Sweet, I'm having more reviews by the chapter. And I'm glad all you guys are all helping me become a better author/writer. If you guys don't know, I'm not much of a writer. I'm more of an artist. As in drawing, pencils, colors, etc. And I have about one drawing posted up on the internet. Just check my profile for it. Yea…but I have an A- in English though! So, in a way, this is helping my grade by keeping up with my grammar. Yay!
I want to apologize for the misspelling of Kakashi's last name. I was thinking about Hayate instead of Hatake. I'll eventually go and fix that. Thanks for pointing it out though. On with the Chapter!!!! Don't own Naruto or any characters!
Naruto got up the next morning, cheerful this time, and got ready to join his team. Planning to work hard for all that he's missed, Naruto went to the kitchen to make himself some ramen, only to stop to look at a very odd scene.
Arashi, wearing an apron, sat on the table looking at a pot that was gently sitting upon an open flame, on the stove. Arashi just sat there, like if waiting for something to happen.
Naruto couldn't help but ask, "Umm…you ok?"
Arashi turned around and grinned, "Good morning, Naruto. How about a healthy breakfast?" Arashi exaggerated on the word 'healthy.'
"Like…?" Naruto turned to face his refrigerator that was open…only to see a gallon of expired milk, ice cream that had a large spoon in it since last week, about two left over ramen cups, a bottle of ketchup, a can of soda, a box of Poky, and a rotting apple that Kakashi had given him out of concern of his health.
"Amazing. The only nutritious eatable thing you have is an apple…and you can actually say it's dead." Arashi stood right behind Naruto, raising a brow, "So all I have to ask is: When was the last time you actually went grocery shopping?"
Naruto actually thought on that, "About three months."
"THREE?"
"Well, Iruka-sensei had been in a happy mood for about two months, so he kept asking if I wanted to go out and eat ram-"
"More ramen…?" Arashi sighed.
"Yea." Naruto grinned.
Arashi couldn't help but sigh again. "Alright. This time we're going to go to a market and-"
"No, no, no! I have to get back to my team! They're going to be angry and me. Especially Sakura! And then Sasuke will give me an angry glare and say something stupid like 'you bringing me down, dunce.' And then Kakashi-sensei might give me a lecture on never letting your team down and"
"Ok, ok. I get it. You can go back to your team. I'll just have to shop myself." Arashi said taking the apron off and placing it on the table.
"Thanks. I have to go now. I'll see you Arashi!!!" Naruto grinned as he grabbed his head band. He ran out the door shouting something about getting ramen while tying on the head band. Arashi smiled and shook his head.
"Ah, Naruto! You're back!" Sakura called out as Naruto approached the bridge where Team 7 always met for missions.
Naruto looked up and saw Sakura waving at him, while Sasuke sat on the railing. Naruto thought that it was weird that Sakura was smiling. He thought for sure she would start yelling at him for being absent for a while.
"Are you ok, Naruto?" Sakura asked, with a tint (notice that I said TINT) of worry in her voice.
Naruto raised a brow, "Yea…why are you asking? Aren't you mad?"
"Were you trying to make me mad?" Sakura cracked her fist.
"No." Naruto answered back nervously.
Sasuke smirked, "We were starting to think that a first year student of the Ninja Academy beat you to a pulp."
"What did you say?!?!?!" Naruto grew furious.
"But seriously, Naruto. What happened?" Sakura asked seriously.
"Yes, Naruto. Do tell." Said Kakashi as he appeared in a puff of smoke. Both Sakura and Naruto jumped in surprised. "Tell us about your new friend also. You didn't finish last time."
"Who?" Sakura questioned.
"No one." Naruto said in a serious tone, remembering the last time they went to the ramen shop together.
"No One? Is that what you named him?" Kakashi asked, sounding a bit serious too.
"Oh. I see. Naruto has met someone new and wanted to name him something but couldn't. That's why he asked us about a name that time at the Ramen Shop. No One? What a stupid name." Sasuke said staring at Naruto. Sakura felt a bit of tension between the three males around her.
She felt a bit nervous around them and asked, "Will someone tell me what's going on?"
There was a bit of silence until Kakashi broke it, "Sakura. Sasuke. I want you guys to go and find out our next mission. Take your time if you want."
Sasuke narrowed his eyes on Naruto, seeming a bit upset because he wouldn't find out what was going on. On the other hand, the Inner-Sakura was cheering at Kakashi's orders. Since she would have more time alone with Sasuke.
When the two of them were out of sight, Kakashi turned to look at Naruto, "How about you tell me more about No One?"
"Would you quit calling him that?????" Naruto said, raising his voice.
"Well, what am I supposed to call him?" Kakashi asked.
"Arashi!!!! That's what!!!!" Naruto exclaimed, only to freeze at his sensei's reaction.
Kakashi's eye grew wide. Instead of lowering a bit to be on equal height with Naruto, he stood perfectly straight. Kakashi narrowed his eye at him, "What is his name?"
Naruto hesitated a bit, then he realized that Arashi had a bit of the same reaction when he said that name. "Sensei, what's up with that name? Arashi sort of freaked out too."
"Did he give you that name?" Kakashi said as he got closer to Naruto, like if he didn't want anyone to hear their conversation.
Naruto shook his head, "No. I did. But tell me, what is the deal with this name?"
"Are you sure he didn't just tell you this name?" Kakashi questioned.
Naruto frowned, "I think I know weather or not I gave him his name."
"Naruto…" Kakashi reached into his pocket and pulled out an odd looking kunai, "…do you know what this is?"
Naruto shook his head again.
"Have you ever seen it before?" Kakashi persisted.
"Yes, Kakashi-sensei. I haven't seen it before." Naruto replied.
Kakashi held up the kunai even closer to Naruto. It looked like a kunai, only instead of it only ending to one point, it ended in three. And on the handle was a piece of paper with kanji on it.
"Are you still sure?" Kakashi continued to ask.
Naruto nodded.
There was a long pause. Naruto didn't dare speak a word. He was starting to think that Arashi was maybe some criminal.
Why is Kakashi-sensei so tense about him? Did he commit a crime or somthin'? Oh man, what if I was giving shelter to some weird, crazy, mad-killing machine! Oh great! I'm busted…but it wasn't my fault. It wasn't. But, Arashi can't be some criminal, right? I mean, he was kind to me. He gave me so much great advice. It can't be true, can it? What if it was all an act? Great…
"Naruto."
Naruto snapped out of his mind twisting thoughts and looked up to see his teacher, he shivered a bit but answered, "Yes, Sensei?"
Kakashi hesitated, "I…need you go to the Hokage's office and stay there for any further directions. You must follow these orders no matter what. Do you understand?"
Naruto gulped, he couldn't bare his curiosity any more, "Sensei? Who…who he is? Do you know him?"
Kakashi stared at Naruto, "The only that I will say, more like ask, is…when I met him…did…did he really look like that?"
Naruto froze. He knew that Arashi was in some sort of trouble. No…that he is trouble of some sort. Naruto thought deeply of what he should say. Should he give out his real appearance or just say lie. Arashi had helped him. Gave him some hope for the future. To become Hokage and to start family.
Not only that, but Arashi seemed familiar to him. Both name and person. It was strange really. To know a person you've never actually met. A complete stranger that you seem to have known for the longest time. It was weird.
It's like…Naruto thought, …like a known stranger.
"Naruto?" Kakashi said concerned by his silence.
Naruto looked up with a bit of a fierce face, "…no. I haven't ever seen him with another appearance…Kakashi-sensei."
Kakashi straightened out. He continued to stare at Naruto with the kunai grasped in his grip. Naruto could see that he was holding it quite firmly.
"Where did you get it?" Naruto asked, a bit roughly.
Kakashi narrowed his eye, but either way kept a calm cool voice, "I don't think I should be telling anyone. Forgive me. Why do you ask?"
"Well, its weird looking, that's for sure." Naruto stated.
Kakashi stared at the kunai at his hand, "It sure is." Kakashi looked up, "Now, is…Arashi, at your house right now?"
Naruto thought of what he should say next. He wanted to find out if Arashi was really some sort of culprit. But he didn't want to hear it from anyone other than himself. Naruto needed to think of some way to get to him first before Kakashi did.
It then hit him.
"I….don't know. I think so. Yea…he is. He said that he was going to wait till I got back. But that's what he said." Naruto said, trying to make it sound like it was defeat.
Kakashi stared at him for a moment, "We're only going to question him. We're not going to do any harm."
Then…he is some sort of criminal.
"I want you to go to the Hokage's office and listen for today's mission. Understood?"
Naruto nodded. They stared at each other for another moment and Kakashi disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Naruto stood there for a while longer. His fists were clenched tight and were violently shaking. He then faced the town in front of him and took a couple of steps forward. He was keeping a sort of slow pace. Making his way to the Hokage's. He walked slowly for about 15 minutes. Then he quickened his pace. He made sure he kept an unsuspicious pace. He then made a completely off turn to the left and continued his speed. He wanted to go somewhere else besides the Hokage and his own house.
Please be there, please be there, oh, please be there.
Naruto then made a right and stood in the midst of a grocery shop. It was the biggest in the village yet, in our time/ world, it would be considered rather small. In the front there was a logo, saying 'Konoha's Kons." To Naruto, it was a rather stupid name. Who would actually name a store that? Who knows. But Naruto didn't have the time for that.
He quickly went in and searched about. He started by going down the lines of racks of eatable items. For a moment, he had started getting a feeling that Arashi wasn't even there. As he made it to the last aisle, which were the vegetables and fruits, Naruto noticed a man with short brown hair.
Naruto eyes grew wide and he ran over to him. The man with the brown hair sensed something rushing towards him and quickly turned around. Naruto rushed up to him and was about to warn him, until he noticed that in the basket were several food items.
Naruto made a face of disgust, "What the he- What is this!!! Nobody grabs that brand! It was all over town about some months ago that some guy was killed by that stuff!" Naruto grabbed it with great disgust and threw it across the store.
Arashi stared at Naruto with confusion.
"Gaahhh, no! All these brands are crap! Man, it's a basket filled with poison!! Bleeeeaahhh!" Naruto exclaimed as he threw all the products in air.
"Naruto, I don't think th-" Arashi tried to clam him down but was hit with a can in the face.
"This is disgusting. I can't even stare at these things! Sure, I haven't been shopping for food in a while. Doesn't mean I don't know what to get." Naruto said as he turned around to see a bruise on Arashi's cheek. "Opps…"
"No, no. It's all right." Arashi said as he rubbed his cheek, wincing a bit. "But how 'bout we don't throw the things around next time?"
Naruto then snapped out of his disgusted state, "Ah! NO! We have to get out of here! I need to ask you something!" Naruto's face went fierce.
Arashi narrowed his eyes a tiny bit, but also raised a brow, "Like what?"
Naruto grabbed his arm and rushed him out of the shop through the back door.
"Why are we going through here?" Arashi questioned. Naruto stayed silent.
They rushed into the woods and then started to sprint. Naruto then stopped and looked around, then he started to jump from tree to tree, obviously not holding on to Arashi's arm any longer.
"Naruto?" Arashi asked seriously.
Naruto stopped on a branch and stood there silent. Arashi was about three trees away from him. "What's going on, Naruto?"
Naruto didn't turn around but asked, "Who are you?"
Arashi frowned, "What do you mean?"
Naruto still didn't face him, "What is your real name? Where do you come from? Do you really come from here? What did you do?"
Arashi stayed silent, as he bit his lip.
"Well?" Naruto turned around, "Who are you?!?!?"
Arashi narrowed his eyes at Naruto, "What happened?"
Naruto turned to face his left side. He remembered about the strange looking kunai that was in Kakashi's hand.
It probably came from his bag. It must have…
"Naruto? Answer me. What happened? Who did you talk to? What did they say?" Arashi asked.
Naruto frowned some more. He noticed something. It was just like the other night. Arashi just kept on asking questions that were hard for him to answer. It was like he was hiding from something. Arashi asked about the name, as well as Kakashi. They both acted the same. With questions.
"Naruto, you need to tell me." Arashi said.
Naruto clenched his fist, "What does Arashi mean? Who did it belong to? Why did you and Kakashi sensei have the same reaction when I mention that name?????"
Arashi stood silent.
"Well? Are you going to tell me or not?!?!?!" Naruto exclaimed.
"There's no need." Said a voice above them. Down from the tree branches came about 6 squads of ANBU Black Ops. Each landed on a branch that surrounded both Naruto and Arashi.
Arashi stared around him calmly. Analyzing the number of opponents. He narrowed his eyes as he counted.
20 of them. Hmm…
Naruto was shocked of the sudden appearance of the Hokage's men. It was strange that they would appear. They were the Hokage's special team to protect him/her. They weren't used that much for offensive orders unless commanded to. If not, they could kill anyone in their path.
"We need you to come with us." Said f a voice. Kakashi appeared from behind a tree. But not only him, so did other Jounin. Including, Gai, Asuma, and Kurenai.
Arashi stood there unfazed and silent. Naruto was amazed.
One more squad…that makes it 7 teams. Who is this guy…is he that strong?
"We would just like to ask you some questions." Came yet another voice. Yet, this time, feminine. Tsunade came from above and landed in a branch in front of Naruto, facing Arashi.
What?!?! Why is she here? No…it can't be THAT serious. He can't be that strong to have the old-hag here also. Naruto thought as sweat came down his face.
"Sasuke! Sakura! Take Naruto away from here and make sure he doesn't leave your sight!!" Ordered Tsunade, as both Sasuke and Sakura landed next to Naruto.
"Come on, Naruto." Sakura whispered, tugging on his sleeve. She seemed a bit frightened by all the shinobi that surrounded them. Sasuke was staring at Arashi, a bit of sweat coming down his forehead.
"Wait, what are you going to do to him?!?!?" Naruto exclaimed.
"Sasuke." Kakashi exclaimed. Sasuke nodded to him and grabbed Naruto by the arm, as Sakura grabbed the other and the rushed off.
Arashi watching a bit sadly, as Naruto was escaped his sight.
Oh boy…wasn't really planning to make this happen until next chapter…..buuuuuuut. Eh. Oh well. I hope you guys like this chapter. And about the Konoha's Kons, well, You guys know Vons, right? Well, for you for those who don't it's a pretty big grocery store that is basically every where in the United States. So is Alberstons or Ralphs. I'm just explain this to anyone who comes from a different country. And yes, I think its a bit stupid, but I really couldn't think of anything else.
It was pretty exciting chapter, actually I can't wait to write some more! So I came up with a plan to see how many of you are fans of my story, even if it lacks grammar and maybe in story plot (shrugs). And the way to prove it is; when you review, which I hope you do, please exclaim the following: WE ARE FIGHTING DREAMERS! It makes some Naruto spirit and its cool how we all are Naruto fans. NARUTO FANS UNITE!!!!!!!
Thanks to all who helped me and gave me advice! I love to accept more, if there is any room for improvement, which there always is. Thanks and Review!!!!