Alright I am back with chapter two! After posting the first chapter I kinda realized just to what extent the consequences of this can reach, but that's fine. A little chaos never hurt someone. Also, sorry if I can't fully capture the essence that is... Killer B. I don't have much skill with rhyming as he does.
After running for quite a while B realized a few things. First, that the kid is going to need some new clothes other than just the Pajamas he has on him. Second, said kid needs to eat and can't just wait like he can.
He stopped at a small town and lets Naruto down. It was much smaller than Naruto was used to, while both the Leaf and this place had people walking to and fro, the amount was a large contrast. He actually had space to walk, if people didn't clear a path for him where ever he went back home that is...
Naruto feels a hand on his head, snapping him out of his thoughts. He looks up to B and gave a questioning look. "Alright, now we are going to get ya some new clothes. Can't be having you going around in those can ya?" Naruto looks down at his pajamas with a small frown and looked back up.
"But I like these..." Mumbled the boy to B.
B waved his hand at the small blond. "That's not what I mean, you can keep them but you need some more clothes so those don't get ruined ya fool."
He just makes an O with his face, getting what the man meant.
The two then walk around the small village in search of a store to sell clothes and Naruto realizes something. No one is avoiding him! Sure there was a lot of space for people to walk, but the people here weren't making faces at him as he walked! This was an alien, not an unwelcome by any margins. Just... new. The only time this happened was when the nice old man gave him a place to stay and money for food.
After a while of searching, Killer B spots what he was looking for and leads the kid the store to get some new clothes. Upon entrance they were met by a smiling lady at a counter, looking happy to see them, once again quite new to the blonde boy.
"Welcome!" B gave a small wave and they went through aisles and searching for a size that would fit Naruto and also serve to please the boy aesthetically.
After much searching and rejection about, they found a pair of clothes that would be fine for him for now, passing both the eye test to Naruto also comfortability. They some khaki shorts and a light orange shirt. Naruto had told B it was his most favorite color in the whole wide world with a wide grin as he scrambled to put it on.
B grabbed a few pairs and bought them at the counter with some money he had on his person. When they left the store, dressed boy and clothes in hand, B pulled out a scroll and like an elaborate magic trick to mystify children of all ages, made the clothes disappear. This had caught the eye of Naruto, and he was wanting on information on that trick.
"Wow! How'd you do that? Like make the clothes disappear, can you teach me?" Naruto jumped up and down with stars in his eyes and pleadings you could hear from any child out there.
Chuckling at the kids excitement, B ruffled Naruto's hair much to the boy's displeasure, but was excited nonetheless. "Heh sure, but that's for later when we all get home okay?" Naruto lost some of the excitement right there but nodded in the only way a child waiting for a prize would do.
"Fine but when we get to your cool home you have to teach me alright?" He pointed to B, causing him to laugh again.
"Don't worry I will." B crouched down and grabbed Naruto to put him on his back once again. "You will be learning many things when we get home."
He stood up to his full height and decided to go back on his journey once again. Before he could take off quite yet, he was stopped by a loud growling noise breaking through the air.
"Uhh bro B? I'm hungry." Ah yes, that is what he forgot about. Food for the child. Perhaps it would be wise to eat right now rather that hours from now. Starving did not sound like a healthy idea for a young growing child to partake in.
"Oh yeah, what do you want to fill your stomach with?" Thinking and looking to the sky he then shrugged. "I dunno, anything is fine." Alright that narrowed it down to literally anything to eat at. He gazed around and saw a small ramen stand, seemed good enough.
They walked in, with Naruto still on B's back like a small koala clinging on. The aroma hit their faces, and it was a pleasant one. B would have thought it would be strong but it was a nice amount of smell for him. He sat at a stool following the placement of Naruto on one. They were met with a young man ready right across from them, separated by the counter for which they would eat on.
"Hello, welcome to Haruto's Ramen how may I serve you?" He asked politely while handing them two menus each taking one.
Looking though it and what they had for each different choice, B just decided on one that sounded decent. "I'll have a pork ramen please." The man nodded then looked to Naruto.
"And for you?" Naruto looked up at the man. "Oh, uhh" He looked back down at the menu scanning through it then looked back up. "The same as bro B." The man nodded and smiled.
"Okay then, two orders of pork ramen coming right up!" He then went to the kitchen area to start preparing the food. From the handling of the noodles, to the preparation of the contents, Naruto watched it all with rapt attention. The speed of the man cooking seemed to be impressive for the boy.
When he was done cooking he gave the two their bowls along with a pair of chopsticks to eat with. Seeing that Naruto was struggling to use them, B decided to help. "Here, hold them like this so you can open and close them."
Doing so, Naruto was amazed that the two small sticks could grab onto the food, he normally ate with his hands for food, this was new to him. "Woah, look at that! The sticks are grabbing the food!" He brought up the food carefully as to not drop it and placed it in his mouth. He let it move around the mouth as he chewed it and tasted it then he swallowed. Immediately after he started to eat the food quickly, like a starved man eating for the first time in weeks.
B didn't know whether he should laugh or be terrified at the pace the kid ate at, or that he demolished the bowl within minutes. The man who served him however had decided on how to feel, with eyes bulging and mouth wide open. Looking up from his empty bowl he gave the man a smile and held out his bowl. "Another please!"
Grabbing the bowl numbly, the man turned around and started to robotically make some more for the hungry child. Snapping back to his bowl, B started to eat slowly to enjoy the taste and for the food to be more filling. The ramen was quite good for being made in one of the smaller villages scattered around the elemental nations. Quite morbidly, B started to think as to why Naruto might be eating in such a manner. From starvation, to being given bad food, the thoughts would bump around in his head but he cleared it to prevent ruining the mood or getting mad for the child's sake.
They were already out of that village, so Naruto will better off from here on out. No need to get angry needlessly right now. Besides, that's what the Chunin exams are for... kinda.
After finishing his food, B decided to just watch and see how far the kid could pack away. Truly it was a large amount of food, he could likely eat out an entire business for the day at the pace he was going! Finally after his umpteenth bowl of ramen, Naruto was truly done. He tilted his head back and let out a large sigh of satisfaction from having that feeling of being full.
"I'm full." Now it seemed that he was tired from all that eating and looked about ready to pass out from a food coma, eyes blinking as he struggled to keep his eyes open.
"H- here's the bill sir." Looking at the bill, B was not at all surprised at the amount of money that he had to pay, the kid could eat. He pulled out a large chunk of money that he had and handed it to the man who looked like his soul was taken from him. Thinking about the little joke that cooks put their heart and soul when making food, B could see some merit in that saying now.
Strapping the young kid on his back once again, it truly was time to go to Suna to collect the one tail container.
Deserts, B and Naruto decided kinda sucked. It was hot, dry and sand everywhere. Sure to B it wasn't a momentous task, but damn was it not annoying! Although he didn't like it, he had to do this sooner or later and he decided it was better to do it sooner. Better the hard tasks first rather than the easy right?
Well that and they were already halfway there when B was getting sick of it so it would be a waste to turn back now. Luckily both Naruto and himself had some sort of eye protection from the sand. Well mostly his glasses which he gave a pair to Naruto who really enjoyed having it and declared he would wear these for the rest of his life.
It was humorous and heart warming to see the child be so excited at a pair of sun glasses, but it also showed how little the boy really had for gifts. Thinking back, the only thing the kid had when they left was the clothes on his back and a small frog thing. Both of which looked well worn but loved all the same. Hopefully its not worse for the rest of the Jinchuriki.
During the time they were running B decided to rap and to his ecstatic surprise, Naruto decided to join in providing little background noises to further provide to the song. They went like that, and B turned some nursery rhymes into raps as well. Kids needed to listen to them or something right? So why not make it even better?
It also helped them but mostly Naruto power through the desert and encroach to the village by nightfall. Expecting to hear silence and a guard at the ready, B had put up a Jutsu to hide them both since Naruto is not a trained shinobi in any manner of the word. There were guards posted out but they looked quite scared and skittish.
Curious.
Telling Naruto to be quiet, he sneaked to the other side of the rock wall with no noise made. Heh, he was getting better at this.
Looking around the town, he saw that it was pretty much a ghost town. Keeping up the concealing Jutsu, he sneaked around looking for the Jinchuriki. He severely doubt that he would find them in this ghost town of a village, but maybe they are the reason why everything is so quiet? He wouldn't put it past the people with their distaste of Jinchuriki.
Jumping soundlessly from roof to roof, he saw something out of the corner of his eye. It was a large mass of sand in the air. Changing his path to there, upon arriving he covers Naruto's eyes. He could feel killing intent, and it was directed not at them but at the large mass of sand... or rather inside of it.
Looking down he saw a young boy with red hair, dark eye rings, and a red tattoo on his forehead. His hand was extended in a cupping motion and closed it. "Sand Coffin!" Closing the hand all the way, there was a terrible noise and the sand turned crimson and the sand was lowered.
Good news, he found the Jinchuriki. Bad news, the kid was already a killer and possibly unstable.
Maybe he bit off more than he could chew with this task? 'I told you B.'
Ignoring Gyuki, B tried to figure a way to go about this, preferably without violence involved.
"Bro B, can I look now?" Naruto whispered this to B, unfortunately kids aren't really great whisperers. And worse, Jinchuriki have great senses so it was likely that he heard.
The kid turned to their direction, making sand raise up all around him as he started to walk to them. "Who's there? Mother still wants me to kill."
Oh dear, guess he will have to figure this out as he goes huh?
Well, that's this chapter! Hope you enjoyed it. I had fun writing this. I will try and update more often, but if I can't then know that while sporadic, I will still update. Believe it! Also, for the Ramen part, this is before Naruto meets the love of his life Ramen-kun, this is to kinda make it so that Naruto didn't have that many things tying him to the village and thus making it really easy to just leave with B.
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Until next time, peace!