"I'm so stupid!" Ino screeched loudly as she watched Naruto walk towards Iruka's house. Naruto skin was pale, almost as pale as Sasuke's was. This meant that he was still sick, and he wasn't even wearing his trademark jacket. He was dressed in a pair of pants and a short sleeve shirt. The wind wasn't very chilling, but Naruto was shivering, most likely because he had a fever to accompany the cold, or whatever sickness he had.
"Why am I so stupid? They were so happy, and I had to fuck it up!" Ino yelled out herself as Naruto knock as hard as he could on Iruka's door. His hand shook slightly as he knocked again, this time a little louder. Iruka opened the door and the two talked for a few moments before the sick blue-eyed shinobi entered Iruka's house. Right before the door closed, she saw Iruka hug the blond teen in attempt to comfort him.
"Ino, I told you not to interfere! You messed up their relationship." Chouji said as he held out his hand. Ino took it and he pulled her up. She could feel how strong he was as he tugged on her hand. However, he was gently with her, holding onto her hand gently as she stood up.
"I know, and I feel bad now! What should I do? I have to get them back together!" Ino announced. She felt so stupid now. Everything Chouji said was right.
"It's not going to be easy, because Sasuke is stubborn, but I think I can help you." Chouji told her, she briefly wondered why he wasn't carrying any sweets or junk food, but passed it off without a second thought.
"Really, you'd do that for me?" Ino asked, smiling at her friend. He was always loyal to her, and she was grateful for that. She was always rather mean to him, but he always stuck by her.
"Of course Ino, I'd do anything for you." He responded, smiling back at her, happy that she was actually smiling at him.
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"Naruto, I'm sorry. Would you like me to talk with him?" Iruka asked. He was shocked when Naruto came to his door, on the verge of tears, and very sick. Right now, the blond was lying in Iruka's bed, the blankets covering his whole body (with the exception of his head). He turned to the side to face Iruka.
"No, I'm the only one that can make things right, Iruka-sensei. But I wonder how he found out the truth, I mean, I didn't know Ino-chan took my body that time, so how did he find out?" Naruto asked, letting his eyelids close. He felt so tired, and he was freezing, despite the fact that he had about three blankets covering him.
"Maybe she told him." Iruka suggested, hoping it wasn't true. It seemed that whoever told Sasuke, told him in order to sabotage his newly formed relationship with Naruto. Iruka didn't know if anyone would actually do that. He highly doubted Ino would stoop so low as to break the two boys up.
"Ino-chan? No, I don't think so. Why would she anyway?" Naruto asked, yawning loudly. He closed his eyes as he waited for Iruka's response.
"I don't know, Naruto." He said softly. He waited for Naruto to respond, but all he got from the blond was calm breathing, which meant Naruto had fallen asleep. Iruka stood up and sighed softly. He turned off the lamp on the bedside table and left the room, hoping everything would be better for the blue-eyed shinobi tomorrow.
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"WHAT!" Sakura yelled loudly, causing a few people who were walking by to stare, before resuming their work.
"Ah, it's troublesome. She came to me and explained everything, and than she told me to tell you. And here I am, telling you. Can I leave now? I'm tired…" Shikamaru said, yawning slightly. He was on his way home from a mission, when Ino cornered him and explained the whole Sasuke-Naruto story to him. She told him to explain everything to Sakura, and than left with Chouji.
"Fine! Leave, you're of no help anyway." She said, shoeing him away. He shrugged his shoulders slightly and left the pink-haired kunoichi to attempt to think of a plan to get Sasuke and Naruto back together. He'd rather be sleeping now, anyway.
'I can't believe her! How could she do something like this? Can't she see how happy they were together? Argh! I better go talk to Sasuke-kun…' Sakura told herself. She was originally on her way to see Tsunade for a little extra training. But right now, her two friends were more important than that.
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The only light in the room was the sunlight cascading through the window. The curtains were dark, and pulled almost completely over the window, allowing only a tiny bit of sunlight inside the bedroom.
Sasuke sat on the edge of Naruto's unmade bed. He hadn't moved there since he threw Naruto out, which was a few hours ago. He found it hard to believe that Naruto hurt him that much. It must have been a stupid joke. 'See if Uchiha Sasuke could actually love another human.' Ha! Some joke. Did Naruto know that it broke Sasuke's heart?
"Damn dobe." Sasuke cursed. He gripped onto Naruto's pillow, brought it to his chest, and inhaled. It smelled just like Naruto.
Sasuke could feel his heart clench painfully. He felt bad for yelling at Naruto, but he felt that the blond deserved it!
"Hn, what's this?" Sasuke asked himself as he peered inside the nightstand. It was open an inch, and Sasuke saw Naruto's journal. He reached inside the drawer and pulled out the journal. It was the same journal he read earlier in the month, when he and Naruto had first gotten together.
Sasuke flipped through the pages until he landed on a page he didn't read. It was dated about two weeks after the last entry.
Dear Journal,
I don't know what happened that day when Sasuke told me we were going out, but I'm happy. Someone must have pushed us in the right direction, and I'm happier than ever. I love him so much, and we live together now. Well, what I mean is he let me move into his mansion. It's huge! I got lost a couple of times resulting in the damn teme making fun of me (Sasuke laughed at this). But it's fine I guess. My room is right next to his because there is no way I'm sharing his room. He's snuck into my room a couple of times before and slept in my bed. It felt amazing to have his arms wrapped around me all night. And it feels so nice to feel his warmth against my body, and his breath against my neck. It's so nice to actually wake up to him. I love the fact that his sleeping face is the first thing I see in the morning. If not, he wakes up before me, and when I do wake up, I see him staring down at me. Tch, this entry is so damn girly. I hope Sasuke-teme never see's it…I don't need any more of his taunting.
Naruto
"I don't understand. He's acting as if he has no clue about Ino!" Sasuke said quietly as he closed the book.
"Sa…Sasuke-kun?" A voice called out from the door. Sasuke briefly wondered how someone got in, but he remembered that Naruto most likely didn't lock the door when he left.
"Ino? What are you doing in here? Get out!" He yelled, throwing the book at the door. She shrieked and dodged the book. It felt to the floor and opened on a page that Sasuke hadn't read yet. She was the last person he wanted to deal with right now.
"Wait! No…Please, let me explain!" She yelled in defense as she walked into the room. Chouji stood behind her, holding onto her shoulders.
"Explain what? You already explained. Now get out." He said. Their was anger and something else lacing his speech, and if Ino wasn't so determined to get him back with Naruto, she would have high tailed it out of the room.
"You're so stubborn!" She accused. She wondered why she ever had a crush on him, and she also wondered how Naruto put up with him.
"Hn. Stubborn am I?" Sasuke smirked, taking it as a joke.
"Yes! Please Sasuke, let me explain this to you! Yes, I stole his body and confessed my love for you, but Naruto-"
"Enough!" He yelled, causing Ino to back up into Chouji's chest.
"You're just like the rest of them. You don't even know me, but you tell me you love me? How can you love someone you don't even know? You only judge by my looks and grades and shinobi skills. If you really knew me, you wouldn't like me very much. Now get out, both of you. Or I will kill you." He threatened, but Ino wasn't going to give up.
"Come on Ino, we can come back after he's cooled down." Chouji whispered into her ear. They were about to leave the room, but Sakura suddenly bust in, panting and crying.
"Sasuke-kun! Naruto…" She said, tears flowing down his cheeks.
"What? What about him?" He yelled, worried about his love.
"He's dying!" She yelled, falling to the floor on her knees, sobbing.
"Dying? Where is he?" Sasuke asked, panicking. He completely pushed aside everything else and stood up. He walked over to Sakura and bent down to her level.
"He's…With Tsunade-sama. Sasuke, please, go to him! I know you two had a fight, but he needs you right now. Do you really want him to die thinking you hate him?" Sakura asked, tears slipping down her cheeks. Without a second thought, Sasuke stood up and ran out of the room.
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"OI! What the hell was that for Tsunade-baachan?" Naruto asked. Even when he was sick he still had the energy to disrespect the Godaime Hokage.
"Shut up brat! I did that to sedate you. I won't have you running around the village when you have a fever of 102!" Tsunade said. She placed another blanket over him and ruffled his hair.
"But I want to talk to Sasuke!" Naruto whined, suddenly feeling dizzy. The sedative Tsunade gave him was beginning to work already. It was going to put him to sleep, but it was going to calm him down, and make him feel relaxed.
"Calm down. Sakura went to get him a few minutes ago."
"But he's not going to come, because he's mad at me, and he hates me."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. She told me the whole story. Trust in Sakura though, because she'll make it better. I'm going back to my office now. But brat, so help me, if I find you out of this bed you're going to be in real trouble!" She threatened as she left the room. Naruto sighed in annoyance and turned to his side, waiting for Sasuke to show up.
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Sasuke raced up the steps to the Hokage tower. He figured Naruto was in the bedroom that Tsunade stayed in if she couldn't make it home, or if she was tired. He threw open the door and gazed over at the blond, who was on his side. His breathing was a little uneven, and despite all the blankets covering him, he was shivering.
"Naruto." Sasuke whispered as he made his way over to the blond.
