Dear Journal:
It must be some sort of cruel fate, or a evil prank from Baa-chan. I have been stripped from all my mission and now I'm the caretaker of one Uchiha Sasuke. Why me? I swear I'm going to murder the Hokage one of these days. It's just too much! Why should I be the one in charge of that bastard? Everything was perfectly fine with me watching over him once…JUST ONCE!
But no…Tsunade-baa-chan…has to put me…Uzumaki Naruto…the official caretaker of Uchiha Sasuke until his date of execution…ONE MONTH WITH THAT BASTARD! I won't survive…I'll end up murdering him before his execution date…
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Naruto sighed as he walked down the familiar steps. Just yesterday he was the guard on duty…only part-time. But now he was a full-time guard for Uchiha Sasuke…day in and day out…no breaks…except for lunch, bathroom.
"That old hag will pay for this" he muttered as he walked towards Sasuke's cell early in the morning. He looked through the cell door and noticed how peacefully Sasuke slept. He became enthralled with such a view. He looked so…angelic.
"That fell from the heavens" he whispered as he turned his back on the cell and stood on guard. Sasuke's eye twitched slightly as he opened them. Another day in the cell; another day until his death. Sasuke sat up, rubbing his eyes from the sleep. He looked around and then towards the cell door where his guard was supposed to be. He narrowed his eyes in order to see who the guard was.
"Naruto" Sasuke said startled. Naruto turned slightly, looking at him annoyed.
"What?" he asked.
"Oh…nothing…didn't know you were going to be a guard again" Sasuke said. Naruto snorted.
"Get use to it…I'm stuck watching over you until the last day" Naruto commented. Sasuke didn't know whether to be happy or sad at the thought. Did his wish actually come true? Did Kami-sama hear his plea over his ray of sun? Sasuke rubbed his eyes again. This couldn't be true…Naruto, the Naruto he cared about, his ray of sun…is actually going to be here until the end.
Sasuke's expression saddened. The end…it was nearly a month away. A month of having Naruto by his side, seeing how he becomes weaker and weaker.
"Sasuke" growled Naruto. Sasuke looked up, snapping from his train of thoughts.
"You're breakfast is going to get cold if you don't eat…and I'm not about to force feed you either…so eat it now…or don't eat it at all" said Naruto annoyed. Sasuke nodded dumbly, forgetting for a moment his surroundings and everything that's going on. He slowly began to eat, and then suddenly scowled.
"You don't order me around dobe" Sasuke said. Naruto's eye twitched.
"I think I just did bastard" Naruto retaliated. Sasuke smirked as he raised his spoon, flicking it at Naruto.
"Oh you're going to pay for that" Naruto said as he opened the cell and closed it behind him, suddenly tackling Sasuke. The duo fell to the ground and began to wrestle around to see who was the strongest.
"You won't win against me dobe" Sasuke retorted as he pinned Naruto to the ground.
"You haven't learned a bit bastard…" Naruto said with a smirk as he switched their positions.
"And I believe I win" he said with a smirk.
"No you haven't….dobe" Sasuke said as he kneed Naruto off him and pinned Naruto yet again to the ground.
"You won't escape Sasuke…." Naruto warned.
"Who said I was going to escape? That just shows how much of a dobe you are" Sasuke said with his arrogant smirk. Naruto growled fiercely as he grabbed Sasuke and threw him to the side, sitting up in the process. Sasuke blinked a few times as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Who won?" he asked. Sasuke glared at him slightly as he tackled Naruto. The two pinned each other and wrestled each other to the brink of exhaustion. Sasuke looked at Naruto who was underneath with a victory smirk.
"I won…now…what will you give me for my victory?" asked Sasuke. Naruto blinked in confusion.
"What do you mean? I never waged anything" Naruto said annoyed. Sasuke began to think for a moment.
"Well…you could always search for my ray of light" Sasuke said. Naruto snorted as he sat up.
"What is it with you and your stupid ray of light? What is your ray of light?" asked Naruto. Sasuke laughed slightly as he sat on his bed, laying down and staring at the ceiling.
"My ray of light is someone who can warm my heart…my ray of light is the last person I want to see…so I can engrave their image into my mind and always remember my ray light…the ray of light that I can learn to love, and die with that love…and not die with the darkness and loneliness that surrounded me for nearly my entire life. IF you can find that ray of life…I will be able to die peacefully, and finally die not alone" Sasuke explained. Naruto tilted his head slightly, digesting Sasuke's words. /So he means find him someone who he can love/ thought Naruto.
Naruto stood up and left the cell, standing guard once again as Sasuke remained quiet, staring at the ceiling.
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Dear Journal:
I finally understand what he meant by ray of light. He wants to fall in love and not be alone anymore. Isn't that what everyone wants sooner or later in their lives? To love and be loved? It made sad to be honest…all his life he's been alone…well he thought he was but he never saw his team as his family. He wasn't alone but he pushed himself into that isolation of loneliness.
This means I have a week and a half to find someone Sasuke can love and see before his sight is removed. He's so troublesome at times…heh that made me sound like Shikamaru. How can I find someone for him if I'm stuck being his guard for the whole month? I want to help him out, but how if I won't be able to move around much.
Why must things get so complicated? Being close to Sasuke is weakening my resolve. Every time I see my reflection I see just how being close to Sasuke is cracking my reflection. What can I do? I'm so confused with all of this. There is only one thing I can do…I'm just going to have to be there for him. I may not be able to find someone he can love in such a short notice…but at least he'll have a friend, and maybe he won't feel so alone when he dies…Sasuke is going to die.
The same Sasuke I swore to get back all those years ago….and now he's going to die. I don't know what I'm feeling journal. It's a mix of satisfaction and remorse. I'm satisfied that I got him back, but now it hurts to see that he's going to die for his heinous crimes. He deserves it I know that…but I still hold a form of respect and admiration for that bastard. Old feelings can't die…and my feelings of our friendship are still there.
Oh well…tomorrow is another day. I'll figure this out by then…but I'm sure of one thing journal, and that is that I won't leave Sasuke alone in these times. After all…he's part of the team, no matter how bad he is…and no matter what he has done. I hate him for killing Sakura, but I care for him because he is like me. We both lived lonely lives, and I understand the pain of loneliness and solitude, and the pain of abandonment. At least Sasuke won't feel abandoned by the village…even if it's just me…the dobe like he calls me.
I'll prove to him I'm not a dobe…I'll get his recognition…and he won't die alone…I just hope I can accomplish this in the month to come.
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Another day brings Naruto back to the cell of Sasuke, yelling at Sasuke to eat his meal before it gets cold. Naruto sighed as he kept his guarding position, nothing but silence feeling the area. He bit the inside of his cheek as he tried to figure out a way of getting close to Sasuke without letting Sasuke know of his intentions.
"Scrunch your face anymore and you'll look like a fox" Sasuke commented as his head rested on the cell door. Naruto was snapped out of his thoughts and he glared at Sasuke.
"Be quiet" he growled. Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"You've gotten meaner in the past few years" Sasuke commented boredly.
"What is it to you?" asked Naruto annoyed.
"It's not…it's just that the old Naruto was cheerful…and he always gave hopes to those around him" Sasuke said. Naruto turned to look at him.
"If it did…then you wouldn't have left those years ago…and you wouldn't be in this little predicament" Naruto commented. Sasuke twisted his lip slightly.
"I know…I just didn't feel your hopes because I was surrounded in too much hatred" he said. Naruto rolled his eyes and turned his attention back to guarding.
"I left everything behind…including those that were precious to me" Sasuke continued.
"And who were the privileged ones to be precious to you?" asked Naruto sarcastically. Sasuke rested his back to the cell, his back slightly touching Naruto's back.
"Well…team 7 was one of them…actually; team 7 was the only thing"
"Yet you came here and killed Sakura"
"I didn't do it on purpose…I was attacking and she got in the way…I didn't have time to stop chidori"
"It's a ninja's job to stop an S class criminal Sasuke" Naruto said.
"I know…but I tried to stop it from reaching her…but it was too late…" Sasuke said.
"It's done and over with Sasuke…you'll be atoning for it soon" Naruto commented. Sasuke sighed as he leaned his head back, his head resting on the door.
"So…have you found my ray of sun?" asked Sasuke. This time Naruto sighed.
"No…I haven't found her…I may not be able to find her considering I'm your guard full-time. Which means you're stuck with me twenty four-seven" Naruto said.
"I'm stuck with you?" he asked. Naruto nodded.
"I'll be here all the time…so you'll be annoyed to death before your death" Naruto said. Sasuke winced slightly…it felt a little…cold.
"I see" he said. Naruto drifted his gaze around, trying to put his thoughts into words.
"Listen…I may not be able to find that light of yours…but at least you won't be alone. I'm not going anywhere and even if you're the enemy…we were friends once before" Naruto said. Sasuke smiled…Naruto was always clueless of the hidden meanings.
"What was that saying…look underneath the hidden or something like that" Sasuke said.
"What?" asked Naruto.
"Nothing…don't worry about the ray…" Sasuke said. Naruto nodded solemnly.
"I'll be satisfied with having you around…dobe" Sasuke said, adding dobe to irritate the blonde. Naruto's eye twitched. /Here I am trying to be supportive and he's acting like a jerk/ thought Naruto.
"Fine then…I won't offer my support" Naruto said.
"Dobe…I want your support…or are you going to abandon me as well?" he asked Naruto. Naruto growled annoyed. Sasuke just knew which buttons to push.
"Don't push your luck" Naruto said, which made Sasuke laugh.
"It's fun though…" Sasuke commented.
"Just as much fun as kicking your ass" Naruto said. The two started laughing, their backs never separating as the day passed by.
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Wow…five pages…that's the longest I've written since lost love single redemption oO anyways…
Smoking Panda: yeah…that was the only thing I could think of lol ray of sun
Momochi Zabuza: your welcome lol I didn't know this fic was cute lol
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Tins: your review is enough so thank you for the review /hands cookie over/ this fic just came out of nowhere lol
Red Rose: I know this fic is sad /cries/ lol but it's a tragedy fic lol Well…Naruto won't be figuring that out anytime soon…he's the cutest dobe every lol
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To everyone else: thank you minna