Anime: Naruto
Pairing: ? X OC
Summary: A short tale about back in the day when rouge ninja were just bad guys that the grown ups dealt with. A story about 3 friends with very different paths they must lead. Can they still be friends when all is said in done? Is forgiveness as easy as they say when the one person you love runs away with your heart.(No Sakura)
Author: Triggerspec
OC: Kin Sasaki
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or the characters. I also cannot take credit for the similarities to the plot. All credit goes to Masashi Kishimoto. (I only take credit for Kin Sasaki)
Italics = narrations
A/N: This is going to be a little shorter than some of my work, it will also have a sequel at the end which is being worked on as you read.I might have Sakura in the sequel, I'm still deciding. I love this story and wanted to put as much emotion as I could hoping by the end I could make someone cry. I think it is a very touching story, even with only half the ending. So read on and let your imagination guide you.
It was a sunny day but still the air was chilled. All in all, it was more than a normal day in the walls of Konohagakure. Even if normal wasn't all that 'normal' in the sunny village.
Sasuke stood on the side-lines, observing his comrades.
"Every time you speak I can feel a brain cell diiie!"
"Ki-chan, how could you say something like that?"
"Easily! I open my mouth and speak! Something you shouldn't be allowed to do!"
"You're a horrible person, dattebayo! You're the one who shouldn't be allowed to speak!"
The two blonds glared at one another. Flames were erupting from their eyes and sparks flew from their ego's meshing. Bright blue met bright orange.
"Oooh, good one baaaka!"
"Would you two give it a rest already?"
Sasuke scuffed as his patience with his two comrades became quite thin.
"Shut up, Sasuke!"
The two turned to scold the Uchiha. The boy just blinked, astonished as the two moved in sync. He let out a sigh and rolled his eyes, covering up the bewilderment he felt and walked away. Without a skip of a beat, the two dis-regarded the interruption and went back to clawing at each others throats. Even from yards away, their voices travelled over the wind.
"Stop copying me Naruto!"
"I didn't, dattebayo!"
"I can't believe how infuriating you are!"
"Yeah, well I can't believe how..., how stupid you are!"
Kin's face scrunched in disgusted, disbelief at Naruto's comeback.
"Urgh! I can't believe yo-," the girl's face went red as a obscene sound gurgled from her stomach, "Tssh!"
Naruto began to laugh out loud in the obnoxious way he always did. Sasuke watched, astonished from afar at the events uncurling before his Sharingan eyes.
She shoved Naruto, "Shut up Naru-kun!" she scolded, more than embarrassed at the interruption.
"Haha! You're too funny, Ki-chan! Let's get some Ichiraku, my treat, dattebayo!"
The girl's face went from pouting and upset to an ear-to-ear grin.
"Hells yeah!"
Kin cheered and the two blonds gave each other a high-five and wrapped their arm's around each others shoulders. The two marched off singing so off-key it made flower's wilt. Sasuke's mouth hung open. In a matter of seconds, the two went from wanting to rip each others heads off to being best of friends. Behind the disgust at such obnoxious beings, hid a tiny voice that screamed out in jealousy. Behind bitter coal eyes burned a longing that craved to burst into flames. He was yanked out of his thoughts from a very loud voice.
"SASUKE-KUN! C'mon! We're going for raamen!"
He shrugged his shoulders as he made his way to the blonds. He was pretty hungry anyways.
Yep, just another day in Konoha. The children played and we set out on our missions, unsure of what life could bring us at any second. Those were the moments when things became just a little more clear.
"Naruto-kun, watch out!"
The boy turned around to see the enemy lunge down at him with a kunai ready to cut. It was too late and there was no time for him to react. The shock had him frozen in place as he watched in slow motion the events occurred.
"Dammit!"
Kin didn't stop to think as she pushed herself from the crouched position. With all the chakra she could summon in her frenzied state, she pushed herself into the frozen boy. As she tackled Naruto out of the way, she received the enemy's weapon in her thigh. She let out a yelp as the pain crawled up and down her body.
"Kin!"
Sasuke hollered as he witnessed the injury of his comrade. Without hesitation, he quickly twirled his leg around, knocking out his opponent. Like second nature he pushed himself to the pair of blonds, just a short ways from where he fought. He quickly pulled out another kunai and tackled his comrades attacker. The man was caught off guard and as they landed the Uchiha made a final strike taking out another enemy.
"Naru-kun, are you okay?"
"Are you kidding me? Ki-chan, you're injured!"
The girl tried to laugh it off but when she tried to stand her leg gave out. Blood began to pool as she collapsed to the ground. Kin let out a sobbing cry as the pain became more agonizing. Naruto dropped to his knees quickly taking off his jacket and using the black shirt underneath to wrap her leg. Sasuke stood watching the two with a bitter look in his eyes. Naruto's hands wrapped around her as he tightened the temporary bandage. His eyes glanced at Kin's face as she watched Naruto. Her eyes were red and coated with tears. It was easy to see she focused more on trying not to cry rather than the pain in her leg. After putting his jacket over his bare torso, Naruto wrapped his around the girl and helped her stand once again. Their mouths moved but Sasuke couldn't hear the sound. His eyes were glued on Kin's blood on the ground.
"Sasuke!"
He flinched as he looked up at the speaker.
"C'mon and help me would ya! We have to take Ki-chan to the hospital, dattebayo."
Sasuke nodded and took the other half of the girl's weight.
On their second break, as the three made their way back to Konaha, Kin began to tear apart with guilt. In her mind she was stupid for getting herself injured like this, there were dozens of ways she could have dealt with that situation. Naruto left to take a whizz and Kin looked over at Sasuke. His dark eyes seemed troubled as he stared at the ground in front of him.
"Are you okay, Sasuke-kun?"
His reply was an arrogant grunt as he didn't even bother to look her in the eyes. The girl frowned as the Uchiha's mood seemed to worsen with her question.
"I'm sorry Sasuke-kun, it's not my place to ask such stupid questions."
His gaze shifted to the girl, the difference in personality astounded him. He craved for her to act normal towards him. He wanted to have a friendship that wasn't so formal, that let him step out of his normal boundaries. The two had so much in common, that neither of them could see it. Naruto watched them from the tree-line he peed over. He took a deep breath and wandered out with a large grin on his face. The moment he walked out Kin lit up like a Christmas tree with a smile that mimicked his own.
P.S -sigh-I'm finally able to upload my story! I know it's short, but I think it's sweet. I'm excited to get this one going! :) It's a little different from what I'm used to. XD But, that's all for now.
BAI-BAI~!