Well hello! Here is a new chapter of Naruko's secret-fanfiction. I got a little inspiration for this from the Miraculous-series, When Marnie Was There-movie, Mahou no Chocolate-manga, and the Zodiac P.I.-manga, whose rights I do not own. See you in the next chapter.
Naruko arrived at Katsuragizan as the sun set:
"This mountain hasn't changed at all".
"Long time, Naruko," Hotaru said walking in front of Naruko. "What happened to your hair?"
"You probably wouldn't believe it even if I told you. Nice to see you after a long time," Naruko smiled. "Excuse me, but are there any shrines in this area?"
"Yes. It's late now though, so come to my house to sleep," Hotaru said.
"Thank you," Naruko said.
"Please," Hoaru said leading Naruko to Hotaru's home.
"So another 7-Mei has been found," Tsunade said after reading the letter she had just received from Naruko.
It was raining outside.
"Some of the villagers have already noticed that Naruko has left the village and have therefore come here to ask me if I know where Naruko is now. I have told them that Naruko is now on a little vacation," Tsunade thought.
"Naruko has been avoiding us for a whole month so I'm worried about her. Has Naruko caught a cold?" Sakura asked Sasuke as they walked down the street of Konoha. He and Sasuke were wearing raincoats.
"I don't know," Sasuke said.
"You can talk about Naruko with such carelessness, Sakura," Ino said stopping in front of Sakura, and Sasuke with Sai holding an umbrella over himself, and Ino.
"What do you mean?" Sakura asked.
"Do not you know?
It's your fault, that Naruko cried during the last festival. I saw it myself, when i passed the playground, where Naruko sat on the swing crying. She was wearing a yukata, and she even had a little makeup on her face, and that make-up had run down her face, because she was crying. As his friends you should have comforted him, but you did not comfort him. I was going to comfort her myself, but then Kakashi-sensei came to the, playground to comfort Naruko, and finally Naruko cried against Kakashi-sensei's shoulder. Naruko started to feel sad after that, when you two started dating, and some journalists in our village have noticed it, and are currently writing about it in our village newspaper, so just wait when the article is published," Ino said as she walked away with Sai, knowingly left out. Ino didn't tell that, that Ino had heard Naruko, and Kakashi's conversation on the playground.
"Is Naruko mad at us for something?" Sakura thought in disbelief. He started walking towards Naruko's house with Sasuke following.
Sakura stopped in front of the door of Naruko's home, and tried to open the door of Naruko's home only to find that it was locked.
"Sorry, Naruko," Sakura said, unlocking the door with her kunai, then pushed the door open to see that the furniture was covered with sheets, and that the apartment had a significant layer of dust. "I don't think it's any case of the flu".
"Where's that Dobe at?" Sasuke began to think about exploring Naruko's home.
Sakura walked into Naruko's room, whose furniture was also covered with sheets:
"It's really quiet here without Naruko".
Sakura knew how lonely Naruko used to be, but Sakura never thought that Konoha would turn dark if Naruko left Konoha, but she had noticed lately that the people of Konoha had seemed dark for some reason, even though Sakura hadn't realized what had caused it. Was the gloomy attitude of the villagers, because Naruko had left Konoha?
"How could I imagine it was just a case of the flu?" Sakura thought worriedly as she saw the photo frame on Naruko's nightstand, turned against the table.
"Nothing was found in the kitchen," Sasuke said as he entered Naruko's room, and seeing the photo on the bedside table turned against the table Sasuke had an uneasy feeling about the, whole situation as it reminded all too much of the time Sasuke had left Konoha for Otogakure to get stronger so he could kill Itachi, so Sasuke thought he knew, what the photo turned against the nightstand was. Sasuke walked over to the bedside table, and picked up the photo frame on it to see he was right. It was a picture of Team 7. In the picture, Sakura was smiling, and Kakashi was smiling in his familiar way. Naruko looked indignant like Sasuke.
"Where are you Naruko?" Sakura thought, then saw an orange book under the pillow on Naruko's bed, which had the Konoha logo on the front cover. Sakura grabbed the book curiously, and Sakura opened it to see, that the book was a diary, so he quickly closed it, because he didn't want to invade Naruko's privacy.
"If I don't read this diary now, so I might not find out, that where Naruko is. There are no options, so sorry Naruko," Sakura began diary four, of the last reading of the page entries. The pages in question had stains in some places:
"Jiraiya-sama would probably be proud to see me journaling. Lately I've been practicing polite behavior in front of the mirror, and how I politely use formal names, so that one day I can be a good example to the young ninjas of Konoha, because the young ninjas of our village follow the example of the adult ninjas of our village, but the Konoha's young ninjas of our village don't know that yet, that the world has a kind of invisible, magic-circle. The magic-circle in question has an inner-circle, and the exterior. Some, the people of our village belong to that inner-circle, and I'm out of it, but i don't care about it. It, that I drove the people of my village to win Pain, and 5 Ninjas from the Great Ninja Village to win the Fourth Great Ninja War, has changed the situation, for I am sure, that the people of my village no longer avoid me, unlike before, but still i feel like, that I haven't succeeded in something, because my home still feels a little lonely, and really quiet, which I'm already used to."Sakura turned the page:
"It's been 12 years since, when I managed to bring Sasuke back to Konoha, and I'm so happy about it. I hope, that this happiness would last forever. I would like to say some things to Sasuke, certain words, but i always try to do it, that's how i feel, that those words are stuck in my throat, and I can't say them. Maybe I just don't know, how to say those words to Sasuke, and I never would have believed, that I hesitated to tell him this:
"I want to tell you something very badly, but something, an invisible force seems to make it too hard to say." Maybe I should talk to Hinata about this, because he has personal experience of this situation. Today I tried to say those words to Sasuke again, but I did not have enough courage to do so. That's why I really wouldn't have believed before, that I would hesitate in such situations. Sasuke, and Sakura would probably laugh at me, if they found out about it, because sometimes i feel, that they underestimate me. Sometimes in the early days of Team 7 I thought, that Sasuke, and Sakura enjoyed my torture. At that time I made a decision, to never let Sasuke see me cry, if he says something mean to me, that might make me cry, so that he would have no reason to torture me. I don't want to give Sasuke that satisfaction."
Cold shivers ran down Sakura's back as she read the diary. Sakura turned the page of the diary, and read the penultimate page of the diary:
"I finally managed to tell Sasuke, that I love Sasuke. I finally got it said. I couldn't talk to Sasuke about it before, because I didn't have enough confidence to do so, so luckily I talked to Hinata first, and I asked him for advice about, how Hinata confessed her feelings to Kiba. Hinata said, that it took him a while to get it all together, and he had to gather his all, his inner courage to say that to Kiba, even though Hinata was terribly afraid at first, that how Kiba would react to that, what would Hinata say to Kiba. Luckily Hinata listened to me, because Hinata is like that, trusted friend, and i'm sure, that he still manages to achieve his goal. I had to gather all my confidence, when I told Sasuke about my feelings".
Sakura turned the last page of the diary to read, while her fingers were now shaking a little with nervousness:
"I found out last month, that my feelings are one-sided, because I saw it myself. However, now Sasuke is dating Sakura. They both know, that i love Sasuke, because they were both there, when I told Sasuke my feelings, but now they act, as if nothing had happened. Since Sasuke is now dating Sakura, so I haven't spoken to Sasuke, and Sakura properly for a whole month. Sakura probably only thinks about restoring her clan to its former glory. Might Sasuke, and Sakura even considers me her friend anymore? Sasuke, and Sakura don't think at all, how other people feel, when Sasuke, and Sakura kissing in public places, and especially, when they see me grow, for they begin to kiss in public places now a while, when they see me. They could do it then, when no one can see it. Do they tease me like that, or are they just "advertising" their relationship? Sasuke would surely do anything to restore his clan to its former glory, and Sakura would certainly do anything to please Sasuke. It's really disgusting. Don't they need me anymore? Am I completely indifferent to them? My worries only grow, when I look, how Sasuke, and Sakura "advertise" their current relationship by walking together on the village street while holding hands, and kissing in public places. They don't tell me anything about, how they feel about me. I hope, that I could just forget about my feelings for Sasuke, so that it wouldn't bother me so much, and I could be their friend without, that I should take care of my feelings, which clearly interfere with their relationship. My feelings clearly interfere with their relationship, for they always kiss in public, when they see me, and they do so surely because, that they tell me to stay away from them like that, so that my feelings don't interfere with their relationship. I've started spending time away from Sasuke, and Sakura, because at least that way I wouldn't cause them any problems. I should try to be happy for them, but i just feel like an outsider, and lonely always, when I look at them together. I'm just trying to make do with it, that they are happy now. Even so, my heart aches, when I look at them together. As a result, I cried a little today, but fortunately today is a day off, so i just pulled the covers over me, and i tried to sleep, so I wouldn't think about Sakura, and Sasuke, when I woke up this morning. Every time I see our group photo, i remember Sasuke, and regarding Sakura, and I feel really cold, and invisible at those times."
Sakura finally started crying, because of the text on the last page of the diary. Sakura hadn't even been able to imagine, how Naruko had felt, when Sakura, and Sasuke had started dating. Sure, Sakura had noticed that Naruko had become quieter, and more formal, but this was new information even for Sakura.
"Did you two break in here?!" Iruka yelled as he stood at the door of Naruko's room, startling Sasuke, and Sakura.
Iruka had been coming to Naruko's house to look for a possible reason for Naruko's departure from Konoha, when he had seen the door to Naruko's apartment open, and the ticking marks on the lock of the front door of that apartment, so he had suspected, that someone had broken into Naruko's house, so Iruka had prepared to capture the burglar in question, when he went to investigate Naruko's home.
However, Iruka hadn't expected to see Sakura, and Sasuke exploring Naruko's home, and Naruko's diary with my own permission. Of course Iruka had known, that Naruko's heart was broken, when Sasuke, and Sakura had started dating, and that Sasuke, and Sakura might not have noticed Naruko's feelings, but even Iruka wouldn't have believed, that Sasuke, and Sakura would break into Naruko's house, and would violate Naruko's privacy by reading Naruko's diary, and exploring Naruko's apartment with my permission.
"We just wanted to know, why has Naruko been avoiding us," Sakura said.
"So, you finally figured it out. That's still no reason to break into someone else's house. Naruko would definitely get mad at you two, and you are his best friend. Have you ever thought about Naruko's feelings?" Iruka asked as he led Sakura, and Sasuke towards the Hokage tower after tying their hands behind their backs.