Hidden Secrets
By: Vree
Date: 1/4/08
Summery: Naruto and his family lived for seventeen years in peace and anonymity. That's soon to change. Supernatual AU, with witches, vampires and a forgotten strength, love.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Never have, never will.
Warnings: AU, OOC somewhat, Yaoi eventually, Sasunaru/Narusasu fun.
A.N. Why… Why am I starting another one…. I still haven't even gotten halfway through the other two on my plate! Also, I have nothing against geeks... I have dated a few. [grins[
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It starts as all stories do; with people. Sure, sometimes they act like normal humans, leading average lives, but there's something about them that makes them special enough to write about, as with all main characters.
There's very little normal about any of these people though… They just don't all know it yet.
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Smoke filled the skies and slithered through the trees, mindless of the two figure racing through the very same grove.
"Faster! We have to get to the node!"
"I'm running as fast as I can. You try carrying a baby as well as our remaining worldly possessions."
"Wimp!"
"What was that!?"
"I love you honey."
The smoke tangled around their ankles for a second before the two jumped on a large red boulder and vanished.
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"This is so boring." Kiba Inuzuka growled, leaning against the side wall of Leaf Academy. "Fucking Podunk town. Nothing to do here." He pulled a cigarette from the pack in his pocket and flicked his lighter, drawing a deep draw to light the tobacco. "Any of you think of anything fun to do?"
A large boy shook his head, "We could go to the dinner and get some food. They're running a great special tonight on barbequed pork loin. Mmmmm…" He looked euphoric for a moment. "And Ayame's cooking, so you know it's going to be great."
"Choji, you always think about food… I don't get why we have to do anything… I'm comfortable doing this."
You could almost see the sweat drop drip off of Kiba's forehead, "Shikamaru… You're laying on the school's parking lot… Eventually, you'll get run over."
"Hn." A frown creased Shikamaru's forehead, "I guess we could move this to a tree. Choji…" He slowly opened his eyes halfway, and grinned at his friend, "Carry me. I don't want to move."
Laughing, Choji slung the other boy over his shoulder and ambled off, while Kiba stared after them, cigarette forgotten in his hand until it burned him, "I need better friends."
Then he saw something that always brightened his day, "Nerd." And the stalking began.
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Naruto Uzumaki was a quiet, unassuming boy, and he rather liked the rural Maine town he'd grown up in. The slow pace suited him and he enjoyed the quiet time he got to spend with his family. Sadly, he'd never had many friends. His mom had found great joy in dressing him funny since he was little, and he never quite got out of the trend. His pants weren't high waters, but there were occasionally suspenders involved. He didn't carry a pocket protector or wear glasses, but his nose was always stuffed in a book and his hair covering his eyes. In all views, he was what you would call a geek, and a geek usually had a personal bully. Sadly, his bully didn't know the defining terms of social ineptitude.
"Hey, Nerd!"
Taking a deep breath and closing his eyes, he silently counted to ten to control his rather bad temper and continued walking.
"Nerd. Where you running off to?" A hand grabbed his shoulder, bruising his skin, and it was all he could do not to scream at the other boy, but he'd learned early that that just made things worse.
Kiba spun him around, knocking the book out of his hand, and ripping the collar of his dress shirt. Inwardly, Naruto pouted, 'Another one down… Maybe dad can fix this one. Mom's still not allowed near needles after last time.'
"Did you hear me, you little fucker." He looked up to see Kiba glaring at him.
"Yes, but why should I answer. You're gonna beat me up anyway." He rolled his eyes and thought, 'Moron.'
"Are you getting lippy with me?"
"Are you growing a brain?"
The dog boy stared at the other and glared, "I'm not sure was that means, but I don't like your tone."
Naruto smirked, "Yeah, I think I read somewhere that animals react more to tone than the actual words."
"You fuckin' little!" And with that, Naruto's head erupted in pain and he knew no more.
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"What hit me..?"
"I'd say a fist going at twenty miles an hour."
"Kushina. Now is not a time to be sarcastic."
"Well, when is the time?" Naruto opened his eyes to see his parents standing over him; blocking out all but a few streams of light.
"Anytime you don't feel the urge is the right time."
Naruto laughed when he saw his mom looking incredulously at his father, "I always feel the urge though."
Minato Uzumaki laughed, "Then you should never do it."
Kushina Uzumaki's response to that was to smack the blond haired man upside the head and turn her attention back to her son. "Who hit you Naru? This is the third time this month. I'm afraid you're going to have a permanent black eye soon."
"Yeah. Then you'd look like a panda! Wait… That would be cute! Then we could dress you up in a panda outfit! And take pictures! And put them in our Christmas cards!"
Blinking, Kushina stared at her husband, "And I married you…. Was I high?"
"No more than I was." The older blond male cheerily responded.
"This is where my genes come from." The younger blond male muttered, "Put me out of my misery now please."
His parents were suddenly shoved out of the way, "Gladly. You end up here more than any other student! Do you always walk around with a sign that says, 'hit me' on your back or what."
Naruto pondered this, then grinned wickedly at the school nurse, one Tsunade Sannin, "That would explain so much now wouldn't it." He rubbed his back then sighed, "The last one must have taken it off, darn."
Tsunade growled at the boy, "Just tell us who's been doing this! In the last year alone, you've had a broken arm, a fractured rib, multiple bruises, and at least three concussions. In other words, you're giving us a bad rep kid."
"I don't know who you're talking about. Maybe one of my concussions gave me amnesia." He fluttered his long, sooty eyelashes at her, then gave her a look that all adults dread… The puppy dog eyes. "Can't I just go home and rest. Consider it an early birthday present!"
Tsunade sighed and decided to give in, "Obviously we're going to get nowhere with this. Stubborn brat."
Naruto preened.
"I want you to take a day off, which means no coming back here until next Monday." She frowned at the boy. "I'll bring you your homework when Jiraiya and I come over for your birthday dinner tomorrow night." She smiled at his parents. "I'll see you two later. You know the signs to rush him to the hospital by now. Take him and flee."
Minato saluted impishly and picked up his son, "Gladly!" And with a regal wave from Kushina, they were gone.
Tsunade looked around, "Now where'd Shizune hide my sake this time."
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"You know… You should have just told her." Kushina had her feet propped up on the dashboard and was painting her fingernails as she spoke to her son.
"Nah. I'm not a rat fink, mom. Even though I hate the bastard, I'm not a tattler."
She glared at Naruto over her shoulder, while closing the lid to her nail polish. Then she hit her husband on the shoulder with the bottle. "I blame you!"
"Owww! Why!?" Minato squealed, rubbing his shoulder while navigating the curvy roads to their sea side home.
"All those damn gangster movies you made him watch with you when he was little. I knew it would have a bad affect, but really!"
He pouted cutely at his wife, then smirked, "Well, your dirty mouth affected his vocabulary, so I think we're even."
"Fucker." She smirked at him, "Why'd I marry you again?"
"Because I have a sexy body and I'm funny."
"Yeah, cute and dumb."
"And I'm forgotten yet again!"
Both responded to their son at once, "We love you Naru!"
He turned over from his sprawled position in the back and grumbled about psychotics and the wards that missed them.
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"Are you going to give it to him tomorrow?"
Minato started and blinked at his wife in the doorway, then sighed, stroking his fingers over the lid of a black box. "I have to. He has to have it before midnight tomorrow."
"You know. Sometimes I wish he could have just stayed five forever."
"Yeah. It was so much easier to protect him then. He'll have to face his destiny soon."
She turned, then looked over her shoulder, "Nah, that's not what I meant. This teen angst crap annoys the shit out of me." With that, she wandered towards their bedroom, Minato staring after her, laughing under his breath.