Its such a sad incident that this fanfic had to be updated so very late. My excuse for the delay is that I am pretty occupied with finishing my hand written novel that sadly won't be available since it's kinda like an original piece.

If you ask why did I say that this would be about Naruto solving problems and isn't is because I forgot I already wrote chapter 5 and kinda rewritten chap 5 again. I will just stray a bit from my path but fortunately follow it again. (Hope that made sense.)

"What's up with her?" Naruto said. He was holding his hands behind his head. He just left Sasuke's room.

He had too many things to worry about aside from Neji asking Sakura out,

His mind was so absorbed with planning his date with Ino that he didn't notice that he was already in front of his house

He took his keys out of his pocket and opened the door. Before he placed the keys back in his pockets, he noticed the keychain it wrote;

"Sakura-chan Forever!"

He remembered that he bought it a year ago and had the words engraved into the metal. He also remembered offering it to Sakura. To Naruto's disappointment, his offer was turned down.

Instead of throwing it away, he kept it for himself.

This once painful memory didn't serve Naruto any purpose. He removed it, went outside his house and threw it as hard as he could.

Unconscious of what this meant, Naruto just made the first step of letting Sakura go.

Meanwhile, in the Yamanaka household, Ino was lying on her bed with just a lamp to provide light while the sun set.

She didn't know what to do, what to feel. She vowed to be faithful to her Sasuke-kun but what happened earlier violated her own vow.

"Naruto." She said. Once she looked upon him as a disgusting wart. Now, he had all the characteristics she liked about Sasuke, powerful and mysterious, without Sasuke's cold aura.

But this was not what Ino liked about Naruto. Not in anyway near the true reason she was attracted to him. It was the way he looked at her. It made her feel special, like she was the only beautiful girl in the world. Nobody ever looked at her like that before.

Each and every guy she passed buy looked at her the same way and she knew what it meant.

'Another Sasuke fan girl…' was the meaning.

She was disgusted that people looked at her like that.

She wanted to feel unique. To have something that identifies her aside from the 'Sasuke fan girl' reputation.

This was what Naruto just provided her.

Just after these train of thought left her, rain fell hard on the roofs of konoha.

In Sasuke's hospital room...

'It's raining. Is it raining for me, again?' Sasuke thought.

Flashback

Just after he was released from the hospital after his older brother wiped out most of their clan, Sasuke returned to the Uchiha compound.

His relative's bakeshop, once filled with pastries and scents that Sasuke enjoyed, was devoid of life.

His family's home, once filled with life and warmth that filled his heart, was also empty.

This was all thanks to his brother, Itachi.

As he was walking through the dark streets, it started to rain. He didn't mind catching a cold. he hoped he would die.

'Maybe the heavens is crying with me...' Sasuke thought.

End of Flashback

Author's notes:

Characters are OOC, I know, pardon me for that. I'm sorry if I offended anyone that thinks characters should stick to their original personality. This is just how I interpret Naruto charas, forgive me if they strike you OOC. Thanks.