If you don't know the song, "Sadness and sorrow", from the Naruto anime soundtrack, look it up real quick so you understand what I'm talking about. It's pretty important. I actually can play this song irl, by the way.

A little fluff for you guys. Enjoy!

A few weeks ago, I invited Sasuke and Naruto to Ichiraku Ramen. I have some questions about how anime transfers to real life, and hopefully, this should give me some answers.

At the Ichiraku Ramen shop, Naruto sits to my right. Sasuke comes ten minutes late, just to make sure we know that he doesn't care about our invitation.

"Don't get any ideas," Sasuke says. "I only agreed here because you promised to teach me more about my sharingan." Sasuke sits on the stool next to me at Ichiraku Ramen.

"Ch. what's that guy doing here?!" Naruto demands, folding his arms. Naruto and Sasuke look pointedly away from each other.

"Hand me a menu." Sasuke orders me.

"Sure, you can have mine." I say.

"I wasn't asking for permission." Sasuke says.

"Hey! Don't be so mean to Sarah! She's paying for our meal anyways, so play nice!" Naruto points the classic accusatory finger with a tic of annoyance.

"It's not like she's buying us a good meal. I don't even like Ramen." Sasuke says, folding his arms. Now that's just not true. He's just trying to annoy Naruto.

Naruto makes a little growl of annoyance.

"You know, they make a tomato based broth," I offer. "Since that is your favorite flavor, isn't it?" I point at his menu.

Now Sasuke looks annoyed. "And how would you know that? Are you some kind of stalker?" He asks.

"That's an interesting thought." I say, noncommittally. After Ayame brings our ramen to us, the two begin to eat on either side of me. Naruto's manners are terrible, and Sasuke's disdain for him was showing as Naruto slurps down another long noodle. The wet noodle slaps him in the face as it goes into his eager lips.

"Okay," I turn the attention to myself and set down my Ramen. "I'm going to tell you why I needed you two here tonight." Scooting back from the counter, I spread a scroll across my lap. With a handsign, I unseal the topic of our meeting. An acoustic guitar.

"You called me all the way out here for music lessons?" Sasuke says.

"A guitar!" Naruto exclaims through a mouthful of ramen. Even Ayame moves over to he counter, eyes on the musical instrument.

"Have any of you guys ever heard this song before?" I ask, as i touch a pick to the strings. It's very fitting that this song is the first song I ever learned in the guitar. I allow my eyes to unfocus and I combine my soul with the music. A few minutes later, and my rendition of 'Sadness and Sorrow' is complete.

"That's a very beautiful song." Ayame says with a smile as she turns her attention back to clearing dishes.

"It's too sad, ya know! I don't like it." Naruto declares.

"But it does sound familiar... I can't say I've heard it before. Play it again." Sasuke says. I play the song again.

"So none of you have heard it before?" I ask, after the second repetition.

"It does sound familiar..." Naruto says.

"But haven't you noticed? The song plays every time something sad happens. Think about it." I say.

Naruto frowns for a moment, as if remembering something, but then he gives up. "Thinking makes my head hurt."

Sasuke and I snort. "But I'm right, aren't I? I say. I take his half-finished ramen bowl away from him, and he protests, but then stops.

"Yeah! I can kinda hear something! I can hear a flute!"

"Not so loud, Naruto!" Sasuke and I yell. "We can't hear!"

"Try to remember what you heard the last time either of you cried." I suggest.

"Uchihas don't cry." Sasuke asserts strongly. I raise my arms in surrender.

"Naruto, I have something to tell you." I say, sealing away my guitar. "I'm leaving the Leaf Village to join Orochimaru. I need power, and all of you are just holding me back." I stand up.

"Wha-what?" Naruto gasps, clearly falling for the bait. Sasuke raises an eyebrow.

"Don't tell anyone where I'm going." I leap to the rooftops and jump away.

"Wait- Wait! Sarah!" Naruto calls.

They both follow me.

"Did Orochimaru get you with one of those curse seals too?" Naruto yells.

"Don't try to stop me. I'll kill you if you get in my way!" I yell, throwing kunai behind me. They miss.

"Sarah! I won't let you run away that easily! You were my friend!" Naruto yells. "And if I have to beat you so hard that you can't run another step, then I will! Shadow clone jutsu!"

Fifty clones materialize around us as I leap towards the Konoha walls. Success. He's totally fallen for it. I release a storm of shuriken, directing each at the clones, popping them with waves of metal. I stop and turn around.

"Naruto... ever since I met you you've been a nuisance! And now you're really just pissing me off! You've never been my best friend... all this time, Sasuke has been my best friend! Sasuke and I are running away to Orochimaru together!"

Naruto looks shocked.

"No. Don't involve me in this." Sasuke says. "But you're right. You may be onto something." He says.

"No, Sasuke! Don't listen to her! She's not onto anything!"

"I'm not listening to her." Sasuke says, pointing vaguely into the sky. "Listen carefully."

Da da da da! da da, da, da, daaaaaaaaa

The song is playing! I start to giggle.

"That's the song!" Naruto gasps. "But you're not even playing your guitar!"

"And how are you feeling right now?" Sasuke asks, smirking.

"I'm angry! And I'm... kinda sad! Kinda... sad. I'm kinda sad!"

"The song does play whenever you're sad." I say.

"What the- WHAT! YOU MEAN TO SAY YOU WERE LYING ABOUT OROCHIMARU?!"

"Well, mostly." I explain.

"The song seems to get louder as I get closer to Naruto." Sasuke observes, walking closer and farther away from him. "Hm."

"You- you jerk!" The yellow-headed ninja yells.

"It's your fault for being stupid enough to fall for it!"

"You tricked me!"

"Stop bickering." Sasuke says. He seems deep in thought. "How can it be possible that Naruto has a song that plays when he gets sad? Is it a jutsu? A kekkei genkai?"

"That's what I'm trying to figure out."

"We should probably report this to Kakashi-Sensei. He would know what to do." Sasuke says.

"But we would have to reproduce the sadness to prove it to him." I point out.

"ARE YOU GUYS GONNA TRICK ME AGAIN? NO FAIR!"