Author's Note: um. Okay this is chapter seven. If there's anything that you don't understand or if you have a question about something just add it in a review and I'll get back to you. And reviewing anyway just helps me boost my confidence to write more… so… thanks for the reviews.
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Chapter 7
"Naruto open the damn door!!" Sakura yelled as she pounded on the door that lead to Naruto's small room.
"No! Never!" Naruto retorted back. Sakura didn't understand it. They hadn't done anything to hurt the boy, or so she thought.
'He seemed really happy until he found out that we were pirates. What does the boy have against pirates anyway?' Sakura thought bitterly as she put her clenched fists on her hips.
"Naruto. Please let me in…" Sakura pleaded, trying to go about the situation softly. There was no need to upset the boy further by yelling at him.
There was a long pause before Naruto finally spoke.
"Promise that you won't hurt me?" Naruto asked weakly, and Sakura could hear hiccups and soft sobs coming from the room that told her that he was crying.
"I promise Naruto." Sakura said truthfully.
"How do I know I can trust you… a pirate?" Naruto asked suspiciously.
"Naruto you saved me from Zabuza and you haven't done anything wrong. I wouldn't ever hurt you Naruto, not unless you gave me a real reason to hurt you. But otherwise we're friends, right?" Sakura said softly, trying to convince Naruto that she was telling the truth. There was another pause but before Naruto could answer another voice came from behind Sakura.
"What's going on here?" Came the cold emotionless voice of Sasuke Uchiha. Sakura whirled around to meet those obsidian eyes that she adored oh so much, but she knew this wasn't a time to go all fan girly and lovey-dovey right now, so she just stared back at those lifeless eyes.
"Naruto's been in his room ever since this morning. He refuses to open the door for anyone. Not even for food…" Sakura answered and she was surprised to see his shoulders tense and she saw something flash through Sasuke's eyes. She could've sworn that it was something like 'guilt' but the emotion disappeared faster than it appeared.
"Do you know why the dobe's in there?" Sasuke asked, but his tone made him seem like he really didn't care.
"I'm not entirely sure. All that I can gather is that, after he found out that this was a pirate ship, he bolted. " Sakura said quietly so that Naruto couldn't overhear their conversation. She shook her head and she seemed to be thinking about something. "I… I think he might think that we're going to hurt him." Sakura said, hurt evident in her eyes.
"That's ridiculous. Why would he think something so stupid?" Sasuke said and sighed. Sakura was really surprised to see that Sasuke Uchiha actually cared about what Naruto thought. Sasuke has never cared about anything, he never gave anything a second thought and he didn't care what happened to anyone else. But ever since Naruto came she's been seeing little bits of emotions come out once in a while, even if was a microscopic amount, it was still there.
Sasuke shrugged past Sakura and went towards the door. He knocked on it and when he didn't hear anything he tried to turn the knob, but it was locked. Sasuke sighed again.
"Open the door, dobe." Sasuke ordered.
"Just go away you Horny Cockatoo-headed-teme!!" Came Naruto's loud protest. Sakura giggled slightly at the nicknames and the fact that a vein had started to throb on Sasuke's forehead.
"Naruto! Open. The. Door!" Sasuke growled dangerously.
"No! I'm only going to let Sakura in! She's nice to me! And she didn't try to molest me either, unlike SOMEONE." Naruto growled back. Sakura raised an eyebrow at the word 'molest' and she looked at Sasuke for an answer, but he already seemed a little flustered by Naruto's comment already.
Sasuke seemed a little offended by the fact that, that pink haired menace, was allowed to see Naruto but he wasn't; Thee Sasuke Uchiha. That's when Sasuke anger rose to a new level, but he calmed himself when Naruto's last sentence seeped it's way into his brain.
He didn't really mean to scare the boy away with what happened that morning… but if he wouldn't have been running around shirtless then maybe I wouldn't have gotten carried away. It wasn't MY fault that the dobe had those amazing golden blonde locks, luring blue eyes, and an, oh so Fuckable body. Wait… I did NOT just think that…. Sasuke thought. (A/N: Hey, a teenage boy has to get his hormones out somehow, no?)
Naruto huddled himself into his little hammock. He just everyone to go away, and he was beginning to scowled himself for coming onboard. They were PIRATES! And all pirates were the same, just like Kyuubi… Naruto shuddered as he remembered those cold red eyes, and evil smirk. He would never forget that day. It always haunted him in his dreams somehow.
What if these pirates knew Kyuubi, and were allies with him. They would send him to the monster and then he would be killed, maybe even tortured… Naruto shuddered again and crawled under his light blanket.
"Hn! Only cowards would hide in a room like a shrimpy scaredy-cat." Naruto heard Sasuke yell through the door, which made Naruto start to fume! Shrimp?! How dare that Uchiha-bastard call him shrimp! It wasn't his fault that he was short. Naruto hated when people made fun of his size. He could take being called blondie and stupid but'shrimp' was going too far. Naruto, forgetting about the whole pirate thing for the second, Hoped out of the hammock and started making his way to the door.
Sasuke gave a satisfied smirk when he heard stomping on the other side of the door and then said door slammed open. Sasuke knew Naruto was the kind of person to be sensitive about his height. Hey, Sasuke wasn't called a 'genius' for nothing.
"Who are you calling a 'shirmpy coward'!?" Naruto yelled. "Huh, Sas-UKE?" Naruto smirked at his brilliant come-back, but then his eyes went wide when he looked into those amused black eyes. That's when he realized what he did.
He opened the door… Now they could get to him… Shit!
Naruto Went to slam the door shut but Sasuke slammed a hand on it so it wouldn't budge. Naruto tried to close the door a couple more times but the 'teme' was too strong. Naruto dropped to the ground so he was sitting and then crawled backwards, until his back hit the wall on the opposite side of the room. He closed his eyes and hugged his knees to his chest as his body shook violently from fear.
To say Sasuke was shocked, would be an understatement. Sure, the Uchiha liked being feared and having people cower from him; it was practically his only enjoyment in life. (A/N: Sasuke has no life!) But to have this reaction from Naruto, it made the smug Uchiha feel kind of hurt. He quietly walked in and stood in front of the blond that was cowering in the corner.
"What the hell is your problem? We aren't going to kill you or anything." Sasuke stated coolly while sitting down next to Naruto. The blond stopped shaking but he never left his position. Sasuke sighed and looked up to see Sakura making her way to them. The oink haired girl plopped down on the other side of the small boy and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Naruto can you please tell us why you're so scared of us? Did we do anything to you while you were here?" Sakura asked kindly which made the boy look up and glare at Sasuke. Said Uchiha gulped but kept his stoic expression on.
"No it wasn't you, but… I just don't want him to get me…" Naruto whispered and looked down to the ground so he didn't have to look into Sasuke and sakura's confused eyes. He sighed and started to explain slowly.
"I promised myself that I would get stronger and become someone who could kill him, but… I just can't help but be scared whenever I even think about him and what he did." Naruto paused and took in a deep breath to help calm himself, for he could feel tears welling up in his eyes again. He refused to look weak in front of Sasuke. Naruto didn't know why but he felt some sort of competition and rivalry whenever the raven-haired boy was around him. He also was starting to feel something else but he always ignored it.
"Who are you talking about? What did he do?" Sakura asked politely as she could. She knew it must be a hard topic for the by to bring up but he should be able to tell them, since they were going to be friends and all, and they couldn't very well help him with his problem if he didn't tell them!
"Well…" Naruto fidgeted uncomfortably before starting again. "Okay I'll tell you, but you have to promise to keep this between us… that includes you too Sasuke." Naruto said and gave the Uchiha a stern look.
Sasuke and Sakura both nodded quickly and waited for Naruto to continue. Said blond took in a deep breath and let it out slowly.
"Okay I'm sure you've both heard of Kyuubi, right?" Naruto whispered. The boy said the Kyuubi's name so softly that it was as if he was afraid that if he said the name too loudly that the person would appear out of thin air and kill him.
Sasuke and Sakura looked even more confused but nodded anyway. Of course they've heard of Kyuubi. He was the most fearsome pirate known, but not many people have actually met him in real life and lived to tell the tale, except for his crew members though.
"Well when I was about 6 years old… I heard a scream… I got out of bed and to my parents room… but when I peeked inside… I…I saw a body on the ground and there were two other people in the room. One was my dad and… T-the other was… him. My mom was the one on the ground… she was all bloody and her eyes were closed." Naruto started shaking again and his eyes shimmered with tears, but he continued anyway, it made him feel a little better to tell someone about this and have them actually listening to him. "Then I saw my dad arguing with that guy. They were saying something about scrolls and the guy really seemed to want them. But when my dad refused to tell him, the guy, he… he… tried to stab him. My dad held up a good fight but when he was pinned down, that's when I burst through the door and started yelling. I d-didn't know what else to do. I couldn't stand seeing my dad die… but he just… that man just stabbed him anyway. H-he killed my dad." Naruto held onto his head and started weeping. Sakura looked at Naruto sadly and was tempted to wrap her arms around the boy to comfort him, but she knew that that would have to wait. Naruto had to finish his story.
"Dad tried to tell me to run, he told me to get away, but my feet wouldn't let me. I was frozen to the spot. I couldn't take me eyes away from the sight of my dad bleeding on the floor, dead…. Then the guy stood up and started walking towards me. He had reddish-orange hair and cold red eyes. He.. he was Kyuubi." Naruto choked out the name, his face horror-stricken. Sakura and Sasuke's eyes widened. Kyuubi!? Naruto trailed his fingers over his whisker marks on his cheeks and tried to calm himself down so he could continue.
"He said something about me looking too much like my dad… then… he grabbed me and carved these scars on my face… then he was going to stab me. I really thought that I was going to die right then… but then someone else burst into the room and said something about the marines coming. Kyuubi got off of me and they fled. That's all I remember…. But when I woke up the next day… the doctors wouldn't tell me about my parents or if they found my sister. They told me that they couldn't find her body so… I'm hoping she's alive and safe." Naruto finished and his eyes drooped downward. Sasuke looked down at the boy and he felt pity for him, but he also felt some sort of connection with Naruto now.
"My poor baby!" Sakura screeched and wrapped her arms around the boy. Naruto blinked a couple of times before the fact that Sakura was hugging him registered in his mind. Naruto immediately flushed bright red and leaned into the comforting, yet suffocating hug.
Sasuke looked annoyed by the scene in front of him. He didn't like how Sakura was being so affectionate to his Naruto.
'Wait… Since when was Naruto mine? And why do I even care if someone other than me is touching the boy? God! I'm giving myself a headache…' Sasuke shook his head and starting walking towards the door. Naruto paled a little as he watched Sasuke walk towards the door. Was Sasuke going to avoid him like the others? Was he going to not be his friend anymore because of what happened to him?
Sasuke turned around before leaving the door and took a long look at Naruto's worried expression.
"I'm going back to my room to get some sleep. Naruto I advise you go to the Kitchen and get something to eat. You haven't eaten yet, am I right?" Sasuke said and when Naruto nodded, the stoic boy left without another word.
Naruto sighed in relief at Sasuke's words. So maybe Sasuke wouldn't leave him now.
'Wait.. Why do I care if he leaves?! It would probably be better anyway! That way he wouldn't molest me at least…' Naruto tried to convince himself but he couldn't help but worry that he made Sasuke mad at him for some reason. Naruto was going to ponder about it for a while longer but he couldn't because Sakura pulled him up and started dragging him towards the kitchen.
