-1Chapter 2 : Angels with Dirty Faces
Sasori was very touchy when it came to punctuality. His whole purpose of life functions on him and his targets being punctual. Which is why Sasori had to restrain himself from prematurely killing the Kumo shinobi, whom has the misfortune of being the targets of Sasori, as they slowly made their way towards Konoha.
When the Kumo nin had finally reached Konoha, 3 hours and 12 minutes late, Sasori continued on, heading towards the forest on the outskirts of the hidden village. deciding to settle down for the night, Sasori set up camp, making sure to stay far enough away to keep out of sight of any Hyuuga who weren't purposely looking for him. After setting up the camp fire to keep warm and provide light, Sasori began making preparations for the next night.
Or he would have, had he not noticed something bright yellow in the moonlight, about 20 meters away from his camp.
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Naruto, who was sleeping perfectly fine considering he was sleeping unprotected in the woods during September, was assaulted with senses that were somewhat foreign to him. He remembered falling asleep in the cold woods, so he expected to wake up to the cold smell of the trees. Instead however, he was engulfed in warmth and he could smell… something, he couldn't quite tell it was, but it definitely wasn't the woods.
Deciding to find out what was going on, Naruto cautiously opened one of his eyes, taking a peek at his surroundings. The first thing he noticed was that there was a large black coat decorated with red clouds, wrapped around him, he looked up to see that the sun hadn't even come up yet, as the sky was littered with fading stars amongst grey skies.
Looking across from him, Naruto noticed a red haired teenager, wearing a grey and white Kamishimo, adding wood to the dying fire, before he resumed sharpening a bladed tail on a frightening man looking creature with a metal arm and a giant red Oni mask on it's back.
Naruto looked between the teenager and the large man-like thing next to him several times before the young man spoke up, "I realize that you are confused as to who I am and how I came to be here, but I am afraid that I can't answer that under the current situation, that I am in." He stopped his work and looked up at Naruto, before picking up an apple from the small pile next to him and tossing it to the young blonde, "But, I do require to know why a young child is out here all alone at night." The young man finished, looking at the boy expectantly.
Naruto, only understanding part of what he said, could only stare at the apple, trying to figure out what he had said. After a moment, Naruto gave up on trying to figure out on what was said and answered the question given to him. "Umm, I got lost chasing a cat out here yesterday." Naruto said before he took a bite out of the apple.
The teenager let out an amused sigh, " Is that so?" Naruto nodded, " Well, here," he said as he tossed the blonde a small object he pulled out of the many layers of his outfit, "Your village is that way" He said as pointed away from the camp, "just make sure the needle is facing you and you shouldn't get lost again"
Naruto finished up the apple before looking in the direction showed, then down at the small compass given to him, and then back at the teenager who had taken care of him. "You know if you don't hurry up and return home, your parents are going to worry about you." the redhead said, not looking up from his work.
"Ano, I don't have any parents" Naruto said with a sad look on his face " and everyone acts really mean, so I don't think they would care if I was missing".
The teenager looked up at the blonde, "Tell me, is your name, Uzamaki Naruto, by any chance?" the blonde nodded. " I see." He said as he stood up after making the human like thing disappear inside a scroll. "What do you want be, Naruto?"
"I want to be the Hokage!" Naruto said with a wide smile.
"Why?"
That question stumped Naruto, it's not that he didn't know the answer, it's just he didn't know how to answer it in words. "I guess, so I could make it that no one was alone in the village" Naruto said after a couple of moments.
The Teenager smirked, "I guess, you could say that you and I are the same,"
The blonde looked at him questioningly. "Do you want to be Hokage, too?"
"No, but I am trying change the world, so that no one is lonely anymore. So, now I'm offering you a choice, you can back to your village, or you can come with me" He said as he started off past Naruto.
"Wait!" the teenager turned towards the Naruto, "Do you, think we could make the world better?"
"You won't be able to do anything with thoughts like that." was his only reply before he continued walking.
Naruto looked towards the direction he was told the village was, before looking back at the young man. Standing up he looked at the coat in his hands. Hadn't this been what he was dreaming for last night. He ran towards the redhead, "Hey wait up! What's your name?"
He stopped as the blonde caught up to him, "Akasuna Sasori" he said as he walked towards his destination with the blonde right behind him.
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Naruto, who had spent the last couple hours learning and practicing his katakana, looked up the tree to see Sasori still standing in one of the branches and looking through a spyglass into the village 100 meters away. "Hey Sasori-san, are you sure the Kumo shinobi are going to kidnap …um who were they going to take away again?"
"The Hyuuga Heiress, and yes, that is the entire reason they came here" Sasori replied without looking away from his targets.
"What's an Heiress?" Naruto asked as he continued practicing his alphabet.
"An Heiress is similar to a princess"
"Really! Like in the stories?"
"Kind of. Now get back to practicing, the sooner you learn to read and write properly, the sooner you can learn to be a shinobi"
Needing no other motivation, Naruto got back to studying, leaving his new guardian to follow the movements of the Kumo diplomats.
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It would be several hours into night when the Kumo nin had started to head towards the Hyuuga estate. "Wake up" Sasori said as he nudged the sleeping blonde with his foot, "they are making their move"
When he all he received was a sleepy "Hmmm", Sasori lifted the kid up by the scruff of his shirt and carried him on his back as he made his way towards the village's walls. By the time Naruto fully woke up, he realized he was on Sasori's back, while he normally wouldn't have a problem with this, it was the fact that Sasori was running up the wall that freaked Naruto out.
Naruto let out a "humph" as Sasori dropped him on the on top of the wall as he headed towards the nearest guard center. By the time Naruto had recovered from his shock and caught up to the redhead, he had already taken down four Konoha chunnin assigned to patrol this particular section of the wall and was looking out of a nearby window with his spy glass, while holding a scroll with some kanji on it.
Naruto looked at their bodies, "Don't worry their not dead, I just had to render them unconscious so I could get a better view of what's going to happen" Naruto feeling relieved, walked over to the window and try to see what his elder was looking at.
"I can't see anything" He replied with a small pout, "What's happening?"
"Nothing is happening now" Sasori said as he put away the scroll and the spy glass, "Fortunately, her Father had been aroused from the noise and stepped in, so it is best we leave before we cause anymore disruptions."
Before Naruto knew what was Happening, he was once again lifted up off the ground and on to Sasori's back as he made his way down the wall. He knew the Hyuuga had seen him, there are few things a Hyuuga can't, but he wasn't sure if he, or more importantly the blonde traveling with him, was noticed by him and if they were noticed, he wanted to be as far away as possible when they send someone after them.
"Ano, Sasori-san, what would have happened if they took the girl away?" asked as he was put onto solid ground.
"Most likely another war, between Kumo and Konoha" he said as he made his way out of the vicinity.
"What's war?" Naruto asked as he ran to catch up with him.
"Something we don't want to happen."
"Why?"
"Because many people fight and die in wars, and if you asked me, I think the whole world deserves some peace after the last couple wars."
"Oh." was all Naruto said, before walking (jogging in his case) in silence for a couple minutes. "Where are we going"
"Somewhere that can't be found on any map. I need to talk to someone before we make our next move."
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A/N: here is the second chapter. Sorry for the long wait, but if you read my profile you can see I kind of had my hands full. If you had looked at my profile you would have also noticed the poll there. I decided to let you guys decide the fate of one of characters in my story. HAKU! I'll let you decide if he is a she or if she is a he and whether or not if he/she dies or lives, so you should definitely vote. It will close after the "Neko Retrieval" Arc.
I also hope you noticed that there will be some (maybe a lot) of pop culture references to my favorite shows, songs, movies and manga. I would like to congratulate those in advance if you are able to find all of them. ;P
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