13. Cannibalism (Narusasu O.o)

Naruto stared in horror at the plate in front of him. Nothing in his life had ever made him as sick as he felt right now, and that was saying something. This was not even a mission! He should not have to do this, it was completely and utterly uncalled for. Why was he even here? Oh, right, because Tsunade, stupid woman, had sent him as her embassador to this new clan. She had tricked him.

The clan was throwing a banquet in celebration of their alliance with Hidden in the Leaf, and of course an ally had to be there as well. Naruto had jumped at the idea of a free meal with new and exciting people, dragging Sasuke along too.

New and disgusting, he amended mentally.

A glance to his right left him slightly vindicated. Sasuke looked as ill as he felt. His pale face was even paler, a slightly greenish tint to it as he stared wide-eyed down at his plate, his hand frozen in mid-reach for his glass of water.

They both knew it would be rude not to eat what was on their plates, but they couldn't exactly bring themselves to eat it either. Refusing could, quite possibly, end up in a broken alliance and, even more possibly, the two ninja's own deaths. Naruto shivered at the thought of what might happen to him should that occur.

He nudged Sasuke with his foot. "We need to get out of here," he whispered.

"What?" Sasuke could not tear his eyes from his plate.

Naruto rolled his eyes. "You're supposed to be a genius, think of something!"

Finally, Sasuke brought his eyes to meet Naruto's. "You're the prankster. I'm sure you can get us out of here without ruining anything besides your own shirt."

Ignoring the insult and thinking fast, Naruto stood up. "Excuse me," he said, walking toward the first door he saw. No one seemed to notice.

The room he walked into was blessedly empty. He quickly made a few shadow clones and transformed them into the worst S-Class ninja he could think of, sending them off out the back door of whatever facility it was that they were in.

Walking back into the dining hall, he found Sasuke still staring at the food on his plate. Naruto took his seat again and gave Sasuke a thumbs up. "It's all set," he muttered.

Looking back down at his own plate, he gulped. He had to keep this new clan's suspicions off of himself and Sasuke, but that might require actually eating part of that. It looked normal enough, a fine looking piece of meat covered in a sauce of some sort, but it was the announcement that had come before it that had spoiled it.

Something exploded outside, and all of the people in the room were on their feet in an instant, running around and trying to organize themselves. Naruto pulled on Sasuke's arm and led him out of the building.

"Ok, we have to help them defeat these guys, and then we can go!"

A quick fifteen minutes later and all of the shadow clones had been destroyed. The new clan was looking very confused at the lack of effort it had taken. Naruto stood in front of the leader, offering a smile and a handshake. "Sorry about this mess," he said.

"Not to worry, I'm just sorry that our dinner was cut short," the man replied, bowing slightly.

Naruto smiled more desperately. "Oh, right, dinner. I'm sorry, but my partner and I had better be returning to Konoha to make sure that none of those Nin decide to attack there as well. I suspect they'll know about our alliance."

The diplomat nodded solemnly. "Right, you should do that. Good luck."

In the blink of an eye Naruto and Sasuke were a mile away, both breathing sighs of relief. "Thank God that worked," Naruto muttered.

Sasuke turned to look at him, still horror-stricken. "Naruto, did I really almost just eat a human?"

Naruto nodded, cringing. "I think so."

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sorry if this is a bit messed up, but it is Friday the thirteenth, and this really was the thirteenth word I received. many hearts to everyone... and not the human kind!!!

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