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The shaking body fell down so quickly, and Sasuke was so shocked that it fell right on top of him and Sasuke himself fell to the ground. It took about eight minutes for reality to get into Sasuke's head, but when the shock eased of, he realized that what he had dreamt had not been a nightmare, it had been a vision. Well, maybe Itachi didn't hurt Naruto, actually, it was probably someone else. And Naruto wasn't that hurt, there was almost no way Naruto could die, it was just a little bleeding and a lot of bruising. But Sasuke was too scared to note any of that, so the first thing he did was scream.
Sasuke screamed really loud. And once he was done, he looked down at the bruised and bloody Naruto.
"Dobe? Are you alright?" Sasuke shook Naruto's delicate body violently, so unaware of his surroundings to notice Naruto was fast asleep. Sasuke stood up, laying Naruto gently on the ground, and went for the phone. He dialed in the well known three numbers and waited.
"Konoha police station how may we help you?" A feminine voice asked over the receiver.
"I NEED YOU TO BRING AN AMBULANCE TO THE KONOHA UNIVERSITY DORM HOUSE IMMEDIATLY!" Sasuke screamed, there was a little gasp of pain on the other end.
"Okay sir, come down. We will send one immediately. Is it an emergency?" Sasuke nodded. "Sir? Is it an emergency?" The woman asked again. Sasuke suddenly remembered he was on a phone.
"Oh, yes, HURRY!" He ordered and hung up the phone. "It's okay Naruto, you will be fine." Sasuke told the unconscious boy, picking him up and carrying him down the stairs and out of the dorm house.
About five minutes past, and then an ambulance pulled up. The man looked at Sasuke, and without saying a word, he took Naruto's body, put it in the ambulance, got Sasuke in, and drove off. The man didn't seem to be interested in Naruto's condition, but instead he stared curiously at Sasuke. "Don't you think you should try and save the boy?" Sasuke asked angrily, the man shook his head.
"Son, don't send us out here for no reason. This kid looks like he got into a fist fight, you didn't need to phone and get an ambulance, and actually, you didn't even need to bring him to the hospital." The man said quirking an eyebrow at the Uchiha. Sasuke stared blankly at the wall, reality finally taking it all in. Naruto was probably beaten up, Sasuke sighed, he had been so wrapped up in his dream, and he hadn't even really seen Naruto's condition.
"Sorry, sir." He mumbled, the man just laughed at him, laughed for a long while.
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Sasuke tapped his legs impatiently on the uncomfortable chair. He had been waiting for thirteen minutes and he was beginning to loose hope! A loud swing of a door made him look up, and as soon as he did, his heart felt as light as a feather. There was Naruto, wearing a few bandages. Other then that, he was fine. Smiling as he sucked on his yellow colored sucker. Sasuke didn't stand to greet Naruto, he didn't even smile. He just looked like himself, cool and uncaring. Naruto didn't flinch at the reaction, his smile just became larger and more clown like.
"Sasuke-teme, you're so stupid. Why did you send an ambulance for me?" Naruto asked, blinking at Sasuke as if he were an alien.
"Shut up dobe, let's go." Sasuke said, standing up and walking out of the hospital, Naruto followed. In the small amount of time Sasuke had waited for Naruto to come out of the doctor's room, he had been thinking. Why did he have to say sorry to the dobe? He didn't do anything, well, what he had said was cruel and heartless. But it was true! Naruto and Sasuke were not friends, they never would be. Sasuke was only reminding the dobe of that. So he would not be saying sorry, ever. He would never say sorry to Uzumaki Naruto, any horrible thing he could do, he would never say sorry.
Sasuke and Naruto walked, for a long time. It may have been smarter to call for a cab, or catch a bus. But, neither suggested it, so it never happened. It was raining, neither were wearing coats. They were soaking when they finally approached there dorm house, dripping from every curve in there bodies. Sasuke was actually becoming angry, though he was standing beside the dorm house, he had to stop and breathe so he could cool himself before he exploded. Breathing in and out, in and out... Sasuke's hand reached out and grabbed the door handle aggressively, and he pulled. The result, it did not open.
He pulled again.
And again.
And again.
Eventually, his face turned a tomato color and he let out an impatient yell. He could feel his blood boil, and Naruto tensed and moved away from his roommate as the air around them turned tenser and more awkward, Sasuke looked to Naruto as he backed away. Naruto looked - Frightened. Scared. Scared of Sasuke. Scared for Sasuke.
"Sasuke-teme?" He asked in a small, innocent voice, trying to keep Sasuke from ringing his skinny neck, which - He could do. Sasuke only gave Naruto an impatient look, and he growled. As soon as Naruto's face creased with worry, Sasuke gave him a frightened look.
"I'm, sorry." Sasuke said apologetically, his voice hoarse and only a loud whisper. "It's just; I want to get into the dorm and, sleep." Sasuke whispered in a strained voice. He saw that Naruto's gaze became empathetic. Did something in my voice insist that this dobe pity me? Am I that... Pathetic?
"I understand. But, I suppose, we won't be getting in. Because, if both of us are out here, who will be there to let us in when we climb up the fire escape?" Sasuke nodded, and without noticing, suppressed a small chuckle. Naruto gave a wide fox like smile. "Then I think our best intention be to go find somewhere that might, shield us from the rain?" Sasuke hesitated to respond to Naruto's suggested, but he agreed, and they headed to find somewhere.
"Where are we going?" Sasuke asked in a gentle voice, something the dobe had done or said had made the young Uchiha light spirited, maybe even... Happy, or, at least, he felt happiness. Naruto started to giggle, but only shook his head in response.
"You'll see!" Naruto chirped, Sasuke smirked at his companion's enthusiasm. The young fox boy's smile widened and he took Sasuke's hand and started to run.
The rain bolted on Sasuke's pale face as he was dragged through the streets of Konoha. A smile graced his lips, you could be happy with someone, without like them, right? Naruto turned to look at Sasuke, there eyes met and there was a loud nose. All at once, the shocking nose bolted through Sasuke's mind and a car drove past them, nearly hitting them. Sasuke protectively shielded Naruto, resulting on both college boys tumbling over each other and falling hard on the ground. "What was that?" Naruto asked, trying to hide his fear, but not succeeding.
"Come down, dobe." Sasuke ordered reassuringly, "It was only thunder. We better hurry, though. When there is thunder, there is usually lightning too." Sasuke said, his smile disapearing and his eyebrows furrowing into a look of worry. Naruto nodded, and stood up, dragging Sasuke up with him. Again, Naruto ran, hand in hand with his rival, running from something, but, nothing at the same time. Running from something that wasn't there, and never would be. Running so that nothingness wouldn't catch up.
Just run.
Naruto remembered when he was ordered to, run, and never look back. Something that resulted in him being alone, so alone, for the rest of his life. Up to this point, he had been alone, and there was a feeling lurking in the darkest part of him, something that told him he would always be alone.
Just run.
That fateful, horrible night, the night that had changed everything. So Naruto had run, he had run like a coward. He had run, he had run fast, the tears streaking his face and the wind made his hair fly into his eyes. He ran, blindly ran. He ran into people, cars, he ran into the horses that carried carriages. He ran, fast. He didn't care, as long as it would end soon, but it didn't. It never ended, and Naruto new it would never end. That's why; he would always run, run with his eyes shut tight. But he new where he was going, he had come here to many times to forget, he new were he was at every moment, though his eyelids were shut closed, all he could see was darkness..
Naruto slowed down as he felt the wet dirt under his feet. "Are we there?" Sasuke asked, and Naruto opened his eyes. A smile graced his lips as he nodded. "We're in a cemetery?" Sasuke said curiously, Naruto smiled at his roommate.
"Yes, yes, we are in a cemetery." Naruto agreed. "A cemetery with the best biggest tree's in all of Konoha!" He said enthusiastically, Sasuke quirked his eyebrow in question.
"Whatever, dobe. Let's go to that tree then." The young Uchiha ordered, Naruto's smile shrunk, but he agreed, and walked towards shelter. Sasuke followed, amused by Naruto's sudden change. As they approached the big oak tree, the feeling of rain hitting hard on their cold wet bodies stopped. The oak tree didn't even drip; it was like a hot spring night. "Hey, Naruto?" Naruto looked towards Sasuke. "Don't you feel kind of, you know, scared? All alone in a graveyard at night time?" Sasuke said in a sarcastic voice. Is he trying to scare me?
"No, not at all. I'm not alone anyway. You're with me Sasuke-teme! The graveyard isn't scary, people are just stupid. It's were soles rest sometimes, yes. But it's not like every bodies spirit is out to get you, right? So, no, I'm not scared." Naruto said, smiling at Sasuke's surprised look.
"Oh, I thought you would be." Sasuke muttered, and laid down on his side. Naruto's squinted his eyes and gave Sasuke a silly smile. Sasuke didn't return the smile, his eyes shut slowly, and he was suddenly in a fast sleep.
Just run.
Should Naruto run? Should he run and leave Sasuke all alone under a big oak tree in the middle of a cemetery? No. He wouldn't run, not for a second time. He would not make that mistake again. Naruto looked towards Sasuke, it seemed he could never wake up, from the way he looked, so peaceful. Naruto closed his eyes, stood up, and started walking. Started walking, but not running. And then, started singing.
We'll do it all
Everything
On our own
We don't need
Anything
Or anyone
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel
Those three words
Are said too much
They're not enough
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life
Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads
I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life
All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see
I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
By the time Naruto was finished the song, he was there. He didn't know where he was when he was walking, but he knew where he would end up. The young boy looked at the gravestone in disbelief; he had never visited it before. His parents resting place. What was the reason? Naruto had never known, but he now realized it. He had never come here because, he couldn't really face the fact they had really left this world, left him. He could feel their presence now, telling him to move on, to forget them and live happily. He was fighting, fighting the tears back, fighting his heart from shattering. But he couldn't, the tears spilled out of his eyes and wet his face, dripping down his already wet neck and down his shirt.
"Don't you see? I can't forget you, you're the only people that ever loved me, or, you are the only people that would have loved me, if you got the chance. Maybe if you were around when I was growing up I wouldn't be such a failure!" Naruto screamed at the two gravestones, the two beautiful gravestones. His mother said - Beloved wife and mother. His fathers said - Beloved husband and father.
They were beloved, they were beloved to Naruto. Important people, smart, elegant, beautiful, kind, loving, thoughtful, selfless. Thoughs were the traits he suspected his parents to have. He had never had the time to show his love, they had died too early. He was making up for it now, he loved them dearly, and there wandering souls new that. They new he loved them, and he hoped they loved him.
"The pain is common, but it still hurts, right here." Naruto whispered, placing his palm on his heart, he could feel the beat, fast, dangerous, painful. "I wish I was Uchiha Sasuke. His life is perfect, he has it really great. Good, loyal friends. All the girls like him; he is sure a handsome one. Probably a loving family, smart. Teacher's favorite, successful. Important, known..." Naruto faded out, lost in his thoughts. "Yeah, he has everything I don't have." Naruto muttered, wiping the tears from his eyes. "Well, good bye.. For now, at least. I will come back, soon." With that said Naruto departed the two graves and headed for the oak tree. There was a slight movement in the bushes, but Naruto just ignored it, thinking it was maybe an animal.
By the time the young fox boy got back to the warm and comforting tree, Sasuke was awake, wide awake. His eyes were wide, staring at nothing. He was hunched against the tree. For a moment, it looked as though he was slightly delusional, but Naruto thought twice and decided Sasuke was sane as any successful young man would be.
"Sasuke-teme? You're awake, and I thought you would never wake up!" Naruto said scornfully, in a kind of joking attitude, though he was dead serious.
"Where did you go." Sasuke asked blankly, Naruto suspected it wasn't a question. For Sasuke seemed to already know, from the tone in his voice.
"Just for a little walk. Movement makes you less cold, you know?" Sasuke nodded at Naruto's obvious fact. Naruto turned his head curiously at the way his rival was acting, then, subconsciously, collapsed on the ground. Sasuke looked at Naruto thoughtfully, shaking his head and grimacing at the young boy, who was now in a heap on the ground. Naruto's face turned an unripe tomato color. "Sorry, just, so tired." Sasuke nodded, and leaned on the tree for support. Naruto smiled at his companion, laying himself on the ground, and, slowly, fading into a series of unforgettable dreams, or nightmares..
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"Naruto?" Someone asked, Naruto opened his eyes, rubbing the sleep out of them tiredly. He came face to face with a look alike, but, older, and more, manly. The man smiled at him. "Come on, son. We're going to go to the beach and have a picnic! We can bring the ball and play catch, too!" The man suggested eagerly, Naruto suspected something.
"Dad?" The handsome man leaned closer to Naruto.
"Yeah, son? What is it?" The man asked, so this was Naruto's father... A smile graced the young fox child's feminine features, as he jumped up enthusiastically. Suddenly, a beautiful woman, with the same body shape, nose, lips, shoulders, legs, stomach, walked in. Her smile was also the same as his, gentle, kind, and playful. Naruto wiggled himself out of his bed, and fell right in front of his mother. The warm laugh made Naruto's heart rise up, and he stood.
"Your clothes are in the bathroom. Go take a quick shower and then get your clothes on! Then come down for breakfast, I already have your bathing suit packed." Naruto nodded, and ran happily out of them room. Naruto entered the bathroom and looked around, so clean! He spotted some clothes laid out for him, a pair of black boxers, blue jeans, and a green T-shirt. All of which, looked clean, he suspected the felt clean and smelled clean, too.
Naruto shut and locked the door then began stripping his pajamas off. Once he was in only his bare skin, wearing nothing but the heart pendant which dangled loosely from his neck, Naruto pressed on the control, and stepped into the shower. Cold, clean water immediately hit the sensitive skin on his back, making him shiver. The water was refreshing, and Naruto felt wide awake, which was a different from the usual feeling after taking a shower, usually, Naruto felt sick and aching from the dirty smelly water. This time, however, the water changed temperature, it began to feel warm, and Naruto smiled and wet his hair. He turned his head back and forth, searching, searching, until he found the shampoo. It wasn't his usual shampoo, the one that made him smell nice, it was different. Of course, it still smelled as good, no doubt, better then his normal one did. It smelled fruity, but not citrus fruit. It smelled like watermelon, or strawberry, or both! Naruto squirted the wonderful substance out of the small bottle and began to scrub his hair, which was the same, but shorter. Wild, blond, beautiful, it was good hair; Naruto owed that all to his father, of course. Naruto went back under the water, and scrubbed his head free of any remaining shampoo. Naruto found the conditioner immediately, right beside were the shampoo had been. The conditioner didn't smell as great as the shampoo, but still, better then his usual. It smelled of tropical fruit, like coconuts or bananas. Naruto liked to let the conditioner sit and soak in so his hair was really soft, like silk! Naruto found a tooth brush, a design of a cartoon fox on it, he new it was his, neither of his parents would have a tooth brush like this, not many adults would. Naruto searched for the toothpaste, and then found it, it was plain mint, which Naruto found convenient, he hated bubble gum shit toothpaste. Naruto then scrubbed his teeth and gums, then his tongue, he spat out the minty taste in his mouth then scrubbed them once again. Once he was happy with the freshness of his breath, he rinsed of the toothbrush, and rinsed his mouth out. Naruto ducked back under the water shooting from the shower head, and rinsed his hair until he knew the conditioner was gone. Naruto found the body wash, it smelled like lemons! His enthusiastic smile grew as he rubbed the yummy smelling substance all over his body, then he ducked under the water again. He giggled as he felt the lemon wash run down his fragile, feminine figure. Naruto gave his hair, body, and teeth one last rinse, and stepped out of the shower.
Naruto rubbed himself dry with the towel then began blow drying his hair. The blonde strands flew wildly around his face. Once done, Naruto brushed the blonde strands until his hair was neatly hanging around his fragile pale face. Naruto put on the boxers, then, slipped on his jeans and did them up. He then pulled his green T-shirt on and walked towards the mirror. His mouth fell open in shock at what he saw.
It was him, but younger, he looked only nine years old! His eyebrows furrowed in worry when he saw his image begin to change, he turned into his father, then his mother, then his face started to mutate and twist and turn into various images. Naruto felt his heart beat quicken and his breath became louder. He ran out of the bathroom, and did not look back.
When Naruto got out of the bathroom, it was horrible. Why did he have to have something horrible happen to him twice? Why? The tears swelled in his eyes as he saw his parents - Both of them, lying dead on the ground, he saw the pool of blood under them, seeping closer and closer to Naruto.
"Not again.." Naruto whispered, sob's becoming louder and more distressed. The blood kept on coming closer, closer, closer... "NO!" Naruto screamed, as he felt the blood in between his toes. The pool of blood very quickly devoured Naruto. "NO!"
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"Naruto! Naruto, wake up!" Naruto's eyes fluttered open, and he saw the image of his rival, tired and sleepy, under a big oak tree. "It was just a nightmare." Sasuke told Naruto.
"No, not really. It was more like a reminder."
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Sorry, had to end it there. And, sorry I took so long! So much has been going on and all that... Anyways... I really hope you guys liked reading as much as I enjoyed writing! Song was chasing cars by snow patrol!