Chapter 6
Author's Note:
Hello again, i know that everyone is anxious to see Naruto in this story and think that my story has the wrong summary but i really wanted to use this pace because it helped develope the story. I'm sorry it's too slow for you guys i will pick up speed now so please stick with me until the end.
This should be the final chapter of the first arc so enjoy.
Chapter Six
Rays of sunlight slipped passed blue curtains into the apartment, their intense light stirring the blonde sleeping with his head on a open book resting on the desk. The desk lamp was still on and the person sleeping was drooling a little onto the book but as the intensity of the sun increased he started to stir, he opened his eyes in a squint then quickly turned away from the sun to face the other way but a sharp pain in his neck stopped him.
"Ow"
he raised himself from the desk and massaged his sore neck, that was probably due to his previous sleeping position. A sharp crack resounded in the room.
"Oh fuck!" so also the yell of pain.
The youth now got up from his sitting position and started to search for something. That turned out to be his phone which he found deeped in a bowl of ramen.
"Oh great" He quickly picked it and rubbed it on his shirt to try and savage it but it was no use the phone wouldn't start. It sucked because the phone was really important to him, it was a gift actually.
"Now i have to spend money on repair not to mention the other list of things i have to pay for"
while he complained to the phone that continued to give him a blank screen he noticed the alarm clock on his bedside table.
7:30
"No no that can't be right,"
even as he said this the clock hand remained unchanged.
He reached for it and tried to see if it was faulty, there was no way the time would be so late when Naruto remembered setting the alarm for 6.
He checked for fault and found that the alarm clock had no battery. Dropping the thing Naruto hurried into the living room to see the wall clock hanging on the wall.
8:00, it said.
"Oh no no-"
he hurried into the bathroom and washed his face and brushed his teeth in record time all the while hoping he still had a job as a pet walker.
He hurried out of the apartment and was three blocks away when he realized he d forgotten his ID card at home so he had to skate on his skating booths back to the fancy apartment on the third floor and collect it then head for the homes.
The first owner Mrs Baker opened the door she was a fat woman.
"Good morning Mrs Baker sorry i'm late-"
"Oh it's alright, though Jackson has been rather impatient he seems to miss you so much Naruto "
Just on time an Australian Shepherd came running up to Naruto wagging his tail and licking at his hands and jumping on him.
"Aw you miss me Jackson, i miss you too "
Naruto scratched the area between Jackson's ears "Now are you ready for your walk"
A bark was his answer.
"Alright Mrs Baker we are going we ill see you in an hour"
After saying his goodbye Naruto headed for the next house untill he had all six dogs with him and he walked them around the streets of bloomsbury. He skates while the dogs ran after him barking happily. Their was no accident like the first time again and people trusted Naruto with their pet.
It was a much welcome change from those first few months of Naruto's arrival in London, then, his english was a mess and he couldn't communicate very well, though he understands english it was a different thing to speak and because of that he couldn't get any one to accept him as an employee. He was also unfamilar with everything and according to Sasuke he was an epitome of destruction. Everything he touched turned into dust but, now, after almost three years in London Naruto was starting to get used to living in the place. He wouldn't call it home just yet but it was nice.
Like he told Mrs Baker Naruto dropped her dog at exactly one hour and recieved a tip from her and then headed for his next job.
Uzumaki Naruto works various part-time jobs and was also a student of Birkbeck university, in other to continue being a student in said school Naruto has to work five jobs. Atleast he no long has to worry about housing fee, living with Sasuke had helped him clear that from his list of things to pay for but that didn't make the money he needed any smaller, so hence the jobs. Arriving at his next job Naruto frets, he was actually one hour later and his boss did not particularly like him. He says there was something about Naruto's eyes that made him untrust worthy. It was the first time anyone had ever said something like that to him so Naruto took it personally, he promised to prove himself to Mr Atobe, his boss. Doing everything right and not a single thing wrong and this was the first time he has come late but there was no excuse. Sure he had been so tired after working three jobs in between receiving lectures and coming home to study he had even passed out over his Ecn201. Naruto shook his head at those thoughts, no, there was no excuse for his lateness, if he knew he couldn't take the load he would have just stayed back in Japan with his father working as plumber instead of coming to London. No he can do this, even if he lost this job he could just find another, but... Still he would rather not.
"Naruto, what are doing standing out there like an idiot"
the person calling out to him was a youth with brown wild hair and brown eyes with a snarky tooth, he was Kiba a fellow course mate and friend of Naruto.
Said person being called went pale at the sound of his name.
"Damn Kiba, why is he shouting he is going to get the boss to notice me" Naruto whispered to himself and ducked away to the side where Kiba would not see him.
"I have to think about what i would say to Mr Atobe, i know there is no excuse but i should atleast have an explanation,"
Naruto thought outloud, he was those kind of people that were very comical in they way they like speaking out their intentions even when no one is there to listen.
"But saying something like falling asleep and forgetting to change the battery for the alarm clock would not do but-"
"Naruto what are you doing?"
Kiba had come out from the office to look at Naruto who was hiding by the corner.
"Go away Kiba i don't want the boss to see me" Naruto said this and started to pull away but Kiba caught his arm.
"So what you are going to continue hiding like this, if you continue this way you will sure lose your job"
Naruto sighed, depressed that Kiba could so easily say something so troublesome but still-
"I know but the boss is going to really have it with me for my lateness."
Kiba nodded.
"Yep, the boss will definately have your head for coming late but he is not here at the moment and is kind of running late as well-"
"What?"
"Then why didn't you say so" Naruto said this angrily and pushed Kiba aside to get into the office.
"I just did you thwart "
Naruto grumbled about Kiba keeping important information to himself and Kiba complains about ungrateful friends.
"But you are very lucky Naruto, if the boss had come early today you would be O- Out of Here, the boss has been wanting to see you fail on your word to do things right"
"And i did didn't i, after saying i would do right i came late and even though the boss doesn't know i still failed."
"It can't be considered failure if the person doesn't know, it's like sleeping with another girl while you have a girl, it's not cheating until she finds out."
"What kind of twisted logic is that Kiba, is that what you ve been doing behind Hinata, if it is don't think i'm going to cover for you in fact i would seriously beat the crap out of you."
"Chil out you fool, of course i'm not doing that, you know i would never do that, i'm just saying that it's like that you know with other guys who cheat"
"Even so, cheating is cheating even if the other partner is not aware, i will never forgive anyone who does something like that to me"
"Yeah me too, i would kill the guy and the girl if it happened to me but Naruto aren't gay guys, like you know, really faithful."
Naruto flushed, he didn't like being referred to as gay.
"How the hell should i know that, it's not like i'm one or anything"
"Come on you not still ringing that old bell of denial, we already came to that conclusion that you re gay Naruto"
"Fuck you Kiba you and who came up with what conclusion don't say such rubbish you hear me or i will seriously hurt you"
Annoyed now Naruto pulled away from Kiba.
"I'm sorry man i didn't know you were still so sensitive about it"
Kiba tried to apologize but Naruto turned deaf ear on him and started organizing files like he was suppose to instead of chatting with that idiot.
But his mind moved from that to the conversation. He wasn't gay, he was just... He didn't know what he was, just that he was in love with his best friend, who also happens to be a guy. It's not the fact that he is a guy and Naruto loved him but that he was in love with someone that just so happen to be a guy. Naruto was not attracted to other males so that didn't make him gay. He was just... Odd but not gay.
By the way, that person hasn't called today, he reached into his pocket for his phone only to remember that the device was bad. He looked at the Motorola flip up which was a gift from Sasuke, Naruto didn't have money to buy a phone so Sasuke bought him one, it happened to be the first thing anyone has ever bought for him and he had ruined it. Sighing deeply Naruto returned the phone to his pocket and returned to work hoping to distract himself from thoughts of Sasuke.
-I wish he didn't go to Japan, i never thought i would miss him this much when he's gone
When he finally closed from work at 2 thirty, Naruto went back home to bath and change then grab his books and hurried out of the house. The house, by the way, was in a utter chaos, Naruto promised to return it back to it's original form before Sasuke comes back and left.
Naruto had three lectures that day but the last lecturer didn't show up so it was free time for everyone. Naruto decided to take this time to grab something to eat at the cafeteria. As he left the classroom someone almost walked into him and send him crashing back onto his behind but he was saved from the embarrassing display. He was a little disoriented but when his mind came to he found himself in the arms of Neji Hyuga the schools President of the Student Council. "Are you Okay"
the guys face was a little too close for comfort but Naruto blinked it off at the worry in the youth's voice. This person was also Sasuke's friend so Naruto didn't want to voice out anything that would upset him. "I'm uh fine"
He pulls away "Sorry, i didn't see you coming-"
"It's okay Naruto no need to be modest"
also this person was calling Naruto's name rather with a familiarity that Naruto didn't understand or accept. It's not like they were friends or anything despite sharing a friend Naruto hardly ever talks to Hyuga, he didn't know why but they were definately not on familiar terms with each other.
"Yeah, uh i was heading for the cafeteria so if you will excuse-"
"I would like to come with you to the cafeteria"
"What?"
Naruto was stunned by this development here he was trying to break away from an awkward moment and Hyuga was was prolonging it.
"I just wish to talk with you Naruto"
"What do you wish to talk about"
"Very straight forward as always, well since you are going to the cafeteria we might as well talk there"
Naruto did not like this, the cafeteria was a food place and Naruto was rather, shall we say, ravenous eater, once he started it was a long time before he could stop, it was a trait his father attributed to his being part Uzumaki, apparently it was the one trait he shared with his mother who died when he was still a baby.
They sat at a table not very far from the door and Naruto simply took a coke while Hyuga spent his lovely time picking out his lunch, once it was finally done he sat back to eat.
Naruto cleared his throat rudely.
"So what did you want to talk about"
"Well, i was thinking, since we both shared a friend don't you think we should try and get along"
"What?"
Naruto's suprise was genuine
"Come now don't act so suprised, i know you are very slow and obtuse and obviously someone i wouldn't want to be near in a million years but you are quite special to Sasuke and i don't mind getting along for him"
"I'm i suppose to take that as a complement?"
"No, just a simple fact, even if it's just a little thing we should atleast hold a little welcoming party."
"Huh? What welcoming party "
Hyuga gave a little shake of his head as if exasperated.
"Do you really not understand simple and correct english"
"Hey bastard if you are going to keep talking out your ass then i'm going to go away, you can come find me when you ve got your head out your ass"
"So rude i wonder what Sasuke sees in you that he continues to mingle with someone of your standard"
for the first time Neji's eyes glinted with annoyance
"You really are full of yourself, do you really think that standards is the way to measure up your friends"
"it's only proper that one should have friends that can keep up with his or her intellectual capabilities you Naruto fall rather short, and you can understand why i don't see any point in your friendship with Sasuke."
"You are such an arsehole, friends are not something you pick with such an offhanded attitude like that, it's because you don't know that that you are so hard to approach and people stay clear of you"
"This conversation is getting us no where, i only wanted us to talk about putting up something together for Sasuke's welcoming party but it seems i can't even get that across to you"
"What, Sasuke's welcoming party, you mean- Sasuke is coming back"
Naruto asked this with wide eyes.
Neji looked at him with a superior look.
"Don't you already know this or are you just playing stupid"
but Naruto didn't hear his pass the rush of excitement that clouded his mind. Sasuke is coming back.
That sent jolt through his veins he didn't know what to do with himself. Those jolt translated themselve to a smile. Sasuke is coming. I'm going to see Sasuke after parting with him for almost three weeks. Sasuke is coming- back to the apartment- that is a mess.
"Oh shit" Naruto swore and took off like a shot and out of the cafeteria. He didn't hear Neji's call.
2:00pm, Japan, Sendai.
Itachi packed the last of his things into his bag and left them for Sai to pick up when he came then sat on his bed to relax and think.
It felt like a long time since he d tried that, thinking with a clear mind but now that he could he wondered what in the world he had been thinking when he decided to go ahead with the wedding with Sakura despite all their misunderstanding and everything else. He knew what prompted him to make that decision when all he wanted to do was simply go away from Sasuke and admit that he could not handle his younger brother, instead he had decided to make sure Sasuke's plans never came to fruition even if he means tying himself to a difficult situation, so long as Sasuke is unhappy that was all that matter.
And he had almost done that.
If Sakura had not stopped him, he would have made a huge mistake.
Itachi hated that he was so readable that other people could easily understand him and see through him, he wanted to be complicated so Sasuke wouldn't know what he was capable of but Sakura had seen through. Seen through the facade he had put up for two weeks.
Now that it was finally over Itachi felt relieved.
Still, Sakura...
Itachi never would have thought she would actually put a stop to everything.
Flash Back
"Do you Miss Sakura Harano do take Mr Itachi Uchiha to be your lawfully wedded husband to love and to hold for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health till death do you both part."
a long pause was what met those words. Itachi glanced at her, her face was so pale and she was biting her lips really hard.
Everyone else waited with baited breath wondering what was going on.
"I can't-"
"What did you say dear, please speak up" the preacher said to her.
"I don't!" Sakura shouted, stunning everyone sitting there even Itachi.
Sakura turned to face him and said.
"I love you Itachi, but i can't marry you under this circumstances, i'm sorry"
then she ran out on them
Flash Back End
It felt like ages ago but it had only be a few hours. Itachi had no idea where she was now and though he would have liked to talk to her before she left, Itachi just wanted to get away from everything and put himself in the right mind setting, he was sure once he achieved that he would never become the person he was now again and that would be the end. His feelings for Sakura probably would not change but for now he couldn't see them getting together just yet.
After arriving at that conclusion Itachi got up and gave his bedroom a once over making sure he forgot nothing before leaving.
"So where are you going Itachi, back to spain?" Kisame asked this as they entered the private jet together.
Itachi actually took sometime to think about this. He didn't want to go back to spain and he couldn't stay here in Japan there was one place he didn't mind going right now.
"How about California" He asked
"I for one would rather go to Las vegas where all the women and fun are you know, where one can easily forget who they used to be, yeah"
"Well i don't want to forget who i am Diedara i just want to regroup and start afresh"
"You can do that over having fun and having sex with lots of women, yeah "
"We already know you for the sex maniac you are so why don't you go without us "
Diedara pouted at Kisame "Come on you know it's no fun when you go alone, i need my buddies there as well you are guys are just important as all the women and the gambling, yeah"
"Just as important?"
"Well more"
Diedara laughs and pushed at Itachi with his shoulder "You guys are my best friends right so of course you come first before any woman, yeah"
Itachi sighed and glanced at Kisame "What do you say Kisame, two nights in Las Vegas?"
"Three"
"One and i don't mind much"
"Okay one night then and no drugs Diedara"
"Where is the fun in drugs they don't let you keep the memories you get from those nights, yeah"
"But Itachi, why didn't you say goodbye to Sakura before you left, to clear things between you two"
"I don't think i can face her just yet, she did just ditch me on our wedding day after all but i did leave her a letter"
Itachi respond with a smile
Diedara frowned at him "But i don't understand, you two were so happy together before you came here what happened between you two, yeah?"
"Well, lets just say we ran out of way to understand each other and either one us started to want something different from what we gave each other"
a believable lie, one so good Itachi believed it himself.
Kisame gave him a long glance that says he didn't buy it then nodded.
"Whatever happened i'm glad you came out of it Intact, i can't say i enjoy those cold looks you gave us when we first came "
Itachi laughed, a soft ringing sound he didn't think he could produce at this time but that was how his friends made him feel.
"Cold looks? I was that obvious"
"Yeah, it wasn't very funny Itachi i thought you were going to go all crazy on us you know, yeah"
"Well, i'm sorry about that, it can't be helped though i wasn't feeling very good back then now i can feel myself coming back just being around you guys, thanks for coming Kisame, Diedara, i'm really grateful to you guys"
"What are you saying, where else would we be"
Kisame said with a disgruntled look and glanced away from Itachi.
"That's really embarrassing when you say things like that, yeah"
and Itachi laughed at his embarrassed friends and continued to tease them.
Meanwhile, Sakura was in her room putting the emerald Uchiha heirloom back into it's box. She was sad that she didn't get to keep it because it was very pretty and did indeed sooth her but by rights she no longer deserved it.
Thinking back to the time it was given to her Sakura knew partly that she wouldn't be able to keep it. She still couldn't believe that she had indeed put a stop to her own wedding it felt like a dream and she was so emotionally detached from it, it felt like it was happening to someone else and she was standing by the side watching.
A knock on the door brought her attention away from the box.
"Please come in" she said.
It was Sai, he bowed when he came in.
"A letter for you Miss Harano" he said and produced a white envelope to her.
"Letter?" she reached for it and when she saw the handwriting knew immediately who it was from. She felt suddenly afraid, she didn't want to read it.
"I shall take my leave then"
she heard that vaguely over the beating of her heart.
What did Itachi want to say to her that he couldn't say in person. She sat on her bed and stared at the letter resting on the bed in front of her.
Of course if Itachi had come in person Sakura would not have been able to face him but still...
With shaking hands she picked up the letter and opened it slowly. The words didn't cover the entire page so obviously Itachi didn't have much to say.
Sakura,
I'm sorry it turned out this way, i never expected it to end up like this. Know that i really was honest about marrying you but at some point i forgot the reason why or rather i confused them. I hope that you would have a good life and live happily from now on, maybe someday we will meet and i hope i can face you without resentment in my heart.
I love you, still, and my feelings will never change.
Itachi.
She started to tear up before she could control herself. All she could think was that despite all she had done to Itachi he still loved her.
Two days after that day Sakura and her Mother finally returned home. The private jets were no longer available so they had to use the normal airway. Mikoto accompanied them and hugged Sakura telling her how much she had wanted to be her mother-in-law and not to cry so much, then they parted ways.
The End of The First arc...
Now the real story begins.
To Be Continued...
Author's Note:
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