I had a feeling this would come up, and it did. Tsunade's animal is
supposed to be a snail. I actually did some research... it has a lot to do
with that Jiraiya link I found a while back. But it also said that along
with Snake, Toad and Snail magic, Japanese mythology had firm standings in
bird and spider magic as well. And because Jiraiya has the toad and
Orochimaru the snake... it's only logical to assume that Tsunade's animal
will follow in the similar pattern of Japanese mythology... regardless of
the fact that it has no shell.
And also to clear up a few things about Itachi for La/=/er. The Anbu coming for him was when he murdered the clan. We all know that he didn't show up for another six years, which means he was gone before they had even got to the scene of the crime. So Sasuke only knows about the glasses... he's never seen them in action until now. Oh and... it was a 4kb review. I'm so proud!!
Chapter Title: 43. Freedom Has It's Price
Tsunade summoned her giant snail again. It took a lot of chakra to bring out her friend and she was slightly worried that she wouldn't have enough chakra to seal the two souls together again, but she was reminded of the chakra her snail could lend her if she needed it. The mollusc looked down at the over-powered boy as if to say 'do you really think you can beat me?' and slammed its slimy tail right down on top of the blond head, pinning the demon to the ground.
"You have five seconds Naruto!" Tsunade yelled, praying that the demon would remain pinned long enough. Already the snail's tail was beginning to move against her. Out of nowhere it came to her to wonder if the boy would be able to pull it off in time. She wasn't even sure if he could reach his body at all. "Three! Two! ONE!!" She counted down. The snail released the boy and, with hands moving faster than lightning, she formed the seals that would reinforce the spirals on the pale flesh of his navel.
There was a brilliant flash of light and all was silent. Not even the birds that lived in the remaining trees broke the deafening silence that had descended upon them. Her mollusc friend remained for a few moments in case of danger, but both the Hokage and the snail needed to recharge their chakra and she disappeared in an inaudible poof of smoke.
"Naruto?" She ventured, breaking the silence. The boy was covered from head to toe with Snail slime and after a moment he began to move again. She was at his side in an instant, pushing up the torn fabric of his jacket to see the seal fading away, but there was no way to tell whether she'd sealed away the demon fox or Naruto. The only thing she could tell was that she'd been a little too enthusiastic about the seal and too much chakra had been used to reinforce it. Naruto moaned softly before sitting up, holding his head in pain.
"Did the snail really have to smack me in the head?" He asked.
"Naruto?"
"Ah, Tsunade-baba!" He grinned at her. She was surprised to see his eyes fade from a shocking violet, which had obviously been red a second ago, back into familiar blue. "It worked." He exclaimed happily.
"It did?" She was a little too stunned to have the blonde back.
"Yeah, although not exactly the way you had planned." He stopped for a second, checking his body to make sure everything was in place and in order. "How much chakra did you use?!"
"A little bit more than was required."
"Obviously." He snorted. "I think you might have made us symbiotic."
"What?!" She cried.
"Did you honestly think I was stupid enough not to know what that word means?"
"No, not that. How?"
"I had the fox behind the gates and I could feel the chakra surging through the metal as I fought with him, but we were both holding onto the same bars. The energy sort of..." He struggled with his words. "Fused us together. I think I'm the more dominant one, but he's a part of me now." She nodded and smiled, reaching out to him for a hug. He screeched and jumped away from her.
"What's wrong?"
"No, no, no." He said. "I can't let you touch me just yet."
"Why not?" She looked at him incredulously, almost as though he'd grown a couple of extra heads.
"I want Sasuke to be the first person I touch." He replied. "I went for so long without feeling anything, and now I need for him to be the first." She nodded. "So when can we leave?"
"It'll take us a good week before we can make it back to the village." Tsunade responded.
"WHAT!?" But I got here in about a day... so did you!"
"Well, you had no body, and I had my giant snail to help me here faster. It will take me a day or so to get back enough chakra to summon her again, unless you can think of something else." He grinned mischievously at her before tearing the skin at his thumb.
"Well I do have a lot more access to the Kyuubi's untapped chakra." He laughed and placed his hand in the blood seal. "Kuchiyose no jutsu!"
To say that Tsunade was surprised to find herself the next moment sitting on top of Gamabunta's head was quite the understatement. The giant toad shifted on his feet and looked up towards the two people on his head.
"I was just getting ready for a bath, you little runt!" The big toad croaked, not really upset. Naruto glared down at the rustic skin.
"Can't you just help me and Tsunade-baba back to the village! It took a lot for me to get you here, baka!" He yelled. Gamabunta grinned.
"I suppose I could do a small favour for my underling just this once, even if he's so rude to Tsunade-hime. It's good to see that you're still alive."
"Of course!" Naruto crowed proudly. "You just can't kill the Great Naruto! How else do you think that bridge got its name?" Tsunade and the Toad laughed together before they set off towards Konoha, ten times faster than the Hokage's snail. If they were lucky they would make it back before sunset.
(Star)(Star)(Star)
"I demand to see Uchiha Sasuke!" Tsunade roared, surprising the younger blonde. The guard refused to budge.
"I apologize, Hokage-sama, however the rules state that visiting hours are over after sunset."
"The rules can wait a moment." She hissed. "If you don't move, I will personally make sure you are demoted back to academy status." Naruto would have snickered if the situation wasn't so desperate. He wasn't sure whether or not she could do that or not, and neither he nor the guard was willing to find out.
"Just for a minute." He stumbled on his words, opening the first gate. Tsunade snapped the keys from his hands and ran towards the second gate almost before he's even unlocked the door.
"WAIT!" He yelled after her. "You can't take those! You can't open that door!" But neither blonde cared enough to listen and left the guard behind at the front gate to push whatever alarm he needed to.
Naruto reached the bars of Sasuke's cell first and choked on his harsh breathing. Sasuke, who had no idea the source of the noises, only stared forward, but was tense none the less. Tsunade opened the gate and let the fox boy walk into the cell slowly. She waited outside to keep an eye out for the Anbu who would be arriving any minute.
Naruto sat down on the bed, not surprised when Sasuke whipped his head around at the feeling of the weight on the futon. From within the darkness of his glasses he tried to search for a face to put on the sobbing figure beside him. A snort came out.
"Sakura, again?" He asked. There was no vocal reply, only the feeling of soft skin against his chin. He was lucky enough for the guards to help him shave what little was on his face to begin with. "I don't want you're pathetic tears. They're completely fake." He spat out. "I'm tired of it. I'm tired of you. Why don't you understand that I-"
"You're such an idiot." Naruto replied softly, interrupting his rival. Sasuke gasped softly remembering the voice. It was just the same as when Naruto didn't have a body. He couldn't see the blonde then... couldn't see him now. But he could feel him.
"Naruto?" He whispered hesitantly. He wasn't entirely sure whether or not the voice was real enough to place his hopes in it. "Is it really you? In person?"
"Hai!" Sasuke raised a hand clumsily to where he thought his rival's cheek was and mimicked the tender touch he had felt.
"Can you feel this?" Sasuke asked shakily, unsure of himself. He felt the face in his hand nod.
"Yes, I can. You're warm. You're real." His rival smiled despite his circumstances and felt himself pulled into a tight embrace. He was about to say something when he felt Naruto's chin move as though the boy was about to say something. He could hear the hesitation in the blonde's breath on his ear. "I wanted you to be the first person I touched, Sasuke. I needed you to be that person." Sasuke nodded.
"Well you sure took your time, Dobe." He chided. "I've been in here for almost a week. I thought I'd lost my chance at seeing you again." He smirked.
"Not that you can see much of anything now." Naruto muttered under his breath. "Thank you for sending Tsunade in your place."
"What happened?"
"I was rescued. What more do you need to know?" Sasuke could tell from the wavering of his friend's voice that there was something the boy was hiding from him, and he wanted to know exactly what happened, but he decided now wasn't the time to press the issue. He would just have to remember it for later. "I'm sorry I didn't stay back and save you from this hell hole."
"You should be!" Sasuke pushed Naruto away from him in mock anger. "But of course, your arrival has ruined my plans for a daring escape. I didn't need you to save me."
"But you have to admit, I did."
"How? I'm still in my cell, I'm still blinded and I'm still accused of being insane. How has this changed from before you arrived?"
"Well, you were also alone."
"Hn." He felt Naruto raise his hands to remove the glasses covering his eyes followed by a shout from the guard.
"Don't you dare take those off!" He spoke out, watching the whole scene from the other side of the bars, just out of Tsunade's sight. He stepped forward, raising one hand filled with shuriken, posed to strike, and the other ready to perform any one-handed seal he needed to protect himself. "I won't hesitate to kill you."
"You better hesitate." Sasuke growled in the guard's direction, standing up suddenly, before being pulled back to the futon by the straining of his chained hands. "If you kill him, I won't hesitate to kill you either." The scene seemed frozen for a second before Kakashi burst into the room, followed closely by Sasuke's doctors.
"Tsunade, you know you shouldn't have opened this..." He trailed off when he noticed the blonde sitting at Sasuke's side. He tensed up, remembering that Naruto's body was the Kitsune's.
"Naruto?" He asked, his voice betraying none of his uneasiness about being in such cramped quarters with the notorious fox.
"Kakashi-sensei, Sasuke was telling you the truth." Naruto spoke up. "Because Tsunade was the only one who helped, I was able to return to the village. Now if you're the smart man I think you are, you'll remove the bindings on Sasuke's hands, and burn those glasses. I never want to see them again." He said with such maturity, Kakashi was almost reluctant to believe his eyes.
"I'm sorry, Sasuke." He mumbled, nodding to the guard. The man took the keys from the Hokage and unlocked Sasuke's handcuffs.
"Well, that's a little bit better." Sasuke muttered, following Kakashi and the others out of his cell. Tsunade quickly gave Naruto the hug she'd been dying to give him.
"I could almost swear you were a miracle, you stupid little brat." She whispered to him. "Of course, Tsunade-baba." He grinned at her, turning to look at his rival, who just had the glasses removed from his eyes and still had his eyes sealed shut tightly. "Sasuke, you can open your eyes now."
"Dobe, come here." Sasuke commanded, ignoring what was just said. "You wanted me to be the first person you felt. Now I want you to be the first thing I see." Naruto nodded and stood directly in front of his best friend, holding his shoulders to let him know he was ready.
Slowly his eyes began to open and, blinking twice, Sasuke looked at Naruto as if for the first time. He smiled slightly, almost missing the look of shock and horror that had passed over Naruto's face. He looked around. The look was mirrored on Kakashi and Tsunade's faces as well. Frowning, he wondered what was wrong.
"What are you all staring at?" He snapped angrily.
"Sasuke, how were you feeling when they put you in the cell?" Naruto asked softly, almost afraid.
"I was outraged. They were stopping me from helping you. You might have died if I couldn't be there." Naruto nodded for him to continue. "I fought them every step of the way. I fought my restraints and the effects of the glasses. I couldn't let them keep me locked up. Why?"
"Your eyes." Naruto whispered, choking up. "Your eyes... they're... completely Sharingan. It's not permanent, is it?" He looked from Sasuke to Tsunade and Kakashi. His teacher looked pained and bowed his head.
"It is for him." He whispered and pulled back his hitai-ate. His own Sharingan eye glowed red with the wheel. "My eye will never return to its original colour again, either." He explained, lowering the protector again.
"Sasuke-kun!!" A voice called from down the hall. A rush of pink streaked past the bars, only slowing down when her hands latched onto the bars, to stop herself. Breathing heavily, Sakura peeked into the cell. "Naruto." She said softly.
"Sakura-chan." He smiled back.
"You're alive! We all thought you were dead!"
"I know." Naruto replied. "That's the reason you had Sasuke locked up, ne?" She frowned, and lowered her head in shame.
"I'm sorry. I should have trusted both of you more."
"It's alright." Sasuke spoke up.
"No, I should have believed in you. How could Sasuke-kun be insane?"
"I might have become insane if it wasn't for Tsunade's help." He muttered. "...if I lost him twice..." he whispered to himself and shuddered at the thought. Naruto was the only one who heard and smiled brightly at the admission.
"Well, I'm glad you're back." Sakura exclaimed happily, looking confusedly back and forth between her two ambiguous team mates. She shrugged to herself, not really understanding what there was between the two, and latched onto one of Sasuke's now free arms.
That earned her a glare from both sides.
(End of chapter)
To Nebula: Itachi and that woman were the one's who left the village with Naruto. The woman was the one trying to pass as the Kyuubi's mother. Kisame has been watching from a distance for a while. There isn't anything missing.
Er... I kinda forgot about who was dressing up... never glomped any Gai- sensei... but I did see a couple. You may have seen me... I was one of two blonde Inos. I never saw anyone!! No one came up to me. pouts The only person I saw was another friend of mine from online... where was everyone?!
To Dreamer: Heck no. You'll see an ending soon though. But first, they need to end up in bed together.
To Junkyard girl: Don't worry, the room will be making another appearance soon, and I'll give out as much information as I possibly can.
And also to clear up a few things about Itachi for La/=/er. The Anbu coming for him was when he murdered the clan. We all know that he didn't show up for another six years, which means he was gone before they had even got to the scene of the crime. So Sasuke only knows about the glasses... he's never seen them in action until now. Oh and... it was a 4kb review. I'm so proud!!
To AkaNoShika: You'll be happy to know your review ended up being my longest to date. 5kb. I loved it dearly. I'm so thankful you reminded me about the book. I would have totally forgotten it if you hadn't mentioned it. Not to mention that scene was completely off the top of my head. I'm glad you enjoyed it. And yes, I adore 'real'. I'm trying to keep this fic as believable as I possibly can, while keeping the characters in tact. I hope this chapter explained Naruto's thoughtlessness. And as you can see, Sasuke didn't give up the fight soon enough. It wasn't until I was typing this up that I realised the same thing must have happened to Kakashi. Every time we see his eye it's always in Sharingan mode.
As well... I've always been afraid of making even one of my characters OOC. Naruto I'm not so afraid of, but Sasuke is definitely a character I don't understand enough of. If I get too OOC just tell me and I'll repost the chapter. Did you actually suggest that?! My goodness. I could never take over Naruto cause I'm honestly not that good. Plus, I want to see what the heck is happening with Sasuke and Naruto now. blushes Wow.
To Lightdragon1987: You went as Sakura? Did you glare at an Ino and say "He's mine?" Dear lord... I think I saw you. snickers
And last but not least:
NARUTO'S ROOM OF THE DEAD HINT #238:
Blood. Lots and lots of blood.
There we go. See ya next chapter!!!
And also to clear up a few things about Itachi for La/=/er. The Anbu coming for him was when he murdered the clan. We all know that he didn't show up for another six years, which means he was gone before they had even got to the scene of the crime. So Sasuke only knows about the glasses... he's never seen them in action until now. Oh and... it was a 4kb review. I'm so proud!!
Chapter Title: 43. Freedom Has It's Price
Tsunade summoned her giant snail again. It took a lot of chakra to bring out her friend and she was slightly worried that she wouldn't have enough chakra to seal the two souls together again, but she was reminded of the chakra her snail could lend her if she needed it. The mollusc looked down at the over-powered boy as if to say 'do you really think you can beat me?' and slammed its slimy tail right down on top of the blond head, pinning the demon to the ground.
"You have five seconds Naruto!" Tsunade yelled, praying that the demon would remain pinned long enough. Already the snail's tail was beginning to move against her. Out of nowhere it came to her to wonder if the boy would be able to pull it off in time. She wasn't even sure if he could reach his body at all. "Three! Two! ONE!!" She counted down. The snail released the boy and, with hands moving faster than lightning, she formed the seals that would reinforce the spirals on the pale flesh of his navel.
There was a brilliant flash of light and all was silent. Not even the birds that lived in the remaining trees broke the deafening silence that had descended upon them. Her mollusc friend remained for a few moments in case of danger, but both the Hokage and the snail needed to recharge their chakra and she disappeared in an inaudible poof of smoke.
"Naruto?" She ventured, breaking the silence. The boy was covered from head to toe with Snail slime and after a moment he began to move again. She was at his side in an instant, pushing up the torn fabric of his jacket to see the seal fading away, but there was no way to tell whether she'd sealed away the demon fox or Naruto. The only thing she could tell was that she'd been a little too enthusiastic about the seal and too much chakra had been used to reinforce it. Naruto moaned softly before sitting up, holding his head in pain.
"Did the snail really have to smack me in the head?" He asked.
"Naruto?"
"Ah, Tsunade-baba!" He grinned at her. She was surprised to see his eyes fade from a shocking violet, which had obviously been red a second ago, back into familiar blue. "It worked." He exclaimed happily.
"It did?" She was a little too stunned to have the blonde back.
"Yeah, although not exactly the way you had planned." He stopped for a second, checking his body to make sure everything was in place and in order. "How much chakra did you use?!"
"A little bit more than was required."
"Obviously." He snorted. "I think you might have made us symbiotic."
"What?!" She cried.
"Did you honestly think I was stupid enough not to know what that word means?"
"No, not that. How?"
"I had the fox behind the gates and I could feel the chakra surging through the metal as I fought with him, but we were both holding onto the same bars. The energy sort of..." He struggled with his words. "Fused us together. I think I'm the more dominant one, but he's a part of me now." She nodded and smiled, reaching out to him for a hug. He screeched and jumped away from her.
"What's wrong?"
"No, no, no." He said. "I can't let you touch me just yet."
"Why not?" She looked at him incredulously, almost as though he'd grown a couple of extra heads.
"I want Sasuke to be the first person I touch." He replied. "I went for so long without feeling anything, and now I need for him to be the first." She nodded. "So when can we leave?"
"It'll take us a good week before we can make it back to the village." Tsunade responded.
"WHAT!?" But I got here in about a day... so did you!"
"Well, you had no body, and I had my giant snail to help me here faster. It will take me a day or so to get back enough chakra to summon her again, unless you can think of something else." He grinned mischievously at her before tearing the skin at his thumb.
"Well I do have a lot more access to the Kyuubi's untapped chakra." He laughed and placed his hand in the blood seal. "Kuchiyose no jutsu!"
To say that Tsunade was surprised to find herself the next moment sitting on top of Gamabunta's head was quite the understatement. The giant toad shifted on his feet and looked up towards the two people on his head.
"I was just getting ready for a bath, you little runt!" The big toad croaked, not really upset. Naruto glared down at the rustic skin.
"Can't you just help me and Tsunade-baba back to the village! It took a lot for me to get you here, baka!" He yelled. Gamabunta grinned.
"I suppose I could do a small favour for my underling just this once, even if he's so rude to Tsunade-hime. It's good to see that you're still alive."
"Of course!" Naruto crowed proudly. "You just can't kill the Great Naruto! How else do you think that bridge got its name?" Tsunade and the Toad laughed together before they set off towards Konoha, ten times faster than the Hokage's snail. If they were lucky they would make it back before sunset.
(Star)(Star)(Star)
"I demand to see Uchiha Sasuke!" Tsunade roared, surprising the younger blonde. The guard refused to budge.
"I apologize, Hokage-sama, however the rules state that visiting hours are over after sunset."
"The rules can wait a moment." She hissed. "If you don't move, I will personally make sure you are demoted back to academy status." Naruto would have snickered if the situation wasn't so desperate. He wasn't sure whether or not she could do that or not, and neither he nor the guard was willing to find out.
"Just for a minute." He stumbled on his words, opening the first gate. Tsunade snapped the keys from his hands and ran towards the second gate almost before he's even unlocked the door.
"WAIT!" He yelled after her. "You can't take those! You can't open that door!" But neither blonde cared enough to listen and left the guard behind at the front gate to push whatever alarm he needed to.
Naruto reached the bars of Sasuke's cell first and choked on his harsh breathing. Sasuke, who had no idea the source of the noises, only stared forward, but was tense none the less. Tsunade opened the gate and let the fox boy walk into the cell slowly. She waited outside to keep an eye out for the Anbu who would be arriving any minute.
Naruto sat down on the bed, not surprised when Sasuke whipped his head around at the feeling of the weight on the futon. From within the darkness of his glasses he tried to search for a face to put on the sobbing figure beside him. A snort came out.
"Sakura, again?" He asked. There was no vocal reply, only the feeling of soft skin against his chin. He was lucky enough for the guards to help him shave what little was on his face to begin with. "I don't want you're pathetic tears. They're completely fake." He spat out. "I'm tired of it. I'm tired of you. Why don't you understand that I-"
"You're such an idiot." Naruto replied softly, interrupting his rival. Sasuke gasped softly remembering the voice. It was just the same as when Naruto didn't have a body. He couldn't see the blonde then... couldn't see him now. But he could feel him.
"Naruto?" He whispered hesitantly. He wasn't entirely sure whether or not the voice was real enough to place his hopes in it. "Is it really you? In person?"
"Hai!" Sasuke raised a hand clumsily to where he thought his rival's cheek was and mimicked the tender touch he had felt.
"Can you feel this?" Sasuke asked shakily, unsure of himself. He felt the face in his hand nod.
"Yes, I can. You're warm. You're real." His rival smiled despite his circumstances and felt himself pulled into a tight embrace. He was about to say something when he felt Naruto's chin move as though the boy was about to say something. He could hear the hesitation in the blonde's breath on his ear. "I wanted you to be the first person I touched, Sasuke. I needed you to be that person." Sasuke nodded.
"Well you sure took your time, Dobe." He chided. "I've been in here for almost a week. I thought I'd lost my chance at seeing you again." He smirked.
"Not that you can see much of anything now." Naruto muttered under his breath. "Thank you for sending Tsunade in your place."
"What happened?"
"I was rescued. What more do you need to know?" Sasuke could tell from the wavering of his friend's voice that there was something the boy was hiding from him, and he wanted to know exactly what happened, but he decided now wasn't the time to press the issue. He would just have to remember it for later. "I'm sorry I didn't stay back and save you from this hell hole."
"You should be!" Sasuke pushed Naruto away from him in mock anger. "But of course, your arrival has ruined my plans for a daring escape. I didn't need you to save me."
"But you have to admit, I did."
"How? I'm still in my cell, I'm still blinded and I'm still accused of being insane. How has this changed from before you arrived?"
"Well, you were also alone."
"Hn." He felt Naruto raise his hands to remove the glasses covering his eyes followed by a shout from the guard.
"Don't you dare take those off!" He spoke out, watching the whole scene from the other side of the bars, just out of Tsunade's sight. He stepped forward, raising one hand filled with shuriken, posed to strike, and the other ready to perform any one-handed seal he needed to protect himself. "I won't hesitate to kill you."
"You better hesitate." Sasuke growled in the guard's direction, standing up suddenly, before being pulled back to the futon by the straining of his chained hands. "If you kill him, I won't hesitate to kill you either." The scene seemed frozen for a second before Kakashi burst into the room, followed closely by Sasuke's doctors.
"Tsunade, you know you shouldn't have opened this..." He trailed off when he noticed the blonde sitting at Sasuke's side. He tensed up, remembering that Naruto's body was the Kitsune's.
"Naruto?" He asked, his voice betraying none of his uneasiness about being in such cramped quarters with the notorious fox.
"Kakashi-sensei, Sasuke was telling you the truth." Naruto spoke up. "Because Tsunade was the only one who helped, I was able to return to the village. Now if you're the smart man I think you are, you'll remove the bindings on Sasuke's hands, and burn those glasses. I never want to see them again." He said with such maturity, Kakashi was almost reluctant to believe his eyes.
"I'm sorry, Sasuke." He mumbled, nodding to the guard. The man took the keys from the Hokage and unlocked Sasuke's handcuffs.
"Well, that's a little bit better." Sasuke muttered, following Kakashi and the others out of his cell. Tsunade quickly gave Naruto the hug she'd been dying to give him.
"I could almost swear you were a miracle, you stupid little brat." She whispered to him. "Of course, Tsunade-baba." He grinned at her, turning to look at his rival, who just had the glasses removed from his eyes and still had his eyes sealed shut tightly. "Sasuke, you can open your eyes now."
"Dobe, come here." Sasuke commanded, ignoring what was just said. "You wanted me to be the first person you felt. Now I want you to be the first thing I see." Naruto nodded and stood directly in front of his best friend, holding his shoulders to let him know he was ready.
Slowly his eyes began to open and, blinking twice, Sasuke looked at Naruto as if for the first time. He smiled slightly, almost missing the look of shock and horror that had passed over Naruto's face. He looked around. The look was mirrored on Kakashi and Tsunade's faces as well. Frowning, he wondered what was wrong.
"What are you all staring at?" He snapped angrily.
"Sasuke, how were you feeling when they put you in the cell?" Naruto asked softly, almost afraid.
"I was outraged. They were stopping me from helping you. You might have died if I couldn't be there." Naruto nodded for him to continue. "I fought them every step of the way. I fought my restraints and the effects of the glasses. I couldn't let them keep me locked up. Why?"
"Your eyes." Naruto whispered, choking up. "Your eyes... they're... completely Sharingan. It's not permanent, is it?" He looked from Sasuke to Tsunade and Kakashi. His teacher looked pained and bowed his head.
"It is for him." He whispered and pulled back his hitai-ate. His own Sharingan eye glowed red with the wheel. "My eye will never return to its original colour again, either." He explained, lowering the protector again.
"Sasuke-kun!!" A voice called from down the hall. A rush of pink streaked past the bars, only slowing down when her hands latched onto the bars, to stop herself. Breathing heavily, Sakura peeked into the cell. "Naruto." She said softly.
"Sakura-chan." He smiled back.
"You're alive! We all thought you were dead!"
"I know." Naruto replied. "That's the reason you had Sasuke locked up, ne?" She frowned, and lowered her head in shame.
"I'm sorry. I should have trusted both of you more."
"It's alright." Sasuke spoke up.
"No, I should have believed in you. How could Sasuke-kun be insane?"
"I might have become insane if it wasn't for Tsunade's help." He muttered. "...if I lost him twice..." he whispered to himself and shuddered at the thought. Naruto was the only one who heard and smiled brightly at the admission.
"Well, I'm glad you're back." Sakura exclaimed happily, looking confusedly back and forth between her two ambiguous team mates. She shrugged to herself, not really understanding what there was between the two, and latched onto one of Sasuke's now free arms.
That earned her a glare from both sides.
(End of chapter)
To Nebula: Itachi and that woman were the one's who left the village with Naruto. The woman was the one trying to pass as the Kyuubi's mother. Kisame has been watching from a distance for a while. There isn't anything missing.
Er... I kinda forgot about who was dressing up... never glomped any Gai- sensei... but I did see a couple. You may have seen me... I was one of two blonde Inos. I never saw anyone!! No one came up to me. pouts The only person I saw was another friend of mine from online... where was everyone?!
To Dreamer: Heck no. You'll see an ending soon though. But first, they need to end up in bed together.
To Junkyard girl: Don't worry, the room will be making another appearance soon, and I'll give out as much information as I possibly can.
And also to clear up a few things about Itachi for La/=/er. The Anbu coming for him was when he murdered the clan. We all know that he didn't show up for another six years, which means he was gone before they had even got to the scene of the crime. So Sasuke only knows about the glasses... he's never seen them in action until now. Oh and... it was a 4kb review. I'm so proud!!
To AkaNoShika: You'll be happy to know your review ended up being my longest to date. 5kb. I loved it dearly. I'm so thankful you reminded me about the book. I would have totally forgotten it if you hadn't mentioned it. Not to mention that scene was completely off the top of my head. I'm glad you enjoyed it. And yes, I adore 'real'. I'm trying to keep this fic as believable as I possibly can, while keeping the characters in tact. I hope this chapter explained Naruto's thoughtlessness. And as you can see, Sasuke didn't give up the fight soon enough. It wasn't until I was typing this up that I realised the same thing must have happened to Kakashi. Every time we see his eye it's always in Sharingan mode.
As well... I've always been afraid of making even one of my characters OOC. Naruto I'm not so afraid of, but Sasuke is definitely a character I don't understand enough of. If I get too OOC just tell me and I'll repost the chapter. Did you actually suggest that?! My goodness. I could never take over Naruto cause I'm honestly not that good. Plus, I want to see what the heck is happening with Sasuke and Naruto now. blushes Wow.
To Lightdragon1987: You went as Sakura? Did you glare at an Ino and say "He's mine?" Dear lord... I think I saw you. snickers
And last but not least:
NARUTO'S ROOM OF THE DEAD HINT #238:
Blood. Lots and lots of blood.
There we go. See ya next chapter!!!