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Now enjoy the next chapter of Are You Okay?
"Gaara!" I burst out saying.
"Yes Naruto?" Gaara said while looking over his shoulder to see me face to face.
"Can we please go to Ichiraku for lunch," he begged.
NOOO! Not those eyes! They are dangerous! Gaara thought. I can't deny them of what they want!
"Naruto... do we have to?" I whimpered.
"We don't have to go if you don't want to," the blonde boy whispered dejectedly. GAH! THOSE EYES! THOSE SAD PUPPY DOG EYES! STOP IT! the Ichibi's jinchuuriki begged internally.
"Fine," I muttered.
I brightened up soon afterwards. I never expected Gaara to say yes. Especially how he asked whether he had to or not. It is not that it was bad but the fact that he had a facial expression I never saw before was frightening. I mean, I was totally endeared by it but I never thought that I would see so many sides of him.
We were making our way to Ichiraku as I leaned in front of Gaara and asked," Gaara? Are we boyfriends? Lovers? A couple?"
Gaara was as red as the tattoo on his head. It made Gaara look so freaking cute but was he sick? Gaara started to respond. He was stuttering and blubbering out words that could not be understood. I was getting really worried.
"Gaara, are you okay?" I croaked out. Tears were forming in my eyes. He must have been really uncomfortable and ill. Did I make it worse? Oh no, I dragged him to so many places, he must be really exhausted and tired, I thought.
Naruto was starting to cry. I was panicking. No, cross that; I am panicking. Why is he crying. I don't know why. I didn't say anything incorrectly. Did I? Why does everything have to be so complicated!
"Naruto, I am fine but are you okay? Your crying," I coaxed. He seemed to look at me in wonder.
"Ar-Aren't you s-s-sick?" he stuttered. I tried to hold in my laughter but couldn't.
"Hey! That wasn't nice. I seriously thought you were sick an' all. I mean, you were red," he pouted.
"You know, you are to cute for your own good," I proclaimed. Naruto cocked his head to the side and had an extremely confused face.
I continued," You asked me a cute question and you act so adorable. You thought I was red. I wasn't red by the way, I was b-bl-bl-blush...ing. I don't usually blush. I think it is unbecoming."
Naruto burst out in a laughter," Unbecoming? Oh my god! You thought it was unbecoming to blush. I mean..."
I grabbed his mouth shut and whispered in his ear," Don't say that I blushed!"
"There it is again," he taunted.
"Why you!" I jested. We ran all the way to Ichiraku.
"Hey Teuchi-ojii-san!" Naruto called.
"Hey Naruto-kun! Guess what! Today we have a 50% off sale! Only for a day since me and Ayame here knew that you would be crazy and buy so much so we decided on a day instead of a week," he admitted.
"What! How could you, Teuchi-ojii-san~! Why? Do you hate me?" Naurto cried. I was getting a bit suspicious. Ichiraku is having a sale like Naruto thought it would during breakfast. How peculiar. Naruto was continuing to cry out to the heavens about the case of a one-day sale instead of a whole week of sales. I heard an argument outside. It was getting awfully loud and I am getting irritated. I got off my seat and told Naruto where I was going to go.
"Yeah, okay... Teuchi-ojii-san, tell me? Do you have a grudge against me?" I heard before I left. I saw two old men fighting in front of the stand. One was wearing a blue outfit and the other was wearing a green one.
"I will get the order first!" the blue one cried.
"No! You will give me the order!" the green one barked. According to the conversation, the green one was much more powerful in the political way.
"What is the problem," I intervened.
"Gaara no Subaku!" they exclaimed.
The blue one answered," We both need an order filled out on a shipment but there is only room for one more but that man over there thinks that I will just hand it to him since he has more influence! I think he is just calling money the so-called-influence."
"Yeah, I'll just give you $500 and you give the order," the white one mocked.
"At least I have more pride!" the blue one glowered.
"Give it to the one wearing blue," I concluded.
"B-But Gaara no Subaku..." the white one stammered.
"You have more money and the one wearing blue has less. Noblesse Oblige, you should follow it," I advised.
"Noblesse Oblige... What is that?" a familiar voice asked.
"Naruto!" I said. "It is nobilities' obliges. It is a french saying that means that the richer should help the poorer."
"They never do though," Naruto murmured.
"Blondie here is right! They are swine!" the blue one bellowed. "They never care about the poor; They only think about ways to extort them!"
"How you insolent man accuse me of such actions," the white one declared.
"Stop!" I intervened once again."If neither one of you cannot come to a decision I will. Tell me, what are your reasons for this order."
The white one stated," It is an order on toys. I was planning to give them to the children in the hospital."
He handed me the order. I saw an order for 50 teddy bears and 25 dolls.
The blue one chanted," I was placing an order on rice for the ones in my neighborhood. We all need the rice to sell and eat."
He showed me an order on 300 pounds of rice.
"As I thought, the one wearing blue needs it more," I asserted. "The one wearing white needs dolls for charity but this man needs the rice for food, clothes, and shelter for many people. Charities can wait but people may be harmed if you do not."
"You are correct Gaara no Subaku... I am truly sorry. I believed that charity was more important than a lively hood," he apologized. He bowed deeply at the man who was wearing blue clothing.
"I am glad you understand," the blue one responded kindly.
"Great!" Naruto cheered." Now that it is over, lets get some ramen!"
I smile and nodded. Still, I could not shake the feeling of suspicion.
"Excuse me," a foreign man made known. "Chef, may I have 50 bowls of ramen. (Naruto choked on that) I need it to go."
"Got it!" Teuchi-san nodded. He nearly done making all of the large amount of ramen when Naruto and I were finishing our ramen.
I paid for he meal and we were leaving when an ANBU came up and announce," Tsunade needs Naruto. Gaara no Subaku is welcome too."
I nodded and Sand Shunshined into her office.
"GAARA!" she retorted. " You scare too much."
"Why did you need us?" I bluntly stated.
"Huh," she sighed. "A group of immigrants came. In fact, it was a group of 40 people. I wanted you boys to know."
"My suspicions have been confirmed then," I discussed. "For lunch, we went to Ichiraku who was selling ramen half off; The sale at Ichiraku. Outsode was a 2 men fighting over the last shipment order. If it had gotten out of hand I believe it would have gotten gruesome. I intervened and reasoned with them thus preventing a casualty or two and now you told me about the 40 immigrants. I believe Naruto 's eyes is like a seer. It will help him see the future."
"I guess it might be a new doujutsu that was created due to the mixed blood of Naruto's... parents," she whispered.
"My parents?" Naruto whimpered. Tears were bordering his eyes.
"Naruto," she cooed. "Your parents never hated you. In fact, they loved you too much. They were strong people but they were killed by the Kyuubi. As strong as one may become; There is someone or something stronger."
"I-I understand," Naruto sniffed. "Can I at least know who they are?"
"Sure," she grinned. "Follow me."
We left the building to walk through many streets before entering an area that seemed abandoned. I was confused. There was a place in Konoha that was abandoned and never reused.
"You must never tell anyone this secret Gaara, Naruto," she gravely began. "Naruto, you never knew your parents because their names alone are influential yet dangerous. They have powerful enemies that would have stopped at nothing to kill a child of theirs."
We walked passed a few more buildings before stopping at a large wall.
"This Naruto, is your compound,"she declared." I am sure you will tell your friends when you are powerful enough to protect both yourself and your friends... Naruto, I am sorry. My teammate trained him and he even trained you. I should have told you earlier on but I was was scared to tell you."
"Wait... Which one? Ero or Snake," Naruto disrupted.
"I am for sure Orochimaru is...not...the...one. For gods sake, you look exactly like your father! I am 100 percent sure that it was Jiraiya," she grunted.
"Tell him already! He is dying of anticipation," I groaned.
"Gaara... You're right," she grumbled. "Naurto, you are the child of Uzumaki Kushina and Namikaze Minato. Kushina's family, the Uzumaki, are talented fuinjutsu users and have a dangerously amazing longevity. She was considered the Red Demon of Konoha and was the previous jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi. Your father Minato was the Yondaime! Iwa nin despise him and would have sent assassins if they learned of your existence. We withheld this information for your own good. I have no idea how the blood made such a dangerous doujutsu though. Imagine, telling the future with those eyes. If we properly train them, the Byakugan, Sharingan, and the Mangekyou would be nothing compared to yours. I mean, telling the future is a dangerous thing. You can change it for the better for yourself or the world!"
"I guess I am going to name it if it starts with me!" Naruto laughed.
"Naruto? You know you are the son of a Hokage and you are not surprised," I commented.
"Not really. I was expecting anything really. I am just happy that they didn't abandon me," he grinned. "Oh! By the way, which would be better; Senkensha or Yogensha?(aka Seer or Prophet)"
"I guess Yogensha," I replied.
"Why prophet?" he wondered.
"Yondaime. Yogensha," I emphasized. "That is why."
"It has a small amount of resemblance... Okay! Let me try it!" he cried.
He put his hands into a Dragon hand seal and called out," Yogensha!"
His pupil became came white and swirled into a white pinwheel.
"It works... Naruto why did you use a dragon hand seal?" I asked.
"I don't know. Automatically moved into it," he shrugged. Tsunade was giggling quite rudely and Naruto snapped," What's so funny?"
"Naruto, Namikazes became a clan for a reason. They have a large chakra system like the Uzumaki and they were good at seals like the Uzumaki but not as good. The only thing people were worried about them was their dangerous summons that they guarded furiously. Seriously worse than the Hyuuga. I was laughing because the summons were thought to be dragons. It has been said they never used the dragons unless they were inside their compound to train together or at a near death state!"
"Why would they do that?" I scowled. "The idiots, the dragons may have been helpful in the wars or capturing the Kyuubi."
"They did it so that enemies didn't know the skills about dragons," she explained. "People tried to enter the compound but failed. I am sure Naruto can open the doors though."
Naruto walked up the large doors and pushed.
Sorry to end it abruptly. I mean it is around 2000 words long but I need some time to study for midterm exams. As Shikamaru would say it, I think it is such a pain.
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