The Futures of Our Past - SasuNaru

Chapter 10: The Truth

The Futures of Our Past

by: Naruto7771

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto but I do own the rights to my imagination.

Warning: SasuNaru, Other Couples, Mpreg, Shonen-ai, yaoi, etc.

Adolescent Naruto and Sasuke returned to the house, panting. They couldn't believe what they had just witnessed. They both understood that it was beyond them but, at least younger Naruto, knew he had to do something about it. As they walked steadily into the Uchiha Compound, the two caught sight of the Hokage, calmly, eating bread and drinking tea. To both children, it almost looked abnormal and out of place.

As the two walked in, the Hokage noticed them and greeted them happily, "Good morning, guys."

"Good morning?" The younger Naruto questioned, "It's actually the early afternoon right now."

The Hokage's face blanched, "What!? It can't be?! Did I oversleep? Sasuke was supposed to make sure I went to work and-" before the Hokage could continue his rant the younger Sasuke stopped him and spoke.

"He already called and said you might be sick or something, "

The Hokage's face turned from a pale white to a tomato red instantly, "He did? Well, that was sweet of him to do..."

"Yeah, yeah but we have some urgent information to share with you," The younger blonde said.

The older blonde looked at the time and noticed what the adolescents were saying was true. The Hokage got up and went to the kitchen to start cooking an afternoon meal for the both of them since he was also getting kind of hungry again.

"I'm listening," The Hokage commented as he rummaged through pots and pans.

"Well, I don't know how to say this without upsetting you but...um..." The blonde started, "Sasuke isn't really who you think he is."

As the Hokage turned on the stove and put some ingredients in a pot he said, "What do you mean by that?"

"I mean we say him talking with someone...someone evil that was plotting revenge on Konoha..." Small Naruto said softly.

With a loud bang, Naruto slammed the refrigerator door shut, "He what!?"

"Yeah, he was conversing with them. They asked him if he'd join them and he said 'maybe'," The innocent, young Naruto smiled while the older Naruto suddenly became very serious.

"Are you lying?" The Hokage suddenly asked, "Are you sure that's exactly what he said?"

The young blonde nodded and looked over to the young raven who gave a solemn, single nod in agreement.

The Hokage bit his lip and then said, "Don't say anything to him. I want to wait maybe a week to hear from him and if not I'll ask him myself, alright?"

The young blonde nodded along with the raven. The older blond still looked very serious and finished by saying, "I'm going upstairs. The soup should be done when Sasuke gets home so let him know it's cooking."

With that, the blond left went upstairs, locked the door, and felt utterly defeated--as if Kyuubi's chakra had been sucked out of him all over again. He laid on the bed facing the ceiling,  making a fist with his prosthetic arm. In doing so he remembered how he'd come to lose it. Overwhelmed, he let the tears stream out. He massaged the prosthetic as if it could retain some sort of feeling. The memory of the day he lost his arm echoed in his conscience and made the hurt worse. All he could think about afterward was why his husband would ever want to go backward instead of forward. What had they had fought for, what they had lost their arms for, was it all for nothing? He had promised in his wedding vows it wasn't. The lump in Naruto's throat burned and his chest ached. If he had been deceived, he now understood why so many chose to live in ignorance, never knowing the truth.