KiyaChan: Hey everyone! Sorry it took so long to update -_- I had like major writers block for this story... yeah huge shock I know -sigh-
DemonicBrat: So I ended up taking over and wrote most of the story. Kiya started it then I took it over ^^
KC: So without any adieu here is chapter nine ^^ oh and...
DB,KC: HAPPY BIRTHDAY SASUKE!
CH 9
Naruto walked out of the castle looking back at it's cold stone and glared. He hated that place and everything in and around it. Though a part of him knew that was not completely true, what common sense he had was just anger and he was mainly throwing a tantrum with this running away but, he could care a less. He missed his family, and though he did not know exactly how far he would be able to go before the stupid ring would pull him back he would try any way. Besides he would be damned before he let that spoiled rotten bastard have his way. Between Sakura and Sasuke he had had enough of little rich brats to last him a lifetime.
He started through the dead forest. It truly was dead with no animals and tall dark foreboding trees. It seemed slightly different without the snow storm and the twenty feet of snow that had covered the ground before. He had wondered if seasons changed in the dead forest as well and found it was more like fall this time around. Once more he tried to stay on a straight path hoping it would lead to home with no prevail. Trees kept getting in the way causing him to loose track of where exactly he was. He turned about in a circle wondering which way he was supposed to go. He looked down at the ring and noticed it was starting to glow and shook his head.
"No, I do not wish to go back," he whispered taking a step to the side, the ring stopped glowing. The blonde heaved a sigh of relief going to his left seeing as how the ring chose to stop glowing if he went that way. What if I end up at the stupid castle again? He asked himself shaking his head. At this point in time he could care a less any more even if he wanted to go home and see everyone. He was cold and hungry and had no idea what time it was. "I should of thought this out better," he sighed looking up at branch covered sky, snow starting to fall. "Awe crud." he muttered pushing on ward. He was not going to perish in a place like this, never in this life time.
***Meanwhile***
Sasuke paced his room wondering why he felt so angry. It was not unusual or anything he was normally always angry, but he barely had a reason to be so angry. Sure he was pissed that Naruto had decided that sleeping in was more important then helping tend to his precious roses. Of course the way the blonde talked back every time surely did not help anyone's situation.
"Way to go baka. Finally find someone who can tolerate your presents for more then five seconds at a time and you freak out on him." Sasuke turned to his mirror and glared at it. "You'll be lucky if the kid doesn't murder you in your sleep. Not that I would blame him."
Sasuke bared his teeth his glare growing more fearsome. "Shut up Kiba before I break you," he demanded.
Kiba leaned angst the frame of his full length mirror prison rolling his eyes. "The mirror is unbreakable dumb ass," He said sarcastically while tapping on the glass with his finger. "Or did you forget the last time you tried to punch me? By the way how are those broken knuckles healing up?"
Sasuke marched up to the mirror and tried to stare Kiba down. Kiba however just yawned widly and stretched out his arms. "I'll find away," he promised.
"Yeah, yeah just go back to sulking and feeling sorry for yourself. it's the only thing your really good at,"
"I am not feeling sorry for myself! You have know idea what its like to be trapped in your own body! To have everyone look away in fear!"
"HELLO! I'm trapped in a god damn MIRROR! I have two feet of walking distance! I cant even fart without fogging up the glass! And the only person I've seen in the last 200 years is your ugly mug! So don't tell me about being trapped, at least you can go outside." Kiba scowled and crossed his arms over his chest. "Why don't you be thankful for what you have for once huh? You HAD a friend that could look you straight in the eye without screaming in terror. Assuming you didn't fuck that up beyond repair. You have a safe place to live, you have food, you have freakin' WINGS, when is the last time you flew huh? And then you have me, your therapist." Kiba got as close as he could without touching the glass with his nose. "Now why don't you pull that stick out of your ass and go apologize to Naruto before its too late."
"Sure, I'll even give him a present," Sasuke growled pulling the mirror from his wall. He carried the large mirror through the castle until he reached the blondes room. "Naruto, I'm coming in." he stated at the door throwing it open and walking in. He looked around the empty room then at Neji who looked nervous as all Hell. "Where is he?" the beast growled.
"Where is who?" Neji asked, his voice cracking slightly.
"Whats up Neji," The mirror piped out happily.
"Kiba?"
Sasuke gave the mirror a shake and doing his best to keep his temper down he laid the mirror on the bed before turning to the wardrobe. "Where is he!" he demanded.
Neji gulped and took a deep breath. "He ran away, okay!"
"Hah told ya so!" Kiba shouted being slightly muffled from laying face down against the blankets.
"He what?" Sasuke growled turning and slamming the door as he left the room, slamming the front castle door as he left the premises. He knew that the ring would bring him back eventually, but the last thing he needed was for the blonde to be dead. He wandered through the forest, trees seeming to move out of his way as he stormed through the dead forest.
This was not the first time that someone had accepted the ring and left. The ring had failed to bring them back before though he figured it was because they died of starvation and getting lost in the forest. He had not gone after them uncaring in what happened to them. So, why was this irritating blonde so different? Why did he care if he died or not?
"Naruto!" he called out, ignoring the biting wind and the sudden snow storm. He was not going to give up, not this time.
Naruto looked around him, having heard his name being called. "Sasuke?" he muttered, feeling relief overwhelm him. He felt slightly confused as to why he would be relieved to hear Sasuke's voice calling for him. Coming after him. He looked around as he heard his name called and called again. "Sasuke!" he finally called out as well when he heard growling. Wolves. He thought shaking his head. Forgot about those things. Shaking his head again he pulled a branch off a near by tree ready to fend off as many wolves possible hoping that Sasuke would make it to him before they ate him alive. "Sasuke?" he called again hoping he had heard wrong when four wolves walked out from behind a dead bush. "Oh shit." he muttered praying that Sasuke would find him soon.
Sasuke ran through the forest as fast as his long legs could manage. One positive thing about the curse was that he could move nearly three times the speed a normal human could. Snow began to fall from the sky in small lacy flakes. "Damn it!" he cried speeding up, within minutes Naruto's footprints would be lost, covered by the fresh layer of snow. Why was it that today of all days mother nature decided to have an early spring snow fall? Up ahead Sasuke heard a faint cry of pain. Naruto?
Leaping over the branches of a thick dead bush Sasuke landed on the outskirts of a small clearing. Dead in front of him was a familiar looking man with his back turned towards him, swinging a branch wildly at what looked to be large dogs. A flash of blond hair peeked out from beneath his hood. Naruto. Without pausing to think Sasuke bolted forward flexing his thick claws. As he got closer he realized that what he mistaken for dogs where actually rather hungry looking wolves. Which made the situation more dangerous. Lunging at the closest animal he sunk his claws into its dense winter coat and dug his way through to the flesh on the back of its neck leaving ten deep puncher holes. He then threw the screaming animal as far away from the battle as he could. The wolf flew through the air a good 12 feet before landing hard on the very solid ground unmoving. One of the three remaining wolves witnessed this and fled with a fearful backwards glance. Naruto looked at him and smiled in relief. He opened his mouth to say something but before he could the two wolves that were left took advantage of his distraction and both lunged for him at the same time pulling him down to the ground. Sasuke rushed to his aid, by grabbing the first wolf and in one effortless move snapping its neck cleanly before tossing the body aside. He then dug his claws into the throat of the last one and ripped out its windpipe staining the white snow with its dark red blood.
After tossing the limp body away he looked down at the blonde before him. He laid there unmoving several opened wounds littered his body. Sasuke checked to make sure he was at least breathing before gently picking up the boy to track back to the castle as quickly as possible.
"Master!" Lee and Choji exclaimed, having paced in front of the castle waiting for Sasuke and Naruto's return. Sasuke walked passed the two shocked servants as they noticed a trail of blood following the two.
"Is the young master okay?" Choji asked, following the master of the castle through the castle up to the blondes room.
Sasuke resisted the urge to scream that Naruto was not the young master; that only he was the master of the castle. "You didn't loose your temper on the poor thing did you?" Lee asked.
"No," Sasuke answered as calmly as possible. Gently he placed the blonde onto the bed then moved the rather large mirror to the wall. "I need hot water in a basin and a cloth to clean his wounds." he ordered softly, softly pushing a stray strand of blonde hair from the boys face. "Now, before he gets fever." he growled when no one moved.
Iruka rode in on a cart with exactly what was needed not two minutes later. No one moved or even hardly breathed as they watched their master tend to Naruto. This was the first time in many years they had seen Sasuke worry over anything or anyone, cared about someone. Everyone had thought he had locked his heart away for good never to be touched again.
Naruto squeezed his eyes when he felt something sting on his arm, his eyes opened and saw nothing at first. "Ugh," he muttered as he tried to move his right arm to wipe at his eyes, finding it immobilized.
"Hold still," Sasuke muttered, sounding slightly distracted.
Blinking a couple of times Naruto's eyes cleared of their haze and looked up at Sasuke. He smiled softly and heaved a sigh relaxing against his soft bed. "This is the second time you have saved me," he muttered, Sasuke halting in his work for a mere second before continuing.
"Why did you run away?" Sasuke muttered, changing the subject.
Naruto could feel his previous anger start to boil to the surface taking a deep breath to cool it off. "Why did you say I was your servant?" he threw back at the large beast. Sasuke ignored the question waiting for his to be answered first. "I am not your servant Sasuke. I am grateful that you are giving me a roof over my head, but I came here of my own accord to save my family. My family that was never in any real danger to begin with. I gave up everything, my whole life to be here." he paused and looked over at Sasuke who was watching him closely. They stared at each other for a good while before Sasuke remembered his task. "Oh, and Sasuke. Don't put up your shroud again."
Sasuke smirked and released a small "Hn," as he wrapped a couple of the blondes wounds. Sasuke opened his mouth to say something more when a loud knock came from the front door of the castle. "Who the hell could be at my door." he growled, looking down at Naruto once more. "Don't move."
Naruto attempted to do just that before flinching in pain. "No worries, I wont." he muttered, staring up at the ceiling.
As Sasuke left the room Naruto noticed the shrouded shadow placed around him again. He sighed and figured it for the better feeling almost selfish not wanting anyone else to see Sasuke's true form; of course besides those who already have.
Slowly Sasuke opened the massive door finding a stunned and rather tattered girl. She turned to him and glared glancing at the uncleaned blood on his stoop. "What do you want?" Sasuke ground out not liking the sight or scent of the girl.
She pulled up the front of her dress hoping nothing was falling out before she flipped some of her pink hair behind her shoulder. "I have come to take Naruto back home with me," she stated with a soft smile.
"What ever do you mean child?" Sasuke asked, glaring from his shroud.
"I am his fiancee and I have come to take him back where he belongs," the girl explained, causing Sasuke to take a step back as if he had been punched in the gut.
"He never said anything about a fiancee," he whispered, hardly blinking as the girl walked in uninvited. She look around gawking at everything around the main hall; the high chandelier, the marble floor, the garnet pillars with etching carved in them. "It's beautiful." she gasped her green eyes wide with wonder before strutting down the halls no doubt looking for her "Fiancee" leaving Sasuke dumbfounded in the doorway.
KC: There you go ^^ Chapter nine!
DB: Hmm, wonder what could ever happen next -grins evilly-
KC: Yay plot twist! Alright so I'll do my best to have the next chapter up in about two weeks ^^
