Chapter 7: Fire Element
I don't own Naruto
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Not even five minutes had passed and Naruto was already fed up with the forest and everything inside of it. Hours later found him wanting to kill one giant snake. He crossed his arms and thought about how the heck he was supposed to get out of the damn snake.
'Someone is going to die for this.' He put a hand to cover his nose, 'It stinks in here.' Finally he made his favorite seal. Well second favorite.
"Kage Bushin no Jutsu!" He yelled. He felt bodies appearing besides him and soon there was a sick noise of slimy chunks of snake falling everywhere.
"Stupid forest with stupid snakes." He grumbled, wiping the slime from his face. About a hundred other clones were doing the same thing until they disappeared into thin air. Naruto shook his head, getting snake guts everywhere.
"Dammit, this sucks." He sighed and then looked around, "Where the hell is everyone?!" He yelled. Getting no response, he ran in a random direction.
'Silly kitling…' Naruto scrunched his nose, 'Not another bout of insanity….' There was a growl forming in the back of his mind, 'You're treading on thin ice, kitling. I will not be mistaken for your insanity again. Use your head for once.'
'I know who you are.' Naruto said softly, 'Just play along for a bit. Indulge me to the point where I believe that I'm not a monster.' He laid a hand over his stomach when he stopped on a tree branch.
'There is a difference between being a monster, and having one inside of you. For one,' the fox began, 'you are not hunted down day and night, forced to see your own kin slaughtered, all towards the single goal of being used as a tool of war.'
Naruto bowed his head, 'I…I'm sorry.'
'Kitling, you have the purest life compared to mine.' he began again, 'I was forced to become a murderer to stay alive, gained a title I had never wanted, then that…incident…but now is not the time for reminiscing. Use your senses to find them. I'm sure you can at least be able to recognize the Uchiha by scent alone.' Naruto scrunched up his nose and said aloud, "Of course I can. Even after all these years…I know his scent…"
'Stupid love struck human.' The fox growled. Naruto shook his head and then took off, 'why are you helping me? Aren't you supposed to be a blood thirsty beast?' There was a pause before the fox began, 'I was never a monster. Humans made me a monster. The more I learned about humanity…the more I wanted to hide away and wish there was a different land I could retire to…'
'But humanity spread and I had no place to go.' Naruto muttered another apology but the fox said, 'I have found a safe haven in you, kitling…but you have to pay a heavy price…'
Naruto looked down and picked up on Sasuke's scent. He gave a small inward smile, 'He doesn't realize just how much he smells like…'
'The other Uchiha?' The fox asked. Naruto nodded but kept going, following where the teen might have gone. He felt the fox inside him begin to think and then he said, 'There are many confusing things in this life, in your life. That boy…might just be one of the top ten.' Naruto nodded again, 'Whatever he did, he did for me and Sasuke.'
He spotted the Uchiha being attacked by the weird girl with the large tongue, 'I just have to believe in Itachi-nii….' He jumped in, helping Sasuke out. Then he turned and with a smile said, "Sorry, I forgot the password."
Sakura smiled widely, relived that the other teen wasn't dead. Then the voice of the girl reached his ears, "Well, you managed to escape my snake, Naruto?" Naruto's eyes narrowed and he glared, "That was yours? Sorry to say, it's dead."
The girl didn't even look like she cared. She gave a smile and then turned to Sasuke again. More words were exchanged until Sasuke held out his scroll, "Here, take it. Take it and leave us alone."
The girl began laughing but before she could even get a word in, Naruto reached to where Sasuke was and struck him across the face, hard. Sasuke looked shocked and then angry, "What are you doing, dumbass?"
Naruto glared at him, "You can look like him…you can smell like him…but there is no way that..." He paused and chose his words carefully.
He has almost said: there is no way that I like a coward like you. He bit back a growl and began again, "There is no way that you are Sasuke. There is no way that this coward is you!" Naruto looked at the ground, clenching his fist so tight that his knuckles were white.
Sasuke continued to glare, "Don't you see this is the only way we'll get out of this alive?" Naruto shook his head, "Do you really think that a person this powerful…wouldn't have just taken the scroll already…" Naruto turned to the girl, "Her intent…is to kill us."
The girl laughed, "Wow, you are very perceptive," She stopped laughing and bowed her head to glare at them from under her eyelashes, "You're right." A smile adorned her face as she said, "I had no intention of letting you leave here alive." Sakura tensed, 'such murderous intent…oh my god…she's really going to...' she gulped and felt herself weakening, 'we're going to…' She began to shake.
Sasuke noticed her start to shake and he felt it start in his own body, 'Why? Why am I so scared?'
Run and cling to life…
Sasuke eyes widened and he didn't even realize that Naruto had started fighting until Sakura screamed his name. He looked up just in time to see the huge snake coming towards him, but his legs would not move. He closed his eyes and heard the awful noise of metal digging into flesh.
His eyes opened and he saw Naruto, holding back the giant snake, a kunai in each hand. His voice started out as a whisper, "Are you okay…" Sasuke swallowed the lump that had started to form in his throat.
Naruto looked up. His eyes were a demon red color and his pupils had become slits. The soft whisker marks on each cheek became darker and wider, engraved deeper into Naruto's skin, "Bibiri-kun?"
That was when Sasuke started shaking. He wasn't shaking from the fear of dying. He was shaking from the power that radiated off of Naruto. He could feel the invisible thread of Naruto's chakra press against his skin. Goosebumps appeared on his skin and he opened his mouth to say something.
His eyes widened as a large pink thing, which he later realized was the girl's tongue, wrapped around the blonde and pulled him up. Naruto's eyes widened and he looked at her and then back to Sasuke desperately. He reached out his hands, hoping that Sasuke would help him.
But Sasuke didn't even budge. Naruto closed his eyes, rage coming over him. He glared at the girl who held him captive. "Yo, let me go!" Naruto kicked and screamed at the girl, "This is sooo gross!!" He felt her tongue push his jacket and shirt up and he yelled, "Hey, hey! What the hell are you doing!? Stop that!!"
She narrowed her eyes as if to tell him to 'shut up' but Naruto said, "No, I will not shut up, you freak! Let me go!"
What did shut him up was the seal she placed on his stomach. His eyes widened and he felt the pull of his chakra as it began to spin in unusual directions. His eyes dropped and he thought, 'what did she do? I feel…funny…'
'No! Naru...ing separ...seal will sto...rom communi...' The fox's voice drifted in and out before Naruto could no longer hear the fox anymore. He closed his eyes and saw inside himself. There were doors, solid doors, closing over the bars that kept the fox imprisoned. They closed over the bars and Naruto ran to them, trying to get rid of them. He was instead thrown back to land in the murky waters of his mind.
She tossed him aside like a rag doll and Sakura screamed, "Sasuke!" in hopes that he would snap out of his trance and save the younger teen. When he didn't move, she pulled out a kunai and barely caught Naruto from falling by the back of his jacket, pinning him to a tree.
Sasuke looked from Naruto to the girl. His eyes narrowed and he felt anger building up. He openly glared at the girl and took a fighting stance. She raised a brow and looked at him, amused.
"Oh, are you going to fight me now?" She crouched down and then launched herself. Sasuke took a step back, catching her fist in his hand before he let his black orbs melt into a sea of red.
"Sharingan." He barely muttered before catching the other punch. She began wildly running circles around him, trying to confuse him.
Making a few hand seals, his voice echoed in the forest, "Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" The girl avoided his fire attacks and they went back to using mainly Taijutsu. Sakura smiled sadly as they fought, quickly realizing that Sasuke only snapped out of his stupefied trance until after Naruto was knocked unconscious.
She thought to herself, glancing at Naruto's still form, 'Sasuke really cares about Naruto…' She followed the two fighters until Sasuke had the girl tied to a tree with ninja wire. He made more hand seals and then yelled, "Katon: Ryuuka no Jutsu!" Fire erupted from his mouth and traveled down the wire to burn the girl to a crisp.
Sakura jumped next to Sasuke, cheering, "All right, you did it!" Inner Sakura punched the air and yelled, 'Shannaro! I knew he could do it!' She gave him a smile, but he kept on glaring ahead. Her smile faded and she looked at the charred clone that the girl had made. The girl appeared from the ground not to far from where they were.
'Oh no,' Sakura thought, 'Sasuke's too worn out to fight another round.' She realized that the girl knew that too. She gave a wicked smile and began, "My name…" Her voice changed drastically from female to male as the disguise he wore melted from part of his face. Sasuke had only grazed him with that last attack.
"…is Orochimaru." Sakura felt a shudder crawl down her spine when the snake-like eye turned to glance at her. She took an involuntary step closer to Sasuke and pulled out her kunai, ready for Orochimaru to attack.
The man made a couple of seals before he said, "You, Uchiha Sasuke, interest me…" He made another round of seal before continuing, "Your body…that blood-line…just like his…" In the blink of an eye, his neck grew longer and his head stretched over to Sasuke, biting into his neck deeply.
"Ten no Juin!"
Sasuke let out a gasp of pain, feeling that foreign chakra invade his own and disrupt his own flow. Orochimaru's head went back to its place and he chuckled to himself. Sakura caught Sasuke as his knees gave out. She looked hopelessly around as Sasuke screamed in pain. She held him tighter as she waited for Orochimaru to attack again.
But it never came and ultimately, she was alone.
"Itachi-nii." Sasuke crossed his arms and pouted, "You said you would go out with me and Naruto-nii today!"
The teen rubbed the back of his head and said, "Ah, Gomen, Otouto." He poked Sasuke's forehead, "Shisui came up with something at the last minute…"
"Itachi-kun!" Sasuke caught the look in Itachi's eye when a raven-haired girl bounced through the door: utter hate and annoyance. He quickly replaced it with a mask of indifference.
"Shisui-chan says we have to get going soon." She gave a huge smile. Naruto bounced around the corner and said, "Kuru-onesan!" He hugged her legs and she gave a laugh.
Sasuke crossed his arms and glared at the girl, "Don't think you can hog nii-san all day…Besides, you have a meeting to attend later today, so you have to come back home anyway!"
Naruto's eyes widened, "Nani ka? He's going out with Kuru-onesan and Shusui-nii?" Naruto then pouted like Sasuke did, "But Itachi-nii…you promised!! This is the third time this week..." Naruto's eyes began to water and he looked at the floor.
Itachi pulled the blonde into his arms, giving him a hug, to which Sasuke protested, "Why does he get a hug!?" Itachi ignored the raven-haired boy and muttered to Naruto, "Don't forget what I said…" Naruto was left confused. Itachi gave a sad smile as he left for the door.
"Sayonara, Naruto." He turned to Naruto and nodded before turning to Sasuke and doing the same, "Sasuke."
Kuru tapped her foot impatiently on the floor. She glared at Shisui as soon as he latched onto Itachi. Sasuke turned to Naruto and have a sigh, "I guess it can't be helped…kusottare ga..." He turned to Naruto and his eyes widened, "Naruto, Daijobu?"
Naruto looked to the ground and the tears he had in his eyes fell freely. Sasuke grabbed Naruto's shoulders and asked, "What's wrong? Naruto? Come on, you can tell me."
Naruto gave a weak smile and wiped his tears away, "Anata wa baka na mane o shite imasu (You're being silly)" He looked up at Sasuke and continued, "Really, it's nothing."
Sasuke furrowed his brow and then pulled Naruto into a hug, "Naruto…you're such a horrible liar…" He felt the boy tense slightly before he replied, "I'm not lying!" Naruto pulled away angry. He crossed his arms and turned away, pouting.
Sasuke let out a small laugh before he said, "Come on. Let's practice together." Naruto then lit up like it was Christmas Eve, "Yeah, we can try that Jutsu your dad taught you!"
"I bet I'll figure it out before you!" Sasuke said, laughing and running to put on his shoes. Naruto scoffed at him, "Yeah right!"
He scrunched up his nose and screwed his eyes shut. He didn't like the noise that the fight was making. He would rather sleep…wait. Fight? And he was sleeping? Something was wrong with this picture.
He didn't even think about what he did next, but he soon found himself fighting side-by-side with Sasuke. Naruto attacked first, giving Sasuke time to prepare his fire attack. The girl they fought growled and easily dodged Naruto's attack.
"Katon: Goukyakuu no Jutsu!" Naruto ducked down as the fire passed over his head. He made a few hand seals of his own and waited for the girl to jump out of the way for the obvious attack.
She glared at Sasuke once she had launched herself into the air and didn't see Naruto below her. He inhaled deeply and yelled, "Katon: Goukyakuu no Jutsu!" She screamed as the attack hit and she retreated as far back as possible.
Naruto coughed a little, but the three enemies decided to retreat at that moment. All the people that were there began talking and figuring things out. He saw Neji and Tenten gather up Lee before they left. Ino was arguing with Sakura over one thing or another and Shikamaru and Chouji were just waiting for her to be finished. He gave a small smile, seeing them all act so casual.
He furrowed a brow and then turned to Sasuke, "How did I get from the other fight to this one?"
Sasuke shrugged, "You were knocked unconscious. Then I was knocked unconscious. Orochimaru left after that."
"She was so weird." Naruto said coughing again. He cleared his throat and Sasuke said, "He was in disguise."
Naruto coughed into his hand and felt a warm liquid on it. He pulled his hand away and his eyes widened at the blood. He coughed again, spitting up more blood until someone yelled his name. He fell forward but he never hit the ground.
The last thing he felt before he fell unconscious again was the warmth of a body holding him close, and Sasuke's scent overwhelming his nose.
"Itachi-nii?"
They hadn't talked to Itachi in a couple of days, so when Naruto approached the teen, he did so with caution. He couldn't place his finger on it, but something was different about Itachi. Something rang false.
Naruto stood with his hands folded behind his back, "May I come in?"
Itachi looked up from his scroll and gave a nod. Naruto quickly scrambled onto the bed with a smile on his face. He was starting to piece together what Itachi had told him before.
"Can we hang out with Kuru-onesan and Shisui-nii?" Naruto asked. Itachi looked up from his scroll, "I'm busy, Naruto. Sorry, but I can't."
Naruto's eyes dropped and then he decided he might as well follow through with the plan he had come up with. "Itachi-nii…" He crawled into the older teen's lap and wrapped his arms around his torso, "How come you never keep your promises to me or Sasu-nii?"
Itachi gave a sigh and put his scroll to the side before embracing Naruto, "I already said I was sorry. I'll make it up to you."
That was when Naruto decided to strike. He reached up and firmly planted his lips to Itachi's. The older teen didn't move until Naruto pulled away and said, "S'okay, you just did!"
With that said he bounced out of the room. Once he was far away enough he clamped a hand over his mouth and let out a silent scream all the while thinking, 'That was not Itachi-nii!! Itachi-nii would have never let me do that because of Shisui!"
"What are you doing?" Naruto let out a girly scream and launched himself three feet into the air. He fell onto his behind then rubbed the back of his head, "ah-hahaha…Sasu-nii, I didn't see you there…"
Sasuke raised his eyebrow, amused, "Do you want to go by the lake today and practice your fire Jutsu? Since you're not a fire type, I know it's much harder for you."
Naruto grinned and touched the bandages on Sasuke face, "Well, at least I'm not getting burned like you are." Sasuke glared slightly before turning and walking away, Naruto hot on his heels.
"Naruto, what are you doing?" Naruto looked up at Sasuke and gave a small smile, "Just practicing…"
Sasuke's brow furrowed and he said, "Don't push yourself. We don't know what's wrong with you and I don't want to have to carry your sorry, not to mention unconscious, ass out of here after we fail this damn exam."
Naruto gave a stupid grin and then sat down, tired. As soon as he had gotten up, he began practicing his fire Jutsu over the small river. Sasuke gave a sigh and sat next to Naruto.
"Baka…you're burned." Sasuke reached into his pouch and pulled out a small bottle. He gathered a bit of the ointment onto his fingers and said, "This might sting."
"Huh? Ow-Sasuke, I can put that on-ow-that hurts! I can put it on myself! You're not my-ow-mom!" Sasuke ignored the blonde and with his free hand, he firmly grabbed Naruto's chin. The blonde gave up protesting and let Sasuke fingers glide over the corners of his mouth. Then those fingers ghosted over his lips before applying more of the ointment onto Naruto's chin.
Sasuke then pressed a couple of bandages to the corner's of Naruto's mouth and said, "There all done." Naruto grinned, "What no kiss for my boo-boo?"
Sasuke glared at him before saying, "I'm getting a de ja vou. I remember one certain idiot, who caught his finger in a window, asking me the same thing."
Naruto rolled his eyes, "I was just kidding. Both times. I didn't know you were going to do it the first time."
Sasuke glared at him heartily before replying, "And you know what I'm capable of, yet you still do the same stupid shit, over and over again." The blonde let a wide smile adorn his face before wincing, "Oh, well I'd better get to bed."
Sasuke nodded and followed the teen back to where Sakura slept soundly. Naruto got comfortable in his sleeping bag before he said, "Night, Sasuke."
Aisubeki ga…
Sasuke grabbed his shoulders and crushed their lips together. Naruto winced because of the pain, but it seemed to go away with each second that passed as they kissed.
Sasuke's tongue brushed against Naruto's bottom lip, asking for entrance into the cavern beyond. He granted it and soon had his hands tangled in Sasuke's hair, wanting, needing to feel more of the Uchiha. As Sasuke's tongue explored the cavern of Naruto's mouth, his hands began to explore other parts of Naruto's body…
"Oi! Get up already!"
Naruto's eyes snapped open and he let out a groan, "This is not happening…" Sasuke looked over and then grinned, "You were having a nice dream I gather." Sakura blushed and quickly ran to do something else. Something gave a hint to the other two that she wanted to have no part in this conversation.
Naruto blushed beet red and then picked up a rock throwing it over at Sasuke's direction, "Stop looking you perv!" Sasuke just laughed and went to help Sakura do whatever she was doing.
'Okay,' Naruto began, 'I'm going to get up and act like I didn't just dream about Sasuke! But first, I'm taking care of this problem.' With that thought, he ran into a random part of the forest.
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And thats a wrap! -wipes brow- Thank you all so much for your reviews!! -hugs everyone- I will not let what anyone tells me get me down! so i'll continue!! -jumps around- thank you all again!!
I'm going to give you a little background information on Kuru-chan. She is not a complete Uchiha. Her family has been in and out of the clan for many generations and because of that, they don't really know which one of them even has the capability to use Sharingan. She looks like all the other Uchihas though. She's friends with Itachi and Shisui. She can sometimes be a little crazy. She also really likes Itachi a hell of a lot more than she likes Shisui. If anything she want to pound Shusui into the next world because he allegedly stole her man...but she'll live.
So that's all about Uchiha Kuru. oh, and her generation is part of the Uchiha clan, seeing as her mother married back into it. I know sometimes putting in a new character can be quite gay, but i'm only putting her in, no one else. She's the loop hole...so i'm going to shut up now before i spoil plot XD
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I've gotten way too many reviews to reply to them all, but if you put a question in your review, i'll answer it to best of my ability..without spoiling too much plot. I love you all!!! -glomps-
Now, lets learn Japanese with Lady MacFluff!!
(1) Kage Bushin no Jutsu - Shadow Clone Technique
(2) Bibiri-kun - Scaredy cat
(3) Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu - Fire Element: Grand Fireball Technique
(4) Katon: Ryuuka no Jutsu - Fire Element: Dragon Fire Technique
(5) Shannaro - Again, more of the gibberish, except this time, it's Sakura-gibberish
(6) Ten no Juin - Cursed Seal of Heaven
(7) onesan - is used to say big sister, but to a girl who's not related to you by blood.
(8) ka - is used to turn a sentence into a question. Thank you Kuso-baba for that tidbit of info -waves-
(9) ga - is used for emphasis toward the subject. thank you again Kuso-baba!
(10) Sayonara - good bye
(11) Anata wa baka na mane o shite imasu - You're being silly. I translated it up there so you wouldn't have to scroll down. This sentence, i got directly from the dicionary i use...so i'm pretty sure it's right...
(12) kusottare ga - asshole (see, ga is used for emphasis). yes, Sasuke is cursing out his own brother. He's been listening to Kiba too much. Kiba is a bad influence XD
(13) Otouto - Little Brother
