lostmoonchild: Whoa, three reviews? I'm happy to see that many for this fic! So it's been a pretty busy week and had one "What the hell?" moment when my two year old Arabian horse pulled me off my feet twice which was pretty funny. So here's chapter two!
Disclaimer: I don't own Saint Beast or Naruto so don't sue.
Chapter Two
The demonic energy was thick where Gai had found the mysterious blonde but their search revealed nothing. Was it possible that the blonde had somehow managed to destroy the demon and had gotten hit with demonic energy in the process? From the look on Goh's face, he wasn't entirely positive as to what had happened.
A couple of hours passed by with no clues as to what had happened. When they returned to the palace, they were surprised to see Shin and Rei still tending to the stranger. "He's still unconscious?" Goh questioned with surprise.
"He's very weak. Whatever happened nearly killed him."
Gai moved over and studied the stranger, struggling to resist touching the marks on his cheeks. "He'll be okay, won't he?" Gai questioned.
Rei and Shin looked at each other for a moment, their eyes showing worry. "Gai, he's human. There's no way possible he could have gotten here while alive."
"He's not dead! He's not even a ghost or anything. He's still human and he's still alive."
The amount of demonic energy that dwelled in the human was concerning to say the least but he didn't think there was anything wrong about the man. He was fairly attractive with sun kissed skin that made his bright yellow hair stand out even more. "Well, it'd seem like Gai's going to stay here with him. We'll be back in a little while to check on you two." Goh told him patiently. "Don't get into trouble."
When Gai didn't protest at the warning, they all knew he was worried about the human. "What do you think happened?" Rei asked softly when they left the room. "His entire body had traces of demonic energy and it was from a powerful demon."
Goh looked back towards the room where Gai sat with the stranger, wondering if they really should leave the mischievous blonde alone. The human was closer to being dead than being alive so they at least had some time to figure out what had happened. Until he woke up, Goh knew they'd only be able to speculate and speculations often times got nowhere.
Sighing softly to himself, Goh decided that he'd have to see Zeus to see if the God knew exactly how a human got to Heaven while still alive.
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His entire body ached and felt completely off somehow. Naruto stiffened slightly when he felt somebody shift slightly next to him and slowly opened an eye, his breath catching when he saw a blonde sleeping next to him. His long blonde hair was tipped with black and looked soft to the touch. Who was he and where were they?
Slowly checking to make sure he still had full use of his limbs, Naruto breathed a soft sigh of relief before slipping out of the bed. His cheeks turned bright red when he realized that he was completely naked, desperately praying that the sleeping blonde wasn't a girl and hadn't been the one to undress him. While he had seen some pretty feminine looking guys in his entire lifetime, he also had seen some pretty masculine looking girls.
Managing to pry a sheet away without waking the younger person up, Naruto wrapped it around his waist. He didn't know how long he had been unconscious but it couldn't have been long since his wounds were halfway healed. Kyuubi? Naruto called softly. Are you there?
His knees buckled beneath him as the sudden memory of watching Kyuubi being drawn from his body. He knew that any Jinchuuriki that had their 'guest' taken from them died so he couldn't be alive. Especially since he knew he had done that suicide jutsu with the full intentions of taking both him and Madara out. Had this been Kyuubi's doing?
While some part of him knew that he should be happy to be normal for once, the idea of facing the world without Kyuubi was terrifying. He hadn't realized before how dependant he had been on the fox for companionship until that moment. "Hey, are you okay?" A voice asked.
Naruto could feel his body trembling as he automatically noted that the person was a guy. He couldn't speak as panic started to fill his body. The lack of Kyuubi meant that he was dead. Maybe if someone died in battle and they woke up in Heaven, this is what they saw first hand. Maybe it was some way to prevent a freak out.
He blinked in surprise when the person suddenly slapped him across the face, pulling him from the impending panic attack. "Sorry about that. I've seen humans do that when someone was about to panic so I thought I'd give it a try." The blonde-haired stranger grinned slightly before looking serious again. "You need to get back into bed before you open your wounds."
Naruto allowed himself to be led back to bed and tucked in, his blue eyes darting around cautiously. "Who are you? Where are we?" Naruto questioned.
"I'm Byakko no Gai and we're in Heaven's Palace. Who are you?"
"Uzumaki Naruto. I'm a shinobi from Leaf."
A shinobi from Leaf? Confusion showed on Gai's features as he stared at Naruto, feeling himself being drawn into his clear blue eyes. "I need to let Goh and the others know that you're awake and I'll bring you some food. Stay put." Gai ordered.
It wasn't like he was in any real condition to go anywhere. His chakra was almost gone and he was too weak to properly defend himself in the event of an ambush. A sigh left Naruto's lips as he looked around the room, taking note of every possible escape. If this was some kind of trap then it was either poorly established or that guy was a really good actor.
Blue eyes stared up at the ceiling as his thoughts drifted towards figuring out what exactly had happened.
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He had been so happy that the cat-like angel's attention had been diverted so beautifully and now Rei found himself wondering if there wasn't some way to direct him away from what he assumed was Gai's attempt at helping make the stranger a meal. "We aren't cooking any birds!" Rei scolded the young blonde. "Now please get out so I can cook!"
"But I want to help! Besides, what if the guy wants a cooked bird?"
He wasn't going to hit the blonde when that was Goh's job. "With his injuries as severe as they were," Rei explained patiently, "a light meal would be good for his stomach."
Gai wanted to protest but sighed as he watched the purple-haired angel work on the meal. "I still think fried chicken would work." Gai commented. "Ne, do you know what a 'shinobi' is?"
"Ask Shin." Rei responded calmly as he stirred the soup. He wasn't going to encourage Gai's 'fried chicken' suggestion by getting tiled up about it today.
The sound of wood hitting the floor reached his ears, telling the delicate looking angel that Gai had actually taken his advice. Smiling softly to himself, Rei picked up the stool before resuming the task of making their guest something to eat.
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For Gai to actually step foot into the library meant that he was both bored and looking for somebody to prank or he needed help with something. From the look of complete and utter seriousness that didn't seem to belong in his eyes, Shin could easily assume he needed help. "Is something wrong, Gai?" Shin asked patiently as he turned the page in his book.
"The guy woke up. He said his name's Uzumaki Naruto."
"That's good."
"He also said he's a shinobi from some place called Leaf. Do you know what a shinobi is and where Leaf is?"
Shin paused a moment before answering, "A shinobi is a ninja or mercenary that was used in wars on Earth. They were quite deadly and trained in several aspects such as poisons, seduction-"
"Seduction?"
"Getting one interested in sex. I know you remember that conversation."
Gai nodded slightly. "So what about Leaf? Do you know where that is cause that's where Naruto-san says he's from."
Shin shook his head slightly in response. "I've never heard of such a place. I suppose we should see if he knows where that place is and return him to Earth."
Having the feeling that he wasn't about to be able to read his books in peace, Shin grabbed an earth geography book and followed the excited blonde. "Goh! He woke up!" Gai shouted when their eyes fell on the brunette. "He said his name's Uzumaki Naruto and he's from Leaf wherever that is!"
Mismatched eyes fell on Shin, watching as the angel nodded slightly. "I've never heard of Leaf before so I'm going to see if he knows where it is."
While he knew he should probably inform Zeus of the latest developments of Heaven's mysterious guest, he knew he had better have more information to provide. "Did he say anything else?" Goh asked as he walked with them.
"He just asked where we were and who I was then he introduced himself. He was about to have a panic attack about something but I got him to stop before he could really start."
"Is he still showing traces of demonic energy?" Goh questioned patiently.
"Yeah."
The two older angels watched as Gai opened the door and practically skipped into the room. They both started when they saw the clearest blue eyes they had ever seen staring back at them, the other blonde's body stiff and prepared to avoid any attacks. "Rei is getting you some soup." Gai told him. "Naruto, that's Goh and Shin. Goh and Shin, this is Naruto!"
Apparently soothed by the fact that they were with Gai, Naruto relaxed slightly but kept his eyes focused on them. "Gai says that you're from a place called Leaf. Can you show us where it is?" Shin questioned as he placed the book on Naruto's lap.
Blue eyes scanned over the pages, his brows knitting together as he desperately searched for any familiar features. "I don't understand." Naruto said softly as he softly closed the book. "It's not possible."
"What? What's wrong, Naruto?" Gai questioned.
Blue eyes fell on the other blonde as Naruto answered shakily, "Fire Country, the country where Konoha's located, isn't here. It isn't anywhere."
lostmoonchild: Ohnoes! Is everything that Naruto knew really gone? I actually didn't really see that one coming so it's going to be interesting seeing how Naruto copes with Konoha being gone and being in Heaven. So I'm gonna go vanish until next week (although I will reappear when I see reviews and messages if anybody has any questions) so read and review!