Hello! Um...I decided to post one more chapter and then leave this story for about a millenium. Then I'll go back to it when 1000 years have passed. I don't really think this story is getting far, and not to mention that people didn't really give me ideas, so I made up several ideas myself. Ehehe.....heh.....
As for the answers to Yuen-chan's questions, no, Itachi did not know Sasuke died, and Sasuke can be seen by everybody. Just because he's a fallen angel doesn't mean he has super powers or something like that. After all, last chapter explained that he was indeed human, but he just has enhanced ninja abilities. He even has enough ninja powers to challenge Itachi XD but sadly, not enough to defeat him. I'd say Sasuke's ninja level is about a jounin's. Let's just say he seems to be around the part where he just passed the jounin exam. He's good enough to even be an ANBU member. (Goes off to drool at all the Sasuke and Naruto anbu fanarts) I swear, when it comes down to SasuNaru in anbu uniforms, I am known to having huge loss of blood due to nosebleeds. (sweatdrops)
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, but my friend owns imaginary Naruto character action figures. Cool huh? (sighs) .......I'm sorry, I'm just really depressed.....And I mean, REALLY depressed.....(sighs again)
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Naruto didn't know what to think or what to feel. The dream he had confused him to no end. Why did it.....just feel so.....real? He had asked this to himself aloud for the 159th time, but nothing greeted him but the cold air that rushed in his house from the open window. The dream nearly drove him insane....Although he doubted it would, since he already was pretty much near the brink of insanity. What had exactly happened that night?
All Naruto could remember was the pain from his heart in seeing Sasuke, but not being able to touch him......To touch his face......To just see if Sasuke was truly real or not...
Naruto snorted. He really was insane, wasn't he? He just couldn't stop thinking about Sasuke, could he? Naruto sighed. He didn't know what to do anymore. He didn't want to go through this crap over and over again. Maybe........Maybe it was time to move on......Although the blonde's mind begged to be let out of this nightmare, his heart would not agree. It was always a war between his mind and heart. To move on, or to keep dreaming about the Uchiha, having hope that maybe, just maybe Sasuke would come back.
Again, Naruto laughed at himself. How can Sasuke come back? He was dead.....and he always would be.....
Maybe it really was time to move on. To just get through life, forget his troubles, and maybe, perhaps enjoy life as it was. He HAD wanted to become Hokage after all, right?
It was just so hard.......So hard to let go. The subject of Sasuke was always painful. Naruto had thought about suicide before, and certainly wasn't scared to do it, yet.....something had always held him back at the last minute. That same, stupid hopeless hope, that maybe.....just maybe.....Sasuke would come back.
Naruto determinedly stood up and put on his orange jacket. He had made his decision, and was bent on pursuing it. He was going to forget about Sasuke. It was going to be impossibly hard, but Naruto was willing to go through it. The only way to move on was to forget about his former teammate. If he even had a tiny memory of Sasuke, then he would go back to the state he was in before.
No.
He had made his decision, and it would stick with him. He would forget everything about Sasuke.
Everything.....
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Kakashi was noticing something. He sensed a new, and different aura, but something seemed so damn familiar about it. It reminded him of the old days when he taught team seven.
Why did it feel so close by, yet he couldn't quite reach it? It felt so.....
No.....It couldn't be......
Sasuke......Was back?
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Naruto quickly made his way towards his favorite place in the world, already smelling the delicious aroma wafting from the stand.
The Ichiraku.
He forgot how much he had missed this place! His stomach was already growling, begging for food.
"Eh, I haven't seen you in a long time! Where have you been?!"The Ichiraku owner smiled down on the blonde, already cooking up several bowls of pork ramen.
"Ah, well, I was somewhere....Where's my ramen?!?! Isn't it ready yet?!?"Naruto's eager smile widened as the bowl of steaming ramen came his way. He then started slurping down his loveable noodles, splashing a bit everywhere.
The owner chuckled to himself. He couldn't help but admit that his most loyal customer sure was cute (and not to mention impatient) when it came to ramen.
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"Please, can't I have just ONE more bowl?? Just one more! Help a starving child here!"
The Ichiraku owner waved away Naruto's pleas for more ramen. "I don't have anymore ingredients anyways. You completely wiped the stand clean!"
Naruto pouted. He was hoping to have at least 2 more helpings, adding it with the 54 bowls he had already devoured.
The owner sighed."Besides, your standing amount is about 18,500 yen! How will you be able to pay for all that?"
Naruto was still mourning over his loss of ramen that the amount he had to give didn't quite register into his mind. Wait.....18,500 yen?!
"I thought you said all the bowls were on the house!"Naruto protested, quickly thinking up a plan on how he could escape this one.
A huff came from the cook. "On the house?! Why would I let 54 bowls of ramen ON THE HOUSE?!"
"But I heard you! You clearly told me that all the bowls were free!"
"I never told you that---
"I'll pay for it." A sharp voice quickly cut in, causing Naruto and the hefty cook to turn and look, eyebrows scrunched up in confusion.
The blonde slowly focused his deep blue eyes on the person who had agreed to pay the outrageous amount.
"IRUKA-SENSEEEIIII!!!!"A joyous shout burst from the blonde's mouth, as he hurled himself at the man.
"Oof!"
"Oops. Ehehe. Sorry Iruka-sensei."
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"Sasuke is back? Well, I had the distinct feeling of his aura, no doubt about that. I just wonder.....How and why he's back...."A blonde haired woman looked at the jounin, her finger tapping her chin thoughtfully. "I suppose he hasn't been spotted yet?"
Kakashi frowned behind his mask. "No....He should have been....No one knows he's back...That's just my theory, but if he had been seen, then you would have known."
The woman stopped tapping her chin. "The news doesn't seem too alarming, due to the fact that Sasuke's appearance hasn't done anything tragic to the village, but the situation is important and will be crucial in the future. Therefore, I will allow you to be exempted from all missions to look for Sasuke, although I am limiting the time for your search. You shall given 24 hours to thoroughly search the outskirts of Konoha, but after 24 hours you will have a new mission on board. You may go whenever you wish, but I suggest you go as soon as possible. I fear that Sasuke will be discovered by Itachi before you do. It is essential that Itachi doesn't get to Sasuke and use him to get to Naruto. Understood?"
The elite jounin solemnly nodded.
"I understand perfectly, Tsunade-sama."
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Hey everyone! I updated mostly because I wanted to get this off my back. I don't think I'll be doing a fourth chapter, and since nobody gave me any ideas, I had to think up of an idea for chapter three myself. (sighs) I really do feel like my story is crap. (sighs)
But I hope that everyone enjoyed this final chapter! Arigato for everyone's nice comments! (Especially feathergurl's)
Ja ne!