A/N: I'm sooo sorry I haven't updated, my documents page wasn't working.
Disclaimer: I wish I was creative enough to be the owner of Naruto, but sigh, I'm not
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In The Next Ten Years…
Chapter 4
Sun poured through the window onto Shikamaru's bed. Ino was on the side closest to the door, Daisy was in the middle leaving Shikamaru facing the window. The sun pained his fragile morning eyes. Thank God in was Saturday.
"Shika…" Ino innocently spoke.
He groaned in response.
"Can I stay in your room?"
"No."
"Why? I mean you have a big bed and it's very comfy, Daisy likes it."
"Uh, fine Daisy has to sleep at the end of the bed though."
Ino picked up Daisy to get closer to Shikamaru. Of course they loved each other, no one needed to know it though. She snuggled against his chest and they lay that way until they smelled breakfast.
Sasuke and Sakura sat with Naruto at the table.
"Well if it isn't the two lovebirds." Ino sat down.
"We were arguing. Nothing more, just arguing." Sasuke explained.
"Sure…"
Sasuke rolled his eyes, she wasn't worth it. The phone rang and Rock Lee gave it Naruto when he entered.
"Hello? Good morning beautiful. No, it's ok. Yeah. Ok. I love you. Bye."
"Did Nevaeh break your date?" Rock Lee yawned.
"Who cares, we know those two created sparks but what about you and Guy's daughter?" Ino demanded.
"Well she we've know each other for a year or so and she's really kind. Beautiful of course."
Shikamaru and Sasuke looked at each other and just barely held back their laughter. Coach Might Guy produce something beautiful, slim chance.
"I never even new Guy had a daughter. Heck a wife for that matter." Naruto replied.
"Oh, did I tell you? Orochimaru got married a while back." Ino remembered.
Sasuke remembered Orochimaru, he'd hung around with him in high school and took drugs and drank because of him. Probably shouldn't have ever been a teacher but no one knew the reality of it.
"Thinking about everyone from school getting married kinda makes you feel old." Sakura shivered.
"Yeah, who thought Naruto would be the first of all of us to get married?" Shikamaru joked.
"Nothing went the way we planned, I'm a teacher, Ino's a hair stylist, Shikamaru's a medic, Sasuke's a cop, and Sakura's a doctor. Naruto's the only who reached his 'where are we gonna be ten years from now' goal." Rock Lee pointed out.
"Naruto! What's your secret?" Ino called.
"Uh, determination I guess."
"Ino, you know the only one who can be like Naruto is Naruto." Sakura chuckled. That was true Naruto was one of a kind.
"The way we came to be was truly amazing, how many people can stay friends, oh let's see, 14 years?" Shikamaru calculated.
"17 for Sakura, Sasuke Naruto, and me." Rock Lee corrected.
"We have to give Naruto credit for our friendship." Ino once again
acknowledged Naruto.
"I could still be in Michigan with my parents, you guys are an even better family than they were." Sasuke smiled.
Flashback
"This is very good Itachi! You'll make Uchiha Corporations proud one day." His family praised his perfect brother.
"Sasuke!" His mother called.
"I had a talk with your aunt and uncle in Konoha and they've agreed to let you come live with them."
Sasuke's father thought that he'd get in the way of Itachi's success so was sending him away. That may not have been what his parents had told him but he knew that to be the reason. On Friday night he was on the first plane out to Konoha.
His aunt and uncle's house was small but they actually showed him affection so he didn't care. Since they had no children they treated him like their son. Come Monday Sasuke would start school.
"Class if you haven't noticed we have a new student, Sasuke Uchiha. Now open your books to page 113." The teacher commanded.
"Hi, I'm Naruto." The kid next to Sasuke whispered.
"Naruto!" The teacher snapped causing him to straighten up.
Noon rolled around quickly and it was time for lunch.
"Hey Sasuke you wanna sit with me at the lunch table?" Naruto asked while waiting in line.
"Sure."
They sat at the end of the last lunch table with a pink haired girl and a boy with bushy eyebrows.
"Hey guys Sasuke's gonna sit with us." Naruto announced.
"Hi, I'm Sakura Haruno I sit closest to the door." She smiled.
"I'm Rock Lee! I sit in the back by the windows!" He nearly shouted.
"Not to be rude or anything but what's a rich kid like you doing in our small town?" Sakura bit into her pizza.
"Rich?!" Rock Lee and Naruto were completely oblivious.
"Yeah he's an Uchiha. You know the biggest technology corporation. They sell everything from cars to microwaves." Sakura explained.
"I'm not needed, my older brother is going to be the heir." Sasuke tried to keep his emotions hidden.
"Oh well, that's ok, who needs a big company. There are so many other things to do in life." Sakura's smile lifted his mood.
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It was the first day of 6th grade and Sasuke'd been living with his aunt and uncle for three years now.
Naruto sat at a different lunch table than Sasuke, Sakura, and Rock Lee did but he'd met two people, Ino and Shikamaru. Naruto motioned the others to sit with him (A/N: my friends and I do this all the time, I see no reason to keep us separated.)
"Sakura, Sasuke, Rock Lee, these are my friends Shikamaru and Ino." Naruto introduced.
"Hey, I've seen you at the flower shop on the corner of Broadway!" Sakura exclaimed.
"Yeah my family owns it." Ino replied.
"Did anyone understand a word the science teacher was saying?" Naruto changed the subject.
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Sasuke was now a senior and had distanced himself from the others. He was dating the head cheerleader, captain of the football team, and most desirable guy in school. What more could he want?
Things weren't going as well for the others, but most of them had learned to adapt. Rock Lee was a highly praised member of the soccer team. Ino was on the volleyball team and hung out with her bubbly friends. Shikamaru hung out with the chess team, of course he was teased but he was way too lazy to care.
Naruto and Sakura were different though, Sakura was the smart girl that everyone cheated off of and Naruto was the class clown. Naruto had something Sakura didn't, incredible will power. Sakura just wanted to be left alone. The cheerleaders couldn't let that happen, she was way to close to Sasuke for comfort.
End of Flashback
The evil doorbell once again interrupted the moment. Naruto came back with the newspaper.
"When did the paper boy start delivering the paper to the door?" Sasuke questioned.
"It wasn't our usual boy."
Ino grabbed it, she had to be update with the latest news, owning her our salon helped with that factor.
"Whoa! There's a sale at the mall! Oh, and what's this? Neji and Tenten are getting married?" Ino read aloud.
"Neji, that's Hinata's cousin right?" Sakura stated.
"Yeah, and he was a jerk too. I showed him though." Naruto smiled.
"Didn't you get detention for weeks? I bet you and that detention teacher got to know each other well. What was his name, Jiraiya?" Rock Lee mocked.
"I'll have you know I learned a lot from him, even if he was a pervert." Naruto said matter-of-factly.
"I don't remember you fighting with Neji." Sasuke said.
"Hold that thought! I'll be right back." Ino headed off to the backroom.
She came back with a pink planner with the word 'junior' written on it.
"Let's see March 19th Neji and Naruto fight; Ah, here we go, Sasuke and Lily make out under the bleachers. You were to busy with your girlfriend to care."
"Let me see that!" Sasuke jerked the book out of her hands.
"Wow, I knew your were nosey but this is ridiculous."
"Not surprising." Shikamaru sighed.
"Oh yeah, that reminds me. Sakura I'm moving in with Shikamaru."
Shikamaru should have known Ino would say it at such an awkward time.
"Don't say a word, if Sakura and Sasuke are allowed to do that, then Ino can move in with me."
"But we didn't!" Sasuke was yelled in frustration.
"What they do behind closed doors is their business." Rock Lee laughed.
"Not that we did, but what if we had?"
No one had expected that to come out of Sakura's mouth. Grabbing their plates of food they left Sasuke and Sakura alone. Sakura broke out laughing. Why did Sasuke always fall for the strange ones.
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A/N: I'd like to apologize to the cheerleaders again. Anyways I'm not totally sure what the next chapter's gonna be about so I'll surprise you. Don't forget to Review!!!