A New Path
Chapter 10 : The Encounter ...
Synopsis : Tsunade is informed of the situation and takes the necessary measures to deal with it. In the mean time, Kakashi and the others met up with Shikamaru and Kiba, while Sasuke and Neji search the Sand Village and find something that might lead them directly to Naruto.........
Pairings : Main pairing will be Gaara x Naruto.
Disclaimer : I don't own Naruto but wish I did. Because if I did, I'd be rich and happier.
Important note : Contains shonen-ai, in other words boy loves boy, don't like then don't read
Gomen but Gaara might start to be a bit OCC, but I'll try to keep him as sane as he usually is.
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
JUTSU LIST
- Byakugan – White Eyes - Description: 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.
- Sharingan – Description : A pupil born technique, which allows the user to do to a large number of things. The Sharingan's first and most well known ability - is to memorize any technique that it is a witness to - as well as register the movements of opponents. Second, it is able to hypnotize the opponent, giving an advantage to the user. It can also suggest movements to the hypnotized brain, and 'see through; any illusionary techniques. Although it is a power jutsu, it absorbs chakra. The power of the Sharingan is judged through the amount of dots in the persons eye.
JAPANESE WORDS
- baka = idiot -
- dobe = dead last -
- naruhodo = I see -
- Chikushou = damn / dammit -
- naze = why -
- hai = yes / yeah -
- Arigatou = Thank You -
- Gomen = Sorry -
- Urousai = Shut up -
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*Sand Village*
--- Hidden Sand Gates ---
"I'll stay" Naruto gave his answer with a little smile, as his cheeks were still wet by the few tears he shed
Gaara seemed a little confused as the blond walked closer to him, and wrapped his arms around the sand-nin's waist and buried his head in the soft fabric of Gaara's chest.
"As long as you want me here, I'll stay........." Naruto replied as he no longer held back his tears
Naruto clang to Gaara, as this one wasn't sure of what to do too much as he was still shocked that the boy had accepted to stay in the first place, and more surprisingly, he stayed because he wanted the blond to stay with him.
"Then you might stay here for a long time........." Gaara whispered as he wrapped his arms once more around the kitsune
"I don't care......... As long as I'm not alone anymore......... I don't care ........." Naruto continued to cry his eyes out as his eyes slowly closed
Without his knowledge, Naruto's body became numb as he fell to his knees. Fortunately, Gaara tightened his grip on the blond to prevent him from falling further, as something unexpected also interfere.
"Nani?" Gaara's eyes widened as he noticed the sand from his gourd had come out and surrounded them carefully, as if it waited for something to happen
Gaara unwrapped his arms around the blond, which caused this one to fall, but immediately, the sand interfered and gathered under Naruto to slowly lay him down on the ground, while Gaara simply observed the scene before him.
"Yashimaru, Okaasan......... I may have found that someone who I can give this love, and perhaps, also give me this love........." Gaara whispered with a little sad smile.
Gaara raised his hands in the air as the sand lifted the exhausted Naruto off the ground and gently back in the sand-nin's arms. Naruto's head rested against Gaara's chest, as his arms were crossed above his stomach, but what caught the boy's attention mostly, was seeing how Naruto was smiling.
"I finally found someone who's like me......... and understands me at last........." Naruto mumbled in his deep sleep.
The sand retreated back in the gourd as Gaara held closely, and protectively, the young boy in his arms, as he headed back home. This feeling that Gaara didn't understand or comprehend, made him do something that hadn't happened in a long time.
Gaara smiled.........
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Gaara observed the blond he held for several minutes, as his smile faded away. He knew all too well that if the Villagers saw him like this, they could try something against him, which he wasn't worried about, but if they attempted something on Naruto, it would be another story.
And so, Gaara started to walk back home and knew he had take the crowded streets in order to get there. Gaara started to walk back home, as the streets simply seem to empty themselves. With each step Gaara took, the Villagers quickly stepped aside to get out of the monster's way, but yet this did not prevent them from whispered harsh words behind his back.
"That cute little blond never had a chance with that thing chasing him..." A woman spoke out as she held tightly to her own child.
"Even though he is Kazekage's son, he should of dealt with the monster before it became this dangerous..." A man whispered to his male friend that stood next to him.
"I hope that boy has a quick death ..." Another woman let out.
"Poor thing..." An old man mumbled.
The whispers continued as Gaara simply ignored them but could clearer feel the sand swirl inside his gourd.
"So warm ..." Naruto mumbled as Gaara was the only one to hear those sweet words.
Gaara held the blond tighter and closer as he was only minutes away from arriving at his house.
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*Konoha Village*
---Tsunade's Office ---
Tsunade sat back on her chair as he rubbed her forehead and closed her eyes, while she seemed exhausted due to all the paper work she had to distribute and sign.
"Tsunade-sama." A familiar female voice spoke out.
Tsunade raised her head as he looked at her door to see a search team had already returned, which could only mean one thing.
"Have you found Naruto?" Tsunade asked without loosing any time as she stood up.
The group composed of Asuma, Kurenai, Chouji and Ino came inside the office, while Asuma made sure to close the door behind them.
"Iie, but we have an idea where he might be." Kurenai replied as Asuma finished to give the Hokage the rest of the information.
"But we'll need your help to get him." Asuma finished as he lit up a new cigarette.
"Name it" Tsunade bluntly said
"I know things are still rough between us and the Sand Village, but we need temporary passes to enter it." Kurenai explained
"Why are we here anyway?" Ino bluntly asked as her arms were crossed and gave an angry sigh.
"Ino, let Asuma and kurenai-sensei explain" Chouji asked his teammate as he ate more chips.
All eyes turned to the female blond as she realized this might be a good time to actually shut up and stay silent like Chouji. Tsunade turned back her attention at the two Juunins for more explanations.
"Why would Naruto be in Sand Village?" Tsunade asked
"He was brought there by force by a genin too well known in Konoha." Asuma half answered her question.
"I'm sure Jiraiya-sama told you about him. He's name is Gaara of the Desert. Naruto fought him and his demon Shukaku when Sand broke their alliance with us and allied with Orochimaru instead." Kurenai answered with a serious look and tone.
"Are you saying that this Gaara has Naruto?" Tsunade asked to make sure she understood all this.
"Hai, we still don't' know the real motives hidden behind his kidnapping, but as we speak, Nara Shikamaru is leading a small team into the Sand Country, as well as Jiraiya and Kakashi should be on their way as well." Kurenai further explained.
"So mind handing us some passports so we don't brake any rules of the recent agreement between Konoha and Sand Village?" Asuma asked with a smile.
"You'll have them at your disposal in 5 minutes." Tsunade informed them as her friend Shizume entered the office.
"How many do you need?" Shizume asked as she took out the right papers and placed them in front of Tsunade's face.
"The numbers of people you sent after Naruto." Asuma let out with a puff of smoke.
"Then a dozen it is." Tsunade said as she signed all the papers needed and then she needed to find an understandable excuse to use and which the Sand would accept.
"Hmm. Question here. How are we going to find them? After all, that bug freak, the dog and the Hyugas aren't with us. So how are we suppose to join up with them?" Ino asked a bit worried.
"No worries, Kakashi thought of that possibility and left us a little something." Tsunade spoke out while she finally finished writing those papers.
"How?" Ino asked pessimistically.
Tsunade let out a small laughter as she simply pointed at the corner o the room. A strange little dog came out as he walked before Ino to come face to face with her.
"You better be a good human and obey me" The dog spoke out as he sat down and observed the female.
"NANI!?" Ino yelled out as she almost wanted to strangle the sog where he stood.
"Pakun, be nice or else Kakashi's going to know about this." Tsunade warned the dog knowing that he would obey.
Seeing the tension rise between them, Kurenai kneeled down and picked up Pakun in her arms as Ino cursed under her breath, while Chouji didn't seem to care that much.
"Pakun already is familiar with Kakashi-sensei and Sasuke's scent, so he'll lead up right to the teams." Kurenai informed the two students as she made sure Pakun wouldn't try to jump out of her arms.
"First I had to track the Uchiha kid and now it's his teammate. I'm not just good to track his students. As a matter of fact he should keep them on a leash." Pakun commented as this earned him the deadly glare of Ino for taking badly about Sasuke.
"Are they ..." Asuma started to ask but was interrupted by the Hokage.
"Here are your passes, make sure they get these so you can all search the Village." Tsunade informed them as she handed her friend the passports.
"Don't we need a reason to go in there?" Chouji asked as he finished his bag of chips.
Shizume handed out the passports to Kurenai, while Tsunade looked at the team before her, before letting out a sigh.
"Since we are still under certain disagreement with the Sand Village, therE's only one reason, and one reason alone, that the Sand would agree to let Leaf shinobis enter their Village." Tsunade started
"Are you saying that Naruto's ..." Asuma started to say as his eyes widened and his cigarette fell from his lips.
"Hai, For the moment, Uzumaki Naruto became a missing-nin. So you are to retrieve him under that circumstance." Tsunade spoke out seriously.
"We ... We understand ..." Kurenai mumbled as she prepared to leave the office, well aware that Tsunade probably wished to be alone at a time like this.
"We'll find him and bring him back home." Asuma let out before he followed Kurenai and urged his two students to follow him.
As the team left and now had a new mission, Tsunade laid back lazily in her chair as she took deep breaths and slowly let them out. She then felt a warm hand gently grip her shoulder and looked up to see her long time friend.
"They'll find him ..." Shizume softly said to her friend.
"I know, but once they find him, will he want to come back?" Tsunade sadly said as she closed her eyes and a tear fell out of them.
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*Sand Borders*
Shikamaru laid down on his back, as he watched the clouds in the stars, and ignored the continuous growls of his teammate Kiba. Kiba sat down on a branch of the same tree where Shikamaru rested lazily, as Akamaru rested on the boy's head to keep them aware of anything out of the ordinary.
"Woof woof" Akamaru barked continuously as he jumped off Kiba's head jumped down to the ground where Shikamaru was.
"What is it boy?" Kiba asked as he looked down to his dog a bit worried.
"Seems we got company." Shikamaru stated as he raised himself to his feet to what seemed really troublesome for the new Chuunin.
"Ally or enemy?" Kiba asked as his eyes focused to where Akamaru barked at.
As the minutes passed, the tension grew stronger, as their hearts started to beat faster as their ears caught up with some branches being broken. Akamaru continued to bark, as Shikamaru placed his hands together ready to do his shadow binding technique if the situation called for it.
"Where's Sasuke-kun and Neji-nisan?" A familiar voice spoke out from behind Kiba.
Kiba nearly had a heart attack as he jumped out of surprise from the branch and landed face first on the ground level.
As Kiba stood back on his feet he faced his attackers that were up there in that tree, when he noticed silver eyes and then pink hair.
"Hinata! Since when do you sneak up on your teammates!" Kiba yelled at her for actually catching him off guard.
"Go ... Gomen ... Gomen Kiba-kun..." The Hyuga girl stammered as she played with her fingers nervously.
Next to Hinata, stood Tenten and Sakura, Sakura couldn't help but laugh at how Kiba somehow resembled Naruto sometimes as Tenten let out a giggle, amused at how Kiba reacted when he was at fault.
Shino walked by Kiba as he hands remained stuffed in his pockets, as he gave a look through those glasses to his teammate.
"A shinobi should be aware of his surroundings." Shino commented as this earned the death glare by Kiba.
"Urousai!" Kiba yelled out as his fists clenched and he only wanted to hit the other boy for showing off his attitude and knowledge.
Shikamaru relaxed as he now knew that Gai's team had finally come back with Jiraiya and Kakashi, as they walked out of the shadows to where Akamaru first barked at.
"You're lucky Neji and Sasuke aren't here or they would of attacked you by now, mistaking you for the enemy." Shikamaru commented as he leaned against the tree relieved that they were allies and not enemies.
"That would be Sasuke alright." Kakashi commented with a smile, as Jiraiya and Gai stood on each side of the Juunin.
"Speaking of the genious, where are Neji and Sasuke? Gai asked as he could not find them on site.
"We separated to cover more ground quickly. Me and Kiba stayed behind to wait for you guys, while Neji and Sasuke entered the Sand country to continue their search. So now that you're here, we can rely on Shino's companions to take us to them." Shikamaru explained clearly to the Juunins and Sennin.
"Those two can be in danger, without passports if they get caught ..." Sakura started to worry when she looked at her sensei.
"No worries, we heard it from Gai that Kurenai and Asuma went back to Konoha to inform Hokage. I know them too well that they'll get those passports and come join us as soon as they can." Kakashi explained to reassure his student.
"But Kakashi-sensei, how will they find us? They don't have any way to track us down ..." Sakura trailed off when she noticed the smile on Gai and Jiraiya's face.
"Kakashi left that mutt behind in case this would happen. So they'll definitely find us." Jiraiya spoke out
"Pakun?" Sakura let out in surprise.
"Hai, Pakun's the best to track shinobis down. So Asuma and Kurenai should joins with us very soon." Kakashi explained more.
"So what now?" Kiba asked as Akamaru jumped back on his master.
"We wait until Kurenai and Asume return." Gai spoke out earning him the stare of every genin.
"We wait!?" Kiba yelled out in shock as he was quite tired of always waiting.
"If we go in Sand Village with our current numbers, we're sure to attract attention and be discovered. The best plan for the moment is to wait to get our passports and then go in. We have to trust Sasuke and Neji won't get caught, but they are the Number 1 rookies from the last two years." Kakashi explained as he knew the genins weren't too happy with the answer he'd given.
"Look, half of you can't disguise your chakra well enough yet, it would eb a risk we can't afford to take for both our sakes as well as theirs. So quit whining and listen to your orders." Jiraiya ordered them as he felt anger building up inside him.
"Hai ..." The girls mumbled as they were a bit scared by the sudden outburst of the great sennin, while Kiba sat down, crossed his legs and arms, and then pouted, while Shino and Shikamaru remained calm and simply waited.
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*Hidden Sand Village*
---Near The Entrance Gates ---
Neji and Sasuke carefully made their way pass the sand-nins that guarded the gates, as they jumped on the sandy ground and scanned the area around them.
"I can't feel any shinobis." Sasuke informed his companion as he placed a hand against the wall that stood between them and the Village.
Neji was well aware of what Sasuke asked without asking, as he gathered his hands together and performed hand seals.
"Byakugan" Neji whispered as the veins near his eyes were more noticeable than ever.
"So?" Sasuke asked waiting patiently for an answer.
"We're clear to get to the other side." Neji confirmed as he gathered chakra to his feet and jumped over the wall without waiting for Sasuke.
"Typical." Sasuke half growled as he did the same.
--- Other Side of the Gates ---
Neji and Sasuke landed on the ground without making any sounds, when Sasuke was about to explore further when he noticed Neji seemed to be in thought. Sasuke walked over to the Hyuga boy as he was about to snap him out of it when he noticed Neji's Byakugan was still activated and focused on a specific place.
"What is it?" Sasuke asked with a serious tone.
"Naruto ..." Neji let out as his eyes softened.
Sasuke's complete expression changed as his eyes widened and place a hand on Neji's shoulder to get more information.
"What about him?" Sasuke asked.
"I found him." Neji replied calmly as he continued to stare at the same spot.
"How can you know it's him? Everyone's chakra is blue, you can't distinguish them." Sasuke reminded the Hyuga boy until this one simply smiled.
"You're wrong Uchiha." Neji replied.
"Explain." Sasuke demanded his explanation since he knew that chakra could only be blue unless a shinobi was cursed like he was, since his chakra turned sometimes into a dark evil purple when he lost control over his cursed seal that Orochimaru gave him.
"When I fought Naruto in the Chuunin Exams, I closed off all his opening chakra points. But to much my surprise he managed to gather an unknown chakra from within him, and this one had a different color." Neji began to explain as he noticed he had Sasuke's complete attention.
"He's other chakra's red isn't it?" Sasuke asked but already knew the answer to his question.
"I take it that you've seen it before." Neji wanted to confirm.
"Hai." Was Sasuke's only reply.
"Then now you understand how I'm confident that I found our blond." Neji commented as he looked back at Sasuke.
"Led the way," Sasuke gave out an order.
Of course Neji winced a bit by being given an order, but he pushed that feeling aside as he decided to take point and follow the red chakra that seemed to move slowly through the streets.
--- In An Alley ---
Gaara had decided to take a short cut when he knew he wouldn't have the endure the presence of the people he somewhat despised with time but never showed it. He simply didn't want Naruto to hear them, since Sand Village never really hid what they said.
Gaara was only a block away form his house, that he shared with Temari and Kankuro, when his sand shifted more violently in his gourd. Immediately, Gaara stopped walking, as his eyes scanned his surroundings to see if there was something off.
"Two shinobis are coming this way ... Father should of learned with time that it's useless to send assassins after me ..." Gaara mumbled as he remembered he still had the blond boy in his arms.
He knew having Naruto with him while these two assassins were coming to claim his life would endanger the boy, and so Gaara kneeled near the alley wall as he gently laid the blond down on the ground in a sitting position.
"I'll protect you no matter what." Gaara whispered to the sleeping boy as he stared at him with curious eyes.
After several seconds of staring at the boy, Gaara cupped the cheek of Naruto and leaned forward as he gave a soft kiss on the blonde's forehead before he stood up again, waiting for his attackers to show themselves.
Gaara removed the cork from his gourd, as the sand fell out of it and gathered at the sand-nin's feet, while Gaara simply crossed his arms and remained with emotionless eyes.
Suddenly, kunais and shurikens came from above Gaara but of course his sand formed a ball that covered every inch of his body, stopping the attack immediately, as he waited to see the face of his attackers.
"You have something that belongs to us..." A shinobi spoke out with glowing red eyes.
"And we'd appreciate it if you gave him back to us ..." A silver eyes shinobi asked as both so called assassin landed on the ground, a few meters away from Gaara's current position.
The shield of sand retreated to the ground at Gaara's feet, as the so called assassins noticed the sleeping young boy who barely laid 2 meters away from the sand-nin's position.
"Uchiha Sasuke and Hyuga Neji." Gaara stated as he recognized the two shinobis who stood before him.
"Hand us Uzumaki Naruto right now, and we will leave the Sand Village as soon as he's in our possession." Neji informed the sand boy, but this one seemed unchanged by the offer.
"Uzumaki will remain here. Unless you have a death wish, leave now, before I change my mind, unless of course you want to face my monster once more..." Gaara let out as he uncrossed his arms and stared at the two shinobis.
Neji and Sasuke began to worry as they were well aware against the demon Shukaku, they wouldn't stand much of a chance and with Naruto in his possession, things could get worse.
"Why would Konoha want Naruto back? After all, you all ignored him since he was born." Gaara spoke out with a certain anger that could be easily felt around him.
Sasuke and Neji remained silent as they knew that Gaara's words were correct, but even so, to them, Naruto was their friend, even though they didn't show it very well to the blond.
Sasuke clenched his fists as his Sharingan was very visible, while Neji's Byakugan was also activated, in case they would start a battle right here and now. Both were concentrated on how to deal with things when they heard mumbles that came from behind Gaara.
"Naruto." Neji and Sasuke said at the same time as they noticed the boy was waking up.
Naruto's body moved a little, as the boy brought his hands over his eyes and started to rub them so his vision would no longer be blurry. Naruto finally opened them to awaken to a Gaara who stood in front of him, while he noticed two familiar figures who were facing Gaara.
His eyes widened as he finally recognized who those two shinobis were. Naruto managed to stand up, although his body started to shake a little, as his eyes never left the two shinobis.
"Sasuke ...?" Naruto mumbled as he froze in place from seeing the person who betrayed him, standing only a few meters away from himself.
TBC
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Sorry for the delay of this chapter but you better be happy because this chapter is 4000 + words so I worked really hard so be happy. I had totally no idea what the heck to write down! But hope it came out ok since I spent the entire day re writing it since it never seemed to be good enough for me. Be sure to let me know ne?
Plus I finally got the inspiration to write this chapter after I downloaded Episode 78 of Naruto. Now if only the chapter 212 of the manga could come out today as well... Oh well, hope you kinda liked it.
IMPORTANT NOTE
Some commented about rechecking with my beta reader but the thing is I DON'T HAVE a BETA READER to check out my work, but I know I sometimes jump form past to present tense, but I'm doing what I can!
REVIEWS
TheTrueSilver : Well I figured that deep down, a demon protects what its host desires, in this case, Gaara wants Naruto. So I'm glad you liked it.
Foamy and Foolproof : I like your fics too! I was so disappointed when you left a message saying it was discontinued ...sniff sniff. If you need any help don't hesitate to email me ok? And I update my stories as I can, after all I have 5 stories and try to update weekly, and by this week-end I'll have 7 of them, I'm starting to wonder if I'm insane or not...
Ookami Kage : well I hope you update you fics soon in that case because I really like them too! And thanks for the compliment!
Red Rose : Of course Naruto stayed, it wouldn't be a Gaara x Naruto fic if he left don't ya think? Anyway, this chapter explained partly why entering Sand Village isn't too bad, so I hope that answered your question.
Silver Neo : I'm always so happy when I respond and read your review, they totally make my day. Hope you weren't disappointed with this chapter, I still find it lame lol. But next chapter will be fun.
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RavensHaelo : I found so little gaara x Naruto fics here it almost made me cry. So I decided to give it my shot and not rush into things so no one's too OCC like I've seen, and yes, they will meet up again, very soon.
Renn : Indeed, writing the next few chapters will be hard on me and them because things get a lot complicated, I'm hoping these chapters will be well written and not bite lol.
Arbil : I think everyone should love Gaara! Poor little thing got treated such in a bad way. Now that Naruto sticks around, things will get better.
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MaroonSorrow : Naruto's always so cute when he mumbles things ne? And Gaara being the nice gentleman and carry him back to his new home. Things will get interesting form now on ne?
Someone : I know it's wrong to separate those two that's why they're gonna stick togethere to matter what ... I hope ...
Burning tree : your wish to have Sasuke and the others meet up with Gaara and Naruto is about to become true in the following chapters. And things will start to develop more between the new couple.
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--NC-- : Damn right! Anybody who tried to take Naruto from Gaara will suffer a great deal of pain before they get killed. So what could happen when Sasuke and Neji caught up with him?
Moonlight2 : sorry about the dots, because before, when I made 9 dots ff.net only showed 3, and when I use to write 3 only 1 showed up, so now I'm back to going at 3 and the site seems to accept it better. Give me a chance to get Gaara to kiss Naruto, besides in this chapter it happened, so kawaii ne? As for the length of the chapter, well update weekly means sometimes shorter chapters, hope you understand.
Mashed Potato Master : I was wondering where you disappeared to. I lost a few reviewers and this pained me a bit but I'm really glad your back. Besdies who cares what those damn Villagers think anyway, they treated the poor sand-nin so bad, they're just lucky he didn't kill them off yet ne?
A special thanks to MaroonSorrow for being my 200th reviewer!
Next Chapter :
Sasuke and Neji finally caught up with Gaara and Naruto, but how will Naruto react? And what's Gaara going to do to keep his only precious person with him? And then, Kakashi and the others finally enter the Village, to then catch up with the two genins.
Read and REVIEW people
Thanks again
Ookima
Synopsis : Tsunade is informed of the situation and takes the necessary measures to deal with it. In the mean time, Kakashi and the others met up with Shikamaru and Kiba, while Sasuke and Neji search the Sand Village and find something that might lead them directly to Naruto.........
Pairings : Main pairing will be Gaara x Naruto.
Disclaimer : I don't own Naruto but wish I did. Because if I did, I'd be rich and happier.
Important note : Contains shonen-ai, in other words boy loves boy, don't like then don't read
Gomen but Gaara might start to be a bit OCC, but I'll try to keep him as sane as he usually is.
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
JUTSU LIST
- Byakugan – White Eyes - Description: 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.
- Sharingan – Description : A pupil born technique, which allows the user to do to a large number of things. The Sharingan's first and most well known ability - is to memorize any technique that it is a witness to - as well as register the movements of opponents. Second, it is able to hypnotize the opponent, giving an advantage to the user. It can also suggest movements to the hypnotized brain, and 'see through; any illusionary techniques. Although it is a power jutsu, it absorbs chakra. The power of the Sharingan is judged through the amount of dots in the persons eye.
JAPANESE WORDS
- baka = idiot -
- dobe = dead last -
- naruhodo = I see -
- Chikushou = damn / dammit -
- naze = why -
- hai = yes / yeah -
- Arigatou = Thank You -
- Gomen = Sorry -
- Urousai = Shut up -
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*Sand Village*
--- Hidden Sand Gates ---
"I'll stay" Naruto gave his answer with a little smile, as his cheeks were still wet by the few tears he shed
Gaara seemed a little confused as the blond walked closer to him, and wrapped his arms around the sand-nin's waist and buried his head in the soft fabric of Gaara's chest.
"As long as you want me here, I'll stay........." Naruto replied as he no longer held back his tears
Naruto clang to Gaara, as this one wasn't sure of what to do too much as he was still shocked that the boy had accepted to stay in the first place, and more surprisingly, he stayed because he wanted the blond to stay with him.
"Then you might stay here for a long time........." Gaara whispered as he wrapped his arms once more around the kitsune
"I don't care......... As long as I'm not alone anymore......... I don't care ........." Naruto continued to cry his eyes out as his eyes slowly closed
Without his knowledge, Naruto's body became numb as he fell to his knees. Fortunately, Gaara tightened his grip on the blond to prevent him from falling further, as something unexpected also interfere.
"Nani?" Gaara's eyes widened as he noticed the sand from his gourd had come out and surrounded them carefully, as if it waited for something to happen
Gaara unwrapped his arms around the blond, which caused this one to fall, but immediately, the sand interfered and gathered under Naruto to slowly lay him down on the ground, while Gaara simply observed the scene before him.
"Yashimaru, Okaasan......... I may have found that someone who I can give this love, and perhaps, also give me this love........." Gaara whispered with a little sad smile.
Gaara raised his hands in the air as the sand lifted the exhausted Naruto off the ground and gently back in the sand-nin's arms. Naruto's head rested against Gaara's chest, as his arms were crossed above his stomach, but what caught the boy's attention mostly, was seeing how Naruto was smiling.
"I finally found someone who's like me......... and understands me at last........." Naruto mumbled in his deep sleep.
The sand retreated back in the gourd as Gaara held closely, and protectively, the young boy in his arms, as he headed back home. This feeling that Gaara didn't understand or comprehend, made him do something that hadn't happened in a long time.
Gaara smiled.........
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Gaara observed the blond he held for several minutes, as his smile faded away. He knew all too well that if the Villagers saw him like this, they could try something against him, which he wasn't worried about, but if they attempted something on Naruto, it would be another story.
And so, Gaara started to walk back home and knew he had take the crowded streets in order to get there. Gaara started to walk back home, as the streets simply seem to empty themselves. With each step Gaara took, the Villagers quickly stepped aside to get out of the monster's way, but yet this did not prevent them from whispered harsh words behind his back.
"That cute little blond never had a chance with that thing chasing him..." A woman spoke out as she held tightly to her own child.
"Even though he is Kazekage's son, he should of dealt with the monster before it became this dangerous..." A man whispered to his male friend that stood next to him.
"I hope that boy has a quick death ..." Another woman let out.
"Poor thing..." An old man mumbled.
The whispers continued as Gaara simply ignored them but could clearer feel the sand swirl inside his gourd.
"So warm ..." Naruto mumbled as Gaara was the only one to hear those sweet words.
Gaara held the blond tighter and closer as he was only minutes away from arriving at his house.
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*Konoha Village*
---Tsunade's Office ---
Tsunade sat back on her chair as he rubbed her forehead and closed her eyes, while she seemed exhausted due to all the paper work she had to distribute and sign.
"Tsunade-sama." A familiar female voice spoke out.
Tsunade raised her head as he looked at her door to see a search team had already returned, which could only mean one thing.
"Have you found Naruto?" Tsunade asked without loosing any time as she stood up.
The group composed of Asuma, Kurenai, Chouji and Ino came inside the office, while Asuma made sure to close the door behind them.
"Iie, but we have an idea where he might be." Kurenai replied as Asuma finished to give the Hokage the rest of the information.
"But we'll need your help to get him." Asuma finished as he lit up a new cigarette.
"Name it" Tsunade bluntly said
"I know things are still rough between us and the Sand Village, but we need temporary passes to enter it." Kurenai explained
"Why are we here anyway?" Ino bluntly asked as her arms were crossed and gave an angry sigh.
"Ino, let Asuma and kurenai-sensei explain" Chouji asked his teammate as he ate more chips.
All eyes turned to the female blond as she realized this might be a good time to actually shut up and stay silent like Chouji. Tsunade turned back her attention at the two Juunins for more explanations.
"Why would Naruto be in Sand Village?" Tsunade asked
"He was brought there by force by a genin too well known in Konoha." Asuma half answered her question.
"I'm sure Jiraiya-sama told you about him. He's name is Gaara of the Desert. Naruto fought him and his demon Shukaku when Sand broke their alliance with us and allied with Orochimaru instead." Kurenai answered with a serious look and tone.
"Are you saying that this Gaara has Naruto?" Tsunade asked to make sure she understood all this.
"Hai, we still don't' know the real motives hidden behind his kidnapping, but as we speak, Nara Shikamaru is leading a small team into the Sand Country, as well as Jiraiya and Kakashi should be on their way as well." Kurenai further explained.
"So mind handing us some passports so we don't brake any rules of the recent agreement between Konoha and Sand Village?" Asuma asked with a smile.
"You'll have them at your disposal in 5 minutes." Tsunade informed them as her friend Shizume entered the office.
"How many do you need?" Shizume asked as she took out the right papers and placed them in front of Tsunade's face.
"The numbers of people you sent after Naruto." Asuma let out with a puff of smoke.
"Then a dozen it is." Tsunade said as she signed all the papers needed and then she needed to find an understandable excuse to use and which the Sand would accept.
"Hmm. Question here. How are we going to find them? After all, that bug freak, the dog and the Hyugas aren't with us. So how are we suppose to join up with them?" Ino asked a bit worried.
"No worries, Kakashi thought of that possibility and left us a little something." Tsunade spoke out while she finally finished writing those papers.
"How?" Ino asked pessimistically.
Tsunade let out a small laughter as she simply pointed at the corner o the room. A strange little dog came out as he walked before Ino to come face to face with her.
"You better be a good human and obey me" The dog spoke out as he sat down and observed the female.
"NANI!?" Ino yelled out as she almost wanted to strangle the sog where he stood.
"Pakun, be nice or else Kakashi's going to know about this." Tsunade warned the dog knowing that he would obey.
Seeing the tension rise between them, Kurenai kneeled down and picked up Pakun in her arms as Ino cursed under her breath, while Chouji didn't seem to care that much.
"Pakun already is familiar with Kakashi-sensei and Sasuke's scent, so he'll lead up right to the teams." Kurenai informed the two students as she made sure Pakun wouldn't try to jump out of her arms.
"First I had to track the Uchiha kid and now it's his teammate. I'm not just good to track his students. As a matter of fact he should keep them on a leash." Pakun commented as this earned him the deadly glare of Ino for taking badly about Sasuke.
"Are they ..." Asuma started to ask but was interrupted by the Hokage.
"Here are your passes, make sure they get these so you can all search the Village." Tsunade informed them as she handed her friend the passports.
"Don't we need a reason to go in there?" Chouji asked as he finished his bag of chips.
Shizume handed out the passports to Kurenai, while Tsunade looked at the team before her, before letting out a sigh.
"Since we are still under certain disagreement with the Sand Village, therE's only one reason, and one reason alone, that the Sand would agree to let Leaf shinobis enter their Village." Tsunade started
"Are you saying that Naruto's ..." Asuma started to say as his eyes widened and his cigarette fell from his lips.
"Hai, For the moment, Uzumaki Naruto became a missing-nin. So you are to retrieve him under that circumstance." Tsunade spoke out seriously.
"We ... We understand ..." Kurenai mumbled as she prepared to leave the office, well aware that Tsunade probably wished to be alone at a time like this.
"We'll find him and bring him back home." Asuma let out before he followed Kurenai and urged his two students to follow him.
As the team left and now had a new mission, Tsunade laid back lazily in her chair as she took deep breaths and slowly let them out. She then felt a warm hand gently grip her shoulder and looked up to see her long time friend.
"They'll find him ..." Shizume softly said to her friend.
"I know, but once they find him, will he want to come back?" Tsunade sadly said as she closed her eyes and a tear fell out of them.
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*Sand Borders*
Shikamaru laid down on his back, as he watched the clouds in the stars, and ignored the continuous growls of his teammate Kiba. Kiba sat down on a branch of the same tree where Shikamaru rested lazily, as Akamaru rested on the boy's head to keep them aware of anything out of the ordinary.
"Woof woof" Akamaru barked continuously as he jumped off Kiba's head jumped down to the ground where Shikamaru was.
"What is it boy?" Kiba asked as he looked down to his dog a bit worried.
"Seems we got company." Shikamaru stated as he raised himself to his feet to what seemed really troublesome for the new Chuunin.
"Ally or enemy?" Kiba asked as his eyes focused to where Akamaru barked at.
As the minutes passed, the tension grew stronger, as their hearts started to beat faster as their ears caught up with some branches being broken. Akamaru continued to bark, as Shikamaru placed his hands together ready to do his shadow binding technique if the situation called for it.
"Where's Sasuke-kun and Neji-nisan?" A familiar voice spoke out from behind Kiba.
Kiba nearly had a heart attack as he jumped out of surprise from the branch and landed face first on the ground level.
As Kiba stood back on his feet he faced his attackers that were up there in that tree, when he noticed silver eyes and then pink hair.
"Hinata! Since when do you sneak up on your teammates!" Kiba yelled at her for actually catching him off guard.
"Go ... Gomen ... Gomen Kiba-kun..." The Hyuga girl stammered as she played with her fingers nervously.
Next to Hinata, stood Tenten and Sakura, Sakura couldn't help but laugh at how Kiba somehow resembled Naruto sometimes as Tenten let out a giggle, amused at how Kiba reacted when he was at fault.
Shino walked by Kiba as he hands remained stuffed in his pockets, as he gave a look through those glasses to his teammate.
"A shinobi should be aware of his surroundings." Shino commented as this earned the death glare by Kiba.
"Urousai!" Kiba yelled out as his fists clenched and he only wanted to hit the other boy for showing off his attitude and knowledge.
Shikamaru relaxed as he now knew that Gai's team had finally come back with Jiraiya and Kakashi, as they walked out of the shadows to where Akamaru first barked at.
"You're lucky Neji and Sasuke aren't here or they would of attacked you by now, mistaking you for the enemy." Shikamaru commented as he leaned against the tree relieved that they were allies and not enemies.
"That would be Sasuke alright." Kakashi commented with a smile, as Jiraiya and Gai stood on each side of the Juunin.
"Speaking of the genious, where are Neji and Sasuke? Gai asked as he could not find them on site.
"We separated to cover more ground quickly. Me and Kiba stayed behind to wait for you guys, while Neji and Sasuke entered the Sand country to continue their search. So now that you're here, we can rely on Shino's companions to take us to them." Shikamaru explained clearly to the Juunins and Sennin.
"Those two can be in danger, without passports if they get caught ..." Sakura started to worry when she looked at her sensei.
"No worries, we heard it from Gai that Kurenai and Asuma went back to Konoha to inform Hokage. I know them too well that they'll get those passports and come join us as soon as they can." Kakashi explained to reassure his student.
"But Kakashi-sensei, how will they find us? They don't have any way to track us down ..." Sakura trailed off when she noticed the smile on Gai and Jiraiya's face.
"Kakashi left that mutt behind in case this would happen. So they'll definitely find us." Jiraiya spoke out
"Pakun?" Sakura let out in surprise.
"Hai, Pakun's the best to track shinobis down. So Asuma and Kurenai should joins with us very soon." Kakashi explained more.
"So what now?" Kiba asked as Akamaru jumped back on his master.
"We wait until Kurenai and Asume return." Gai spoke out earning him the stare of every genin.
"We wait!?" Kiba yelled out in shock as he was quite tired of always waiting.
"If we go in Sand Village with our current numbers, we're sure to attract attention and be discovered. The best plan for the moment is to wait to get our passports and then go in. We have to trust Sasuke and Neji won't get caught, but they are the Number 1 rookies from the last two years." Kakashi explained as he knew the genins weren't too happy with the answer he'd given.
"Look, half of you can't disguise your chakra well enough yet, it would eb a risk we can't afford to take for both our sakes as well as theirs. So quit whining and listen to your orders." Jiraiya ordered them as he felt anger building up inside him.
"Hai ..." The girls mumbled as they were a bit scared by the sudden outburst of the great sennin, while Kiba sat down, crossed his legs and arms, and then pouted, while Shino and Shikamaru remained calm and simply waited.
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*Hidden Sand Village*
---Near The Entrance Gates ---
Neji and Sasuke carefully made their way pass the sand-nins that guarded the gates, as they jumped on the sandy ground and scanned the area around them.
"I can't feel any shinobis." Sasuke informed his companion as he placed a hand against the wall that stood between them and the Village.
Neji was well aware of what Sasuke asked without asking, as he gathered his hands together and performed hand seals.
"Byakugan" Neji whispered as the veins near his eyes were more noticeable than ever.
"So?" Sasuke asked waiting patiently for an answer.
"We're clear to get to the other side." Neji confirmed as he gathered chakra to his feet and jumped over the wall without waiting for Sasuke.
"Typical." Sasuke half growled as he did the same.
--- Other Side of the Gates ---
Neji and Sasuke landed on the ground without making any sounds, when Sasuke was about to explore further when he noticed Neji seemed to be in thought. Sasuke walked over to the Hyuga boy as he was about to snap him out of it when he noticed Neji's Byakugan was still activated and focused on a specific place.
"What is it?" Sasuke asked with a serious tone.
"Naruto ..." Neji let out as his eyes softened.
Sasuke's complete expression changed as his eyes widened and place a hand on Neji's shoulder to get more information.
"What about him?" Sasuke asked.
"I found him." Neji replied calmly as he continued to stare at the same spot.
"How can you know it's him? Everyone's chakra is blue, you can't distinguish them." Sasuke reminded the Hyuga boy until this one simply smiled.
"You're wrong Uchiha." Neji replied.
"Explain." Sasuke demanded his explanation since he knew that chakra could only be blue unless a shinobi was cursed like he was, since his chakra turned sometimes into a dark evil purple when he lost control over his cursed seal that Orochimaru gave him.
"When I fought Naruto in the Chuunin Exams, I closed off all his opening chakra points. But to much my surprise he managed to gather an unknown chakra from within him, and this one had a different color." Neji began to explain as he noticed he had Sasuke's complete attention.
"He's other chakra's red isn't it?" Sasuke asked but already knew the answer to his question.
"I take it that you've seen it before." Neji wanted to confirm.
"Hai." Was Sasuke's only reply.
"Then now you understand how I'm confident that I found our blond." Neji commented as he looked back at Sasuke.
"Led the way," Sasuke gave out an order.
Of course Neji winced a bit by being given an order, but he pushed that feeling aside as he decided to take point and follow the red chakra that seemed to move slowly through the streets.
--- In An Alley ---
Gaara had decided to take a short cut when he knew he wouldn't have the endure the presence of the people he somewhat despised with time but never showed it. He simply didn't want Naruto to hear them, since Sand Village never really hid what they said.
Gaara was only a block away form his house, that he shared with Temari and Kankuro, when his sand shifted more violently in his gourd. Immediately, Gaara stopped walking, as his eyes scanned his surroundings to see if there was something off.
"Two shinobis are coming this way ... Father should of learned with time that it's useless to send assassins after me ..." Gaara mumbled as he remembered he still had the blond boy in his arms.
He knew having Naruto with him while these two assassins were coming to claim his life would endanger the boy, and so Gaara kneeled near the alley wall as he gently laid the blond down on the ground in a sitting position.
"I'll protect you no matter what." Gaara whispered to the sleeping boy as he stared at him with curious eyes.
After several seconds of staring at the boy, Gaara cupped the cheek of Naruto and leaned forward as he gave a soft kiss on the blonde's forehead before he stood up again, waiting for his attackers to show themselves.
Gaara removed the cork from his gourd, as the sand fell out of it and gathered at the sand-nin's feet, while Gaara simply crossed his arms and remained with emotionless eyes.
Suddenly, kunais and shurikens came from above Gaara but of course his sand formed a ball that covered every inch of his body, stopping the attack immediately, as he waited to see the face of his attackers.
"You have something that belongs to us..." A shinobi spoke out with glowing red eyes.
"And we'd appreciate it if you gave him back to us ..." A silver eyes shinobi asked as both so called assassin landed on the ground, a few meters away from Gaara's current position.
The shield of sand retreated to the ground at Gaara's feet, as the so called assassins noticed the sleeping young boy who barely laid 2 meters away from the sand-nin's position.
"Uchiha Sasuke and Hyuga Neji." Gaara stated as he recognized the two shinobis who stood before him.
"Hand us Uzumaki Naruto right now, and we will leave the Sand Village as soon as he's in our possession." Neji informed the sand boy, but this one seemed unchanged by the offer.
"Uzumaki will remain here. Unless you have a death wish, leave now, before I change my mind, unless of course you want to face my monster once more..." Gaara let out as he uncrossed his arms and stared at the two shinobis.
Neji and Sasuke began to worry as they were well aware against the demon Shukaku, they wouldn't stand much of a chance and with Naruto in his possession, things could get worse.
"Why would Konoha want Naruto back? After all, you all ignored him since he was born." Gaara spoke out with a certain anger that could be easily felt around him.
Sasuke and Neji remained silent as they knew that Gaara's words were correct, but even so, to them, Naruto was their friend, even though they didn't show it very well to the blond.
Sasuke clenched his fists as his Sharingan was very visible, while Neji's Byakugan was also activated, in case they would start a battle right here and now. Both were concentrated on how to deal with things when they heard mumbles that came from behind Gaara.
"Naruto." Neji and Sasuke said at the same time as they noticed the boy was waking up.
Naruto's body moved a little, as the boy brought his hands over his eyes and started to rub them so his vision would no longer be blurry. Naruto finally opened them to awaken to a Gaara who stood in front of him, while he noticed two familiar figures who were facing Gaara.
His eyes widened as he finally recognized who those two shinobis were. Naruto managed to stand up, although his body started to shake a little, as his eyes never left the two shinobis.
"Sasuke ...?" Naruto mumbled as he froze in place from seeing the person who betrayed him, standing only a few meters away from himself.
TBC
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Sorry for the delay of this chapter but you better be happy because this chapter is 4000 + words so I worked really hard so be happy. I had totally no idea what the heck to write down! But hope it came out ok since I spent the entire day re writing it since it never seemed to be good enough for me. Be sure to let me know ne?
Plus I finally got the inspiration to write this chapter after I downloaded Episode 78 of Naruto. Now if only the chapter 212 of the manga could come out today as well... Oh well, hope you kinda liked it.
IMPORTANT NOTE
Some commented about rechecking with my beta reader but the thing is I DON'T HAVE a BETA READER to check out my work, but I know I sometimes jump form past to present tense, but I'm doing what I can!
REVIEWS
TheTrueSilver : Well I figured that deep down, a demon protects what its host desires, in this case, Gaara wants Naruto. So I'm glad you liked it.
Foamy and Foolproof : I like your fics too! I was so disappointed when you left a message saying it was discontinued ...sniff sniff. If you need any help don't hesitate to email me ok? And I update my stories as I can, after all I have 5 stories and try to update weekly, and by this week-end I'll have 7 of them, I'm starting to wonder if I'm insane or not...
Ookami Kage : well I hope you update you fics soon in that case because I really like them too! And thanks for the compliment!
Red Rose : Of course Naruto stayed, it wouldn't be a Gaara x Naruto fic if he left don't ya think? Anyway, this chapter explained partly why entering Sand Village isn't too bad, so I hope that answered your question.
Silver Neo : I'm always so happy when I respond and read your review, they totally make my day. Hope you weren't disappointed with this chapter, I still find it lame lol. But next chapter will be fun.
Insanechildfic : I'm very happy to know you stick around my fics. Thanks again for your support.
Kuroi hikari : I updated as soon as I could! I haven't seen you around lately either, hope you check out my other stories ne?
Rubymoon17 : thanks for sticking around all the time.
RavensHaelo : I found so little gaara x Naruto fics here it almost made me cry. So I decided to give it my shot and not rush into things so no one's too OCC like I've seen, and yes, they will meet up again, very soon.
Renn : Indeed, writing the next few chapters will be hard on me and them because things get a lot complicated, I'm hoping these chapters will be well written and not bite lol.
Arbil : I think everyone should love Gaara! Poor little thing got treated such in a bad way. Now that Naruto sticks around, things will get better.
Anael Razualle : I update as soon as I can, considering I got 5 stories to manage and soon 7 lol. But I'll try not to disappoint any of you.
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MaroonSorrow : Naruto's always so cute when he mumbles things ne? And Gaara being the nice gentleman and carry him back to his new home. Things will get interesting form now on ne?
Someone : I know it's wrong to separate those two that's why they're gonna stick togethere to matter what ... I hope ...
Burning tree : your wish to have Sasuke and the others meet up with Gaara and Naruto is about to become true in the following chapters. And things will start to develop more between the new couple.
Fluffy-kins : thanks for your three reviews and of course Naruto will fall in love with Gaara or else this wouldn't be a fic about them ne? I update as fast as I can, I would like to see other writers update weekly 5 stories like I do, plus one that has the longest chapters ever.
--NC-- : Damn right! Anybody who tried to take Naruto from Gaara will suffer a great deal of pain before they get killed. So what could happen when Sasuke and Neji caught up with him?
Moonlight2 : sorry about the dots, because before, when I made 9 dots ff.net only showed 3, and when I use to write 3 only 1 showed up, so now I'm back to going at 3 and the site seems to accept it better. Give me a chance to get Gaara to kiss Naruto, besides in this chapter it happened, so kawaii ne? As for the length of the chapter, well update weekly means sometimes shorter chapters, hope you understand.
Mashed Potato Master : I was wondering where you disappeared to. I lost a few reviewers and this pained me a bit but I'm really glad your back. Besdies who cares what those damn Villagers think anyway, they treated the poor sand-nin so bad, they're just lucky he didn't kill them off yet ne?
A special thanks to MaroonSorrow for being my 200th reviewer!
Next Chapter :
Sasuke and Neji finally caught up with Gaara and Naruto, but how will Naruto react? And what's Gaara going to do to keep his only precious person with him? And then, Kakashi and the others finally enter the Village, to then catch up with the two genins.
Read and REVIEW people
Thanks again
Ookima