Note: I am disappointed...of Naruto's latest manga chapter. If you're updated, you know what I mean. The fight against their enemy was sooo good and after defeating her I thought it was the beginning of the end and I asked myself 'what will happen then? Will Sasuke finally return back to Konoha and face whatever consequences and will Naruto be appointed as their next Hokage?'. I really thought they will be finally able to take a break until Sasuke did something stupid again. I know he wanted revolution and he has good intention, but the way he was doing it was...so frustrating. It frustrates me so much I cried after reading the last page.
Will they be able to take a rest? *sighs* 'cause I feel tired for them after the long battle.
Anyways...did I spoil anything? Pardon me then. I just wanted someone to know how I feel since I have no one to share my sentiment as of the moment. My dear cousin was nowhere to be found, you see.
Nah, too much for my sentiments. Let's read already!
Thanks for the reviews, favs, and alerts, by the way. I'm really glad to know people like this story.
Standing at the middle of the busy street was Sasuke, who sighed in frustration whilst ruffling his hair in annoyance. Furrowing his brows, he began to scan the area and found no little blonde boy. He had been looking for his small charge at the area near their apartment for approximately two minutes though he knew that Naruto would not be in any trouble since the boy was in Konoha and no one would dare hurt him because he was the hero after all. For all he knew, the boy was playing somewhere. But then, he could not ignore the anxiety he was feeling that was growing by each second.
Sasuke was about to leapt up when he caught sight of the man he was going to do background investigation at the corner of his eye and stopped.
The man was in his early thirties, wearing gray business suit and black bow tie. He was with someone, a male, which Sasuke assumed as his body guard or man servant.
"Tch." The raven haired teen was conflicted. His target was walking to the direction of the main gate, yet he had not found Naruto, and he was getting worried.
What should I do now? If I follow the man, I won't be able to check on Naruto. And, if I go and continue on my search, there's a chance that I'll lost the man. Damn. I told that idiot to go home and not to mingle for too long.
But then again, Sasuke had to remind himself that the boy had no common sense.
Because common sense is a sense that is not common to someone like him. He grunted mentally.
Deciding that it would not do him good to just remain conflicted, Sasuke summoned a small snake and quickly ordered it to go to Kakashi and tell the Elite ninja to look for his little charge before he followed the man.
. . . .
Where… thought Naruto, opening his eyes only to see nothing but black. He was disoriented and his head was in so much pain he thought it would explode. He tried to recall what happened to him, but thinking made his head throbbed painfully, so he stopped and just focused on his surroundings.
The first thing he noticed was that there was something hard at his back. When he moved to his side to reached a hand behind, he opened his mouth in agony as excruciating pain shot through his spinal cord as though the most thin and long needle was pierced through him from his rear to the base of his neck for a second before it vanished like it had not happened. Then, the smell of strong iron assaulted his nose followed by a foul smell of rotten viand and other things, making him gagged
What happened to me? He asked himself, and then groaned.
The boy may be disoriented and was not thinking rationally at the moment, but he knew for one that moving was not a good thing since it would make his head and back throb painfully, so he remained still whilst wondering how he got himself into the situation he was in.
And while he was trying to relax his body to lessen the numbing pain he was feeling, he was unaware of the blood that kept on flowing out of his head and back wound until it was too late for him since his brain had started to shut down and he fell into unconsciousness.
. . . .
Like the usual, Kakashi was found at the memorial stone by the snake Sasuke had summoned earlier. Nodding to the snake that dissipated in a smoke later, Kakashi turned to his heal and leaped up to a nearby tree branch before hopping his way back to the town to look for the missing blonde boy.
Naruto was hailed as the worse prankster in his village by most of the Konoha ninjas since he can easily evade his pursuers, but not Iruka, his mentor during his academy days, who was always the one to capture him.
When one would look back at those times, he would smile at how Naruto had grown into a fine ninja and finding him is he was hiding was proven to be difficult.
But, Naruto was not hiding, so Kakashi found it strange that he could not find his student anywhere even in his favourite spots.
The silver haired Elite hummed as he paved his way through the crowded street; looking at each alley ways he passed by. "Maybe Iruka can help." And with that, he flickered out and in front of the academy.
"Kakashi!" called Iruka upon seeing the Elite appeared in front of his working place, jogging on his way to the latter. "What brings you here?" he inquired as he stopped at Kakashi's left just three feet away.
"I can't seem to find Naruto. I was thinking maybe you could help me find him." replied Kakashi.
"Oh. Did you visit the Hokage Mountain?"
"Yes. But, he isn't there."
"How about at Ichiraku's Ramen shop?"
"I did."
"His apartment?"
"…" there was a five-minute silence before Kakashi said, "Why didn't I go there first?" earning a chuckle from Iruka.
"Come on. I'll tag along since the children were still in their lunch break."
With a nod from Kakashi, they both walked leisurely to their destination as if the matter was not urgent.
. . . .
Iruka and Kakashi were standing in front of Sasuke and Naruto's apartment with their back facing the door.
"Where is he?" Kakashi groaned.
Scratching his head, Iruka replied, "Dunno. But, maybe we can spread out our chakra to map out the village and see where Naruto is now."
The Elite turned his head to the right to face Iruka dejectedly saying, "Why didn't I think of that plan first? It should've saved us time."
"Yeah. As if you're making your time productive." Iruka looked at him sideways and smiled lopsidedly. "Anyway, I'm going to do it now-"
"Wait." Kakashi cut off. "Let me do it since it's my job."
"Okay."
And with that, the Elite of the two ninjas closed his eyes and concentrated on spreading a thin layer of his chakra throughout the village. He was not even halfway through when he picked up Naruto's deteriorating chakra at the direction of Ichiraku's Ramen, and snapped his eyes open. "This is bad." He said darkly, worrying his companion. "Iruka, we have to hurry!"
"What?" Iruka was dumfounded by Kakashi, who leaped away quickly, leaving him alone. Sensing the Elite's worry, he did not take a second guess as he followed the man.
After a minute of tension-filled silence between Iruka and Kakashi on their way, they landed simultaneously on the ground, facing a dark alley. Kakashi caught sight of a bloodied shirt, which he quickly grabbed and identified it as Naruto's and Iruka could only watched the silver haired man in worry.
"Is that…" Iruka trailed off.
"It's Naruto's." said Kakashi in a low voice. Looking around, he found a stain of blood on the rim of the trash bin. He quickly stood from his crouch and made his way to the trash bin, which he opened with a force and found little Naruto; bloodied, unconscious, and very pale.
"Oh my God…" whispered Iruka to nobody.
