Konichiwa my dear readers!!

I apologise for the long wait, but moi has been having a major block, no ideas flowig through my mind, which pisses me off...

anyway, I know it's short, but I'd rather post a short chapter, than post a lightly bigger nest month. Even if it's short, at least you get to enjoy it...

I hope you all like it, and, please, give me some ideas, tell me what you would like to see happening, that kind of thing, it would really really help me

Thank you in advance.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto does. I just own the story plot.

Chapter 16

Unlike what so many people say, life is never easy.

To start, you often have to make hard choices that will probably make someone happy, except you.

Then there's the problem of having to pretend to be someone you're not so other people are happy.

Just for the kicks of it you also have to deal with people you don't like/are annoying/are idiots/give you a headache/blabber too much/etc and you have to pretend that you like their company not to be rude.

And among an infinite list of things, you have to pretend you're happy and that your life is easy because you have to seem perfect to everyone.

Yup, life isn't easy, in fact, most of the times, it sucks, but we still have to deal with it, so… yeah… life's a pain.

But, not everyone follows these patterns.

Let's start with someone normal… well kinda normal, because there is no normal in this world, so… let's start with Uzumaki Naruto.

Life was a bitch to him, everyone despised him and he was a trouble maker. There was also the fact that the guy he most hated was in his team, and then, ironically, became his best friend (brother), who then left to join some creepy old dude.

But he got off ok, he became a great ninja, respected, and after countless beatings from his crush (Sakura), he finally found true love with Hinata. Oh, and he also made his childhood dream come true, he became the Hokage.

And although he still has the Kyuubi inside of him, although he has to deal with all of the problems of the village, and has a family to take care of, he turned out of, because he became happy after being miserable for so long.

Let's talk about someone else, like… let's see… Deidara.

His childhood was tragic, and let's face it, he's not the most stable guy in the world, but he's not that bad.

He saw his mother and sister get, ahem, raped and killed, and then he blew everyone of the attackers apart, I'd say it's natural, wouldn't you react the same way if you saw the people you loved being, well, you know… I know I would… probably.

He still has his best friend, who also saw his mother get killed (on the same occasion), and they now live in the same village after a long time apart.

He was forced to join Akatsuki as a teenager, turns out it wasn't such a bad choice, even if he was forced. If he hadn't been in Akatsuki he wouldn't have made so many friends, he wouldn't have had so many adventures, and he would probably still be stuck living in the past, in the dark memories.

Appreciating the most fleeting things in life, he became happy, even having the problems he had, getting into trouble once in a while and such, he became happy.

Now let's talk about someone that connects the two above mentioned people. No, not Sakura, let's keep it in the male line, let's talk about Uchiha Sasuke.

He lost his family when he was 8, he fought for revenge his whole life, left everything behind to get power, killed the source of his power (Orochimaru), then killed his brother (how come Itachi's still alive?? Maybe he resurrected him like he did to Deidara?), and now is the Leader of the most powerful organization known, Akatsuki.

He could have any woman he would like, his good looks would grant it to him. Money wasn't an issue, and power wasn't either.

We could say he turned out ok, like the 2 above mentioned people, and became happy, but then, something would be terribly wrong.

Uchiha Sasuke doesn't care about the choices he makes, he makes them, not to make someone else happy, but for his own benefit.

Uchiha Sasuke doesn't care about what others think of him, he is like he is, and if someone doesn't like it, well, too bad.

Uchiha Sasuke doesn't care if he's rude, if something, or someone, is annoying/an idiot/etc, he won't deal with them, either he'll tell them to shut the fuck up, to go away, or go die somewhere far away.

Uchiha Sasuke doesn't pretend he's happy for the sake of other people, in fact, he doesn't pretend at all, because if he's happy or not is his business only, not someone else's.

Uchiha Sasuke followed his own life pattern, and that's what made him… him.

He walked down the hallways of the Akatsuki base calmly, his steps echoing, and it all seemed like a déjà vu, because he'd done the same path that morning.

With a low sigh he continued to the office, hopping that he didn't have to go away and come back later again.

Once he reached the office, a low sigh of relief left his lips, the door was closed, which meant that Leader was probably there… but it could also mean that he wasn't or that he was busy.

A frown made its way t his face and he sighed in frustration, he couldn't deliver the scroll too late, it might be important.

Exhaling to calm his nerves he knocked and after a couple of seconds heard a muffled (by the door) 'come in'.

He gladly opened the door and entered the neat office.

"A scroll with the Konoha and Suna seals arrived, I suppose it's for you Leader-sama." He put the scroll on the desk and observed as the raven haired 23 year old raised his head from the book he was reading and eyed the scroll.

"Thank you, you're dismissed." His onyx eyes never left the scroll as he spoke, but that was natural, when Leader's attention was captured, it would stay on what captured it.

He nodded and bowed politely while speaking a low 'hai'. Turning to the door he exited the office and wondered where the cute kids were.

"Isn't that interesting." Onyx orbs glanced to the right through the corner of his eyes and narrowed at the man who had spoken.

"What do you want?" he asked impatiently, he wasn't in the mood to deal with him.

"Now, now Sasuke, calm down." He looked back to the scroll in his desk and ignored the last comment. "We have Juugo." He glanced at the man for a brief moment and then looked back to the scroll.

"Good, now go away." He really wasn't in the mood to deal with him, not after the episode with the kids.

"Feisty aren't we?" the man chuckled and he narrowed his eyes again. "We have to talk." Now he sounded serious. "About t-" he got up and took the scroll.

"Save your speeches for when I'm bored enough to listen." He stated bluntly and took a few steps towards the door.

"I would watch my words if I were you Sasuke." the warning was deadly. "You wouldn't want something bad to happen to that girl now would you?" he clenched his fists and looked down, his bangs covering his eyes.

"So we are talking about it." his fists clenched tighter and he exhaled slowly, lifting his face and then look back over his shoulder at the masked man with a deadly glare, his sharingan activated.

"If you." He slowly turned his body to face the man fully. "As much as touch her." He took a step closer, his voice dripping with deadly poison. "I will kill you." The man shrugged and walked to the window.

"I'd like to see you try." His jaw clenched at the taunting words, and he took forced steps towards the door.

"Just try me Madara." He stated darkly and exited the office, closing the door behind himself.

Madara looked back and chuckled.

"You're too confident kid." He muttered and looked back out of the window, he would get what he wanted and nothing and no one were going to stop him.

There were things in life that, sometimes, for unknown reasons, made you feel heavy, made your heart clench, made you fell sad, made your breathing become painfully slow, and also made you feel anguished.

Those things didn't have to be big things like loosing someone you love or having to make difficult choices for the greater good, those things could be small, almost insignificant things, like what he was seeing now.

Sometimes he didn't understand himself, at all, because usually, no matter what, he didn't give a damn, but then, there were times like these in which emotions overwhelmed and smothered him. And he hated when it happened, because it made him feel like a child, something he wasn't anymore.

Something so small, so almost insignificant, so… so meaningless, and yet, it made him feel all those things. Why couldn't he just not care? He hated feeling this way, and yet, sometimes he loved it.

It bothered him that he felt this way over something so trivial, it bothered him that he felt things and wished things he shouldn't and that he knew were out of his reach. It bothered him that the biggest cause of all of this was someone he had once considered annoying and weak, it bothered him that now he wanted to break all the laws of physics and go back in time to fix his sins.

And over everything, it bothered him to see Kyuuki run to Deidara the moment he entered the living room. It bothered him that the blond took the small girl in his arms and asked her what was wrong. It bothered him that the small girl hugged the blond and cried. It bothered him that, even not understanding, Deidara comforted the crying girl. And worst of all, it bothered him that it was Deidara and not him.

Clenching his fist around the scroll he hadn't opened yet, he decided to walk away, because he felt overwhelmed enough, and he didn't want to feel it even more.

So he walked away, the knot in his throat not going away, and the heaviness he felt just getting worst.

Life was a bitch.

With a sigh he found himself on the roof and decided to sit down, might as well stay alone for a while. Being alone always seemed to calm him down.

He put the scroll down next to him and did a few hand seals, when he was over the rain stopped and the clouds disappeared, he felt like watching the stars tonight.

He took the scroll once more and inspected it. It was a normal scroll, like the ones he gave to his shinobi with the missions description, the only difference were the colours (but the colour didn't influence the scroll in anything) and the 2 seals, one of Konoha and the other of Suna.

He slowly undid the seals and then opened the scroll. Neat handwriting (which he doubted wasn't Naruto's, he'd say, since there was the Suna stamp on it, it was probably Gaara's) greeted him, not a big text, just a few lines with the Hokage and Kazekage's signature in the end.

He wondered why they were writing, of all things, and not just acting, being careless, like Naruto usually was. Giving way to his curiosity, his eyes went back to the fist line, and he read what was written.

We come by this means to inform you, Amegakure's Daimyo, that the council of the Kage's is considering an enlargement in number, thus one more Kage would be pronounced, the Amekage.

Is had been decided that the Hokage and Kazekage would be the ones to judge if you are, or not, worthy of such an honour. To determine so, we shall visit your village and examine its status.

We shall come escorted by 4 of our best shinobi, and hope that your best shinobi will escort us from the border to the village, since the village of Amegakure is still unknown in the maps.

We shall arrive in a few days when the full moon is up.

Until then,cordially,the Hokage and Kazekage.

Uzumaki Naruto and Sabaku no Gaara.

He raised a brow when he finished reading, they wanted to impose another Kage? He had to say, they came up with a very good idea to enter Amegakure, but why would they come, he knew they would come for Sakura, but she wasn't there, so why?

He decided to drop the subject, and lay the scroll down, after closing it, next to him. They said he was a Daimyo, he was much more than that, but they probably knew, Daimyo was probably the only term, other than Kage, that they could apply to him.

Shrugging he lay down on the roof and gazed at the stars, they looked pretty tonight.

He sighed, nostalgia filling him, he used to watch the stars with his mother when he was a child, they would sit in the wooden exterior corridor and watch them. Every time she would tell him a story, it was always the same, but it was his favourite, and when she was done, his father would appear and say that it was late and they had to go to bed.

Now that he thought about it, his father was probably there the whole time, but…

"Ne, kaa-chan, why does tou-san only talks about aniki?"

"Between you and me Sasuke, when we're alone, your father only talks about you."

A smile tugged at his lips and he closed his eyes, it was as if he could hear his mothers voice, narrating the tale, like she always did.

It would start with the classic once upon a time and it was filled with adventure, sacrifice and a happy ending.

He opened his eyes once again and let himself just appreciate the twinkling white stars that lightened the sky, the sky would never be the same.

He wondered if she was looking at the sky too.

Something had to be done, and she knew it. She had come so far, she done so much, and now that she was here, she had no idea of what to do next.

When she faced, she knew she had to, what would she do?

Would she punch him in the face with a chakra infused fist? A hard slap perhaps?

Would she run at him and hug him? Kiss him?

Would she yell at him for doing what he did?

Would she cry?

Would she freeze and let him do all the actions?

Would she loose her voice and break down?

What? What? What? She had no idea.

She wanted to do all of the above, and at the same time, not do anything.

The truth was, she was afraid to face him.

What would he do? How would he react?

Would he knock her out cold and put her in a cell?

Would he turn his back and ignore her?

Would he walk to her and hug her?

Would he kiss her?

What? What? What? She had no idea.

So many possibilities, and so many unknown things, and she couldn't predict and outcome, she simply couldn't.

Would there ever be and happily ever after for her? Or at least some happiness?

She swallowed the lump in her throat and refused to cry, because she wasn't a pathetic, weak and stupid little girl anymore. Then she looked at the sky, it had stopped raining, all of a sudden, and the clouds had all disappeared, she had always liked star gazing.

With a sigh she let herself enjoy the view.

Was he watching the stars too??

I hope you all enjoyed it, and once again, let me know what you think, and your ideas would be apreciated, I'm really out of ideas, which will probably make my next update not that soon, unless I get a super idea that makes me write and makes me have more ideas... --' A girl can hope...

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Love you all so very much, especially my dear reviewers,

Kimi-chan!!