Oh, my heart!

A/N: Yo~ well I guess my first chapter has gotten some convincing reviews to get me going though I had hoped for more.. Oh well I guess you can’t say conclude much from the first chapter so I hope that this chapter will get more of your attention yeah?

Many thanks to Katsuyo, Trigger Happy Bitch, zenawp532, tseu_tsumi, Ceris Mea, jess249, spoon, Louvette, sadistickiss for being the firsts to review

Katsuyo, thanks for the advice ^-^

Disclaimer: Naruto is not mine…..

Warning: Some OOC-ness.

Ps: This chapt is kinda lengthy but it explaines alot.. so just bear with me a little? I went over the chapt and editted so many times so I hope its worth a read LOL...on with the story then

Chapter 2


The sexy brooding raven heartthrob of Konoha is currently pacing impatiently in front of and apartment door that belongs to the one an only obnoxiously loud, clumsy, annoyingly cute and too kind for his own good deadlast known as Uzumaki Naruto. One hour he had been pacing. ONE.freegin’.hour! Why IS he frustrated? Why IS he here at the door step of the Uzumaki resident? Well that is what he himslef had been contemplating for the past hour too. Should he just rap on the damn door and drag the dobe out to have lunch with him?

He had tried to muster his gut up since the night before for this very purpose only to let his infamous Uchiha pride/ego to deflate his resolve just a second before his fist was about to connect the surface of the door in a knock. Just so you know, the youngest Uchiha here is not one to ask ANYONE out for lunch for that matter what’s more, the dobe himself. The raven would rather prefer to be well known for his arrogant, snobbish, egoistic, stuck-up bastard who cares no one but himself, perfection and achieving his goals. That can’t be helped, it’s his comfort zone. But he wants to change. Just a little… for the better?

Despite his cold demeanor, despite his betrayal to Konoha, to his friends, to Naruto. Yet everyone had still forgiven him and accepted him back to Konoha (dragged actually but grateful for it), of course with conditions applied, but he could handle that. All those years of being clouded with hatred, anger and his resolve to fulfill the goal of an Avenger had him realised in the end that he had wasted his life away, destroyed the memories that could have been precious to him and almost succeeded at taking the life of his best friend, becoming just like the devil his psychotic brother had wanted him to be. Fucker.

Even six feet underground, Itachi could still irate him to no end. His brother’s words still rang in his ears a year ago before Sasuke had Chidori-ed the Akatsuki member at given chance. Right at the heart.


Flashback


The one an only Mangekyou Sharingan wielder is now ironically laying on the ground in a pool of his own blood.

“A-ah.. congra-t-tulations little brother -cough- you have finally got m-me. S-so? What are you going to d-do n-now -cough-” Itachi said with a smirk, his chest pouring out blood as he gasp for air while he laid immobile against a boulder for support.

“……”

“You h-have no one. You have n-nothing oto-uto” At that Itachi’s eyelids closed as death claimed him. The taunting smirk still left in his face as if to spite the young Uchiha.


End of flashback

‘I can do it!’ Sasuke gave the door a swift knock. Nothing? ‘Oh well too bad then’. Just then the raven turned, only to lock eyes with cerulean blue that widened upon recognition. Fuck. Despite the lack of expression, his heart threatened to burst out and perform a disco. ‘How bout the ‘Saturday Night Feva baby?’


“Hn. Dobe” Oh how he could see a blonde brow twitch.

“Teme, what are you doing here?” Naruto proceeded to take out his set of keys and unlock the door.

“It’s public. I can be here if I wanna” Sasuke cursed at himself. Stupid stupid mouth! You are suppose to do as I say! At this rate he’ll never get the dobe to go out with him. He couldn’t help it though. His mouth had implemented verbal-abuse for too long.

“Fine, be that way… jerk” Naruto gave the raven a glare and shut the door almost slamming it into a pale hand that failed to stop the door from closing.

Sasuke let out another exasperated sigh and turned to pound his head against the pole behind him multiple times until he see fit. Not knowing how to rectify his miserable situation, the boy gave one last glance at Naruto’s apartment before turning the opposite direction and head towards town for lunch. ALONE. With a migrane.

“ARGH!” Sasuke kicked the innocent rock before him.

-CRASH-

“Ugh it’s just not my day” The raven pulled his scarf over his head and ran for it just as he noticed the owner of an antique shop come out to berate the person responsible for his broken window.

Well if there is anything the Uchiha sucks at, is expressing affection.


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“Jerk, asshole, stuck up son of an Uchiha!” Naruto cursed at the raven while stirring the boiling/over boiling ramen on the stove maniacally with his wooden chopsticks in hand. Not bothering to transfer the noodle to a bowl, Naruto ate it from the pot.

“Ugh~ its overcooked. My lunch is ruined”. The blond whimper and looked at the noodle in disappointment but ate it anyway. After that he dumped everything into the sink, deciding that he’d do the dishes later in the evening.

Naruto stripped in preparation for a quick shower, all the way cursing at a certain raven for spoiling his mood in the morning and whatnot. All he did was asking politely, inquiring the raven of his sudden appearance at his door step. In fact he had wanted to invite the son of a bi-

‘Naruto! What the hell is wrong with you?! I can feel your frustration come to me in waves after waves for the past half an hour! It’s disturbing!’

‘Sorry’ -sigh-

‘What’s wrong?’

‘Nothing, just go and sleep Kyu’ Kyuubi smirked at that.

‘Does this ‘nothing’ have anything to do with an Uchiha Sasuke?’

Imaginary pout

-chuckle- ‘What has that boy done now?’

‘Oh nothing but being his usual bastard-y self’ Naruto said with a casual wave while the other hand clenched at a body soap to breaking point.

‘I’ll just leave you to your sulking then…….. you can talk about if you want to you know?’

‘It’s okay Kyu, small matter. I shouldn’t have allowed it to get to me. Really, thanks’ Naruto gave the fox a mental hug in appreciation.

‘Sure?’ Kyuubi gave a skeptical look.

‘Yes mother’


At that Naruto stepped into the shower, shaking his head in disbelieve at Kyuubi’s maternal-ness. Demons are genderless but somehow Kyuubi’s traits has leant more towards the female characteristics. They both had gotten of the wrong foot during the early stages of their acquaintanceship. Well, the century old demon is stripped of his/her freedom and trapped in a human’s body much less a boy. Why wouldn’t he/she be pissed? However, over the years of hardship together (with some reluctance on the fox’s side), Kyuubi had somehow… warmed-up (developed a soft spot actually but the nine tailed demon isn’t prepared to admit it yet).

The refreshing sprinkles of water upon his skin have managed to calm Naruto down a few notches. He turns the tap off and drags a fluffy towel of the rack on the way out. A tan hand reaches out to open his small closet while the other holding onto the towel, drying his hair. He randomly pulled out a shirt and a pair of pants, threw them on the bed and continued to dry himself some more. After deeming himself dry enough, the boy turned around to pick up his clothes only to pause and look at his reflection in the full standing mirror across the room.

In spite of having been told before that he very much resembles the Yondaime, Naruto felt his features had lack the masculinity qualities his father possesses... by a yard. He is 18 now damn it! His features had taken a different turn when he hit puberty. It sharpened nicely into a handsome yet ‘androgynous-cy’ face. His body apparently decided to stop growing when he reached the height of 5 feet 7”, inclining more towards the lithe-side. Of course Naruto being Naruto hadn’t bided well in the beginning when he felt his body didn’t mature the way he want it to. Duh. Hence he had relied on many sources that is believed to work and done various exercise routine courtesy of Lee by the way -shudder- and consumed all sorts or nutritional foods courtesy of Iruka -double shudder- but no avail. So? Suck it up.


Bah. Naruto pulled on the baby blue-T and black pants. ‘What to do now hmm? Baa-chan refused to give me another mission’ Naruto looked at the clock. 02:15 pm . ‘ I’ll just go do some training then’.


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-THUMP-…..-THUMP-…..-THUMP-…-THUMP-

You know what sound that is? That is the sound of a pale fisted hand that is currently hammering on the table with a pair of chopsticks in his grasp; its owner’s dark head lying face down beside it within the curve of his left arm, a bowl of half-eaten noodle neglected.

-THUMP-…..-THUMP-…..-THUMP-…

“E-excuse me sir?”

“What?” came a low hiss in respond.

“Yourbillsir”


Sasuke got up and tossed the required amount on the table and left without a glance. This mornings’ incident kept replaying in his mind and the guilt ate at his gut each time it does. He noticed the hurt in those blue eyes and he had yet once again be the cause of it. Naruto had done lots for his benefit and all he did was disappoint the dobe in return. The Uchiha thought back on the time he bumped into Naruto while traveling aimlessly after his brother’s death. He had to admit that it was quite surprising to see his former teammate looked so different but yet screamed Naruto at the same time.

The jinchuuriki still have the same mop of wild spiky blond hair but with longer bangs that fell over and framed his slimmer face, same blue eyes but now shone experience, however most of all he had not expect Naruto to possess a smaller physic than his and certainly never imagine the boy to have ears adorned with several earrings. Naruto just never struck of as someone who cared about accessorizing. ‘Maybe Sakura convinced him to do it’. The raven shrugged. It didn’t matter. The boy looked good in them and on many occasions Sasuke had the urge to nibble the dangling mini-kunai silver that is hooked on the left ear.

‘Che…..Where too now?’ Sasuke looked at his watch. 3:45 pm. ‘I guess I’ll go do some tra-”


“Sasuke-kun!” The raven turned towards the familiar voice to see the pink haired kunoichi running towards him, waving excitedly with Lee in tow. They are together for almost a year now. What a pair.


“Hn.. Sakura. Lee”


“SASUKE-KUN! HOW IS YOUR YOUTHFUL SELF?!” Lee inquired ecstatically.


“Still alive”


“We are very well aware of that” Sakura said in a deadpan matter as she adjusted the hair band that held her shoulder length hair in place. “So what-cha doin here? We are going out for some shopping. Lee wants to get a new set of spandex. You want to come?”

“Yes! It will certainly be enjoyable!”

“No thanks. I’d rather go train”

Sakura pouted “Your no fun. You should learn how to relax a bit ya know since we won’t be getting another mission for sometime. We deserved this well earned break” she added with a nod.


“Yes Sasuke-kun! We are still young and burning with the flames of youth! We mustn’t spend our life with only mundane activities! ” Lee said with much enthusiasm.


“…....... have fun then” At that Sasuke turned and make his way towards the training ground.


“Suit yourself! See ya~~” the pink haired kunoichi said cheerily before dragging her bowl-haired boyfriend to the opposite direction.

“Byeeeeeeeee~~~~~~”

Time skip


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Sasuke had been training for three hours now and finally decided to take a break. The raven went to collect his kunais and shuriken that is embedded on his targets around the training ground, deeming satisfied with today’s result’s.

‘Ugh I’m sweating all over….Ma maybe I’ll go to the waterfall near the Hokage Mountain and cool down for a while… still early anyway’

After a ten minutes walk he reached the stream that leads to the waterfall. He took his time walking leisurely along the side until the waterfall came into view. The sound of the water splashing down the rocks is loud yet comforting at the same time. Sasuke took off his shirt when nearing the pool. He then squat down beside it and scooped a handful of water over his head. Sasuke sighed in content as beads of cool water run down his scalp and upper body. He reached down to scoop some more. He paused.

‘Someone is here… One? No. There are two chakras signature but it’s….unstable’ It was a little difficult to pin point where the source is from for the chakra is spread widely around the area in messy waves. Sasuke look for signs of motion around him. None. ‘Up?’ Just then Sasuke spotted a figure standing quite close to the edge of the mountain, metres high up. ‘Boy? No… girl?’. The Uchiha squint his eyes and strained to look some more. A moment ago the shoulder length blond hair seemed to have extended by the second but maybe his eyes are playing tricks on him. He couldn’t identify the person as his/her head is hung low; a hand obscured the face from view as it massages the temple as if to ease some pain away. The figure wobbled a little.

“O-oi!” The figure wobbled again and lost balance. Shit. Sasuke sprinted onto the water with chakra induced feet to the spot just below the falling figure. He took out his nin-wires and threw them across the area in a web of sorts, attaching them securely onto large trees to create a cradle-like support just in time to catch the individual. The wires bounced several times at the impact. Sasuke quickly hopped on it and approached the figure that lay motionless on his/her side in the center of the web. The blond hair is now unexplainably long with red highlights. The raven couldn’t help but stare. ‘It was short a moment ago!’

He snapped out of his thoughts when a muffled moan was emitted from the other. He bends down immediately to help the individual. Sasuke shifts the body onto his/her back, onyx eyes widened as a very familiar face come into view.

End of chapt 2


A/N: Sorry~~ I felt that I should stop there. If I had continued then it’ll spoil the story. So how is it for a second installment? Review please!
oh and someone help~.. please tell me how to have my words bold and Italic. It'll be easier..-sigh- i'm so hopeless.. thanks