I was randomly listening to Slipknot and decided I should write a Naruto story. So here goes.
Key:
"Quotations: speaking"
Italicized: thinking
"Italicized with quotations: Kyuubi speaking/thinking"
Prologue
The sun shone brightly and the birds sang their songs to the light of morning, while the dew lay shining peacefully on the soft, lush grass. In the grass lay a boy, 15 years of age. He rose, opened his deep blue eyes that sparkled with determination, and let out a long yawn. His orange and black clothes made him stand out against the trees as he ran toward Konoha.
How could I fall asleep in the forest? He asked himself silently.
As he entered the village, he glanced at his surroundings - the familiar building where his favorite meals were cooked, the Hokage's faces carved into the mountain, the hospital - but none were what he was heading for.
"All right, granny Tsunade," Naruto mumbled to himself as he opened the door to her office. He looked up to see Sakura standing near Tsunade's desk and the Hokage herself filing paperwork. A bad feeling stirred inside Naruto's gut as he studied the Hokage's expression carefully. What kind of mission could she have called him and Sakura in for with such urgency? She was always serious, but why did she look more than usual?
He walked up next to Sakura.
"Your mission," Tsunade began, "is to retrieve Sasuke."
Both were shocked; after a three-week period after killing Sasori, she wanted Naruto and Sakura - alone - to retrieve Sasuke?
"You want us to retrieve him," Sakura yelled in shock, "by ourselves?"
"You won't be by yourselves," Tsunade continued. She handed them a scroll. "You're to have unexpected help. That is, if you can convince him."
Sakura unraveled the scroll while Naruto peaked over her shoulder. It was a letter, mostly, telling him, whoever "he" was, that his help would be rewarded greatly, etc., from the Hokage. Both began to wonder who would have to be convinced: all the rewards sounded extraordinary, who wouldn't refuse?
That is, until at the end of the scroll, the name was rolled out.
Sakura dropped the scroll in horror.
Itachi Uchiha.
To be continued...
