Yeah wellllll sorry about the long wait, but it's summative time... and if you're not in high school and don't know how horribly horrible this time of year is...imagine having 30 of your year's final mark dependent upon projects and exams, and these marks count percentage wise, not A+ or such, and your average means a big deal...WElllll anyway, instead of doing Spanish right now, I'm wasting my time on my dial up internet typing up this little message. So you better review this chapter!!! OR the Game will never be over!!!
"Wooooooooaaaahhhhhhh!!!!" exclaimed Naruto in amazement at the vast numbers of Sand Ninja that were coming through the village gates.
"That's a lot of ninjas!! I bet they're all Jounin or higher!!!" said Sasuke in amazement.
No, they're not all S. Jounins, or ANBU. If the Sand had that many shinobi of those ranks, they wouldn't need to be forming a peace treaty. Most of them are Chuunin, with about five Jounins…said the Older Sasuke sighing heavily. Seriously, a small child's ability to blow everything out of proportion was insane.
"Hey! There's kids there too!!" exclaimed the Younger Sasuke aloud, ignoring his older counterpart completely.
Gaara, Temari and Kankuro. I told you already, they're the Kazekage's kids.
"I wonder if Hokage-jii-chan will let us play with them…" wondered Naruto aloud.
"I dunno…they come from the Hidden Village of Sand…I heard they don't even have trees!!!" said Sasuke.
"WHAAAAAAATT?!?! T-then how do they use the ninja arts of concealment dattebayo!!???"
"They use the art of silence, brats…" whispered a voice from behind them.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
8.8.8
The Konoha ninjas had come back. One of them, the one with a weird hair-cut was supporting a Sand ninja, whereas the other one was holding two boys of about six-years by the scruffs of their necks.
"Kakashi…?" said the Hokage, in a tone of voice that clearly demanded explanation.
Kakashi, the ninja who covered his face dropped both boys to scratch his head.
"Well…I don't know how to say this but…it was these two again…" he said, gesturing towards the two boys.
"Owwwwwwwww…that hurt Kakashi-sensei…" grumbled the blonde boy rubbing his back.
"You can't be serious…" said one of Gaara's Father's guards softly.
"Naruto, Sasuke, do you have anything to say for yourselves?" asked the Hokage.
The dark-haired one stood up and brushed the dirt off his pants.
"Naruto and I were minding our own business, watching the parade…" he started, when his friend interrupted him.
"When that guy suddenly pops up behind us and attacks the two of us and we got scared dattebayo!!" he said.
The Hokage looked at the boy not looking very amused at all.
The blonde one pointed towards his friend.
"Sasuke hit him first!"
"I did NOT!!"
"Did too!! You used your Housenka no Jutsu on him!!!"
Gaara stared in amazement, as they seemed to not notice, or really care that they were interrupting grown ups…
"That's a fire technique, so I didn't touch him, the fire did!!"
"SAME THING!!!"
"Well, well you used your Kage Bunshins and punched him in the face!!"
"You broke his nose."
"You turned into a girl!!!"
"Hey, Iruka-sensei!" said the blonde one turning towards one of the Konoha ninjas.
"What does perverted mean anyway? Sasuke and I met this old geezer who said he was a Mega Pervert…"
"NARUTO!!!!" shouted the Konoha ninja to whom the blonde boy was talking too.
"THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND APOLOGIZE TO HOKAGE-SAMA AND KAZEKAGE-SAMA!!!!" he roared.
"That goes for you too Sasuke," said the ninja called Kakashi, nudging the dark-haired boy.
"But it wasn't our fault dattebayo!!!!"
"APOLOGIZE!!!" roared Iruka.
The two boys traded looks, and nudged one another, urging the other to speak first.
"We're sorry…we didn't mean to blow up that guy…"
"Sorry dattebayo…can we go now?" asked the one called Naruto immediately.
Gaara stared at Naruto. Why did he say 'dattebayo' at the end of almost every sentence? He stared at him harder…there was something about that guy that seemed…familiar. Gaara felt some sort of unspoken kinship towards this Naruto person. Looking at him, Gaara saw a bit of himself in the blonde boy's eyes…Eyes that knew true loneliness…But this guy had a friend, the dark-haired boy…Gaara didn't have any friends at all…Everyone always ran away from him, even drunk adults did…They always got that same look in their eyes…that look of hate and fear…
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"Alright Naruto, just don't do that ever again! Do you hear me?" said the Hokage sternly.
"Sasuke, your parents will surely hear of this!"
Uh-oh, I'm in BIG trouble…thought the younger Sasuke trembling.
The Older consciousness was not impressed.
Yeah right, like he'd ever tell that old prick. The Hokage thought my dad was just a high and mighty all around jerk, the way he treated Nii-san and me…He wasn't that far off, the old man.
B-But!!!
OH please, do you really think the Hokage cares that we beat up some Sand ninja who snuck up on us? It's clearly the Sand ninja's fault and we took the proper course of action.
Maybe now would not be a good time to mention that he had been dying to test out the level of his fire jutsus to his younger self…
8.8.8
"Temari, Kankuro…" said the Kazekage he said, then pausing with a disdainful glance at the red-haired boy, "…You, go play…"
It didn't sound like much of a fatherly voice to Naruto. It was more of an order. How could you order someone to play dattebayo?!?!?!
Sasuke nudged Naruto and jerked his head towards the red-headed boy, the one about their own age.
"Let's go!" he said softly.
Naruto grinned and immediately…ran over to grab Gaara's arm…
SHIT!! BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD!!!! The Older Sasuke was quite distressed over this.
What's so bad
about it? Don't swear!!!
OH GOD NARUTO'S GOING TO DIE!!!
Quick as a flash Sasuke ran towards Naruto, about to slap away his friend's hand from the red-haired boy. If they weren't careful, many people would die horrible, horrible deaths.
Well thankfully, nothing came of it really. The two of them just ended up slamming straight into Gaara's wall of sand.
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Wha-wha-what? Gaara was hopelessly confused. He had just been standing there, and then suddenly a wall of sand pops up beside him. Had his father tried to kill him again?? Here? In front of all these people??
As the wall dropped back down to disappear into the air around him, Gaara saw that everyone was staring at him. He dropped his gaze towards his feet.
I'm a monster…and now everyone here knows it…
"Owwwwwww…" groaned the dark-haired boy, getting up off of the blonde-haired boy from earlier.
"Sasuke…that hurt!!!"
"That wasn't me!!! A humongifilious brick wall suddenly appeared in front of us!!" exclaimed the one called Sasuke
The blonde-haired boy looked from his friend to Gaara.
Now they're going to look at me…just like everyone else…he thought, his eyes getting wider and angrier.
Suddenly, contrary to everything Gaara expected, the blonde boy smiled hugely at him.
"COOOOOOOOOOOOLLLL TEACH ME HOW TO DO THAT DATTEBAYO!! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!!!!" exclaimed the blonde boy, grabbing a hold of Gaara's arm.
He's grabbing my arm…he's actually touching me!! Isn't he afraid or something!?!
Gaara noticed that the boy's friend was busy warding off the sand with furious punches and kicks. That boy was fast, to be able to do that…Who were these two people?
" I'm Uzumaki Naruto dattebayo!! And this is my super cool friend…" the dark-haired boy elbowed him.
"I don't need you to introduce me!!!" he said grouchily once the sand was gone. He had probably been enjoying that…fighting the sand.
He thrust his hand forward towards Gaara.
"Uchiha Sasuke," he said softly. Gaara looked at him impassively for a moment.
"Sabaku no Gaara…" he answered just as softly as the other boy. Gaara never really talked much to people, and his voice sounded kind of raspy from disuse…Ever since Yashamaru had died…he'd... no one… No one had really talked to him at all.
"Okay, now that's done, let's go!!" shouted Naruto, running off, pulling Gaara along with him.
Gaara felt weird. He had never been pulled before like this…it was interesting really…
8.8.8
"What game do you think we should play?" asked Naruto dragging his brand new friend Gaara with him.
"Game…? You want to play? ...with me?" asked the other boy in a sort of bewildered voice.
Naruto looked at Gaara funny. Was something wrong with this guy? He talked as if he had never played with anyone in his life before…
"Games, like…shinobi-in-the-dark, ninja hunt, tag, capture the scroll…that sort of thing," said Sasuke, also looking at Gaara funny.
"I…I don't know any of those games…" answered the red-head.
Naruto and Sasuke traded looks.
This guy has serious issues…
Oh yeah…
"Well then…how about soccer?" suggested Naruto.
Gaara reacted slightly to the word.
"You know it?" asked Sasuke.
"Where you kick a ball…into nets?"
"Yeah that one…"
He's weird…
Yep…
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The way the wind blew across the empty field almost felt cheesy, in the Older Sasuke's opinion. Most likely, the moment they started to play, the wind would die down and then would come back up every time they paused to assess the situation…obviously in contradictory directions
How do you think up things like that???
Experience.
What?
Look it up in a dictionary…
I know what that means!!! Huffed his younger self irritably.
Then stop asking dumb questions…oh look, the wind's blowing now… he said observing as the wind started to blow, sending ripples throughout the grass and whipping up small clouds of dust across the soccer field. Naruto and Gaara were on the same team, since the Sand boy had never played the game before, it was only fair that Naruto played on his side.
Sasuke let himself grin a bit.
Fighting two Jinchuuriki at the same time huh? This'll be interesting…but probably not more interesting than fighting Jyuugo…I doubt Naruto's going to go ahead and release 3 tails…or Fuuton Rasengan me…
The older Sasuke shuddered at the mere thought of Naruto's ultimate wind-element technique…the A-rank level jutsu that the Fourth Hokage himself never completed…If that man had, there was no way the Kyuubi could have killed him…
A jutsu that completely destroyed the opponent with tiny, microscopic blades of chakra at the molecular level, severing all nerve pathways, and destroying the cells themselves…Sasuke had only managed to live through it due to his intensive drug therapy under Orochimaru…and only barely at that.
Will Naruto really become Hokage? His younger self asked him. The older Sasuke nodded.
Course he will…just like Gaara's going to be Kazekage. Anyway, I'd be a horrible Hokage…I never really got along with Gaara…mainly because when we met he was a raving psychopath who killed others to assure his existence…and after that we never were on the same side…and besides…I'm not a Jinchuuriki. It definitely would show all those old geezers a thing or two with a Jinchuuriki becoming a Kage…
"Hey Sasuke!! Let's start already dattebayo!!!!" shouted Naruto across the field. Sasuke nodded, and dropped the ball in front of himself. Since they didn't have a referee, they had decided that Sasuke should start off the game.
"Naruto…wait!" exclaimed Gaara, speaking up all of a sudden. The other two turned to look at him.
"Sasuke doesn't have a goalie…" he pointed out, his voice almost a monotone.
Naruto decided that he would have to get Gaara to laugh. It was absolutely necessary. Yes, Gaara must laugh…Gaara's face was too expressionless…He needed to laugh…besides, it looked like he never had a reason to laugh, much less smile…He seemed lonely, and there was no better way to cure loneliness with a laugh!! Well, Naruto knew that it wasn't a total cure, but it was a good starting point, just a bit better than having fun.
Yes, he would have to make Gaara laugh…
"Hoi, Naruto! Do Kage Bunshin!" shouted Sasuke.
"Huh? Why dattebayo?"
"So it can be my goalie!!" he said exasperatedly, as if it was so obvious.
Miffed, Naruto turned to Gaara with a look on his face that clearly said, 'What is with this guy? Thinking that it's so obvious??' Except that Gaara was kind of looking at him as if he too thought that it was evident.
I'm stupid… thought Naruto as he performed the jutsu…Well it doesn't matter, because me and Gaara are gonna win!!!
"No cheating Naruto, as goalie you have to try your hardest too! A Hokage always does his best!!!" called Sasuke, as the Kage Bunshin ran over to his side of the field.
"No genjutsu allowed!! And any doable ninjutsus that won't get Iruka-sensei mad at us are allowed!!!"
"Yosh!! We're gonna give it everything and win this game dattebayo!!" shouted Naruto.
Next update will be in a long, long, long, long, long time...Or at least until after summatives...as in a month.
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