Okay... remember when I said this story could be twisted... here it comes. It's rated Mature for a reason! I understand Sasuke isn't acting exactly like a true five year old, but if he was too realistic the story wouldn't work. Even so, I tried to keep him as real as possible.
I would like to special thank the readers who went to see Phoenix Rising after reading the last chapter, I'm really glad you liked the story too. Like I said, I'll update it once I finish Raven's Fall.
Also, this is a side-story, it's not a sequel or an alternative story of PR. Think of this like a Naruto OVA or a Movie.
Well... enjoy!
Grown-up Boy
大人の少年 (Otona no shōnen)
Shizune came downstairs and opened the heavy metal door. As expected, Tsunade was studying the machines that registered Naruto's vital signs.
"Tsunade-sama, can I come in?"
The Hokage looked back and nodded.
"Yes ... Come in, Shizune."
The aide closed the door and got closer. Naruto was looking a lot better after a week of complete rest. They had taken away the bandages of his face and head: the bruising, swelling and the wounds were gone, not even leaving a scar.
Tsunade had been quite clear and threatening with the members of the ANBU medical team who had helped her take care of Naruto. No one would reveal the presence of the blond Jinchūriki in Konoha, or his health condition. Shizune didn't even want to think about what Sakura, or any of Naruto's friends, would do if they found out that he was in the village and in that condition. That had been the same reason they didn't say anything to Iruka.
"Naruto-kun seems to be recovering well" Shizune said, staring at the blonds' sleeping face.
"Yes... its regenerative ability never ceases to amaze me" Tsunade said, noting some more data on her medical report. "You went to visit Sasuke yesterday, right?"
Shizune nodded.
"Unfortunately... there have been no changes. Tomorrow morning, I will visit him with Fukasaku-sama. "
Tsunade put down the papers on the bedside table and looked at Naruto.
"Tonight we'll stop giving him sedatives" the Hokage said.
"Huh? Are you sure?"
"He is well enough to be discharged" Tsunade continued. "There's no need to keep him here longer."
"He'll be furious when he finds out that he's been kept sleeping all this time" Shizune said, twitchy.
Tsunade snorted and stuck her hands on her hips.
"I had no choice. Naruto would never been quiet in bed if he knew that Sasuke was in a coma in a hospital thousands of miles away" with a milder expression, Tsunade removed a lock of blond hair from Naruto's face. That boy was already part of her heart, she wouldn't lose him like she lost Dan, Nawaki and Jiraiya.
Naruto had grown so much in recent years, in body and mind. Tsunade only regretted that Jiraiya wasn't there with them... he would be so proud.
"I did what I had to do to save Naruto's life. Going to Sasuke would not change anything… Keep him sedated was my only choice to stop him" the Hokage said vehemently. "No parent wants to be separated from his child..."
Sasuke couldn't understand why the doctor and nurse were looking at him that way. It was as if he had said something stupid ... but he just asked where his father was!
"Sasuke-san... you should sleep a little longer" the doctor said, trying to smile. "You must be very tired."
"I'm not tired!" the raven shot back, coughing again. His voice? Why was it so low?
The doctor and the nurse exchanged worried glances. According to Shizune, the woman who came regularly check Sasuke's health, he had no living relatives. Maybe he was confused by having only just woken up, or perhaps he was suffering from amnesia. In most cases, the memories came back minutes or hours later... unless the patient had severe brain damage. Either way, they had to make more tests and keep him calm.
"I'm not sick" Sasuke continued, with his strange new voice. "Can you call my Tou-chan? I want to go home. "
"I know you think you're alright... but you've been in a coma. That's something very serious. "
The young man frowned.
"Coma? What's that? "
"It means you were asleep" Hina intervened, blushing slightly. "You slept for a while and couldn't wake up."
Sasuke blinked. He looked even more confused.
"Well... let's let you rest" the doctor said, grasping Sasuke's medical records and heading for the door. "If you need anything, just press the bell and a nurse comes right to you."
The doctor left the room, with the intention to order several exams for Sasuke. Hina also headed for the door, but didn't leave before telling Sasuke that she would come running if he needed her. The raven grimaced when she looked at him and giggled like the girls from his former school.
As soon as the nurse left, Sasuke tried to get out of bed, but his arms and back were aching.
"Ow!" the raven moaned, lying in bed again. "It hurts!"
Increasingly confused, Sasuke looked out the window. He could see several houses and trees in the distance, and the blue sea on the horizon.
In a flash, Sasuke remembered where he was. He and his father had come by boat to that island and got a house near the beach. Sasuke had been very happy to get to live so close to the sea... his dad had told him that there were dolphins and Sasuke couldn't wait to see one for the first time.
But why was he in the hospital?
Sasuke's thoughts were interrupted by a strong pressure on his belly. He had to pee... fast.
Plucking the weird strings that were glued to his forehead, Sasuke jumped out of bed and staggered. His legs ached a little bit... but also seemed strange, his arms too. The bed was also smaller than he was expecting.
After knocking twice, Hina entered the room again.
"You need anything, Sasuke-san?"
Sasuke leaned on the bed and stood up. It was strange... even the nurse seemed small.
"No!" the raven cried in exasperation. "I just want to go to the toilet."
Sasuke took a hand to his throat. What was wrong with his voice?
Hina pointed to a door.
"It's there. If you need help, I can... "
"No! I can go alone!" Sasuke replied angry and outraged, moving towards the bathroom. Before closing the door, he looked at the nurse to make sure that she would not follow him. There was no way he was gonna let her see him pee!
While driving to the toilet, the raven saw that everything seemed smaller. The sink, the bathtub, even the toilet ... Was that how the children's bathrooms in the hospitals looked like?
Without wasting more time, Sasuke lifted the toilet seat and dropped his pants. When he finished, he looked down... and was baffled.
He had hair there! Lots of hairs!
"Ah... ah... what...?" the raven stammered.
"Sasuke-san? Is everything okay?" Hina asked the other side.
Sasuke ignored her and pulled his pants up again, moving away.
His hand slammed against something cold and hard... the sink. Sasuke stopped and looked at the mirror on top.
And he screamed.
"Sasuke-san!" Hina entered the bathroom, expecting to see Sasuke lying on the ground. But the raven was standing with both hands firmly resting on the sink and his black eyes fixed on his reflection.
Sasuke couldn't take his eyes of the grown-up boy reflected in the mirror. They were so much alike... they even had the same hairstyle and the same eyes.
Hina approached Sasuke and also appeared in the mirror's reflection.
"Sasuke-san... did you hurt yourself? Are you in pain?" the nurse asked.
Upon seeing her beside him, Sasuke widened his eyes even more. With a shaking hand, he touched his face... the boy in the mirror did the same. When his fingers reached the fingers of the other boy, he touched the cold and smooth surface of the mirror.
That was real... the big boy in the mirror was real...
The big boy ... was him!
"What happened to me?" Sasuke asked, looking at his body. "I'm... I'm big!"
Confused, Hina continued to observe him.
"Sasuke-san..."
"I'm a grown-up! I'm a big boy!" the raven cried, with his new deep and mature voice.
"You better lie down... I'll call the doctor..."
Sasuke didn't mind her, continuing to stare at his reflection and touching his face. It was then that the boy remembered what happened.
Sasuke wanted to see the dolphins, but his father was too busy to go with him. When the little raven said he could go alone, Naruto had gotten angry and said no. Then, he dragged Sasuke to the village to do some stupid shopping.
When Sasuke saw ninjas (real ninjas!) he was so excited that he thought he was dreaming. He would finally learn how to be a shinobi like the heroes from the stories... but his dad stopped him.
"I don't want you to go with them" Naruto said, grabbing Sasuke's wrist and pulling him down the street.
"But I want to go! I really, really wanna go!" Sasuke pleaded.
"You're too young. I won't let you go with strangers!" Naruto said.
Sasuke was fuming. He was tired of never doing the things he wanted to do... his father was always telling what to do! It wasn't fair!
He was so angry that he broke, on purpose, five vases when they entered the store. But Naruto had spanked him, taken away his katana and grounded him as if he were a naughty little kid. Furious and humiliated, Sasuke left the store running, pushing the legs of the adults who stood in his way.
When he was away from the store, Sasuke wiped his tears with the back of his hand. He was never going back! He hated his Dad! From now on, he was going to live alone and do whatever he wanted without anyone giving him orders.
When he saw the ninjas in the village square, Sasuke smiled and ran towards them. A small crowd of onlookers had gathered to see them show off their ninja skills with kunai and shuriken.
"Join us and will be able to do this and much more!" one of the ninja exclaimed, a large, muscular man who seemed to be very strong and brave. "Who wants to come? Who wants to become a shinobi?"
Sasuke crawled between the people's legs and managed to reach the front row.
"I want to go!" the boy cried.
The ninja looked at him for a few seconds before he burst out laughing.
"Very funny, boy" the man said, still laughing. "Now go play."
Sasuke blushed.
"I'm serious! Want to be a ninja and go with you!"
The other ninjas and even the people who were watching also laughed. Sasuke felt his eyes filling with tears again.
"Go back to your mommy, boy" one of the ninjas said. "This isn't for small children. We don't want you to change your diaper!"
The sound of laughter rose, causing Sasuke to become increasingly flushed. Why wasn't anyone taking him seriously? Why were they laughing and making fun of him?
"I'm not small! I'm a grown-up!" the boy shouted, unable to avoid the tears of shame.
Everyone continued to stare and laugh at Sasuke. The raven haired boy could take no more and fled again, tears blinding his way. He only stopped when he tripped over a stone fell to the floor. Sobbing, the boy looked around and noticed he was in a deserted corner.
Sasuke cried bitterly. He never felt so humiliated in his entire life... the laughter of those people still echoed in his head. Nobody understood him... everyone treated him like he was a stupid little kid. Even his father!
If he were an adult, people wouldn't laugh at him. If he was a grown-up, he could become the most powerful ninja in the world and do whatever he wanted! If anyone tried to mess with him, he would beat them up until they begged for mercy.
"Oh? You don't look so well. "
Sasuke blinked and looked back. A man dressed in a black cloak was leaning against the wall. Despite his face being hidden by the hood, Sasuke knew the man was staring at him.
"Who... who are you?" the boy asked, sniffling.
"I'm just a traveler" the man said softly. "I like to see places and people... I also saw those people laugh at you. It wasn't nice... "
Sasuke snorted again and nodded.
"They shouldn't have made fun you" the man continued. "You just wanted be a ninja like them."
"Yeah..."
"I bet you're very sad."
"They laughed at me..." the boy whimpered. "They didn't let me train with them... and I want to train. Everyone says I'm too small but I am not! I'm already a big boy! And I want to be a ninja!"
Under the black hood, the man smiled.
"A ninja, eh? And what kind of ninja would you like to be? "
"Eh... a very strong and cool ninja! Tall too! I wish... I was a grown-up..." muttered Sasuke.
The man walked away from the wall and moved towards the child.
"What if I told you I can make your wish come true?"
Sasuke's eyes widened.
"What?"
"What if I told you that I can turn you into a very, very powerful grown-up ninja?"
Sasuke continued to stare at the man, astounded. Was it really possible? Could he really turn into a grown-up ninja?
"You can do that? Really?"
"Sure I can... if that is what you really want."
Sasuke looked at his scratched hands. They were so small and weak ... just like him. He was small and weak, that was why no one paid him any attention. If he were an adult, no one would ever laugh at him or tell him what to do ever again.
"Yes" said the boy, firmly. "I want to be a big and strong ninja! So strong that nobody can beat me! And I wish Tou-chan would leave me alone forever!"
In the blink of an eye, the man was right next to Sasuke.
"That was just what I wanted to hear... Sasuke-kun."
Sasuke opened his mouth to ask him how he knew his name, but he felt a sting in his neck. Suddenly, his vision became blurred.
"It will be interesting, Sasuke-kun" the man said. "And who knows? Maybe you can finally make Naruto-kun disappear. "
With his head increasingly heavy, Sasuke fell into the darkness.
Hina called another nurse and asked her to call the doctor. Sasuke continued to stare at his hands, they were a lot bigger now... and he was tall! He was taller than the giggling nurse.
"It worked! That mister was telling the truth... I'm a big boy now! "
When the doctor arrived, he forced Sasuke to make all kinds of tests and asked him many questions. When the raven told them he had been turned into a big boy by a wizard, the doctors looked at him like he was crazy and told him that he was confused.
"No, I'm not!" Sasuke shouted, tired of being stuck in that stupid hospital. "I was little before, but I made a wish and a wizard turned me into a big boy. It's the truth! "
The doctors looked at each other. There was no doubt that the teen was delirious. They would have to wait for the test results, but they all expected to find brain damage.
"Okay, Sasuke... can I make you some questions?" one of the doctors asked.
Sasuke looked at her with an angry gaze.
"Again? I want to leave" the boy demanded. "I'm tired of being here!"
"I know... but it's just a few more questions. Then you can go, okay? What is your name?"
"Uzumaki Sasuke."
The doctor wrote in her notebook.
"Ok... and where do you live?"
"In a house near the beach... me and my Tou-chan just got here."
The doctor frowned. Sasuke was talking about his father again, when they had information that he had no family. Could he be repressing some traumatic memory?
"Hm-hm... and how old are you?"
"I'm five" the teenager said.
The doctor looked at the handsome teenager's face, noticing his innocent and childlike gaze. In his mind, Sasuke was not lying. He really believed he was five years old.
After lunch, Sasuke became frustrated when he was forced to return to his room and told to rest. He didn't want to rest, he was too excited! Finally he was an adult... well ... a big boy and could do anything he wanted.
Opening a closet, Sasuke found some black pants, a dark blue sweater with a raised collar and black sandals. They were the clothes he was wearing when he was brought to the hospital, but they had been cleaned and ironed.
Wasting no time, Sasuke pulled his hospital pajamas and put on the clothes, they fit like a glove.
The raven could not sit still, walking from one side to another room to exercise his new body. He felt very strong! When he looked back at his reflection in the mirror, he was also happy because he looked really cool.
Increasingly excited about what had happened, Sasuke approached the window and opened it. No way would he be stuck there! With a little jump, he left the room and landed in the hospital garden. Before they noticed his absence, he ran until he reached a crowded road. He was free and could do whatever he wanted! No one was ever going to tell him what to do!
For hours, Sasuke walked through the city. It was so cool to be able to go wherever he wanted without asking permission! And people did not stopped him to ask where were his parents were, they left him alone.
Already tired of walking, the raven sat on a bench in the town square. To his disappointment, the ninjas were not there, he'd have to look for them. This time, they wouldn't laugh at him!
Down the street, Sasuke saw something that caught his attention. It was a toy store.
"Wow!" boy exclaimed, walking to the crowded store with children and parents.
Sasuke felt he was in heaven. There were so many toys and so many sweets! The raven moved through the store, holding various toys before leaving them for others that seemed even more spectacular. But what most impressed him was a huge wooden castle, with a city inside and full of action figures.
Sasuke was about to take it when a kid came to him.
"This is it! This is the castle!" the boy shrieked. Sasuke thought the little boy should be his age... his real age. "I want this one!"
Defensive, Sasuke took the castle of the shelf and walked away.
"No. I got it first, the castle is mine. "
The boy looked at Sasuke, genuinely confused.
"Huh? But you're a grown-up" replied the boy. "The grown-ups don't play with toys."
Sasuke pressed the castle against himself.
"Shut up! I saw it first! "
"But sir... I really want it..." the child whimpered. "It's my birthday present ..."
"Ichigo" a man called, moving towards them. "Ichigo, you find the castle?"
Ichigo looked at him with his tearful eyes.
"Daddy... this mister took it first..."
The man looked at Sasuke, making him feel nervous.
"Ichigo, if he got it first it is fair" the man said.
Ichigo began to cry softly. Suddenly, Sasuke felt very bad and also felt like crying... but he remembered that he couldn't. He wasn't a little boy like Ichigo anymore... he was a big boy and big boys don't cry.
And big boys don't play with toys...
"Here" Sasuke said, handing the castle to Ichigo. "You can have it..."
Ichigo looked at the toy and smiled with glee, holding the castle.
"Thank you! Thank you, sir!"
Ichigo's father also looked at Sasuke with a smile.
"Thank you. He's been asking for this castle for months... I hope you can find another toy as a gift."
Before Sasuke could answer back, father and son moved away with a smile, leaving the raven suddenly sad. He couldn't play with toys more... he couldn't even play with the other children.
Depressed, Sasuke left the toy store and concentrated on finding the ninjas. He walked for hours but could not find them anywhere. When he finally got the courage to ask a fisherman about the ninjas who were in the village square, the old man laughed and told him they had had left a long time ago.
Sasuke couldn't believe it... they were gone? What now? What would he do? How was he going to become a ninja?
Near sunset, the raven's stomach was growling, realizing that he hadn't eaten anything since lunch. Walking through the village streets, he felt the scent of food and ran into a restaurant.
More lively, Sasuke walked to the window and peered inside. Several people were having dinner, sitting in small square tables with various dishes of food before them. When his stomach growled again, Sasuke entered the restaurant.
A girl dressed as a maid nearly dropped her food tray when she saw him come in. It was the cutest boy she'd seen! She could not miss the opportunity.
"Welcome, you've come for dinner?" she asked.
Sasuke looked at the food that other people were eating and agreed.
"You came alone?" the maid asked. "Or are you waiting for someone? Maybe your girlfriend..."
"Huh? No! I don't have a girlfriend" Sasuke said, not noticing the stars in the girl's eyes.
A couple walked by and headed for the cashier to pay for their order. Sasuke's eyes widened and he thrust his hands into his pockets. He had no money...
"Is there a problem?" the maid asked.
"I... I don't have any money..." the raven said, feeling increasingly frustrated and not knowing what to do. He couldn't eat without money to pay. Also, he couldn't just eat and run, that was stealing!
Seeing that Sasuke was ready to leave, the maid intervened.
"Wait!" cried she. "My shift is almost over, and then I'm going to a party with my friends on the beach. There will be lots of food and drink... why don't you come with me? "
Sasuke looked at the girl. He didn't know her and she had invited him to a party? The grown-up kids did that? They weren't even friends!
"A party?" Sasuke asked, confused. "And your friends don't mind? I don't know them... "
"They're cool and it'll be fun! Come on, what do you say? You can eat whatever you want for free! "
Sasuke was very hungry and it was getting dark. Not knowing what else to do, the raven nodded.
"Great! Wait outside for just a minute while I take this uniform out. My name is Asuka. What's your name? "
"Sasuke..."
"Okay, Sasuke-kun. I'll be right back! "
Sasuke left the restaurant and waited for Asuka. When she returned, she had a really short top and a miniskirt. When she approached Sasuke, she grabbed his arm.
"Shall we?" Asuka said with a beaming smile.
"Uh... okay..."
Although Sasuke tried to free himself, Asuka grabbed his arm firmly. Sasuke didn't want her to disinvite him, so he said nothing. When they reached the shore, a group of boys and girls were seated around a huge bonfire.
Asuka laid her head on Sasuke's shoulder.
"Hi guys! Sorry I'm late!" Asuka said, approaching her friends.
The girls looked at Sasuke and sighed.
"Who have you brought, Asuka?" one of the girls asked, very interested.
"This is Sasuke. He's new here... you don't mind that he'll join us, do you? "
All girls immediately exclaimed that they didn't mind and forced Sasuke to sit in their midst. The boys, however, didn't seem so happy about his arrival.
When they began eating, Sasuke felt confused and embarrassed. Those boys and girls were his "age", but he didn't get them... When he went to a party or to the park, he played with other children and made up games. But those teens just sat on the sand laughing, yelling and talking about things that Sasuke didn't understand.
The girls didn't let go of him. They all introduced themselves and told him what their zodiac signs were (who wants to know this?), what they liked to do in their free time, etc... They're never quiet! Even the boys were different from the children he used to play with. They only spoke of girls, boobies and other words that he didn't know yet! That was so boring!
One of the boys, Jin, didn't stop staring at Sasuke since he had arrived with Asuka. Jin had come to the party on purpose to try his luck with the girls. He thought that if one of them was drunk enough, she would not refuse to go behind a dune with him and spend a good time in the sand.
But the arrival of that dude ruined everything! Who did he think he was, with that cool and serious look? He probably thought he was the manliest man on the island with all the hotties around his feet.
That guy had to learn who was boss.
Clutching an empty bottle, Jin threw it against Sasuke. Fortunately, the raven could move away and the bottle fell several feet from him.
"Jin!" Asuka yelled. "What the hell do you think you're doing?"
"Relax... I was just kidding with the new guy."
Sasuke looked at him angrily.
"You threw me a bottle! That's not funny!" Sasuke replied. When Jin laughed in his face, the raven had a sudden urge to smack him.
"Really? Because I think it was hilarious!" Jin said, with a smirk, throwing another bottle.
Sasuke moved away again. When he looked back at Jin, he was still griming.
"Oops... butterfingers..."
Before Jin was done speaking, Sasuke punched him right in the face. The young man fell to the ground and took his hand to his wounded cheek.
The other boys were silent. How did the new boy move so quickly?
"Motherfucker!" Jin growled, throwing himself against Sasuke.
The raven didn't know how, but it was as if his body could anticipate all of Jin's punches, who didn't even managed to touch him. With an agility that he was unaware he had, Sasuke kicked Jin in the stomach, making him fall, moaning in the sand.
The other guys started yelling and incited Jin to get up. The girls seemed more attracted to Sasuke than ever. However, Sasuke wasn't happy with this. It wasn't fun! He didn't want to fight anyone... he didn't even do or said anything wrong!
"Come on, Sasuke-kun" Asuka said, grabbing him by the arm. Eager to leave, Sasuke followed her without hesitation.
Asuka stood beneath a wooden bridge.
"I'm sorry, Sasuke-kun. That Jin is a total jerk..."
"Yeah... Why he threw me a bottle? I didn't do anything to him! "
"He's an asshole, forget him... I'm sorry you didn't have fun at the party..."
Sasuke nodded. He was waiting for games that only the grown-up kids could play but they hadn't done anything cool.
"But we can have fun… just the two of us" Asuka said, taking two small bottles of her bag.
Sasuke looked at her with a puzzled expression.
"Just the two of us?" the raven asked. What kind of game did she want to play? A game with only two people didn't seem like much fun.
Asuka smiled at him and gave him one of the small bottles.
"What is this?" Sasuke asked.
"It's sake, silly. I took it from my father's closet in secret. "
Sasuke's eyes widened. Sake was an adult drink! Children could never drink it! It should be amazing!
"Well... Cheers!" Asuka said, drinking the liquor.
Excited to be drinking a beverage that had always been forbidden to him, Sasuke swallowed all at once.
"AH!" the raven cried.
Sasuke folded over his stomach and began to cough. That was... horrible! It tasted so bad and it burned! It was like his throat was on fire. How were the grown-ups fond of it? Besides, he was feeling dizzy...
"Asuka...?" Sasuke mumbled, feeling his head spin.
Asuka continued smiling, and stared at Sasuke with a seductive gaze. She was already used to to alcohol, so she had no trouble to drink another bottle.
"Let's have fun... Sasuke-kun?" Asuka asked, her cheeks flushed. The alcohol was beginning to take effect.
Sasuke had to lean on a wooden beam, he felt worse and worse.
"What... are we gonna do?" the raven asked.
Asuka didn't wait and threw herself into his arms. They both fell on the sand, Asuka over Sasuke. The raven was increasingly confused... what kind of game was that?
"Asuka?"
"Shh... Don't say anything ..." Asuka whispered, inebriated. "God! You're so handsome..." and she kissed him passionately on the mouth.
The raven's eyes widened. What was she doing? He didn't want her to kiss him! When Asuka's tongue got inside Sasuke's mouth, the raven pushed her.
"What are you doing?" the boy asked, confused and disgusted.
Asuka continued to smile.
"Come on... don't tell me you didn't like it."
"Get off me!"
But the girl laughed, grabbed him by the neck and kissed him again. Sasuke felt the taste of sake in her mouth and almost gagged when her tongue touched his. He just wanted her to stop ... that was wrong... she had no right to touch him that way!
Sasuke was ready to pull her again when Asuka's hand slipped inside his pants.
"STOP!" the raven cried, pushing Asuka so hard that she fell away from him.
"Ow! Weirdo!" the girl shrieked. "You big freak!"
Sasuke got up and ran without stopping to the already dark streets of the village. He only stopped when he felt his stomach in circles, forcing him to kneel on the floor and vomited.
The boy was devastated. That wasn't fun or cool. Being a grown up wasn't anything he had imagined ... he couldn't do what he wanted: he couldn't play with toys or other children because he was too big, he couldn't buy candy or food that he liked because he had no money, he didn't even understood the grown kids...
Still coughing, Sasuke stood up and looked at the dark and frightening streets. He had no home or a room with a warm bed to sleep on. He would have to sleep on the street. He was all alone... it was cold and dark and he would have to sleep on the street alone.
"I wanna go home..." Sasuke groaned, feeling the tears blur his vision. "This isn't fun anymore. I wanna go home... Tou-chan..."
A door opened and an elderly man came out to throw out the garbage. It was then that his old eyes were fixed on the pale and crying teen, leaning against the wall of his shop. He looked sick and scared...
"You okay, young man?" the old man asked, approaching Sasuke.
Sasuke looked at the old man, still nervous.
"Are you sick?" the old man asked.
Sasuke snorted and continued to stare at the man. He couldn't stop crying, he was cold, scared and wanted to go home...
"Maemi!" the old man called. After a few seconds, an old woman came dressed in a small and beautiful blue kimono.
Well... I remember the first time I drank a vodka shot... God! I thought my ears were on fire! I suppose sake is pretty strong too, specially to those who aren't used to drink alchool.
I took the name Ichigo from the main character on Bleach, I don't watch it but my brother does. I found it weird a boy would be named Ichigo because it means Strawberry, well... that was the author's decision, I'm sure he had his reasons.
I hope you liked the chapter.