Uni: Wow O.o People actually liked this story. I haven't gotten this many
reviews since before Xing 'ate' my last account! YAY Thank you so much :D
You actually inspired me to write this chapter quicker (It was done two
weeks ago -.- but my mail wouldn't let me get a hold of my beta.) Anyways,
Matt hun'??
Matt: Yeah.
Uni: Oh nice, you are here.
Matt: where else would I be, you don't let me go anywhere -.- Besides I wouldn't sneak out since it's -10 degrees and 20 inches snow outside... Hmm, so I guess I might as well; Uni does not own anything AT ALL.. Hmm I have gotten too used to saying that, it's not quite true she does own the evil people and the villagers.
Uni: Yay me... -.-. Thanks ^^ You are being nice today are you feeling well?
Matt: -.- YES!. Goody-two-shoes Kouichi made me because you actually finished the second chapter.
Uni:. Oh. Anyway thanks to my beta frog Bob, Love you!. And thanks to Gen for reviewing this story and 'Remaining Innocent'. Next chapter is almost done ^^ And now on with the story!
Yuki and Is
New places New Faces
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Please reach you, Northern lights...
Two souls torn apart,
Feelings with nowhere to go strangle my heart.
Why did we meet in this day?
The way to ask this question
Vanishes into clear shadow.
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Finally!! They had arrived. After two days of constantly moving, they were at the village. Naruto threw himself down on the hill overlooking the large village that was to be their temporary home. From this distance the city looked like any other mountain village, not that Naruto had been to that many but the trades seemed to be the same. Huts and houses placed randomly amongst each other here and there, some places making it impossible for two people to walk side by side between the houses. This indicated that the same architect had not designed the entire city, a theory further supported by the fact that it looked like some of the houses were newly built, while others only stood because they didn't know which side to fall to.
The only thing that seemed different was the style the houses were built in. They were much more solidly built than the houses in the Leaf Village. These were built to withstand snowstorms and hard frost all year round. Naruto shuddered inwardly at the thought of living in a country that was cold all year round and he thanked the gods they were not going to be camping out anywhere. Unless Kakashi. No he didn't even want to think about that!
"So this is it," Sasuke mused, interrupting Naruto's trail of thoughts. It wasn't a question.
"Yep..." Kakashi replied anyway, never taking his eyes off of the village, as he moved on up over the top of the hill and practically slid down the side of it like he was snowboarding without the board and looking like this was something he did everyday. Naruto watched as Sasuke followed, gracefully sliding down from the top. Piece of cake. not! Naruto found out when he tried copying them a moment later, and ended up tumbling down and colliding with Sasuke who had been too busy looking at the town from the new angle to notice Naruto in time to move out of the way.
"Are you okay Sasuke-kun?" Naruto looked up to see Sakura sliding down, though a tad bit insecure compared to Kakashi and Sasuke, she wasn't falling. She was using Sasuke's fresh tracks to make it easier to go through the high snow. Cool! Naruto thought, then sulked. Why hadn't he thought of that?
Slowly standing up and untangling themselves from each other, the two boys brushed the snow off of their now slightly wet clothes. Sasuke glared at Naruto the whole time, but for once he didn't say anything. Naruto didn't know which was worse actually, Sasuke yelling, or Sasuke glaring. It least when Sasuke yelled he could get angry and yell back. So moods warring between amusement, annoyance, shock, and slight embarrassment, the foursome headed towards the village's large gates.
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Yuragu koto nai
Tsuyosa nado naku
Susunda saki ni
Motomeru kotae ga aru
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It was obvious when they made it to the city that it inhabitants weren't accustomed to visitors. As soon as they had passed through what was seemingly the only entrance in the great wall surrounding the village, time seemed to freeze for the villagers. Everyone in the immediate area stopped everything they were doing and turned as one to look at the four newcomers.
Naruto who wasn't used to getting this much attention from such a large amount of people, unless he had done something wrong, flinched slightly before he angrily shrugged it off and followed his three companions, who all seemed unaffected by the whole thing, and had already moved a good couple of meters ahead of him through the large crowd that had gathered to look at them.
After walking for what Naruto felt to be an eternity, he heard something that sounded familiar just up ahead of him. Looking down from the sky that to Naruto had felt was incredibly fascinating ever since they had arrived at the village, he found the source of the sound to be Sakura, growling to herself. Frowning a little at that, Naruto moved his gaze a little further ahead until his eyes fell on what was sure to be the cause of Sakura's sudden bad mode. Sasuke who was walking a little further up ahead seemed to be the current attention of the entire city's female teenage population.
Naruto found himself growling as well. It was unbelievable!! Was nothing sacred?? No matter where they went, girls would practically throw themselves at Sasuke. Why couldn't they just. leave him alone?? Vaguely it registered in Naruto's mind that that wasn't quite how he had intended to. think it -.- But since he was the only one listening to his thoughts, he didn't bother correcting himself, and just chose to ignore it, still furious about the girls.
Naruto let go of a mouth full of air that he hadn't realized he had been holding in, when they finally walked into a large temple, thereby getting away from the annoyingly large crowd that, luckily, stayed outside. He soon forgot all about the village people though, (bad pun not intended) and let his mouth hang open and his otherwise constantly squinting eyes widened as he looked around.
The place was magnificent!
Nine large marble columns that seemed to be the only things holding up a ceiling so high that Naruto couldn't believe anyone could ever clean it were placed in a circle around the centre of the room. The floor was made of black stone and pictures of people doing all sorts of things were carved into the flint. Around them, on the walls, were murals of what Naruto assumed were gods. One of them, a beautiful woman, seemed to be talking to a large crowd of men, with weapons and helmets; all of them looked to be harbouring a deep respect for her. Another of the pictures showed a man riding a carriage, pulled by two oversized goats, over a rainbow, while swinging a large hammer that sizzled with lightning.
Naruto finally ripped himself away from the weird but fascinating pictures, when he suddenly got a strange feeling, like someone was looking at him. Turning around his suspicion was confirmed when he saw that the only other person that was left in the room aside from him was Sasuke, who was looking at him strangely.
"What??" he asked, reddening slightly as it dawned on him that he had obviously missed something.
"Baka," was all the response he got, before Sasuke turned on his heel and headed in the direction of a small wooden door they were apparently supposed to go through.
Grumbling to himself, Naruto quickly made his way towards the door that Sasuke had just disappeared through.
Naruto closed the door behind him and turned around to discover that he was now standing in a small rectangular room with no windows. Looking to his right Naruto was happy to discover that his teammates and sensei were standing there, looking at him. Relaxing slightly at that Naruto looked around the half-lit room.
The first thing he discovered was that in the middle was a man, looking to be in his thirties but he had an aura about him that somehow made it clear that he was far older then all of them put together (think Sai). The man stood inside a small circle made out of nine large candles that seemed to be the room's only source of light. Naruto shuddered a little. Something about the place was giving him the creeps, and all of a sudden he couldn't wait to get out of there.
Trying to shake the feeling off, Naruto went over and joined his friends, and Kakashi took a step towards the man in the circle. The man sent Kakashi a radiant smile that somehow seemed out of place on his somewhat stoic face. The smile appeared to be genuine enough though, but Kakashi didn't return it.
The smile faltering a bit, the man stepped closer to the edge of the circle, towards Kakashi. "Du kom." the man stated, in a surprised sounding voice, and Naruto was happy to see that at least Sasuke and Sakura didn't seem to understand anything more then he did.
"I owe you a favor." Kakashi answered the man in Japanese. "And would you please speak in a language my students can understand when they are present!" he continued harshly nearly making Naruto flinch at the ice in his voice. The room suddenly seemed colder then the weather outside.
The other man averted his gaze to his feet, and he suddenly looked like a little child who had just been scolded for stealing a lollypop. "You are still mad." the man stated quietly in perfect Japanese, making Naruto wonder why the man had started out in a different tongue.
Kakashi didn't answer. An eternity seemed to pass where no one said anything, and right before the silence was becoming unbearable, the man in the circle sighed in what looked like defeat, and he looked back up, this time in the direction of Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura. "Welcome to 'Is village'." he said, the smile back on his face, though slightly less radiant then the last one. "I hope you will enjoy your stay."
"I am sure we will," Sakura said, though a little nervous, returning the man's smile. Nodding, the man returned his gaze to Kakashi, and he stopped smiling. "A house has been prepared for you," he said, voice monotone. " It is the same as the last time. An extension to it has been built with two extra rooms, so it won't be too crowded" The man paused again. ".I assume you know the way?"
Kakashi just nodded "Thank you," he said, before he turned on his heal and nearly stormed out of the building muttering "Follow me" as he passed his students. Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura didn't need to be told twice, as they hurried after their teacher.
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Love, sin, dream and darkness.
Wear all of them now. And
At the moment when
Your power and my heart overlap,
Something will be born...
Do you believe in destiny?
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[1] No need to waver. Though without any strength, You can find answers that you're looking for, After you've moved on.
[2] You came (informal)
To people thinking 'oh no she is going to pair Kakashi off with some Mary Sue character she invented herself, then don't fret, that would NEVER happen!!
About the language, I have decided to not tell you before it is absolutely necessary. Unless someone actually guesses it of cause (no one has yet)... It would ruin all my fun ;)
Matt: Yeah.
Uni: Oh nice, you are here.
Matt: where else would I be, you don't let me go anywhere -.- Besides I wouldn't sneak out since it's -10 degrees and 20 inches snow outside... Hmm, so I guess I might as well; Uni does not own anything AT ALL.. Hmm I have gotten too used to saying that, it's not quite true she does own the evil people and the villagers.
Uni: Yay me... -.-. Thanks ^^ You are being nice today are you feeling well?
Matt: -.- YES!. Goody-two-shoes Kouichi made me because you actually finished the second chapter.
Uni:. Oh. Anyway thanks to my beta frog Bob, Love you!. And thanks to Gen for reviewing this story and 'Remaining Innocent'. Next chapter is almost done ^^ And now on with the story!
Yuki and Is
New places New Faces
--------------------------------------------
Please reach you, Northern lights...
Two souls torn apart,
Feelings with nowhere to go strangle my heart.
Why did we meet in this day?
The way to ask this question
Vanishes into clear shadow.
-------------------------------------------
Finally!! They had arrived. After two days of constantly moving, they were at the village. Naruto threw himself down on the hill overlooking the large village that was to be their temporary home. From this distance the city looked like any other mountain village, not that Naruto had been to that many but the trades seemed to be the same. Huts and houses placed randomly amongst each other here and there, some places making it impossible for two people to walk side by side between the houses. This indicated that the same architect had not designed the entire city, a theory further supported by the fact that it looked like some of the houses were newly built, while others only stood because they didn't know which side to fall to.
The only thing that seemed different was the style the houses were built in. They were much more solidly built than the houses in the Leaf Village. These were built to withstand snowstorms and hard frost all year round. Naruto shuddered inwardly at the thought of living in a country that was cold all year round and he thanked the gods they were not going to be camping out anywhere. Unless Kakashi. No he didn't even want to think about that!
"So this is it," Sasuke mused, interrupting Naruto's trail of thoughts. It wasn't a question.
"Yep..." Kakashi replied anyway, never taking his eyes off of the village, as he moved on up over the top of the hill and practically slid down the side of it like he was snowboarding without the board and looking like this was something he did everyday. Naruto watched as Sasuke followed, gracefully sliding down from the top. Piece of cake. not! Naruto found out when he tried copying them a moment later, and ended up tumbling down and colliding with Sasuke who had been too busy looking at the town from the new angle to notice Naruto in time to move out of the way.
"Are you okay Sasuke-kun?" Naruto looked up to see Sakura sliding down, though a tad bit insecure compared to Kakashi and Sasuke, she wasn't falling. She was using Sasuke's fresh tracks to make it easier to go through the high snow. Cool! Naruto thought, then sulked. Why hadn't he thought of that?
Slowly standing up and untangling themselves from each other, the two boys brushed the snow off of their now slightly wet clothes. Sasuke glared at Naruto the whole time, but for once he didn't say anything. Naruto didn't know which was worse actually, Sasuke yelling, or Sasuke glaring. It least when Sasuke yelled he could get angry and yell back. So moods warring between amusement, annoyance, shock, and slight embarrassment, the foursome headed towards the village's large gates.
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Yuragu koto nai
Tsuyosa nado naku
Susunda saki ni
Motomeru kotae ga aru
------------------------------------- [1]
It was obvious when they made it to the city that it inhabitants weren't accustomed to visitors. As soon as they had passed through what was seemingly the only entrance in the great wall surrounding the village, time seemed to freeze for the villagers. Everyone in the immediate area stopped everything they were doing and turned as one to look at the four newcomers.
Naruto who wasn't used to getting this much attention from such a large amount of people, unless he had done something wrong, flinched slightly before he angrily shrugged it off and followed his three companions, who all seemed unaffected by the whole thing, and had already moved a good couple of meters ahead of him through the large crowd that had gathered to look at them.
After walking for what Naruto felt to be an eternity, he heard something that sounded familiar just up ahead of him. Looking down from the sky that to Naruto had felt was incredibly fascinating ever since they had arrived at the village, he found the source of the sound to be Sakura, growling to herself. Frowning a little at that, Naruto moved his gaze a little further ahead until his eyes fell on what was sure to be the cause of Sakura's sudden bad mode. Sasuke who was walking a little further up ahead seemed to be the current attention of the entire city's female teenage population.
Naruto found himself growling as well. It was unbelievable!! Was nothing sacred?? No matter where they went, girls would practically throw themselves at Sasuke. Why couldn't they just. leave him alone?? Vaguely it registered in Naruto's mind that that wasn't quite how he had intended to. think it -.- But since he was the only one listening to his thoughts, he didn't bother correcting himself, and just chose to ignore it, still furious about the girls.
Naruto let go of a mouth full of air that he hadn't realized he had been holding in, when they finally walked into a large temple, thereby getting away from the annoyingly large crowd that, luckily, stayed outside. He soon forgot all about the village people though, (bad pun not intended) and let his mouth hang open and his otherwise constantly squinting eyes widened as he looked around.
The place was magnificent!
Nine large marble columns that seemed to be the only things holding up a ceiling so high that Naruto couldn't believe anyone could ever clean it were placed in a circle around the centre of the room. The floor was made of black stone and pictures of people doing all sorts of things were carved into the flint. Around them, on the walls, were murals of what Naruto assumed were gods. One of them, a beautiful woman, seemed to be talking to a large crowd of men, with weapons and helmets; all of them looked to be harbouring a deep respect for her. Another of the pictures showed a man riding a carriage, pulled by two oversized goats, over a rainbow, while swinging a large hammer that sizzled with lightning.
Naruto finally ripped himself away from the weird but fascinating pictures, when he suddenly got a strange feeling, like someone was looking at him. Turning around his suspicion was confirmed when he saw that the only other person that was left in the room aside from him was Sasuke, who was looking at him strangely.
"What??" he asked, reddening slightly as it dawned on him that he had obviously missed something.
"Baka," was all the response he got, before Sasuke turned on his heel and headed in the direction of a small wooden door they were apparently supposed to go through.
Grumbling to himself, Naruto quickly made his way towards the door that Sasuke had just disappeared through.
Naruto closed the door behind him and turned around to discover that he was now standing in a small rectangular room with no windows. Looking to his right Naruto was happy to discover that his teammates and sensei were standing there, looking at him. Relaxing slightly at that Naruto looked around the half-lit room.
The first thing he discovered was that in the middle was a man, looking to be in his thirties but he had an aura about him that somehow made it clear that he was far older then all of them put together (think Sai). The man stood inside a small circle made out of nine large candles that seemed to be the room's only source of light. Naruto shuddered a little. Something about the place was giving him the creeps, and all of a sudden he couldn't wait to get out of there.
Trying to shake the feeling off, Naruto went over and joined his friends, and Kakashi took a step towards the man in the circle. The man sent Kakashi a radiant smile that somehow seemed out of place on his somewhat stoic face. The smile appeared to be genuine enough though, but Kakashi didn't return it.
The smile faltering a bit, the man stepped closer to the edge of the circle, towards Kakashi. "Du kom." the man stated, in a surprised sounding voice, and Naruto was happy to see that at least Sasuke and Sakura didn't seem to understand anything more then he did.
"I owe you a favor." Kakashi answered the man in Japanese. "And would you please speak in a language my students can understand when they are present!" he continued harshly nearly making Naruto flinch at the ice in his voice. The room suddenly seemed colder then the weather outside.
The other man averted his gaze to his feet, and he suddenly looked like a little child who had just been scolded for stealing a lollypop. "You are still mad." the man stated quietly in perfect Japanese, making Naruto wonder why the man had started out in a different tongue.
Kakashi didn't answer. An eternity seemed to pass where no one said anything, and right before the silence was becoming unbearable, the man in the circle sighed in what looked like defeat, and he looked back up, this time in the direction of Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura. "Welcome to 'Is village'." he said, the smile back on his face, though slightly less radiant then the last one. "I hope you will enjoy your stay."
"I am sure we will," Sakura said, though a little nervous, returning the man's smile. Nodding, the man returned his gaze to Kakashi, and he stopped smiling. "A house has been prepared for you," he said, voice monotone. " It is the same as the last time. An extension to it has been built with two extra rooms, so it won't be too crowded" The man paused again. ".I assume you know the way?"
Kakashi just nodded "Thank you," he said, before he turned on his heal and nearly stormed out of the building muttering "Follow me" as he passed his students. Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura didn't need to be told twice, as they hurried after their teacher.
--------------------------------------
Love, sin, dream and darkness.
Wear all of them now. And
At the moment when
Your power and my heart overlap,
Something will be born...
Do you believe in destiny?
--------------------------------------------
[1] No need to waver. Though without any strength, You can find answers that you're looking for, After you've moved on.
[2] You came (informal)
To people thinking 'oh no she is going to pair Kakashi off with some Mary Sue character she invented herself, then don't fret, that would NEVER happen!!
About the language, I have decided to not tell you before it is absolutely necessary. Unless someone actually guesses it of cause (no one has yet)... It would ruin all my fun ;)