Chapter 11: I fell in love

"sorry, I thought you were him," said a man in his forties. He was wearing a kimono carring a basket on his back. "by any chance do you know someone by the name nariko."

Naruto shook his head quickly and pace himself away. 'why is he here?' naruto began to run. 'I want to be in peace. Why is he here? Leave me alone.' memories of the past getting fuck when he was at the brothel in steam country flashes to his mind. 'get out! Get out! I don't want to remember.' When naruto go home, he rushes to his room and slam the door close.

Itachi and Kyuubi were in the living room sleeping as they hear loud foot step and a door slam. They look at each other with a blank face. With that they just went back to sleep, Kyuubi on top of itachi. Thirty minutes pass and they heard the door close. They open their eyes and turn to see sasuke looking at them with a blank face. The younger uchiha then went to his room.

In the morning, no one had seen the blond eating breakfast. Everyone just thought that the blond is still sleeping from his first mission. Itachi and Kyuubi went to the ANBU head quarter as for sasuke, he went to meet up with his newly girlfriend.

The raven waited inside the pink hair's house. He was in her living room waiting for her to get ready. He hated having to wait since he always have to wait for their teacher who is always late. Sakura came out after an hour later. She has her hair tied up in a pony tail. She wore a pink dress and pink high heels. She put lavender eye shadow and hot pink lipstick. To the raven's, he could only see sakura pink. The raven thought to himself that he is going to hate the color pink now.

"so where do you want to go," the raven as the pink hair.

"to the movie," the pink hair blush. 'i can't wait to tell ino-pig about me going out with sasuke-kun.'

"okay then," the raven and the pink hair went to see a movie about this couple that die at the end showing how much they love each other. The raven didn't pay any attention to the movie. His mind just wonders to the blond. He still wonders about yesterday, why the blond is crying. The way the blond look at him was still planted in his memory.

The blond was in his room, awake. His eyes were blood shot red. He hadn't gotten any sleep yet. He felt that if he were to be asleep, then might get kidnap and do all the things he did in steam country. Tears run down his face. He wanted to disappear. The blond curl up into a ball as he hugs his knees. "help… I don't want to remember," the blond whisper quietly. "sasuke….."

"that was fun sasuke-kun," the pink hair said cheerfully.

"yeah," the raven fake smile. He couldn't care less. He felt like he wanted to go home now.

"sasuke-kun, let's go on the Ferris Wheel," sakura pointed at the huge wheel as it slowly turns.

"sure," the raven answer trying to sound as if he is enjoying the date. 'when is this going to end?'

The couple got onto the ride. They sit across from each other. The raven just stare outside the window searching for his house as the sun was about to set. The pink hair just look at the raven blushing. When the raven notice that his teammate was staring at him, he turn to look at her which made her even blush. The raven lean over to his teammate and capture her lips. 'this is going to leave a stain,' the raven thought. he didn't like the idea of kissing someone with lipstick on. it's hard to wash it off. kissing his teammate, he didn't feel anything like when he feels for the blond.

When they got off the Ferris wheel, the sun was setting. The raven took his girlfriend home. On their way home, someone came up to them. the man was in his mid forties and was carrying a small basket. "excuse me, do you know someone by the name nariko," he ask.

"sorry, we don't know someone by that name," sakura answer since sasuke didn't feels like answering. As they walk away, sasuke had a feeling he heard the name 'nariko' before. "I wonder why he's looking for this nariko person. Did she run away from home or did she got kidnapped?" sakura and sasuke reach the pink's house. They said good-bye as sakura give sasuke a peck on the cheek and rush in the house.

The raven walks home thinking about the name. Somehow the name sounds so familiar. Just then a image of the blond flashes into his mind. 'naruto!' the raven finally remembers. 'They're looking for naruto.' The raven had an uneasy feeling and rush home. He hopes that the blond hadn't get out of the house. Just then he bumps into someone and fell down. He look up to see Kyuubi and itachi.

"what's the rush, little brother," itachi looks down at him.

"we have to get home," Sasuke said uneasy.

"is something wrong?" Itachi ask. I know by Sasuke's tone, something must have happen.

"Naruto," the little Uchiha answer. "we must not let him out of the house."

"Why," Itachi ask.

"I'll tell you later," Sasuke said. "I have to make sure that baka is okay." The younger raven got up and rush to his house. When he got to his house, he went straight to naruto's room. the door was lock. "Naruto open the door!" he bang on the door but it wouldn't open. The raven kick the door and it fell down. On the futon he saw the blond in his same outfit as yesterday. "naruto!" he rush to the blond to see the blond face looks so pale. He turn the blond found blood all over the futon. Next to the blond was a kitchen knife. "BAKA!" blood was rushing out of the blond's wrist. "what are you doing?"

"s…s…a…s..k…e," the blond said weakly.

"I need to take you to see the Hokage," the raven rip his shirt and quickly bandage the blonds wrist to stop the blood flow.

"I…. wa…nt…to… d….ie," the blood said. "th…ey…ll….f….ind…me……"

The raven was shock that naruto had met the man who was looking for him. It's his entire fault. If only he didn't let the blond go on alone. he should have chase the blond when the blond was crying. "I won't let them find you," the raven said. "I won't. let me take you to tsunade."

"no…." the blond said.

"kyuubi are you okay," itachi ask when he notice Kyuubi face turn pale as he lean against the raven when his brother had left.

"I felt weak," the fox said. "Something must have happen to the brat."

"let's go home then," itachi carry Kyuubi as he rush home. Kyuubi was looking at the crowd street as itachi carry him as the raven jump from roof to roof. He then saw someone familiar.

"itachi, naruto is in deep shit," Kyuubi said. "I saw his former client from steam country."

"are you sure," Itachi ask. Itachi quickly speed up.

"yes," Kyuubi said.

"you're so stupid," Sasuke was in the hospital praying Naruto to be okay. He was sitting outside of the emergency room with his head down. It hurts him so much to see the blond so pale. 'why is this got to happen to me,' the raven thought. 'why am I feeling so much pain? I just had known him not so long. Why am I so afraid of losing him? Can it be…?'

"Sasuke?"

Sasuke look up to see a woman with azure hair. She is one of the members of the Akatsuki name Konan and is the only girl. If she's here in the hospital means that Nagato must have been in the hospital too. Nagato and her are childhood friends but now become a couple since she tooks care of Nagato all the time. "oh, it's you Konan," Sasuke said weakly. He didn't want to talk to anyone.

"what are you doing here," she ask as she took a seat next to the raven.

"…." The raven didn't reply. He couldn't tell her that he finally realizes he is in love with the blond and it's his fault that the blond is trying to kill himself. The hard part was that he found out he is gay. If one of the Akatsuki knows then all of the Akatsuki would know. They would made fun of him since he said that he isn't gay and he feel gross out around Tobi and Deidara.

"if you don't want to tell me it's alright," Konan got up after waiting for Sasuke reply. "but you should know that there are some shading things going on in the village. I also notice that some villager from steam country are looking for someone name nariko. I believe that is the stage name for the host of the fox."

"I know that already," Sasuke answer.

"that's good then," konan said. she was about to leave when the raven spoke up.

"konan, how do you know if a person truly likes you and not your look," the raven look up at konan with a serious face but had small blushes.

'is that what's bothering you,' konan thought. 'I wounder who is the lucky person.' "can I ask you a question," konan ask. 'let see if that is bothering him then why did he go out with that annoying bitch.' Konan just found out about sakura and Sasuke going out when she saw them went to the movie on her way to get grocery.

"uh… yea," Sasuke hesitate. He wonders which question she was going to ask.

"why did you go out with the bitch," konan ask.

Sasuke was shock that konan knew but not about what konan call Sakura. All the Akatsuki hate her cause she is a nuisance even the raven agrees. The Akatsuki started to hate her when she came to their head quarter to help out organize and end up blowing up the head quarter. They had to use their allowance to pay for the repairs while she goes free charges. The other time, she made tobi and Deidara almost broke up because she was doing her little so call experiment on Tobi and also she is the one who reveal those who are gay except tobi and Deidara.

"personal reason," Sasuke asks.

'hm… should've expect from him,' konan was disappointed. She wanted to know it badly. "do you like her?"

"…." There was pause. "don't know."

'I see,' I smile form. 'I'll take that as a no.' "so who do you like," konan ask. She was enjoying interrogate the raven.

"I thought you said 'a question,'" Sasuke gave her a glare.

'damn! I was enjoying this,' konan sigh. "alright. Let see," konan thought for a minute. "well, I kinda knew that Nagato had feelings for me the way he acted towards me. at first I thought he hate me but sometimes he's nice to me. so I decide to play a game on him. I ask yahiko to help out. We pretend that we were dating to test Nagato's reaction. If he act different from this usual self towards me then it's a hint that he likes me, but if he doesn't then he might not like me and acted that way because he thinks me as a friend. Well he did acted rough towards me so I decide to play a question game with him when he cools down from the news of me and yahiko dating."

"if the person like someone and that someone is dating someone else, would that person cry," Sasuke ask. He wonders if the blond actually likes him.

"yes, why did you ask?" konan lighten up. "so who cry for you?"

"it's none of your business," Sasuke turn his face away. He was blushing at the answer he receive. " so what kind of questions you ask?"

"I ask what type of girl he goes for," konan began her list of questions. she went on and on until the doctors came out of the ER. She then left after a while.

"he'll be awake in a couple of hours," the doctor reply. Just then tsunade came out wiping her tears. She look at Sasuke with a relief expression.

"he's going to be alright," the hokage inform him. "im sorry I put you through so much trouble. I'll ask iruka to take care of him from now on."

"no it's alright," the raven said. "I can take care of him."

"are you sure," the blond hair woman ask.

The raven nodded. Just then some nurses wheel Naruto out of the ER. He was sleeping on the gurney. The raven follows the nurses to Naruto's room. The raven stares at the blonds face. The blond's skin appears to show more colors. When the nurses left, Sasuke took a seat next to the blond. He grab hold of the blond's hand as he press it against his cheek. "you're so stupid, dobe," the raven didn't know if he should be angry or relief that the blond is okay. It sounded like he was about to cry. "why do you always want to worry me? I told you I'll protect you. I'll save you. I won't let anything happens to you. Why do you got to be so stupid?" he then feel the blond's had twitch. The raven drops the hand and tries to have his normal look so that the blond wouldn't be any suspicious. Just then the blond opens his eyes.

"s-sa…suke," the blond said weakly.

"dobe," the raven said. "if you're going to kill yourself, do it when I'm not around to see your bloody corpse." The raven could see the pain in the blond's eyes as he said those words. Maybe he said it too harsh. "anyway, I doubt you can kill yourself. You should know that Itachi wouldn't let you kill yourself easily cause you're life is connected with his fox." The raven sigh as he walk to the window. He could stand seeing the blond's face. the more he look into the blond's face the more he want to kiss the blond. That he didn't want to do cause even though konan said that Naruto likes him doesn't mean that he is. He didn't want to be those clients Naruto had. The raven knows that the blond is trying to forget those memories and start a new life. This Naruto is somewhat different yet the same when he first met him.

"if I die, then everyone will be happy," the blond mumble but the raven could hear him clearly.

'I would be sad dobe,' Sasuke frown. 'I would be sad because I found someone to love. I don't want to lose you, baka.'