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A Love as Strong as Stone Ch: 1

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It was a beautiful day in the city of Konoha, it was one of the sunniest places in the world, next to Suna of course though unlike Suna, it had trees to help block out most of the sunlight. In the lavish home of Naruto Uzumaki you could hear guitar music being played in the basement so to speak as it carefully made its ways through the doors and through the entire house. The house was a simple home to be honest, it was three floors though nothing totally grand about it on the outside, it was what was inside that would make you go awe.

Naruto, is an artist so to speak. He had learned how to do many things over the years using the creativity of his mind to create beautiful things. He’s painted wonderful paintings, created beautiful statues from ivory and even marble. He’s learned to be very good with his hands so to speak, though in his spare time he’s learned how to play instruments if he’s gone into a creative block.

And today was one of those moments.

Standing in his basement is a tall young adult in an orange t-shirt and black shorts. His blonde spiky hair as usual is standing upright as he played. His blue eyes shining as he played and sang along to the lyrics of his one of many favourite songs. His fingers just seemed to glide over the strings of the guitar, sweat started to glisten on his pale coloured skin and over the weird whisker marks on his cheeks.

She's going out to forget they were together
All that time he was taking her for granted
She wants to see if there's more
Than he gave she's looking for


Naruto just couldn’t believe that he was having such a hard time with this block. Maybe it was because his friends kept trying to set him up with someone. Sure, he had trouble finding the one for him because of his expectations in people… hell, it was surprising that his friends Sasuke and Sakura dealt with him and his whole ideal of ‘perfection’ and not liking any ‘flaws’ in anyone or anything around him. Though he didn’t have to deal with Sakura trying to flirt with him since he, was not her type and not to mention… she was already with Sasuke. To him though, that was a plus since… her breasts were far too small for him and that, was her flaw… plus her anger issues.

He calls her up
He's trippin' on the phone now
He doesn't want her out there
And alone now


’What is with people not liking that I hate flaws? There is such thing as perfection and I can prove that. I’m able to create perfection no matter what!’ thought the blonde as he strummed the guitars, he was able to play the songs and sing along to them perfectly, all he had to do was listen to them a few times to make sure that his creative mind got the idea of how the song worked.

He knows she's movin' it
Knows she's using it
Now he's losing it, she don't care


This song in fact made him think of the flaws in women… there are some women that only love a man for his money… to him that was a great flaw. Love was something perfect, perfection was something that could be achieved and he would prove that… Yet, there just wasn’t the perfect women out there yet… No matter how much he tried he just couldn’t find the one for him and it troubled him a great deal.

Everybody put up your hands
Say I don't wanna be in love
I don't wanna be in love


Throwing his head back before rolling it from one shoulder to the other, Naruto felt himself stressing a little bit… Perhaps his block was from the idea that his friends were trying to set him up tonight, something that he had been dreading for weeks now. That stress could have caused him problems with his work, though at least art was just a hobby that did help him pay for some of his things. He did have another job after all, the main job that helped pay for his home… He owned a shrine that was… oddly enough dedicated to the Love Goddess Aphrodite… It was part of some kind of cultural festival or visual thing… whatever it is really he couldn’t remember.

Feel the beat now
If you've got nothing left
Say I don't wanna be in love
I don't wanna be in love


To be honest it was something that his mentor had suggested. He had said how other villages had other cultures around them, so why not add some kind of Greek Culture to Konoha? Other people had loved the idea and to be honest, so did Naruto. He had offered to be the shrine keeper and many people came to pay their blessings for the love that they had received or something along the lines.

Back it up now
You've got a reason to live
Say I don't wanna be in love
I don't wanna be in love


Though, Naruto never found the one for him no matter how much he had prayed to the goddess… His love never came to him but he still enjoyed the work that he did do for others. Just because he had his own desire for women, doesn’t mean that he should judge other people for what they want in their own version of a perfect match… Sort of how like how Sasuke liked girls with long hair… though accepted the fact that Sakura had to cut her hair at some point because someone had tried to rip most of her hair off and… well, it worked. As for Sakura and her taste… well, he figured that she just liked the weird emo guys.

Feelin' good now
Don't be afraid to get down
Say I don't wanna be in love
I don't wanna be in love


As for Naruto, he wanted perfection… nothing else would be good enough for him. He had seen nothing but perfection and imperfection all his life and imperfections… they made him sick to his stomach. That was the only thing he wanted and nothing would ever change his ways of thinking about it. How else do you think he was able to make so much money on his art? Because they were perfect and nothing more and nothing less.

He was always giving her attention
Looking hard to find the things she mentioned
He was dedicated but most suckers hate it
That girl was fine but she didn't appreciate him


Though maybe there was no such thing as a perfect woman… Perhaps it would be best that he never dated or got married. If it was this hard for him to even find the perfect woman, what was the point in dating in the first place? Maybe when he saw his friends tonight, he would just tell them straight out that he was done with the dating scene, nothing would ever be perfect for him and there was no point in them trying anymore… it was just pointless… and he knew it and hoped that they would accept it.

She calls him up
She's trippin' on the phone now
He had to get up
And he ain't comin' home now


Yes, that would be what he’d do. After he was done this song and ate his ramen, he would head out and go to meet his friends like he was supposed to and make sure that he told them straight out that it was pointless in their quest for them to find him a woman. He was done with trying to date anyone if he would just notice their flaws and end it once and for all. He would just dedicated himself to his art and his job, nothing more and nothing less.

He's tryin' to forget her
That's how we come with him
When he first met her
When they first got together


He wants to forget about all the pain that he had to go through in trying to find the perfect woman for him. After all, it had brought him nothing but pain… literally… All the women that he had met up with all slapped him when he would point out their flaws and how much it annoyed him for it to be pretty much just pointing itself out for the whole to see. He almost wanted to rub his cheek just thinking about the pain.

Everybody put up your hands
Say I don't wanna be in love
I don't wanna be in love


Shaking his head, Naruto just looked back down at his guitar as he strummed away at the strings. Just wanting to forget already though knew that no matter what he would never be able to forget about the pain that would go through his body. Both in his heart and his body… Letting out a soft sigh when he no longer had to sing a verse, the young man looked around at the art that surrounded them… All of them, filled with nothing but perfection. There was just no way that he could live like this… there had to be a perfect world and if his art could be the only solution then so be it but damn it…. He wanted everything else to be perfect for him as well.

Feel the beat now
If you got nothing left
Say I don't wanna be in love
I don't wanna be in love


Letting out a soft chuckle, Naruto went back to the song that was at hand. In a way, it did match how he felt. He no longer wanted to be in love, he didn’t want to love anyone… The only love that he himself wanted, was from his artwork. Nothing more and nothing less…. If only there had been a way for him find the perfect woman but sadly, there was no such thing and he would have to accept that right now. It was better that he learned that he could never be happy with flaws…

Back it up now
You got a reason to live
Say I don't wanna be in love
I don't wanna be in love


Hell, it had always surprised him that Sasuke and Sakura could be so in love even with all of their flaws. Though maybe it was because Sasuke and Sakura didn’t have such high expectations for people like himself… It would be a little confusing for the time being though… then again maybe he would never find out what it was that caused him so much distress about love…

Feelin' good now
Don't be afraid to get down
Say I don't wanna be in love
I don't wanna be in love


Biting his lip for a brief moment, Naruto tried to keep himself from throwing his guitar from all of this stress. Over thinking would always cause this reaction from him though he knew that he couldn’t do that or he’d have to replace another guitar and he couldn’t keep doing that… After all, money didn’t grow on trees. Breathing deeply, the young man tried to get back into the song, hoping that would help him to relax and calm down… At least, he hoped that would work for him this time.

To the beat
You got nothing to lose
Don't be afraid to get down


Tapping his foot to the beat, the young man closed is blue eyes as he felt a little more at peace with his resolution. He would never fall in love, never get married or anything of the sort. There was just no point in trying any of that in the first place or he’d live the rest of his life unhappy knowing that he had dated or married someone with a flaw that would always make him sick to his stomach. That was something that he never wanted to deal with… In fact, Naruto shuddered at the thought of it.

We break up, it's something that we do now
Everyone has got to do it sometime
It's okay, let it go
Get out there and find someone


In fact, he would end up breaking that poor woman’s heart if he dated her and married her, only to tell her later on that he was only with her because he wanted to be with someone and she had only been around at the time. After all, he wanted to be with someone at the very least though… sadly he couldn’t do that. He would not use someone just because he wanted to be with someone that badly… That was just far too harsh for him to do and it hurt him to even do it…

It's too late to be trippin' on the phone here
Get off the wire, know everything is good here
Stop what you're doin', you don't wanna ruin
The chance that you got to find a new one


Opening his eyes for a brief moment he could already picture the woman’s face… she would have a look of hurt and betrayal on her face knowing that he had only been using her for his own personal gain. Sure, some men do that to a woman but he could never do that to anyone to be honest. Shaking his head, the young man wanted to rub his face, just wanted to do something so he could do something or anything to get that kind of emotion off of his mind…

Everybody put up your hands
Say I don't wanna be in love
I don't wanna be in love


’After all, I don’t want to be in love… Not like that…’ thought Naruto as he felt himself starting to relax a little more. His nerves could no longer be feel as frazzled anymore. In fact, he felt great… he started to feel better after all the time and pain that he had pushed himself to this kind of level of torment but now… he felt a little better because of his choice… He would never allow it to happen for him to love someone with… flaw or flaws.

Feel the beat now
If you got nothing left
Say I don't wanna be in love
I don't wanna be in love


Smirking to himself, Naruto was happy that he had finally made the choice. Looking out the window of his basement, the young man would be happy when the song was done, was when he would have to leave and meet with his friends before he would end up being late… At least he was never late, so they could never be upset with him, for now though he would just have to deal with the fact that he could, or couldn’t be late but had a weird feeling that there would be something coming for him… Just wasn’t sure what it was as of yet.

Back it up now
You got a reason to live
Say I don't wanna be in love
I don't wanna be in love


Chuckling, Naruto closed his eyes once again as he pictured something in his mind. He felt like he could almost picture another woman… something that was perfect or that could be perfect. Yes, that was something that would be perfect… someone who would look perfect, someone who could be perfect and only be perfect. That was something that he really could enjoy though he didn’t think, or believe that it could be possible for it to be real.

Feelin' good now
Don't be afraid to get down
Say I don't wanna be in love
I don't wanna be in love


’After all, there is no perfect woman out there… I’ve looked…’ Chuckling to himself, the young man started to look back up and stared at his ceiling. Maybe he could make a starry ceiling for the ceiling in his basement. That would be beautiful to be honest, something that he could enjoy when he would stay in the basement. Sighing softly, Naruto knew that he spent far too much time in his basement trying to figure out what he could do for his next big project.

Now you know what to do
So come on feeling good


Once the song was done, Naruto inhaled softly and set the guitar back on its stand as he started to make his way up the stairs and turned off his stereo on his way up, he wouldn’t have enough time to make something to eat though he would have enough time to at least buy something to eat on his way to meet up with his friends. Rubbing his face, the young man stretched his arms above his head as he wondered what he could do…

Maybe while he was out he would get some kind of idea on what his next big project would be, oh the idea on what he could make would make him so happy but knew that he would have to be careful so he would be able to get the idea he needed for the project… To be honest, he wanted to make another ivory statue this time… That would be nice, though he would have to see if he can even get that this time… Yes, a nice ivory statue…

A statue of what, he wasn’t sure though he just hoped that he would be able to do it. After all, his hands can only do so much and a statue, depending on what it was would take him days, weeks, months… to complete. Closing his eyes for a brief moment, the young man walked out of his front door after grabbing his keys and started to head to his car. Yes, he would have to think carefully, after all art was something that could never be rushed, not ever. Yes… he would be able to do anything in his art though for now… he had some friends to meet up with.
here is the first chapter of the new story, though I will only say this, it will only be this chapter for a while, I will work on the other two stories for now and when one is finish I will work on this one and Bad Boy on the side once in a while, until then I hope you enjoy, oh and the story I got an idea based off of this amazing drawing
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I do not take credit for the drawing, the drawing belongs to :icondarkvanessalust: and the one who asked for the commission :iconFrenchPhilosopher:
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Twilitobsever's avatar
whoa are doing a pinochio only with stone.