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As Naruto approached the bag, all Sasuke could do was hope that the boy would not notice his bright blue bag. 'What are you thinking? Of course he'll see the bag, its not exactly camouflaged. Oh, great, this is just what I needed to end my day!'
Sasuke looked down then covered his eyes with his hands. It was like a train wreck he couldn't look away from-what was soon to be a disaster. 'Maybe he won't see it. Maybe he'll walk right by and not notice.'
Unfortunately, Sasuke's luck had run out. Naruto stopped walking and looked at the bag. He walked over and picked it up.
Sasuke could only watch in horror and slap his forehead for his stupidity. 'How could you forget your bag?'
"Hmm, someone left their bag under the tree..." Naruto said, thinking no one could hear him.
"Hey, this person has pretty good taste!" He laughed, prodding the patch of his favorite rock band that was sewn onto the bag. "That's cool, I couldn't find this patch anywhere, and this person must be a dedicated fan to find it."
Sasuke was speechless. 'Naruto said I have good taste. Who would have suspected him to compliment me? He probably wouldn't even be saying that if he knew that it was my patch.'
Sasuke looked back down to see what Naruto was doing now.
Naruto had picked the bag up and moved over a little closer to the fishpond.
"Just great, he moved out of hearing range." Sasuke said as he shifted himself in the tree to get a better view.
Naruto sat down a few feet away from the fishpond and began to open the bag. "Maybe who ever left this has a wallet or ID." Naruto said to himself.
Naruto turned the bag over and let the contents spill out onto the ground. He gasped, surprised. He looked at all the treasures the bag contained. If he didn't know better, he would say that all of this stuff was his.
He shuffled through the things and picked up a manga. It just happened to be his favorite series, not specifically his favorite issue, but still a good one to say the least.
'What is he doing!? Goind through my stuff!? I have to do something-now!' Sasuke screamed in his head.
The next thing Naruto picked up was a candy bar. "I'm sure whosever bag this is won't miss this." He said as he peeled away the wrapper. Naruto continued to rummage through the objects the bag once held. He found CDs, more manga, some colored pencils, pens, a cup of instant Ramen noodles, what looked to be a picture of a small house ripped from a magazine, and a hard covered black notebook. The notebook took his interest, seeing how worn it looked. 'This person has definitely had this for awhile, probably carried it with them everywhere,' he thought.
He opened the notebook and threw the empty candy wrapper in the bag. He flipped through the pages of the notebook. The entries written were some of the best he had ever read. He was also able to relate to what the writer was saying, and that made him feel connected to the writer even if they had never met. He continued to scan the pages stopping every once and awhile to gaze at the superb sketches and artworks.
He stopped at the third to last page in the book. It was apparently the newest and last entry. It was of a silhouette someone sitting in front of the fishpond at sunset. From what he could tell from where he was sitting this was the same pond he was sitting next to at this very moment. The colors were vibrant yet realistic-Naruto couldn't help but stare for a few minutes at its beauty.
"This is getting ridiculous, I have to do something!" Sasuke said out loud, getting frustrated by not knowing what was going on. He slowly began to lower himself from the tree. He was trying to stay quiet so it would look like he was just passing by. He was hoping he could think of a plan as he went along.
"This is so great!" shouted Naruto as he looked at all the stuff before him.
"What's so great?" Sasuke asked. He knew quite well what it was, but how could he go along getting it back? He got an idea, but would he be able to pull it off was the question. He could pretend to say he would find the owner of the bag and take it home, and then this ordeal could be over.
"Oh, hey Sasuke! When did you get here?" Naruto said, looking up at Sasuke from the ground. He quickly shifted his eyes back to the articles in front of him. "I found this bag here when I was walking. It has all this great stuff in it!" When he said this he sounded extremely happy, not like he usually was like when he was yelling at Sasuke for being mocked.
"Yeah? Can I see?" In fake curiosity, Sasuke craned his neck to see the contents of the bag.
"You know what? This might sound crazy, but I feel connected to the owner of the bag." Naruto said with a bit of uncertainty in his voice. 'Why am I saying this? Sasuke will think I'm nuts now! Oh, well, he already thinks that, so I guess I'll just tell him.'
Sasuke tried to give a skeptical look to Naruto, even though on the inside he was extremely proud and pleased at what he was hearing.
"This will probably sound crazy, but I think the owner of this bag might be my soul mate." Naruto said, looking at Sasuke for some sort of answer or reaction.
Sasuke couldn't believe what he had heard. Naruto really believed that he, of all people, was his soul mate. How he wanted to tell Naruto that he was the owner of the bag and that he also believed they were soul mates. But he knew if he did one of two things would happen. One, Naruto would laugh thinking it was a joke. Or two, he would look at Sasuke in disgust and most likely walk away saying that he couldn't love him.
Sasuke didn't know how to react to this situation. Never in a thousand years would he imagine this happening. So he didn't say anything and kept on his usual Sasuke scowl.
"I'm really disappointed though. There was no wallet or anything to identify the owner of the bag with." Naruto sighed dejectedly.
Sasuke was thoroughly happy that he didn't have his names on any of the objects.
His eyes widened at the realization that he had his name on the tag on the inside of the bag.
Sasuke was thinking quickly of how to get the bag or rip out the tag. He just hoped Naruto wouldn't see his name written in big black marker, on the large white tag just under one of the seams.
"Oh well, might as well check again just in case." Naruto said
'Is this some sick joke god was playing on me?' Sasuke thought. His mind was completely blank. In a mere second, Naruto would read the name written on the tag in.. Of course! He had written his name in marker. He hoped it was washable marker, because if it wasn't he would have a lot of explaining to do.
Sasuke picked up the cup of Ramen noodles and ripped the lid off. He emptied out the contents into the pond. He scooped up some pond water into the cup.
He looked over to see Naruto had begun to unzipper the bag.
'Here goes nothing.' Sasuke thought
"Let me see." Sasuke said pushing Naruto over to get closer to the bag. Then he purposely spilled the water from the ramen cup onto the tag.
"I'm so sorry." Sasuke said trying his best to sound genuinely sorry. "I'll dry it don't worry." He took his sleeve and began to smear what was ever legible of his name left off.
"Ahh! Sasuke-look what you did! What the hell is wrong with you!?" Naruto yelled at the other boy as he pushed him out of the way.
Sasuke wasn't sure if he got everything but he was pretty confident Naruto wouldn't be able to recognize his name. He was starting to feel grateful that Kakashi had been a cheapskate and decided to give him the cup of instant Ramen instead of going out for some.
Naruto tried frantically to fix the name on the tag so he could read it.
"Um...I'm sorry." Sasuke said coldly, trying to get back to his usual persona.
"You should be, baka!" replied Naruto. "You completely ruined my chance of finding my soul mate." He was intently staring at the smeared mess of black marker on the tag.
Sasuke felt sorry as he looked at the love of his life in front of him. He looked crushed, there was no other way he could describe him. Sasuke felt guilty-he had ruined his friend's dream. 'I didn't have a choice, he would have found out if I didn't. Besides, it's probably better this way.'
He glanced at Naruto who he had never seen this upset in his life, and felt heartbroken. This was the boy who was always smiling about something-even when they were in trouble he seemed to have some sort of smirk on his face! But now all that was left was despair.
"It's going to take me forever to find out who owns this bag." Naruto said to himself
'Oh Jeez! Is he trying to make me feel guilty? Why did he have to say that?'
"I guess I could help you find the owner of the bag." Sasuke said to the blond sitting on the ground next to him.
Many who know Sasuke would have thought they had heard wrong or that they were crazy. There was no way Sasuke Uchiha offered to help anyone.
This was probably why Naruto gave Sasuke an uncertain look.
Naruto realized that was Sasuke was serious and jumped up in his face and yelled "Well you had better help me-it was your fault in the first place!"
Sasuke took a step back; he was not ready for such a loud outburst. He couldn't help to be happy though. Naruto did want his help in finding the "owner of the bag."
As Naruto approached the bag, all Sasuke could do was hope that the boy would not notice his bright blue bag. 'What are you thinking? Of course he'll see the bag, its not exactly camouflaged. Oh, great, this is just what I needed to end my day!'
Sasuke looked down then covered his eyes with his hands. It was like a train wreck he couldn't look away from-what was soon to be a disaster. 'Maybe he won't see it. Maybe he'll walk right by and not notice.'
Unfortunately, Sasuke's luck had run out. Naruto stopped walking and looked at the bag. He walked over and picked it up.
Sasuke could only watch in horror and slap his forehead for his stupidity. 'How could you forget your bag?'
"Hmm, someone left their bag under the tree..." Naruto said, thinking no one could hear him.
"Hey, this person has pretty good taste!" He laughed, prodding the patch of his favorite rock band that was sewn onto the bag. "That's cool, I couldn't find this patch anywhere, and this person must be a dedicated fan to find it."
Sasuke was speechless. 'Naruto said I have good taste. Who would have suspected him to compliment me? He probably wouldn't even be saying that if he knew that it was my patch.'
Sasuke looked back down to see what Naruto was doing now.
Naruto had picked the bag up and moved over a little closer to the fishpond.
"Just great, he moved out of hearing range." Sasuke said as he shifted himself in the tree to get a better view.
Naruto sat down a few feet away from the fishpond and began to open the bag. "Maybe who ever left this has a wallet or ID." Naruto said to himself.
Naruto turned the bag over and let the contents spill out onto the ground. He gasped, surprised. He looked at all the treasures the bag contained. If he didn't know better, he would say that all of this stuff was his.
He shuffled through the things and picked up a manga. It just happened to be his favorite series, not specifically his favorite issue, but still a good one to say the least.
'What is he doing!? Goind through my stuff!? I have to do something-now!' Sasuke screamed in his head.
The next thing Naruto picked up was a candy bar. "I'm sure whosever bag this is won't miss this." He said as he peeled away the wrapper. Naruto continued to rummage through the objects the bag once held. He found CDs, more manga, some colored pencils, pens, a cup of instant Ramen noodles, what looked to be a picture of a small house ripped from a magazine, and a hard covered black notebook. The notebook took his interest, seeing how worn it looked. 'This person has definitely had this for awhile, probably carried it with them everywhere,' he thought.
He opened the notebook and threw the empty candy wrapper in the bag. He flipped through the pages of the notebook. The entries written were some of the best he had ever read. He was also able to relate to what the writer was saying, and that made him feel connected to the writer even if they had never met. He continued to scan the pages stopping every once and awhile to gaze at the superb sketches and artworks.
He stopped at the third to last page in the book. It was apparently the newest and last entry. It was of a silhouette someone sitting in front of the fishpond at sunset. From what he could tell from where he was sitting this was the same pond he was sitting next to at this very moment. The colors were vibrant yet realistic-Naruto couldn't help but stare for a few minutes at its beauty.
"This is getting ridiculous, I have to do something!" Sasuke said out loud, getting frustrated by not knowing what was going on. He slowly began to lower himself from the tree. He was trying to stay quiet so it would look like he was just passing by. He was hoping he could think of a plan as he went along.
"This is so great!" shouted Naruto as he looked at all the stuff before him.
"What's so great?" Sasuke asked. He knew quite well what it was, but how could he go along getting it back? He got an idea, but would he be able to pull it off was the question. He could pretend to say he would find the owner of the bag and take it home, and then this ordeal could be over.
"Oh, hey Sasuke! When did you get here?" Naruto said, looking up at Sasuke from the ground. He quickly shifted his eyes back to the articles in front of him. "I found this bag here when I was walking. It has all this great stuff in it!" When he said this he sounded extremely happy, not like he usually was like when he was yelling at Sasuke for being mocked.
"Yeah? Can I see?" In fake curiosity, Sasuke craned his neck to see the contents of the bag.
"You know what? This might sound crazy, but I feel connected to the owner of the bag." Naruto said with a bit of uncertainty in his voice. 'Why am I saying this? Sasuke will think I'm nuts now! Oh, well, he already thinks that, so I guess I'll just tell him.'
Sasuke tried to give a skeptical look to Naruto, even though on the inside he was extremely proud and pleased at what he was hearing.
"This will probably sound crazy, but I think the owner of this bag might be my soul mate." Naruto said, looking at Sasuke for some sort of answer or reaction.
Sasuke couldn't believe what he had heard. Naruto really believed that he, of all people, was his soul mate. How he wanted to tell Naruto that he was the owner of the bag and that he also believed they were soul mates. But he knew if he did one of two things would happen. One, Naruto would laugh thinking it was a joke. Or two, he would look at Sasuke in disgust and most likely walk away saying that he couldn't love him.
Sasuke didn't know how to react to this situation. Never in a thousand years would he imagine this happening. So he didn't say anything and kept on his usual Sasuke scowl.
"I'm really disappointed though. There was no wallet or anything to identify the owner of the bag with." Naruto sighed dejectedly.
Sasuke was thoroughly happy that he didn't have his names on any of the objects.
His eyes widened at the realization that he had his name on the tag on the inside of the bag.
Sasuke was thinking quickly of how to get the bag or rip out the tag. He just hoped Naruto wouldn't see his name written in big black marker, on the large white tag just under one of the seams.
"Oh well, might as well check again just in case." Naruto said
'Is this some sick joke god was playing on me?' Sasuke thought. His mind was completely blank. In a mere second, Naruto would read the name written on the tag in.. Of course! He had written his name in marker. He hoped it was washable marker, because if it wasn't he would have a lot of explaining to do.
Sasuke picked up the cup of Ramen noodles and ripped the lid off. He emptied out the contents into the pond. He scooped up some pond water into the cup.
He looked over to see Naruto had begun to unzipper the bag.
'Here goes nothing.' Sasuke thought
"Let me see." Sasuke said pushing Naruto over to get closer to the bag. Then he purposely spilled the water from the ramen cup onto the tag.
"I'm so sorry." Sasuke said trying his best to sound genuinely sorry. "I'll dry it don't worry." He took his sleeve and began to smear what was ever legible of his name left off.
"Ahh! Sasuke-look what you did! What the hell is wrong with you!?" Naruto yelled at the other boy as he pushed him out of the way.
Sasuke wasn't sure if he got everything but he was pretty confident Naruto wouldn't be able to recognize his name. He was starting to feel grateful that Kakashi had been a cheapskate and decided to give him the cup of instant Ramen instead of going out for some.
Naruto tried frantically to fix the name on the tag so he could read it.
"Um...I'm sorry." Sasuke said coldly, trying to get back to his usual persona.
"You should be, baka!" replied Naruto. "You completely ruined my chance of finding my soul mate." He was intently staring at the smeared mess of black marker on the tag.
Sasuke felt sorry as he looked at the love of his life in front of him. He looked crushed, there was no other way he could describe him. Sasuke felt guilty-he had ruined his friend's dream. 'I didn't have a choice, he would have found out if I didn't. Besides, it's probably better this way.'
He glanced at Naruto who he had never seen this upset in his life, and felt heartbroken. This was the boy who was always smiling about something-even when they were in trouble he seemed to have some sort of smirk on his face! But now all that was left was despair.
"It's going to take me forever to find out who owns this bag." Naruto said to himself
'Oh Jeez! Is he trying to make me feel guilty? Why did he have to say that?'
"I guess I could help you find the owner of the bag." Sasuke said to the blond sitting on the ground next to him.
Many who know Sasuke would have thought they had heard wrong or that they were crazy. There was no way Sasuke Uchiha offered to help anyone.
This was probably why Naruto gave Sasuke an uncertain look.
Naruto realized that was Sasuke was serious and jumped up in his face and yelled "Well you had better help me-it was your fault in the first place!"
Sasuke took a step back; he was not ready for such a loud outburst. He couldn't help to be happy though. Naruto did want his help in finding the "owner of the bag."