Disclaimer: The characters of NARUTO and settings are all owned by Masashi Kishimoto not me. Ryui: Review please. Tell me what you think of it. If it sucks, that's absolutely fine. And answer me this: do you want me to finish the other stories first before I start this one?
"I'm not joking. Wish me luck"
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Chapter 3: Control
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Naruto looked petrified.
After a moment of silent shock, Naruto shouted to Sasuke an order.
"Sasuke! Go find Kiba and bring him back here now!" Naruto voice quivered in fright," he won't make it through his blizzard!"
"Not my problem. Just let him be," Sasuke answered, his lowered head not moving an inch.
"Sasuke-!" Naruto started but before he was able to go on any further, Sasuke was wrenched up and got a punch straight to his pale cheek with such force that sent him back to the ground. Sasuke's surprised look froze on his face as he looked up to see the person who owned that fist that collided with his jaw.
It was the least expected out of all, Aburame Shino. The one who barely speaks and let alone, move, except creating hand movements to form his insect jutsu.
Sasuke's surprised eyes melted and soon turned to his usual glare.
"Mad, are you? Why don't you go and find your mate then," Sasuke sneered, "thought you're helpless without your bugs."
Shino glared down at Sasuke a moment longer before he started towards the cave entrance.
"No!" Naruto shouted.
Shino stopped and looked back.
"…Sasuke's right, and you need to be beside Hinata to keep her warm. If you go, Sasuke won't help Hinata. Only you can protect her. That's why I asked Sasuke to go," Naruto told Shino calmly.
Shino considered this, turned towards Hinata, and walked back to her.
"…thank-you, Shino-kun," Hinata whispered, not even having enough strength to stutter anymore.
"I'm the leader and you said you were fine by that. That means you have to listen to my orders, Sasuke," Naruto growled once he took his eyes off Shino and sent a glare towards Sasuke's direction.
"Don't you remember what I also said after that, dobe? I said ' I'll help no one whatsoever,'" Sasuke sarcastically made his point for the second time.
"As long as you're with us, you're part of it. Stop acting like you're a team yourself, separate from us. Everybody in this cave is part of the team, If you don't want to be part of it, get out. And while you're at it, put some effort into finding Kiba to prove that you're not useless," Naruto sarcastically shot back.
Sasuke glared hard at Naruto before moving outside.
Sakura suddenly jumped up and ran towards Sasuke.
She tied a rope on Sasuke's wrist.
"This will help you get back here," Sakura whispered, not able to bring out her voice.
Sasuke didn't pull away but didn't say a word either.
He stepped out and wen out of sight, not by Naruto's orders, but to keep himself away from Naruto for awhile. He had enough with Naruto's blabbering mouth and ordering him around with the loud voice of his.
The outside was freaking cold and Sasuke could barely see where he was going but he moved his stiff legs towards where Kiba might've headed.
Not wanting to admit it, but he was worried.
Unlike others, Kiba had quite some stamina like a dog's compared with a normal human. That was why Sasuke let him leave in the first place. If it was someone other than Kiba who had tried to go and get help, Sasuke would've stopped that person. He would have stopped Naruto though, for another reason. Naruto has more stamina than Kiba, but since he's a dobe and clumsy, he would fall off a cliff or get lost in the snow, or so Sasuke believed.
But worried he was, even if it was that Inuzuka, he might not be able to make it.
Sasuke didn't show his emotions outside, visually, but inside he was worried about the death that may be caused by this weather. He didn't want to see anyone he knew die before his eyes, ever again. His whole clan killed in brutal was death enough.
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"Wow you sure know how to control Sasuke," Shikamaru said in his usual lazy voice, but even ihis/i voice sounded that he lacked energy too much.
Beside him, Chouji's stomach grumbled.
"Yeah," Naruto sighed as Sakura tied the other end of the rope onto Naruto's wrist before sitting beside two Narutos, "but I know he doesn't want anyone he knows to die. He's had enough of that already."
"H-hey, Shikamaru…" Chouji suddenly spoke out.
Naruto looked up, as did everyone else.
Chouji and Shikamaru's face were frozen with shock, their pupils tiny as if they saw something very horrifying.
Chouji was looking at Shikamaru, Shikamaru was staring at a random spot on wall of the cave, staring into space as if running away from reality.
The cave became tense.
"What's wrong, Shikamaru?" Naruto asked, hesitantly.
It took awhile for Shikamaru to open his mouth, but when he did, his voice was only in a bare whisper.
"Ino's not pulsing…"
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