Title: Forgetting what Happiness is
Summary: When Naruto is rejected for the ten-millionth time by Sakura, he gets a reality slap. He flees the Village and vows to forget about everything…Even Sakura. Meanwhile, after his departure, Sakura realizes she really misses Naruto and decides to get him back home. But is that what Naruto really wants? Naru/Saku Shika/ino
'Sasuke' thoughts or movement
"Sasuke" Speaking
'Sasuke....' Inner Sakura's thoughts
WARNING: MAJOR OOC-Characters are majorly out of character in this chapter…What do you expect? In reality, Sakura wouldn't get slapped. All she'd do is cry and worry. Her inner Sakura would probably start to attack Hinata instead… Sad Naruto ALERT! So don't flame me for something so stupid like this.
EXTRA STORY INFO: This story has 6…I repeat, 6 types of genres. Humor (sucky ones XD), Romance, Drama, Action (not yet, but there will be), and angst-a major load on this chapter…
EXCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN NARUTO! BUT!!! I own SASUKE!!!!
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Ahem, I'm playing, I own Sasuke only in my dreams. That adorable little bastard..XDDDDDDDDD
I DON'T OWN NARUTO!
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Misha's Notes- Hello, Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!! Uh, I'll shut up and skip to the reviews.
Oh, sorry, but the chasing Naruto thing will start next chapter.
Azn Pride- Thanks, although the humor really pretty much sucks. Sorry!!!!!! This chappie will be a lot more angst then the other 4 chapters combined. But guess what?! I made up for it! Review and tell me what you think..! And next chapter will have only a bit of angst! I promise!
Ryuu no Taiyo- lol, I wasn't driving…lol. I was drunk and had a fever. If I was driving, I'd hit a couple of cars, and would be arrested. I'd be updating the story from a jail cell. Lolz. (watches alter ego bash head against the wall) Whoa…your cool! XDDD
Ramen-Chan-XD, I'm actually not sure if I got flamed…lol…Thank you! You're such a NICE person!! WAAAH!!! I Loove that Song tooo!!!!!!!!!!! It's so pretty! And Rie Tanaka has such a nice voice! XDDD
Kitsune-Itai- Sorry! (bows head) The chasing will be next chapter!!!!!!!!! Also, what's a fluffy? Is it when they make them make out and stuff??
Smiter- :D Thanks
Saki-kun- Ari-ga-to! Don't worry Naruto-kun's okay…I think.
Krn-kimbap- XD, Of course I will review your fic! However, I'm not really a Narusaku fan… I'm glad some people think I'm okay in writing this. Actually, I don't really like Sakura…but unlike some people, I don't do bashing. Besides, she's becoming a better character in the show. And Naruto deserves to be happy. :D Yay, go Sakura!! Uh, no one heard that….(hides in corner) I'll review your fic later, okay? Sorry, I have a lot of homework to do and I'm so scared…Also thank you for reviewing all of the chappies.! You nice, nice person! (huggles Krn-kimbap) Does Krn. Mean Korean?
I think that's it, sorry if I missed you…:D Life sucks…I'm so scared…also…there's quite an amount of angst here…and mushy love crap…XD
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"You don't know what you have till it's gone…"
"I guess that saying is true." Sasuke leaned on the big Uchiha tree, letting all the leaves keep his body hidden. "And I had to experience it twice-that dobe"
"You don't really know what you have till it's gone, huh?" Kakashi grinned. "I never knew you were the type of guy that believed in philosophy…"
Kakashi was settled on a branch behind him. The one thing that was bad about the big tree was that it concealed chakra-so the person inside would have no clue if there's an enemy there. However, they'd have a hell of a time trying to find the person. Unsurprisingly, Kakashi managed to find Sasuke in 3.5 seconds.
Sasuke's eyes narrowed as he turned.
"……………Kakashi" Sasuke said with clenched teeth. 'How did he know I was here?'
"So, what are you planning to do?"
"…how did you know I was here??" Sasuke said, keeping his image mask on. You know, that bastard image he always puts on when ever he's in public? (XD)
"For one thing, Uchiha Obito, a friend that died for me always would sit on this exact tree when he was thinking."
Sasuke blinked. "…Who…?"
Kakashi smiled and said softly, "A precious friend that saved me…" He then turned to grin at Sasuke.
"You're not the only one that had to deal with that saying twice you know…I had to deal with it for quite a while…"
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"Also, Itachi also sat here before!!!"
Hearing this, Sasuke fell off the tree.
"I refuse to sit on a tree where the man that killed my clan once sat on…" He muttered to himself. 'Stupid brother'
"Gee, Sasuke, I was only kidding…what would have you done?? Chop off the tree?!"
Sasuke glared and gave a suspicious look at Kakashi, before hopping back up the huge tree again. "Shut up…"
Kakashi then asked, "Sooooooo, what are you going to do about Naruto?"
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"There's still a chance to save him!!"
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"Don't you "……" me!"
Sasuke glared at him.
"Fine, Fine. Do you even want to save him?"
Sasuke shrugged.
"What do you mean you don't want to save me!!?" a familiar voice whipped out.
Sasuke stared in shock. 'That….that voice…it can only be……'
"NARUTO!"
(Fear me, hate me! For I'll leave you guys hanging. XD)
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"Do you love Naruto?" Her mom asked seriously.
"W-what...M-mom! I'm only 12! I don't kn-"
"Don't lie! You've been depressed for the pass 3 days! I'm your mother! You can tell me!!" Her mother exclaimed.
Sakura tried to smile. "Mom, Thanks. Because of you, I think I can confirm my feelings now"
Sakura grinned weakly. "I'll tell you everything."
She looked around her room. On one side was a wooden table with the gold framed picture. She blushed at the sight of it. 'I think I've been trying to run from all these feelings.' She sighed before saying, "You were right"
Her mom smiled at the confession. 'We are finally getting somewhere'
She continued. "I did make Naruto feel bad" She touched her heart, where it was supposed to be located, anyway. Her fingers clasped over it.
"I was so dumb!" She turned to her mom now, hot tears falling. "I-I fell in love with a boy that didn't acknowledge my existence! I ignored the only one that cared for me! My god, MOM! I'm such an idiot!" She spread her arms and hugged her mother. She was trying her best to contain herself. Her legs touched the soft silk of her mattress, hitting a stuffed Giraffe.
Her face, muffled in her mom's shirt, mumbled out, "These pass 3 days; I've been thinking and trying not to think about him!" Her sobs were louder now. "But every time when I try not to, - She unwrapped herself from her mom. She then clenched the spot where her heart was supposed to be. "My heart hurts! It really, really hurts!" Her fingers tightened.
Her mom stared at her. 'Sakura….has been dealing with a lot…'
"The pain grows every time I think he's not near me!" Sakura cried. "I never had this type of strong feeling before!, not even with Sasuke-kun!"
Sakura sighed, trying to calm herself. "And, when I think about all the bad things that I've done to him, I feel, an enormous guilt that I never felt before…" She spoke softly and inched herself away from her mom. Her Mom watched her cradle position at the edge of the bed. "And then, when I think about him in pain, I feel as if, as if, I would be able to save him, that I'd risk my own life to protect his life" (3)
Sakura whispered. "I never felt that way before…"
Her mom looked at her. "………Sakura……"
Sakura then trembled. "But, even though I get these feelings!, I-I I can't tell him!"
She turned violently to face her mom. "You know why?! It's because I made him run away!" Sakura turned back, unable to face her. "I feel so…mad at myself. It took this long for me to realize this."
Her mother sat on the bed motionless. She drew a long breath and sighed.
"Sakura…I am really glad I know what happened. Now that you've told me all…She paused for a word, …this, it's really important that you answer the question I previously stated."
Sakura cradled her knees, still ashamed to look at her mom. She unconsciously grabbed the pink giraffe and softly stroked it.
"I'm just-I'm just afraid" Sakura said, hardly audible.
Her mother sighed. "Of?!"
"What if I really love him?" Sakura whispered. "He might reject me…" She hugged the pink giraffe. She stifled a heartless laugh. "But then, that would be right wouldn't it?...All I've done is 'cause him so much pain...I just want him to be happy..."
Hearing the laugh, her mother's saddened. "Sakura, Do you think that he'll be happy away from his village?, Away from people he cares about?"
Sakura was silent. This was the last straw. Her mother's patience ran out and she yelled "God SAKURA!, How will you live with yourself if you don't confess?!"
Her daughter was still silent.
"You're wasting your life!!" She continued. "I should know, I'm your mother."
Sakura's bangs covered her eyes. However, her hair was still not long enough to hide the tears dripping on to her lap, hands and the pink giraffe.
"Sakura…you've been running away…"
Sakura squeezed the giraffe harder. "I know…"
Her mom calmed down at the sight of the tears. However, the tone she used didn't change.
"Well, you always confessed to Sasuke-kun Right?!! What's so HARD?! What makes Naruto so different?!"
In a small voice, she said calmly, "There is a big difference, mom."
She stared at her mother's eyes. Her mother's eyes were a darker emerald than what Sakura had. She felt a light flicker of flame erupt to big flames in her heart.
"I like Sasuke-kun…"
Her mom thought 'What?! She likes 2 people?!'
"but…" Sakura managed to break out a true smile and turned to her mother. That was something that her very own mother had not seen for 3 days.
"But…I love Naruto." She wiped her eyes and tried to stop more tears from falling.
She stood from the bed. She grinned, more confident now.
"I love Naruto"
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"NARUTO!"
For a moment Sasuke cracked his mask.
'Just once…just once I'll take my mask off'
Then his mask fell out completely, revealing a happy Sasuke (1)
"NARUTO!!!" He ran and glomped Naruto.
Hey, that's…not right…
REWIND!!
"NARUTO!!" He ran and gave him a bear hug with one arm. (2)
Naruto shocked, blinked. Then he smirked. Since Sasuke was distracted, Naruto used two arms to hug him back only to form a seal. "KAI!"
Sasuke stopped hugging and pushed him away. He looked up. And saw………KAKASHI!!!
Uncharacteristically, Sasuke-kun screamed.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" 'I HUGGED KAKASHI!'
Kakashi stared at Sasuke. "Hehe, I never knew you swung that way..."
Sasuke glared and returned to his normal self. "I don't know what you're talking about!"
Kakashi laughed. "You tried to hug-"
"Tell anyone and you die. Understood?"
Sasuke hopped down from the tree and walked to who knows where.
"……And I'm straight…"
Kakashi snickered and followed.
"Riiggghhhht"
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Misha's Slice of Heaven…
Yo! Um…I think I'm going to stop writing Japanese-except for the –Kun, -Sama -chan thing and I think the Kudasaii thing too. I don't know much, and it's starting to sound annoying every time I reread the story. I also kind of regret what I wrote in the first couple of chapters…XD...I should fix it…maybe after I'm done…
Anyway, I also feel bad for not starting the chasing yet…Next chappie, I promise! Also, I'm sorry if you thought this chappie was waaayyy too angsty. That's what you get when you have an authoress that's updating late and listening to linkin park. Also, my heat in my house was kind of broken, so I had to freeze my ass off for the past 3 days…it probably froze my ideas and my fingers too! Notice how short this chapter is…-.-;; Oh and some vocab might be wrong. Sorry.
Due to linkin park, I already have a couple of ideas for the scenes in the next couple of chapters. Thank thee, oh dear linkin park.
Sorry for short chappie
Sorry for mega angst and stupid humor
Sorry for not getting into the chasing part yet…
Sorry for saying so much sorries XD
NUMBER THINGIES!!
1) Lolz, how cute and Scary would that be?! Oh and I figured the reason why he has his asshole behavior most of the time is 'cause of the whole dead clan thing. So that's like an invisible mask of emotion. Tehehe…I'm just guessing. But he'll always be an ass to Naruto. HMPH! That bastard! Actually, he'll always be a bastard! But I'll remain a faithful fan! XD
2) This story isn't Yaoi…AT ALL. Also, with one arm, I think it's manlier. :P
3) About time! Misashi-san hardly lets the girls feel that way. And only Temari knows Kuchiyose no jutsu-not counting the baba-chan. Atleast Tsunade is strong.
Anyway, I took the Science Regents…Damn! I'm so scared…I really want to pass! Oh, and flamers, Please give me a good reason why you flamed, or I'm going to fucking curse you out. : )
Review KUDASAIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!
I gotta calm myself right now! Stupid regents…(Misha goes out of your view and starts drinking sake)
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