Title: Tsubasa: Wings of Chance
Chapter 2: Fly Away
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto! I only own the original story line I have created and my own character Chihiro Makenshi. Plus there is some small amounts of Sakura bashing… just a little!
Spoilers: There is a small spoiler in here but it's nothing too major so don't panic or anything!
Pairings: Still undecided! I've had a request of making this fic a Naru/Saku and as much as I want to please my reviewer I don't know if I can do it!
Author's Comments:
Elation: OMG! I got a review! tears up I never thought that it would happen! I would like to say:
Dragon89- I LOVE YOU! I'd kiss you but there is this whole I don't know where you are and doubt you would appreciate thing barring me from doing that! I know that you would really like me to do the Naru/Saku angle and I'm really thinking about it! I really am! If and this is only an if I do decide to do it that way readers better be prepared for drastic changed in Sakura's character! Anyways, Thank you for the Review! I hope that this update didn't take too long! It's hard updating a story I tell you! And I don't even know if this chapter turned out to be very good!
Jubes appears
Jubes: I love you too Dragon89!
Elation: ACK! Nooooooooo!!! What have you done to my evil alter ego!
Jubes: sticks out tongue Shut up! Just cause I'm evil doesn't mean I don't know how to be grateful!
Elation: still struck dumb by sudden niceness of Jubes
Jubes: sigh well here we go! Here's the story!
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Previously
"Yah, Yah… I remember." Naruto mumbled. "But I still can't stand the way they treat us!"
"Well then what do you think we should do about it?" Chihiro inquired inclining her head cutely towards her companion.
At this Naruto smirked and gave Chihiro one of his trade mark Fox grins. "We leave of course!"
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"YOU WANT US TO LEAVE!" Chihiro exclaimed.
"Well yah," Naruto replied, "Think about it this way. While we stay here we have to endure the hatred of the village and their children. You know how hard we have tried to make friends. Remember about a month ago when we tried to be friends with those other kids in the playground."
Flashback
Naruto and Chihiro walked away from the tiny apartment complex that they called home. Together the two made their way towards a nearby park. Normally when they went to the park there would be no other children around and if there were other children their parents would often drag them away telling their child not to associate with the two. Today, however, was somewhat different.
Upon the twos arrival they noticed a rather large amount of children gathered together playing what appeared to be a game of tag. (Elation: MWAHAHAHAHAHA! Enter the rookie 9… well most of them that is.) Naruto and Chihiro looked on at the group noticing that each was a little different then normal children they had seen.
The first thing Chihiro noticed was this little girl with obscenely bright pink hair and a disgusting (or so Chihiro thought) pink dress on. The pink freak and another girl with light blonde hair and blue eyes were currently chasing a frantic boy with black hair and nearly black eyes. Watching uninterestedly in a corner was another boy with black hair and bandages wrapped around his forehead, what caught Chihiro's attention were his fascinatingly white eyes. Meanwhile, Naruto was observing another group of boys who seemed to be waiting for the girls to finish tagging the poor boy with dark eyes so that they might continue the game. One of the boys was large and seemed to be oblivious to anything but his food that he was currently wolfing down. The other had a lazy look about him as he leaned against a tree and the third was a boy with brown hair who was currently playing with a tiny pup. Standing just to the left of the boys was a shy looking girl with dark hair and white eyes much like the boy in the corner. And finally, the one that caught Naruto's attention or rather his revulsion was a boy just to the right of the fat one who had the most disgustingly large eyebrows and the worst hair cut Naruto had ever seen. Seemingly of one mind Chihiro and Naruto turned to look at one another and shrugged. Figuring the simplest way of getting to know this group of children was to introduce themselves as they walked towards the group.
As they neared the children the pink thing and the blonde girl finally caught onto the poor black haired boy whilst screaming "Sasuke-kun!"
Chihiro began to feel anxious, reflexively grabbing Naruto hand, as members of the group slowly began to notice the two as they walked closer. Glancing one last time at Naruto, Chihiro noticed he had already thrown on his façade of playful obnoxious baka. Following his example she scooted closer pretending to be shy and meek. (Elation: Really, Chihiro is not shy and meek. In fact, she's more like Naruto's loud and obnoxious side except she's intolerably smart.) Much to the surprise of everyone the boy in the corner was the first to approach the two. Now that he was closer, Naruto and Chihiro realized that he had to be older then the two. Approaching Chihiro first, the boy held out his hand stating simply and monotonously "My name is Hyuuga Neji."
Taken aback by the quick and sudden introduction, Chihiro's first instinct was to hide behind Naruto and she did just that.
Naruto on the other hand took the proffered hand shaking it enthusiastically replying in his childish and energetic voice, "Hiya! Names Uzumaki Naruto and the shy one behind me is Makenshi Chihiro. It's nice to meet you."
Neji's only response was to look questioningly at Chihiro before nodding his head at Naruto and turning around to walk back to his corner. The next thing Chihiro and Naruto knew they were being introduced to all the other kids present. There was Uchiha Sasuke (the poor dark eyed boy), Haruno Sakura (the pink freak), Yamanaka Ino (the scary blonde), Nara Shikamaru (the lazy bum), Akimichi Chouji (the fatty), Inuzuka Kiba (dog breath as dubbed by Naruto) and his dog Akamaru, Hyuuga Hinata (the shy girl), and Rock Lee (fuzzy eyebrows!). (Elation: ok! I know that I did not add in Shino and Tenten but what can I say! They aren't important… yet!) Overwhelmed and unsure, Naruto and Chihiro could only greet with simple waves of their hands for never had they been greeted so openly and without genuine malicious intent. Moments later, Naruto and Chihiro found themselves whisked away into the most enjoyable afternoon of playing (and actually their first afternoon of playing… with other kids to say the least!) of their short lives.
Their activities composed of Naruto energetically playing tag with the boys, minus Neji, whilst teasing the girls, minus Chihiro and Hinata. Chihiro meanwhile, was talking quietly with the Hyuuga kids. She found both Neji and Hinata fascinating and couldn't help but engage in conversation with the two after apologizing for being rude to Neji earlier. While Chihiro talked to Neji (mostly) and Hinata (she only stuttered out a few sentences here and there) she failed to notice an anxious Sasuke trying to get her attention. Poor Sasuke who had never been ignored by people much less a girl before could not help but want to get to know the strange new girl who refused (or just plain old didn't acknowledge) his presence. All in all the afternoon continued normally punctuated often with cries of "Sasuke-kun!" "Chi-chan come and play!" and "Mou, I didn't get tagged I swear!" By time it was the evening, Chihiro and Naruto had become too engulfed by their new found friends to notice the contemptuous looks that the gathering parents were giving. It was moments after the last parent arrived, that chaos took hold.
Quicker than the blink of an eye, each child (minus Chihiro and Naruto) were snatched up by their respective parent. Hisses filled the air as the parents scolded their children telling them not to hang around such dangerous kids. Protestations of "Why?" were quickly banished as parents forced their kids to promise never to hand around Naruto and Chihiro again. Before Naruto and Chihiro knew it, they were being looked at once again with the same hateful eyes that they had endured all their lives. And being unable to take the strain and pain inflicted by such glares Naruto and Chihiro fled the park and returned to their tiny shared apartment where they promptly collapsed on Naruto's bed and cried themselves to sleep, thinking distantly how good times could change so quickly.
End Flashback
"I see your point," Chihiro admitted, albeit grudgingly, "But, what about Iruka-niichan? (Elation: YES! Iruka is still here and he is still the only one minus the Hokage who cares for not only Naruto but Chihiro as well) Just cause everyone else doesn't like us doesn't mean that Iruka-nii won't be worried about us. Iruka-nii is the only one that really cares!"
"Hmmm…, I suppose your right." Naruto replied, "How about we stop by his place before we leave… mind you he might stop us if we do." Putting his fingers to his chin and scrunching up his face in thought Naruto paused momentarily before snapping his fingers and flashing Chihiro his trademark fox grin.
"How 'bout we write Iruka-nii some letters so that when we leave he won't be so worried cause I promise we will come back some day! One day when we are stronger and are able to handle the village where we deserve to live and call happily our home."
"I suppose that could work, although, I'm still a little worried about leaving…" Chihiro protested somewhat weakly.
"Don't worry Chi-chan! With me around you won't have to fear about a single thing." Naruto supplied cheerfully, already imagining his great victories he would have fending off attacks to save his Chi-chan whilst striking a dramatic dare I say Gai-like pose.
"Great," Chihiro said sarcastically, "I feel so much safer… NOT!"
"Mou…Chi-chan, no need to be mean." Naruto whined.
"Che," was his only reply.
"Come on Naru-chan! If we are going to leave this place I suggest we do so now by starting to pack." That said Chihiro commenced dragging Naruto behind her towards their apartment.
When they arrived at their apartment Chihiro quickly grabbed the largest backpacks they had and began filling them with whatever was necessary for them to travel away from the village. Naturally, Chihiro had packed her bag properly with everything necessary: clothes, a blanket, a pillow, matches, food utensils (chopsticks, bowls and a pot), toothbrush, hair brush, money, small snacks, a tiny fold away tent (present from Iruka), some of her precious scrolls, rainwear and winter wear. (Elation: WOW! So much can fit in one bag! gets all starry eyed) Naruto on the other hand had to repack his bag after Chihiro checked it and found that it contained mostly instant ramen. They each wrote a letter to Iruka which they left on the kitchen table, hoping that when someone came to finally check on them that they would be kind enough to give the letters to Iruka.
That night when the moon has risen high enough in the sky that Naruto and Chihiro could see their way yet could still hide in the shadows, they took off. Sneaking by the guards proved to be easier then they thought. Both gate guards who were mainly seeking out large chakra signatures took no notice of the two small signatures that walked through the gates, associating automatically the chakra with those of an animal of some sort. (Elation: Heh! Stupid Guards! snicker Jubes appears and smacks Elation on the head. Elation: Itai! It's hurts. turns around sulkily towards the computer to continue typing) Together the two walked out of Konoha gates, never looking back once as they walked along the main road.
Eventually after only an hour of walking, Naruto began to complain about being too tired to continue and the two opted to spend the night camping instead of trying to reach the next village as soon as possible. Finding a conveniently empty nearby clearing, Naruto and Chihiro set up camp. Quickly building the little tent Naruto and Chihiro got in and promptly fell asleep not bothering to make a fire for fear of drawing too much attention in case their plans to run were foiled earlier then they expected.
In the morning, Chihiro awoke promptly and kicked Naruto out of tent effectively waking him up. Barking out orders, Chihiro forced Naruto to get dressed and ready to leave as she packed up their belongings and the tent. Grabbing a small breakfast out of the rationed snacks Chihiro packed she handed some to Naruto mumbling sleepily that they could eat while they walked.
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Elation: GAH! I can't type anymore…
That's it! I'm gonna go have a nap! Or do something else cause typing for long amounts of time is really not agreeing with me at the moment!
Jubes: You can't just stop! I won't let you! suddenly appears in a traffic control persons uniform and holds a sign saying stop except it had a Х over it. Thou shalt not stop or else I shall smite thee with my mighty smiting powers!
Elation: Whatever
Jubes: You can't whatever me! I'm all powerful! However, I may consider letting you off the hook if you buy me this! holds up a picture of a digital camera priced at $989.00
Elation: Gah! Your so greedy! I would go so far as to say you are Kero greedy!
Jubes: I am not! I would use for some many things… blah blah blah (Elation has already zoned out and flopped on her bed where she falls asleep quickly)
A Few Minutes Later
Elation: YAY! All refreshed now… looks at clock DAMMIT! Why is it already 12:22 am! pauses Oh well! Continue the writing! Hurray!
(in the background Jubes is still listing off the reasons for which she deserves to be bought a new digital camera)
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Surprisingly, after the two had been walking for almost two hours they arrived at a small town. (You know the one that in the manga around chapter 138-ish, the one that Jiraiya takes Naruto to when they are off to look for Tsunade but they end up getting attacked by Itachi and Kisame) As they walked through the gates, the two noticed as rather loud and arguing couple fighting right in the middle of the road.
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Chapter preview: I won't do it! Mwahahahahahaha! … at least not this time
Elation: Well! I've decided that I need to cut it off here! 1) I'm tired and I just realized that it's almost 2 am! (I paused to watch some Naruto episodes) 2) I have nothing better to do tomorrow so I'll probably write and update by tomorrow. 3) I basically have the next chapter planned out so it shouldn't be too hard to write.
Jubes: The only thing we ask is that readers will you please Review! If we could have a counter that told us how many people read the fic then reviews wouldn't be so important. However, as we don't have a counter we appreciate the reviews that help us acknowledge that yes people are reading are fic and have kindly decided they are going to say something about it.
Elation: YAH! Review please! P.s. I'm sorry for any mistakes but I edited it as best as one person can when they are writing all alone! I'll try to do better next chapter! I promise.