I WILL SAVE YOU!
Chapter one – I'm here to save you!
The moon shone down on the dark forest floor desperately trying to dispel the shadows. The forest was eerily quiet; all the forest animals were gone. The air was thick with malice and stenched of death. The only thing breathing was a young boy dressed in black. He was breathing heavily and clutching a wound on his left arm. He lifted his hand slightly and blood poured out. The boy groaned he was sure to die if he didn't find help soon. He stood up and walked into a clearing fully alight with the yellow of the moon. He walked around the corpses that littered the ground, all dead, all killed by the young boy.
He sniffed the air looking for his comrades only to have his nostrils attacked by the smell of blood. He coughed slightly blood splattering his hands. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath; he winced in pain as he moved one of his broken ribs. He opened one eye, and scanned the clearing again looking for any sign of his comrades separated from him in battle. He hoped they would be okay. He knew his Sensei could handle himself but his female teammate was a medical Nin, not the strongest in battles.
"What am I saying? Sakura is amazing at everything. There is no way she could be beat by five or so jounin…oh shit I'm going to have to find her." he whispered to himself shuffling towards the direction he assumed Sakura was.
He was moving slowly due to his loss of blood, he had taken down 10 ninjas on his own. He had no idea where they came from or why they attacked but about 20 jounin from the mist village attacked his team. The three fought side by side but at some point they got separated; now Naruto was in desperate need of help with no Sakura or Kakashi in sight.
He slowly walked to the forest edge dragging his feet. He groaned slightly as he heard many feet coming towards him from the direction he had been heading. There were way too many to be his team mates, they had to be enemies. He backed up a few feet and pulled out a kunai preparing himself for battle.
Three mist ninja ran into the clearing and stopped bout 20 feet in front of Naruto. "There's only one of them boss, and he looks like he's about to collapse any moment," said the one to the left.
"Yeah, you're right. But he just took out 10 of our jounin, you can't really blame him," smiled the one in charge. "Well we can't just leave him alive after what he did to our ninja. Kill him."
"Wait. Take a look at him boss, his cheeks there are whiskers and his hair. He's the Konoha Jinchuriki, isn't he?" said the woman on the right.
"Heh. Are you the kyuubi container, brat?" asked the leader.
"What's it to you?" spat Naruto, his vision blurring around the edges.
"Oh my, what a find! I bet we'd get a reward from the Akatsuki if we brought him in!" cried the boss. All three ninja smiled at the tense blonde. "N-no. You can't if you do then…NO!" yelled Naruto. "I won't let the thing inside me fall into their hands!" he grabbed a kunai throwing it at the leader. He dodged it easily and charged at Naruto. Naruto barely dodged the attack and hit the ground hard. He flipped back up to avoid a frontal attack only to be punched from behind by the female mist ninja. He grunted in pain as he hit a nearby tree. He tried to stand up only to be kicked back into the tree. "Not much fight left in you kid, huh?" laughed the girl.
Naruto glared at her, it was true, he was tired and battered. His body was weak and he couldn't feel a tiniest bit of chakra. He stood up. Not willing to give up even though his muscles groaned in protest. He clenched his fist and ran as fast as he could at the woman throwing a fake punch; he swung around and hit her hard sending her flying. He spun around fast and dodged a punch hitting the thrower in the back with his elbow.
By now he was breathing heavily and couldn't see past the red in his vision. All the strain he put on his body caused more blood to pour out of the multiple lacerations on his body. "Okay brat, I'll admit it. You have skill, but I am a jounin, a leader. You are no match for me. Got it?" Naruto just clenched his fist as the leader appeared in front of him. His body wouldn't move. He was dying, that was for sure. The man pulled out a katana with a charm hanging from the handle. He smiled and lifted the Katana to Naruto's chest. "Don't worry I won't kill you. I am just going to make a cut deep enough to make you pass out, and then I'll bring you to the Akatsuki. Doesn't that sound nice?"
Naruto clenched his eyes shut as the blade was pressed into his skin drawing a bit of blood. This was the end for Naruto. He was going to be brought to the Akatsuki and have the nine tails drained out of him. He would then die and never achieve his dreams of being Hokage or bringing home Sasuke. Sasuke. His best friend, he couldn't save him. He couldn't pull through, he couldn't draw out the strength to save himself, and yet he wanted to save someone else? How stupid. How naïve.
A tear slipped out of his eye and rolled down his cheek. "Don't touch him." came a growl from the woods. Naruto's eyes flew open to see a pair of glowing red eyes illuminated in the darkness. A man with raven black hair and a very beautiful pale face, wearing a white sleeve and navy blue pants, stepped into the moonlight. He glared at the man holding the knife to Naruto's chest. "And who do you think you are?" asked the man.
"My name is Sasuke Uchiha, and the man you are trying to kill is my best friend." He said not looking away from Naruto's face. Naruto was speechless. Why was Sasuke here? Why was he saving me?
"An Uchiha, huh? I thought all of you died off."
"Not quite. Now step away from Naruto."
"You mean the Jinchuriki? Not happening. He is my ticket to retirement. If I give him to the Akatsuki I'll be sure to get a reward."
"You speak of him as if he's a toy to be sold and passed from person to person."
"Exactly," smiled the man.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes at the man and disappeared, only to reappear in front of the man holding his hand on the man's chest. "It's time for you to die." He said bright blue lightning coming from his hand. The man slumped and Sasuke pulled his hand out of the man's chest.
"Sasuke…" whispered Naruto as his knees gave way. Sasuke caught him and placed him gently in his lap. "You okay, Naruto?" Sasuke whispered. Naruto stared in disbelief at Sasuke. This had to be a dream; he was knocked out and was now being transferred to the Akatsuki hideout. "This…is a dream, right?"
"No you dobe, I'm real." He was right; never in any of his dreams could he smell Sasuke's rich, dark scent or hear his deep voice. Naruto smiled. "Why are you here…what..?" Naruto stopped as Sasuke put his finger to Naruto's lips. "You should rest. I hear Sakura and Kakashi coming, Sakura will heal your wounds then we'll talk."
Naruto gasped. "So you are staying?"
Sasuke nodded slightly. "For now." Naruto narrowed his eyes gripping onto Sasuke. He wasn't going to let him leave, not if he could help it. He turned his head as he heard Sakura and Kakashi burst through the trees.
"Naruto, are you oka-?" Sakura started only to stop and stare at the person holding Naruto. She gasped and fell to her knees. "Sasuke what are you doing here?"
That was when Naruto blacked out. The last thing he saw was Sasuke's face.
There! I am done! *Happy Dance* so how is it? Please review! Or I will become depressed!
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