First Kiss--Chapter 24
"You can never perfectly build over memories, and, after you are done building over them, you will have cracks of your memories staring back at you. And cracks never get smaller."
AN: For some reason I really like this chapters quote. There is meaning behind it that has to do with the storyline, so think hard about it and tell me what it means in a review.
"Sasuke!?" said Naruto as he stood up. He stopped as he looked at him, and was at a loss of words, Sasuke had grown taller, and he seemed more mature, and for a rare occasion, he was smiling. "What. . ."
"Naruto, I'm happy you made it. And you brought. . ." he looked at Aya, "her. . .Naruto," he reached for his kunai. "Are you Einizigartig!"
"No! Mr. Taguchi! They are allies!" said Mr. Tao. "Put the kunai away, sir."
"Then. . .how. . .why is she here? Why aren't you with your kind?" he said, spitting out the words as he put the kunai back into it's holster. "I wont have her stay here while you guys are here, no." Sasuke shook his head as he looked at Naruto, who began to speak.
"Sasuke! She isn't like that! You know that!" said Naruto as he moved closer to Sasuke. "She's staying here, or I leave."
"No. . .don't leave. . ." He sighed, quietly and then said, "She can stay. But if you do something that contradicts this village, I will kill you on the spot." He walked off.
"Hey!" shouted Naruto as he went through the doorway. Sasuke kept walking, and Naruto followed him. "Sasuke!" He kept walking. "Sasuke!" Nothing. Naruto, with all the power inside him threw his hand to the wall, instantly his hand went through, pieces of wood, wallpaper, and dust flying everywhere.
Sasuke stopped, then looked behind him, but did not turn around. "Naruto. . ." he turned around, smiling. "Thank you. That is the power I need," he looked at the crumbling wall as the others came out of the doorway. Naruto started to speak but Sasuke cut him off. "You see, Naruto. . .the reason I brought you here is because my village is currently readying for war. For the last month we have been moblizing and getting ready for the unevitable."
"You're attacking the Leaf?" said Mr. Tao. "Why was I not told?"
"Mr. Tao, we aren't attacking, whoever said we were? In this mission we are defending, and that is why I sent for you. Because, quite frankly, I need people to teach my ninja techniques, kind of like that one that Jiryia taught you, Naruto. My ninja have all the techniques that I taught them and then some that they have created all on their own, through either fate or complete luck."
". . .like the sword that Mr. Tao created. . ." thought Aya.
"Naruto. . .Aya, Hinata, will you please mobilize and train my troops?" said Sasuke. "I have taught them all I know, and if you teach them all you know, then that is two times the information going through their heads, and that is better than one."
Naruto smiled as he looked at the ground, then looked up at Sasuke. "That was pretty hard for you to say wasn't it, it's why you walked away."
Sasuke turned around, keeping his back to Naruto. "Do you accept?" he said, smiling.
"I accept. . .but first, there is some things I need you to do."
Naruto sat down at a table, staring at a blank piece of paper, he wrote some on it, studying what it was as he continued down the page. He folded the paper, then put it inside an envelope, walking to the door. His surroundings were bleak, just a white room with furniture in it.
"Here you go," he said, giving the paper to a ninja. "You do know what they look like, right?"
"Yes sir. From the descriptions you gave me I'm sure I can find all of them in less than a day inside Konoha," said the ninja.
"Thank you." The ninja looked at Naruto, he had a scruffy looking face, with an unshaved beard that was starting to grow from his face, and whitening hair.
"I will leave now, goodbye sir." Naruto watched the man leave the building as he went through the letter over and over again in his mind.
Soonichi stood, staring down at the village of Sachi, laughing to himself, remembering the Leaf. "Still can't realize I lost that battle, I'll go back some day. But for now I must destroy this village. . .it has potential. . .too much potential." He reached for his sword, but a hand stopped him. "Eh?"
"Not yet, Soonichi," said a child from behind him. The child had long black hair, but it stopped at around his bottom half of his neck, the kid had a smile on his face, as he wore a black suit. "We should wait a little bit, get our offensives and our plan down. You would have never succeded in the Leaf without planning."
"We've planned for two years, Ishida, we need to attack. . .we have the plan completly done, so lets attack.
"You only have me and you, that's why you lost in the Leaf. Sure you won tactical wise, but in the end you lost due to manpower. At the time it was only you and Aya."
"I had you as well."
"I wasn't ready to fight, I was five then."
"So eight is a good starting age to fight?"
"It's only cause I have an advanced bloodline, nothing more than that, without it I would still just be a regular boy." Soonichi removed his hand from his sword and then sighed.
"So you think we need more manpower? Where are we going to get that from?"
"The Atakasuki?"
"No, they're too expensive. . .we are a poor village, we couldn't possibly afford that. And the village. . .it hasn't been coming out with any good ones either, not even from my blood line. I just want you to grow up so you can make me some good warriors."
Ishida looked at him with a worrying look and then made a fake smile. "Er, well. . .I don't know, we'll come amoung a good warrior I'm sure. What about that Kiba kid?"
"He's dead."
"Oh. . .Uh. . .can't you just do the thing you did with him to some kid? I mean it wasn't that hard for me to do that."
"You turned the kid into a monster, he didn't even listen to my orders. Aya was actually afraid of him, she was never afraid of anyone. I cannot take a risk like that."
"Well. . .I've almost perfected it, maybe we should try again?"
". . .if the kid we choose gets too powerful, it's your ass. I'm not taking the heat for you if it happens again, the village is becoming a pain."
"They don't think we should plan this much?"
"No, they are starting to think we're getting careless. That we don't know that Naruto is going in there. Sure the kid is powerful, but he's no match for me. Not even you."
". . ." Ishida sighed. "We attack when I perfect the technique. . ."
"How long do you think it will take you?"
"I'm not sure, but the tests on the animals have been doing fine. Its rather fun though, they grow one thousand times their strength, well, that's why I only do it to small animals, but once this squirrel took down a tree!"
". . ." Soonichi smiled as he turned away from Sachi.
--Naruto's letter
To whoever reads this,
Shikamaru, Shino, Ino, and Sakura, I am calling for you to come to my present location. I will not tell you where it is, because that would comprimise me and yourself. The man who gave this letter to you will take you to the right place.
This is important. It deals with Sasuke. I found him.
Sakura dropped the letter in suprise, looking up at the ninja who gave it to her. "No way. . .He was actually telling the truth. . .We have to find Shikamaru, I know where Shino and Ino are!" She pulled the ninja from her doorstep and then stopped, picking up the letter and staring at it once again. "Okay let's go!"
AN: If you don't understand, as it only took Mr. Tao and Naruto's group to get to Sachi in a couple days, while it took Mr. Tao over a week to dravel the same distance. The reason is because Mr. Tao had no clue where the Leaf is, and therefore had to ask directions, blah blah. Only a couple days have passed since the little Ishida and Soonichi incident, as when Sakura is reading the letter. And yes, Soonichi is not dead. New storyline comin up.
"You can never perfectly build over memories, and, after you are done building over them, you will have cracks of your memories staring back at you. And cracks never get smaller."
AN: For some reason I really like this chapters quote. There is meaning behind it that has to do with the storyline, so think hard about it and tell me what it means in a review.
"Sasuke!?" said Naruto as he stood up. He stopped as he looked at him, and was at a loss of words, Sasuke had grown taller, and he seemed more mature, and for a rare occasion, he was smiling. "What. . ."
"Naruto, I'm happy you made it. And you brought. . ." he looked at Aya, "her. . .Naruto," he reached for his kunai. "Are you Einizigartig!"
"No! Mr. Taguchi! They are allies!" said Mr. Tao. "Put the kunai away, sir."
"Then. . .how. . .why is she here? Why aren't you with your kind?" he said, spitting out the words as he put the kunai back into it's holster. "I wont have her stay here while you guys are here, no." Sasuke shook his head as he looked at Naruto, who began to speak.
"Sasuke! She isn't like that! You know that!" said Naruto as he moved closer to Sasuke. "She's staying here, or I leave."
"No. . .don't leave. . ." He sighed, quietly and then said, "She can stay. But if you do something that contradicts this village, I will kill you on the spot." He walked off.
"Hey!" shouted Naruto as he went through the doorway. Sasuke kept walking, and Naruto followed him. "Sasuke!" He kept walking. "Sasuke!" Nothing. Naruto, with all the power inside him threw his hand to the wall, instantly his hand went through, pieces of wood, wallpaper, and dust flying everywhere.
Sasuke stopped, then looked behind him, but did not turn around. "Naruto. . ." he turned around, smiling. "Thank you. That is the power I need," he looked at the crumbling wall as the others came out of the doorway. Naruto started to speak but Sasuke cut him off. "You see, Naruto. . .the reason I brought you here is because my village is currently readying for war. For the last month we have been moblizing and getting ready for the unevitable."
"You're attacking the Leaf?" said Mr. Tao. "Why was I not told?"
"Mr. Tao, we aren't attacking, whoever said we were? In this mission we are defending, and that is why I sent for you. Because, quite frankly, I need people to teach my ninja techniques, kind of like that one that Jiryia taught you, Naruto. My ninja have all the techniques that I taught them and then some that they have created all on their own, through either fate or complete luck."
". . .like the sword that Mr. Tao created. . ." thought Aya.
"Naruto. . .Aya, Hinata, will you please mobilize and train my troops?" said Sasuke. "I have taught them all I know, and if you teach them all you know, then that is two times the information going through their heads, and that is better than one."
Naruto smiled as he looked at the ground, then looked up at Sasuke. "That was pretty hard for you to say wasn't it, it's why you walked away."
Sasuke turned around, keeping his back to Naruto. "Do you accept?" he said, smiling.
"I accept. . .but first, there is some things I need you to do."
Naruto sat down at a table, staring at a blank piece of paper, he wrote some on it, studying what it was as he continued down the page. He folded the paper, then put it inside an envelope, walking to the door. His surroundings were bleak, just a white room with furniture in it.
"Here you go," he said, giving the paper to a ninja. "You do know what they look like, right?"
"Yes sir. From the descriptions you gave me I'm sure I can find all of them in less than a day inside Konoha," said the ninja.
"Thank you." The ninja looked at Naruto, he had a scruffy looking face, with an unshaved beard that was starting to grow from his face, and whitening hair.
"I will leave now, goodbye sir." Naruto watched the man leave the building as he went through the letter over and over again in his mind.
Soonichi stood, staring down at the village of Sachi, laughing to himself, remembering the Leaf. "Still can't realize I lost that battle, I'll go back some day. But for now I must destroy this village. . .it has potential. . .too much potential." He reached for his sword, but a hand stopped him. "Eh?"
"Not yet, Soonichi," said a child from behind him. The child had long black hair, but it stopped at around his bottom half of his neck, the kid had a smile on his face, as he wore a black suit. "We should wait a little bit, get our offensives and our plan down. You would have never succeded in the Leaf without planning."
"We've planned for two years, Ishida, we need to attack. . .we have the plan completly done, so lets attack.
"You only have me and you, that's why you lost in the Leaf. Sure you won tactical wise, but in the end you lost due to manpower. At the time it was only you and Aya."
"I had you as well."
"I wasn't ready to fight, I was five then."
"So eight is a good starting age to fight?"
"It's only cause I have an advanced bloodline, nothing more than that, without it I would still just be a regular boy." Soonichi removed his hand from his sword and then sighed.
"So you think we need more manpower? Where are we going to get that from?"
"The Atakasuki?"
"No, they're too expensive. . .we are a poor village, we couldn't possibly afford that. And the village. . .it hasn't been coming out with any good ones either, not even from my blood line. I just want you to grow up so you can make me some good warriors."
Ishida looked at him with a worrying look and then made a fake smile. "Er, well. . .I don't know, we'll come amoung a good warrior I'm sure. What about that Kiba kid?"
"He's dead."
"Oh. . .Uh. . .can't you just do the thing you did with him to some kid? I mean it wasn't that hard for me to do that."
"You turned the kid into a monster, he didn't even listen to my orders. Aya was actually afraid of him, she was never afraid of anyone. I cannot take a risk like that."
"Well. . .I've almost perfected it, maybe we should try again?"
". . .if the kid we choose gets too powerful, it's your ass. I'm not taking the heat for you if it happens again, the village is becoming a pain."
"They don't think we should plan this much?"
"No, they are starting to think we're getting careless. That we don't know that Naruto is going in there. Sure the kid is powerful, but he's no match for me. Not even you."
". . ." Ishida sighed. "We attack when I perfect the technique. . ."
"How long do you think it will take you?"
"I'm not sure, but the tests on the animals have been doing fine. Its rather fun though, they grow one thousand times their strength, well, that's why I only do it to small animals, but once this squirrel took down a tree!"
". . ." Soonichi smiled as he turned away from Sachi.
--Naruto's letter
To whoever reads this,
Shikamaru, Shino, Ino, and Sakura, I am calling for you to come to my present location. I will not tell you where it is, because that would comprimise me and yourself. The man who gave this letter to you will take you to the right place.
This is important. It deals with Sasuke. I found him.
Sakura dropped the letter in suprise, looking up at the ninja who gave it to her. "No way. . .He was actually telling the truth. . .We have to find Shikamaru, I know where Shino and Ino are!" She pulled the ninja from her doorstep and then stopped, picking up the letter and staring at it once again. "Okay let's go!"
AN: If you don't understand, as it only took Mr. Tao and Naruto's group to get to Sachi in a couple days, while it took Mr. Tao over a week to dravel the same distance. The reason is because Mr. Tao had no clue where the Leaf is, and therefore had to ask directions, blah blah. Only a couple days have passed since the little Ishida and Soonichi incident, as when Sakura is reading the letter. And yes, Soonichi is not dead. New storyline comin up.