From the Island
By: Crystal of Psyche
Chapter 3: Always a Ramen Addict
Author's Note: I'm glad there are a few people out there that like this story. Hehe. About the whole confusion thing to how Naruto talks, I meant to do it that way. The languages barrier has a special reason for it being there to sort of give off the frustration in the characters. Sorry guys, I know its difficult but he'll start learning soon.
There are parts where I place the setting in Naruto's POV, but it switches every now and then. Just to give you all grief. XD
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It seemed that rest did not welcome Sasuke as he rolled over in his sleep glaring at the sun pouring inside from the window. Sighing he stood up and dressed quickly not wasting any time making his way towards a specific blonde. "Oi, Naruto. You awake?" After knocking a few times and getting no response he decided to storm inside. But only to find the room completely empty, scattered across the floor laid the mattress and cover he laid out the night before.
Already Sasuke could tell that this assignment in the future would give him many more problems than avoiding Sakura's persistence in dating. He groaned grabbing his shoes and bolting out the door within the time of a short moment.
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'Well going to the Hokage didn't help. I wonder what they said about him,' a specific blonde teen strode down the busy street. Completely unaware of all the strange looks he received from the locals. 'And I still need to find a way to break Kimahri out of…I think it's prison. Wonder what got him in there.' Once again his stomach gave him the signal that it needed some attention. Letting his unusual strong sense of smell over take him, he floated into the crowd like a piece of dry wood on a peaceful river.
The most delicious smell entered his nostrils and so he made a beeline towards the source of the beautiful smell. Over the counter Naruto peered over and noted that the meal looked more like a pile of noodles in soup. It didn't give off a bad impression, quite the opposite in Naruto's view. The old man behind the counter noticed the drooling blonde leaning over a bit too close for liking.
"Hey kid, you want something?" He made sure not to take his eyes off of him.
Again Naruto found himself in confusion and didn't know how to easily resolve the situation. Until an idea hit him, he brought up his finger and pointed to all the writings on the board. Only hoping that it would work out.
"Miso Ramen, alright then coming right up." And he started to do his job. As he cooked the noodles he looked over at Naruto. "So are you from around here?"
For the best Naruto decided for once that his best chance to stay on good terms with anyone would be to be quiet. As Rikku always told him, if you don't understand what is going on you just smile and nod. In which Naruto took on this advice for now.
The old man quirked an eyebrow but just shrugged it off. "Not much of a talker are you?"
Earning another nod on Naruto's part, even though the man spoke gibberish to him.
"Well I guess that's alright, ah, here's your noodles sir." The steaming noodles looked so appealing to Naruto that he dove right in. Meanwhile the old man tending to another customer that walked in.
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Murderous thoughts swelled within Sasuke's head all directed at his so-called guest in his house. He believed at first that he could easily find Naruto due to the fact that he's blonde and that is not very common among the town. He proved himself wrong. Zipping along the rooftops while peering down into the street Sasuke was already beyond angry.
"Uchiha." A voice called out from the side.
Sasuke skidded to a halt and turned towards the speaker, "Hyuuga." His darks eyes came up to the vastly contrasted white ones of the young man. Wrapped in his usual outfit of a loose kimono with ninja pants. The long brown hair swept over his shoulders down to his lower back.
Their voices seemed to almost match with the tone and their eyes held the same kind of gaze. "Why are you in such a hurry?"
"I just lost someone." Neji Hyuuga noted the impatience in Sasuke's voice.
"Oh?" Now Neji was interested. "Tell me more and I'll help."
A small chuckle escaped Sasuke's lips, "That's a first."
Neji smiled slightly as well, "Don't count on it often. I'm intrigued at who has gotten you into this kind of mood."
"Whatever."
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"WHAT! THIS ISN'T MONEY!" The shopkeeper yelled at Naruto who was having a panic attack.
"Fyed! Ed ec suhao! Bmayca aqlabd ed!" Naruto closed his eyes together and bowed his head.
Although Naruto tried his best, the way he spoke just made the shopkeeper grow even madder. The old man held up his hand ready to bring it down on the blonde's head until…
"I'll pay his share. Looks like the poor boy is having a bit of trouble." The shopkeeper turned to a man that sat next to Naruto earlier. The man smiled at Naruto, easing the blonde's nerves a little even though he didn't understand what was happening around him. "Don't worry." He dug into his pocket and handed the keeper some money.
The man with brunette hair and very noticeable scar across his nose turned to Naruto and placed a hand on his shoulder. Leading him out of the shop, while Naruto just dumbly followed out of curiosity. "Fro tet oui ramb sa?"
Confused at what Naruto had said, a loose smile appeared on his face. "You speak a whole different language don't you?"
Once again Naruto stood there in confusion, and started to get tired of it. "E's cuuuuu celg uv ajanouha kejehk sa y rynt desa, e zicd fyhd du caa Sarutobi. Ec dryd duu rynt du ycg! E lys ymm drec fyo fedr so vneaht yht frah fa kud rana drao drnaf Kimahri eh zyem! Hud ajah kejehk res y lryhla! E's cu celg uv drec!"
Immediately he felt ashamed for his outburst and bowed his head muttering something. The man looked down at the blonde with sympathy in his eyes, he took his hand and ruffled through the blonde hair. Naruto looked up at him with surprise written over his face. "Must have had a rough time. Just stick with me for a while."
He started walking down the street leaving Naruto behind. But he stopped and turned back and motioned for Naruto to follow. The blonde smiled really wide and started running towards the man. "Dryhg oui!"
But before he could reach him a figure hopped down from above and stood in front of him. A large vein mark was noted on the young man's forehead. "Nar…uto….WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!" Before he could berate Naruto some more two arms encircled his waist tightly almost crushing him. "ACK LET GO!"
"SASUKE!" Naruto's voice rang out with happiness. Everything felt like it would be okay from now on, and no one would bother him while Sasuke stuck with him.
Catching Sasuke's attention he turned to the left ignoring the blonde's iron grip, "Oh Iruka-sensei. What are you doing here?" That also caught Naruto's attention, he looked up at Sasuke then at Iruka.
"Ir…uka-sensei?" He asked with uncertainty. Sasuke looked down at him and nodded his head. Smiling then, Naruto let go of Sasuke and started to walk over to Iruka until another shadow appeared nearby. Which startled Naruto making him scurry behind Sasuke and peek around from his safe spot.
Agitated with the day already Sasuke glared, "Hyuuga, I don't need this."
"Well looks like a party doesn't it?" Out of nowhere a voice spoke with a happy note, followed by poof of smoke, and a silver haired appeared next to Iruka.
"Kakashi…Great." Sasuke grunted, his day just kept on getting worse and worse.
Fake looks of hurt flowed to Kakashi's seemingly expressionless face. "Aww. I'm hurt Sasuke, I was just checking on how you were doing with our littler foreigner. Hmm…it doesn't look like your doing all right. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to give you this assignment."
That struck a nerve, Kakashi noted. Without saying a word he turned to away from his teachers, "Naruto let's go!" And he stalked off with a confused Naruto behind him. Surprisingly Neji followed as well, once they disappeared Kakashi gave out a hearty laugh.
"You just have to mess with them? Geez, Kakashi. And what's with the blonde kid?" Iruka asked giving Kakashi a hard look making the other man feel a little uneasy.
"Sure, I'll spill."
"Good."
"-sniff- You're scary when you want to be, Iruka."
"I know."
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In the end the trio made it to the old training grounds, here Sasuke turned to Naruto while Neji watched with amusement. "Alright this is where we need to start your training?" Again Naruto looked confused while Neji chuckled.
"Looks like you have your hands full." Glares seemed to shoot in Neji's direction but before Sasuke could retort Neji spoke again. "Guess I have to help."
Much to Sasuke's displeasure, "Thanks…" Once again focusing his attention on Naruto. "Let's begin."
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A/N: All right there! I'm soooooo sorry for not getting this up in time. I've been extremely busy. But here's the new chapter.
I've been wondering if I should really go through the whole learning thing with Naruto…it might just be empty space cuz I can't think of any way to make it interesting. Might just skip to the part where he knows a little of the language and as well as freeing Kimahri from his prison.
And also, are there any characters that you want me to bring in? Just out of curiosity. If there is any other kind of suggestions I wouldn't mind hearing them.
I hope you enjoyed this.
REVIEW! …pwease…