Death Gods
By: Seiryuu – East God
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
Chapter Two
A blond boy walked through the corridor of his own house as he approached the guest house where his guest was currently staying. He was about to give his parents' room to his guest, but was declined. He raised his hand to knock on the door, but ended up banging on it instead.
"Oi, wake up! We're going to be late if you don't!" he shouted, but paused when he got absolutely no reply. He was sure that even a heavy sleeper would stir at the sound of the banging.
Except, of course, if he could still sleep through an earthquake and an eruption.
He turned the doorknob, and surprisingly, it wasn't locked. He walked in, and found that the room was already tidied up neatly, and that there was a note on the table, beside a stuffed frog that looked so ugly to him. Why would anyone own that kind of stuffed doll? And why would a boy his age own a stuffed doll anyway?
"That Sasuke lad is sure strange," the blond boy shrugged as he walked over to pick the note and read it. As he had expected, there, on top of the note, was his name, written in neat handwriting.
Uzumaki-san,
By the time you're reading this, I'm probably already at Karakura High. I've several matters to attend to as a transfer student, so sorry for leaving you behind.
"A morning person, he is," Naruto nodded appreciatively. Even he couldn't wake up that early.
"Hey," he heard a voice, but it wasn't rich and smooth like Sasuke's. And anyway, Sasuke's at Karakura High, right?
He looked around, trying to find the source of the voice, but couldn't find any. When he heard the second call, his gaze fell upon the stuffed frog, and it called to him once again.
He immediately scrambled back, pointing an accusing finger at the stuffed frog, "T-t-t-the frog talks!" he shouted.
"Impolite imbecile," the frog shook its head. "Okay, I was kidding. But you are impolite, I can't believe someone like you is the same as 'nee-san," it added.
"The same?" Naruto asked, raising an eyebrow at the talking frog. Maybe he could find a recorder inside it later?
"Yeah, you're both Shinigami," the frog sighed. "Though 'nee-san is not a low-class Shinigami like you," it started to cackle as it pointed at Naruto.
"Shut up, what's wrong with being a low-class Shinigami?" he asked, feeling a bit cross. After all, he had just turned into a Shinigami yesterday, and it was all thanks to Uchiha Sasuke –oh, the bump is thanks to him as well-.
"Anyway," the frog cleared its throat, "Because you're such a low-class Shinigami and 'nee-san pitied you, I'm here to help you," it said, "My race is used to be the spirits who inhabited dead bodies and fight with them alongside the Shinigamis, but there are no more of us, only I am left,"
"Oh? So this 'nee-san of yours is dead?" Naruto asked.
The frog bonked him in the head.
"I'm tempted to repeat the same phrase I said after you shouted at me, stupid. Nee-san is a Shinigami, not a spirit. I said that already!" it shouted impatiently.
"Oh right, I forgot," Naruto scratched the back of his head sheepishly.
"Anyway, I'll be helping you around, but," it added with a serious look on its face, "I will only accept the task of turning into you while you become a Shinigami,"
"Is that supposed to help me?" Naruto grunted.
"Why you ungrateful- wait, calm down Gamakichi, it's not like you'll be stuck with him forever, and not be able to meet 'nee-san," the frog said to himself. "Okay, so kid, tell me your name,"
"What's with the 'kid'? I'm not a kid!" Naruto protested.
"Shut up and tell me!" Gamakichi shouted back.
"Okay… I'm Uzumaki Naruto," Naruto said. An angry ugly frog is not something you want to deal with, he decided.
"My name is Gamakichi, and we'll be seeing each other rather frequently from now on," Gamakichi introduced himself. "Oh, and if I recall correctly, you said something about being late?" he asked.
"Oh shit," Naruto said as he looked at the clock, and made a mad dash towards his school.
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Naruto sighed, and let himself fall down on his seat. He had managed to arrive at his class one minute prior to the bell. Well, isn't he lucky. He looked around, and noticed that Sasuke wasn't in the classroom. He didn't know that taking care of the administrations and such took a long time.
"Looking for someone?" a boy with spiky raven black hair asked lazily from the seat to the left of him as he crossed his arms on the desk and rested his head on his arms.
"Well, yeah, not really, though," Naruto shrugged. "Hey, Shikamaru, do you know what you have to take care before you can enroll in a school?" he asked as he turned to the lazy boy.
"Hm? Is your friend going to enroll in this school?" he asked back.
"Not really a friend," Naruto answered. He was about to continue when the door opened and their homeroom teacher walked in. He is a kind-looking man with a scar that went through the bridge of his nose, and his hair style is pretty much the same as Shikamaru, only his hair is brown, not black. Behind him, is a girl with shoulder-length black hair, black eyes, and pale skin.
"Good morning class, this is a new transfer student, and from today onwards will be a classmate of yours, so please be kind to her," the teacher said, and the class replied in unison –sans for Naruto who knew who it is, and Shikamaru who was too lazy to reply-, "Hai, Iruka-sensei,"
"Now, if you would…" he stepped back and motioned for the girl to come forward.
"Good morning everyone, my name is Uchiha Sasuke, I used to live in Yokohama but I have just recently moved to Karakura. I am not too familiar with the town, and the people, so please help me around," she said, introducing herself.
"Very well, Uchiha-san, you may sit next to Uzumaki-san," Iruka said as he pointed the empty seat to Naruto's right.
"Thank you, sensei," Sasuke nodded her head to show her gratefulness before she walked over to the seat Iruka pointed, and pulled the chair back to sit on it.
"Y-you!" Naruto shouted as he jumped up and pointed an accusing finger at Sasuke who merely looked back at him blankly.
"I seem to be getting a lot of that. Yes, I am me (1)," Sasuke shrugged as she put her bag on the table and plopped herself down on the seat.
"N- no no no no! That's not it!" Naruto shouted as he shook his head rapidly. "You're a girl!" he added.
"And I seem to be getting a lot of that as well. Yes, I am a girl," Sasuke sighed. Was it that difficult to tell whether she is a boy or a girl when she is wearing the Shinigami uniform?
"You- you didn't tell me!" Naruto protested feebly, and finally sat down in his seat as well.
"Well, you didn't ask me," Sasuke answered simply, and Naruto glared at her. "Anyway, it seems like we'll be classmates for some time, eh? Nice to meet you Uzumaki-san,"
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Naruto sat down on a patch of grass with the rest of his friends. They weren't many, but at least they had a lot of fun when they were together. He sat down, clutching onto two pieces of bread and a carton of milk while he looked around, trying desperately to find a certain someone.
"Uchiha is at the rooftop," Shikamaru stated suddenly while he lied down lazily on the patch of grass, staring up at the clouds, "If she's the one you're looking for," he added.
The others shot him a strange look, and Naruto looked bewildered. How could he know –both what he is thinking and where Sasuke is-?
"Thanks, Shikamaru, you're a big help, at times," he added the last two words and rushed off towards the school building, and up to the rooftop. He knew the way so well, because he had always gone to the rooftop whenever he felt upset or something. Or if he wanted to spend lunch break alone.
He opened the door, and nearly fell down the stairs when saw Gamakichi sitting on the floor of the rooftop, and Sasuke is nowhere in sight.
"Ga- Gamakichi! What are you doing here?" he asked as he held onto the banister and corrected his footing until he stood upright again.
"I'm here to see 'nee-san," Gamakichi answered simply.
"Nee-san?" Naruto asked as he looked around. He found no one there.
"What's wrong, Gamakichi?" a voice suddenly asked from above him, and when he looked up, he was face to face with someone's shoes' soles.
"Argh dammit Sasuke! What are you doing up there?" he shouted as he leaned back and Sasuke jumped down right in front of him. He swore he saw Sasuke's underwear when she jumped down, but it was a blur so… well, it could be said that he didn't really see it.
"I was looking all over Karakura," Sasuke shrugged as she walked over to where Gamakichi sat and sat down as well. "It's not that crowded," she added.
"You've never been here? I can show you around if you want, since tomorrow is Saturday," Naruto offered.
"It's okay. This is actually my eleventh time here and I know my way around, quite well," Sasuke shook her head. "What are you doing here?" she asked.
"I was looking for you because you didn't show up at the cafeteria or the yard!" Naruto glared at the girl who merely shrugged at that and ignored it.
They shared silence for a while, and Naruto walked over to sit beside the girl, only to have Gamakichi jumping in between them in a rather protective manner.
"Jiraiya-san has really taught you something, hasn't he?" Sasuke chuckled at his antics, and was reminded of her personal mentor. Since the death of the last generation of the Uchiha clan, she was taught by Jiraiya while her brothers were taught by the Chief himself.
"Who's Jiraiya?" Naruto asked.
"My personal mentor," Sasuke answered. "He moved down to Earth with the permission of the Chief, and is now living around here in Karakura, I'll be visiting him later, or tomorrow," she explained.
"Oh," Naruto mumbled. "Here," he handed Sasuke the carton of milk and a piece of bread in plastic bag.
Sasuke looked at the two objects, at Naruto, back at the two objects again, before she finally took it from Naruto's hand. She watched intensely as Naruto opened the seal of the plastic bag and started eating the bread.
"What? Is there something on my face?" Naruto asked as he looked back at Sasuke.
"Nothing," Sasuke shook her head. "Do you only get one of this?" she asked as she held the carton of milk towards him.
"Yeah, why?" he asked back. "It's for you, I'm fine without it," he added.
"That's not what I meant," Sasuke looked slightly annoyed.
"So? What do you mean?" Naruto asked again.
"I- I don't know how to open it," Sasuke said as she looked down, looking slightly embarrassed.
Naruto gave him a really long look.
End of Chapter Two
(1) this is my favorite phrase so far, taken from the story The Case of the Stolen Heart from the section Fire Emblem. I find it amusing, and… yeah, I like it.
Once again, I hope you enjoy this.