Hello everybody! It's been a while, I know and I'm sorry. School has been a pain in the ass along with personal problems. So I haven't really had any time to think about this story, but I'm on a holiday break so yay!
Well anyways, here's chapter 7. Please try to enjoy!
Disclaimer: You all should be thankful I don't own Naruto!
Gaara's POV
"The attic is locked," Kakuzu sighed out. Lee must be in there, they checked the whole house. And now that the only place left to check is the attic, Lee has to be there. But why is the attic locked in the first place? I've never locked it, and I doubt Kankuro or Temari even have the key.
"Kankuro, do you have the key?" Itachi turns to my brother, who looks as confused as I do.
"I don't think we were given a key when we moved in." I inform. Our father didn't leave us any spare keys or anything.
Itachi looks thoughtful before speaking through the mic, "Kakuzu, break the entrance."
"With what? The ceiling is too high for me to break with my hands…got a broom or something?"
"Deidara, get your fucking ass up here. Blow the shit out of the door!" Hidan yells, causing the mic to make a shrieking sound.
"Oh hell yeah!" Deidara yells, looking through his black duffle bag. He pulls out a small looking hand-made explosion. I really hope that won't make much of a mess. I fucking swept the place yesterday, and Temari will whoop my ass if she finds out we blew up the attic door.
"I am not paying for that." Kankuro mutters, he has a point though. I'm not paying for that either.
Deidara runs out of the cellar looking pretty excited. It's kinda strange how he has an obsession with explosions…well then again; we are all obsessed with something. Naruto loves his ramen, my brother collects his retarded puppets, Temari has a collection of fans…and well, I have shitloads of sand in my room.
It wasn't long before we heard a loud "boom" coming from upstairs. And I really have feeling that the attic door wasn't the only thing that got destroyed.
"He's not here." Kakuzu's voice fills through the now silent room.
"What do you mean he's not there!" Neji yells, snatching the mic from Itachi's hold, obviously worried.
"The kid ain't there...just admit it, he's dead." Deidara speaks with a tone that holds no care.
"He's not dead! Bushy Brow can't be dead!...he's just-"
"Just what, missing? He might as well be considered dead!" Neji yelled at my blond, making me narrow my eyes at him.
"Neji, now it's you who is jumping into conclusions, don't you think?" I say in a calm voice, though inside I'm kinda panicking…Lee is missing. People don't just disappear like that. .unless he ran away. Yeah that has to be it. But wait, Lee wouldn't run away would he? No he isn't a coward. Lee is missing….well holy shit.
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"So what now?" Sasuke asks, he looks exhausted. I don't blame him, he's had Sakura and Karin clinging to him all day. It's been about thirty minutes since Lee went missing. The sun has already gone down and so everyone is back in the cellar just sitting and thinking of what to do.
"Well I think the plan is simple." Shikamaru yawns out. "We split up to find him."
"What good would that fucking do? We fucking checked all over the damn house already idiot." Hidan huffed out.
"I didn't say split up to check the house. What I meant is, we check Lee's house, the streets, whatever place you think Lee would be at. We need to know what happened that caused him to run away."
"I agree with Shikamaru." Choji announced timidly. And I agree too, Lee is more important than some stupid demons or spirits, or whatever the hell they are.
"Alright then, that would be the best plan seeing as there's nothing else to do about it." Itachi started. "We should get in groups. Deidara, Sasori, Hidan, and Kakuzu, check through the streets. Shikamaru, Choji, Neji, and Kiba check Lee's house and if he's not there, check your houses." He waited for them to nod before continuing. "Kankuro, Gaara, Naruto and Sasuke check the park and if needed check the woods. Kisame and I will need to be heading to our office to get more equipment. Understood?"
We all nod in agreement, understanding our instructions.
"What about us?" Karin and Sakura chorused, causing them to glance hatefully at one another.
"Oh yes," Itachi mumbled, while thinking to himself. "You both stay and watch the house." He smiled at them in a creepy Uchiha manner.
"Oh come on that's totally lame!" Sakura wined while crossing her arms.
"Yeah I have to agree pinky this time." Karin sneered.
"What happens if Lee comes back, hm? Who will be here to ensure he is fine? You guys have the most important job right now." Itachi obviously lied.
"Well I guess that's true." Sakura admitted.
"Just stay in the cellar and everything should be fine." Kiba smirked at them, ha he always enjoys scaring others.
"Wait what do you mea-" I closed the door behind me as everyone walked out.
We each continued on our assigned path in groups. The park isn't far from my house at all, only about four blocks, and the woods are right behind it, it is possible that Lee could have ran off here. That is, if he even ran off in the first place.
"Gaara do you think Lee is dead?" Naruto questions while continuing at a steady pace beside me.
"No he's alive. He just, cowered up, that's all." I say, though I'm not so sure about my words. I didn't want Naruto to worry though, so I just said what I thought he'd like to hear.
"Yeah I hope that's just all." Sasuke grunts out. "How would we explain to Gai that Lee went missing? He would kill us."
"It that all you're worried about?!" Naruto stops and turns to scold him, crossing his arms and furrowing his brows. "Lee could be dead and you just care about getting in trouble?"
"I'm sure he didn't mean it that way." I say while grabbing Naruto's hand and continue walking towards the park. I smile to myself when I feel his fingers interlock with mine.
It didn't take us long before we were standing in front of the empty park. It had gotten pretty dark outside, so it's kinda hard to see. But even the darkest shadow doesn't belong to that of a person, Lee isn't here.
"Great, so we're gonna have to actually check the woods now." Kankuro groans. We cross the park till we reach some tall, dark bushes. Upon pushing them aside, a scenery of dead trees come into view.
"I really don't like the woods." I hear my blond swallow hard, looking straight ahead.
"Neither do I." Kankuro agreed.
"Lee always comes here, we can't just leave because we're too lazy to go in." Sasuke sighs.
"I'm not lazy, I'm scared, there's a different." Naruto whispered.
"Why are you whispering?" Kankuro whispers to Naruto.
"The same reason you're whispering." My blond whispers back.
"Both of you shut up, Naruto you dobe stop being a, dobe." Sasuke snaps at them before walking forward into the darkness of the woods.
"Teme wait! Don't you know about the legend?" Naruto says in a loud whisper.
Sasuke pauses, "…what legend?"
"…Bigfoot…"
"….Naruto… please tell me you are joking right now you little dumb ass." Sasuke sighed.
"Oh I wish I was Sasuke. I wish I was." Naruto whispered.
"Shh, everybody! He could be hearing us now!" Kankuro shouts in a whisper as he franticly snaps his head in every direction.
"Oh my God, not you too." Sasuke sneered and continued his way into the woods. I continue on too, dragging Naruto along. He slightly protests at first but then just clings to me and looks around with frightened eyes.
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"Bushy Brow" Naruto whispers into the dark, though only silence meets our ears. Shadows dance across the ground and the dead trees, as we walked by, moving further into the woods. "Bushy Bro – " His voice halts. I turn to my blond and see that he seems to be staring ahead. Straight into the unseen part of the woods.
"Naru?" I question with concern evident in my tone. Though it's as if his mind isn't present.
"What's wrong?" My brother comes up from behind me. Upon hearing this, Sasuke turns to us in question.
"I'm not sure.." I say slowly, my attention still focused on Naruto. I turn my head in the direction Naruto is staring at. But I see nothing. All of a sudden he began to steadily walk forward. And so I follow.
"Naru?...Naruto what ar – " His body froze in mid step. I froze too unsure of what to do. I extend my arm toward him, and my finger tips brush against his shoulder. His body is cold I can feel it radiating off his form. And for a second I feel fear. Though I'm not quite sure what I'm afraid of.
I grad a hold of his shoulders and tug him back. His body is stiff, and he seems to be ignoring my presence. "Naruto what's wrong?" I question this time in a stern voice. Upon no reply, I decide to head back out of the woods. We searched for Lee and I really am starting to doubt he's here.
In a quick motion, I lift Naruto up and place him on my shoulder. His arms dangle down my back, yet I feel him tense.
"What's going on Gaara?" Kankuro questions in a serious tone.
"Naruto is acting weird." I say, not stopping in my tracks.
"Lets keep going Kankuro. Gaara you wait with Naruto in the park." Sasuke asserted. I nod while continuing to walk away.
"No" Naruto whispers in a low raspy tone. "No he says again a bit louder as I start moving further back the way we came. "No…No…NO!" He yells and claws at my back, I don't remember Naruto having grown his nails. And his voice seems to have gotten deeper. His yelling has changed to growling. What's gotten into him? Why is he acting this way?
"Naruto calm down. What's wrong?" I ask while trying to stop him from sinking his nails into my skin. How strange…he's not squirming at all, just clawing at me and I'm pretty sure I'm bleeding now.
Deciding enough is enough, I set Naruto down right by the bushes that lead out of the woods. Though the clawing didn't stop. He moved from my back, to my arms. And he's just staring into the woods. Eyes wide and hold a red tint to them. He looks like he's gone insane.
Quickly I move away from him, wondering what the hell is going on. I need to snap him out of it, but how? I move forward to grip both of his shoulders. "Naruto!" I yell shaking him roughly. But his eyes still aren't focused on me. I close my hand in a fist and bring it up in a threatening motion. "Naruto!" He didn't bat an eyelid. And with much force, I brought my fist down across his face. His head snapped to the side and for a while he didn't move. But slowly he turned to look at me, azure eyes first held confusion, then into a look of fear.
"Naruto are you ok?" I question and eye him carefully.
"Gaara? What...what happened, I don't remember anything" He looks up at me with genuine eyes.
"You really don't remember?" He shakes his head. No.
I grip the edges of my shirt, that is now soaked in my blood, and carefully pull it off my body. I turn around to show him my back. "You don't remember this?"
"I-I did that to y-you?" He stutters and I realize that I may have cause him more confusion and fear. I turn to him and see that his eyes are watery and threatening to spill tears.
"It's ok. It doesn't hurt much, don't cry." I order him. I really hate seeing him cry. It makes me feel like hurting the person who did that to him. And in this case, that would be me.
Slowly I wrap my arms around his shaking form and rub soothing circles on his back. I feel him wrap his arms shakingly around me, carefully avoiding my wounds.
"I'm s-sorry Gaara." He sobbed.
"Shh Naru it's ok." I don't know how long we stayed that way. But soon Sasuke had returned and Naruto had fallen asleep in my arms.
"Gaara we found Lee." Sasuke spoke while arching an eyebrow at me holding my blond. Just then Kankuro walks up to us, with Lee unconscious in his arms.
"Where'd you find him?" Sasuke and Kankuro share a look.
Kankuro cringed as he began to speak, "He was just laying on the ground…his mouth wide open and, his arms were spread wide apart while unconsciously gripping onto the soil…it was freaky."
And that was chapter 7! Finished at exactly 4:59 AM =D
Yay I have something planned in mind haha. Why was Naruto acting that way? And will Lee remember anything? Why was he in that position upon being found? All these questions shall be answered in next chapter….at least I'll try to answer them haha. But I can assure you is that GaaNaru is for sure gonna be in next chapter! And again I'm sorry for the long wait.
P.S. sorry I suck at all the nice love dovey stuff…but I'm trying here
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