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The Sun's Demon Assassin
Chapter 4-Getting Ready and Leaving
Finish Date: 1/28/08
Previously On The Sun's Demon Assassin:
"Nope. I'd really rather not. I'm way better and I need to get ready or I might leave something important behind. Like a photo... Or a memory….." She said trailing off at the end. She grabbed some clothes from the small wardrobe by the bed and walked into the bathroom. Behind the closed door they heard the sound of a fist hitting a wall and sobbing.
"S-she's t-taking this m-much ha-h-a-harder than she's l-letting it sh-show." Hinata stuttered.
"Yeah but what do you expect? She really does love this village. Even if it hates her"
End Flash Back
From inside the bathroom Naruto just poured her heart out. She knew she was hated, but she was trying so hard… To prove that she wasn't the demon. But it didn't matter. 16 years of trying to be noticed for whom she was, nothing, wasted. But what could she expect? If for the past 16 years she had been treated as someone who was worse than scum, why would they suddenly change. It finally hit her. It hit harder then Sasukes's Chidoris (A/N I'm not sure how to make this plural) through her chest. It wasn't them that she was trying to convince. It was herself. With this a new wave of tears was brought forth.
"Kit…."
But what would crying do? Nothing. Her tears dried up immediately. Wiping her face dry, she quickly pulled on her clothes and left through the window. She really didn't want to see anyone right now. She just wanted to be alone. She had stuff she needed to get done, and damnit! She wasn't going to waste her time sniveling like a baby.
Flash Back-
"You big baby!" Naruto screamed at a crying Inari. He didn't understand anything. He had someone to cherish. Who did Naruto have for most of his-er her life? No one. She was alone.He just made her so mad. He couldn't see what he had in front of him. All he had to do was reach out and grab it.
End Flash Back-
A memory. Of from the C-turned-A rank mission they had to Kiri. She had said something similar to what she had just told herself to Inari. She gave a small laugh. Ah… Those were the days of true hell. When it was pretty much just her and her alone. No friends. Just Iruka and the Sandaime.
She hadn't even realized she had walked all the way to her apartment already. She inserted the key into the lock and opened it. She walked into her small apartment. A one bedroom/living room, kitchen and one bathroom, that was it. Hardly big enough for one person, but it was home. Finding her photo albums she began packing them up. while walking over to her pack she dropped one. It landed open… Pictures from Kiri were on the page shown. She looked at the picture of her with the Kiri gang and the rest of team seven. Her heart gave a painful clench. A tear drop fell from her eyes. 'Since when was it raining?' Kyu didn't answer. The tear drop landed on the picture from the tree climbing exercise. Her first real friend her age… Tried to kill her. 'Damn… My life is pretty fucked up isn't it Kyu?' she gave a slight chuckle.
"…"
'I don't have time to reminisce... I need to get ready.' With that she resumed packing. Given that she really didn't have all that much stuff it took very little time to pack it in her bag or seal it into a scroll. Only some furniture and a few other belongings remained. She had something for each of her friends to remember her by. The furniture would be packed last minute. She left her apartment.
Deciding to visit Sasuke, even if he wasn't conscious. Naruto took of to the Hokage's office for the necessary permission. When she arrived Tsunade was sitting at her desk looking through her paper work. Several of the papers had smears or were wet. "Obaa-san? I want to visit Sasuke. May I? Also I found a way to remove the cursed seal.."
Tsunade turned to the intruder in her office. She hadn't even noticed her favorite gaki was there. "If that's what you really want to do, I won't stop you. Here you'll need this to get in. Don't remove the seal just yet, I'll come by in an hour. I want to see how this is done, and be there just incase something goes out of hand" Tsunade handed Naruto a piece of paper with her signature on it and what the signature was for.
"Arigatou. Obaa-san."
"Don't call me that gaki." Tsunade said. No real edge to it, just saying it for old time's sake.
"When you stop calling me 'Gaki'"
With that she left the office.
At the Hospital
After showing the guards around Sasuke's room her note, she entered the room. Ah. Sasuke was rather unable to move. She spotted the hard restraints around his limbs, the fact that he wasn't moving at all (other than the rise and fall of his chest with his breathing) probably meant that Tsunade had drugged him with something so that he couldn't move. She smiled a bit. He looked at peace. 'I finally did it." She spoke softly. "I finally dragged you back to Konoha teme(1). I hope you can enjoy yourself here… I know you went to Orochimaru's for power… But he just wanted your body. And I couldn't let my best friend just give a snake bastard his body. So… I guess I'm sorry, but you can get plenty powerful here. After all I did beat you didn't I? and I stayed here. And Orochimaru was from here. But… I won't be able to spar with you anymore… I'm leaving… Not by choice though, I hope you can forgive me for dragging you back like this… And then leaving you." She spoke sadly, but fondly to the avenger. The tips of her fingers lightly caressed his face. "After all this, I doubt you consider me your best friend, but I still consider you mine."
At that moment Tsunade walked in. She was early. "Let's get this seal of him"
"Hai." Naruto reached into her stuff pouch on her hip. Pulling out a small vial, a brush, a bottle with a lid, a bowl, and a kunai, she re-closed her bag. "Flip him over for me please. And get me a siphon." Tsunade began working on that. Naruto poked her finger with the kunai she allowed the blood to flow into the bowl. The cut healed and she then emptied the contents of the vial into the bowl with the blood. Then she mixed the contents of the bowl with the brush, and added a bit of chakra. She checked to make sure that Tsunade had gotten the siphon, which she had, and checked to make sure Sasuke was on his stomach. Which he was. She then began applying the mix to where the seal was. Then she poked the seal spots with her kunai. Grabbing the siphon, she began siphoning off what was coming out of the wound. To Tsunade's surprise it wasn't red, or even blood but a sort of gelatinous purple substance. She continued siphoning it until it came out as blood. The purple gelatinous stuff was poured into the bottle and then sealed. Wiping off the goop she'd spread onto his neck to reveal only milky white skin with three small, red, puncture wounds from the kunai. The seal was completely gone. Tsunade was flabbergasted.
By the time Tsunade got over her shock, Naruto had left. But a small scroll was left behind with Tsunade's name on it. Upon opening it, she found it was the instructions to remove the seals. Tsunade smirked. Orochimaru just lost a major edge.
The rest of the days had gone too fast. Naruto had simply hung out with her friends, enjoying the last of her time in Konoha. Now she was at the gates of Konoha, her friends were all there, as well as Tsunade and Jiraiya.
"Well…. I guess that I need to be going now… But before I do, I want to give everyone something to remember me by…" She walked over to Neji and pulled out a small watch. "To remind you that time waits for no one, and to never wait for something as trivial as fate to move out of your way." She received a nod, a small hug, and then found a small scroll in her hands. An odd look and Neji spoke.
"It contains some pictures and a technique from the Hyuuga clan in it."
"I'll be sure to think of you whenever I use it." She then walked over to Tenten. A short Katana was given to her. "Think of me when you use it? I got it on a mission. Its platinum plated steel." With this Tenten's eyes lit up. Thoughts of ooooh… Pretty sharp object ran through her mind. Then she realized she had something to give to Naruto too. A bag of Kunai and shuriken were handed to Naruto.
"Never know when you might need more."
"Thanks" This pattern continued. Naruto gave Ino a Kimono of hers that Ino liked, Hinata got a hair piece, Lee a taijutsu scroll, Sakura a broach, Kiba got a sword, Shino received her sunglasses (she had a rather non girly pair), Shikamaru got her Chess set, Chouji a cookbook of hers, Kakashi-sensei received advanced copies of the new Icha-Icha manuscript, autographed of course, Iruka got a photo album, as did Jiraiya and Tsunade. Sai received a book and some art supplies. Yamato got a sword too. A scroll was left for Sasuke.
In return she received, A pressed flower book mark from Ino, another Hyuuga clan scroll, another technique scroll from Lee, a medical scroll from Sakura, a small fox from Kiba, a pair of Aburame clan sunglasses from Shino, a book of strategies from Shikamaru, some special Akimichi clan food pills, a face mask from Kakashi, a scroll from Iruka, An Icha-Icha book from Jiraiya, a large medical kit from Tsunade, containing medical cream and such, A small sketch book with a few drawings in it from Sai, and a training scroll from Yamato. All were thanked.
The council chose that moment to come. Final good byes were said. Tears flowing down Naruto and friends faces. "I guess this is good bye…" Naruto choked out… She turned to face the gate, her back at her friends at the rest of Konoha. Tears streamed down her face. "I'll never forget you guys. Ever." And with that she left. As the gates closed All of Konoha seemed to dim. The village seemed to quiet. And then it got louder again as people began to celebrate the 'demons leaving.' Those who cared about her, it was the saddest day. For those who hated her, it was the happiest day.
Celebrations rang through Konoha for a long time.
Yusin's Author Corner:
Teme (1)- Bastard It's Naruto's Nickname for Sasuke!
Yeah, this chapter was kind of emo sorry about that. I have a few more sad chapters to right and then it should get happier. One of my longer chapter. Thanks to all my reviewers! Sorry it took so long to get the chapter out! I'm not entirely sure if I'm going to but I may change this chapter a bit. I don't think I did too well on the emotions for this chapter. . R&R I want 3 reviews at least before I update!
Standings:
ItaNaru- 3 vote
SasuNaru- 2 votes
KibaHina-1 Vote
NejiHina-0 votes
GarraNeji-1 vote
NejiGarra-0 votes
ShikaTemari-1 vote
ChoujiIno-1
SaiIno-1
Suggested pairings:
KankuroTenTen
ShinoXOC or other village member
NejiNaru-1 (not a big fan of this pairing, but I can see why people like it)
Bashings (When Bashings get 5 votes or more I'll do them, unless I heartily disdain that bashing or I really like that bashing)
Sakura-2