Hey guys, guess by the fact that I am posting this chapter, you know that I am back now. Well I want to state one thing...
There is a poll up on my profile for what you guys want for the Saturday Special (Which is on July 21st) Every month I will be doing a poll just like that for every Special Saturday.
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"Alright, do you have everything ready now?" Akuma nodded as she pulled a backpack onto her back. "Then let us head out to the train station now." I said, pulling my backpack onto my back before grabbing the suitcase filled with some more of our belongings.
"The train that we want departs in an hour… it is about a 30 minute walk to the station. It is going to be a long trip so if you want, you can grab us food while I validate our tickets at the booth." She nodded to me, bending down to the floor, then pulled down her jacket for Foxy to jump in.
I felt something pulling on my leg, causing me to see Kurama peering at me before gazing towards Akuma. I sighed, doing what Akuma had just done. Kurama immediately jumped into my jacket and curled up, knowing that he wouldn't fall out from my jacket due to the elastic on the bottom of the jacket.
"Now let us set out." We walked out of the apartment, locking it up, before walking to the train station. We took the 'longer' route to avoid the huge crowd of people that were doing last minute Christmas shopping.
After reaching the station, Akuma immediately went off to find a market to purchase food from. When I saw her leave hearing range, I walked up to the ticket booth.
"May I help you?" I nodded, walking up to the booth. "Yes I would like to make sure these tickets are validated." I slid the tickets under the glass window, where the man grabbed it.
"Can I see some ID?" The man asked. I nodded; pulling out my wallet then slid my ID under the glass. He grabbed onto it then began typing onto the computer.
"Who are these tickets registered under, sir?" He asked, peering up at me.
"It should be registered under with Uchiha Sasuke or Uchiha Itachi." I said. The man glanced at his screen before leaning back.
"It seems that Uchiha Itachi switched his ticket for an earlier train so only two of the tickets are valid. Would you like me to redeem the ticket?" I sighed before nodding.
The man nodded, leaning forward before typing away again. "Alright… I can give you ¥1353 for the trouble Uchiha-sama." He turned away, facing the register as he grabbed out the money.
He counted my refund then proceeded to my currently valid tickets. "Alright now, these two tickets are valid. The train to Uzushiogakure will arrive in 24 minutes. Since you are taking the speed rail, your train should arrive at Uzushiogakure in 5 hours." I nodded as the man slid out my money and tickets to me.
"If you miss your train, I cannot refund you for your tickets." I nodded again before reaching over for a map. The man smiled at me before motioning for the next person to step up.
I pocketed the money then strolled over to where Akuma was. "Our tickets are valid so we are all set. Let's head up to where our train will arrive so we don't miss it." She nodded, holding onto the bags as she walked beside me.
"I'm not sure if these trains are still animal friendly, so just in case… Foxy and Kurama need to stay hidden within our jackets." She nodded, followed by Foxy who immediately ducked down.
"So what did you grab us to eat?" I asked, grabbing onto Akuma's hand that held one of the bags. I smiled over to her as a faint blush formed on her face as I pulled her closer to me.
"Well uh… err… I grabbed some onigiri… some drinks… bah! Does it matter? Food is food!" She said, waving her arms around.
"Dobe…" I smiled at her as she glared at me. I used the chance to pull her closer to me before wrapping my arm around her waist.
"I got you cupcakes." I blinked before staring at Akuma. "Oh hell no." I said as she smirked. "Oh hell yes." She replied.
"Then I should warn you that I forgot to pack your sleepwear. Plus your bras… and underwear… I even forgot to pack the bandages… well damn, right? Sucks because where we are going doesn't have any open markets nearby."
I glanced down to Akuma to see her staring up at me in horror. "Did I mention that Itachi plans to get drunk and belly dance?"
The look that was present on Akuma's face was priceless. Hopefully I don't mention this to Itachi, or he will belly dance me into the ground…
After a thousand attempts of trying to help Akuma stomach her food, the train had finally arrived. We boarded quickly. We had to board quickly or else the train would have left immediately. That was the one thing I hated about trains… you HAD to be fast to board a train, with so little space to enter in said trains.
I glanced over to Akuma as she stared out the window. Akuma didn't know where we were going, and she wasn't asking either. That did seem normal for her when she wanted the stuff to be a surprise, since she never really had the Christmas experience.
She believes that we were heading to one of our family homes for Christmas break. However, we were not. From the start, Itachi and myself had planned to head to Uzushiogakure during the winter. It is the place where Akuma's mother was born and raised before she was moved to Konohagakure.
Maybe we were horrible for choosing to go there, but we also figured that Akuma would love it there. There was a lot of history to the place, seeing as many years ago, before Akuma was born, the village there was wiped clean of its people.
No one really knows the full story of what happened to the place, but it became a ghost town. No one lived there, nor visited there. There is, apparently, some people who used to live there that hide in fear. This had caused many questions to arise, but the events that took place were never revealed in the end since all of the people that lived there just disappeared.
Akuma glanced up to me then smiled. This was her first time on a train, so I wanted it to count. I gave her the seat next to the window for her to peer out as we went by places.
"Snow is so beautiful… I hope there will be plenty of snow!" She said, her smile even brighter than before.
I liked the snow too, but I never really told anyone that. The only thing, though, was I wasn't even sure if Uzushiogakure received snow like Konohagakure did. It wouldn't be odd if the place didn't have snow, since this place was on a small island off the coast.
"Maybe it will have good, fluffy, snow." I said, putting my arm over her shoulders. She leaned her head against my shoulder as she peered out the window.
"Hey Akuma?" She nodded, saying a simple 'Hm?'
"Did you remember to go to the bathroom before we left?" I asked.
"Shit…"
-AN-
Mmm what a thing to forget...
So I was actually asked a good question(Granted not on this story, but on NHS, but I figure I can answer it on every story until NHS is updated again since the user was on anon, preventing me from being able to respond to their review)
Let me quote their comment. "Hello I would like to ask a question? Why is that fem naru fanfiction writers choose her to be coupled with Sasuke like so often. I was hoping as a writer of one of the longest such fics you could provide some insight as to why this often occurs. I understand that you can probably only speak as to why you personaly did it but that might be the insight I need as to find the answer. Thank you for your time."
My Answer: Well you see, a lot of people have preferences towards that couple. Mainly due to the fact on how the two act towards each other compared to how Naruto acts with let's say, Kiba, Gaara, Shikamaru etc etc etc. Naruto was getting stronger FOR Sasuke, to bring him back home. Naruto and Sasuke have kissed 2-3 times(Believe it is 2 times) and the first kiss is referenced when Kyuubi and Naruto get along(Finally.) Naruto treats Gaara as a close friend, like family. Naruto wasn't around most of the other characters for long, like he was with Sasuke. Naruto has a "Bring Sasuke Home" obsession. But that isn't all though. It seems more hinted towards Sasuke and Naruto than anything else... I will silently point to one of the Shippuden endings with the whole "Sasuke x Naruto" picture, in which Yes, Kishimoto DOES know that can reference a pairing. He has surprisingly been supportive of such a pairing, mentioning something about a "Love circle" if I am correct.
But you see, for the main majority of people... they just like those two characters together. Some people may be like "No! Sasuke doesn't belong with Naruto! He is too much of a emoatic prick! He is never there for Naruto... now Gaara..." And yes I have had people say this to me haha. This is how I see it in a real world sense: Sasuke went to go pursue a career that would definitely throw him into jail if he continued on with it. Naruto wants to save him; so he continues to hunt down Sasuke. Loosing Sasuke slowly eats away at Naruto, which causes him to become obsessed with finding and saving Sasuke, even if it costs him his life. (And before anyone fights me, Naruto IS in fact obsessed with finding Sasuke... If you mention Sasuke's name, Naruto suddenly bounces back...)
For me, I saw this pairing to be possible when Sasuke treated Naruto differently from the others. You don't see Sasuke wasting his breath on Kiba, Shikamaru, Chouji, or any other male on the rookie team. Along with that, Sasuke doesn't like the girls that he grew up with. Back then, boys(or girls) would pick on the person that they actually like. Well... now that is considered Bullying... because kids these days DON'T get disciplined by their parents...
-Ja ne