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Biding time
(The rooftops of the hidden leaf, 2 am) shikamaru and temari had been sitting quietly for the last two hours, watching the stars. Shikamaru looked down at his watch, "damn, no wonder I'm so tired..." "what's the matter, your mommy want you home by ten?" temari laughed. Shikamaru shrugged it off, "one off my rules. Go to bed at midnight, wake up at noon." Temari laughed again. "well if you want to see the rest of the village, we should get going." Shikamaru said, getting up. "actually, I'm pretty tired to. Besides I have my whole life to see it, right?" this startled shikamaru, "so you've decided to stay?" temari realized what she had said. "yeah, I guess I have."
(the home of the sand triplets, 2:30 am) Temari crept through the door, as to not wake her brother Kankuro. She had decided to stay in the leaf, but she doubted that her family would share her enthusiasm, she sat down on the couch, next to her brother gaara, intending to find out what he thought of the village. "So, Gaa-"she stopped herself, noticinmg gaara was sleeping. And unlike like his usual sleep, he was calm and still. The last time she saw him sleep, he wasa kicking wildly, digging his nails into his skin. She smiled, "maybe we can stay here after all."
(Streets of the leaf, 8am) Kakashi and tsunade stood over a dead ANBU. The interesting thing about this coarpse was, that to an untrained eye, he had no wounds on the body. but tsunade did not have ordinary eyes. "there is an incision in his neck. The reason you can't see it is because it was stiched shut from the inside. An act that takes a large amount of skill. Could it have been orochimaru's servant, kabuto? He was a very skilled medical ninja." Kakashi stopped inspecting the body. "no, he was never anywhere near this strong. And besides I've seen this technique before. He was paralyzed out of fear, an effect of the sharingan eye." Tsunade looked up. "the situation has grown critical. I'm going to take sasuke into my custody." Kakashi said before disappearing.
(Jail cell in the leaf, 9 am) sasuke was in shackles. He had been in schackles since he was released from the hospitalone week ago. He has yet to speak a word, probably because he was still struck speechless. Because ewo weeks ago he had been defeated by dead last naruto. This was impossible. No matter how much naruto had improved, he should not have been able to beat sasuke while he had thecurse seal active. sasuke would have undoubtedly spent the whole day thinking about this if the door hadn't been opened, with his former master ealkin into his cell. "come on sasuke, I'm taking you out of hear." "why?" sasuke hadn't spoken in two weeks, so his voice was very hoarse."because you just might be in alittle trouble, so I think you'll be better off with me." Kakashi answered in a cheerful manner. Sasukes mind was set on fire with questions.
(naruto's home, noon) Naruto had been sleeping since he and lee had left gaara last night. He would have slept more, except he was woken by a loud knock at his door. He yawned at slowly walked to the door, wondering who it could be so early in the morning. "maybe it's sakura or hinata!" he thought, not sure of who he would rather it be. In fact once naruto thought about it, he had become more popular with the ladies ever since he brought back sasuke. After all, two girls showing some interest was infinitly better than zero, right? But when he opened the door, he saw it wasn't one of his many female fans, but Iruka! "Hey naruto! Let me go buy you some ramen, I've got a gift for you." Naruto's eyes lit up and the two took off for the ramen stand. After naruto finished his second bowl, he turned to Iruka. "hey, what do you have in the bag, sensei?" he asked. "naruto, I'm glad you asked! This is a gift, and a recognition of your sucess." Iruka handed naruto the bag. "cool, a flak jacket... wait does this mean?" "that's right. Congrats, you have been promoted to chuunin." And there wasn't a person in the village who didn't hear him shout the rest of the way home.
Sakura waited outside of naruto's home, waiting to give him a gift. Yesterday she had been to his house and noticed there weren't any pictures. In her arms was the only picture she had of their whole class together, which she was going to give him. She waited patiently, not knowing she was being watched. Not her exactly but naruto's home. Itachi was waiting for a glimpse of the boy who was able to overcome the curse seal and the sharingan. he also waited patiently, because he knew in three days, he would have enough battle to satisfy even him.
Thanks to everyone who has read this far, a more thanks to anyone who reviewed. More soon.
Biding time
(The rooftops of the hidden leaf, 2 am) shikamaru and temari had been sitting quietly for the last two hours, watching the stars. Shikamaru looked down at his watch, "damn, no wonder I'm so tired..." "what's the matter, your mommy want you home by ten?" temari laughed. Shikamaru shrugged it off, "one off my rules. Go to bed at midnight, wake up at noon." Temari laughed again. "well if you want to see the rest of the village, we should get going." Shikamaru said, getting up. "actually, I'm pretty tired to. Besides I have my whole life to see it, right?" this startled shikamaru, "so you've decided to stay?" temari realized what she had said. "yeah, I guess I have."
(the home of the sand triplets, 2:30 am) Temari crept through the door, as to not wake her brother Kankuro. She had decided to stay in the leaf, but she doubted that her family would share her enthusiasm, she sat down on the couch, next to her brother gaara, intending to find out what he thought of the village. "So, Gaa-"she stopped herself, noticinmg gaara was sleeping. And unlike like his usual sleep, he was calm and still. The last time she saw him sleep, he wasa kicking wildly, digging his nails into his skin. She smiled, "maybe we can stay here after all."
(Streets of the leaf, 8am) Kakashi and tsunade stood over a dead ANBU. The interesting thing about this coarpse was, that to an untrained eye, he had no wounds on the body. but tsunade did not have ordinary eyes. "there is an incision in his neck. The reason you can't see it is because it was stiched shut from the inside. An act that takes a large amount of skill. Could it have been orochimaru's servant, kabuto? He was a very skilled medical ninja." Kakashi stopped inspecting the body. "no, he was never anywhere near this strong. And besides I've seen this technique before. He was paralyzed out of fear, an effect of the sharingan eye." Tsunade looked up. "the situation has grown critical. I'm going to take sasuke into my custody." Kakashi said before disappearing.
(Jail cell in the leaf, 9 am) sasuke was in shackles. He had been in schackles since he was released from the hospitalone week ago. He has yet to speak a word, probably because he was still struck speechless. Because ewo weeks ago he had been defeated by dead last naruto. This was impossible. No matter how much naruto had improved, he should not have been able to beat sasuke while he had thecurse seal active. sasuke would have undoubtedly spent the whole day thinking about this if the door hadn't been opened, with his former master ealkin into his cell. "come on sasuke, I'm taking you out of hear." "why?" sasuke hadn't spoken in two weeks, so his voice was very hoarse."because you just might be in alittle trouble, so I think you'll be better off with me." Kakashi answered in a cheerful manner. Sasukes mind was set on fire with questions.
(naruto's home, noon) Naruto had been sleeping since he and lee had left gaara last night. He would have slept more, except he was woken by a loud knock at his door. He yawned at slowly walked to the door, wondering who it could be so early in the morning. "maybe it's sakura or hinata!" he thought, not sure of who he would rather it be. In fact once naruto thought about it, he had become more popular with the ladies ever since he brought back sasuke. After all, two girls showing some interest was infinitly better than zero, right? But when he opened the door, he saw it wasn't one of his many female fans, but Iruka! "Hey naruto! Let me go buy you some ramen, I've got a gift for you." Naruto's eyes lit up and the two took off for the ramen stand. After naruto finished his second bowl, he turned to Iruka. "hey, what do you have in the bag, sensei?" he asked. "naruto, I'm glad you asked! This is a gift, and a recognition of your sucess." Iruka handed naruto the bag. "cool, a flak jacket... wait does this mean?" "that's right. Congrats, you have been promoted to chuunin." And there wasn't a person in the village who didn't hear him shout the rest of the way home.
Sakura waited outside of naruto's home, waiting to give him a gift. Yesterday she had been to his house and noticed there weren't any pictures. In her arms was the only picture she had of their whole class together, which she was going to give him. She waited patiently, not knowing she was being watched. Not her exactly but naruto's home. Itachi was waiting for a glimpse of the boy who was able to overcome the curse seal and the sharingan. he also waited patiently, because he knew in three days, he would have enough battle to satisfy even him.
Thanks to everyone who has read this far, a more thanks to anyone who reviewed. More soon.