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Oh yeah and I am soooooooooo sorry for the long-ass delay but this fan-fic
is still ticking!!!
Key
"words"= talking
Italics= thoughts or simply italics
(words)= authors notes/my thoughts
words= sounds/actions (e.g. cough, gasp, huff, puff)
= look at the bottom
[December 30. Team 7 training area 19:23. Reign of the 3rd Hokage (2nd term)]
"71....72...." Sweat fell from Naruto's forehead. He was behind by one.
"What's wrong.... Naruto? Getting tired?" Sasuke panted.
"Me....? Tired.... you've got to be kidding..... me."
"So far you've only gotten to 63 push-ups when I'm already.... at.... 112.... 103...." Naruto hit the ground sending a cloud of dust into Sasuke's face. This made him sneeze and his elbows failed him.
Sasuke's face hit the ground and it hurt. "Ow.... I think.... we've.... had enough."
Naruto rolled onto his back, panting. "That's.... coming from.... an Uchiha?"
"All humans have limits Naruto. Some people have the power to break that barrier. Some don't." Sasuke huffed. Naruto thought about that for a few minutes.
"I guess you're right about that...." Naruto went back into thought. Suddenly his attention was pulled away from his mind, and pulled to his stomach. It growled.
"Hungry?" Sasuke said nonchalantly. His own stomach followed suit.
"I won't even say it," grumbled Naruto as he struggled upward. He laughed an empty laugh. Sasuke obviously took notice.
"What is i-"
"Oi Sasuke-kun!" came the all-too-familiar voice of the pink haired Genin. Naruto gave Sasuke a very suspicious look, motioned ever so slightly in Sakura's direction and nodded.
Sasuke closed his eyes, shrugged and turned to Sakura. "Hi Sakura-"
Naruto glared at Sasuke like he forgot something to say.
"-Chan" Sasuke finished.
Sakura stopped "What was that Sasuke-kun?"
"I said 'Hi Sakura-chan.' Is there a problem?"
A smile played on Sakura's face. Suddenly she bolted at Sasuke and put him in a great hug which.... he returned.
It was Naruto's turn. "I'm hungry."
"Me too.... and I suppose Sakura's coming too since she won't let go of me...."
Jo hand-delivered the bowls to the hungry shinobi. Naruto licked his lips. Sasuke sniffed his food and soon began eating. Sakura had let go of her companion but still had that daze in her eyes.
Just as Naruto picked up his hashi and was going to eat.... he froze. Abruptly his whole body went numb and his hands began twitching. He experienced the burning, stinging sensation in his chest. 'What the hell?! It acts up when it doesn't need to!' His stomach doubled up under him as his body without his will, began to curl into a ball.
The burning spread across his solar plexus down to his legs and on his back.... and he could do nothing about it. No matter how hard Naruto tried to fight the pain, it wouldn't secede.
"Naruto....? Naruto....! Naruto?!" Jo shook Naruto by the shoulders.
Immediately, he snapped back. Beads of perspiration ran down his face. His eyes were frozen forward. In no time at all, the real world came to his consciousness. During those seconds, he caught the whole restaurants' attention. Everyone was starring at him.
Some of them had food half-way to their mouths.
"Naruto.... are you all right?" Sasuke asked.
".... I-I'm.... fine...."
"Naruto snap out of it!" Sakura hollered.
"I-I can't.... I.... can't fight it. I- I.... gotta get.... out of here!" he tripped over his chair running from the bar. Just as he turned in front of an alley, he collided with a dark hooded man. The man spoke with a smirk.
"That's a very peculiar trait."
Naruto was oblivious to him. He pushed the figure aside and continued running. He bumped into more people than he could count.... but he didn't care about it. His focus was zeroed in on home.... home.... home.
He bumped into a girl. A 'sorry' escaped his mouth ever so slightly. He didn't even turn.
"Naruto-kun?!"
He knew that voice. Some portion of his subconscious thoughts made him want to stop.... to go back to some place that he actually knew.... but, he kept running.
Naruto put his back against the door; panting. He tried to isolate his mind from the beat of someone knocking on his front door. The knocking was relentless. Over and over it rang in his head.
He wanted Hinata to go away. Now wasn't the time for a relationship. Naruto slid open the door and look at her with weary eyes.
"Sorry Hinata...." Naruto mumbled as he opened the door. Hinata quickly stepped in and stood.
"What happened? I'm worried about you." She started in a low voice. "I know we have individual problems but we need to be able to tell each other. Why were you running."
"What do I have to tell?" Naruto shrugged. "I have an uncountable amount of problems. To begin I have this god damn demon inside of me." Naruto raised his voice. "I have no parents! No family! Nobody truly cares about me!"
Hinata strode over to him and put a hand on his shoulder. "How can you say that? Iruka-sensei cares about you! Hokage-sama cares about you! Kakashi cares about you, and I care about you! Why can't you see that?!"
"...." Naruto was silent.
"We are your family Naruto-kun...." She sat down on the floor. "Now tell me what happened."
Just outside Naruto's apartment, two figures crouched in a nearby tree.
"It's working perfectly...." the scarred one said to the other.
The recipient smiled. "It will be only a matter of time until it begins to tear him apart, and then Konoha will be vulnerable to an attack," he replied. The ninja shifted his Konoha hitae-ate with the slash through the middle, and wore it with shame.
He had that dream again. That dream of the battle between black and red. Although it was odd I meant something to him. It wasn't just a bad- food induced dream, but more of a force. It seemed to move Naruto's state of mind.
The Genin struggled out of bed. Just as he was slipping on his jeans, he stopped to look in the mirror. He turned to look at his back and....
"What the hell....?"
Naruto blinked to make sure he wasn't seeing "things". No matter how many times he closed his eyes the burn marks were still there. Even the Kyubi's power could heal that. He touched one. It was very real....
Oh yeah and I am soooooooooo sorry for the long-ass delay but this fan-fic
is still ticking!!!
Key
"words"= talking
Italics= thoughts or simply italics
(words)= authors notes/my thoughts
words= sounds/actions (e.g. cough, gasp, huff, puff)
= look at the bottom
[December 30. Team 7 training area 19:23. Reign of the 3rd Hokage (2nd term)]
"71....72...." Sweat fell from Naruto's forehead. He was behind by one.
"What's wrong.... Naruto? Getting tired?" Sasuke panted.
"Me....? Tired.... you've got to be kidding..... me."
"So far you've only gotten to 63 push-ups when I'm already.... at.... 112.... 103...." Naruto hit the ground sending a cloud of dust into Sasuke's face. This made him sneeze and his elbows failed him.
Sasuke's face hit the ground and it hurt. "Ow.... I think.... we've.... had enough."
Naruto rolled onto his back, panting. "That's.... coming from.... an Uchiha?"
"All humans have limits Naruto. Some people have the power to break that barrier. Some don't." Sasuke huffed. Naruto thought about that for a few minutes.
"I guess you're right about that...." Naruto went back into thought. Suddenly his attention was pulled away from his mind, and pulled to his stomach. It growled.
"Hungry?" Sasuke said nonchalantly. His own stomach followed suit.
"I won't even say it," grumbled Naruto as he struggled upward. He laughed an empty laugh. Sasuke obviously took notice.
"What is i-"
"Oi Sasuke-kun!" came the all-too-familiar voice of the pink haired Genin. Naruto gave Sasuke a very suspicious look, motioned ever so slightly in Sakura's direction and nodded.
Sasuke closed his eyes, shrugged and turned to Sakura. "Hi Sakura-"
Naruto glared at Sasuke like he forgot something to say.
"-Chan" Sasuke finished.
Sakura stopped "What was that Sasuke-kun?"
"I said 'Hi Sakura-chan.' Is there a problem?"
A smile played on Sakura's face. Suddenly she bolted at Sasuke and put him in a great hug which.... he returned.
It was Naruto's turn. "I'm hungry."
"Me too.... and I suppose Sakura's coming too since she won't let go of me...."
Jo hand-delivered the bowls to the hungry shinobi. Naruto licked his lips. Sasuke sniffed his food and soon began eating. Sakura had let go of her companion but still had that daze in her eyes.
Just as Naruto picked up his hashi and was going to eat.... he froze. Abruptly his whole body went numb and his hands began twitching. He experienced the burning, stinging sensation in his chest. 'What the hell?! It acts up when it doesn't need to!' His stomach doubled up under him as his body without his will, began to curl into a ball.
The burning spread across his solar plexus down to his legs and on his back.... and he could do nothing about it. No matter how hard Naruto tried to fight the pain, it wouldn't secede.
"Naruto....? Naruto....! Naruto?!" Jo shook Naruto by the shoulders.
Immediately, he snapped back. Beads of perspiration ran down his face. His eyes were frozen forward. In no time at all, the real world came to his consciousness. During those seconds, he caught the whole restaurants' attention. Everyone was starring at him.
Some of them had food half-way to their mouths.
"Naruto.... are you all right?" Sasuke asked.
".... I-I'm.... fine...."
"Naruto snap out of it!" Sakura hollered.
"I-I can't.... I.... can't fight it. I- I.... gotta get.... out of here!" he tripped over his chair running from the bar. Just as he turned in front of an alley, he collided with a dark hooded man. The man spoke with a smirk.
"That's a very peculiar trait."
Naruto was oblivious to him. He pushed the figure aside and continued running. He bumped into more people than he could count.... but he didn't care about it. His focus was zeroed in on home.... home.... home.
He bumped into a girl. A 'sorry' escaped his mouth ever so slightly. He didn't even turn.
"Naruto-kun?!"
He knew that voice. Some portion of his subconscious thoughts made him want to stop.... to go back to some place that he actually knew.... but, he kept running.
Naruto put his back against the door; panting. He tried to isolate his mind from the beat of someone knocking on his front door. The knocking was relentless. Over and over it rang in his head.
He wanted Hinata to go away. Now wasn't the time for a relationship. Naruto slid open the door and look at her with weary eyes.
"Sorry Hinata...." Naruto mumbled as he opened the door. Hinata quickly stepped in and stood.
"What happened? I'm worried about you." She started in a low voice. "I know we have individual problems but we need to be able to tell each other. Why were you running."
"What do I have to tell?" Naruto shrugged. "I have an uncountable amount of problems. To begin I have this god damn demon inside of me." Naruto raised his voice. "I have no parents! No family! Nobody truly cares about me!"
Hinata strode over to him and put a hand on his shoulder. "How can you say that? Iruka-sensei cares about you! Hokage-sama cares about you! Kakashi cares about you, and I care about you! Why can't you see that?!"
"...." Naruto was silent.
"We are your family Naruto-kun...." She sat down on the floor. "Now tell me what happened."
Just outside Naruto's apartment, two figures crouched in a nearby tree.
"It's working perfectly...." the scarred one said to the other.
The recipient smiled. "It will be only a matter of time until it begins to tear him apart, and then Konoha will be vulnerable to an attack," he replied. The ninja shifted his Konoha hitae-ate with the slash through the middle, and wore it with shame.
He had that dream again. That dream of the battle between black and red. Although it was odd I meant something to him. It wasn't just a bad- food induced dream, but more of a force. It seemed to move Naruto's state of mind.
The Genin struggled out of bed. Just as he was slipping on his jeans, he stopped to look in the mirror. He turned to look at his back and....
"What the hell....?"
Naruto blinked to make sure he wasn't seeing "things". No matter how many times he closed his eyes the burn marks were still there. Even the Kyubi's power could heal that. He touched one. It was very real....