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Chapter 2- Yamachi vs. Naruto
Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi traveled through the thick woods out of Kamakazi half a week later after finding out that Sasuke travels through the exact direction.
"Are we there yet?" Naruto complained as he followed Sakura jumping from branch to branch.
"No, for the fifteenth time we are not there!" Sakura yelled at the blonde. Half an hour later, Naruto asks again.
"Are we there yet?"
"DOES IT LOOK LIKE WE'RE THERE?" Sakura shrieked.
"We're here now," Kakashi commented. The two ninjas stopped behind their former teacher and stared at the giant wall. They approached the wall and touch the gate.
"Halt!" a voice echoed through the forest they looked at their surroundings.
"Up there!" Sakura pointed at the top of the gate. At the peak of the wall, Yamachi and his ferret Benji stood there and gazed at the three travelers. He and his ferret jumped down the wall and landed on the ground gracefully once more.
"Purpose of entering our village?" Yamachi stared blankly at nowhere.
"We're on the search of this person," Naruto pulled out a group picture of them and pointed at Sasuke's picture. Yamachi stared at Naruto questioningly. "This guy here. Have you seen him?"
"I might have if I could see the picture," Yamachi replied proudly. Benji stared at the picture attentively.
"What are you blind? The picture is right here!" Naruto yelled in frustration as he shoved the piece of paper in his face.
"Actually yes, I am somewhat blind," Yamachi took the paper from in front of his face.
"NARUTO YOU IDIOT!" Sakura bashed Naruto in the head and kicked him out of the way. "I'm terribly sorry about my teammate, Naruto. He doesn't know any better. I'm Haruno Sakura."
"No need to apologize Miss. Just describe this person for me; so many people has passed through these faces."
"He has black spiky hair, onyx colored eyes, and his name is Uchiha Sasuke."
"Oh," Yamachi grimaced at the name. "I met him."
"You saw Sasuke? Which way did he go?" Kakashi questions.
"He's recovering in the village…"
"Will you let us in then?" Sakura asks with hope in her voice.
"I'm sorry, but you must defeat in a little game to enter the village." Yamachi pulled out his staff and extended it to 3 yards once more. He explained the rules to the three and asks who wished to accept the challenge.
"I'll do it," Naruto yelled loudly as he smirked. "Blind or not, I'll defeat you."
"I don't need my eyes to defeat you." Yamachi slammed in pole into the ground and went into a fighting stance. "Bring it." Naruto began to charge at the blind child and threw kunais at him. Yamachi dodges them by jumping in the air. When Naruto reached Yamachi, Yamachi arched his staff again and smacked Naruto straight in the face, sending him back into the forest.
"How can he see Naruto's movements when he's blind, Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asks as the battle continued.
"If what the stories I heard is true, then that boy there must be Kino Yamachi, the Blind Tailed Beast," Kakashi stated.
"Like Naruto?" Sakura started at Kakashi worriedly.
"Yes. It's a crime shame what those people do to him in there…" Kakashi stared at the stone gate. The pink-haired girl gave him a questioning look. "They never treated anybody different like people. When the blind tailed beast was born, his eyes were murderous to those he gazed upon them, so someone put a curse upon his eyes and he was blinded. When they found out the many people he killed just for looking at them, he was shunned and was forced to take care of himself. When he was older and tried to communicate with others, the elders would beat him, child weren't allowed to talk to him, and teachers weren't allowed to teach him. He must have been training himself all these years, or else somebody from another village that didn't know his history taught him."
"So Yamachi is like an abused neglected child?" Sakura continued to gaze at the oncoming battle. Yamachi just hit Naruto with his fist for the 4th time while Naruto hasn't laid a single hit on him. "If Naruto doesn't win, then we'll never know where Sasuke is in the village!" She then cupped her hands around her mouth. "NARUTO YOU IDIOT! USE SOME COMMON SENSE FOR CHRIST'S SAKE!
"Nice cheerleader you have there," Yamachi smiled at Naruto as he tried to get up again. "I wish I had a support group." Yamachi became distracted as she stared at the ground, which Naruto took advantage of. The blonde jumped into the tree and punched the blind boy out the tree.
"What's up with you guys and giving sucker punches?" Yamachi rose from the ground.
"I will not lose to you…" Naruto glared at Yamachi. Yamachi just stared back at him and narrowed his eyes.
"You seem familiar somehow… Like we've met before on a battlefield somewhere…" Yamachi studied Naruto's vibration movements and saw his figure in front of him.
"Kage Bunshin No Jutsu!" Naruto multiplied himself 10 times. 8 of them circled around Yamachi.
"Very clever of you," the blind boy smiled. The copies attacked at the same time, but Yamachi jumped out of the circle and into a tree. He hung by a branch with one arm. "But not clever eno-" Yamachi was cut off by the real Naruto being catapulted in the air.
"RASENGAN!" Naruto smashed the glowing blue ball into Yamachi's chest. Yamachi fell out of the tree and straight into another tree. The tree falls from the great force and Yamachi lies there on top of the fallen trunk.
"Hn…" Naruto's copies all disappeared and the real Naruto stood in front of him. Yamachi got up from the ground and held his bleeding head with his burnt hand. "You are a very determined ninja. Alright then, follow me." He got up, cracks his spine back into the place and walked back to the gate. He told Sakura and Kakashi to come into the village with him, but he told them to remove their forehead protectors so that they wouldn't cause trouble. Benji jumped on Yamachi's shoulders as he unlocked the gate and let it fly open.
"Where is Sasuke-kun, Yamachi?" Sakura asks as she gazes at the large village.
"He is at my place. The med-nins here refused to treat him because I brought him in, so I've been taking care of him to be sure that he's still breathing." They took a path of dark alleys until they reach the back of a small two-story building with a flight of stairs. They climbed the stairs until they reach the top. Yamachi forced the door open and they walked inside. It was a small 2-room apartment. The kitchen, living room, and dining room were all in the same room. There was a hall that led to two bedrooms and a bathroom. In the far corner of the home was a worn-out piano. "Welcome to my place… it's not much…"
"You play the piano?" Naruto asks as he looks at the instrument. When he began to play a few notes on it, Benji attacked Naruto and began scratching up his face.
"GET OFF ME YOU STUPID FURBALL!" Naruto panicked as he attempted to pry the animal off him with no avail. Yamachi ran over there and yanked the ferret off of Naruto's nose, which he was a good grip on with his teeth.
"My apologies for my ferret… he tends to get aggressive about strangers. Uchiha is in the this room." Benji climbs back onto Yamachi's shoulders. He growled at Naruto and pointed his finger at him and gave him an I'm-gonna-get-you-sucka look. The team went into the nearest room and found Sasuke lying on the bed. He was sleeping and shook occasionally.
"What happened?" Kakashi turned to face Yamachi.
"When I hit him the last time, he didn't move at all. I thought I hit him in the head too hard so I began to find out where I hit him. I felt some mark on his neck and thought that I did that. So I took him into the local hospital and they refused to help him. I brought him back here and put him to bed. He woke up a few times but fell back asleep immediately." Yamachi put his head down in shame. "I didn't mean it…"
"Of course you didn't, Yamachi," Sakura placed a supporting hand on his shoulder.
"Are you guys taking him back to your village? He should get treated right away." Kakashi stared at the blind child. He nodded and scooped Sasuke's unconscious body.
"Thank you for your assistants, Yamachi," Kakashi commented as he carried Sasuke out the room.
"What about your burns and bruises, Yamachi?" Sakura looked at his burnt arm and bleeding forehead. "Will anyone in the village will treat your wounds?"
"I'll be fine. I'll heal over time," Yamachi reassured her as she and he walked out the room and out his home. "Feel free to come visit anytime."
"Nice fighting you, Yamachi!" Naruto yelled as he began to disappear. Naruto shuddered when he noticed Benji, the ferret from hell, point his fingers again and gave him an evil glare.
Sakura looked at Yamachi sadly before waving to him. She faced her sensei and pulled on his sleeve. "Kakashi-sensei, do you think that Yamachi will be fine by himself. It seems like we were the first visitors to ever say anything to him…"
"What do you mean, Sakura-chan?" Naruto asks.
"Don't you think he should come with us to get those treated? He already had plenty of scars on him and his arm will not heal if it's not treated." Kakashi stared at his student and sighed in defeat.
"He can come to get treat, only if he's willing to come with us." Sakura smiled and ran back towards Yamachi's home. She knocked on his door and he answered.
"Did you leave something?" Yamachi asks in concern when he realizes that it was Sakura at the door.
"I know this is sudden and everything, but would you like to come with us back to Konoha?" Sakura asks with a smile on her face. Yamachi's mouth turned into a frown.
"What makes you think I would want to leave my village?"
"I just thought you would because you seem lonely here…" Yamachi heard the sad tone in her voice. Sakura looked embarrassed as she hung her head down. She felt something fuzzy wrap around her neck and something cold touch her cheek. She completely freaked out as she looked at Benji's face right into her.
"Take Benji with you. I'll catch up with you later." Yamachi closed the door quietly. Sakura smiled and nervously petted Benji on the head.
Sometime later, Yamachi somehow caught up with Kakashi, Naruto, and Sakura and they continue onward to Konoha village
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