Summary: He left again. It didn't make a difference that he had convinced the Hokage to make it official mission. The fact is he left. And he didn't even have the guts to say good bye face to face. Who needs a stupid letter?
Warnings: Yaoi Lemons MPreg Angst Swearing
Rating: Mature
Disclaimer:I do not own the rights, nor do I wish to own the rights to Naruto or its characters
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Letters
Chapter Seven
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Just remember that.
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"Maybe I'm not that strong, but as long as you keep fighting… So will I."
A feeling of lethargy quickly overwhelmed Naruto, leaving him without even the energy to place the letters inside the box that was to become their home. Instead, he curled up into a ball, proof of Sasuke's love surrounding him. The emotional roller-coaster that he had just taken a ride on made his head hurt, his eyes sting and his heart ache. How could he be happy and depressed at the same time? Was this what it was to be insane? If so, that would explain many things.
Tucking himself into an even tighter ball, Naruto allowed his body to take a rest from everything that was going on. It was just too much, too frustrating… too everything.
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Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...You give them a piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like 'maybe we should be just friends' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love.
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Naruto stretched his body out on the couch, trying his best draw in as much of the fading sunlight as he could. He allowed himself to bathe in the sounds of Kiba's frustrated yelling at an inanimate object. Some things just felt like home.
"You do know that there is this thing called a manual, right? You are falling into the stereotype of all males." Naruto grinned to himself quietly. And people said he wasn't witty. Pfft.
"You know what, you're right. I should definitely listen to your advice, seeing as you learnt that little tidbit of information the hard way. 'Cos I mean, if you had read the manual, you would have known how to use a condom properly." Naruto made to jump from the couch since it seemed as if it was definitely time to beat a little sense into all idiots within a five meter radius. The chase ended before it even had a chance to begin, the coward who thought it was okay to laugh at his own jokes had already run from the room in fear. Sighing to himself, Naruto made the decision that now was a good time to make his journey across the room to inspect how Kiba was going with the cot.
Crouching down before the mass of carefully crafted wood that was supposed to be an infant's bed, he couldn't help but frown. Sure all the pieces were connected, but they were connected in such way that they created the monstrosity that was in front of him. How could a trained shinobi be so bad at putting together what was essentially just a giant jigsaw puzzle? Well he'd be damned if he knew.
Hearing the sound of banging pots and pans coming from the kitchen, signifying that dinner was now on its way, Naruto made his way to the relaxing bath that had his name on it.
Making to grab his towel from the end of his bed, Naruto's head snapped towards the window. Cautiously he inched his was over to the ball of fire that seemed to holding an envelope in what he would guess was it's mouth. As less and less distance separated them, the mass of flames seemed to on an actual shape, like a reflection in water coming into focus.
Naruto stared in awe. This could not possibly be what he thought it was. Denial fogged his mind until the thing in front of him mewed.
Hmmm, so maybe it was a cat.
A cat made out of fire. Who would have thought that would be what was delivering his letters.
Sitting down forcefully on the bed, Naruto let the shock wash over him. Weird didn't even begin to cover it.
He automatically flinched when the cat began to rub his legs, seeming to be using them as posts to play a zigzag game with. The burning sensation he had been expecting never came, instead he just felt what could only be soft fur. Reaching down to pick up the little kitten, he placed the squirming thing on his lap before trying to pry the letter from in between its jaw.
As he began to read the letter, he didn't hear the yelling of his name as it came closer and closer. Nor did he hear the equally as loud yelling for 'someone' to stay back.
The letter fell from his hand at the exact same moment his bedroom door slammed open.
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I'll see you in a few weeks.
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Sasuke was coming back...
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A/N
I would just like to say that all credit for the letter goes to Kagome Kaori Gryffindor. Thank you very much.
Now this chapter and the next one, I dedicate to Shadowpheonix143, whose reviews made me finish them.
I really do hope people read this little authors note before complaining about the length, though I don't expect many will (I know for one I don't read them XP). The actual chapter is actually about 6 times longer then this, but after allowing my friend to read this, she said that I should cut it off where I did for dramatic effect. Hahahahaha, I guess she can say that because she got to read the whole thing. But anyway, I agreed with her (as you can tell).
I thought about adding both chapters together, but decided against it 'cos it just felt weird, and I'm a bit of a sadist at heart.
Now for a bit of an idea on what you missed out in this chapter, and thus will be in the next chapter.
Here we go –
Sakura finds out (OMG? No way!)
Sasuke finds out (Isn't that a bit soon?)
Itachi finds out (WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU, YOU PYSCHO AUTHOR?!)
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Triple whammy!
Wow this is fun. See ya tomorrow!