Happyfish: I do not own Naruto!
"singing"
"talking"
"mental speaking"
Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke were having a wonderful time in the island nation of Wave and had met a local ice-type demon named Haku that had showed him around his home island. His father or so the trio figured that was what Zabuza was to Haku had invited them to stay at his place as long as they were there. Sasuke was a little nervous because he recognized that mist-type demon from the descriptions of his older brother. Zabuza was a close friend of Kisame who was friends with his older brother and his older cousin Madara. Zabuza had thought it was strange that the young wolf demon was with out a pack of any kind, all orphaned pups were adopted quickly by one clan or another because of the way wolf demons worked. One of the reasons why he had asked the trio to stay at his place was to keep a check on the young wolf demon's mental state. If his mental state started to deteriorate in any way Zabuza would send word to the nearest wolf pack about this little one. A small pup he was for his age, but a sweet one and rather powerful too, he had noted that on some occasions Sasuke's eyes turned red with made him suspect that Sasuke might be of Uchiha descent. However he did not want to confront him directly just in case he decided to run, plus it was a novel experience to be in the presence of a nine tail demon, particularly one as young as Naruto. It was odd and worrisome that three young demons of the tender age of one hundred and twenty would be mucking about all on their own, why in human terms they would be twelve year's old. He had understood what they said about wanting to travel and see the world, but couldn't they go with adults from their clan, if not from their village? He could tell that they were all from the same nation, but not the same village, their accents and mannerisms were slightly different even if a being took into account their different species. How did the trio meet? Oh yes, Zabuza had many questions to ask, also why Sakura, a young healer was out with just two other young demons, true the two boys were powerful fighters, as was she but still, they were just children. Perhaps he should send word to Kisame or one of the others to see if they knew anything about the trio, but they were gone before the letter was even half way to Kisame. The trio did not know how close they had been to being found out, or at least find out about Sasuke's past.
this is a line break and a time skip. this is a line break and a times skip.
Kisame had not told Itachi or anyone about the letter he had received from Zabuza since when he had gotten there Zabuza had told him that the kids were long gone to parts unknown. That had been several weeks ago, Itachi had told him that Sasuke's mental state was probably starting to decline, if it had not been already. Itachi was very worried about his poor baby brother, he wondered why he had not sent word, why he had left why he had not come back?
Sasuke had reluctantly told him about the psychic bonds that wolf demons had with each other in the same clan or pack and how he was too far away from anyone and how badly it was hurting him. Of course Sasuke had tried to hide how much it hurt but both of his friends were far too perceptive to not see through his bullshit.