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Chapter Title -All Convinced -
The walk home was quiet; Naruto was lost in his own thoughts about what Sakura had said to him.
No matter what he thought all he knew was Sakura really wanted to be with Sasuke and no matter how much he tired to show or tell her his feelings it would never work.
"I don't know, or at least don't remember the important things about Sasuke, what is he like Naruto? He is so mysterious around me."
Naruto pushed all the current thoughts from his mind. Sure it wasn't his plan to get the girl he loves to fall in love with his best friend all over again, but was he going to ruin her chances…Never that just wasn't him.
"How was he toward me?", she asked again
Naruto looked at her, her eyes were beaming with joy as she asked him the question.
He knew he didn't want to but the words just flew out of his mouth one by one.
"He was great, I could tell he really cared for you."
Naruto figured he would just take his feelings and use them for Sasuke.
She beamed at Naruto's answer, "What do you think he liked about me the most?"
Naruto looked at her with a small smile, "I am sure he loved your radiant smile the most."
"Do you think he still cares about me, he seems so distant."
"He was very upset about losing you, he blamed himself, I don't think he ever let go of that."
The wind began to pick up as Sakura clutched her shoulders to shield herself from the cold. Naruto in a hurry took off his warm pull over and placed it on Sakura's shoulders.
She eagerly placed her hands into the sleeves as Naruto zipped it up.
She looked at him a moment before speaking, "Thank you Naruto, you are the greatest friend. You always take care of me; there aren't any words to describe how much I care about you."
He smiled at her.
"The girl you are in love with is so lucky to have you in her life. When do I get to meet the lucky lady?"
Naruto turned his gaze away from her, to watch the sun begin to dip behind the horizon.
He began to fumble with his words as he tired to come up with a good excuse. She looked at him tenderly; waiting for an answer, Naruto couldn't help it.
"Well of course at your Welcome home party next week, she will be coming than…"
Sakura's eyes widened, "Oh this will truly be wonderful I will ask Sasuke to escort me."
"As they rounded the corner Naruto saw Sakura's apartment in site.
"Well till tomorrow than", he stated
Sakura walked up the steps and disappeared behind the door, but not before giving Naruto a small smile and big wave.
Now instead of making his way up the street to his apartment, he turned around and headed a different direction.
He walked slowly, not in a big rush to get there. The sky was a beautiful orange as the last rays of the sun were disappearing.
Naruto found it no surprise that when he passed a bench he found his former sensei reading peacefully.
"You think that one is good Kakashi-sensei, what till you see what he is coming out with next."
Kakashi's eyebrow rose with curiosity as he motioned Naruto to sit. Naruto without hesitation sat quietly next to Kakashi.
"Something, on your mind?", Kakashi questioned.
"No…yes. Sakura." He managed to get out.
"Ah, women, the closest I try to get to them is in these books. They can be quite deadly to a man's health."
Naruto snorted slightly, narrowing his eyes and shaking his head. Kakashi also gave a soft laugh.
"Unless Sakura went back to hitting the sense out of you, you are headed in the wrong direction", Kakashi stated.
"No I am on the way to…."
"Naruto…" Kakashi interoperated.
"Sometimes the mind makes the heart do crazy things. You never know what the heart really wants until you let it speak for itself."
Naruto looked baffled as Kakashi finished speaking, "Wow, Kakashi-sensei I never knew you were so deep about such matters."
"Oh hahaha, I was just reading out loud from the book."
Naruto fell off the bench. 'I should have known.'
He collected himself, said his dismal goodbyes and headed toward his destination. Kakashi only looked on till he was out of sight, relieving a deep sigh. He truly worried about his former students sometimes, than again he had similar problems with his former teammates as well.
"Is he going to be alright if she…", came a familiar voice from behind him.
Kakashi only deepened his sigh, "I wish people would stop asking me that, he stated as he raised the book back up to eye level again.
"If you like that one, wait till the new one I have comes out, I did some extensive research for it."
This caused Kakashi's eyebrow to arch again as he lowered his book, "So I've heard…"
Almost all the day light was gone now as Naruto strolled in through the main gates of the Uchihia compound. Upon Sasuke's return he converted the deserted compound into many training facilities, which were put to good use by the leaf village. Sasuke's overall personality had changed a great deal from the academy years, but Naruto and Sasuke still kept up with their rivalry, they say some things never change. Naruto would have headed straight for the main house if he did not know his best friend so well. He walked toward the training facility. He heard the sound of a kunai hitting against something when he finally stumbled upon Sasuke.
"Hey dobe here so late, come to train?", Sasuke asked as he walked over and yanked the sharp kunai out of the training log.
"No, I stopped by for…other reasons Sasuke."
This caught Sasuke off guard, he and Naruto usually trained and left all the mushiness to Sakura, but by the look on Naruto's face something was bothering him, and that bothered Sasuke.
"What is it, is everything all right, is Sakura alright?", Sasuke asked a bit more concerned.
Sasuke knew he did not open up well to others, but these were his friends, his best friends. They never gave up on him, and deep down he also would never gave up on them. He had learned over the years that the bonds of friendship are never broken.
"No it is nothing like that everything is fine, Sakura is alright", Naruto responded shielding his broken heart behind a warm smile
"I actually came over to talk about Sakura's party."
Now Sasuke gave Naruto an odd glance unsure if he fully understood, "You walked all the way over here from your apartment to talk about Sakura's party.
He let out a weary sigh, "Sometimes I worry about you dobe", he stated as he grabbed some water and raised the bottle in the air to relinquish his thirst. The water burned as it flowed down. He placed it down and looked back toward Naruto waiting for him to speak.
Naruto remained silent, more out of fear of saying what he had to say, considering his feelings for Sakura.
"Sakura wants you to escort her to the party", he said softly
Now Sasuke stopped and turned to completely face Naruto forgetting that he was in the middle of training. He thought he must have misheard what Naruto had said.
"What did you say?", he asked again
"Sakura wants you to escort her…and she falling in love with you…again", he blurted out quickly more for the sake of hiding any pain that could be detected in his voice.
"Naruto…", Sasuke replied a hint of confusion in his voice.
"No Sasuke she wants to be with you, this may help get her memory back." As painful as it was Naruto already had a plan all thought out, years of begin an elite ninja will do that to you.
"But you….have always, Naruto", Sasuke's confusion turned to anger. What did Naruto think Sasuke was going to do, take Sakura away from him? Anything and everything Naruto had done, he had always done for Sakura. Even his determination to bring Sasuke home was fueled by a promise made to the cherry blossom. Did Naruto really think Sasuke was fooled about how he really felt about Sakura. Sasuke would never take that away from Naruto, never.
"Tell her the truth Naruto!", he yelled angrily at Naruto
"No."
"What do you mean No, tell her the way you feel about her or I will. Tell her how much you…"
"What Sasuke, how much I love her? How I have always loved her from the first day of academy, till the very moment I just dropped her off to her apartment 20 minutes ago. Do I tell her hey Sakura, all that stuff in the diary you wrote about Sasuke, just forget, just forget him and fall in love with me. It is you that she wants, and…and well Sasuke it is you she will get. That's my pro…"
"Stop it Naruto, stop making promises like that, I won't do it, I won't love Sakura like that, not the way you love her Naruto.
Naruto knew that Sasuke would resist this, he knew Sasuke always knew how he truly felt about Sakura, and he wouldn't go along with stealing Sakura away. Sasuke was his brother, his best friend, but right now Naruto needed Sasuke to forget that.
Naruto's face softened as we brought a kind smile to his face, "She is so lost Sasuke, she clings to that diary for remembrance of her past. You are in that diary as her white knight, that doesn't change even if she forget everything, she knows she loves you. This could get her memory back Sasuke, something she wants more than the air she breathes. Don't you want to help her get her memory back…the one that was stolen from her during the mission", Naruto hated saying the last part but he knew that hit Sasuke hard in his heart.
Sasuke turned his back to Naruto unable to find words to say to him. He searched for something in his mind and then he thought of Sakura. He thought of all those times she had flirted with him when they were younger, and how no matter what happened Naruto was there for her. What he was doing right now, by giving her up was for Sakura. He hated how Naruto had used Sakura's memory against him.
When he turned around to face Naruto he was gone, knowing for sure that Sasuke would not let him down.
When Naruto arrived home he crashed on his bed, he placed his arms comfortably under his head and looked out toward the sky. He just reflected on the day as he looked aimseely at the shining stars. He had convinced Sasuke to be with Sakura, Sakura was convinced Sasuke was in love with her, and Sakura convinced Naruto to bring the girl he loved to her party.
A girl who was no one other than Sakura, he had to come up with some kind of plan to get around it, and just skipping her party was not a good enough answer. At times like this he really wished he had a brain like Shikamaru. He shut his eyes in frustration, failing to see the gleaming shining star swing across the dark sky.
He thought about something for a moment, and shook his head. He laughed a little after his thought he knew better than anyone wishing for something didn't make it come true he sighed deeply as he flipped onto his side and tried to sleep.
Across the village, Tsuande was leaving her office when a slight breeze blew at her balcony. She froze a moment, before she continued to stack her papers.
"They told me you were not going to be here for another week.", Tsuande stated to what seemed to be an empty room.
"I just felt like coming early, I really don't know why…"
"So I do suppose you have a name?", Tsuande asked
Footsteps could be heard approaching Tsuande from behind.
"And do you always make a grand entrance?", Tsuande questioned
The unknown ninja merrily laughed, " I am Mayuko Kasumi from the Hidden village of the Mist…and yes I do."
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