The Stalker's Notebook Chapter 2: Lies, a naruto fanfic

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Naruto was breathing heavily due to the excitement running through his veins. He sat down by the back door of the restaurant Sasuke and Sakura were in. It was raining hard again yet Konoha was busy as ever. Naruto could hear the busy restaurant on the other side of the wall and he's just shaking to break the date up. Hahaha! I can't believe I was about to take my own life. This is gonna be great, and they might have some ramen in there too! I'm going to take my Sakura-chan back and show her that I'm better than Sasuke! I can do this! Naruto kept reassuring himself. Though he was excited and he spent all night planning, he couldn't help but think that everything might go wrong.

He put his ear on the door and listened to see if there was anybody there. It was the kitchen door. He knew that there would always be somebody in the kitchen but he checked if the noises have lowered down. He took another look outside and then steadied himself. He looked at the doorknob with an intense gaze. I can do this. Should I go through the plan one more time? No. What ever happens, I'll be fine. Right? He put his hand on the door, feeling its cold metal against his warm skin. Warm from the excitement almost bursting out of him. He slowly turned the knob and opened the door a little bit. Nothing. It looks like the way is clear. He opened the door a little bit more and was greeted by the scent of mouth-watering food.

Damn! That smells good.

Naruto kept sliding the door, flinching at the squeaks it kept making but the two chefs didn't seem to notice due to the noise of what he was cooking. Naruto stepped in and felt the heat of the kitchen. He looked around and only saw the two chefs busy with their cooking in the right-most part of the room. Naruto was amazed with the kitchen! It was rather clean for a restaurant kitchen. He looked at all the different shapes and sizes of cooking pans hung everywhere as well as the table tops lined with a variety of kitchen utensils. There was also a pile of dirty plates near the sink which was on the left-most side. He wondered where the dishwasher was. Hmmmm, he must be out there cleaning the tables. Naruto looked around for a that trolley that carried food to the customers. They should have one of those where the person could hide under it in a compartment, covered by the cloth on top of the trolley. They always have those in the movies.

Naruto found it and was about to take place under the said food trolley near the chefs when the door to the main part of the restaurant swung wide open! A waiter came in! Naruto was surprised and he felt his heart beat faster. Good thing the waiter was looking back through the door shouting a message to the other waiter.

"Take it to table 5!" he said. Naruto took this chance to run to the trolley and hide under. It was smaller and more uncomfortable than he thought. He could feel the cool metal under him. There was a table cloth on top of the trolley that was long enough to cover the compartment. He was lucky that they had one of those. He could hear the waiter's footsteps approach the trolley. "Do you have the food for Table 3?" asked the waiter to the chefs.

"Yup!" said the chef as he passed a big bowl to the waiter. Naruto could smell the food and it hypnotized him. He could recognize this smell anywhere! Ramen! Table 3 is having ramen? I wonder if that's Sakura's table. Naruto could suddenly feel the heat of the ramen on his head as the waiter placed the big bowl of ramen on the trolley followed by a few more plates after that. The heat traveled through the metal and heated Naruto's head, letting him relax. He could feel the excitement coming! I can do this! Do it for Sakura! And ramen!.

He suddenly felt the trolley move. The waiter was pushing it and it made the excitement bigger for Naruto! "Hmmm...this trolley seems heavier than usual." said the waiter. This made Naruto freeze up, he was worried that the waiter might check! Luckily, he heard the waiter shrug it off. The trolley made the door swing open and all the noise of the restaurant was heard. Naruto could barely see through the cloth but he strained his eyes to see. The restaurant wasn't exactly the fancy type but it wasn't bad either. There were around 12 tables, all of them with table cloth on top of them. Not all of them had customers but the restaurant was fairly busy today. Naruto was greeted with all kinds of smells which he thoroughly enjoyed. The waiter then stopped in front of what seems to be Table 3. Naruto peeked through the cloth to see four pairs of legs. Definitely not Sasuke and Sakura.

"Here you are, sorry for having to wait! Here is your order! Enjoy your food!" said the enthusiastic waiter. Naruto felt the heat leave the top of his head and he could hear the plates being taken from the trolley and placed on the table. The trolley started moving again and it hit the same swinging door. Ah crap! Wrong table. Let's see if I get the right table this time. Naruto was getting impatient, the trolley was cramped and it seems like they haven't cleaned the bottom part in a while! He really didn't want to be here, he wanted to be out there telling Sasuke off. He decided to devise this plan because he wanted it to be a total surprise and would've been way more dramatic than if he had just walked in and stood in in front of them. Naruto was a boy full of surprises and trying to derail a date wasn't an exception.

He waited a little bit more, hearing the food sizzling in the chef's pans. His stomach was growling now. Though he just had breakfast, Naruto really wanted to eat a big bowl of ramen. Naruto groaned in hunger...and the groan was a little louder than expected.

"Did you hear that?" said the waiter as he tapped his foot waiting for the chef to finish cooking. He was dressed up in white with a black bowtie and his pants were smooth and black. Naruto noticed his shoes and he could see his reflection in them. He noticed how abnormally shiny they were.

"Hear what?" said the chef as he stirred the food, making more mouth-watering smells that just made Naruto a little bit hungrier.

"Oh don't worry. Is that for Table 6?" the waiter asked as he walked over to the chef, getting a little bit restless.

"Yeah. Here, take it." the chef replied as he poured the mouth-watering meal onto a plate, giving off steam. The waiter got it and put it on the trolley. The waiter also fetched a few more plates with different kinds of food on it from the other chef and placed it on the trolley. Naruto could feel the heat again and this time, he was so sure that this was going to be for Sakura and Sasuke. The door swung open once again and they wheeled into the main room. The trolley was going into a different direction than where it was going before. Naruto was feeling the pressure! He even practiced that to say his lines in front of the mirror for so many hours this morning. He memorized every single word including the words where he had to raise the pitch of his voice and shout louder. He even made body movements to emphasize the rant he was going to give out.

But he knew it wasn't only a rant. It was just like those detectives on TV. He was also going to say the plain truth. He was going to tell Sakura about what Sasuke was up to as well as his feelings for her. naruto really loved Sakura, he loved her more than he loved ramen and he definitely didn't want to lose to Sasuke. It would be against his morals to let Sasuke get away with playing with Sakura's feelings. I love you Sakura and Sasuke doesn't. I'm so excited! I'm gonna show everyone in the restaurant my feelings for Sakura-chan!

The trolley stopped and Naruto peeked to see two pairs of legs. This is it! He braced himself and got ready to burst out and make a dramatic entrance!

He swiftly pulled up the cloth and jumped out the trolley! His head even bumped the top of the trolley.

Everyone was staring at him! They were all wondering what he was up to, just jumping out of the trolley out like that. "Ouch!" Naruto said as he rubbed his head. He swiftly jumped in front of Table 6. "YOU!!" he said as he pointed his finger at them. The customers of Table 6 was staring at him, wondering who he was. Oh crap! Wrong table! He didn't want to looks like an idiot in front of everybody so he suddenly turned around, his hand still extended. He scanned the restaurant for any signs of Sakura and Sasuke. He was starting to worry! Everybody was whispering and he couldn't find them.

"What the hell is that boy doing?" said one customer.

"What on earth were you doing down there?!?" shouted the waiter as he stared at Naruto in surprise.

"What is he up to?" whispered another customer.

"Maybe we're being punked." said another one.

Naruto was starting to lose hope as he kept turning around, look for Sakura and Sasuke. Where the hell are those two. Naruto was about to give up hope when he heard a familiar voice call his name from behind.

"Naruto?!" shouted Sakura from one table on the end of the room. Naruto was relieved that they were there after all but he could feel the adrenalin rush through his veins. Everybody was still staring and he ran al lthe way to Sakura's table. Sasuke was looking at him though his expression showed that he wasn't surprised one bit that Naruto would be doing something like this. Sakura on the other hand was shocked! She looked at Naruto point at her. She felt aggravation and annoyance at the same time. WHAT THE HELL IS NARUTO UP TO?! -- Inner Sakura.

"Sakura-chan! You shouldn't date Sasuke!! He's just playing with you to piss me off! Can't you see Sakura-chan? He doesn't like you! I don;t think he ever will! He's not going to love you like I will! Open your eyes! Sasuke is a stupid bastard and all he couldn't care less about you and your love for him! I'm not like him though! I LOVE YOU SAKURA-CHAN!!" scremed Naruto at the top of his lungs, earning glares from Sakura. Everybody was still staring in awe as they watched the boy pour his heart out. Sakura looked down, an expression of anger was on her face.

"NARUTO YOU BAKA!" she shouted. At that moment, she slapped Naruto hard. Naruto was looking at her in confusion. Sakura felt tears run down her cheek while Naruto felt a sharp pain in his cheek. Sakura started sobbing and she didn't wipe the tears away. She felt horrible! Naruto didn't know what to say. He was confused and he didn't know what was running through her mind.

Sasuke didn't do anything and watched to see what Sakura was going to do.

Sakura kept on crying. "Can't you just leave me for once? CAN'T YOU JUST LET ME HAVE MY FUN?!" I love Sasuke and I know that he doesn't like me but can't you just mind your own business and let me enoy this time even though I know its an ACT?! Why are you doing this? Why do you have to complicate things. I'm not stupid enough to think that Sasuke would like me but I thought that maybe for once...I could pretend but you had to RUIN everything, didn't you!" Sakura was crying uncontrollably and slapped Naruto another time, harder this time. Everybody didn't dare move. All of them were watching the drama and wanted to see what would happen.

"Sakura-chan..." Naruto didn't know what to say. His cheek hurts yet he couldn't cope with the fact that he just caused Sakura emotional pain. He felt his own chest fill with sorrow, just like how it did yesterday but not as strong this time. "Sakura-chan...I'm sorry...I didn't know." Naruto looked really stupid in front of everybody as he stood there ashamed in front of Sakura. She was fuming with anger yet everybody could see that she was filled with sorrow.

"Don't "Sorry Sakura-chan" me!" she screamed! She kept crying and ran towards the exit of restaurant. She tried to wipe the tears away as she ran out the restaurant. Everybody stared at Naruto. All of them were feeling sorry for Sakura and all of them looked at Naruto with disappointment. Naruto tried to ignore their judging eyes but it was hard.

"You idiot!" shouted Sasuke. "Look what you've done! You hurt an innocent person! I knew that you had to do something to break us apart but I didn't think you'd stoop this low!" said Sasuke as he started running after Sakura. Naruto was embarrassed, standing there. He didn't know what to do, he did something that he couldn't change back and he could've cost him his friendship with his teammates. He started crying himself as he thought about the pain he caused Sakura. He felt the tears run down his face as the thunder roared.

"Go run after her." said the waiter. Naruto was surprised! He thought that he would be in trouble for causing a disaster in the restaurant. Even the chefs were out of the kitchen to watch the drama. Naruto smiled at the waiter. "Don't let that boy steal her away, go get her!" he added. Everybody started applauding at the waiter's words and Naruto could here some of the customers say "Yeah!" to accompany the waiter's words. He was starting to feel better despite the tears that still fell.

"Thank you." Naruto said. He suddenly ran out the restaurant and into the rain to see Konoha busy. He could see Sasuke running after Sakura in the distance. He was getting soaked quickly in the rain which washed his tears away. He kept running after them, felling a newfound determinations yet he couldn't help but feel defeat at the same time. I made Sakura cry...what have I done?

Sakura rested her back on a tree as she sat down. She was breathing hard as she tried to recover from her run. She was still crying, the pain in her chest getting bigger and more painful by the second. I do love Sasuke-kun and I knew he'd never love me yet all I wanted was to pretend. Even though I knew it wasn't real, I wanted to experience it. but stupid Naruto had to ruin everything! Sakura was pondering on what just happened, her pink dress was soaking wet and it was dirty. Her face was clean from the rain but she knew that even though the rain washed her tears away, it was still there.

I'm gonna kill that Naruto!! -- Inner Sakura.

Sakura punched her fist on the ground, making a dent on the soil. Though the soil was soft due to the rain, Sakura could feel the pain in her fist, making some of her emotional pain go away. She was still crying until she saw Sasuke in the distance. Great, what does he want now. Although Sakura wanted to be alone, she still couldn't help but feel a little bit happier when she saw Sasuke run in her direction. She smiled yet the tears still kept falling. Sasuke finally reached her and he kneeled in front of her, looking down at Sakura.

Sasuke looked at Sakura's features and the rain made her more beautiful than she usually was. Although Sakura looked charming, Sasuke still couldn't imagine himself falling in love with here. They were just friends. He came there to comfort her and he knew he couldn't "break up" with her, she's already devastated as she is. "Are you ok?" asked Sasuke as he held Sakura's chin to make her look up. sakura smiled at the beautiful face looking at her. Her tears stopped falling and she wiped the water from her face with her right hand.

"Hm. Yeah I'm alright. I guess I overreacted there didn't I?" she said as she tried not to look at Sasuke though she longed to look at his face. "I'm sorry that Naruto had to ruin everything. I know you didn't like me but I just wanted to see how it would've felt to be with you in a date situation." Sakura smiled as she looked back at Sasuke, looking at his beautiful black eyes, reflecting her tired face. Sasuke just looked so good at that moment.

"No. You didn't overreact. Naruto was way out of line." said Sasuke, his voice sounding like beautiful music to Sakura. She melted in the moment as Sasuke looked at her with passion. Sakura was about to reply when Sasuke put his finger on her lips. "Shhh, don't talk." he said. He slowly put his hand behind her heand and pulled her closed to him. Sakura's head was on Sasuke's chest. She was in a moment of pure bliss as she felt Sasuke's warmth around her. She could feel his steady heartbeat and smiled. Sasuke didn't like doing this. He hated it! But Sasuke had his pride and he couldn't just let Sakura run like away like that after what Naruto did. "It's all ok, I'm here."

"Thank you, Sasuke." Sakura said as he put her arms around Sasuke's waist. She was just so happy that she couldn't think straight. Everything else seemed to have faded away as this moment felt like the best thing that had ever happened to her. She started crying again, but this time with joy.

Sasuke knew what he had to do. Just like he said a while ago, he can't just "break up" like he would've done if Naruto hadn't interfered. He needed to be there with Sakura though he didn't want to. It just wasn't right to leave her. "Sakura-chan...I love you." Sasuke said. He flinched as he lied! If it wasn't for stupid naruto, I wouldn't have to lie. I have to lie, I can't leave her here. I know that I'm going to regret lying through my teeth but this will have to do.

"I love you too, Sasuke." Although Sakura was wondering why Sasuke has said this even though he didn't actually love her, she just loved the moment tried to get as much as she could because she knew it'd be over soon, just like the rain.

Little did they know that Naruto was listening to everything they were saying. While they were having a moment, he climbed up the tree Sakura was leaning on and listened in on their conversation. He felt just as bad as he did yesterday as the rain poured down hard on him. He felt the tears forming just like they did and he could feel the rain wash it away. He looked down on the scene and wondered if he would ever get a chance. All he did was say the truth...his dense mind wouldn't have known what the truth could've done. He feels horrible now and he could never face Sakura and Sasuke ever again though his mission wasn't complete.

I wonder if I should just leave things as it is. I love Sakura-chan but Sakura-chan loves Sasuke. Maybe I should just admit defeat. I did succeed with destroying the date yet in the process, I destroyed my friendship.

You guys must be wondering how the heck this could be SasuNaru. I know that this is screaming "SasuSaku all the way!" but don't worry. It'll all come together and the title will start to make sense. I really wanted to show the emo side of Naruto in this fanfiction but things would be be partly comedic from this part on. Please review, I like reviews and if I'm not satisfied, I won't update. Just kidding. xD

Till then,

Creme De Cerise