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Remember Me Chapter 9- Within the view.
"Naruto…." The near insane man mumbled to himself.
"Why did you run away..? I need you.. You'll be with me forever… Even when death part us.. I'll follow you…" He started to laugh, the laughter soon turned maniacal.
"I'll be looking for you soon, Naruto… Then you'll know that you are mine to begin with.."
XXX
CLANG!!!
Tsunade widened her eyes. "My vase! It's the second one of the day!" She looked up from the mess at the floor and glared at the Naruto who was smiling sheepishly at her with hope to get away.
"What is your excuse this time? Let me remind you, your previous excuse was your hand was wet and slippery. Now?" Her face had the whole 'I demand for answers' plastered on.
"Erm… The vase was wet and slippery? Hahaha…"
"GET OUT TO THE STORE AND BUY ME A NEW ONE WITH YOUR OWN MONEY NOW!" His boss shouted. Within a second, Naruto had gotten his wallet and out from the store, away from his angry employer.
After Naruto was out of sight, she sighed as she shook her head.
"He broke another one?" A voice asked from behind.
Tsunade spun around and nodded with a frown at her two workers.
"Anyone know what's wrong with him?" She asked.
They shook their head. Tsunade sighed again.
"Not even a clue?"
They shook their head again. This time there was a twitch on Tsunade's head.
"Answer me instead of shaking your heads or I'll twist it off for you!!"
Immediately they tensed up. After working at this place for some time, they understood very well Tsunade's anger. It only spelt trouble in capital letters.
"Yes." They answered curtly.
Tsunade smiled in satisfaction. "Good." She liked to be in control. Correction. She liked to be in control of the people whom she paid to work.
"So, what's your plan?" She asked.
None of them knew what to answer her. After a moment of silence, Sasuke decided to open his mouth before Tsunade's patience ran thin.
"We don't really have any plans…"
Instantly, her eyes widened as if it is the most shocking thing in the world. "WHAT!? And you call yourselves his boy friends???"
The two nonchalant boy's jaws dropped in their inner mind with the same reaction, "What is this old hag thinking about all the time!?"
"Don't think just because I look young, I have no experience in this kind of thing. If fact I have over 40 years of experience!" She announced proudly.
"So.. She is over 40 years old. Definitely an old lady." They snickered in their minds.
She glared at them, "Did I hear the word old lady?"
They tensed up. "Sharp…" "No… Nothing at all."
"Good." She smiled. "Now, continuing what I said earlier. Was my speculation wrong?"
That question caught them off guard. What was Naruto to them?
After a moment that seemed like eternity to Tsunade, who had a low patience level, Gaara spoke up.
"He's like a brother to me." Gaara muttered before leaving to serve the customers outside the shop. He need not answer any further.
She nodded her head with an 'o' while in her inner mind, she was smirking. "I'll make you both spill things out." Then she averted her attention to Sasuke. "What about you?"
The raven frowned. " I thought I have this answer long time ago…"
Flash back
"I'm looking for my boyfriend." He told the receptionist at the train center which resulted in another fainting event.
End of Flash Back
"It isn't an excuse… Is it?" Slowly, his mouth curled into a grin before he smirked confidently at Tsunade. Then he turned around and went back to his work.
Tsunade understood the meaning behind his smirk. She returned to her accounts work and decided to leave the matter to the two boys. They will figure a way. They must.
Somehow there was a bad feeling in her heart; she just hoped that they were not too late to figure out what was wrong with the blond.
XXX
It was like a Pandora box. This is what he felt about his own memories. With the urge to open it even knowing that mishap will befall on him, he cannot help it.
As he slowly strolled along the way to Jiraiya's shop, he wondered the reason why he got disturbing flashes of memories.
He sighed for the 30th time as he went along to Jiraiya's shop.
"Oi, kid!" A voice called him from behind.
Naruto turned around and spotted Jiraiya holding two bags in one of his hand.
"Yo! Master." He greeted the white haired man.
"Heh heh… Lazing around, Naru-chan?" Jiraiya asked as he walked a little faster to catch up with Naruto.
Naruto smiled sheepishly, "Nope. Actually.. I broke the vase you made for Tsunade… So I was wondering do you have another one for me to compensate to her?"
"The vase..?" He frowned. Finally it ticked in his memories, "Oh! I remember. The blue one with an oriental touch on it, right?"
Naruto nodded with a bright smile, "Yeah!!"
"I need to remake. Come and pick it up by the end of this week."
"Thanks! How much will it be?"
Jiraiya waved his hand in front of Naruto, "No need. After all, it's my present for her. You just need to buy me a bottle of 'sake'."
Naruto smirked. The meaning of 'sake' here meant porn books.
"No problem."
The older man smiled with satisfaction. "I'll head back to the shop now then. You want to tag along for some drinks?"
The blond boy shook his head, "Nah.. I better get back fast to finish my work before Tsunade starts grumbling again. Thanks anyway."
"Okay, kid. See you then."
Naruto nodded and waved as he walked away.
Jiraiya stared at the boy, "Hmm… I wonder if there is something wrong?" Then he shrugged and continued his way back to his own shop.
XXX
"Anyone has any ideas?" Sasuke asked.
It was late at night and Naruto had gone to sleep leaving three 'protectors' sitting on the couch in the small but comfy living room.
"That is what I wanted to ask you both. Aren't you guys working with him?" Sai said.
Silence answered him that made Sai smirk but he feigned it with a sigh. "Before you both came, he was leading a happy life."
The other raven head glared at him, "What are you trying to say?"
Sai looked away and muttered a 'nothing'.
Sasuke gritted his teeth in anger. Every day, he could feel his patience with Sai run thin and tonight just took a whole load of it.
Sensing the incoming trouble and discomfort, Gaara finally opened his mouth. "Can you both stop fighting?"
The two raven head looked at Gaara and then at each other before looking in the opposite direction.
Gaara sighed, "Great… I got two adults here that act absolutely like 5 year old kids."
"Seems like something happened today." They looked at Sai. The raven licked his dry lips before continuing, "What happened?"
"We don't know." Gaara answered. "He was acting pretty weird these days and it has just gotten worse after he came back from replacing the vase that he broke for Tsunade."
Sai frowned as he thought, "He went out…"
"Do you think something happened to him along the way?" Sasuke added.
"Maybe, however we can't be too sure. Plus being a stubborn person as usual, he would never tell us anything no matter how we question him." Gaara reasoned out.
"I'll follow him." Sai said as he folded his hand.
They looked at him as if they were eyeing the weirdest thing in the world.
Sai glared at them in annoyance, "What? Don't give me that look. I'm pretty proud of my spying abilities."
They narrowed their eyes. Somehow, they have no other choice but to believe him.
"But don't you have your own job to do?" Sasuke asked. He was hoping that Sai would just give up the idea. It was obvious that he did not want someone to trail Naruto around.
"It's not as important as him." Sai muttered before he stood up and headed back to his room leaving Sasuke and Gaara there to ponder the rest.
XXX
"If I could wish for something, I would wish to be cast away." A voice whispered sadly.
"The thoughts are overwhelming; it is suffocating. Don't remember anything… Please"
The blond boy panted hard as he sat on his bed to regain his composure. It was the 20th night he woke up in the middle of the night from some nightmare.
However, today is a little bit weird. It ended with a familiar voice whispering to him.
Naruto shook his head in annoyance, "…What was that? .. Don't remember?"
XXX
"He's dozing off." A monotone voice commented.
"That's obvious." Another voice answered.
"What amazes me is that he is dozing off while standing."
"It's Naruto. That's not the first time it happened. I used to play hide and seek with him until sunset. In the end, the one who's hiding need to look for the seeker who is sleeping by the river banks."
"Typical." Gaara left the shop to serve the customers who were eyeing the flowers on the display outside.
The raven head sighed before walking over to the sleeping blond. "Oi… Naruto." He then nudged him when the blond did not respond.
Sasuke smirked. He went near to Naruto's ear. "Tsunade. You're back!"
Almost immediately, Naruto jumped up and continue mopping the floor without looking up.
Then he stopped when he heard a snicker. Slowly, he pulled his head up and glared at the smug looking Sasuke.
"Uchiha…." He growled with a pout.
Sasuke smirked. "Get back to work and no dozing off. Who knows the next person to walk into you is Tsunade. I'm just saving you."
Naruto showed his tongue as Sasuke turned and walked away.
Sasuke shook his head. "Kids these days…"
"You sound like an old man!" Naruto snickered when Sasuke turned back to glare at him.
"Then how do you expect me to talk like?" Sasuke folded his arm. He was facing Naruto with his side leaned against the counter.
With a big grin, Naruto did the 'good guy' pose, "You got to live a life full of youth!"
Silence swept over them.
"…. What did I just do?" Naruto frowned. As usual, without warning scenes began to course through his mind.
Flash Back
"It's a nice pleasure to welcome you back to Konoha, Naruto-san!" A guy with a bowl head posed. "Together we'll spread the youth all around!"
"Really?" The view changes to Sasuke who folded his arm with a bored look.
"Let's join the fun, Sasuke!"
"… No way." Came the cold reply.
"Why??" Both Naruto and the bowl head guy flashed the pose.
"… It's a waste of time and it's idiotic."
End of Flash back.
He slumped down the floor.
"Naruto!?" Sasuke shouted frantically. He kneeled down beside the boy and started shaking him, "Naruto! Come on! Don't joke here!"
Gaara ran into the shop and kneeled beside them, "What happened?"
"I don't know. He was talking like normal and suddenly he just slumped down." Sasuke had a worried look on his face.
"I'll call an ambulance."
Just when Gaara was about to stand up, a hand gripped his wrist. He turned his head to the groggy-looking Naruto.
"It's… okay. I-I'm alright." Naruto gave him a small smile to reassure them.
Slowly, the blond boy pulled his body from Sasuke's embrace but was hit with a sudden wave of headache that made him hold his head with his right hand.
"Ouchie…"
"You alright?" Sasuke asked in a concerned tone.
Naruto smiled at him and Gaara, "As fine as ever."
At that moment, Tsunade walked in.
"WHY ISN'T THERE ANYONE TO SERVE THE CUSTOMERS??"
But then her angered face changed into a worried one.
"Naruto? Is there something wrong? You looked pale."
"I'm okay, Tsunade. Just a little tired that's all." Naruto stood up with the help of Sasuke.
"Get some rest back there, okay?" She told him and Naruto nodded. He smiled at Gaara and Sasuke again before moving off. Then she turned to Gaara and Sasuke. "Get back to work both of you."
The two of them nodded silently and went back to their work. However one question lingered; was this a sign that Naruto is slowly regaining his memories?
XXX
He was trying his best to hide his laughter.
He found him after days of tracking him.
He sees nothing but him.
"Soon… He will be mine!" The man smirked as he stared at the blond who slowly moved out of his sight to the room behind.
However, being too deep into his observing the shop that housed the blond boy, he did not notice that there was another pair of eyes eyeing him with disgust.
XXX
Sai glared at the man in front of him.
"Could he be the one who was harassing Naruto?" Then he put his hand into his pocket and dug out his hand phone. He positioned the phone's camera at the man and clicked. Captured.
Then in a swift moment, he dialed the number he wanted and pressed the call button. A diligent voice answered with a 'hello'.
"I'll send you a picture in a while. Check on him." Was all he said. There was no need for further explanation needed with Kabuto, someone he trusted but only with a huge sum of money.
He attached the picture into the multimedia message box and sent it to Kabuto with a short message saying 'I want it fast."
Then he slipped the phone back into his pocket and continued observing the man in front of him. He just hoped that this man would not stir up any memories of Naruto's past. Especially those in Slums Town.
However, his sixth sense told him he might have hit the jackpot.
-End of Remember Me Chapter 9 – Within the view.-
Hehehe… I'm back Exam's over. I feel dead.. (sniff) The papers were hard!!!!!!!! (dies) Anyway.. I hope ya all enjoyed this chapter too and sorry for any grammar plus spelling mistakes. Oh... Seems like poor Naru-chan's memories are coming back!! What will happen soon? Hehehe.. Please review!!!! Thank you!