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Chapter 3: Meeting Her, Alice

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Sasuke just stood there, emotionless and staring. Naruto blinked, still at his sitting position on the ground, brother? Sasuke suddenly narrowed his eyes and darted at, who Naruto concluded to be, Itachi. Naruto gaped as Itachi dodged easily, while Sasuke received an elbow toward his face, which the younger Uchiha deflected it which a forearm at the last moment.

Instantly, both sent a few punches at each other, dodged, and stepped back from each other. While Naruto slowly stood, he noticed something almost appear in the eldest sibling's hand. It was a black dagger item that had a type of bandage wrapped around the handle until it stopped at the ring/end of the dagger. It was a kunai, Naruto knew it, and he knew Itachi intended to use it.

Sasuke's eyes didn't even go to it, but his body seemed to grow a little more tense. Itachi took the first move, going forward with the same astonishing speed as before (like when he "chased" Naruto, but faster), and the blade went toward Sasuke's mid-section. Sasuke slid sideways on his feet, only to be flung into the air and flipping onto his knees and balanced with an outstretched right hand on the ground, Sasuke's eyes swirled red. The eyes met up to another pair of similar red eyes.

When Sasuke charged at Itachi, he went at Itachi as fast as he could. Itachi just watched the younger raven haired teen. Sasuke smirked as his fist landed with Itachi's face, only to notice too late that it wasn't his brother. This... copy of Itachi exploded - literally - making Sasuke jump back to escape most of the blow and felt a sharp pain in his back (probably from an elbow). Falling into a one-handed cartwheel, he, somehow, clipped Itachi in the chin by his heel.

Itachi didn't seem at all fazed when Sasuke turned back to him. However, something whizzed from Itachi's hand and came at him. Sasuke dodged most of the impact, but what got him was the edge of the blade. It skimmed his shoulder as another came at his face, only to be stopped by Sasuke's hands grabbing the handle. Narrowing his eyes, he threw the kunai at Itachi, knowing Itachi would catch it, which he did, and Sasuke nearly knocked him over to tackle him down.

Itachi suddenly appeared behind Naruto with the blade under Naruto's chin and pressed to his throat. Naruto did his best to glare at him, which was fairly easy since Itachi was off to the side. Technically, Itachi was not using his body for protection because if he was then he'd be directly behind Naruto. Itachi stated. "Don't make me hurt your friend."

Sasuke smirked. "Go ahead kill him, it'll save me the trouble." He had the other kunai that was Itachi's and twirled it around his right index finger.

Out of anger from both siblings, who were acting if he wasn't there, Naruto jumped right in front of Itachi, stomped on his foot, elbowed him in the ribs, and head-butted him with the back of his head. Itachi's grip loosened enough for Naruto to shove himself forward for Itachi to only grab hold of him again. This time his grip was iron. "Let go of me," started the slightly angered Naruto.

Then, from a ridge nearby, they all heard a laugh. "Hey, Itachi, when you're done, can I eat them?" Sasuke and Naruto looked up along a cliff to see a blue, yeah I meant to put blue (not white or black), person that resembled a walking human hybrid shark person.

Itachi stared over at Sasuke for any sign of attack. "I didn't think you ate people." He stated roughly.

All of a sudden, the body Itachi was holding shook some, while a sound bubbled up from within it. Naruto was laughing. "How do you intend to 'eat' him?" Naruto questioned through his laugh. (Yes, I know he needs better jokes, but in some tense situations you just can't help but laugh randomly at something so stupid.)

Sasuke's brow slowly came up. What the hell is wrong with this kid? He watched as the blond chuckled more and eventually reaching a full-out laugh again. The stupid blond must be the comical relief, Sasuke concluded, And a pervert. "He won't eat me in any way." He expressed, voice monotone.

Naruto gasped through another fit of laughter. "You sure a... about th... at?! I think the fish stick has other plans." He was grinning widely.

The shark man shrugged with a slight narrow of his eyes. "Typically I don't eat them, but Zetsu suggested it, and I might make an exception for that brat." Itachi's now-black eyes drifted up to the other in question, as if asking are you really following Zetsu's suggestion? The shark man laughed. "Well, we have to go, Itachi."

Sasuke chose that time to go at Itachi, but was sent to his back with a weight on his stomach. When Sasuke propped himself onto his elbows, his eyes narrowed at Itachi, who jumped up to the cliff the other man was on.

Naruto remembered the sudden burst of movement as Itachi sent him forward, making Sasuke run head-on into Naruto. Now Naruto put out his hands to push himself off of Sasuke's stomach, since he landed sideways on the other. His blue eyes glared at the two people, which the same black cloak, he might add.

"Our fight must be set at a pause, brother," Itachi stated. "We'll resume, that is, if you survive that long." They disappeared, only to be replaced with a huge herd of, for a lack of a better word, monsters. Naruto and Sasuke were surrounded by them on all sides, especially along the side of the cliff. Naruto climbed to his feet, just as Sasuke rose up to his feet. Surprisingly, (and annoyingly to Naruto), Sasuke reached his feet much more gracefully than the blond.

Naruto looked around. "Dang! That's a lot-"

"Shut... the hell up... you fuzz bag." Sasuke commanded him, eyes closed.

"Rude much," grumbled Naruto, fingers combing through his blond strands, just as the monsters started forward. Preparing to fight, Naruto got in a stance with a grin, despite the upcoming doom. Also, the bruise on his face was almost completely gone, so it almost seemed to disappear as the grin grew wider.

Sasuke's eyelids rose up slowly to reveal the onyx color of his eyes as something blue fluttered through the sea of monsters. In an instant, ten of the monsters were frozen. They just stayed there, until they either fell forward or exploded. Soon the blue reached over to behind Naruto, who jumped back to stare.

"Alice, is that you?" Naruto's face brightened faintly.

The blue formed into a person, a girl with black hair and green eyes. The eyes stared at the bouncing blond for a few moments, and then slid over toward Sasuke. Sasuke gave her a glare, which she didn't seem to care about. "So typical." Her accent was thick as she said a name. "Uchiha Sasuke."

Sasuke's eyes narrowed more. How the hell does she know my name?

The girl, Alice as Naruto told you, walked ahead, and getting the clue from her, Naruto followed. Sasuke noticed that the rest of the creatures that remained drifted into the shadows. Naruto started blabbering about what Wonderland used to be, at least to him. Cheerfully, he continued. Now, how Sasuke dreadfully needed that one girl here. The blond was so getting on his nerves.

Alice stated. "Yes, my Wonderland is shattered." Her eyes pierced Naruto's opal eyes.

Naruto frowned weakly. "It surely seems that way, doesn't it?" He laughed, filled with nervousness and worry. "Perhaps not forever." He beamed. "I mean, maybe this curse is screwing everything up, and after the curse is over, Wonderland will become normal. As much as it was before, at least."

Alice looked away from him, straight ahead as a black building rose above some of the trees. The building was extremely tall and had a long ladder that led to the balcony. The balcony went around in a full circle, complementing the round form of the building. It looked like an observatory on a pair of stilts; it even had a split middle that had glass on the roof.

Naruto looked like a child in a book store. He eyed the building. "What is this place?"

Alice ignored him, opened the door, and walked in. Sasuke's thin brow raised up at Naruto as he passed, one arm resting on his scabbard and the other cockily at his hip. Naruto stuck out his tongue; it was just a reaction, or starting to become one now. He went in after them and gasped. "WOW!" The door clicked shut behind him as he stared around. Inside the building, it looked like it was night with sparkling lights that slightly resembled stars. The interior was black walls, dark gray floors, and the ceiling was a mix of different sized "stars."

In the middle of the room, was a giant circular object, shining its white light in small streams around the room. Rushing over to the railing that enclosed off the giant object from them, Naruto laughed some. "What is this?" He grinned, almost bouncing with curiosity, as he gazed over to Alice. Alice didn't respond, but Naruto didn't really care. When he directed his attention over to the big object, he watched the white swirl around another color to create a patch of purple light.

This is better than a ramen shop- he stopped himself- No, not that amazing, maybe a candy shop, yeah. Just not ramen. He nodded to himself.

Sasuke sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose as he leaned his back against the railing. Alice gazed over at Sasuke and walked closer to the railing. Then, she gave a gesture with her hand. Naruto gaped and smacked Sasuke's arm. "Look!" He was laughing again. "Look at what you're wearing!"

Actually, Sasuke didn't really want to look now. However, he did. Inside the white object, a picture spiraled into focus. It looked like him, but younger, as if he was six. His bangs were shorter than they were now, and his height was a great difference, obviously. He blinked at what he was wearing, eyes instantly narrowing. He was wearing-

"A DRESS! Oh man, I always knew you were more feminine than me!" Naruto snickered, voice laced with pure amusement. "I would totally date you, if you weren't a guy. You definitely look more beautiful than most girls!" By now, Naruto was nearly on the floor, clutching the railing and his stomach. He was laughing so hard that he barely stood up on his feet. He laughed even harder at Alice's next statement.

"He thought himself as a girl," stated Alice.

Sasuke's eyes sent daggers at them both, more Naruto than Alice.

Naruto chuckled. "Alright, alright, I'm done..." He grinned. "At least I know what to get for you as a birthday present, though." He received a crack to the head from a clearly ticked off Sasuke. He nearly fell over the railing, but managed to stay on his feet, and finally, he got rid of his chuckles and laughs.

Sasuke had a tight grip on the railing with both hands as he glared at the image. That kid, Sasuke refused to call it himself, had on a puffy knee-length dark blue dress under a white apron (aka a pinafore). - It looks like the dress the blonde Alice wore in the animated Alice in Wonderland-

"Plus side, it wasn't pink," Naruto's voice came from nearby.

Sasuke started to hear a ringing, shutting his eyes, and growled softly. He really felt like he had only one option, one bad option. Naruto heard Sasuke's growl, knowing it could not end well. If he actually killed his parents, he most likely would kill a... well, basically a stranger. Instead, Sasuke exhaled, stood up straight, and stared calmly ahead. "That is not me."

Alice put a hand on top of the white sphere, and something strange occurred. The image erupted from between her fingers and shot at Sasuke. Sasuke flew to his back from the impact.

. . . .

Images attacked his brain. The kid from before with the blue dress flashed before his eyes, eyes lit up and giggling. Then, it swung out of his view and was replaced with the same kid glaring. Suddenly, he seemed to be sucked into the kid and seeing through his eyes. Something hit his throat, and his eyes looked down to see red, which slipped out of his fingers when his hand went to the wound.

He yelled out as he was shoved off a cliff. Air rushed up at him, as did the ground. When he hit the ground, he grunted (the cliff seemed to have been only a few feet up). Darkness invaded his sight directly after he hit. A swirl of purple went through the darkness, and he saw something that looked familiar. It was the Uchiha Symbol. The symbol shot at his face, but he couldn't move.

Something swam in the darkness, actually, no, it slithered toward him. It flashed into his face, mouth open with its fangs rushing out him. He couldn't help but try to escape, even though it was futile. The creature, which he came to realize was a black (smokey-looking) snake, disappeared as he shut his eyes. He opened them to see red. Red here, red there, blood... and those eyes.

He realized he was standing, staring at the red liquid coating his hands, sliding down toward his wrists. Heat came out of nowhere, and fire exploded into his view. He wanted to scream, to yell, or to move, but he did nothing. He smelt flesh burning, nose scrunching up. Other than that movement, he did nothing; he barely even felt his chest rise and fall. He wanted to make himself go, but he couldn't budge.

He stayed there as the heat and pain arrived. All he could focus on was the searing pain.

He needed to leave.

Now.

However, he just stood there with the heat, the pain, everything, encasing him at once. Then, he rushed to his back from an extreme force and screamed as he stared at a ceiling. His head felt like it was going to explode. All he felt now was pain. No burning flesh smell, no smell at all. He was accompanied by only the agony and his shrieks/screams.

. . .

Alice and Naruto watched as Sasuke just laid on his back, staring at the ceiling unblinking. Sasuke's eyes abruptly widened as he jumped to his feet. He swayed, clutched his head with one hand, and fell into the wall. His head connected with the wall, while his right hand also went to the wall to stabilize him slightly. He breathed in shallow breaths, left fingertips skimmed along the wall, and eyes shut tightly.

"Sasuke..." Naruto started. "Hey you okay?" He went forward a few steps. "Say something, you bastard." He tried to see the other's face. Sasuke let his forehead rest against the wall, focusing on the coldness and nothing else. He didn't hear anything, no sound at all, just silence. Now Naruto grew worried. Sasuke wasn't even angry at the insult. Sasuke didn't even seem to be listening to him.

Naruto went to yell again, but instantly shut up, Sasuke's eyes had snapped open. They were red and dangerously wild. "What. Did. You. Do?" He turned his hateful eyes onto the only female in the room.

Naruto scratched the back of his neck, a nervous trait he obtained when he was younger. "She told me it was your memories." It's not a dream; it's a memory, said Alice just a little bit before Sasuke "escaped" his memories.

That's insane! Sasuke remembered where the fire came from, the blood, and everything, but the cliff section, the agony at the end, and the snake, which reminded him of something, but he could not place it, were totally new to him. What were those then?

"More will arrive," Alice's calm voice commented, despite the red eyes on her. Her stare did not falter either.

Naruto flashed a smile mixed of nervousness and curiosity. "Did you see anything you remembered? How about something amazing?" The only response Naruto received was a glare. Sasuke was definitely not telling his experience to the blond, since the dumb ass already knew too much on his life anyways, which Sasuke doubted Naruto realized. "You don't have to glare you know. I didn't do anything to you," grumbled Naruto, annoyance shown on his features as his arms crossed each other.

Sasuke leaned the top portion of his back on the wall, while glaring at the ground and arms crossing over his chest. He found the floor more entertaining than the ones around him. Alice decided to address their weapon issues, since currently they had obtained none. Survival was best if you had some sort of advantage. She told them they needed to locate some. "They are nearby," she added.

Naruto grinned, throwing his arms up. "Sweet~!" He went for the exit and said. "I'll meet you back here once I find some," and with a nod to Alice, he took his leave. Sasuke debated on staying put, going out alone, or going with the blond. He left the building. There was no way in heck he was staying there, especially with Alice. He approached the door, only to be blocked by a small figure.

It was Alice.

Sasuke glowered at her, anticipating a fight. Instead, she gave him a ruffled piece of parchment. "Perhaps, reading this shall help." As Sasuke took the paper, Alice was replaced with a lot of blue butterflies. The group of butterflies zipped out the window soon after. Sasuke did not read the paper nor did he use the ladder. He jumped down the few stories with ease and landed perfectly on his two feet.

Naruto noticed the piece of paper Sasuke held and tilted his head. "What's it say?" He expected Sasuke to read it, but the other let out a soft huff and threw it in Naruto's general direction. Catching it, he unfolded it to see it was partially torn, but the writing was unmistakably there. He first read it in his head and bit his bottom lip. Then, he read it aloud for Sasuke to hear, even if the raven didn't bother to listen.

"'To Reverse the Curse. The green eyes will begin their course. Sacrifice oneself to save the world. Or suffer with anyone that never could. Let them die. Or reach the sky. Their choice will determine fate. Or possibly the date.'" He read with a shudder. "Strange... So basically the person to save us has green eyes?"

Sasuke looked away from Naruto's gaze. "Hn," was the only reply.

Naruto let out a breath slowly. "And they must 'sacrifice' their own life to save us." He paused, now starting to only talk to himself. "A choice... they can choose to live, or to die for everyone else." His mind quickly went into overdrive to who it could be, face determined. "Alice has green eyes, perhaps she-" Sasuke walked past him. Naruto hurriedly caught up with the other. "Do you think she could..."

Sasuke scowled. "Enough." Naruto glared slightly at him. Of course, he forgot Sasuke was a totally obsessed jerk. Sasuke obviously didn't care. Naruto stuffed the paper in his pocket, staring straight ahead. They walked in silence for some time until Naruto broke the silence.

"Unless there's more people here with green eyes, but so far she's the only one here." Naruto didn't really seem to be addressing Sasuke, however Sasuke looked out of the corner of his eye. Naruto glanced at his hands. "It sucks that they would have to die, though." Sasuke made a noise that resembled a snort. Naruto stuck out his tongue at him. "Any normal person would rather live than die."

Sasuke walked without responding. Naruto gazed at him, suddenly thinking he said the wrong thing. "But whose normal here," he tried a short laugh. He saw Sasuke sit on a rock and close his eyes once again. Naruto squirmed, shifting his weight to one foot to another. Sasuke heard the blond move around. Maybe he has ADHD or something. He was really making it hard to concentrate.

Sasuke heard Naruto start pacing and mumbling to himself. He gripped the bridge of his nose tightly as the other keep moving around. The noise was irritating until he heard a thud. Glancing up, he saw Naruto staring up at the sky on his back. Naruto was frowning and looking puzzled. Sasuke felt like telling him to forget about the stupid paper and man the heck up. He stopped as Naruto spoke again.

His voice was softer than before. "You know I don't even know my age." Sasuke shrugged one shoulder, uncaring. Naruto continued, just gazing upward. "I know you don't care, but I only remember up to my fifth birthday, right before the car accident. Then, I don't remember anything else. I think I'm sixteen, but I don't have a clue." He bit his lip, brows scrunching together some. "On my sixth birthday I got the present of dead parents and a present from the villagers."

He stopped talking altogether for a few minutes; Sasuke was slightly curious, none of it showed on his face though. Naruto forced himself to start again. "Wanna know what they got me?" He laughed bitterly. "A stab in the back, literally. They stabbed me with a fricken knife. Six times for six birthdays. Don't get me wrong, they did worse than that, even when my parents were alive. My dad was powerful, sure, but he couldn't stop everything."

Once again he paused, but then he sat up and glanced over at Sasuke. He saw an unreadable expression on the other's face. Naruto turned his back to him again. "Each time after that they always gave me one stab for each birthday. And other presents if I weren't lucky." He turned back with a small smile. "Could you do me a favor? Could you count have many? I can't exactly see my back." He chuckled lightly, raising the back of his shirts up over his head.

Sasuke stared at the light scars; he hadn't remembered seeing them in the locker room, maybe because the scars shown up light, and they were surprisingly clean cuts. There was also other scars over them. He counted them, not just to humor the blond either. One, two, three... fourteen, fifteen... "Sixteen," He said coldly. Even though presently he put up an uncaring shield, inside he felt angered. While his blank stare drifted onto his face, he couldn't help, but despise even more people.

People did that to a young child. What event occurred for the outward aggression of a toddler (and younger/older) to be routine? Why did they seem to hate the kid for probably just being born? - Wait - why was he caring? Sasuke shut off all of those thoughts, shut them right out of his mind. He made sure he had on his normal look of boredom and impassiveness. He just stared coldly at the other.

Naruto smiled at him anyways. "Thanks." He adjusted his clothing. "How old are you?" He wasn't expecting an answer and wasn't disappointed. He grinned; he was going to get an answer one way or another. "Do you want me to guess..? I am really annoying, you know that." He opened his mouth and retried asking his "how old are you" question.

Sasuke caved faster than Naruto initially thought he would, which made Naruto blink. "Sixteen," the raven uttered lowly, "I think." Naruto cocked his head to the side, wanting an explanation. Sasuke didn't look at him, instead he gazed to the right. "Ten years... since my parents death. I can only remember the years I've been focused on achieving my goal. I..." His mask slipped slightly, confusion and exasperation firmly taken hold for only a split second. "I think I was..." Eyebrows scrunched together again, quickly disappearing once it showed on his face. "I was... six when they died."

He had his eyes closed again. Naruto reached his feet. "Another question-" Sasuke glared venomously. Naruto just paused and kept going, " just one more. Do you think that guy would actually eat me? I mean, yeah he looks like a shark, but he's also human, like. And that Zetsu guy, do you think-"

"He doesn't eat junk food."

Naruto laughed. "And here I thought you were so serious." Sasuke was downright serious, his look telling the blond so. Naruto slung an arm around Sasuke's shoulders, who instantly tensed. "Aw~ I love you too, Sasuke," he chuckled.

"Are you gay?" A black brow stretched up.

Suddenly, Naruto's face went straight right away, laughter died in his throat, and he stepped away from him. "Hell no." He didn't feel any bad feelings toward someone who liked the same sex, but the way Sasuke asked it made it seem like it was set in stone. Almost as if Sasuke had made his mind up. Almost as if it was a done deal. He did NOT appreciate it, that's for sure, and he was definitely straight, he knew for certain. "I just thought, since girls and their friends joke around like that, you wouldn't mind." A grin wedged itself on the blond's face. "Especially when you are-"

Sasuke growled, efficiently shutting up the boy. After what felt like a few minutes passed, Sasuke's body moved on its own accord, past Naruto and down a hill. His eye twitched slightly; he was hearing a noise, and what annoyed him most was that he couldn't seem to pinpoint it exactly. Naruto kept pace alongside him with ease. He wondered why Sasuke went one way, turned another, went back a few steps, and went a totally different way from before.

Watching Sasuke look around after some time, a sigh escaped Naruto's lips. Sasuke went down a turn; however, Naruto paused in his steps and stared off. Before he thought out his actions, he abandoned Sasuke's way and went back to the bottom of the hill and took a left. What was that?! Naruto blinked, grinned, and almost ran to what made him so excited. Instead, he hesitated again, hearing Sasuke grumble behind him.

PMSing boy was probably ticked that Naruto found them first. He grinned. "In your face," he murmured in triumph since he felt something was not right. Sasuke, oblivious to the uncomfortable touch to the atmosphere, walked toward the treasures that were located only around ten yards away. Luckily for him, Naruto yanked him back. Sasuke almost shoved him when Naruto shook his head at Sasuke. Why the hell is this boy even attempting to tell him what to do!

Naruto picked up a stick and tossed it forward. A moments pause after the stick hit the ground. Sasuke thought angrily, the kid is so s-

Suddenly, the ground shook and various explosions sounded, just as both teens dove out of harms way. Sasuke blinked, ears ringing. He would have never guessed there would be mines. In Wonderland, typically there weren't mines everywhere, unless someone set them there.

Instantly, Naruto's mind went to the red and white cloud over the black cloak. Could they..? Hm. He bit the inside of his cheek, thinking deeply. He found himself pacing, a hand to his chin, and the other hand gripping his other arm's elbow. Unless, more people are here, he almost yelled in delight. He wouldn't have stay with the insufferable Sasuke the whole time. His blue eyes squinted at Sasuke, who just wiped off the dust from his clothes in deep concentration.

Naruto had no idea what Sasuke was thinking about, but he didn't feel the need to ask. Sasuke thought about the scene that had just played before him. Naruto basically saving him from exploding. Despite knowing it was impossible, he told himself an absolute lie: he would have been completely fine; he would have finally realized it and avoided the demise. He gazed up to see Naruto looking at the treasure they so, well, needed, according to Alice.

"I've got a plan." Naruto's blue eyes shot to Sasuke, face in a wide goofy grin. "Alright, if we go through the tree, we'll be clear of mines, and we can see anything- or anyone- who would be guarding those weapons."

"How about you do that," stated Sasuke as he went off.

Angrily, Naruto stalked after the other male. "Hey, don't you want that sword! I'm not getting it for you, lazy bum-" He watched as Sasuke was reading a piece of paper, and he nearly laughed when Sasuke's face went bright red at what was on the paper. He went over and sat down on this weird looking rock. "Hey that's Ten Ten's writing-"

Dark eyes met blue eyes. "Ten Ten?"

"Yeah, she's usually with Neji, who's Hinata's cousin by the way, and she has brown hair. You probably met her before we came here."

Sasuke glared at the white of the paper, not on the words. Ten Ten was brunette, then who was the other girl. A flash of pink hit his eyelids. "What did you call that pink haired banshee, again?"

Naruto thought. "Oh, Sakura?" He grinned. "You don't want to get her angry, trust me it won't be pretty. She nearly punched me through a window when I asked about a forehead." He shrugged and read the paper. Now it was his time to grow pink, not red, but a very soft pink. Sasuke realized that the banshee- Sakura- was the messenger for Ten Ten's... whatever the heck it was. It was disturbing, that's what it was. He nearly felt like throwing up, and his stomach could usually handle a lot, so that told you something.

Sasuke snapped out of his thoughts by a laugh. Naruto clapped a shoulder on his back. "You have got to lighten up. She always does this to new 'cool' guys. Plus, it isn't that bad." Sasuke stared at him. It was pretty vivid and descriptive, too descriptive and corrupted. He almost shuddered, almost. Naruto added, "Well, it doesn't really affect me since I was trained by both Pervy Sage and Kakashi."

Sasuke didn't even want to know who "Pervy Sage" was, and his hands immediately crumpled the piece of paper and threw it. Naruto said something again, but Sasuke heard something else completely. He saw a young blond boy with the same undeniable whisker marks on his cheeks as Naruto, but the kid looked to be around six years in age, instead of sixteen. His mouth was set in a straight line, and his bright blue eyes were narrowed. His white shirt draped over his orange shorts, too big for the little body beneath it, and the boy stared directly at him.

"I am not mad," the blond boy yelled at him, "I'm sane." Around the boy a red haze swirled close to his body, eyes sad. "I've always wondered: do people fear me? I wonder if they take out their own fears out on my 'so-called madness.'" He laughed once bitterly before continuing, "They pretend to not feel anything, even fear, but I know- I see- their wild eyes and... strange faces..."

The boy was presently frowning while biting his lip, anger dissipating slowly as did the red haze. "They have fears, most likely me. I will shine though," the boy's face split into a grin as he brought up a tiny fist, "they will see. They will not fear me! You better believe it!" His startling grin destroyed any negative feelings that the blond boy had left inside him. As the boy tilted his head, a tiny red streak showed from his right ear to his collarbone.

Sasuke glared at the boy, only to watch it morph into a pair of black legs. His glare grew worse; he was unwilling to look up.

Then, Naruto abruptly stood, trying to drop the previous subject of his teachers all of a sudden. "... So... Anyway, let's get those weapons." He climbed up a nearby tree and leaped to another. "Let's go, slow poke," teased Naruto, as he jumped to another tree branch. He didn't seem to notice Sasuke's lack of response.

Sasuke just sat there. Who was that kid? Was it the same idiotic blond that he was currently near? He shook his head, growling low in his throat and standing. His dark eyes spotted Naruto, and he easily caught up with him by using the trees. Sasuke noticed Naruto's scrutinizing gaze, as his blue eyes traveled fast across the ground until finally resting on the weapons. Naruto cautiously crept over to the edge of the branch he was on, so it didn't break.

Sasuke just watched with a sigh. Gosh, he's slow. He was growing impatient with the blond's antics, almost to the point of throwing him off the branch. Naruto positioned himself with his hands on the branch between his knees as he crouched down and flipped himself into the open air. Spinning in a full circle, he landed on his feet, slipped sideways by moving his feet off to the side, and dodged something that came out of nowhere. He dodged another thing and then another, each time turning his body.

After a few seconds, he jumped to a small stone and onto a second one. Once again, he used his arms to throw himself into the air, expertly landing back on his hands next to the pile of weapons. He made his feet touch the ground slowly before turning his attention to the weapons. He grinned as he grabbed a neat looking sword for the bastard and the pouch of what looked to be shurikens and kunais for himself. Meanwhile, Sasuke was just about to position himself correctly and land on the exact place Naruto had first landed.

Sasuke's eyes focused on that spot as he went to go forward, but nearly jumped out of his skin as he heard a voice behind him. He whirled around, noticing it was Naruto and smacked the side of his head. "Don't do that," stated Sasuke.

Naruto rubbed his head with a slight pout. "Don't hit me then." He gave over the sword, standing up. "C'mon we better find some place to sleep." He led the way back to where they had just recently been. Sasuke sat down by the trunk of a tree, hearing the blond's voice, "Oh I almost forgot, Alice gave me this for you." An article of clothing hit Sasuke in the face.

Sasuke scowled darkly. Holding the black piece of clothing in his hands, he observed it, like it would bite him or something.

"It's just a shirt, put it on." Naruto grumbled. "You're gunna need it." At night, Wonderland could get quite cold. He released a yawn. "Night Bastard." He settled onto his back with his hands behind his head.

"Dobe," Sasuke instantly responded, sliding the black long sleeved shirt underneath his gray shirt, and he took off the purple piece of fabric around his waist, leaving his purple belt, scabbard, and sword around his waist. Out of his pocket, he pulled out two strips of gray and slipped them over his forearms to the cease where his elbows were (one on the left arm, the other on the right). As he leaned back onto the purple fabric, which was placed behind his head, his eyes drifted to the blond. He seemed to be asleep. He's only quiet when he's sleep- And just when Sasuke thought he'd get some peace and quiet, Naruto started to snore faintly.

He never shuts up! Sasuke turned unto his side.

. . . .

He awoke to grunting and something slamming with the ground.

"Damn it!" yelled the familiar dumb blond's voice. "START!"

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(Tell me what you think. Next chapter: a fight ensures.)