I got a review, someone liked my story idea! ^.^ That made me happy, so I updated with another chapter. 3 I'll have to focus on my other fics at my other account now though.
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"Pack up brats, we're leaving." Zabuza commanded.
Team Crazy blinked. "Why? You finally found a job?" Sasuke asked. Zabuza twitched. "What do you mean finally? I'll have you know we found lots of jobs…just denied them." He grumbled. Naruto looked at Haku. "Truth?" He asked. Haku smiled, amused. "Lie." He chuckled.
Sakura grinned. "Just watch out, or I'll mash you up with my new sound system…or my sharinghan." She pointed at her right eye, where she had gotten Haku to implant Kakashi's sharinghan. Zabuza looked away. "Your eyes are damn creepy, being red and green…" He mumbled.
Sakura giggled, while Sasuke smirked. Naruto rolled his eyes with a grin. "Well, you still didn't answer my question." He reminded the dark-haired man. Zabuza sighed. "Suna have been looking for ninja to recruit lately. Probably some big-ass operation, but it means more money." He explained.
Naruto nodded with a thoughtful look. "Well, I've always wanted to travel to the desert…and some of the materials to my upgrades and tools are only found there. Let's go!" He yelled. Sakura pouted. "I'll miss the hot spring." She claimed.
Sasuke smirked. "Either you were there, or training, or experimenting with music. Poor you, I don't think there are too many hot springs in Suna…" He chuckled. Sakura huffed, and took on her headphones and turned some buttons on her now transportable board.
Naruto had fixed it for her, so now it was parted in two and just small enough to hang on her hips. She even had a small speaker, and with some chakra could make damaging sound waves. Naruto had spoken to her about it, and she had thought it out, together with the blonde.
All three quickly packed their stuff, which wasn't much, and went out to where Zabuza and Haku were waiting.
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Zabuza twitched, as he had to duck Naruto's yo-yo again. "Will you quit trying to skewer me with that thing!" He growled. Naruto smiled innocently. "I'm not trying to skewer anyone…I'm just bored." He complained. Zabuza growled again. "Well, do something else! Like the pink brat!" He grumbled.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "You can't really call her pink brat, considering the fact that her hair is dark red." He commented. "I don't care. It was pink before, red-eye brat." Zabuza said. Sasuke twitched. "Do you want me to use you as target practice?" He threatened.
Zabuza twitched. "Haku! We're moving faster!" He yelled, and set up the speed. Sasuke and Naruto smirked, while Sakura was bobbing her head to some rhythm.
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Sakura looked at Sasuke while she turned some buttons and pushed some others. '…This kind of fits him. At least I think so!' She thought with a grin. Sasuke noticed, and raised an eyebrow. "What are you thinking about?" He asked. Sakura blinked. "I'm making a theme for you! Listen!" She said, and gave him the headphones.
Sasuke blinked. There were some dark sounds, lighter, and some faint melody with a lighter, metallic-like noise. (So Damn Hot by HtheB, you can find it on Spotify) He looked weirdly at Sakura. "You think this should be my theme? That's kind of…weird. Seriously." He said. Sakura grinned. "Exactly! It fits, because you're dangerous, somewhat hot and cool!" She exclaimed.
Sasuke chuckled and gave her the headphones back. Naruto ran over to them. "What would be a theme for me, Sakura?" He asked with a grin. Sakura hm-ed and turned some more buttons. "Ah, that's it!" She said, and handed over the headphones.
Naruto nodded his head with the beat. It was much lighter than Sasuke's, with a fast melody. (Dance to the rhythm, also by HtheB) "Heh, why do you think this fits me?" He asked. Sakura shrugged. "You're easy-going, somewhat crazy, and almost always happy!" She explained.
"Nice. Make one for Zabuza!" Naruto suggested. Sakura grinned, and began customizing the noise again. Naruto blinked. "That…sounds a lot like some final boss theme." He said. Sakura nodded. "It should. Zabuza was like the final boss in the wave mission, right?" She said.
Sasuke stifled his laughter as Zabuza came to check on them. "Hurry up, you lot." He said in his normal, gruff voice. Sakura got her headphones back, and quickly began turning the buttons again as they saw sand dunes beginning to lie in the forest.
She plugged in the speaker, and Zabuza started as music began to play. "Holy hell! Don't do that!" He growled. Sakura grinned. "Why not? It fits! I call this one…Desert storm!" She declared, turning the volume higher. Zabuza sighed, and continued onwards. Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura gave each other a high five, Haku watching them with a smile.
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A couple of days later, the guards at Suna's gate frowned as they looked out over the desert. "Mate, is it just me, or is someone playing music out in the desert?" One of them asked. The other blinked. "…Someone is playing music out in the desert. I think I've heard that one before too! Isn't it Blue da ba dee from that album…the seven swordsmen of the mist?" He said.
The first listened, and nodded. "You're right…why the hell is someone playing Blue in an endless sea of sandy brown?" He asked incredulously. The other sighed. "I'll go get Baki."
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A man with his face half hidden by a white cloth stood in front of the gates together with three teens. The music was coming closer, and soon they could see a red-haired girl bobbing her head to the music, carrying some strange boards at her hips. Four others were with her, a dancing blonde, a laughing, black-haired boy, and a smiling girl…no wait, boy? And a tall man with his face hidden by bandages.
The youngest of the three teens, a redhead, looked up with a start, eyes zoning in on the blonde. The two others wisely held their distance.
"Halt strangers! What is your business in Suna?" The man, Baki, demanded. Zabuza raised an eyebrow. "We heard Suna was recruiting. I wanted to leave those crazies where they came from, but they continue following me!" He glared at Team Crazy, who grinned at him.
Sakura turned off her music with an off-button. "Hi. I'm Sakura, that's Naruto and Sasuke. That BOY is Haku. I know he looks like a girl." She pointed at each of them. The blonde teen behind Baki blinked. "Are you a kunoichi?" She asked.
Sakura nodded. "Yup. I didn't take my forehead protector with me though, which was kind of stupid, because I don't have anything to hide my eye with." She pointed at her right eye that was currently closed. The blonde girl raised an eyebrow.
"Why would you need to hide it?" She wondered. Sakura opened it, and the blonde started at seeing a red eye with three commas in it. It looked really misplaced with her other green eye.
Sasuke meanwhile was staring at the middle teen, wearing all black. "…Why are you wearing a black bodysuit in the desert? I thought black absorbed sun…" He remarked. The boy scoffed. "This suit is specially made of a light material and isn't warm at all." He said.
Sasuke nodded. "I see…that's quite useful, living out here. What's it like? I've never even been to the desert before…" He said calmly. The black-clad boy shrugged. "It's warm. And cold at night. Your name was Sasuke, right? I'm Kankuro." He said.
"Hn. Nice to meet you. That package on your back, what is it? A weapon of some sort?" Sasuke wondered curiously. Kankuro nodded. "A puppet. I use puppets in my fighting style. You got any interesting weapons?" He asked. Sasuke shrugged. "I suppose." He said, and pulled on his gloves.
Kankuro narrowed his eyes at seeing the thin ninja wires extending from each glove. "What are those?" He asked. Sasuke smirked and with a few moves, Kankuro was ensnared in his wires. The older boy looked surprised. "Whoa…that's useful. It's a lot like my chakra strings actually." He admitted. Sasuke nodded, and released him.
Naruto was having a stare-down with the youngest of the three, the redhead. "Why…why is mother silent?" He finally asked. Naruto blinked. "Mother... I have no idea who you're referring to." He said. The redhead snarled, and the sand suddenly moved, rushing towards Naruto, who didn't look the least surprised.
"Ah…the spirit of the sands reside within you, am I right?" Naruto concluded. The boy gritted his teeth and sent more sand at the blonde, who didn't move, except for flinging his yo-yo.
The boy looked shocked when the once solid sand was slashed into pieces, before trying to gather it again. Naruto rolled his eyes. "Listen, I couldn't care less whether you try to kill me or not. I'm used to it, from those goddamn villagers…" He muttered. The boy stopped attacking.
"You were attacked by villagers?" He asked. Naruto nodded. "Yeah. Annoying, really. They burned down my apartment. A couple of times too." He sounded annoyed. The redhead blinked. "Why? Are you like me?" He wondered. Naruto shrugged. "If what I've seen so far is true. You're a jinchuuriki, right? I am too." He revealed.
All of the sand people's eyes widened at that piece of information. They had all turned towards Naruto and the redhead, the sand team exasperated, as if waiting for the redhead to try and kill someone. Zabuza sagged. "Can we have your attention now? Those goddamn brats keep taking all the attention away!" He grumbled. Haku patted him on the back. "Now, now, Zabuza. It'll be okay." He consoled.
Team Crazy chuckled. Baki blinked and sighed. "I suppose we can take you to meet Kazekage-sama." He allowed. Team Crazy gave each other and Haku high-fives, the sand team looked thoughtful and Zabuza just palmed his face.
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"You wish to be a part of Suna's forces?" A man clad in white and blue robes questioned. Zabuza nodded. "Indeed." He replied. "…What do you have to offer?" The Kazekage demanded. Zabuza shrugged. "I'm one of the seven swordsmen, my apprentice have a bloodline ability, and those brats are brilliant enough." He said.
The Kazekage narrowed his eyes. "Brilliant enough…?"
Naruto stepped forward. "If that's what he says. I've got limited knowledge of sealing, a whole load of chakra and apparently crazy, but working, ideas." He smirked. Sasuke snickered. "Limited? Don't fool yourself. I'm an Uchiha. I've got special tools, made by Naruto and some heavy fire style jutsus." He said. The Kazekage's eyes widened.
Sakura blinked cutely. "I mostly use my super strength and music to fight. Nothing special with me, really. Oh! I do have one sharinghan eye." She said, and opened said eye. The Kazekage gaped, though it was not seen under the cloth hiding his face.
Zabuza grinned. "So, what do you say? I think it's a pretty good deal…if not, we could always go to Konoha…Iwa…" He drifted off. The Kazekage paled. "No, it's a brilliant deal. What ranks would you put yourself on?" He asked quickly.
Zabuza shrugged. "Jonin. I'd say Haku should be a chunin. The brats…genin team, though they are stronger." He said. The Kazekage nodded and wrote something down. "You are as of now all shinobi of Sunagakure. I recommend changing your clothes to some more fit for the desert."
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"Could you customize some clothes to look like this? Yeah? Thanks. I'll come by later and pick them up and pay!" Naruto waved as he stepped out of a clothing shop. Outside, it was getting dark, but Naruto didn't care much, preferring the cool winds rather than the harsh sun in the middle of the day.
He looked up on the roofs, and blinked. Sitting up at a roof was the redhead. The blonde shrugged and leapt onto the roof, walked over to him and sat down. The other boy seemed surprised.
"Why are you so close to me? You'll get hurt." He stated. Naruto shrugged. "If I get hurt, I get hurt. I heal quickly either way. Look." He said, drew out a kunai and cut his wrist. The redhead frowned as the wound seemingly knitted itself together and closed with a hiss.
"You see? Not much is fatal to me. Comes with having a strong monster sealed into one. Hey, what's your name, by the way? I'm Naruto. Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto." He said with a smile. The redhead blinked. "I'm Sabaku no Gaara…Namikaze…wasn't that the Yondaime Hokage's name?" He wondered.
Naruto nodded. "Indeed it is. He's my father. Though no one are supposed to know that, not even me." He grumbled. Gaara tilted his head. "Are you from Konoha then?" He asked. Naruto nodded. "Yeah, I am. But I sure as hell got tired of those hypocritical fools."
Gaara nodded. "People here…they fear me. But they still hate me. But I have to kill, to continue to exist! I will not cease to exist…" He muttered. Naruto frowned. "Kill to be acknowledged…that's dark. I used to hate them back at Konoha too, and then one day I decided; Screw them! And made a mask, acting like a happy-go-lucky fool. But there is one thing I will always follow."
"What…?"
"True power comes from protecting your precious ones." Naruto said solemnly. Gaara narrowed his eyes. "True power comes from caring only for yourself." He argued. Naruto shook his head. "No, it does not. If your precious persons are in danger…a sense of invincible-ness falls upon you, and you can fight much harder than normal." He explained.
Gaara shook his head, and was about to say something when he heard someone else coming. "Naruto! There you are! I made some new music, and I need someone to sing to it!" Sakura's voice came as the red-haired girl came onto the roof.
Naruto grinned. "Well, let's listen then! Oh, this is Gaara. He's kind of like me, but on the opposite side of the scale, so to speak." He explained. Gaara blinked as Sakura smiled at him. "I can certainly see that. I'm Sakura. Nice to meet you! Now listen." She commanded, and plugged in the speaker with a rather low volume.
Naruto nodded his head to the music. "…It sounds different. You customized it with those instructions I gave you?" He asked. Sakura nodded happily. Gaara listened to the music with interest. "Sing…you said?" He wondered. Sakura nodded. "Yeah! I even made some text! Here, why don't you try?" She suggested and gave him a paper sheet.
Gaara blinked. "…Moonshine…on the bayou…love shrine…break the taboo…I wanna know…what's in your potion…down by… total devotion…" He said it more than sang, but Sakura beamed. "You have an awesome voice!" She complimented.
Gaara tilted his head. "Thank you." He said. Sakura grinned.
Not too close, on another roof, Kankuro and the blonde girl sat and looked on in shock. "Gaara is actually…friendly?" Kankuro muttered. The blonde nodded. "Yeah…that Naruto boy…he is like Gaara, but he's so different!" She exclaimed silently.
Kankuro nodded. "Very different. But, this may be a good thing, right? Maybe we can get closer to Gaara too…" He drifted off. The girl nodded again. "I sure hope so…"
"Why are you spying on teammates?"
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After Sasuke had scared Kankuro and the blonde half to death, the three of them had gone down from the roofs to get something to eat. Sasuke had been snickering the entire time.
"Really, you are supposed to notice me when I'm not even sneaking." He stated. Kankuro huffed. "Well, we were kind of busy." He complained. Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "Busy with spying?" He asked. The blonde shrugged.
"We're worried for Gaara. He's our little brother. I'm Temari, by the way." She said. Sasuke nodded. "You're all siblings? That's unusual." He remarked. Kankuro shrugged. "No one else dared be on a team with Gaara. He can be extremely unstable, but Naruto seems to calm him down." He said.
Sasuke nodded thoughtfully. "I believe that might be because they're similar, and Naruto's bijuu is quite calm, when not demanding that he kill people." He said. Temari blinked. "It does?" She wondered. Sasuke nodded. "Not on the level of Shukaku, no, but it is a bloodthirsty creature. Kept wanting to kill the villagers of Konoha." He shrugged.
Kankuro and Temari blinked. "You're from Konoha?" They asked. Sasuke deadpanned. "Yeah. I'm an Uchiha. We kind of defected when our sensei got killed though. It's a hellhole. Too many hypocritical people." He rolled his eyes.
"Oh…wait, the only demon in Konoha was the…Kyuubi who attacked!" Temari exclaimed. Sasuke nodded. "Yup. Naruto is the Kyuubi jinchuuriki. I don't think he minds though." He shrugged. Kankuro raised an eyebrow. "What kind of abilities does he get from it? Gaara has his sand control from the Shukaku…" He explained.
Sasuke frowned. "Well, so far, he's got near instant regeneration, a whole lot of chakra, and the bijuu cloak. We mean he should get more, so we're going to talk to the Kyuubi one of these days." They looked shocked. "Talk to the beast? How will you do that?" They wondered.
Sasuke shrugged. "With my sharinghan, I can enter people's mindscapes. Kyuubi is in there somewhere. I could enter yours…" He offered with a sly smirk. Kankuro shook his head. "No thanks. I wouldn't want you to mess with me. I need that mind and chakra control." He said.
Sasuke blinked. "Yeah, you said something about chakra strings? How do they work?" He wondered. Kankuro grinned and wiggled his fingers. Temari moved. "Ah, hey, cut that out!" She yelled. Kankuro pushed some more chakra into the chakra strings, so Sasuke and Temari could clearly see them.
"I attach the chakra strings to a puppet, or as I just showed, a human, and use different gestures to guide them into moving." The black-clad boy explained. Sasuke nodded thoughtfully. "That is quite useful. It is a Suna skill, no?" He wondered. Kankuro nodded. "Yep. It's one of the most used tools, but I'm a prodigy at them." He added a little proudly.
Sasuke smirked. "I'm called a prodigy too, but for far different reasons. What about you, Temari?" He asked. The older girl hefted a black rectangle-formed thing from her back. "I'm not a prodigy, but I'm one of the best at wind manipulation with this." She flicked it, and it opened to reveal a large fan with three purple dots on.
Sasuke examined it intently. "That's cool. It has a specially made metal frame, and thin, chakra infused metal instead of paper." He said. Temari looked surprised. "You figured that out with one glance? You're good." She praised him.
The Uchiha shrugged. "I'm very interested in weapons. And that is a nice piece of handiwork. You know, Naruto is wind-natured too. He doesn't know very many wind jutsu, but he is able to infuse his chakra into weapons. Maybe you could even get him to take a look at your fan. He's quite skilled. Made my gloves and Sakura's DJ board." He explained.
Temari blinked. "DJ board?" She asked blankly. Sasuke nodded. "Disc Jockey. Naruto made it up. She found it at Zabuza's hideout, and Naruto modified it for easier use." He explained. Temari looked intrigued. "He's kind of amazing." She admitted.
Sasuke chuckled. "Indeed. Comes with the blood, I bet. He's an Uzumaki, AND the son of the Yondaime Hokage. Both known for their great skills with sealing." He revealed. Both Suna genin looked shocked. "Wow. I didn't know the Yondaime Hokage had a son." Kankuro gaped. Sasuke shook his head. "No one is supposed to know." He said.
"…Which makes me wonder why you tell everyone." Naruto said as he suddenly appeared besides the dark-haired boy. Sasuke didn't even bat an eye. "I only told them. You're becoming friends with Gaara, why can't I become friends with them?" He chuckled. Naruto shook his head. "Doesn't mean you need to tell them all about me." He laughed, and punched Sasuke weakly in the shoulder.
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"Why are you all acting like you've known each other for weeks?" Zabuza asked suspiciously. Team Crazy and Team Sand Siblings blinked innocently. Well, as innocently as Gaara could anyway.
"We bonded during the evening?" Sakura offered. Temari nodded. "Absolutely. We did not go to the nearby club. Not at all." She lied fakely. Baki looked at his team with a raised eyebrow. "You went to the club?" He asked incredulously.
Gaara glared at his jonin instructor. "Why do you care? Old enough to kill, old enough to drink…its quite amusing seeing Kankuro act like an old lady." He nodded his head. Baki blinked. "Did Gaara just…act almost normally?" He wondered. The genin all nodded. "Oh yes, we'll get Gaara normal in no time!" Naruto exclaimed, patting the redhead on the shoulder.
Baki's eyes widened when Gaara's sand didn't react to the touch.
Zabuza grumbled. "Attention stealers…anyway, weren't we supposed to go out on a joint mission? Let's go already." He said. Baki blinked, and nodded. "Okay team, let's head out!"
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And by the way, Sasuke's clothes are like his from the Naruto shippuden; ryujinki game. Naruto have pants and sandals like Suigetsu from the same game.
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