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Chapter 1
Musings
Kyuubi(1) was laughing at her again. It came as no surprise; he was usually either laughing at her or growling at the world. Although, lately, he had been offering useful advice when in the mood.
She wondered if that meant that he was mellowing out in his old age.
She got a rather condescending snort and low mumbles of ripping and tearing impudent fleshbags for an answer.
Sadly, she had given him plenty reason to laugh at her, this time.
When she'd been notified of Sasuke's defection, she'd figured that with the rest of the retrieval team coming, she could get to Sasuke with more than enough chakra left to beat him to a bloody pulp and drag him back to Konoha if necessary.
… Oh, how wrong she'd been.
Forgetting to take into account certain drainages on her chakra had been the first mistake. Not realizing that there might be multiple enemies helping Sasuke leave had been the second. The fact that said enemies were high-Chuunin(2) to mid-Jounin(3) level just added to that one. Not thinking about how far away from Konoha Sasuke might get was the third. She had been surprised to find that she had run and fought all the way to the border between Fire and Rice Country. Of course, there were other problems as well; they just didn't stand out as much as the mistakes. Let's see… her friends that came on this mission with her were all left behind and most likely injured, she had spent most of what was left of her chakra reserves fighting Kaguya Kimimaro before Rock Lee showed up, her wounds from all the previous fights, while healed, were sore and making it harder than it should've been to move, and at this point she was unsure of whether or not she actually could fight Sasuke, especially since the Sound-nin had done something to Sasuke's chakra. Oh! And let's not forget that constant drain on her chakra. Really, it didn't take much, but right now, any at all was more than she could afford. However, if she has to fight Sasuke to get his stubborn-ass bastard self back to the village, then that's exactly what she's going to do. After all, she had a promise to keep and keep it she would or her name's not Uzumaki Naruto!
Actually, her name's not Uzumaki Naruto, but nobody knows that. Nobody knows that she's a girl either…
But that's not the point! The point is that she WILL get Sasuke back… whether he wants it or not.
(AN)
OOoohhh cliffy... yeah, sorry about that. I'm almost done with the second chapter though, so I'll be posting that soon.
The deadline for the votes on Return of the Lost with be May 19, to let you all know. So far, Sasuke starts out alive and is killed during the story, as to why or how... that hasn't been decided yet.
Hmmm... let's see, this story is for the amusement of my sister and the appeasement of my muse, so if you find most of this story childish, well now you have a reason. However, I will be the one reading this to my sister so I have free reign to write what I want for the most part, so I'll try to keep it from getting too silly. Just know that I can't stand letting a serious scene go by without having (and sometimes giving into) the urge to release my cageful of crazed rabbits!
Anywho, i hope you enjoy.
Read and review please!
[EDIT]
I've corrected a couple of spelling and story (aka. I found a map) errors and have tacked on a translation guide for this chapter.
'Naruto' will be used until her real name is revealed.
Translations:
(1) Kyuubi - Nine tails (9 tailed kitsune demon that attacked Konohagakure no Sato and was sealed into 'Naruto'.
(2) Chuunin - mid-level ninja ranked higher than Genin and lower than Jounin
(3) Jounin - high-level ninja ranked higher than Chuunin and lower than Tokubetsu {special} Jounin
ps. I know in the official rankings have Jounin higher than Tokubetsu Jounin, but this is my AU and I want it the other way around.
pps. Sasuke is going to be more of an arrogant prick than an emo prick in this. I don't think I could write him as an emo prick without overdoing it or making it extremely... cliched? or whatever.