Kaira-chan: Wee ^_^ Quick update!! You all have drama to thank for that, since I was writing this while I was offstage ^-^ But... alas...
Naruto: Probably another short chapter, though it is longer then the last.
Kaira-chan: I blame the notebook. Since I've been hand writing it lately, I have no idea how long it will end up once I type it up...
Yami Kaira: Yeah . Stupid girl. So anyways, this was only about 7 written pages, give or take one or two, while the last one was only 5 written pages.
Kaira-chan: Hope you enjoy!
Naruto: And Kaira-chan doesn't own Naruto.
b Kaira-chan: Oh yeah, I don't usually request my other fics in my own fics. I actually have a couple ((not completely sure)) other Naruto fics that I haven't so much as mentioned thus far, but, on this long weekend, I'll be writing a one shot called "Forgotten" it's a Remembrance day fic, and I really hope that some of you read it, if not all of you ^_^;; /b
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Round and round and round.
Naruto watched his clothes being tossed around in the drying, fighting off the sleep that threatened to consume him.
To him, personally, Naruto found having to watch his clothes being washed and dried one of the most boring things he could do. That was one of the reasons that on that particular day, he had forked over the extra money to rent out three washers, and three dryiers. Right now, his whites, colours and dark's were all being dried. He looked at the timer. Only ten minutes left. Then he could go home and torment Sasuke. Another reason he wanted to go home. He didn't exactly trust Sasuke there alone.
But, for now, he had to watch his laundry go round and round and round...
"Naruto?" He heard a voice from the entrance. "What are you doing here?"
He turned to see Sakura standing in the doorway.
"Washing my clothes," Naruto answered, jerking his thumb towards the dryers.
"Obviously," Sakura sighed, rolling her eyes. "Why weren't you at training?" she asked, putting her basket of clothes on the ground and searching through them, tossing the white ones in the machine.
"Just have a lot on my mind," Naruto answered.
"Mind?" Sakura asked, sounding skeptic, "that must be a new concept for you."
"Oh shut up."
Sakura giggled, and stuck out her tongue. Naruto grinned back at her.
"Are you going to come to training tomorrow?" Sakura asked.
Naruto sighed, and didn't answer her for a few moments. "I think -" He started, but was cut off when all three of his dryers buzzed. "Well, I'm going to go," he said, gathering all of his clothes in a bucket.
Just as Sakura opened her mouth to say something, he said; "I love how warm these are when they come outta the dryer," and disappeared out the door.
Sakura sighed, and ran her hand through her short pink hair. "I hope Sasuke gets through to you," she sighed, "or at least finds out what's going on."
Then, she left the laundry mat, her whites safe, unattended in the wash.
Sasuke attempted to not trip, but failed horribly. The only reason he didn't call flat on his face was because he quickly brought up his forearms to break his fall.
He glared at the empty, instant ramen contained wedged on the tip of his foot. He ripped it off savagely, and threw it across the room. It his the wall and fell to the floor loudly.
He stood up again, and brushed himself off. He was slightly tankful that this was a mission where stealth wasn't terribly important. And then, he was glad that there weren't more missions that had a landscape like this one. No one could be stealthy in a war-zone like this.
He began his trek again, and jumped on the counter, ignoring the half empty ramen cup that clattered to the ground, and spilt its contents messily.
He opened a cupboard, only to be greeted with an endless supply of ramen. Pork, beef, shrimp. Sasuke didn't think he'd ever seen so much ramen in his entire life, not even in the super market.
But, despite the abnormally large supply of ramen, which he had moved and shifted aside, he found nothing else strange.
Maybe Naruto wanted him out of it as a safety precaution.
That's what Sasuke was thinking as he jumped off the counter, and nearly slipped on an old, empty milk carton.
The corner of the silvery sink caught his attention as he turned to leave.
He worked his way over to the sink. As he stood in front of it, he checked his watch, to see how he was for time. He sighed. He still had plenty of time, Naruto was just finishing his first out of three loads.
He turned back to the once silvery sink, noting how rusted it looked.
Sinks couldn't rust, could they?
He ran his thumbnail along it, noting with faint interest how the rust flaked off underneath it. He ran it between his thumb and index finger, observing the texture. He sniffed it, then licked a bit off of his thumb.
The rusty, coppery taste was awfully strong.
Though, there was the chance that it was rust, it was slim to none. Blood.
Moving aside the bowls and glasses that overflowed the sink, she saw something that made his breath catch in his throat.
Little rivulets of dried blood flowed to the center of the sink, disappearing down the drain. Also littering the sink, were tiny droplets of blood, not quite big or heavy enough to join the other rivulets.
Sasuke closed his eyes, and rubbed the bridge of his nose.
Questions ran through Sasuke's ming. What was Naruto doing? Was it his own blood? Someone else's? Was he a sadist or a masochist? Was it even human blood?
He didn't have answers to any of these questions. He was going to find answers soon. He wouldn't leave until he did.
Jumping onto the counter again, he opened the cupboard above the sink.
Again, nothing. He couldn't believe that someone who hid his money under his mattress, someone who could be as noisy and annoying as Naruto, could be so secretive, and hide them so well. So secretive, yet no one knew he held any. At least people knew Saskue was hiding something.
Sasuke nearly felt sorry for Naruto. Here he was, holding so much inside, with no one true friend. Just teammates. He had lived alone his whole life, not having one person to love, not having one person loving him. He raised himself, not one friend his whole life, yet he could still smile carefree, still be as obnoxiously cheerful as he was. For a moment, Sasuke wished he could do that. Wished he could be that happy. Wished he could be that strong. But only for a moment. He only had one moment before he found the bloodied kunai in the drawer under the sink.
Only one moment before he found a much cleaner kunai at his throat.
"I thought I told you to stay out of the kitchen."
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Kaira-chan: Oooo, yet another cliffy!!
Naruto: *Blinks* wee ^_^ I'm going to kill Sasuke....
Kaira-chan: *Opens mouth to say something* ^-^;; hehe, wouldn't want to ruin the answer to that for the other readers.
Dark Kaira: Moron . I'm surprised you even HAVE this many readers/reviewers...
Kaira-chan: ^-^;; heheheh.... Naruto?
Naruto: Oh yeah. Please review, and PLEASE read Kaira-chan's fic "Forgotten" when it comes out, which will be within the next week.
~~~~~~~~~REVIEW REPLIES~~~~~~~~~
The Ghost of Jonouchi:
Yep ^_^ now I do!!
Aishiteru Duo:
*Blinks*
Aishteru Duo: **To review on ch. 4**
Ooooo okay ^_^ That it does ^-^ Isn't it grand?? *Grins widely*
Chibi0Dragon:
Lol ^_^ I'm glad you like it! ^-^ Lol, that seems to be everyone's problem ^_^;;; If you really want to see a short chapter, read the first few chapters of my story "it's all my damned hikari's fault." Hell, if you don't like Yu-Gi-Oh, you don't even have to read it, just... look at it O_o....
Pinky-cat:
You shall see ^-^;; heheheeh. Nope, in a not so mysterious way, the kitchen is the most messy room in the house ^_^;; hehehe... I'm kinda an unpredictable authoress... Actually, before I even started writing this, I knew pretty much what the last thing Sasuke had to find. But first I needed a reason why he would be snooping in Naruto's house, and then somewhere to put said objects ((The bloodied kunai)) so... yeah, I pretty much always knew what was in the kitchen ^_^
yxz:
Yay ^_^ you liked the letter =P Yay ^_^ I'm going good!!! ((As a friend of mine once said, I'm a compulsive "yay-sayer".
Dameus:
yay ^_^ I'm glad you liked the more description ^_^ *Blinks* I don't overly mind if you rip off a Sasuke's plushie head... as long as it's not Naruto *Glompage* Though Sasuke is a very cool character ^_^
Tamashii:
Lol, I hope this was a little bit longer ^-^;; besides, if I really wanted to, I could say the same about your review ^-~ lol. J/p I won't.
monkfish:
Lol ^-^ That he does, that he does ^-^
Bishihuggler:
Lol XD yep, he does ^_^ Well, I figured this. If the Fourth knew he was going to die that day, and he knew that Naruto's life would pretty much be ruined on that day, Naruto was born, they took the picture and then they sealed him. ^-^;; that's my thinking anyways...
Iceheart19:
Yes, that it was =P Lucky for you though, there wasn't much of a wait ^_^ Fun!!! Acutally, I don't think Sasuke knew that that was the fourth in the Photo. I know that he has his head carved in stone, but really, how accurate can a stone monument be?
Beta 4 hire:
Yay ^_^ I hope I updated soon enough. **Eyes the name**... will you beta for me?? You don't even have to pick an entire fandom, just pick one fic, or what have you ^-^;; heheheh....
Carrot stix:
Yes, a cliffy ^-^ Weee!! Lol, lucky though, I updated this rather quickly...
Foxgrl:
You shall see, although you've already seen half of it ^_^ Yeah, I probably would've put my room off limits, though most likely not. I'm not a very "This room is off limits" type of person, though I would have to put my parents rooms off limits, or else they would kill me... Nope, Naruto has no idea about the letter ^_^ Though I have the feeling he will soon!! ^_^
:
I hope I updated soon enough.
Anime Freak/Kichigai Ojousan:
Yes, that he is, but do you have any idea how hard it is to keep in IC in a fic like this?? I HATE HIS CHARACTER . It's one of the hardest types of personality to keep IC... yay ^_^ I'm glad you like my Sasuke better though =P
Sonha:
You just saw ^-^ *Points above* and you just saw again ^-^
Sayuki:
Yay ^_^ I'm glad you like this fic! You just saw ^_^ lol, I think he is, but he doesn't want to jump to conclusions/believe what he's seeing ^-^;; heheehe.... one of the worst things a spy/ninja can do is jump to conclusions about the enemy...erm... spied on person...
:D:
That he is ^_^
goth with a glave:
Lol ^_^ Awww, that sucks . Well, I know some people who have fics up and they only update once every... hardly ever ((I might seem like that if this is the only one of my fics your read, which I'm pretty sure it isn't ^_^;;)) Awww, poor you u.u it's on cable and satellite?? And here I've been renting it from my local anime store . *Shrugs* oh well..
SedaiDragon:
**Blinks** well... uh... maybe they don't have pictures in history... besides, he doesn't want to believe that the Fourth Hokage had anything to do with Naruto so... yeah O_o... apparently I'm making Sasuke stupid u.u damn... *Idea* Maybe he REALLY didn't like history, and just copied from the person beside him to get a good mark in it....
Nikkler:
I hope I updated soon enough ^_^ I'm glad you're glad!!
Sawdust monster:
yay ^_^ something to look forward too.
new dragon18:
*blinks* you wanna sue me for everything I have?? *Hands over $5 canadain* there you go ^_^;; Well... he might not beat everyone up... only a select few =P ^-^;;
Dark Nemesis 7:
Nope ^_^ Naruto doesn't strike me as a drunk...
Red Rose:
That I shall do.
Anku:
Yes I have ^_^ lol, yeah, maybe he doesn't want Sasuke to eat all his ramen, though he might encourage Sasuke to drink the milk *Blinks*
So many reveiws @_@...