Author's Note: DUN DUN DUN. Another chapter... Because studying isn't complete until I manage to type a paragraph in between studying for different sections. After tomorrow I will be able to write in peace and just really concentrate and put more detail into the story! I hope I'm not moving to slow... It's been Thursday since chapter 6... Although it's technically Friday in this chapter...
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26: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOT A GAARA... He scares me. On top of the street world.. He could kill me at any moment.. I WILL WRITE to save myself... Hope you enjoy the chapter! c:
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Chapter 11
Naruto just wanted to be dead. He didn't want to be alive right now. Not that he would be much longer. He should have just killed himself, made his death a lot easier.
Naruto rolled over and looked at the man. He wore his usual hair style, a pony tail almost on top of his head. His hair didn't change, nor did his bored facial expression.
"H-hey Shikamaru. How have you been?" Shikamaru just looked down on Naruto. Naruto knew they had ended on a bad note. He knew that Shikamaru thought he had stabbed him in the back and traded info about him for something to Naruto's advantage. They had been arguing for weeks about it in private, nearly getting in a serious fight or two. Naruto never got a chance to prove he wasn't going to sell Shikamaru out. He hadn't meant to hurt any of his family from the streets, but he just didn't have time to fix everything before he left.
"I've been better. I was told you went to the Sound's gang. I was worried you were going to give me away. You've made my life troublesome for these past few years." Naruto went wide eyed as he stared at Shikamaru. Who the fuck told him that Naruto was going to the most hated gang in Tokyo! Naruto started to open his mouth to ask, but was cut off my Shikamaru. "I already know what you are going to ask. Gaara told everyone that you just up and left that day, told him you were going to hang with the Sound. We were 'too low' to be associated with anymore."
"What the hell? I would never side with the Sound! I owe them money! I left because Gaara kicked me out, said he didn't want to ever see me again. He threw me away like I was yesterday's trash! How could you or anyone believe I would go to the Sound?"
"Wait, you owe them? How the hell did Gaara manage to keep that on the dl*? That's pretty serious shit if you owe them."
"Yeah, I do. I owe them a lot. I'll be gray before I ever pay them back fully." Sadness hung thickly in the air.
"Sorry man, didn't know. I wish I had known. I wouldn't have believed the shit that bastard spewed. He's change since you left, won't even look for someone to sleep with. He won't even sleep with Miku's mother!" Shikamaru stated with some emotion in his voice. It was rare for Shikamaru to show emotion as he talked. Normally he would save it for the fights and let it all out there. Something must have really been weighing on his thoughts.
Naruto shifted in his bed. It was bigger than any bed those in the streets slept on. He knew he could easily make room for six to fit since no one would mind squishing together. He patted the spot next to him for Shikamaru to occupy. Shikamaru quickly took the invitation and lay next to Naruto. He sighed contently as he relaxed. The bed was the most comfortable thing Shikamaru had slept on in over a decade.
"How are the streets?"
"Everything's more tense. Once we lost our best fighter we couldn't go head to head with the Sound anymore. We can' protect them without Kyuubi." Shikamaru turned to look at Naruto. Naruto just looked away sadly.
"Kyuubi died three years ago Shikamaru."
"You still got the blade. As long as you have the blade, Kyuubi is still alive and fighting."
"I'm not going back. I can't."
"I'm not asking you to come back. I just came to talk, ya know? I've spent these past few years thinking about what you could be telling the Sound about me. But then Ino told me the other day that she saw you."
"Ino still talks to you? I thought you two were at each others' throats."
"We're fuck buddies. We get into arguments a lot because I don't like her selling herself to greedy men. She says it's the only way to get off the streets. I can't seem to change her mind."
"Hold up, you two are fucking? What the hell! I thought you were gay, not bi."
"She's the only girl I would ever consider fucking. All the other girls are too troublesome. They are needy. She's needy too, but not in an annoying way, just in an Ino way."
"Do I need to worry about you rapping me?"
"Naw. I'm going pretty steady with Shino right now. It's not going to last much longer. He's not into an open relationship. He wants me to himself, but I'd rather not just be stuck to him. Gotta stick with all the other relationships that I've formed. Next time though Uzumaki, you might need to worry about me rapping in your sleep."
"What the fuck! I was kidding! Since when did you become a rapist! Why the hell are you in my bed? OUT!"
"It's so troublesome to kid with you. I'm not serious Naruto. I would rather ask and receive than steal and later be killed."
"You always seem to serious because of your laziness! You should learn to be a little more outgoing!"
"I gave you some of the greatest sex of your life. I wouldn't be that good if I exerted all my energy during the day. I'd rather save it."
"You should find a new hobby. Fighting and sex aren't the only things on the planet."
"It's the only thing I've found that gives a rush."
"Maybe if you weren't so smart you would find things more interesting."
"Whatever. So kid, why are you on the Sound's bad side? What exactly did you take where you owe so much?"
"You know how I was really weird and jumpy the first three months on the streets? Everyone thought it was because I was fresh out of the house. I had already been out for a couple months. I got into a nasty drug addiction. Every blow job I gave the leader, Orochimaru, meant another fix. I lived life in a haze. When I met Gaara and started staying with the family, I was going through hard core withdrawal. Some days I thought I was going to die. I could never get a fix though, never. Gaara wouldn't allow it since drugs weren't allowed on the streets. When Orochimaru found out I wasn't coming back for another fix, he added up all the drugs I got form him for free and made me start paying him back. I've been paying him back since I was nineteen."
"How much do you owe them?"
"About fifty grand now. I've paid off a little over three thousand." Naruto smiled up at the ceiling. He shook his head and started laughing, tears coming out of the corner of his eyes. "About a thousand a year is all I can afford. I'll be around fifty three when I'm finally free, if they choose to not jack up the price. I'm never going to get rid of this debt."
"I'm sorry man, but you got yourself in this mess. Gotta get your own self out. I know you can. You know you can find me though if times get tough."
"Thanks man."
"We can go on a stabbing spree together."
"I won't go man! I can't! I lose myself every time I open the knife. Carrying it is fine, but actually losing it. There's a reason why I'm known as Kyuubi in fight but Naruto outside of them. You've seen the difference!"
"And you're damn good when you get in a knife fight. Listen, I didn't come to argue. I came to tell you that I know you didn't sell me out. I'm glad you didn't. You were a cool bro."
"Thanks Shika."
"I'm gonna go. Got a party to go crash and get drunk at. Maybe even get laid if I'm lucky."
Shikamaru got up from Naruto's bed and stretched until joints popped. He nodded at Naruto and headed towards the door. Naruto stared down at his bed. He debated whether he should ask or not. He had a right to go have fun with one of his best brothers from the streets, right? Just because he was kicked out by him doesn't mean he couldn't go have fun with the family.
"Hey Shika?"
"Yeah?"
"Mind if I go with you? I haven't crashed a party in ages." Naruto grinned, Shikamaru smirked.
"Better get in something sexier than your boxers Naruto."
"They are a hell of a lot sexier than your gray skinny jeans and white wife beater!"
"Keep thinking that. I'm gonna get laid more than you are tonight."
Naruto grunted, biting his tongue. He had a comeback, but he would save it for later. He quickly threw on black skinny-ish jeans with a neon orange t-shirt than clung in the chest but loosened up around the abs. He threw on his orange converse, grabbed a black jacket, and was then out the door to go have fun with an old brother.
Author's Note: For those of you who don't know, dl means down low. It's slang I know is used a lot in my area when it comes to talking normally.
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