Soo hello and welcome to chapter 4! I believe OTL, as usual bad grammar and some cringe?
So sadly, I don't own Naruto but if I did, ohohoho 😉
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Chapter 4; he will forget. All humans do.
Sasuke closed his eyes and waited for the impact but instead of what he expected to only be searing pain a pair of him hitting the ground strong arms enveloped him pressing him to a hard, clad chest. His eyes shot open and he saw the man from before looking at him with worried eyes. The wind had stopped pulling his hair and clothing, he wasn't falling anymore. They were on the ground and he could see the cliff he fell from high up there behind the man's blond head.
He was reminded of his position when the embrace tightened around him
''l-let me go'' he said as if he was a bit insecure of his word.
Sasuke started to struggle a bit but got still just as quick when a deep voice told him to stay still and hold on tight.
''Wha-AA'' he didn't get the time to finish as it halfway turned into a yell of surprise as the man freaking jumped up in the air and the mystery guy landed softly and didn't give it a second as when his bare feet touched the ground he sprinted in speed that had Sasuke close his eyes because of the force from the air and he held on tight to the orange fabric on the man's chest.
And before he knew it the wind was gone, and it was over, but he couldn't or rather did not dare to open his eyes.
''You can let go now''
This time the voice was soft and quiet. Sasuke opened them carefully and met the blue eyes with his, he didn't notice it before but now he saw the pupils were slits, like the eye of a cat.
The stranger smiled carefully and Sasuke noticed their position, he was carried bridal style in the tan arms and he himself was clutching for dear life to the kimono covering said chest, unraveling some of it to show a tan strong build underneath. He blushed furiously and scurried out of the hold falling over on his own feet in the hurry to get away but was once again saved by the other before he fell to the ground he was pulled into the man's arms once more.
''Careful!'' the before quiet voice now sounded angry and what Sasuke only hinted as an undertone of being scared. His heart hammered against his chest, he felt way to hot right now. ''L-let me go!'' Sasuke pushed hard against the man with both hands and backed away ready to bombard the stranger with questions but he was gone.
''What the fuck happened?''
''Sasuke!'' he turned around to see Sakura coming towards him, ''Where have you been? The professor is freaking out!''
Sasuke said nothing as Sakura took his hand and dragged him out on the flower field to their collected group. And what she had said about their professor, that he was freaking out was an understatement, the teacher was furious that Sasuke had wandered off into the forest and when he found out Sasuke had not even done the assignment and the one he did was drenched.
He got an extra assignment and had to on his free time go back up here and finish the job. Sasuke didn't really defend himself, to awestruck to even look mad over his teachers yelling and scolding him like he was a child in front of everyone.
He was finally let off and they all went back down the mountain their professor had ended the class early because of the circumstances. Sakura tried to speak to him, but he was too caught up in his thinking and the memory of the stranger to answer or even listen to her. He would come back up here, not just to do the stupid assignment but to find the strange man with the blue slit eyes.
Naruto slammed the door shut and went up against it with his back as if holding someone out with all his strength. His breath was labored, and his stomach was doing flips and he was holding his hand over his chest, he could swear he feel his un-present heart beat hard and uncontrollably. He slid down the wooden door burying his hands in his shaggy hair, what had he done?
He had revealed not only himself but also his powers! He couldn't stop himself when he saw him falling of that cliff, he just acted without thinking and jumped after him and on top of that he didn't erase the memory of it.
He leaned back on the door and took a calm deep breath, it would be alright, he would fix this somehow. Kurama hasn't made a sound but Naruto knew he was standing in front of him without even looking down from the ceiling his eyes were plastered to right now.
''I know what you did, I can't say I'm mad at you because you saved a life..but I'm disappointed Naruto, he wouldn't have gotten in that situation if you didn't show yourself from the start, what happened?''
With Kurama's help he stood up and they both sat down at the kitchen table.
''I was watching him from the forest, and I don't know what but something got a hold of me, I felt strange and this rush of heat came over me and before I knew it I had somehow changed from my animal shape to my human form, revealing myself to him he chased me and then he fell and I just jumped!''
All this was said with wild gestures and a loud voice filled with frustration.
He tried to explain the situation a bit more clearly.
''I realized what I had done and ran as fast as I could but I got to distracted and got caught in a trap the hunters had set up, he set me free and I just couldn't leave him but he ran away, towards the cliff I tried to warn him but I think he got scared and he fell..I couldn't stop and jumped after him''
The last sentence was said in a tired voice and him putting his head in his hands on the wooden table.
''Two thousand years of hiding blown away, I'm so sorry Kurama I put us in danger'' Kurama stayed quiet but put a hand on the boy's head ruffling the hair softly.
''Naruto, I'm not mad, but please be more careful''
Naruto raised his head with the hand still on his cheeks and nodded.
''I'll check the rest of the mountain today but I have another request for you, there was a kindergarten class by the temple at the foot of the mountain today and placed offerings, please take care of them for me but remember to not cross the barrier'' Kurama said calmly as he got up from his siting position.
One more nod from Naruto and he was gone. Kurama sighed and leaned back on the wall behind him. He knew the black-haired boy would be back and he knew the kit wouldn't be able to stay away, it was destiny after all he just hope they boy was ready for what's coming.
He arrived at the foot of the mountain, if it could be called that, it was the beginning of the forest, but it was still a little bit of a climb up the stone stairwell leading up to the temple. He got a proud smile on his lips as the thought of mere children doing such a climb in a hot summer day like this to bring them offerings.
He hadn't been down in the town now city since his days as a human and he remembered the markets and the people. He bet the markets were way bigger now.
He jumped down from the tree he had landed in and went up to the wooden vault that signaled the beginning and the end of the forest and their territory. The vault had some wear on the dark wood showing that it had been there for a long time, he should know because he was there after all.
''Flashback''
When he woke up, he felt nothing. He didn't feel scared, sad or even confused when he saw the fox demon watching him from the corner of the modest room. He knew what had happened and he knew he shouldn't fear the man, he had saved him after all.
But was mother and father alright? Where were they? He did trust the man, but he had a hard time believing the bloodshed he had seen could be so easily reversed.
'Couldn't the dark-haired man just come after them again?' he thought now a bit more doubtful.
''Come'' Naruto tried to sit up, his body seemed to ache a bit but nothing that hurt. He thought the first step would hurt from all the cuts he earlier had received but he felt nothing even thought he was now standing up, it felt like he was walking on air. ''What?''
Kurama smiled when he noticed the confused child's eyes, ''just one of the perks of being a demon''
''a demon?'' he said looking down on his just normal looking hands he expected maybe claws like the fox demon, but nothing.
''I'll explain everything as time goes, now come'' Kurama took his hand and led him out in the snowy storm, Naruto braced himself for the cold on his bare arms and feet but wasn't as surprised this time when he only felt the hard wind as a soft breeze and no chill.
''Where are we going?'' his question was left unanswered as they made it through the dark forest.
It took a while, but the snow settled, and the forest was getting brighter. It was morning. Through the bare trees Naruto could se a tall blond-haired man carrying firewood on his back.
''Father!'' Naruto shouted as he ran towards the man happily. When Naruto got closer, he could see that it clearly was his flesh and blood walking right in front of him ''im so glad you are all right where is Mother?'' and then he is walking past him. ''father?'' The man halted in his step and looked behind him. ''oh, hi there little one, are you lost? Where is your mother''
''What do you mean, she is inside right?'' he said looking towards the cabin behind the man.
The grown man kneeled and took out something out of his pouch strapped to his belt.
''you must be hungry huh?'' He took out a piece of dried meat and placed it on the ground before him. ''w-what do you mean?'' Naruto took a step forward, notching something was off. His father was taller than he remembered and why did he feel so small.
Naruto looked down on himself and saw his white furry chest and golden paws. He tried to speak but now he heard the yips instead of his normal voice. 'what is happening' ''Darling, what are you doing, its freezing in here hurry with the fire wood will you, I need to fix breakfast for Menma and Hana.'' 'what?' ''I'm coming Kushina''
Naruto's mother, Kushina, was standing in the cabin door opening and the only scarlet red he could see was his mother's hair draped over her shoulders. No blood no nothing. He looked further down and saw two children, roughly his age standing behind her holding her skirt. ''Yeah. Hurry dad we are hungry!'' they boy shouted. He looked like Naruto himself except that his eyes were green, like his mother's instead of blue. The man got up and gave Naruto the rest of the dried meat in his pouch. ''take care little one'' And he was gone. Naruto cried right there and then, curled up in a furry ball on the snow. Kurama made his way over and lifted the kit in the neck carefully. ''this was your wish, remember that, lets go, we need to make a seal.''
Naruto fell into a lulled rest from the swaying of Kurama's hold on him while the bigger fox ran towards the end of the mountain. Well there he shifted to his human form putting Naruto still in his small fox form on his shoulder.
''Listen carefully now'' a few movements were made, and a gate burst up from the ground. Kurama but his hand on the red wood and whispered something which made words etch themselves into the wood before disappearing. When he was done, he continued his sentence from before. ''this gate. You may never cross its threshold, if you do, he can find you.''
Naruto was confused at this. ''who will find me?''
Kurama sighed, it would be all too much to explain to a child. ''just don't cross it, promise me?''
Naruto promised that he wouldn't, and he also asked if he weren't allowed near his family anymore but Kurama chuckled and patted the small kit on the head. ''You may but be aware they will never see anything other than a fox and here no other than your animal speech, you may watch over them but it's on your own risk since doing something like that might hurt.''
Naruto nodded as an answer and they were of once more into the forest.
End of flashback
He had no clue of how long it could have been since then because he had no true sense of time, he only lived day by day. ''It must have been at least a few thousand years since then I believe'' he touched the rough wood at an arm's length because he didn't want to move to close to it because he was afraid of what would happen if he did.
Kurama had told him to never cross the threshold of the entrance to the forest and he was never under any circumstances leave the mountain, he didn't know why but if Kurama said so it would be wise to listen. ''I wonder how life is down there'' he said as he looked down on the small city bellow.
He had many times wonder what it would be like to just be normal or to at least live beside the humans instead trapped up here. After all the black-haired beauty was down there and he would probably never see him again as fewer made the climb longer up than the temple behind him now days. ''I wonder how long it will take for him to forget what happened today. He will forget soon, all humans do''
this was said under his breath has he knew he could never forget the other.
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