Hello people of the world^^ So I can't sleep lately because my grandpa is in the hospital so I'll probably be up and writing the entire time. Very bittersweet...*sigh* Anyways, I hope you like the chapter and if not, please tell me so I can improve the next one! Btw, thanks to the ONE person who reviewed chapter 6 =)

Chapter 7

Why's My Life So Srcewed Up?

We were approaching the gates of the Village Hidden in the Clouds and Naruto and I haven't talked the entire way. It was night. Like, probably somewhere near midnight. Kakashi didn't want us to barge in after such a long and tiring day so we set up camp a little outside of the village instead of risking going in and falling into some trap Kabuto or Orochimaru might have planted for us.

Kakashi was already asleep. Kiba and Neji too. I'm not sure about Naruto, but I honestly could care less right now.

I climbed up into a tree and sat on the highest branch, staring up at the moon. The last time I looked at the moon was at Naruto's place, right after I kissed him for the first time. I was happy then. Now…I don't know what's going on…Everything is so screwed up. Everything…

Burying my head in my hands, I tried to hold back the incoming tears. Why I was about to cry was beyond me, I just was. Right as some tears began to flow; I heard the rustling of leaves. Picking my head up and wiping away the few tears, I turned around slightly and was face-to-face with the last person I wanted to see right now. Naruto.

There was no smile on his face. No glow. No happiness. Nothing but a simply emotionless face. It didn't look real. I didn't want it to be real.

"Hey." He came over and sat down next to me on the branch. I turned away without giving an answer. "So, what? You're just not going to talk to me? Sasu, I thought you were supposed to be the mature one here?"

"Don't call me Sasu."

"Wha-"

"Just don't." My head faced away from him still. I knew that if I looked into those beautiful blue eyes of his I'd forget everything and I don't think my heart would like being broken twice.

"I'm sorry."

"For?"

"Whatever I did to make you mad at me."

"Why would you apologize if you don't know what you're apologizing for?"

"Because I don't want you mad at me."

"Hn."

"Can you at least tell me what I did?"

"No. You should know."

"Should I?" I let out a sigh. I can't believe he's trying to keep this stupid game up with me. He needs to choose one. Me or dog breath.

"Did you mean it?"

"Mean what?" He seemed confused by my sudden shift in the topic.

"What you said to me two nights ago."

"Which was…?"

"You forgot…?"

"No, no… Let me think." My eyes drifted to him to see that he was thinking pretty hard.

"You don't know…do you?"

"I'm sorry, I forget. What did I say?"

"Naruto…if you forgot about something so important then it obviously meant nothing to you."

"Would you just tell me?"

"Goodnight." I jumped off the branch and ran. Tears were flowing out of my eyes. I felt really stupid. So unlike myself. I was crying over a guy. I feel like some stupid little girl. What the hell is wrong with me? Is this what Naruto did to me? He's one guy. But…I love him. DAMN HEART.

When I stopped running I found myself by a waterfall. I turned around and was glad that I could still see camp. Facing away from the camp now, I surveyed the area and found a rock to sit on.

I let my feet grace the surface of the water but didn't let it create anything to make my reflected image disperse. Sitting there, I started into the eyes of the reflected me, wondering if an answer might be seen. Nope.

"What the hell is wrong with me?" I asked out loud, as if someone was going to answer me.

"Nothing." The answer came. WHAT THE HELL! I turned around quickly only to see destiny boy standing there, leaning against a tree, staring at me with those soul piercing eyes of his.

"What are you doing here?"

"I overheard you're conversation with Naruto. Things don't seem to be going too well." He came over and sat down next to me.

"So, you eavesdropped?"

"Overheard. There is a difference."

"Oh, is there? Tch…"

"Look, I just thought you needed a friend."

"And since when have we actually been friends?"

"I thought we were."

"Hn."

"So…does this mean you and Naruto are over?" I raised an eyebrow. Were we actually ever together?

"Why would it matter?"

"Yes or no?"

"None of your business."

"Oh…you are over aren't you?"

"We're not."

"It's not over?"

"NO."

"So you are together?"

"No…"

"Then which is it?" He was getting on my nerves. I couldn't take it anymore. I grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and brought his face no more than a few inches away from my own.

"How about this? SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LEAVE ME ALONE BEFORE I FUCKING KICK YOUR ASS TO OROCHIMARU." His eyes widened and then went back to normal. Realization seemed to have clicked.

"You were never officially together, were you? And now any chance you had is destroyed my Kiba. Tough luck." I wanted to punch him so much right now. Why the hell did he have to be such a fucking jack-ass? And why did he have to be right?

Letting out a sigh, I let him go. He rubbed his neck and looked at me with those damned eyes of his.

"You know…this could be fate's way of telling you that maybe you and Naruto were never meant to-"

"Shut up." I didn't want to hear those words. They are not true. They cannot be true. That dobe is mine; I don't give a shit about what anyone like Inuzuka has to do with it. I'll kill him if that's what it will take.

Neji moved closer to me and put a hand on my shoulder. He looked into my eyes.

"I know you don't want to believe it but maybe there's someone else out there that might be even better for you than Naruto. Someone that might care about you?" I stared at him in disbelief.

"Like?"

"Me." The words came out of his mouth and before I could get any out of my own his lips were on mine. His hands were gripping me tightly to him and I couldn't get away as hard as I tried. WHAT THE HELL. The kiss felt like an eternity. After a little he was teasing my lips apart and eventually got his tongue in my mouth. My problem was that as much as I thought I would hate it, I didn't. I told my mind to stop and to hate but one of those damned consciences of mine was enjoying every last second of this kiss.

Then finally, after what seemed like ages, he pulled away, but left his arms around my neck.

"Why?" That was the only word I could croak out.

"What?"

"Why the hell did you just do that?"

"Do what?" DAMN THIS GUY.

"YOU SHOVED YOUR DAMNED TONGUE DOWN MY THROAT!" No surprise at my sudden outbreak. Well no duh, he just lip locked with me after I semi-ended a relationship that wasn't a relationship, or something like that. Wait. What? No. I didn't end anything. Naruto just forgot something. Something extremely important. But he's him so I can't blame the guy…right?

"You liked it."

"YOU WISH."

"I know you did."

"Again, you wish."

"You loved it, didn't you?"

"Why would I?"

"Because, you haven't said no yet."

"Then no."

"No, what?"

"No, I didn't like it."

"You didn't like what?"

"DAMNIT. You fucking faggot just deal with the fact that I'm not attracted to you, nor will I ever be." I faced towards the camp, away from his face and those eyes. "Oh, and don't you ever shove that thing down my throat again unless you want it cut off. And I don't just mean your tongue." With that last threat I walked, or more so ran, to camp.

I got to my sleeping bag and plopped down. Neji hadn't even begun to walk back yet. Like I care. Flipping to my side I noticed that Naruto wasn't in his bed. Looking to my other side, I let out a sigh of relief when I saw that Kiba and Kakashi were still sleeping.

My gaze floated to the night sky above me. Thoughts flooded through me. And I have come to a conclusion. I am one of the most screwed up people in existence. Yupp. My life is freaking fucked up.

Naruto…now what do I do? He forgot but then again…he IS forgetful. Maybe I shouldn't be blaming him but what about the thing with Kiba? They looked so…used to it. Like making out was something totally normal. Does that mean Kiba and him have a thing going? Wait…didn't I ask this already? Shit…who am I talking to!

And then there is Neji. What the hell is he thinking and how the fuck does he fit into this already complicated equation of annoyances? Well…let's see…he likes me? Oh…so that's who he was talking about the other day when we stopped at that river or stream-like-thing. You get the point.

You who? I don't know. Anyways on with…whatever the hell I was talking about. Which was…oh yeah. Neji. So what exactly am I going to do about him? NOTHING. Nah…I have to do SOMETHING. Why? Just because I do. So that something is going to be me telling him to back off right? But what if I can't do it? What if I get too scared or something and chicken out? Damnit. I'm an Uchiha for crying out loud! Then again…like I said before it really doesn't mean much nowadays does it?

The best thing to do would probably be to deal with Neji when the problem arises. For now, I can just ignore his currently suggestive nature. Hah. Neji and suggestive are two words that should never be placed in a sentence together unless you put the word NOT in there somewhere.

That's it. I'm so confused!

Sitting up, I reached over for my bag and pulled out my phone. There was someone I needed to talk to. They could help me…I knew it.

I stood up and climbed up into a tree. A different one than the one from my previous climb.

Come on…pick up…There was a click.

"Hello?" A dreary voice answered from the other line.

"Shikamaru, hey. It's Sasuke." What? The guy is actually a pretty good friend. I helped him out when he was trying to deal with Ino and guess what? They're dating now! Yeah…I realize I sound like some little girl but it's awesome because they are really truly perfect for each other.

"Well duh. I saw the caller ID."

"I need to talk."

"You do realize it's about three in the morning right?"

"Yeah."

"Great. What do you want? I kind of enjoy sleep."

"When DON'T you sleep? You can spare me a few minutes, my life is so fucked up."

"Explain."

"Well…" I told him everything. Naruto and me. Naruto and Kiba. Neji liking me. The middle of the night stuff. Naruto's attempted apology. Everything. When I finished, he let out a sigh.

"Heh, now hasn't your life been eventful?"

"Shut up and tell me what to do."

"Sasuke listen. You know that I won't be able to give you all the answers, I can only help clear some things up so that you can find them on your own."

"I know that. I said the same thing when it was you and Ino, remember?"

"No shiz."

"Ok, good."

"Do you want this advice or not?"

"Yes please. I NEED it."

"Okay, well obviously Kiba and Naruto got a thing going on. Investigate that. See if it's just physical or if some emotions actually exist. Talk to Naruto, you know he's an idiot and probably forgets what he had for breakfast an hour later. I wouldn't be surprised if one day he forgot his own name." I let out a small laugh, that would happen. "And Neji…well, honestly I never looked at his as the I-like-guys-type."

"Hold on. And I seem like that type?"

"Nope. Looks are deceiving when it comes to sexuality but aside from that I can tell a lot of shit from just looking at a person. Now anyways, Neji. He is attracted to you probably just for physical reasons. I mean, I think he might be using your current Naruto issues to his advantage. He was considered a bit of a player when he dated the girls before. At least that's what Ino said."

"She went out with him?"

"Nah, Ten-Ten did."

"Got it. And…?"

"He might just be playing you. The kiss is what makes me think that but I could be wrong."

"You're never wrong."

"Ha, don't forget about that one time when I said you would be fine but by the end you—"

"We don't need to go there. So, anything else?"

"Not in my head right now but its late…or early…or whatever. Whenever I decide to get up tomorrow I'll think about it some more and call you."

"Don't call. We'll probably be in the middle of something with Kabuto by then."

"True…text?"

"Only if it's really important."

"Oh, it will be."

"Ha sure."

"Ok, so I'm done being your guru, can I sleep?"

"Yeah, yeah."

"Alright. G'night. And get some rest please?"

"Whatever."

"Seriously."

"Fine. Oh…and thanks Shikamaru. I owe you."

"Yeah, you're welcome. Bye."

"Bye." I waited until I heard the click on the phone line before I snapped my own phone shut. Okay, so some things were slightly cleared up there. Maybe my life won't be so fucked up for a little while. Maybe a new light of day will bring some enlightment into me? Haha, get it? EnLIGHTment? Yeah…I crack myself up. And yes, I do realize that is not how you spell enlightment. Or maybe it is…? I don't really care.

When I jumped down I looked around and…nothing. I walked to my bed, lay down, and saw that everyone was there and asleep. Naruto and Neji too.

My eyes closed and I tried to sleep. Just as I was drifting away my phone vibrated from under my pillow. I reached for it. New Text! Shikamaru Nara!

Huh…?

I opened my phone.

I love you…

WHAT THE HELL! I replied quickly.

WTF…?

Just kidding. Wanted to see reaction.

Grrr…loser.

But I did want to tell you something.

And that would be?

You should end it with Naruto.

WHAT?

Stop chasing after the guy.

Why?

It might be the best thing for you to do.

No.

Think about it, okay?

Fine.

Alright, bye.

Bye.

I shut the phone. And my life has officially returned to its state of being fucked up.

TBC?

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