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Chapter four: Sunglasses and Shoes

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Sasuke placed Naruto down on his feet after they had entered Iruka's apartment.

Iruka and Sasuke didn't get any answers from Naruto, instead he would laugh, start to sing, or begin to tell them stories of things he did while he was gone. When they would ask him again he would find some way to change the subject.

Iruka had given up and decided that Naruto would tell him when he felt like it so he settled for listening to the blonde's stories. Sasuke on the other hand, decided he would confront the blonde when they were alone.

"Well I have one guest room, I don't know if I have an extra futon or anything but the one in that room is big enough for two and I also have a couch." Iruka scratched the back of his head, "I would let one of you have my bed but there isn't much room on it to begin with since I have all of the student's projects in there and in my office........."

"Its okay we can share a room." Naruto chirped before stopping. "Hey lets see if I still know the place." Naruto took a deep breath and began to count steps as he walked.

"Ten steps to the fridge!" Naruto laughed and kept going. Iruka yawned with a smile as he looked over to the Uchiha.

"Don't worry about your house, we'll get someone to come and build it." Iruka patted the taller boy on the back and jumped when he heard a crash.

"Hey this wasn't here before! You redecorated!" Naruto laughed as he heard Iruka and Sasuke run up.

"It is a picture." Naruto held it up in its broken frame and handed it to Iruka. "Who is it of?"

Iruka looked at it and frowned; it was a picture of him and Kakashi. "No one important Naruto, lets go to sleep and I will take you shopping tomorrow." Iruka yawned and turned the picture over.

"Hey Sasuke who was in the picture? I could tell he was lying." Naruto whispered with a grin on his face.

"It was Kakashi." Sasuke pulled Naruto's arm so that they could follow Iruka to their room. He had never been here before; it was very homely.

"Here you go gentlemen. I would give you two a spare change of cloths but my closet is blocked too and I have been wearing this one uniform for a few days." Iruka sighed at the mishap. He hated being unclean or even wearing the same outfit twice in a row.

"Ja, its okay!" Naruto smiled as he walked slowly into the room followed by Sasuke who immediately saw a picture of Iruka and a younger Naruto on the wall. They were always close.

"Oomph!" Sasuke turned to see Naruto had tripped over and landed on the futon. That was when for the first time that night something caught Sasuke's eye.

"So if you aren't going to answer any of my other questions at least tell me what is up with that tattoo." Sasuke smirked as Naruto sat up and began to rub the area it was located on his upper arm.

The center was the fire symbol that is put on the Hokage's hat surrounded by a bunch of delicately drawn swirls; which slowly turned into clouds. It was a beautiful design.

"I got it a few months ago in the village we got stuck in." Naruto scratched the back of his head. "Jiraiya thought I was crazy considering I would never be able to see the design but I got him to trace it with chakra and I like it."

"Kind of girlie ne?" Sasuke smirked as he sat down beside the blonde who frowned.

"No! Its not! It's manly and shows that I will be Hokage!" Naruto pouted as he pulled a blanket over himself and lied down.

"Ma.....ma........." Sasuke watched the blonde get comfortable on the futon. "Tell me what happened Naruto."

Naruto stiffened a moment before he relaxed.

"Think of it as a................a.............weakness." His voice became sour as he sighed. "I-I don't do well in crowds."

"What do you mean? I thought you could see everyone's chakra?" Sasuke watched the smaller body sigh.

"Imagine being in the middle of a crowd where you cant identify anyone unless you memorize their color and voice.............." Naruto paused, "Now think what would you do if all of a sudden all of their colors, voices, smells, everything started to mix together and block you into a box that seems to get smaller."

Sasuke looked over at Naruto confused, is that what happened?

"When I get upset or start to panic............if that is what you call it..............I- all of my senses strengthen, everything I feel seems heavier and more rough, I taste everything in the room at once, I smell everything, I hear everything that is going on in the whole village............for once you crave peace to the point you are about to fall off of the edge, you crave solitude from everything, you just want to be alone and you feel like all your chances for that will never be met as long as you are in that box."

Naruto took a long breathe before burying his head into his pillow. "That is it."

Sasuke didn't know what to do as he stared down at the comforter. He knew the answer was going to be strange but he had never expected one like that. Did Naruto really just experience that? How many times had he gone through it? That he could get over it so easily. Or was this just another mask that the blonde put up to make everyone think he was okay?

"Nar................" Sasuke sighed when he noticed that Naruto's breathing had evened out. He was already asleep.

The dark-haired boy pulled the comforter over himself as he faced the opposing wall in the room. The jonin exam was in a few weeks and yet he stayed in Konoha instead of going to his training grounds in the woods.

Was he going to be ready? What would happen to Naruto if he became a jonin before the blonde? How would his life change?

Sasuke sighed; it was going to be a long night.

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"Hey guys breakfast is.............." Iruka stopped as he entered the room and gaped. The sight before him was definitely once in a lifetime.

Naruto was curled up into a ball with his arms around Sasuke's waist. In return the light skinned boy had one arm wrapped around the blonde's back and another holding his head. Iruka smirked, if he was with a certain someone he would want a picture.

Iruka quickly shook his head and frowned, he couldn't think about a certain jonin right now, he had made breakfast.

"Hey Naruto........Sasuke..........." Iruka watched as they both opened their eyes at the same time.

"Ack!" Sasuke jumped up as a large blush came over his cheeks as he looked over at Iruka.

"Hn? Warmth?" Naruto shut his eyes back as he scratched his head.

"I made breakfast you two, come and get it." Iruka chirped earning a grumble from the now red-faced Uchiha.

"Awww........I was so comfortable too!" Naruto whined as he got up, never knowing he just made the Uchiha's face a darker shade of red.

"Uh..........do you need help?" Sasuke watched the blonde stand but do nothing afterwards.

"Um..........you wouldn't happen to know where my jacket is? Iruka still hasn't seen the tattoo and well I want to keep it that way..........." Naruto chuckled nervously.

"Its at my house..............the pile of wood that used to be my house, we can go get it after breakfast." Sasuke sighed rubbing the back of his head, Iruka had to of seen the tattoo by now..........he was a chunin after all.

"I am sorry but did I hear someone say tattoo?" Iruka stood at the door glaring over at Naruto who shivered.

"Uh.......um.........hehehehe its uh..........not bad........it's a little girly right?" Naruto tried to smile as he showed his arm to the chunin with a pony tail.

"Naruto! I knew you should have never gone with Jiraiya-san! He is a bad influence on you!" Iruka took Naruto by the arm and began to lead the fighting tan boy to the kitchen.

"Iruka I can explain uh..............Hey is that ramen?" Naruto jumped up and quickly found the kitchen table. He found it so perfectly you would swear he wasn't even blind with his eyes closed.

knock

Sasuke looked at the door. "Uh someone's here." He announced as Iruka went over and opened it to reveal Shino in his chunin uniform.

"I am here on behalf of Hokage-sama to invite Uchiha Sasuke to her office immediately." Shino did a small bow and then handed Iruka a small box. "This is for Uzumaki Naruto though. Tell him it might help." With that he disappeared.

"Could he be anymore formal?" Iruka joked as he watched Sasuke nod and then disappear in a cloud of smoke.

"Well I guess it is just us Nar............." Iruka walked into the kitchen to see all of the food was off of the table...........it was nowhere to be seen. He grinned when he noticed Naruto licking his lips.

"That was good! And who was at the door? He had dots all in his chakra! And why did Sasuke leave?" Naruto smiled happily.

"But how did.............?" Iruka was dumbfounded; he didn't know what to do.

"Come on Iruka I may be blind but I can still see things..............wait did that make sense?" Naruto began to think to himself causing Iruka to grin, he didn't care about anything as long as Naruto was getting along with life............which reminded him.

"Oh it was Aburame Shino and he brought you something. He said that it 'might help'? I hope you knew what he meant by that." Iruka sighed as he placed the box into Naruto's hands.

"Hm? Oh.............um.........." Naruto blushed as he pushed the box back towards Iruka. "Could you tell me what it is?"

Iruka sat surprised. How could he forget so easily! He had to be careful! Naruto............now Naruto was................he was blind......................

"Oh sure!" Iruka caught himself as he opened the box and pulled out the present.

"Well what is it?" Naruto beamed happily.

"Its............a pair a sunglasses." Iruka looked at them confused, what could this do to 'help'?

"Really! That is great! Well..............he must have been at the party last night......." Naruto sighed and happily took the glasses back into his hands.

"But what............how will these help?" Iruka was really confused.

"Oh.........well I think that Shino may be giving these to me so I don't have to open my eyes to fool anyone. So I don't have to open my eyes mainly..............." Naruto put them on and grinned happily causing Iruka to smile.

"That was nice of him." Iruka was so happy that the blonde had made good friends growing up.

"Ja, I bet he just didn't want to see my creepy eyes anymore and has so many pairs that he could spare one." Naruto laughed as Iruka began to pick up the dishes.

"Well would you like to go shopping for some cloths?" Iruka looked Naruto over. "Where is everything that you had with you anyway?"

"Um...........all of our stuff got destroyed but that is a long story so..............." Naruto smiled as he rubbed his tattoo. "What I have on is really my only outfit."

Iruka stood there momentarily letting all of the words sink in slowly.

"I knew it! That old man couldn't take care of himself! Let alone a teenager! It pains me to think of what you had to go through with him!" Iruka sighed rubbing his temples as Naruto chuckled.

"You don't know the half of it."

"Well lets go before the place gets too busy, I hate Saturday morning crowds." Iruka chirped as he grabbed his sandals at the door.

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"I have been informed over your................uh situation." Tsunade sighed as Sasuke sat in her office. "A good team of architects is on their way over to start the rebuilding process."

"Okay..............." Sasuke waited for Tsunade to continue.

"..............."

"Is that all you called me for?" He stood up to leave.

"No, there is one more thing." Tsunade waited for Sasuke to sit back down as she continued. "As you know the jonin exams are coming up and I have noticed that instead of training like most shinobi you are just taking missions and staying in Konoha."

"Your point." Sasuke sighed, he knew he should have trained instead of stay here............but then what would have happened if he had left and Naruto come back without him here?

"I just wanted to make sure you keep your priorities straight, a lot of people are looking forward to these upcoming exams just because you are in it................and at such a young age."

"Shikamaru is a jonin now." Sasuke reminded the blonde haired woman.

"Yeah, but he acts old and stubborn anyway." Tsunade mumbled as she thought about her laziest shinobi other that Kakashi.

"Don't worry I am ready." Sasuke spat out, he hated it when one: people worried and two: it was about his strength.

"Ma..........ma.........go." Tsunade waved him off as she looked toward the window.

Sasuke grunted as he vanished. Why did people always have to make a big deal about him? Worry about him? And it became worse after he left the village. He thought that they would hate him, sentence him to betraying the village but no, not when Naruto was the one who brought him back, not when the blonde stood up for him when they would walk through the village. Not when the village needed the Uchiha bloodline.

Shinobi are tools to be used by their village.

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"Are you sure you don't need any help? Last night you had ran out of chakra!" Iruka followed closely behind Naruto as the boy walked down the stairs.

"Yes Iruka! I am okay now! You should know by now that a nights rest does wonders!" Naruto laughed, "Sheesh you sound like a woman."

"How can you 'see' things? I don't trust you! You're stubborn like Ka............someone else I know." Iruka blushed when Naruto stopped and faced him.

The sunglasses really did work. You couldn't tell if his eyes were opened or closed but just that he was facing you.

"So why are you mad at Kakashi?" Naruto snickered as Iruka started stuttering. "Let me guess, you're as red as a beat now?"

Iruka put his hands over his face, yes Naruto was right. "I think you are faking this whole blind thing." Iruka grinned rubbing the blonde's hair.

"Hey answer me darn it." Naruto jumped away from the dark-haired chunin to get away from his grasp.

"Well............you see........." Iruka got closer so he could whisper while they walked. "I yelled at Kakashi and Gai for not being good role models for Lee and Sakura........."

"Why would they be bad role models?" Naruto asked a little confused though he could see why; Kakashi was as a pervert but Gai was just bad fashion.

"That's just it. I was having a bad day when Sakura had told me and well her being a teacher at the school, it would be bad if anyone else found out about her...........um baby before her and Lee got married." Iruka sighed shaking his head. "I was really just mad at some of my students who had caught the teacher's lounge on fire and I took it off on Kakashi and Gai."

"Okay well that is the first part so why are they mad at each other and you?" Naruto found a rock with his foot and began to kick it around.

"I have been giving Gai nothing but D missions and Kakashi all A class missions." Iruka mumbled.

"Okay but I thought you weren't that mad?" Naruto was really confused as they stopped beside a tree.

"Well when your boyfriend forgets your three year anniversary! Because he was too busy battling his rival you would be mad too!" Iruka yelled kicking the tree in half.

"Woah." Naruto grinned; Iruka was really strong. Moody but strong.

"Um............Oh my what pretty weather we are having!" Naruto grinned as Iruka snorted.

"You cant see the weather.............or can you? Tell me how you can move around so freely." Iruka was proud that Naruto wasn't the type of person to become reliant on someone or thing but he would always find a way for himself to over come it.

"Well it is like this." Naruto stopped. "I can see you, the way your body moves and stuff like that but I am not seeing you but your chakra."

"Huh?" Iruka asked dumbly.

"Well you have this nice light blue chakra that has a comforting aura around it. But when you are angry like a while ago it flares up so I know that you are either emotional or mad. I cannot see your face or features or really anything but I can see the shape of your body..................because of your chakra............"

"So does everyone have a different color?" Iruka was amazed, he had never heard of a technique like this before.

"Yes and no. Like you have light blue but Sasuke has dark red and Hinata has a pure white color. But Neji is white too but his has more of a strong presence and seems thick when Hinata's flows like water." Naruto scratched the back of his head, was he making any sense.

"So the Hyuga clan has white chakra but they have a different presence in each owns?" Iruka nodded as if he was recording this information for later.

"Hai, like the Inuzuka clan probably has all brown chakra like Kiba but with different features or stuff. But Akamaru has a lighter brown chakra." Naruto grinned; Iruka could understand anything. Heck the man could even read his handwriting.

"Oh I get that but then how can you see objects around you? They don't have chakra." Iruka never thought that Naruto would have been able to see chakra.

"See that is the fun part. I put my chakra around me." Naruto noticed the light blue figure tilt his head.

"Okay my chakra is orange...........hehe talk about coincidence. Anyways everything I see other than shinobi or chakra is orange. I focus my chakra to flow around me so that I can tell what is up ahead or behind me. Its like.....................grabbing a paint can and throwing it ahead of you but all you can see is what the paint has touched." Naruto watched the blue figure stay still for a moment.

"So that is why you ran out of chakra yesterday, but then why cant I sense your chakra unless I concentrate really hard?" Iruka had tried to sense the blonde's chakra but it wasn't until he concentrated hard enough could he even feel it but he was right beside the boy.

"See that is the trick, as a shinobi leaking out my chakra could get me easily caught so I only but out the thinnest layer I can...........also if I put out too much then I run out of chakra a lot quicker and that wouldn't be good if there was a battle." Naruto grinned happily, he was a ninja so he needed to think like a ninja...............and thank Jiraiya later for lessons on chakra control.

Iruka smiled, Naruto was so smart. He could still be a shinobi if he tried hard enough. It was amazing.

"You have grown up so much Naruto." Iruka wanted to hug the young man before him but thought better of embarrassing the blonde. After all Naruto was..................

"Oomph!" Iruka smiled as Naruto hugged his arm.

"Thanks Iruka-sensei." Naruto grinned and then continued walking.

"So how far away can you see?" Iruka grinned as Naruto let go of his arm.

"Right now I can see up to..............I would guess fifteen feet but when I am really happy I can see up to a mile!" Naruto started laughing as Iruka shook his head.

"Baka."

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Sasuke sighed as he transported into the mission assignment room.

"What the?" He looked around; no one was here? That had to be a first in Konoha history.

It didn't look like the place had been attacked and no one had gone to the Hokage; he was just with her.

Was it just him or was something going on? He didn't recall seeing any shinobi around town before his meeting other than Shino.

Just where was everyone?

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"How about this shirt? It's all black and buttons up." Iruka held up a black shirt.

"Hm............No I don't like buttons." Naruto sighed, "Is there anything orange?"

Iruka looked around the store, it was a ninja store.............everything was black.

"Oh my! The first shinobi I have seen all day!" Iruka looked up to see the store clerk.

"Really? It is almost lunch time." Iruka looked over at Naruto who was 'going through' some shirts on a shelf. He didn't want any of the villagers to know.

"Can I help you two? Looking for anything specific?" The clerk smiled at Iruka nicely.

"Um..............got anything in orange?" Iruka laughed nervously. Why would a shop built for ninja's have something in orange that doesn't really help with camouflage........or anything.

"Yeah we have something over here in the corner!" The clerk watched Iruka fall forward. So much for his thoughts on ninja stores.

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Sasuke put his hands in his pockets as he walked through Konoha. He still hadn't seen any fellow shinobi except a few genins playing on their day off.

What was going on? Where was everybody? Sasuke narrowed his eyes as he walked on, he would find out.

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"You didn't have to pay for it! I could have waited to see if I could exchange my money!" Naruto pouted as he walked through the town in his new outfit.

"No it was no problem consider it a welcome home present or something! And what kind of money is that anyway? It looks fake." Iruka looked at the beautifully decorated paper money in Naruto's hands. "And who would take paper money anyway?"

"Its what they paid me with at the town we stayed at. I think it might be their type of currency." Naruto put his paper cash back into his wallet wrapped around his neck with the necklace Tsunade had given him a long time ago.

"You had a job while you were there? Did they know you were blind?" Iruka whispered the second question as they past a group of villagers.

"Yeah, and I took care of children.............I taught them things.........." Naruto blushed and turned his face away from his former sensei.

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Sasuke looked up to see Iruka walking around with a tall blonde that had similar marks on his face like Naruto.

Naruto had on an orange t-shirt that had the fire symbol on the chest part; he had a fishnet quarter sleeved shirt on underneath the other shirt with black chunin pants that were rolled up. He also had a black bag hanging over his left shoulder with some fabric hanging out; the bag held his pants.

The one thing that caught Sasuke's eyes were the blonde's shoes. They were bath house shoes.............the kind that added at least four inches to the wearer's height.

"You were a teacher?" Iruka beamed over at the blonde. He always thought Naruto would be good with children.

"Hey Sasuke." Naruto smiled as the raven-haired Uchiha walked up to them.

"Iruka there is no one at the mission registration room." Sasuke informed the now shocked chunin.

"Wha? What about the paper work! Um.......stay with Naruto.............bye!" Iruka took off as fast as he could towards the Hokage tower.

"I like your glasses." Sasuke looked Naruto over one more time registering the outfit..............it fit the blonde well.

"Hey what about the outfit?" Naruto pouted as Sasuke smirked and began to walk away not answering.

"I like your shoes." Sasuke smirked as Naruto rubbed the back of his head.

"Hehe............so you noticed?" Naruto chuckled nervously stopping with the Uchiha.

"I knew I was taller." Sasuke smirked; crossing his arms and leaning against a nearby tree.

"Yeah, yeah." Naruto mumbled shifting his bag to the other shoulder. "Man these cloths are really light compared to those robes."

"That is because having heavy cloths can render a ninja's speed, dobe." Sasuke watched amused at how Naruto's face scrunched up at the use of the old nickname.

"Don't call me that Sasuke-teme." Naruto narrowed his eyebrows making it look like he was glaring through the sunglasses.

"Ma........take off your sandals." Sasuke watched the blonde straighten up confused and then pout and turn his face away.

"Make me."

No sooner than when Naruto had finished talking he found himself being tripped and then caught. When his feet touched the ground they no longer had the sandals on.

"Wha?" Naruto was in awe at Sasuke's new found speed. "When could you do that?"

"When couldn't I?" Sasuke smirked noticing Naruto's eyes only went to his nose. "You are short."

"Nani? Teme!" Naruto pushed Sasuke away with a large blush on his cheeks and began to walk away without his sandals.

"Baka." Sasuke smirked as he followed the blonde holding his sandals.

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"Revenge is a plate best served cold."
-Old Kingdom Proverb
Kill Bill 1

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Hello! I just updated my other story Forbidden Jutsu also so I hope you guys enjoy that also lol

Well summer is officially beginning! And I have a cold coughs this is cool ne?

I hate this weather in North Carolina it changes too much! Lol

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