My writing is deteriorating along with my grammar and vocabulary, I apologize. But, here's the next chapter. Enjoy.
Warning: This is Slash and contains OOCness; if you haven't already gotten it by now, I'm worried for your intelligence level.
Title: Realities Away
By: SukiAme
Entry: 03 – Shocking Discoveries
Kishimoto-verse
"-and that's why I had the Byakugan on." Neji concluded his long lecture that involved poisonous mosquitoes, small ticks and something about Lyme disease. Naruto stared vacantly at Neji while Sasuke seemed to have fallen asleep long after he finished the tray of foods that Naruto had brought.
A frown was etched on Neji's face before he stepped toward the blond boy. He waved a hand in front of blank aquatic eyes but received no response, not even a blink.
"Naruto," Neji said softly to catch the teen's attention but to no avail. He turned to Sasuke's sleeping form and noticed the deep breathing patterns of both the brunet and blonde. They're asleep? After my capricious speech in which I made everything up on the spot, they fall asleep?! How dare they?! Vengeance will be mine! Neji brought his hand up to perform hand seals. When he saw the glittering hands of his wrist watch his eyes widened and he dropped his hands, Oh, fudge! I'm late!
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A loud slam woke Naruto and he groggily looked up to see an empty room with a peacefully sleeping Sasuke.
A stinging sensation in his eyes alerted him that his eyes were dried so he forced his eyes shut in such a fashion that he felt tears at the corner of his eyes. He brought a fist to his eyes and rubbed it harshly as he suppressed a yawn. He stood to stretch his stiff muscles and stared at Sasuke's sleeping form for a moment.
Nose wrinkled in annoyance, Naruto muttered a soft, "Che," as he headed toward the door and murmured, "Neji should work at a hospital and bore patients to sleep."
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Alter-verse
Sasuke's eyes widened in surprise and disgust when he realized that Naruto had purposely kissed him. With more strength than he thought possible, Sasuke sent a punch to Naruto's face breaking both the contact and a black lamp that rested next to a leather armchair.
Naruto stumbled over the armchair and stared up to Sasuke's livid face. The hurt was evident in his eyes but it was masked by a hard glare of irritation. He pushed himself off the soft chair and stood up to straighten his clothes.
"I'm leaving," Naruto announced abruptly as he angrily trudged to the exit of the library. But before he completely left Sasuke alone, he muttered a distinctive and bitter, "Jackass."
Sasuke leaned back as the wall shelf supported his weight. He brought his arm to his mouth and rubbed it like a madman. His eyes were hard as he focused his stare to the broken lamp. He lowered his arm and slid down to the floor, completely appalled by the entire incident.
He wasn't twelve anymore and gagging would've proved suspicious so he settled for the next best thing to express his bewilderment in a manly fashion that didn't involve brawling, "... the hell?"
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"Okay," Sasuke mumbled as he ransacked his supposed room in desperate hope of finding his ninja clothes and forehead protector. "Konoha was definitely not a dream." On the large full-sized bed were his weapons holster and the few kunai and shurikens that he hadn't used on the mission.
He'd found them lying at the end of the second floor hallway shortly after he'd left the library and fully intended to retreat to his room. When he got there, apparently, a trap was set up and he'd nearly fallen into a hole that apparently, had a watery floor because when the slipper he wore fell in, there was a loud splash followed by several vicious snapping sounds. He never saw the bottom of that dark pit.
And that wasn't the end of it, as soon as he picked up the weapons on the floor, he allegedly activated another trap because a cast iron cage fell around him, and trapped him like an animal. That's where the various techniques from years of ninja training came in handy; that and a basic knowledge of thermo-science.
Sasuke sighed as he threw open a closet door and tossed out anything that he didn't recognize as his own which mainly consisted of clothes and... more clothes. Growling with annoyance, he moved to his next target and yanked open a white painted wooden drawer. He reached in and moved the cotton soft fabric of the various shirts and paused when he felt a cool metal graze the tips of his fingers.
My forehead protector?
He looked in the drawer and saw a golden box that looked like it was frequently used. Its exterior was rusted and there were dents on the cover and the body of the box which made it looked as if it has been thrown several times.
Sasuke lifted the box and discovered a book underneath it. He easily tossed the box onto his bed before he lifted the book out and read the faded gold letterings on the leather bound book.
"Uchiha Family: Purpose and Secrets to Success," Sasuke read the title before he flipped the heavy cover to a table of contents. His eyes widened at the subheadings of the multi-chaptered book.
"'Chapter One: Training the Body of the Phantom Thief'?!" Sasuke flipped the a few pages and reached the introduction, "If you're reading this, then you're a member of the Uchiha family. If you're not a member of the Uchiha family, what the hell are you doing with this book?! Now then, since you're reading this, that means that you're about to embark on the family's trade of becoming a Phantom Thief. Thief?! Then all those traps-"
Sasuke flipped past the twenty page long introduction and reached the first chapter, "Set traps in the house in unexpected places so that the learner will get used to anything the police may throw at him or her. Be prepared for all types of danger? What the hell?"
Sasuke stared at the book before he snapped it shut as he began to chant a mantra in his head, didn't see it. Never saw it. Though it would explain the clothes.
Once the book was buried under the pile of clothes again, Sasuke plopped on his bed and opened the box.
There was simple black hard-covered spiraled notebook on top of many other miscellaneous objects in which several of them were photos. Sasuke picked one up and stared at the picture. The people in the photo were of people he knew, and people he didn't. He looked at the tents in the picture and the people standing over a open fire. He flipped the photograph around and found the words, "Camping: Naruto and me fell into the lake and got sick the next day."
Now I feel like I'm prying into someone else's life, Sasuke thought as he placed the photo on the bed and flipped open the black notebook. Journal of Uchiha Sasuke the first page read. I wonder if I'm still prying? He wondered as he flipped to the first page and began to read.
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Kishimoto-verse
Sasuke's brows furrowed in frustration as he dug through the drawers of the wooden desk at the side of the room. He moved the various objects in the drawer in vain search of a map, and what he hoped more, something that would tell him more about the life of this other Uchiha Sasuke. But there was nothing aside from the bare necessities that were required for one to live. That was about it. There was nothing else.
"Hm..." Sasuke slid the drawer shut and glanced around the room. Everything was neatly in place and there was nothing out of the ordinary about the room. He moved over to the bed and frowned as he brought a hand to his chin as he took another look around the room.
Sasuke moved toward a bookcase and stared at the various scrolls and books, Geez, everything here is so impersonal... What's with this guy? He brought a finger and hovered over the myriad of reading material as he skimmed the titles. He stopped in front of a flimsy book carefully tucked away between two history books. Carefully taking the flat book out, Sasuke looked at the shiny film over the white cover and gazed over the title.
"Ah-ha! Years of meaningless thievery has finally paid off!" He exclaimed. His eyes widened as he jerked at this out of character outburst. Taking a habitual scan of 'his room,' he straightened up and cleared his throat, "Ahem, right."
He glanced around the room again, before he sat at the desk to read the book. "The little tot's guide to the ninja world. Learn the geography and history of the ninja world."
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"What do I do now?" Sasuke wondered as he closed the book. He stretched his arms and stood up exhausted by the hour spent memorizing the maps and information in the book. He walked over to the opened window and stared into the bright afternoon as he let out a sigh, "How am I going to get home?
"I miss my room; I miss my bed; I miss my Naruto; Hell, I even kind of miss Itachi," Sasuke frowned as a mental picture of his brother parading around the house setting traps for him came to mind, "... yeah... I don't really miss those crazy things around the house, but I still kind of miss him.
"... And now I'm talking to myself," Sasuke sighed again before he headed toward the exit. "I suppose I should ask someone about this, but then again, I should probably be inconspicuous as possible since who knows what might happen. They might abduct me and try to experiment on my mind and body." He frowned and shook his head, "I've been watching way to many movies."
Sasuke shut the door behind him and began to walk down the streets. A strong breeze picked up and blew a cloud of leaves around Sasuke. The brunet blinked and stared at the Naruto who seemingly appeared from nowhere.
Naruto grinned when the leaves settled and waved two fingers up in greetings, "Yo!"
"Naruto," Sasuke answered in surprise, "Wha-"
"You recovered yet?" He interjected with a light (concerned) tone.
"Yeah, pretty much," Sasuke answered suavely as he took a step toward the blonde, "Are you worried about me?"
Naruto shot Sasuke a glare before he scoffed, "You wish."
You have no idea, Sasuke thought as he began to walked away with a smirk, fully aware of Naruto watching him.
"Hey, wait a sec!" Naruto called after him as he stopped Sasuke from behind, "Sakura-chan was worried about you. She wanted to ask you if you'll-"
"No," Sasuke answered immediately without listening to the request. He continued on his stroll while Naruto trailed after him.
"You didn't even listen to her question yet!" Naruto grumbled as he grabbed a hold of Sasuke. Naruto's aquatic eyes narrowed as the onyx color of the brunet's eyes bore dully into his own. "Do you not like her? 'Cause you really suck of you don't see how great Sakura-chan is."
"Do you like her?" Sasuke retorted.
Naruto raised an eyebrow and stared disbelievingly at Sasuke, "You're kidding me, right? How can I not like Sakura-chan?"
The dark haired teen grimaced before he turned and continued to walk while Naruto trailed after him at a leisure pace. "Oh?" Sasuke asked disinterestedly, "What exactly do you like about her?"
"She's smart, pretty, nice and she smells good," Naruto told Sasuke with a smug grin.
Sasuke turned his heels and stared at Naruto with a befuddled and scandalized look as he pictured the girl in the picture Neji had shown him, "What?! You think that that pink haired wench is attractive?!"
"Hey, don't call Sakura-chan a wench!"
"Whatever, I don't care; leave me alone," Sasuke growled bitterly as he resumed his fast paced walk leaving Naruto staring after him bewildered by the tone of his teammate.
"Sasuke!" Naruto called as he watched the hunched over sixteen year old drift further from him. "Sasuke!" Naruto's irises looked up at the clear blue sky and he sighed. He stared at the retreating back of his partner again and muttered rolling his eyes, "Immature Bastard."
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Alter-Verse
The magenta glow of dusk pierced through the glass panes of the tall windows into the messy bedroom of one Uchiha Sasuke. However, the said Uchiha Sasuke was in fact sitting on the large bed in the strange room of a rich person whom he's never met before and probably never will. Before him was a opened golden, tin box whose broken lid laid forgotten beside him.
On the lid were few photographs that were perhaps of interest to the teen but at the moment, he was engrossed in the writings within a black notebook. His pale cheeks were singed a baby pink of envy as he read the neatly messy scrawl of the journal while his lips was pursed to a thin line of disapproval at the lifestyle of the owner of the journal.
Sasuke skimmed the next few pages that involved school, theft and almost being caught when his eyes caught a particularly messy entry:April XX, 20XX
It was the first day of school today, this new school is... different. There are a lot of people and the teachers kept mentioning Oniisan when they realized I was an Uchiha. That was annoying. Don't they realize I'm not him? Stupid Oniisan. As if it isn't enough that he tortures me without him actually being there, Mother and Father called home today telling me I have to begin to steal what they tell me to.April XX, 20XX
There's this annoying blond kid in my class. He's a complete idiot, got the lowest scores for the Entrance Exams, and everyone doesn't like him. I don't know why, but he pisses me off with that cheery attitude of his. His name's Uzumaki Naruto.
Sasuke lifted his head from the journal and stared out the window at the night and then at the digital red lights of the alarm clock by the side of his bed. His eyes widen when he realized how late it was. He rubbed his eyes and decided to read one more entry before he would shower and sleep. He flipped through the seemingly uninteresting pages before a shaky and hardly legible entry made him pause.August XX, 20XX
Last night... I had a very strange dream. It was beyond strange. I was at a library and I was looking through it when I saw Naruto trying to figure out a math problem so being the kind person I am, I decided to solve it for him and rub it in his face. Then this person who I thought was Hyuuga appeared next to him and began to whisper. Naruto laughed at something that Hyuuga said and Hyuuga leaned in and kissed him. I don't know what was wrong but when I woke up, I felt... bad. I don't know what it is, I've never felt this way before. Maybe I miss him? I mean, I haven't seen him since vacation began.
That was all the entry said but was enough to leave Sasuke with his mouth hanging open.September XX, 20XX
I... think I'm attracted to Naruto.
To be continued...
Good news, I passed all my exams with a decent grade! Bad: I'm currently attending summer school (thank you graduation requirements). I'm quite bitter. Okay, I also apologize for the lack of updating because I rewrote this chapter several times. I slaved away at this and I'm still not satisfied... but it's been a month so... I feel like I should update. Sorry about the quality, I think I'm getting worst?
Anyway I would like to give my thanks to the following for commenting: The La/=/er (I'm glad you didn't forget the fic last time, but you probably forgot it by now You made a good point about Sasuke in the last chapter, I'm hoping I can slowly fix that), kurokoiku, Ookima, Iceheart19 (I hope I answered the projectiles thing in a hopefully semi-believable manner and you flatter me though I wish I could get that many reviews. Pervy-Neji... Hm, there's an idea), Mister Pineapple, Kalariona, Dearest, catc 10, Kuroi Hikari, moonlight2, Twinkie D, Eikou, Naruto Otaku, KizuPL, Misosouplover, miki (I too thought that the ItaNaru hair scene was cute, as intended. Did I sort of answer the projectiles thing? Your other questions will be answered later.), Wolf Lupin (If it's still confusing, please tell me), ein dwang, Saiera, mikanpan, Authoress Pendragon, Ramen no Tenshi, and Tiinka (I'm a fan of it both ways... We'll see how I progress because Naruto makes a cute Uke but I rarely see him seme)
I hope I didn't miss anyone; Forgive me if I did, contrary to popular beliefs, I'm not a robot. So, please review and criticize, comment, and inform me of errors. If there's something you don't understand, please tell me. Maybe I'll update earlier than a month next time?