Chapter 2
A/N: Sorry for taking so long to update. I didn't really get much feedback from the last update so it was hard for me to type up this chapter. Sorry if it sucks.
When I closed my eyes I was expecting to forget all of my memories as an angel. I didn't think that I would remember a single thing. I could still very clearly remember the pain I had felt in my back and chest. I was scared to open my eyes; would I even be able to recognize myself if I opened my eyes?
I wanted to stay in the infinite darkness behind that surrounded me just a little longer. How different would the world be to me now that I no longer had my wings? Was I going to be able to survive? I knew that I would have to find work in order to sustain myself but what could I do? Maybe these questions will answer themselves if I just opened my eyes.
Just as my eyelids began to flutter open I felt myself engulfed in water. I sat up straight and started coughing out any water that happened to enter my system. Why was there water near me? I heard laughter coming from behind me. When I was done coughing out the water I turned to see who poured the water on me.
Of course it would be Kurama. He looked different then the last time I saw him. His hair was still red but the streaks of black were gone. His eyes weren't crimson either; they were now a light brown. He was also missing the spiked collar and black clothing. He looked more human. He wasn't the one who had been laughing. Behind Kurama stood a blonde haired boy with azure eyes that matched the sky. There were still traces of a smile on his face and I also noticed that he was holding an empty bucket.
It was Naruto Uzumaki. He didn't look too different from the boy who had been dying only who knows how long ago. The only difference I could really see was that he had whisker-like markings on his cheeks; proof that he had been marked by Kurama.
"I was hoping you'd have least been screaming when you fell." I heard Kurama say. "You didn't even leave behind a crater. You only broke a few branches from nearby trees."
I looked at my surroundings for the first time. I was surrounded by trees and heard a river roaring in the distance. That meant that I was in the forest? Great, that means that I'm a couple miles away from town.
"How …" I started.
Something was different with my voice. It wasn't as deep as before. What the hell happened to me? My voice used to be a baritone right? Now it sounded more like a tenor.
"How what?" I heard Kurama ask.
"How much time has passed since we talked?" I asked.
"About a month." He answered.
"WHAT!"
The two demons just started laughing at my reaction. I didn't see what was so funny. If a month had passed then that means that Sakura is probably already married.
"Calm down." Kurama told me. "You've only been out of it for a day or so."
"Asshole." I muttered as I glared at him.
I guess I know why they were both laughing now.
"So who is this guy again Kurama?" Naruto asked.
"He's a fallen angel." Kurama explained. "He used to be your guardian angel but he decided to become human and so he fell face first into the forest."
"What's his name?"
"The name he went by was Itachi. He used to look a little different before."
I looked at Kurama when he mentioned that last part. I looked different? I grabbed my hair and felt that it was still long. I looked at it. My hair color changed a bit. My hair used to be a black-gray sort of color before. Now it had a black-blue look to it. My skin looked a little paler than before as well. What else change?
"Do you have a mirror Kurama?" I asked.
"No." He answered. "If you want a good look at your face then go to the river."
I got up from the floor and looked at the clothes that I was wearing. I was expecting to be in the same white suit that I had been wearing when I fell. Instead I found myself just completely nude.
"Please tell me that you brought me something to wear." I said to Kurama.
"As funny as it would have been to see walk through town naked." Kurama said. "I was kind enough to bring you something. Besides, like that you're just too tempting."
"Tempting?"
"Demons naturally have a strong libido. I personally do not care who I fuck around with as long as they're good looking and a good fuck." He said as he threw me a bundle of cloth.
I put on the clothes quickly. Of course the colors that Kurama would choose would be dark. The pants he gave me were black. The button up shirt was a dark gray. He even gave me a pair of black gloves. I used to wear gloves as an angel except they were white. At least the clothes fit just fine.
I listened for the sound of the river. When I had an idea of where it was coming from I started walking. It wasn't too hard to locate the river. When it was in my field of vision I took a few deep breaths. I was little scared of what I would see. I walked as far as the edge of the water and took a look.
My appearance had changed but not as drastically as I had thought. The features on my face were not as masculine as before. I had a bit of a boyish roundness to my face and most of the deep lines of my face were gone. The hair on the back of my head seemed to want to stick up for some reason. I somewhat resembled my former self but not enough to be recognized as the same person.
"Shocking isn't it?" I heard Kurama say from behind me. "You look so much cuter and innocent like this."
I just turned to look at him. I still didn't understand why he and Naruto were even bothering to help me. What were they both going to gain from this?
"I'm sure you have many questions Itachi but we do have to get back to the farm." Kurama said. "Are you going to come with us or what?"
"You'd seriously let me go?" I asked in disbelief.
"No, but it's nice to let think that you had a choice." He answered.
"Fine I'll go with you."
"You're boring you know that?"
"Did you expect me to try and run away?"
"I expected you to put up a fight."
I rolled my eyes and waited for him to start leading the way. Kurama took the lead and Naruto walked by his side. I followed a couple steps behind them. Up ahead I could easily see the old pickup truck that Minato owned. Kurama took the driver's seat as Naruto climbed into the passenger's seat. Great, I was going to have o ride in the bed of the truck.
"Hey Itachi," Kurama said to me. "It's really starting to get weird for me to keep calling you that. Change your name would you?"
"I like my name." I told him. "I don't plan on changing it."
"How about you change it to something like bastard?" Naruto asked rudely.
I looked in his eyes and saw nothing but contempt for me. Maybe if I wasn't human I would care. If I were still an angel that look would surely have upset me greatly. Right now it had no effect on me.
"Change your name or I'm cutting your hair." Kurama said.
"Do you really that I'm vain enough to care about my hair?" I asked him. "It can grow back with time Kurama."
He got out of the truck and pushed me into the ground. He then picked me up by my hair. I swear I could feel every single hair being ripped out of its follicle. I heard Naruto walk over and hand something to Kurama. I felt him cut my hair with what was probably a knife and fell face first into the dirt.
Before I could get up he made me lift chin up from the ground.
"You know as much as I hate to admit it," Kurama said. "I like you better with your hair short. Naruto what do you think?"
He forced me to look at Naruto. There was obvious amusement in the demon child's eyes.
"It looks like a chicken's ass." Naruto answered. "Let's keep it like that."
Kurama picked me up and threw into the bed of the truck. I landed on my back and felt some of the Oxygen forced out of my lungs. I heard the two demons slam their doors shut and felt the truck start up. I just lay there so I could catch my breath. Maybe I should have put up a fight.
The ride towards the farm was not very comfortable at all. It was bad enough that I had to ride in the bed of the truck. Kurama just had to make things worse for me by hitting every damn bump and pothole on this road. Because I had been laying down the first few minutes of the ride I had hit my head multiple times. When I tried to sit up I just wound up face planting into the medal bed of the truck. I was seriously pissed off by the time the truck had stopped moving. I was covered in bruises and cuts from the abuse I had to endure.
"Did you have fun?" Naruto asked mockingly as I got out of the bed of the truck.
I didn't really have the energy to say anything so I only glared at him. He just grinned like an idiot in response.
"Have you thought up of a new name?" Naruto asked.
"Yes." I answered sarcastically. "I thought that Itachi was a good name. What do you think?"
"I think I'll call you bastard until you actually think of a new fucking name." He answered.
I smirked a little in response. If he and Kurama were going to act like assholes then so was I.
"Seriously bastard," Kurama said. "think of a name."
"No." I answered.
"Remember that you're only human." Kurama said with a nasty grin. "You're messing with two demons which isn't very wise. Unless you want to go through more hell; I suggest that you think fast."
I looked in his eyes and saw that he wasn't joking. I also knew that he was right, unfortunately. I really did like my name despite its meaning. It was given to me by the Holy Father himself. Then again, I am no longer the angel that he had created.
What name should I choose though? There millions of names that I could choose from. What name would I like to replace my old one? Perhaps I should think about the humans I had once protected as an angel. Some of them had very nice names that I liked. There was a man named Hashirama that I once protected. That name was very long though. What about Sasuke Sarutobi? He had a nice name. Well, I know that he has descendants so it wouldn't be wise to use his last name. What sounded good with Sasuke though?
Perhaps something to do with fire? I don't know why, but I've always been fascinated with the way that fire moves like a living being. I was probably slowly making my own personal space in the fiery pits of hell anyway. Why not something that fit that? I'm probably causing the flames in my personal pit to grow larger and larger with each passing second right? Perhaps Uchiha would be a nice name? Sasuke Uchiha. That sounded nice.
"Call me Sasuke Uchiha." I told Kurama.
"I like calling you bastard batter." Naruto said.
"It's not bad." Kurama said. "So what do you plan in doing?"
I looked at Kurama. What the hell is up with this guy? One minute he's acting like a total ass and the next he acts like he truly cares about me. What does he want from me?
"Can I ask you a couple of questions before I tell you anything?" I asked.
"Didn't really give me a choice there did you?" He answered mockingly. "Sure."
"Why the hell are you even bothering to help me?"
"I want to see an angel fall into hell."
"How do you plan on sending me to hell?"
"I plan on letting you fuck up here on earth and wait to see what happens."
"Why are you and Naruto so hostile towards me?"
"Because you were once an angel. You were once and still are our enemy but I'm willing to play nice. Naruto just hates you because you were going to let him die."
"It's not like I had a choice in that matter! All I could do was follow the orders that Father gave me! Do you think I wanted to see a good boy like Naruto die?"
"So are you seriously saying that as an angel you're supposed to follow your 'Father's' orders like a slave?"
"No!"
"That's what I'm hearing."
"Let's just move on. Are you in anyway going to hurt Sakura?"
"No. I think just your presence will be enough to condemn her to hell."
"I don't really have a plan for what I'm going to do. I know that I need to get a job, a home, and a wedding ring. I have to get to Sakura before she gets married in a few days."
"Why do you need to get a home?"
"Do you really think that I'm stupid enough to bring Sakura near you two monsters?"
"I'm sure you can get a job. The home I doubt. You can always jus steal a ring."
"I'm not going to steal a ring."
"Do you seriously think you can gather enough money for a wedding ring? I doubt you'll be able to find a shitty apartment in a couple of days. I'm sure you can get a job as some store clerk or something though."
"I refuse to bring Sakura near this place."
"Naruto and I won't touch her. We'll just watch what you two do in the dark."
"No."
"That's your only deal. Take it or go and find a nice alley way to sleep in. I heard that some rich bastard might pay good money to sleep with someone as cute as you."
I ground my teeth as he said that. I hated this monster in front of me more and more with every second that passed. If I could out run them somehow I would but I doubt that I'd make it past five feet with two demons on my tail. If I only my sword to fight them with.
What happened to the gun that I had?
"Where's the gun?" I asked Kurama.
"I put it somewhere you won't be able to get it form." He answered. "I can't have you trying to kill me and Naruto. Now do we have a deal or can we drop you off in a ditch?"
If I could have said no I would have. He had a point though. There was no way I'd get a paycheck that would get me everything that I needed for my plan.
He held out his hand for me to take. If I refused to take his hand, I was probably never going to see Sakura again. Reluctantly, I grabbed his hand shook it. I felt a dark energy surge through me for a second until I let go of Kurama's hand. What the hell was that?
"He can have a job here I guess." Naruto said; I'd forgotten that he was here. "It's easier to take care of a farm with three people around."
"Who the hell says I'm going to help out?" Kurama asked.
"I did just now."
Kurama mutter something under his breath. I'm sure it was nothing but profanity. He turned towards me now.
"Why don't help you get that ring Sasuke?" He asked with an unpleasant grin.
A/N: So tell me what you guys think. It really helps me to type if you guys review, even if it's to tell me that you don't like something or yell at me for taking forever to update. Just R&R and I'll try to update faster or improve whatever you guys didn't like. –Chojitsuna (TheGnRFangirl)
