Right chapter three,
By far this is the most popular story in my collection, my apologies for not updating in what, two years I think. But I can say this, for one, my writing style has changed, quite a bit I'd like to think. My apologies about any yaoi seeming moments, I'm a true fan at heart and I die a little not writing it, so just bromance, no snogging or Fu**ing, that's too hard core for me to write.
Right read on :3
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It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood, morning dew was settled onto everything outside and he could see children walking by, on their way to school, Naruto himself had just come home to get dressed and ready, being out all night. He watched them walk by giggling in passive manner; yesterday he tripped a bit, having an episode.
Being a ninja screwed with your mind on a regular basis, you had your life in your own hands and sometimes in the hands of others. If you weren't well liked by your peers you're the most likely the one to die in your team on a life threatening mission, or most likely the first.
Now even though he won over seemingly the entire village he really only got about maybe one third of the bastards. Folks were just as ungrateful as they can be but, he had to attempt to be sympathetic with them, they lost members of their families, friends, lovers, children, dogs. The thing is they lost a lot, but they could have been dead, but he saved the village but no, they'd still hate you regardless.
And since they did he had threats of his demise and such, but being young, he didn't understand, but at least they talked to him. A hit was a hug, a cut was a kiss, you get the point, and his affections were fucked up. Even though he had friends that cared for him normally he would always go back to Sasuke, not the Sasuke his brother, but the Sasuke who taunted and fought with him, occasionally almost killing him.
In his mind there were two Naruto's and two Sasuke's, one pair was the brotherly ones, and the others were the rival pair. Although in his mind once again, the latter was rival/crush pair, not that he liked Sasuke that way, sometimes, but the constant affection caught him off guard often. Since his brain was still wired like that the blond thought Sasuke was hugging him when he hit him, and when he cut him it was a kiss. And trying to kill him was like sex to be exact.
'I'm going to kill you = I'm going to fuck you' Naruto giggled a bit before catching himself.
Looking at the clock he stretched a bit, his shirt going up enough to show his belly button, frowning he decided that he would have to get some new clothing, but first he had to go to the lovely thing called school. He didn't like learning thing he already knew again, but no school meant no ninja, meaning no fights, also meaning no love…
Looking down at the floor in a dumbfounded manner he tried convincing himself of normal love.
He could find love in its normal form, he knew this yet he went back to the pain once again, shaking his head he ran his hand through his blond spikes, letting out a troubled sigh. It was going to be a long road to recovery from this… way of thinking.
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"Hey Sasuke-kuuun" a twitched developed, a nervous tick actually. An involuntary shiver went down the ravens back as he turned his head, staring at the annoyance with blond hair. He grunted signifying his acknowledgement of the waste of space on his right.
He really didn't mean that, catching himself before he went into Naruto-bashing mode. The other time traveller irked him greatly, despite the boys warning about changing the past he continually screwed with this time as if he had forgotten it due to severe retardation!
'I didn't mean that at all' he tried admitting to himself, lie or not.
He walked smoothly on the path to the academy, Naruto swaying a bit beside him like an idiot.
He'd let that slide. No one's perfect after all, but it made him a little curious "are you drunk stupid?" he didn't know if Naruto had even started consuming alcohol once of age. "Oh my god, Sasuke-kun, could it be?" he shouldn't have asked, he blamed his big fat mouth, it never shut up! "That you actually care for me" pulling the other boy close enough to whisper into the others ear "your one and only blond brother?"
His eye twitched in great annoyance and restraint, he wouldn't hit the damn masochistic idiot. Instead he gently pushed Naruto away and continued his walk to the oncoming academy; it was interesting being back in a time he preferred not remembering.
There was a pang of regret, in the next few years…
Weight attacked his back and he almost doubled over trying to regain his balance, trying to work on a counter attack a raspy voice whispered into his ear "carry me the rest of the way Sasuke-kun, I can't walk another step" it was mellow dramatic but arms tightened around his neck, a slight pull of his left ear he caught sight of them.
The most disgusting thing he had ever seen since his days at … well these days, the hoard of fan girls badly hiding in the woods beside the pathway. Just as scary as disgusting it was like a rotten amputated foot, which he had been due to Orochimaru's more disturbing experiments on the human body. They watched intently like he was a piece of meat, drooling and licking their lips, eye's wide with greed.
He ran the rest of the way, some chased after him, he desperately wanted to drop the dead weight on his back but he was a good shield. 'So he comes in handy sometimes' Sasuke cringed as that thought popped into his head, jumping up into the tree's he dashed across the with the agility of a cat, before landing on the windowsill on the side of the building, quickly disarming the locks he opened it and jumped to the middle of the room, where the stairs were. The window slammed just after he landed, the room was still just filling in as the bell hadn't rung yet.
Letting go of the blond he felt the weight on his back slide of and a thump sounded in the room, Iruka was staring at him, and a mixed look was on his face.
He turned back around, walking to his desk at the desk.
He didn't bother to worry until he realized he had harmed the masochist. Abruptly turning around he looked at the crumpled body on the stairway, Naruto was breathing deeply, signifying he was asleep. Feeling the eyes on the back of his head he stared at the orange child laying there, sleeping.
A mumble came from the boy and he walked over, glaring at the blond spikes as cerulean eye's appeared as Naruto shifted, blinking slowly he just laughed and held his arms in an 'up' fashion. Tense silence filled the room as he debated on whether he should kick the blond bastard or show affection. The kid was a masochist, so maybe he could just kick him "Sasuke" his name slid of the blonde's lips smoothly yet softly, demanding and requesting at the same time.
He slid his arms around Naruto's back, pulling him up in a gentle fashion. He'd rather choose showing affection then possibly contributing to the vessels sick perverted masochism. Legs wrapping around his waist and arms around his neck, awkwardly he walked to his desk holding the half sleeping moron, glaring eyes bore into his back, or more precisely at the legs and arms wrapped snugly onto it. Coldly he glared at the ground; sitting down the younger boy slid his legs from behind, moving a bit the whiskered blond slid off his lap to the side of him.
Iruka ignored him and the blond, opting for the 'ignorance is bliss' approach once they had sat down, not that he hadn't done this before. The teacher seemed desperate to ignore the blond, probably because of yesterday but he couldn't be sure. Glancing at the side of him, Naruto snored quietly, looking closely he noticed the blond had bags around his eyes and his appearance was more messy, if that were to be possible.
Shaking his head he decided nothing was impossible for Naruto, since they were in the past. Or they died and this is what the afterlife is like, just a repeat of you first life.
He'd rather choose the former
This was probably why he adjusted to the sudden time switch, directing his stare at the few looking at him as if he were an alien he glared. In a way he thought it was true, even though he was Sasuke Uchiha he wasn't of this time, some looked away, others glared, to be exact Kiba and Naruto's other childish friends. Shikamaru's piercing eyes bore into his own and he just raised his eyebrow in a cocky fashion, boy genius was going to be trouble, he could tell by the curiosity in the pony tailed kids eyes.
Looking at the bored he stared at it with dislike, he knew this already much better than most of the kids here, learning it again wasn't on his agenda, at best this was just a convenient way to become a legal ninja, if he went solo he knew Naruto would chase him to the ends of the earth, since he had pretty much one so before, and it was best if the boy was affiliated with Konoha, or else he really would chase to the ends of the earth and then some. Perhaps for that he was almost happy Naruto was with Konoha, even if would have preferred the boy came with him.
If he had swapped places with Sakura that night…
"Sasuke?" Iruka looked at him, gently pointing to the board "What is the answer to this?"
He was going to hate this so much more this time around.
Standing up he walked to the front to write down the answer as proper.
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Kakashi had done the unthinkable again; he was too weak and let the other out. Just when he felt he was strong enough to hold the violent child at bay he let that Kakashi out, once he was awake he felt the guilt sink into the bottom of his gut, weighing him down greatly.
He didn't like being depressed, but he felt like the most disgusting thing on the planet, he beat that child again, causing physical harm because Naruto looked at him wrong?
He hadn't hated himself so much as right now, sitting up he stared at the wall, frustration built up in his heart, and he threw the first aid kit at the wall, glaring at the fresh hole in the wall.
He wished it would die, that part of him, before he had regarded it as a child, now he knew it was just a monster hiding under the guise of immaturity.
He folded his legs into a meditation pose, determined he closed his eyes and concentrated, he would face that monster, and he would kill it slowly and painfully. HIS Naruto wouldn't be harmed, HIS child would no longer come to him in desperation and be met with violence, and not that he ever expected Naruto to come again, ever.
He would watch in the shadows, protecting his teachers precious child, taking responsibility of his actions slipped into his mind he stormed down the halls of the sewer in his mind, the other was watching him, from far away, the coward hid.
The sewers shattered like glass, disappearing into the oncoming blackness, he was left with only one more person, that Kakashi.
Revenge would be painful, in a way he was inflicting pain upon himself but it needed to die slowly, deserving to bleed out slowly from small incisions on the body, he sliced away at the whimpering figure, it screamed in pain, as if it were human!
"Shut up, you MONSTER!" he continued violently and relentlessly, blood spattered everywhere in the black abyss, his revenge had only just begun, and it wouldn't end anytime soon.
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In the outside world Kakashi was sweating, burning up with a raging fever, he twisted and turned on the ground, once he had gone into his mind his body just collapsed with a physical sickness, he twitched and his body convulsed in pain. It wasn't to stop anytime soon, killing a part of your mind created a state in which you were on the edge, as you might become so consumed with it you might forget about the living world and chase the other into the underworld.
By leaving your body without a soul holding its life inside it'll become a shell, slowly rotting from the inside out. Disease and sickness would ravage it until it finally shut down and the world named you dead, even if you gone long before.
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Iruka stared at the two boys snoring lightly in the back, he felt a bit uneasy about yelling at them since Sasuke had lost his entire family barely three days ago, and Naruto made him feel so much pain he just wanted to ignore it all, pretending the child didn't house a murderous monster.
"Iruka-sensei, should I wake up Sasuke-kun?" some girls grumbled at the eager Sakura, some shooting her down as she bravely ignored them. Iruka had an idea that Sakura had a crush on the boy, but this question was innocent, she looked worriedly at the snoozing raven, then back at the board, he was about to erase it.
With a quick nod she got up from her seat, she only made it one step before Ino jumped from her seat and dashed to the sleeping child "Sasuke-kun!" she chirped, glancing haughtily at the heart broken Sakura "wake up, Iruka-sensei is going to erase the board and I thought that-" an eraser hit her on the head, Iruka turned his attention at the grumbling Naruto, who looked quite unhappy at the other blond "Ino, shhh" he said softly and tiredly before he leaned against the back of the bench "Shut up Naruto, I wasn't talking to you!" a vein bulged "Ino, language!" he shouted at the surprised child, she looked sheepish with an embarrassed blush on her pale face, light blue eyes wide. Not very lady like indeed.
"Sorry Iruka-sensei" he sighed, Sakura looked hurt at him not getting mad over Ino taking her assignment to wake up Sasuke. Regardless the job was done; Sasuke was now awake staring impassively at him.
He was worried over the lack of emotion over the raven's family's recent demise, instead of breaking down, aside from the strange scuffle with Naruto; he seemed indifferent from it all. "Please stay awake during class Sasuke" he turned around and began write a few more finishing touches onto the board "But Iruka-sensei" a sleepy voice met the teachers ears, once again abnormally soft and not even the slightest hint of brashness in it "Sasuke's been having nightmares" a smack sounded in the room and Iruka whipped around, noting Sasuke's frantic appearance and the hand covering Naruto's mouth, who looked more tired than before.
The blue eyes stared blankly into his own, no emotion in them at all, it was startling.
Calmly he removed Sasuke's hand without much strength as Sasuke looked down at the desk, his form shrinking a little. "I slept over at his house yesterday" the cerulean eyes glimmered "he kicked me and screamed and" Sasuke's hand yanked on the blonds dirty shirt, a small tear sounded in the room.
The boys eyes were on fire despite just waking up, glaring deeply into the blue eyes of the container.
"Heey…." The blond whined unenthusiastically, shrugging a bit he looked back at him "I hated it anyway"
Iruka wasn't sure if this was truly the boy the Hokage had described, during the first semester the child was much more boyish and loud, much harder to ignore, yet somewhat more likeable. He nodded "If you need to talk Sasuke I'm always here" he was interrupted by Naruto "he has me Iruka-sensei" the blond grinned a little "he'll always have me"
He cleared his throat, ignoring the blond again, turning to the board "please write down the notes on the board Sasuke" he didn't really want to be ignorant towards the whiskered child, but he still felt the pain of loss, almost as strong as the first day he had been told his parents died fighting it.
Those whiskers represented what lay dormant inside.
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Naruto and Sasuke shared a short but to the point look, and Naruto blinked.
Looking down at his shirt he fretted about the rip for a bit while Sasuke jotted down notes, sure he had told a lie.
And maybe it was meant to be a little embarrassing, but it was a cover up for their strange behaviour, Sasuke was mourning his loss and he was calming him down bit by bit, or something like that.
With Sasuke's help of course, before he had riled him up but now Sasuke's loss was affecting him, and through him Naruto, it worked out fine in the end.
For now they'd operate under that guise, and he could be a little bit calmer for a bit, he'd spike back up later, when Sasuke had had enough time to get over his family getting murdered, or at least until they assumed he could be a happy care free child again.
As if that would happen but something perhaps close to it, he closed his eyes again, wanting the tiredness to go away.
He had been up all night, for a little bit he let himself become beat up by drunkards, before walking aimlessly around town for a while, before he knew it he had ended up at Sasuke's new apartment. The Hokage had given it to the raven haired child immediately, insisting that he live there if not with a foster family, anywhere but at the compound.
The place still reeked of blood and other bodily fluids, he thought back on that day, walking through it as 'Sasuke' he smelt the most retched smells, bodies were all around him. It felt like it should have been years ago but it had only been a few days, his timelines sometimes mashed together when he wasn't thinking too hard on it.
He talked with the Kyuubi for a bit, it was the same chit chat as per usual, 'I'll eat you, and you'll be mine, this body will be mine, give me your soul' nothing new, but he had been thinking about the other night, after sneaking into Sasuke's apartment unnoticed he watched the raven boy sleep, it was a bit creepy.
He didn't know why his body brought him there, it was as if he were in a trance, nothing was relevant but going to Sasuke's. And he felt better, even if after a while he got bored and tired. When the other tossed and turned he projected some feelings onto him, and Sasuke calmed down a little, even if his face twisted every now and then.
The first bird chirped at five in the morning, which had signalled him to leave, later he bumped into Sasuke on the path to the academy.
Then here he was, sitting, watching the children of the past scribble down notes messily on how to effectively throw kunai. It was only a silly theory that he never listened to, it meant little to him, and after all, he could throw one perfectly fine without these darn notes.
Yawning he stretched, he was ready to nap.
Barely ten minutes later, and just before he fell asleep the school bell rang, telling everyone it was lunch time. With a small grumble he stood "YES lunchtime" it had been a sleepy morning, he need to remind everyone he wasn't a boring quiet person, he was naturally loud.
Besides dwelling on his actions didn't suit him well "Teme, let's go!" Sasuke pointedly looked at him as he was dragged away by Kiba and Chouji, led by Shikamaru.
"Alright I'll see you later!" he screamed as the door slammed closed after him.
Once they reached the gym they let him go "so what are we gonna do now?" he knew what he was going to be asked "since when are you and the Uchiha best friends?" Shikamaru asked, straight to the point "yeah he sucks!" Kiba was given a sheepish look from Naruto "heheh" he laughed uneasily.
"Well you know, well you don't, and uh, I don't know" he scratched the back of his head "it just happened, and were not best friends duh!" he wiped the sleep out of his eyes and yawned once more "wanna play hide and seek?" he tried, they ignored that question 'it was a lame idea anyway' he thought to himself.
"And why did you let him carry you, and why did he carry you, why didn't you sit with sit with us!" Chouji wasn't usually this frantic, he shrugged "the bastard kept me up all night, I was tired" his friends shook their head at the same time, but the door opened and duck butt hair popped into the room.
"Teme!" he ran to the pale pretty boy, dragging him into the room "So this is teme, and these guys are Shika, Chouji and Kiba!" he tried to maintain the excitement, to channel his inner child. An idiotic grin spread across his face and he literally bounced with excitement and Sasuke looked a little miffed and surprised.
The other three just looked a little huffed up and almost… jealous looking.
"Right well me and Sasuke have some super-secret ninja mission to attend to so bye!" he pulled Sasuke out of the gym with a speed greater than usual, leaving the three speechless as he slammed the door.
"Your still not very bright are you Naruto?" Sasuke grumbled after looking around for someone listening in.
"I want to be different" he pulled the slightly taller boy down "we died once already" he whispered harshly into the others ear, he was cranky now, he just wanted to nap. Dragging around Sasuke was becoming a pain so he let go. He stared as Sasuke quickly pulled his appendage close to his body, annoyed at having been pulled around like a doll.
Naruto huffed and turned his back, walking out the door into the sunshine, the rays were warm, the wind cool on his skin, breaking into a run he dashed into the forest, twisting and turning to the paths he knew from his childhood.
A girl tried to follow him, probably Ino, more than a little angry at being pushed away from Sasuke by him of all people.
He could understand that, but he'd rather be alone and nap for a while.
Quickly he jumped into a tree, climbing quickly, jumping a few branches higher than necessary. "Where'd he go" it was only a whisper but he watched a pink blob of hair walk around a little aimlessly. Sakura had followed him, searching eagerly for any sign of shuffling or movement in the bushes. A bush shook and she dashed into it, Sasuke quickly emerged from the bush as she disappeared into it, jumping stealthily into the tree he was hiding out in.
The dark onyx eyes stared into his impassively. He returned the stare before chuckling the tiniest bit "hey brother" he greeted "thought I'd be alone but hey, why not?" Sasuke looked appalled at the slightest hint of sarcasm from the blond boy.
"Make yourself useful" he patted the spot beside him, Sasuke warily observed him before complying. Naruto placed his head on the others shoulder, his eyes drooped "if you let me fall I will shock you with pain" he warned before falling into the darkness of his subconscious.
It was a tiring day, and it wasn't going to stop anytime soon.
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Sakura was bright for her age; most nine year olds didn't understand how fast a body drains of its blood and where the main pressure points of the body were, or most definitely not the minor ones.
And for that she prided herself in those fields, maybe Ino had more friends than her but she would beat the other girl by becoming friends with Sasuke. She was a little scared about doing that however, she was on her own and most of the things she talked about weren't what people her age considered interesting.
Even if she did, so she would have to figure out what Sasuke-kun liked, and the only person he seemed even remotely close to was Naruto, the class clown and the most annoying kid in school. The pink headed girl was determined to suck all the information on Sasuke outta Naruto, using all methods possible, even the more… adult like ones.
She scrunched her face in disgust, why kunoichi had to do that irked her.
Yet here she was, wandering aimlessly in the woods, it'd been a few minutes since she'd lost sight of Naruto, she didn't understand where he could have gone to play, the forest was boring. All the good trees to climb weren't this far back, these ones were boring.
Unless he had a tree fort back here, her eyes glimmered as she franticly searched the trees with a big grin on her face, she understood basic plans on how to make one and you could make it into a ninja watch tower, they had major advantages in a game of ninja.
She loved playing ninja… a lot, it was fun and everyone could play.
Well almost everyone, Naruto wasn't allowed because some of the bigger kids said that their parents told them that Naruto was bad.
Then again Sasuke didn't play either; he just sat out reading his books. Recently she noticed a few things, Sasuke acted differently, he disappeared with Naruto into the woods at lunch time and he didn't smile anymore.
Not even his cheeky little smirk, he had become more, emotionless. There had been rumors her mommy had listened intently to, but she was busy petting the dog she didn't listen in on what they were saying until the other lady said "poor Sasuke-kun" and then walked away. Her mother nodded with a sad look on her face, until she noticed Sakura was watching her, her mommy smiled and asked if she wanted to get some ice cream, Sakura flavored.
Sakura laughed at that, it was her favorite flavor for a reason, just like Ino's had been lemon…
Sometimes her chest hurt thinking about her best friend, but it had been her decision to part ways with the blond girl. Every time they talked Sasuke would come up, Ino believed the best kunoichi would be with him, since he would be the best ninja after all.
She wanted to be the best kunoichi, and she wouldn't ever lose to Ino.
She strived to be a beautiful kunoichi, saving people and getting rid of the bad guys. Her papa would be so proud of her. Smiling sadly she remembered her papa talking about being a ninja, his eyes would brighten up and his voice took on a more happy tone.
If he could move his hands they would be flying in unison with his words, how he had conquered more than a hundred ninja's during the great shinobi war, he had been just a young boy back then. Sometimes the light in his eyes would disappear, and he would gaze down upon his body, it never moved, he couldn't command it anymore.
He had been paralysed from the neck down before she had been born, he often called her his little miracle, she came out with pink hair, and unusual mutation her parents thought she might outgrow. Now they decided it made her unique to the world.
Her eyes watered with unshed tears, staring at the ground she cursed a word she had only heard adults and Naruto say, it was a naughty word.
If a god in the sky, her mom always told her there was, even cared about his people then why would he let them suffer. Her papa said years ago a man predicted another war, that had been ten years ago. There still was time, it wouldn't happen supposedly for five years, so her papa tried to prepare her, asking her mommy to get his scrolls.
She hesitantly pulled out the scroll from her shirt, it was defiantly old and ugly but it had been her papa's. Green eyes gleamed down onto it, in the days her papa was a ninja, he had used these techniques, he saved many villagers from death and sometimes, those people came and visited him, bidding him luck they always said his daughter, her, would be a wonderful kunoichi.
A few times they told him she would be the best, and would save many. Her father's eyes had shone with such pride down at her. All the people who came believed in the prophecy, that a war would come and all the nations would have to fight it, but united.
She wondered who the enemy was if all the nations were untied together, fighting.
Opening the scroll she sat down on the dirty ground, and began to read intently, the words were understood almost instantly as she put them into their places in a scenario.
If she could do these moves she could save people, and no one would have to die.
With Sasuke on offense they would be unstoppable, even Naruto since he was her way into Sasuke two man group. Smiling she read faster, more excited than ever.
It's a little more serious, well more than I expected but yeah. Reviews are appreciated.
So, please review if you will.
By the way, found the page break thing but I'll just let it be for the others, but I'll remember this in the future.
-MissRiss
-Missriss