From the Island
By: Crystal of Psyche
Chapter 2: New Mission for Sasuke
'Italics --Talking in Albhed
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Time seemed to stand still as the two young men stared at each other, not sure of what to do next. However Naruto moved first, continuing his way across the rooftops the swift movement startled Sasuke at first. Muttering curse words from his mouth he dove after Naruto determined to catch up, but for some reason he had a hard time catching up to him. "Hey! Wait up!" he yelled out at Naruto not expecting him to respond.
"KIMAHRI!" Naruto bellowed out, whizzing along he didn't pay attention to his footing and stepped onto a loose tile. With a surprised yelp he slid off the building landing with a loud crash. It had to be his luck that he fell into a bunch of junk…that hurt. "Uff," he muttered pushing a few planks of wood out off of him.
Crouched by the edge of the roof peering down into the mess that Naruto had placed himself in, Sasuke just shook his head. "Oi! Listen…Naruto right?" Naruto looked up at him with curious bright blue eyes. Never in his life had he seen any that blue went through Sasuke's head. "You should just stick with me, otherwise you'll just end up in jail or in the trash."
"Rir?" Much to Sasuke's disappointment Naruto looked even more confused.
"God, I might as well take you to the Hokage…" A sigh escaped Sasuke's lips indication that the situation drained him of his patience.
"Hokage?" Naruto jumped out of the pile of trash only to fall over on his face, while Sasuke made an astonishing realization that the two understood something. That idea quickly left out the door when Naruto spoke again while pulling out a piece of paper showing it to him. "Dyga sa du res! E haat du keja res drec maddan!"
With his head hung he hopped down next to Naruto and helped him to his feet. "Lets just get you to the Hokage…"
Naruto smiled brightly and shouted in glee, "Oyo!" Not long after followed a growl from his stomach. He held it sheepishly looking at the taller boy. "E's rihkno."
"I'm assuming that means you're hungry," Sasuke replied with a gruff voice, digging into his grocery bag that he still carried with him and tossed Naruto an apple who immediately started devouring it.
"Dryhg oui!"
Although out of the little alleyway Sasuke made a small attempt for a smile, guessing what the blonde had said to him, "Your welcome." With his hands he motioned for the blonde to follow him, which didn't take much effort.
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As they neared one of the biggest buildings in town, Sasuke noticed that Naruto clutched the piece of paper he briefly showed Sasuke earlier closer to him. And casting glances everywhere as if looking for somebody he lost. The guards at the Hokage building let them pass only by a stern look from Sasuke. After reaching the room they needed, and succeeding in climbing all the stairs to get to it, Sasuke briefly knocked on the door.
"Come in," came a feminine voice. Once again Sasuke motioned for Naruto to follow him, he shut the door when the both of them stepped inside.
"Tsunade-sama…" Sasuke replied in a deep voice while bowing slightly to the woman at the desk.
The woman looked to be young, but the Uchiha knew better than that. She brushed away some pale blonde strands away from her face as her light blue eyes pierced Sasuke's obsidian ones with annoyance. "Sasuke this really isn't a good time. I have to deal with a strange intruder."
"Actually that's what I wanted to talk to you about," Sasuke stepped to the side revealing Naruto standing there.
"Oh? Whose he?" She looked at Naruto with curiosity. Within a second she knew that he resembled an outsider just like the other one she delt with before the two walked in.
Sasuke placed his bag on her desk. Tsunade eyed it while one of her eyes twitched with slight agitation. "Well that's the thing. I have no idea how to understand him, I did however figure out his name. It's Naruto. And I recognized another word he spoke of within his babbling. He said Hokage which I assume meant he wanted to see you."
The woman listened with patience and attentiveness while Naruto had given up trying to figure out what the two started talking about and stood next to the window. He guessed it had to do with him and the language barrier. Taking in all the sites from the high up point of view. Tsunade turned to Naruto with a gentle smile, "Naruto?" The blonde's attention immediately went to her. She placed a hand on her chest speaking one word hoping that he would understand. "Hokage."
He smiled and dug out the piece of paper and walked over to her handing it to her. "Drec ec vun Sarutobi Hokage."
Both Sasuke and Tsunade froze, "Who?"
"Sarutobi Hokage," Naruto could almost tell that something appeared wrong.
"I'm sorry Naruto, Sarutobi is dead," Tsunade spoke with a sad voice. Sasuke sent her a sympathetic look across his eyes.
"Fryd ec dead?" His eyes showed worry as he clutching the letter tighter to himself.
The Uchiha could definitely feel another headache coming along, "This is getting us no where."
Before she could say anything a ninja burst in the room, "Hokage-sama! We can't hold him for much longer. The monster has proven that he is indeed strong." A roar coursed through the building, Naruto's ears picked up the sound and recognized it immediately.
"Kimahri!" Bolting past Sasuke he ran down to the hall and through open the doors to jump back a few feet in alarm. Kimahri bled blood a little bit indicating that it took a fight to chain him down. Ninja were posted around him trying to keep the chains around him while the cat person fought viciously against them.
Right behind Naruto Sasuke ran up to him and grabbed him by the shoulders. Which only startled him more. He wrenched out of Sasuke's grip and hopped over to the weapons Kimahri during their travels carried the weapons for the both of them. And grabbed the hilt of his weapon, now Naruto wielded an extremely heavy looking sword, but the way he held it made it seem like a paper airplane. "Cdyo pylg!"
At the moment Sasuke did not want to fight, so he held his hands up in surrender indicating that he didn't want to fight. And slowly made his way towards Naruto with caution. "I don't want to hurt you Naruto."
Conflict flowed through Naruto's bright eyes edging away from Sasuke advancing on him. The other ninjas stood behind the Uchiha curiously watching him handle the blonde. He seemed to give off a cornered animal that would do something foolish if pushed too much. Sooner than he realized Sasuke stood in front of him and in a swift move hit a pressure point on the blonde's neck.
Kimahri let out an enraged roar as he watched his charge fall limp in the pale man's arms. Yet the chains kept him in place and he couldn't do a thing about it. "Kimahri femm pnayg vnaa!" The cat eyes narrowed dangerously on Sasuke.
He shifted Naruto in his arms so that he could carry him more comfortable and turned to Kimahri. "I'm not going to hurt him so back down." The comment did not calm Kimahri at all but Sasuke ignored the lion man. And he left with the baggage in his arms to go back into Tsunade's office. Placing the blonde on the couch he turned back to Tsunade, "What do we do now?"
"Let me see the letter." Sasuke retrieved it from the inside of Naruto's shirt and handed it to the woman. She opened it up and looked at it, her muscles on her forehead started to form together as she went into deep thought. "Well it's settled!"
His head looked up hopefully, "What?"
"I have no idea what this letter says." Replying simply as if it didn't matter all that much.
A headache definitely swelled in Sasuke's head, "That doesn't help! What ARE we going to do!"
The woman peered over to the unconscious boy, "I assume that this letter was meant for Sarutobi. But you and I know that he died in battle against Orochimaru…" Sasuke's fists immediately clenched but kept silent. "I've never heard this kind of dialect before, maybe Sarutobi did since he was ancient." A small smile spread across her face for a second before turning serious again. "The only thing I can think of is keep the two here and learn how to understand each other, and at the same time guard them to make sure their not spies."
"That will take time…" he said with slight agitation. "Who in their right mind would volunteer for that sort of thing?"
On Tsunade's face snuck a smile as she looked at Sasuke while leaning her face against her hand. "Thanks for volunteering Sasuke."
Painful silence echoed through the room for a few minutes till Sasuke slammed his fists on the desk. "WHAT!"
"Well its easier this way, your already here and…" Chuckles escaped her smiling lips, "He already seems to be attached to you."
"Not after I knocked him out!" He yelled furiously at her not caring the fact that she has the label of Hokage.
An unconcerned sigh escaped her still smiling lips, "Something you just have to get over." Now she tuned him out as he started ranting on about how his life is crap and etc. Peering over at the newcomer still dozed off on the couch her smile grew a little wider. 'This should be a interesting mission for Sasuke.' She thought to herself, 'Totally different from what he usually gets.'
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When Naruto finally woke up the sun had already set. Panic streamed through him as he noticed that the room he resided in appeared different than the one he remembered. Soft footsteps caught his ears as he watched the door open to reveal Sasuke.
"Oh good you're finally up." He couldn't help but to notice the glare Naruto gave him. He exhaled slowly and sat next to the futon Naruto laid in. "Look I only knocked you out to settle the situation that was getting out of hand…oh yeah I forgot." Naruto's blank stare reminded him that no communication establishment could be made at the moment. "Naruto…stay…" He placed his hands on the mattress and spoke slowly.
Naruto seemed to understand to a point. Sasuke could tell that Naruto felt slightly betrayed, but he'll worry about fulfilling the mission tomorrow. For now he just wanted rest. Naruto held up his hand in a gesture towards the door pointing at it, "Sasuke…mayja…" The Uchiha could only guess what that mean as he rose from his sitting position and walked out the door.
Not before saying a quick, "Good night Naruto."
As he walked down the halls he heard a faint, "Kuut hekrd Sasuke."
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A/N: Whew! Well now it's a mission.
Next chapter is going to be where the language really gets in their way. In this chap Naruto mostly stays quiet and tries to talks in single sentences. OMG! I know! XD almost impossible for our orange clad ninja eh? But this one is a bit different, he had a different childhood. Anyways, next chapter should be fun. I could see Sasuke loosing his patience at this sort of thing.
Chapter 3: Always a Ramen Addict
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