Chapter 1: The Runaway
Quote of the day: Many of us spend our whole lives running from feeling with the mistaken belief that you cannot bear the pain. But you have already borne the pain. What you have not done is feel all you are beyond the pain. Bartholomew
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Naruto stared at the road before him. He was currently standing at the main gate of Konoha. His usual cheerful upbeat attitude was not present. Instead a depressed and sorrowful attitude took its place. His eyes which were usually filled with undying determination were but mere shadows of their former selves. Naruto could not believe what had transpired a few hours ago. Those bastards on the council. After all he had done for this village they still treated him like if he was some lower form of life. He wondered if bringing back Sasuke was worth losing all his hopes and dreams.
Flashback
Naruto was running down a long hallway, dodging every trap that was laid before him. Naruto and Team 8 had been successful in finding the Bikochu bug that Shino had mentioned. They had let it sniff Sasuke's hiati, but they did not go to retrieve Sasuke. Shino felt that they need to return to the village and come up with a plan to retrieve the traitorous Uchiha. Naruto on the other hand wanted to go after Sasuke immediately. But after Shino explained how they were in no condition to go after Sasuke, Naruto reluctantly agreed to go back to the village. When they arrived to the village they reported to the Hokage about their success. Tsunade began to devise a plan to retrieve the Uchiha.
A few hours into the meeting Naruto, being the impatient person that he is, snuck out, took the bug and ran off. Naruto released the bug from its cage and followed it to where he hoped his friend was. After three days of nearly none stop running the bug had lead him to a large dead tree near the border of Fire country. At its base there was an entrance that led underground. Naruto entered the trough the hole with the upmost caution, his eyes darting in every direction in search of anything that seemed to be of danger to him. When he reached the end of the hall a large double door stood before him. Naruto walked up and put his hands on the door, and proceeded to open the door, which were a lot heavier than he thought. Beyond the door was black. He could not see anything. The bug flew into the dark abyss. He followed the bug into the seemingly endless darkness. Naruto felt that the bug had failed him.
"I don't get it. The damn bug smelt Sasuke's headband. Why did it bring me here if he's not here! In fact there's no one here!" Naruto thought angrily.
The hideout seemed deserted. He hadn't seen anyone at all when he entered. Just as he turned to the double door to return home defeated, the door slammed shut completely shutting out what little light it provided. Then just as suddenly as the doors closed light appeared. The room was becoming lighter. Naruto saw that the light came from torches. They just started to light themselves. When the final torch was lit Naruto looked around him. He was in a large room, with pillars every few meters supporting the ceiling. Then his eyes settled on him. His objective, Sasuke. He was sitting with his back to Naruto.
"So, you've finally arrived." Sasuke said without turning.
"So you were expecting me huh?" Naruto asked as he began to walk towards his friend.
Sasuke was sitting in a lotus position, his hands were resting on his lap. Naruto continued his short trek to toward to snake head that Sasuke was meditating on. His eyes never left his teammate.
"What are you doing here dode?" asked Sasuke as he finally stood up and faced his former best friend.
"You know why I'm here Sasuke, I'm here to bring you back home." answered Naruto stopping about ten feet from the giant snake statue.
There was a moment of silence. Both shinobi stood still watching, waiting for the other to make the first move. Then Sasuke did something that Naruto did not expect, he laughed. It started as a few chuckles then it louder, the room echoed with his laughter. Naruto's attitude changed from passive to angry. He had spent a year looking for Sasuke and when he does he laughs at him?
"What's so funny?"…no response just more laughs.
"What's so funny!?" Naruto yelled and launched himself at Sasuke. When he landed in front of Sasuke he grabbed his collar.
"Listen teme. Ever since you left Sakura hasn't been herself. She cries at any little thing that reminds her of you. I've sent a whole year looking for you and now here I am I don't deserve you laughing at me!" yelled Naruto trying to keep his anger in check lest he lose control, and let the fox out.
"Yes you do." said a voice behind him.
Naruto turned his head and there standing where he once stood was another Sasuke, a smirk form on his face. Naruto's eyes widened and turned his head at the Sasuke in his hands, only to watch as it faded into black mist and disappear before his eyes.
"Genjutsu." thought Naruto as he dropped his hands to his sides and turn to face Sasuke, the surprise gone from his face.
"Looks like words won't bring you back." said Naruto jumping down from the snake statue's head. He pulled out a kunai from its pouch and dropped into his taijutsu stance.
"So I'll drag you back to Konoha, even if I have to break every bone in your body."
Sasuke was about to laugh again, but was unable to. The reason a kunai was speeding toward his face. Sasuke tilted his head to the side and easily dodged the deadly blade. Or so he thought until he felt something running down the right side of his face. He reached up to touch the area when he pulled his hand away he saw that he was bleeding. He wounded him. Granted the wound was nothing but still the dobe hand cut him. Him the top Genin of his class, was wounded by the Genin that was dead last in his class. Anger filled his being. He looked up from his hand to see that Naruto had decided to start his offensive. Naruto threw a punch aimed at Sasuke's face. Sasuke used his left hand to push the fist away from it target. Naruto was thrown off balance, before he could recover Sasuke's elbow slammed into his chin knocking him back. Naruto staggered as he regained his balance.
"I went easy on you the first time we fought." said Sasuke calmly as he walked toward Nartuo.
"I didn't kill before you since I once thought you a friend. But now I don't intend on being so merciful." He finished as he activated the Uchiha's famed bloodline, the Sharingan.
Naruto barely hand enough time to react when Sasuke charged at him. He was fast, faster than before Naruto moved to block a hit aimed for his gut To Sasuke it was like he was moving in slow motion. Then at the last moment he changed the course of his punch and landed a hit square on his jaw once more. Naruto's defense faltered. Sasuke took this opportunity to launch a barrage of punches many of which found their mark. He ended his assault with a kick to Naruto's ribs sending him into a nearby pillar. Naruto dropped to his knees coughing out blood.
"Release me kit. This human means to destroy us. Let me kill him." rumbled the prisoner in Naruto's body.
"No..I made a..a promise." Naruto said to the demon as he slowly got to his feet.
"And.. I intend…to keep it." he finished spitting out the remainder of his from his mouth.
Sasuke lazily stared at Naruto as he stood back up. Even though Orochimaru didn't teach him a lot before he had to return to Oto. But what he did teach him should be more than enough to get rid of this loudmouth annoyance. Naruto pulled a kunai from his pouch and charged at Sasuke again. Sasuke smirk, deciding to humor himself. Naruto slashed at Sasuke's face, only to miss as Sasuke dodged. It continued for a few minutes with Naruto slashing at Sasuke only for him to dodge it. Then Naruto aimed a punch at Sasuke's face with the kunai still in hand. Sasuke moved to the right ducking at the sametime., just as Naruto had hoped. If Naruto couldn't beat him in speed then he would have to use brute strength. Naruto brought the kunai down. Sasuke's eyes widened he didn't have the proper footing to dodge, so he brought his arms up and caught and grabbed onto Naruto's wrist and forearm stopping the kunai. Naruto move his left hand to his wrist to help push down the kunai. Sasuke knew he was at a disadvantage, Naruto was physically stronger than he was. He also was above him so he was able to add his weight on to the kunai. The deadly blade was starting to inch its way toward Sasuke. Sasuke then dropped onto his back bring down Naruto with him. Naruto's surprise was all Sasuke need to change the path of the kunai moving to the right thinking that he would be left unscathed but the blade found its mark going deeper into the previous wound in his face. Sasuke let out a half growl half scream as he used his leg to push Naruto away from him and scrambled to his feet, holding his wounded face, the seal on his neck began to spread across his body. The black flame like markings moved across his flesh like a wild fire burning through a forest. Naruto looked up to see that Sasuke's body was beginning to change the black flames that covered his body were now spreading and connecting to one another forming something like a second skin.
"You see how he is changing. He wants us dead. Alone you are not strong enough to defeat him." the Kyuubi said from behind his prison.
Naruto stared at Sasuke as one his hand shaped wings erupted from his back. He knew he couldn't beat Sasuke now that he was transforming. Naruto didn't want to use the fox's power last time he nearly lost control. Sasuke was now fully transformed his hands began to move through a series of seals that Naruto knew all too well. The sound of a thousand birds filled the underground chamber. Chidori, the move that he "learned" from Kakashi, if you call copying it with the Sharingan learning. Then Sasuke dashed at Naruto, the Chidori destroying the floor as Sasuke dragged it against it.
"I promised I would bring you back." Naruto said to himself.
"And I never go back on my word."
Sasuke was now directly in front of Naruto and thrusted the black Chidori into his gut. Then Naruto's world went black.
When Naruto came to he was outside again the sun had long set. He struggled to get up, he felt completely drained. He looked around and found that Sasuke was lying faced down a few yards away from him his arm was bent in a way that an arm shouldn't bend. Naruto was running on auto-pilot he picked up Sasuke placing him on his back and began the long trek home. When he reached the village two days later Sasuke had yet to wake up. Instead of a hero's welcome like he would have wanted. He was met with a squad of ANBU that took Sasuke to the hospital and him to the Hokage tower. The council showed him very little mercy. They allowed him to stay a ninja but he could never rise in the ranks, he would remain a Genin the rest of his life, and only be allowed to take D rank missions. No matter how hard Naruto tried to defend himself, no matter how much Tsunade or the other few clan heads that respected him defended him the council's mind had been made up. That day everything that Naruto dreamed for, everything that he had hoped to achieve was taken from him.
The sky suddenly turned dark. Black storm clouds filled the sky but Naruto didn't notice as he reached up to untie the headband that symbolized his allegiance. His fingers began undo the knot that held his headband on his head. A low rumble sounded from the black clouds hanging over head. Naruto finished untying the knot removed the headband and stared at it. This simple accessory that said he was a ninja of Konoha. He had worked so hard to obtain this, to show that he was worth something. But in the end no matter how hard he tried in didn't matter. Rain began to fall from the sky, but Naruto barely noticed it.
In Konoha
The streets began to empty the sudden rain drove is inhabitants to their homes, or to the closest shelter they could find. Kakashi Hatake walked into the Kunai with Chain, a bar where mostly the ninja of the village go to. As he entered the bar the first thing that he noticed that there were quite a bit of ninja in the bar many were laughing, swapping stories and just having a good time. Kakashi walked to the only empty seat at the bar, which happen to be next to the craziest ninja he had probably ever met, Anko Mitarashi who was currently downing, from what he can tell, her four shot of an amber colored liquid. She turned her head to see the one and only Copy Ninja take a seat next to her.
"Well if it isn't the great Kakashi Hatake. What brings a person like you into my neck of the woods?" asked Anko as she turned her body to face him, her fifth shot held in her slender hand.
"Just needed to get out of the rain." said Kakashi in a tired voice, he had been at the meeting desperately trying to defend Naruto after he left the tower, but the Council would not be swayed.
"You look like you need a drink." she said as she hit the bar making the bartender almost drop the glass her was cleaning. "Barkeep get my friend here some Jack and make it fast."
Within a few seconds a shot glass was placed in front of Kakashi. He wrapped fingers around the glass when suddenly it cracked.
"Damn Kashi you need to learn to be more gentle. You know I could probably teach you handle things with more care." said Anko a seductive smile playing across her lips.
Kakashi let out a small chuckle.
"It looks like your no more gentler than I am." he said pointing at her glass.
"What are you talking abo..." Anko saw that her shot glass was also cracked.
Then the two heard more tiny cracking noises around them. As the two ninja looked around they saw that nearly every glass like object was cracked or in the process of cracking.
"What the hell is going on?" asked a confused Anko.
"I don't know." answered Kakashi looking around the bar.
With Naruto
The rain was coming down harder. He didn't notice. He was numb to everything around him. His grip on his headband loosened and it began falling to the ground.
With Kakashi
The cracks began to grow inching their way across the surfaces they were on until they almost completely broke. Unknown to the ninja in the bar this incident was happening all over the village. Every glassed surface was cracked, windows, glasses, glass ornaments.
Naruto
His headband hit the floor.
Kakashi
The cracked glass around the bar shattered, well exploded might seem like a more appropriate word as glass flew as the glass was sent in every direction. Acting in a flash Kakshi grabbed Anko pulled her down and shielded her from the falling glass shards. When all the glass stopped falling Kakashi slowly stood up, also helping a slightly blushing Anko.
"You alright." asked Kakashi as he shook the glass from his silver hair.
"Y-yeah." answered Anko shyly. She looked around at all the glass. "So how many years of bad luck would this add up to?"
"More than you would think." said Kakashi as he pointed outside through where one of the windows was.
The streets were littered with glass the glass was everywhere. Even through the heavy downpour they could still see all the glass.
Naruto
A loud crack of thunder sound from the heavens almost as if the gods were furious a what was happening on the Earth below them. Naruto looked forward, and began to run. Where he was heading even he didn't know. More sounds of thunder echoed through the sky, only now they were accompanied by flashed of lightning. But Naruto paid it no mind as he ran. Ran away from Konoha, from the glares, from the hate, from the pain.
Well here is the second chapter. Sorry for the long wait. First off I would like to say that I'm glad that so many people like my story. I got over 250 hits. But I only got one review. Only one. Arashigan16 I thank you for taking the time to write a review. Come on guys I need your feedback. Tell me if I need to improve on something, or I'll just keep making the same mistakes. So please R&R.
Well now that that is off my chest. On to my rants. There are Spoilers ahead so if you haven't read that latest chapters of Naruto and Fullmetal Alchemist stop now.
Alright Naruto first. So WTF Sakura tells Naruto that she likes him. When I read that I was like no no no. Now I must say that I really don't like Sakura or Sasuke. But dose she really need to lie to herself like that. And what Naruto said "I can't stand people that lie to themselves." That was awesome. NaruHina is coming I can feel it.
Now FMA. WHAT THE FUCK!!! I am going to be fuck pissed as hell if they kill Riza. Riza is probably my favorite female character in anime. Roy better fucking save her or I'm gonna fucking break something.
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Well See Ya Squall Leonhart out.
