Paranoia at Silent Island chapter 10: The Sound of Rescue
I will now hypnotize you SasuSaku fans into thinking these next few chapters will be good!
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FAIL!
Wow. I just realized… I forgot to do the previous thingy in the last chapter... Meh… too lazy now! xD
Another thing I realized was at the beginning of the story I mentioned Sakura having her medical jutsu. She didn't. I didn't want her to. I have no idea why I said that. Just tiredness I guess. I am so sorry about that too! *bows*
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Previous:
Somewhere in his heart, his most important emotion was buried, lying dormant until now.
Somewhere in his heart, he decided that this was time that it could expose itself.
Somewhere in his heart, he never forgot how to love.
Story:
The blinding rays of the sun's light was what woke Sakura up the next morning. She turned over and yawned quietly, taking note of the sleeping Uchiha next to her, his back curled up against her chest. He had his head buried in his arms as his deep breaths hinted that he'd be asleep for awhile yet. She smiled softly, pulling him close and giving him a small kiss on the cheek before standing up. Naruto was still asleep, snoring loudly. It was surprising that that wasn't how she woke up this morning, or that it hadn't woke up Sasuke.
She grabbed a fishing pole, deciding that she would cook some fish. She slowly walked outside into the ocean water to try to fish. Around ten minutes later, she came back in with three larger sized fish. Each tainted pink with brownish stripes. Sakura couldn't remember the name of the fish, but she remembered it wasn't toxic. She set the fish down and waited for Sasuke to wake up so he could start the fire with a fireball jutsu. They couldn't waste anymore matches. Even the water was being wasted, something that she knew could've been a deadly mistake.
About fifteen minutes later, she heard Sasuke inhale deeply, and she knew that he had woken up. After a couple of minutes went by, Sasuke ambled out. He looked even more pale than usual, his eyes looked extremely tired. He gave a soft hn as he walked out. He had kept the blanket around his body as he moved next to Sakura.
"Sasuke… you look horrible. Are you sick?" She asked. Sasuke shrugged, sitting down next to her. She put an arm around his back, pulling him close to her into a hug.
"Can you at least manage a fireball jutsu?" She asked. Sasuke nodded slightly, slowly standing up, abandoning the blanket on the ground. He did his hand signs a little slower than usual, but nonetheless, he released a bright ball of fire onto the fire pit, making it instantly burst into flames. The heat beat against their skin, instantly adding a lighter hue. Sakura grabbed the fish and immediately put them over the fire to cook. She took her seat next to Sasuke, who had already sat down. She wrapped her arms around him and pulled him close again. His head was resting in her arms, which were in between her knees that were pulled to her chest. She stroked his hair delicately, and he turned his head to the side into her chest. Closing his eyes, he fell into another restless sleep.
Another ten minutes passed before Naruto woke up. By then, the fish were fully cooked. Sakura was eating absentmindedly. Sasuke was placed next to her, his head and arms pressed up against her leg and he was curled into a loose ball.
"Morning Sakura." Naruto whispered. Sakura nodded to him. "Good morning, Naruto." She said tonelessly, taking another bite of the warm fish. Naruto grabbed a fish and sat next to Sasuke. He looked down at him worryingly.
"Is he ok?" Naruto asked, taking note of how pale, sweaty, and uncomfortable the young Uchiha looked. His teammate's breathing slightly hitched, then returned to its normal rhythm. Sakura looked at the Uchiha, stroking through his bangs twice before resting her hand on his shoulder.
"I don't think he's feeling too good today. We'll have to see when he wakes up again." Sakura replied.
"Is it healthy for him to be sleeping so much?" Naruto asked.
Sakura shook her head. "Usually no, but for all that's happened to him, yes. Think about how much trauma he's suffering from right now." Naruto nodded, looking back at Sasuke briefly, before going back to finishing off his fish.
About twenty minutes later, Sasuke started to rouse. He glanced up drowsily, yawning softly. He unhurriedly sat up, seeing the fish cooking on the fire. He grabbed one and slowly started eating, not making a sound to his other teammates.
Having rested more, he felt much better. He didn't feel perfectly fine, but well enough to be able to walk around today. His teammates seemed to have noticed too. Sakura smiled at him warmly.
"Good morning Sasuke. Feeling better?" She asked. He nodded slightly, before going back to finish his fish.
"Good. Naruto and I decided that we're going to go explore the land today. Are you feeling up to it?" Sakura asked him kindly. Sasuke nodded quickly. "I want to get out of this shelter."
"There's a difference between a need and a want. Are you sure you can make it through a walk through the woods? If you don't have the energy it's fine. One of us can stay here with you."
Sasuke shook his head. "I'll be fine." He muttered cheekily. Sakura nodded.
"That great! That means you are recovering your strength!" She said with a large smile. Naruto's grin was much wider.
"So I'll have somebody to spar now? AWESOME!" He yelled.
"Be quiet idiot." Sasuke muttered, wincing as the loud noise unpleasantly met his ears.
"Alright. You two get ready for the morning. Each of you grab a water bottle, and a couple fruits. I'll grab the tan bag. If happen to get lost or anything, we'll want some food. Make sure you guys have your weapons." Sakura told her teammates. Both boys nodded, and she stepped out onto the sand, giving them some privacy as they got ready.
Once they were done, they both came out, each holding a water bottle, and two fruits. Sakura nodded. "Good. I'll carry the food for you guys." She said, taking the fruits from them and placing them in the brown bag. They both nodded a small thank you before they headed off for the woods.
About an hour into the woods, they had walked quite a distance. They had been marking their way with kunai marks on trees. So far, they must have walked approximately four miles, but they could never be sure.
Just when they were about to turn back, they heard a deep rumbling noise. It sounded above all things. All the birds went quiet, and even the sound of rushing water ahead of them seemed to drown out with this new sound. The whole team gasped, but none of them could hear each others.
"Was that..?" Sakura said loudly so her teammates could hear her. Sasuke hushed her.
"Shh… Listen." They all looked up into the sky. The bright baby blue sky was suddenly covered by gray. An airplane!
Everybody in the team screamed out "Help! Help!" Jumping up and down frantically, trying to get the pilot's attention. "Help!" Sasuke immediately took off dashing forward, abandoning his water bottle, blindly running forward, and praying that the woods would soon stop so there wasn't anything covering them before the plane was out of sight. His teammates dashed after him, still screaming "Help!" They both kept their water bottles. Sakura held hers, while Naruto kept it in his pocket, zipped up. Even though Sasuke was still recovering, his speed was still faster than his teammates, and adrenaline gave him an extra burst as he continued through the trees. The airplane, however, was much faster, and it was getting farther and farther away.
"No!" Sasuke screamed, trying to pick up his pace. He looked down for a split second to find that the end of the trees was nearing. But instead of going into an open area of land, it led straight off the edge of a cliff. Sasuke immediately started slowing down, barely making it in time. His toes were inches away from the ledge. He quickly looked back into the sky "Help!" He screamed. He blew a fireball jutsu straight into the sky, but the sun was shining so brightly, it couldn't be seen.
Sasuke sighed in defeat, the plane was too far away. He was about to call out to his teammates, when he heard Sakura's earsplitting scream. "Naruto! Stop!" He froze, and just as he was about to turn around, Naruto pushed into him, knocking the both of them off the cliff. Sakura managed to stop in time before falling over herself. Their terrified screams replaced the sound of the airplane that hadn't spotted them.
"Naruto! Sasuke!" She called as they both crashed into the raging river below. Tears immediately flowed from Sakura's eyes. Sasuke had hit the water head first, while Naruto landed feet first. By the time Naruto rose to the surface, he was already about thirty feet away from when he fell, which was only about two seconds.
He glanced around frantically, then dove back underwater. Sakura froze as she realized Sasuke didn't surface.
"Sasuke!" Sakura screamed. About four seconds later, Naruto resurfaced with Sasuke in his arms unconscious. Still struggling against the raging current. Naruto could barely keep his head above water, and holding Sasuke made it even harder. Sakura dropped both her water bottle and a kunai to mark where she began so she could find her way back, and she took off, running on the edge of the cliff to follow her teammates.
Naruto moved Sasuke to his back carefully, seeing Sasuke's head bleeding badly from the side. Naruto grunted as he saw the blood being swept away by the frigid water, but the bleeding didn't seem to stop. Naruto found a dead tree near the edge of the river. Reaching out with one hand, he barely managed to grab on, but he forced his body to latch on with the other hand. On his back, he felt Sasuke shivering from the cold water, and it made him even more uncomfortable.
"Naruto! Sasuke! You have to get out there's a waterfall coming up!" Sakura screamed.
"Sakura! There's no way we can get out of this water. Throw the fruits and medical supplies that can get wet. I'm going to put them into my pockets and zip them up. Sasuke's head is bleeding badly! I can't hang on too much longer hurry!"
Sakura obliged and threw the fruits into the water, followed by a syringe that was stuffed with medical bandages. The syringe kept it dry as it was launched by the current towards Naruto, who grabbed it and quickly stuffed it into his pockets. He zipped it up, and yelled back to Sakura.
"When we fall down the waterfall, we're going to be washed up on shore. If you can't make it to shore, then find another way around!" He screamed to Sakura.
"What if I can't find a pathway there?" She asked.
"Then once we can move, we'll start looking around in the forest. Every day around noon, come search until nightfall. If a week passes, assume we're dead and don't look for us. If we're alive, we will keep searching!" Those words pierced Sakura like a knife.
"Alright Naruto!" It took her all she could not to break down and cry at the very moment. She was watching her teammate's fall of a waterfall, most likely to their deaths. Not just her teammates, but one was her boyfriend. What if they both died? She couldn't survive on her own!
Her thoughts were interrupted when Naruto let out a scream. She looked down to see that Naruto had let go of the branch, heading straight for the waterfall. Sakura shut her eyes shut painfully, waiting for the death of her teammates to happen.
"Naruto! Sasuke!" She screamed as they disappeared underwater, only to resurface again. Naruto took Sasuke in his arms and hugged him close as the waterfall was only seconds away.
"Naruto! Sasuke!" Sakura screamed from the edge as they fell off the edge of the waterfall.
Naruto gasped as he felt gravity pull him down. He lost the feeling of water underneath him, and when he opened his eyes, he realized the ground was thousands of feet below him. He hugged Sasuke closer to ensure that they wouldn't separate.
After falling down farther and farther, he realized that there was a huge rock underneath them. It was unavoidable. They'd land right on top of the rock. Naruto gasped and flipped around, so his back would hit the rock. He pressed Sasuke against his chest tightly.
"I hope we'll both wash up onto the same shore, Sasuke." Naruto whispered into his ear.
He looked down to the ground worryingly, wondering how much time he'd have.
Five seconds. He thought.
Four, three, two… He pulled Sasuke into the tightest embrace he had ever done in his life.
He felt his back smash against the thick rock, and he let out a sharp cry of pain, his arms flew back and Sasuke flew out of his arms. He wanted so desperately to reach out and pull Sasuke back into his arms, but he unconscious before he could do anything.
When Naruto finally woke up, the first thing he did was sit up and look at his surroundings. He was sitting on soft, white sand, a few feet away from the river, which was now nearly still. The waterfall could be heard in the distance, but couldn't be seen over the small cliff-like structure that completely surrounded him, besides the still pond that was beside him, separating that side of the cliff with him. He looked around frantically, this time looking for Sasuke, completely ignoring the throbbing pain in his back.
"Sasuke!" He called out to his teammate. No response came.
"Sasuke!" He said standing and running to the middle of the small stream. He spotted Sasuke a little ways away on the sand. The cliff had separated his sand bank from Sasuke. He was lying on his side, still unconscious. Blood still seeped from his head.
"Sasuke!" He screamed, dashing over to his teammate. He gently shook him.
"Sasuke… Sasuke wake up. Wake up." He said. Sasuke's eyes opened half way, unfocused, and he glanced at the blurry blob of orange that he knew was Naruto. He quickly clenched his eyes shut tight and let out a hiss of pain, as he grabbed the side of his head. Naruto grabbed his wrists and pried them away from Sasuke's head.
"Let me look at the wound." Naruto said, looking at it. It wasn't too bad, but he could tell it was painful. Naruto dug into his pocket, taking out the syringe. He took off the top, and took out the bandaging. He took off Sasuke's headband for him, and then carefully wrapped the bandage around his head. It looked nothing different than him wearing his headband, except it was bandaging instead of metal and cloth. Sasuke just stared at him, and then finally, when Naruto finished dressing Sasuke's wounds, he gave Naruto a small thank you.
Sasuke tried putting the headband back on but Naruto stopped him. "I wouldn't put that on. More pressure might make it hurt worse. Why don't you leave it off?" Sasuke nodded slowly, folding his headband neatly and putting it into his pocket until he could take off the bandaging.
Naruto unzipped his other pocket to pull out some fruits, but it turned out that the two apples Sakura had thrown were pretty much smashed. Naruto sighed and looked up at the sky. The sun was completely blocked by what seemed like endless clouds. Sasuke was still noticeably shivering from the frigid waters. Despite being cold, Naruto took off his jacket, draping it over Sasuke's shoulders. He jumped, but then relaxed when he realized it was Naruto's jacket. He let the warmth of Naruto's jacket sink in. It was already warmed by Naruto's body heat. Naruto carefully embraced him to stay warm. Sasuke surprisingly leaned into him, his trembling starting to slow.
Eventually, after about an hour or so, Sasuke was asleep. He fell asleep to Naruto's warmth. His head was snuggled into Naruto's shoulder for warmth. Naruto sighed softly to not wake Sasuke. He was bored out of his mind, and somewhat hungry, but he didn't move. About two hours later, it started to rain. The boys had no cover, so they ended up sitting on the soggy sand as the rain poured endlessly. Because of Sasuke's wounds, Naruto allowed Sasuke to lay his stomach and up on his lap as he slept. Sasuke had started shivering badly again, and Naruto felt terrible he couldn't do anything about it.
Night mingled with day. They had no idea what time it was. Naruto just lied on his back and slept. Sometime during the night, Sasuke had woken up, and this time lied on Naruto's stomach and chest instead of legs, deciding that it was more comfortable and warm. Naruto was fine with it. He smiled softly, placing a hand on Sasuke's back as they both slipped back into the world of dreams.
Sasuke had been continuously waking up in the middle of the night. Naruto, however, after the first time Sasuke had accidently woke him up from shivering so badly, couldn't sleep. With the cold rain dripping on him, and the thought of Sasuke lying so cold and vulnerable left him sleepless. Any time Sasuke had woken up in the middle of the night, Naruto was always awake, helping him fall back asleep. However, it was the very same things that were keeping Naruto awake, that Sasuke faced too.
During one particular part in the night, Sasuke had woken up shivering more violently than before, whimpering a soft "cold." But since Naruto was awake, he heard it altogether. He hugged Sasuke closer to his chest, whispering "I know, I know." He felt bad he couldn't provide the comfort that Sakura provided for Sasuke.
What should I do? He wondered. Then he remembered one thing he did know how to do. He knew one single thing that he could do to help Sasuke's pain and coldness.
He told Sasuke to sit up. Very reluctantly, he did, wary of his wounds on his head, stomach, arms, and legs from the fall. Naruto gently grabbed his arm and swung it back and forth calmly. Sasuke immediately caught on to what he was doing.
"Just relax." Naruto told him, but he really didn't need to. Sasuke was already doing so. Even with the unforgiving rain that soaked their bodies. He felt the all too familiar tug, and he gratefully let his body sink into its semiconscious state.
Naruto caught him as he fell forward, lowering his body down lower to the ground and turned him so it was like he was sleeping on his back the whole time. Naruto gently rocked him back and forth. Sasuke was still shivering badly, so Naruto turned him onto his stomach. He then gently put his hand on Sasuke's forehead, rolling his head in a soothing circular motion. As he did this, he began to speak.
"Just relax into a deeper state of consciousness. Let your mind sink deeper and deeper. Deeper and deeper…" He let his voice trail.
"You try to open your eyes, but they seemed to be glued together. You don't want to wake up from this relaxing sensation. You will not wake up unless I tell you to. You are feeling so good. So relaxed. You don't feel cold. The heat around is just the way you want it to be. It's not too cold, it's not too hot. It's just perfect." He felt Sasuke's shivering immediately come to an abrupt stop. Naruto smiled.
"That's right. Just go deeper and deeper into relaxation." He whispered. He then lied Sasuke's body down just like before, so it looked like he was sleeping on his back again. Naruto immediately began rocking his body again.
"You are still in your wonderful sensation, and you will not wake from it until morning. In the morning, you will wake on your own time. Give me a sign that you understand what I am saying." Naruto said.
A soft "Yes, Naruto." Was what he got in return.
"Good, Sasuke." Naruto said. Then he lied Sasuke on his chest again, bringing a hand to the side of Sasuke's face.
"No pain, no coldness, complete relaxation. Go to sleep Sasuke, and don't wake up until you area fully rested until tomorrow morning."
Sasuke snuggled into Naruto more, giving a deep sigh. Naruto smiled softly, brushing through Sasuke's hair softly before closing his eyes and falling asleep himself.
End! :D
Alright. Sorry about the lateness of this chapter as well. *sweatdrop*
I hope you enjoyed. Sorry, SasuSaku fans, but I've been planning this since the very beginning! :) Naruto and Sasuke should get some time to themselves! :)
They were ALMOST rescued... but then Tsuande and Kakashi didn't see them. Will they continue the search, or are they convinced the team is dead? What will happen to Naruto and Sasuke? TBC! :D
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