Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto in any way, I just control their every little move in this fic.
Spirit of the Night
"Wow, I got done with my mission 2 weeks ahead of schedule, Sakura will be impressed." Naruto said to himself as he leapt through the trees that make up Konoha Forest. "Maybe she'll go out and get ramen with me!" (A/N: this is before Shippuden, but after Sasuke left). As he was jumping through the forest at breakneck speed, he saw a flash of silver and black, he turned his head to look, and saw a boy, his age, sitting at the top of a tree, leaning back, stargazing. That was all he saw for the next moment his head smashed into a branch, stunning him. The boy in the tree obviously heard the crash, and looking down saw the ninja plummeting headfirst to the ground, breaking every branch in his way. Sighing, he rose to his feet before dashing to the ground, catching Naruto before he smashed his head to smithereens.
"Idiot" was the last thing Naruto heard before he blacked out.
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Naruto woke up to birdsong and sunlight. Blinking his eyes, he took in his surroundings. He seemed to be in a wooden room about the size of his bedroom, he saw the sunlight pouring in from a round hole in the wall at about head height. He looked down and saw himself in a bed, or in the bed, the only one in the room. It was also made of wood, along with all he furniture on the room. There was a table and a chair, both seemed to be growing out of the floor, as did the bed. Slightly perturbed by this oddity, he didn't notice that the boy who had rescued him had appeared in the window, the only way out of the room.
"How long have you been awake?" said boy asked.
"Holy crap! When did you get here?" Naruto yelled, completely surprised.
"Just now, when you were gaping at the house. Are you feeling ok?" Naruto was wary, because even if this kid said he meant well, Naruto knew he was hiding something, he could feel a chakra presence, and knew immediately this kid was a ninja, either enemy or rogue.
"Are you ok?" the kid asked again, coming to stand over Naruto, "you shouldn't be moving, you hurt yourself pretty bad." Naruto got his first good look at his rescuer. He was tall, taller than him, and lean. He wore a black sweatshirt, with a hood, partially unzipped, with a white shirt underneath. His sleeves were rolled up to his elbow. His shorts were also black with a dark grey stripe down the side and encircling the knee. His shins were covered with light gray tape. He had no shoes, and made no sound when he walked. He had silver hair tied up into a ponytail (A/N: kinda like Orochimaru had when he was playing jounin instructor to the sound kids in the chunnin exams) that came down to his shoulders. He also saw his hood had a hole for the ponytail to fit through. His eyes were yellow, but not like Orochimaru's, they looked friendlier and less like a snake, the pupils weren't slitted. Even in bright light, Naruto could tell they were glowing. He saw no village marking and figured out (somehow) that the kid was a rogue ninja.
"I'm fine, but you're not going to be." Naruto grunted as he twisted, throwing a punch at the other boy's face. The boy saw it coming, yet didn't move. Suddenly Naruto heard something snap, and his chest felt like it was fire. He dropped to the floor, for the first time seeing the bandages that covered his entire upper body.
"Naruto, I told you not to move."
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Not bad eh? I know its short, but others will be longer, I promise you. This fic will be longer than my other one, for those of you who liked Winds and Tails. Please, R and R.
-Prauge