A New Path
Chapter 6 : Revelations
Synopsis : Naruto explains what happened to Gaara and reveals his biggest secret, the Kyubi!!! The teams in search for Naruto, find something to aid their search.
Pairings : Main pairing will be Gaara x Naruto. A little tiny bit of Sasuke x Naruto, along with maybe Kakashi x Iruka
Disclaimer : I don't own Naruto but wish I did
Important note : Contains shonen-ai, in other words boy loves boy, don't like then don't read
Extra Information :
- This takes place after the Chuunin exam, although, Sasuke never went to join Orochimaru.
- Also, the fight between Sasuke and Naruto on the Hospital roof did occur.
- Important to have read up to Volume 20 of the manga Naruto
- Chidori - The Thousand Birds : This jutsu is Kakashi's sole original technique, originally formed for the use of assassination. The user, gathers such a large concentration of chakra in the had, that it becomes visible. Pushing the limits of the body, the user charges forward, the chakra amount growing, as does the incredible speed. The chakra becomes so powerful, that it becomes similar to a blade, and is able to cut through near anything. The attack creates a constant 'chi' noise, sounding like a thousand birds advancing towards you. The jutsu gained its name from this sound. This jutsu gained the nickname 'Lightning Edge' or, Raikiri - When Kakashi cut a bolt of lightning in half using it.
- Kage Bunshin no Jutsu - Shadow Clone Skill : A forbidden jutsu, that creates clones - which are not just plain illusions (like the normal bunshin no jutsu). Each clone is an exact replica of Naruto, capable of attacking. A direct hit causes the clone to disappear.
- Rasengan : The skill which Naruto learned within a week, from Jiraiya. Gathers chakra within the palm of your hand and makes a great deal of damage.
- Byakugan - White Eyes : This jutsu is activated in the eyes, much like the Sharingan. Sharingan actually developed from Byakugan. This jutsu allows the user's vision to become 360 degrees. The user is able to see fully around them, and all their surroundings. Byakugan also has the ability to see objects, and view the inner coil system of a person's body, and in advanced cases, the Chakra Holes. Using this, the user can attack the inner organs of a person, and do high amounts of damage
- baka = idiot -
- dobe = dead last -
- naruhodo = I see -
- Chikushou = damn / dammit -
- naze = why -
- hai = yes / yeah -
- Arigatou = Thank You -
- Okaasan = Mother -
- Gomen = Sorry -
- Urousai = Shut up -
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*Sand Village, Gaara's House*
After an hour, Gaara returned to his room to have another talk with the blond, as he wanted to know more for an unknown reason, when he heard loud sounds coming from it.
To Gaara's surprise, Naruto hit the wall continuously with his bare fists. Gaara could only stare at the blond when something caught his eyes from Naruto's face.
"Naruto is .........crying?" Gaara thought as his eyes widened
Naruto continued to beat the crap out of the wall, not caring about his bloody hands, when he felt the presence of another within the room.
Naruto turned around, eyes soaked in tears, bloody fists, he looked straight into Gaara's eyes and cried.
"You were right Gaara ........." Naruto mumbled
"What are you ........." Gaara started to ask
"Back then, people like us, can't live in peace in a world like this......... It's kill or be killed.........They fear and hate what they can't control" Naruto continued to say
Gaara looked a bit shocked by the words Naruto had just spoken. Obviously something happened to him in the Leaf Village, enough to be able to break the soul of Naruto.
Naruto fell to his knees, as the tears continued to fall, he wrapped his hands around his head, as his forehead touched the floor.
After a few minutes, Naruto felt as if he was being pulled onto something. Throughout his blurry vision, he noticed Gaara had kneel in front of him, and pulling him closer to him.
Gaara placed Naruto's head against his shoulder, as one hand support the blond's head, the other held him in place.
Naruto wasn't too sure how to respond since he knew Gaara didn't know much about being loved due to his past.
"Naze?" Naruto asked weakly
"Because the one person who ever loved me, did this when I use to cry." Gaara explained
Gaara felt Naruto's hands move around his waist, as the blond cried even more hearing such words.
"I don't know what happened, but I'll protect you, Uzumaki Naruto" Gaara stated
Naruto lifted his head to look into Gaara's eyes, although his own were very water like.
"Why would you want to protect me ?" Naruto mumbled
"Something inside me hurts. It's been a long time since I had this feeling. And either than her, you're the only person who can awaken this pain in my chest." Gaara informed the boy
"What do you mean?" Naruto asked through his sobbing
"You are someone special to me" Gaara replied
Naruto's eyes widened by the phrase Gaara had just spoken, as Gaara pulled the blond closer to his body and started to rock him back an forth slowly.
"I'm someone special .........?" Naruto repeated to himself as he let his eyes closed and felt the warmth that embraced him
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*Hokage's House*
Tsunade stood near the window as her eyes scanned the entrance of the forest. She worried a lot about the blond ninja, which she had come to care for like a little brother.
It's at the moment, when she was about to feel depressed again, that Kakashi and Jiraiya finally arrived.
"Sorry for taking so long ........." Kakashi started as he rubbed the back of his head
"Keep your excuses later. Right now, we need to go find Naruto." Tsunade stated as she had a very serious expression
"So the brat actually just left?" Jiraiya asked still doubting Kakashi's earlier words
Tsunade stayed silent once the question was asked. Jiraiya took her silence as the answer, as he lowered his head a little before Kakashi broke the silence.
"Have the teams left?" Kakashi asked in hopes to change the mood in the room
"They just left, you and Jiraiya will cover the south section." Tsunade replied
Immediately, Jiraiya opposed the decision as he took a step forward.
"I disagree. If the brat wanted to leave, he wouldn't go south, it's unknown territory to him. He'll probably go somewhere familiar at first." Jiraiya stated
"Unfortunately I can't go by your hunches Jiraiya, if we can't find Naruto and he falls into the wrong hands, we're in grave danger ........." Tsunade started
Jiraiya looked away, as he knew his former comrade had duties towards the Village and had to think up a plan fast.
"Hokage-sama, we understand, and if you don't mind we'll go right now." Kakashi commented
"Jiraiya, if you do find Naruto, please don't kill him right away." Tsunade requested with a small smile
"No problem. I'll leave the killing to you, but he's getting a beating form me." Jiraiya told her
All three knew that Jiraiya meant it as a small joke to lighten up the mood, as they all let out a small smile before Kakashi and Jiraiya vanished to start their own search.
"You better be safe Naruto" Tsunade told herself as she returned to her window to watch the forest
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*Sand Village, Gaara's House*
Gaara still held tightly to the blond, until this one slowly pulled back and sat down in front of Gaara.
Naruto used his sleeves to wipe off the tears that he had, and tried hard to not make any new ones.
"Do you still want to know?" Naruto asked
Gaara raised an eyebrow as he had no clue what so ever, what Naruto meant. Naruto saw the slight confusion in the other boy's eyes and immediately rephrased.
"Why I left Konoha, why I hate it ........." Naruto trailed off as he avoided any eye contact
"Don't explain what you don't want to" Gaara commented
"For once, I feel like I can tell you the truth ......... So, you'll be the first to see and know, who Uzumaki Naruto really is......... Before I end it........." Naruto started as he stood up but never left the eyes of Gaara
Naruto unzipped his jumpsuit top, and lowered it to his waist. To this point, he took off his shirt as well, leaving him nude, above the waist. Gaara looked confused as he crossed his arms and waited for the information the boy would tell him.
"Explain why you're half naked?" Gaara asked
"Just shut up and listen to me. After this I'll just leave you the hell alone." Naruto warned the boy
Gaara's eyes twitched a little, since in his perspective, Naruto had given him an order. Instead, he ignored it, for now, and stared at the blond, as he waited for this new information.
Naruto joined his hands together, as he called forth his normal chakra, in hopes that the seal on his stomach would appear.
After a minute, the seal started to appear around Naruto's navel as Gaara leaned a bit forward, eyes a bit surprised by the mark the boy bared.
Naruto then opened his eyes to see that the seal must have appeared due to Gaara's expression, and then he undid his hands, to place one on the seal.
"Have you ever heard of the great nine-tails demon fox called Kyubi?" Naruto asked
"Only rumors" Gaara replied as he took back his normal neutral expression
"13 years ago, Kyubi attacked Konoha, my former Village, for reasons that are still unknown. Many ninjas died, as they couldn't defeat it, until the Fourth Hokage came up with a plan." Naruto continued
"The Fourth killed it" Gaara commented
"Actually, they didn't have what it takes to kill such a demon, so instead the Fourth sacrificed his life and sealed the demon away in a new born baby." Naruto corrected
"Seal the demon?" Gaara let out in a bit of surprise
"Hai......... It was the only way they could think of back then. In order to seal Kyubi away, they sacrificed the baby to hold him within his own body. That baby, was me........." Naruto trailed off a bit
Several minutes passed, as Naruto didn't dare to look into the eyes of Gaara.
"From the moment you were born, your fate was sealed to bare a demon as well. Just like me." Gaara broke the silence
"But you knew about your demon......... Me, I didn't get to know until last year ........." Naruto replied
"They ........." Gaara started when Naruto interrupted him
"Ever since I was born, I lived alone in my apartment. I was always alone, but it didn't stop there. The adults always gave me these cold glares and treated me like a monster. So of course, the children followed within the steps of their parents, they all ignored me and hated me, although they didn't know the truth. I kept smiling and played pranks to get attention, I wanted someone to just acknowledge me ........." Naruto started to explain
"Then why did you stay there when you were unwanted?" Gaara asked out of curiosity
"Well, I was the only one who failed the exam. And this other teacher, Mizuki, told me if I could show this special Jutsu to Iruka-sensei I would pass the exam and become a real ninja. I stole the scroll of seals and learned my famous Kage Bunshin No Jutsu. But then Iruka-sensei found me, as well as Kizuki. It ended up that Mizuki wanted me to steal it so he could use it to his own advantages. It's on that night, that I learned why everyone treated me the way they did. On that night, I discovered the Kyubi had been sealed within my very body. After some time, Iruka-sensei acknowledged me as Uzumaki Naruto and not as the demon. I then graduated and that was the most happiest day of my life." Naruto continued
"Then why leave now?" Gaara asked
"Well after you guys attacked Konoha with the snake freak, Sasuke's older brother appeared in the Village in search of me ......... Or more specifically he wanted the great power of the nine-tails. Sasuke then appeared, something about revenge form his clan, I didn't actually understand it much, but he made it clear for me to not interfere. Sasuke actually ended up in the hospital and I felt responsible. The moment I went to visit him, he wanted to fight me. And so, on the hospital roof, we fought, Chidori versus Rasengan. If Kakashi hadn't appeared in time to break us off, we probably would've of killed each other. I guess Sasuke saw I was becoming stronger, but the truth is, the person I wanted most of acknowledge me, was him ........." Naruto explained as he took a few steps back to lean against the wall for support and looked up at the ceiling
"You left because of the Uchiha?" gaara asked
"Iie, he was the icing on the cake. I've always hid behind my mask, always smile and never let out my real emotions. That day, when me and Sasuke fought again, he simply touched that part that I tried to hard to hide and ignore......... He was right, because of what I am, I can't become the greatest Hokage or even a good ninja. You saving my ass earlier proves that. So last night, I just couldn't take it anymore and left." Naruto mumbled towards the end
Gaara's eyes never left the fragile blond, as Naruto simply closed his and took a deep breath.
"Everyone would be better off if I just killed myself ......... At least then, I'd maybe be in peace........." Naruto murmured
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*Forest, Gai's Team*
Gai's team had a certain lead over the others as they didn't lose time to pick up the pace in finding the blond. Gai came to a stop as his three student soon followed him as well.
"Neji, Take a look around." Gai demanded
Neji brought his hands together and called forth his Byakugan. The nerves near his eyes appeared, as Tenten simply played with a kunai out of boredom. Sasuke still kept a certain distance, but was in a hurry to go on ahead.
"What do you see?" Gai asked
"A kilometer from here, there's a strange trail of chakra" Neji informed his sensei
"Could it be dobe?" Sasuke asked
"Iie" Neji replied
"The only way to find that out is to check it out! Lead the way Neji!" Gai yelled out with a smile
Neji led the way, as Gai and Tenten followed. Sasuke stayed there for a few seconds lost in his thoughts.
"He gives me the creeps" Sasuke thought when he joined up the team
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*In The Forest, Kurenai's team*
Kiba led the team due to his and Akamaru's noses. Akamaru stops on a tree as he barks back at Kiba.
"You smell it too eh?" Kiba replied as he stopped on the same branch as his dog
Kurenai, Hinata and Shino stopped nearby as well, as Akamaru continued to sniff the air.
"What does Akamaru say?" Hinata asked still a bit shy
"Akamaru picked up Naruto's smell because of the wind. Seems like he's scent is stronger to where that weird teacher's way." Kiba answered
"You mean Gai-sensei?" Hinata asked
Kiba nods, as Shino remains silent. Kurenai then placed a hand on Hinata's shoulder, as the girl looked up at her sensei.
"Hinata, could you take a look towards Gai's direction?" Kurenai requested from her student
"Hai" Hinata replied as she joined her hands together and activated her Byakugan
"Can she really see them from this position?" Kiba asked
"Although we departed in different directions, our point of original was the same. Gai shouldn't be too far off." Kurenai answered as she waited an answer from Hinata
"Neji-nisan seems to have found something........." Hinata informed her team
"Could you know what it is?" Shino asked, hands still stuffed into his pockets
"There seems to be a great amount of chakra dispersed to where he's leading them........." Hinata replied
"What do we do then?" Kiba asked
"So far Naruto's trail leads us towards Gai's direction, we'll join up with them. Kiba, you and Akamaru will lead the way" Kurenai informed her students
All nodded as Kiba and Akamaru leaped from tree to tree and headed towards Gai's direction, as the rest followed them.
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*In The Forest, Asuma's Team*
Asuma and Shikamaru led the way on the ground, as Ino, Chouji and Sakura followed only a meter behind.
Suddenly, Shikamaru came to a stop, as Asuma was not far behind his student.
"Shikamaru! Why the hell are you stopping!?" Ino practically yelled at him
"Keep quiet" Asuma ordered them
Ino was about to object when Sakura covered her rival's mouth with her hand. Chouji simply stood there and already started a new bag of potato chips.
Shikamaru kneeled on the ground as he placed his hand over the soil as if he was inspecting something.
"What do you think Shikamaru?" Asuma asked his student as he puffed some smoke
"Seems like a few ninjas were here, but something happened since their footprints are blurry towards that direction." Shikamaru started to explain as he stood back up
Shikamaru followed the footprints and came to yet another stop. Droplets of blood could be found on the ground, as well as a new footprint was added. He then looked a bit more to find a kunai on the ground. He picked it up and removed the soil that covered it.
"These ninjas were running after someone, and that someone was Naruto." Shikamaru informed the team
"How the hell can you know it was Naruto!?" Both Ino and Sakura yelled at him
Shikamaru sticks a finger into his ear to clear out the shout of both girls, as he turns around and shows them a kunai.
"Because he was stupid enough to engrave his name on this, which is good for us for a change" Shikamara pointed the kunai to them
"He what!?" Ino yelled out in surprise
While Ino cursed mentally the blond, Sakura couldn't help but smile a little since this was indeed the Naruto they knew.
"My guess is, Naruto was at the wrong place at the wrong time. These ninjas didn't want to be interrupted or seen, and so the chase was on." Shikamaru explained
"It seems that Naruto was running towards North. So it's best if we head there and join Gai's team" Asuma mentioned
"So we go there then?" Chouji asked
Asuma nodded his head, as he took a few more puffs out of his cigarette. Shikamaru stared at the sky, or what he could see of it through the great trees, as Sakura and Ino seemed to argue a bit about Sasuke and Naruto. Chouji simply continued to eat a lot, as the team now headed towards the North sector, to join up with Gai's team.
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*Sand Village, Gaara's House*
Gaara's eyes never left the fragile blond, as Naruto simply closed his and took a deep breath.
"Everyone would be better off if I just killed myself ......... At least then, I'd maybe be in peace........." Naruto murmured
"So it finally caught up with you" Gaara commented
"Aren't you any bit scared of surprised or anything!" Naruto shouted
"Why should I be afraid of something like that when I bare a demon as well?." Gaara replied
Naruto stayed silent as he was a bit surprised by Gaara's reply to him being the host of Kyubi.
"Doesn't change anything, besides that bastard Sasuke will be more than happy that I'm dead, just like the rest of the Village." Naruto commented with some anger and sadness
Gaara uncrossed his arms and stood up, as he made his way towards the door. Naruto heard the sounds and opened his eyes to see the back of Gaara that was leaving.
"Where are you going!?" Naruto asked him as he took steps towards the other boy
Gaara barely turned his head to the side to catch a glimpse of the blond before he answered.
"I'm going to kill that Uchiha Sasuke" Gaara replied
Gaara prepared to leave the room, when he heard a strange sound. He turned around to know what it meant, as Naruto had crossed his arms against his stomach and almost on his knees, head lowered to the ground.
"What's ........." Gaara was about to ask, when Naruto lifted back his head up
Naruto lifted his head back up as he tried to stand up properly. But the expression the blond had, Gaara had never seen nor understood. Naruto was laughing. He laughed so much that tears started to fall.
"Gomen" Naruto managed to let out as he wiped off the tears on his cheeks
"Why are you laughing?" Gaara asked a bit confused
"Because of what you just said, you sounded so serious" Naruto let out with another laugh
"I was" Gaara replied with a serious expression
Naruto swallowed hard, as his smile vanished when Gaara said the last phrase.
"Why would you do that?" Naruto asked
"Because he seems to be the source of your pain" Gaara answered
"Don't go and do that! I don't want you to die because of me! I'm not even worth it!" Naruto yelled out in anger
"The only one who could defeat me was you" Gaara commented
"But still......... Nothing good could come out of it. The reason I left is to be left alone for good, so I'll just get out of your way and leave this Village so you can go back on your normal killing spree or something" Naruto stated as he prepared to leave the room
As Naruto prepared to walk by Gaara, the sand-nin grabbed the blonds hand to then pull him back inside the room.
"I told you earlier, I have no desire to hunt you down" Gaara repeated his earlier phrase
"Why can't any of you understand how I fell!? I'm tired of this world and all the people who live in it! Everyone will be happy that their demon is dead anyway! So just let me die in peace!" Naruto yelled out as he grabbed a kunai and prepared to stab himself in the chest
Naruto closed his eyes tightly, as he pointed the kunai towards his heart. He thrust his hands forward to push the kunai into his chest, as he waited for the pain to arrive.
As the seconds passed, Naruto never felt the pain, but knew his kunai was embedded into something, unless he couldn't feel the pain anymore and died automatically.
His eyes remained closed, but focused on the sounds around him, something that kept dripping on the floor. Could it be his blood?
"Naze.........?" Gaara asked as he seemed in a bit of pain himself
Naruto shot open his eyes to see what actually happened as to his surprise, a sand barrier stood in front of him, and that was the reason the kunai hadn't pierced his chest yet.
As the sand dropped back to the floor, Naruto saw Gaara that seemed in a bit of pain, since the boy had a hand pressed against the sigh 'love' on his forehead.
"Gaara........." Naruto let out in shock with wide eyes
"I told you, that you were special to me, and I will let no one harm you, not even if it's yourself........." Gaara mumbled as the sand slowly retreated back into the gourd
The slight pain Gaara felt slowly left, as Naruto fell on his ass, still surprised by the action Gaara had just done for him.
"I thought the sand only protected you, why did it ........." Naruto mumbled still in shock
"What's wrong Okaasan?" Gaara let out with a strained voice as he fell to his knees
"H .........Hey, what's wrong Gaara?" Naruto asked as he crawled on his hands and feet towards Gaara
"Why? Why did you do that Ookasan" Gaara repeated over and over again
Gaara was down to his knees, as his body began to shake, and his eyes showed that he was partly afraid. Naruto was unsure to what to do as he placed his hands gently on Gaara's shoulder and shook him a little to try and understand what was going on.
"TEMARI! KANKURO! GET YOUR ASSES IN HERE!!! SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH GAARA" Naruto yelled out in hopes to be heard
TBC
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This chapter took forever! Lately I write the chapters down but when I read them again to make sure they're ok, to me they seem crummy. Oh well, hopefully you liked it.
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Silver Neo : I laughed a lot again at your review, they are so entertaining you know? So funny about the essay and he didn't want to. Continue the great mini stories!
JadeTiger : I'd say Gaara is the character that's the hardest to write about, sicne people like him that way but then if you want him to fall in love with Naruto, well you gotta go a bit OCC but not too much, hope you liked this chapter
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Next Chapter :
What's going on with Gaara!? And what will Kankuro and Temari say or do to our poor Naruto now? Plus, Asuma, Kurenai and Gai's team meet up at the place where a strange chakra emitted.
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Synopsis : Naruto explains what happened to Gaara and reveals his biggest secret, the Kyubi!!! The teams in search for Naruto, find something to aid their search.
Pairings : Main pairing will be Gaara x Naruto. A little tiny bit of Sasuke x Naruto, along with maybe Kakashi x Iruka
Disclaimer : I don't own Naruto but wish I did
Important note : Contains shonen-ai, in other words boy loves boy, don't like then don't read
Extra Information :
- This takes place after the Chuunin exam, although, Sasuke never went to join Orochimaru.
- Also, the fight between Sasuke and Naruto on the Hospital roof did occur.
- Important to have read up to Volume 20 of the manga Naruto
- Chidori - The Thousand Birds : This jutsu is Kakashi's sole original technique, originally formed for the use of assassination. The user, gathers such a large concentration of chakra in the had, that it becomes visible. Pushing the limits of the body, the user charges forward, the chakra amount growing, as does the incredible speed. The chakra becomes so powerful, that it becomes similar to a blade, and is able to cut through near anything. The attack creates a constant 'chi' noise, sounding like a thousand birds advancing towards you. The jutsu gained its name from this sound. This jutsu gained the nickname 'Lightning Edge' or, Raikiri - When Kakashi cut a bolt of lightning in half using it.
- Kage Bunshin no Jutsu - Shadow Clone Skill : A forbidden jutsu, that creates clones - which are not just plain illusions (like the normal bunshin no jutsu). Each clone is an exact replica of Naruto, capable of attacking. A direct hit causes the clone to disappear.
- Rasengan : The skill which Naruto learned within a week, from Jiraiya. Gathers chakra within the palm of your hand and makes a great deal of damage.
- Byakugan - White Eyes : This jutsu is activated in the eyes, much like the Sharingan. Sharingan actually developed from Byakugan. This jutsu allows the user's vision to become 360 degrees. The user is able to see fully around them, and all their surroundings. Byakugan also has the ability to see objects, and view the inner coil system of a person's body, and in advanced cases, the Chakra Holes. Using this, the user can attack the inner organs of a person, and do high amounts of damage
- baka = idiot -
- dobe = dead last -
- naruhodo = I see -
- Chikushou = damn / dammit -
- naze = why -
- hai = yes / yeah -
- Arigatou = Thank You -
- Okaasan = Mother -
- Gomen = Sorry -
- Urousai = Shut up -
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*Sand Village, Gaara's House*
After an hour, Gaara returned to his room to have another talk with the blond, as he wanted to know more for an unknown reason, when he heard loud sounds coming from it.
To Gaara's surprise, Naruto hit the wall continuously with his bare fists. Gaara could only stare at the blond when something caught his eyes from Naruto's face.
"Naruto is .........crying?" Gaara thought as his eyes widened
Naruto continued to beat the crap out of the wall, not caring about his bloody hands, when he felt the presence of another within the room.
Naruto turned around, eyes soaked in tears, bloody fists, he looked straight into Gaara's eyes and cried.
"You were right Gaara ........." Naruto mumbled
"What are you ........." Gaara started to ask
"Back then, people like us, can't live in peace in a world like this......... It's kill or be killed.........They fear and hate what they can't control" Naruto continued to say
Gaara looked a bit shocked by the words Naruto had just spoken. Obviously something happened to him in the Leaf Village, enough to be able to break the soul of Naruto.
Naruto fell to his knees, as the tears continued to fall, he wrapped his hands around his head, as his forehead touched the floor.
After a few minutes, Naruto felt as if he was being pulled onto something. Throughout his blurry vision, he noticed Gaara had kneel in front of him, and pulling him closer to him.
Gaara placed Naruto's head against his shoulder, as one hand support the blond's head, the other held him in place.
Naruto wasn't too sure how to respond since he knew Gaara didn't know much about being loved due to his past.
"Naze?" Naruto asked weakly
"Because the one person who ever loved me, did this when I use to cry." Gaara explained
Gaara felt Naruto's hands move around his waist, as the blond cried even more hearing such words.
"I don't know what happened, but I'll protect you, Uzumaki Naruto" Gaara stated
Naruto lifted his head to look into Gaara's eyes, although his own were very water like.
"Why would you want to protect me ?" Naruto mumbled
"Something inside me hurts. It's been a long time since I had this feeling. And either than her, you're the only person who can awaken this pain in my chest." Gaara informed the boy
"What do you mean?" Naruto asked through his sobbing
"You are someone special to me" Gaara replied
Naruto's eyes widened by the phrase Gaara had just spoken, as Gaara pulled the blond closer to his body and started to rock him back an forth slowly.
"I'm someone special .........?" Naruto repeated to himself as he let his eyes closed and felt the warmth that embraced him
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*Hokage's House*
Tsunade stood near the window as her eyes scanned the entrance of the forest. She worried a lot about the blond ninja, which she had come to care for like a little brother.
It's at the moment, when she was about to feel depressed again, that Kakashi and Jiraiya finally arrived.
"Sorry for taking so long ........." Kakashi started as he rubbed the back of his head
"Keep your excuses later. Right now, we need to go find Naruto." Tsunade stated as she had a very serious expression
"So the brat actually just left?" Jiraiya asked still doubting Kakashi's earlier words
Tsunade stayed silent once the question was asked. Jiraiya took her silence as the answer, as he lowered his head a little before Kakashi broke the silence.
"Have the teams left?" Kakashi asked in hopes to change the mood in the room
"They just left, you and Jiraiya will cover the south section." Tsunade replied
Immediately, Jiraiya opposed the decision as he took a step forward.
"I disagree. If the brat wanted to leave, he wouldn't go south, it's unknown territory to him. He'll probably go somewhere familiar at first." Jiraiya stated
"Unfortunately I can't go by your hunches Jiraiya, if we can't find Naruto and he falls into the wrong hands, we're in grave danger ........." Tsunade started
Jiraiya looked away, as he knew his former comrade had duties towards the Village and had to think up a plan fast.
"Hokage-sama, we understand, and if you don't mind we'll go right now." Kakashi commented
"Jiraiya, if you do find Naruto, please don't kill him right away." Tsunade requested with a small smile
"No problem. I'll leave the killing to you, but he's getting a beating form me." Jiraiya told her
All three knew that Jiraiya meant it as a small joke to lighten up the mood, as they all let out a small smile before Kakashi and Jiraiya vanished to start their own search.
"You better be safe Naruto" Tsunade told herself as she returned to her window to watch the forest
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*Sand Village, Gaara's House*
Gaara still held tightly to the blond, until this one slowly pulled back and sat down in front of Gaara.
Naruto used his sleeves to wipe off the tears that he had, and tried hard to not make any new ones.
"Do you still want to know?" Naruto asked
Gaara raised an eyebrow as he had no clue what so ever, what Naruto meant. Naruto saw the slight confusion in the other boy's eyes and immediately rephrased.
"Why I left Konoha, why I hate it ........." Naruto trailed off as he avoided any eye contact
"Don't explain what you don't want to" Gaara commented
"For once, I feel like I can tell you the truth ......... So, you'll be the first to see and know, who Uzumaki Naruto really is......... Before I end it........." Naruto started as he stood up but never left the eyes of Gaara
Naruto unzipped his jumpsuit top, and lowered it to his waist. To this point, he took off his shirt as well, leaving him nude, above the waist. Gaara looked confused as he crossed his arms and waited for the information the boy would tell him.
"Explain why you're half naked?" Gaara asked
"Just shut up and listen to me. After this I'll just leave you the hell alone." Naruto warned the boy
Gaara's eyes twitched a little, since in his perspective, Naruto had given him an order. Instead, he ignored it, for now, and stared at the blond, as he waited for this new information.
Naruto joined his hands together, as he called forth his normal chakra, in hopes that the seal on his stomach would appear.
After a minute, the seal started to appear around Naruto's navel as Gaara leaned a bit forward, eyes a bit surprised by the mark the boy bared.
Naruto then opened his eyes to see that the seal must have appeared due to Gaara's expression, and then he undid his hands, to place one on the seal.
"Have you ever heard of the great nine-tails demon fox called Kyubi?" Naruto asked
"Only rumors" Gaara replied as he took back his normal neutral expression
"13 years ago, Kyubi attacked Konoha, my former Village, for reasons that are still unknown. Many ninjas died, as they couldn't defeat it, until the Fourth Hokage came up with a plan." Naruto continued
"The Fourth killed it" Gaara commented
"Actually, they didn't have what it takes to kill such a demon, so instead the Fourth sacrificed his life and sealed the demon away in a new born baby." Naruto corrected
"Seal the demon?" Gaara let out in a bit of surprise
"Hai......... It was the only way they could think of back then. In order to seal Kyubi away, they sacrificed the baby to hold him within his own body. That baby, was me........." Naruto trailed off a bit
Several minutes passed, as Naruto didn't dare to look into the eyes of Gaara.
"From the moment you were born, your fate was sealed to bare a demon as well. Just like me." Gaara broke the silence
"But you knew about your demon......... Me, I didn't get to know until last year ........." Naruto replied
"They ........." Gaara started when Naruto interrupted him
"Ever since I was born, I lived alone in my apartment. I was always alone, but it didn't stop there. The adults always gave me these cold glares and treated me like a monster. So of course, the children followed within the steps of their parents, they all ignored me and hated me, although they didn't know the truth. I kept smiling and played pranks to get attention, I wanted someone to just acknowledge me ........." Naruto started to explain
"Then why did you stay there when you were unwanted?" Gaara asked out of curiosity
"Well, I was the only one who failed the exam. And this other teacher, Mizuki, told me if I could show this special Jutsu to Iruka-sensei I would pass the exam and become a real ninja. I stole the scroll of seals and learned my famous Kage Bunshin No Jutsu. But then Iruka-sensei found me, as well as Kizuki. It ended up that Mizuki wanted me to steal it so he could use it to his own advantages. It's on that night, that I learned why everyone treated me the way they did. On that night, I discovered the Kyubi had been sealed within my very body. After some time, Iruka-sensei acknowledged me as Uzumaki Naruto and not as the demon. I then graduated and that was the most happiest day of my life." Naruto continued
"Then why leave now?" Gaara asked
"Well after you guys attacked Konoha with the snake freak, Sasuke's older brother appeared in the Village in search of me ......... Or more specifically he wanted the great power of the nine-tails. Sasuke then appeared, something about revenge form his clan, I didn't actually understand it much, but he made it clear for me to not interfere. Sasuke actually ended up in the hospital and I felt responsible. The moment I went to visit him, he wanted to fight me. And so, on the hospital roof, we fought, Chidori versus Rasengan. If Kakashi hadn't appeared in time to break us off, we probably would've of killed each other. I guess Sasuke saw I was becoming stronger, but the truth is, the person I wanted most of acknowledge me, was him ........." Naruto explained as he took a few steps back to lean against the wall for support and looked up at the ceiling
"You left because of the Uchiha?" gaara asked
"Iie, he was the icing on the cake. I've always hid behind my mask, always smile and never let out my real emotions. That day, when me and Sasuke fought again, he simply touched that part that I tried to hard to hide and ignore......... He was right, because of what I am, I can't become the greatest Hokage or even a good ninja. You saving my ass earlier proves that. So last night, I just couldn't take it anymore and left." Naruto mumbled towards the end
Gaara's eyes never left the fragile blond, as Naruto simply closed his and took a deep breath.
"Everyone would be better off if I just killed myself ......... At least then, I'd maybe be in peace........." Naruto murmured
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*Forest, Gai's Team*
Gai's team had a certain lead over the others as they didn't lose time to pick up the pace in finding the blond. Gai came to a stop as his three student soon followed him as well.
"Neji, Take a look around." Gai demanded
Neji brought his hands together and called forth his Byakugan. The nerves near his eyes appeared, as Tenten simply played with a kunai out of boredom. Sasuke still kept a certain distance, but was in a hurry to go on ahead.
"What do you see?" Gai asked
"A kilometer from here, there's a strange trail of chakra" Neji informed his sensei
"Could it be dobe?" Sasuke asked
"Iie" Neji replied
"The only way to find that out is to check it out! Lead the way Neji!" Gai yelled out with a smile
Neji led the way, as Gai and Tenten followed. Sasuke stayed there for a few seconds lost in his thoughts.
"He gives me the creeps" Sasuke thought when he joined up the team
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*In The Forest, Kurenai's team*
Kiba led the team due to his and Akamaru's noses. Akamaru stops on a tree as he barks back at Kiba.
"You smell it too eh?" Kiba replied as he stopped on the same branch as his dog
Kurenai, Hinata and Shino stopped nearby as well, as Akamaru continued to sniff the air.
"What does Akamaru say?" Hinata asked still a bit shy
"Akamaru picked up Naruto's smell because of the wind. Seems like he's scent is stronger to where that weird teacher's way." Kiba answered
"You mean Gai-sensei?" Hinata asked
Kiba nods, as Shino remains silent. Kurenai then placed a hand on Hinata's shoulder, as the girl looked up at her sensei.
"Hinata, could you take a look towards Gai's direction?" Kurenai requested from her student
"Hai" Hinata replied as she joined her hands together and activated her Byakugan
"Can she really see them from this position?" Kiba asked
"Although we departed in different directions, our point of original was the same. Gai shouldn't be too far off." Kurenai answered as she waited an answer from Hinata
"Neji-nisan seems to have found something........." Hinata informed her team
"Could you know what it is?" Shino asked, hands still stuffed into his pockets
"There seems to be a great amount of chakra dispersed to where he's leading them........." Hinata replied
"What do we do then?" Kiba asked
"So far Naruto's trail leads us towards Gai's direction, we'll join up with them. Kiba, you and Akamaru will lead the way" Kurenai informed her students
All nodded as Kiba and Akamaru leaped from tree to tree and headed towards Gai's direction, as the rest followed them.
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*In The Forest, Asuma's Team*
Asuma and Shikamaru led the way on the ground, as Ino, Chouji and Sakura followed only a meter behind.
Suddenly, Shikamaru came to a stop, as Asuma was not far behind his student.
"Shikamaru! Why the hell are you stopping!?" Ino practically yelled at him
"Keep quiet" Asuma ordered them
Ino was about to object when Sakura covered her rival's mouth with her hand. Chouji simply stood there and already started a new bag of potato chips.
Shikamaru kneeled on the ground as he placed his hand over the soil as if he was inspecting something.
"What do you think Shikamaru?" Asuma asked his student as he puffed some smoke
"Seems like a few ninjas were here, but something happened since their footprints are blurry towards that direction." Shikamaru started to explain as he stood back up
Shikamaru followed the footprints and came to yet another stop. Droplets of blood could be found on the ground, as well as a new footprint was added. He then looked a bit more to find a kunai on the ground. He picked it up and removed the soil that covered it.
"These ninjas were running after someone, and that someone was Naruto." Shikamaru informed the team
"How the hell can you know it was Naruto!?" Both Ino and Sakura yelled at him
Shikamaru sticks a finger into his ear to clear out the shout of both girls, as he turns around and shows them a kunai.
"Because he was stupid enough to engrave his name on this, which is good for us for a change" Shikamara pointed the kunai to them
"He what!?" Ino yelled out in surprise
While Ino cursed mentally the blond, Sakura couldn't help but smile a little since this was indeed the Naruto they knew.
"My guess is, Naruto was at the wrong place at the wrong time. These ninjas didn't want to be interrupted or seen, and so the chase was on." Shikamaru explained
"It seems that Naruto was running towards North. So it's best if we head there and join Gai's team" Asuma mentioned
"So we go there then?" Chouji asked
Asuma nodded his head, as he took a few more puffs out of his cigarette. Shikamaru stared at the sky, or what he could see of it through the great trees, as Sakura and Ino seemed to argue a bit about Sasuke and Naruto. Chouji simply continued to eat a lot, as the team now headed towards the North sector, to join up with Gai's team.
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*Sand Village, Gaara's House*
Gaara's eyes never left the fragile blond, as Naruto simply closed his and took a deep breath.
"Everyone would be better off if I just killed myself ......... At least then, I'd maybe be in peace........." Naruto murmured
"So it finally caught up with you" Gaara commented
"Aren't you any bit scared of surprised or anything!" Naruto shouted
"Why should I be afraid of something like that when I bare a demon as well?." Gaara replied
Naruto stayed silent as he was a bit surprised by Gaara's reply to him being the host of Kyubi.
"Doesn't change anything, besides that bastard Sasuke will be more than happy that I'm dead, just like the rest of the Village." Naruto commented with some anger and sadness
Gaara uncrossed his arms and stood up, as he made his way towards the door. Naruto heard the sounds and opened his eyes to see the back of Gaara that was leaving.
"Where are you going!?" Naruto asked him as he took steps towards the other boy
Gaara barely turned his head to the side to catch a glimpse of the blond before he answered.
"I'm going to kill that Uchiha Sasuke" Gaara replied
Gaara prepared to leave the room, when he heard a strange sound. He turned around to know what it meant, as Naruto had crossed his arms against his stomach and almost on his knees, head lowered to the ground.
"What's ........." Gaara was about to ask, when Naruto lifted back his head up
Naruto lifted his head back up as he tried to stand up properly. But the expression the blond had, Gaara had never seen nor understood. Naruto was laughing. He laughed so much that tears started to fall.
"Gomen" Naruto managed to let out as he wiped off the tears on his cheeks
"Why are you laughing?" Gaara asked a bit confused
"Because of what you just said, you sounded so serious" Naruto let out with another laugh
"I was" Gaara replied with a serious expression
Naruto swallowed hard, as his smile vanished when Gaara said the last phrase.
"Why would you do that?" Naruto asked
"Because he seems to be the source of your pain" Gaara answered
"Don't go and do that! I don't want you to die because of me! I'm not even worth it!" Naruto yelled out in anger
"The only one who could defeat me was you" Gaara commented
"But still......... Nothing good could come out of it. The reason I left is to be left alone for good, so I'll just get out of your way and leave this Village so you can go back on your normal killing spree or something" Naruto stated as he prepared to leave the room
As Naruto prepared to walk by Gaara, the sand-nin grabbed the blonds hand to then pull him back inside the room.
"I told you earlier, I have no desire to hunt you down" Gaara repeated his earlier phrase
"Why can't any of you understand how I fell!? I'm tired of this world and all the people who live in it! Everyone will be happy that their demon is dead anyway! So just let me die in peace!" Naruto yelled out as he grabbed a kunai and prepared to stab himself in the chest
Naruto closed his eyes tightly, as he pointed the kunai towards his heart. He thrust his hands forward to push the kunai into his chest, as he waited for the pain to arrive.
As the seconds passed, Naruto never felt the pain, but knew his kunai was embedded into something, unless he couldn't feel the pain anymore and died automatically.
His eyes remained closed, but focused on the sounds around him, something that kept dripping on the floor. Could it be his blood?
"Naze.........?" Gaara asked as he seemed in a bit of pain himself
Naruto shot open his eyes to see what actually happened as to his surprise, a sand barrier stood in front of him, and that was the reason the kunai hadn't pierced his chest yet.
As the sand dropped back to the floor, Naruto saw Gaara that seemed in a bit of pain, since the boy had a hand pressed against the sigh 'love' on his forehead.
"Gaara........." Naruto let out in shock with wide eyes
"I told you, that you were special to me, and I will let no one harm you, not even if it's yourself........." Gaara mumbled as the sand slowly retreated back into the gourd
The slight pain Gaara felt slowly left, as Naruto fell on his ass, still surprised by the action Gaara had just done for him.
"I thought the sand only protected you, why did it ........." Naruto mumbled still in shock
"What's wrong Okaasan?" Gaara let out with a strained voice as he fell to his knees
"H .........Hey, what's wrong Gaara?" Naruto asked as he crawled on his hands and feet towards Gaara
"Why? Why did you do that Ookasan" Gaara repeated over and over again
Gaara was down to his knees, as his body began to shake, and his eyes showed that he was partly afraid. Naruto was unsure to what to do as he placed his hands gently on Gaara's shoulder and shook him a little to try and understand what was going on.
"TEMARI! KANKURO! GET YOUR ASSES IN HERE!!! SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH GAARA" Naruto yelled out in hopes to be heard
TBC
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This chapter took forever! Lately I write the chapters down but when I read them again to make sure they're ok, to me they seem crummy. Oh well, hopefully you liked it.
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Mashed Potato Master : Sorry for saying you were a guy, was a bit hard to know due to the 'master' name. Thanks for specifying.
SoulRetreiver13 : Well some people wanted a few things to happen so it did, but I think it's what Gaara would've of done in time. But I do try my best for him to not be too OCC. Update your stories too cuz I can't wait to read the next chapters
Silver Neo : I laughed a lot again at your review, they are so entertaining you know? So funny about the essay and he didn't want to. Continue the great mini stories!
JadeTiger : I'd say Gaara is the character that's the hardest to write about, sicne people like him that way but then if you want him to fall in love with Naruto, well you gotta go a bit OCC but not too much, hope you liked this chapter
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Shitsumon : hopefully things will turn out ok
Arbil : I agree with you 100%. If Gaara isn't a tiny bit OCC then there wouldn't be any Naruto x Gaara loving on this site!!
Rubymoon17 : sequel of to the dark side has been published and I do still have writer's block unfortunately
Nikkler : I updated as fast as I could. Could always check my info page to know where I'm at with each story and upcoming ones.
Shadow eclipse : well it's more like a two part now, so I had to cut it there unless you people wanted to wait another 2 weeks, hope you don't mind.
Next Chapter :
What's going on with Gaara!? And what will Kankuro and Temari say or do to our poor Naruto now? Plus, Asuma, Kurenai and Gai's team meet up at the place where a strange chakra emitted.
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