Chapter 9: Just when things are going great, the world crashes down...



When Naruto came back home after a long walk, he found Sasuke gone...

So he left... Naruto thought, and went to his room to find all his bed sheets gone as well.

wha-?



"Okaeri," Sasuke said from behind. (Welcome back home)

Naruto spun around to see Sasuke at the front of the door step with his white bed sheets.

Sasuke had been to the river to wash all the blood stains off the bedsheets and had dried them.



"Ta...tadaima,"Naruto managed to get out after this suprise of seeing Sasuke. (I'm back)



It felt weird for naruto to say 'tadatima' since he never said it before.

He never had a person waiting at home for him to come back, where he belonged before.



He helped Sasuke put the bedsheets back on the bed and they both lay on the bed.



"....thanks," Naruto said with a smile as he closed his eyes.

Sasuke also closed his eyes, smiling.



"I bet you won't..." Naruto started, "I bet you won't still be my friend when we're 20."

Sasuke frowned and looked up at Naruto but he had his eyes closed.



"But...," Naruto continued," if I lose to the bet, I'll give you 100,000"

Sasuke's smile returned.



"You don't have that much," Sasuke said with a laugh.

Naruto joined his laugh, and the two joked around for awhile.

When their laughing ceased, Sasuke said, "if I lose my bet, I'll give you everything I've got."



"What if you don't have anything when you're 20?" Naruto asked curiously.



"I will have myself," Sasuke replied.



"Then you can't die before then! And I won't either! That's a promise!" Naruto exclaimed.

Sasuke agreed and crossed fingers with  naruto.



Half a year passed and the two spent most of their time together.

With Sasuke around, Naruto stopped swaering and smiled as if he's never had before.



But this happiness crashed down when Sasuke turned Naruto down one day.

All because of  Itachi...



Sasuke missed a day of school. The day after the incident.

In the evening, while walking home, Naruto spotted Sasuke walking slowly, away from town to the wharf.



"Hey, Sasuke!" Naruto called out.

Sasuke stopped walking, but didn't turn back.

When naruto reached Sasuke, he already felt a different aura from Sasuke and heis smile started to drop.



"Where were yoy today, Sasuke?" Naruto asked, nervously.



"It's none of your buisness, dobe," Sasuke replied coldly.

Naruto's eyes opened wide with shock.

Naruto reached towards Sasuke's shoulder but was stopped by Sasuke.



"Don't touch me"