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Too tired to write the welcoming and ending sentences.

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Thanks Jasmine(Mickey8701) for editing!

Disclaimer- Sadly I don't own Naruto(Masashi kishimoto does).

Dedicated to NavyBlueWings

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'News, heart breaks, and tears.'

Gaara's POV

This was both confusing and irritating; I had just opened the door to find my fiancé and some raven haired man, standing too close together, on my apartment steps. And what did he mean by promise? I turned to my fiancé, who was sitting on the couch with his head in his hands. Whoever that guy was, he had really messed with Naruto's head. The last time I saw him like this was when I had asked him about the tattoo of an Uchiwa (fan) on the back of his neck. His eyes had lost their sparkle, his skin paled, and his lips formed a small, sad smile. Whatever happened between my fiancé and the black-haired male must have been bad. I forced myself to walk over to the couch and ask the question.

"Who was that guy?" I asked, sitting beside him.

"No one," Naruto answered, avoiding my gaze. I knew that he was lying. He always avoided my gaze when he was lying.

"Tell the truth," I ordered, irritated.

He still didn't respond. Suddenly, an evil idea popped into my head and I smirked evilly. I leaned in close to his ear and blew on it. This caused him to lose his balance, and fall onto the floor with a thump.

"You scared me, Gaara!" He squeaked, looking up at me with furious blue eyes.

"Well, you were ignoring me which you know that I don't like at all." I watched him pout cutely. He better be glad that I locked away my urges to jump him. Seeing his pout, I thought that I should have just a little fun with him. I held my hand out to him which he stared at suspiciously.

"I'm not going to bite." Not yet anyways. He finally took my hand and that's when I pulled unexpectedly…

"Eeep!"

I pulled him up hard, bringing him into my lap. I wrapped one arm around his waist, keeping him in place, while my other hand played with his blond locks. I glanced at his cherubic face, which was flushed from his position in my lap. He looked too cute.

"You're an evil perverted man, you know that?" Naruto murmured, pouting.

I laughed quietly at this and begun my plan to get him to spill the beans. "So how about you tell me who that guy was, Naru-chan," I whispered into his ears, making him shiver.

His eyes locked onto my mischievous eyes and sighed. "You're not going to give up, are you?"

I shook my head and knew that I won.

"Okay, but don't get mad or worried when I tell you…okay?"

I nodded, swearing that I wouldn't do any of those things.

He checked to see if I had my fingers crossed and took in a deep breath. "His name is Sasuke Uchiha. He used to be my high school sweetheart, but he had to go abroad with his dad to be a successor. He promised me that he would come back, but it took forever and he never even contacted me. I was heartbroken; he had broken his promise." Naruto paused, seemingly in a dazed. "He hurt all of us when he didn't come back. I thought that I was going to be lost forever, but then I met you. But seeing him now makes my heart want to die."

My whole world came crashing down on me when I heard high school sweetheart, everything else were scrambled up. Now I was thinking of ways to kill that raven haired guy. My face was hard like stone and my eyes were blank which I think scared Naruto.

"Are you okay, Tanuki-kun?" Naruto waved his hand in front of my face.

Hearing my nickname that the blonde had given me when we first went out, I snapped out of my daze. "Do you still have feelings for him?" I just blurted out in fear that the blonde was going to leave me. I didn't want to probe any wounds but I couldn't help it. Naruto winced. This made me more scared than before. The moment I saw his eyes go sad, my heart stopped. But suddenly, childish humor replaced the sadness.

"Of course not, silly! I have feelings only for you now," he chirped, swinging his arms around my neck with a grin plastered on his face.

"Are you sure?" I leaned closer to his face with worried sea-green eyes.

"One hundred percent sure, I love only you," he answered before kissing me lightly on the lips. I knew that he was teasing me, but I enjoyed it anyway. After a while he broke the kiss, making me moan from the loss.

"Don't worry, you'll get some tonight." My eyes grazed his face which held a grin. I felt him slip out of my lap. He walked across the room to the door and pulled a jacket off of the coat hanger. He pulled the jacket on and twisted the knob to open the door.

"Where are you going?" I asked.

"I'm going to the park to get some fresh air," he answered, giving me a grin. For a second there, I thought I saw sadness. I shook that thought out of my head and nodded. He waved to me before leaving. I slowly got off the couch and headed towards the computer.

I had to find out more about this Sasuke Uchiha.

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Normal POV

Sasuke Uchiha stood in front of an apartment, waiting for someone to answer the door. He suddenly heard footsteps and stood his ground. The door was opened by Temari Nara. She was a few years older than him and had dated his best friend, Shikamaru, throughout high school. He should've known that Shikamaru was going to marry her. Everybody else thought that Shikamaru and Ino were going to be together. But Shikamaru had broken up with her, which led her to Choji Akimichi. Sasuke wondered if Ino stayed with Choji. His thoughts were interrupted by a gasp.

Temari stood in the doorway, slack-jawed, giving him a full clear view of herself, and the kid beside her. She still wore similar clothing, and had the same hairdo, from high school. As his eyes roamed her figure, he did notice some changes. She was leaner and curvier than the last time he saw her. She didn't have that 'I'm better than you' expression anymore. It was now a motherly, but still mischievous, expression. His eyes landed on the little girl huddled against her mother's jeans, watching with curious eyes. She looked a lot like Temari which surprised him. He had thought that she would have some of Shika's features but she didn't. She had dirty blond hair, teal eyes, and cream colored skin. The obsidian eyes returned to Temari's face, and raised an eyebrow at her shocked facial expression.

"Long time no see, Temari. I guess you and Shikamaru actually had gotten married." he greeted, smirking slightly. He really needed to stop saying that. It was really getting old. Temari snapped out of her trance, and her mischievous smile appeared on her face.

"Welcome back, pretty boy."

He winced at the nickname and dug his hands into his jean pockets. "You haven't changed that much."

She rolled her eyes and leaned against the doorway. "But you have," she informed, her eyes examining the Uchiha.

This perked his interests. "How?" He stood up straighter, waiting for the compliment.

"Well, you seem to be even more of an obnoxious pretty bastard now," she snickered in glee when she saw the Uchiha visibly deflate.

"Mommy, who is that?" Sasuke looked down to see the little girl tugging at her mother's jeans, pointing at him.

"His name is Sasuke Uchiha. He is a friend of your dad. We call him Sasuke but you can call him Sasu-chan, Kimiko." Temari leaned down to her daughter, picking the child up, while sending Sasuke an amused smile. Darkness flooded the Uchiha's expression when the girl actually said it.

"Uncle Sasu-chan!" she chirped, clapping her hands together in glee.

Before he could snap, a familiar figure stepped in beside Temari. "Give him a break, Temari. If you don't, he won't give me a break."

Sasuke rolled his eyes at the man, with the pineapple styled hair, who yawned in boredom. He's still the same thought Sasuke. "You really haven't changed, Nara."

Shikamaru looked at the Uchiha and shrugged. "Come on in; just be aware of Temari's eavesdropping." The man stepped out of the way, letting the raven come in, noticing Temari sticking out her tongue at her husband. Shikamaru just ignored his wife and led Sasuke into the living room. He sat down in a comfy chair while Sasuke sat down on the couch. Temari watched the two men from the doorway.

"So what do you want to know?" The genius leaned back in the chair, his arms crossed behind his head.

Sasuke took a deep breath and began telling the story of his return, the fight with Sakura, meeting Naruto, and meeting the red haired stranger. When he was done, Shikamaru sighed.

"That red head is Gaara Sabaku, Temari's little brother."

Sasuke raised an eyebrow and turned to look at Temari. In response, she looked away. "I don't remember meeting him in high school," Sasuke stated, confused.

"He was living with his uncle because of his rough relationship with his father.

He moved here right after you left."

"I guess that makes the two of us," Sasuke whispered silently to himself.

"Huh?" The raven shook his head with a smile.

"Nothing, so why was he at Naruto's apartment?"

He watched as Shikamaru became nervous. He turned to Temari, who began playing with her hair. "We were hoping that you wouldn't find out this way, but I guess it's just life." Shikamaru paused before continuing, "He's…Naruto's fiancé."

Silence.

It was a matter of time before the Uchiha lost it. No way, that can't be true! He said that he would wait for me. What is going on?! This has to be some kind of sick joke. "How in hells name did that happen?!" He slammed his hand on the coffee table, scaring the little girl.

The child ran to her father and huddled against him in fear. "Calm down, Sasuke." Shikamaru said, calmly patting the girl.

"How am I supposed to calm down when my boyfriend is engaged to someone else?" He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth in anger.

"When you left, Naruto went into go into an emotional state. You didn't even keep in touch with us. Soon after that, he met Gaara, who helped him come out of the state. But your return will complicate things."

"I see." Sasuke murmured, his expression blank.

"I think you need some fresh air. You look paler than usual.

"I'm not giving up on him." After this statement, Sasuke walked out of the room, leaving Shikamaru alone with his daughter. Before Sasuke could exit the house, he felt a hand touch his shoulder softly. He turned to see Temari with a sad, guilty expression.

"I really want you to get back together with Naruto, but Gaara is my brother and I love him dearly. He loves Naruto too." she spoke softly avoiding his gaze.

"Gaara and I have a lot in common." Sasuke whispered before leaving the woman alone in her regret. When he walked down the steps, he thought of the place that was sacred to him. Maybe he should go there. He walked away from the apartment thinking about his precious, beloved Naruto.

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Sakura POV

I knocked on the door of my best friend's house. I wonder how she will react when she hears that Sasuke had come back. Would she squeal in happiness, or hunt the Uchiha down to kill him? He really deserved the second one, but that was a little harsh. But I really didn't care. The only person that I care about now is Naruto. If Sasuke ran into him after our little fight, I knew what would happen; Naruto would run away. But they couldn't run anymore. She heard the door opened, and broke away from her thoughts. Ino was standing in the doorway wearing a light, lavender spring dress. She looked so happy that I didn't want to tell her about Sasuke, but I still had to.

"Hey Sakura, what brings you here?" Ino chirped happily. I felt tears blurring my vision.

"Are you crying?" Ino asked.

I couldn't stop the tears from coming. They were like never ending streams, rolling down my cheeks. I left my daughter standing on the steps while I hugged Ino who tried to calm me down. "What happened?" She asked in a whisper, gently stoking my hair.

I tried to answer her, but I couldn't stop crying. She urged my daughter to come in and walked me to the couch, sitting me down. Ino left me there in order to fix some warm tea. Harumi, seeing my sobbing figure, ran into Sora's room. Sora was Choji and Ino's three year old son; Sora and Harumi loved to play together.

Their four year old daughter, Hana, was probably out with her father, shopping for her dress for Naruto's wedding. Harumi and Hana were just like Ino and Sakura when they were little. They were both competitive, rivals, and best friends. Hana looked a lot like Ino, but had her father's appetite for food. What really surprised everybody was how she could eat so much food without gaining weight.

I glanced in the direction of Sora's room, seeing Harumi and Sora peeking their little heads out of the doorway. Sora had short honey-colored hair, eyes like Ino, and an innocent figure. None of their children looked like their father, but inherited his strength and gentle nature. I give them a small, sad smile which made them look at each other with worried faces. Even if they were little, they knew sadness when they saw it. Hearing footsteps, I looked up to see Ino with two cups of warm tea.

"Here you go," she said with care, handing me one of the cups. Even if though we fight a lot, we still care for each other. She sat down beside me and touched my shoulder gently. "Please tell me."

I took a sip of the warm tea and looked into the clear tea, seeing my tear streaked face. I looked like a woman who had just went through hell with her lover. I tightly held the cup, remembering what happened earlier. I want to help Sasuke get back together with Naruto, but I want Naruto to marry Gaara too. I was on both sides and couldn't choose either. I was in the middle like. In the past, I had always tried to be like Sasuke or Naruto. I couldn't stand to be the one who everybody just brushed aside. I wanted to be successful and carefree like them but I even sucked at that. I sometimes envy Naruto for his carefree ways, but I wasn't going to let that ruin our friendship. I feel like the same little girl who kept everything inside her. I didn't want to be like that little girl again. I wondered if Ino could again save me from this. Can Naruto? I shook my head. Now that Sasuke's back, he's going to have his own problems to deal with.

"Come on forehead-girl, tell me what happened," Ino teased, trying to relieve the tension.

I actually giggled at the insult. Soon, my giggling became uncontrollable laughter.

"Finally, she laughs!" Ino teased, throwing her arms up into the air.

"You're so mean, Ino-pig." I giggled when she stuck her tongue out at me. We looked at each other and busted out laughing. It felt great to let that sadness go. This was why she was one of my best friends. We swept the tears from our eyes, our laughter dimming away.

Ino's face went from carefree to serious. "Now spill!"

I took a deep breath and exhaled. "He's back."

"Who?"

I looked into her sky blue eyes and said, "Sasuke Uchiha."

Ino moved back when she heard this, her eyes wide in fear. "What is he doing here? Has he run into Naruto yet? If he runs into Naruto, you know that Naruto will break down…"

"He said that he came back because of his promise, and then he went looking for Naruto after our fight."

"Fight?"

"I slapped him and then started crying." I answered, my eyes brimming with tears again. Ino really didn't care that much about Sasuke leaving for abroad, but she did care for Naruto's feelings. Since she became an ex-Sasuke fan girl, she became his best friend. She didn't feel the same resentment that Naruto and I had for Sasuke, just a little anger. She had told me that if she saw him ever again, she would have a fierce talk with him. It really infuriated me that Ino didn't feel the same way, but I shook it off.

"Damn, so you think he ran into him?" she asked. I nodded.

Ever since I stopped being his fan girl, I started to hang out with him. I saw that behind the good looks and that cool attitude. He was just a lonely boy who wanted love and friendship, but pushed it away. But Naruto and I pursued him, bringing the lonely boy out of his hiding place. The three us became close friends and remained so, even when Sasuke and Naruto started dating. It seemed like nothing could separate us…

That was until Sasuke announced that he was going away. That was the first, and only, thing that had broken us up. I brought my knees up on the couch, tucking them under my chin with a scared, sullen expression. Even though I am here with Ino, who could cheer up anybody, it still wasn't enough.

"I really hope that they didn't. I can't stand watching Naruto, or Sasuke, suffer," Ino said sighing deeply.

How can that bastard suffer when he's the one who had hurt Naruto?! I stared at her in confusion and irritation, wondering why she said that.

"Come on now, you know that they both love each other deeply. You saw how they looked at each other in high school. That wasn't just a little crush. They belong together, Sakura." Ino said with a serious expression.

"How can he be with Naruto if he broke his promise?" I glared at her, wondering why she was on that bastard's side.

"There must be a good reason for that. Besides, haven't you ever noticed that Sasuke always protected Naruto? Sasuke would rather die than to hurt Naruto."

Memories of Sasuke and Naruto flooded my mind, making me smile. She was actually right about that. Sasuke couldn't live if he had hurt the blonde. Naruto was everything to him. If he didn't have Naruto, he would go back into the darkness. A memory of the old Sasuke flooded my mind. I let my feet back on the floor and sat up straight. "We won't let them fall apart. We're going to make sure that they do get back together, whether they like it or not."

"So what is the plan?" Ino asked curiously.

"I'll call you tomorrow and tell you the plan when I see Naruto. We can scheme up plans without even thinking."

I stood up from the couch and called for Harumi. Harumi scuttled into the room, smiling brilliantly when she saw me out of my sad mode. We waved bye to Ino, and her son, while I secretly winked at Ino. Once we were in the car, I asked my daughter an embarrassing question that would relieve anymore tension, if there was any.

"Are you going to date Sora when you're older?" She whipped her head to me, her eyes wide with surprise.

"No way! Boys are yucky!" she answered, pink tinting her cheeks.

I giggled at this, knowing that she was lying. Of course Harumi liked Sora. They always played together and kept close to each other. Nobody could separate the two. Just like Sasuke and Naruto. I want Sora, and my daughter, to be just like they were. Sasuke and Naruto's love for each other was true love, which is really hard to find. I took a deep breath and inhaled. I really hope that our plans to get them back together would work. We can do this!

That's when Harumi asked her question. "Do you think that he'll like my flower girl dress?" she asked, sneaking a peek at her mother.

I giggled. She sounded a lot like Naruto, embarrassed and innocent.

"Of course, sweetie."

Harumi beamed at her mother and blushed.

Let's just hope that you and Sora love each other like Sasuke and Naruto.

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As Naruto walked down the paved pass that led to the park, he was amazed by how the park progressed since the last time he was there. He looked around, seeing families having picnics, children chasing each other, and couples sitting under cherry blossom trees. His eyes glittered with happiness when he looked at the couples. Cherry blossom season was here already. Most of the trees were scattered around, unlike his special place. His special place was hidden from most people, but Sasuke found it for them. He stopped in front of some bushes. He looked around, checking to see if anyone was watching, before he stepped through the bushes. He pushed through the bushes with a grin. He finally reached his destination, and stepped out into the huge, free space. "I'm back," he whispered, taking in the beautiful sight.

It was a huge area surrounded by blooming Sakura trees with the sun hitting the spot in a perfect angle. A small bench sat in the middle of the circle. It was Sasuke and Naruto's special place. This is where the two had their first date. He could even envision Sasuke, and him, sitting on the bench, holding hands and watching the Sakura's bloom. On their first date, Sasuke's fans weren't really happy with Sasuke dating, and chased them through the park. The pair ran into the bushes in order to get away from the girls, stumbling upon the hidden place. They decided to sit and watch the Sakura trees. It was a peaceful beautiful place that suited them well. The couple came here often, like on Valentine's Day, Christmas, and other holidays…but that was over. He was engaged to Gaara Sabaku now. He loved Gaara now, not Sasuke. Sasuke had his chance, but he blew it when he broke Naruto's heart.

Naruto walked over to the bench, sat down, and sighed deeply. Even though he loved Gaara, he still loved this place for its special memories. He looked up at the sky, wondering what would have happened if he didn't meet Gaara. He might have stayed in the darkness for the rest of his life.

When Naruto met Gaara, he introduced him to Sakura, who was broken from Sasuke's leaving. She was hesitant and distant at first, but when she had Harumi she became friendly. She and Gaara did have their moments, but were on good terms…for the moment. It didn't really matter anyway; he was getting married to the red head and nothing was going to get in his way, especially Sasuke Uchiha. He had to move on from Sasuke. It was hard but he had dealt with it for three years. He could live without Sasuke. He didn't need that bastard in his life. He just wanted to move on and leave the past behind. A memory of Sasuke's pained expression crossed his mind.

He did look heartbroken…What am I thinking?! Naruto shook the thought out of his mind. He looked to where the sun was setting, realizing what time it was. He had to get home to Gaara before the red head became worried. Before Naruto could get up, he heard a familiar voice that dug into his heart.

"Dobe…"

Naruto looked to where the voice came from, and his eyes grew wide in fear.

Not again.

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