Chapter 11

Revelations

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Sorry for resubmitting this a third time. There is nothing different about the actually chapter. Just this to clear up confuzzlement. Okay, sorry again!

To Those Who Are Cunfuzzled

Here are some reminders:
Rantin: The oraganization trying to get rid of ghosts. They have good intentions, but do not know that Sprits are the ones actually causing the trouble.
Ghosts: The souls of dead humans
Sprits: Demons, Gods, non-human ghosts. Those sort of things. Humans can became sprits if they figure out how to and do so before they die.

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Naruto sighed and rolled over. He couldn't sleep. He glanced at the clock on the wall. Twelve five A.M. There was a squeaky protest as something sat on the bed.

"Can't sleep?" Gaara's emotionless voice broke through the quiet night.

"No."

There was silence for a while.

"So you're an half-demon?" asked Gaara.

"Yeah, what's it to you?" replied Naruto harshly.

"I'm an half-demon as well."

An awkward silence hung in the air.

"Is it one of the tails?" Naruto asked suddenly. Gaara nodded.

"Shukaku," he elaborated.

"Kyuubi."

"So you're from here."

Naruto nodded.

"Do they tolerate you?"

Naruto shook his head.

"Sometimes."

Naruto then flashed on of his famous smiles.

"It's 'k, though. As long as I don't look down they won't attack me!" and he added mentally, 'And they never attacked me when Sasuke was around…'

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Sasuke ran down the streets, looking around wildly for any glimpse of Naruto.

"Naruto!" he called, knowing that the normal people couldn't hear him. There was no reply.

A few drunken teens stumbled their way down the alley Sasuke was walking up.

"Did you hear the way that demon kid's rib broke? It was loud!" one of them slurred to another.

"Dude, don't brag about that here," Another one, who wasn't as drunk replied.

"Why not? It's not like anyone's gonna find him behind the ramen stand 'til tomorrow and he'll be dead by then!"

Sasuke sprinted to Naruto's favorite place to eat ramen, and followed the alleyway behind it. He saw a large puddle of blood, but not Naruto.

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"We're gonna show you around, Naruto, come on!" said Kiba, running out of their room, Akamaru at his heels. Naruto followed after.

As Kiba showed Naruto around, Naruto noticed he knew quite a few people from the Rantin. Yamanaka Ino from the Yamanaka flower shop, Chouji from eating ramen, Shino from… He wasn't sure where he knew Shino from, but he knew him.

"Hey, Neji!" yelled Kiba.

Naruto turned to look at the boy who Kiba was calling to. He found himself looking at the boy who had attacked Sasuke. He felt anger well up inside of him and he felt himself lunge at him.

"You hurt Sasuke," he growled, having pinned Neji to the ground.

"You're that kid, who stopped me from completing my mission," stated Neji calmly.

"What did you do to him!" Naruto demanded, ignoring him. He continued in a whisper, "Why doesn't he want to be around me?"

"I did nothing to that ghost," stated Neji, still remaining calm, "You prevented me from doing anything."

Naruto's anger seeped out of him and he found himself crying into Neji's chest. He barely even noticed when Neji sat up, but he felt the familiar feeling of arms wrapping around him, comforting him.

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Neji decided that this was the strangest day he had ever had. It had started normal, but then changed. He wasn't sure whether for the better or the worse. This was the fourth time he had seen the kid, and he had nearly killed Neji. Neji sighed. Between Kiba, Tenten Tsunade and this kid, it was going to be a long day.

"Hey, Neji!" said/yelled Kiba.

"What?"

"Can I take over your case?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"Tsunade took me off of it. I don't know why. Don't ask."

Kiba closed his mouth.

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Kakashi found Sasuke the next day behind a ramen, kneeling in front of some dried blood.

"Sasuke?"

There was no answer from Sasuke.

"Sasuke, what happened?"

"This is his blood."

Kakashi nodded, understanding.

"Go find him. Hurry. You'll always regret it if you don't tell him and let him die."

Sasuke looked up at him, confused.

"Don't give me that look," said Kakashi, "You know what I'm talking about."

Sasuke thought for a moment, nodded, and stood up.

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"I'm going for a walk," stated Naruto suddenly. He went outside and started walking towards the park, thinking.

'Does Sasuke hate me? And if he does, why? Maybe he just got tired of tolerating me in his house and left.' Naruto sighed, 'That's the only reason I can think of.' He sighed again, and his pace became faster, as if he was trying to leave behind all of his troubles.

Soon he found himself past the park and into the forest that lay beyond. He started walking even faster.

He soon made it to the end of the trail, where bushes blocked the way to go forward. He looked up at the sky. He could see stars through the trees.

'I should probably get back,' he thought, 'Before Grandma Tsunade throws a fit.'

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"Hey, Naruto, where did you vanish to?" Kiba asked the second Naruto walked into their room, "Tsunade's been throwing a fit. It's really funny to watch, as long as you're not on the receiving end of it."

"You better go talk to her before she kills someone accidentally. She is the leader," stated Gaara, reminding Naruto that Tsunade probably held a lot more power than it looked like.

"Yeah, I probably should," said Naruto, heading out of the room again.

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After walking around for thirty minutes, Naruto had to accept it.

He was lost.

Really lost.

He sighed and decided to knock on a door and ask for directions to Tsunade's office.

Neji answered the door.

'Am I cursed?!' thought Naruto.

"Naruto? What are you doing down here?" Tenten said, standing next Neji in the doorway, "Don't you room with Kiba and Gaara?"

"I was sorta looking for Tsunade's room so I could talk to her, and I sorta got lost…" he explained.

"You go up the stairs, take a left and go down the hallway, it's the door at the very end." Stated Neji simply, before pulling Tenten back inside the room and closing the door in Naruto's face.

"Um… Thanks?"

Naruto followed Neji's directions and soon found himself standing in front of Tsunade's door.

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Sasuke dropped to his knees on the floor of Naruto's room, panting. Naruto wasn't there. Sasuke had been running all over town looking for him. He had checked at the hospital first, but he wasn't there, then his work, then the ramen stand, and now their house, and he wasn't anywhere. Sasuke felt tears rise to his eyes.

'What if he's already dead? What if they've already buried him and he didn't become a ghost?'

"Naruto!"

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Author's Note: Sorry that took so long. I was planning to have this out yesterday, but I played basketball in PE and jammed my finger. Kat BallPain. I got hit in the head with the basketball, rug-burned my knee and jammed my ring finger on my left hand(My writing hand) Thus, it took longer to write/type this. Sorry. Oh, and sorry this chapter was really bad. I had a very mild writers block. I knew where I wanted to go with this story, and I had no clue how to get there. It's gone now. Oh! And I'm getting near the end of this story, maybe 1-2 more chapters. I have an idea for a sequel, if anyone wants to read a sequel…

Sasukesgirl89: You could always review it now! J/k, j/k. I'm glad you like my style. It seems like I'm always being told to put in more detail, so I was really surprised you liked how my detail descriptions are near to nothing. That sounds like a really cute movie! Well, Sasuke knows that he loves Naruto, and Naruto has yet to realize his feelings. And neither one knows about the other one being in love with each other…
Sunny Soul: I'm sorry! I just can't write bad perverted non-cliqued yaoi scenes! –bows- Gomen! You'll have to wait and see if Naruto's going to join the Rantin! –evil smile- Sasuke's trying to find Naruto, but has yet to locate him. –sigh- And this is more homework procrastination!
Greatstars: He got beat up. He has to look up to make sure no one jumps on him. Not that it would have made a difference this time. They were drunk. –mummbling- Stupid meany-heads…
Mochiusagi: It's okay. You'll just have to wait and see if Naruto's going to join the Rantin! –evil smile-
Maryana1029: Thank you! –smile and shojo sparkles-
KitsuneNaru: O.o Um, okay!