Title: Illusion Covers Everything (Former: Fade to Dark)

Summary to be edited.

Rating: T (may change in the future.)

Genres: Drama; Angst (may change in the future)

Pairings: Soon to be revealed.

"You." Normal speech.

'Me?' Thought speech.

AN: Typing or writing "Said teen, the owner of said eyes" and etc is a little bit confusing to me so I'm all on just typing or writing the person's name. I hope that's fine with you? There's still a few here but I'll probably won't do it much on the upcoming chapters. But if it isn't fine with you then please, do tell me.

Chapter 4

It all started like everyday occurrence. The two best friend, sasuke and naruto, will meet up on the way to school, sit next to each other while ignoring the former's fan girls where the latter would tease his friend because of his good looks and would get an annoyed reaction, then they'll eat lunch once break comes, sit next to each other again, ignore fan girls again. Then after school, they'll walk home together but not before playing together near the river. Sasuke then would invite Naruto for dinner at home where Naruto would happily accept. Once they got home, Fugaku, Mikoto and Itachi would welcome them home and would get playfully scolded by Mikoto that they're smelly and should take a bath, and bath they took, then eat dinner together where Fugaku and Itachi would ask about their day in school to which Sasuke and Naruto would answer truthfully, though Naruto would always mention the fan girls where Sasuke would say shut up to Naruto and the others would laugh at this, then after dinner, they would help Mikoto with the dishes and such, then they'll say good night to the others and go to Sasuke's room where they'll lay their futons next to each other, say good night to each other and go to sleep.

When morning comes, one will wake up the other whenever one of them isn't awake yet, take a bath, then go downstairs for breakfast, greet good mornings to each other and the others. Naruto would then say that he'll leave first to go and greet the 3rd hokage and would meet up with Sasuke on the way to school where the latter would reply by nodding and say take care to his best friend then repeat.

But today is different.

And for Sasuke, it isn't a good one. But rather, a dreadful one.

"I'll see you later, Sasuke!" A voice called out.

Said boy looked from what he's doing to see his best friend, Naruto, waving at him with a smile. He smiled back as he walks closer to him. "Alright then. We'll meet up on the way to school?"

Naruto nodded his head. "Yep! I'll just go and greet Ojiji," he grinned playfully. "And maybe surprise him a little."

Sasuke shook his head at his best friend's antics. "The third hokage might get a heart attack if you keep on doing that, Naruto."

Said blonde laughed. "No worries! Ojiji is strong. A little surprise won't kill him." He turned towards the door. "Well, I better get going. The sooner I'm done the bettter."

Sasuke sighed. "Hai, hai. I'll see you on the way but you better do it fast, okay?"

Naruto waved his hand a little. "Yes, sir!" He looked by his shoulder to see Sasuke looking at him with worry. The look made him stopped. "Sasuke?"

"..Hm?" Was the only response he got.

Naruto completely turned to get a better look at his best friend.

Sasuke shook his head. "..It's nothing. Just getting a bit worried."

His best friend blinked in confusion. "About what?"

The boy run his hand through his midnight hair, almost as if he's confused himself. "I'm not really sure," He looked at his friend at the corner of his eyes, he's onyx eyes glinting with worry. "It's a feeling.. I guess."

Naruto blinked again. "Hmm..." He smiled. "Well, I'm sure it's nothing to worry about! Maybe something's going to happen in school?"

Sasuke frowned. "..Maybe."

"Ah! I better go now!" His blonde friend turned away again.

"Naruto..." Sasuke called out. He watch as his best friend look at him with questioning eyes. "Be careful, alright?" He said softly, almost in murmur.

Naruto observed his best friend for awhile before he smiled again, softly. "I will."

And then he was gone.

Leaving Sasuke looking at the spot where Naruto was in worry. He couldn't get the dreadful feeling away. It was all sudden that it caught him off guard, it's almost as if it's giving warning that something bad is about to happen. That he should stop Naruto from going. Don't let him leave alone.

But why?

Sasuke shook his head again. 'It's probably nothing.' He thought to himself.

Naruto jumped from roof to roof while having a thoughtful look. He's wondering why Sasuke has that look on his face.

He frowned. 'It's as if he's telling me that..,' He shook his head in denial. 'It was probably nothing. Sasuke did said that it was just a feeling... Although, a bad feeling at that.'

He continues at jumping through the roof at the houses till he sees the tower.

"There it is!" Naruto stated with a smile.

He jumped down from the roof then to the front door of the tower. He then proceed to walk by the stairs with leisure pace. After that, he walked calmly through the hallway till he sees someone sitting near a door. She appears to be working on something if the papers on the table is anything to go by. He walked calmly in front of her, she didn't seem to notice him.

'I guess she's really busy' He thought to himself.

He cleared his throat to get her attention. It worked.

The woman blinked her eyes before looking in front of her, successfully noticing the blonde boy. "Is there something you need, boy?" She inquired with a soft smile.

Naruto smiled back, although a little. "Hai. Is hokage-sama here? I want to talk and greet him."

"As per usual, huh?" The woman asked, the smile still on her face.

"Un!" Naruto hummed enthusiastically.

The woman laughed a little. "Well, he is inside. Go on then!"

"Hai!" Naruto bowed. "Arigatou!" He then proceed to open the door and get inside. As he walk through the door, he looked at the woman at the corner of his eyes when he heard the woman murmured to herself, but he heard it.

"..Monster." The woman murmured, smile gone, her eyes held malice and hatred. Though she didn't know that Naruto heard it all the same.

Naruto then closed the door.

Naruto turned away from the door and looked towards the hokage's table. He smiled in amusement.

On the table sat Sarutobi the third hokage, well, half of his body. His upper body is on the table.

'He's asleep..Again.' Naruto inwardly stated, snickering.

He walked slowly to the sleeping hokage and observed him. He can hear him snoring. Still snickering to himself, Naruto put both of his hand by each side of his mouth and inhaled deeply then.

"WAKE UP OJIJI!" He yelled beside the hokage's ear.

The response was really amusing to him.

The hokage wake up with a start. His eyes wide open as well as his mouth as he, also, yell. "WHAT? WHAT HAPPENED!? FIRE!? WHERE!? PLEASE NO MORE PAPERWORK!"

He stopped his ranting when he heard someone laughing loudly beside him. He turned towards the sound and almost face palmed when he saw that it was Naruto, laughing uncontrollably on the ground and was holding his stomach.

The hokage sighed loudly. "What the... It's only you, Naruto."

Naruto stopped laughing, though there's still some snicker getting out here and there. "Good morning Ojiji!" He greeted with a playful grin.

Sarutobi chuckled. "Good morning to you too, Naruto."

"Ne, ne..."

Sarutobi hummed.

"Why were you sleeping?" Naruto asked, almost innocently. Though the mischief glint on his eyes says otherwise.

Sarutobi groaned, feeling embarassed at getting caught sleeping, again. "Naruto..."

Naruto snicked once again. "Okay, okay. I'm sorry Jiji."

Shaking his head once again, Sarutobi looked at the young blonde with a soft smile. "How are you doing?"

"I'm fine. I just finished breakfast and will go to school after I talk to you."

The hokage nodded his head. "Then I won't be wasting your time now. Run along."

"Okay! I'll see you later Jiji!" Naruto reply with a wide smile.

Sarutobi smiled back. "I'll see you later, young Naruto."

Naruto then walk towards the door and opened it but before he walk out, he looked by his shoulder to, once again, look at the third hokage. "Bye Jiji!"

Sarutobi waved his hand with the smile still plastered on his face.

The blonde proceed to walk out of the room then close the door behind him. He sighed softly.

"Oh? You're finish speaking to Hokage-sama?"

Naruto looked towards the woman, 'Secretary.' He inwardly corrected to himself, and nod his head in response.

"Oh! That's right! Don't you have a school to catch?" The woman gasped, looking at the time.

Naruto blinked. "Ah, right!," He bowed to the woman again, before running away. "Thank you!"

"I wish that demon doesn't come back anymore..." A murmured voice said.

Naruto frowned.

Once, he thought that the villagers are all nice people. It was such an innocent thought for a child. But one day, his opinions about the villagers changed.

He didn't why the villagers do such things to him when he didn't even do nor remember doing anything bad to them in return. He first thought that they were calling something out of the ordinary..

Like the monsters on the closet or under the bed that he have read on the books!

Then, it happened again.

The name callings are everywhere.. Everytime he walks through the village, he always hear them. All around him.

Monster.

Demon.

Spawn of the demon.

Don't get anywhere near him! He'll kill you!

He's a monster...

Why did he let him live!? Don't they know that he'll kill us all?!

Always.. Anywhere... Everywhere. He didn't know why they're talking like that.

Who are they calling monster? Demon? Is there a another world being that is running around to make the villagers speak such things..?

But his young mind already knows that.. That isn't the case... He knows it.. He knows that the villagers only speak such things when he's around. He can see them through his windows. They're all smiling, having fun, like there's nothing wrong happening. But when he joins them, they always make a 180 degrees change.

And then, it happened. Someone has thrown stones at him.

It hurt.

Why did they? Why are they throwing stones at him?

Did he do something bad? But the Hokage always say that he's a good boy.

Did the hokage lied to him? But why would he lie?

That's impossible right?

Right...

He ignored them and walked away.

The next day, he walked through the village again. He had talked to the hokage and told him what happened.

He looked livid for some reason. He didn't know why though.

Then he said that the villagers are being idiots for not knowing and accepting what truly happened. He asked about what truth it was.

The hokage merely smiled and stated that he was such a good boy. After that, he didn't say anything more.

The name calling can be heard once again, but this time, they're more clear, more pronounce, more loud. It's as if they want to make sure that the boy they're calling names with knows what he is.

I wonder what it means...

Monster.

Demon.

Spawn of the murderer.

Then something clicked on his young mind.

Why not research about it?

And research he did.

Naruto walked through the village with a leisure pace. He sighed deeply.

"I wonder what Sasuke is doing right now..."

He fasten his pace a little, ignoring the stares the villagers are giving him.

"Sasuke might be waiting for me.."

He didn't notice a few people following him with malicious grins on their faces.

He walked through a shortcut where he knows he'll arrive to school at a faster rate.

"He's probably by the gate.." He murmured with a smile.

He didn't notice his pursuers getting closer to him.

After the research he made, his opinions about the villagers changed.

They're awful!

How dare they say that to him!

Monster, demon, murderer...

He's not a monster! Nor is he a demon! He isn't a murderer also! How can he kill people anyways? The villagers are strong! He's just a child!

How can they say such things to him!?

He growled to himself.

He'll show them!

After that, he studied more harder.

He'll become the best ninja there is!

He'll show them all!

The malice intention lurking out of his pursuers awoke Naruto from his thinking and made him stopped walking.

He can hear his heart beating rapidly and felt dread shook his body.

Slowly he turned his head to look behind him.

What he saw made his eyes widen in shock and fear.

"You.. Want to see a demon, right?"

Sasuke tapped his feet impatiently.

It's already been 15 minutes and he had yet to see his blonde best friend!

The dread feeling came back to him at full force.

"Naruto..."

"Oi! Sasuke!" A voice called out.

He looked behind him and saw Kiba, Shikamaru, Choji and Shino walking towards him.

"What are doing, Sasuke? School is about to start." Kiba asked him.

Sasuke frowned. "Naruto hasn't arrived yet.."

Choji blinked. "Eh? Naruto isn't here yet?"

"That's weird.." Shino murmured.

Kiba sighed loudly. "Nani? What are you guys worrying about? It's Naruto! He's probably eating ramen at the moment!"

"That probably isn't the case, Kiba." Shikamaru responded.

Kiba looked at his friend with questioning gaze. "What do you mean?"

Shikamaru shook his head. "Sasuke is already here," He looked at said boy as he state this. "Meaning that Naruto would have been on his way to meet him, like always. And yet.."

"Naruto hasn't arrive yet." Shino ended.

Kiba scratch the back of his neck. "Well... His probably on his way. Maybe he got lost a bit on the way here? The guy likes to take shortcuts after all."

Choji shrugged. "...Maybe."

"Come on then. Let's go." Shikamaru said, walking towards the school again.

"Naruto might be running late." Shino stated.

Kiba and Choji looked at each other before looking at the youngest Uchiha, he wasn't moving.

Kiba sighed again. "Well, I'm not sure what made Naruto running late but he'll probably catch up. Let's go Choji!"

Choji watch the Uchiha for awhile before running after his friend. "Wait up, Kiba!"

Sasuke ignored them as he observe his surrounding, trying to feel his friend's presence or chakra. He gaze at the sky with worried onyx eyes.

"Where are you, Naruto?"

To be continued.

I actually stated that I'll post the next chapter before or after Christmas but it got out of hand.

Me and my family got out of town and spend christmas and new years there. And I didn't have the laptop with me so I didn't get to do the chapter.

Then we got back on January 10th.

On January 17th, I got sick with flu and always puke the foods I ate after few minutes. The flu was gone after two weeks.

And I spend the last few days doing the chapter whenever I'm feeling fine and not puking my guts out.

I'm feeling a little headache today but I guess that's because of the season. My nervous system seems to be weak and I'm hoping that my health won't get weaken more than it is.

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Anyways. Here's the chapter you've been waiting for!

I hope you don't mind the "Delay". I tried my best.