The Stalker's Notebook Chapter 3: Nightmares and Books, a naruto fanfic

Hi everyone! I thought I'd get more reviews since I've written crappier fanfictions and I've gotten more reviews. Eh, I guess the Naruto section of this website is different from the other anime sections. Well I always loved reviews and I've always thought of deleting a fanfiction due to a low number of reviews but I like this fanfiction so I'll write it for myself more than writing for the reviews. Reviews are awesome and I always look forward to getting some everytime I check my inbox but I guess I can't force my "readers" to review...since I probably don't have THAT much. Oh yeah, I'm working on another SasuNaru fanfiction. Yay!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and its characters.

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Naruto was on his bed, both of his hands tucked under his head. He just stared at the ceiling, showing no emotion yet if you look in his eyes, you could see a big number of emotions. Sorrow, loneliness, frustration, disappointment. He was feeling all of these things as he remembered what happened earlier that day. He doesn't know what he should do next, he loves Sakura but he screwed up big-time. He just made his dilemma worse and he doesn't know how to fix it. He really wants to apologize to Sakura but it'd be too awkward and he really wants to kick Sasuke's butt...but Sakura would tell him off and she'd get more mad.

The lights were closed. He was just lying down there, sleep barely taking over him. The moon outside was shining brightly, letting some light pass through Naruto's window. Naruto sighed as today's events replayed in his mind over and over again - especially the painful parts. He's stopped crying since he got home awhile ago but he was still aching inside. He knew very well that Sasuke had no interest in Sakura whatsoever and Sakura knew that too but she started believe the whole "I love you." crap that Sasuke put up when they were under that tree...Naruto is stuck and he doesn't know how to approach a problem like this. He knew that Sakura believed Sasuke more than she would ever believe him.

This is all Sasuke's fault. I can't really do anything anymore, I've already tried and it all ended up bad. Sigh I really wish that Sasuke would just lay off. If only he wasn't so good looking and so fucking charming. Naruto's eyes widened as he questioned his sanity. Did I just say that? Oh gosh I take it back!! I didn't mean it...I'm just tired. I don't think that Sasuke's so hot and so good-looking. Naruto panicked as he froze on his bed. He can't seem to control the words in his head. Ah crap! Sigh I shouldn't think too much on what happened...look at me, I'm delusional! I think Sasuke's good looking when he clearly is...oops...wait...I meant "he clearly ISN'T". Yeah, that's right. Sasuke isn't hot. Yeah. What the heck is wrong with me! Naruto's head started hurting as he contradicted himself in his head.

He closed his eyes and tried to clear his mind when he found himself in front of the cage that held Kyuubi. He was laughing in his usual smug way as he looked at Naruto standing before him. He didn't feel intimidated one bit as Kyuubi looked at Naruto with those eyes of his.

"Ahahahaha! It seems that you've taken a love interest in your rival." said Kyuubi as eyed Naruto from behind the bars that kept him inside. His red eyes clearly showed that he was laughing at Naruto who he thought was pathetic at that moment.

"I do NOT like Sasuke!" said Naruto as he turned his back on the nine-tailed fox. As he was doing that, he felt a small tingly feeling in his stomach as well as a slight tinge on his cheeks. So mayne images of Sasuke ran through his mind. "I'm just tired and I've been seeing to much of him. I like Sakura and I mean it!" he added.

"Ha. Don't deny your feelings kid." said Kyuubi. At that moment, Naruto found himself back on his bed as he stared at the ceiling like he was awhile ago. he could still feel the burning sensation in his cheeks. I must be REALLY tired if even Kyuubi thinks I like Sasuke. Why the heck am I gonna fall in love with that stupid bastard. He's so smug and he thinks he's better than all of us. Well I've got new for him, I'm much better and I'm going to beat him! Both in being a ninja and winning Sakura. Psh. I can't like somebody like him. Yes I do admit he is good looking but his "good looks" only appeal to stupid girls...except Sakura. She isn't stupid. Naruto's head was still throbbing as he tried to sort out his opinion on Sakura. Kyuubi seemed to have settled his. He really thinks his host is in love.

Naruto continued staring at the ceiling, his thoughts starting to die down. He could feel his eyelids droop a little bit. Finally, sleep was consuming him. He slowly pulled up his blanket until his neck and he let his eyes close. He put his hands by his side and in a few minutes, he started snoring. Good thing he was sleeping alone, nobody would be able to sleep with him snoring like that. Naruto looked quite cute as he slept, a small drop of drool coming out the corner of his mouth.

A few hours later...he started dreaming.

Naruto was standing in a small clearing in a forest. He was surrounded by green grass that swayed with the wind. The sun was up high, leaving the forest really bright. The trees were also surrounding him but they were fairly far away, leaving Naruto with a small space to do whatever he wanted. The trees creaked as the wind grew stronger. Naruto observed his surroundings, walking slowly around the green clearing. He noticed that he wasn't in his normal orange clothes, he was only wearing a black shirt and white shorts. He didn't have any shoes but he didn't mind, the grass was so soft. Naruto looked up as he let the warmth of the sun hit his face.

Everything was wonderful, he smiled as he looked up, his arms lying by his side. But then, he slowly felt someone breath on his neck behind him. It sent shivers down his spine as he felt the warm breath tickle his skin. He slowly blushed and that feeling of butterflies in his stomach slowly appeared. Although it did send shivers down his back, he couldn't help but enjoy that feeling. He slowly turned around to be greeted by a familiar form. He blushed even harder as he discovered that the person who made him shiver was none other than Sasuke.

Naruto looked at his face in awe. He was smiling. Sasuke never smiled...never smiled a real smile anyway. But Naruto knew that this smile was genuine. He couldn't help but smile himself. He looked deep into Sasuke's eyes, his black eyes shining as the sun hit them. Sasuke looked directly at Naruto's eyes too. Slowly, Sasuke took Naruto's hands and held them. Naruto blushed even more as he felt his hands get surrounded by Sasuke's warmth. His stomach butterflies felt as strong as ever. He also felt blood rush to his face. He just stood there, he didn't know what to do. He knew that this was his enemy but despite that fact, he felt pure bliss.

Naruto started paying attention again when Sasuke started speaking. "You know Naruto, I always thought you were cute you little idiot." said Sasuke as he lifted his right hand and put it on Naruto's cheek. Naruto was stunned...he didn't know what to do. He was speechless yet he sensed that Sasuke knew that he didn't know what to do. Sasuke let out a chuckle and inched his face closer, their noses almost touching. "Don't worry, you don't have to say anything." he added, in that low tone that made Naruto's face heat up.

This setting seemed perfect. The birds were tweeting as they perched on the trees and the wind blew softly, ruffling Sasuke's hair. Naruto was just completely stunned, he couldn't move and he was feeling weak in the knees as he inhaled Sasuke's scent. They were so close together and his right hand was still in Sasuke's left hand. Naruto closed his eyes, not knowing what will happen next yet he knew inside him that something special would happen anytime soon. He just smiled as his nose touched Sasuke. Slowly, Sasuke inched closer and closed the gap between them. His soft lips touching with Naruto's. It wasn't a kiss that you'd see in a soap opera, it was a soft peck that filled Naruto with so much happiness. His butterflies were still there and he was still blushing yet he felt comfort while his lips was against Sasuke's.

Everything was going his way and he loved it...wait...he loved it? But this was his enemy! Naruto suddenly inched away as he looked in Sasuke with disgust, reality slowly flowed back in and he screamed!! He realized what he just did...something so unnatural and uncalled for.

Naruto woke up and suddenly sat up. He was wet with sweat, traces of it streaming down his face. He still had butterflies and though he can't see his face, he knew that the blush was still there. He was breathing heavily and he was trembling. He tried his hard to catch his breath. He swiftly wiped the sweat off his forehead with his arm and he looked out the window. The sun was up and it hit him. It was just a dream. What on earth was I thinking? Kissing Sasuke!! What the heck is wrong with me! Naruto thought as he looked at the clock beside his bed. He didn't set the alarm last night because he knew that it was already vacations. The clock read 10:23 am. Maybe I'm just hungry. I can't believe I dreamed that! What a total nightmare! Although Naruto used the word "nightmare"...he can't help but acknowledge the fact that he enjoyed it.

He got up from bed and walked towards his refridgerator. He grabbed some bread and the milk carton. He stopped sweating yet his cheeks still burned. He slowly sat down on his dining table which wasn't too far from the refridgerator. He tore a piece from his bread and ate it, chewing it fast as he recalled his dream. He swalloed it and took hold of the milk carton. This time, he remembered to check the expiry date and noticed that it wasn't expired yet. He put the carton's opening on his lips and drank some the milk, calming his nerves down. It slowly slid down his throat and soon, he took another piece of bread and ate it.

Naruto finished his breakfast and got changed into his usual jumpsuit. He went out the door and locked it. He paused after he locked it and looked down at the ground. He still can't believed he had a "nightmare" of kissing Sasuke. He thought of it as "sick and gay". He started walking towards the direction of the market. He decided to take a stroll into town. He didn't have anything to do, he didn't feel like training...which was weird because Naruto was always about training. He wanted to take advantage of his vacation and just relax. He kept walking, looking at his surroundings. Konoha was busy and everyone was doing their own errands.

The sun was up high...just like in his dream. He shrugged the thought off and looked straight ahead. He was walking really slowly, just breathing in the fresh air and looking at everyone. He was just walking until he saw a glimpse of three small children...three small and ANNOYING children. Naruto felt panic consume him. Oh crap, not them! He recognized that it was Konohamaru and his two friends. Naruto found another pathway lead away from the path he was taking at that moment and took it. He tried to avoid looking in their direction just in case they noticed him but damn! His orange clothes were just too damn loud. Naruto looked at the direction of the children and noticed that they were chasing after him. He started running as hard as he can, pushing through the crowd.

"Wait for us, boss!" shouted Konohamaru as the trio ran after him. Naruto was getting annoyed, he didn't want to play "Ninja" again. Just like his dear Sakura-chan said: "What's with ninja playing "ninja?" or something along those lines. Naruto shrugged off the thought of Sakura and tried to run as fast as he can but they were gaining fast!!

Naruto rolled his eyes in annoyance. He was still running as he heard Konohamaru's voice echo through the air. "Boss! Play with us!" he said. Naruto suddenly thought of a plan to lost them. He formed a hand seal with his hands as he smirked. "Kage Bunshin No Jutsu!" he shouted. Slowly, around 20 clones of Naruto appeared.

"Split up and try to lost them!" Naruto said to his clones. The horde of Narutos could see that the pathway had to other pathways connected to it other than the original pathway. Once they reached that point, the horde split into three groups.

"Split up and follow!" said Konohamaru as he targeted the group that went straight.

"Hai!"

The replications ran as fast as they can, trying to lose the annoying trio as they pushed through the crowd. The original Naruto, being the "intelligent dobe" that he is, ran with the horde that went left. It was that girl who was running after that group. Naruto was lucky, the girl wasn't as fast as Konohamaru and was just equally as fast the the kid with the glasses. He easily lost her but kept running with his replications slong the busy pathway that was filled with villagers just in case. Naruto was growing tired and slowly, his replications started disappearing in a cloud of dust. He swiftly turned left to the next pathway that connected to the one he was on and leaned on the wall, he was earning curious stares from the villagers but they just minded their own business. He was trying to catch his breath. He was panting hard and he was clutching his chest with his right hand. Tch. Those brats are fast. He thought as he slumped down on the ground.

Suddenly, he heard a voice that was too familiar. It was Sakura's voice and it seemed to be coming from the path that he was just on. He slowly poked his head out of the corner and saw her, she was browsing through one of the shop's merchandise. Naruto smiled at the scene when suddenly, he noticed somebody familiar come out from behind Sakura. Sasuke the bastard. Naruto was thinking if he should leave, approach Sakura or...follow them around.

He picked to follow them. I have to follow them, Sasuke might do something stupid! Naruto, although he was a very noisy ninja, tried to get as close as he can without getting too close. He was jumping from one hiding place from another, keeping a keen eye on the pair. He poked his head from one of the carts selling some food and watched them. Look at them, all smiling and laughing. But I know that Sasuke is just putting a fake act...he didn't want to hurt her feelings after what happened yesterday. Who knew he was a good guy under that dashing good looks. Naruto immidiately put his hands over his mouth, regretting what he just said. I didn't mean it! I wasn't thinking. He said to himself, trying to reassure himself, he's panicking. Naruto can't believe he just said that and slapped himself.

The man tending to the cart selling some food gave Naruto a weird look but decided not to ask. Naruto tried to relax himself but then, somebody called his name. It was Sakura.

"Naruto? What are you doing down there?" Sakura said as she gave Naruto the same weird look the seller gave him. Though she was mad at Naruto for what happened yesterday, she didn't want Naruto to think that she was still as mad. Sakura understood what Naruto did for her and he cared for her...and that's why she decided to let the issue go. She liked Naruto, just not in that kind of way.

Sasuke just gave a sarcastic laugh and just smirked at Naruto. "Ha. Idiot. If you're trying to stalk us, you're failing bad." Sasuke said as his face was graced with that same smug look he always had when he had the feeling of superiority claim him whenever he had a fight with Naruto over some stupid things. It happened quite often due to the fact that he always felt superior. Naruto was just giving Sasuke an angry look.

"I wasn't stalking you!! And why would I wan't to stalk you? You bastard. Why the heck would ANYONE STALK SOMEONE LIKE YOU!!" Naruto said as he tried to look away, catching the attention of some of the villagers. All of them were thinking the same thing. It's Uzumaki Naruto...again.

"Don't even get started, you two!" said Sakura as she gave out an exasperated sigh. "Let it go Sasuke. Anyways, I have to go, see ya tomorrow!" she said, giving Sasuke one of the biggest smiles she could do.

"Fine." Sasuke said, looking away from Naruto. Sakura gave Sasuke a hug. Naruto could sense Sasuke flinch a little bit at her touch but he let it go and stood up. Sakura walked back to the direction she came from which was where her house was while Sasuke was walking in the direction of his house. Naruto stood up and started walking...little did he know that he was walking in the direction where Sasuke was walking.

Stupid Sasuke. Naruto thought. He kept walking while Sasuke kept walking himself. Sasuke didn't know that Naruto was behind him and he just kept walking until he saw a bookstore and decided to go inside. Naruto looked up and noticed Sasuke walk inside the bookstore. Naruto wasn't intending to follow Sasuke but he couldn't resist the urge to see what Sasuke was going to do. Ehehehe, don't tell me that he's gonna read some porn? thought Naruto as he snickered and walked inside the bookstore. Sasuke went into one of the aisles while Naruto waited and walked to theone beside it. The bookstore was fairly small but it had four aisles of books at the back while the main part of the bookstore was a just a big space with some shelves and a big table of books on sale as well as the cashier.

Naruto peered through the gap in the shelves and watched Sasuke carefully. Sasuke picked up a book from the shelf and Naruto strained to see what it was. The lighting allowed Naruto to see what the book was about and noticed that the book was called "Ninja In Love". Naruto couldn't help but laugh softly, making Sasuke's ears perk up but he quited down and prevented Sasuke from notcing any further. Naruto didn't really have a good memory, just like how he didn't know the team password during exam two of the chuunin exams. He couldn't resist the urge to write it down just in case he forgot. He started walking in the direction of the "notebooks" section but suddenly stopped.

What am I doing? I'm stalking Sasuke? First it was the freudian slips, then the nightmare and now this? What am I thinking? I DO NOT like Sasuke! I like Sakura! But...I'll just write some information on him...you know...for future references...for blackmail...yeah...I'm not gonna do it because I like him. He's a bastard and I'll beat him one day! Naruto continued his way to the front of the bookstore and ravaged through the table with books on sale to see if he got lucky and found a notebook.

He kept looking and looking, giving occasional glances at Sasuke who was reading the book while standing up. Naruto kept looking until he found one notebook, the only one in the big pile. It was fairly small and you could easily put it in your pocket. It was mostly gold while its spine was black leather. It didn't have anything else on the front but it had a black ribbon that served as a bookmark which was sticking out. It was glittery and it Naruto looked at it in awe. He walked over the cashier and put the book down on the cashier's desk. He also took a black pen from the basket of pens for sale. He set it on top of the book and pushed it over to the cashier.

"That would be $25.95" said the cashier, who was actually male. He had short curly black hair and he was clad in a blue shirt with black jeans. He seemed polite too.

Naruto got out his pink froggy wallet and rummaged through its insides. After a few seconds of desperate searching, he found no money. He looked at the cashier guy who had a huge sweatdrop on the side of his face. "Old man! I'll pay you back somehow!! Let me have this book!!" said Naruto as he eyed the man who wasn't actually as old as what Naruto made it soound like.

"Oh really? I don't think I can trust you." the old man said as he pulled the notebook and pen away from Naruto.

"I will pay you back! Ninja's honor!" he said as he tried to pull the notebook back. The man had no choice, he seemed to have a interest in this noisy ninja.

The old man sighed. "Fine, but you'll have to help me clean this bookstore." said the man. "I guess I can't deny you your wishes, you seem to be stalking that boy over there." he chuckled.

"Ok deal...wait...WHAT?! I am NOT stalking that stupid bastard!!" Naruto said, fuming as he looked at at the bookstore owner with one of his 'Naruto Glares'.

Sasuke couldn't help but hear the commotion at the front of the bookstore and decided to close the book and go to where the commotion was as well as pay for the book. What's that dobe doing here? "Naruto. What are you doing here? Stalking me?" he said, laughing as well as smirking at Naruto who was giving him a glare but Sasuke couldn't help but notice that Naruto had a slight blush on his cheeks. He approached the counter and set his book on top. He took out the amount needed and gave it to the cashier.

"I WAS NOT STALKING YOU! Why would I wan't to stalk you anyways? I'm a better ninja and I wouldn't want to stalk somebody weak like you, stupid Sasuke!" Naruto said as he took his notebook and opened it to write something down. It was obvious what he was going to write. He made a title and wrote down someting under it.

facks about sasuke

1. he readz a book caled "ninja in love". thats jst reelly weird.

Naruto wrote that in his book, all misspelled words included.

"Hn. Whatever you say, dobe." said Sasuke as he walked out of the bookstore, his book in hand. Naruto was making his way out too when the bookstore owner held him by his back collar and pulled him back in.

"Oh no you don't, you have to help me clean." he said.

I know that you guys haven't seen too much of Sasuke but the next chapter will be more focused on him. I promise. And I'm sorry if my characters are a little bit out of character. I try to keep them in character but I do fail sometimes so I hope you bear with me. By the way, I like reviews. ;D

Till then,

Creme De Cerise