What honor is there, when you are the first to be exiled at such a young age in such a long time? Definitely none.
Gaara x Naruto…
Slight Itachi x Naruto…
Sorry if the last chapter was confusing…it sounded ok to me? Ehehe…and also I got a very long review on…rituals and stuffs…I'm guessing it's from the manga. Don't worry! I won't make them go through that torture! Wahaha! But thank you Tori! For loving my fic! Thank you, thank you!
'Chains…so many chains…so tight around me…' Naruto thought to himself as he moved around in his chair. 'Itachi, have you betrayed me? I remained loyal to you…why did you leave me?'
He was in the same room again, dark and dank with the lone light bulb hanging above his head, swaying with the tiniest gust of the wind. Facing nothing but the wall, plain and laughing at him. Was it laughing at him? He couldn't tell, all he could hear was the eerie silence that surrounded him in the dark room.
He was chained, hands to the sides, his legs chained to the legs of the chairs. There was no escape. None that he can think of…
'Looks like I can't run away this time.'
"What are we gonna do about him? If we unchain him, he's gonna run off again." Kiba frowned as he scratched Akamaru's head.
"Yeah, I know. But we got Naruto back, Sasuke's idea worked." Chouji munched on some chips.
'Of course it worked, I'm not a genius for nothing…' Sasuke thought as he leaned on a wall.
"We can't assign him a partner like last time, but we can't leave him in that room either." Kiba continued with the scratching and turned his head to the door when Neji and Shikamaru entered.
"We've tried talking to Hokage-sama, but she insists on letting Naruto stay in the room until a punishment has been decided." Neji spoke as he stood by the door.
"Punishment? What punishment will Naruto-san be receiving?" Lee asked.
"We don't know…" Shikamaru shook his head.
"No ramen for as long as you live, only me and Jiraiya can treat you to it, and we will know when you've smuggled it into your room, we've got informants and eyes all around the village." Tsunade spoke as he smiled evilly.
Naruto smirked. 'No ramen, that's the worst they can do to me…I hope.'
"And not only that! You're gonna be cuffed to two people!"
Naruto's smirk disappeared. 'Ok, chained to two people…I take what I said before back…this is the worst they can do to me…'
"And they will be, Gaara and Sasuke!"
'Ah, bugger me…'
How embarrassing it is, to be sitting on a couch almost hand in hand with two other guys by your side…awkward…ain't it? Yeah…
'This is too fucking embarrassing for me…' Sasuke and Naruto thought to themselves. Of course, Gaara kept quiet about it and stared away from them as they grumbled and mumbled about something…
"What did you say, Sasuke-teme…" Naruto growled out.
"Nothing you bastard, can't believe you went off with Itachi again…" Sasuke retorted.
"Che, trust you to say some shit like that."
"Why did you go off with Itachi again? Don't you know how much I hate him?"
"He's not the person you think he is."
"I know him better than you, he's my brother."
"Being a bother doesn't mean you know absolutely everything about the other."
"Shut up asshole, how would you know? He didn't kill your whole clan and family." Sasuke turned to Naruto and glared at him.
"You misunderstand him."
"Like how I did for you!" Sasuke shouted.
"…"
"That's enough…" Gaara spoke as he turned back to stare at them.
They were in Tsunade's office, waiting for new instructions. Of course, Sasuke was still brooding on about Naruto going off with Itachi but Gaara was just being his usual quiet self. Then the door opened and Tsunade came in, along with Jiraiya.
"We've received some information, regarding a certain group seen around the borders of Konoha." Tsunade spoke as she stared down at them.
"Akatsuki?" Sasuke asked.
"Apparently so, you better watch out for them, they've most likely come back for Naruto perhaps." She continued. Then Jiraiya spoke, "I've heard rumors about Akatsuki concerning about the Kyuubi."
"You mean they're gonna experiment on Naruto?" Sasuke asked again.
"We're not sure, but it is best if you stay indoors and out of sight for now. Perhaps Naruto's old apartment would be good enough." The male sennin spoke as he rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
"Stop talking like I'm not here." Naruto grumbled as he glared at them.
"Our job can't get any easier than this…" Zetsu stared at Sasori.
"Yeah, it's like killing two birds with one stone yeah?" Deidara joked.
"In this case, three…" Kisame grinned evilly.
"Apparently so…" Itachi spoke as he began to muse.
"Deidara and I will handle the Shukaku, you will retrieve back the Kyuubi. According to Zetsu's information hunting, it is most likely that you will have to go through your brother in order to get to it." Sasori furrowed his brows in thought.
"Ah…" Itachi nodded his head, even though he wasn't really listening.
"What about me?" Kisame asked.
"You can have fun with the shinobi of Konoha." The puppet user looked up at Kisame.
"Alright!" the mist-nin smirked to himself, thinking of ways to taunt the ninjas. "I haven't had a good fight in a while."
"I shall remain on guard duty." Zetsu assumed.
"Very well, four members should be sufficient enough to take back the Kyuubi and claim the Shukaku." Sasori began to move off with Deidara. "Four is more than enough, yeah?"
"That is all, disperse."
"This is boring…just sitting around doing nothing…" Naruto complained as he slouched on the couch.
"It's your fault." Sasuke stared at him.
"Not my problem."
"Then stop complaining."
"…mou…" Naruto wanted to fold his arms but couldn't because he was cuffed to two other people. But then all of a sudden, a platoon of ANBU members crashed through the front door and surrounded them.
"HEY, HEY! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE!" Naruto shouted out as he stood up, making the other two follow the blonde's action. As Naruto looked at each of the intruders of their peace, the commander of the group came through the broken down door. "A squad of Akatsuki members were seen coming this way, we can only assume that they are coming back for you." The man with a scarred face spoke to the blonde. "R-really?"
"We have to prepare for a good fight, unfortunately…we cannot release the two of you just yet." Ibiki spoke, looking at Sasuke and Gaara in turn. "You must stay together and prevent Akatsuki from reaching their objective."
"Hey! What about Gaara?" Naruto asked, watching Ibiki sigh. "I don't know what Hokage-sama was thinking…putting all three of you together. It might have been a good idea, but it will prevent you from fighting to your full potential but it'll also be hard for Akatsuki to retrieve what they came here for. They would either have to leave you behind or take all three of you." Ibiki continued to address each of them as he spoke.
"So, they might leave me behind?" Naruto asked, slowly lowering his eyes.
"Perhaps so."
"But they might take all three of us?" Sasuke asked.
"Perhaps so." Hearing this, Sasuke clenched his fist and gritted his teeth together. 'Shit, I can't perform my Chidori like this.'
"Seems like we have a bit of a problem, now don't we?" the masked Jounin appeared behind Ibiki.
"Kakashi-sensei?" Sasuke and Naruto spoke at the same time.
"Hai, hai. Looks like I have no choice but to help my students, now do I?" Kakashi's visible eye turned into a crescent as he leaned on the door frame. "If Sakura was here, it'll be like old times."
"Who says she's not already here?"
"Eh? Sakura-chan!" Naruto looked at her in disbelief.
"Hehe, I'm ready to fight for my friends!" she spun her kunai on her finger and grinned at them. "Don't worry about me, I'm not as helpless as before. I've been training under Tsunade, so I have a few new tricks up my sleeve."
"You're not wearing any sleeves." Naruto pointed out while Sasuke shook his head.
"Yeah, but you get what I mean." 'Even after all this time…you're still the same Naruto.' She laughed inwardly while still smiling on the outside, but it disappeared as soon as she sensed something coming. "We've got company."
"Hm, as expected of my number one shrewd student." Kakashi praised her as he readied his own kunai while pulling up his forehead protector to reveal his Sharingan eye.
"Who do you think would come, Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked as she guarded the window in the living room by the couch that Sasuke, Naruto and Gaara were previously sitting on.
"Hm…I would guess-"
"Itachi…" Sasuke growled out.
"Hai, hai."
"Who else?" Sakura asked.
"Perhaps, the missing mist-nin. He likes to fight." Kakashi spoke as he sensed a familiar person coming nearer. "But we won't have to worry about him."
"Why not?"
"There's someone else here to handle that matter."
"Who?" Sakura stared at Kakashi with a confused face.
"AH! KAKASHI MY ETERNAL RIVAL! Sacrificing yourself to protect your student! Even the one that was exiled! I could never do that! Unless, of course, it was my adorable Lee! That is why you are my ETERNAL RIVAL!" Gai shouted out as he did a pose. 'Ping!' "GAI-SENSEI!" Lee shouted out as he did the same pose with tears running down his cheeks. Neji and Ten Ten came shortly after.
"Huh? Did you say something? I was looking behind you for the Akatsuki members." Kakashi spoke.
Tears streamed down Gai's face. "Ah! KAKASHI! You are so hip! So hip to ignore me like that! I could never be like that! That is why you are my ETERNAL RIVAL!" does another pose and Lee joins in.
'…They make…a lively pair…' Sakura thought to herself while Sasuke's eye twitched. Gaara just ignored them.
Ok fine, so I added some humor…but it isn't much, not to me anyways…
Anyways! Sorry for the late, super, super late update! I had exams and…yeah, you know what I mean!
And...there's not much...Gaara and Naruto I know...But, yeah. I'm thinking!