Author(s): Anar and YaoiRocks
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto... sigh that is but a dream...A very desprate dream...
Painring: ShikaNaru, Onesided Sasunaru, Hints if Kibahina, AsumaIruka
Asuma was perched atop of a large branch taking his break from the work he was supposed to be doing. Ah…they won't mind if he just had a little time away…will they? He gave a sigh and looked at the sandwich in his left hand and the bottle of drink in the other. Man, he needed a cigarette
"Give it!" a male rough voice could be heard saying in a loud growl. Asuma frowned. It sounded angry. As soon as the man had spoken there was a small cry, something akin to a muffled whimper of a small child.
Having his peace disrupted, Asuma carefully made his way through the bushes and the trees and came to a small clearing where he saw a small blonde haired child and a fully grown up male, towering over the tiny boy. He noted that the child was holding a small teddy bear to his chest tightly as if not wanting to let go.
Hiding behind an ancient tree, pressing his back against the ageing bark, he waited for them to make the move. Asuma was uniquely curious about what was happening and why this man seemed to want to do harm to the poor child. His eyes then widened slightly when he saw who the child was. It was Uzumaki Naruto…the child with the demon sealed inside him. The Kyuubi prison.
"Give it here you snotty little brat" the man sneered, as he made a swipe for the small plush toy in the boys tiny arms. The tiny blonde stumbled back slightly, his small frame trembling violently, trying to hide the toy from view.
"Nooo." The small boy wailed, clutching the toy against his small frame, as if trying to protect it from danger.
"A ruddy demon doesn't deserve such a classy toy" the man once again sneered and roughly pulled the toy out of the child's arms roughly, causing the child to fall to the ground, letting out a pained whimper.
The small child with spiky blonde hair began to tremble a little as his sea blue eyes filled with tears and his bottom lip began to quiver.
Naruto, stood up, though only reaching just below the mans thighs, he held his arms in the air, as if expecting his toy to be handed back to him, but he'd been disappointed enough times to know that wouldn't happen.
"What did you do you little freak?" the man cruelly snarled. "Steal this piece of shit, or find it in a dumpster? Most likely stole it. You wouldn't be able to afford this!"
Kneeing the boy away, he roughly plucked the toys head from its body, smirking.
"Oops" he cruelly chided as he brought out a sharp kunai. "Oh dear, my hand just slipped"
A strike was blown to the lifeless item, then another and another. The child that had been pushed onto the floor was staring at the man with fear, his wide eyes fixed on the toy that was being ripped to shreds by the heartless man.
The man's smirked died down when Naruto began to sniff. "Stupid demon," The man then chuckled when a few tears ran down whiskered cheeks.
Asuma was about to make a move when he noticed that the man was leaving, throwing what was left of the broken toy over his shoulder, letting the stuffing fall just before the child like snow in a cold winters day. Asuma watched as the blonde child crawled forward and picked up the toy's remains.
"It's okay Tatsu-chan; I'll f-fix you right up." Naruto said quietly to the toy as he began to assemble the bits together. Almost as if using building bricks, Naruto stacked the teddy together.
The outcome was without prevail. It just looked like rounded up pieced of wool with a head. The bears head slightly wavered with the wind and suddenly toppled off the small mound, landing face first into the dirt.
Naruto stared at the spot where the head was now laying, vision becoming blurry and his bottom lip sticking out just a little into a pout. He tried again and again, but everytime, the head fell off. The child started to cry softly,
"Come on Tatsu-chan! Y-you have to fight the wind!"
Asuma, feeling awkward about watching a child cry, approached the blonde, his hands still wielding his sandwich and drink. (A/N: LOL)
"Hey kid," Asuma began and smiled a little when the child froze and slowly turned his attention to him, once again clutching the remains of the toy to his chest, his eyes wide with fear.
"Um…want a sandwich?" Asuma asked, as he held out his hand which held onto the two slices of bread with ham and cheese in between it.
Naruto's eyes turned comical wide, before the child grabbed the fallen head and rushed away from the strange man offering him food. The last time that happened, he had been beaten up and left for dead. He didn't want that again.
Azuma sighed as he watched the retreating back of the small child. It didn't surprise him, the way the boy reacted. It made him sad really… the way the boy couldn't even afford to trust a kind stranger.
"Man, I seriously need to get one of those 'get in touch with your emotional side' books" he said as he picked up what was left of the broken toy, staring at the pieces with sad eyes.
He would come back tomorrow and try and talk to the boy.
xAnarx: Yeah!! Chapter one is a go!!
YaoiRocks: hey, Anar-chan, wanna go beat that bastard up?? He hurt Naru-chan!!!
xAnarx: I know!? Shocking isn't it!!
Chibi Naruto: -sniff- poor Tatsu-chan…
YaoiRocks: AWW!!! –hugs chibi Naruto- there there, we wuv you!
xAnarx: Yes…show the love and review!!...Seriously...No joke...Review!