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Disclaimer: Finally I can say it! Naruto belong to me!!!! I mean the storyline of Lover's Diary and Remember Me.
Remember Me Epilogue – Lover's Diary.
Ever since he returned to Konoha Town with Sasuke, all he had done was just reading and writing. Though they felt weird, as Naruto normally hated this kind of stuff, they made no move to question him.
With a big smile plastered on his face, he picked up the envelope and opened it. Inside was a photo with a scenic view of the sea during sunset. He admired the photo for a moment before turning it around.
Dear Naruto,
How are you? Currently I'm at Rico which is near the sea. I'm healthy and fine. Say hi to auntie and the rest for me. Next would probably be Creeper's Island. I'll send you another picture then. Bye…
Gaara
"Typical Gaara… Always the short speeches." Naruto smirked before he moved on to check his e-mail.
His eyes scanned through the inbox for a moment before spotting a familiar name.
"Aha… So you replied." Naruto talked to himself. He moved the thumbnail and clicked the contact named 'Sai'.
Dear Naruto,
It's been pretty busy day since I got back to the company. There are a lot of things to deal with due to nearly three years of absence. However… The greatest sadness I feel is that I'm unable to see you for sometime. (sighs) Without knowing it… I slowly remembered back the times when we lived in that small little cottage in that quiet little town. Back to what we did… Back to the time when I accidentally walked in on you when you were bathing and saw small cute 'little' Naru-chan.
Naruto's eyes bulged out immediately. He looked around the room cautiously for signs of people before pouting.
"Damn you Sai. I'm not 'small'! Next time I'll show who the 'bigger' one is!" Then he continued reading the mail.
There is one thing I want to tell you. Currently, there are 200 members in my company; mostly are those who worked for father before. Are you really sure you want to do this? I don't want you to get hurt anymore. Think twice, Naruto. I doubt that Sasuke and your mother would even let you go near them. Anyway, I got a meeting to catch up with. Remember, think again. Till the next e- mail.
Love,
Sai.
"I know and I will, Sai…" Naruto muttered with a small smile.
"I wonder what's so big, Naruto?" Sasuke's monotone voice whispered into Naruto's ear.
"!? SASUKE!" Naruto jumped out from his seat.
Sasuke kept his eyes glued to the screen as he read the e-mail till that certain part. Then he turned to the shocked Naruto with an evil grin
"Oh… How small..."
Turning beet red, azure eyes glared at the arrogant looking Uchiha. "Oh! Shut up!"
Still smirking, Sasuke cooed, "Aww… Don't be angry, Naru-chan."
Naruto pouted and stuck out his tongue, "You meanie!" He stomped out of the room furiously.
Sasuke stared at the opened door emotionlessly before he started laughing. "Kid."
The raven head turned back to the computer to shut it off but he stopped when he accidentally read the last few lines in the mail which made him wrinkled his brow worriedly. Then he remembered the conversation he had with Sai on the phone a few days ago.
"He plans to be a volunteer to help those like him." Sai said through the receiver.
Sasuke shut down the windows and switched off the computer silently. Before he leaves the room, he took a glance at the picture of him and Naruto placed by the bed's side with a smirk.
"If that's what you want, I'm coming with you…"
XXX
It was just a few steps down the stairs before Sasuke's laughter could be heard. This made the furious boy stalk down the stairs faster and soon, he was out from the house, in the little garden.
Then he sat down under one of the trees to shield himself from the bright sun. Not that he hated the sun, but it's just too glaring with heat at times. Sometimes he would daydream, how nice would it be if he could get the bright sun without glaring at times?
"That darn Sasuke. He reverts back to his old ways… No wait. It's worse than his old ways! He enjoys teasing me!"
After that, he pulled a small black book from his pants pocket.
"But still… He has his sweet points too." He snickered a little as he opened the book till the point where he last stopped.
XXX
Sasuke narrowed his eyes. "Where could my diary be?"
Currently, his bags are turned upside down; drawers wide open with certain things hanging out messily.
"I hope no one finds it… Especially Naruto. It's just too embarrassing." A tint of pink adorned his pale face.
"Wait… Naruto."
Flash Back
"Where did you keep the book Tsunade gave me?" Naruto asked the Uchiha who was sitting on the couch with a bored look.
"In my back pack." The boy replied nonchalantly.
End of Flash Back
His onyx eyes widened at the thought.
"Don't tell me he did!"
He quickly sprung out from his room to the blonde's one. However, it would obviously lead to a search in vain. After all, said boy was reading the diary now.
XXX
Dear Naruto,
The weather here is cold and windy. According to the guidebook, this is the type of weather all year round. However, I doubt you'll like it. You hate cold weather the most.
Even though I had that thought, I wonder are you here? This is the 10th town I'm at and yet there are still no traces of you… Could you be further or just right in front of me?
Sasuke
XXX
Naruto smirked, "This really doesn't sound like the usual Sasuke." He flipped the pages on to the next entry, which was a week after that.
XXX
Dear Naruto,
I've met someone interesting today. He told me a story on his life. How he carved his own road from being nothing till someone with people he loves around him. I really feel like giving up but somehow his words made me feel as if 'giving up' should not be in my dictionary at all. I'll go on.
Sasuke.
XXX
Time seemed lost to Naruto as he read the diary. Without noticing the time, he had already been reading for a few hours and now he was at the mid point of the book.
XXX
Dear Naruto,
It's been more than a year… Where could you be? Seems like my money is running out. Though you don't seem to be in this town but I suppose I have no other choice but to stay for a while more to earn some money before moving on. Ever since I started on this journey, I feel like I should work everything out by myself and not rely on anyone. I wonder would God forgive me if I worked harder?
Sasuke
XXX
Naruto smiled bitterly at the last sentence. "You did nothing wrong, Sasuke… You will be blessed."
Yes. God did bless Sasuke after all.
XXX
Dear Naruto,
I'm at yet another one of the countless town. This place seems peaceful and nice but more importantly, you are here. Finally I found you. I know it's hard for you to trust me but I'll try my best to regain back the trust that I myself had destroyed 2 years ago. Please believe in me.
Sasuke.
XXX
A sweet smiled slowly formed on his face.
However, it turned into a horrified one seconds later when he felt a disturbingly fiery aura hovering beside him.
Naruto gulped. "Dead meat."
"Na-ru-to… What are you holding in your hands?" A familiar and cold voice said. Naruto held onto the book tightly.
"Err… A fairytale?" He laughed sheepishly but he still had not turned to the right side to face the person who sent the oppressing aura, not having the guts to look into the infamous glare of an Uchiha. They say it ran in the family.
"I wonder how true that is …?I could try and look at him but feeling the aura seems too scary. Too freaky. I wonder why I never noticed that before?" Naruto mused to himself but Sasuke broke him out from his thought
"Oh… I never knew you still read fairytales, Naruto." Sasuke chuckled, villain-style.
The poor boy that just got caught red-handed in crime had no other choice but to withstand the teasing and laughed along with it. "Yeah. I find it pretty interesting these days." "He bought it?"
"But I do wonder a thing. Why does it resemble one of my notebooks so much?"
The troubled Naruto screamed mentally at his own stupidity. "He didn't? Argh! I suppose only an idiot would."
"Erm… Coincidence?" He replied, unsure, as his mind thought of ways to escape. "Maybe I should avert his attention from me and then take a run somewhere. Hmm… I wonder is there a stick nearby where I can knock him out for at least 5 minutes?"
Sasuke sighed and shook his head a little. Then he ran his right hand through his raven locks and held out his left hand. "Give it back, Naruto."
Naruto scowled in his inner mind. "Darn. Now I can't twist and turn things around. Sasuke is just too clever for my own good. There is no stick around… I guess I'll just have to make a run for it when the time comes."
"Naruto." Sasuke called out the boy's name. "You know you shouldn't be reading people diary without people's permission."
Naruto sighed as he stood up. Then he turned and faced him with a slight pout. "Oh come on! You read mine too."
"It was addressed to me." Sasuke proudly pointed out.
"Aha- Caught you." "Same for you too. It was addressed to me too!" Naruto smirked arrogantly at the defeat of the great Sasuke.
The Uchiha gritted his teeth a little and glared at his lover. In his mind, he was still thinking ways to intimidate the boy.
"What could I use? Threaten him? With what?"
"AH!" Naruto shouted suddenly which broke Sasuke musing.
"What!?" Sasuke scowled a little.
"Gaara!" Naruto shouted with a hand pointed to the back of Sasuke. Sasuke quickly turned around and found-
Blink blink.
No Gaara.
No one at all.
Just a cat having sex with another cat, happily.
Interesting scene.
Wait. Scratch that. It's an abnormal thought.
Wait. Does that mean he had just been tricked?
Ebony black eyes turned back to find the diary thief gone from his view- barely.
"Oh no you don't!" He quickly ran after the boy who at first moved stealthily but soon broke into a run when he took a glance behind to find the predator chasing. A more precise way to describe is like a T-Rex chasing after its human prey- except that this T-Rex is smaller and way better looking than that monster.
Though Naruto started to run first but soon, the good-at-everything Sasuke managed to catch up with him and leaped onto him; causing both boys to fall down on the grass with Naruto below.
That moment, he felt Naruto tense up.
"Naruto?" Sasuke muttered with hint of concern in his tone.
However Naruto did not answer him until a moment later when he shouted, "Get off me!"
Sasuke was a little shocked at that but he quickly scrambled off him. The moment Naruto was free, he quickly crawled to another side and hugged his knees to himself, burying his face silently within his arms. It pained Sasuke to see the boy shaking all over from that.
"I'm sorry…" Naruto stuttered. "I just had some bad things going through my mind. I j-just can't cont-control myself. I- I didn't mean to shout at you."
Coal eyes eyed him sadly before he moved closer to Naruto and sat beside him. Then he pulled him into an embrace.
Naruto struggled a little to get out of the embrace but Sasuke just tightened his grip and murmured, "It's okay. I won't hurt you."
Slowly, he felt the struggle lessen down but Naruto's body remain tensed.
"Let's take it slowly."
Naruto nodded after a pause and slowly relaxed into Sasuke's arms. Sasuke smiled sadly and planted a kiss on the boy's forehead.
"We have time now." He paused for a moment before adding confidently, "A lifetime."
Naruto chuckled at that, "I didn't say that I want to spend my lifetime with a cold bastard like you. I'll probably vomit blood and die."
Sasuke grinned confidently, "You can't do that. You will spend your lifetime with me. That is because God says so."
XXX
Dear Sasuke,
I never thought that I would wind up back here. Here in this quiet little town after parting with Sai and Gaara at the train station. Each of us decided that we should return to what we wanted to do. I wanted to go back to Konoha Town with Sasuke. Sai wanted to continue his work at his father's company while Gaara wanted to continue his journey.
Actually I thought that I would have met Death on that day itself when I wanted to jump. To end everything at that moment. To just run away and never return. However I'm glad that I didn't do it.
Only now I realize that if I did die that day, I would just hurt everyone. Mother slapped me when I returned home the other day. It finally dawned me. What hurt her most was not my existence but my selfishness. Within her warm embrace as her tears wet my shirt, I finally understand that my cowardice is what caused us misery for so long. That's what separated us.
Soon… I'll try and work as a volunteer. I want to help those in need though I know a lot of them will disapprove, l still want to do it. Sai changed … that place where I used to work for into a shelter. It provides job opportunities for the people who used to work in there with a second chance. It seems perfect right? If I deserve a second chance, who says that those people do not deserve the same thing?
Though I want to help them but I won't step into Slums Town now. Just not now. It's too hard for me to do. I can still remember each and every thing that happened there till now. The other time when I lost my memories, it was not amnesia. I just lied to myself that everything is gone and push it back. The truth is, I still remember everything. Though I'm still suffering inside I won't run away anymore. I'll try to face it. When I can do it, it will be then that I return to that place and visit father's grave. He is the cage of my past. I understand that it may take a long time but I hope someday, it will come.
This would be the last entry of my diary I'll ever write. I have him with me now. I probably won't open up to him fully yet but I'm sure he'll listen to me- till the end. It's way better than a not-going-to-answer-you book, right?
Naruto
The sky is crying gently,
As gently as I weave my path through my blood,
Blood bonds barred me within a caged truth,
Truth that brought me down but kept me living cruelly,
Living in reality scarred me,
Creating scars that bled without a wound,
A wound that leads the seek of salvation,
Which proves I'm just a fool in the slums,
Silently,
I'll held on to things I've discarded,
Things that I should have believed in,
It's hidden by the pages,
Of my Lover's Diary.
-End of Remember Me Epilogue-Lover's Diary.-
-End of Lover's Diary: Remember Me.-
Reviewers: Lemon! We want lemon!
Ryen: Meep… Lemon? (takes out a bunch of lemons) Here you go!
Reviewers: glares
Ryen: Gulp… Erm.. Well.. There is a good reason for why there is no lemon! That is.. dear Naruto is still suffering from trauma as you can read. So… it is not good to force him with that. Therefore.. Take it slowly! Right, Naruto? (Naruto nods thoughtfully while Sasuke sulks) Hehehe… (sighs) Okay okay.. I admit it. I suck at writing lemon scenes but I'll try in the future. I can't end this filled with lemon because if you think logically, a person who went through all those would be more reserved than any normal human.
So this chapter would conclude the whole series. There is one person whom I want to thank all along is my soul mate! Ayamekashi (one of the weird duo) She helped me to beta this fiction which reduce you all of headache as this authoress is just too clumsy in grammar and spellings for her own good. (cough cough)
After this I'll continue on Forbidden Reincarnation which I left it in hiatus for so long. A1so, as you all know, me and Ayamekashi are under a joined account of Aya Ryen with a weird comedy/romance Gravitation fiction called 'Just an Android.' You can check that out too.
Thanks for reading the whole thing.
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One request though… Can I have more reviews than before? Just one from each of you. Please! After all.. This is the last chapter of the whole story. Hehehe.. I better go before it's too long. I can't help it. I just got so many things to say. Last thing though, sorry for any grammar or spelling mistakes. Hope you enjoyed it. Thanks! Review!
I'm sorry for such long author's note! (bows)