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By: Melissarose8585
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Home Movie 6

A/N: This is more an exercise in dialogue than anything, so we’re assuming they have phones. I mean, they have trains and headsets and tv, so why not? Just something that popped in my head. This’ll seem a little longer, as dialogue takes up more space.

Home Movie 6: When I’m Gone

Character: Sakura, Naruto

Pairing: none

Summary: What will you do when I’m gone, when I’m not there waiting for you?


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She speared the piece of pork on her plate, wishing it was her friend’s head. He was really driving her nuts lately. She flung the fork down, grabbing the phone with her other hand and preparing to reach through it and wring his neck.

“Naruto, you said it was important. You left like, I think it was…six messages…yeah, six, on my answering machine. Begging, pleading, for me to call you back. Now you’ve spent the last five minutes telling me about a new ramen special-“

“But Sakura-chan-“

“C’mon, Naruto, what the hell was so important? I just got off a thirty-six hour shift. I’m tired. I want to eat my food in peace.”

“Sasuke came back. Baa-chan’s deciding what to do with him. She’s gonna let him come back-”

He heard her snort over the phone, and something hit her kitchen table.

“You called me for that!” She laughed, bitterly. “Naruto, I’m no longer a ninja of Konoha. I could care less. I could care less after the last three times we went after him and he didn’t give two shits.”

“Sakura, he even asked about you!” Did she hear cursing?

“And? You expect me to pick up my life here and move back for him? Please, give me some credit. I have a good life here. It’s steady, stable, without killer nin and asshole avengers. The only thing I miss…” she swallowed her bite of food, “…well, the only people I miss are you, Ino, Tsunade, and Kakashi. And maybe Sai, sometimes.”

“Sakura, you could at least visit. He really did want to know where you were, why you weren’t there to greet him. I think he expected homecoming sex or something!”

She heard Naruto shout at someone on his end and she sighed as she got up. She threw her empty food bag into the trash and flopped onto her beige couch, looking out the large windows in her living room. She had one of the best views of Osa, period. She was actually happy she spent that extra 300 a month.

“Sakura, you there?”

“Yeah, Naruto, I’m here. I’m just…I’m just tired. I thought I left all that behind me.”

“You can’t leave people behind, Sakura.”

“Don’t I know it.”

“Well, you could at-“

“Hey!” She sat up, suddenly energized. “Does that mean he killed Itachi? Because for a missing-nin, you know, he was kinda ho-“

“SAKURA!”

“Sorry, Naruto,” she giggled. “But that’s a loss of some fine man genetics.”

“I’m gonna act like I didn’t hear that.”

“You go right ahead.”

“You can see she’s a beautiful girl, a beautiful girl…suddenly I see, this is what I want to be-“

“Sakura?” She heard his voice get hushed, almost muffled. “Are you…are you singing?”

“Yeah, sorry, Naruto. This stupid song has been stuck in my head all day. Anyway, back to the loss of hot-“

“So you won’t come back? Even just to vi-“ She frowned, and cut him off.

“No, Naruto.” Her voice softened. “I miss you, but no. That part of my life is over now. I’m simply Haruno Sakura, chief surgeon at Osa General Hospital. Trust me, it’s enough.”

“Pleeeaaassee, Sakura-chan…”

“No, Naruto no baka.” She giggled and flopped her arm over her eyes as she lay back down. “I don’t have any vacation time anyway.”

“You could always have your old job here…”

“Heh. No thanks. Besides, should you even be trying to make such deals?”

She heard him scoff, loudly. “I’m gonna be the next HOKAGE! Of course I can. Duh. Not like Baa-chan would care.”

“Well, thanks, but no thanks.”

“You talk so funny now.”

“It’s called assimilating. It happens. Look, Naruto, it’s…” she looked at the clock above her tv, “almost nine o’clock here. I really need some sleep if I wanna get anything done tomorrow. It’s my only day off this week, so…”

“I’m not just gonna let this go. Wait…damn it…hold on! Hey!” She heard a few muffled grunts, some rolling and swishing, and panting before a new voice came on the line.

“Sakura! Forehead girl!”

“Ino!” She sat up straight, her eyes glowing with happiness.

“You have to come back! I miss you! And Naruto’s uncontrollable! Imagine he and Sasuke being unleashed on Konoha without supervision! Fists of Fury are needed! Or Tsunade will break her hand trying to kill them both! Hey! No…no!”

“Sakura? Are you there?”

“Yeah, Naruto. She take the phone from you?”

“Yeah. Stupid girl!” She heard a slapping noise and tried to muffle her laughter.

“What, are you making this phone call with everyone sitting around or something?”

“Uh, no. She’s just annoying me with this ‘I wanna talk to her’ and ‘She’s my best fried, not yours’ crap. It’s like she has ESPN or something. She just KNEW.”

“ESP, you mean? I don’t think you guys get ESPN.”

“Whatever. Look, if I buy you a boat ticket will you just come?”

“No.”

“Please?”

“No.”

“Pretty please?”

“NO!”

“Aw, Sakura…”

“No, Naruto. I was just there, what, five months ago? You’ll live. And so will he. As a matter of fact, I don’t want to see him when I do come back. So there!”

“But-“

“No, Naruto. Look, I gotta go. Gotta get some sleep, okay? You watch out. He’s evil, Naruto, and don’t you forget it. Be careful, okay? And take care of yourself.”

“You too, Sakura. But I think you’re wrong-“

“Bye, Naruto!”

Naruto heard the click, and he realized she had hung up. He stared at the phone for a minute before placing it on Tsunade’s desk. Four faces looked at him, hope shining on three of them and hiding in the eyes of one.

“So, dobe?”

Naruto sighed and shook his head, and immediately everyone looked morose. Ino’s shoulders slumped, Tsunade hung her head, and Kakashi stared off into the distance.

“I don’t think we’ll see her for a very long time.”

Sasuke didn’t change, outwardly. But Naruto saw his eyes lose the little bit of shimmer they had finally regained after so many years of nothing but misery.

“We’ll try again next week, guys.”

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