Title: Forgetting what Happiness is
Summary: When Naruto is rejected for the ten-millionth time by Sakura, he gets a reality slap. He flees the Village and vows to forget about everything…Even Sakura. Meanwhile, after his departure, Sakura realizes she really misses Naruto and decides to get him back home. But is that what Naruto really wants? Naru/Saku Shika/ino
'Sasuke' thoughts or movement
"Sasuke" Speaking
'Sasuke....' Inner Sakura's thoughts
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Misha's notes: I must get MORE Reviews!!!!!!!! REVIEW DAMNIT!
I just wanted to point out something… the Christmas special was separate. I published and then deleted it….like after 10 minutes…lol. Sorry but I figured it was Christmas. Also, I felt it sucked anyway so….Besides, what kind of nut case will spend Christmas reading my fic? Don't they have family to spend Christmas with…? Well, some ppl like me don't but….anyway, I'm burning a Christmas present currently.
It's one of those sweet smelling candles. Well, it did smell good, before I decided to burn it….hehe.
Hey, I got 4 more. XP
Enough about hearing me babble!!! To the reviews! This time, I was sort of disappointed because I got a lot reviews fewer then last time….awww….REVIEW PLEASE!!!!!!!!! ;-; Or I'll cry.
Dragon's Shadow: Ari-ga-to! : ) please enjoy this chapter!
Desert-Demon-Kitsune: Not long. I don't really like those fics where they make Naruto genuinely distressed, they make him so sad, he has to suicide or go away for like 5 years or so. Those stories make me sad. But I do like those fics where he's really immature like a innocent kid. He's so KAWAII in those stories!!! Um…I hope you like it this way. Anyway, I can't tell you the precise time 'cause I don't even know! All I can say is that it's less then a year…Enjoy this Chapter please!
Hell's Reaper: Glad you liked it.
Lordlans: Yay! You reviewed! : ) Lol….I love Sasuke's reactions. He my fave character! Enjoy this chapter!
Scorpion05: Dun worry, Sakura will think about it. I'll torture her with guilt! It's part of the next chapter. Please enjoy this chapter and don't worry, I don't really intend to torture Sakura, but she'll have a lot to think about.
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AAAAWWWWWWWWW! DAMN! I've been on for 5 minutes and the candle already went out!!!! DAMN!
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Naruto's gone.
He is….really...gone.
Hinata and some other Ninjas were sent by Tsunade to track Naruto down and bring him back, but apparently, Naruto learned to cover his tracks and it was extremely difficult to look for him. When they came back with no sign of him, Tsunade even proceeded to look for Naruto herself. Unfortunately, She was much needed in Konoha right now and she couldn't step out from her job to look for one mere boy.
Hinata was really depressed. She was convinced it was her fault. She could've stopped him. She sat down and sighed. She had just returned from the search and was tired as hell. "Naruto-Kun…" she murmured, as she laid against a tree.
Meanwhile, deep within the forest, Sasuke was currently on top of a rock meditating. Well, until he heard Sakura's voice…
"SAAAAAAAAAASSSSUUUUKKKKKEEEEE-------KKKKKKUUUUUUN!!!!!!!!!!" She yelled.
A group of birds resting on the trees, frightened, flew away. Sasuke made a 'cluck' sound with his tongue. 'Her….AGAIN….?' he thought, annoyed. And just when he was meditating! He could see a small dot of pink and red making way towards him. When Sakura finally came over, she dropped on her knees and panted. "S-sasuke-kun………Naruto………Baka….ran……..gone….." She said between gasps. From the rock, Sasuke stared down at her.
"……what?"
Sakura dropped on to the grass and leaned against Sasuke's rock. Sasuke waited patiently for her to catch her breath. When she did, Sakura gathered her chakra and walked up the rock to sit beside Sasuke. She put her hands on her knees and pulled her knees up towards her chin. Thus, she sunk her chin onto her knees. Sasuke let her stay on his rock but after a while, he got annoyed. "….so…" He said. 'She better not have come here just to flirt!' He thought. He glanced at Sakura. 'HUH?!'
Sakura was crying. "Sorry….Sasuke-kun". Sasuke glanced at her. 'heh…what's wrong with her now…...this better not be a trick!' "Did….you…hear?" Sasuke looked up. "?" Sakura, trying to smile, repeated, "Did you hear?" Sasuke was silent. 'about….?' He thought nervously. Outside, he was keeping his cold exterior while inside, he was worried. Taking his silence as a 'no', she continued. "Damn….God Damn it!"
She started to cry again. "Did you hear that Naruto…." Sasuke could've sworn he jumped up. "What about Naruto?!" Sakura looking up at him, tears still falling.
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"Naruto's gone, Sasuke-kun."
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Sasuke ran around Konoha trying to look for him. Sure, Naruto was a freaking Idiot, but he never expected the dobe to be this stupid! 'WHY the HELL IS HE RUNNING AWAY?!' Sasuke ran around like crazy. He asked several shop keepers but none knew where he was. One guy even said "Kid, your not the only one looking for him." Beh…Stupid Naruto! He didn't hate the guy since he was a precious person to him….but…DAMN!
The one that was most worried was Iruka. He was so sad; he fainted when he heard Naruto was gone. Sitting by the door way in the Ninja academy, he sighed. Konohamaru walked up to him. "Iruka-sensei…." He said. "Naruto-nee-chan will come back, right?" Iruka looked at him for a long period of time.
"I…"
"I….hope so"
Sakura walked up to her house and opened the door. "I'm home.." she said softly. Everyone was suffering-but not as much as she was. She felt guilt rising. Although no one blamed her for it….she had a really bad feeling it was her fault. She walked upstairs to her room and dropped down on her bed. She sat up and looked at the pictures sitting above a desk. One had Team 7's picture, where Naruto was glaring at Sasuke while Sasuke had a really grumpy look on his face. She took the picture into her arms and hugged it, remembering all the stupid things Naruto did.
'I'm going to become the HOKAGE!'
'Yay! I'm finally a Ninja!!! Ninja, Ninja Ninja!!'
'Don't underestimate me! I'm not going to back down!!!!'
'LISTEN UP! I'm not going to lose to you!!!!!'
" Y-you BAKA!!" Sakura Said sobbing. Still hugging the picture, She slumped on her bed, crying. "y-you baka…" She felt a pinch on her heart. Sakura shocked, dropped the picture. The picture bounced on the bed. She hugged herself. "What the hell…?" 'Ding Dong" the door rang. "Sakura, Will you please get the door?" her mother called from the Kitchen. She called out weakly…"h-hai" She walked out of the room and down the stairs. She thought…'I…I just felt the feeling I usually have when I'm around Sasuke-kun…'
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She walked where the door was and looked in the peep hole. 'EH?!' Hinata's visiting?' Her hand stopped at the door Knob. 'This will probably be about Naruto…She usually never visits' She sighed and opened the door. "Hi Hinata..." She gave her a weak grin. Hinata narrowed her eyes and asked coldly, "Can I come in?"
Hinata was furious! Since there were only a couple of junior ninjas in the search, she had thought that Sakura would have at least participated! Was she freaking emotionally blind?! Naruto had obviously left because of her!!!!!! Hinata practically stomped in her house. (1) Sakura looked at her in Surprise….Wasn't she suppose to be shy?! Sakura watched as she stomped into the living room and sat down on a red leather sofa across from a pink Sakura Flower mosaic lamp which was sitting on a Crimson red table that gleamed.
Hinata stared at the living room's furniture. 'Everything's FREAKING PINK!'
Indeed it was. The walls were pale, pale pinkish-white, while the coffee table was gleaming red with pink sides. Pink and Red flowers decorated a see-through pink vase on the pink-red coffee table. Different shades of pink were sewn on the tapestries hanging on the wall. On one side of the wall, there was a picture of Sakura's family, in a dark red frame. As I described before, Hinata was currently sitting on Sakura's red leather sofa. There was a matching red leather armchair which was on the other side of the gleaming red table with the Pink mosaic glass lamp. Then there was the T.V, which surprisingly, was in white. Of course, it sat on a red oak table next to the DVD stand which was pink. Hinata blinked. There was something that wasn't PINK or RED!!!!!!!!! Hallelujah! On top of the red and pink stoned fire place, was a shiny gold picture frame.
Sakura stared at Hinata's expression. Her face looked red. Well, it might have just been the light, but usually, it wasn't all that red. Hinata walked up to the fireplace to take a closer look and to confirm what she saw. She stared in surprise. Her pearl eyes widened in shock and turned to glared at Sakura. 'So that was how much she cared?!' Sakura was taken back from Hinata's look on her face. Hinata looked like a minion from hell. She walked up to Sakura and slapped her straight on the face.
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Sakura winced at the pain, but she was mostly surprised. 'w-what the hell, is she doing?!' Inner Sakura: 'SHANAROOO!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?! Slap Her BACK!!!!!!!!!!' Sakura ignored inner Sakura. She stared at her. "Why..?"
Hinata stared at her eyes. As her Anger evaporated, she realized something. 'She's…she's confused....' "If you cared about him this much, why didn't you put effort into stopping or trying to find him…?
Sakura touched her cheek. 'Did she use chakra when she smacked me?' Sakura looked down. 'But…it serves me right I guess.'
Hinata, anger completely dissolved, looked at her sad face and told her gently, "You know, sulking and crying over this matter isn't going to bring him back…" Sakura sat on the pink and white tiled floor. Hinata then told her, "if you feel that guilty, then why don't you do something to get rid of the guilt?"
Sakura, meanwhile, still holding her cheek started to cry, "h-how am I suppose to help?!...I'm FREAKING THE ONE THAT MADE HIM LEAVE!!!" Hinata sat next to her on the tiled floor and grinned. "That makes it a bigger reason why you should be the one to retrieve him". Sakura, staring at the tiles, suddenly wrapped and pulled Hinata into a hug. "A-arigato and…I-I'm so sorry!!!!!!!" she cried. (2)
Sakura's Mom was still in the Kitchen, cooking food, completely oblivious to the fact that her daughter was slapped, yelled at, going through a mental breakdown, and currently crying her eyes out while hugging the same person that slapped her. How odd, eh?
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Meanwhile Sasuke gave up his search, deciding it would ruin his bastard image. And coincidentally, he sees Kakashi carrying a bag of groceries while reading Icha Icha Paradise. Although he was still reading his stupid porn book Kakashi spots Sasuke and grins. "Yo…giving up already?"
Sasuke replied "It was a waste of time to look for the dobe anyway! He's probably just pulling a prank, trying to get everyone in Konoha mad!" Kakashi blinked and said, " Sasuke…he might have done that…" Sasuke hmphed. "…before he met you and Sakura" Sasuke had to choke back an hmph on that one. The stupid blonde idiot matured a lot. "…." Was all Sasuke could say. Kakashi made his happy face and said, "Besides, don't you think you owe him one after he saved you from Orochimaru?" True. Sasuke realized. True. Naruto also behaved the same way as if he never retrieved Sasuke before-as if he never betrayed the Village before, whereas people like Neji rubbed it in his face. Sasuke had a lot to think about.
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Sakura escorted Hinata outside. Sakura's mom had offered her to stay and eat dinner, but Hinata declined. One more hour in Sakura's house and all she'd be seeing would be the colors Red and Pink. Sakura cried out a cheerful "Ja!" and Hinata replied "Ja, Sakura-san!" Sakura closed the door behind her and sighed. "what a day…" She walked up the stairs and halfway there, something shiny and gold caught her eye. She walked back down, got the picture and journeyed back up the stairs, smiling and hugging it. And do I see…a Hint of a blush..?
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Now, If you walk into Sakura's room, which isn't that pink, you will see that next to Cell 7's picture, is the gold framed one-Displaying only Sakura and Naruto…..
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TBC……
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(1)- Out of character…I know….but Hinata probably would really be pissed if something like this really happened. Sasuke's kind of ooc too.
(2)- eww….I can't believe I wrote something so corny….I'll never write something like that again!!!
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VOCAB-JAPANESE! (As requested!)
Hai-Yes
Baka-Idiot
Usuratongachi-Idiot or Dead last or dobe
Uresai-Shut up
Teme-bastard
Shanaroo- Goddamn it!!
Ja- bye!
Cudasai- please…I think.
Onegai- Please
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