Sonic and Naruto on Vacation
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Chapter 4: Safe…! Or not
They finally reached the island…Sonic immediately jumps off the raft and starts rolling around on the sand, laughing. The rest of them also stepped off the raft, watching the overjoyed blue hedgehog show his happiness for being on land once again. Suddenly, an all-too-familiar voice is heard in the distance. "Hey, whoever-you-are! Shut up!" shouted Knuckles, hidden somewhere. Tails, flying out from a tree, shouted, "Chill out, Knuckles! It's only Sonic!" and landed next to his best friend. Sonic, who's still smiling, exclaimed, "Tails!" then gets up and hugs him. "I missed you, buddy!" he added. Well, what do you know…it is him! thought Knuckles, then stepped out of the shadows and shouted, "Hey guys!" Amy then asked him, "Knuckles, is Cream with you?" and he answered, "Yeah, she's taking a nap right now," and Amy breathed a sigh of relief. "How'd you guys find us?" asked Knuckles. "Simple…we followed your smoke signal," answered Shadow. "You mean that?" asked Tails, pointing at a trail of smoke going upwards into the sky. "I had no idea it was actually active," said Tails. Sasuke, realizing what that trail of smoke actually is, exclaimed, "Is that…a volcano?" Tails replied, "I know what you're thinking…but I don't think it'll erupt yet." Sasuke looked even more scared than he was seconds ago. "Are you sure?" he asked, and then secretly thought, Looks like it'll erupt any minute! Tails assured him by saying that he already started building a raft to get them off this tiny island. "I'll show it later," he said as they led them towards their campsite. As they followed the two-tailed fox and echidna, Itachi and Sakura couldn't help noticing Sasuke's behavior at the moment. In fact, he kept glancing at the volcano every few minutes!
Miles "Tails" Prower POV
I though I'll never see Sonic ever again! At least I got Knuckles and Cream with me. Even though this is the 4th day on the island, it felt like several months to me. Of course, I could easily tell that the volcano might erupt anytime, so I decided to construct a raft as an escape transport. Unfortunately, this raft is good for only one trip – there aren't enough building materials around here. I'd better hurry!
Knuckles the Echidna's POV
It's a good thing that Tails packed his tools in a waterproof backpack; otherwise he wouldn't be able to construct that raft quickly. Of course, I had to help out at times and look after Cream as well. And since Tails knocked down most of the trees, this island is almost quite bare – the only ones standing are too young and week for construction. It doesn't matter anyway! All I know is that we should get off this island before we get burned alive!
"We're here!" said Tails, waking up Cream in the process. "Oops…did I wake you?" he asked, and Cream answered, "It's okay, Tails. I slept long enough," and sneezed. "That's why you shouldn't be swimming in freezing cold water," said Knuckles, wrapping a blanket around the little rabbit. "Promise me that you won't do that again, okay?" asked the echidna, and Cream nodded and sneezed (again) in reply. Then Amy saw Cream and hugged her, both girls being very joyful to see each other safe and sound. "Has any of you seen Rouge lately?" asked Shadow. Knuckles replied, "Nope. It's just me and these kids." Suddenly, the ground started shaking violently underneath them. "Not again!" screamed Knuckles. Sasuke, trying to keep his balance, shouts, "Tell me it was just you, Sakura!" She shouted back, "You know I can't cause an earthquake that easily! And even if I could, I didn't do anything right now!" and fell on her butt. Then, almost as sudden as it started, it stopped. "That was…unexpected," said Itachi. And quite sudden, he thought secretly. "I smell something burning," said Sonic, sniffing the air and then looked at Tails. "Oh, that's why," said the hedgehog. Tails, wondering why his best friend is looking at him in a weird way, asks, "What?" and then looked at his own tails – which happened to be resting in the campfire! Tails suddenly screamed, "Yeow! Somebody put it out!" and ran around panicking, and then calmed down as soon as Cream extinguished the flame with her blanket. Sasuke smirked and said, "Reminds me of a certain someone who screamed and ran just like that. Any clues, nii-san?" Itachi, trying to hide his embarrassment, mumbled, "Shut up, Sasuke," and Shadow quietly snickered (he could hear him a bit). A tough ninja like him reacting that way? thought Shadow, imagining such a scene and snickered some more. "What are you laughing about?" asked Sonic, and Shadow immediately stopped and answered, "None of your business, blue hedgehog."
Cream the Rabbit's POV
I'm so happy that I finally get to see Amy again! The funny thing is that I couldn't remember much about what happened that night – in fact, the only thing I remembered was the boat getting destroyed and everyone getting carried away in different directions…then darkness. When I woke up, Tails and Knuckles told me that I've been 'sleeping' for 2 whole days since they've found me. Looks like most of us are here now…I hope we find the others soon.
Night falls…everyone has fallen asleep. However, that didn't last, for the worst have happened…the volcano erupts ahead of schedule! Left with no other choice, all 9 survivors immediately rush to the unfinished raft, led by Tails. Fortunately, it was large enough to hold all of them, and managed to escape the volcanic island. "You know what, guys?" asked Sonic, yawning. Amy, who sat by the side of the raft dangling her feet in the water, asked, "What is it, Sonic?" Sonic replied, "I'm a little less scared of water now." Shadow says, "Good, because this is going to be one hell of a night trip," and Cream agreed by saying, "You said it, Mr. Shadow," as she rubbed her eyes. Knuckles let out a loud yawn, and then said, "Might as well make ourselves comfortable and sleep. We'll probably land somewhere by morning, I think." Sakura, shivering due to the cold night air, curled up next to the Uchiha brothers under Itachi's Akatsuki cloak. Amy snuggled closer to Sonic…even though he still didn't want her anywhere near him (oh well). Amy's kinda obsessed about Sonic. I wonder if he has feelings for her, thought Sasuke, and then remembered watching her chase and glomp the blue hedgehog countless times. Maybe not yet, but someday…thought Sasuke, but then suddenly fell asleep before he could finish that sentence. "Knuckles, get off my tails," whispered the two-tailed fox, only to get no answer from the echidna. "Oh nevermind. Goodnight," said Tails, then fell asleep immediately.
Itachi's dream/flashback: Unnecessary competition between friends
Itachi was 10 years old…Ina was 8 years old…Sasuke was 5 years old. Ina looked at Itachi, then said, smirking, "It's obvious that I'm way better than you." Itachi replied, "You're not! You cheated during training!" and folded his arms, glaring at her. Sasuke pleaded, "Itachi…Ina…please don't start another fight," but Ina ignored him and said, "Meet me at the training grounds in 2 minutes, Itachi-san. I have a challenge that'll prove who's faster and stronger," and then disappeared in a puff of smoke. Stubborn little Genin, thought Itachi, and was about to leave when Sasuke stopped him. "Don't go! You'll hurt yourselves even more!" pleaded his little brother. "I know, but I have no choice," said Itachi, then pats his little brother on the head. "I'll be okay," he assured him. "Good luck then," said Sasuke, and Itachi disappeared. I hope it's not as rough as before, thought the 5-year-old.
Meanwhile…Where the hell is he? thought Ina, just as Itachi appeared before her. "You're late," said the 8-year-old. "I am not. It's barely even a minute!" said Itachi, then sighed as he noticed his behavior. "Alright, what's the challenge?" he asked. "Close combat, weapons allowed," said Ina, then snickers and added, "And no rules!" Itachi smirked and replied, "Bring it on," and both start attacking each other.
Half an hour later…both the young ninjas returned, badly bruised and bleeding all over. Sure enough, Sasuke runs into the house, frightened after one look at them. "Mother! Father! They've done it again!" they heard Sasuke from the inside. Itachi glared at Ina and said, "You nearly got both of us killed this time!" Instead of feeling sorry for herself, she snickered and said, "Come on, admit it. That was still fun!" Itachi rolled his eyes. And they ended up being grounded for 2 weeks! Too bad…
The raft slowly drifts towards another island, where a certain red-haired ninja watches the mysterious-looking object floating towards him.