Alright time for chapter 2!
On my other story, my very first fanfiction, I have made it all the way to the 30tth chapter!!!!!, ok done being all excited.
Anywho lets begin!
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Remy had seemed nervous when they finally walked out of the cave, but once they got past the doorway and out onto the mountain, his attitude had completely changed.
"I haven't seen the out doors in over a year." He said gazing out at the trees. The sun had almost completely set so it was mostly dark, but there was still enough light for him to make out some details.
Naruto let him stand and look around for a while, before suggesting that they set up camp before they weren't able to see a thing. He had picked out a good spot nearby on his way up to camp, so it only took them a few moments to reach it.
It was a small clearing, but one of the only flat areas around. Plus it didn't have too many rocks, which would be a good thing when he set out the pallet to sleep. Naruto froze a moment. He hadn't planned on having another person along with him. He had only brought one pallet. Luckily, he always brought plenty of food, so if they were careful, they would be alright. He sighed.
Looks like I get the hard ground tonight. He thought to himself, as he started to gather some wood for a fire. Up on this high ground, it was starting to get very cold. Maybe he could sneak back in and grab some blankets from the beds that were in there.
One look at Remy had him changing his mind. He couldn't leave him along out here. Naruto wasn't sure the last time Remy had eaten anything, he looked very weak. He must have been lying in that bed for a week, maybe more. If anything attacked while he was gone, then he wouldn't be able to protect himself and there was no way Naruto was going to ask him to come back inside the cave that had held him prisoner for so long.
Once he had gathered enough firewood, he went about lighting it and grabbing some food from his bag. He decided to give Remy more this time. He had plenty to eat for lunch that day, and one look at the face Remy was making at the food told him that he was beyond starving. So once the food was done, he passed the larger portion over to Remy, who looked like he was about to cry.
"You're giving me the bigger share." He said quietly taking the food.
"Yea so what?" Naruto said digging in. "Don't get used to it." He mumbled out in between bites.
Remy just grinned widely before picking up his fork and taking a huge bite. Before long all the food was gone. Naruto could tell Remy was still a little hungry, but if they wanted to have enough for the whole trip, he had better not give him anymore.
"Sorry kid, If we want to have enough for the rest of the trip home, I cant give you anymore right now." Naruto said putting their dishes away.
"That's ok. It's the most food I have had in a long time." Remy said sitting a little closer to the fire to warm up some. "They used to make us fight for our food. I was lucky if I got a couple bites a day."
"Well you won't have to worry about that anymore. Once we get home, I am taking you to the best Ramen place in town." Naruto said, imagining all of the food he was going to eat there. His stomach growled at this, even though he had just eaten. He was drawn out of his musings by a body crashing into him. Thin arms were thrown around him as quiet sobbing could be heard coming from the face buried in his chest. "Hey now, what's this about?" Naruto asked. "Do you not like ramen?" He asked. Naruto didn't know what kind of person wouldn't like ramen. It was the best food in the entire world. He could live off it, if it wasn't too hard to bring along on missions.
"It's not that." Remy said sniffling bringing his head up. "No one has ever been this nice to me. Why would you do this? What's in it for you?" Naruto gave him a strange look.
"Nothing's in it for me." He said a little upset that the boy would think that badly of him, that he would use a hurt little boy to gain something. But then he remembered how Remy was brought up, and the people he was probably used to. He sighed and patted his back. "There aren't many like us. We have to stick together don't we?" He asked. "If we at least don't look out for each other, who will?" The boy nodded before hiding his face again in Naruto's chest. Naruto ruffled his hair. "Alright enough of this mushy stuff." He declared standing up. "You need a bath, because, no offense, you kinda stink. There is a stream nearby where you can rinse off quickly. I'll garb some washing soap and the extra cloths I brought with me.
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Naruto had to use half the bottle to get all the grim out of the boy's hair. He didn't even want to know what he was washing out of there. He poured some in Remy's hand for him to wash his body off with quickly. He was already shaking and shivering from the cold. After one last dunk, to rise off all of the soap, Remy came back to the shore where Naruto sat waiting. He handed him the extra cloths, and Remy put them on quickly, teeth chattering the whole time. The cloths were way too big for his small body, but they helped keep the cold out slightly.
Naruto had rinsed off the cloths that the boy had been wearing before, since he would have to put them on again tomorrow. It was a loose grey shirt with baggy grey pants. The edges wear stringy and the openings looked like they were hand cut, but it was all they had for now. Naruto put them out on a rock to dry over night before leading Remy back to camp. There he built the fire up again and set down the pallet close to it.
"Alright lay down and get some sleep, we have a lot of walking to do tomorrow. Sorry, but you will have to change back to your grey cloths, I don't have anything extra for you to wear that will fit you.
"Where will you sleep?" Remy asked yawning and he got down on the pallet.
"I like sleeping on the ground better." He said turning around so that the boy couldn't see his face. He was really bad at lying.
"Oh ok." Remy said lying down. Naruto started walking over to a tree on the edge of the clearing, the little bit of grass there might be a little bit softer then the hard ground in the center. "Where are you going?" Remy asked quickly, sitting up.
"Just over by the tree." He said turning around. Remy looked around nervously before lying back down.
"Oh ok." He didn't close his eyes again. Naruto watched as he kept looking around, as if he was waiting to be attacked or something. He sighed loudly and walked back over to the fire. Naruto lay down and stretched out on the other side of the fire.
"Better?" He asked. Remy nodded his head and closed his eyes.
This is not going to be a comfortable night.
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Naruto woke up at sunrise with a stiff neck and a sore back. He got up and stretch a bit until he was feeling better. He had not slept well at all last night. There was no way to get comfortable on the hard dirt, with pebbles sticking into him at uncomfortable spots all over his body. It didn't help that he had been cold most of the night too. Normally he could just pull his arms into his thick vest and he was ok, but he had seen the boy shivering in the middle of the night and had draped his large vest over him to keep him warm. Something he regretted later when his teeth started chattering none stop. He didn't regret it that much though. He had been around Sakura enough to know that when people are weak, it could get really bad if they get sick. Besides, he himself didn't get sick.
Remy was still fast asleep. Naruto decided to start packing up some, before waking him. Who knew when the last good night's sleep that boy had was. After picking up the boys cloths off the rock, eh re built the fire and set them down next to it to warm them up some, since they were practically frozen. He pulled out a small amount of food for breakfast before stuffing everything else away into his bag.
The boy woke up to the smell of food and his stomach growling loudly. Remy looked at Naruto and blinked a couple of times. He looked down at the vest keeping him warm, then back to Naruto.
"I thought you were a dream." He said as he sat up, passing the vest back to Naruto across the fire. Naruto chuckled.
"Nope. Hey your cloths should be pretty warm now. They are pretty thin. I was thinking we could cut down that extra shirt you are wearing to put under the grey one, since it is short sleeved." He said as he passed Remy a plate of food. Remy just nodded eating his food quickly, as though he was afraid it would get taken. "Don't choke now." Remy paused to give him a food stuffed grin, before going back to eating just as quickly.
After they had both eaten, he packed the plates away and rolled up the pallet. After Remy had changed back into his cloths, Naruto stuffed the extra pants in the pack and took out a kunai.
It was a lot harder then he thought to cut down the cloth to a good size for Remy. It was still baggy around his middle by the time he was done, but at least the length was right.
Naruto poured some dirt on the fire to put it out, and soon they had left the clearing and were heading down towards the town. It took them a lot longer to get down then it normally would have if Naruto had been by himself since Remy needed to take breaks every once in a while. Naruto didn't mind so much, He wasn't in a big hurry to get back anyways. He was still a little upset that they had forgotten about his birthday. By the time they got back to Konoha he knew he would be over it though.
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After a couple of hours they finally stepped foot into the small village of Enshin. Remy paused before coming in himself. He looked around nervously at the people who were walking by. Naruto turned around to see that he wasn't being followed anymore. Seeing that Remy was afraid he smiled down and held out his hand.
"Don't worry. I won't let anything Happen to ya." Remy darted over to him and grabbed his hand. He clung to his hand tightly the whole time they were in the village, even when Naruto went to the leader to tell himt hat to problem was taken care of. The leader did look curiously at the small boy with him, but he didn't ask any questions, and Naruto didn't give any answers.
Soon they were on their way again. Once they were out of town, Remy was confident enough to let go of Naruto's hand.
That is how the rest of their trip went. Remy grabbing onto his hand anytime they were around people, while Naruto just smiled and tried to think of ways to entertain the young boy on the long walk home. Naruto stayed up as look out the one night they had to sleep out on the road, not even attempting to fall asleep on the ruff ground while Remy slept comfortable on the soft pallet. Before long, Naruto could see the gate to his village just up ahead.
"Here we are Remy." Naruto said as they approached it. He turned down to his young friend and smiled. "We're home."
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OK done with chapter 2! Review and let me know what you think.
