Title: Songs From The Heart
Pairing: Naru/Sasu
Rating: PG 13
Disclaimer: I do knot own Naruto, his friends or the songs mentioned in the fic. In fact I do not own anything at all. You can't bleed a rock so don't sue me! The first two songs are from the soundtrack to the movie 'Dirty Dancing'. The forth is from the movie 'Return to Never Land'. 'Celtic women' sing the final song. There are some major spoilers.
Summery: His friends push him to far and Naruto decides to let his mask fall. His friends learn a whole lot more than they ever dreamed possible!
SONGS FROM THE HEARTChapter one: WHO IS SHE?
One fine spring morning, the sounds of fighting filled the air.
Now, don't get worried! It was just the rookie nine and Guy's team training musical chairs stile. Two circles where formed, one on the inside and one surrounding the first. The two shinobi facing each other would spar till the music Guy was playing would change and then the outer circle would rotate to create new pairs.
This would be very good training accept for one small problem. A certain blond ninja was ready to kill them all! No mater who he was paired with, they all talked down to him.
"BAKA"
"DOBE"
"IDIOT"
"LOOSER"
The insults filled the air. Naruto's dear friends where not just spewing words in the heat of battle either. He could tell that they really thought him to be all those vile things.
He was very sick and tired of the way his so-called friends treated him. They where always telling him to do the worst part of every mission. If they had to collect trash, Sakura made him get the trash from the river or in the mud so she wouldn't get dirty! When they catch that damn cat, he has to carry it and get all scratched up. They all give him the middle shift on night guard duties so that he always had the broken sleep and never got a straight eight-hour rest like the rest of them.
They would yell at him for wanting ramen for lunch, even though he would only request it when they where in the village. They just assumed that ramen is the only thing he eats so instead of asking what Naruto would like to eat, "Lets get lunch and NO RAMON!" would be screeched at him before he had a chance to say anything.
They insult his intelligence before he can even demonstrate a lack there of. "We need a leader for the mission and Naruto isn't smart enough, so which of us will it be?" "Shut up Naruto. We need to think of a way out and you are just in the way." "Naruto you baka! We didn't ask for your opinion!"
Worst of all, when they went anywhere with him, they loudly called attention to all of his faults, imagined or not, and whapped him over the head for no good reason. This made total strangers view him as a buffoon!
The training thankfully ends, just before Naruto's patience does.
Sakura lit up with an idea; " Lets get some lunch at that new restaurant that I hear opened while we where on that long mission… NO RAMEN!" She screeched the last part at Naruto.
Fuming at the implied insult, he silently fallowed the crowd till the area began to look familiar. He had just realized what part of town they where in when a loud familiar shout came from across the street.
"NARU-CHAN!"
All of Naruto's teammates gawked in astonishment as a pretty copper headed girl raced up to their blond loudmouth and flung her arms around him! Jaws dropped and eyes bugged out at the seen before them.
"Naru-chan! When did you get back?" she giggled.
"Last night." He happily replied.
"What?" she pouted, "Why the hell haven't you come by yet then?" she queried.
"I'm sorry Asuka! I was too tired last night and had training today but I promise to be there tonight!" Naruto apologized to the stranger. With that he gave the petite girl a huge hug and a peck on the cheek.
Now, the pair's relationship was becoming very questionable by this time, which in turn caused a few possessive people in the group to experience an extreme bought of jealousy at this display!
"See that you do!" she chirped at the blond before disappearing down the road.
"What the hell was that?" Many in the group had thought the question, but Sakura was the one to shriek it.
"What!" exclaimed Naruto!
Most of the people around the angry ninja assumed that Naruto was just being dumb; the thought that he was exclaiming in anger never crossed their minds.
"Baka!" came Kiba's voice, " Who was that chick?"
The boy finally lost the tenuous hold he had maintained on his temper and let them have the tongue lashing that they so rightfully deserved.
"Asuka is a very good friend of mine who knows me one hundred percent better than you all seam to!"
Sasuke burst in, " Iknow you better than anyone!"
His outburst surprised the surrounding peanut gallery, but Sasuke had told himself that Naruto's challenge could not go unmet. The stubborn Uchiha actualy did believe that he knew his teammate best.
"Oh really… Then I will ask you all a few questions. Try to answer if you can. What is my favorite food?"
"That's easy Dobe, roman!"
"Nope! How about my favorite color?"
"Orange!" Exclaimed Sakura.
"Nope! My address?
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"My first friend?"
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Sasuke wanted to say that he was the blond's best friend, but was unsure who Naruto's first friend was and so remained silent.
"My worst fear?"
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"Ok, here is an easy one, when is my birthday?"
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"Come on people, you are supposed to be my good friends that know me so well!"
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Most of the surrounding company appeared to find the ground very interesting by now.
"If you had ever once bothered to ask me any of these questions, I would have answered you. But, seeing as you don't know the answers, the question of whether you know me, or even care about me seems to have been answered"
With that, he spun about to leave but a gentle hand at his wrist stopped him.
"What do you want Sasuke?" The defeated tone to Naruto's voice was a surprise to everyone and cracked a few of the more gentle hearts.
"Will you tell us the answers now?"
Naruto turned and looked Sasuke in the eye for a long time, and only saw the desire to set things right.
"Fine, if you would really like to know the true me, and not the version you chose to see, then go here tonight," a match book from a local bar flew in Sasuke's direction, "they open at five. Dress nice."
With a poof of smoke the blond was gone.