One Who Shapes The Future

Chapter 6: Arrogance and Training

The kiss between Naruto and Sayuko lasted what must have been an age for them. At least that's how Sayuko felt. When her lips met Naruto's, she felt nothing else mattered. Not Sasuke, not Konoha, not even revenge on Itachi. All that mattered that her Naruto-kun was kissing her, not Hinata, not Sakura, her.

Eventually Naruto pulled his head away, blushing heavily, breathing quite a bit. "Th-that was..."

Sayuko blushed and leaned her head into his chest, her arms still around his body. She could feel the abs under his shirt. They were lean, not those fake muscles she saw on others, these came from years of hard work and dedicated training, they were made to be used. "You better take responsibility," she whispered. "That was my first kiss."

Naruto looked away. It was silent for awhile until the silver haired devil mumbled something.

"What?" Sayuko asked.

Naruto looked at her. "...It was mine too."

Her heart was filled with happiness upon hearing those words. She snuggled into his body, quite happy with their position. Naruto wrapped his arms around her and pulled her deeper into the embrace.

'This is wrong...' Naruto thought. 'She's an Uchiha. I'm an Uzumaki, distant relations to the Senju. I should hate her. I should want to push her away. But...I just can't push her away. I shouldn't feel like this but...'

Sayuko looked up at him and her made the mistake of looking into her eyes. Those black eyes...beautiful black eyes, that seemed to stare into his soul and unravel all of his dark secrets. "Naruto-kun..." Sayuko blushed. "Your staring."

Naruto blushed as well, and looked away. "S-Sorry."

The Uchiha heiress turned his head. "Don't just stare," she whispered. He went on her tip toes and kissed him. Naruto melted upon contact and pulled her closer, sliding his tongue into her mouth and letting it dance with hers. Sayuko let out a quiet moan upon this. They kept this up for five minutes before the kiss ended, a trail of saliva connecting their tongues.

"Sayuko..." Naruto began, but she put a finger to his lips.

"Unless the next words to come out of your mouth are loving ones, don't you dare ruin this moment," she let out a sickly sweet smile, that sent shivers down his spine. It reminded him of her mother, Mikoto, one of the few women to treat him as an equal. He remembered an entry in the bingo book he had read long ago, 'The Smiling Monster' Mikoto Uchiha. He felt Sayuko had inherited more then just her mother's looks.

"Sayuko," Naruto began again. "I shouldn't feel this way about you." He stated, and Sayuko deflated. "I should hate you, I should think your a waste of space, I should want you dead." He continued. Tears began to well in the Uchiha's eyes. "I should yell at your for daring to touch me, and probably kill your right now." Tears were evident now, and Sayuko was about to cry. "But..." that caught her attention. "I can't bring myself to hate you. I'm trying. Right now I'm trying. I just can't bring myself to hate you." Sayuko's tears fell freely, staring at the man in front of her. "I can't open my heart to you...I've been hurt before, and I shouldn't let the chance to be hurt again happen, I shouldn't be your boyfriend..." Sayuko sniffed, but Naruto placed a hand on her cheek. "But despite all the 'should'ts' and 'can'ts' I've said...I want to be that."

Sayuko froze. "Wh-what?" She looked to him, only to melt upon seeing the smile- the true smile- that adorned his lips.

"Sayuko-chan," Naruto leaned in, so his lips were just by hers. "Will you be my girlfriend?"

Sayuko couldn't believe it, Naruto had asked her the question she wasn't expecting for the longest time. "Please tell me this isn't a dream or Genjutsu," she whispered.