Fishing
Damn, where the hell is he? Naruto thought. He was standing on the rooftop of a house, waving his head from side to side, looking for Sasuke. Growling, he jumped off and landed on the ground with a soft thud.
"N-Naruto?"
Naruto spun around to see who said his name and it was Hinata. Her hand was curled up and placed over her chest. When Hinata really saw him, a gentle smile shone on her face.
"W-welcome home, N-Naruto."
He smiled back. "Thanks! Nice to be back! Hey, have you seen Sasuke? I don't think he knows that me and Sakura are back yet."
"Last time I saw him, he was at the t-training grounds."
"Thanks again!" He ran to the fields while waving at Hinata.
Sure enough when he got there, Sasuke was there too. He was sitting cross-legged, eating a sandwich. Feeling mischievous, Naruto hid behind a tree and quietly crept up to Sasuke behind his back. Suddenly, his limbs were locked together and he toppled onto his face.
"Good job, even though you're supposed to attack me," said Sasuke, talking to two clones who appeared from the trees. They disappeared and Sasuke cut the wires wrapped around Naruto. "So, you guys are back?"
Naruto sat up, rubbing his face and grumbling a few curses, then said, "Yep. I came to tell you."
"Hn."
"Why don't you go say hi to Sakura? I think she's at her house."
"Whatever." He conjured some more clones and they flew into the forest.
"What? You're not going to say hi to her?"
"I have training to do."
"Oh, I get it," Naruto said, and he snickered. "You're too chicken." He snickered even more when Sasuke blinked in surprise. "You're too chicken to even say hi to Sakura!"
Two puffs of smoke rose from the trees and Sasuke turned around and marched towards the village, giving Naruto a deathly glare that told him to leave. When he arrived at her house, he paused then rung the doorbell. No one answered. He ringed it again and gave a couple knocks.
"Hello," said a voice.
Sasuke looked to his left and a woman was standing there with a broom in her hands. She looked like she was Sakura's mother, due to her pink hair and green eyes. But she also looked like a pink-haired, green-eyed version of his mother. She gave him a smile and Sasuke felt his face become very warm.
"How may I help you?" the woman asked, walking towards Sasuke, making him look away to hide his blush.
"I-I heard Sakura was back home," he mumbled, stuttering, "and I thought I should come and say hi."
To his relief, the door opened and Sakura stood there, with a bewildered expression. Sasuke compared the two pink-heads and did not find any difference except that Sakura's hair was way shorter than her mother.
"Well, there's Sakura. I'll leave you two alone." Sakura's mother left, and Sasuke felt his face begin to cool down.
"I see you met my mom," said Sakura.
"You look like her," he pointed out.
Sakura rolled her eyes at the obvious. "So, why are you here?" she asked.
"Naruto told me to come and say hi." Before she could respond, he added, "He said I would be a chicken if I couldn't even do that, and he'll never let me live it down."
"The great Sasuke Uchiha being called a chicken by the biggest knucklehead in the world," she teased.
He remained silent.
Sakura laughed. "Sorry, but it does sound funny, probably due to your hair." She sighed. "Well, I guess that's it, since you just wanted to say hi. See you around, Sasuke."
Before Sakura closed the door, Sasuke caught a glimpse of a gold clasp around her neck, then he looked at her red headband in her hair and was briefly reminded of the red ribbon he found in his mattress.
He dismissed the two objects and walked away from her house, but not before Sakura's mother said goodbye, making him blush again.
Two weeks later, Sasuke was taking a walk around the village. He grew tired of the streets and headed of the greener area of the village. He crossed a river and went to his favorite fishing spot. When he got there, another person was sitting on the shore, fishing.
That person was Sakura. He never knew that Sakura fished. He thought she would be repulsed by the idea because of the worms, leeches, or smelly fake baits fishermen use. He also found it odd that she would be fishing in his spot.
He approached her and said, "This is my spot, you know that?" making her jump.
"You don't have to tell me so suddenly, geez. But since you're here, you can watch if you want."
Oddly enough, he actually sat beside her. Sasuke watched as Sakura hooked a worm bravely, and cast it into the water.
Disturbing the silence, he asked casually, "How long have you been fishing?"
"Oh, I started when I was seven, but I was so busy with school and later on missions, I didn't have any time, but recently, I got back into it." She smiled with pride at her accomplishment.
"Did your mom teach you?"
The smile on her face dropped, and she looked back at the bobber. "I had a friend who taught me how. I only knew him for a short while, but during that time, we were best friends." A sad, but at the same time, happy, smile rose to her face.
"What happened to him?" Sasuke pressed on, interested.
"He had to go away, and he never really came back. For a while, he felt like a second brother to me." She saw the confused expression on Sasuke's face and quickly explained. " I had an older brother once, but he died when I was only one so I don't really remember or know him."
Sasuke saw the pain it brought when she talked about her friend and brother, so he looked away. "Sorry. I shouldn't have brought that stuff up."
"Oh, it's okay. It makes me feel a little better now that I talked about it."
He began drawing lines in the dirt with a stick he found. "You're weird. Most people would get pissed if stuff like that was brought up."
Suddenly, the bobber went down. Sakura waited then gave a quick tug. She began winding up the reel, feeling the strong tugs of the fish at the other end. The fish gave one big pull and Sakura was soon standing in the water. "This is a big one!"
"Don't reel it in too much or else the line will break!" Sasuke yelled, getting into the water too. "Release it, and play with the fish until it tires out."
"It think it is already playing!"
The tip of the rod began to bend. Worried that Sakura might not be able to handle it, Sasuke grabbed the rod and began pulling it with Sakura. Suddenly, a large fish jumped and smacked Sakura with its tail on her back. Sakura was so caught off guard when the fish jumped, that when she was hit on the back, she slipped on a rock. She collided with something hard, and slipped again.
The next thing she knew, she was staring down into two, shocked black pools. "Aah! Sorry about this Sasuke! I'll just get off ―" she hid her blushing face from Sasuke as she tried to remove herself, but his hand suddenly caught hers.
"No, don't," he said. His hand moved up to her chin, and he pulled her face down till their lips met. Sakura was shocked still, then gradually let Sasuke kiss her. He wrapped his free arm around her waist, and they rolled over to switch places. When the need for breathing came, they broke the kiss.
It felt familiar to Sasuke, but not as intimate as the kiss they just did. But Sakura was reminded of the departing kiss she gave to Sasuke when they were seven. She felt weird. This was the Sasuke she knew from her childhood, yet she felt as if she kissed a total stranger. It's Sasuke, yet at the same it's not Sasuke, she thought sadly.
"Is something wrong?" he asked when he noticed tears falling.
"Oh, it's nothing." She wiped them away. "I was just thinking of my friend." Instantly, she regretted those words.
Sasuke felt shame and devastation. "Sorry." He stood up and began to walk away. It should be obvious that she loved her mysterious friend now. He couldn't blame her either. He left her on a bench to leave Konoha in order to gain power, he killed the only two members of his clan other than him, and attempted to destroy Konoha and the five Kages. Who could still love a man who even thought of these sins?
"Wait, Sasuke," Sakura called, running after him. "Sasuke, it's not what you think."
"Yes, it is," he muttered darkly.
"No, it isn't," she said firmly. "Sasuke, I haven't heard from my friend in a long time. He must have completely forgotten about me now. I'm not going to stay in the past. I'll focus on the present." She placed one hand on his cheek and the other held his hand. "I'll focus on you."
He smiled at her words. He lowered his head and kissed her again. The past was thrown away, like a ball of paper tossed into a trash can, and here was her, his present.
I decided to bring back Sasuke's nervousness when he's around Seirei. For those of you who didn't read A new friend, no he does not have a crush on her. That would be disgusting. It's more of a reminder of his mom. On another note, I've noticed that I can totally lose control when I write in Sasuke's POV. I don't know why, but it seems that the most emotionless guy in Naruto makes the most emotional or the most deep stories.
Is anyone getting pissed off at the anime? I know for sure I am. It think it's because of Karin. God, I hate her. Before when it was just Suigetsu and Sasuke, I liked it cause Suigetsu was amusing to watch. Now that Karin's part of the group, I'm might stop watching it for a while.