Emolette: Yay! A new chappie!
Sasuke: Emolette Gothika does not own Naruto or its characters or story.
Emolette: Good boy Sasu-kun!
Sasuke: -glare-
Naruto: In the last chapter, Emo-chan talked about emos and Sasuke spoiled some things.
Sasuke: -faces flushes with embarrassment-
Naurto: One question before the chapter begins.
Emolette: Bring it!
Naruto: What do you think about emos?
Emolette: I think that emo is the lighter side of goth and the darker side of punk, but that's just my opinion.
Naruto: 'Kay 'Kay, start the chapter!
Emolette: Woot!
Sasuke: -rolls eyes with a smirk-
~ Chapter Two ~
" The Start of a Beautiful Friendship "
Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke stood in the middle of a training field, standing a few feet away from each other. Sasuke was able to leave the hospital after a check up and he and Naruto immediately made their way to the training fields. Sasuke knew about Kyuubi and Naruto had to find out how and why. What Naruto was surprised about though, was that Sasuke wasn't afraid of him. After all, it wasn't everyday that you find out that a guy you just met was a container for a demon.
The two boys faces betrayed no emotion They were just standing there, as if calculating the other's thoughts, what the other was going to do. Then, after a long moment, Naruto closed his eyes and sighed.
"So, you know about my secret," he said, opening his eyes. "How?"
"Itachi told me through a genjutsu that activated when I blacked out," said Sasuke without hesitation. "He told me the truth on why he killed our clan. Because I have lost someone close to me, I gained the mangekyou sharingan, but to activate it, I have to gain the sharingan first."
"And what does this have to do with me and Kyuubi?"
"Aniki said that Kyuubi could help me," Sasuke's emotionless face then showed desperation. "I'll give anything. Please Naruto, help me gain my sharingan! I want to help aniki!"
What do you think Kyu? You wanna help him?
Pfft. I don't have anything to gain if I train him.
He said he'll give you anything.
Hm. . . how 'bout a mate?
If you're thinking about me and Sasuke togther, forget it you giant furball!
I was just kidding! Sheesh kit. Do you wanna help him?
Of course I do!
Then I guess I have no choice. If you wanna help him, you won't stop bugging me until I do.
Is that a yes?
Duh! Now bring him in here!
Naruto smirked and walked towards Sasuke.
"Kyuubi says he'll train you," he said and Sasuke broke out into a grin. "But he wants to see you face-to-face."
"Huh?" said Sasuke and he caught Naruto's azure eyes with his own onyx pair.
In a flash, the scenary around Sasuke changed from a field to a sewer. Pipes interwined at the ceilings and walls and water dripped onto the already flooded floor. Sasuke looked around and saw Naruto standing a few feet away from him.
"Welcome to my mindscape," said the blond with a smirk. "You're the first visitor, so if I were you, I'd feel honored."
Sasuke looked at Naruto with a confused expression. "What do you mean your mindscape?" he asked.
"Duh, we're in my mind," said Naruto. "Or at least, part of it. I've never really seen the other parts."
Naruto looked over his shoulder where a hallway extended into the darkness. He sighed, then turned back to Sasuke.
"Look behind you," he said simply.
Sasuke did, and nearly fell over when he saw a giant pair of crimson eyes stare at him from behind a gigantic cage. Both Naruto and Kyuubi chuckled at Sasuke's shock.
"You really know how to make a first impression last Kyu," said Naruto.
"I'll never get tired of that," said Kyuubi. "Anyway, Uchiha Sasuke, you are here because you want me to train you correct?" Sasuke nodded, although hesitantly. "And you said that you'll give anything to get my help, right?" Again, Sasuke nodded. "Well, I can't think of anything right now, but I'll train you anyway because kit wants to help you also. You want to start now?"
Sasuke didn't need to ask who "kit" was, but he nodded slowly in answer to Kyuubi's question.
"Good!" boomed Kyuubi and the word rung in Sasuke's ears. "Now that that's settled, let's start your training gaki."
"How're we supposed to do that?" whispered Sasuke as Naruto walked passed him.
"Just follow me," said Naruto and he grabbed Sasuke's hand and dragged him right into the cage.
Sasuke was expecting something like a fox hole or like a house pet's living corner to be inside the cage. He didn't expect to walk right into a room that looked like a hotel suite! The rooms walls were painted a nice creamy color and had paintings of foxes hanging on it. In the middle of the room there was a round king-sized bed with red sheets and it had a red curtain hanging above it like a four-poster bed (minus the four posts). The ceiling-high windows were covered with red curtains and the carpet matched the curtains perfectly (not in that way).
"Wh-Where's Kyuubi?" asked Sasuke and Naruto pointed at the bed. Sasuke looked carefully and saw someone sitting on it. Said person got off the bed and stepped into the light and Sasuke's face blushed a thousand shades of red.
"Hello there kit and guest," said Kyuubi with a smile that could make a grown man nosebleed (Sasuke definately felt like he was gonna have one) and Sasuke blushed another thousand shades (if that was possible).
Kyuubi wasn't at all what Sasuke imagined him to be in his human form. The bijuu was gorgeous! He had smooth porcelain-like skin and silky bright red hair that framed his face. His crimson eyes with slitted pupils were rather intimidating but were alluring and somewhat seductive also. What was strange was that he was wearing a black kimono that had a nine-tailed fox (a self-portrait perhaps) and red cherry blossom design on it which he wore it off his shoulders with the skirt(?) extending to the ground. Even though the King of Bijuu was obviously male, he was quite feminine in a way (probably a feminist) and looked female also. Sasuke noticed that Naruto was also like that. Naruto was also obviously male, but could be mistaken as a female under the right circumstances.
Kyuubi approached Sasuke and lifted the Uchiha's chin up with a clawed hand. "You're much cuter close up gaki," he said and Sasuke's face turned into a tomato.
"That was the same reaction I got when I first met Kyuu's human form," said Naruto with a chuckle. "Are you trying to kill Sasuke by blood loss? He's bound to have a nosebleed sooner or later."
Kyuubi pouted at Naruto as he let go of Sasuke's chin and walked towards one of the windows.
"Yeah yeah, whatever kit," he said. "Let's just start training now shall we?"
Kyuubi ripped (not literally) the curtains apart and Sasuke stood with awe at the scenary behind it. "Outside" was a large field surrounded by a lush green forest and mountain range. The sun shone brightly overhead and there were even birds and forest animals could be seen scampering about. Sasuke looked at Naruto with disbelief.
"This is your mind?" he said and Naruto shrugged at him.
"It wasn't like that before," said the blond. "Before I found out about Kyuubi, he said that he had to sit in a dark prison with nothin' to do. Since it is my mind, I was able to change his prison from dull to ravishing"
Sasuke nodded then looked back at Kyuubi who gave him another bright smile. Sasuke blushed, pushed the window open, and jumped outside. Kyuubi watched him run across the field, excited but trying to hide it.
"Emthusiastic I see," he said with a smirk.
"Much like I was," said Naruto before leaping out after his friend.
Several weeks went by after the Uchiha massacre. Kyuubi had recommended that Sasuke would act avenger and be angry at the world because of his cruel fate (Kyuubi emphasized this by acting like a drama queen) and be withdrawn and socially-inept because of it. The said Uchiha had a tough time trying to maintain that image, since he didn't really hate his brother or the world, but Naruto helped since he was all too used to wearing a mask. To hide their true motives even further, Naruto and Sasuke even pretended to have had a fight that day after the massacre and Naruto even ranted to the Hokage that Sasuke was a prick and bastard and overall, wasn't very nice (Sarutobi pondered on how Naruto learned swear words). They would avoid each other in public but would secretly meet everyday to train in Naruto's mindscape. Besides, the villagers would hate Naruto even more for "bothering" the last Uchiha.
One particular night, after a good ten hours of training (in Naruto's mindscape and in the real world), Sasuke and Naruto layed down on the grass, exhausted at the intensity of Kyuubi's exercises.
"Hey, Naruto," said Sasuke.
"Nani?" said Naruto.
"How did you know about Kyuubi?"
Naruto was surprised by this simple question. Nobody really bothered asking him about his life, except for the Hokage and his teacher at the academy, Umino Iruka. When they do, however, Naruto would lie through his teeth, saying that life was grand even though it wasn't for the kid. But this time, if Sasuke would keep it a secret, maybe he'll just tell the truth.
". . . Promise you'll keep everything I tell you a secret Sasuke," said the jinchuuriki and Sasuke nodded. Naruto took a deep breath before speaking. ". . . Well, it was about two years ago, on my birthday. As usual, a mob of villagers chased me and beat me up like they do everyday, ever since I was kicked out of the orphanage, only this time it was ten times worse. They very nearly beat me to death, but I was saved by ANBU who were assigned to protect me, though I can't say they were doing a very good job seeing that most of them hated me as well. Anyway, I was knocked unconscious because of the beatings and that's when I appeared in my mindscape for the first time, in front of Kyuubi. I was really shocked to find out that I was his container, but I accepted it since the proof was right there in front of me. He - Kyuubi - told me about everything concerning me and him. He even told me who my parents were. I was really shocked and angry that the Hokage would keep something like this from me, but with help from Kyuu, I managed to surpress my anger and hide my true emotions. I molded the 'village idiot' mask because I knew that if I showed my true strength, the villagers would see me as a threat and the council would probably use me as a weapon. I really hate the villgers and everyone who hated me because of Kyuubi. How could've I been responsible for what Kyuubi did when I was just a newborn? People are really stupid and blind, ya' know?"
Sasuke stayed silent throughout Naruto's confession. Naruto's face was neutral, but inside he felt like crying. Telling someone about his troubles and what he really thought about his life felt really good (talking really does help^^!) but he still wanted to cry. He hated his life and he hated everything, but he had to endure even more because he still had dreams. Sasuke, on the other hand, felt sorry that Naruto had a really tough life. While he was living comfortably in the Uchiha clan estate with everything he could ever want, Naruto was living in the streets getting glares from passerbys and digging through the trash for a scrap of food. Imagine how many more children live like that.
"Naruto, you really have a tough life don't you?" said Sasuke.
"Aa," said Naruto and the two looked up to the sky, immersed in their own thoughts.
It was a moment before Sasuke spoke again.
"Ya' know, aniki and I used to do this alot before," he said.
"Do what?" asked Naruto.
"Stargaze," answered Sasuke. "He showed me the constellations and the zodiac and we'd play a game called 'Connect the Stars' where we'd make pictures by connecting the stars together."
"Hm," said Naruto. His eyes flitted throughout the sky, looking for a good picture, then he saw it.
"Look there," he said, pointing with a hand. Sasuke's eyes followed Naruto's finger and saw that it was pointing at the constellation, Gemini.
"That's Gemini, the twins," he said, looking at Naruto who shook his head.
"Not that. The one next to it, just above their heads,"
Sauke searched and saw a cluster of stars wound tightly together.
"Connect the stars," said Naruto and Sasuke did. It took a few tries to see the picture it made. Sasuke mouthed an "o" which Naruto saw.
"Doesn't it look like two hands holding each other?" asked the blond and Sasuke nodded. "Instead of twins, it's friends and those're their hands. The only time they'll stop being friends is when those hands let go of each other."
Sasuke looked up at Naruto, who was smiling. "Are we the friends up there?" he asked.
"Aa," said Naruto, still smiling. "We'll be the best of friends and we'll only stop being friends when those hands in the sky let go of each other."
"Is that a promise?"asked Sasuke, reaching out with two fingers.
"Aa," said Naruto, grasping Sasuke's two fingers with his own. "That's a promise."
And that was the start of their friendship. . .
Emolette: KYA!!! NaruxSasu friendly love!!!
Sasuke: Hey! Why am I the uke!
Emolette: Sasu-kun, this isn't a yaoi, therefore, no one is either the seme or the uke.
Sasuke: But you put my name after Naruto's, meaning that he's the seme and I'm the uke!
Naruto: Well, you are SasUKE -snicker-
Sasuke: -glares-
Naruto: Eep! -hides behind Emolette-
Emolette: -sighs- Why can't the two of you get along like in my story?
Sasuke: -changes subject- This chapter was short. . .
Emolette: I'll make the next one longer!!! That's when the timeskip happens^^
Naruto: Ooh, is it time for the genin exams?
Emolette: Yup, and it's time to show them your true potential Naru-kun!!!
Naruto: Yosh!
Sasuke: Hn.
Emolette: -slaps Sasuke upside head-
Sasuke: What the fuck was that for?!
Emolette: For saying only one word! You're wasting precious typing space!
Naruto: -snickers-
Sasuke: -glares at Naruto-
Naruto: Eep! -hides behind Emolette again-
Emolette: 'Kay 'Kay, fillers. . . So, Sasuke starts training with Naruto and Kyuubi, who I made sweltering HOT!!!
Naruto & Sasuke: We really can't imagine what he looks like. . .
Emolette: -takes out manga book- This manga's title is "Yamatonageshiko Shichihenge" or in layman's terms "The Wallflower: Perfect Girl Evolution". You'll have to find out for yourself what kind of story it is but if. . . -flips through book and shows the two shinobi-. . . you take Kyohei, make his hair longer, give him claws and demon eyes, make him a redhead instead of a blond and put my kimono design on him, that's what Kyuubi'll look like, 'kay?
Naruto & Sasuke: Ooooooh. . . He is hot. . .
Emolette: I'll try to make a picture of him. . . have to get back on you some other day though. . . Anyhoo, I made Kyuubi a little OOC so he's alot nicer and hotter. . .^^
Sasuke: This girl's really wierd.
Naruto: She's your fangirl.
Sasuke: She's your fangirl too.
Emolette: Hope you liked it and REVIEW!!!