Chapter 4 UNEXPECTED SURPRISES
Disclaimer: I own Naruto! I always have and always will own Naruto!…in my dreams only though but that doesn't matter I still own it there and I am a millionaire and speak perfect English….yeah….so…I guess I still don't own Naruto.
I do own Mauin, Kari, Hunaichi and every other character you don't recognize.
Pairing: Sasunaru, Kakashi/Iruka, Sai/Sakura
Special thanks to: AireoJet, DramaQueen674958, Tobi54, ddd, RaitenKutsune for their review and the four down below here that I had to answer to.
Hawk wing: hahahahaha yeah poor Sai, don't worry he isn't going to socialize, just wait and see, it will be explained.
Samairi: glad you liked the chapter and for the awesomeness….blush…thank you so much!
Dragondreamer99 (Ralisa): don't throw yourself at my feet, if you do that you can't update you're fic! You keep making me blush aint you hahahahahaha, Sakura was never weak so I have no reason to make her seem that way… and Kakashi is sometimes clueless and sometimes observant, that's so fun about him. I know Naruto sounds sweet….to sweet, I keep trying but I can't get him to explode into rage or annoyance very well. Well….this is the last chapter so I hope you like it!
Xamorah: 0.0…… you'd really kill me in a most painful way if I stop now…. Why do I have the feeling you'd kill me for this chapter too? yelps and runs away really hard to go hiding from the hamers you throw at me
Naruto grinning: Hey Xamorah, best way to kill her is to take the fanfics away from her. She goes nuts if she can't read fics one day.
Me: Naru!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I apologize for the lack of fighting in this fic, I really suck at writing that so I just simply don't include it to spare you the disaster.
For Jenna, for her great help with the idea for the ramen eating scene as an making up for the lack of fighting.
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Last chapter
"They stopped moving." Everyone turned to Sasuke who was looking at the tracing device. "Where?" "About seven miles southwest from here." "Alright. Sasuke you stay here to protect Kari in case they come back." "I'm not staying here." "Sasuke listen to me.." "I'm going." Sasuke looked into Kakashi's eyes with a killer intent that made the Jounin take a step backwards. "If they have touched Naruto I am going to kill them." "Sasuke-kun…we know you care for Naruto. We all do, but we have to think logical right now. Someone needs to stay here to protect Kari." "Then let Sai stay. We might need Sakura's strength." Kakashi signed as he gave in, realizing he would never win from the Uchiha in this. "Alright, Sai you stay here. Sasuke, Sakura you two go with me."
Sai nodded before he turned to Sasuke. "I know you will…but still be careful and bring Naruto-kun back safely." Sasuke looked at Sai for a moment before he nodded. "Count on it."
The three took off, leaving Sai behind with the confused crowd………
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Kakashi ran behind Sasuke and Sakura as they quickly made their way toward the place where they thought Naruto would be held prisoner.
As they ran Kakashi wondered why Sasuke acted so protective off his younger teammate. He knew Sai and Sakura had a protective nature towards the blond but Sasuke seemed much more fierce full in it then them. He thought back at how they had been acting towards each other lately and how they had danced. Was it all for the assignment or was there more to it.
He frowned as he looked at Sasuke for a moment. For some reason he reminded him of the way Naruto had acted when they had been chasing after Akatsuki members Deidara and Satori to safe Gaara out of their claws.
He had realized then that Naruto cared deeply for Gaara, on a friendly way. While searching for Sasuke the blond Kyuubi barrier had been even more desperate, determent. Just as determent as Sasuke was now to find Naruto. Could it be?
Kakashi shook his head as he turned his gaze back at the road. There was no way those two could be a couple. All they did was fight with each other. But then again, that made him wonder about something else too. Back in the old day's before Orochimaru had come Sasuke had never been interested in anyone and ignored everyone that irritated him… except Naruto. The blond had been the only one he would react to on a different way then his usual 'die scum and leave me alone'. The two had grown close even though they were always fighting.
And after Sasuke had returned with Naruto to Konoha after killing Itachi they had grown even closer. Maybe…just maybe they actually were a couple?
He signed and wondered why he hadn't realized it sooner if it was true. And then they said Naruto was dense.
"Kakashi-sensei, we are almost at the spot." He looked up to Sakura as she spoke and nodded. "Sakura you take the right side, I'll take left. Sasuke you're in charge of grabbing Naruto. Be careful we don't know how many there are."
His two students nodded and they stopped before they would pass a cliff corner. Sasuke put away the detector and leaned with his back against the hill that provided the corner. Sakura took her place and Kakashi followed as he gave the signal. They crossed the corner and were ready to attack when they stopped surprised.
"...Naruto..." Kakashi blinked as the blond looked up to them. "About time you showed up teme!" "Stop complaining dobe. We are here now aint we?" "Pff. You made me do all the hard work." He was smiling and sat on top of one man A/N: Not the way you think you perverts!).
Kakashi signed relieved as he saw that he was barely conscious. Naruto catch him looking and grinned. "He wasn't really strong. It took about two punches to knock him out."
Sasuke moved to him and reached out his hand. Naruto took it and let himself be helped up. As he was up Sasuke held him still. "You know..?" He looked at Naruto's features as he held him on a little distance. "What you know teme?" Sasuke smirked. "I think I like you better as a boy." Naruto's eyes grew slightly larger as he blushed. "You better cause I'm not going to keep dressed like this!" Sasuke chuckled.
Kakashi's eyes grew wide. Sasuke Uchiha chuckled….The Sasuke Uchiha…was chuckling? His mouth hung open under need his mask as he looked at his two students. Sakura catch his look and laughed. "I don't think he had realized it already guy's." The two boy's looked at their sensei and Naruto walked to him. "Kakashi-sensei? Everything alright?" His eyes were filled with concern and worry. Kakashi looked at him. "Yeah I'm fine Naruto. Just surprised to see Sasuke chuckle, that's all." Naruto turned towards Sasuke as Kakashi said that and looked at him closely. Sasuke leaned backward. "Keep you're distance dobe." "Oh shut up teme, you never say that when we're alone!" Sasuke's cheeks colored slightly. "Shut it Naruto." Naruto ignored him as he turned back to Kakashi.
"Why is it so surprising that he chuckled? He does that half of the time we're together and believe me those chuckles are scarier then the one he used just now. At least this one was decent and not maniac like." At that Kakashi's eyes grew even wider as Sakura groaned. "That is to much details Naruto. I don't need to know about you're love life."
"Kakashi gasped as he realized just what exactly they were talking about. "Just how long have you two been together?" He snapped. Naruto blinked and looked at Sasuke. "I guess about two years, why?" "Two….Two years? Why have I never found out about it?" "Cause you're about as dense as Naruto is sometimes." "Hey!" "Sorry Naruto but Sasuke-kun is right this time." "I am always right Sakura." "That's not true." Sakura smiled at him.
Kakashi looked at them as his mind raced, it didn't make sense at all. Sasuke could have anyone in the world. If he gave a word hundreds of people would die for him, male or female. Of all people, why did he fall for someone like Naruto. The village would never accept them, not with their differences in status. The Uchiha was off the highest class in town, while Naruto was an orphan, a nobody. It just wasn't right.
"Why are you two together anyway, you're from totally different status right?" Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other and Sasuke looked down looking sad.
Sakura catch his look and quickly changed the subject saying. "What are we going to do with this guy?" Kakashi looked from Sasuke to the man. "We'll take him back to the lord and let him decide what to do with him." His three students nodded and took out some kunai as they forced the man up. "Walk." Without any arguing or resistance the man started walking as he kept glancing at Naruto.
Sasuke catch his glance and moved the kunai closer to him. "Don't even think about it." The man gulped. "I don't have a death wish, that kid is a maniac."
Sakura chuckled as Naruto objected. "I'm not a maniac, you are just really weak!" The man muttered something before he saw Sasuke's eyes narrow and quickly looked down again.
Kakashi looked at Sasuke who turned his gaze away from him as he walked on, a oblivious hurt look on his face. Naruto signed and followed Sasuke as they walked. A bit confused Kakashi started to walk as well, choosing to ignore Sasuke's sudden change.
As they walked down the road again Kakashi looked at the man. "What were you trying to abduct the Lord's daughter for anyway?" The man looked up, causing his black hair to fall backwards revealing two sad brown eyes. "I love her. Her father would never let me marry her for she is royalty and I'm just a low farmer. I'd never be good enough in his eyes so I decided to be together I'd kidnap her." Naruto looked at the man. "You did that because you were in love?" The man hung his head ashamed and nodded. "I wanted to take Kari, I never had any intention to kidnap you. I don't know why our plan didn't work."
Naruto smiled. "It worked alright, you just didn't count on me taking her place. What is you're name?" "Rico."
"How did you met Kari?" Rico looked at Naruto as his brown eyes started to shine. "It was at the festival three years ago. She was dancing around with the children and laughing. I asked her to dance and she accepted. She was so beautiful."
Kakashi raised an eyebrow. He thought back on Kari's looks but couldn't call her beautiful in any way. Oh well tastes were different for everyone. He turned his attention back to the man as he heard Sakura ask another question. "Why did you think she loves you to?" Rico smiled. "She kissed me that night and we kept seeing each other every full moon near the river. She wanted to run away with me, but couldn't leave her father like that. That's when I came up with the kidnapping idea." "She knew she was going to be kidnapped?" "No, I planned to tell her, but I never got the chance."
"How did you think this was going to work? Isn't kidnapping someone just as bad as just leaving? Have you ever thought about what her father would feel when his daughter would just disappear? How Kari would feel?"
Rico blinked as Naruto spoke and clutched his hands. "Have you even thought about that?" "No…No I haven't...I just thought..." "People never think properly before they act. You should have asked the Lord first before you started to think of a stupid idea like this. How did you think you'd ever get the Lords approval if you kidnapped his daughter?" Sasuke shook his head. "People really are stupid."
"Sasuke…" Naruto looked at him. "It's true Naru. They just never think and act stupid." "People tent to do stupid things when they are in love." Naruto's voice was quiet and Sasuke stopped walking as he looked at Naruto quietly for a moment before a soft smile appeared on his face. "Maybe you're right. Just maybe." He added as he saw Naruto's face lit up. "Let's just go back shall we?"
They all nodded and leaded the man inside the house of the Lord. They immediately saw Sai coming towards them with Kari and Mauin behind him.
"Naruto you're alright!" "Of course I am." Sai smiled at Naruto as he stopped in front of him.
"Rico!" Kari had stopped walking surprised. Mauin turned to her. "You know this man?" Slowly Kari nodded. "He's….the man I love father." "What? This lowlife scum is….no, there is no way I will let this happen." Rico hung his head and Naruto looked from him to Mauin.
"Sir…. What is most important for you?" Everyone turned his attention to the blond. "What do you mean?" "Isn't the happiness of you're daughter the most important thing for you?" "Of course it is! What does that have to do with this." "You're daughter loves this man. She has for a long time now. If you love her, wouldn't you accept the choice she has made then?" "But he's isn't royalty. He is not good enough for my daughter."
Naruto looked at Kakashi for a short second before he turned back to Mauin. "Does that really matter. If you're daughter loves him what does his class mean then?"
"But… he isn't good enough for her. She deserves better then someone like him." Naruto looked at him and opened his mouth to answer when Sasuke cut him off. "What does it matter if he's not her class if she loves him. All that matters is if she loves him. If she thinks he's good enough can't you accept that then? She loves you, you're her father. If she's happy with him, can't you be happy for her?" He didn't look towards Kakashi but Kakashi felt like that speech was meant for him.
He signed deeply as he looked at the two. It was true that he saw Sasuke as his own child sometimes, and judging by how Sasuke was acting he could assume Sasuke felt the same even if he never said it. Naruto was off a lower class then the Uchiha in the eyes of the town. But as he looked at them he realized that it really didn't matter. He truly loved the blond, that was something that as obvious to him now as they looked at each other. And if people knew the truth they would know that Naruto was off an even higher class then Sasuke was.
Kakashi signed and stepped forward as he looked at Sasuke for a moment. "You're daughter is happy with him. If she doesn't care that he's from a different status then you shouldn't either."
Sasuke and Naruto looked up to Kakashi and he eye smiled at them. As he looked at Sasuke he could see the gratefulness in the boy's eyes as he looked at him. It was only then that Kakashi also saw the love in his eyes as he looked from him to Naruto.
Naruto smiled as he looked back at Sasuke before he turned to Mauin again.
The man was oblivious in torment with himself and his idea's. Kari walked to her father as she looked at him. "Father…" Mauin looked at her and signed as he looked into her pleading eyes. "Alright…alright. But if you ever hurt her I will rip you're body apart." Kari's whole face lit up as she hugged her father before she ran to Rico and hugged him. The man hugged her back before he looked at Mauin. "Yes sir…I would never hurt her."
Sakura smiled. "You made the right decision. After all, love can't be stopped."
Kakashi looked at his four shinobi and smiled. "Our mission is over I'd say." The four nodded. "Let's go home…and I'll treat you to ramen." As expected the blond peered up but immediately turned suspicious. "You're gonna run again when the bill comes up?"
Kakashi laughed as the others looked at him as well. "Not this time Naruto. This time we have something to celebrate and we're even going to invite Iruka."
Sasuke's face slowly showed a smile as he looked at Kakashi and nodded slowly. "Yay Iruka-sensei's gonna join us!" Naruto grabbed Sasuke's hands and danced around with him making the other yell at him again. "Idiot stop that you're making me dizzy."
But he smiled as he looked at him and took his hand and squeezed it. "Let's go back home dobe." Naruto smiled too and nodded. "Sure…teme."
Lord Mauin, Kari and Rico stood up and turned to them. "Thank you for everything." Kari smiled as she gave Sakura a hug. She nodded to Kakashi and Sasuke and threw a quick and terrified glance at Sai before she turned to Naruto. "Thank you to Naru…I mean Naruto."
The blond grinned as she hugged him. As she let go of him again she smiled. "And just for the record….you were a adorably cute girl….but you are an even cuter boy."
Naruto blushed as she pulled the elastics out of his hair, making it fall back into it's original form. She chuckled. "and by the looks of you, you're an rebel too." She turned to Sasuke. "Take care of him, and don't lose him." Sasuke looked at her as he nodded and took Naruto's hand again. "Not planning to, this dobe is mine and mine alone." "Hey, who decided that Teme!" "I did." "Oh…okay." Naruto smiled as they turned around and started walking.
But they didn't miss the last words Mauin spoke and Naruto chuckled. "Strange people those Konoha ninja's…strange…but strong."
Sakura and Sai laughed as they walked next to them. "Oi, Kakashi-sensei. Are you coming. We can't eat ramen if you're staying there."
Kakashi blinked out of his thoughts as he looked at the four and smiled nodding. "Coming."
He quickly made his way to his students and walked beside them as they laughed together. They waved goodbye to the three behind them and disappeared out of view.
Another mission was over, but there was no doubt that new ones would come.
But from now on Kakashi knew that the five of them would be even closer then before.
And like Sakura had said, true love can't be stopped.
And for Kakashi that also applied for their bonds of friendship.
On the way Sakura turned to Sai. "How did you explain everything to those people. They were clearly confused when we left you with them. And you are not exactly socially." Sai looked at her as an flash of an evil smile appeared on his face, giving her shivers. "I didn't explain…I used other methods to prevent them from asking to much."
Naruto blinked. "Like what?" "Like…huge shadow creatures that looked scary and making scary noises."
Naruto and Sakura laughed. "That sounds just like you Sai!" The black haired boy smiled. "They asked to many questions to make me just ignore them like Sasuke-san does."
Naruto looked at Sasuke and smiled again. "You know Sai, sometimes you are really scary."
At that they all laughed again.
A few hours later they reached Konoha they reported themselves by Tsunade who was smiling at them mischief. She kept looking at Naruto and making comments on him that he was looking quite good as a girl and if he didn't want to stay like that.
Naruto could only growled as Sasuke grabbed his wrist and dragged him with him. Outside they picked up Iruka from the Academy after having Naruto changed into his normal clothes to go eat Ramen. Iruka didn't have any chance to object and was just dragged with Naruto to the others. After a short greeting with the others and a long hug from Kakashi, which caused the four younglings to be shocked, they sat down and ordered Ramen.
Iruka sat close to Kakashi as the Copy ninja wouldn't let go of him and was feeding him as he ignored Iruka's objecting of "I can eat on my own." The man was all mushy and clammy on Iruka and looked nothing like the strong feared ninja he was right then.
Naruto chuckled as he looked at Sasuke briefly who was hugging him loosely. The blond was sitting on his lap seeing as there were only six chairs by the stand. "Say Naruto…you're sleeping by me tonight." "By you?" Naruto grinned. "I've got other plans with you then sleep now we'll be out of hearing range again." A huge blush spread over everyone's face as they heard Naruto's words. Sasuke growled as he glared at the fox boy. "You'll pay for that tonight." "By all means go ahead." A perverted look appeared in Naruto's eyes and Sasuke blushed as the others chuckled. Ignoring the others Naruto turned his head to Sasuke and kissed him softy. It didn't take more then a second for Sasuke to answer his kiss.
As they broke apart again Naruto blushed as Sakura muttered "Kawaii."
Sai signed as the two couples were all mushy over each other and looked at Sakura. "Say, Sakura-san. Don't you feel left out with all these hormones filling up the air?" "Hm, maybe a little yes, why?" She looked at the dark haired boy questionable. "Just wondering." Sakura smiled. "We can do something about that lonely feeling you know?" "Like what?" Chuckling the pink haired girl smiled meaningful and leaned towards him as let her lips touch his briefly before she moved back. Sai's eyes turned into sausages before they returned back to normal. He looked at her as he cracked his head to his side. "Why the heck not." He muttered as he leaned to her and kissed her full on the lips. Sakura grinned in his kiss and answered it eagerly.
As they broke apart they looked up to see three faces looking at them shocked. Sakura and Sai both blushed as Naruto chuckled. "You owe me ten bucks Sasuke!" The raven haired boy grimaced as he handed Naruto the money. "You bet on us!" Sakura turned red as she looked at Naruto furious. The blond laughed nervously and quickly moved away from her. "I won't do it again…Sorry!"
He yelped as Sakura jumped of her seat and ran as she came closer. "Come back here!" She yelled as she ran after him leaving an confused Sai. The three others laughed as they ate further, completely ignoring the blonds yelps as Sakura catch up with him and the hard sounding punches. "You better watch what you say when you're with her Sai." "Yep, she can and will be dangerous." Sai swallowed as he looked at Sakura. What had he gotten himself in to…….
The end
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Alright, I'm aware that this chapter is a bit sappy…maybe too but it just seemed right at the time.
For the Ramen stand…I keep having trouble writing the name of the show so I haven't included it
Kawaii means something like Cute for the ones who don't know and again I apologize for the lack of fighting…unless you include Naruto and Sakura.
now if you will ecuse me i'll go hiding for Xamorah and the knifes that will be thrown at me to kill me in the most painful way possible screams as i see a dark figure running towards me ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
Reviews are really welcome!