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Imagine me without You

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This is not a trip for education if you ask me. He looked out from the window with a bored look. His iPod giving him music to block out the noises the students were making.

Maybe he should have just called in sick. But then it was Kiba, his friend would probably drag him out of his apartment, even if Naruto would have been screaming in protests or not. Friendship is such a lovely thing, isn't it?

Maybe he sounded like an idiot for saying that he didn't feel like going, but his heart ached sometimes when he thought about that town, his hometown.

Yeah, he had grown up there with both of his parents. They were a rich and happy little family indeed, looking perfect for everybody and themselves. Loving each other like the perfect little family they were. But the word perfect didn't last that long for them, it stopped being perfect when his father died in an accident when he was seven years old. Then when he was ten his mother jumped out from a window, with the words 'I love you' escaping her lips, tears in her eyes, then letting herself fall down to the ground from their apartment window.

He never hated her for leaving him; he understood her pain and wanted her to be free. She didn't exactly leave him with just that memory of her; she left more good and happy memories for him to think about.

Still, he didn't want to visit that town. He just wasn't ready.

"Welcome to the real world outside your iPod." Kiba said sarcastic, seeing that the blonde had finally removed his headphones.

Naruto flashed his friend a fake smile. "Please, don't misunderstand. My iPod just decided to die on me."

Kiba rolled his eyes and didn't comment back. He turned his attention to a few others he had been talking to earlier. The blonde didn't care what they were talking about; he turned his attention to the scenery outside his window instead. He tapped his finger on his leg, his head leaning against the cold window.

He felt Kiba poking his arm, but didn't turn to look. He decided to ignore his friend and going into the lands of dreams.

They arrived a few hours later. The students whispered in excitement to each other and eyed the hotel with glittering eyes.

Kiba swung his arm around Narutos neck and ruffled the blonde hair; he received curses and a punch in his stomach just to let the blonde go.

"Come on! Don't look like your dear old frog just died!" Kiba tapped his friend on the back with a grin. Naruto quickly slapped his arm away and gave the dog-boy a cold look.

The look didn't scare Kiba away, instead he grinned and spoke in the kind of way you do when you are talking to a baby. "Show me a smile, come on, I know you can do it."

Naruto rolled his eyes before two strong arms were wrapper around Kiba and him, a strong body got between them and they looked up to see a brown-haired friends of theirs grinning like it was Christmas Eve.

"It's time to look cute and cuddly boys." The new boy said, his blue eyes scanning the area. "Seems like it will be a wonderful weekend for us, eh?" He hugged the two boys in his arms close to him and sighed dreamily. "Beer, chicks and-" A hand was slapped over the boys mouth.

"and pillow fights." Kiba added with an innocent smile on his face.

"With pillows!" Naruto joined him, a smile shining on his face as well.

Sasuke just glanced at the three of them with a look that told them that they would better watch out. Poor thing, maybe he forgot his coffee this morning?

When the Uchiha had finally leaved them, Kiba removed his hand from the boy's mouth only to give him a pissed-off kind of look.

"Do you ever think or anything similar to that before you speak, Shan?" The dog-lover asked his friend.

The boy named Shan just shrugged and brushed some of his long hair behind his ear. "Why would a guy like that try to stop a pillow fight?" He winked and started to make his way into the hotel, joining up with some of the classmates already inside.

Kiba crossed his arms and said something Naruto hardly could here, he wasn't listening after all. He just stood there in his own little world for a while, brining his hand up to his chin and tapped on it with one of his fingers.

He got an idea.

"Hey." He said. He got Kiba's attention and continued talking. "I heard this place has a swimming pool."

A few minutes later, they found the swimming pool and threw Shan into it.

So, after being giving, oh-the-scary-look, from Sasuke and received a few words of wisdom from their homeroom teacher Trish Swan, they had decided that they would inspect their room they would be sleeping in this weekend.

Nothing fun there, just a very pissed-off Shan. Both Kiba and Naruto could only smirk and high-five each other in victory.

They all left the hotel later to visit a museum. They looked around at a few statues here and there, Sasuke telling the 'curious'-girls about a few things when they asked him. You could almost pity him. Almost.

For Naruto's part, he found a nice bench to sit on and just, sit. Watching people, looking around at absolutely nothing, it was no surprise he fell asleep. But a smack on his head from Sakura made him open his eyes and he followed her into another room where the class was waiting for them.

He didn't fell asleep after that, his head hurt enough as it was from just one punch. Seriously, cheerleading-girls are dangerous!

And nothing more happened there, they just walked, looked, walked some more and looked some more. When they finally leaved the place, they walked more, because Mrs. Swan wanted the kids to get some fresh air in the park. How could that old lady be so full of energy? What kind of pills did she take?

When they finally were back at the hotel, three innocent boys waited for the right time to strike. They were all dressed up and ready for the night, they walked down one of the halls to head out in the night.

"This is going to be a hell of a party." Shan had said with an evil grin on his face while brushing some imaginary dirt from his white jacket.

The night was lively alright. Music blasted from the loudspeakers, people dancing on the dance floor and drinks being everywhere. The blonde had almost forgot what the word 'fun' meant until this night, he hadn't laughed this much in a long time.

He danced with some random girls; he even danced with Shan for a few seconds. He bought his friends drinks and they all cheered. This was indeed, the best night of this month for him, he had to thank his friends for this later. But memory would certainly fail him.

But suddenly he was all lost, standing outside in the cold with only a black t-shirt to keep his upper-body warm. Where was his jacket? Where was he? Looking around, he noticed that he must be in some sort of park. He spotted a bench and sat down on it, looking into a small lake in front of him, trying to sort out his thoughts on the night that had started out so well.

He removed some blonde hair that had fallen down to his eyes, his blue eyes focusing on the water. He had been on Club Toxic, danced and had a few drinks, but what about after? Naruto rubbed his arms with his hands and lowered his head close to his chest with closed eyes.

Yes, what about after?

But instead of thinking of the night, he started to think of his mother. He remembered that she loved to take him to different parks in this city, always wanting to create new memories with him to treasure. At least that was how she had putted it for him.

"But mom, won't new memories make me forget the old ones?"

She had laughed and shook her head, her blonde hair swaying back and forth.

"They may seem forgotten, but-" She had poked at his chest and giving him a warm smile. "But they will always be here, in your heart."

Yeah, they would always be there. But, why was it so hard for him then to create new ones? He wanted to, but what if he forgot about her?

Before he could make himself even more depressed, something was thrown at him. His hands immediately took the object and recognised it as his own orange jacket. He blinked.

The bench shook a little and Naruto looked to see that someone had joined him.

"They were looking for you." Tired and irritated, that was how the voice sounded.

Naruto's eyes returned to look at his jacket, figuring it would do better if it was on him.

After he had put it on, his mind trailed off a bit. Not saying anything in return for the little information he had just been giving.

That's right. They had decided to leave Club Toxic to go back to their hotel; Kiba had snatched his jacket away from him and run away. But instead of chasing his idiot-friend, he had decided that a stray in the park would do him good.

He was the one to blame here, walking around on his own.

"Sorry for causing trouble." The blonde murmured out. It was the only thing he could think about saying at the moment, somewhat in a way to defend himself he guessed.

The body beside him shifted and Naruto raised his head to look up into dark eyes and a look that said 'eat my socks'- or something similar to that.

"You should be glad that I found you." The Uchiha said with a serious tone in his voice.

Naruto's shoulders sagged and he leaned his back at the bench, face looking up into the sky. He never said that he didn't want to be found.

It was silent between them. Naruto keeping his position with looking up into the sky, Sasuke sitting with crossed arms and his head slightly bowing down to his chest with closed eyes. Maybe he had fallen asleep? Well, the blonde didn't care. He would just wake his teacher up when he felt like leaving.

Sasuke sighed, so he wasn't sleeping, and turned his head slightly to look at the blonde.

"It's cold and we should go, you can dream later."

Naruto turned his head back to look at his teacher; they both looked at each other for a while. The Uchiha still had the look that said 'eat my socks'. But the blonde ignored that and decided to examine the older ones face for a moment.

"Your bruise has healed."

Sasuke's eyes widened and his body tensed. The older one stood up and started to walk away from the other.

Naruto blinked and started to follow his teacher. He must have touched a really sore subject to get a reaction like that.

All the younger boy did was to keep his mouth shut while following his teacher all the way back to the hotel. When they had arrived, Sasuke had just told him to go directly to bed and not try to wake anyone else up. Naruto had nodded and done exactly what Sasuke had told him.

Both Shan and Kiba were asleep when he got into their room. Kiba snoring slightly and Shan were hugging his pillow. Naruto smiled slightly for a few seconds, and then he got into his own bed after stripping himself only to have his boxers left.

Sleep sounded good.

But the morning wasn't quite as good.

Shan was sitting on him, poking him like a mad-man. But the brown-haired poke-freak was soon on the floor when Naruto swung his arm in the air to turn around and get some more sleep. But Kiba, who had seen the whole scene from his own bed, had walked to Naruto's bed just to snatch his blanket away.

What a cruel world he was living in.

Before breakfast, the blonde had explained where he had run off to the other night and that Sasuke had found him. Shan in return had told Naruto that Kiba had been crying and almost called the police.

After a huge and yummy breakfast, the whole class was off again on a new adventure.

After a bus ride, they were standing on a cliff with a view over the whole city. A few ran over to the railing just to get a better look at everything.

Naruto choose a place a little more off where he could look at the city without being disturbed by the others.

He stretched his arms and let the wind play with his blonde locks, breathing in the wonderful air. This place hadn't changed a bit, he could tell. He put his hands down on the railing and leaned a little, a smile appearing on his face.

He heard a few steps coming his way, and turned his head to see who. Sasuke walked calmly towards him and chose to lean on the railing in the same position as the blonde. He didn't say anything, but Naruto could tell that the older was slightly nervous about something. Even if the blonde could be pretty dense sometimes, he could figure this out.

Sasuke opened his mouth to say something, but Naruto beat him to it.

"It's nice up here, isn't it?" He questioned the dark-haired man. Sasuke didn't say anything; he kept his gaze at the city-view.

"I loved this place when I was smaller…" Naruto put his arms behind his head, a smile once again forming at his lips. Sasuke looked at the boy from the corner of his eye for a moment, still not saying anything.

"Naruto, Sa-Sasuke!" Both boys turned around after hearing their names. Sakura walked up to them, her cheeks having the same colour as her hair. Naruto guessed she blushed because she had called Sasuke by his name and not Mr.Uchiha. He remembered that Sasuke had once told them that he didn't care what they called him, as long as they did as they were told and did their homework.

"What's up?" Naruto asked her.

She smiled and held up her camera. "Mind if I take a picture of you guys?"

"Aw, but Sakura-" Naruto started, leaning his back against the railing before continue. "You don't need a picture of me; all you need to do is to look up 'handsome' in the dictionary." He winked at her. Sakura rolled her eyes.

It ended with that she had her way and took a picture of them together.

It didn't happen so much more under that day. Naruto didn't want to go out like the night before, so both Kiba and Shan went out without him. Having fun without him.

The ride home the next day was silent. Almost everyone was tired, if they could they would summon a gun and shot anyone who dared to talk or make a sound.

But Naruto didn't complain, he was able to sleep some more. Shan had after all started to sing for him 3 AM in the morning.

When they finally reached their destination, everyone said their good-byes and dragged their bags home like zombies. Kiba had offered Naruto to come and eat dinner with him and his family, but he had politely declined. He headed for the bus station instead to catch, yet another bus, leading him to his apartment.

He was on time, he got his seat and he sighed in relief. Sasuke made it on as well, but Naruto could care less. After all, they are nothing more than a teacher and a student.

Two complete strangers.

To be Continued

So, how many of you want to strangle me?

I'm truly sorry for updating so late, but to be honest, my love for Naruto has died. I haven't watched the Anime for, well, when Naruto and Sasuke fought by the water-thingy and Sasuke had his final form and Naruto was Kyuubi -rambling-

And I have rewrite this goddamn chapter 6 times! And I am still not happy with it, humpf.

About Chapter 001 - Sasuke was the one having the bruise and Naruto was talking to someone else. Sorry if I confused you guys.
About Shan - I'm sorry if some of you people don't like character that doesn't exist in the Anime, but I had no idea what to do. No one acts like my little Shan in the anime, well; at least I don't remember anyone doing that. So if you don't like him, I understand, but please bear it?
Club Toxic - Is a club here in Sweden.
Cute and Cuddly boys - The penguins says that in the movie Madagascar.
This is going to be a hell of a party - In the beginning of Devil May Cry 3, Dante says that.
When Sakura asks about taking the picture - In the movie 'Big Fish' a similar quote is said.

And I am sorry if there are grammar wrongs and stuff.

Kisses and Hugs!
Love, Snaske.