Title: Cycling through Time
Rating: M
Warning: Yaoi (BoyXBoy), SasuNaru
Note(s): I hope that you are all loving the story, but I am going to assume that if you are still reading it you must like it somewhat. If you do like it please review. Thanks for reading.
Summary: Naruto is one of nine royal demons but they are not all back on earth yet. So he lives his life and watches his friends grow old and die. Then he has to wait for them to be reborn and the cycle to start again. 'Denotes flashbacks and inner thoughts' "Denotes speech"
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of its characters.
Beta: uchihasasukekun07
Chapter 13: Bonds and a vacation
-Naruto's POV-
When I woke up I sensed that Gaara had been in my room. Sitting up I realized that Sasuke was already awake.
"Morning Sasuke, how are you?" I asked.
"Not too bad but it seems that someone has been in your room. Do you sense it?" he asked.
"Yes it was Gaara, he probably wanted to tell me that we were home, I am surprised that he didn't wake me up." I said getting out of bed.
"I asked him to let you sleep, well I also talked to Lady Tsunade and Neji as well. They wanted to tell you job well done. Gaara has found a place where he could build the house. It already has a main square room. One floor, it seems that most of the house will still be under the ground."
"That sounds like Gaara but it will make it easier, seeing as we can make it bigger than we can if we had to make it above ground." I said.
"True, Sakura is already up and I sent her to her house to see her parents, I would expect trouble Naruto, he has a fan club they will oppose you." Kakashi said nodding.
"They are a bother, nothing more." Sasuke said moving towards the exit to the room.
I watched as he left, it didn't take long before I followed after him. I walked into the main room that Gaara had created, it was nice. Simple, but nice. It was as Kakashi said, a square room. Nothing more but you could see a few slight doors apparently he had missed them. He would see them later. Walking out of the house I sought out Gaara, we had some stuff we needed to talk about. I wanted to know if he was still going to Kiri in the Water country. It was a village we had lived in, in the last cycle. It was one of the villages we had lived with our mates. It was three years before we had moved to Konaha and I allowed myself to be sealed.
As I walked through the village I realized that I was getting quite a few looks. So I tried to ignore it and when I was alone I checked to see if my tails were out. A few minutes later I was next to Gaara. He had a box in front of him and he seemed to be occupied because he had yet to notice me.
"Hello, what is that?" I asked.
"It is our clothes from the party, what we wore to the ceremony. I have been going, they were asking where you were, until they stopped a few years ago." he said standing up opening the box.
"We are going right?"
"Yes the ceremony will be in a few weeks, if you want to go."
"Yes I want to go, then we should talk to the Hokage and request some time off."
"Okay, let's go." I said jumping up and vanishing.
I appeared in the Hokage's tower causing Tsunade to look up, Gaara appeared next to me.
"Is Tsunade in?" I asked.
"No, she is out finishing her time off at the hot spring." she said but before she finished Gaara had grabbed my hand and we were gone again, re-appearing in the hot springs main room.
"I assume that Lady Tsunade is in the same room as she was before?" Gaara said. The girl just nodding.
I followed Gaara down the hall to a room where he knocked. Opening the door, I followed in after Gaara. Tsunade was in the hot tube looking like she just wanted to be left alone. It was a nice room, there were some trimmed trees and some flowers. I sat down on the edge of the pool and took my shoes off. Dipping my feet in I looked at Gaara.
"We want to have a few weeks of vacation."
"For what...Oh is it that time of year again?"
"Yes, however this time Naruto will be going with me."
"Okay, I'll see you when you get back." she said in a tone that said leave.
-Sasuke's POV-
When I woke up I noticed that Naruto was still asleep. His blond hair was splayed behind him, with some of it framing his face then trailing down the front of the body. I had to admit there could be worse looking people to be bonded to, if he was telling the truth. I had no reason to not believe him, his frame was slim but I knew that he held power. It was nice to think that he was telling me the truth, to know that I had someone to love me on matter what. As I watched him sleep I realized I didn't want him to get hurt. It was weird. I had not cared about anyone in a long time, not since my brother had killed our family, which now Naruto is trying to say was not Itachi's fault. It wasn't long before I realized that someone had been in the room. Looking around I realized that the person was not longer there, so I sat on my bed. It wasn't long before Naruto woke up. We talked for a little bit before I headed off, I wanted to talk to Kakashi alone but I also didn't want to leave Naruto yet, especially after what Sakura had said last night. Naruto however didn't give me long to think about it because he left faster than I did leaving me in the house with Kakashi.
"You want to talk to me?" Kakashi said leading me into the sitting room in the den of what had become like a home to me over the mission.
"Yes I want to know more about my past."
"Really, what do you want to know?"
"A few things but I had a dream about a party from a long time ago during the last cycle. I had a talk with Kyuubi and I have been having more dreams about the past and I feel that if I go to these places I will remember more about them."
"The party...if it is the one I am thinking of, it is in the Water country, in a village called Kiri. You can start there, you can message me and I will try to send you something with more places on your trip. I might also be able to get some out of either Naruto or Gaara if I ask right and they will not even know that you are asking." he said.
"Thank you." I said standing.
"You're changing too, not just Naruto, I remember a time when you wouldn't say thank you to save your life." he chuckled.
"That is one way to look at it." I said walking out of the house. I now needed to find Tsunade so that I could ask her for a while off.
Walking out of the house I jumped up onto the rooftops and made my way to the Hokage's tower. It was a little bit of a trip. Walking into the main reception room I saw Shizune sitting behind the desk.
"Hello Sasuke, how are you today?" she asked me.
"Not too bad, is Tsunade in?"
"No I'm sorry but she is out right now."
"Where could I find her?"
"I'm sorry, but I cannot give you that information. She is out of the office and you are not on official business right now. I am sorry Sasuke-san but if you want to wait you can."she said pointing to a chair.
Frowning I went to sit down in the chair, this was annoying and a waste of time.
-Naruto's POV-
Gaara and I left the hot springs and headed towards the Hokage faces. There was a hidden door that Gaara made. It was protected so no-one knew that it was there. It would open to reveal all of our clothes and possessions from the last cycle. As I walked in I could clearly see which set of stuff was mine, it was on the right like normal. Gaara seemed to like the left side of a room. Granted he would deny it but I really didn't care it made it easy to find my stuff. I was going to need a few different outfits if I was going to travel. As I unpacked and set up a closet for my stuff I realized that there were some newer clothes in here too.
"Gaara why are there newer clothes in here?" I asked.
"Well as time passed I noticed some clothes that reminded me of you and so I bought them and saved them, I figured you might like them and it was kind of cool to watch the fashions change as well. Have you noticed something though?"
"What?"
"Look at all of your old clothes."
"What about them?" I asked as I glanced through them.
"While you were asleep you seemed to have changed what you like. You used to wear more revealing clothing than you do now, I have yet to see you in public without that hideous orange thing on."
"Well it isn't my favorite but they were always staring at me, you know how I hate being stared at." I said.
"Yes I do, I could pound them into a pulp, would that help?" he asked smiling.
"No, we cannot do that, it would upset Neji." I said. "Oh yeah! Has anything happened with you two yet?" I asked grabbing a set of clothing, along with the accessories I would need. Gaara was watching me for a second before he answered.
"A little and are you really going to wear that? It was meant as a joke." he said as I moved a wall to cover me.
"I know, but I want to see if he can remember it." I said.
-Sasuke's POV-
I sat in the office waiting for the Hokage to enter, when I noticed Gaara walking in with a girl. She was dressed in a foreign dress, it was a deep blue and really brought out her eyes. Her long blond hair was brought part way up in a bun that was held by a couple of metal chopsticks with black engravings, but I couldn't read them from here. The dress was kind of long, it didn't really have a back and there was a slit up most of the side of the dress, it ended just below the hip. Once I got a better look I realized that it wasn't only one color, it also had a slightly darker blue in it as well. It was an embroidered dragon. It took another minute to remember that I had seen this dress before. The girl turned and I was surprised, it wasn't a girl it was Naruto. Standing up I walked over to him.
"What are you doing dressed like that!" I asked.
"What? Do I look that bad?" he asked a little deflated.
"No! You look good, I was just wondering why you are dressed this way?"
"Told you he wouldn't remember." Gaara said.
"Remember what?"
"It was a gift, granted you meant it as a joke but it was one of the last gifts you gave me before dying. I treasured every gift you gave me, I still have them all." he said turning. "Gaara and I will be out of town for a few days, try and not miss me." he said before he was gone, Gaara just shook his head and he vanished as well leaving me alone to my thoughts.
"What are you doing here, Uchiha?" Tsunade asked causing me to look up.
"I wanted to see if I could get some time off, I need to look into something from my past."
"Okay, are you going with Naruto and Gaara?"
"No, why?"
"Well they just came in themselves to get some time off for something. Gaara comes in every year about this time. Say isn't it your birthday soon?"
"Yes Hokage-sama," I said, "in about three weeks."
"Okay, I'll see you when you get back, have two months off okay?" she said with a smile.
-Three weeks later eve of the 23rdof July-
I looked out the window of the boat I was riding on. It had been a long trip. I could finally see the end, I could see Water country. It would only take about half of the day to get to Kiri from the port where I would be docking. I would have to push myself but it should be manageable. Quickly I disembarked from the ship and set off.
The sun was starting to set in the sky when I walked into the village. I felt like I had walked in on the biggest party that I had ever seen. The fairs back in Konaha had never been this festive and Konaha was a larger place. There didn't seem to be any place that was not decorated in some way or another. One of the villagers saw me and made he way towards me.
"Hello stranger, what brings you to our town?"
"I am trying to find out about my past."
"Well it is always best to start at the beginning, so how can we help you?"
"I was told that I could find out information about my past here, what are you guys celebrating?"
"Tomorrow is the twenty-third of July and it is a day we celebrate to honor two demons who used to live here, they saved this whole island."
"Oh, I see."
"I guess you could take a look in the old archives they should be able to help you, follow me." he said turning and walking away.
I followed him through the town.
"Here it is." he said pointing to a large door.
With a quick thank you I walked into the building. After talking to the librarian, I soon found what I would need. It was just a few scrolls, there had been a fire about a hundred years ago and it burned most of them, they were lucky because the demon of sand put the fire out when he came for the celebration.
Opening the scroll I read the story;
I watched as the demon of fire walked through the village. He was dragging his mate along. It was his mates birthday and he had set up a huge party and invited us all. The place where the party was to be held was magnificent. A large clearing about thirty feet into the woods with beautifully crafted designs dug into the ground. There were vines clinging to every tree in the clearing.
This was set up to be the biggest party in the whole village because it was said that the demons and their mates would be leaving for another town soon. We had begged them not to leave but they said that they had to. They were looking for others of their kind.
The next part was singed and unreadable, so I pulled out the next one.
It had been about three years and we had heard nothing from the demons, we held a party every year on the birthday of the mate to the demon of fire. But then the demon of sand walked into our village, he seated himself in the middle of the clearing and would growl if any of us got too close. Every year after he came and allowed no-one near the clearing as he sat in it. His mate was nowhere to be seen.
Once again the rest of the scroll was burned and unreadable. I went to grab the other one.
"Excuse me sir?" the voice of the librarian broke through my concentration.
"Yes?"
"The library is closing, so I must ask you to leave." she said while ushering me out the door, she didn't even let me put the scrolls away.
"I figured they would kick you out." a voice said. I turned to see the man from before. "Come on we'll get you set up in a hotel and you can join in the ceremony tomorrow and maybe it will answer some of your questions."
I followed as he walked off. I knew one thing tomorrow was going to be a long day.