Poetic Justice – Part 3
By: Clever Audrey
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Sasuke, Manda or Gamabunta.
Warnings: Bad language?
AN: Back from Spring Break! Apologies for the delay - hope it's worth it:)
Sasuke smirked.
The view from on top of Manda's head certainly was lovely, especially when he was looking down at one Uzumaki Naruto who seemed torn between gaping and scowling at the recently returned runaway.
"Hn. Dobe," Sasuke muttered to himself.
"Brat! What have you sssummoned me for thisss time?" Manda's hissing voice boomed up to him.
Sasuke didn't even blink. "I had to prove that I could – the people in Konoha didn't believe me."
"That'ssss not good enough, brat!"
Manda seemed about to go on, but Naruto's voice crying out "Kuchiyose no jutsu!" distracted them both. There was an enormous explosion, and then Naruto was nearly on a level with Sasuke, perched on the head of Gamabunta, who seemed just as peeved about his summons as Manda was.
"Eh? Kid, what's going on?" The boss toad saw the king snake, and got serious. "Manda."
"Gamabunta," the snake replied. "Ssssso your brat ssssummoned you, too?"
The toad looked to see Sasuke on top of Manda's head. "What happened to Orochimaru?"
"I ate him at lasssst. Thanksss to thisss brat."
"I am not a brat," Sasuke insisted, scowling.
"Yes you are, teme!" Naruto shouted back, grinning widely.
"Yesss you are, brat. And you sssstay out of thissss," Manda hissed, peering at Naruto. "Ssstupid brat."
"I'm not stupid and I'm not a brat, you overgrown earthworm!" Naruto raged.
There was a moment of dead silence, and then,
"Earthworm?" Manda hissed, rearing up to stare menacingly down at the blond boy. "Earthworm?"
"Yeah!"
"I am no earthworm, you inssssignificant orange ssssshrimp! How dare you inssssssult Manda!"
"I'll insult whoever I want, Stripey!"
"You do not have the intelligence to deal with me, midget!"
"Not enough intelligence? This from the snake who ended up with Orochimaru and Sasuke-teme as his summoners! And you call me dumb?"
"Yesssss, I do. You have not lived a fraction of the time I have, ssssshrimp. How can you pressssume to more knowledge than I?"
"That just proves my point! All that experience and you still end up with bastards for summoners!"
"Puny human! What would you know of ssssuch matterssss?"
"More than you, apparently, you legless salamander!"
"Sssssalamander? I'll sssshow you sssssalamander you sssspinelesssss, noisssssy, ssssssorry excussssse for a ninja!"
"Okay, that's it! You're snake soup! I've never tried snake-flavored ramen before, but I'm up for new experiences. Get your ssssnakey, cowardly head down here!"
"Your ancessstorsssss will regret the day you inssssulted Manda!"
Sasuke and Gamabunta stood there, holding their heads and wondering how they'd ended up in this situation.
"Can't the dobe ever learn to shut up?" Sasuke sighed, rubbing his temples.
"Why do I always get the loud ones?" Gamabunta mourned.
"Bloated, daft, ludicrous excuse for a reptile!"
"Sssslow, inssssipid, crasssss bratling!"
Fifteen minutes later, Gamabunta had had enough. "Oi! Kid!"
"What?" Naruto
shouted back, annoyed at the interruption. He'd been on a
roll!
"I'm leaving now. I've put up with your idiocy long
enough!"
"Hey, no, wait!" Naruto managed to jump clear and into a tree as the boss frog vanished in a huge cloud of smoke.
"I musssst go assss well," Manda hissed.
"Ha!" Naruto crowed. "You're just running away 'cause you know I'm right!"
The snake glared, and Sasuke thought it was a good thing for Naruto that the snake's venom could only come from its fangs and not its eyes. "Mind yourssself, brat – we're not finisssshed. And you, Ssssasssuke. No more ssssummoning me for pointlessss reasssonssss." The king snake also disappeared. Unprepared, Sasuke only just barely caught a perch in a nearby tree as he fell, which of course set Naruto off laughing.
"Shut up, dobe, it's not like you did any better." The dark-haired boy was still irritated, but not as much as he could have been. At least he had proven that he really could summon the king snake. He also took pride in getting back to the ground much more gracefully than his blond teammate.
"Told you," he couldn't help taunting as soon as they were down from their respective trees.
"Yeah, yeah," Naruto scowled, and pouted the whole way back to the village. But as they reached the gates he turned to Sasuke with a mischievous grin. "Bet I can climb Hokage Mountain higher than you!" He challenged.
Sasuke just groaned.
Owarimasu!
