Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Daisuki ❯ True To Me ( Chapter 7 )
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By: DisturbedUsagi 
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Romance / Angst / Shoujo | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.25.2007 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.4K | Visits: 224 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Romance / Angst / Shoujo | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.25.2007 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.4K | Visits: 224 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: I dooooooon’t own Naruto. Sigh.
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Why do we sit around and break each other’s hearts tonight
Why do we dance around the issues till the morning light
When we sit and talk and tear each other’s lives apart
You were the one to tell me go
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Daisuki; Chapter 7
True To Me
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“Baka…” The blonde stood over her huddled, sniveling form, hands on her hips with a look of disapproval on her face.
It had been over an hour since the group had departed on their mission but Sakura had remained in the same spot on the ground, lukewarm tears now drying on her reddened cheeks. The guards at the gate had grown tired of the dramatics. Not knowing how to handle the situation they called for Ino instead, happy to have the other kunoichi take the defeated one off their hands.
With a sniffle, dark green eyes peered up at her friend, not having a response for the insult Ino was throwing at her.
“Tch,” Ino clucked her tongue before grabbing Sakura roughly by the arm, dragging her up from the ground. She began hauling her away from the scene despite the other girl’s mews of sobbing protest.
“Ino….Ino…Ino PLEASE!” An answer to why she was sobbing escaped her, all that she knew was that she couldn’t stop. Digging her heels into the ground to slow the process the blonde only tugged harder; bruises were already showing up on her arm.
The front door of Ino’s apartment slammed shut behind them, but the towing continued until Sakura was shoved into the bathroom and thrown ass first into the shower stall. The knobs were turned and the water was pouring down on her, causing her to sputter and cough from the unexpectedness of it all. She struggled to get up but slipped and fell back into the crumpled mess she started as.
“You need to get a hold of yourself!” The other girl was yelling now. Sakura stopped her struggle to stare weakly at Ino.
“I,” She tried to speak, but the showerhead was the only one conversing now.
“…can’t.” Sakura finished.
“BAKA!” The blonde hissed, reaching out to grab a handful of drenched pink hair; the pain on her scalp brought back sordid memories.
“Itai!” She said through clenched teeth, wrapping her fingers around the blonde’s wrist to try and pull her off.
“Baka, baka, baka!” Ino was pulling her head from side to side, an expression of sincere anger across her features.
“BAKA JA NAI!” The kunoichi finally managed to escape her friend’s grasp, flopping out of the shower and onto the bathroom tile floor. Heaving as she sat up, it took every bit of energy she had left to restrain from lunging at Ino.
They stared at each other for what seemed like forever until an eerie silence fell over them; even the noise of the shower was forgotten.
“Then stop acting so stupid.” Ino whispered.
The pipes gave a shudder as the shower was turned off, both girls unable to say what they were feeling but saying it all at the same time. Sakura sniffled back the remaining tears, wiping the moisture from her face as she stood up uneasily.
“I’m always the one to see people off.” Sakura’s voice cracked, “I’m always the one who has to watch everyone leave.”
The blonde pursed her lips apathetically, her tolerance for all the depression and whining and complaining coming to a close.
“How long am I supposed to watch them go? How long do I have to stand there, smiling, and waving?”
“You think you’re the only one who has it hard, Sakura?” Ino snapped, narrowing her eyes.
The latter’s eyes widened and before she could open her mouth to protest the blonde surged on.
“We all have to watch people leave. We all have to watch people die, or disappear, and not know if they’re ever coming back. Do you think it was easy when…” She paused, choosing her words carefully in hope that she wouldn’t start crying too. “When Chouji told me that Hokage sama was having him sent to another village for foreign ANBU training? That was almost a year ago, Sakura.” She finished breathlessly.
“I know that--”
“I don’t care if you understand or not. The fact of the matter is, I sucked it up, I continued on with my life but you, you were coddled like a child; even Naruto took pity on you. And then Lee shows up, and he shows you that he actually cares about you and you’re finally you again and for some reason unbeknownst to me you decide to throw what all the people who care about you gave away--”
“Ino, wait--”
“Don’t stop me Sakura, you have to hear this. Just because someone broke your heart, it doesn’t give you any excuse to break someone else’s!”
It was like a slap to the face, and Sakura’s expression showed it.
“I…I didn’t mean--” She began feebly, shaking her head.
“You didn’t mean what? To completely crush Lee? To show that you’re never going to be over that Uchiha asshole!?”
“Ino, please!” She was pleading for her friend to stop; the truth was all too painful.
“Don’t ask me to stop, Sakura! You finally have someone who cares about you, who has always cared about you! For once don’t take it for granted!” Ino was on the brink of tears now, hating the person in front of her at that moment, jealous that someone who had love in the palm of their hands was letting it slip away. “Just go home…” She bitterly whispered, turning her face away from Sakura.
Droplets of water fell from the showerhead, tapping against the tiled floor in the girls’ silence. In a wobbly attempt Sakura rose from the floor, drifting past her friend back to the entrance of her home and quietly shutting the door.
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“Lee.”
A kunai twirled around the boy’s finger slowly while his mind wandered somewhere else. Ebony bangs swooped across his face as he titled his head to the side, his thoughts completely consuming his attention.
“Lee…”
Kiba sighed dejectedly; how were they all supposed to work together if one of them decided to be in LaLa-land for the entire mission. Shikamaru rolled his eyes, leaning back against the tree he sat at the trunk of.
“Leave him be Kiba, this is a rest stop after all.”
“OI, BUSHY BROWS.” Naruto barked obnoxiously. The two other boys shook their heads.
The twirling stopped and Lee glanced towards the group with a look of indifference.
“What?” He asked quietly.
Kiba and Shikamaru shifted uneasily while it was the jinchuuriki’s turn to snort and roll his eyes.
“If we needed someone to brood and sigh an entire mission, we would have asked Sasuke to come with us. Fortunately for the entire village he has graciously taken a leave of absence, so please, don’t remind us of what it would be like if he came back.”
The mention of the Uchiha’s name caused the lotus boy to wince, gripping his kunai tightly as a substitute to a vocal reply. Kiba narrowed his eyes at the blonde who immediately sent back an identical glare. Uzumaki parted his lips to continue but Shikamaru quickly shook his head.
“Drop it, Naruto.”
The fire crackled and snapped as the boys fell back into the sounds of the forest, the kunai beginning its’ slow twirl around Lee’s finger once more.
“If you’re asking me to not be upset about earlier, don’t bother.” He said suddenly.
Cerulean eyes darted in his direction, brows raising. “What did you say?” The blonde growled.
“If you think I’m angry, I’m not. Don’t try to put yourself in my position just because the same girl always put Sasuke before you.”
“Who the hell said I was putting myself in your position!?”
“You cannot begin to understand the situation because your affection was always unrequited.”
Naruto jumped up, clenching his fists. “Are you looking for a fight, Gejimayu!?” He hissed.
“Naruto, calm down!” Kiba interjected but Shikamaru put a hand up to keep the boy out of the confrontation.
“If anything you should be the one who’s mad. I mean, the last person you thought she would choose she chose, even though you had been there all that time, without Sasuke to block your advances.”
“She called out for Sasuke, not you!” The blonde was boiling now, pissed that Lee was responding so calmly but continuing to dig into his wounds.
“She did.” He answered matter-of-factly, pausing the twirling kunai. “But,” The twirling began again, “if she didn’t call out for Sasuke, I would find her to be an insincere person. A girl unfaithful to love, who gave her affections to just anyone. Truly loving someone consumes you, mind, body, and soul. I would never expect Sakura to immediately return my feelings…” The kunai slipped back into the holster on his leg, his hands idle now. “I could not trust them if she did.”
It fell silent once more, Kiba seeming more responsive to Lee’s statements because they rang true to his past situation; Shikamaru continued to keep his thoughts to himself.
“He’s right, Naruto.” He leaned back into Akamaru’s thick fur with a sigh.
The kitsune shot him a look of utter loathing. “You’re taking his side?!” He growled.
“I’m not taking anyone’s side, hothead, I just understand where he’s coming from.” The brunette snorted, shaking his head. “You don’t know how long it took for Hinata to get over y--” He stopped himself, pursing his lips when he realized where his confession was going; the boy wasn‘t about to open that can of worms. Kiba swallowed before glancing off to the side, “The point is, if Lee says he isn’t upset, then he’s not, so get off his back. Fighting is just a waste of everyone’s energy.”
“Energy we need to continue the mission. Put out the fire, we need to get going.” Shikamaru finally spoke up, getting to his feet and dusting off his cut-offs. “I’d like to make it to the next nearest village so we can rest at an Inn and arrive at Kaminari no Kuni in another day or so.”
Their cell leader had spoken and there was no room for argument. Naruto grumbled to himself as he put out the fire, picking up his knapsack and swinging it over his shoulder. The blonde shoulder checked Lee as he passed him, the latter sighing indifferently while shaking his head. Akamaru snapped his teeth at the passing kitsune with a snarl.
“Oi, keep your mutt away from me Kiba.” Naruto said with a sneer.
“Well, someone has to keep you in line.” The brunette smirked before ruffling the fur between Akamaru’s ears. “Good boy.”
The group picked up on their long journey with an apathetic Shikamaru heading up the front, an empathetic Kiba close behind, an annoyed Naruto making sure he didn‘t get to close to Akamaru, and a contemplative Lee at the rear, a familiar kunai twirling around his index finger.
On a nearby tree a python slithered across a high branch, tongue flicking in and out as the team passed below him. Down the trunk he glided and soon his body was enveloped in the tall grass; his Master would be looking forward to his report.
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Author’s Notes//
So here’s chapter seven! I finally typed it up on my loaner laptop while my other laptop is being fixed. I was having trouble finding mood music to write with, but Serj came through for me in the end, and I’m happy with how this chapter turned out, despite it’s lack of LeeSaku togetherness. I always found Lee to be a very level-headed boy, or at least a mature one; he never cries unless it’s for good reason. In my story I have Naruto acting as the over-protective older brother figure, looking out for Sakura but still jealous of her close relationship to Lee. As for the Ino Chouji thing…I threw that in because I support ChouIno/ShitaTema (if you disagree with that, that’s your opinion, but no flaming! D: ). But enough of my babbling, I have an English exam to study for! I plan on writing chapter 8 out after class tomorrow…because I know you’re dying to figure out just who is the Master of that snake…hehehehehe.
Fun with Japanese! :D
I didn’t have much Japanese in this chapter…D:
But I plan on decoding the little terms I threw in anyway! :3
“Baka…” Pretty simple. It would mean idiot/stupid/dumb.
“Itai!” A basic word for “Ow!” or “Ouch!” or even “That hurts!”.
“Baka ja nai!” Denouncing the fact you’re stupid/an idiot/dumb. “I’m not an idiot!”
“Gejimayu…” I THINK it’s Gejimayu…or Genjimayu? I’m not sure…but it’s what Naruto calls Lee in the sub version of Naruto. Equivalent of “bushy brows”.
Until next time!
Much Love, Usagi
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Why do we sit around and break each other’s hearts tonight
Why do we dance around the issues till the morning light
When we sit and talk and tear each other’s lives apart
You were the one to tell me go
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.
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Daisuki; Chapter 7
True To Me
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“Baka…” The blonde stood over her huddled, sniveling form, hands on her hips with a look of disapproval on her face.
It had been over an hour since the group had departed on their mission but Sakura had remained in the same spot on the ground, lukewarm tears now drying on her reddened cheeks. The guards at the gate had grown tired of the dramatics. Not knowing how to handle the situation they called for Ino instead, happy to have the other kunoichi take the defeated one off their hands.
With a sniffle, dark green eyes peered up at her friend, not having a response for the insult Ino was throwing at her.
“Tch,” Ino clucked her tongue before grabbing Sakura roughly by the arm, dragging her up from the ground. She began hauling her away from the scene despite the other girl’s mews of sobbing protest.
“Ino….Ino…Ino PLEASE!” An answer to why she was sobbing escaped her, all that she knew was that she couldn’t stop. Digging her heels into the ground to slow the process the blonde only tugged harder; bruises were already showing up on her arm.
The front door of Ino’s apartment slammed shut behind them, but the towing continued until Sakura was shoved into the bathroom and thrown ass first into the shower stall. The knobs were turned and the water was pouring down on her, causing her to sputter and cough from the unexpectedness of it all. She struggled to get up but slipped and fell back into the crumpled mess she started as.
“You need to get a hold of yourself!” The other girl was yelling now. Sakura stopped her struggle to stare weakly at Ino.
“I,” She tried to speak, but the showerhead was the only one conversing now.
“…can’t.” Sakura finished.
“BAKA!” The blonde hissed, reaching out to grab a handful of drenched pink hair; the pain on her scalp brought back sordid memories.
“Itai!” She said through clenched teeth, wrapping her fingers around the blonde’s wrist to try and pull her off.
“Baka, baka, baka!” Ino was pulling her head from side to side, an expression of sincere anger across her features.
“BAKA JA NAI!” The kunoichi finally managed to escape her friend’s grasp, flopping out of the shower and onto the bathroom tile floor. Heaving as she sat up, it took every bit of energy she had left to restrain from lunging at Ino.
They stared at each other for what seemed like forever until an eerie silence fell over them; even the noise of the shower was forgotten.
“Then stop acting so stupid.” Ino whispered.
The pipes gave a shudder as the shower was turned off, both girls unable to say what they were feeling but saying it all at the same time. Sakura sniffled back the remaining tears, wiping the moisture from her face as she stood up uneasily.
“I’m always the one to see people off.” Sakura’s voice cracked, “I’m always the one who has to watch everyone leave.”
The blonde pursed her lips apathetically, her tolerance for all the depression and whining and complaining coming to a close.
“How long am I supposed to watch them go? How long do I have to stand there, smiling, and waving?”
“You think you’re the only one who has it hard, Sakura?” Ino snapped, narrowing her eyes.
The latter’s eyes widened and before she could open her mouth to protest the blonde surged on.
“We all have to watch people leave. We all have to watch people die, or disappear, and not know if they’re ever coming back. Do you think it was easy when…” She paused, choosing her words carefully in hope that she wouldn’t start crying too. “When Chouji told me that Hokage sama was having him sent to another village for foreign ANBU training? That was almost a year ago, Sakura.” She finished breathlessly.
“I know that--”
“I don’t care if you understand or not. The fact of the matter is, I sucked it up, I continued on with my life but you, you were coddled like a child; even Naruto took pity on you. And then Lee shows up, and he shows you that he actually cares about you and you’re finally you again and for some reason unbeknownst to me you decide to throw what all the people who care about you gave away--”
“Ino, wait--”
“Don’t stop me Sakura, you have to hear this. Just because someone broke your heart, it doesn’t give you any excuse to break someone else’s!”
It was like a slap to the face, and Sakura’s expression showed it.
“I…I didn’t mean--” She began feebly, shaking her head.
“You didn’t mean what? To completely crush Lee? To show that you’re never going to be over that Uchiha asshole!?”
“Ino, please!” She was pleading for her friend to stop; the truth was all too painful.
“Don’t ask me to stop, Sakura! You finally have someone who cares about you, who has always cared about you! For once don’t take it for granted!” Ino was on the brink of tears now, hating the person in front of her at that moment, jealous that someone who had love in the palm of their hands was letting it slip away. “Just go home…” She bitterly whispered, turning her face away from Sakura.
Droplets of water fell from the showerhead, tapping against the tiled floor in the girls’ silence. In a wobbly attempt Sakura rose from the floor, drifting past her friend back to the entrance of her home and quietly shutting the door.
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“Lee.”
A kunai twirled around the boy’s finger slowly while his mind wandered somewhere else. Ebony bangs swooped across his face as he titled his head to the side, his thoughts completely consuming his attention.
“Lee…”
Kiba sighed dejectedly; how were they all supposed to work together if one of them decided to be in LaLa-land for the entire mission. Shikamaru rolled his eyes, leaning back against the tree he sat at the trunk of.
“Leave him be Kiba, this is a rest stop after all.”
“OI, BUSHY BROWS.” Naruto barked obnoxiously. The two other boys shook their heads.
The twirling stopped and Lee glanced towards the group with a look of indifference.
“What?” He asked quietly.
Kiba and Shikamaru shifted uneasily while it was the jinchuuriki’s turn to snort and roll his eyes.
“If we needed someone to brood and sigh an entire mission, we would have asked Sasuke to come with us. Fortunately for the entire village he has graciously taken a leave of absence, so please, don’t remind us of what it would be like if he came back.”
The mention of the Uchiha’s name caused the lotus boy to wince, gripping his kunai tightly as a substitute to a vocal reply. Kiba narrowed his eyes at the blonde who immediately sent back an identical glare. Uzumaki parted his lips to continue but Shikamaru quickly shook his head.
“Drop it, Naruto.”
The fire crackled and snapped as the boys fell back into the sounds of the forest, the kunai beginning its’ slow twirl around Lee’s finger once more.
“If you’re asking me to not be upset about earlier, don’t bother.” He said suddenly.
Cerulean eyes darted in his direction, brows raising. “What did you say?” The blonde growled.
“If you think I’m angry, I’m not. Don’t try to put yourself in my position just because the same girl always put Sasuke before you.”
“Who the hell said I was putting myself in your position!?”
“You cannot begin to understand the situation because your affection was always unrequited.”
Naruto jumped up, clenching his fists. “Are you looking for a fight, Gejimayu!?” He hissed.
“Naruto, calm down!” Kiba interjected but Shikamaru put a hand up to keep the boy out of the confrontation.
“If anything you should be the one who’s mad. I mean, the last person you thought she would choose she chose, even though you had been there all that time, without Sasuke to block your advances.”
“She called out for Sasuke, not you!” The blonde was boiling now, pissed that Lee was responding so calmly but continuing to dig into his wounds.
“She did.” He answered matter-of-factly, pausing the twirling kunai. “But,” The twirling began again, “if she didn’t call out for Sasuke, I would find her to be an insincere person. A girl unfaithful to love, who gave her affections to just anyone. Truly loving someone consumes you, mind, body, and soul. I would never expect Sakura to immediately return my feelings…” The kunai slipped back into the holster on his leg, his hands idle now. “I could not trust them if she did.”
It fell silent once more, Kiba seeming more responsive to Lee’s statements because they rang true to his past situation; Shikamaru continued to keep his thoughts to himself.
“He’s right, Naruto.” He leaned back into Akamaru’s thick fur with a sigh.
The kitsune shot him a look of utter loathing. “You’re taking his side?!” He growled.
“I’m not taking anyone’s side, hothead, I just understand where he’s coming from.” The brunette snorted, shaking his head. “You don’t know how long it took for Hinata to get over y--” He stopped himself, pursing his lips when he realized where his confession was going; the boy wasn‘t about to open that can of worms. Kiba swallowed before glancing off to the side, “The point is, if Lee says he isn’t upset, then he’s not, so get off his back. Fighting is just a waste of everyone’s energy.”
“Energy we need to continue the mission. Put out the fire, we need to get going.” Shikamaru finally spoke up, getting to his feet and dusting off his cut-offs. “I’d like to make it to the next nearest village so we can rest at an Inn and arrive at Kaminari no Kuni in another day or so.”
Their cell leader had spoken and there was no room for argument. Naruto grumbled to himself as he put out the fire, picking up his knapsack and swinging it over his shoulder. The blonde shoulder checked Lee as he passed him, the latter sighing indifferently while shaking his head. Akamaru snapped his teeth at the passing kitsune with a snarl.
“Oi, keep your mutt away from me Kiba.” Naruto said with a sneer.
“Well, someone has to keep you in line.” The brunette smirked before ruffling the fur between Akamaru’s ears. “Good boy.”
The group picked up on their long journey with an apathetic Shikamaru heading up the front, an empathetic Kiba close behind, an annoyed Naruto making sure he didn‘t get to close to Akamaru, and a contemplative Lee at the rear, a familiar kunai twirling around his index finger.
On a nearby tree a python slithered across a high branch, tongue flicking in and out as the team passed below him. Down the trunk he glided and soon his body was enveloped in the tall grass; his Master would be looking forward to his report.
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Author’s Notes//
So here’s chapter seven! I finally typed it up on my loaner laptop while my other laptop is being fixed. I was having trouble finding mood music to write with, but Serj came through for me in the end, and I’m happy with how this chapter turned out, despite it’s lack of LeeSaku togetherness. I always found Lee to be a very level-headed boy, or at least a mature one; he never cries unless it’s for good reason. In my story I have Naruto acting as the over-protective older brother figure, looking out for Sakura but still jealous of her close relationship to Lee. As for the Ino Chouji thing…I threw that in because I support ChouIno/ShitaTema (if you disagree with that, that’s your opinion, but no flaming! D: ). But enough of my babbling, I have an English exam to study for! I plan on writing chapter 8 out after class tomorrow…because I know you’re dying to figure out just who is the Master of that snake…hehehehehe.
Fun with Japanese! :D
I didn’t have much Japanese in this chapter…D:
But I plan on decoding the little terms I threw in anyway! :3
“Baka…” Pretty simple. It would mean idiot/stupid/dumb.
“Itai!” A basic word for “Ow!” or “Ouch!” or even “That hurts!”.
“Baka ja nai!” Denouncing the fact you’re stupid/an idiot/dumb. “I’m not an idiot!”
“Gejimayu…” I THINK it’s Gejimayu…or Genjimayu? I’m not sure…but it’s what Naruto calls Lee in the sub version of Naruto. Equivalent of “bushy brows”.
Until next time!
Much Love, Usagi