Title: Life Goes On
Author: nikki (nikkichan0829@yahoo.com)
Chapter Title: Forgotten Memories 2
Genre: Romance
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto. Enough said. The title was from the song, "Life Goes On" by Leanne Rhymes (is that the right spelling?).
Warning: OOCness? Extremely high sugary fluff content. Not betaed.
Author's notes: My current mood is terrible. After I finished typing this chappie, I suddenly remembered why I didn't resume this after getting Chapter 2 out. (See date of Chapter 2 and compare it to the resume date of this chappie.) The reasons for it are at the end of this chapter.
~Interlude: Forgotten Memories 2~
*Sasuke, age 7*
Sasuke was on his way to shuriken training when he ran straight into a blond boy who appeared to be running away from someone. He landed on his behind.
"Ow!" "Ouch!"
"Watch where you're going you -" "Give at least a warning you -"
Then at this point, Sasuke felt his eyes widen as he saw the familiar blond. Words that tumbled over his mouth were no longer as menacing as they were originally intended for.
"- asshole..." "- moron..."
At the same time, they said, "Oh, it's you."
The blond was about to say something when someone shouted, "NARUTO! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?!"
Sasuke saw the blond wince at the sound of the voice. "You're in trouble, aren't you?"
"K'so..."
"You should just give up. Maybe they'll let you off lighter. Eh?"
Sasuke found himself being dragged away from the scene by the trouble-making blond.
"Ask questions later! We're gonna get caught!"
"What? We?" Sweat formed on Sasuke's forehead. //How the hell did I get myself into this? I'm gonna be in so much trouble...//
~~~~~
It wasn't long before they finally lost their pursuers in the endless maze of streets of Konoha. The blond's gentle hold on his wrist had yet to be relinquished but Sasuke didn't mind the contact. It was warm... It made him feel a bit light-headed and funny.
It must've been from all that running and the twists and turns they had to take just so they can get away.
//Eh? Why in the world am I here anyway? I'm not the one in trouble. He is. Besides, now I'm going to be late for training.//
His eye twitched at the realization. //What the hell...?//
Then the blond turned to him and grinned. "That was fun, wasn't it?"
Sasuke blinked once. Twice. Then his lips curled into a small smile. "Aa."
"Good. Let's do that again!"
"What?!"
The raven-haired boy was about to protest further when he found himself looking at these amazing sky-blue eyes... that were currently staring at him with this weird twinkling, pathetic puppy-eyed look... that was just too hard to deny.
His eye twitched once. Twice. Sweat rolled down his forehead. Then he found himself sighing in resignation and agreeing to accompanying the blond for the rest of the day.
//Oh well. Training will just have to wait.//
~~~~~
*Naruto, age 7*
Naruto was running away from the other nins like usual. After all, he had vandalized the monument yet again. It was the second time this week.
Then of all times to run into someone, it just had to be at the precise moment he was trying to get away. He ran into a raven-haired boy and landed straight onto his ass.
"Ow!" "Ouch!"
"Watch where you're going you -" "Give at least a warning you -"
Then at this point, Naruto felt his eyes widen as he saw the familiar boy. Words that tumbled over his mouth were no longer as menacing as they were originally intended for.
"- asshole..." "- moron..."
At the same time, they said, "Oh, it's you."
Naruto was about to say something when someone shouted, "NARUTO! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?!"
He winced at the sound of the voice. //Oh boy... I'm in deep -//
"-trouble, aren't you?" The other boy's voice breaking into his thoughts. There was tone of smugness in the boy's voice that annoyed the blue-eyed boy.
"K'so..."
"You should just give up. Maybe they'll let you off lighter. Eh?"
While the raven-haired boy was talking and not really paying attention, Naruto grabbed the boy's arm and started dragging him away from the scene. The other boy opened his mouth to protest but the blond cut him off.
"Ask questions later! We're gonna get caught!"
"What? We?" Sweat formed on raven-haired boy's forehead.
//Hehehe... Let's see what you're made of, pretty boy.//
~~~~~
It wasn't long before they finally lost their pursuers in the endless maze of streets of Konoha. Naruto had yet to relinquish his hold on the raven-haired boy's wrist but the other boy didn't seem to mind. The slight contact was warm... It made him feel a bit light-headed and funny.
It must've been from all that running and the twists and turns they had to take just so they can get away. Or maybe it was because it was rare for someone to actually let him touch them.
//Che. Don't mind that. Besides, he looks like fun. I've never had fun with someone else to share it with me before.//
He turned to the other boy and grinned. "That was fun, wasn't it?"
The boy blinked at him once. Twice. Then his lips curled into a small smile. "Aa."
"Good. Let's do that again!"
"What?!"
Naruto pouted at first. Somehow he knew the boy was going to protest but that didn't stop him from using his secret weapon, the one that Iruka-sensei had never really been immune to, the puppy dog eyes. He just wondered if it would work on the raven-haired boy as well.
The boy's eye twitched once. Twice. Sweat rolled down his forehead. Then just when Naruto had thought that it didn't work, the other boy sighed.
"Fine."
"Hurray! You'll stay with me until it's time to go home then!"
"Hai, hai."
//Alright! Let's have some fun!//
~~~~~
Time flew as both boys had their fun. At the end of the day, they had parted ways and had gone to their respective homes only to find out...
"AH! I didn't even get his name..."
~~~~~
*End of Interlude: Forgotten Memories 2*
Author's notes: Erg... It took me a long time to finally pick up what I've left undone. Sorry for the long wait folks.
I was kinda hoping that I didn't have to do this but I just have to say that I was shocked to see my work (Forbidden was slaughtered... I don't think they've gotten to this one yet... But I do know that they've already gotten the Naruto fanfics of other authors...) butchered by a bunch of immature people in a live journal community called Fanfiction ANBU. (They take fiction, butcher it and make fun of it. I was only informed of this by a fellow fiction writer.) This is fanfiction for crying out loud. No one's perfect. If you don't like it, don't read in the first place. There's a perfectly good reason why there's a warning, you know. (Yeah, like not reading what you don't want to read. Does that ring a bell?! I would just like to note here that apparently, that person just didn't like the pairing. That's why he/she hated it in the first place. I know I have a few errors here and there but overall my grammar wasn't even an issue there. If you read what that person wrote, you'd see that he/she is actually the one who needs criticism on his/her grammar.) Besides, there is such a thing called freedom in this world incase they didn't know. Oh and yeah, I think it would've been better if they had at least observed the common courtesy of asking the author's permission before doing anything to those fics. If they hate those fics too much, I think it would be more productive for them to give their constructive criticism (if they can be considered as such) to the authors themselves instead of bitching about it somewhere else like a bunch of cowards and write their own fanfic instead of stealing someone else's.
I hope that those who are included in that live journal will not take this hard. (I'm not trying to start a war here.) But that's what I really think about all that. Think of it as my form of constructive criticism about what you're doing.
Now that I've had my say, I'm going back to writing.
Please review. Flamers can go to hell and kiss Zabuza's ass.
Start: November 23, 2003
Broke off: November 23, 2003
Resumed: March 11, 2003
Ended: March 11, 2003
Author: nikki (nikkichan0829@yahoo.com)
Chapter Title: Forgotten Memories 2
Genre: Romance
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto. Enough said. The title was from the song, "Life Goes On" by Leanne Rhymes (is that the right spelling?).
Warning: OOCness? Extremely high sugary fluff content. Not betaed.
Author's notes: My current mood is terrible. After I finished typing this chappie, I suddenly remembered why I didn't resume this after getting Chapter 2 out. (See date of Chapter 2 and compare it to the resume date of this chappie.) The reasons for it are at the end of this chapter.
~Interlude: Forgotten Memories 2~
*Sasuke, age 7*
Sasuke was on his way to shuriken training when he ran straight into a blond boy who appeared to be running away from someone. He landed on his behind.
"Ow!" "Ouch!"
"Watch where you're going you -" "Give at least a warning you -"
Then at this point, Sasuke felt his eyes widen as he saw the familiar blond. Words that tumbled over his mouth were no longer as menacing as they were originally intended for.
"- asshole..." "- moron..."
At the same time, they said, "Oh, it's you."
The blond was about to say something when someone shouted, "NARUTO! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?!"
Sasuke saw the blond wince at the sound of the voice. "You're in trouble, aren't you?"
"K'so..."
"You should just give up. Maybe they'll let you off lighter. Eh?"
Sasuke found himself being dragged away from the scene by the trouble-making blond.
"Ask questions later! We're gonna get caught!"
"What? We?" Sweat formed on Sasuke's forehead. //How the hell did I get myself into this? I'm gonna be in so much trouble...//
~~~~~
It wasn't long before they finally lost their pursuers in the endless maze of streets of Konoha. The blond's gentle hold on his wrist had yet to be relinquished but Sasuke didn't mind the contact. It was warm... It made him feel a bit light-headed and funny.
It must've been from all that running and the twists and turns they had to take just so they can get away.
//Eh? Why in the world am I here anyway? I'm not the one in trouble. He is. Besides, now I'm going to be late for training.//
His eye twitched at the realization. //What the hell...?//
Then the blond turned to him and grinned. "That was fun, wasn't it?"
Sasuke blinked once. Twice. Then his lips curled into a small smile. "Aa."
"Good. Let's do that again!"
"What?!"
The raven-haired boy was about to protest further when he found himself looking at these amazing sky-blue eyes... that were currently staring at him with this weird twinkling, pathetic puppy-eyed look... that was just too hard to deny.
His eye twitched once. Twice. Sweat rolled down his forehead. Then he found himself sighing in resignation and agreeing to accompanying the blond for the rest of the day.
//Oh well. Training will just have to wait.//
~~~~~
*Naruto, age 7*
Naruto was running away from the other nins like usual. After all, he had vandalized the monument yet again. It was the second time this week.
Then of all times to run into someone, it just had to be at the precise moment he was trying to get away. He ran into a raven-haired boy and landed straight onto his ass.
"Ow!" "Ouch!"
"Watch where you're going you -" "Give at least a warning you -"
Then at this point, Naruto felt his eyes widen as he saw the familiar boy. Words that tumbled over his mouth were no longer as menacing as they were originally intended for.
"- asshole..." "- moron..."
At the same time, they said, "Oh, it's you."
Naruto was about to say something when someone shouted, "NARUTO! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?!"
He winced at the sound of the voice. //Oh boy... I'm in deep -//
"-trouble, aren't you?" The other boy's voice breaking into his thoughts. There was tone of smugness in the boy's voice that annoyed the blue-eyed boy.
"K'so..."
"You should just give up. Maybe they'll let you off lighter. Eh?"
While the raven-haired boy was talking and not really paying attention, Naruto grabbed the boy's arm and started dragging him away from the scene. The other boy opened his mouth to protest but the blond cut him off.
"Ask questions later! We're gonna get caught!"
"What? We?" Sweat formed on raven-haired boy's forehead.
//Hehehe... Let's see what you're made of, pretty boy.//
~~~~~
It wasn't long before they finally lost their pursuers in the endless maze of streets of Konoha. Naruto had yet to relinquish his hold on the raven-haired boy's wrist but the other boy didn't seem to mind. The slight contact was warm... It made him feel a bit light-headed and funny.
It must've been from all that running and the twists and turns they had to take just so they can get away. Or maybe it was because it was rare for someone to actually let him touch them.
//Che. Don't mind that. Besides, he looks like fun. I've never had fun with someone else to share it with me before.//
He turned to the other boy and grinned. "That was fun, wasn't it?"
The boy blinked at him once. Twice. Then his lips curled into a small smile. "Aa."
"Good. Let's do that again!"
"What?!"
Naruto pouted at first. Somehow he knew the boy was going to protest but that didn't stop him from using his secret weapon, the one that Iruka-sensei had never really been immune to, the puppy dog eyes. He just wondered if it would work on the raven-haired boy as well.
The boy's eye twitched once. Twice. Sweat rolled down his forehead. Then just when Naruto had thought that it didn't work, the other boy sighed.
"Fine."
"Hurray! You'll stay with me until it's time to go home then!"
"Hai, hai."
//Alright! Let's have some fun!//
~~~~~
Time flew as both boys had their fun. At the end of the day, they had parted ways and had gone to their respective homes only to find out...
"AH! I didn't even get his name..."
~~~~~
*End of Interlude: Forgotten Memories 2*
Author's notes: Erg... It took me a long time to finally pick up what I've left undone. Sorry for the long wait folks.
I was kinda hoping that I didn't have to do this but I just have to say that I was shocked to see my work (Forbidden was slaughtered... I don't think they've gotten to this one yet... But I do know that they've already gotten the Naruto fanfics of other authors...) butchered by a bunch of immature people in a live journal community called Fanfiction ANBU. (They take fiction, butcher it and make fun of it. I was only informed of this by a fellow fiction writer.) This is fanfiction for crying out loud. No one's perfect. If you don't like it, don't read in the first place. There's a perfectly good reason why there's a warning, you know. (Yeah, like not reading what you don't want to read. Does that ring a bell?! I would just like to note here that apparently, that person just didn't like the pairing. That's why he/she hated it in the first place. I know I have a few errors here and there but overall my grammar wasn't even an issue there. If you read what that person wrote, you'd see that he/she is actually the one who needs criticism on his/her grammar.) Besides, there is such a thing called freedom in this world incase they didn't know. Oh and yeah, I think it would've been better if they had at least observed the common courtesy of asking the author's permission before doing anything to those fics. If they hate those fics too much, I think it would be more productive for them to give their constructive criticism (if they can be considered as such) to the authors themselves instead of bitching about it somewhere else like a bunch of cowards and write their own fanfic instead of stealing someone else's.
I hope that those who are included in that live journal will not take this hard. (I'm not trying to start a war here.) But that's what I really think about all that. Think of it as my form of constructive criticism about what you're doing.
Now that I've had my say, I'm going back to writing.
Please review. Flamers can go to hell and kiss Zabuza's ass.
Start: November 23, 2003
Broke off: November 23, 2003
Resumed: March 11, 2003
Ended: March 11, 2003