To GWFascination, I've got so much chapters planned that you'd be killing
me if you knew, but so far I've only gotten to chapter 17 typed. That's not
even a third of what I've got planned already... oops... did I scare some
people? Well I can promise you all some "stuff" in the very near future.
Oh, and Sasuke's the first one to fall. For Naruto that is. It all starts
on chapter 14... the one where I screw over Naruto... quite literally.
Title: Jaded
Series: Naruto
Rating: PG-13 (Will go higher later on)
Genre: Action/Adventure, Angst, Drama, Romance, Humour, Horror, Tragedy, Supernatural, Fantasy, etc. (pretty much all)
Summary: For most of his life, Naruto has had one dream (becoming Hokage) and one love (Sakura), but as he grows up he realises not everything is as easy as he wants to believe it is, and his romances are not as simple as getting the girl, but finding a love that's not bound by superficial reasons, and that's when he realizes he had his priorities mixed up all along. (Eventually it'll be SasuNaru)
Pairings: SasuNaru... a little later on... SakuNaru (don't hate me...it's for all those of you who want to bash Sakura... trust me you'll like this... even though I don't like bashing her, there'll come a chapter when you'll ALL want to bash her)
Chapter Title: 11. Where Loyalties Lie
The group stood stunned, as dozens of Naruto clones made their way through the village, making sure to be as loud and obnoxious as the original. It was almost too much that the boy was so willing to stand up for Sasuke and the force behind his parting words were much more profound than some of them thought he was capable of. Sakura was the first to break the silence with the angry stomp of her foot.
"He's such an idiot!" She screamed frustrated. "He's going to just be a fool and get himself caught and then Orochimaru will know where we are, where Sasuke is!" She shot a glare around the room for someone to say otherwise, but her fellow genins were looking at the floor, thinking the same as her. Tsunade spoke up.
"Do you really have such a small amount of faith in him?" She asked. "I know from experience that he's a stubborn brat when he needs or wants to be, something of which he will definitely use here. Even if he does get caught it will be a while before he spills his secrets. He's done more than you, little girl, to save the village." Sakura frowned deeply, but Jiraiya stepped in, placing a hand on Tsunade's shoulder to prevent them from arguing.
"She's right, Naruto would die before he'd betray Sasuke, no matter how much he claims to hate him." Iruka spoke up, smiling at Jiraiya's nod. "Jiraiya's obviously seen how protective Naruto can be of Sasuke and everyone who's loyal to him. He's ONLY loyal to those who have earned that loyalty. Not many people have such an honour in his heart yet." Jiraiya nodded, smirking.
"I know the little brat, and he's probably more likely to give away YOUR position than Sasuke's." He looked pointedly at Sakura. "Of course he'd never give away either if he could help it, but over the last couple of years Sasuke has earned more loyalty from him that you have." She frowned deeper and sat down in a huff. She didn't like people telling her how wrongly she'd misjudged Naruto.
"Naruto will be fine, Sakura." Sasuke said to her, walking to the window to watch what the clones were doing. "But we're wasting Naruto's time just talking about him. Sure he'd like to hear people standing up for him, but we need a plan." The adults nodded and set to coming up with a plan before Sasuke gasped involuntarily, followed by a series of loud popping sounds.
"K'so!" Sasuke muttered as a scream pierced the silence engulfing the village. Naruto's scream. Everyone ran to the window to find the village, which had been littered with all of Naruto's clones, now completely empty save the ninjas that were gathering people to the centre of the village.
"What's going on?" Choji asked, looking to Shikamaru, who wore a look similar to Sasuke's.
"Naruto's been caught." He muttered. "So much for our planning time."
"Why are they gathering the people, though?" Hinata asked quietly.
"I don't know, but I want to know what happened to Naruto, let's go." Sasuke exclaimed, preparing to climb out the window.
"Wait!" Tsunade said putting a hand on his shoulder to stop him for a second. "Not everyone should go. Iruka, take a couple of them to the centre, but use disguises. Don't let Sasuke get caught." Iruka nodded and tapped Kiba and Hinata on the shoulders. Hinata didn't need to change as she wasn't in any danger but Kiba used Henge no jutsu to age his appearance to look like his father. Iruka turned to the window to see a beautiful young girl where Sasuke once stood, but of course she was wearing clothes.
"Naruto taught it to me." Sasuke muttered at their shocked looks and headed out of the window. Iruka shook his head sadly, wanting to curse the blonde, but followed the girl out the window to be followed closely by the other two.
"We'll come up with something while you go and check out what Orochimaru's planning. Meet us at Sasuke's house when you're done." Tsunade nodded to them, shutting the window and walking back to the centre of the mess that was Naruto's house.
***
They walked slowly towards the centre, blending into the crowd easily. Most of the villagers looked confused and slightly scared as they were herded towards the Hokage Monument. As they got closer, the four made their way closer to the front to get a good look at the place where everyone else was watching patiently. Orochimaru stepped out on the roof of the Hokage tower and Iruka saw Sasuke and Kiba flinch slightly before composing themselves quickly. He returned his gaze to the youthful man who was looking over the village triumphantly. He cleared his throat before he addressed the crowd.
"Good morning Hidden Leaf. I am Orochimaru-san of the Sound. You might be wondering why I'm here on such an occasion, especially with your Hokage no where in sight. Oh, that's right, she's fled for her life. I've taken over your village without you people even having to wake up. It was nothing more than a late night scuffle and Tsunade-hime went into hiding with her tail between her legs." He laughed at the stunned looks beneath him. "Hai, it's all true. Your greatest warriors are in hiding and are cowering in fear from me. Maybe you, the people, can answer my terms." He nodded to someone beside him and Naruto was brought out, bound and gagged. Reflexively Iruka's arm shot out to grab Sasuke's forearm to stop him from lunging forward. Sasuke stayed where he was, but not before growling and narrowing his eyes, never taking his gaze from the men on the roof. Whispers shot through the crowd. Orochimaru silenced them by raising his hand.
"This young boy here tried to distract my army and is unwilling to talk, regardless of my lazy attempts, so I was wondering if I could appeal to you. I am looking for an Uchiha Sasuke. Has anyone seen the boy?" Nobody answered. "I'll take it that you haven't then, however he's the only one I'd like right now." He gestured grandly with his arms. "I've occupied this entire village, and I have your monster within reach of my kunai," he whipped out a knife and held it to the boy's throat. "This young boy has the power to destroy each and every single one of you, your husbands, wives, and children. And I have the power to end your nightmares. All I want is the Uchiha boy." More whispers spread through his audience, along with Kiba and Hinata shooting Iruka confused looks. They didn't know why the man was threatening Naruto's life.
"If you people don't help me, I'll do what ever it takes to release the Kitsune upon your village for the second time. So what will it be? Uchiha for the destruction of the beast, or do I let Uzumaki-kun's demon loose upon your village?" Kiba turned his angry gaze on Iruka, finally understanding what the man was talking about.
"Ne, Naruto's not the Kitsune." He whispered to his mentor, trying to tone down his anger. He was hoping Iruka would agree and put his mind to rest, but the damage had been done and the sensei shook his head.
"Iie, Kiba-kun. Naruto is the Kyuubi no Kitsune."
"No he is not." Sasuke hissed, overhearing their conversation. "He may have the fox inside of him, but that does not mean he IS the fox." Hinata frowned and Kiba gritted his teeth.
"But how can that be?" Hinata asked softly, to avoid attracting attention to them. The rest of the villagers were also talking amongst themselves, deciding whether they should hunt Uchiha in order to save themselves.
"His birthday is October 10th, Hinata-chan." Iruka said. "It's the same day the villagers celebrate the day the monster was sealed." Her eyes saddened immensely and she dropped her gaze to the floor, poking her fingers together.
The whispers became louder and Sasuke turned his head sharply, noticing that it had quickly become a general chant. Kill the Kitsune. Kill Naruto. The dark haired genin looked up to see the blonde's eyes blaze in anger at this. He struggled fiercely with his bonds and the cloth wrapped around his mouth. Orochimaru smirked at his attempts and silenced the crowd once more.
"The monster wants to talk." He nodded to one of his ninjas who removed the gag.
"You bastards!" Naruto yelled ferociously. "How could you be so willing to give up your strongest shinobi to the enemy just to kill me? You are disgusting, all of you." He spat, quite literally, at the people below him. Orochimaru's face darkened and he slashed Naruto's face with the kunai he was holding, catching him just below his eye, across his cheek. It left an angry red slice, beginning to bleed almost instantly.
"Unlike them, I'll never give up Sasuke, EVER!" He yelled at the snake ninja, loud enough for everyone to hear. "He'd never do that to the people he cared about." Orochimaru sneered at the boy.
"Are you so sure Sasuke-san cares about you?" He hissed. Naruto hissed back, eyes glowing red and a pulse of brilliant red chakra exploded from within him, breaking his bindings and throwing back the men holding him securely. He scanned the crowd for a moment, his eyes landing on the familiar image of Sasuke's Oiroke no Jutsu. Many of the villagers had started to scramble away, but he stayed still, eyes locked with Naruto's. Naruto seemed to calm down a bit, but a question flashed across his face for a brief second before he fled from the tower, towards the forest of Practice Area #44.
~~~~~~~
And yet again, Naruto's secret is blabbed to the whole world by someone other than the vibrant blond. I'd almost gag if I didn't plan it out this way. Yes, that's right, folks. It may scare you to know this but I've got a whole stack of other chapters just waiting to be typed... and most of the story is already planned out... okay, so I'm having a little trouble getting Naruto to get back in his body, but that's okay. I'm also trying to scooch a little lime in there too so that I don't get hurt by the reviewers.
Chapter Title: 12. Battle Me
He stopped beside a tree, seeing a flash of orange in the distance. He took a moment to catch his breath before walking slowly forward, aware of the possibility of it being an enemy trap. He eased forward and found that the orange blur had stopped at a tree beside a small pond. He quickly moved forward and found that it was indeed Naruto.
"Naruto." He called softly, recognising it was a clone, through his Sharingan eye, but allowing Naruto the satisfaction of believing he thought it was the real thing. "Please come back with me?" He asked, sitting down in the grass beside the clone. Upon hearing no response he continued. "This is the quietest I think you've ever been. Why do you all of a sudden care about the village's hatred of you? It's not like you did before." He looked up to see the clone pop out of existence.
"Battle me." Naruto demanded from behind him. Sasuke smirked and turned around.
I hope this is enough. And, even if it isn't, you all know I'm quick to post my chapters anyways, so it won't matter much. ^-^
Expect the next one either Tuesday or Wednesday. ^-^
Title: Jaded
Series: Naruto
Rating: PG-13 (Will go higher later on)
Genre: Action/Adventure, Angst, Drama, Romance, Humour, Horror, Tragedy, Supernatural, Fantasy, etc. (pretty much all)
Summary: For most of his life, Naruto has had one dream (becoming Hokage) and one love (Sakura), but as he grows up he realises not everything is as easy as he wants to believe it is, and his romances are not as simple as getting the girl, but finding a love that's not bound by superficial reasons, and that's when he realizes he had his priorities mixed up all along. (Eventually it'll be SasuNaru)
Pairings: SasuNaru... a little later on... SakuNaru (don't hate me...it's for all those of you who want to bash Sakura... trust me you'll like this... even though I don't like bashing her, there'll come a chapter when you'll ALL want to bash her)
Chapter Title: 11. Where Loyalties Lie
The group stood stunned, as dozens of Naruto clones made their way through the village, making sure to be as loud and obnoxious as the original. It was almost too much that the boy was so willing to stand up for Sasuke and the force behind his parting words were much more profound than some of them thought he was capable of. Sakura was the first to break the silence with the angry stomp of her foot.
"He's such an idiot!" She screamed frustrated. "He's going to just be a fool and get himself caught and then Orochimaru will know where we are, where Sasuke is!" She shot a glare around the room for someone to say otherwise, but her fellow genins were looking at the floor, thinking the same as her. Tsunade spoke up.
"Do you really have such a small amount of faith in him?" She asked. "I know from experience that he's a stubborn brat when he needs or wants to be, something of which he will definitely use here. Even if he does get caught it will be a while before he spills his secrets. He's done more than you, little girl, to save the village." Sakura frowned deeply, but Jiraiya stepped in, placing a hand on Tsunade's shoulder to prevent them from arguing.
"She's right, Naruto would die before he'd betray Sasuke, no matter how much he claims to hate him." Iruka spoke up, smiling at Jiraiya's nod. "Jiraiya's obviously seen how protective Naruto can be of Sasuke and everyone who's loyal to him. He's ONLY loyal to those who have earned that loyalty. Not many people have such an honour in his heart yet." Jiraiya nodded, smirking.
"I know the little brat, and he's probably more likely to give away YOUR position than Sasuke's." He looked pointedly at Sakura. "Of course he'd never give away either if he could help it, but over the last couple of years Sasuke has earned more loyalty from him that you have." She frowned deeper and sat down in a huff. She didn't like people telling her how wrongly she'd misjudged Naruto.
"Naruto will be fine, Sakura." Sasuke said to her, walking to the window to watch what the clones were doing. "But we're wasting Naruto's time just talking about him. Sure he'd like to hear people standing up for him, but we need a plan." The adults nodded and set to coming up with a plan before Sasuke gasped involuntarily, followed by a series of loud popping sounds.
"K'so!" Sasuke muttered as a scream pierced the silence engulfing the village. Naruto's scream. Everyone ran to the window to find the village, which had been littered with all of Naruto's clones, now completely empty save the ninjas that were gathering people to the centre of the village.
"What's going on?" Choji asked, looking to Shikamaru, who wore a look similar to Sasuke's.
"Naruto's been caught." He muttered. "So much for our planning time."
"Why are they gathering the people, though?" Hinata asked quietly.
"I don't know, but I want to know what happened to Naruto, let's go." Sasuke exclaimed, preparing to climb out the window.
"Wait!" Tsunade said putting a hand on his shoulder to stop him for a second. "Not everyone should go. Iruka, take a couple of them to the centre, but use disguises. Don't let Sasuke get caught." Iruka nodded and tapped Kiba and Hinata on the shoulders. Hinata didn't need to change as she wasn't in any danger but Kiba used Henge no jutsu to age his appearance to look like his father. Iruka turned to the window to see a beautiful young girl where Sasuke once stood, but of course she was wearing clothes.
"Naruto taught it to me." Sasuke muttered at their shocked looks and headed out of the window. Iruka shook his head sadly, wanting to curse the blonde, but followed the girl out the window to be followed closely by the other two.
"We'll come up with something while you go and check out what Orochimaru's planning. Meet us at Sasuke's house when you're done." Tsunade nodded to them, shutting the window and walking back to the centre of the mess that was Naruto's house.
***
They walked slowly towards the centre, blending into the crowd easily. Most of the villagers looked confused and slightly scared as they were herded towards the Hokage Monument. As they got closer, the four made their way closer to the front to get a good look at the place where everyone else was watching patiently. Orochimaru stepped out on the roof of the Hokage tower and Iruka saw Sasuke and Kiba flinch slightly before composing themselves quickly. He returned his gaze to the youthful man who was looking over the village triumphantly. He cleared his throat before he addressed the crowd.
"Good morning Hidden Leaf. I am Orochimaru-san of the Sound. You might be wondering why I'm here on such an occasion, especially with your Hokage no where in sight. Oh, that's right, she's fled for her life. I've taken over your village without you people even having to wake up. It was nothing more than a late night scuffle and Tsunade-hime went into hiding with her tail between her legs." He laughed at the stunned looks beneath him. "Hai, it's all true. Your greatest warriors are in hiding and are cowering in fear from me. Maybe you, the people, can answer my terms." He nodded to someone beside him and Naruto was brought out, bound and gagged. Reflexively Iruka's arm shot out to grab Sasuke's forearm to stop him from lunging forward. Sasuke stayed where he was, but not before growling and narrowing his eyes, never taking his gaze from the men on the roof. Whispers shot through the crowd. Orochimaru silenced them by raising his hand.
"This young boy here tried to distract my army and is unwilling to talk, regardless of my lazy attempts, so I was wondering if I could appeal to you. I am looking for an Uchiha Sasuke. Has anyone seen the boy?" Nobody answered. "I'll take it that you haven't then, however he's the only one I'd like right now." He gestured grandly with his arms. "I've occupied this entire village, and I have your monster within reach of my kunai," he whipped out a knife and held it to the boy's throat. "This young boy has the power to destroy each and every single one of you, your husbands, wives, and children. And I have the power to end your nightmares. All I want is the Uchiha boy." More whispers spread through his audience, along with Kiba and Hinata shooting Iruka confused looks. They didn't know why the man was threatening Naruto's life.
"If you people don't help me, I'll do what ever it takes to release the Kitsune upon your village for the second time. So what will it be? Uchiha for the destruction of the beast, or do I let Uzumaki-kun's demon loose upon your village?" Kiba turned his angry gaze on Iruka, finally understanding what the man was talking about.
"Ne, Naruto's not the Kitsune." He whispered to his mentor, trying to tone down his anger. He was hoping Iruka would agree and put his mind to rest, but the damage had been done and the sensei shook his head.
"Iie, Kiba-kun. Naruto is the Kyuubi no Kitsune."
"No he is not." Sasuke hissed, overhearing their conversation. "He may have the fox inside of him, but that does not mean he IS the fox." Hinata frowned and Kiba gritted his teeth.
"But how can that be?" Hinata asked softly, to avoid attracting attention to them. The rest of the villagers were also talking amongst themselves, deciding whether they should hunt Uchiha in order to save themselves.
"His birthday is October 10th, Hinata-chan." Iruka said. "It's the same day the villagers celebrate the day the monster was sealed." Her eyes saddened immensely and she dropped her gaze to the floor, poking her fingers together.
The whispers became louder and Sasuke turned his head sharply, noticing that it had quickly become a general chant. Kill the Kitsune. Kill Naruto. The dark haired genin looked up to see the blonde's eyes blaze in anger at this. He struggled fiercely with his bonds and the cloth wrapped around his mouth. Orochimaru smirked at his attempts and silenced the crowd once more.
"The monster wants to talk." He nodded to one of his ninjas who removed the gag.
"You bastards!" Naruto yelled ferociously. "How could you be so willing to give up your strongest shinobi to the enemy just to kill me? You are disgusting, all of you." He spat, quite literally, at the people below him. Orochimaru's face darkened and he slashed Naruto's face with the kunai he was holding, catching him just below his eye, across his cheek. It left an angry red slice, beginning to bleed almost instantly.
"Unlike them, I'll never give up Sasuke, EVER!" He yelled at the snake ninja, loud enough for everyone to hear. "He'd never do that to the people he cared about." Orochimaru sneered at the boy.
"Are you so sure Sasuke-san cares about you?" He hissed. Naruto hissed back, eyes glowing red and a pulse of brilliant red chakra exploded from within him, breaking his bindings and throwing back the men holding him securely. He scanned the crowd for a moment, his eyes landing on the familiar image of Sasuke's Oiroke no Jutsu. Many of the villagers had started to scramble away, but he stayed still, eyes locked with Naruto's. Naruto seemed to calm down a bit, but a question flashed across his face for a brief second before he fled from the tower, towards the forest of Practice Area #44.
~~~~~~~
And yet again, Naruto's secret is blabbed to the whole world by someone other than the vibrant blond. I'd almost gag if I didn't plan it out this way. Yes, that's right, folks. It may scare you to know this but I've got a whole stack of other chapters just waiting to be typed... and most of the story is already planned out... okay, so I'm having a little trouble getting Naruto to get back in his body, but that's okay. I'm also trying to scooch a little lime in there too so that I don't get hurt by the reviewers.
Chapter Title: 12. Battle Me
He stopped beside a tree, seeing a flash of orange in the distance. He took a moment to catch his breath before walking slowly forward, aware of the possibility of it being an enemy trap. He eased forward and found that the orange blur had stopped at a tree beside a small pond. He quickly moved forward and found that it was indeed Naruto.
"Naruto." He called softly, recognising it was a clone, through his Sharingan eye, but allowing Naruto the satisfaction of believing he thought it was the real thing. "Please come back with me?" He asked, sitting down in the grass beside the clone. Upon hearing no response he continued. "This is the quietest I think you've ever been. Why do you all of a sudden care about the village's hatred of you? It's not like you did before." He looked up to see the clone pop out of existence.
"Battle me." Naruto demanded from behind him. Sasuke smirked and turned around.
I hope this is enough. And, even if it isn't, you all know I'm quick to post my chapters anyways, so it won't matter much. ^-^
Expect the next one either Tuesday or Wednesday. ^-^