A Slayer's Confidant

Chapter 9

Cerulean orbs stared at the building in utter amazement. He did not think that his brother could live in a building such as a mansion. He'd guess that he had a much simpler life than Naruto. The blonde looked down at Sasuke, the peacefulness on the raven's face gave him a sense of hope. Honestly, it was just him and Itachi, who Naruto had learned as Sasuke's brother. "He will be alright," Itachi spoke with such softness it was hard for Naruto to reply. Feeling Itachi's hand on his shoulder, Naruto turned his head toward the taller Uchiha. "I'm grateful that he's found you,  Naruto." Naruto tilted his head, demonstrating confusion.

"What do you mean?"

"In the past, your past life, you were a girl. Sasuke was... always there to protect you and I was there to protect Kyuubi. The rose that you had given Sasuke – it had a special scent only demons could smell," Itachi explained. "Anyway, anything else you want to know about the past, please ask Sasuke when he's ready. I'm sure he'll tell you." Naruto nodded slowly.

"Thank you."

"No, Naruto, thank you." Itachi replied, before he got up to leave the room. Naruto went back to quietly staring at Sasuke. He hesitantly reached his hand to touch the latter's face. For some reason, he had the urge to kiss the other boy. Unconsciously, he had leaned in, his lips millimeters away from Sasuke's. The door suddenly creaked open; and Naruto jumped out of his seat – literally – and landed on the floor.

"What are you doing?" It was a girl who had asked the question. Naruto could tell it wasn't Hinata or else she'd be stuttering. Frowning, he got up and turned around. His eyes met emerald green, which widened at the mere sight of him. He could see the shock on her face. Naruto stared at her, she had pink hair with bangs parted and chin length. Her hair was short, but it framed her face beautifully.

Naruto had to admit she was very beautiful.

A pink brow rose pointedly at him, her hands suddenly on her hips. This caught Naruto off guard. "I assume you're Naruto?" She asked. Speechless, Naruto nodded. The girl hummed. "I see, so you must be..." She didn't say anything else, her words died out. Sasuke's lover... She thought, the finished part of the sentence. "Um, Gaara's looking for you, Naruto, I think he wants to tell you something important." She said with a sweet polite smile. "I have to finish up with Sasuke's healing process so if you could—" A low groan stopped her from kicking Naruto of the room as politely as she possibly could – the jealousy was kicking in and she knew it.

"No need, Sakura," Sasuke voiced, groaning. "I'm fine, Naruto will stay." Naruto turned to Sasuke and sat back down in his seat. Gaara needed to wait to talk to him. If it was that important, he'd go right away, but Sasuke was first on his agenda. He looked at the girl, Sakura, who faltered considerably. Naruto didn't fail to notice to quick frown on her face.

Sakura snorted before she moved toward the raven. She remembered that he was a stuck up jerk around everyone else except Naruko. This time it was around only Naruto that he'd show his affections for.  Emerald eyes watched as Naruto's hand moved to touch Sasuke. Sakura inwardly frowned – her jealousy sparking up.  Why can't Sasuke be nice to only me?  Sakura questioned as she continued to heal the raven's wounds.  "Sasuke, could you ask Naruto to kindly leave, please?"  She asked, smiling her signature honey-coated smile. Naruto and Sasuke looked at her. Sasuke didn't give her a quick reply.  However, Naruto sensed the oddness in her voice.

"No," Sasuke replied.  Naruto's blue gaze averted to Sasuke who met his gaze.  "You don't need to leave.  I want you to stay, Naruto."  Naruto couldn't help the giddy feeling that suddenly appeared in his stomach. He couldn't help the nostalgic feeling he got when Sasuke's presence was around him.  Sakura bit her lip.  She felt as if Naruto was intruding – even though he wasn't at all – she didn't react too kindly to his presence.