Hello, just a note to everyone; Disclaimers aren't being written anymore, I think you got the message…
And, next update is going to take a week, for I have to work fulltime the whole week…(.--.--.);; Thanks and let's go on with the story!
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"Ne, Sasuke."
"I like being with Sasuke."
"Sasuke…?"
"Pervert Sasuke!"
The voice was echoing through Sasuke's head between the headache. Flashes of Naruto and the other traveled through his head. Some pieces fitted together, but somehow Sasuke wasn't able to place them in the correct order. Sasuke's tried harder, as the voices became louder, but the pain of his throbbing head made the flashes hazy and the voice dull.
"What do you think, Sasuke?"
"Open your mouth, Sasuke!"
"Sasuke is stupid, Sasuke is stupid, Sasuke is mine!"
Naruto's voice laughed and a picture of him reaching his hand showed itself. "Come with me Sasuke."
"…ke"
"You can do it Sasuke!"
"sasu…"
"Never forget me, okay? Never forget this moment. Never forget."
"Sasuke…"
The raven frowned at the loud voice, calling him. He wanted but to go away so he could look at the pictures longer, listen to nothing more but Naruto's voice. Slowly the smile on Naruto's face disappeared and the voice went softer until it sounded like it came from a broken radio.
"Don't leave me again, Sasuke!"
"Please stay…"
"Do you hate me, Sasuke…?"
"You lied Sasuke."
"It's going to be okay, Sasuke."
"Sasuke."
Sasuke shut his eyes until the pain overcame Naruto's voice. He had hurt Naruto so many times, he wondered how the boy could even smile in his presence. He tried to whisper the name, but somehow only an understandable murmur left his mouth.
"Sasuke?" Naruto's voice spoke again, but somehow sounded different, more real, less distant.
Sasuke's eyes flew open as he took shallow fast breaths. He looked around in panic to see people standing around him. His eyes were drawn to the blue orbs, looking at him in relief and worry. 'Naruto.'
"It's going to be okay, Sasuke. You just fainted form the pain, but Sakura fixed you in a moment." Naruto said. Sasuke closed his eyes as pink hair came into his hazed sight. "You need some rest, but you'll be fine as long as you take it easy and don't make any sudden movements. If something's wrong, please contact me again. But I think it's best that instead of staying awake, you should catch maybe another hour of sleep." Sakura ensured him, but Sasuke shook his head. "don't…want to sleep." He breathed. The raven tried to move his hand, so he could hide his face behind it, but not even a finger seemed to move as the tiredness came back. He could hear the muffled voices on the back ground. Then he heard footsteps and the door closing. Was he alone now?
"why don't you want to sleep, Suke?" Naomi asked silently. Sasuke shook his head. "Memories…to many of them…head hurts." Sasuke snorted in his head when his voice sounded so pathetic. Another hole in his pride. "are they unpleasant?" Naomi asked, placing a wet towel on his head, making the man sigh of relief at the cold feeling. "some of them." He whispered, glad that his voice was returning to normal.
"Naruto was very worried about you, when you suddenly shot up and fainted." Naomi snickered at the memory of a panicked and tripping Naruto running into their bedroom. Sasuke opened hi s eyes, but didn't meet his mother's as he looked away. "it's weird. I want to remember, yet as soon as the bad memories pop, I regret my decision."
Naomi sighed and shook her head. "Suke, you've clearly go much to learn. We talked about this, you wanted to remember your past and now you're going to. You wanted to know your past, you have to accept your good memories and the bad. " Naomi paused a bit and looked if Sasuke was listening. He was. "you've done terrible things in your past, I can see that from the painful look on your face. You've done these things, hurting everyone around you. I know it sounds cruel, Suke. But you've done these things for a reason. If you only keep the good memories it won't work. You won't be who you were and you'll never feel whole. Accepting only the good things and letting the bad rot in a corner is something that only a coward would do. I expected better from you Suke."
Sasuke looked into his mother's eyes, seeing that his mother was serious. "Suke, you hurt Naruto. You want to know the reason but not the cause? That's impossible."
"I killed my only family." Sasuke whispered. Naomi 's expression changed into one of shock and disbelief. "I ran away in search of power. I left everything behind to kill my brother who loved me. I'm a traitor and an ex-criminal. I killed people. After Naruto brought me back again, I ran away again, hurting him over and over. I don't deserve his love." Sasuke stated it, without any expression, nor
emission shown on his face or in his voice. He stared at the ceiling. "That's not true, Sasuke." Naomi said, as if punishing Sasuke. Sasuke looked up as his mother called him by his real name. She had only done that twice. And it meant trouble. "I you didn't deserve his love, you wouldn't be here. He wouldn't have accepted you. Neither of this would've happened if he didn't love you. You're here, he forgave you, like everyone did. You made mistakes Sasuke, everyone does. Okay, yours are a bit different then someone else's. But you're forgiven, by everyone, by us. The only who's standing in the way of being happy with the love you deserve is you, Sasuke. If you forgave yourself, you would be really happy, and you would stop hurting the ones around you with a mask of undeserved happiness. So stop being a coward and deal with it like a real man should." Naomi stood up and left the room, clearly angry.
Sasuke looked to the door in disbelief. The words rang through his head, between the shattered memories. He closed his eyes, hoping that he could forget the pain of guilt and pity for his own pathetic self and could get into a dreamless sleep. Suddenly he opened his eyes again, slamming a fist into the ground. "coward." He hissed to himself. Again, he did it again. Hoping that he wouldn't remember anymore, hoping that he didn't have to see Naruto's pained face. The raven cursed again and let out a shout of frustration. "God damn it!"
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Sasuke slapped Naruto's hand away. The rain fell on them as a silence filled the air. They were standing in a forest, Naruto looked hurt. "Sasuke, come back with me!"
Sasuke looked up to the blue eyes, and even if the rain tried to cover it, he could see the tears through the sad smile that the blond gave him. "why would I?" he whispered, clenching his fist. Naruto tackled him, pinning him against a tree. "Because I love you!" he shouted, his eyes narrowed in a glare. "I love you god damn it!" Sasuke's eyes widened as wet lips crashed on his own. Naruto pulled back and blinked to get a raindrop out of his eyelashes. "why?" the raven could only whisper. "I ran away, again. I hurt you."
Naruto smashed his fist into the bark, next to Sasuke's head. "I want to punch you so hard right now, Sasuke. It takes all of power to hold back." He hissed, matching the sound of the falling rain. Sasuke looked at the blond when said one pulled his hand back and then snorted. "first you kiss me and tell me you love me, then you want to punch me? Make up your mind, dobe." He whispered tiredly.
"You say you hurt me, but you're hurting me even more by staying away. I kissed you because I love you and you love me back." Sasuke wanted to make a comment on that, but Naruto interrupted him. "I wanted to punch some sense into you, when will you finally understand that I forgave you and the only one standing in the way is you!"
Naruto looked into the black orbs, hoping to see a hint of emotion, sighing as he could only see disbelief and guilt. "I love you Sasuke." He whispered, grabbing the wet man into a awkward hug. Sasuke didn't move for a moment and only listened to the rain and the sound of Naruto's breathing. Then slowly, he raised his arms and wrapped them around Naruto, pulling the man closer to his. He could hear Naruto gasp, and then feel his smile against his chest. "I don't know why, but every time I want to run away, you're the only one who manages to bring me back. So, maybe, I guess, I like you
too." Sasuke didn't sound embarrassed, more unsure, as if he was wondering what kind of effect his words would have on himself and the blond before him.
Naruto snickered. "that was very lame, Sasuke. But don't worry, I will be the only to bring you back, always, whenever, wherever. Run as many times as you want, Sasuke. I will keep bringing you back, over and over, 'till finally, you're sick and tired of it."
OOOOO End Flashback OOOOOO
Sasuke looked at his plate, his head pounding. He slowly placed the fork with food in his mouth and then closed it slowly, like he was 60 instead of 22. Naruto gave him a look, something between amusement and worry. Sasuke wanted to punch that stupid grin of his face.
"do you like your dinner?" Mori asked, only because Naomi was still angry at him and didn't speak to him. Sasuke looked up. "yeah, It's good." The food really did taste great, but somehow, Sasuke's mind wouldn't register the taste as it was being occupied with thought and memories. The raven had another memory, but this one hadn't been as painful as the others. It had actually made him feel more relieved. He had woken up normally and he didn't had any pain, except the pain of his headache. But the cause for that was fainting and hitting his head and wood of the bed. And the pain from that other pain full memory.
The raven looked at the blond, wondering what went through Naruto's head. Sasuke had realized that those "dreams", actually hadn't been dreams, but memories and flashbacks of his previous life. Somehow he was relieved that it was only natural for him to feel so attracted to Naruto and didn't had the restrained chain on him anymore to only think of the blond as his brother. But he didn't understand why the blond hadn't sad anything. Yes, he understood one of the bad points, it might have been too big of a shock and his amnesia would hit him again.
But…maybe it was the most important trigger to his memories. Maybe it would make Sasuke remember everything. Since, well. Sasuke had realized he and Naruto had been in a relationship and loved each other and nothing had happened. In fact, his amount of memories had only increased.
Sasuke let out another sigh. He couldn't just really go up to Naruto and then ask if Naruto will tell him everything. Maybe Naruto would deny it… 'why the hell is this all so frustrating?! Can't everything just return to normal?'
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"Are you okay Sasuke?" Naruto asked as the raven next to him let out another groan of frustration. Sasuke had been like that for over two hours now, and Naruto was getting irritated and worried. The raven looked at the blond, halve in disbelief and a halve confused.
"Are you okay, Sasuke?" the Naruto standing in front of him was younger, a worried expression on his face as he looked into his eyes. A tan hand covered his forehead and the blond frowned. "You've got a fever, I think. Lay down, I will check your temperature." Sasuke obeyed and lay down in bed, seeing Naruto walk away to the bathroom.
The raven blinked as the present Naruto stared at him in confusion. "is there something on my face?" Naruto asked, touching his face. Sasuke snapped out of his daze and shook his head. "No, nothing's wrong, I was just thinking…"
Sasuke grabbed a t-shirt and pulled his pajama shirt over his head. He glanced out of the window to look if anyone was standing outside and then turned the T-shirt good. "Damn, you look hot, Sasuke." A shocked Sasuke turned around to look at Naruto's back, who was searching for a scroll he had dropped under the bed.
"what?!"
Naruto, flinched at the sudden sound and bumped his head against the bed. "Itai! Sasuke, what the hell?" he rubbed over his head, raising an eyebrow in progress. "what did you say just now?" Sasuke asked. Naruto cocked his head and stared at Sasuke if he had grown an second head. "Itai..Sasuke, what th-"
"before that!"
Naruto looked around, in case Sasuke was talking to his evil mirror image, but managed to find out that Sasuke was indeed talking to him. "…I never said a thing before that."
"…"
"…"
"really?"
"yeah. Is everything okay? You look a little freaked out."
"No, it's nothing."
Naruto narrowed his eyes, but Sasuke turned around and resumed dressing. The raven might have not noticed it, but Naruto knew that something was going on. Sasuke seemed to zone out a lot more since he had awoken. Even it was only a couple hours, sometimes he just stared into something, looked shocked or happy and then snapped out of his daze. "Ne, Sasuke. Are you remembering things?"
Sasuke hesitated for a moment, before he nodded. He flinched at the bright sun as he opened the window. His head was pounding like crazy, trying to absorb as many memories as he could. For Sasuke, he felt horrible right now. If one memory hurt, he was now getting them constantly and it hurt like hell.
Sasuke was happy that he remembered stuff, he really was. But it was just little things, meeting with the others, moments with his friends or someone else. Small memories of missions and stuff like that. The big memories weren't coming around, and Sasuke, had to say, was glad for that. Or else he would be bedridden for the rest of the week.
Memories like those of the murder of his parents or his search for power were fabricated by himself, as Naruto had told him, not as he remembered it. he scratched himself on his back and turned around to see Naruto reading his scroll. "what are you reading?"
"well, it's actually your scroll. Something about the Sharingan. I wanted to try if you could activate it, so maybe we could go onto a mission together again." Naruto looked up from his scroll. "Oh, do you know what the Sharingan is?"
"yeah. The Sharingan is an eye technique that naturally occurs in the Uchiha clan. The power of the Sharingan is judged through the number of tomoe in the eye, with a maximum of three in each. The Sharingan's first and most well known ability is to memorize any technique that it witnesses. The Sharingan's second ability is granting the user incredible clarity of perception, allowing them to track fast-moving objects with ease and even predict the subsequent movements of those objects. And the third capability is a unique brand of hypnosis that involves suggesting actions and thoughts to the opponent. After this first appearance, the user can then call up the Sharingan any time they wish, right? So we just need to activate it once, and from then it will be easy. …what?"
Sasuke rose an eyebrow at Naruto's disgusted face. "You're still the same. Still a stupid smartass."
"was I really a smartass?" Sasuke asked, trying to recall thing like that. Naruto snickered, shaking his head in amusement at Sasuke's lost face. "yeah, every time someone said something that wasn't right, you would make correct it, quoting stuff out of the book. Seriously, sometimes it was really useful, but most of the times, just plain annoying. You would then look emotionless as if you didn't say a thing and burry your nose in the book again.
You remember every little thing as if it's nothing, and seem to remember all these facts form a book or scroll just because they seemed interesting for you. If I was down, you would say something random like a fact your read in the magazine, trying to cheer me up." Naruto laughed at a memory.
"Really, I remember failing for a test to gain permission to do special missions and I was sulking and grumpy. We were sitting on the porch and then out of nothing you just said "Did you know that intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair?" Seriously, I fell off the porch laughing. Apparently you said that because my hair was more like silk, so it wouldn't have any copper or sink in it."
Sasuke imagined the situation and snickered. "was I really like that?" he asked. Naruto nodded, his eyes shut in laughter. "yeah, you were so contradicting yourself all the time. Being a stoic prick one time and then thoughtful and friendly another." Sasuke smiled as Naruto recalled memories like that. They talked to each other like that the rest of the morning, until Naomi shouted that lunch was ready.
"Is everything okay?" she asked as she saw Sasuke. Her voice hadn't sounded kind but didn't held the anger as this morning. Naomi had calmed down, but wasn't done yet. "yes, thanks mom." Sasuke smiled.
"good, 'cause we have something to tell you." Naomi said as she smiled again. Sasuke let the fork drop on his plate, letting the omelet fall on the ground. "You're going to leave?!" he shouted in panic. Mori shook his head as Naomi snickered. "No, we're not going to leave, but we're going to move from here." She said. Naruto rose his eyebrows. "wait, you're moving to Konoha?" he asked. Mori and Naomi nodded. "we actually wanted to go back, because Suke found his family again, but we couldn't just leave him here after everything that happened. So we asked Iruka and Kakashi if they could find us a house, here in Konoha." Naomi smiled as she took Mori's hand.
"where are you moving to?" Sasuke asked, his face in something torn between disbelief and happiness. "well, to the other side of Konoha, to the more cheaper buildings, since we can't afford anything too expensive. It's near a river so we can still use the boat and sail like we used to."
"You've already picked a house?" Sasuke asked in disbelief. Naomi and Mori nodded. "But what about all the stuff in the old house?" Mori smiled. "that's why we're telling you this, we're going back to get all of the stuff we need and we need to sell the house and take care of things. We'll be gone for a month or two, nothing longer than that."
Sasuke picked up the piece of egg, blew the dust away and placed it next to his plate so he could throw it away later. Then he cut of another piece. Naomi, Mori and Naruto gave each other a worried look. "Sasuke?" Naruto asked. Sasuke sniffed. "I'm happy." He murmured softly. A smile appeared on the faces of those around him.
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Naruto couldn't believe that Sasuke was actually crying. The raven sniffed again as he waved to the two dots in the distance. 'like they can see you wave..'Naruto thought, rolling his eyes. He couldn't believe the two would be gone for two months. He kind off was getting use to the feeling of having them around the mansion. "come on Sasuke, let's go home. They aren't looking anymore, you know. We can barely see them."
Sasuke nodded and turned around. Naruto did the same, but stopped when something was tugging on the back of his shirt. The blond turned his head. Naruto blinked. And again. Sasuke hold up one fist to his eye as he wiped away the tears, his other clenching the back of Naruto's vest. Sasuke looked like a little kid. The raven took a shaky breath and looked at Naruto with big eyes. Naruto swallowed. He turned around pulling the man in a hug. "Aww, Sasuke. You're so cute!" The blond laughed as the smaller man gave him a play full hit on his chest with his fist. "dobe…" the raven muttered.
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