Naruto
Summary: Life has been peaceful in the hidden leaf village, along with the other grate nations. In fact, it seemed as if nothing could go wrong. But, suddenly, when the Kages of the five grate nations all receive a threat from an unknown enemy who apparently is apparently planning on attack the Hidden leaf village…with a new Tailed Beast that can only be sealed away within a person whose chakra is compatible with its own. The person? Sai.
Kiza: hello everyone, this isn't my first Naruto story, I actually had been working on one with this same concept, but due to personal issues, I threw it out and thus, this story was born...now, not gonna lie, my guilty pleasure is NaruSai. X3 anyway, please review and enjoy!
Chapter 1:
"Of all the times to come back from a mission like that, man…"
"Oh don't you complain. We've come back to worse weather and you know it."
"Well…. We can't exactly blame him. im not too pleased with this either." Sai explains as he looks up and watches the heavy rain pour down, sighing slightly he looks back ahead of him and shakes his head. he jumps slightly feeling someone's hand on his back and gently nudge him forward.
"Well then, we should pick up the pace shouldn't we? We aren't too far now, but the sooner we get there, the sooner we can get indoors and dry." Yamato tells the teens, nodding the small group of three then take off running. "Watch your step now, the ground is slippery."
"Yeah, yeah we know! Oh man, it's gonna be freezing when we finally get inside somewhere. Ugh, I am not looking forward to it."
"It could have been avoided if you hadn't taken off running after our target even when we told you not to." Sakura scolds, this causes the blond to smile sheepishly and chuckle.
"Oh come on! Sai, you can back me-"
"I am not getting involved in this argument." Sai states as he and Yamato cross the village gates and come to a stop, waiting for the other two. Once caught up, they both let out a sigh, causing Yamato to smile at the three teens.
They looked tired, a bit roughed up but otherwise, they seemed alright, he just hoped that as soon as they got home, they would take a hot bath as to not catch a cold. "You've three have grown quite a bit. And you grow stronger and stronger with every mission. Im proud of you three, good work today. Now, I'll go give my report, you three head home. You've earned rest and a day off tomorrow." Hearing that, Naruto smiles.
"Oh yeah! Day off! Im so excited! Hey! We should hang out tomorrow, what do you guys say?" Naruto asks, the other two teens then look at each other and then nod.
"Sure, I don't see why not, but, anyway, I'll get going. See you two tomorrow at the training grounds. Bye captain Yamato, Sai, Naruto." Sakura says as she turns and disappears, leaving the three males alone.
"Alright, I should get going to. Bye guys."
"Good night Naruto."
"Sleep well." Smiling and nodding, the said blond disappears as well, sighing, the pale skinned teen then looks up at the older man. sighing he nods as both begin to walk to the Hokage building.
"You know, whatever she wants to talk to you about, it must be serious if it can't wait till tomorrow. And, if it's about that place, then we should be very worried." Yamato explains as they walk down the street, the teen says nothing as he continues to walk down the road, he looks around and notices, despite the heavy rainfall, there were still people of the village walking around, going on about their business. "Sai, don't worry…it will be alright…."
"How can we be sure…? From the stories I've heard…. Naruto wasn't treated very well, and I am not him Captain…. I cannot react to such actions. Sak- "
"Sakura, doesn't know what it's like to be in Naruto's shoes. But you will, and you'll have a better understanding of him when this happens…." Yamato cuts in, looking down at the teen who was now staring down at his own feet. "Sai?"
"I feel..…strange captain…"
"As in?" the teen then sighs deeply.
"Like.….im drowning, it's hard to breath, and, my hands won't stop shaking, and I know it's not because im cold." Sai explains, as he looks down at his hands, the man could see the teen's said shaking hands, and he knew it was because of fear. The younger ninja was nervous about what was to happen in the coming days, and what he was fearing, was coming true.
Sai, even now, wasn't used to emotions, it was hard for him to grasp the concept of emotions and it was even harder to put names to them. he felt bad for the teen, he knew that what he had been asked to do for the village was aa extremely heavy responsibility and burden for a teen his age, and for someone who hasn't live with what he was going to live within a few days. Sighing the two continue to walk in silence. There wasn't much the man could say to the teen to make him feel better, even if he really, really, wanted to, there was no way. All he could do, was be there for the boy, and try to keep his mind off of it. that was it. but, he hoped, perhaps, maybe that would be enough.
"Don't worry, you'll be fine."
000
Early that morning, Sai groans as he sits up from his bed. He hadn't slept at all the night before. And he found it a tad bit annoying. He knew that today was going to be a long day like yesterday considering Naruto was gonna run around all day, but he could make do…maybe. The talk he had with Tsunade and the council elders was actually very nerve wracking. He had never felt like that in his life and he knew was only going to feel worse. But for now, all he had to do, was wait, and try not to think about the upcoming day.
Standing up, he opens the curtains and opens the window before walking to his bathroom, taking a shower and gets dressed. Once that was done, the painter walks to his kitchen and gets a kettle on the stove as to make tea. He perks his head up, hearing a knock at the door, walking over he opens it.
"Morning Sai."
"Ah, good morning Sakura." The painter greets as he steps aside to let his teammate in, she nods in a silent thank you and looks around his small apartment, he had several paintings hanging from the walls and a few still unfinished by the looks of it. she had wondered what it looked like within his apartment, this was actually the first time she was in here. it was a very clean apartment, despite the unfinished painting here and there. "Tea?"
"Oh, yes please. Are you ready for today?" she asks, as she walks into the small kitchen and sits at the table. The said teen pulls out two cups and places them on the counter.
"Yes, but im a bit sore from yesterday." Sakura giggles a bit as he pours the finished tea into the cups and places one in front of her, she gently and carefully picks up the cup. Taking a sip of the warm green tea, she smiles.
"You too huh? Yeah, it was time consuming more than difficult. Slightly hoping that Naruto doesn't have us run around the entire village." She explains with tired smile. Sai couldn't help but smile back at her. She had a good point, he would much rather spend his day sitting under the cherry blossom tree and paint the scenery of the park. But he loved the idea of spending time with his team, well, the time he was going to have with them until that day.
Sai chuckles. "Well, we can't say he doesn't keep us in shape. But I'm also in the same boat as you." He states, walking over and sitting down across from her. She smiles at the taller teen, since he had joined the team, he had made nothing but progress in learning and showing emotions, and in her book, that was wonderful. He was a lot more open now and she loved how he wasn't afraid to ask them questions anymore. Although, he still needed a lot of work done, but still. Progress was progress. "I hope you slept well."
"Oh, I did. After a nice, long hot bath." She explains with a chuckle, nodding the painter finishes his tea and takes her cup once she was finished with her own tea and washes the cup for her. "Ready?"
"Ready as I will be." He states, nodding she gets up and heads to the door, with her teammate following.
000
Letting out a heavy sigh, Naruto lets himself fall back onto his back and smiles as Sai lays down on his right side, Sakura on his left, Yamato, and Kakashi above them. The blond had an idea of what he wanted them all to do today, but one; he felt stiff, two; Sakura warned him that she wasn't gonna run around the Village all day after they had such a time consuming mission just the day before. Looking up at the sky, then out of the corner of his eye, he looks over at Sai.
As of recently, he had been acting strange. He was pretty sure he was the only one who took notice. He had seemed a little more quite, and even if the painter thought no one noticed, Naruto would notice how often he has been called to the Hokage office and it worried him. The other male wasn't known for getting into trouble, if ever in fact. He had thought about asking him about it, but he noticed that he would only ever go after he was sure that Sakura and himself were gone. So he assumed it was a private matter. Even so, it wasn't like Sai to keep anything form them.
"So, I hear you three did an amazing job on your mission." Kakashi finally speaks up, chuckling, Naruto then turns and lays on his stomach, the rest of the group doing the same. "Good job. Im happy to hear that you three are progressing so well."
"Hehe…thanks. I mean, it is thanks to all the training you gave us when we were younger." Sakura smiles and nods.
"He's right you know. We couldn't have gotten as far as we did without your guidance and everyone else's." Sakura adds, the man stares at them for a moment, they had grown so much since the day they first started out as students, sure, there were rough times, but there were also a lot of good times as well. And he couldn't, nor would he ever forget those days. He then looks at Sai, he knew that the boy was silent because he could not join in this conversation, which, he felt bad for a bit. He knew that the painter didn't grow up in the same environment as they did. He grew up in a much darker place and he can't say that he liked that. But he had come a long way since then as well.
"And Sai, you've been growing a lot as well." Hearing his name, the teen looks up at the silver haired man with shock.
"O-Oh, well….i try my best." He sates, a little confused, hearing the tone, Yamato chuckles and shakes his head as Naruto bursts out laughing. This causes the teen to look at the blue eyed teen with even more confusion (if it where even possible.) "I don't understand. Why are you laughing?"
"B-because! You're shocked as if you didn't think that you mattered in this conversation. Sai, your just as much as part of team Kakashi as any of us. Alright? When we grow, so do you. Don't you ever doubt it." Naruto explains to him, the said painter remains silent before he nods slowly, smiling the blond nods.
"Captain Yamato, Kakashi." Hearing their names, the two men stand up along with the three teens who then stare at the two Anbu who had just appeared in front of them. Upon seeing them, all the muscles in Sai's body tensed up. He had seen those two Anbu before and he didn't really get along with them much, he hadnt noticed, but he had moved closer to Naruto who looked at the teen with a bit of confusion before turning to glare at the two Anbu. "Lady Hokage is requesting to see you two immediately."
"Very well, we will be there soon." Nodding the two men the suddenly disappear as quickly as they came. Sighing, the teens relax. "Well, guess we will be going you three enjoy your day off." And with that, Yamato and Kakashi leave, causing the teens to look at each other with a momentary confusion before shrugging and sitting back down.
"Wonder what that was all about…" Sakura mumbled as she looked at the other two teens, they seemed just as confused as she did. "Hmm…it must be super important if they didn't say what the topic was about in front of us."
"Well, hopefully it's nothing too serious." Sai tells them as he leans back on his hands, letting his head fall back so that his face was looking up at the sky. He had an inkling about what it is she wanted to talk to them about, or, scratch that, he knew exactly why she called them to the building. As he was about to open his mouth to speak, he was suddenly tackled to the ground, looking up in shock, Naruto was now sitting on him, pinning his hands above his head. and he wasn't going to lie, he was actually Kinda heavy. He then looks over at Sakura who looked just as shocked as he did.
"We need to talk. All three of us." Naruto says, his tone dead serious, his eyes narrowed slightly. the painter couldn't help but feel a bit nervous. "I want to know-"
But, before he could finish, the sky suddenly went dark.