Chapter 2- Naruto's PoV
"Sasuke! Teme! Open the stupid door!" I called out to the raven. It had been three days since my confession to Sasuke and, true to his word we were still the best of friends. However, due to my little sing and dance the other morning he's taken to calling me Fox or Foxy. Uchiha's are weird.
"Sasuke come on! I have a mission scroll for you. Open up stupid Teme." I called out once more. I was about ready to walk in when the door was opened before me,
"Sasuke?" The said man was stood in the doorway in just a towel. His hair was damp and I could see water droplets slip down his toned chest.
"Can't a guy have a shower in piece these days?" He rolled his eyes and stepped out of the way to let me in. He closed the door behind me.
"Ya know Teme, you're lucky I wasn't some rabid fan girl just then at your door." He raised a brow. "You of all people should know not to answer the door in just a towel." He smirked at me and headed back up stairs to get dressed as I made myself at home on his sofa.
Sasuke came back down dressed a few moments later. He came over to the sofa and just looked down at me.
"Dobe, feet down."
"Oh!" I chuckled and took my feet off the sofa and sat up right. Sasuke sat down next to me.
"So what's this mission?" He asked as he took the scroll off me and opened it up.
"What's it say?" I questioned him curiously. He only groaned as he slumped into the sofa.
"They've given me a six month mission..." I winced at the news.
"Ouch." I took the scroll off him to read it myself. "Must be an important A rank mission if they're sending Neji and Shikamaru are going too." I chuckled "Uchiha, Nara and Hyuuga, the three stooges." I looked at Sasuke as I laughed; his face just remained impassive as ever. "Don't worry Teme, it'll be over before you realise it." I smiled softly as I turned around on the sofa and lay across it. My legs dangled over the arm of the sofa and my head rested in Sasuke's lap. "This is the longest mission you've been given since you've been back, isn't it?" I asked quietly, he nodded as his left hand came up to gently play with my hair. He seemed out of it, I guessed he was just nervous. "Hey, S'uke, if it's any consolation, I have a month long recon mission that I leave for in a few hours." He looked down to me and smiled softly. God how I loved his smile.
"Hmm, that does help a bit, knowing that you're going to be bored all the time, it's kind of funny."
"Heeey." I whined. "Don't make fun of me Teme." I pouted and folded my arms across my chest. He just laughed at me.
"So childish Naru." He smirked, which caused me to smile.
God how I loved this man.
"I'm not the one laughing at the others expense. So, that makes you the childish one Teme." He just shrugged. A cocky smile on his lips told me to shut up before I regretted what I would say next. I sighed and sat up.
"Well bastard, now that I've delivered that scroll I guess I'll be off home to get ready for my own mission." I get up onto my feet, followed by Sasuke. "Take care Teme, I'll see you in six months." I smiled at him softly before I hugged him. Sasuke returned the hug tightly before we separated moments later.
"Look after yourself Naru. I'll see you when I get back." He said as he watched me leave his side once more for a mission.
A day and a half later myself and my team mates, Hinata, Kakashi-Sensei, Sakura and Sai had set up camp for the night. We were already half way to our destination The Land of Sound, Otogakure or Oto for short. At that current moment in time Sakura and Hinata were conversing, sitting around the fire. Sai had already fallen to sleep and that left Kakashi and I to go over the mission.
"Our mission is to do a complete recon of Oto and try not to cause any trouble." He started. "It's our job to gather and analyse information that we may discover and see if it's worthy of us following up on. We have a month to ascertain any knowledge that will help us succeed in over ruling Oto's elders." I smiled and ran a hand through my hair.
"I know what to do Kaka'-sensei."
"Good boy Naruto." He chuckled and left me to go over the mission in my head.
My turn standing guard was almost over. My body was exhausted but my mind was wide awake. Sudden memories, feelings and places came flooding back to me as I just sat there on a tree branch, my lookout point. One particular memory, for some reason or another, seemed to stick out more than the others. I was a baby, and in the arms of a red headed woman.
*Memory*
The woman rocked me back and forth gently in her arms. A small smile sat on her lips, as she moved them. Her tone of voice was soft as she sung me a gentle lullaby.
Baby mine, don't you cry.
Baby mine, dry your eyes.
Rest your head close to my heart,
never to part,
baby of mine.
*End memory*
A small smile appeared on my lips as I remembered the lullaby and the woman who must have been my mother. I sung a little of the song to myself.
Little one when you play,
don't you mind what they say.
Let those eyes sparkle and shine,
never a tear,
baby of mine.
I looked over my shoulder at the now sleeping girls. Kakashi was awake; he would take next watch after me.
"Ne? Naruto." Kakashi spoke up.
"Mmm?"
"What was that song you were just singing?" 'He heard me!' I thought before I blushed and replied.
"I think it's called 'baby mine'. Someone used to sing it to me when I was a baby."
"I see..." Was all he said before going back to his book that he was reading.
Did he know the song? He knew my parents, so, he might. I shrugged and decided that it wasn't worth worrying over.
'I can't wait to get home' I thought as I went back to my night look out duty.
By the following evening my team and I had arrived in Oto. Keeping ourselves hidden for the time being we moved around the city in the darkness of the shadows. Soon we came upon an old, abandoned rundown hut.
"We'll camp out here until the mission is complete." Said Kakashi-Sensei. We all just nodded in understanding and made our way inside. The place was a dump, but, it was going to be our home for the next month, we had to make do with what we had.
"Hinata-Chan and I will take the bedroom; you guys can sleep in here." Stated Sakura as she pulled the blushing Hinata into the said room.
"Yosh!" I fisted the air. "Let's get an early night so we can start this mission properly tomorrow." I grinned. "After breakfast of course." Sai chuckled.
"My, Naruto-Kun all you think about is your stomach."
"I do not!" I pouted. "I think of other things to!" I whined. Kakashi just rolled his eyes at my display of childishness.
"Like what Naruto?" Asked Kakashi as he looked expectantly at me.
"Like, um, lots of stuff... lots of random stuff, like becoming Hokage for one." I smiled at the mention of my long time dream and goal.
"Sure you do Naruto-Kun." Said Sai as he and Kakashi got into their sleeping bags.
"I do!" I pouted once more for good measure before getting into my own sleeping bag and settling down for the night.
'I think of Sasuke too' I said inwardly to myself before falling into a deep sleep.
AN- so sorry for the late up date, my laptop broke on me and now I have to reinstall everything, and i haven't got a disc to reinstall Microsoft office. So un fair. Anyway, hope you liked the chapter. I promise it will pick up soon. The fourth chapter I think^^! The song is Baby Mine from Disney's Dumbo.
