Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto... Why do I even write these things:Sweatdrop:
Sorry, once again, for the long wait. I was uber sick... I even collapsed in the kitchen! Yeah, and I know you all would've never forgiven me if I had died XD 'Cause I wouldn't have been able to finish the story! Although, I know most of you are more worried about my health than the story... hopefully.
And I know that in the anime it's Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura friendship stuff... but come on, I'd rather it be Ino :Grin: she's cooler.
Sasuke sat in the darkness of the apartment's small dining area, his pitch black eyes gleaming, even though there was no source of light. In his hand was a thick book, the cover a dark velvet. The raven had become bored with just sitting around in the living room waiting for the sun to rise. Since he was an insomniac (yes, angel's can be insomniacs), he'd usually spend his time wandering Purgatory during the nights, but since he was no longer there, he'd have to deal with just sitting around in the snug apartment. Although, there really wasn't anything that could pass the time other than the small collection of books Naruto kept by his couch.
Closing his current book, he put it back amongst the others and sighed, I can't feel sadness or happiness... just a programmed sensation of it... yet I can feel boredom, he looked around and his wandering eyes came to a halt on the television. He raised a brow in curiousity, "That's what he called... a T.V., right?" he let his fingers run over the stubby buttons of the remote that was sitting on the cusion beside him before he actually picked it up, eyeing the device with interest.
Pushing the red button at the top that said "on", he waited for the screen to flash, then turn on. And when it did, he smirked, "something to pass the time," he skimmed through, finding nothing on but talk shows and Girls Gone Wild commercials (which he had no interest in whatsoever).
"Sasuke?" a voice yawned tiredly from the small hallway across the room.
The raven turned slightly, seeing Naruto standing a few feet away from him, the blond rubbing at his watering eyes. He smirked and went back to flipping through the channels, his pale skin even paler from the shine of the television, "Shouldn't you be in bed, Dobe?"
"I c-could..." Naruto yawned loudly again, "ask you the same thing. What're you doing up so late?"
"I don't sleep," was the simple and quick reply.
Naruto frowned and truffled over to the angel, plopping down beside him while yawning again, tears slipping from the corners of his eyes. Wiping them away and sniffing tiredly, he yanked the remote from Sasuke's grip.
Sasuke sat his hand back on his lap, not up for arguing with a tired human. His mentor, Kakashi-sensei, had always told him to never mess with a human who was in the state of sleep or close to it, for he would probably get punched in the face.
Instead, he chose to ask the blond a question, "What do you think you're doing?"
"What do you think? I'm seeing what's on," Naruto replied, finally stopping on the Omotesando News, "here we go. It's not healthy to stay awake all night, so maybe if I put something boring on, you'll eventually all asleep," he grinned impishly and fell over on the couch, snuggling into the soft cushions, "now sleep, Teme, I'm showing you the markets tomorrow."
Sasuke raised a brow and chuckled, "I haven't slept in ten years. What makes you think I would just fall asleep now?"
"Dunno..." Naruto mumbled, his eyes closing, "...mmm, just go ...to sleep...Teme..." he sentence ended with a soft snore.
Dobe, Sasuke turned the T.V. off and just settled with listening to Naruto's childish snoring and his soft breathing, finding the sounds relaxing.
xXxXx
"Come on! Come on! Just put the damn trenchcoat on already!" Naruto growled, bouncing from one foot to the other by the front door. Even though it was Monday and there was school, Naruto had decided to take Sasuke out somewhere. He didn't like school anyway, so it didn't really matter. He'd have to deal with his mother later, but whatever.
Sasuke moved his wings so they were tight together and he swung the leather coat over his shoulders, putting it on. He frowned at the foreign weight, but he knew he'd eventually get used to it, "Do we really have to go?"
"You have to watch me every moment of every day, right?" Naruto growled, "even though that's a bit creepy... but whatever! I have to go to the market to buy groceries, which means you have to go too! So suck it up and come on!" the blond opened the front door and went outside, his bright orange scarf flittering around when a strong gust of wind blew by, "it's going to be packed if we don't get there before noon!"
Sasuke put up his hood so his face wouldn't get cold, and he slipped outside, Naruto shutting and locking the door. He caught a blur or pink and yellow and looked down the steps.
"Naruto!" Ino and Sakura called up the stairs, the both of them with their hair up and furry coats on, "skipping school this morning?"
Naruto turned and blinked, "Ino? Sakura-chan? What're you two doing here?" he suddenly remembered that Sasuke was there, staring at the two girls oddly, "O-oh, um, nevermind that, uh, this is Sasuke! Sasuke, these are two of my good friends, Yamanaka Ino and Haruno Sakura!"
Sasuke nodded to them politely, "Konnichiwa."
Sakura giggled and blushed, her cheeks a soft pink from the chilly weather.
Ino tilted her head to the side, a frown on her face, "Sasuke..." her eyes widened slightly, but then she looked at her blond friend sadly, "Naruto..."
Sasuke caught the look and coughed to get her attention, "We were just heading to the market. If you would excuse us," he wrapped his fingers firmly, yet gently, around Naruto's wrist and pulled him down the stairs, past the confused Sakura and silent Ino.
As they went by, Naruto hissing at Sasuke to let him go, a strong gust of wind blew and knocked the hood off of Sasuke's head, his raven hair blowing about wildly. Ino's pale blue eyes caught a glimpse of a scar on the male's neck and her hands tightened around the bag strap over her shoulder, It couldn't be... he's dead...
"Ino?" Sakura asked her friend hesitently, tugging on her light purple sleeve.
"I'll be right back, Sakura," she said quietly before running after them, latching onto the back of Naruto's coat and receiving a cold glare from Sasuke, "Naruto, I need to speak with you, right now."
"Well, uh, sure. Wait right here, Sasuke," he left the frowning raven behind as he was tugged away by his friend.
Ino pulled him back behind the stairs, her hands moving to his shoulders and her baby blue eyes filled with something Naruto couldn't quite put his finger on, "Naruto... are you trying to replace him?"
"Wh-what?"
"Sasuke-kun," she whispered.
Naruto looked away from the girl, "No... I mean, yeah, he looks like him, but... but it's not, Ino. And I would never replace Sasuke..." he smiled, "Sasu-nii." But Sasuke... he's an angel... he could be... I never really thought about it... but once you die, you can't age can you? The Sasuke back then died when he was six...
Ino laughed slightly and stepped back, putting one arm back at her side while the other held the strap to her bag, "I'm just being paranoid. Gomen..." she tucked a strand of blond hair behind an ear, "he's gone... I shouldn't go around thinking someone else is him," she smiled and went behind Naruto, shoving him forward, "now get moving. You were going somewhere with your boyfriend, weren't you?" she grinned.
Naruto turned several shades of red and sputtered, "I-I-Ino! H-He's not my..." he looked around to make sure Sasuke wasn't listening, "he's not my boyfriend! He's just a... he's just a friend, ok?.!"
Ino raised an eyebrow, a cocky smile on her face, "Oh, really? Then why didn't you tell me about him?"
"U-Um, well..." I can't really tell her he's my gaurdian angel... here to make my miserable life better, can I? he laughed nervously, what am I? Stupid? Of course I can't! "h-he's one of those guys who doesn't like being around a lot of people, so, uh, you know..." he scratched the back of his head.
Ino laughed, "I understand. Now get going, I bet he's annoyed."
"R-right, I'll see you at school tomorrow."
"Right..." she blinked, "a-ah, school! Sakura! We're going to be late!" she ran to her pink-haired friend and grabbed her hand, dragging her away, "bye, Naruto! Bye Sasuke!" she didn't have the heart to call him Sasuke-kun. It would be as if she was replacing one of her best friends.
"B-bye!" Sakura managed to shout before she was yanked around the corner onto the busy street.
Sasuke was leaning against the window of a lower apartment, staring at a group of seven little boys who were playing cops and robbers. Four of them had different colored masks, each carrying a bag which was probably carrying fake money. The other three had guns and wore plastic badges. He watched one of the cops fall.
"Sasuke!" Naruto called out. He reached Sasuke, a sheepish grin on his face, "sorry about that. I didn't keep you waiting too long, did I?"
Sasuke watched as one of the robbers actually stopped running to help his fallen friend up. The cop wiped himself off and hugged his friend, the robber laughing. Sasuke smiled, "Not at all."
xXxXx
"Hmmm, do you like oranges?"
"I don't eat, remember?"
"Oh," Naruto frowned at the bright fruit, sitting it back with the others, "you know, it's not as fun picking out food when I can't get an opinion from the person I'm shopping with."
"Hn, well, deal with it, Dobe," Sasuke smirked, his hands deep in the trenchcoat pockets. A particularly strong gust of wind blew through the market, making goosebumps rise up on his skin. He frowned and held his arm up, pulling up the sleeve to see the small bumps on his pale flesh, I shouldn't be able to get goosebumps...
"Onions..." Naruto muttered to himself, tossing the vegetables into his dark blue basket, "and broccoli... Oh, and carrots!" he grinned and tossed the orange roots in along with the other veggies, "Hey, Sasuke, could you--" he blinked when he saw that his friend wasn't there anymore, "Sasuke?" he frowned, "oi, Teme!" he screeched, sitting his basket under the stand so no one would find it, then running off.
Sasuke walked across the gravel road until he reached grass and sand. He jumped down onto the start of the beach's shore and made his way closer to the edge of the cliifs that dropped off into the water.
Naruto finally saw him and his eyes darkened, Not there... he ran forward, "Sasuke!"
The raven ignored him, something bubbling inside of him as he got closer to the water. He stopped abruptly when he felt a strong pain in his stomach, the feeling constricting, This is a human feeling... why is this happening here?
"Sasuke! Get away from there!" Naruto called out deperately, his heart beating fast as he saw his friend slowly move towards the edge of the cliffs.
xXxXx
"Is Naruto-kun not with you today, Otouto?"
A smaller version of Sasuke turned around, "Aniki?"
"It doesn't matter..." he stepped forward quickly, grabbing Sasuke's arms, "you're good enough."
Sasuke's eyes widened and he cried out for help, but he knew no one would here him. The shore markets were closed, so no one would be this far out of the city, "A-Aniki...!" he screamed, trying to pull away, "wh-what are you--"
"You're a demon!" Itachi yelled, his eyes crazy. He shoved Sasuke onto the ground.
Sasuke cried out painfully when his head hit a broken rock, blood soaking into his hair. His dark eyes watered and he desperately tried to get away, but Itachi kept him down, "Aniki," he begged, "p-please let me go..." tears slipped down his face.
"Don't beg... I know you're a demon inside of my little brother's body," Itachi said darkly, his body shaking.
"I-It's me!" Sasuke begged again, scared, "y-you... Aniki, it's those drugs... Okaasan said they make you see things that aren't there!" he sobbed when he pulled up harshly by his hair. He tried to kick his brother away, but he was too weak.
"You and Naruto-kun are both demons!" Itachi hollered, stepping closer to the edge of the cliffs.
xXxXx
Sasuke looked down at the rapids below, the water smashing against various jagged rocks jutting out of the salty water.
xXxXx
"A-Aniki!" Sasuke tried again. His watery eyes widened when his brother's hands moved to his neck instead.
"Forgive me, Otouto... the only way I can get rid of this demon... is to kill you, too. Y-You'll forgive me, right...?" Itachi asked shakily, his eyes red from drugs.
Sasuke sobbed, knowing he wouldn't be able to escape his brother. He looked down at the rocks below, his body shaking, "I don't want to die..."
"I'm doing this for you, Otouto," Itachi's grip loosened.
Sasuke held onto Itachi's wrists, his small hands pale from squeezing them so hard, "I don't want to die!" he wailed as his brother let go, his hands slipping away from his wrists.
xXxXx
"I don't want to die..."
Sasuke's eyes widened a fraction as he was pulled back by Naruto, the blond's blue eyes wet. He yanked him to the ground and let out a sob, "Why would you come here?.!" he screamed.
The raven looked over at him as he sat up slowly, his stomach still hurting, "Naru--"
"He died here! Th-this is where Sasu-nii died..." he said, his voice breaking, "he fell down there... and he died," Naruto sobbed, "why would you come here... why here of all places...?"
Sasuke stood up, confused with everything. What he was feeling, what he saw when standing at the edge... everything...
xXxXx
Naruto was asleep when Sasuke laid him on his bed, the blond's eyes wet from tears. There had been screaming and crying on Naruto's behalf. It was as if he had gone crazy and had finally let loose years of pent up sadness and frustration.
"Today was the first time I felt real emotions," Sasuke murmered to himself, I felt hunger... and sadness while on that cliff... he sat at the foot of Naruto's bed, watching the blond sleep.
xXxXx
"I had a brother?" Sasuked asked the red-head, Kyuubi.
"Do not go looking for him once you arrive on Earth."
"Why?"
"There would be no reason to, Uchiha, believe me," Kyuubi scoffed.
xXxXx
Sasuke gripped the bed sheets, Why should I not go looking for him? According to what happened earlier... I'd have to guess... my brother was the one who killed me... he looked over at Naruto once again, but he said I was killed... he said nothing about murder... he looked through the small slits in the blinds, the moon shining in and making his obsidian eyes glow, but now I know...
He touched Naruto's hand.
"I am your friend..."
I just... I need to get my memories of you back... of everything...
Ta-da! Chapter 3 is done:Grin: Yesh, I know, getting into the drama too fast, but you know me, I love drama! Please review:Hearts: