Ah... it's that time of the month... Damn.
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Naomi is making Naruto's bed when Sasuke comes in. "Excuse me but do you know where Naruto is?" He asks her. Naomi points to the window. "He's out in the garden."
Naruto has a bright smile on his face as he walks around the massive garden. "The pinks and purples of the Camellia's and the Hyacinth blend beautifully together..." He says to himself. "They should have put the Aloe around the Agave's, though... I wonder what type of cactus that is."
He reaches a pathway that leads into the rosebush maze surrounding the mansion. Naruto follows it.
The roses are all red. Naruto reaches out and lightly touches a thorn. He presses too hard and it pokes him, breaking the skin. His eyebrows furrow as he sucks on his finger. He continues to walk, looking down at the gravel pathway. "I wonder who was here when they watched them grow..." He reaches an open area, with three different pathways to choose from. Naruto, instead of choosing, sits on the bench in the middle.
He decides to think.
He needs to go back to school, contact Iruka, and contact his friends. Do they even know he's here? Do they know that he now lives in a giant, expensive mansion? When he gets back he'll call them... He hasn't been to a Bible reading in forever. He's probably real behind in school work too. Also, there's the play. It's been about three weeks or so since he broke it. A thought occurs to Naruto and he looks down.
What he sees chills him to the bone.
His ankle is fine. Fixed. Not broken at all.
Heart beating, Naruto stands and lightly leans to his right. Nothing.
No pain at all.
"Hn. Finally."
Naruto snaps his eyes open. A white, sort of grimy ceiling. He feels sweat roll down his temples. He blinks and then looks around.
He's in his small, tight packed room again. He furrows his brows and grabs his head, that's pounding. "W-what?" He asks out loud, totally confused. He looks around again and finds Sasuke sitting on the side of his bed.
His eyes are red with three tomoe spinning slowly around his pupil.
"What... what's going on?" Naruto asks again. Sasuke has a disappointed look on his face. "That, was Genjutsu." The red in his eyes fades in a flash. "Yes... Genjutsu is definantly your weak point."
I stare at Sasuke in bewilderment. "You mean... none of that was real?" He shakes his head, eyes locked on me. A surge of anger consumes me. "So you just let me believe it was?!" Sasuke simply rolls his eyes at me.
"Naruto, there are going to be times where I might be caught up in something. There are going to be times where you might have to fight. It might be Taijutsu. It might be Ninjutsu. It might be Juijutsu. It might be Genjutsu. So far, you haven't had much training with any of them. In fact, you haven't had any training with any of the four at all. Since you have a broken ankle, you can't use Ninjutsu, Taijutsu or Juijutsu yet. So my only option, for now, was Genjutsu.
That's your weak point, I can already tell."
I grip the sheets tightly, my knuckles start to turn white. "... This sucks..." I whisper. "I can't believe you did that... You took everything away." Sasuke shrugs carelessly and stands. "I'll leave you alone now. But tomorrow we're going it again. Oh, before you go to sleep Karin is going to heal you." I watch him leave quietly. When the door shuts, I do something I've never done before.
I cuss.
"Fuck!"
I fall back onto the sheets, my hand covering my mouth. A strange feeling rushes through me. I recognize it.
Excitement.
"You can go in now." I tell Karin, walking into the packed living room. She grimaces. "But Sasuke-kun! I'm only for you!" I sit on the couch and push Suigetsu's feet off. "Naruto doesn't want shoes on the furniture." I tell him.
Karin, not liking being ignored, stomps out of the room.
Karin opens the door quietly, peaking in. Naruto lays on the bed, a strange looking grin on his face. "Um... Naruto..." He looks up and waves her in, the grin still there. She closes the door and walks over to sit on the bed.
"What i'm going to do is hold out my arm. You'll bite it and suck in my chalkra. Do you understand?" The grin is wiped off of his face. "I'm gonna do what now?" Karin curses under her breath. "Sasuke hasn't explained chalkra to you yet, huh?" Naruto shakes his head. Karin sticks out her arm. "Whatever! Just bite it and suck! I'm sure Sasuke will tell you later..." Naruto is hesitant, but does as he's told.
Karin bites her lip to keep from crying out in pleasure.
Thirty seconds go by and she pulls away. Naruto looks at her, confused. "Hm? Are we done?" he asks. She nods and suddenly grabs his ankle and starts shaking it. Naruto tenses, expecting pain, but... nothing happens. "Woah... what the..." He looks up at her. "What'd you do?" Naruto notices his head ache is gone as well.
Karin is already at the door. "Ask Sasuke."
When Naruto wakes it's around midnight. For some reason he doesn't feel groggy. He stands and walks into his living room. A pang of hurt stabs at his heart when he thinks about that mansion.
It had all seemed so real.
When he enters the living room the first thing he notices is that everyone's awake. "Don't you guys ever sleep?" he asks. Suigetsu smiles. "Naruto-chan! Was Sasuke mean to you!" Naruto gives Sasuke a look before leaving them to make some ramen. "Yes..." he murmurs to himself.
Naruto presses the four button and leans back on the counter, watching the seconds go by. He doesn't notice Sasuke walking in. "... Naruto..." Naruto doesn't even look at him. Sasuke clears his throat and switches his weight from his left to his right. "... Sorry." Naruto doesn't say anything. Sasuke holds in a sigh. "Are you mad?" Naruto crosses his arms. "I'm not mad." Sasuke looks him over. "You seemed mad-," "Well i'm not!" A few more awkward seconds and the microwave beeps. Naruto gently takes out the cup. He chooses to eat on the counter, setting the cup down and jumping up. "In fact...," he murmurs, peeling off the paper lid. "I'm actually kind of happy..."
Sasuke raises a brow at that. "What?" Naruto bites the fork, a smile working around it. "I... cussed..." A giggle escapes him. Sasuke watches quietly, amused by this other side of Naruto. This new Naruto.
... The old Naruto.
"Oh?" he asks. Naruto laughs, the sound echoing around the room. "I've never done that before! It was exhilarating! I mean... Ha ha haa!"
Sasuke feels a smile twitch onto his face. "... You have a nice laugh." he comments. Naruto chuckles and bites on the fork again. His head hangs back lazily and he stares at Sasuke, his free arm supporting him, his eyes half-mast. "I feel like... like i've met you before..." he whispers. Something flickers in Sasuke's eyes. "You do?" Naruto nods. "Yeah... Like... Something like, we were best friends or..." Naruto frowns and rubs his head. "Ow..."
Sasuke walks over and helps Naruto off of the counter. He leads him out of the kitchen and through the living room, to Naruto's bedroom. Sasuke ignores Sai's stare.
Naruto flops onto the bed, his head once again starting to hurt. Sasuke says "Go to sleep." Naruto pulls the covers up to his chin and murmurs groggily: "You aren't going to put me under Genjutsu again, are you?" Sasuke shakes his head. "We can work on that later." Naruto nods and closes his eyes.
Sasuke watches him for a few seconds before turning to leave. He's prevented by a tug on his sleeve. "Wait... stay here..." Naruto's voice is barely a whisper. Sasuke sits in the chair beside the bed, and watches as Naruto's breathing evens out.
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Yeah I know it's short again, but I just feel like delivering a lot today. :3 Ha ha! Mind-fuck! How many of you caught on that it was Genjutsu? Or more like, when did you catch on? Review please!