Sasuke was exhausted by the time Naruto said that they were home. When the raven looked to see where they were, all he saw were herds of sheep and a cliff directly behind them. A river split the cliff in half, meaning that the blond's home must be on the other side of the cliff. But all he could see right now were sheep, a well, and more sheep.
"You stay here while I'll go warn Tsunade that you're here," the blond said when they reached the well. He helped Sasuke off the camel before leaving.
The raven took another look around before going towards the well and drank as much water as he could get without popping. He never tasted such clean and fresh water in all his life. But when he had finished, he heard a commotion going on towards his left.
The raven looked to see three girls fighting and pulling on the reigns of a camel, while two other men fought back, trying to pull the camel away from the girls. Seeing how the girls were dressed, they must be from Naruto's village.
Figuring out a plan, he looked towards his right and saw two other camels with traveling bags and rugs. They must be the two men's camels.
Sasuke cleared his throat to gather the thieves' attention and women's. "Ah, excuse me," he started, standing behind the two beasts and looking at the men, "are these yours?"
The look on the men's faces clarified that they were. He threw his arms back and smacked both of the camels' behinds, making them run off towards the desert. The men followed them, calling out to them as they ran as fast as they could.
The three girls looked at Sasuke with wide eyes and their mouths wide open. The raven chuckled some and leaned against the stone wall that surrounded the well when exhaustion fell over him. But the stones that he was leaning on suddenly gave in and he fell with a splash into the well.
"Whoa!" Splash!
"Oh my gosh!" yelled one of the girls with black hair.
"Don't worry; we'll get you out!" said a mush higher voice that had pink hair.
"Come on guys!" exclaimed the blond.
Sasuke grabbed hold of the rope that was tied around a bucket and held on as the girls struggled to pull him up. They pulled with all their strength that they didn't notice the blond coming towards them, whistling to himself.
"And what are we doing ladies?" Naruto asked the struggling girls.
"We're trying to get the crazy man out of the well!" exclaimed the pinkette.
Naruto looked at them confusedly. "What crazy-"
"Whoa!" came a yell when the girls accidentally loosened their grip, but still didn't let go of the rope.
Immediately, Naruto sprung from his spot and ran towards the girls, grabbing the rope from them. "Don't worry Sasuke; we'll get you out!" He pulled on the rope and pulled Sasuke up in a matter of seconds. He watched as Sasuke hung on the rope with a smile.
"Wow, you're pretty strong for your size," the raven stated when he saw that the blond was the only one who had a hold of the rope.
Naruto glared and let go of the rope, making Sasuke and the rope fall back into the well.
"Ah!"
The girls watched the raven fall before looking back at the blond with their mouths wide open. Naruto smirked and fixed his robe.
"Mmhm," he hummed and walked away, the girls watching him leave.
"That's why momma said he'll never get married," stated the black haired girl in a matter-of-fact voice.
=^-^=
"Wait, please, ladies; you don't have to do this," Sasuke said as several old women washed him with wet rags. They washed his feet, legs, then his torso. "Please, ladies, you already washed everywhere-whoa!" I gasped as they cleaned a certain area. "I was wrong."
The tent flap suddenly flew open from where he was being washed and a blond woman with two low ponytails and a big bust came in. The other women moved away, leaving him naked and holding up a towel to cover his privates. The woman hugged him, his face in her breast.
"Welcome my lad," she smiled as she put her robe on him to cover him up. Sasuke took it and wrapped it around himself. "I'm glad to have you as our guest. Please, come and eat with us." She left right she said that, Naruto coming in as she left.
"Sorry about that, she tends to get carried away sometimes. She 's my adopted mother, Tsunade; leader of our village," the blond explained, walking up to the raven. "We should head out for dinner."
"Yeah, sure," the raven mumbled, fallowing the blond out. He was greeted with many smiling faces around a large bonfire, bowls of food sitting in front of each person. He felt something tug at the bottom of his robe and looked down. It was the little pinkette who appeared to be about 5 years old.
"Sit with me," she said excitedly, dragging him to where she was sitting. Sasuke sat next to her with Naruto on his other side and looked at the bowl of fruit in front of him. He was about to take a huge chunk out of one when the blond slapped in the back of the head.
"Not yet," he whispered. "Tsunade's going to make a speech."
"Oh, sorry," Sasuke whispered back, putting the fruit back down. He looked forward to where the woman was standing and listened as she spoke.
"My people of Konoha, today we have a special guest from the village hidden in the Mist," she started, causing many people to whisper to each other. "Now don't be alarmed, you shouldn't feel threatened by someone who saved my daughters."
"How could we know that it was just an act and he waiting to kill us all in our sleep?" Asked a blue haired teenager, growling at the raven. "He could be a Samurai."
"I-I was one," Sasuke mumbled, but loud enough for his neighbors to hear and spread it among each other.
"See," the bluenette pointed, "he could kill us and steel our possessions in our sleep. He can not be trusted." The crowd murmured to each other in agreement. "I say we slay him now!"
Naruto was about to protest when Tsunade beat him to it. "Now, now Sora. Would a murderous man save my daughters if he's going to slay them later in the night?" The woman asked sternly, scowling at the bluenette, or rather, Sora.
"He also traveled with my Naruto," piped in a voice from the other side of the circle, making the Naruto shudder. "Now don't you see that something is going on? He should be thanked." Sasuke tensed when he heard this, especially when he heard the guy say his Naruto.
"That's a very good point Sai," the blond woman agreed. "You should be thanked… uh,"
"Sasuke."
"Right, Sasuke. You should be thanked for your kindness of saving my girls and bring back Naruto on time for once." The blond blushed at Tsunade's statement.
"Um, Tsunade-sama, I do not wish to be thanked; for I have done nothing that needs to be thankful for," the raven mumbled, looking at his hands. He was surprised when the woman started laughing as Naruto watched with amusement.
"You saved my daughters Hinata, Ino, and Sakure and made Naruto on time from his errand and you say that it is nothing?" The raven nodded. "Well you're one stupid asshole, that's for sure."
"Hey!"
"But I'm still thankful for what you did. And what exactly were you doing all the way out here in the desert? If you don't mind me asking," the leader inquired.
"I rather not speak about it. I don't feel comfortable talking about it."
"See? He has secrets too. He might be trying to trick us with his play acting," Sora growled, his fists clenching his knees.
"Oh would you just shut up?" Came another voice from the circle of people. Sasuke looked around and spotted a redhead with foamy green eyes and a tattoo that said love in Japanese. "So he's a Samurai, so what? He didn't kill the dobe here on the way back home and he saved Hinata, Ino, and Sakura."
"Shut up, Gaara!" The bluenette growled. "He could be acting and his buddies could be close by. Why should we trust him?"
"Because, dipstick, I was just at the Mist village not too long ago to buy food for the camels when these Samurais came up to me and asked me if I saw a guy that fit with Sasuke's description. They didn't know that I was a shepherd and I said I didn't and asked why they were searching for him. They that he had done something, I don't know what, and had to be beheaded, but he escaped. Does that answer your question?" Th redhead explained, crossing his arms.
Sora just sat there before huffing and turning away, crossing his arms. "I still don't trust him."
"Oh well, your loss," Tsunade smirked. "Anyways, Sasuke, how long do you plan to stay here?"
"I don't know. Once I'm healed, I'll probably leave; I don't want to cause anymore trouble," the raven replied, his blank.
"Nonsense!" Naruto exclaimed, wrapping an arm around the raven's shoulder. "You should stay with us!"
"That's a splendid idea Naruto," the blond woman smiled in agreement. "And I don't want to hear any buts; you're staying here and that's that."
Sasuke sighed and smiled gently. "But just one question though; why do Samurais hate shepherds?"
The crowd went silent after he said that. You could probably hear the drop of tear fall to the ground by the water barrels. The circle of people weren't expecting that from the raven.
"What did I say?" Sasuke whispered to Naruto. The blond just stared at him for a moment or two before smiling nervously.
"It's nothing," the leader replied, a little upset. "We'll tell you when the time comes, ok?"
"Whatever," the raven sighed. "So, where am I supposed to sleep?"
=^-^=
{BLOOPERS!}
Naruto grabbed the raven's hand to help him off the camel but resulted in making Sasuke on top of him instead, kneeing the blond in the balls.
"Oh god!" The blond wheezed, curling in a small ball.
"You ok?" Sasuke asks, kneeling next to the blond.
"Yeah, just let my testicles have their moment for a minute."
[beep]
The raven chuckled and leaned against the stone wall that surrounded the well. And he sat there and waited, and waited, and waited before the wall finally collapsed.
"Your timing was a little off!" came his voice from the well.
"Sorry!"
[beep]
"Wow, you sure are strong for your size," Sasuke said smiling.
Naruto glared and let go of the rope, not noticing that it was wrapped around his wrist before it was too late. With a sharp tug, the blond was pulled into the well as well.
"Crap! What the hell am I paying you for?!" The director yelled.
[beep]
"Oh would you please shut up?" Came another voice from the circle of people. "I mean seriously, what's wrong with you? Did your mother drop you on your head when you were a baby?"
Sora glared before bursting out laughing. "Maybe she did!"
[beep]
"So, who am I supposed to sleep with? - I mean where am I supposed to sleep?!"
The studio laughed at the raven, Sasuke laughing with them.
[beep]
Sora just sat there, looking like he was trying not to laugh. He finally smiled and laughed. "I'm sorry, I can't remember my lines."
"It's 'I still don't trust him'."
"Right. I still don't trust him! Damn it!"
[beep]
That's it. Hope you like it so far.
And I have a special thanks for kirelover44. Thank you kirelover44 for being my very first reviewer when I first started out on my stories; for you are now my very best pen pale friend ever. Dude! You really should come to Alaska! Don't make me get on my knees and beg!