Chapter 7

After the previous night, Tsunari had pretty much went home and collapsed right into bed. The surprise that evening of Naruto speaking through him kind of threw him for a loop and well, thinking about it was exhausting work and with it as dark as it was, it was just perfect to go to bed. And that's exactly what he did, and surprisingly enough he didn't have to wake up and scold Naruto or Sasuke for bickering while he was sleeping. So needless to say, Tsunari had a pretty good nights rest for one night anyways. He wasn't sure how later nights would be, considering he was figuring that Naruto and Sasuke were just being quiet considering they didn't want to wake him by talking through him.

Though as the morning sun shone through the curtains of Tsunari's window, the young black haired male stirred slightly before sitting up and stretching. A yawn escaped from the sleepy male as his cerulean blue eyes turned to face the window. Squinting to see past the sun, he reached up and rubbed the sleep from his eyes attempting to wake up for the time being. Wearing the clothes he wore the previous night to bed, he stood up and walked over towards the bathroom where he went in and did his business before coming out.

"Morning you two…you can stop being so quiet. It's a little creepy if you ask me. Makes you guys seem like your plotting something." Tsunari stated as he walked into his kitchen to go find something to eat. He was looking through the cupboard when Naruto decided to chime in.

"Morning, I hope you slept well. And I wouldn't plot against you…I don't know about this guy though." He stated, pointing his thumb over towards Sasuke who looked like he was sitting there meditating. Tsunari blinked and stopped what he was doing before he closed the cupboard and walked away from it heading over towards his closet. He opened it up and stared at the clothes that were there and sighed before pulling out an orange vest, a white t-shirt and a pair of dark blue shorts. He changed quickly as he thought about how he slept. Shrugging though, Tsunari finished dressing and walked to the front door.

"I guess I slept alright, no one bothered me which I thank the both of you for. Keep that up and we won't have any problems." Tsunari stated sliding his shoes on and grabbing his headband, though tying it onto his hip to dangle at his side, he walked out of the apartment and then headed on into town. "Did you guys sleep or something? Is that why you were quiet the entire night?"

"No, not really. I don't think we really need to sleep, but we did stay up quietly talking about that whole thing where I talked through you. Sasuke is pretty interested in it, I mean…so am I, but I don't think for the same reason that Sasuke is." Naruto stated causing Tsunari to nod.

"I'm still just as confused about it as you are. Maybe Ino can help me figure that part out? Or maybe I should talk to Shika-tan." Tsunari stated thinking about it right now. He knew that more than likely Shikamaru would probably have his own team right about now, he had no idea if he would give them the day off after getting together with their groups though. He sighed and shrugged that thought off, but gave a confusing look when he heard the snickering from Naruto. "What?"

"Shika-tan? That's priceless, I never thought I'd hear the day when Shikamaru would be called Shika-tan." Naruto stated holding back his laughter at that second.

"I've always called him that, between Shikamaru and Ino, the two practically raised me when the orphanage didn't want to take me anymore." He stated with a shrug, "Guess you can say they're like my parents in a way…but, they're just the ones I'm closest to in the village. I hang around Miss Ino's shop, and then I usually play Shogi with Shika-tan." Tsunari stated with a slight shrug as he continued to walk down the street, his hands raising to rest behind his head at the moment. His gaze drifting up towards the sky as he let his mind roam for the time being.

"You sound like me…"

"He sounds like you minus the friends that he's got. If I remember anything Dobe, no one liked you at all." Sasuke stated as he finally opened his eyes and looked over towards Naruto.

"I had friends, old man hokage was my friend. And Grandma Tsunade….pervy sage was my friend…"

"But it wasn't till later that you had friends, you were pretty much alone. All your friends were adults and even then who knows if they were really your friends." Sasuke stated. This caused Tsunari to sigh and shake his head a little as he lowered his gaze back infront of him.

"You guys shouldn't be fighting like that. You're going to be stuck together for quite awhile." Tsunari stated with a small smile on his face as he let out a sigh. He was really getting tired of their bickering, but he was going to have to find someway to get over it for the time being. Shaking that thought though he gave another curious look before he said, "Hey, why don't you tell me a little more about yourself, I mean…I hardly know anything about you aside from what Miss Ino stated, and of course the stories that other's tell. But instead of getting all that information from random sources why don't you guys tell me a bit about yourself." Tsunari stated, though he got silence for quite a long while and it made him frown a bit, "Guys?"

"We're still here, what do you want to know?" Naruto asked.

"Well, start from the beginning. Family…friends, maybe your time in the academy? Actually, before that can you please explain why you didn't want me to talk to that guy? All he wanted to do was help, give me someone to talk to aside from you voices in my head." Tsunari stated as he glanced around the area he was in before looking back ahead. Honestly Tsunari didn't know what he was going to do today, maybe he would just chat with Naruto and Sasuke, get to know them more on a personal level, or maybe he'd go hunt down Daisuke and annoy the heck out of his teammate. Nah, he'd go for the first one for the time being, since he found out they were there he hadn't exactly gotten to know much about them at all. All he knew was they were an Uzumaki and an Uchiha, and the stories that were told by others, but he didn't know if people were exaggerating or telling the truth so he might as well get it straight from the source.

A silence had come over Tsunari's mind for a few seconds, almost as if Naruto and Sasuke were thinking exactly how to answer that. Though it was Sasuke who answered first considering it was him who had stated the guy looked familiar.

"It was the fact that he wanted to help with just meeting you, not to mention I feel like I've seen him somewhere, on a wanted poster or something…I'm not sure. Trusting a guy like that can have serious back lashes." Sasuke stated.

"Yeah, we all know how that goes. You went and trusted old snake face pedophile and look what happened." Naruto stated only causing Tsunari to snicker a little at the comment.

"Snake face pedophile?" Tsunari asked.

"Orochimaru…it's who Sasuke joined with for quite awhile in the past. Thought he could gain more power and take revenge on his clan and…"

"Okay okay, enough…but I can tell you that I really did gain quite a bit of power from him. That I am not going to deny, and if I continued doing what I was I probably could have beat you." Sasuke stated, an annoyed Naruto shooting glares in his direction.

"Whatever, but you would never be able to beat me no matter how strong you got. You were going about it the wrong way."

"Guy's, guy's come on, no need to fight about it, I was just asking a question but anyways, back on track." Tsunari stated shutting the both of them back up while Sasuke thought back to where he was, but realized he didn't have to say anything more on the subject. This spurred the moment that Naruto spoke up and decided to talk.

"Anyways, you wanted to know about us and…."

"Hold on Naruto, I see Daisuke." A grin came over Tsunari's face, an agitated huff coming from Naruto as Tsunari started down the street lowering his hands and turning his walking into a jog. He kept a good amount of distance between the two of them as he pretty much stalked him.

"Seriously kid? You're stalking your own teammate?"

"If I remember correctly Naruto, you did the same thing with me during our time as Genin as well as in the academy." Sasuke stated issuing a glare from Naruto only for Tsunari to shush the both of them.

"Will you guys just can it, you're distracting me."

"Oh, good to know we're distracting you from doing something completely idiotic." Naruto stated with a roll of his eyes. Tsunari sighed and shook his head before attempting to ignore the voices within his mind. Though when he took a good look around the corner from which he was hiding, he couldn't find Daisuke anywhere and his features turned into disappointment and a frown.

"Well, shoot, I lost him." He stated with a sigh before turning around and nearly walking into Daisuke, who by the way looked annoyed with his arms crossed and a frown on his face. Tsunari nearly had the crap scared out of him as he jumped back, eyes wide and his heart pounding a million miles an hour.

"Why are you following me?" Daisuke asked completely un-amused. Tsunari on the other hand collected himself and stared for a second, glancing around as if he was trying to figure out an explanation. He shrugged a couple of times until Daisuke cleared his throat in an attempt to get an answer out of his teammate.

"Oh, well…I wasn't following you…I was, you know, just trying to find…ah, there it is. I wanted to find that shop over there." Tsunari said pointing to a random shop behind Daisuke who turned around to look, though when he turned back Tsunari was nowhere to be found. The young red head stood there with a deadpanned look on his face before he sighed and shook his head.

"How the hell did I fall for that one?" he asked himself before walking off. Tsunari on the other hand was up on top of one of the buildings and laughing to himself.

"I can't believe he fell for that…show's just how gullible he is and ruins that completely cool façade that he's been trying to keep." Tsunari stated with a shake of his head. Naruto and Sasuke were just staring at one another dumbfounded as they tried to wrap their own minds around what just happened. Leaning back on his hands and letting his head hang back, he stared at the sky above him, clouds drifting by across the blue sky above. "I can't believe it…" he chuckled a little before laying back all the way and placing his hands behind his head.

"You're not the only one who can't believe it, we're here trying to figure out how anyone could possibly fall for that." Naruto stated shaking his head. Not even he could have had someone fall for something so stupid and simple as that, okay, there was Konahamaru, when he was younger at least. He wasn't too sure that Konahamaru would fall for something so simple. Infact, that was another thought that had crossed his mind, what was the little twerp up to at the moment? Tsunari could sense something was on Naruto's mind and gave a curious look as he stared at a puffy cloud that was flying by.

"What's on your mind Naruto?"

"Couldn't be much, he doesn't think very often." Sasuke stated as he crossed his arms. Tsunari frowned a bit before Naruto spoke up.

"I do a lot of thinking, so stop insulting me. Anyways, I was just thinking of Konahamaru…what that kid's up to at the moment."

Tsunari thought silently for a moment and then sighed and closed his eyes and gave a small smile, "You mean the Hokage? Konahamaru is the name of our Hokage, so…"

"You mean that kid who was like a younger Naruto clone? Well damn, things are definitely quite impressive with that." Sasuke stated with a shake of his head. Tsunari was about to say something when the sun had been shadowed out. He opened his eyes and blinked when he found himself staring up at that dark haired male Hajime, and he looked rather amused.

"Um hi…can I help you?" Tsunari asked with a half smile forming on his lips. Hajime smirked and gave a half salute.

"Hi yourself, look like you were thinking pretty hard again. Those voices getting to ya?"

"Yeah, a little…"

"Tsunari…Stop it, take our warnings to heart and just walk away." both Naruto and Sasuke said hoping to stop Tsunari from doing anything stupid. Though Tsunari slowly rolled over and got onto his feet, brushing his clothes off before he stuffed his hands into his shorts. He ignored what the two of them were saying for the time being and decided to start talking with Hajime.

"They've been rather noisy today. Seems I can't get a break." He stated with a slight huff.

"Ah, I see…why don't you come take a bit of a walk with me. Could clear your mind, maybe…it's worth a shot." Hajime stated with a smile and a shrug of his shoulders. Tsunari stood there and thought about it for a moment before he glanced down.

"Don't do it…I have a bad feeling about this." Sasuke stated. Though lifting his head and giving a smile he nodded and said;

"Alright, sounds good to me. Lead the way." he stated, though both Naruto and Sasuke were smacking themselves when he agreed to it. He was sure that they wanted to complain, but then again they were trying to abide by Tsunari's rules when he said no yelling. So as Hajime took off across the rooftops, leading the way on the walk…or where they were going to go for their walk. "Hey, I thought we were going for a walk!" he yelled out to Hajime.

"We are…just not here." Hajime yelled back, looking over his shoulder a moment. Tsunari let out a sigh, glanced down and shook his head. He then glanced back up and shrugged before taking off right after Hajime to wherever they were going. Though as they ran, neither male realized that they were being followed by a curious shinobi who just happened to see them run passed.

Authors Note: Hey guys, I know it's been forever and a day since I updated and alot has been going on. If you want reasons and answers just message me I'm not going to hesitate to explain...but, I do want to say that it's going to be awhile before I can post up a new chapter, but I'm going to try and get one more out before the year is out...try being the key word. On another note I want to thank you all for the reviews and comments, they always brighten my day and give me the motivation to attempt to finish the next chapter (i know they've been crap lately), and with that I want to wish everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR and I hope I get a chapter up soon. ^_^