Warning YAOI i.e. boyxboy Love it? Then welcome Hate it? Then…Bye
Disclaimer: Can't own what Sasuke does.
Well...this is another fic as you can see. A more thought out fic I might add. Hope to get much further than I did the last one and much faster too. So yeah enjoy.
ONWARDS!!
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"Three of our men are already down."
"Shit, this thing is fast."
"That's why they have to be stopped. Let's move out men."
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"Calm down, calm down."
The angry voices of the town's people echoed throughout the room which only resulted in utter chaos.
"Oi...hey..." the big breasted blonde could feel a vein bursting. "BE QUITE!!!!"
All mouths shut and all eyes turned to her.
"Now, one person tell me what is the problem this time."
One man from the crowd stood up from his chair, "It's the nuisance kid. We need to do something about him."
A heavy sigh passed from the blonde's lips as she poured herself some sake. 'I can't deal with this so early in the morning.'
"What has he done this time?"
"He has made a mockery of our founders." One woman shouted in anger.
"He shows no respect for the people of this village," another complained.
"Tsunade-sama," said person glanced to her left at the silver haired man beside her. "It would appear that he used paint to draw on the statues at the entrance of the village."
"That idiot is he trying to get himself killed," she muttered to herself while downing another cup of sake.
"Well, what would you have me do?" she already figured the nonsense they'd say but it was in her job description to ask...
"Imprison him!"
"Execute him!"
"Exile him!"
...and it was also in her job description to ignore them.
"Listen, I'll have him clean the statue then put him under heavy surveillance."
The room immediately filled with disagreements and complaints.
"QUIET!" she slammed her palms on the wooden desk and it groaned at the force of her blow. "What I say is final. Now leave, all of you."
Half-heartedly they turned to leave all the while discussing amongst themselves the Hokage's lenience for the boy. None the less, her word was the law.
"Jeez," she sat back in her chair arms folded. "That brat always gives me the worst headaches. Shizune!"
A few seconds later a brunette stumbled hurriedly into the room.
"Yes Tsuande-sama?" she asked while straightening her dress.
"Get Iruka for me."
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Why do I have to be the one to do this?" the blond asked while scrubbing away at the red paint.
"Idiot you were the one that made this mess," Iruka scowled from his spot under a nearby tree.
"I just thought they could use a bit of colour. Is that a crime?" His cheeks were puffed out cutely reminding Iruka of a baby fox.
"Naruto, you and I both know that what you did was extremely disrespectful. Not only to the founders, but to the people living here as well."
"Yeah yeah."
"Naruto I'm being serious. You're 15 don't you think you're too old for such idiotic pranks."
There was silence for a few minutes before Naruto mumbled an "I'm sorry" and continued his cleaning.
Two hours later he stepped back to view his complete work.
"There done." Looking over at Iruka who had long been asleep he smiled a little.
"Iruka-san, Oi Iruka-san wake up I'm done." He gently kicked the man succeeding in rousing him.
"About time." He yawned and stretched but made no move to stand up.
"Are you going to stay here all night? Get up." He pulled on his arm and lifted the sleepy male.
Iruka wobbled over to the statue to expect the job Naruto had done.
"Hmm, not bad. Hopefully no one notices the spots you neglected."
The boy gave a sheepish grin while scratching his nose, "Yeah, that part was way too hard to scrub off. My hands feel like jelly now."
The other rolled his eyes and motioned for Naruto to gather the cleaning tools.
"Let's get these back to Tsunade-sama and you'll give a proper apology for your disturbance."
"You're harsh Iruka-san."
"Yeah yeah."
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"Well brat," Tsunade cradled her head in one hand.
Looking down at his feet Naruto responded, "Sorry granny-sama."
"Call me that again and I'll castrate you."
Naruto took a step back...so did Iruka.
"Thank you for your hard work Iruka. You are dismissed."
He bowed slightly before exiting the office. Naruto looked at everything but the woman in front of him and she looked and nothing but him.
"Naruto please I am begging you, stop causing trouble. Don't give those idiots more reason to hate you."
"I don't even know why they hate me in the first place but I'm really sorry granny and I'll try to stop from now on."
"You're always sorry and you always say you'll stop." She signed and looked to the ceiling. "I wish I knew when to actually believe you."
Naruto remained silent. The truth hurt more than he wanted to admit.
"Jeez, you're so hard to deal with kid, but at least you keep me entertained." She laughed softly while motioning him closer.
She handed him a bag of coins, "I know you've been looking for a job and I know those bastards have been giving you a hard time. I told you not to worry about that."
"But I wanna make my own money. I can't keep taking from you."
"Naruto I told you it's fine."
The boy pouted but gratefully took the bag and stuffed it in his pocket.
"Thanks."
"No problem."
"TSUNADE-SAMA!" Shizune soon came bursting through the doors looking like a terrified deer.
"What is it?"
"The villagers, they said they spotted some of 'them' near the entrance."
"They what?!" she jumped from her chair and stormed out of the office.
"Naruto stay here. Do not leave this building. Shizune keep an eye on him", with that she went out into the night.
"But I have to inform the others", the brunette mumbled to herself. "I'll be right back Naruto-kun. Please don't move." In the back of her mind she knew it was futile.
A mischievous grin was plastered on his face, "Yeah sure."
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"This way This way!!!"
"Over here!"
Shouts and pounding feet ruined the silence of the night.
"How many are there?" one man asked ducking behind a tree.
"I don't know, it could be 3 or 4." Another replied as he grabbed a hand full of arrows and dashed into the night leaving the other to fend for himself.
"Shit." The man slowly rose from position, surveying the area nervously before taking a few steps.
"Crap why'd it have to be night out. Why don't battles ever take place during the day?" He mumbled to himself as he crept across the forest floor. "I hate this place."
The sound of leaves crunching to his left made him nervously swing in the direction, bow in hand. He slowly backed away only to hear the same noise inches behind him, freezing his movements instantly. A low growl echoed around him as the man turned to face the invader.
"Shit."
Between the shadows of trees was a pair of fiery red eyes staring at him mockingly, waiting for his next move. He grabbed an arrow quickly and brought his bow up to the enemy with shaky hands.
"Stay ba-back." He tried to sound fearless and failed.
The eyes seemed to glisten in amusement. The man took aim and pulled back on the arrow before releasing…a mile away from the target. A curse flew from his mouth and he hurried to ready another one but in a flash razor sharp teeth had embedded themselves into the jugular vein of the man and with one final scream his limp form fell defeated.
Somewhere in the forest a mop of blond hair bounced between trees and bushes making a beeline for the source of the scream. He skidded to a stop when he came to a clearing with a dark figure lying carelessly on the dirt.
"H-hey are you ok?" he took a few tentative steps closer but realizing that person wasn't responding took a few more steps and stopped at the suspicious looking liquid pooling from under the man. Curious, he bent down to view it closely and gasped as realization hit him. Making his was over to the body he turned the man unto his back horrified at the scene beneath him.
"Oh my God." Turning his head from the site he hunched over as nausea took over him. With shaky legs he rose up fully intent on heading back to the village and leaving this mess. He turned around, took one step and stopped. From the small rays of moonlight that were allowed to pass through the tree leaves he could vividly see the huge beast in front of him. Fangs bared eyes red and growling. He suddenly wished he had been obedient and stayed in the comfort of the village.
He gasped when the large creature took a step towards him and automatically stepped back. He could feel warm trails along his cheeks and knew he was crying. The creature continued to move forward and he continued to move back.
"P-please don't hurt me. I'm sorry for coming out here." His voice was shaky and pleading and it amused the creature.
"Well well well, it seems I caught a cute sheep. My favourite kind of prey." He snickered as the boy tripped backwards on the dead body he had dealt with earlier.
"Please spare me?"
The beast laughed at the child's persistence and moved forward circling the new prey.
"Your begging won't help you here boy," he reduced the size of the circle and watch how the boy trembled as he got closer.
"I'll be sure to make this as painless for you as possible." And he crouched down ready to strike.
The blond let out a horrified scream as he made a mad scramble to get up. As the creature lunged towards him he threw himself to the ground narrowly missing his claws but injuring his shoulder blade.
"Running will do you no good boy," he spun and charged at him again, mouth open ready to sink his teeth into the flesh before him.
Another scream as he tried to push himself off the ground but failing as pain took over his body and his arms gave out. He shuffled until he was firmly pressed against a tree and brought his arms up in a last attempt to shield himself as he waited for death he knew was coming. But the sound of a whimper brought this attention back to the scene ahead as he looked to see his attacker pinned to the ground by a bigger, scarier black monster. He didn't know whether to he happy or scared at this point. And as the new creature's red eyes turned to gaze at him he flinched and pushed himself further back into the tree hoping it would swallow him.
"This human has done nothing to us. He's only a child." The dark beast growled angrily as he pressed the other more into the dirt.
"Does it matter? He will when he becomes a man. I'm just reducing the number of future soldiers the humans will have."
"It is not you who decides his fate." Finally releasing him from his hold the black beast moved over to the boy at the tree.
"Why show compassion to a human? This war is all their doing." The grey beast rose from the ground and shook itself of dust.
"We can't blame every human for the mistakes of his ancestors besides we have to retreat the humans are bringing reinforcements. We'll fight another day gather the others."
"Tch whatever." And with that he dashed into the darkness.
"Are you okay?" Naruto looked up to see the swirling red eyes staring down at him and subconsciously moved back.
"Don't be scared I won't hurt you." The creature dared to step closer. "Are you injured?" he asked upon seeing the blood trails running down his arm.
"O-oh my a-arm got hur-Ah! What are you doing?" he jumped when the creature's wet nose rubbed against his arm and pulled away from him.
"It's ok I'm only looking at it. Let me see."
Naruto chewed on his lip anxiously but none the less held out his shaky arm and squeezed his eyes shut.
He heard the deep chuckles beside him before the other spoke, "This might be a little uncomfortable."
"Hm? Whoa!" a feeling similar to numerous volts of electricity danced along his arm and numbness followed soon after.
"My arm feels strange." He whispered more to himself than to the individual before him.
"Sorry about that it'll feel better in awhile" and he rose from position. "But you should leave here now. This is not a safe place for you."
"Oh right yeah." Naruto rose to his feet quickly flexing his arm around surprised that the pain had completely left him.
"Human you must promise me that you won't return to this forest. Promise me."
"Ok I promise." The blond shifted his eyes elsewhere as he thanked the creature for his help and bowed slightly in respect. Spinning around he prepared to leave the way he came.
"Oh and my name is not human, it's Naruto. Uzumaki Naruto."
"Well then Uzumaki Naruto. May we never meet again."
With a wave and a smile Naruto headed back for the village unaware that his most precious possession had been lost to the world he would never return to.
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Slender fingers slid over the beautiful blue crystal as it reflected rays of moonlight from it's smooth surface and brightened the dark space. The figure smiled as the blue from the crystal reminded him of the blue eyes of the one he had previously met.
"Uzumaki Naruto was it. Shall I return your necklace?"
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OMAKE! Well that's it, the end of the 1st chapter of a new story. Tell me what you think k. I will make no promises concerning the date of the next chapter. So....bye!!