Disclaimer: Well I now own the ENTIRE Naruto show (all 220 episodes) but I do now own the rights to alter the show… only the rights to make this crappy fanfic (and sometimes I wonder if I have the right to do that)
Well my dear, dear readers and even dearer reviewers… I can't believe you still love me… seeing as I'm such a horrid writer making you wait so long… and to think I was getting upset at some other author cuz I wanted her to write every day!!! That's when you know your being a hypocrite ;
Anyway this one's pretty sad… but it's got some fighting, some sickness, some lack of everyone's favorite red head, and a whole bunch of Itachi
Fighting: let's see it's pretty lame… even if I COULD have made it better I chose not to cuz I didn't have many good ideas (and it would have take longer to write)
Sickness: let's just say that poor Tuyen has her hands full
Lack of red head: he's getting a GREAT fluffly chapter in the next one I promise…
A whole bunch of Itachi:… sheesh yes!!! This was NOT my doing ok!!! So before you guys start saying "ohhh man Tuyen's such a Sue!!! She get's Gaara AND Itachi!!!" one of my reviewers asked for more Itachi and Tuyen stuff!!! OK!!! I'm doing it cuz a REVIEWER asked!!!! Really ordinarily Itachi wasn't going to be in much more then the begging, end and a few middle snips… and there is NOT going to be ANY ItachixTuyen or ItachiXANYBODY!!!! He's way to hard to write normally let alone romantically… and to all you Itachi fangirls… I'm sorry if I have killed his character … -hangs head in shame-
Remember… your reviews and options matter!!! They might even change the way the story goes (might)
Thank you Black Roses666 for proof reading this!!! You rock so much and I can't tell you how happy your help makes me :D
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"You leave that girl alone or you'll be dealing with me -- believe it!!!"
"N-Naruto?" Tuyen glanced up through her long brown bangs to see the blond boy smiling at her. The sound Ninja just snarled and lunged at Naruto, who nimbly dodged him, sending a hard blow to the head.
"T-Tuyen…come here, quickly." Tuyen turned to see Hinata. The black haired girl helped Tuyen up then took her hand. "This way."
Quickly she lead the confused slave girl down the halls, away from the fight. "Naruto-kun is very strong; he'll take care of that man. Are you ok? He didn't hurt you, did he?" Hinata asked, concern written in her opal eyes. Tuyen shook her head slowly, rather shocked by the rush of words coming from a normally quiet Hinata.
"I'm ok, just a little shaken up and annoyed at myself…how did you guys find me anyway?" Hinata looked at her feet blushing.
"Well…N-Naruto offered to walk m-me home, and on our way back to my room we heard your cry." both girls had stopped at Tuyen's room, the brunet turned to her friend, hugging her
"Thank you Hinata. If you see Naruto tell him I said thanks too." Hinata smiled shyly
"We did what any friend would do."
At this something stabbed Tuyen's heart, that same feeling of something cold and tight in the pit of her stomach all came rushing back. Quickly, the brunet smiled, trying to ignore the feeling. Once the other girl left, Tuyen slowly walked into her room. Sitting on the edge of her bed, she slowly pulled her legs tightly against her hurting chest. She suddenly felt the urge to break down and cry, but she wasn't really quite sure why.
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Like after most missions, Itachi was tired. Sure, the mission had gone well, but it took a lot out of him to get it to be that way. Because of this, he was in no shape or form to be ready for what happened next….
He could sense her before she even showed herself. Quickly, he took up a defiant stance, his sharingran glowing hot red in the dark night.
Her soft chuckle met his ears. "I wasn't expecting to meet anyone tonight, let alone the great Itachi." With that said, she attacked.
Itachi was able to doge her first strike, which came from above, as he had sensed. Jumping back he took a good look at his attacker. She was a young woman, probably around the same age as him. Her short hair hung loose over the band tied on her forehead. Itachi's eyes narrowed. 'Where have I seen that stone in the middle of her band before?' He didn't have much time to ponder because she struck again, quicker then the first time.
His eyes caught sight of the leaf symbol tied around her right calf as her leg swung at him, telling him that this girl was a spy. He quickly dogged it, throwing a few kunais at her.
"Why not let me go, I can tell you're really tired" the girl said as they both circled each other. Itachi didn't say anything, but he only firmed his stance, ignoring his body's cries for a rest. Swiftly, Itachi moved, attacking her in hopes to end the battle quickly.
And in a way, it did.
Seeing him advancing on her, the girl leaped into the air, moving her hands into various seals "hari kouu no jutsu." She let a volley of needles rain down on the Uchiha, who spun around, dodging and blocking the needles, but he was tired, and the little metal spikes just seemed to keep coming and coming. It was only a mere 3 needles that got through his defense, but that's all she needed.
Itachi stood, panting ever so slightly as the girl stood with her hands confidently on her hips. She had a small smile on her face.
"Gotcha" she said smugly, "You better get to a medic quick. The poison is pretty strong and takes effect in waves." Itachi's eyes widened slightly as he felt the first wave, small, but still, he felt it. The girl taped her chin. "You know, I just can't see the all mighty Itachi gonna to see a medic, but I hope he does, so I can fight him in his prime…well, ja nee" with that, she jumped out of sight, her merry laugh ringing in the Uchiha's ears.
Itachi growled as the second wave of sickness washed over him. This one was worse then the first. He tried to balance himself against the wall as everything seemed to spin.
Finally, after much difficultly, he got to his room.
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Tuyen was reading a scroll that Inu had given her before she left. When her sharp ears picked up the sound of someone opening the door, (you get sharp ears after being taught from a blind girl) she closed her scroll and walked cautiously towards the door. She was almost there when it opened, and a wounded man stumbled in.
"ITACHI!!!"
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"Damn it, Uchiha, this is all you're fault!!"
"My fault!?! How is this all my fault?"
Inu ducked from a volley of weapons then tossed a fistful of her own stash back at them.
"I don't know but it is!"
Sasuke grabbed her arm pulled her away from a blade that a rock nin had thrown
"We need to get out of here"
"But…"
"No 'buts.'" At this, he pulled her along towards the exit of the tent, only to find an even larger group of ninja standing in the way.
"Well, well, look who we have here." one of them said, giving a cocky smile.
"Like I said, this is all your fault, kid"
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Slowly, Tuyen opened the door to her room; another long day of working, only to come back to her poor roommate, who, after 3 days of nursing, didn't seem to be getting any better.
The Uchiha was sitting on his bed, his eyes staring at the wall across the room from him. Tuyen turned her gaze to see what it was he was looking at. She only found an empty wall with a few weapons sticking out from it. "Itachi are you ok!?!" the young man whirled around flinging 2 kunais at her. Luckily, for Tuyen, they were poorly thrown and she easily dogged them.
"Trying to sneak up on me are you? Well you can't get me this time." He hissed menacingly, "You can't win, I am invincible, I KILLED MY CLAN!!" Tuyen darted towards the table that stood near his bed. It held all the medicine, bandages, and other things that she needed to use for treating Itachi's illness.
"Itachi!!! It's just me!!!"
-Several days later-
Itachi slept normally, but every so often, he would suddenly get up very sick with different ailments; such as fevers, deliriousness, vomiting and other symptoms. Sometimes they would only last for a few moments, other times they would last for hours. At first it had seemed pretty manageable, but now, it was getting very bad. One night he had woken up and walked around the room calling out to a dead teammate for about an hour until Tuyen had been able to bring him back to the present world.
Ever since his deliriousness a few days ago, he slowly had been getting worse. Tuyen was starting to really worry about him, and now her master, Gatou, was getting mad at her because she was making very stupid mistakes. She was just so tired from staying up late with Itachi that she had a hard time not falling asleep while filing her master's books, but, what else could she do? Itachi needed help, so she would just try to catch some sleep when she could and hope that was enough.
So like every morning before she went to her Master Gatou, Tuyen pulled out her medicine. Gently she touched the older boys arm. "Itachi?"
Suddenly the Uchiha's clouded eyes cleared and he turned to look at the girl. Slowly, as if he was a little child, he let her help him sit up straight in his bed, then he obediently let her start re-bandage his wounds. His eyes were watching her every move as she treated him. His instant stare almost unnerved her.
"Do you have any siblings?" he suddenly asked, catching her off guard.
"Errr… well I had a little brother, but he was killed when he was still young." The memory was still painful even tough it was nearly 9 years ago. Itachi gave a small nod as if he understood.
"I have a younger brother too. But he wishes I was dead. Sometimes, I wish I was to." Tuyen froze for a moment not liking the way the conversation was going.
"D-Don't say that! Your going to get better soon! I'm sure these medicines will help get all that poison out of your body in no time, then you can see your brother and make up with him!"
His eyes started to mist over again and he smiled at her, something that was very odd for him "I have to get better, I have to beat her, and I want to see my brother again…Sasuke…Sasuke…" He was slowly starting to lose his touch with reality. Slowly, he settled back into his bed, and then turned to the worried face of his roommate. Gently he stroked her face, not seeing the girl, but someone else; someone closer to his almost nonexistent heart.
"Sasuke…"
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"SASUKE!!!!!"
"Inu, hang on we're going to make it back to the sound camp." His hand never left the girl's even though she didn't seem to be very comfortable with his touch. He could tell the way her hand scrummed in his firm grasp.
"Idiot! I left all my weapons, smoke booms, signals, tools, EVERYTHING back at the tent, and you talk as if I needed to get AWAY!!!" She was mad at him. That was a change. Normally, it was the other way around. He smiled, deciding to get some payback.
"Your not very good in the heat of battle, are you little girl"
Inu let out a low growl that resembled a growl from her name sake. He was getting on her last nerve. "Oh grow up kid, I'm a smith you fucking ninja!" Sasuke raised an eyebrow,
"My what language for such a small girl"
"Since when did you get so cocky, what happened to that aloof cool guy all the girls went ga ga for? Suddenly decided being a desperate revengeful prick wasn't getting you anywhere?"
Man she was good. He could never think of a comeback for that one…dang…this round goes to the blind girl, for the 100th time.
Both teens came to a stop. "I think we lost them." Sasuke said, glancing back, But no sooner had he spoken that a large number of ninja jumped down from the trees.
They where found, again.
"Did I ever tell you how much I hate you kid?"
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Tuyen was beside herself. Itachi was getting worse all the time and the poor stock of medicine that she owned wasn't helping much. So, after work she decided to go see the only person she knew that knew anything about medicine.
"Wow I haven't heard of symptoms like that in a while." Sakura said after hearing Tuyen's story "Let me think." the pink haired girl muttered as her green eyes scanned through her cabinet "Ah ha, here it is!" She pulled out a small, blue tube. "This might work, and here, take these too." She handed her some ointment. "Make him drink what's in the tube and rube the ointment on his wound"
"Thank you so much Sakura, your so nice to help me out!" The pink haired girl chuckled.
"Oh, don't mention it, Anything for Sasuke's brother." As she mention of the younger Uchiha, Sakura got a far away look on her face. Tuyen decided this would probably be a good time to leave. She was almost to the door when Sakura called out to her.
"Oh Tuyen, how's Gaara been lately?" the brunet froze, the old feeling like something hard a cold building up in her stomach coming back.
"G-Gaara?"
"Yah" the young medic slave nodded, "I hadn't seen him around for a while, but he was outside late last night, and I happened to be out late. I've NEVER seen him like that…he was so…so…out of it. He was almost scarier than normal, yet it was like he wasn't even there."
"Oh." Her stomach hurt so bad now, it was hard to breath. The room seemed to spin for a moment then everything grew still. Tuyen tried to shake away those feelings. She hadn't had them as much since Itachi came back. Truthfully she had been glad he came back, bringing her a distraction, because before he came back, she almost felt like she was going to die, but now, she was starting to feel those familiar feelings again.
This wasn't the first time she had felt this. Even before she had come to the slave camp, she had this feeling, not as hard as now, but that emptiness in her stomach was the same.
It was the feeling of being lonely and alone; that feeling that you don't really have anyone.
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After brining Itachi his medicine and giving it to him she went for a much needed walk. She wasn't sure where she was going, she just knew that she needed to get out for a while; away from all her problems, worries, everything, but sadly just when you think you have it hard…
It get's harder.
"Tuyen!!"
The brunet turned to see Tenten coming down the hall waving, a small bundle of bandages under her left arm.
"Oh, hi Tenten, who are the bandages for?"
The other girl laughed lightly "Lee; he got hurt because he overwork himself."
"Oh, I hope he's ok."
Tenten nodded "Yeah, he's fine. Lee's the kind of guy that, even if he got his head blown off, he would still stand up and say that it would only make him stronger." At this Tuyen giggled the thought of Lee holding his head in his hands telling a rather angry/upset Tenten that he was "okay" stuck her as very, very funny.
"Oh, by the way, sorry about Inu. I know you guys where close, but I'm sure she's ok. Inu's one who wouldn't give up even if she died." At this statement Tuyen looked at the other girl with confusion.
"Inu? What happened to Inu?" panic suddenly taking over; that same cold hard feeling started to well up in her stomach. Tenten held her hands up in an attempt to calm the girl down.
"They just got a message today that the weapons tent she was in burned to the ground and that Sasuke and Inu where no where to be found… but I'm sure she's ok and even if she was captured they couldn't hold her for long, if she couldn't fight she'd probably annoy them to death." At this Tenten gave a chuckle still trying to get Tuyen to feel better "anyway, they are looking for them; even got Orochimaru out there, so I'm sure they will find them soon. Hey, Tuyen, are you ok? You look kind of pale?" Tuyen nodded
"Yah I just think I need some fresh air. I'll see you late Tenten." The other girl nodded and turned to go.
"Ok take care Tuyen, and be careful…it's kind of late, and at this time, the crazier people come out."
"I will, don't worry; say 'hi' to Lee for me."
"Will do, bye"
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It was a crisp night out; the sky was so full of stars. Tuyen sighed, trying to get that horrid feeling out of her stomach. As she walked, Tuyen tried to tell herself that crying would only make things worse.
"She'll be ok." Tuyen told herself "She is, after all, an amazing fighter, and Sasuke's with her, and from what I hear from Sakura and Ino, he's a every very good fighter too, and Orochimaru is unbeatable; he'll find them."
But this wasn't the only thing weighing heavily on her mind, and on a quiet night like this, when you have time to think, all your problems seem to come at you at once. There was Itachi, who was getting sicker by the hour, but then maybe that medicine would help. She sure hoped so. And her master; he seemed to get angrier and angrier at her as time went on, making her feel stupider and stupider. Her cousin had left; she missed him so much and prayed that he was doing well. And then there was Gaara…oh gosh her stomach hurt so badly.
Letting out a sob she fell to her knees, hugging herself. Why does it hurt so much? Why was she so stupid to let these small things get to her? WHY, WHY, WHY!?!
Suddenly she saw something that took her breath away…
He was sitting on the wall. Just looking at the sky, deep in his own thoughts. His red hair seemingly glowed from the moonlight. A small breeze made the sash he always wore flutter along with Tuyen's heart. Quickly she stood not sure if what she was really was who she thought it was.
"G-Gaara?"
The boy turned, his teal eyes met hers, but they weren't really looking at her; they looked so distant as if his mind was deep in the realm of dreams and not in reality. Suddenly they focused on her looking deep into her aqua eyes. Then, without a word, he stood up and turned to go, because he saw something in her eyes he had never wanted to see.
Pain.
"No! Don't go!!! PLEASE!!" she cried, was that really her voice? It sounded so strange…so foreign. He stopped, his back still to her as if allowing her to speak to him.
"Please." she whispered, suddenly, it was so hard to speak "I'm sorry for whatever I did. I'm sorry. Please don't leave. I want to be your friend. Just don't leave me alone…don't leave me."
He didn't say anything only disappeared into a whirlwind of sand, and once again she was all alone. Why did it suddenly seem to dark...so empty? Suddenly, the stars didn't seem as bright …everything just seemed very dark and dull.
And that was the first time, in all those long trying weeks, that Tuyen couldn't hold it in anymore. Finally, she broke down, and cried out to her heart's extent.
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Done!!! And so sad to… -sniff- poor Tuyen, oh well it gets better I swear :D
And yes I just HAD to add my favorite redhead at the end… I mean come on what's a good Gaaraoc with out Gaara? Itahci takes up most of this chapter… personally I would rather have it be Kisame… but hey I'm only the author…. I'm just here to write the story, all the ideas come from my muse Carl (an evil Ninja hamster who loves to steal my ideas) and my reviewers… so I really don't have much say in this story.
Which comes to my next point.
REVIEWS!!!!! This here author LOVES THEM!!!!! With all her heat she loves them more then life it's self!!! So SEND THEM!!! Now now now!!!
Oh yes and you guys might get a kick out of this… this story is in the --- as on of the best Naruto OC stories ever written… but it's also one of the Worst Marysue's ever written…
ALSO my oneshot "breaking my silence" (it's a Kankuroxoc) is "On of the best Fanfics" bit it is ALSO part of the "worst marysues ever written"
I find this so so funny!!! Seeing as this person really doesn't know what a mary sue is… because a mary sue is NOT just an OC it's a poorly written OC… not to say I don't think my OC's need work cuz I know they do… but I work hard on trying my BEST to keep them from being Sueish… so really it makes me laugh at these people who say that act like they know what a Sue is when they clearly DON'T!!! –Laughs to herself-
Anyway on to the people who keep me from depression and keep me writing even when all hope and ideas have left.
Unylma uv Amasahdc:
Haha yes I did!!! Sorry about that, between school and work I hardly have time… -sight but I try- and NO I NEVER discontinue a story if I can help it… I press on until it's over… even if it takes years and everyone has left me. And I love you my diehard fan!!! –glomps you then runs away with her favorite ice-cream.-
Black Roses666:
Haha yah… sorry about that… I shall email you everything next time (please don't hate me) haha I know it's concretive criticism :D cuz I ASKED you do proof read… now to make things easer for you and email the chapter!!! –hugs you- I'm your biggest fan!!!
Lone Dark Wolf:
… WOW really!!!! –faints- WOW I'm… I'm speechless!!! WOW you really like this fic THAT MUCH!! To say this is your favorite GaaraOC story says a lot!!! I mean WOW I always thought it was a little boring… and OMG!!! This is just so cool!!! Thank you thank you THANK YOU!!! wow all my (slight) bad feelings about having this put on the "worst Mary sue fanfics" are suddenly gone!! It's people like you who make us authors write!!!
teen titan girl:
-Jumps up and down with her- you'll just have to SsSsSsSEeEeEeEeEe, but those rock Ninja do capture them –spoiler don't tell-
Gaara's a bad boy… but I think he's kind of confused with the way Tuyen's been treating him :D haha well I hope you like all the Itachi and Tuyen stuff…. There's a bit more in the next chapter… with my favorite fish boy Kissame!!!! –Dances around with her "I love blueness" foam finger- ohhh I think I read it and replied… right?
Awww and thank you !!! you to!! Like I told Lone dark wolf… it's people like you who make us authors confident enough to write.