a/n: I updated sooner cuz I figured I owed you guys.
Before things can get better, they must become worse
He was in some kind of cave, in the forest. He was holding a torch slowly walking inside the cave. He was careful not to make too much sound, as if someone might here him. Sasuke knew he shouldn't be in here.
Hissing sounds echoed off the wall, his head turned to look behind him. There was nothing there. He tried to ask 'who's there?' but his voice died inside his throat. Sweat was running down his head. There was something in here, something…dangerous. In some strange way he was drawn in to it.
"I know what you want." The air whispered.
His body turned around, nothing. He felt a hand on his shoulder; he turned around again dropping his torch. The person's hand blended into the shadows. He knew he wasn't suppose to be in here, he knew there was someone with him, he knew this person was dangerous. Sasuke knew he was scared.
"And I know…" The cave walls whispered to him, again. "…that what I want, you can give me."
Half a body appeared from the shadows, black mist surrounding it. "What'd you say Sasuke?" The man whispered in his ear. "You help me…and I'll help you."
"What can I give you?" The man appeared beside his other ear. "I can give you power, unimaginable power, and do you know what you can do with that power?"
The man appeared in front of Sasuke, the black mist disappearing. "You can defeat your brother." His sharp yellow eyes looked towards him. His finger traced up Sasuke's neck. "And all you have to do is…give me something in return." Sasuke's eyes widened, the man smiled wickedly. Orochimaru knew that the lust for power was a strong thing, a strong thing indeed.
Sasuke jumped from his bed, sweating, breathing hard. "Wh-what…the…" His voice was raspy, as if he hadn't talked in days. What…the hell was that? ...Who was…how did he know? Sasuke shook his head, he was being crazy, it was just a dream.
Sasuke laid back on his bed, but still…this man was offering him something that could help him defeat his brother. That kind of offer doesn't come everyday, now does it?
Somewhere in a dark room, two people conversed.
"How did it go…Orochimaru-san?" His eyes shined, the man in the silver hair smiled.
Orochimaru smirked, sitting in his nice big chair. "It went absolutely perfect." His tongue slithered out of his mouth. "Is everything ready for the next phase?"
The man nodded. "Everything is ready to go at your command."
The man smirked even more wickedly, if it was possible. "Excellent, soon Kabuto, Konoha will be mine." Orochimaru picked up a pointy hat; it was blue with the symbol for 'wind' on it.
Naruto was walking down the halls of the hospital, his cast was still there. Beside him was Shikamaru, looking dazed as ever.
Naruto looked at him annoyed, "Eh…Shikamaru! What are we doing here?"
Shikamaru looked at Naruto, still dazed. "Huh…Chouji is still in the hospital, so I came to visit him."
Naruto still looked at him confused, "What? But we just came from his room!"
"I figured that we could visit all the other rookies, while we're at it. So I don't have to make second trips." Shikamaru said yawning.
"So why am I hear?" Naruto asked.
Shikamaru scratched his head and looked at him as if he was stupid. "How should I know?"
This caused Naruto to almost fall down, "What'd you mean you don't know! You're the one who dragged me all the way over hear."
"I did?" Shikamaru said looking confused. He tried to remember what happened this morning.
-Flashback to this morning-
Shikamaru was walking down the streets, towards the Hospital when some blonde started screaming at him from the back. He turned around to find it was Naruto.
"Hey! Shikamaru! Where yah heading?" He screamed walking towards him.
Shikamaru looked at him, until he was in hearing range. "I'm going to the hospital, to see Chouji and give him this." He held up a fruit basket.
"Great I'll come too!" Naruto said as he dragged a lazy Shikamaru towards the hospital.
-End of flashback-
"No, I didn't." Shikamaru said remembering what had happened.
Chouji had a bad stomach, so he couldn't eat the fruits. Naruto pouted and looked away.
"So, we're seeing fuzzy brows then?" Shikamaru nodded.
Gaara who was glaring at the air in front of him, was not entirely caring that he was inside a hospital. He didn't really care for anything, unless that something happens to bump into him.
For instance…like now.
Naruto had decided to hold the basket of fruits, thinking he was so responsible. A red haired guy was walking towards them and Shikamaru did not like the look in his eyes. He concluded that this guy was on the 'stay away from and do not bother' list.
Naruto who had only realized that…this guy looks creepy…
Naruto moved to the side, still swinging the fruits basket absentmindedly. He was walking by the red-head who barely gave the two a second glance…er…glare.
The fruit basket slipped from Naruto's hand and hit Gaara on his head, falling to the ground. Yes, it really did hit him on his head.
All three stopped, for different reasons.
Naruto stopped to apologize and pick up the fruits. Gaara stopped because a fruit basket, hit him on the head, and it was a certain blonde who had hit him. Shikamaru stopped because he was thinking…oh no, this is bad.
Gaara glared at Naruto. Naruto bent down to pick up the fruits. "Sorry !"
Shikamaru had moved beside Naruto and started to mumble to Naruto. "What the hell Naruto? This guy screams trouble, and you hit him with a fruits basket!"
Naruto stood up and looked at the red-head in front of him. "I said I was sorry!"
Gaara knew that if he anything at the moment it would cause a commotion, raise suspicion and possibly ruin the plan, and he couldn't do that.
I should kill them. Gaara thought coldly in a menacing voice.
There was a long, uncomfortable pause. In a flash, Naruto was pinned to the wall with what appeared to be sand.
"Naruto!" Shikamaru yelled.
Naruto was struggling to get the bind around his neck made from sand off, but it seemed it was unbreakable. What….what's with this guy?
"If you do that again…" Gaara started. "I'll kill you." Naruto dropped to the floor as Shikamaru ran towards him.
"You okay?" Shikamaru asked Naruto while he was coughing. Shikamaru looked up to the retrieving figure of Gaara. That guy's trouble alright.
After they had relaxed a little, they entered Lee's room to find him sound asleep. Naruto set the fruits basket down onto the desk beside his bed.
Shikamaru sighed, "It seems everyone's asleep. Let's just leave the basket here."
"Ouh? Yeah, okay." Shikamaru took a seat on one of the seats while Naruto just stood up. He noticed a clear vase with a daisy in it, after staring at it curiously for a little while, he realized who it was probably from.
Sakura… Naruto thought back to the cemetery, and remembered Hinata sitting there, she was crying. She must've felt alone…must be suffering a lot… Naruto's eyes looked downcast; he knows what it's like to feel those emotions.
a/n: crap. I should get off the computer. Like now. Bye. Hope you guys liked.
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