A New Day!
A Naruto-Neko original
Disclaimer! No, I'm not Masashi Kishimoto, unfortunately. I don't own Naruto.
Chapter 4
Gaara and Ume arrived outside a hole in the ground. Ume explained it was an old Orochimaru hideout, and it seemed to be where Sasuke disappeared to when he had an urge for revenge.
"… So, do we just go in?" asked Gaara.
Ume looked at him, as if to say, "DUH!" She motioned for him to come, and jumped in silently, like a cat. Gaara lowered himself down with sand. Ume was already about 20 feet ahead of him, scanning for a trace of the group.
"This way," she whispered. She was in ambush mode, and he could tell. Gaara was ready to break up a fight, if necessary. It looked like it was going to be necessary, too.
They were running towards the sound of metal hitting metal. Gaara heard Naruto's voice, sounding slightly annoyed. Naruto was complaining about Sasuke always wanting revenge, and he was tired of being dragged into it. There was a slam, and angry footsteps started near them. Ume pulled Gaara into a room, and waited for Naruto to come into range.
Naruto slowed down a couple feet in front of the door. Ume somehow went invisible, walked up to him, and screeched. She released the jutsu and smacked Naruto in the face.
"Ume?" asked a stunned Naruto, holding onto his face. Ume then proceeded to punch him in the stomach, kick his leg, and she almost stabbed him with a kunai before Gaara intervened. Sand blocked her path, and she screamed at Naruto. "You freaking idiot! What were you thinking, leaving the village, and not telling anyone, and I spent the whole month not knowing, until this morning!" Ume burst into tears, and Gaara lowered the shield of sand. Naruto looked angry.
"Just because I have a deadly organization that wants to rule the world after me doesn't mean I have to stay in the village all the time!" He yelled back. Ume looked at him like he was nuts.
"Do you know how unbelievably stupid that sounds?" Ume was not happy with him at all. They stood there for 2 minutes, glaring at each other. No one blinked. Eventually, Ume twitched, and then tackled Naruto.
"You stupid idiot!" she whispered in his ear, crying. Gaara shifted uncomfortably. He mumbled something about going to find Sasuke and walked off.
Naruto hugged Ume and said he was sorry. Ume punched him, not too hard, in the gut. "Just don't do it again, OK? I don't care what Sasuke says."
Naruto looked at Ume, and said, "OK, Ume." They both laughed, for no apparent reason.
A couple minutes afterwards, Gaara returned with a ball of sand behind him, floating. There was muffled shouting coming from the inside. Ume walked up the ball, slowly so the shouting person wouldn't hear.
"HEY SASUKE!" Ume shouted. The shouting stopped.
"… yes?" said a small voice from inside.
"Guess what?" Ume asked, sounding sweet, but you could tell from her voice she was furious.
"… what?"
"YOU'RE AN IDIOT! HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE TOLD YOU IT WAS TOO DANGEROUS FOR YOU TO GO AFTER MADARA ALONE?" Ume screamed.
"… a lot." Sasuke sounded like a child being scolded for going outside without permission.
Ume motioned for Gaara to let her in. A small hole, big enough for only Ume to go in, opened and she climbed in. Naruto almost went after her, but Gaara stopped him.
"Let her teach him a lesson. He knows better."
"Fine."
From inside the re-closed sand orb, you could hear Sasuke shouting and flesh pounding on flesh. Screeches of "baka" echoed in the hallway. Naruto and Gaara couldn't help but smile at least a little at hearing the crap being pounded out of Sasuke.
Gaara shouted down the hall that whoever else was with Sasuke better run for their lives, because Ume had no reason not to kill them and she was in a murderous mood. They heard footsteps running out of the base. Naruto cracked up, and collapsed with laughter.
Eventually the sand orb fell apart because Ume had beaten it up so bad, so she quit hitting Sasuke… for now. Ume stepped out, unscratched, and Sasuke kind of stumbled out. He was beaten and swollen all over, and Naruto had to carry him home. Sasuke only managed to say, "Curse you, Ume…" before he passed out. Ume thought it was hilarious and laughed the whole time back to Konohagakure.
Gaara was silent, but he really was happy that Ume knew where they were. He kind of half smiled the trip back. Naruto was busy nursing his wounds, but he was scared because he knew that as soon as they were home, he'd have to explain himself to Sakura and Ume, and that was even scarier, even though Sakura wasn't going to escape Ume's wrath either.