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After he left Sasuke so he could sleep he helped Obaa-chan then he went and sat in from of the televisen? No that wasn't right. televiosn? Nope, that wasn't right either. television? Yes, that's it. He was watching...... Something... Whatever it was, it was entertaining. He was so entranced by the television he almost didn't notice Obaa-chan walk up. Almost
"Having fun, Uzumaki?" she kindly asked. "Yeah, I've never seen this before." he replied quickly without looking away from the screen. "I'm glad you're enjoying yourself."
They sat in silence for a few minutes before Obaa-chan spoke up again, "How is he?"
"Wha- huh?"
"Uchiha, how is he?" she asked again with slight amusement in her tone. "Oh! He's sleeping now, I promised no one would enter the room." he replied hastily. "I see, well let me know if you need anything." she responded as she stood up and made her way into the kitchen.
He still felt a little awkward around her, seeing as she had accurately guessed his feelings for the elusive ravenette. 'Are my feelings that obvious, or is she just perceptive?' He wondered why Sasuke didn't sleep last night. Was it a bad dream? Did he sense something? Oh gosh- where they going to die? He shook that thought away, they'd be fine. They always were. But he still couldn't help but wonder if something was going on.
He'd have to ask Sasuke about that later.
After a few "episodes" of whatever he was watching he got bored and decided to go out. Maybe he'd run into Haruno-chan. He quickly peeked into the kitchen and let Obaa-chan know he was heading out. When he was outside he could feel the breeze against his face, it was welcome after everything he learned yesterday. '5,000 years...' He still had trouble wrapping his head around the fact they were 5,000 years in the future.
He walked around, not sure where he was going. He listened to hustle and bustle of the village. 'I doubt they're called villages anymore. We'll need to look into that.' He looked at the towering buildings and the speeding self-moving norimonos.
He felt
Out of place
He didn't belong here, he was from another time. But here he was, in the far future. Farther than he would ever live naturally. He decided that he wasn't going to think about that right now.
He looked around and saw a building with a flower on it, so he decided to check it out.
He entered and there were a lot of flowers on display, there were so many colors and so many kinds. He honestly didn't know them all.
"Uzumaki?"
He turned towards the person to see Yamanaka standing there. "Yamanaka? What're you doing here?" he asked with surprise. "This is my parent's flower shop, we live upstairs. But the real question is what're you doing here, Uzumaki?" she queried. "Oh, I was just wandering around and ended up here..." he answered casually and cheerily.
"Really? What about Uchiha? I don't see him and you guys are normally together."
"He didn't sleep well last night so I made him go back to bed."
"Oh! I see. Well, maybe next time. Anyway, want to buy some flowers? I'll give you a discount cause you're a friend!"
"That's fine! I don't have any money anyways. Maybe we could hangout instead??"
"Hmmm. Sure! Why not, let me tell my parents so they can look after the shop." she then headed behind the counter and when Naruto made no move to follow her she said, "Well? Are you coming or not?"
"Huh? Oh… Coming!"
He followed her behind the counter and into the back where there were stairs leading to the next floor. When they got to the top of the stairs, she opened the door and walked right in. 'This must be her house.'
He went in and immediately saw what he assumed was her father. He looked kind and intimidating at the same time.
"Hey Ino! Who's this?" he kindly smiled. "This is Uzumaki! He wanted to hangout, do you mind taking over the shop for me?" she acknowledged sweetly. "Alright, but keep the door open." he added.
'He doesn't need to worry about me making a move on her, considering I'm only into guys.'
"Ok! Come on, let’s go!" she chanted as she gripped his wrist and, quite literally, dragged him down the hall into her room. "Now, what do you want to do?" she queried as she sat on her.... Futon?? Why was it off the ground?? 'Not like I can ask, that'll be too suspicious.'
"I don't know? What can we do?" he asked. "Well, we could play a video game, we could draw, we could talk." she listed while looking at the ceiling. "Uhhh, you pick." he responded kinda loudly. "Ok, how about we play a game."
She started to set up for the "video game" they were going to play. And Naruto just, watched her. He'd be lying if he said he wasn't was curious about what she was doing. She turned the tv on and popped a round metal plate into a metal box then grabbed metal boomerang-looking-things and handed one to him. "Here, you can have this controller since the other one is a little faulty."
He accepted the controller and stared idly at the people on the screen. "C'mon pick a character." she teased lightly. "I- I don't know how, I've never played before. Actually, I've never even held a controller." he mumbled nervously. "You've never even- HoW?" she marveled with her mouth agape.
"Never mind. Here.." she then proceeded to show him how everything worked and what buttons to press to do what. It took a while, but he finally got it. They were on their 5th round when she looked at him and inquired, "Soo, would you be willing to hang out with Hinata?" "Uh, who's Hinata??" he questioned with a raised eyebrow. "She's the black haired girl that was at the picnic. You might remember her as Hyuga."
He thought back on the picnic, he recalled a weird black haired girl. That was probably Hyuga. "Yeah, I think I remember her. I don't know, if I stay too long Sasuke might wake up and wonder where I am.."
"It doesn't have to be today, maybe next week? She really wants to get to know you better."
"I'll think about it."
With that they went back to playing. After a few more rounds, Naruto decided he should be getting home. "Well, it was nice playing with you, Yamanaka, but I should get going."
"Alright! See you next time, and text me if you want to hang out with Hinata!"
"I will!"
"Bye!"
He exited the house and walked down the street, he was walking for a few minutes when he felt it. Chakra, and it wasn't Sasuke's. It was more... Ominous... He dashed to Obaa-chan's place, he got there as she was setting lunch on the table. "Welcome back, Uzumaki, are you hungry?" she called sweetly. "Yeah, lemme check on S'ke first." he added slightly panicked. He hoped she didn't notice.
He entered the room and Sasuke stirred, "Naruto?" he rasped, "What's wrong?" "I sensed chakra, powerful chakra." Naruto answered in a rush.
Sasuke let out a sigh and replied, "I was hoping you wouldn't notice for a few days, so you'd be at ease for a while longer." "Is that why you didn't sleep? Because you felt odd chakra and didn't want me to worry?" he inquired while it felt like butterflies were in his stomach. The older male just sat there for a minute then nodded.
It was then the blond's turn to sigh, "Look, I get that you didn't want me to worry, and I appreciate that I really do. But let me know what's going on, we're in this together, ok?"
After a minute of gazing into each other's eyes, he nodded again. "Good! Lunch is ready! C'mon, let's go eat!" the blond cheered as he yanked Sasuke by the wrist towards the dinner table.
‘I still don't understand why it needs to be so tall. Or why you need wooden seats, sitting on the floor is easier and takes up less space.'
They ate in silence until Hirano queried, "By the way, Uzumaki, how was your walk?" "It was good, I ran into Yamanaka and we hung out for a while." he stated cheerfully. "I didn't realize you left." Sasuke interrupted. "Yeah, we played video games and talked a bit. She said Hyuga wants to hang out with me."
"Hyuga??"
"Y'know, the weird black haired girl from the-" 'Shoot what was it called?' Why of all times for my mind to go blank it has to be now?! "from the picnic."
"Oh, her…"
"Is something wrong?"
"Nnn."
"Oh come on! Don't be like that."
".."
"S'ke!!"
"I'm going to our room..."
"Oi!"
But he had already left by the time Naruto had spoken up. The blond sighed and continued eating his lunch. After he finished he went into their room, "Sasuke?"
"Hnn"
"That chakra, do you think they're the one who summoned us?" he looked at the raven haired male expectantly. "I- I'm not sure. Either way we might be able to get some answers from them." he stated while gazing into ocean eyes.
"I hope so."
They were silent for a moment, not sure what to say after that.