Sorry for making you all wait.
Happy Ending
Chapter 10
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"So then he said to her that he had been mingled with an other girl, you could easily understand that the woman got angry and that she started to scream at him and break into tears, and as if that wasn't enough! He told her then that -"
How did he come to this?
Naruto sat at the cafeteria with Ino and Sakura, the two girls was happily chatting about a TV-show Ino had been watching.
He side glanced at Sakura, she looked so happy. She had done really well with recovering but in someway she wasn't really complete just yet, she could easily forget reality and drown in her thoughts.
Naruto turned to see the people walking by, watching all the kids begging their mother or father to buy candy or toys for them, he smiled a little, he had always wanted to have some kind of family like that, kids wanting to be spoiled by their parents.
Just thinking about a family made Naruto all warm and fuzzy inside, maybe he really could get one, with Sasuke. Naruto blushed a little and hoped that the girls was to busy with their conversation to notice that Naruto was being a childish schoolgirl.
After their cold kiss, they hadn't really said anything to each other; they had just stared at each other and walked home in silent. But just when they were about to part and go into their houses, Sasuke had hugged the smaller boy.
Sasuke was gone the day after that, he had left a note to Naruto that he was going on a mission. He probably leaved a note just in case so Naruto wouldn't think he was running away.
Naruto suddenly felt a hard pain in the back of his head; he had been hit really hard.
"Naruto! We are talking to you!" Naruto rubbed his head with his hand and glared angry at Ino. She didn't have to hit him!
"You didn't have to hit me." He didn't really want to raise his voice at Ino, even if he was stronger then her, she knew how to cause some pain.
Ino just sighed and covered her face with her hand, she looked annoyed. Naruto could easily get that if he said something that would sound completely wrong to her, she would hit him again, harder.
"So, what were you guys talking about?" he asked, looking directly at Sakura who smiled at him.
"We were just wondering when Sasuke-kun would get home." If this had been 5 years ago, Sakura would have been blushing madly. Maybe she really had come over her childhood crush?
"He leaved two days ago, didn't he?" Ino said and looked at first Naruto, then Sakura.
"I have no idea when he is coming back, why don't you just ask Tsunade?" Naruto looked down at the table, he couldn't help but feel a little curious of why the girls were wondering where he was.
"Well..." Ino looked at Sakura; probably making a signal that it was her turn to talk.
The pink-haired girl took the hint and smiled at Naruto again, how come she smiled so much at him? He knew that she didn't hate him anymore and that she loved him like a brother, but smiling so much couldn't be healthy.
"You are his best friend, aren't you?" Sakura clapped her hands together and smiled more at him.
Then he heard another clap and looked at Ino; who was also smiling at him, but her smile only scared him.
"And if Sakura told me right, you were with him the night before he left." Naruto looked at the two girls and then crossed his arms, this girls was up to something, he just knew it.
"Spit it out, what is going on?" He wanted an answer.
"Why would you think something like that?" Ino said in a friendly tone and put her hand on the boy's shoulder.
"Yeah Naruto, why would you think that something was going on?" Sakura said and put her hands on the table, still smiling and had the same tone in her voice that Ino had.
"Well..." The boy began. "It's very obvious that something is going on, and I want to know what, with details please." The two girls looked at each other first, before looking at him again. Ino moved her had from the boy and crossed her arms over her chest.
The two of them gave him a weird look before Ino decided to talk.
"Swear you won't tell Sasuke-kun about this?" Naruto looked challenging at the girl, before he grinned widely, even if he liked Sasuke, he couldn't help but mess with him.
"I won't tell the bastard, it's a promise." Ino smiled with closed eyes, Sakura moved a little closer to the two of them.
It must be something big, Naruto thought. The girls wouldn't be like this if it wasn't something big.
"Well the truth is…" Ino began.
"We have found a girl for Sasuke to hook up with!" Naruto thought he hadn't heard right at first, but when he saw the two girls proud faced he understood that they weren't joking around.
Naruto couldn't help but feel jealously spreading trough his body.
"Really? That's great!" His voice sounded full of false happiness but the girls were too proud of themselves to even notice or they had just ignored.
But what were the two thinking? Shouldn't Sasuke decide for himself who he wanted?
"The two of them would make a really good couple!" Ino said happily.
"I agree! I'm so glad we met her!" The two girls disappeared into a happy talk about the girl and Sasuke, together.
Naruto felt that he just couldn't walk away from them; it would seem weird if he did, but it really pained him to hear the girls talk about Sasuke with a girl, living happily.
Sasuke, living happily, without Naruto.
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5 September
I feel like shit.
Who do they think they are? Deciding for Sasuke who he should be with? Isn't Sasuke the one who should decide? They said she would be perfect for Sasuke, that he would be happy with her, but how could they know? Do they even know Sasuke? I know they stalked him for a couple of years, but even so, they can never understand what he thinks!
Argh!
How can they just even think about getting Sasuke a girl! Do they think they're matchmakers or something?
But…
What if Sasuke would be happy with that girl, and really like her? What if she really is perfect for him? And he, perfect for her.
Maybe, I, Uzumaki Naruto, aren't perfect enough to be with Sasuke, or even make him happy, I mean, I can't even give him kids.
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"Want to talk about it?" Naruto looked up at his former teacher.
Kakashi had gone to Naruto's house to get him this morning; Hokage's orders he has told him. They had left after Naruto had got dressed and instead of jumping on rooftops they had decided to simply walk.
Kakashi had told him on the way that the teams little 'meet up' that was one week every month had ended, simply because Sasuke hadn't the time now, he had become an ANBU after all.
"Talk about what?" Naruto plainly asked. He knew that Kakashi could see that something was on Naruto's mind, he was a brilliant ninja after all and on top of that, Kakashi was one of the closest people Naruto had in his life.
"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to, but you know where to find me if you change your mind." Kakashi opened the door into Tsunade's office; Naruto nodded to the older man and gave him a small smile before he walked into Tsunade.
"One minute." He could hear the old woman say while he walked towards her.
The office looked as boring like always, plain white walls and her desk full of paper. He could see that she was reading something, so he didn't say anything.
He stopped when he was near her desk, he looked down on what she was reading and could see a picture of a young boy.
She closed the book and faced him fully and smiled sweetly at him.
"Congratulations sensei." Naruto snorted, what did she just say?
"Pardon?" Tsunade smile was scary, really scary, scarier then Ino's smile.
"I have put you in charge of a team, from today, you are going to take care of three students." Naruto's face fell and Tsunade's smile grew into a big grin. For being so old, she could be really unfair.
"And when was this decided? Shouldn't I be the one who decides if I should babysit or not? And what about my nightshift with Tenten?" Great, more things to take care of, Naruto thought.
"I would have asked you, but this was an emergency." Tsunade started to look for something on her desk, looking from paper to paper. "You are a great ninja in this village and I need people like you, and" She paused while looking trough a paper. "I can't find any other ninja. You are the only one I trust enough that is able to take care of a team."
Naruto growled, a team of his own? Team Naruto? Yeah sure, he had always liked to have an own team but right now wasn't the best time.
Naruto moved to a wall and leaned on it, Tsunade looked trough more papers before she spoke up again.
"And don't worry about your nightly duties, you are free from them if you take this mission of having an own team. I have asked Sakura to take care of a team as well, but she didn't accepted it, she said that she would like to be a teacher instead."
Naruto looked over to Tsunade who hadn't removed her eyes from her desk, what was she looking for anyway?
"Really? Well, she would make a good teacher I guess." He saw Tsunade nodding.
It was silent for a few minutes before Tsunade found the paper she was looking for, she called for Naruto to come and see.
Naruto scanned through the paper, it had just facts about the kids, small facts how they were in school. Naruto couldn't help but get interested in them, so he asked to get more information on the three kids that were going to become his students.
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Kato Shiro
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Chakra control: 30
Skill: None specific. Specialist on Taijutsu.
Information: A talent boy with a sharp mind, only the chakra control needs to be worked on.
Tanaka Chizu
Age: 12
Gender: Female
Chakra control: 70
Skill: Can speak with the nature (A family skill). Weak in every jutsu.
Information: Too soft hearted but still very useful. She needs to work on Taijutsu, Ninjutsu and Genjutsu. Chakra control needs to be worked on.
Yamazaki Naoki
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Chakra control: 50
Skill: None specific. Very strong in every jutsu.
Information: An avid boy. Needs to work on chakra control.
Naruto looked trough the paper once more, and then to the pictures on the side. Somehow he was getting exited, he was going to have his own team starting two days from now and maybe it was just what he needed right now.
He was too exited that he didn't notice that he wasn't alone in the room, the kitchen to be exact. Naruto jumped out of his thoughts when he felt two strong arms wrapping him into a hug and felt warm breath against his neck.
At first Naruto tensed but as soon as he realised who it was, he softened a bit.
"If I had been an enemy, you would be dead by now." Sasuke whispered into his neck.
"Lucky me that it's only the ice prince then." Sasuke chuckled a little, but Naruto didn't laugh at his own joke. The conversation between Ino and Sakura was coming back to him, how could he even smile when he thought about their words?
Sasuke seemed to notice that something was going on with Naruto, so he released his hold on the boy, sat down on the tile floor, and pulled the blonde down next to him.
"What's wrong?" Sasuke asked, looking at Naruto with concerned eyes.
Naruto didn't look into them, he couldn't. What should he say? He couldn't say anything.
"It's nothing, I'm just sleepy and Tsunade have given me a team to handle, so I have much to think about!" Naruto then looked at Sasuke, and gave him a fake smile. He didn't want to give him a fake smile, but right now he had too.
Naruto wasn't really sure about what he was thinking, he knew that Sasuke wasn't the type that ran from girl to girl like a player, but the boy didn't even have a girl!
"I heard about that when I turned in my report from Tsunade, she said that you hadn't accepted it yet, how come?" Sasuke had ignored the smile, if Naruto didn't want to tell what was on his mind, he wouldn't make him.
Naruto mentally thanked Sasuke for not asking again what was wrong and decided to answer his question.
"I'm not just sure if I want a team, but it seems kind of interesting." He wasn't lying; he had grown interested in the kids, even if he hadn't met them.
Sasuke didn't say anything; he just smiled at the younger boy. Maybe he knew Naruto well enough to know what the other boy was thinking, which was that he was going to accept this, Uzumaki Naruto was going to take care of a team.
Naruto smiled back at Sasuke, he really liked the boy. He loved Sasukes pale skin, dark hair, black eyes and his really hot ANBU clothes.
"How come you went on a mission?" Naruto asked, the question felt a little out of place but he was wondering why. Didn't he say he got a few days off?
"I was needed and I can't say no." Sasuke said simply .
Naruto nodded, not wanting to ask what kind of mission it was. He didn't want to be worried, Sasuke could take care of himself after all, and he was a big boy now.
"So, how about you? Anything good happened?" Naruto couldn't really answer that heart fully, so he decided to just replay the question in a Narutoish way.
"Oh you know, a little off this and that and ramen by the side." Naruto grinned at the boy while Sasuke rolled his eyes, god the dark-haired boy looked really cute.
"Stupid." Before Naruto could speak, which was probably some stupid remark anyways; Sasuke had caught Naruto's lips with his own.
It wasn't cold like the other one, this was warm and Naruto willingly accepted it, he couldn't care less about the girl's conversation right now, Sasuke had decided to kiss him now and that meant he liked him, right?
Sasuke started to nibble a little on Naruto's lower lip before they parted; he probably did that just to annoy the other boy a little.
"I'm just going to take a shower, should I come by after that?" Naruto shook his head and smiled.
"No, I'm heading for the bed, I'm tired, remember?" Sasuke nodded at the other boy and gave him a short, then a long kiss before he stood up from his earlier position on the floor.
Naruto watched the dark-haired boy leave the kitchen. When Naruto heard the door open then close, he let out a sigh of relief.
Sasuke liked him.
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The next day, Naruto had woken up and feeling nothing but happiness, nothing could bring his mood down.
But, if that only was true... It was until Naruto got to the store to buy some food he saw Sasuke, standing and talking to another girl. She was beautiful, blonde hair, green eyes and a perfect smile.
Just when Sasuke saw Naruto, the younger boy ran.
Maybe Naruto had been too harsh, what if she only was an ANBU like Sasuke, maybe they were partners? He had just run away without asking, but the first thing that came to his mind was Sakura's and Ino's conversation, maybe the words hadn't disappeared from him.
Sooner or later, he would have to meet Sasuke and make up some story about why he had run away like that.
But right now, the blonde didn't want to.
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"Finally I found you." Naruto didn't look up at the boy, he felt embarrassed for just running away.
Naruto had run to the training ground and seated himself under a tree and it didn't take too long, maybe 10 minutes, before Sasuke had found him.
Sasuke sighed and kneeled down in front of the boy, trying to get him look at him.
"Why don't you say something?" Naruto didn't flinch, or even look at him, he continued to stare into the forest, like he had never heard Sasuke voice in the first place.
"Didn't know that Uzumaki Naruto could get jealous." Sasuke said the sentence almost too quietly, but Naruto could hear it perfectly, but still, he didn't say anything.
"Don't be like that, Ino told me you were with them on this." At that, Naruto turned to look at Sasuke straight in the eye. Did he just hear correctly or did a insect crawl into his brain trough his ear and mess with his mind?
"Pardon?"
"Ino told me that you were with them, on getting me together with that girl you saw, or did she lie?" Sasuke raised an eyebrow at the smaller boy, Naruto frowned a little.
"She's lying, I just knew about that they were going to get you together with somebody but I never was with them." Okay, so he didn't like Ino, big deal? She didn't even like him.
"You knew about it and didn't warn me? Somehow you deserve to be punished." With those words said, Sasuke started to lean closer to the blonde.
"But I swore to them that I wouldn't tell you and I never break my promises!" Naruto started to feel a little uncomfortable under the Uchiha's playful eyes, and you didn't read wrong.. they were playful eyes.
Sasuke put each of his hand at Naruto's side and moved his face closer towards the other boy's neck, trailing soft butterfly kisses.
"Sasuke, someone could see us." Naruto bit his lower lip and scanned around the forest, he wasn't sensing another person, but you could never be too sure.
"Then let them see." Sasuke gave him a kiss on the cheek, before looking the blonde in the eyes.
"But -"
"No 'but's." He kissed the blonde on the lips, more than one time.
Naruto felt embarrassed. He was kissing his rival and friend, and he wasn't even used to it. It felt natural but at the same time it felt weird, Naruto hadn't really kissed the boy since 'that time' too.
The Uchiha boy started to nibble at his lower lip, like he had yesterday. Naruto opened his mouth; letting his body take over, letting desire run his actions. Sasuke started to explore Naruto's mouth while playing with the other's tongue. Maybe it wasn't so bad to let desire take over sometimes.
It went on like that for a few minutes before Sasuke broke them apart, maybe he sensed that Naruto wasn't comfortable in making out this way, but he couldn't help but feel proud of himself.
"To be continued?" Sasuke asked. Naruto rolled his eyes and gave Sasuke a soft, short kiss.
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To be continued
I made this chapter a little longer, my way of saying "I'm sorry for updating late".
Hope you all enjoyed it though.
Thanks to GaaraBelongsToMe for correcting
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