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Present
Flashback
'Present thought'
'Flashback thought'
CHAPTER 2: First Revelation, First Treason
Tayuya had caught up to Naruto, giving him a bonk on the head for running away from her. Naruto rubbed his head and gave her a sheepish look. Tayuya simply shook her head at him and looked over to their destination, the ramen stand. Tayuya walked ahead of Naruto.
"I don't know why you get embarrassed so easily." Tayuya said, turning around to put her hands behind her back and leaned forward a little bit. "I remember when you would take any kind of praise you could get your hands on."
"Yeah, well, I'm a grown up now right?" Naruto replied, giving her a pointed look. "When you first came here, you wouldn't even bother talking to anyone. You would thought everyone would backstab and use you." Tayuya put her hands up in her defense.
"You would to after you found out you were being used by the people you trusted all your life."
FLASHBACK
Tayuya collapsed to the ground, her ragged breathing echoing off the almost empty chamber. She looked up to see Orochimaru looking down at her. He was giving her an appraising look. She was a genjutsu user dammit, not some taijutsu expert!
"You are getting better Tayuya, but you are still slow when it comes to blocking. You must always keep your guard up, even if you think you won't make it in time. You could also try attacking to stop their attack." Orochimaru lectured. He walked over to her and even helped her up. Tayuya bent over to put her hands on her knees. She looked up to her master.
"With all due respect, why am I learning taijutsu? I am clearly a ninjutsu and genjutsu user." Tayuya said. His gaze hardened at what Tayuya said.
"So you would rather me not teach you?"
"No, I am greatly honored that you would teach me. It's just-"
"Then do not question what I do." Tayuya hung her head at what the snake user said. One thing that she didn't want to do was get on his bad side.
"Yes Orochimaru." She replied as she stood up straight. He waved her off, signaling that she could leave. The redhead did so without hesitating.
As Tayuya walked down the dark corridors of Orochimaru's lair located in the sound village, she thought about why he had taken an interest in her in the first place. She had been thinking about it more and more lately. Something wasn't adding up, but she wasn't sure what it meant.
As she approached her destination, which was the kitchen, she heard pots and pans rattling. Curious, she stuck her head inside the kitchen to see Kabuto barely able to stand up. He was clearly drunk. She snickered at the sight of Orochimaru's tipsy assistant. She found it funny that he could not hold his liquor at all.
"Whosh there!?" Kabuto asked incoherently. "I'm warnin ya, I know how to use thish baby!" he added, brandishing a pan. Tayuya simply smirked at his predicament.
"Relax Kabuto, its me, Tayuya." She answered as she entered the kitchen.
"Tayuya?" Kabuto scratched his head with his free hand. His face lit up in recognition soon after. "Tayuya!" Kabuto stumbled over to Tayuya and gave her a hug. "How are you!?" he shouted. Tayuya pried him off her and brushed herself off. She needed to remind the fucking idiot that gave him alcohol to never do so again when she was around.
"I'm fine, Orochimaru just got done with my training for today." Kabuto nodded sagely, as if he knew the meaning of life.
"Ah yes, Orochimaru has great plans for you little Tayuya, great plans." Tayuya ears perked up at this new piece of information.
"Wait, what kind of plans?"
"Well…I don't know if I should tell you...hic…bah, it doesn't matter, you won't tell anyone!" Kabuto said merrily. He motioned for her to come closer to him. "Alright, I'll tell you why Orochimaru started training you…he wants to make you a strong mother."
"A strong mother? What the hell are you talking about dipshit…" Tayuya had a sick feeling in her stomach. She knew she wouldn't like where this was going to end up.
"For children!" Tayuya gave Kabuto a blank stare. He leaned in and whispered in her ear. "He's going to breed you with Sasuke." Tayuya recoiled like someone had punched her in the face.
"W-W-What…?" Tayuya stuttered out. She would have never thought this.
"Orochimaru is going to breed you so that he will have future bodies with the Sharningan, just like Sasuke's body." Kabuto lectured as if he was talking to an idiot. The blood drained from Tayuya's face. "He's training you so that your body will be strong to bear them. Pretty smart huh?" Kabuto could barely finish his sentence as he collapsed on the kitchen floor. Tayuya wasn't hungry anymore. She walked out of the kitchen, almost as if in a trance.
Kabuto stood up right after Tayuya left. He smirked at how well he planted seeds of doubt. After all, if there was one thing Kabuto was good at, it was acting.
END FLASHBACK
Naruto stroked his chin in thought outside of the ramen stand. "Yeah, I can see why you distrust people. Was it always that hard growing up in the sound?" Naruto asked, then smacked himself. "That's right, you told me that you went there as a refugee." Tayuya nodded in affirmation.
"I would have kicked your ass if you forgot." Tayuya smirked slightly. "I am quite good at that you know." Naruto snorted at that comment.
"If you say so fireball." Tayuya's face turned slightly red at the comment and the nickname. She opened her mouth to retort, but was cut off as they heard a loud voice.
"Naruto, Tayuya!" Naruto looked over to see Sai and Chouji walking towards them. It was obvious who had called out to them.
"Well, I see your loud as ever fatty." Tayuya said sarcastically. Chouji puffed out his chest, his eyes clouding over as he reached the entrance to Ichiraku's, right where Tayuya and Naruto were standing.
"I'm not fat! I AM-" Sai interrupted his triad as he stepped in front of Chouji.
"Yeah, its all muscle now. Nice…strong…muscle…" Sai trailed off, looking appraisingly Chouji's muscle. There was silence for a few moments, before everyone burst out laughing. "So how's the odd couple doing? You don't look too ready for the wedding." Tayuya shook her fist at him.
"That's more than I can say for you. Are you ever going to get rid of that belly shirt? It annoys the fuck out of me." Tayuya looked over to Chouji. "At least one of you is dressed for the occasion." She added, looking him up and down.
Indeed Chouji was dressed for the occasion. He was wearing a white tuxedo, full with the black tie. Very few people could pull off the white tux, and he was one of those people.
Naruto looked at Chouji's head and smirked. "Did you even cut your hair for the occasion? I think I liked it better long."
"Actually, it was Ino and Sakura who made me get a hair cut. I mean, it's not like I got a buzz cut, its still reaches my shoulders." Chouji put in. Sai gave him a appraising look.
"I think it's sexy!" Naruto gave Sai a pointed look.
"Will you ever get over pretending to be gay or making gay comments? It doesn't really suite you. Besides, didn't it annoy your ex-girlfriend?" Naruto muttered the last part. Sai just slithered up to Naruto like a snake, putting his hands on his chest.
"Does it make you uncomfortable…Naruto?" Sai said seductively. He was brutally shoved to the ground by Tayuya.
"Find your own man fag boy." Tayuya said angrily. "I don't know why the hell Ino even dated you." Sai put his hands to his chest in fake hurt.
"Tayuya, you wound-" Sai was cut off as the redhead walked over and proceeded to kick the young artist over and over. Naruto and Chouji just looked at each other. Neither of them bothered to help the him. For one, they didn't want to piss of Tayuya. Second, they thought Sai kinda deserved it, as he made those kind of jokes way too often.
Naruto let out a sigh. "So today's the day huh?" Chouji just nodded.
"Yep…our best friend is losing his freedom and finally tying the knot." Chouji added, ignoring the screams of pain coming from Sai. Naruto let out another sigh. "I'm sure he'll survive. After all, that girl has had him tied down for quite a while."
"Yeah, I know he'll do well. It was just a matter of time." Naruto said solemnly, looking over at Sai to see him now being chased by Tayuya in a little circle. On lookers seemed to see it as a sport, as some were cheering for Tayuya to catch him, while others were rooting for Sai to make it out alive.
Chouji looked over to Nartuo. "Did Gaara give you the ring?"
"Yeah, Konohamaru delivered it to me this morning. When Shikamaru gave me the ring, he actually suggested I give it to him so I wouldn't lose it. We share a very close bond, so I knew I could trust." Other than Sai's voice crying in agony, there was complete silence between the two.
Chouji looked up to the sky, then back to Naruto. "Is there something you want to say?" he asked. Naruto just nodded.
"Yeah…" Naruto took a deep breath, as if steeling himself for what he was going to say. "You should have been his best man." Chouji knew this would come sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to come this late on the day of the wedding.
"Naruto, listen-"
Naruto just steam rolled over him. "You two have been friends way longer than we have. I feel like I'm just stealing this privilege away from you. I don't-" Naruto was stopped as Chouji put his hand up.
"Naruto, your not stealing anything away from me. Yeah, me and Shikamaru go way back, and yeah, I was a little disappointed, but people change over time. I think you deserve it after all you two did together. It's because of you two that Tayuya can even stay here. When the Hokage revealed who Tayuya really was, Shikamaru was the main reason why most people accepted her, as he made a good argument for her. When he heard that Sasuke had come back, you and him vouched to keep him alive. You two share a bond that surpasses even my own bond with him now. You have nothing to be ashamed of Naruto." Chouji finished his monologue by putting his hand on Naruto's shoulder. "Feel better?"
"Yeah, I do." Naruto said smiling. He looked over to see a knocked out Sai on the ground while Tayuya stood on his chest triumphantly. She looked over at Naruto, who seemed all sentimental lately.
"Oi, Naruto, what's wrong with you today? Your way too damn emotional today. It's starting to creep me out." Tayuya said full of mirth. "Your not PMSing are you? I suppose you'll become moody next." Naruto gave her a rude gesture.
"Come on, it's time to eat." Naruto motioned his head toward Ichiraku. He headed in with Chouji close behind, while Tayuya woke up Sai with a quick water jutsu. She then proceeded to drag him along to the stand.
They all took seats while Ayame came up to greet them. "Glad to see you all again. Today's the day isn't it? Your friend is finally going to settle down?" They all nodded. Ayame let out a small giggle. "When he started coming here with Naruto, he would always complain about girls and how bossy they are. It's kind of ironic who he chose to marry isn't it."
"Yeah, I'm surprised that lazy ass was even energetic enough to ask her." Tayuya added, spinning from side to side in her stool. "Right then, lets get some grub." She said while eagerly looking over the menu. Ayame took their orders and walked to the back to start preparing their meal. Naruto looked over to Chouji with a smirk.
"How does it feel to have your own Genin squad already? Are you ready to quit yet?" Naruto asked, poking fun at Chouji's new position. Tayuya looked past Sai to give a questioning look to Chouji
"Wait, you have a Genin squad already? You only became a Jonin about 3 months ago, what's up-" Tayuya was cut off as she saw the glare Chouji was sending at the boy sitting to her right.
"For the last time Naruto, I'm a assistant to the Jonin who is actually teaching the kids." He said angrily. "You've only been saying their my squad for the last month, so cut it out." Naruto just shrugged his shoulders.
"Well, it's a training program to teach people who want to have their own Genin team in the future how to be good teachers and what its like. That old hag," Naruto said while pointing to the 5th Hokage's head on the mountain, "Said that the program would result in better teachers. So yeah, your gonna have your own group sometime in the future."
"I'm surprised your even doing the training program." Sai said, finally speaking up. "I could never handle a bunch of little kids." Tayuya snorted.
"I'm more surprised that Sasuke actually signed up for that damn program. That ass, teaching a bunch of little kids? Please." Naruto rose up to defend his friend and rival.
"Hey, its probably his way of making it up to the village for leaving. He has been working hard to pay his debt." Naruto replied to Tayuya's statement. She once again snorted. "Will you stop that, it makes you sound like a pig." His insult was rewarded with by Tayuya punching him in his shoulder.
"You, Jiraiya, and Kakashi came across him during that month after you killed Kakuza right? When you brought him back, why did he decide to stay and make up for what he did?" Chouji asked curiously. "Why were you guys even out there traveling?" Naruto stopped rubbing his arm and looked over to Chouji.
"We had heard reports of Orochimaru being defeated from and unidentified source, so the three of us were going to check it out. To your other question, when I later asked Sasuke why he stayed, he said this to me…'You don't know what you have until its gone'. I guess he missed the leaf while training at the sound." Naruto said seriously. Sai looked over to Tayuya, waving to get her attention.
"Speaking of Sasuke, why did you two decide to betray Orochimaru after so long? For that matter, how did you two even discuss it?"
"Well… it was kinda weird how me and Sasuke-"
"Sasuke and I." Naruto corrected. Naruto was rewarded this time with his head being bashed into the counter. Tayuya's eye was twitching while a huge vein on her forehead was threatening to explode.
"I hate it when you correct my grammar, especially in public asshole." She said through gritted teeth. She took a deep breath to calm down. "As I was saying before I interrupted, Sasuke and I actually met and discussed our plan on betraying the snake because of the information Kabuto gave me. I later found out that he told me on purpose, but anyway…"
FLASHBACK
It had been a long week for Tayuya. Ever since Kabuto had given her that bombshell, it was like her world was turned upside down. It would be one thing if he just used her as a war tool, but as just some simple thing to breed with Sasuke?
What. The. Fuck.
It was absolutely gross that she was just being used to have sex. If it was true…
That was the other thing that had been running through her mind the past week. Was what Kabuto said even true? He was drunk at the time, so there is a possibility that he just made it up in his stupor. It was all so confusing. What would she do if it was true. Tayuya just sighed.
"Is something wrong Tayuya?" Orochimaru asked from above her. "You seem a little absent minded today."
It was true, she had been absent minded all week since she found out Orochimaru's 'supposed' plan. She hadn't even bother to rough up the people who were lower ranked than her.
"No master, I'm fine." Tayuya said quickly. If there was one thing she didn't want, it was Orochimaru's suspicion. He gave her a calculating look.
"Fine then. You may leave me." He said. Tayuya didn't hesitate as she left immediately. Her training had been upped to two times a week, and this was the second one she this week. She honestly felt drained, and it took a lot to make her drained.
As she walked about the compound, trying to relax, her thoughts returned to that yellow haired nuisance. The reason was that Sasuke mentioned him last week, as she was passing bye to go practice her taijutsu. Problem was, all during her practice, she thought about their two encounters. She didn't understand him, like why he actually bothered to help her twice. It was stupid of her to try to analyze their encounters, as she didn't really learn anything about him, other than that he wanted to bring Sasuke back. Which puzzled her even more! Why the hell did he go so far for him? Everything about him made her think-
"He's a fucking idiot." Tayuya shouted, her voice echoing down the corridors. She didn't even care if someone heard. 'I don't need to understand him remember? I'm never going to see him again. I think I'll head back to my quarters to take a nice bath.' She thought to herself, liking the prospect of relaxing in a tub. Being a member of the sound 4, at least what was left of it, had a few perks.
As she was walking to her room, she passed a few people here and there, no one she really knew. Not many people had access to Orochimaru's personal lair. She most often saw prisoners or bad sound ninja come in for experiments. It was her bad luck that she had to run into him…Sasuke Uchiha.
Tayuya swallowed as she walked towards him. 'Just keep walking and look straight ahead. If you do that, he won't bother you and it won't be that obvious that I know something.' She thought to herself, slightly panicked. She shouldn't be this nervous. 'For fuck sakes, just walk past him!' Problem was, it didn't go as planned. Right as they reached each other, their eyes met.
Time seemed to stop as she looked into his eyes, as he did the same for her. Tayuya broke into a dead run when she looked away. Sasuke just turned and watched her go.
"It seems that she also has heard, but she's taken it worse than I have…" he said to himself before smirking. "Yes…that would make things much easier."
IN TAYUYA'S ROOM
Tayuya slammed the door behind her and leaned against it, taking deep breaths. She had ran all the way back to her room, bumping into people, knocking over various carts that people were moving. How the hell was she going to explain that to Orochimaru. She took one last deep breath and exhaled.
"…That was certainly not shady at all!" she said, sarcasm rolling off her tongue. She looked at the ground. "Tayuya you're a fucking idiot." She sighed and got up. There was no point in thinking about it now, she would have to worry about it later. For now, she would relax. She had to carefully step on her floor as to not step and break anything. Her room was a total disaster.
"Maybe I should clean up." She murmured. Tayuya grabbed her towels and undressed. She then made her way to the bathroom. She turned the water on hot and waited for it to fill up before stepping in.
"Ahhhh…" She whispered. "This feels great…" Tayuya was so busy relaxing that she didn't hear someone unlock her door.
After Tayuya was done, she stepped out of the tub and dried off. She wrapped a towel around her self and used another to further dry her hair. As she stepped out of the bathroom, she did not expect to see what she did.
"Y-You…" she stuttered, seeing Sasuke sitting on her bed. He got up and turned around to look at her. Their eyes met briefly. Sasuke broke eye contact to look her up and down. After all, she was wearing only a towel. This did not sit well with Tayuya. "Pervert!" She shouted. She then proceeded to grab various things from around the room and throw them at him. Scrolls, books, kunai's, you name it, she threw it.
Sasuke either dodged or blocked all of the objects thrown at him. He had to hit the deck when a kunai flew over his head. He got back up. "A kunai? Isn't that a little-" he was cut off as a bottle of conditioner hit him in the forehead. Sasuke growled and approached Tayuya. She backed into a corner.
"You're here because of Orochimaru aren't you? I can't believe your going along with this. I tell you right now, there's no way in hell I'm agreeing to it! I'll fight-" Her shouting was cut off as Sasuke held up his hand.
"I was right, you have heard." He said, more to himself than to her. She gave him a confused look, her arm raised up to throw one of her shoes at him.
"What?"
"Why don't you get dressed and we'll talk." Sasuke said calmly. He stood there looking at Tayuya, as she stared back. They stared at each other some more. And some more. And- "What are you waiting for?" Sasuke said impatiently.
"Turn around fucktard!" Tayuya bellowed at him, throwing the shoe she was still holding. Sasuke leaned his head to the left, the shoe passing him and hitting the wall. He then turned around.
"Just make sure it quick." He stated. Tayuya growled but refrained from saying anything else. She quickly changed, as she didn't want that Uchiha to see anything.
"Okay, what is it?" Sasuke turned back around.
"So I assume you heard from Kabuto what Orochimaru wants to do with us." Tayuya opened and closed her mouth. She stood silent for a second before deciding to speak.
"So when did find out and how long have you known?" she asked curtly
Sasuke tilted his head as if in thought. "I've known for about 5 months, a lot longer than you. I learned from one of Orochimaru's advisors speaking with Kabuto one night. As I was walking down the hall on the way to train with Orochimaru-"
"Can't you say his name with a little respect? Would it really hurt that much?" Tayuya asked while rubbing her temple. Sasuke just gave her a blank stare.
"As I was saying," Sasuke continued, completely ignoring what Tayuya said, "I heard a conversation between Kabuto and one of Orochimaru's advisors talking. I heard my name mentioned, so I decided t stop and listen. The advisor asked if Orochimaru was really planning to breed me with, as referred to you, 'that foul-mouthed bitch'." He gave a smile as Tayuya's face contorted with rage.
"I'll kill that bastard! Who is he!? Tell me who that fucker is!" Tayuya said, grabbing Sasuke by his shirt. Sasuke simply grabbed her hands and pushed her off of him.
"That's already taken care of." Tayuya gave him a confused look. "Kabuto disposed of him right after the advisor said that. I heard the guy scream out in pain. I wouldn't believe it normally, but then I heard Kabuto talk, apparently to his dead body. He said, 'That is top secret and was never to be mentioned. The price for disobedience is your life. I don't know how the hell you found out, but it was good that you came to me, as it could have spread pretty fast.' As you can guess, I went off to my training pretty quickly." Sasuke finished while leaning against the wall. Tayuya slowly digested all the new information.
"So, why are you here again? State your business or get the hell out." She said bluntly.
"I'm enlisting you to betray Orochimaru and kill him. With me."
"…What!?" Tayuya shouted. Betray Orochimaru? Was he serious? "No fucking way! He gave me a home, a place to stay! How can you even say that?" she asked. If Orochimaru found out, he would kill them both!
"Please, he only keeps me here to take over my body while I just stay here to learn from him. He keeps you around to use as a breeding machine, but why do you stay around? Loyalty? There is no such thing in this age. Everyone must fight for themselves to survive and become strong." Sasuke said clenching his fist. "I'm not going to be Orochimaru's puppet as a new host or a breeding tool. When the time comes, he will be weak and I will fight him."
"How do you know he will be weak?" Tayuya asked, wanting to know this new piece of information. She was afraid now. She was being slowly sucked in by Sasuke's argument. She was actually considering what he was saying.
"When I originally arrived, he had just transferred bodies. You could tell he was sick and very weak. Since he couldn't wait long enough, that implies that there is a limit on how long he can stay in one body. That's when I'll strike, when I don't have anything else to learn."
"Why do you want me to join you? What makes you think I won't tell?" Tayuya asked, continuing her questions. Sasuke pushed himself from the wall and crossed his arms.
"The more people, the better chance of killing him I have. I could just kill you if you threatened to tell him, as his new host is much more important than breeding you. Also, he probably already suspects I'll betray him eventually, so he won't even care. That's why you'll be my wild card." Sasuke said, continuing to list reasons why she should join him. "I also want you to join because you have a curse seal, meaning you can also get a huge boost of power. Even if we don't kill him, we could injure enough so that he won't be able to peruse us for awhile. After all, the curse seal tells him our location, so if he can pursue us right away, there would be no point in running." Sasuke said the last point while pointing to his neck. He saw that Tayuya was on the brink of coming to his side, he needed to add a little bit more persuasion.
"Let's say we succeed, then what? Where will we go?" She asked. Sasuke just shrugged his shoulder.
"Who knows? We can travel together for a while if you want to, or we could go our separate ways. We might not even have the slightest chance of winning in the first place. After all, he has a way to take control of our curse seal and he is a sannin"
"The why the fuck do you even bother trying!?" she shouted angrily. Sasuke turned and looked directly into her eyes yet again, as if searching for something.
"I would rather die trying to fight what Orochimaru has in store for me than just lie back and accept what is going to happen. Wouldn't you?" He was right. She couldn't just sit around, waiting to be breed like some animal. Orochimaru, if he took over Sasuke's body, would probably have sex with her himself, as it would still result in children with the Sharningan. Tayuya took a deep breath.
"Alright…I'll go along with it. I assume this won't be happening for awhile?" Tayuya inquired. Sasuke nodded in affirmation. "This is a pretty fucking crazy idea, you do know that don't you?"
"Hn."
"God, that's just like you, you emo bastard, just a 'hn' to a serious question!"
"I'll be seeing you around." Sasuke intoned, turning around and walking out of her room. Tayuya closed her eyes and tried to count to 10. I must emphasize try. Alas, it didn't work.
"ARGHHHHHHHHH!!!!"
END FLASHBACK
"Wow, I'm amazed that you decided to betray him after you worshipped him for so long." Sai sound, twirling a chopstick around his fingers. By 'him' he was of course referring to Orochimaru. Tayuya rolled her eyes.
"I didn't go along with it right away, I wafted back and forth for a long time." Tayuya said rudely. "I even considered running to Orochimaru and telling him what Sasuke was planning."
"Why didn't you?" Chouji asked.
"In all honestly, I have absolutely no clue." She told him, leaning her head on Naruto's shoulder as if she was tired. "If I told him, a lot of things would have probably changed. I wouldn't be here…Sasuke would most likely be dead or a new host for the sneaky snake."
"Was it really true? That Orochimaru wanted to breed you?" Naruto asked quickly. Tayuya sighed at how nervous he sounded.
"For fucks sake, yes! Must we continue to talk about?" Tayuya said forcefully, looking at each member of the male species as if daring them to talk. When none of them did, she nodded her head. "Now, lets see…"
"Hey, how did the actual fight go with Orochimaru go?" Naruto inquired, taking after Sai and twirling his chop stick.
"Orochimaru this, Orochimaru that, the guy's dead for crying out loud!?" Tayuya complained. "Must we still talk about him?"
"So you two defeated him, all alone?" Sai asked. Tayuya shook her head.
"Are you kidding? Even with the guy bed ridden, he still put up a damn good fight. He suppressed our curse seals very early on, so we couldn't use the level 2. If he was in tip-top condition, he could have taken us down in an instance, but we had somewhat of an advantage. Even with him training both of us, we still would have lost if it wasn't for one person intervening. The best part was, it was the last person I thought who would help us out." Tayuya smirked in remembrance. "It was a huge surprise to Orochimaru the most. He may have helped us only a moment, but that was all we needed."
"So tell us what happened!" Chouji said enthusiastically, wanting to know what happened. Tayuya scoffed at what he said.
"Screw you, I've had enough flashbacks for one day!" Tayuya told him. 'But I doubt it will be my last'. "Get Sasuke to tell you what happened!" You can guess who decided to show up at that moment.
"Yo." All four heads turned around to see the new comer. Tayuya swore, Chouji smiled, Sai smirked, and Naruto grinned.
"Speak of the devil." Sai said.
"Just in time too." Chouji added.
"It good to see you Sasuke." Naruto finished for them.
END CHAPTER 2
I kinda like how this chapter turned out. I had fun righting this one. Next up is First Betrayal, First Reunion.. I like the next chapter, as it has the reunion of Naruto and Tayuya, which really marks the start of their relationship you could say. Also, it's Sasuke's first appearance in the present. I have a long paper due the next week, so the next chapter might not be out for about a week. I've already started it though, so that's some good news. Oh yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if you guys already know who the person was that helped Sasuke and Tayuya survive. I'm thinking about changing the secondary category to humor, as I think it strikes me more as a light hearted story than a general one that has everything.
Real quick thing I decided to add, can I get someone (or two) people to beta my next chapter? Just send me a message or something. Thanks.