Author: hiya all umm this is my first fanfiction, plz review and tell me how ya like it or how ya think I should change it kk? I love Iruka btw and I don't really like kakairu grrr, however I hate reading fanfics when sasuke is strait! Hes way better gay and who better for him to go with then naruto so it u don't like sasunaru then this isn't the story 4 U. I love iruka and there will b NO kakairu so if u don't like that im sry -
Disclaimer: Naruto and all the other characters DO NOT belong to me hehe jus so ya no
Chapter 1
The sunlight came in through his bedroom window and he pulled the covers over his head, his blond hair an untidy mess. Not that is was ever really kept, his head hurt badly from the day before and he hadn't been able to sleep well because of nightmares.
The nightmares where the worst of late and he had to push himself past the limit every day during training so that he was so damn tired that he would have to fall asleep. If he didn't make himself so tired that he had to sleep he would never sleep because of the nightmares.
Every night they where the same. The smell of smoke and the cries of helpless people as there houses where destroyed and the ninja guardians protecting them where killed brutally 1 after another. Or he would sitting on the ground facing a boy with a hood on, this boy was about to throw needles at him that would kill him for sure, then there was always the same black blur and sasuke would appear in front of him shielding him from the needles and at the same time those needles would kill him instead. He always woke from that dream with Sasuke's face still in his mind, covered wit blood and the pallor of death
The first was of course was a dream of the night the nine tailed fox demon had been sealed into him, a newborn baby barely in the world for five minutes. All he remembered from that night was what the fox demon saw and heard and felt he could not remember anything but what IT felt. That was enough to give him terrible dreams none the less. The second was of their last mission protecting the building of an important bridge.
Finally he decided it was time to get ready to meet with his teammates and sensei for another day of intense training. They had just returned from the last mission at the bridge which was where the nightmares had started. He felt guilty ever since that mission because sasuke had died protecting his life. That fact that sasuke had been resurrected provided no comfort. Naruto guessed he deserved the nightmares but would never admit that weakness to anyone else. In front of others naruto was just a loud mouthed young genin that everyone in the village seemed to hate.
Sliding out of bed slowly because of tired muscles he pulled on the first remotely clean cloths he could find, he hated doing laundry but he knew he needed to do it soon. There where barely touched bowls of ramen sitting around in his kitchen which would have made his old sensei Iruka worry. Naruto never passed up the chance for ramen but he hadn't had any appetite lately, he also hadn't seen Iurka lately either. Thinking of Iruka only made him sadder, Iruka's parents had been killed by the fox demon and yet he was one of the few that respected and liked Naruto for who he was. Running his fingers through his hair twice before leaving his apartment he headed to the small clearing in the forest where cell 7 usually met. He was early and he thought that would give him time to think and collect his thoughts before he had to put on the loud happy carefree illusion he always wore and that everyone thought was the real him.
The sky was overcast and it looked like it was going rain, he felt so tired already and he knew he looked like shit, it couldn't be helped though not now. The clearing was apparently empty when he entered so he sat under a tree and closed his eyes taking deep breaths.
He felt a slight presence and opened his eyes expecting a rabbit or other creature but when his vision cleared he was so startled that he jumped slightly causing the boy that was leaning over him to stumble back. Sasuke fell back with a soft thump and a small gasp.
"Dobe what the hell are you doing?" Sasuke quickly got back to his feet and he was glaring down at naruto who was still seated on the ground.
"Shut up bastard," Naruto couldn't help but answer as he had always but this time after he said it he regretted it. "I'm sorry," he whispered. His body slumped and he looked at the ground.
If he had been looking up he would have seen the surprised look cross the always cool controlled uncaring face. Sasuke cursed himself and made his face become a mask again.
"What are you doing here so early? Dobe are you listening?" Sasuke damned himself again when his faced became a worried frown. He leaned down again to find that Naruto had fallen asleep…this Sasuke found wrong for some reason. This wasn't normal Naruto behavior, could something possibly be wrong with the seemingly carefree annoying loud mouth?
Sasuke was thinking all this when he heard a soft sob, he glanced down at Naruto and froze.