Parings: Sasunaru & narusasu of course. If you have a hard time with yaoi
couples then turn around.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, Kishimoto Masashi does.^_^.
Ranting: PG.
Author Note: Here it is, chapter 9. May be it won't go as you firstly thought but I'm the one in charge now... muhahaha... well I'm doing my best to write right now. I also got a beta reader so mainly they will probably be better now. (or worse *wink wink*) I have a partner in crime now. ^_^ I can promise you that the next one will be extra long. I got really into it and before I knew it I had a much longer chapter then I thought. So I had to cut it. Chapter 8, 9 and 10 is the result of it. ^_^
Thanks to every one for your support.
Chapter 9 - Mission In Danger?
Written by Monkan & Edited by Kat Hathaway.
Naruto could feel sweat under his shirt as he walked on like as if nothing had ever happened. He wouldn't give Kuji a reason to attack him. For he hadn't sensed Kuji when he had looked for Sasuke's house and with Kyuubi on alert 25 hours a day when there was a mission it was almost impossible for any one to follow him without being him noticing. Kuji was probably trying to figure out how strong Naruto really was. Knowing that if he would have a chance to kill Naruto he had to know his enemies weaknesses.
People looked after him as he walked by. The younger ones was curious of his whiskers and wondered why he had them. The older villagers knew that abnormal marks like that could only come from being a demon carrier. As they realized this they got a little frightened at the thought of a demon going through the village. It had been a long time since they'd seen one.
As Naruto passed an alley he was stopped by a gang. They seemed to be there just to look cool. They had probably never been in a real fight for survival before. Naruto did what he always did when he met gangs like that: ignored them. Unfortunate for him, these kids were simply too proud to just let him go by.
"Hey you with the yellow hair." That would be the leader. Naruto didn't stop. It was too dangerous with Kuji around. "Hey I'm talking to you."
Letting out a sigh Naruto stopped and turned to face the annoying kids. He noted they were probably older then him by two years but they obviously didn't have a clue how hard life could really be.
The 'leader' looked Naruto up and down before his eyes fell on the necklace he was wearing. "That's a nice necklace you have there kid. How 'bout you give it to us and we let you go on without a scratch?"
\\Oh, kuso. Chikushoo baka's. Naruto, forget them. Just leave them alone. You can't do anything, it could cause the whole mission to fall apart.\\ Kyuubi said franticly.
Naruto didn't say anything as he looked down so that shadows were cast over his eyes.
"Hey kid, are you too scared to say anything? Do you want to go back to your mama?" The 'leader' teased earning laughter from his companions.
All this accomplished was that Naruto started to shake with memories that the laughter brought back. So many bad memories, so much he wanted to forget.
"Are you deaf or what? I said hand over the necklace." He was becoming impatient. Not many people lasted this long when he had his mind set on something.
"Leave me alone." Naruto whispered.
"Eh, did I hear right? You want us to leave you alone?" The others laughed with him. "What's the matter with you? Did your parents abandon you? Because they realized what a loser and dropout you were?"
Naruto's blood was starting to boil as he felt Kyuubi respond inside of him. Not much could set the fox off unless someone insulted his carrier. Kyuubi had taken a liking in Naruto at a young age for his way of surving in a world that had left him as an outcast. Even if the boy never openly admitted it he cared for Kyuubi like a brother and it was more then anyone had done for Kyuubi in a long time.
Naruto didn't know his parents, hell he didn't even know which Village he belonged to. He had been found on a battle field when he just was a baby and no one had cared if he died when they'd seen the marks on his cheeks. Insulting Naruto in that area was like insulting Kyuubi. He knew he held responsibility for Naruto's fate and took it VERY personally when some one took it up.
\\Ok brat, forget I said anything before. Let's beat these bastards to liquid.\\ If Kyuubi could he would have cracked his knuckles. \\Just remember with Kuji around you can't show me. And you can't show off your strongest jutsu's or your bloodline. He will use EVERYTHING against you if he can.\\
*Hai, let me just use the Fuuchouin Thread Technique on them.* (1)
Kyuubi smiled. \\Go ahead and tie them up, brat.\\
Naruto raised his head looking directly at the leader. His eyes were slightly darker from the anger he held within. "I'll give you one chance to get away before it's too late."
The gang stared at him as if he was insane. The people that were still at the scene stared as they watched the blond go up against the gang. The leader looked around to see that they were being watched and felt that he needed to maintain his respect.
"Just give me the damn necklace." He reached out to grab it but Naruto moved suddenly a few feet away, out of reach of the leader.
Naruto reached into one of his pockets and pulled out a round bell with a hole in it. He held it between two of his fingers. "Don't say I didn't warn you." Naruto said. Loud enough to make sure the others heard him. He then brought the bell to his mouth.
The gang members prepared themselves for an attack of some kind. However the leader didn't take him seriously. "Don't mess with me shrimp." He rushed towards Naruto.
Naruto bit down on the opening of the bell.
The next thing anyone knew, Naruto was behind his enemy half sitting down with one knee on the ground. One hand held out the bell from his body while the other one was slightly bent only reaching half the way up to the bell. His eyes were half closed. The leader stood there as if he were frozen where only a moment ago he had been running at high speed. From the bell and through Naruto's fingers there was a thin thread. It stretched all the way to the leader and held his entire body in place. Naruto cut the thread with his finger but the leader remained frozen in place.
"The threads will hold you there for a couple of hours. I wouldn't recommend that any one of your friends try to cut them, if they cut them wrong the threads will kill you instantly. The threads will loosen up on their own after a few hours."
Naruto put the bell back into his pocket and walked away as if nothing had happened. His face betrayed nothing he felt or thought.
Once he was out of sight he called, "You can come out now Kuji, it's annoying to have you hiding when I know you are there."
Out of the shadows stepped a man around his thirties with black hair and a long coat. "How long have you known I was here?" If Naruto hadn't known better, he would have said Kuji was flirting with him. Now that was a thought he could do without.
"Long enough. Cut the crap Kuji, I know why you were following me. I was just on my way back now." He continued to walk out of the gate of Konoha.
"Since you didn't return when it turned dark I was sent to find where you were hiding." Kuji said.
"I was asked to go and buy the latest copy of Come Come Paradise when I was on my way back. You know how that pervert Rekoji is when it comes to these books." Naruto grabbed the latest copy he had in his pocket. Good thing it was true and that he had bought it. "And then you saw what happened."
"Hai, that was one impressive technique you used on him. Not one scratch to either one of you. When did you learn that one?" Kuji asked.
"A long time ago, probably when you where in your twenties."
\\Good answer.\\ Kyuubi cheered him on.
"Very funny. You know how you didn't hurt him at all? Every one else you've met was send to a bloody grave."
Without flinching Naruto said in a bored voice. "He wasn't worth it." With that he sped up to create more distance between them.
Behind him Kuji watched as Naruto was lost out of sight. "You aren't like us and your motivations aren't like ours. When I find out what they are, I will kill you." He pulled a knife out of nowhere. "Count on it."
TBC...
AN: (1) - This technique comes from Kazu-chan in Get Backers, another anime series I recommend you watch, not as good as Naruto but very close ^_^
Next Chapter: The moment you have all been waiting for. Chapter 10 - The Path of Memories. The enemy is closing in. The beginning of the show down about Naruto's past.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, Kishimoto Masashi does.^_^.
Ranting: PG.
Author Note: Here it is, chapter 9. May be it won't go as you firstly thought but I'm the one in charge now... muhahaha... well I'm doing my best to write right now. I also got a beta reader so mainly they will probably be better now. (or worse *wink wink*) I have a partner in crime now. ^_^ I can promise you that the next one will be extra long. I got really into it and before I knew it I had a much longer chapter then I thought. So I had to cut it. Chapter 8, 9 and 10 is the result of it. ^_^
Thanks to every one for your support.
Chapter 9 - Mission In Danger?
Written by Monkan & Edited by Kat Hathaway.
Naruto could feel sweat under his shirt as he walked on like as if nothing had ever happened. He wouldn't give Kuji a reason to attack him. For he hadn't sensed Kuji when he had looked for Sasuke's house and with Kyuubi on alert 25 hours a day when there was a mission it was almost impossible for any one to follow him without being him noticing. Kuji was probably trying to figure out how strong Naruto really was. Knowing that if he would have a chance to kill Naruto he had to know his enemies weaknesses.
People looked after him as he walked by. The younger ones was curious of his whiskers and wondered why he had them. The older villagers knew that abnormal marks like that could only come from being a demon carrier. As they realized this they got a little frightened at the thought of a demon going through the village. It had been a long time since they'd seen one.
As Naruto passed an alley he was stopped by a gang. They seemed to be there just to look cool. They had probably never been in a real fight for survival before. Naruto did what he always did when he met gangs like that: ignored them. Unfortunate for him, these kids were simply too proud to just let him go by.
"Hey you with the yellow hair." That would be the leader. Naruto didn't stop. It was too dangerous with Kuji around. "Hey I'm talking to you."
Letting out a sigh Naruto stopped and turned to face the annoying kids. He noted they were probably older then him by two years but they obviously didn't have a clue how hard life could really be.
The 'leader' looked Naruto up and down before his eyes fell on the necklace he was wearing. "That's a nice necklace you have there kid. How 'bout you give it to us and we let you go on without a scratch?"
\\Oh, kuso. Chikushoo baka's. Naruto, forget them. Just leave them alone. You can't do anything, it could cause the whole mission to fall apart.\\ Kyuubi said franticly.
Naruto didn't say anything as he looked down so that shadows were cast over his eyes.
"Hey kid, are you too scared to say anything? Do you want to go back to your mama?" The 'leader' teased earning laughter from his companions.
All this accomplished was that Naruto started to shake with memories that the laughter brought back. So many bad memories, so much he wanted to forget.
"Are you deaf or what? I said hand over the necklace." He was becoming impatient. Not many people lasted this long when he had his mind set on something.
"Leave me alone." Naruto whispered.
"Eh, did I hear right? You want us to leave you alone?" The others laughed with him. "What's the matter with you? Did your parents abandon you? Because they realized what a loser and dropout you were?"
Naruto's blood was starting to boil as he felt Kyuubi respond inside of him. Not much could set the fox off unless someone insulted his carrier. Kyuubi had taken a liking in Naruto at a young age for his way of surving in a world that had left him as an outcast. Even if the boy never openly admitted it he cared for Kyuubi like a brother and it was more then anyone had done for Kyuubi in a long time.
Naruto didn't know his parents, hell he didn't even know which Village he belonged to. He had been found on a battle field when he just was a baby and no one had cared if he died when they'd seen the marks on his cheeks. Insulting Naruto in that area was like insulting Kyuubi. He knew he held responsibility for Naruto's fate and took it VERY personally when some one took it up.
\\Ok brat, forget I said anything before. Let's beat these bastards to liquid.\\ If Kyuubi could he would have cracked his knuckles. \\Just remember with Kuji around you can't show me. And you can't show off your strongest jutsu's or your bloodline. He will use EVERYTHING against you if he can.\\
*Hai, let me just use the Fuuchouin Thread Technique on them.* (1)
Kyuubi smiled. \\Go ahead and tie them up, brat.\\
Naruto raised his head looking directly at the leader. His eyes were slightly darker from the anger he held within. "I'll give you one chance to get away before it's too late."
The gang stared at him as if he was insane. The people that were still at the scene stared as they watched the blond go up against the gang. The leader looked around to see that they were being watched and felt that he needed to maintain his respect.
"Just give me the damn necklace." He reached out to grab it but Naruto moved suddenly a few feet away, out of reach of the leader.
Naruto reached into one of his pockets and pulled out a round bell with a hole in it. He held it between two of his fingers. "Don't say I didn't warn you." Naruto said. Loud enough to make sure the others heard him. He then brought the bell to his mouth.
The gang members prepared themselves for an attack of some kind. However the leader didn't take him seriously. "Don't mess with me shrimp." He rushed towards Naruto.
Naruto bit down on the opening of the bell.
The next thing anyone knew, Naruto was behind his enemy half sitting down with one knee on the ground. One hand held out the bell from his body while the other one was slightly bent only reaching half the way up to the bell. His eyes were half closed. The leader stood there as if he were frozen where only a moment ago he had been running at high speed. From the bell and through Naruto's fingers there was a thin thread. It stretched all the way to the leader and held his entire body in place. Naruto cut the thread with his finger but the leader remained frozen in place.
"The threads will hold you there for a couple of hours. I wouldn't recommend that any one of your friends try to cut them, if they cut them wrong the threads will kill you instantly. The threads will loosen up on their own after a few hours."
Naruto put the bell back into his pocket and walked away as if nothing had happened. His face betrayed nothing he felt or thought.
Once he was out of sight he called, "You can come out now Kuji, it's annoying to have you hiding when I know you are there."
Out of the shadows stepped a man around his thirties with black hair and a long coat. "How long have you known I was here?" If Naruto hadn't known better, he would have said Kuji was flirting with him. Now that was a thought he could do without.
"Long enough. Cut the crap Kuji, I know why you were following me. I was just on my way back now." He continued to walk out of the gate of Konoha.
"Since you didn't return when it turned dark I was sent to find where you were hiding." Kuji said.
"I was asked to go and buy the latest copy of Come Come Paradise when I was on my way back. You know how that pervert Rekoji is when it comes to these books." Naruto grabbed the latest copy he had in his pocket. Good thing it was true and that he had bought it. "And then you saw what happened."
"Hai, that was one impressive technique you used on him. Not one scratch to either one of you. When did you learn that one?" Kuji asked.
"A long time ago, probably when you where in your twenties."
\\Good answer.\\ Kyuubi cheered him on.
"Very funny. You know how you didn't hurt him at all? Every one else you've met was send to a bloody grave."
Without flinching Naruto said in a bored voice. "He wasn't worth it." With that he sped up to create more distance between them.
Behind him Kuji watched as Naruto was lost out of sight. "You aren't like us and your motivations aren't like ours. When I find out what they are, I will kill you." He pulled a knife out of nowhere. "Count on it."
TBC...
AN: (1) - This technique comes from Kazu-chan in Get Backers, another anime series I recommend you watch, not as good as Naruto but very close ^_^
Next Chapter: The moment you have all been waiting for. Chapter 10 - The Path of Memories. The enemy is closing in. The beginning of the show down about Naruto's past.