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When you meet the Kyuubi no Kitsune.
Sasuke sighed as he took his third break that hour. It had been a long night for him; he never thought the forest could be so… scary at night. Hell, he didn't even fall asleep. He climbed a nice tall tree and stayed put until there was enough light for him to see.
'Otou-san and Okaa-san are bound to know that I'm gone by now.' he wiped his brow and stood. He should have brought water with him, but like the impulsive person he was, Sasuke didn't and now he was seriously regretting it.
The only things he brought with him were some clothes, shirts and shorts that didn't have the Uchiha fan symbol on them. Some underwear and the shoes he had on.
Sasuke kept walking, he couldn't afford to stop. Even though his parents wouldn't think he would cut through Kyuubi's forest, they were bound to search areas around it.
"Ouch!" a random branch came to life and decided to bitch slap him. Sasuke never realized how thickly condensed the forest was. Ever since he ran away, he still hadn't seen the sky.
On the edge of the forest, there was grass and Sasuke soon found out that if you go deeper, there was nothing but dead leaves, good-for-nothing shrubs and sticks. Lost of sticks. In all sizes.
He stumbled a total of four times.
And fell about six times. Sasuke was still embarrassed even though no one saw him.
The forest's canopy soared high above, blocking out mostly all of the sunlight that tried to touch the ground. 'You really can get lost in here.' he thought absently.
Then something, brown and fuzzy, moved in the corner of his eye. It scared the shit out if him but he calmed down when he saw that it was just a rabbit.
His stomach chose that moment to speak, 'Gods, I'm so hungry…'
The rabbit looked at him innocently, his nose twitched along with his whiskers and his ears flopped cutely. Its adorable black eyes looked at him curiously, obviously it had never seen a human before in its life and wanted to get closer but did so cautiously.
Sasuke, never having to worry about being hungry or worrying about food, wasn't used to not having any. Nor was he used to hunger pains.
And he didn't want to get acquainted with it either.
'…if I wasn't so hungry, I would try to pet it… but I need to feed my face,' -angry stomach growl- '…er, I mean, stomach.'
Again, on impulse, Sasuke lunged forward. Intent of catching the helpless hare. The rabbit, being smaller and faster, didn't have to try hard to get away. He disappeared behind collogue of trees.
Sasuke continued to run, thinking that if he kept going, he'd find or catch up with his prey. His hopes instantly went down.
He slowed down, bent over and panted, completely ignorant to the fact that he had just entered a clearing.
When Sasuke was upright again, he felt this strange sensation. Something that felt heavy on his body but light on his heart.
Looking around, the raven could see that the clearing was huge. It was about three miles in diameter, and not a tree or stick in sight. 'What is this place?'
Sasuke couldn't stop his feet from moving. Something was tugging at his heart, his body, his soul and it was too strong to resist.
After a while, Sasuke was nearing the center; the Uchiha began to see something gray in the center… it looked like a statue… a sculpture maybe?
He stopped a few feet in front of it seeing that the statue was surrounded by rocks, with seals engraved on their surfaces.
'Seals?' then it hit him. The fairy tale his mother used to tell him, saying Kyuubi being sealed in this forest. The village set a rule saying the forest was forbidden to venture into. Then finding an ionized body with old sealed stones around it. It was so obvious who this was!
'Kyuubi?!'
The figure had tails sprouting from behind, claws, and he looked vicious. But all in all, the demon still had a human body.
Sasuke snapped himself out of his own thoughts, 'I need to get out of here!' Sasuke definitely didn't want to be the one to unseal the fox!
Just then; a pulse, something that sounded close to a heartbeat, echoed past him and through out the forest.
The rocks surrounding Kyuubi started cracking and the earth began to shake.
A crack formed in the middle of the head and glowed crimson red. Sasuke shook in fear. The feeling of just being near the ionized demon was devastating.
The Uchiha lost all composure and dropped to his knees when he realized that the more the earth shook, the more Kyuubi's stoned body cracked.
Suddenly, all at once, the earth's tremors stopped and a huge shock wave flew across the land. Knocking Sasuke into unconsciousness.
At that moment, the Kyuubi no Kitsune was freed from his thousand year prison.
- - - -
Fugaku had been looking for his son all morning. He had the whole village search tip and bottom and they still had nothing. The village two miles away, hadn't seen anyone passing through.
Then there was that freak earthquake and awful shock wave.
'What ever it was didn't feel natural…' he looked over at the forbidden forest, 'Sasuke couldn't have been stupid enough to go through Kyuubi's Forest.'
- - - -
For a thousand years, Naruto felt like he was drowning. Never being able to get close to the surface of his anger and pain. He wanted to breathe the fresh air of mercy and love; something he had wanted for so long.
And despite the fact that it was Madara who sealed and betrayed him, Naruto wanted the man to be the one to give it to him.
For a thousand years, he was conscious and was only aware of nothing. Never ending eerie silence and darkness. It was enough to drive anyone insane.
There was also a point in time when Naruto thought he was in hell.
But he knew that that wasn't it. If he didn't have his memories, then Naruto would have been convinced.
Naruto was in the middle of thinking – something he was doing ALL the time – when there was a crack in the darkness.
It hurt to look at it and he would've shied away from it… if he hadn't smelt the outside. Something he thought he never get the chance to do again.
Without thinking, the fox forced all of his red chakra against the small crack, trying fervently to make it wider; to get free.
And Naruto did. The weakening seal was no match for his chakra and it gave out with an explosive wave. A wave of his chakra.
As the thick layers of stone fell from his body, Naruto felt the warmth of the sun, the gentle breeze of the wind, the soft blades of grass at the bottom of his feel and scent of the forest around him. Gods! He would never take advantage of Mother Nature's gifts to him ever again!
Naruto found that he was in a forest and he could still see evidence of a fire that happened long ago. Some of the trees had old char scars, 'Not everything from the past can disappear…' he thought bitterly.
"I will get revenge." he clenched his fists.
Naruto stopped his depressing thoughts and dropped to his knees, stretched like a cat and purred in pleasure. 'Gods! It feels so good!' he leaned back and sat on his hind quarters, scratching his head cutely with his back leg.
It was then he noticed a human, lying near him. With no hesitation at all, Naruto crawled forward and sniffed, 'I don't know who this guy is… but he smells really good.' Sandalwood …and faintly of the forest around him, then he decided. 'He must have lived a sheltered life.'
Naruto moved the man's silky hair out of his face and pulled back as if he was burnt. 'Madara!?!'
He frowned, "No... it can't be. Madara was mostly human… he would've died a long time ago." his heart clenched at the thought. 'Tch, serves him right.' he thought sullenly.
But Naruto couldn't deny the fact that the two looked almost identical! The same pale skin! The same coloration of hair! Hell, their hair even spiked out in the back!
Naruto shook his head, 'Stop thinking about him! He betrayed you and now he is dead! What's done is done…' he ran his fingers through his hair. His deep blue eyes looked back at the unconscious body on the ground.
Naruto noticed that there was a slight difference between ex-best friend and him. This one wasn't as muscular as Madara was—his frame was noticeable smaller…
The blond then remembered what the villagers said in their sealing chant,
"And if anyone is to undo the curse, let them be bound to thyself for as long as thy live."
He sighed at this. Well if this wasn't ironic then Naruto didn't know what was. Here he was, bound to someone who looked exactly like Madara and he would have to look at him every day for the rest of his natural life.
Naruto sat back when he saw the Madara look-alike was waking up.
'He even has the same eyes as him.' the demon noted.
There was evident fear in his eyes, anxiety in his eyes and he looked a little dizzy.
Naruto cut to the chase, "Who are you?" he sincerely wanted to know. Whether he looked like himor not, this guy saved him from his misery and Naruto wanted to thank him.
Sasuke looked at the demon in front of him. Despite everything said about him, Kyuubi was beautiful. He had evenly tanned skin, shaggy blond hair and vibrant azure eyes. But that's what scared him; that something so beautiful could be so deadly. Sasuke had heard stories of what Kyuubi could do with just a flick of a wrist.
With Kyuubi staring at him, Sasuke's heart sped up ten folds.
"…huh?" the Uchiha answered, speaking volumes of his intellect at the moment.
Naruto snickered, "Who are you? You set me free… I wanted to know who you are."
"S-Sasuke… my name is Sasuke." the Uchiha deliberately left out his last name. If the tales were true, Kyuubi would want to get revenge on the Uchiha clan.
Naruto suppressed the huge urge to coo, this guy was cute. Seeing him being all scared, it was very adorable—if that made sense.
"Does Sasuke have a last name?" Naruto inquired playfully.
'Shit!' "... I want nothing to do with my family… I ran away from home cause I was going to be wedded to someone I couldn't even stand." Why was he even telling him this?!
"Hm… interesting. Well Sasuke, I want to thank you for unsealing me." Naruto said and leaned forward.
"W-what are you doing?!" the raven fell back and scrambled away.
'This guy is getting more adorable by the minute!' "I was going to thank you, Sasuke." he said it like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Did you have to get so close?" Sasuke stood and took some steps back. He didn't care that Kyuubi was the most powerful of all nine demons out there; he wasn't going to let the other get that close to him!
Naruto cocked his head to the side, "…you don't want me to thank you?"
"What do you mean?" Sasuke was exasperatedly.
"A kiss. What else?" Naruto frowned
Sasuke… just… well, he just stood there. Scared. Confused. And a little anxious.
"Is that wrong?" Naruto stood straight up and smirked. Heh, he was a little taller than the raven. Another thing that was different… Madara was as tall as Naruto was.
Without thinking, Sasuke blurted out a "YES!" and stepped back some more. Thinking he had angered Kyuubi.
Naruto only continued to chuckle, "Hm, that's too bad." he took a look around them, "Oh well, I guess I'll have eternity to thank you anyway…"
Sasuke froze, "Eternity?! Wait a minute, I don't remember that part!!"
The fox frowned, "Part? What do you mean, part?"
Sasuke seriously didn't know how to act around the blond. This was the same demon that, a thousand years ago, killed humans for no reason at all. And swore to get revenge on the Uchiha clan…you couldn't blame him for uneasy.
"Uh, never mind."
Naruto stared at the other as the gust of wind blew past him, "Maa, Sasuke let's find some shelter. There is a storm coming in."
Before Sasuke could question, Naruto wrapped his arm around his waist and jumped away from the clearing.
In mid air, Naruto laughed openly as the raven clung to him. "Calm down Sasuke!" Naruto landed and bounded again, "I won't drop you!"
Sasuke was in silent shock. Kyuubi didn't even look like he was trying and with a simple leap they were as high as the clouds. It was overwhelming how fast the fox could move too.
'Hm...' And the blond was right, Sasuke could see storm clouds in the distance and it looked like it was definitely going to piss rain.
Sasuke's arms were wound around the fox's neck and he saw Kyuubi had a full blown smile on his face.
'Dear god!' he thought as they reached the climax of their jump and were on their descent down."
Sasuke screamed and clung tighter while Naruto laughed merrily and braced himself for another jump.
'I think I'm going to be sick!' Sasuke thought as his stomach churned.
TBC...
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