Oh, wow! Well its been a while since I've been on:O Seriously. I had totally forgotten I had a Fanfiction page!(a fanfiction page?) Oh my, oh my! This is a big oops for me! So basically I found my page today, and I read my stories (there are just two..:P). It has, well...kind of inspired me to continue writing on my dead story 'Mission Failed'. Odd, huh? I know I had, like, no reviews(sorry for those who did!), but it doesn't bother me. I really just want to finish it...but there is a problem. Ack! I don't remember my story..plan? I had it all worked out, down to how it was going to end! Sadly, I have forgotten it all. Bad author, badd! (Haha..that was for self amusement.)
Well now I am going to continue this story and maybe remember it along the way. It might not go as planned, but I will finish! I'm not a...not-story-finisher? (Heh, again with the self amusement) Now, forgive me for any spelling/grammar/retarded-ness errors you find along the way. If you find any please correct me. You know what? believe I am desperate enough for reviews that I would take flames... Hmm, interesting. Review? Maybe?...atleast tell me if it sucks... Please? Haha, begging. Not used to that.
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Chapter 3
Faster.
Faster!
Move faster, damnit!
Naruto scolded his heavy, tired legs. They weren't responding to his pleasings. So what if he was tired to the point of passing out? What did it matter if he was sweating to the point of dehydration? What if his vision was getting fuzzier by the minute? Those things didn't matter! All that mattered was going faster! He would have to move faster to catch that Sasuke-teme!
"Naruto! Slow down! You're so troublesome..." Shikamaru yelled, whispering the last part to himself.
Shikamaru's group had left Kohona's gate a little over two hours ago with alarming speed.(Naruto leading the pack of course..even if Shikamaru ordered him not to.) They had been running along the trees of the forset, basically blind because of the darkness.
Tired, sweating, and grumbling, the group hurriedly followed the orange blurr ahead of them, they knew as Naruto. When he didn't respond to Shikamaru's yells, they all, with the exception of Hinata, cried out for him to stop and rest.
Rest?! What are they thinking?! We can't stop now! Naruto thought furiously.
He pumped chakra into his feet, gaining, if possible, more speed. Tears stung the corners of his eyes as the wind blasted in his face. He could no longer hear their pleas to stop. All Naruto heard was the wind, and a fox-ish voice caressing his ears. Taunting him.
You'll die if you continue like this, boy.
You're not strong enough.
You never were. You never will be, baka.
Naruto grabbed his head, trying to push the fox demon's thoughts away.
Let me help.
Release me. You know you can't do it without me, boy.
Naruto heard his bitterly evil laugh echo through his head. He tried, again, to rid himself of the demon fox, but his words clawed at his brain, making him listen.
No! Naruto thought, enraged at the fox's mocking.
He was becoming angrier, and angrier with the demon. He threw all of Naruto's fears at him. He went so low as to say that Sakura was only being nice to him because she just wanted Sasuke back. As he was flooded with emotions, he began to lose control of himself. If you could see the kyuubi, he would be smirking. Exactly what he wanted.
That's right, boy.
Naruto's eyes, usually a beautiful blue, were swirling with red. He couldn't take his babbling anymore!
You could never beat that Uchiha boy. You're too weak to bring him back.
That was the last straw. Naruto growled like an animal. Claws were etched at the end of his fingers as well as fangs slowly growing from his mouth. Red chakra was now seeping out his body. He wanted to rip that demon to shreds! He wanted to prove him wrong, so desperately!
Suddenly a hand was oh his shoulder, pulling him from his inner battle. Red met Green. "Naruto..." Sakura whispered. Sorrow and worry filled her eyes. They had stopped running, as Naruto towered over Sakura, glaring down at her with those animal-like eyes. What was she doing?
"Stop...please," Tears threatened to spill from her green orbs, "everyone will get suspicious if you don't calm down." Was she crying fro him?
Sakura lifted her hand from his shoulder(slightly bleeding from the contact with his red chakra), but Naruto grabbed her wrist, rather roughly, stopping her. She looked at him questioningly. He pulled her hand up to his face, examining it with his red eyes. Then he did something that caught her completely off guard. He mischievously smiled down at her, then... He licked it. His tongue slid across the burn on her palm, licking the blood away. She shivered in response to his actions. Suddenly stoppin, Sakura stood there in utter shock. Her face blushed a furious red, and her mouth slightly opened in surprise. Naruto smirked down at her, moving slightly closer, still holding her wrist. This wasn't like Naruto at all.
Did he just..?!
They then heard movement behind them, rustling leaves and feet pounding on earth. Sakura pulled her hand away just in time, as Shikamaru and Hinata just arrived on the scene. "You finally got him to stop." Shikamaru sighed, relieved. Then he looked at them oddly, "What were you two doing?"
Sakura looked up at Naruto's blue eyes. (Hey, when did they turn blue again?) Suddenly, both realized how close they were and immediately scrambled away from each other, with a slight 'eep' emitting from Sakura's mouth. Flushed, Naruto stated, "N-nothing!" Sakura quickly nodded, holding her hands close to her chest, hoping the darkness shielded her blush. Hinata looked questioningly at them.
Shikamaru nodded hesitantly. "All right," He continued, "we need to rest if we are going to be in any kind of condition to find Sasuke."
Surprisingly Naruto quickly agreed, glad for the change of subject. Hinata and Sakura went to gather wood for a fire in the forest. Shikamaru set up the tents, with little help of Naruto. They started setting up beds soon after, and layed down ready to only receive a few hours of sleep. Naruto had the first watch, if you call sitting against a tree grumbling to yourself a watch.
I can't believed you licked her! Naruto yelled inwardly at the kyuubi.
The kyuubi 'Hmph'-ed and looked quit pleased with himself.
You know you wanted to.
Naruto cursed, choking on air, at the fox's comment.
W-what?! I--How..--No! No, I didn't! Naruto blushed poking his fingers together, looking a lot like Hinata.
The kyuubi just smiled evilly, and settled in his cell.
Ack! She probably thinks I'm a disgusting pig now! Naruto burried his head in his hands, feeling rather stupid.
Meanwhile, Sakura rolled around in her bed, thinking about the same subject as Naruto. I don't get it. Why'd he do that?! She wondered. Sakura held her hand close, and looked at it over and over again. She didn't get this strange feeling she was having. That wasn't like Naruto to do something, when he knew she loved Sasuke. She loved Sasuke...right?
I don't need to be thinking about this. I need to think about getting Sasuke-kun back. She scolded herself.
Sakura sighed, try as she might, she couldn't stop thinking about it. It really wasn't much of anything, right? He just licked her...but it felt like there was hidden meaning to it! Uh, she was thinking too hard about this! It really freaked her out that he would do that(especially under the influence of the kyuubi), but what worried her more...was that she actually liked it. Oh boy...
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Neji rubbed his temple as his team set up camp. Ever since they had left all he has heard was that blonde girl and Lee's talking. No, not talking, more like shouting. Oh, and arguing. And complaints. Would they ever shut up?! If he could just have a few minutes of peace...
"Lee!" Ino screeched. Not again. Neji thought, annoyed.
"You set up the tent wrong! You're almost as bad a forehead girl!" She shouted at a drooping Lee.
"Alas! I will do one-thousand push-ups for my foolishness! Gai-sensi I will make you proud!" Lee shouted giving a thumbs-up, tears streaming down his proud face. And if you could...his eyes sparkled.
Shaking his head at their squabbling, Neji walked over to his only sane teamate. TenTen smiled as Neji sat down next to her. "So, how long till you pound both into a pulp?" She giggled. Neji smirked, but didn't answer the kunoichi.
"What are we going to do when they are suppose to be still and quiet for long amounts of time?" Neji asked TenTen seriously.
TenTen laughed at his lack of support in his team."They are ninja, Neji-kun. They will act right when the time comes."
Neji nodded, satisfied for the time being.
Suddenly the blonde 'huffed' and sat sloppily down next to TenTen. "How do you stand Lee being on your team?! I thought have Shikamaru and Chouji was bad!" She whispered hastily in TenTen's ear.
TenTen just waved her off, and stated she'll take the first watch. Lee and Ino went to their tents ready to sleep(the boys had a tent and the girls had one do to the fact that Lee said Neji and TenTen didn't need to have any distraction by sharing a tent, wow did he know how to get two teens to blush).
Neji, however, stayed out and walked a little ways from the camp. He wanted to check the area with his Byakugun. Let's just say he was paranoid. He scanned the area, and was happy to report they were alone. Just as he was about to deactivate it, something popped up. It was a very strange...dark chakra. He went in the direction of this peculiar chakra, when it suddenly vanished. This sent chills down his back, and thats saying a lot, this is Neji.
He scanned the area three more times, and still nothing showed up. He swallowed his fear of being found, and decided to think it was just in his imagination. Walking back to camp TenTen perked up and smiled at him.
"You find anything?" She didn't even have to ask to know what he had been doing.
Neji was quiet for a moment, tossing around the idea of if he should tell her. Just when she was about to ask again, he spoke up, but in a barely audible tone.
"Watch your back tonight. Wake me if you sense anything out of place."
She nodded, pulling out a kunai. As he entered his tent he glanced at her one more time before entering, and TenTen could have sworn she heard him whisper "Good night, my kunoichi." But she instantly got rid of the thought. Neji wouldn't say something like that. Not to her anyways. She just sighed and twirled her kunai on her finger, unaware of eyes peering at her from a distance.
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So you like? I had a slight fluff with Naruto and Sakura, and maybe some Neji and TenTen love! Just a little... I'm really not sure if I should make Sakura love Naruto or Sasuke... Hmm... Ne ways we'll (is it we'll or I'll?) see how the stroy goes and if she likes Naruto or not. I hope I get some reviews Tell me if my writing has lost its touch over the past few months! Was it rushed? Maybe, but I can't tell unless I read over it later...I might have to post this later than planned... Whelp, review please!
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