I think the story might be ending soon. I don't know… Cuz like I said, I never plan more than a few lines ahead.
-And here ends the unbelievably short authors note-
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Chapter 13: The Nameless One
"No Hinata-chan! Not the chainsaw!" she screa-
Whoops, wrong fic. Please ignore the author's obvious brain-damage and continue reading. Sorry for the interruption.
"NO! KATSURO!" Using his last bits of strength, Hiro threw himself in front of Katsuro, shielding him. The snake's fangs buried themselves in his neck and shoulder, and he fell to the floor, crying in pain.
Katsuro raised his head, showing more emotion on his face then he had in days. "Why the hell did you do that?"
"DO YOU THINK YOUR KAA-SAN AND AKIRA WANT YOU TO GIVE UP LIKE THAT? DO YOU THINK THEY WANT YOU TO DIE?" Hiro shouted back.
"LIFE'S NOT WORTH IT ANYMORE. I DON'T CARE IF I DIE!"
"LISTEN TO YOURSELF! HOW DO YOU THINK YOUR FAMILY WOULD FEEL IF THEY CAME TO RESCUE YOU ONLY TO FIND YOU DEAD?"
"I… I don't even know anymore," Katsuro mumbled, taking his head in his hands.
"OI! Sorry to interrupt your little love-fest, but I'm not done with you yet," their interrogator sneered.
"Why are you doing this?" Hiro said.
"It's my job. Now, do you want to tell me information about your special abilities? Or do I have to beat it out of you."
"Can you just get it through your thick skull that we'll never tell you anything?"
"Fine then," he answered cruelly. "I guess I shall have to report to Orochimaru-sama about the, ah, unpleasant change of events. But next time, I'm gonna slice up your pretty little face," he sneered at Katsuro. "Wouldn't want your mommy to see you all cut up would you?"
In answer, Daisuke flipped him the bird.
"Very well then. Good day," the boy flipped his blonde hair over his shoulder and stalked off.
"Fag."
"Okay guys, I'm gonna hit the sack," Naruto yawned. "You coming Hinata-chan?"
She blushed, still not used to her status as his wife. "H-Hai. I'm coming."
They walked to their tent, waving good night to their friends.
"Someone's getting lucky tonight!" Kisame hooted.
"Shut up baka. And besides, even if Naruto-kun and Hina-chan do, you know, (insert cough here) just remember, it's not you who's getting lucky," Sakura smirked.
"Pinky, that was mean! Great, you ruined my fun. I'm going to bed," Kisame huffed, stalking off.
"Us too, yeah. Can't ever get enough rest!" Deidara dragged an indifferent Sasori to the tent they were sharing.
Shikamaru got up. "Can't disagree with that!"
This left Sasuke, Sakura, Ino, and Itachi in the circle.
"Wanna tell ghost stories?" Sakura suggested, smiling creepily while holding a torch under her face.
"No," Sasuke deadpanned.
"Fun-sucker," Ino muttered.
"Brat," he shot back.
"Why don't we play Knock the Sasuke out and Torture Him?" Ino glared.
Itachi stood up. "Sounds like a plan!"
"Hey, wait, guys-"
Let's just say Sasuke never got around to finishing that sentence.
"Ha-ha, this is fun!"
-The Next Morning-
Deidara woke up feeling warm. Unnaturally warm. He shifted around, before noticing his arm was asleep. Blinking groggily, he tried to shake it, but something stopped it from moving. As his vision came into focus, he saw his face was inches away from
"KYAAAA!! INO-CHAN, I WAS RIGHT! SASORI-DANNA IS GAY! ONE-HUNDRED PER-CENT G-A-Y! HELP! RA-" he stopped when he felt someone sock him in the face.
"Stop yelling."
"Ow, Danna!" he reached up to touch his bloody nose. Then, he remembered why he was yelling in the first place. "What the hell was that? What are you doing?" he stopped, blushing.
Sasori looked around, to see that his arm was slung over Deidara's waist and that Deidara's other hand was trapped under his body. He sweat-dropped, anime-style. "Well, this is awkward…"
"…"
"Well, since you aren't moving, I take it to mean that you like it?" he teased.
Nobody had ever seen Deidara run away faster then he did that morning.
Tenten sighed, leaning against Neji with her back against his chest. His arms were wrapped around her waist, and his chin was resting against her head. "This is what you get for getting used to Gai-sensei forcing you to wake up at five A.M." she groaned.
Neji chuckled. "At least it gives you some time to enjoy the scenery."
Gently, he took her hand and pointed it up towards the sky. "See, there are the birds," she looked at a family of Blue Jays, flying together. "and the wildlife," he guided her hand to point at a chrysanthemum flower, dew sliding off its petals. "and last but not least, the animals," and then he pointed to a snow white kitten with a black diamond on its forehead. It was romping around, chasing the birds.
Tenten sighed happily. "You forgot to mention the egotistical Hyuuga-jerk in the background."
She turned around to see Neji's face fall slightly.
"But then again, I'm partial to jerks," she breathed, her breath ghosting over his cheeks. And then she kissed him, kissed him like she'd never kissed him before. Her tongue pushed softly against his lips, and he opened them at once. It slid over his teeth and his tongue, and he groaned, taking her taste of chocolate and mint. Then, as soon as it began, it ended.
"Is this your way of saying 'I accept your apology?" he breathed out.
"I don't know, is it?" she teased.
Just as he was about to say something, he was interrupted by a bunch of wolf-whistles. The blushing couple turned around to see Naruto, Deidara, Ino and Sakura watching them.
Since Tenten was glaring at him in a way that promised a painful injury, Deidara did the first thing that came to mind. He slapped a hand over Naruto's mouth and pointed at him, yelling "SEE NARUTO I TOLD YOU TO SHUT UP!" while still staring at Tenten and Neji with wide eyes.
Tenten rolled her eyes. "I know you were doing it Dei. Don't blame Naruto just because he's an idiot."
He sweat-dropped. Just then, Naruto gagged.
"MPH! GE' THAH THIN' WAY FROM 'E!" he screamed, clawing at Deidara's hand, which was still covering his mouth. Once he was free of it, he started wiping his hands on his tongue, choking, and spitting. "EEWWWW! YOUR HAND LICKED ME!"
Nonplussed, Deidara looked at the mouths on his hands. "I guess it did, yeah."
Naruto's jaw dropped to the ground. "I get emotional scarring by YOUR hands (literally) and all you can say is I GUESS SO?! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?"
Deidara shrugged. "Didn't bother me when the police said it, doesn't bother me when you say it."
"Ugh," Sachi said, brushing leaves off her shirt. "Last night was a total mess."
They had traveled as fast as they can, and had managed to catch up to their moms, give or take a few miles. They had just arrived at their campsite, in which the remains of a fire told them they were on the right track.
"Look what I found!" Akira squealed, holding up a white cat with a black diamond on its forehead.
"Awww! Kawaii!" Sachi and Hana ran forward, petting and snuggling the kitty.
"Hey there," Sachi cooed. "I'm gonna name you Skippy."
"Let's name it Franken-Kitty!" Akira cackled.
"No! I'm not letting you name Skippy that!"
Hana sighed. "Guys, I'm all for keeping the cat, but we really should get going so we can rescue the guys."
Sachi sighed back. "Fine. But I'm coming back for you Skippy!"
Just then, a Sound ninja burst in through the trees.
"Well well, what do we have here? And here I thought that patrolling the borders was a boring job. Looks like Oto just gained three prisoners!"
Sachi groaned. "Great. Just what we needed." She activated the sharingan and Akira activated Byakuugan. "Honestly, I'm getting bored of the whole bad-guy-tries-to-kill-seemingly-innocent-five-year-olds-but-get-beaten-up routine. Let's just get it over with."
Akira sighed. "Right."
With that as the last word, she launched herself towards the ninja, still holding 'Franken-Kitty.' But just as she was about to knock the ninja out via pressure point, 'Franken-Kitty' poked her head out from her jacket.
"What is this? The girl has a pet," the Sound-nin laughed mockingly.
A couple of seconds after he said that, 'Skippy/Franken-Kitty' yawned, and her fangs elongated by a couple of inches. She reached out, and tore a hole in the man's chest. As he slumped over, dead, the girls watched as 'Skippy's' fangs returned to normal and she took a nap in Akira's jacket pocket.
Hana rubbed her head. "Didn't see that coming."
Sachi squealed. "Awww! Skippy is a nin-kitty! Now we HAVE to keep him!"
"Hellz yea! Skippy one kick-ass ninja-kitty!"
"AHA! NOW HIS NAME IS SKIPPY! PERMANENTLY!"
"Hey, that's not fair Sachi-chan!"
She snickered. "Life isn't fair Kira-chan."
"We need someone to get some water," Sakura sighed, wiping her forehead. They were now only a few hours away from Oto, and were estimating to reach it by nightfall.
Itachi looked from Sasuke to Sakura, before raising his hand. "I'll, uh, go get the water, and, erm… Sasuke can come with me!" he dragged a protesting Sasuke off into the woods.
Once they were safely away from the gang and next to a river, Itachi stopped and snickered. "Wow Sasuke, nice hair."
After being dragged through numerous shrubs and bushes, Sasuke now had a collection of leaves, twigs, and hedgehogs in his hair.
Itachi pointed to Sasuke's head again. "Is that a hedgehog I see?" Said hedgehog jumped out of Sasuke's hair, before disappearing behind a bush. Itachi sweat-dropped. "Er, right…"
"Why the hell did you drag me out here?"
Itachi whapped him on the forehead. "Language, brother." He was silent for a second, before turning to Sasuke with a look of absolute seriousness on his face. "What is she to you?"
"What are you talking about," Sasuke said coolly.
Itachi glared. "You know what I'm talking about. Now answer, what is she to you?"
Sasuke eyed Itachi. "She's the girl I'm in love with." He stalked off, carrying a flask full of water.
Itachi grinned, looking extremely un-Itachi like. 'Excellent. Now, plan Get-Stupid-Little-Brother-Together-With-Princess, commence!' He gave an evil-sounding laugh, thinking up schemes and plans like only Itachi can.
Sasuke stomped through the bushes, carrying the water.
"Jeez Teme, what crawled up your ass and died?"
Tenten spat out water onto Hinata, who glared lightly at her. She stripped off her jacket, leaving her in only shorts and a light camisole. Deidara, Kisame, and Naruto stared blatantly as she blushed. She stood up and went into her tent.
Naruto pouted. "Come back Hinata-chan! I'll make you some ramen!"
"Ok! Make it beef!"
Sasuke stared. "Where are you gonna get ramen?"
"Here, silly!" Naruto lugged his bag out from the tent.
"NARUTO! DID YOU EVEN PACK ANY CLOTHES?"
"Uh…" he sweat-dropped, "was I supposed too?"
"NARUTO-"
"KYAAAA! SAVE ME FROM SAKURA-CHAN, SOMEBODY HAVE MERCY!"
Ino looked around. Nobody was getting up to save Naruto. Big surprise there, innit? She sighed, and got Hinata some ramen. After using a small fire Jutsu to heat it up, she started walking towards Naruto and Hinata's tent.
"DO I SMELL RAMEN!" Naruto screamed; running back to the campsite with Sakura on his tail. "YEAH! RAMEN FTW!" he shouted, grabbing the cup of ramen Ino made for Hinata and making a dash for the tent.
"FTW?" Sasuke said questioningly.
"For the world, duh," Deidara smirked.
"Get with the times emo-boy!" Ino started laughing at him.
"Hn," he growled, stomping off to find Sakura.
When he got to her, he found her with Itachi.
"Aa?" Why are you here?
"Hn." Same reason you are.
"Tch." Bastard.
"Eh." Well I think you're all emo. Har har har!
Itachi and Sasuke turned to Sakura.
"Aa?" You speak it?
"Hmph." Two of my kids speak it! Of course I do!
Sasuke and Itachi stared at her, then shrugged.
"Hn."
"HOLY MOTHER OF RAMEN! SAKURA CAN SPEAK UCHIHA-NESE!" Tenten shrieked.
"Oooooh," everyone 'oohed' and 'aahed.'
Sasuke stomped off. He could speak it too! And he didn't see no one 'ooh-ing' over him!
"Tch." That's Sasuke for ya!
Then Sakura turned to Deidara.
"Hey, how did your nose get broken before?"
Deidara and Sasori looked at each other.
"Nothing, yeah."
"Deidara had a momentary lapse of control and punched himself in the face-"
"NOT TRUE! UNTRUE I SAY!"
"You just keep telling yourself that."
"Bastard."
Hana sighed. "Ok guys, we're a couple of hours away from Oto. I expect to get there by nightfall."
Sachi saluted. "Sir yes sir!"
Akira nodded solemnly. They were all serious now, since they were now only a few hours away from getting their brothers back.
Well, mostly serious anyways.
"Guys?"
"What."
"Skippy says he's hungry."
"WHAT? How do you know he's hungry?!"
"He talks, silly! Can't you hear him?"
Hana and Akira stared. "Uh, NO!"
"Liars! Look, I'll prove it too ya! Skippy, say hi!"
And then, the cat turned his head, opened him mouth, and…
Meowed.
Hana rolled her eyes. "The cat isn't saying anything!"
Skippy meowed again.
"He says he can only talk to me. You guys aren't cool enough," Sachi grinned.
"NOT FAIR! FRANKEN-KITTY WAS MINE ANYWAYS! HOW COME I DON'T GET TO UNDERSTAND HIM?"
"…Cuz your clan isn't one that has cats as its familiars."
"Tch. Stupid Haruno's and their stupid cat-hearing things."
"What's your name?"
"Uh, ex-cuse me?"
"Are you deaf, or what? I asked what your name is!"
"…My name is Hiro. Hyuuga. Hyuuga Hiro."
"What about you?"
"Haruno Daisuke," he grumbled.
"Yeah, and that teme over there is Haruno Ichiro, and the other teme is Katsuro, last name unknown!"
"…Last name unknown?"
Katsuro glared. "What's it to ya?"
"Hey, since we told you our names, what's yours?"
"I… I don't have a name," the boy's voice cracked slightly at the end of the sentence.
"Well, what about your family?"
"Orochimaru-sama took me in when I was a baby. I don't remember my family, I grew up here," he lied. Well, half lied. But it's not like he would tell the prisoners that. He still got the occasional dream of a faceless, nameless laughing blonde and a small, dark haired girl. But when he asked Orochimaru, he refused to tell him anything. So he learned to ignore it.
"Oh… You don't have a family?"
Sadly, the nameless boy shook his head. Suddenly, he heard footsteps. "Listen, you guys need to make it sound like I'm torturing you. I bet that's Kabuto, he's probably checking to see how I'm doing with you guys."
All the guys looked at each other, and since they didn't exactly like the dorky medic-nin, they all began shouting half-hearted shouts.
"Make it sound more real!" The Nameless One hissed.
"Ahhh," Daisuke droned.
"Ow, my spleen," Hiro deadpanned.
Just then, Orochimaru came into the room. "Oh boys, there's someone here to see you."
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Sorry if it was dull, or bad, or dumb, or stuff. I'm having writers block. I planned out everything in the last chapter, but have no idea how I'm supposed to write up till then. Bear with me please!
Thanks to Deyanira-chan and StreetRacerSakura for reviewing chapter twelve.
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