote right away after that one made the message clear... I'm not the first to write sasunaru and most deffinatly not the last...
Renn: I thought so too when I got to the point that it pulled out on the story andi needed to cut the scene soon =)
Kisu: yeah, exaclly my thoughts too. Sasunaru forever and ever!
It wasn't many but i tried at least :) THANKS MANY TIMES AGAIN to you that have read this story and reviewed you that didn't review, thanks for just simply reading this fic!! I couldn't had done it without you all, as well as the small flames i got, with the exception for The Reviewer...
I threw in a little about the Watcher since quite many wrote about him. I don't have anything on his personality and life except for what I've written in this and the previous. Don't hate me for that, maybe someday I'll write about him in a side story but I don't know yet...so don't get your hopes up only to be disappointed.
Even if this is the last chapter to this story I'd like you all too still review. I want to know what you thought of this last chapter as well as the whole story/idea as well. Once again thanks to all of you that have followed this fic through the weeks (ahem months) that it has been going on. To all of you that reviewed, thanks for your support.
I'm starting to sound childish CAN'T HELP IT!!! :-D:-D With the chance of being annoying :o) thanks!!!
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