you know when i type this on my computer, it looks all nice and spaced, but then i put on this site, it becomes all scrunched up. what a mess.
i think i'd better for warn some of you readers. this is not sasu/naru or naru/sasu.
there i said it.
disclaimer: i don't own naruto. if i did it would be poorly written.
Chapter three
The isolation was getting to Naruto Uzumaki.
The blonde's head hung low over the candlelit table. His sky blue eyes were focused on the scroll in front of him. He looked up from the scroll, and sighed in boredom. It had been a little over a year and a half since they arrived at the Sannin's place. It was agreed upon that while Sasuke trained to kill his brother (and become Orochimaru's new body) that Naruto would be kept in his room, locked up so that Orochimaru wouldn't have to worry if the boy would try to kill him. Naruto ran a hand through his slightly longer shaggy blonde hair before going back to reading, his attention was interrupted by the sound of someone entering his room. Naruto looked to the door to see none other than the stoic Sasuke.
"allergic to knocking, teme," said Naruto in mock annoyance.
Sasuke just entered the room, and closed the door behind him. He turned around to Naruto and fixed him with a stare.
"okay.." said Naruto getting up, "what do you want?" he finished.
"I need to speak to him," said Sasuke edging closer to the blonde.
Naruto went back to his chair.
"why?" said Naruto already knowing who it was. It was maybe 6 months ago that the snake let it slip about Naruto's tenant to the Uchiha. Sasuke just stood there for a moment.
"can you not call upon that power on your own?" said Sasuke unemotionally.
Naruto, letting his anger get the better of him, shot out of his chair in frustration. "First the bastard just barges in, and then he demands to speak to the fox. He's got some nerve." he thought angrily. "you haven't told me why you need to speak to kyuubi," Naruto said through gritted teeth.
It was so fast that Naruto hadn't registered the cold steel of the katana against his neck, until he felt it began to bite into his skin. Sasuke noticed the look of fear and anger in Naruto's eyes. In about a second, Sasuke noticed Naruto's irises become slitted, and the blue became red. Sasuke activated his sharingan, and it began to spin wildly.
Naruto found himself standing in the sewer that was his mind.
"what?" he said looking up to find he was standing in front of the foxes cage. Red chakra was leaking from the cage.
"but how?" Naruto said a little loss.
" I haven't heard from you in a while," said the fox from behind the cage, his deep voice bouncing off the walls
"I had a feeling that would work," said Sasuke appearing besides him.
At the sight of the Uchiha, the fox's chakra began to form outside of the cage. The chakra took on the look of the fox. Naruto backed up a bit in fear. Sasuke's eye flashed red at the fox.
"those eyes," the fox spoke staring down Sasuke, " that chakra, even more sinister than my own," said the kyuubi as he fixed his eyes on the Uchiha.
"so…you have seen these eyes before," said Sasuke as he closed the distance between him and the fox, "who was it?" said Sasuke.
Sasuke's eyes began to stare down the fox, the three tomoe began to spin causing the fox to flinch. The fox relented.
"madara Uchiha," said the fox after a moment.
Sasuke turned away from the fox, and began to exit Naruto's mind when the fox spoke.
"I am glad to see you haven't killed Naruto," the fox paused, "but I wonder, why did you really bring…" the fox's voice began to fade away.
Sasuke removed the katana from Naruto's throat before he fell down from exhaustion. Sasuke replaced the katana in its sheath before bending down to drag his friend to his bed. He laid the blonde down as Naruto continued to glare at him.
"I'll tell you later'" said Sasuke before standing up, "for now you will need to rest," Sasuke finished before leaving the room.
It had been 2 weeks since the incident with Sasuke and the fox. Naruto found himself more alone than in the beginning, and it annoyed him. And what made his situation worse were the constant visits ( unwanted by the way) from the snake, and his visually impaired sidekick. It seems the two found a loophole to Sasuke's threat.
"there are more ways to hurt someone than by physical means," the sannin said one day on one of his little visits.
Naruto put away the latest scroll.
" well at least Iruka sensei would be proud," he said aloud, "I'm finally using this thing between my shoulders," he finished with a sad smile. It was then he heard the door creak open. Naruto turned to see none other than Kabuto entering his room.
"oh fantastic," he said mentally, " just the pick me up I need," he thought sarcastically. The nin walked over to the desk, and took a look at the previous scroll.
"sealing ?" said Kabuto.
Naruto gave the man a glare as he awaited his response.
"do you think it wise for you to be reading these.. Naruto-kun," Kabuto said teasingly.
The teenager turned his attention from the gray haired male, and focused his attention on the wall.
"you know," said Kabuto before he leaned down into Naruto's ear, "you might just let it lose." Kabuto finished.
Naruto made to push the nin away, but Kabuto jumped back towards the door.
"Kabuto you're so obvious that even I can see what you're doing," said Naruto his blue eyes flashing.
"and what dear Naruto-kun would that be?" Said Kabuto teasingly from the door.
"get out," Naruto growled out angrily.
Kabuto laughed as he closed the door leaving a very pissed off and fuming Naruto behind.
"I can take this," Naruto said while pacing his bedroom floor, "it's no different from what the villager's did to me," he spoke to himself. It was after another run in with Kabuto that brought about his pacing. It was no different from before . The nin would impede on Naruto's privacy, and began his daily taunting, but for some reason today it was different. Naruto sat on the edge of his bed and placed his head in his hands replaying the scene in his head.
"you know you're living on borrowed time," Kabuto said in the middle of his usual teasing.Naruto's head snapped up from his hands. "I won't let it happen," he said to himself, " I won't let them break me," he said. Naruto wrapped his arms around himself, and began to rock himself back and forth. "I won't let them break me…."; he continued in the darkening room.
Naruto seemingly ignoring the man, finally began to pay attention. Noticing this Kabuto continued.
"as soon as Orochimaru-sama takes over dear Sasuke's body," Kabuto paused for effect, "you will be killed," said Kabuto.
Naruto clenched the edge of the desk as if letting go would cause him to fall off the earth.
"but it's not as if anyone would care, Konoha hasn't even sent anyone out looking for you," said Kabuto staring down at the boy's knuckles noticing they were turning white. "they're probably celebrating your absence right now as we speak" Kabuto noticed the glassiness of Naruto's eyes. "I guess you will end up dying alone with no one even acknowledging your existence," Kabuto said with a half smirk.
Naruto knocked over his chair as he ran towards the young man with his fist cocked back. Kabuto's hand glowed blue as he caught Naruto in his stomach. The blonde fell over in pain.
"you bastard," said Naruto through clenched teeth.
"don't worry. It's not fatal," said Kabuto walking towards the door leaving Naruto on the floor. "I'm sure that thing will have you healed soon enough," Kabuto finished.
Naruto was awoken by a knock on his bedroom door, he got up out of bed, and made his way to the door. He opened the door to find his brother on the other side.
"I'm surprised you knocked," Naruto said through a yawn, " you usually just walk in," he said letting Sasuke in.
"here," said Sasuke handing him some scrolls.
Naruto's eyes lit up like light bulbs at the sight.
"thank god," said naruto, "I think I've read those at least 10 times already," Naruto grabbed the scrolls, and then turned back to his friend, " so you're not going to have trouble with the snake bastard for giving these to me?" said Naruto.
"do I look like I care what he wants," said Sasuke in his cool tone.
Naruto laughed at his brother's reply.
Sasuke turned and headed to the door. He then turned around, and took one final look at his smiling friend.
"he'll be okay," Sasuke thought, "he's strong," he finished before closing the door.
Kabuto entered lord Orochimaru's bedroom to find the white faced man sitting up in his bed. The candle lit room cast shadows on the gray haired man's face.
"what is it Kabuto?" said Orochimaru.
Kabuto stepped further into the room before closing the door behind him.
"It isn't working," said Kabuto, " but considering who it is, I'm not surprised," Kabuto finished with an amused smile.
"I want to make him my weapon," said Orochimaru, "I want to use the jinchuuriki power. I want to control it, and the only way I can do so is if I have control of the boy," Orochimaru hissed angrily.
Kabuto flinched at the tone of his master's voice.
The sannin calmed down, and stared down the boy in front of him.
"I will take care of this personally," said the sannin with a hungry smile gracing his snake features.
Naruto slammed his fist down on the table.
"god I need to get out of here. Just to run around….. " Naruto stopped mid rant as he heard the door open to his room.
"oh and then there are the unwanted guest," he thought as the purple clad figure entered his room. Naruto looked over to see who his "guest" was. "oh this week just keeps getting better and better," he spoke aloud to the presence of Orochimaru.
Orochimaru paid no attention to the boy's remark as he shut the door behind him. Naruto, noticing the man closing the door, quickly jumped up from his seat.
"what do you want?" said naruto as he glared at the man.
Orochimaru looked into the boy's eyes with mild aggravation.
"when I see your face, I'm reminded of that man who stole my destiny," said Orochimaru from the door.
"who do you mean?" said naruto before catching on, " the Yondaime?" said naruto.
"yes, the Yondaime," the snake nin began to approach him, and naruto began to back up.
"haven't you ever wondered why the Yondaime chose you?" said Orochimaru.
Naruto backed into the edge of the bed causing him to fall upon it. The man's golden eyes held a glint of satisfaction at the look on the boy's face. " I bet the villager's told you that you were just some orphan he chose ," Orochimaru stopped once he noticed he had the boy's undying attention. "the similarities between the two of you are quite interesting. It's almost as if….. You're related," Orochimaru stopped to notice the young boy's eyes were widening in comprehension. Orochimaru turned around to see that the boy was on his way to his breaking point. "one more push," he thought. "to think I was called a monster, but to put a monster inside one's own child is truly monstrous, " Orochimaru closed the door behind him. As Orochimaru made his way down the dimly lit hallway, a loud cry was heard.
"he's mine," Orochimaru thought as his gold eyes flashed happily.
Sasuke made his way to the training room. It was the only place that was fully lit within the compound. It was a wide room that was lined with weapons and decorated with snake memorabilia. The Uchiha stood in the middle of the room awaiting his sensei's arrival. He heard the door open to reveal the snake nin as well as another person.
"naruto" said Sasuke staring down the boy. Naruto followed behind Orochimaru with a blank look on his face. His usually bright eyes had a dead look. His whole countenance seemed… broken.
"what's going on Orochimaru?" said Sasuke in a deadly tone.
"I didn't touch him as you requested," said Orochimaru knowing his protégé's thoughts. " we've just come to an understanding," he finished as he looked back at his weapon.
Sasuke took one long last look at his friend.
"hn," Sasuke grunted as he walked pass his mentor.
"from now on you and naruto will be training together," Orochimaru said over his shoulder to the Uchiha.
If one looked closely, a small smirk could be seen on the Uchiha's face.
A/N: I hope that wasn't crappy.