Itachi: Alright, it's time to show them I can make a fic too. Now computer, make me my story!
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Itachi: Hello, are you sleeping? What a piece of crap! You tell me that it can take pictures, talk back, and use the internet, but it cant make a single chapter!?
Pisst, Itachi. Here's a tip. WRITE IT YOURSELF! And don't forget the disclaimer!
Itachi: Damn, this is going to be harder than I thought. (quickly types something) That should do it! Oh, and why should I make the disclaimer? If anyone knows the word FAN with the word FIC, then obviously we don't own anything Naruto wise. Oh, and here's a fun little thing for you people out there. There's NO NARUTO! Only me baby!
Wow, your acting more impulsive than usual.
Itachi: It's the high you get when you send something to be judged by millions of people over the web. Oh well, let's see how this works!
The Marvelous Misadventures of Sasuke
Ch.1: Old Times
Two figures walked along among a path that stretched out miles into an open landscape as the sun hung overhead. These two figures happened to be brothers and the last of their clan due to a dark deed that had to be done if it meant peace, carried out by the elder of the two. He was Itachi, and with his younger brother Sasuke, they are to travel the world and regain a broken bond from long ago.
Or rather that was the older one's idea.
As for Sasuke, he was now walking with the one he long hated and vowed to place vengeance. His mind changed however after seeing a convincing video tape made before the act and it allowed him to give his brother a second chance, if not a very slight one.
The two have been walking for three days since they were last at home, at the Village Hidden in the Leaves, and so far their brotherly connections were slowly falling farther apart than when they (or just Sasuke for the matter) hated the other.
"Hey, how you holding up?" Asked Itachi as he looked at his sibling who was trailing far behind; the answer was a monotone-ish "Shut up."
"You know, the point of this is for us to talk, not for you to sulk like a child."
"As soon as you give me a reason not to, I might consider to eventually get in a better mood."
"A little touchy now, eh? Alright, I can play your game." And in a slight huff, Itachi dropped from where he stood in the middle of the path, and grabbing the back of Sasukes shirt as he tried to continue on. "Oh-ho, no no no little brother. We are staying at this spot until you are ready to tell me what's wrong, besides our obvious problems in the past."
Sasuke placed some mild interest in his older brother's words and chuckled at the proposition Itachi insinuated. "You want me to…talk about my feelings? All right, I can tell you what I think of you right now in three words. Kiss. My. Ass." One thing he didn't expect was Itachi starting to weep.
"(Sniff) I can't believe we're bonding now…."
"DID YOU NOT HEAR WHAT I SAID?!"
"Listen," Itachi jabbed as he rid himself of the little act he gave, "one thing that we'll need is that there has to be a bit of humor between us, or otherwise we won't get anywhere in our little trip and we might as well just go back to town."
"Sounds good to me."
"But I won't make it that easy for you. I will show that I am still your brother, and that that one day was only because I was ordered to do so. If you want to be mad at anyone, blame the Hokage or our clans' leaders, but not me." Finishing with a sigh, he looked up at the sky and noticed it was already getting late. "We should set up camp now, 'cause it will take us a day to reach the next town even by running."
"…Fine."
It didn't take long for them to set up two tents and a fire with some food roasting alongside. Night came quickly and the two sat close to the flames without talking. After a while, Itachi shrugged to himself while he rummaged through his bag, pulling out a bottle of Sake. Filling up a cup, he handed the rest of it to Sasuke who looked back feeling questionable about the elders' motives.
"Sasuke, I want you to sit back, pull whatever that's stuck in your ass out, and drink some forget-it-all juice."
"Aren't I a little young for alcohol? Isn't there a age restriction…."
"Hey; if you're old enough to kill, you're sure as well old enough to drink."
Sasuke grabbed at it while mumbling to himself "I haven't actually killed a person." but Itachi didn't hear, so as soon as he put some in his mouth, spat it out into the flames. "Ugh, that tasted horrible! Do people really enjoy drinking this garbage?"
"Suck it up, it's only for tonight. Besides, it will help you unwind. Now I think it's time you told me what happened with yourself. Let's say… near the end of the ninja academy; I can more or less guess what happened beforehand."
Sasuke, after taking another swig of the liquid, spat out; "Fine, I'll tell ya since you're so interested in poking through my life and to judge me. I was in school almost a… I think year ago… somewhat around there and it was the last day of school…."
---The story within a story---
I was sitting there in the back trying to think of ways of killing you, or ignoring all the screaming fan-girls. It seems to become the same after a while. Maybe it was to kill the fan-girls… I don't remember anymore. Everyone was getting into class and it didn't take long for Iruka-sensei to get to the point once everyone got there.
"Today, everyone will be set up into squads. These will be composed of your fellow classmates based on your level of compatibility with each other."
Then he started to read off who was with who, most were of no surprise or I just didn't care until it came to my group. "Team 7 is Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, and Rock Lee."
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As the two sat near the fire, Sasuke busted out laughing. "Oh man, you should have seen Lee's face when he saw whose teacher he had as team Captain. He was so devastated because his only real friend was Might Guy."
"That fruit is still alive and well?"
"I wouldn't call him a 'fruit,' but yea." After taking another swig, the younger brother continued.
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"What do you mean Guy-Sensei isn't my teacher?!" shouted an exasperated Lee when Kakashi finally walked through the door. The guy sure took his sweet time getting here.
"What I mean is, you're chosen to be in this group because everything is balanced out between the three of you and I'm here because I'm the most balanced in all areas of combat."
Lee asked who was in Guy's team; who was Tenten, Neji, and… I forgotten who the other guy was. He sat two rows in front of me during the selection… Oh well, it doesn't matter. He was replaced afterwards, by another soon after, then that happened again… It seemed like no one could keep up the pace that Guy set, so in the end it was just two slots with Lee occasionally joining their group from time to time.
Anyways, Lee accepted it and worked with us as a team. When it came to the survival exercises, we managed to succeed and since only two people could go on, Lee passed up on the chance to continue (perhaps in the hopes of joining Guy's group) to find out that they all passed.; the first group ever to finish with flying colors. After that, it was remedial tasks until I told Kakashi how annoyed I was because all we were doing was taking out garbage and water plants. I said "I'm here because I'm a ninja, not for slave labor."
So we eventually got a job to help this old drunk to his home to finish a bridge. It was to be a simple mission, but then we found out he had a bounty on his head; when we found that out, it was too late to turn back.
The guy who was trying to kill not only the bridge builder but all of us was Zabuza Momochi. Kami, he scared the crap out of me almost as much as you Itachi.
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At this point, Sasuke was getting quiet red in the face from all the amount of Sake he drunk. Most of his speech became slurred but still understandable to Itachi.
"So what happens next?"
"Letssee… We fought and won the next few times… Met his partner Haku-What kind of namesat? Now… Hesa fruit…. But eventually we encountered his employer, and killzed him. Umm, and Zabuza and Haku left. Think they're still alive out there… Then more retarded chores, the exam and ta-da! Here I am." Sasuke tried to get another drink, but found the bottle to be bone dry.
"Well… I think we made some great progress today! We'll just see what tomorrow brings."
"Shuddaup…I…I don't need ya sass. You're more worthless than Sakura…" And in a drunken state passed out then and there.
Itachi dragged Sasuke to his tent and said to himself "Maybe the Sake was a bit excessive to get my brother to open up, but I'm sure I'll hear about it tomorrow."