long time for an update but o well...even though it's short here it is lol...we find out what this world's sasuke did (or whatever u wanna call it lmao)
dis: don't own naruto
"Hello. I guess I owe you a thanks, huh?"
"Nah, it's no big deal," Naruto replied.
"Well, thank you anyways."
The blonde scratched the back of his head, slightly embarrassed.
"Sakura! You're awake!"
All three of them jumped at Naoki's shout. Sakura cringed from and glared at the boy who'd ran over.
"Don't shout, baka!" she hissed.
Naruto twitched his tail, but it didn't budge much. The heavy weight Naoki didn't even realize it yet either.
"Naoki," Kakashi warned.
"Wha-." He didn't get to finish as he fell backwards and rolled right into the water.
"Watch where you're going next time!" Naruto growled, rubbing his sore tail.
"What the hell was that for!" the other boy shouted.
Sakura cringed.
"You were standing on my tail, that's what," Naruto shouted back.
"Cut it out!" Sakura nearly hollered, then cringed, rubbing her head slightly.
Both boys stared at her fearfully, and Naruto scooted away a little.
Kakashi sighed.
"Why do you two always fight," Sai asked.
Sakura sighed and opened her eyes again, and looked towards Naruto saying: "Why did you…say tail?" she finished quietly. Her gaze was locked on his blue scales, glimmering in the firelight.
"What are you?" she asked.
Naruto sighed. "For the millionth time, I'm a merman."
Naoki snorted. Naruto shot a glare at him.
"A what?" Sakura asked in disbelief.
"A merman. See?" Naruto raised his arm closest to her so she could see his gills.
Sakura gasped and tried to touch the large slits. Naruto scooted closer so she could actually reach. Her fingers gently rested on them. She felt the roughened skin open and close beneath her fingers.
"Amazing," she gasped. "Are you able to breath both air and through the water?"
Naruto nodded. "But not so much of air. We only breath a little air to help us survive above water for a short amount of time, and to be able to talk to you humans. We don't really need air to survive."
"You get your oxygen through the water then?" Sakura asked.
Naruto's head tilted. "Oxygen? What's that?"
"It's what our bodies need to survive, or at least the human body," Sakura answered.
Naruto shrugged. "I don't know. All I know is that I can't stay out of water for a long time."
Naoki finally clambered out of the water and squatted down by the fire, shivering slightly.
Sakura removed her hand from Naruto's gills. "I never thought people like you existed."
Naruto grinned sheepishly. "Well, we're not supposed to reveal ourselves to humans. You guys are going to keep this quiet, aren't you?"
"And if we don't?" Naoki griped.
Naruto looked him dead in the eye. "I'll be killed by my own kind."
"What? Why?" Sakura asked.
Naruto scooted back into the water. His chest rose deeply as his gills kissed the water. "To help keep our kind a secret. You humans would easily kill us. We've already been forced to go deeper into the ocean because of the dwindling fish population. Your nets take our food, and sometimes our lives. Just last year I was caught by your nets and placed on display. If it weren't for Sasuke, I would've most likely died."
The four nins froze.
"Did you just say 'Sasuke'?" Sakura asked.
Naruto nodded, confused.
"As in Uchiha Sasuke?" she continued.
Naruto hesitantly nodded, his guard up. He pushed himself farther back into the water.
Kakashi looked right at Naruto. "How do you know Sasuke?"
"He's a friend, why?"
"If he's your friend, as you say he is, did he tell you anything about what he did?" Naoki spat out.
Naruto stared at them and shook his head. "We both didn't talk about our pasts."
"Ch, figures," Naoki glared back into the fire, his back towards them.
"Naruto, did Sasuke tell you anything about what he did?" Kakashi asked.
Naruto shook his head no.
Kakashi sighed and looked at Sakura before continuing. "It'd probably be best if you did know. About 3 years ago, Sasuke was our teammate, but he left the village, in search of more power. A team was quickly put together and one of our other teammates, Souta, was placed on that team to go after him. Naoki was on the team as well. After a lot of problems, Souta was able to get to Sasuke at the Valley of the End, near the Fire Country's borders. They fought there. Souta's job was to bring Sasuke back alive, but Sasuke had other plans.
"I had just gotten back from a mission when I heard from our Hokage that she had sent out Souta, Naoki, and the others after Sasuke. I went after them, but I didn't make it in time. When I arrived at the Valley of the End, Souta was dead, and Sasuke was no where to be found."
Naruto shook his head. "I don't understand," he whispered, backing farther into the water.
"What about it don't you understand?!" Naoki shouted, standing up. "That bastard killed his own teammate just so he could get more power!"
Naruto still shook his head in disbelief, "No, that's not the Sasuke I know. That's not my Sasuke."
Sakura sat slowly up and looked at Naruto, sadness filling her eyes. "I didn't believe it at first either, Naruto-kun, until I saw Souta's body. He had the wounds from many of Sasuke's techniques, and I also ran into him again today. We fought. Sasuke's the one who gave me these injuries and kicked me into the ocean."
"No, I don't believe you!" Naruto whipped around and disappeared underwater.
They watched the last flick of his tail as he went around the bend.
"I wish we didn't have to tell him that," Sakura whispered.
"Why, we might've just saved his life," Naoki retorted, sitting back down by the fire.
Naruto raced through the boulders and out to the open sea.
That's not my Sasuke. He wouldn't do something like that to his own teammate.
If his tears could be seen underwater, a river would've been pouring down his face. He sped on, not caring where he was going, pushing himself harder and faster, as far away from land as he could get. He looked up through the water and saw the half moon.
That's not my Sasuke!
sooooo as u probably guessed...this souta dude was the oc for naruto's place on team 7 and so naoki has taken souta's place and sai's taken sasuke's place like in teh manga lol
i'm having a hard time getting back into writing..which suxs...and so there's the explanation for y these sequel chapters sound so rough and choppy...it's gotten hard for me to write!! :sobs:
and i was sooo disappointed...no reviews for the last chapter...i mean c'mon...u broke my heart there lol
