Title: Broken
Disclaimer: Naruto & Sasuke are not of my property, they're just being used for your and mine entertainment. ºwº same thing for the other characters… Masashi Kishimoto is the real owner of these guys… Thanks for providing such bishies to us fangirls! nn
Notes: This second chapter is centered on Naruto and Sasuke's memories, so please remember that I've seen up to episode 95, and that's as far as I know them, ok? No spoilers please! I'm still watching it weekly. Hope you liked the first chapter, although it was a bit long and depressing too. My fics are usually like that, comedy is not for me… UU But I still hope you guys liked it! I'll try and do something a little bit more romantic this time. Promise!
This is a Naruto X Sasuke fic, with no hard yaoi, just the beautiful shounen-ai they showed during the anime (well, at least for me… nnU). I think I'll add something that came to my mind when I listened to "Bring me to life" song by Evanescence. I can use some of that stuff too P
Chapter 2: Lonesome
You've gone away… don't feel me… anymore…
It was a rainy day at the village of Konoha and Sasuke was watching through the window as the tiny drops of rain drooled over the glass.
"Aww… we can't go and play outside if it's raining like this…" said a seven-year old Yamanka Ino who had come and sat beside him. He looked at her indifferent and she smiled naughty.
"What do you want?" he asked bored, knowing that she had come to bother him again, and probably her friend Sakura was going to appear soon. He became too shy when all his fangirls started chasing him.
"Sasukeee-kunnn, do you wanna go and play with me if the rain stops?" she asked him directly.
"I'm not here to play, I'm here to train Ino-chan" he answered firmly, "and you're supposed to train as well. How do you plan to graduate if you spend all your day playing around?" he said worried.
"Boooring… You should play a little bit more and train a little bit less Sasuke-kun, we're still children you know. Playing is good training too!" Ino answered lecturing him. The young Uchiha became serious:
"I have to train; I have to get stronger everyday so I can be like brother and protect my clan from all danger!" he replied excited.
"Kakkoi Sasuke-kun! But still, I hope you can play with us sometime these days. Jaa, mata ato dene Sasuke-kun!" she waved at him and left with the others. Apparently class had ended and only Iruka-sensei was left in the classroom.
"See you tomorrow sensei, I'm going to train before I return home" said Sasuke almost leaving the room.
"Wait Sasuke-kun, can I ask you something? Have you seen Naruto after your last brake? I think he didn't come back to the classroom and I'm a bit worried…" said Iruka-sensei looking through the window, his eyes searching for his beloved student outside.
"No, I haven't seen him sensei. Maybe he left home. You know he finds your classes a bit boring…" sighed the young shinobi. Iruka frowned for a moment, remembering Naruto's constant complains and bad-behavior. But then he smiled again: "Maybe you're right. He is a lazy kid after all. I shouldn't be worrying about it". Just after finishing his sentence, both Iruka and Sasuke heard some kids shouting and screaming outside. They ran out of the Academy to find Ino, Sakura, Shikamaru and some other students that approached them with fear.
"Sensei…We… We saw him…" tried to say the young kunoichi Sakura but just started crying.
"What's wrong children, did something happen?" asked their sensei worried, holding the crying Sakura.
"Yeah…We found a dead rabbit in the forest, covered in blood…it was horrible!" screamed Ino and held her teacher too. He sighed: "It's okay, maybe another animal killed it, you know how nature is right?".
"That's not the only thing we saw sensei" a young Shikamaru said serious. "I grabbed the little rabbit and suddenly he appeared. He had his hands covered in red blood too. He killed the little rabbit!" shouted a bit desperate.
"What?", Iruka sensei was confused. "Come on children, you're all wet from the rain. Let's go inside before you all catch a cold". But as Shikamaru had finished his phrase, Sasuke had already entered the forest that surrounded the academy. He was looking for him. He knew he would find him there. What could have happened?
Just as he thought, he found the little figure of Uzumaki Naruto hiding behind some bushes. He was crying hard and had his hands covered in red blood, just as Shikamaru had mentioned.
"Are… Are you alright?" he asked a bit scared. But the child wouldn't answer, he just kept sobbing although he tried to hide his face between his legs. He didn't want to be seen by his classmate and not an ordinary classmate. This was Uchiha Sasuke, the greatest candidate of the whole class, the most popular genin of the Academy.
"Are you hurt?" he said softly as he leaned closer to his friend. But Naruto wouldn't show him his face. He tried to say something but instead a roar and a pair of fangs appeared on his face. Sasuke backed up and fell on the ground. He was really frightened now.
Naruto got up; the fangs still coming out of his mouth, his lower lip bleeding from the pressure and his red hands shaking violently. He started walking towards Sasuke who was still lying on the ground and watched him with fear that could no longer be hidden.
"What's wrong with you Naruto? You're acting weird? Don't let that thing overcome you!" shouted Sasuke. Naruto stopped surprised to hear those words coming from that boy he envied so much. He fell on the wet ground too and tried desperately to wash the blood off his hands with the mud that the rain had formed all over the forest. Sasuke sat beside him, took Naruto's hands and pulled out a bottle of fresh water he always carried in his backpack in case he had a chance to train. He used the water to wash Naruto's bloody hands and his face too. The fox-like features had disappeared now and the blond shinobi was back to normal.
"I… I didn't want to do that. I lost control over the kyuubi inside me. I never had problems with him before, but now I'm scared that he will come for me and not only for a rabbit… He is going to kill me Sasuke!" screamed Naruto as he grabbed Sasuke's t-shirt and buried his face on the other boy's chest.
"It's okay now, he's gone. Don't cry anymore…" said the black-haired student trying to comfort his crying friend.
"The others hate me; they think I'm a rabbit murderer… I don't want to be hated! I didn't do it! I didn't do anything! I don't know what to do anymore, I can't depend on Iruka sensei forever…" the young Naruto tried to say but his breath was cut and he started to feel dizzy. "I'm…I'm… breathless" he said as loud as he could.
Sasuke held the breathless ninja in a tight grip and leaned Naruto's head onto his chest. Naruto started hearing Sasuke's heart beating getting faster. Since he had found out about the kyuubi sleeping inside of his body he had doubted that his heart wasn't his heart anymore. Is my heart really beating on its own? He tried breathing along with his savior.
"Breathe Naruto… Breathe".
And yes, he could finally hear his heart beating at the same time. He grabbed onto Sasuke even tighter and they both stayed there, under the pouring rain for a while…
(End of Naruto's flashback).
Naruto was sitting in the hospital chair eating some snacks he had picked at the machine outside Sasuke's room and remembering that day, when the Kyuubi had made him tear apart that poor little rabbit, how his friends had looked at him like he was a monster and how Sasuke had come out of nowhere to comfort him as no one had ever done before. He had been lost in his memories with Sasuke and now he realized he had the back of his hands wet. He had been crying over another image of the Sasuke he loved so much…
"What if I can't breathe again? Are you going to let me die asphyxiated by my loneliness? Sasuke bastard… Can't you see I've been breathless since you became like this…?" whispered Naruto. He leaned his head beside his friends'
and tried to get some sleep.
He had almost fell asleep when he heard someone coming.
"I guess is Kakashi-sensei. I don't understand him; I don't need him to check on us. I can take care of Sasuke all by myself". But Naruto frozen at the image of Itachi's figure entering the room. What if the person who was coming to see them was Itachi and not Kakashi? What could he do against someone as strong and evil as the Uchiha murderer?
The door opened slowly just to discover a smiling Jiraya, dressed as usual and with a couple of snacks he had picked at the same machine Naruto had gone to before, greeting his favorite student.
"Konbanwa, Naruto. What are you doing here so late in the night? Kids should be sleeping already, you know?". Naruto sighed in relief.
"Erosennin…You scared the crap out of me old man!" he yelled mad, knowing that just hear this nickname would make Jiraya crazy.
"DON'T CALL ME LIKE THAT! Little bastard…" he shouted and hit Naruto on the head. "Now come with me, you should be sleeping at home right now. An adult should be in charged of Sasuke at night. Come on!" he grabbed Naruto's wrist and in an instant they were both outside of the hospital.
The blond ninja couldn't believe it. So many people had tried to take him out of that horrible hospital, but only Jiraya, who was so special to him had made it. JIraya didn't let go until they were in front of Naruto's small apartment.
"Okay, now goodnight Naruto. You can go back to the hospital tomorrow if you want, but tonight you're sleeping here" said his master lecturing him as he pulled him closer to the door.
"Naa, Erosennin… Would you like to come in for a minute?" Naruto whispered in a low voice.
His master looked at him. He really looked awful, he's clothes and appearance was a mess, he had a sad looking expression on his face and he looked awfully tired.
"Okay, but just to make sure you get a little rest" he answered and they both entered the house. It was pretty obvious that no one had returned there for almost a week. Naruto's life had become a disaster.
"Why are you being such a baby? You're friend's strong, he'll get over this" said Jiraya taking a look around the house. "Have you forgotten our mission? I've been waiting for you to come back on your own, but you stayed there as this was the end of the world and you even made me come all the way here to find you". But he stopped when he was back in the main living room, just to find his student crying in pain. He couldn't believe his eyes; did this Uchiha guy mean so much for Naruto?
He walked towards him and embraced him. Naruto was surprised at first but then he decided that it was okay to finally release all the pain he had been feeling the last week with the person that he admired the most. His beloved master.
Naruto cried a while on Jiraya's arms until his master let go of him and looked straight to his eyes.
"Naruto, it's really important we go find Tsunade now".
Naruto didn't want to hear about missions or trips that would get him far away from Sasuke.
"I won't leave his side Erosennin, I won't!" he shouted and got away from his master. They looked at each other for an instant until Jiraya opened his mouth again and said:
"She's the only one who can save Sasuke-kun now…If we don't find her, then he may never regain conscious again Naruto".
Naruto was shocked. He thought about it for some minutes. Then he realized he had to go.
He had to leave his friend's side for his sake, to bring the help he could never give him. And he knew deep inside his heart that he couldn't do anything to save Sasuke himself. He needed someone else's help. He wasn't strong enough.
He was going to find that Tsunade kunoichi and ask her to help Sasuke. That was the only way to solve the problem.
"Okay, you win Erosennin. I'll go with you, we'll find Tsunade and she will get Sasuke back to normal".
Jiraya smiled proudly at his student. He was still the Naruto he knew.
I'm broken when I'm lonesome… I don't feel like I'm strong enough…
TBC
Okay! Hello everyone! I was going to wait for some reviews to see if these fic was worth publishing it, but I love it myself so I decided to write it although it's not getting any better… UU I just had this long morning free and had so many ideas in my head that couldn't help but to write another chapter.
This one had a long flashback that I made up. I think the guys were so cute when they were kids, all of them! I just love to see their flashbacks during the anime! nn
And as you can see this story is placed on a specific time in the story, before Naruto goes to find Tsunade to help Sasuke. I was just thinking what Naruto felt when he saw the poor Sasuke-kun in such state! And of course I added the romantic and cute part that sasunaru fans need for living, hahaha Oo
This is dedicated to all you sasunaru fans out there! I hope to get your reviews and email soon! I love meeting the people that read my stories So, if my imagination is still working tonight I might be doing chapter number 3. It might be the last, I don't know yet. Look forward to it! And reviews please! They help me breathe!
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ShUiChI
Some Japanese terms:
Kakkoo: cool
Dewa mata ato dene: okay, see you later then.
Kunoichi: female ninja.
Naa: hey
Erosennin: is the nickname Naruto gave to Jiraya, that literally means: Perverted hermit man.
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Thanks for reading!
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