Somebody...Save Me?

Disclaimer: I do not own any of Naruto what so ever. Just borrowing them for this fic. They are the property of Kishimoto-sensei (and whoever else who is supposed to get proper credit.) I hold no ownership.

This fic may be tied to the storyline, but will be (semi?)AU, I think. This happens sometime after the completion of the mission at the Mist Village with Tazuna-san for those who like to follow the timeline.

First time writing a story of any sort...please be nice. English is a very hard language to learn to speak, read, and write, with so many different rules. I apologize a head of time for any misspelling, misgrammer, and any other errors you find.

bold print - indicates time or place

"..." - character speaking

'...' - what character is thinking inside his/her mind

Summary

Nightmares begins, keeping Naruto up at night, hence hindering his performance at training, thus frustrating Sasuke even futher. When reality clashes with one of his nightmares, Naruto just can't take it anymore. Can Sasuke save him? ...Before Naruto is lost forever? SasuNaru

Chapter 1

Dream Sequence

Cold glares...

Turned backs...

Avoidance...

'Why do you look at me like that? ...Why are you avoiding me? Somebody...somebody look at me! I'm here! Why...?'

"No one looks at you...

they glare at you.....

cause you're...

a monster."

End of Dream

Naruto's eyes flew open, followed by a quick intake of breath.

"Dream? ...It was just ...a dream?" Naruto sat up, panting, trying to calm his racing heart. He was covered in sweat that soaked his night clothes damp.

"Heh, more like a nightmare." Naruto chuckled as he closed his eyes, wiping the sweat off his forehead. 'Why did I dream that?' He wondered. 'They stopped when Iruka-sensei accepted my existance. So why now...are they starting again?' Shaking his head abruptly, "So much for sleep, argh, I need a shower, my clothes are damp and sticky." Grabbing a towel, he headed toward the washroom.

Naruto adjusted the water temperature to his liking and stepped under the running water. 'Best not to think about it. It's just a dream. They can't hurt you, ne? Just forget about it.' He grabbed a washcloth, lathered it with soap, and began washing the sweat off his body and washed his hair. 'Things changed now...I got friends that are precious to me now. I'm not alone.' Rinsing off the soap...'Yeah. I'm not alone now. I've got Kakashi- sensei and Sakura-chan and...and Sasuke.'

Thinking about Sasuke made his heart flutter. Sasuke was the only person who could make his smiling mask faded. Making anger, hate, jealously toward him appear for being better and more advanced in ninjitsu than him. The last remaining suvivor from the Uchiha Massacre, Uchiha, Sasuke...called Naruto dobe and usuratonkachi. Rivalry between them increased ever since that mission in the Mist Village. Naruto's face formed a small, happy smile as he remembered his past memories.

Stepping out and wrapping a towel around his waist and then grabbing another one, he walks towards the kitchen rubbing his hair dry. After setting his stove for water to boil, he waited at the table. Glazing up at the ceiling, he thought 'Why does he affect me so. ...When he shielded me, that time. When those needles pierced him...when he fell..' Naruto closed his eyes tightly. Unpleasant feelings filled him as memories of the fight with Haku surfaced. 'I thought he di(ed)...' His thoughts were interrupted by a whistling sound his kettle made, signaling water was ready.

'Ramen!'

Previous thinking forgotten, he hurried over, turning off the stove and pouring his hot water into his instant, miso ramen bowl. Taking his bowl back to the table, he turned the sand dial upside down thus waiting for the torturing three minutes to pass. Naruto fidgeting in his chair, anxiously waiting. "Hurry, hurry, hurry. Drop faster sand! I wanna eat now. C'mon, c'mon, c'mon." Naruto lowered his head so that he was eye leveled with the sand dial, now glaring at it. "C'mon. You're the only thing that's keeping me from devouring my favorite thing in the world. ...Yes! Finally!" Naruto happily slurped down the ramen as if he hadn't eaten in a while.

'Mmmm. That was good. Time for seconds!' As he headed toward the stove again, his eyes caught the time that read on the clock. Thinking he misread it, he looked at it again. 7:30. Eyes widened as he realized he was late for training, rushed to get his clothes on, and hurried out the door. 'Damn, I didn't realized the time was so late. Hope Sakura-chan's not too mad at me.'

Training Area

"Naruto, you're 2 hours late!" Sakura yelled as she whacked his upside the head.

"I'm sorry, Sakura-chan! But I got a good reason for being late!" cried Naruto as he shielded himself from Sakura's numerous attacks.

"Good reason? All right, let's hear it!" She glares at him, looking like as if one mistaken word would set this girl off.

"...." Thinking back to this morning.

"Well?!"

"I...uh...overslept?" giving her an uneasy smile, edging away from her slowly as he saw one of the veins on her forehead pop. One massive blow to his head sent him crashing face-down to the ground.

'Shannarou! That's what you get if mess with me! Naruto no baka!' Sakura's inner self screamed as she sat back down next to Sasuke, rubbing her bruised knuckle.

"Hn. Dobe ga." said Sasuke, looking more annoyed than usual.

Naruto sat sulking as he rubbed his head. 'Phew. Almost told them about my nightmare. No need to worry them needlessly. It was just a stupid dream.'

...An hour later

Poof!

"Yo." Kakashi appeared in a cloud of smoke with his trademark book, Icha Icha Paradise.

"YOU"RE LATE!!" came back the obvious answer from Sakura and Naruto.

"Well, you see, I was ready to be here on time but I saw a line of black crows perched over my fence this morning so I waited until they were gone."

"Don't believe in superstitions, Kakashi-sensei, they're nothing but nonsense." said Sakura annoyed.

"What's our mission, Kakashi-sensei. Ne, ne-tteba? Hope it's some thing exciting." Naruto was aching to relieve off some tension.

"Well, today we're supposed to find and retrieve back Tora, the cat."

"Again?!"

"Yes, Naruto, again. Now get going. Oh, and once the mission's finished, you're off for the rest of the day. Ja." and promptly disappeared.

"Dumb cat." muttered Naruto as he headed off to search for the said cat.

"Likewise." Sasuke agreed. "Let's hurry up and get this over."

"Okay." answered Sakura as she ran after them.

To be Continued...

I know this is starting out boring, but will get better as more chapters get added. (I hope.) Please review. They tell me how I'm doing. If you are going to flame, please leave a way to contact you so I may respond back to your comments. Arigatou na.