Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ The Little Things In Life ❯ Rejection ( Chapter 1 )

Hey guys, my first Naruto fic. I hope you like reading it as much as I liked writing it!

 

DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN NARUTO OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS. DON'T SUE ME YOU BASTARDS!!!!

 

It was a warm, sunny day in the Kohona Village. The village genin had just been released from their training and were enjoying the warm sunlight on their faces. As usual, Saskue Uchiha had attracted a throng of love stricken girls. Ino stealthily came up from behind him and snaked her arm around his. She smiled at him.

 

“Hey Saskue! How about you and me go get something to eat?” just as the sentence had left her, Sakura came up in the same fashion and took hold of his other arm.

 

“Forget ugly over there, Saskue! Lets you and me go get something to eat!” A vein appeared on Ino's forehead.

 

“Stay out of this, billboard brow! I saw him first!” TenTen came running up in front of Saskue, stopping him.

 

“Saskue, those other girls are so childish, come to lunch with me!” with all the commotion, one person kept up the same steady pace pausing only to look back in jealousy and discontent. Naruto, becoming increasingly tired of this daily routine, sighed.

 

“How come they're all so into Saskue?” he muttered to himself. Knowing all to well what was coming next; he counted down three seconds with his fingers. As his last finger fell, the sound of Saskue pulling away from his fan club and the disappointed whimpers of the girls echoed through the air. Saskue put his hands into his pockets.

 

“Feh, this is stupid, I'm outta here.” With not so much as a wave goodbye, Saskue jumped into the trees above and bounded out of sight. Naruto shoved his hands back into his pockets and stared at the ground.

 

“If I had was Saskue had, I wouldn't be so damn arrogant.”

 

“Naruto! Wait up!” the hairs on the back of Naruto's neck stood on end as the familiar, soft voice called him from behind. Sakura came running up next to him, her distinct scent of cherry blossoms tickling his nostrils. Naruto, not at all prepared for the encounter gave her a goofy smile.

 

“Oh, h-hey Sakura! What's up?” Sakura blushed a little.

 

“Sorry… I feel kind of embarrassed asking you this, but…” Naruto's ears started to burn. Is Sakura finally gonna say she's over that loser?! Oh man, this is it!!! “Do you have any idea where Saskue might have gone?” Naruto's hopefulness instantly turned into disappointment and anger.

 

“Why do you care so much?!” he asked bitterly. “All he ever does it insult you and push you away!” Sakura balled her hand into a fist.

 

“Naruto, you dweeb! Saskue is twice as cool as you'll ever be! I was stupid to think you'd know where he was!” Naruto's usual straight stature slumped slightly as he once again stared at the ground.

 

“He's at the training course.” He mumbled almost inaudibly. Before Sakura could respond, Naruto sulked away towards his apartment. Sakura stood there for a moment, pondering what had gotten him so worked up, before going in search of her beloved Saskue.

 

Naruto trudged home, still rather depressed from when his encounter with Sakura. Why can't she like me? He asked himself. I'd never ignore her like Saskue does. I always try to be nice to her, so why's she always so nasty to me? He heaved a sigh. Maybe she just doesn't like me…Suddenly, an idea popped into Naruto's head. As it developed, his smile grew. “I'll just tell her how I feel, then she'll have to talk to me!” he laughed with glee. “Maybe that'll knock Saskue down a peg or two!” With a new confidence, he turned on his heel and ran off towards the training grounds.

 

Sakura turned the corner into the training grounds, and just as Naruto had told her, Saskue was there throwing shuriken at a dummy. Sakura's heart skipped a beat. Well, here goes nothing. After a deep breath to steady herself, Sakura started a slow jog over to Saskue. “Hey Saskue!” she called. “I thought I'd find you here!” Saskue stopped throwing shuriken and slowly turned, a look of slight annoyance in his eye.

 

“What do you want Sakura?” Sakura stopped in front of him and smiled.

 

“Hey Saskue, I just thought that maybe you and I could go train together or something, you know to build teamwork!” Saskue, who seemed to be becoming more annoyed by the second, rubbed his forehead with his fingers.

 

“Sakura, I'm going to try to put this in a way you'd understand… I AM NOT INTERESTED.” Sakura faltered for a moment before smiling once again.

 

“We don't have to train, I mean, we could go…” Saskue cut her off.

 

“I mean in you, Sakura. I'm not interested in you. Just do both of us a favor and stop embarrassing yourself!” Sakura, obviously devastated by the psychological blow, put on a meek smile.

 

“Okay Saskue…sorry…stupid of me to ask…” she almost whispered. Saskue simply turned his attention back to his training as she walked away, defeated. No one seemed to notice a certain blonde genin sitting in a nearby tree. In no time at all, Saskue was back into his routine of throwing shuriken at the straw dummy. As his arm came back to throw another, a hand held it firmly in place while another landed a solid punch on his right cheek. Saskue fell to the ground, shocked that someone had attacked him so stealthily. When he looked up, he found none other than Naruto looming over him.

 

“I always knew you were a jerk Saskue, but I never thought you were stupid too!” Saskue glared at him.

 

“What are you talking about? Why'd you hit me?!” Naruto crossed his arms.

 

“Somebody had to knock some sense into you, ya insensitive bastard!” Naruto pointed towards the entrance to the training grounds. “You just had a nice and beautiful girl ask put herself out for you and you hurt her like that? What's wrong with you?!” Saskue got to his feet and brushed off his clothing.

 

“You're such a loser, Naruto. Somebody had to tell Sakura to grow up and start focusing on the important things. I was just the only one with enough sense to do it.” Naruto about lost it.

 

“YOU MEAN YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE COLD ENOUGH TO HURT HER!” He spat. “You really make me sick, Saskue.” He began to walk away. “I hope you enjoy training alone, because sooner or later, that's all you're going to have left.” Saskue scoffed in dismissal as he turned back once again to his training.

 

“Loser…” he muttered to himself. “I don't care about other things, I just want to get stronger.” Naruto didn't look back at Saskue again, he was too worried about what had happened to Sakura… and if there was anything he could do to make her feel better.