I love insperation...
I didn't mention this in the prologe, but this is rated M for blood and fighting and later lime rape. Nothing graphic, but it's mostly for blood.
Disclaimer: Status is the same... Everyone will know if I owned Naruto... And ToS is kinda published, so... I'll never own it...
Warnings: Still the same.
Pairings: Since when did I deny the SasuNaru??
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…And out somewhere else
In the deep forest outside a village by the name of Iselia at the dead of night, a woman stood staring at the men that surrounded her. They were half elves, Desians, and wore black and grey armor over their head and chest, black and red cloth covering the rest of them.
She smirked and brought up a hand, "Come on! I can take on a group of scum like you any day!" She shouted tauntingly as she took out a knife on her thigh through a slit in the side of her skirt. She also grabbed a slip of paper from a pouch on her other thigh, ancient symbols drawn across it.
"As if an inferior being like you could win against us Desians!" One of them shouted back, readying the whip in his hand like his comrades.
Smirking again she leaped into the air, black-blue hair flowing in her ponytail with the wind. As she fell onto the first Desian she jabbed her blade down into his shoulder and placed the slip of paper on his face. She leapt up again as the whips shot to where she had been over his head.
She brought a hand to her face, the first to fingers pointing up and concentrated as she landed to the ground. When she landed, the piece of paper exploded, along with the Desian's head. She turned around and grabbed another strip of paper and glanced at it, taking not what was on it carefully. She didn't want to mix them up.
The group of enemies gasped as their comrade fell down dead and glared at the woman. They charged at her, vengeance only walking through their veins, battle lust running through. The readied their whips and cracked them down on to where the woman stood.
She jumped back, throwing the seal at them.
The two nearest where it went sidestepped, smirking as it flew past onto the ground. She grinned and drew a few more seals. That one's for later. She glanced at the first person she had killed, her knife still in its shoulder, which lay behind the Desians in front of her. She cursed her stupidity and feigned a jump to the left and leaped to the right. She gripped onto the papers and through two of them at their left facing forms.
One seal landed on the ground behind them, in perfect range, the other hitting one of them in the back. Smirking again, she drew her hand up to form the hand seal she made a when she killed the first. The one on the back exploded, killing the man and injuring the two next to him. The other one burst into flame, but did no damage.
Damnit I switched them… She cursed again and leaped over to the first corpse she had made and grabbed the knife from his shoulder. One of the Desians noticed her movements, the others looking around somewhere else.
"There's the inferior being!" He cracked his whip down where she was, not entirely missing her as she dodged, and cutting into her leg.
She landed again, crumpling on the cut to her right leg. She stood up again, a slight limp now to her step. The blood trickled down onto the ground, staining her beige skirt, matching her shirt and shoes. Biting her lip, she counted the enemies with her eyes, free hand reaching over for more seals.
"Seven of you… I can take you," No more mistakes… She told herself as she readied her knife and strips of paper.
Three of the half elves charged at her, whips at the ready. Do these guys ONLY use whips? She thought to herself as she threw an exploding tag at them, hitting her mark and killing one more, injuring yet another. She had to jump back though, almost getting hit by the third one.
When she landed, she let out a gasp of pain and almost fell over. The woman threw another seal at the Desian, hitting it in the face too, but not before it struck her shoulder with his whip.
"Damn…" She gripped her shoulder and stood up, papers still in hand. She threw the rest of her seals in her hand at the main group of Desians, praying she at least injured some as she took out the last three from her pouch.
God Damnit… I thought I stocked up on more… I'll have to use the one I threw earlier after all… She smirked at the thought. This time it will work.
Two explosions came from the Desians, indicating she had thrown at least two throwing tags. She looked up to see she had only killed one with them. She cursed as she activated the others that she threw, one drawing the earth up to skewer one and injure another and another sending up gushing water made from mana—magic essence. That one only killed an injured one.
"Two left. I guess I won't have to use that one—" She stopped talking when a spear struck her stomach. Where in the world?! She turned around to see two spearmen—er women.
"Damnit!" she dropped the three seals and jumped back into the clearing, holding her stomach with one hand and activating them as the first one walked over them with the other. Two exploded, killing her, the other only burning up.
Crap a dud… I thought I sold them all! She looked over at the seal she had thrown earlier as the three remaining Desians surrounded her.
Cursing under her breath, she activated the seal, "Summon Seal! Kyuubi no Kitsune! Aid me in battle! I summon you!" She smirked as the seal melted into the ground, glowing symbols matching that on the seal. The three turned to look at the symbols, light shining brightly from the middle, glowing sparks coming from the edges. The marks started to pulsate, then the whole circle turned black, not just the symbols.
Particles rose from the center, forming into figures.
Figures? I only summoned one thing! Unless they clung to the one I summoned. Her eyes widened in shock as not one of the figures that she had summoned turned out to be the demon fox. In fact, they were both human.
"Heh heh… bad day for you lady. It didn't work," Her eyes widened again as she was stabbed through her rib cage, puncturing lungs and heart. The spearwoman tore the weapon out, the limp body falling to the ground in a bloody heap, "Serves her right coming onto Desian property."
One of the whipmasters turned to his comrades, "What do we do about the two inferior beings she summoned?" The spearwoman looked over at them. They both were on their feet, asking the other what the hell happened. The tallest one was raven haired, with eyes to match. The second had blonde spikes shooting up wildly in any direction, blue eyes glancing around as much as the obsidian ones. They both wore clothes different from their own.
"Kill them," The two whip masters smirked and lashed their weapons at them, the spearwoman charging them.
She blinked as the two barely moved and they had caught the whips. The raven tightened his grip on the whip he caught and pulled it, easily bringing the man at him. He punched him in the face, the force and muscle behind his punch adding extra damage to the force of coming, exploding the Desian's head and tearing through the body, creating a shower of blood and gore.
The blonde gripped his and used it as a human whip to whack the spearwoman. They both fell in a heap, gasping as; quick as lightning the two had knives at their throats.
"Are you… the Kyuubi no Kitsune…?" The woman whispered between pants and dribbles of blood. For some reason, this angered the two, causing the blonde to kill the whipmaster. She gulped.
"No. Neither of us is that demon and never have and never will," The raven whispered coldly, venom laced in his words. He brought the knife down on her neck, ending her sorry excuse of a life.
Sasuke looked up from the woman he just killed to see his blonde teammate breathing heavily, holding his stomach, "Naruto? Is Kyuubi still acting up?" he put a hand on the black clad shoulder.
Naruto nodded, still holding his stomach, "It's only uncomfortable… nothing unbearable like last time…" He looked around at the bloody and damaged clearing, bodies littering the ground, "Where the hell are we any way?"
His raven companion shrugged and stood up, "We should find out anyway… Which direction?"
Following the taller's example, Naruto stood up, "Does it matter?" Sasuke chuckled and smiled, a privilege to only Naruto for being his friend.
"This way then," He stepped in a random direction, companion walking with him as an equal. Sasuke stuck to the ground, not wanting to wear his friend out with Kyuubi acting up. He halted when he heard Naruto stumble.
"Naruto? Are you sure you're okay?" Sasuke turned to see Naruto leaning against a tree, holding his stomach.
"No… it's getting worse…" Naruto said between pants. Kyuubi was trying to get out, the seal most likely weakened on the inside from whatever happened.
"Hmm…" Naruto blinked when he saw Sasuke's back, "Get on… It'll be faster and you'll conserve your energy," Naruto complied and collapsed onto his back, mind tired from having to deal with the struggling Kyuubi. Sasuke put his arms around the blonde's legs, the boy wrapping his arms around his neck. Said boy nuzzled into the pale neck, sleep touching at the corners of his mind.
"Thanks Sasu—"he yawned, not finishing his friend's name. The raven chuckled and told him to get some sleep. The blonde didn't need anymore encouragement.
Sasuke looked over his shoulder at the face of his sleeping friend. He smiled gently at the sight, Naruto's face completely relaxed, and mouth partially open. He pressed his lips to the boy's forehead and pulled away, blushing horribly. He missed the smile spread over his friend's face, a genuine smile, not one of his fake ones.
Looking up at the trees and glancing at his companion, Sasuke jumped onto a branch, chakra helping him stick to the tree. He checked to make sure the smaller boy didn't wake up and found that he hadn't. He felt the arms around his neck tighten, securing himself to him.
He leaped over to the next branch, checking again to see if he woke him up, then jumped again. Each time he jumped, he spent less time looking at his friend to see if he was awake.
Sasuke soon saw smoke in the sky. He stopped on a branch, scuffing it, sending little bits of bark flying. He glanced up at the white smoke, checking to see if he could tell what kind it was.
"It's white and only moving in a small single column… Probably a fireplace… Naruto," He jostled the boy on his back, trying to wake him.
"Hmm…?" Naruto moaned as he was roused from his slumber, "Where…?" He said sleepily, looking around from his perch with groggy eyes.
"There's a house coming up. I'll ask if we can stay there," Sasuke pointed a pale hand at the white smoke, "You think you can walk the rest of the way or do you still want me to carry you?" The Raven didn't necessarily want him to leave the spot on his back, but he couldn't say that.
The blonde glanced up at the smoke that the moon glanced on. Wait… moon? "Hey Sasuke? Wasn't tonight a new moon?" Naruto said, pointing to the white orb in the sky.
Shocked, the pale boy followed his hand with onyx eyes. Said eyes widened as realization struck him, "We're not in any of the Shinobi lands… or our world…"
"What the hell are you talking about?!" Naruto all but shouted into his ear. Sasuke flinched out the loud noise. His ear must be damaged now.
"Quiet dobe… I'm saying that the… thing, for lack of a better word, that had happened before was either (a) a summon here (b) portal or (c) which is that something random happened and sent us to a different world. I'm guessing the first one."
Naruto rose an eyebrow, "Um… Why?"
Sasuke turned his head to look at the blonde, "Dobe…"
"DON'T CALL ME THAT TEME!!"
"Those people that attacked us said I believe, 'Sorry lady, it didn't work,' and were looking at us. So they must have been expecting something different. Then they asked if we were the Kyuubi, meaning they—"
"Were trying to summon the Kyuubi, which pulled me along and then you grabbed me and got pulled along too," Naruto said, putting two and two together. It equaled four in case you were wondering.
Sasuke nodded, "Exactly. And it would also explain why you're in so much pain. The summon for Kyuubi must have damaged the seal while trying to summon just him. And he must be trying to get out."
He's right… damnit….
Naruto smirked at Kyuubi's reaction and told the raven he held onto. The raven smirked also, "So do you want me to carry you or can you walk?"
"I like your back," The blonde snuggled into the strong spine, "I don't wanna move…" He said into the neck he had gone back to leaning against. He missed the smile on Sasuke's face as he drifted off back to a dreamless sleep.
Sasuke continued to smile at the sleeping blonde. He was so precious. He rubbed his cheek against the tan forehead, earning a sigh of comfort from the smaller boy. After checking one last time that his cargo was okay, the raven jumped to the next branch like he had so many times before.
It didn't take long for the teen to reach the house they were looking for. It was a two story house with a creek between the road and the house, the opposite side which the raven and blonde came from. He couldn't hear anyone awake, but shinobi hearing and chakra told him that there was someone in there, asleep.
Sasuke moved around the house to the left, coming across a small garden and a grave to the left, a little farther down the creek. He moved past the small plants to the door and knocked.
Someone cursed behind the door, mumbling about who was crazy enough to come at this hour at night. The door opened to reveal a very short person, no more than three feet. The man had short brown hair and a puffy beard, skin tanned from working next to a fire for blacksmithing.
The man blinked, surprised at whom he saw, "Oh hello sir… Do you need something?" he wore a button up night shirt and pants, looking defenseless to any normal civilian, but to a professional shinobi ANBU Caption in training, Sasuke could see the muscle lying in wait for something to crush.
"I need a place to stay for the night. Is there possibly a bed for him?" He bounced the blonde slightly, enough to emphasize whom he spoke of, but not enough to wake the boy.
The man looked up at the slumbering teen and nodded, "I have a bed upstairs where my son slept. He's not here right now, so it's okay," He stepped back and tried not to gasp at how silently the teen walked across the hardwood floor. He looked him up and down, taking in the sight of him, "You're not from around here are you…"
The teen shook his head, "Where's the bed he can sleep on? I'll help in any way I can for staying the night," The raven said, voice lacking all emotion.
"Oh! It's this way," The taller boy followed the short man as he scurried over to the stairs. Up the stairs was a small room with a bed, desk and dresser. The bed was western style, not the common eastern style that they usually slept on. It'll have to do… He thought as he lay the boy down on the bed just as quietly as when he walked in.
"You can help me in the morning. I have my bed down stairs if you'd like to sleep there."
The teen shook his head, "I'll sleep by my friend. Thank you for the offer though," The older man almost fell over backwards when the boy bowed to him politely, "Thank you again for letting us stay. I'm pretty sure we'll be gone by tomorrow night. But you never know what could happen…" onyx eyes glanced over to the sleeping teen on the bed, worry lacing them.
The man got over his shock and stuck out his hand, "Name's Dirk Irving. I'm a blacksmith."
"Uchiha Sasuke. As in Family Name being Uchiha," He shook his hand, grip just as strong as the shorter man's, if not stronger. He glanced over to his friend, "The dobe's Uzumaki Naruto, Family Name being Uzumaki."
Dirk nodded in acknowledgement.
"What will you need help on? What can I do as service for borrowing your room?" Sasuke inquired.
"Er… I can't think of much… You can help me with my Exsphere Key crests that my son asked for," Dirk nodded. This boy can take care of a simple task like that.
"Um… I'm sorry but what exactly is an 'Exsphere Key crest'?" The boy looked genuinely confused.
Dirk almost fell over backwards for the second time that night, "Wh-What?! You don't know what a Key Crest is?!" Or maybe he can't… "Never mind… I'll just show you what to do or find you a different task."
Sasuke nodded, "Either will work."
"I'll tell you in the morning. Night!" Sasuke bowed again, still freaking the other man out, as the dwarf left the room. He straightened and walked over to his friend's side.
"I found a place to stay Naruto… Good Night Dobe…" He whispered to the boy, caressing the blonde locks by his temple. Said blonde moaned into the touch and relaxed again. Reassured that his friend was comfortable, Sasuke pulled a chair up from the desk and sat down next to the blonde's head. He drifted slowly off to sleep, senses on full alert.
This had gotten REALLY weird…
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