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Right Here Waiting

Chapter 1

Your Worst Nightmare

"He's coming back?" Naruto exclaimed, jumping from his seat and pressing the phone to his ear.

"Yes," A bored voice on the other line answered, "He should be there sometime s–" The person was cut off as Naruto slammed the phone down and ran to the gates of Konohagakure. Sure enough, dn older version of the once popular black-haired Shinobi walked quietly through the gates.

"S-Sasuke?" Naruto asked, tears suddenly coming to his eyes from either happiness or sadness, he didn't know. "What happened?"

"We were attacked, but I'm fine, don't worry." He wrapped his arms around the slightly younger Rokudaime, ignoring the stinging cuts that covered his body. "I'm so sorry that I didn't get here when I said I would, I'm so sorry." Tears were still pouring from Naruto's eyes as they walked back to the Uchiha Manor.

"Naruke! Saruto!" Naruto called into the seemingly empty house. "We're home!" A thirteen year old boy ran to the front of the house, carrying his five year old sister on his back.

"You're... Back..." Naruke said, blinking back tears from his baby blue eyes that matched those of Naruto.

"Daddy!" Saruto jumped off her brothers back, "You're back!" She ran towards her father and he knelt down to lift her up.

"So, looks like you graduated. Eh, Naruke?" Sasuke walked over and ruffled his son's unmanageable black hair that was also much like Naruto's.

"Yeah." Naruke shifted his gaze from Sasuke's.

"I missed you so much!" Saruto hugged Sasuke's neck.

"I missed you both, too." Sasuke said, smiling. Something that only happened when he was with his family. He switched from ruffling Naruke's already messy hair to softly petting Saruto's blonde bangs and black hair that's shape resembled his own. She shut her large, child-like black eyes and fell asleep quickly. There was a rather awkward silence and then–

"Why are you never here?" Naruke yelled, startling his parents, "You're never here to take care of us! You're always off on some stupid mission!" Tears poured from his eyes and, without waiting for an answer, he ran up the stairs to his room. He slammed the door and laid down on his bed. "Why does he leave so often? Why can't the others handle his missions?" Tears still fell from his eyes as he began working on his alternate world, to him, the ultimate Genjutsu. He would send someone's mind to an alternate universe that reshapes itself each time to include a person's their worst fears. He could keep them there however long he wanted, he didn't have to stay anywhere near them for the illusion to keep working.

"I'm sorry, Sasuke." Naruto said kindly, "He hasn't been himself since he graduated, he's no longer the fun-loving child he used to be; and... Your next mission starts in two days."

"That's alright." Sasuke said, feeling horrible inside, thinking this was all his fault. While upstairs, Naruke was living in his worst nightmare.

He held his screams inside as best he could, slight whimpering escaped his lips as he lay trembling in bed, "It's finished..."

Naruke sat silently as his teacher recited the days missions. As soon as he finished, the group got up and headed towards Naruke's house. The mission had been to take the hokage's daughter who, we have learned, is his younger sister toschool. They picked her up and walked her to the large schoolhouse and left her inside.

"I wonder why we are hardly getting any missions anymore..." The blue-haired shinobi on Naruke's team said blinking his green eyes.

"Probably because all the missions are too hard for us Genins. All the missions Lord Hokage has to sort will usually go to the higher class ninja like the Jonins and Chunins and the ANBU, maybe." Said Akizakura, Sakura's daughter whom had long black hair and dark green eyes.

"How do you know that...?" Naruke muttered. "Lord Hokage's my father."

"Oh, yeah. About that, who is you mother anyway?" Akizakura said spitefully.

"Shut. Up." Naruke said firmly.

"Don't Akizakura, it's not worth it." Kaikoku warned his teammate.

"Aw, come on Kai-kun, it's just a little harmless fun. We all know that his father sealed his power in him so he could never use it. Well, he tried." She taunted.

"I say again. Shut up!" His eyes were brimming with tears and began to undergo a transformation unknown even to him.

"Aki... Something's happening." Kai said, fear evident in his voice.

"Don't worry Kai-kun, I won't let him hurt you." She said not noticing Naruke's eyes that had just mimicked his father.

"You care about him so much! See how he can be protected against his worst nightmare!" He said, malice dripping off his voice. He did a series of hand signs more quickly than either of the other children had ever seen. "Akumu Yochi no Jutsu!" Akizakura heard a scream and turned around to see Kaikoku curled up on the ground screaming as though in terrible pain.

"Kai? Kai? What's wrong? Someone help!" Akizakura called to anyone who could hear her.

"Hn. He should be fine, he was only there for about ten seconds." Suddenly the tears sprang back to Naruke's blue eyes and fell quietly down his face. He heard the children come out of the class, screaming and yelling. School was out, he would never be allowed here again.

"Nii-san! Where are yo–" His sister was cut off before she could finish.

"Gomen Nasai#, Saruto." He looked away from his sister, only to look back at her. "I wish I could stay, if only to protect you."

"Wh-What do you mean...? Nii-san." She questioned, tears starting to pour from her eyes.

"I did a horrible thing." He turned, "Good-bye..." He ran from Konoha before anyone could take in what he just said.

I took so long for them to realize he was missing. She collapsed at random times during the day, her shell of bravery breaking, allowing the tears to flow freely. It wasn't until that fateful day. It wasn't until she left. It wasn't until—

"Uchiha Sasuke. You have been assigned a new mission." The hokage looked up from his seat, tears sliding down his face, "You need to find our children."

Worst Nightmare

#I'm So Sorry

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