A/N: Thanks to the encouragement by all you fanfiction readers out there... I love you all. However... now I feel bad because I'm not sure whether I can live up to the quality that I had in the first chapter. I tried by best... but that never gets me anywhere. Anyway... due to multitudes of encouragement to eventually continue, eventually is here! Enjoy.
WARNING: This fic contains shounen-ai [hints] and semi-sarcastic humor. And is an Alt. Reality and Alt. Universe, they're older and have matured... I get to warp the timeline, so blame OOCness on any of the aforementioned information.
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Title: Realities Away
By: SukiAme
Entry: 02 - Sasuke and Naruto are What?!
"Well... You're in Fire Country... one of the five Shinobi countries. This specific place is called Hidden Leaf Village and is the center of Fire Country. A capital city, if you will." Neji watched Sasuke's reaction shift from surprise to puzzlement before he continued to speak.
"This is your house. Or, to be precise, this is Uchiha's house." Neji paused a moment waited for the information to sink in the other boy. After a few minutes of silence, Sasuke slowly nodded his head, and indicated for Neji to continue.
"You're a ninja, Uchiha. Or... the other Uchiha is a ninja." Neji stood and walked over to a desk against the wall. He picked up a frame with a photograph in it and brought it over to the boy on the bed. "This," he said as he pointed to a smiling silver-haired man with a mask covering his face save one eye, "Is Kakashi. He was Uchiha's teacher when he was a Genin (a low level ninja). Uchiha's team consisted of Haruno," he pointed to a pink-haired girl who stood between Sasuke and Naruto, "Himself, and Naruto."
The photo found its way to the desk again and Neji turned to faced Sasuke before he gave a simple demand, "Now, tell me who you are."
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Sasuke followed Naruto through the huge mansion. He was completely silent while Naruto stopped occasionally to point out a specific room, and nodded as Naruto named the areas to remember the information.
The blond casually waved to a pair of glass doors and, with a blush, informed him that it was the garden.
"Do you remember what happened there?" Naruto asked quietly as he glanced through the glass planes of the door.
A puzzled look crossed Sasuke's eyes and he asked, "What do you mean?"
"I suppose not," Naruto replied dejectedly before he turned away and continued to another room, "It's okay... I guess..."
Sasuke walked after Naruto into a dining room.
Against one wall was a cabinet with intricately decorated china plates, gleaming silver silverware, and flawless crystal wine glasses that lined the interior of the mahogany display case. In one corner was a pillar-like pedestal with a vase of wild flowers, arranged to look like a bouquet in a bowl. In the middle of the room was a beautifully polished, redwood, table with a few chairs that were pushed in at one end of the table; and above the table, a crystal chandelier hung from the roof. Along the wall opposite the cabinet were windows that stretched the waist to the high ceiling and overlooked the garden.
"This is the dining room." Naruto said dully.
A small snap reached Sasuke's ears and within the next millisecond, he pushed Naruto over and onto the wooden floor. "Get down!" As Sasuke fell forward and shielded Naruto, he heard several whizzing sounds fly past his head and then a pattern of loud donks as the projectiles struck the wall.
Then a slow clapping filled the rooms, it's loudness magnified as the sound waves bounced off the walls. Sasuke pushed himself off the blond and searched for the source of applause but froze in horror to see Itachi leaning against the frame of the entrance, watching the two listlessly.
"Itachi." Sasuke spat viciously as he unconsciously activated his sharingan.
"Impressive, Little Brother." Itachi said condescendingly, "I didn't expect you to move that quickly after three days of inactivity. It seems that I'm wrong. Such a pity."
Sasuke unconsciously reached for his kunai only to realize that he had yet to find them or his clothes.
Itachi slowly strolled over to the two and past Sasuke before he stopped in front of Naruto. Sasuke tensed up as Itachi lifted his hand and hovered over Naruto who watched the older man curiously. Then Itachi patted Naruto's yellow hair as he did something that Sasuke never remembered his brother doing before. Itachi smiled. It wasn't a mocking smile either, it was a little tired, but it contained a hint of care.
And then, without a second glance Itachi walked toward the kitchen, "Stay for night, Naruto-kun. Mother and Father won't be home, and I'm sure that Sasuke would be delighted."
"That... was... Itachi..." Sasuke said in disbelief after Itachi had left the room, "Why... is... he... here...? And what did he mean with that comment?"
"Well... he doesn't want to move out since your parents are barely home and he gets to live here without having to do anything." Naruto answered as he quickly strolled toward the entrance from which Itachi came.
Am I dreaming? Sasuke wondered as he followed Naruto into the living room and then into a small library with a beautiful furniture piece and a fireplace.
Next to a velvet, wine colored loveseat was a small stand with a lamp and a 8x10 photograph in it. The people in the photo was Sasuke, Itachi, and [to Sasuke's surprise] their parents. Sasuke picked up the frame and traced the silhouette of his mother. Or maybe Konohagakure was a dream. Sasuke shook his head as he placed the picture back on the stand, and then touched his shoulder to reassure himself, But, this wound is real. But then again, it could've been caused by something else. Then... maybe the Ninja world never existed. Yes, that would make sense. But I have no memories of this place.
"Naruto, I'm awake aren't I?" Sasuke inquired, catching the attention of the other boy who nodded in response, "But, I don't remember anything from this life."
Naruto watched Sasuke's abject face with a sense of helplessness. I can't do anything but tell him what I know of his life, and that's not very helpful.
"Sasuke," Naruto began as he looked into the coal black eyes of the other boy, "Don't dwell in the past. Live in the present."
Sasuke didn't say anything. After a long time of contemplation he sighed, I can't help hating Itachi... Even if it was a dream. Sasuke jerked in realization of something he'd forgotten, "That's right, you didn't answer me at first. What did Itachi mean when he said I'll be "delighted" if you stayed for the night."
A light crimson was painted on Naruto's face before he turned and attempted to leave the room but Sasuke reached out and stopped him. "Naruto..."
"He didn't mean anything by it!" Naruto snapped as he jerked his arm away from Sasuke, "If you don't remember, then just drop it!"
"What are you getting so angry for?"
"Nothing! I'm not angry!" Naruto yelled loudly.
"Then tell me what he meant!" Sasuke demanded just as hotly, "I have no idea what's happened in my life, you can at least tell me the truth about something as trivial as that!"
"Truth? You want the truth?! You can't handle the truth! Besides, what do you care if you think it's so trivial?!"
"How do you know I can't handle the truth?!"
Naruto lapsed into silence. "... ... ... Fine. I'll tell you on the condition that you swear your won't freak out or kick me out."
When Sasuke nodded, Naruto gave a incoherent mumble.
"What?"
"If you didn't hear me, it's not my fault."
"Naruto." Sasuke growled.
"Right, I'm gonna go now." Naruto said warily as he tried to make his way to the exit.
"Naruto!" Sasuke growled again as he reached out and held on to Naruto's arm to prevent the aqua eyed blond from leaving. "Talk." He demanded.
"No!" Naruto replied defiantly as he tried to wretch his arm away from him.
"NARUTO!"
Naruto shoved Sasuke against a bookshelf and pinned him against it with the arm that Sasuke previously held. "Damn it! You want to know? You really want to know?!Fine, I'll show you," Sasuke opened his mouth to ask Naruto what the hell he meant but before the words came out, Naruto's own mouth covered Sasuke's in what some would label as a kiss.
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"My name is Uchiha Sasuke and I go to Kimori High School. I live on the outskirts of Sapporo in Japan." Sasuke paused and withdrew a black wallet from a backside pocket.
When he opened it, the first thing Neji noticed was a picture of Naruto grinning like the oblivious fool he was, with an arm draped over a miffed, but smiling Sasuke's shoulder. He raised an eyebrow at the wallet-sized photo and leaned closer to the leather pouch.
Is Uchiha blushing?
"What are you doing?" Sasuke questioned Neji as he took out a card and snapped his wallet shut.
Neji didn't say anything and moved back to his original position.
Sasuke gave Neji a suspicious glare and then flipped the card in his hand up and showed it to Neji, "This is my student identification pass to prove my existence."
"Do you remember what happened before you came here?"
Sasuke stared impassively at Neji, as if judging him.
They were silent for a while before Sasuke finally spoke, "I was in a... fight... Naruto was in danger, there was this group of people... In a way, it was my fault. There was this man, he did something with his hands... there was a flash of light and I blacked out for a few seconds. And then, I woke up and saw Naruto," Sasuke's eyes flickered to the door and then stared into his hands. "And now I'm here. Maybe...?"
"Maybe what?" Neji asked, encouraging Sasuke to continue speaking.
"Those movies of different realities, and realities colliding? Have you ever seen one?"
"Realities colliding?" Neji murmured as he placed a hand under his chin, "I've read somewhere that there's a possibility where there is a another copy of everything somewhere out there. Under a substance called anti-matter? In which the two, matter and anti-matter are like opposite copies of one another, but if they ever meet, would both be destroyed —cancel each other out." 1
"... Meaning that this is another reality from the one which I am from." Sasuke concluded.
Both boys were submerged in his own thoughts, trying to comprehend the situation.
Neji glanced at Sasuke's thoughtful expression and then stood up. He strode over to the window and then moved the curtains aside to stare outside at the glowing afternoon slowly sink into a cool evening. Neji squinted his eyes and glared at the brightness of the fiery red color of the sun in irritation. If only there was someone who knew something about this.
"Hey, Uchiha?" Neji asked without turning to look at him, "That picture in your wallet, Naruto-?" Neji trailed off and let the unfinished question hang in the air.
Sasuke's coal-black eyes narrowed in a nettled possessiveness. "Back off, he's my boyfriend." He declared as a light rose colored blush graced his cheeks, " 'sides, you'll never meet him anyway."
"Like I said before, who said I want him?!" Neji snapped as he turned and sent Sasuke a sharp glare.
"Naturally, I assumed." Sasuke answered somewhat haughtily, receiving another cold glare from Neji.
Would it be so bad if I cut off his air supply for a short while? Neji wondered as he continued to glower at the preppy looking boy.
"The Hyuuga from my reality is a lecherous pervert who incessantly watches Naruto like a stalker. That means that you're a complete pervert as well."
No one will miss him if he's gone. Neji thought treacherously as activated his Byakugan.
"You know what, Sasuke?" Naruto said as he opened the door and entered the room with a tray and large bowl, causing Neji to jump at the unexpected appearance of the blond, "You have no instant foods in this house at all."
Naruto was astounded by the lack of convenience and didn't bother to hide his aggravation at having to actually cook something for his teammate. "Such a pain in the ass to cook.2" He strolled over to Sasuke and held out the tray for him to take. After a moment, Naruto, much to his displeasure, still held the tray, "I ain't gonna feed you, you still have limbs." He stated simply and shoved the tray into Sasuke's hands.
Sasuke gave Naruto a small smile while Neji's mouth was slightly a gape in bitter resentment at having lost his chance to beat down Sasuke.
"Say, Neji, why do you have the Byakugan on?" Naruto asked as he faced the long haired teen.
"Uh..."
-To be continued...
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1 I learned this when I was in the 6th grade. My teacher, for some bizarre reason, decided that idiotic 12 year olds were able to comprehend quantum physics, atomic structureand whatnot. I didn't understand half the things that the videos talked about. But I remember that there is a possibility that there is another universe out there composed of anti-matter, exactly the same as us, but anti.
2 Naruto has hung around Shikamaru too much.
Hey, I completed a chapter. I seriously think that I'm confusing people with the two different realities. Should I insert something to indicate which world it is taking place? Again, please excuse my grammatical errors unless it's so bad that it's making you cringe, then tell me so I can fix it.
Anyway, whether it be good or bad, Finals are in erm... tomorrow? I had my lit and Japanese finals already... I killed Jpn pt I but I think I saved myself in pt II. I did okay on one of my 2 essays for lit... ... I screwed it all up and I still have to study for geo tomorrow, and bio the day after. sigh
Anyway, please review and criticize, and most importantly let me know if there's a mistake. Flame if you like but tell me a non-bias reason to why you hated it. And lastly, thank you to Kurai-kodoku, Cheryl-chan, Falcon-Rider, Karariona, Jiyu Hatell Kodai, Sasha, Iceheart19, Moeko, Ayako, someone, Chisama, Neji Ramen, kurokioku, miki, razie, Watermelon Gal, The La/=/er, Prodigy-X3-Bombay, and bread. I don't think I would've written this chapter had you not encourage me to continue...