ShadowedDarkness: Ta da! I have returned with a new chapter! YAY! But before I continue with this chapter, I have a few things…to clarify. In my story, Naruto still has no idea and no knowledge that he has the Kyubi inside of him. Here, Kyubi is just a voice...at the moment. The idiot amazingly passed his exams and graduated the school on his own. Oh, and the third hokage never died. Yet.
Now that that is cleared up, we may continue with the story now!
(P.S.-I still don't own Naruto….)
I'm not a monster
Sakura drummed her fingers impatiently on the wooden railing of the bridge. She was beyond annoyed. The only thoughts running through her mind being how she would strangle the idiot when he finally arrived. If you're wondering, her inner Sakura thoughts were probably along the lines of "-I'LL KILL HIM!! SHOVE AN ALARM CLOCK DOWN HIS THROAT!! MAYBE THEN HE'LL SHOW UP ON TIME!!! I'LL-" And seeing as the rest of that is rather violent and…detailed…
And the bubble-gum pink haired girl had a right to be annoyed, seeing as they were still waiting for the clumsy blonde to finally show up. For the love of- even Kakashi-sensei had arrived earlier then said blonde. If Sasuke had been anyone else besides, well, Sasuke, he would have probably been internally ranting and drumming his fingers along with the girl on the opposite railing.
It was cold even despite the fact that the jacket he wore (and no the blonde had never returned his jacket) blocked most of the chill. It made him wonder how the Dobe had done it the day before…with nothing but a t-shirt.
Frowning he swiveled onyx eyes to the one-eyed, silver haired man who was 'reading' the orange pocket-sized book in his hand. He was sitting cross legged on top of the railing, lax and lazy position in place, seemingly uncaring. This would have passed as normal for his sensei, seeing as his face was usually shoved in one of those perverted books…and he was usually lazy, except for one teensy-weensy little problem…
…said book was upside down…
Apparently he was worried about something. Which didn't go unnoticed by the Uchiha prodigy. And the fact that it didn't go unnoticed, well, didn't go unnoticed by Kakashi.
Looking up from his book, the silver haired man caught the others cold, albeit worried, stare. "Saaaaaaay, Sasuke…you mind going to check up on Naruto and seeing what's taking him so long to get here?"
Sakura abruptly stopped drumming her fingers and wheeled around, a rather scary expression adorning her face, an accusing finger flying through the air. "THAT PIG IS PROBABLY STUFFING HIS FACE WITH RAMEN! I BET YOU HE'S -" She paused mid rant, wondering why…
Both Kakashi and Sasuke stared at her wide eyed. Seemingly noticing what she had just done, she snatched her pointing finger back to her side and flushed horribly.
Shaking his head, Sasuke just shoved his hands in his pockets and headed back towards the village.
Kakashi watched as his star pupil slowly walked. It seemed that Sasuke was going to be taking his sweet-
In a blur of colors the other seemingly disappeared.
-time…laughing mentally he turned towards his book and, after realizing the text was upside down, promptly turned his book right side up and began digging in to his juicy chapters of sweat, sex, and love affairs. It was only a few seconds later that a rather high pitched giggle escaped his lips as he covered his mouth with his one hand, a crazed perverted look in his eyes, and a blush staining his cheeks…
…not to mention a certain pink haired ninja slowly edging away…
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There was something wrong with him. Of coarse the blonde kind of figured this out as soon as he opened his eyes when his alarm clock had gone off an hour ago and he hadn't been able to move to shut the damn thing off. The annoying buzzing echoed through the small apartment, and even more so through his head. It was bounding viciously from side to side in his skull, jarring his already muddled thoughts and dragging a headache to the fore front.
Blinking blearily, he tried to focus on the blurry ceiling. Nothing was working and his body felt as if it were in excruciating pain…yet numb at the same time…
He had tried talking to the voice…wondering if maybe it was what was putting him through pain. But it never answered.
He was rather confused when the ceiling almost seemed to move back and forth, but was rather pleased that the insufferable buzzing seemed to be gone. His eyelids drooped. Peace and quite were, alas, his! Or so he thought…
His eyes widened at the sudden shaking of his shoulders, and the yell of 'wake up you IDIOT!' slowly began to register in his brain. A small cry escaped his lips, and he was dropped back to the bed. A blurry figure hovered over him and he frowned. That blurry outline of that person… thing… sort of looked… familiar…
Sasuke looked worriedly down at the blonde and his unfocused blue eyes. There was a dazed look dancing across Naruto's features…a lost look…
He went to place his hand on the others forehead when blue eyes began to focus. A small confused sound escaped the blonde's lips. Retracting his hand he watched as the Dobe slowly sat up, eyes clenched shut, one hand flying to his head. A small grimace flashed across his face almost as if he was in pain.
Which he was…
Ugh! Can't you do something about this? Or is it funny to watch me suffer// Naruto growled inwardly towards the voice. The one time it chooses not to heal him…
Instead of the expected silence, a low rumble resounded through his mind. // I'm working on it you little shit. I can make you heal fast but not that fast, they really hurt you this time…//
The voice trailed off. Funny, it had sounded …concerned…almost…
Cerulean eyes blinked blearily before they locked onto the figure that stood in front of him. He jumped, startled, a small cry of surprise escaping him. It was only after that Naruto's mind was able to register the others features and attach a name to them. "God damnit, TEME! Don't give me a heart attack why don't you!"
Sasuke glared. "I was waking you're lazy ass up. The team has been waiting at the bridge for over an hour! And you're sleeping! Dumbass. " But even as he glared and yelled, a twinge of concern ran through him. The blonde had been laying there, alarm clock ringing…he was sure that thing had been ringing for over an hour.
He couldn't have worn the dobe out that much during their spar match yesterday. There was no way.
"Well excuse me. I figured I was there yesterday." Naruto huffed.
"Just get dressed and let's go, Dobe." Sasuke rolled his eyes before turning on his heal and headed out of the Blonde's room. "And make it quick." He growled, bedroom door slamming.
Naruto just sat there for a few moments, blinking owlishly, before getting up and doing what the Bastard said. He could feel his eye twitch. Damn smug bastard!
It was only a few minutes later that two teens made there way out of the blonde's apartment. They began walking in the general direction of where there usual meeting place was when curiosity grabbed a hold on the blonde. "Hey Sasuke…"
"Hn."
Naruto was a little put out that Sasuke didn't even look at him to acknowledge him and pouted, but plundered on through his statement never the less. "Why'd you come over to get me?" Had Sasuke actually been worried about him? Should he be checking the sky for flying pigs again? Was there really-
Onyx eyes locked onto his own. "Kakashi told me to."
-a point in asking if anybody cared? What the hell had he been thinking? Out of all people, he should have known Sasuke wouldn't have cared…This was Sasuke they were talking about. His one main rival.
Naruto looked away from the others stare. Right. "Ugh, couldn't Kakashi-sensei have sent Sakura? I can't believe I had to wake up this morning to your ugly face…" The blonde pouted.
Sasuke ignored the Dobe's complaining and continued to study the others face. If he didn't know any better, he could have sworn he saw a hurt look flash across the others face when he had said that he hadn't come on his own free will. He frowned. Naruto's eyes still seemed slightly out of focus.
There was obviously something wrong with the blonde.
Looking forward again, he just shrugged it off. If the idiot wasn't going to say anything about it, it mustn't be that bad. The blonde complained about everything, so surly he would say something if he didn't feel good.
As soon as both teens stepped onto the wooden bridge where the rest of the team was waiting, Naruto hesitated mid step. "I sense…an ominous presence…"
Sasuke glanced over at the blonde in confusion. He hadn't even known the word ominous was even in the others vocabulary. But ignoring that…
"NARUTOOOOOOOOO!"
Both looked up to see a rather angry Sakura. The pink haired kunoichi charged, fist raised, at Naruto. Without thinking, the blonde dodged the fist that would have hit him on top pf his head. He already had a rather large headache thank you. He didn't want said headache to be amplified.
Sakura blinked in surprise when she realized the blonde had completely evaded her and had continued his walk over the bridge to his sensei on the other side as if nothing had even happened. What the crap had just happened? Sakura was confused, she never missed her mark…
All three shinobi lined up in front of their teacher, awaiting what it was they were supposed to be doing. The scare crow put his orange book of happiness back into his pocket and eyed his pupils. "Well, seeing as Naruto decided to take his time this morning," Kakashi just smiled over at the fidgeting blonde. "We will be sparring today. Naruto, you and Sasuke will be paired together." Naruto flinched. He turned his smiling eyes over to the pink haired girl. "Sakura, you will be sparing with me."
As the team split up into their respective groups, Naruto inwardly groaned. Damnit, luck was not on his side. His body ached like crazy as he slowly moved into a ready position, taking a deep shaky breath as he faced his smirking companion.
They both charged simultaneously.
Naruto through the first punch, which was easily blocked and twisted off course, Sasuke's own punch aimed for his face. They both fell into the familiar dance of punch, dodge, kick, side step, dodge, punch, punch, kick, dodge…
Both were wearing down, Naruto more so than Sasuke. The blonde felt on edge, his vision kept going. This was not good. //What the hell is wrong with me?!//
Naruto wasn't expecting an answer, and was rather surprised when he received one. // I'm trying. I can't…I can't heal you…I'm trying…// It sounded so…tired.
Why couldn't it heal him? It had always been able to before…so why? The realization hit him hard. The knife! There must have been something on the knife!
//…poison…//
Well shit. That wasn't good…
His eyes trained on the fist headed towards his face and easily dodged it, but as he dodged his vision went black. He never saw the swipe at his legs. His feet were yanked from under him and he pin-wheeled backwards, a sharp pain launched through his stomach and he was very much aware of the fist that had lodged itself there. Grabbing at the fist, a cry of pain escaped him as his body slammed into the ground.
A shudder ran though his body. Oh shit!
Sasuke drew his fist away when he felt the shudder that shook the blonde's whole frame. A grimace of pain crossed the blondes face. He hadn't hit him that hard! A choking sound came from the blonde as he grabbed his stomach and rolled over onto his knees.
Panic flew through him when the sounds of retching met his ears. He knew it! Something was wrong with Naruto. He grabbed at the blondes shaking form as he teetered and shouted for Kakashi.
Sasuke turned Naruto around in his grasp and stared into blue eyes. His mouth moved, but Naruto could no longer hear him. His eyes fluttered…
..shit…
…and shut.
ShadowedDarkness: Yeaaaa, I got a little lazy towards the end… But anyway. I continued and that's all that matters right? Right. DON'T DISAGREE WITH MEEEEE!
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