Chapter 8
Going Home
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Naruto followed Sasuke, who followed a thing that Naruto was guessing was a will' o' the wisp. Soon they were out of the fortress, much to Naruto's surprise. It was eerily silent, and Naruto shivered slightly. Sasuke must have sensed Naruto's nervousness, for he fell back a step and grabbed Naruto's hand.
"Don't worry, Naruto," Sasuke whispered, "I'll make sure you're okay."
'Sasuke… I know I'll be fine. But what about you? You were just nearly choked to death…'
Naruto squeezed Sasuke's hand. The will' o' the wisp suddenly stopped, and the ground beneath them turned to quicksand.
Naruto cried out, alarmed and slightly scared. Sasuke tightened his hold on Naruto's hand and said,
"Just relax, Naruto. It'll be okay. Trust me."
Naruto nodded and they sank into the mud.
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When they resurfaced, Naruto was holding tightly to Sasuke.
"Come on, dope. You can open your eyes now."
Naruto opened one eye, and then opened the other and slowly let go of Sasuke. Much to Naruto's surprise, they were not covered in mud. Naruto slowly looked around. It looked like they were in a small camp. Trees surrounded them, bringing him to the conclusion that they were deep in the forest.
"Sasuke!" It was a girl's voice, and soon a green light was next to them.
"Hello, Temari," Sasuke said, "This is Naruto. Naruto, this is Temari. She's only will' o' the wisp that speaks English."
"So this is the little half-demon." Temari inspected Naruto, and then continued speaking, "I've told the half-demon court about this, so you shouldn't be pursued by the sprits anymore. They'll be way too busy trying to suppress war. We're going to get you home soon."
"Thank you."
"It was no problem! We were more than happy to help. We aren't particularly fond of Itachi-sama." She winked.
Naruto nodded.
"Anyway, you should probably get some sleep. It's very late."
Naruto suddenly felt very tired, and nodded. Sasuke and Naruto were led to a small tent by Temari. Naruto fell asleep almost as soon as he was lying down. He kept himself awake long enough to say,
"I love you, teme."
"I love you too, dope."
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The next day Temari took them both to the edge of the forest.
"Be careful you two. I don't want to have to see you two under these kinds of conditions again!"
"Yes ma'am!" Naruto said.
"Good. Also… If you ever see anyone named Gaara-"
"I know Gaara!"
"Could you tell him that Temari says hi?"
"We could do that."
"Thank you. I haven't seen him in a very long time."
"No problem. Come on dope. We're never going to get out of here if we stand around here saying bye."
"Stop being a teme! Thank you for helping us Temari! Bye!"
Naruto walked backward and waved until Temari sunk into the mud. He turned around quickly and grabbed Sasuke's hand.
"She's gone now, teme."
"Good. Now you can pay attention to me."
"Teme! I'm always paying attention to you!"
"Yeah, but I want all of your attention all the time."
Naruto blushed and mumbled something along the lines of 'stupid, selfish teme'.
"Couwsin Nawuto!" Naruto was soon tackle-hugged by a small, little girl.
"Takara?"
"So you do know these little pests."
"They're not pests, teme. They're my friends."
"Ta-ka-ra!" Michiko panted, running up to them, "Don't go running off like that!"
"Sowy Mishiko."
"It's fine. Are you okay, Naruto-nii-san?"
"I'm fine."
Michiko nodded.
"Okay, Takara. We better go tell Aunt Chiyo."
"Okay. Bye Couwsin Nawuto."
"Bye Takara."
The two kids walked off, and Sasuke and Naruto continued their trek home in silence.
Until Naruto asked,
"Teme, do you ever want kids?"
Sasuke blinked at Naruto, stunned by the question.
"I've never really thought about. Why? It's not like you can get pregnant."
"I was just wondering. Before I moved out of my apartment into our house, I wanted to marry Sakura and have lots of children. I've always liked kids."
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Author's Note: Sorry this is so short! I had writer's block. It's not my best writing ever… And I wanted it to end on a slightly happy note, for now. (Partly because I'm ecstatic myself, because the guy I love loves me back, and partly because it will get slightly depressing from here on out.) And IT'S ON TIME! W00TNESS! So ha! (I spent 7 hours on homework yesterday; otherwise I would have probably released it then.)
Soooo, yeah…
Kit-chan: Stop your complaining! I'm getting it out now, right?
