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Sasuke furrowed his brow and blushed slightly as Naruto pulled him into his apartment. Sasuke turned his body slightly and shut the door. He smirked when Naruto turned and went to the other side of the room and sat bent over the table, obviously writing a note to him.
Sasuke glanced up at the clock, it was 11:30. Naruto scuttled back to sasuke and handed him the piece of paper. Sasuke took it from Naruto and read it quickly. 'Hey sasuke, how come you're here so late? And how did you find me...and won't your mom be a little worried that you aren't home?' the note said.
Sasuke shook his head. "My mom doesn't know I'm here...and the chef at ichiraku told me...I snuck out of my room cause I had nothing to do and my dad was being the usual pathetic bastard he is" Sasuke's voice was slightly rude, he felt a strong feeling of anger towards his father at the moment.
Sasuke cocked his head as naruto tugged on his sleeve, gesturing to the chair that was meant for Sasuke. Sasuke nodded lightly and sat down gingerly. It felt awkward being in Naruto's house for the first time.
Ramen bowls were littered on the table, and chop sticks were askew in many different and unusual places. His home was obviously habited but it had little quantity of furniture. "Where's your parents? Are they out?" he asked as he looked at the blank screen of the TV.
'I wonder if his parents are just as neglecting as mine...' he thought bitterly as he stared at the blank shelves and walls. He noticed right away the absence of family portraits and clan symbols unlike his own house.
"They must be..." Sasuke's voice was partially filled with concern, he was getting a heavy feeling in the pit of his stomach, as if something had happened and he was just about to find out what it was.
'Off the topic...get off the topic' he told himself when he saw Naruto turn his head away in discomfort. "Uhm anyway...uh...did you get anything to eat at Ichiraku? cause I brought money...in case you were hungry or I dunno..." Sasuke was flustered and had no clue on what to talk about. Nothing else entered his head except for the fact that Naruto's house was so...bare.
"Iruka sensei...he told my dad that I didn't show up after break today and my dad got furious. I don't know why he cares...my brother is always getting praised for his intelligence even though I get great grades and-" Sasuke realized he was rambling and turned his head towards the doorway of the kitchen.
"Heh...well..." He turned back to Naruto and smiled instead of finishing his uneasy sentence. He tapped his fingers on the table as the silence blanketed him, suppressing him in its uneasy discomfort.
'what should I say...' Sasuke thought at he stared at Naruto without noticing what he was doing. Naruto's blue eyes caught the light from the lights above the table, Sasuke couldn't point it out but something about the sullen, pointless gaze made him shudder in slight wonder. 'Something must be wrong here...' he thought as he looked away when Naruto met his gaze.
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A feeling of sadness swept down and through Naruto as Sasuke looked at him. 'Why does he seem to believe I have parents?' Naruto asked himself as he looked up to the dim lights. He wondered why he looked up when something hurt him, 'Is it because if I look down my tears will eventually fall?' Naruto grabbed the piece of paper from Sasuke, and scribbled some words on it quickly. "I'm not hungry Iruka-sensei bought me a few bowls of Ramen! Oh and as for the question about where my mom is, I don't even know who my mom or dad was before they died." Tears started pooling Naruto's eyes, they fell onto the paper with tiny little 'plunk' noises. He continued writing. "I don't have parents!" he finished his sentence and handed it over to his friend smiling bitterly. He sat down next to Sasuke, Leaning his head helplessly against Sasukes shoulder. 'I think I'm going to need a friend like you in the future!' Naruto looked at Sasuke's face as his eyes scanned the paper. Naruto closed his eyes for the shout of surprise that always came, and then the anger that came with it and the shouts of rejection. Then he started to remember the day when his life crashed and burned for the last time. He couldn't take it anymore.
-00-A few days before-00-
Naruto was sitting on a wooden bench like every other day eating a bowl of instant Ramen happily. He was alone as usual. He soon felt a hand come up from behind him, Making him drop his bowl of noodles. A hard punch to the face had made contact to his face, it knocked him out immediately. He opened his eyes wearily wondering where he was. "Hey kid!" The boy looked around at his surroundings, he and his new found enemy were a couple miles from Konoha, the man smiled wickedly. "I'm going to have some fun with you, and if you let me, I'll let you live! You understand?" the man grinned as Naruto nodded tears already strolling down his cheeks. "come over 'ere!" He waited for Naruto to arrive to the place he directed, He unzipped his flie with an evilly placed smirk. "Be grateful you little punk, That you get the honor, of pleasuring me!" He pulled his underwear and pants down, just under his thighs, He let his hardening erection show to Naruto. The Small boy was glued to the spot, he was scared. "Now get over here! You remember what I said you don't you?" He pulled Narutos face close to his cock. More tears rolled down his childish face.
"Please don't!" Naruto begged softly wiping his tears on his sleeve.
"Put it in your mouth! Don't bite it or I WILL kill you!" The child molester said sternly.
-00-End of flash back for now-00-
Naruto was Crying uncontrollably now, His body was shaking with fear, as if he had to experience it all over again. He felt a small hand on his back he remembered Sasuke was there with him. 'SASUKE!' Naruto started to repeat his only friends Name over and over in his head like a mantra. He held onto the raven heads arm like he was his only life line left on earth. 'You're my only friend!'
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Sasuke's eyes widened in sympathy as he read the note. He felt his heart being twisted around a stake that was driven mentally into his soul. 'No parents? no one...he's completely alone. And I'm...and I'm...and I hate my parents. How could I do this to them now that I know of Naruto's life? what if one day my parents are dead..then I have no one...just like how Naruto is right now...wait, that isn't true either cause I promised I'd protect him.' Sasuke furrowed his brow as the stake tightened its grip on his heart. He could almost feel Naruto's pain.
He looked down at Naruto who was silently letting his pain and self anguish out. He placed a his hand on Naruto's back and pulled him close, enveloping him in a secure, warm embrace. He rested his head lightly on Naruto's, listening to the boy sniffle.
"You can cry this time...I don't mind..." he mumbled through barely parted lips that wanted to say more. 'I'll stay here and help you, I'll make sure no one or nothing hurts you again! if anyone does...I swear I'll kill them' Sasuke thought deeply, his eyes traveling to the blank walls without family photo's.
He pivoted his body and face Naruto, who was helplessly clinging onto his arm, his grip was strong but Sasuke could tolerate any kind of pain.
He lifted his hand and smiled as he wiped the remains of tears that had streaked the boy's face. 'He's really my only friend, or at least the one that will listen willingly to my own fears and worries...He's probably been through so much...' he thought with a sympathetic glance. he felt no pity towards Naruto, but instead he felt pride. Pride for still moving on, pride for at least living.
"Don't worry...You aren't alone anymore! cause you got me!" Sasuke blurted with a wide grin. he would have felt stupid if he had said that to anyone else, but it was a silently anguished boy he was talking to. It was funny because only Naruto could understand what Sasuke thought, what he felt.
Sasuke thought back to earlier that day, when he had made that comment on Naruto's unworthiness. "I take back the thing about you being unworthy cause you're the only one that I can talk to...so you're pretty valuable to me" he said as he stared into Naruto's glassy orbs. He offered Naruto a genuine felt smile in hopes that Naruto would smile back.
He balled his hand into a fist and gestured it towards Naruto. "Knock it!" Sasuke said with a smirk. The crying boy looked at him with a confused expression before understanding what Sasuke meant. His small fist met Sasuke's, officially tying their new found bond of a friendship that could never be broken, not with the sharpest weapons or the most painful emotions.
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Naruto stared at the balled hand in front of him "Knock it" Sasuke had told him, Naruto gave him a look of confusion. 'What does he mean, knock it?' Naruto asked himself then as if on impulse he thrust his fisted hand into Sasuke's gently. He felt obliged to Sasuke. 'I want to be with you, always...' Naruto lipped. Grabbing the piece of paper back he started to write something on it, 'Thank you! I'm glad I have someone! I don't need Parents I mean look at me!' He smiled his foxy grin to Sasuke holding the note out to him. Naruto then placed the note in the raven heads hands. Glomping Sasuke afterwards, He started to gather Chakra to his brain, mixing his thoughts with them. It was hard but it had to be done, He sent his thoughts and his chakra into Sasukes head, Hopefully he would be able to read his thoughts now. His thoughts were A bunch of Thank yous from Naruto and only this would run through the ravens head for the moment. "Don't worry your parents too much! Thank you Sasuke, If you hadn't come into my life, I'd be scared all the time, now I'm not so scared!" Naruto's voice was within his thoughts so that Sasuke would be able to hear what his voice would sound like if or when he talked.
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Sasuke grabbed the note, his hands freezing in place as a small voice drifted into his thoughts. 'Don't worry your parents too much and thanks Sasuke...if you hadn't come into my life, i'd be scared all the time...but now I'm not all that scared, cause I have you' the voice said happily. Sasuke was paralyzed in amazement as he turned his eyes towards Naruto.
"Y-yeah...well you don't have to be anymore...and yeah i guess I should go...my mom might check on me..so I guess I'll see you at the academy tomorrow..." he said as he stood. he started to walk away when he turned around and half trotted to Naruto. he slightly leaned forward and embraced Naruto, his arms wrapping around the blonde hair's shoulders and resting on his back. He squeezed naruto lightly as he ruffled his hair.
"See you tomorrow" he said as he opened the door and closed it softly. His deep voice hummed in a sing song tone, which he rarely ever did. he must have been quite happy...Sasuke looked up at the lights and smirked. 'So that's what he sounds like huh?' he asked himself as he descended down the stairs, the small smirk still etched across his face.
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'I hope my thoughts reached him...' Naruto looked out the window where he saw the raven head going home. Naruto smiled after him. 'Thank you Sasuke!' He squeezed his shirt tightly at his chest. He already missed The raven haired boy. As soon as Naruto's head hit the pillow, his eyes drifted into an easy sleep.
-00-
Naruto awoke with the sound of a bang, He shot up like a popcorn popped. He looked around frightened, 'I don't wanna die!' He looked around frantically. He got up and looked out his window, A man lifting heavy objects and ringing into the store had dropped a giant board. Naruto sighed, he looked at the time. 'I'm late!' He ran to his dresser and pulled out a clean t-shirt White with a swirly symbol on it. He then grabbed his Beige shorts and pulled those on. Then he pulled of his dirty shirt, and yanked his new one on. 'I need to go to school today for sure, I'm going to be late!' He Started out the door and on the way down the stairs fell, luckily it was a soft landing. 'Wait a minute? SOFT?' Naruto thought to himself. He opened his eyes, he saw an older brunette. 'Iruka' Naruto looked at his sensei. He Concentrated his chakra to his brain and weaved his thoughts into them again, and sent them through Iruka's mind. "Sorry Iruka-sensei!" His voiced thoughts called through the shinobi's mind.
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"Good morning Naruto!" he said as he ruffled the small boy's hair with his callused hands. He had come to wake Naruto up so they could both arrive at the Academy on time.
'He seems a lot happier then yesterday' Iruka thought with relief as he rubbed the back of his neck with a chuckle. "You seem to be in a hurry! you're late so i thought I would come and wake you up so you could be on time with me" he said brightly.
A small timid voice echoed softly in the back of his mind. Iruka focused sharply, trying to hear what the voice was saying. 'Sorry Iruka-sensei!' the voice was soft but filled with enthusiasm.
Iruka's eyes widened considerably when he realized Naruto had controlled his chakra to flow into Iruka's mind, sending his own thoughts into iruka's so he could communicate. "Haha! you're pretty sharp Naruto! I don't mind taking a few hits haha. Now let's get going. I've got an interesting subject to talk to you guys about!" Iruka grabbed the small boy's hand and lightly guided him down the rest of the stairs.
Iruka looked down at Naruto and a small smile lifted the corners of his lips. 'He's alot like me. We both lost our parents...I'll look out for him' He thought as he lifted his eyes towards the rising sun.
The sun was just peeking over the carved stones of the previous Hokage's, casting Konoha in a pretty mauve haze. He smiled down at Naruto, his smile taking up most of the room on his face. "Have you ate? I haven't. So I guess today we can make a little stop, the kids can have an extended time to play while we eat" Iruka said as they walked down the quiet streets of Konoha.
the birds chirped out tuneless melodies but Iruka smiled anyway. 'Naruto...I know you'll be great one day' he said determinedly. 'I wonder if it's a bad thing to play favorites with students...' he added sternly to his own thoughts.
He gripped Naruto's hand lightly, the sun was shining down on their faces, warming up their spirits for the day ahead of them
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Naruto looked up at Iruka, They had just finished their breakfast, and were walking towards the academy. Naruto had started thinking about the night before and about his new friend Sasuke. 'Did he really mean everything he said?' Naruto looked at the greenery surrounding Konoha, 'We really are lucky to have such a beautiful village!' Naruto's last thought was interrupted as he and Iruka walked into the playground of the academy, He smiled when he saw Sasuke.
He walked over to the raven haired boy, he smiled shyly, He was still kinda scared of the world around him. 'H-Hi! Sasuke..' Naruto practically threw his chakra out of his head and into Sasukes. 'D-do you want to play?' He blushed and looked at his feet. For he knew that Sasuke could hear his thoughts.
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Sasuke was sitting on the bench outside of the Academy entrance when Naruto shyly shuffled towards Sasuke, his eyes lowered to his face even though there was a small smile gracing his lips.
'H-Hi Sasuke! D-do you want to play?' the bashful voice asked as it ran through Sasuke's head quickly. Sasuke looked at Naruto and smirked. "O-Okay..." He mumbled under his breath. he never had the chance to "play" before because he didn't like any of the other students.
He smiled bitterly as a flash back ran through his mind. His thoughts clouded over, leaving Sasuke in a bitter state to repeat his most hurtful moments.
'Itachi-Nii-chaan! Mother just gave me this blue ball, want to play catch with me?" Sasuke had asked. His bright seven year old face shone up at his brother, who only brushed Sasuke to the side.
'I'm training, I don't need to be bothered by some stupid ball, go ask someone else' Itachi had replied coldly as he pushed Sasuke out of the way and returned to training.
Sasuke's eyes lowered as his hopeful spirits were drenched with disappointment. 'W-Well how about after your training?' he had asked his brother with a small flicker of hope.
Sasuke's eyes looked up at his brother, who was muttering a chant under his breath with a determined expression. "NO I'M BUSY! GO AWAY SASUKE!" His brother shoved Sasuke to the ground and walked away.
Sasuke bowed his head to the ground, his eyes saturated with broken hopes. 'How come he's always busy...I just want someone to play with..'
Sasuke rubbed his eye, trying to shake the memory off of his mind. After that moment, Sasuke had turned to training instead of playing, believing that no one would ever want anything to do with him. He was fed, watered, and taken care of. his parents and brother were simply "too busy" to play.
"yeah, I'll...I'll play. Do you want to play soccer?" Sasuke asked, looking up at his new friend. He smiled at Naruto as he lifted himself off of the bench and stretched. "We still have twenty minutes to spend before class starts so we can play for awhile" he said as he walked over to the equipment room and grabbed a soccer ball.
he smiled and tossed it lightly to Naruto, smiling brightly as he stood with his back towards the rising sun. His back tingled with a welcoming warmth as the sun shone brightly. "it's perfect to play soccer!" he said as he looked up at the clear blue sky.
he looked back at Naruto and smirked, giving him thumbs up. "let's go dummy! " he said jokingly as he grabbed Naruto's hand and dragged him to the small patch of grass. "This is good enough for only two players...I think..." he said as he backed up. "You can start the game!" he said as he got into position. A smile crept upon his face as he stared at the boy whose face was twisted in concentration and determination. A small chuckle escaped Sasuke's lips as Naruto made the starting move.
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Naruto Looked at the Soccer ball when they were both in position he made a run to the center of their play space and followed through with a powerful kick. He smiled for real the first time on school grounds. Naruto then kicked the ball towards the goal, trying to keep ahead of Sasuke. Sasuke was gaining on him. 'Gaah!' He's catching up! I can't keep ahead. Naruto stumbled after taking a step to far ahead, He fell onto his knees. He got right back up and realized Sasuke had gotten hold of the ball. He soon chased after him letting his mind rest for now.
Sasuke sprinted towards Naruto's goal, his legs aching with strain. He panted as he pulled back his leg and sent the ball flying into the net. His eyes shone proudly as he turned to see if naruto had caught up.
He watched as the blonde trotted towards him. He smirked at Naruto, his arms folded across his chest. "You have to keep up if you want to beat me" he said with a smug smile.
Sasuke laughed, ruffling the boy's hair. "Well let's play another game, we still have five-" Sasuke's eyes went wide with alert as the cooing, scratchy voices of fangirls reached his ears.
'shit' he thought miserably as he turned around in time to see arms swinging around him.
"Sasuke-kuuuuun!!" cried a light pink haired girl as she ran up to him and grinned broadly. "Ooh you look so cool today Sasuke-kun!" she said brightly as she cocked her head.
"get out of the way," said an impatient blonde as she pushed past the smiling green eyed girl and hugged sasuke tightly. "Sasuke-kun, hehe, look Sasuke! I made this cool bracelete for you!" she squealed happily as she danced in front of him like a young girl.
Sasuke grabbed it gingerly and stuffed it in his pocket without looking at it. he glanced at Naruto, who was watching the two girls swarm around him like angry bees. 'I wish I was you...' he said mentally to the crystal eyed boy standing a few feet away from him.
"Sasuke.." the pink haired girl said slowly as her eyes traveled up Naruto's legs, body, and then held still on his face. "How come he's with you? he doesn't deserve to be with someone so cool and smart as you sasuke" she said disgustedly as she eyed naruto with a cruel glare.
The blonde haired girl followed the other girl's gaze and twisted her face in disgust. "ew, Sasuke-kun. You're way too cool to be hanging out with him. besides, he might kill you, you never know with him..he's a demon child. that's why his parents killed themselves, I would too if I gave birth to such a gross thing like him" she furrowed her brow and stared at Naruto with cold eyes.
Sasuke's eyes burned with smoldering anger as the two girls kept shooting down his new friend. 'He didn't do anything to them and they're looking at him like he's dumb and annoying...well he is but they don't know him!' Sasuke cried out in angry protest. The outraged voices of both girls kept reaching his ears and drumming against his mind until he finally snapped.
"Shut up, both of you" he said coldly as he glowered deeply at both girls. "Sakura," he gestured towards the pink haired girl with a look of acrimony. "did anyone ever tell you that you're annoying, ugly, and have a huge forehead?" he said with a rude smirk.
The blonde girl laughed and then Sasuke wheeled around and stared at her for a quick second before telling her off. "Hehe, I don't why you're laughing, you're anything but pretty. Your name suites you perfectly and I'm sure that your life is fine and so is Sakura's. You don't know him so don't go on about what he is, why don't you actually acknowledge him and stop listening to your sniveling parents? see him for who he is, and stop being the shallow judgmental girl you are" he said with a bored mannerism as he turned on his wheel and casually walked away, with the blonde haired boy following him closely.
"S-Sasuke-kun..." the girl named Sakura murmured softly as tears trickled down her cheeks. She wiped them away and glared at the back of Naruto's head. "Oh I hate him, he made sasuke get mad at us! who does he think he is?!" she ranted as she turned to her rival with flaring eyes.
The girl named Ino nodded and glared at Naruto, her mouth slack with silence.
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Sasuke glanced down at the silent boy as they walked towards the academy. "The class is gonna start soon so I don't think we can do anything now" he said nonchalantly as he smirked to himself as they entered the warm building. Sasuke turned into the first door and waited for Naruto to follow, they were in the same class but Naruto sat in the front by the door and Sasuke sat in the back where it was quiet. He looked around at the classroom, a few students sat in their desks quietly with their pens and paper, waiting patiently for the teacher to end pre-break and start the class.
"well when we get break just wait at the door, seeing that you're there anyway" he turned his head over his shoulder slightly and smirked. He held out his closed fist and gestured their "hand shake" to the blue eyed mute. The timid fist met Sasuke's, he gave Naruto a small friendly smile and turned away, making his way to the seat in the back...'surrounded by dreadful girls'...sigh sasuke dropped into the seat and rested his head on his folded arms, his obsidian eyes staring out the window beside him.
What will happen next?
You'll have to find out next Chapter!
Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter we tried our hardest to make it the best we could! Anyways, Please REVIEW if you love me lol well, imma off to make another story! feel free to send me a message, and... hmm, Nag nag nag me if I don't update soon enough I get lazy some times XD Well. Bye for now!