How to Piss People Off
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto; however I do own Akemi, Yukiko and Rukia. And the Shīringu is mine and mine alone!
Summary: "When I died and came into the Naruto universe, I didn't think that I would be able to change much. I also thought that if I told anyone that they wouldn't believe me and I definitely didn't think that I could get a Kekkei Genkai either. But I was wrong on all accounts and I could not be happier." SEQUEL!
I know I said I wasn't doing fillers in the prequel, but I feel if I don't do the fillers in the Shippuden then Pain's attack is going to happen to early and make the story seemed rushed. I loved the pace of the prequel so I don't want to ruin it now.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
Kakashi, Naruto and Sasuke were walking in the dark. Not only where they looking for Akemi, but they were also looking for Sora, who they had been split up from when the grassy field changed into a rocky labyrinth.
Naruto stumbled and stopped suddenly.
Luckily, Sasuke who was walking behind Naruto, was able to stop. "Why did you stop?" Sasuke asks with an annoyed look on his face. Kakashi also stops and looks at his two students, wondering why they had stopped.
"I-I can feel Akemi-chan's chakra signature!" Naruto exclaims.
Kakashi nods his head. "Then let's get going." He and Sasuke turn around and begin walking again. But they stopped after a few paces when they realised that Naruto wasn't following them.
"What's wrong?" Kakashi asks.
"Something feels wrong." Naruto says, with a frown.
Sasuke looks at the Jinchuuriki. "What is it?"
"Akemi-chan's chakra is all over the place, it keeps wavering." Naruto says to his teammates. He wanted to be wrong about Akemi's chakra, but there was an uneasy feeling in his gut that told him he wasn't wrong.
"We best hurry and see what it is." Kakashi says turning around to walk again, this time at a faster pace. Naruto and Sasuke follow behind him, also quickening their pace.
As they ran, Naruto looks to his team members. "Who did you guys come across then?"
"I came across Fudō, he was the arrogant one." Kakashi says.
"I came across this chick called Fuen, she was kind of creepy." Naruto says with a grimace.
Sasuke sneers. "I didn't come across anyone." He wish that he could have fought someone, but he was the one who didn't.
"Akemi said that Sora would met up with Furido, so that means…" Kakashi mumbles, trying to remember who the last member of the team was, but was unable to do so. Sasuke and Naruto couldn't remember either and felt just as clueless. Before they left the Fire Temple, Akemi told them that Furido would want to speak with Sora, but she left the rest a mystery.
As Team Seven got closer to the exit, they could also feel Akemi's chakra. Naruto was right when he said it felt weird. The closer they got, the more anxious they were to find out the cause of the problem. Kakashi was hoping that it was nothing, that nothing would go wrong. The last thing he needed was another teammate of his dying on him. Losing Rin was bad enough and finding out that Obito, a dear friend to him, wanted him dead. Also, if anything did happen to Akemi, Haku would kill them. No one wanted to make that boy angry, he was a force to be reckoned with. Sasuke was feeling a sense of dread. Flashes of the Forest of Death were coming back to him, unwanted memories. Naruto was praying that nothing had happened, he didn't want to lose anyone from his family.
Naruto, Sasuke and Kakashi ran out to the exit and came into another cavern. They stopped so they didn't fall from the high ledge that they were on. They look around, looking for where Akemi's erratic chakra signature was coming from.
"Akemi-chan?! What the hell are you doing?!"
Sasuke and Kakashi both look to where Naruto was pointing at. Naruto had a blush on his face as he looked down in horror. Sasuke's eye twitched at the scene and Kakashi raised an eyebrow.
Down below, they could see Akemi and Fūka kissing. Fūka's back was to them and they couldn't really see Akemi over Fūka's tall frame, but her arms where hanging by her side and she didn't seem to be moving.
Sasuke activated his Sharingan. "No, something's not right."
Kakashi lifts his Hitaiate up and look. "Her chakra is being drained from her body, that's why her signature was so erratic."
"Fūka is a very dangerous kunoichi, possibly the strongest out of the grave robbers. She has something called the Execution by Kiss technique were she can kill you with one kiss." Akemi's voice echoes in the three male's mind. They cast their minds back and remembers what she had said just hours before.
Naruto's eye widen in realisation. Sasuke clenches his fists and Kakashi was trying to formulate a plan, and quickly.
Fūka removes her lips from Akemi's, but keeps her mouth open. They could see Akemi's blue chakra being sapped out of her mouth. The more chakra Fūka took, the paler and weaker Akemi got.
"She's killing her!" Naruto shouts, jumping at Fūka ready to get her away from Akemi.
Fūka gives Naruto a side glare and sends an earth pillar at him. It was too close to avoid, so Naruto ended up getting hit by it, sending him backwards. He lands on the ledge where Sasuke and Kakashi are.
"You alright?" Kakashi asks.
Naruto rubs his stomach, feeling winded. "Y-yeah."
Kakashi and Sasuke were about to attack, but Fuen and Fudō appear in front of Fūka and Akemi. "We won't let you interfere!" Fuen says, a smirk on her face.
Fudō makes hand seals. "Doton: Ganchuurou no Jutsu!" Pillars made of rock appear from the walls and trap Kakashi, Naruto and Sasuke on the ledge that they were on.
"Damn it!" Sasuke curses. He tries slashing the rocks with his sword which was infused with chakra, but he only made a scratch.
Fuen laughs at their frustration as they try to escape.
Naruto tries his Clones, but they don't seem effective at all. Kakashi tried to send his dogs through the gaps in the pillars, but they were soon blocked when Fudō placed more rock pillars on them.
Fūka continues to sap the chakra from Akemi. Akemi was nearly out of chakra, she could feel it. The blue chakra connecting Akemi and Fūka was killing Akemi. But then, the blue chakra turned yellow. Fūka's eyes widen, feeling the way that this chakra burned her. She tried to bear with the pain, but the burning became too much.
Naruto clenches his fists, feeling a slight pain pass through him. He looked down to his stomach were the demon inside him resided. Why was he acting up now? Sasuke looks to Naruto, but doesn't say anything.
Fūka disconnected herself from Akemi and screams in pain. She pushes Akemi away, letting her fall to the floor.
Fuen and Fudō look at their teammate in worry. Fūka fell to the floor and started chocking. She coughed and dry heaved, holding onto her throat, the burning still there.
Naruto sighs in relief when he felt the pain stop. He didn't know why it came in the first place though.
The paralysis disappeared from Akemi's feet, allowing her to get up. Akemi felt weak, weaker than she had ever felt. All her chakra reserves was gone, so she didn't know how she was still alive. She was sure that she was goner the minute Fūka kissed her. But just as her remaining chakra was going to Fūka, something powerful coursed through her, it didn't feel familiar and felt foreign.
With Fudō distracted by Fūka, Kakashi was able to break through the rock pillars. With them free, they ran over to Akemi.
"Are you okay?" Naruto asks kneeling down beside her.
Sasuke rolls his eyes, he and Kakashi had their weapons out, just in case they decided to attack. "Does she look okay dobe?" Sasuke hadn't missed the paleness of her skin, or the hollow look in her usually happy hazel eyes. It disturbed him to see his teammate in such a state.
"Sasuke, pay attention." Kakashi scolds him lightly. Even though he was also looking at his only female student in worry.
Naruto sends a glare at the Uchiha but turns his attention back to Akemi. "Do you need my chakra?"
Akemi nods her head, she was too weak to speak. She didn't know who she managed it, but she was able to activate her Shīringu and absorb chakra from Naruto. Akemi let out a sigh of relief when she felt chakra flood back into her system. She was thankful for Naruto, who had a nearly endless supply of chakra. When her chakra reserves were half full, she deactivated her Shīringu.
"Thank Naruto-kun." Akemi smiles at Naruto.
Naruto grins back. "No problem." He helps her stand up and looks back to Sasuke and Kakashi. They were still guarding them. Fuen, Fudō and Fūka were about ready to attack them, with Fūka looking at Akemi with a vicious glare for hurting her. There would have been a fight, if it wasn't for Sora making a dramatic entrance. The wall at the side of them burst open, revealing Sora on the other side.
"Look who showed up." Sasuke comments with a blank look.
Sora ignores Sasuke's jab. "I've got a kaimyou ready for all three of you." Sora says glaring at the three.
Fuen looks at Sora with wide eyes. "What?!"
"It can't be." Fūka says.
"It is." Fudō says with a smirk.
Sora stands in front of Team Seven. "I came to save you guys."
"We didn't ask for your help." Naruto exclaims.
Sora turns his head, he looks at Naruto with a confused look. "Who was the one who called me out then?"
Akemi looks at Sora with a confused look. There was no way he could have been called out. In the anime he had heard the call from Naruto, but that was because they had a connection through the Nine Tailed Fox. But Naruto wasn't attacked by Fūka, she was, so there was no way that he could have been called.
Just then, the cave started to shake. Rocks fell from the ceiling and soon the cave was opened from the outside. Looking up, they see the other Monks, with Chiriku leading them. "Sorry for the delay! Help has arrived!" Chiriku shouts down to them.
Sora looks up, relief on his face. "Chiriku-sama!"
Naruto looks back to the three. "So what you gonna do now?" Naruto grins.
Fuen smiles. "Wouldn't you say it's time we draw back?"
"Yeah. It looks like we don't have to buy any more time." Fūka says.
The three look up when they hear a familiar sound. They look up and see Furido with his hat and staff.
Sora looks at Furido in surprise. Akemi looks over to Sora, so he had met Furido.
Furido looks over to the monks, but Chiriku wouldn't meet his gaze at first. But he soon looks up and glares at Furido, he knew who he was. Akemi could see the hate on his face, Chiriku knew that Furido was Sora's dad.
Fuen, Fūka and Fudō jump up so they stand by Furido. In a flash, they all disappeared.
"Who was he?" Sora whispers to himself.
'He's your father!' This is what Akemi wanted to shout out, but she couldn't. Not now. However, it was tempting.
Sora jumps up to Chiriku leaving our team. Kakashi turns back along with Sasuke, he seemed to have a grin on his face.
I look at our sensei. "What's wrong?"
Kakashi chuckles. "I just didn't know I had such a diverse team."
Naruto, I and Sasuke look at Kakashi amused. What did he mean by diverse?
"I always thought Akemi could end up with Sasuke." Kakashi muses to himself.
I and Sasuke look at each other and flush in embarrassment.
"But it looks like she prefers the female gender." Kakashi continues to say.
My eyes widen. "I do not!"
Naruto laughs and pats my back. "We saw, you were totally into that kiss."
I glare at Naruto. "Says you who kissed Sasuke back in the Academy."
Naruto and Sasuke both share a look of disgust, a hue of green appearing.
"Oh do tell." Kakashi says to me with a mischievous look.
I opened my mouth, but a hand covered it. Sasuke covered my mouth, leans in and whispers. "Tell him anything and I'll kill you."
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
Akemi's POV
I had checked myself out on the way to the Fire Temple. There was no damage done, nothing that wasn't fixed by Naruto giving me his chakra and I had healed Sasuke's burnt hands. We ended up back in the meeting room. Sora and Chiriku sat in front of us, while I, Sasuke, Naruto and Kakashi sat in a line facing them. A silencing jutsu had been placed by Kakashi so no one could listen in.
"I believe that it would be best if Sora went with you to Konoha." Chiriku starts by saying.
Sora's eyes widen, his head shoots to look at Chiriku. "Me? Go to Konoha? Why?!"
"We need to go back to Konoha. Considering what has happened, we must report to Hokage-sama and get new orders. I'm very certain that our team will be the ones to continue this mission." Kakashi says. Before leaving for the mission, Tsunade had told them to come back. We couldn't make it look suspicious that we knew this would happen. After all, this is what would happen if circumstances did change on a real mission.
"But why do I need to go?" Sora demands with a scowl.
Kakashi looks at me. I nod my head. Kakashi looks back to Sora and sighs. "While on the mission, that rock labyrinth was a trap. It was to lure someone on our team away from us." Kakashi explains.
"What does that have to do with me?" Sora asks.
"He's asking if you met anyone while we were all separated." I say.
Sora tenses where he sits. He thought no one would find out about him meeting Furido, but he was wrong. "How do you know?" Sora demands glaring at me.
"You just gave it away." Sasuke says plainly.
Sora's eyes widen, he didn't realise his own mistake. He relaxes in his seat.
Chiriku was looking at him. "Did you meet anyone?"
Reluctantly, Sora nods his head. "I did."
"The one with the white hair, Furido?" Naruto asks.
Sora glares at him, but a warning glare from Chiriku makes him nod his head.
"Why does it matter anyway?! Why am I being targeted?!" Sora shouts.
"It's because of the power in your arm." Kakashi answers him bluntly.
Sora's face goes white. "H-how do you-?"
"It wasn't hard," I say making Sora glare at me. "Your attack was the main give away along with the way your hand is always bandaged."
Sora looks down at his arm, which had been re-bandaged by Chiriku. "I don't even know how I got this power."
Kakashi looks to Chiriku, silently asking for permission. Chiriku had a reluctant look on his face, but seeing Sora's hopeless expression made him reconsider. He nods his head, giving Kakashi permission.
"I know how you got that power." Kakashi says.
Sora's head shoots up. "Really?!"
Kakashi nods his head. "Do you know of the Nine Tailed Fox?"
Sora gives of Kakashi a look. "Of course I do."
"When it was put into someone, that person was only an infant. There is no way that an infant could hold all that powerful chakra inside them. So, some of the Nine Tail's Chakra was left behind. That chakra left behind was put in you." Kakashi explains.
Sora looked to the ground, after all this time, he finally knew what this power was inside of him. At this point he didn't know how to feel.
"May I ask how you knew this?" Chiriku asks us.
"One of my teammates has a connection to Sora, since they have the actual Nine Tails inside of them." Kakashi says, his mask crinkling.
Sora looks at each one of us, trying to decide who it was who had it inside of them. "Is it him? He's scary like the demon." Sora asks pointing at Sasuke.
Sasuke glares at Sora. "No."
"Is it her?" Sora asks pointing to me.
I shake my head. "Nope."
Confusion flashes in Sora's eyes. Finally, his eyes land on Naruto, who was grinning. "Yes." Naruto says.
Sora frowns. "No."
Naruto looks at him with confusion.
"How can an idiot like him have all that power inside him?!" Sora shouts incredulously.
"You bastard!" Naruto shouts, his eye twitching like mad. He looked ready to pounce on Sora, but Sasuke was holding him back.
I sigh and pinch the bridge of my nose.
Sora calms down enough to ask. "But why do I need to go to Konoha?"
Chiriku looks to Sora. "I think seeing the outside world would be good training for you, but it is your decision, Sora."
Sora looks down, a thoughtful look on his face. After a few moments, he looks back up with determination in his eyes.
"I'll go." Sora says.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
It didn't take long to get back to Konoha. After resting at the Fire Temple for the night, around five in the morning, we headed off back to Konoha. By one in the afternoon, we were back home. The closer we got to Konoha, the darker Sora's scowl. It was obvious that he didn't want to be here, but Chiriku had thought it would be good for him. If it wasn't for Chiriku, he wouldn't have even been here.
Kakashi told us that we needed to see the Hokage immediately to update her. We headed to her office, Kakashi went into the office first. Just as Kakashi went in, Asuma came out of the office. He doesn't seem to notice us and walks over to the window overlooking the village.
Naruto was the first to spot him. "Ah! Asuma-sensei!" Naruto exclaims, seeing Shikamaru's sensei.
Asuma looks up from the window he was looking out of. "Hey, how's it going?" Asuma asks us all. We stood near each other while Sora was a little bit away from us. He was crouched down looking bored. He didn't even look up when we started to talk to Asuma.
"It's been fine, how about you?" I ask, being the polite person that I am.
Asuma smiles slightly. "I've been better. So what are you doing here?" He walks over to us. As he walks closer, Sora looks up and sees the sash around his waist.
"Kakashi-sensei told us to wait here until he calls us in." Naruto answers with his arms behind his head.
Asuma looks down when he feels someone staring at him. He see Sora staring at him blankly. Sasuke sends him a look and whacks him over the head. "Stop it, moron."
Sora glares at Sasuke and grits his teeth.
"Sorry, we don't have him trained yet." I say sending an apologetic look to Asuma. I send a side glare to Sora who ignored me. I respect Asuma as a person and a character, and Sora should too. After all Chiriku, Asuma and his dad were part of the Twelve Ninja Guardians. Even if Asuma did 'kill' Kazuma, but let's not go there for now.
Asuma chuckles and waves it off. "It's fine."
Naruto grins mischievously. "He isn't going to last five minutes around Tsunade-Obaa-san!"
Sora's eye twitches. "You wanna bet?!"
"No, what he's saying is that you need to act properly around her." I tell him. I already knew he wasn't going to listen, but this way he can't say I never warned him.
Sasuke scoffs. "Leave him to it, it may be entertaining."
"But Tsunade-Obaa-san doesn't have a good sense of humour." Naruto says, also warning Sora.
Sora arches a brow at Naruto. "Then why do you call her Obaa-san?"
"He's the only one how can, she warmed up to him." I tell him. Even I wouldn't dare call Tsunade Obaa-san, I don't want to die a second time. She lets Naruto get away with it, but that doesn't mean he doesn't get nasty glares or yelled at if he does. If it was anyone else other than Naruto, she would have killed them.
Sora scoffs. "I bet she isn't even that strong."
Asuma and Sasuke smirk. Looks like the boy was going to learn this lesson the hard way.
"I don't even care, even if she's an old bag I'm not going to change my attitude for no one." Sora says crossing his arms.
Before we could warn Sora anymore, we were called in by Kakashi. We say goodbye to Asuma and walk through the door.
Tsunade, who was sat behind the desk smiled at Sora. "It's nice to meet you Sora."
Sora stares at Tsunade.
Tsunade sends with a confused look. "What is it?"
"You're an old bag." Sora says with a blank look.
I cover my mouth to stop myself from laughing.
Tsunade's facial expression was scary. She didn't look angry and she was smiling. "Is that so?" She says in a calm voice. Too calm. It unnerved me and Naruto, we spare each other a nervous glance. I could see that Sasuke was trying to hide a grin, but he was failing slightly.
Sora looks to us. "I thought you said-?"
Sora never got to finish that sentence. Tsunade had got up from her seat and punched Sora in the face. Sora was sent crashing through the door and making a large indent of the wall opposite the now broken door.
"Tsunade-sama!" Shizune cries out.
'We warned him,' I think to myself looking at the Sora-sized hole in the door.
Tsunade jumped out after Sora and drop kicked his stomach. Sora cries out in pain, a dazed look on his face.
"Even a Buddha would only forgive you once!" Tsunade shouts, her face contorted in rage. She reels back her fist. "Who're you calling an old bag?!"
Sora flinches and raises his arm up in defence. "I said Bodhisattva!" He was lying, but he didn't want to die so young.
Tsunade fist landed in the wall right next to his head, leaving a gaping whole. He flinches and looks at Tsunade in fear. Tsunade brings her face closer to his. "Bodhisattva?" She asks with a scary look on her face.
Sora nervously nods his head.
Tsunade smiles, all anger gone from her face. She begins to brush off the chunks of wall from Sora's shoulders. "Well aren't you a cute little monk." Tsunade says.
Tsunade stands up and pick Sora up by the back scruff of his clothes. "You pass. Welcome to Konoha!" Tsunade drags him back into the office.
Sora's eyes wide in horror. "Wait a sec-!"
After being let go by Tsunade, we all left her office and now stood in the middle of Konoha. Kakashi stops and says. "Well I have a report to write, so see ya." Kakashi says walking off.
Sasuke turns around and walks away.
"Where are you going teme?" Naruto asks.
Sasuke sends him a side look. "Far away from you and him." He sends a glance at Sora before turning around to look away.
"Looks like it's just us." I say.
Naruto whines, he didn't want to spend time with Sora, he wanted to train. "But I don't want to hang out with this jerk!"
"I don't wanna stay with this goon, either!" Sora exclaims.
I groan. "Can't you two just get along?!" I knew the answer would be no so I don't know why I even asked.
But Naruto surprised me. "I will if he will." Naruto says.
Sora sneers. "Not a chance in hell." With that, he jumps away from us, walking away. It wasn't long before we couldn't even see Sora anymore.
Naruto's eye begins to twitch. "I don't even know why I bother!"
"We best go find him." I say with a sigh in my tone.
Naruto looks at me. "Why's that?"
"You've seen his attitude Naruto-kun," I say looking at him. "He's more than likely going to get into a fight." This I knew for sure, even if I didn't know him I'd probably end up fighting him with how much he pisses me off.
Naruto bits his lip, he knows that what I am saying is the truth. Sora does have a really bad attitude, it's because of that he nearly got killed by Tsunade. Who knows what trouble he could cause?
"We'd better go find him then." Naruto hangs his head low.
With that, both I and Naruto set off to find Sora. We searched for around an hour, going to all the spots that we would hang around. When we didn't find him there, we looked in the other places. Naruto tried to 'look' in the ramen stand, but I pulled him away from that, promising some home cooked ramen later.
"Damn him… where the hell did he go?" Naruto grumble looking around for him.
I was also looking around, but my gaze was drawn to the stairs near a grassy area. I see Sora crouched down with Akamaru, they were both glaring at each other. Akamaru was growling and hunched into an attack position with slobber coming from his mouth.
I nearly slap myself in the face for not remembering this part in the anime. I pat Naruto's shoulder. "Found him."
Naruto looks to where I am pointing at.
"You wanna go?" Sora asks glaring at the dog with an intense look. "I won't go easy on you just because you're a dog, you mangy mutt!"
Akamaru barked twice, not liking that he was being called a mangy mutt.
Naruto sweat drops. "He's picking a fight with Akamaru?"
"If Kiba sees this he'll go ape." I say whispering over to Naruto.
Naruto curses.
"Hey, what's up Naruto? Akemi? So you guys are back."
Both I and Naruto tense slightly.
Kiba looks to where Akamaru is. "Ah, Akamaru! So this is where you were." He frowns when he sees Sora. "Who's this guy? I don't recognise him."
Naruto jumps up and tries to explain. "Well he's… uh…"
Kiba doesn't like what he sees. He doesn't like the fact that this stranger is squaring up to his friend. "Hey, you! What're doing to Akamaru?" Kiba asks walking closer.
Sora stands up. "Are you his owner? Why don't you keep him on a leash and train him not to howl!"
"Akamaru isn't a pet!" Kiba argues cracking his knuckles. "He must've howled because you're a threat!"
"Kiba he isn't a threat." I try and say.
"Keep out of this!" Sora shouts at me.
I glare at him, not liking the tone he just used against me.
"Hey! You can't speak like that to her!" Kiba shouts looking slightly angry. Akamaru barks in agreement.
Naruto and I walk over. "Hey sorry Kiba! A bunch of things happened now this guy is on our team."
"So he's with you two?" Kiba asks calming down slightly.
Sora sneers. "Yeah, right! There's no way that I would be friends with these goons!"
Naruto sends Sora a frustrated look. "Whatever! Just shut up!"
"No fighting, guys!" Says another voice. We turn our heads to see Choji and Shikamaru walking down the steps. It was Choji who spoke, with crisps in his hands. "Let's all stop getting worked up and try to get along-"
"Beat it fatty." Sora says bluntly.
Choji drops his crisps in shock. Shikamaru and Naruto share a look of panic and I was trying to stop myself from laughing so not to evoke Choji's anger. I use my hand to cover my mouth so no noise comes out. Even Kiba was looking scared. I wasn't laughing because Sora called him a fatty, I was laughing because Sora unknowingly poked a sleeping bear.
A dark shadow covers Choji's eyes as he bows his head slightly. "You just called me… fatty, didn't you?"
Sora walks over to Choji with a cocky look. "So what?"
Shikamaru curses. "O-oh crap…"
Sora grins and throws his fist in the air. "Okay! Time for a battle royale!"
"Are you a retard? You're on your own!" Kiba shouts running at Sora with Akamaru by his side. "Let's get him Choji!"
Sora jumps up onto a lamppost. "Like that fatty can do anything!"
Choji appeared behind him in an instant. "You called me 'fatty' again." Choji hisses with a dark look on his face.
Sora flinches, not expecting him to get behind him.
Choji grabs Sora with both hands. "I'm not fat! I'm just chunky!" Choji begins to shake Sora furiously.
"Idiot stop it!" Sora shouts looking freaked out.
Kiba jumps up with Akamaru. "Okay! Hold him still Choji!"
Shikamaru stands next to me as I watch what happens. "You aren't joining in?" He asks me with his hands in his pockets.
I shake my head. "Nah I'm good."
Naruto was also beside me watching. "They're ganging up on him." He says with a look of despair.
"What do you expect? You reap what you sow." Shikamaru says arching a brow.
Naruto sighs roughly "Damn it all." He jumps into the fight and helps out Sora. He jumps in and tries to stop Choji from hitting Sora. "Come on guys enough!"
Kiba keeps fighting but has an incredulous look on his face. "Naruto, are you taking his side?!"
Naruto struggles to hold back Choji. "Not really, but I can't stand by and just watch either!" He dodges attacks from Sora as well, moving his head so he doesn't get hit.
"He's an outsider!" Kiba argues also dodging Sora's attacks.
"He isn't an outsider!" Naruto shouts blocking Kiba's attack so he doesn't hit Sora. "He's one of Team Kakashi's companions!"
Sora's attack falters when he hears this. He didn't even notice that Choji had hit him in this face, he was looking at Naruto with shock on his face.
"So let's all calm down and talk this thr-! Ow!" Naruto gets kicked in the face by Sora and kicked in the head while still holding onto Kiba. He turns to Sora. "Hey! You're punching me!"
"You kicked me first!" Sora shouts holding onto Choji.
"What?!"
Kiba looks at both Naruto and Sora and smiles. They acted just like each other, that's probably why they don't get on, they're too alike. He realises now that Sora isn't a threat. However, Kiba's musing didn't last long, he ended up getting kicked in the face by Sora which made him angry. "That hurt, damn it!"
I and Shikamaru watch this happen. I had a smile on my face, watching scenes like this made me forget about the Akatsuki and Zero. I really did treasure these moments where we could just be free and normal for a change.
I smell smoke and turn my head. I see Asuma with a cigarette in his mouth. "You're not going to ask why I didn't join in." Shikamaru asks his sensei.
Asuma chuckles. "That's not your thing, right? The four of them going at it is enough."
"Five actually." I say getting their attention. When they look at me, I point out to Konoha. Both Asuma and Shikamaru look and see Lee running towards them, he was jumping from the rooftops. Lee summersaulted off a lamppost and jumped into the fighting, fitting in perfectly. No one objected to Lee entering the fight, he seemed to fit in pretty well.
Asuma shakes his head.
"They're all pretty tough, this could go on forever." Shikamaru says with a sigh in his tone.
"Which it probably will. Naruto-kun and Lee have loads of energy, Kiba is too hot headed, Choji's angry and Sora just plain stubborn." I say crossing my arms looking at the scene in front of me. If no one intervened soon then they could be at this for a long time.
Asuma grins. "All right, I guess that's enough."
Just as the five where about to attack each other with their signature moves, Asuma appeared in the middle of them. He was able to block Naruto's attack along with Sora's. Shikamaru ended up using his Shadow Manipulation Jutsu to stop Kiba and Lee, while I kicked Choji away and hit one of his pressure points in his neck. This was so he didn't trample over Shikamaru like he did in the anime.
Now that they had stopped fighting, Asuma knocked them all on the head. He hit Sora last, who turned his head away. Asuma grins down at Sora and looks to the rest of them and offers to take us to a barbecue.
After the barbecue, which Asuma generously paid for, Naruto, I and Sora were walking back to mine and Haku's apartment. Sometimes it was Naruto's too, he keeps spare clothes there along with a toothbrush and other necessities. Sometimes when Naruto was too tired to leave, I got a spare bed out for him, or him and Haku would share. Hell, even Naruto and I have shared before.
Just as we were about to enter my apartment block, I see Itachi. "Hey! Itachi!" I say with a grin on my face.
"Oh, it's Itachi!" Naruto grins as we run over to him. Sora follows behind us, looking at Itachi intently, he was kind of intimidated by Itachi. He looked like he could kill him in seconds.
Itachi turns around and sees us. He nods his head at us in acknowledgment. "I see you two are safe." He says, but then he see Sora behind us. "And who is he?" Itachi's eyes held suspicion in them, he was weary of new people.
"This is Sora, he's from the Fire Temple." I say introducing him. I look to Sora, "This is Uchiha Itachi."
"Why do you have those lines on your face?" Sora asks bluntly.
I and Naruto tense, we have never asked Itachi about those lines. I had wanted to on many occasions, but Sasuke warned us that Itachi was actually quite sensitive when it came to those lines. We had asked Sasuke where they had come from, but Sasuke said Itachi would never tell him. Sasuke had tried and was shut down and Itachi always disappeared before he could be questioned.
Itachi's eye twitches.
"I mean they look ridiculous." Sora comments, unknowingly digging his own grave.
Itachi's hand twitches for his kunai.
I and Naruto jump in front of Sora, Naruto places his hand over Sora's mouth and hold him to him so he couldn't get away. "I am so sorry Itachi!" I say waving my arms in a panic, "He doesn't know how to behave around people yet!" I was hoping he wouldn't kill Sora, but Itachi had that murderous look on his face.
Itachi gives me a blank stare. "Teach him." With that he turns around and walks away, but not before giving one last glare to Sora.
I sigh in relief when he was gone. Turning around I could see Sora turning purple since Naruto was strangling him.
"Sora you can't speak to him like that." I warn him.
Naruto let's go of Sora, who rubs his throat. "And why not!" He demands.
"He's the ANBU Captain!" Naruto exclaims in a hush whisper. Itachi does scare him sometimes, like when he gets like that, but Naruto knew he wouldn't harm him because he and Sasuke were friends. Even he knew that if he and Sasuke weren't friends, Itachi would have probably killed him years ago.
"Him?!" Sora shouts in shock.
Both I and Naruto nod our heads seriously.
Sora shakes slightly in fright, but he soon composes himself. "Whatever." He says turning his head away from us.
I sigh and continue walking back to the apartment. I open the door and see Haku sitting on the couch reading. I was a little worried with what Sora would say about Haku, he had after all managed to piss off half the village already.
"Hey Onii-chan!" I shout out.
Haku looks up and sees me and Naruto. He grins and stands up, "Hey guys!" He hugs me and gives one to Naruto as well. This was normal to happen, Naruto was family after all.
Haku looks past me and Naruto and sees Sora. "And who are you?" Haku asks with a smile.
To my surprise, Sora blushes and looks down.
Haku looks at me confused. "His name is Sora." I tell him. Haku nods happily and goes back to his book. Naruto goes over to the kitchen looking for food.
Sora leans over to me. "Who's the chick?"
I look at him confused. "Who?"
Sora points to Haku. "Her."
I was still confused for a moment before it clicked. He thought Haku was a women. I had to place a hand over my mouth to stop myself from laughing. Sora looks at me with an annoyed look. "What?!"
I lean over to him. "Haku is a boy."
Sora freezes where he is. He looks at Haku intently, trying to see if I was lying to him, there's no way that a boy could be that pretty.
Haku looks up from his book feeling someone look at him. "Is something wrong?" Haku asks Sora with furrowed brows.
"How are you a boy?!" Sora shouts out.
Haku's eyes widen in shock, before he grins and starts laughing himself. It had been a while since someone had confused him as a girl. It brought back some memories, like when Zabuza would use him as bait.
"I assure you that I am a male." Haku says after calming down from his laughing fit.
Naruto walks back in from the kitchen with a sandwich. "What's so funny?" Well that's what I think he said, his mouth was filled with food so I couldn't really hear what he was saying.
"Just Sora assuming that Haku was a girl." I say, a grin still on my face.
Naruto swallows what is in his mouth and pats Sora's shoulder, who was still in shock. "Don't worry, we've all been there."
Sora blushes in embarrassment. "S-shut up!"
"When is dinner by the way?" Naruto asks me. He polished his sandwich off and was now rubbing his stomach.
I look at him with an arched brow. "I'll start it now." I say walking into the kitchen and taking out the necessary ingredients and things I would need to cook with.
Sora frowns at Naruto. "But you just ate?"
Haku laughs. "That doesn't matter to him, he's always hungry."
Naruto grins bashfully and goes to sit down with Haku and starts talking to him.
Sora looks around at us all and turns around to leave. He felt like he was intruding, so it was best that he go and find somewhere to eat by himself. He goes to open the door getting ready to leave.
"And where do you think you're going?" I ask standing there with my arms crossed.
Sora jumps, not expecting someone to stop him. "I'm leaving."
"Why?" I ask.
"This is obviously a family meal." Sora says, his eyes straying to Naruto and Haku, who looked really happy. There was jealousy in his eyes, but he tried to hide it. He didn't hide it that well though because I saw it.
I smile at him. "You're welcome to join us,"
Sora's eyes widen. "I am?"
I nod. "I thought it was a little obvious, I did bring you here to have dinner with us." I wasn't going to leave him out, that's why I brought him here.
Sora seemed to struggle to find an answer, or an insult. But it didn't matter, he just stands there looking a little awkward. He looked like he wanted to go and join in with their conversation, but he just couldn't get his body to move.
I turn my head again to see Sora still in the same place as he was a few moments ago. "Why don't you go join Naruto-kun and Haku?"
Sora blushes, "I know!" He storms over to where Naruto and Haku sat and huffed as he sat. Smiling to myself, I turn back to my cooking. He did have a bad attitude, but he had a reason, he doesn't know how to interact with people.
Half an hour later, I was nearly done. All I needed to do was serve it. I hear a knock on the door, I turn to the boys, who all looked comfortable. Even Sora looked comfortable, he was even smiling and laughing at what Haku and Naruto would say. Of course he and Naruto still fought, but Haku was able to calm him down.
"Could one of you get the door please?" I ask them.
"I'll get it!" Sora says running up to get the door. He opens it and his eyes widen. "What are you doing here?!"
At the door was Itachi and Sasuke. Both the Uchiha's glare at Sora when they see him, wondering what was he doing there.
When I hear shouting, I walk over to see what the problem was. "Ah! Just in time!" I say.
"W-why are they here?" Sora asks me, leaning in close so they can't hear.
"They always come for meals." I answer him. Sora doesn't look to happy, but he dives away and goes to sit back down with Naruto and Haku.
Sasuke and Itachi come into the apartment. Immediately, Itachi helps set up the table, like he always does. Sasuke stands by me. "Why is he here?" Sasuke spares a glance at Sora so I knew he was talking about.
"Oh behave." Dismissing him, I walk away from Sasuke. I knew he didn't like Sora, but for now he was going to have to deal with it.
Sasuke glares at Sora but doesn't say anything.
"Dinners ready!" I say. I finished serving out the portions, but I knew that Naruto and Haku would be going for seconds and thirds. I and Itachi sat at the opposite ends of the table, Sasuke was on Itachi's right and Haku was in my right. Sora sat on my left and Naruto say on Itachi's left. We all tuck into the food quite happily. Sora looks at the home made ramen and slowly picks up his chopsticks and eats his food.
His eyes widen. "It's delicious!"
Naruto grins, taking a breather from his food which he was inhaling. "It sure us!"
"If you like her cooking then you'll like mine." Haku says. I and Naruto shiver at the thought of Haku's food, Sora wouldn't stand a chance.
"No he won't." Itachi says bluntly.
Haku glares at Itachi.
In the end, Sora ended up having seconds. Naruto and Haku polished of the remaining ramen, while everyone else ended up having one bowl. It was Naruto and Haku that did the washing up since they ended up eating the most.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
Third Person POV
Sora had been dropped off by Haku and Akemi to a nearby motel that Tsunade had booked him in. He didn't mind it as such, he just kind of wished he wasn't alone. He opens the large window and sits on the ledge, liking the breeze of the night sky. Sora closes his eyes, taking in this moment. For once he felt at peace, he felt normal.
"Don't mind me."
Sora jumps and nearly falls out of the window. But he managers to get his balance back. He looks to his left and sees a guy in his room. He didn't know how he got there though, the door was locked by himself. Sora studied the guy, he had blonde hair and blue eye. He was wearing a cloak that was mainly black and had red clouds on it.
"Who the hell are you?" Sora demands, getting his three bladed claw out. Asuma had taken him to a weapon shop and had got him a new one since Furido had broken his other one.
Zero holds his hands up. "I just came here to talk."
"Get out of here, I don't want to hear it." Sora snarls, jumping up and landing on his feet. He looked ready to attack at any moment.
Zero, however doesn't look fazed. In fact he looks amused. "Don't you want to gain control of that arm?"
Sora falters, but he regains his composure. "Shut up!"
"I know someone who can help you with that." Zero says with a grin.
Sora stares at Zero intently, trying to see if he was lying. Slowly, Sora lowers his three bladed claw. He lets it rest by his side and looks at Zero. "Who?"
The grin on Zero's face gets bigger. "Someone by the name of Akemi Nakahara."
Sora's eyes widen. The girl that cooked that amazing meal, the girl that irritated him and annoyed him could help him. She could help him gain control of this power. But why didn't she say anything? Why didn't she offer? Was this guy lying?
"She can help seal that power in you, so you can be normal." Zero continues to say.
Something inside Sora made him want to listen this guy. All he ever wanted was to be normal, to not be given the cold and hated looks by the monks. He wanted to be accepted, he wanted friends. Sora made his mind up, he would ask Akemi tomorrow.
"Oh, but she won't help you." Zero chimes.
Sora glares at Zero. "And why not?" He demands.
"Because she's preoccupied with that dunce," Zero rolls his eyes referring to Naruto. "While he is in the way she won't ever help you because she has to help him."
A sudden urge of hate towards Naruto came to Sora. Sora takes a deep breath to try and calm himself down. Naruto wouldn't intentionally get in his way to be normal, Naruto actually seemed like a nice guy. A little annoying at times, but he was starting to like him.
"But I know a way you can get her to help you." Zero says, his voice pulling Sora from his thoughts.
Sora looks to him. "And that is?"
Zero grins. "Get her away from this village and she'll help you."
With that, Zero was gone. All Sora did was blink and he wasn't there anymore. Sora looks around and room and couldn't see an evidence that he had even been there. Putting away his three bladed claw, he takes his place at the window ledge again. Looking down at the civilians that were still awake at that time, he couldn't help but think about what Zero had just told him. Finally, there was a way for him to be normal, but would she help him? But was this guy telling the truth? For all he knew he could be lying and giving him false hope. Sighing to himself, he jumped off the ledge and closed the window. He jumps onto the bed and doses off.
The next morning, Sora was taking a walk around the village very early in the morning. There was hardly any people around, so it was very peaceful. Shops were only just beginning to open, the shop owners waving at him as he passed. As he walked, he was contemplating what Zero had told him last night. He decided to trust this guy's information. But how was he going to ask Akemi? What would she say?
Sora was pulled away from his thoughts when he heard a laugh. He looks up and sees Furido standing on a nearby roof.
"It's you!" Sora exclaims, getting his three bladed claw out.
Furido rolls his eyes. "Any louder and you'll alert the village."
"Why are you here in plain sight?" Sora demands.
Furido grins. "I've come to give you some information, not that you may listen to it."
Sora continues to glare at Furido. "I don't want to hear what you have to say."
"But don't you want to know who killed your father?"
Sora stills, his eyes widen and all breathe leaves him. This guy knows who killed his dad. He could finally get his revenge.
"It was Sarutobi Asuma." Furido reveals watching Sora's reaction with a smirk.
Sora felt like his blood had turned to ice, it felt as though his heart had stopped. Asuma was the one who got his blade fixed, took him to barbecue and treated him nicely. How could his father's killer treat him with such kindness?
Unless Furido was lying.
As if reading his mind, Furido shrugs his shoulder. "If you don't believe me, ask him yourself. But just remember, Konoha isn't going to back you." With that, he disappeared out of sight as though he had never been there.
Sora exhales heavily, before running. He was going to find Asuma and make him tell him the truth. He would find Akemi later. Looking around the village, he couldn't seem to find him, making him feel more irritated. The anger was building, climbing up to the point where he felt like he wouldn't even let Asuma explain, he'd just go in for the kill.
But that changed when he managed to spot Asuma. He was walking down the road casually, like he hadn't killed his father all those years ago.
Sora felt his anger waver when he saw him, but he runs after Asuma.
He ended up following Asuma to the Hokage's office. He didn't really want to go in there, in case he got caught by Tsunade. He didn't to face her again, she was scary. But Sora nods his head in determination and follows Asuma anyway.
While Asuma was in Tsunade's office, Sora was outside an open window so he could hear everything that was going on.
"Asuma, we know who has been attacking the borders of the Fire Country." Tsunade starts by saying.
"Was it the Rain Village?" Asuma asks. He had originally thought it was the Rain attacking because they had left their Village's symbol, written on the walls in blood. His team had been in charge of protecting some of the villages, however some of them were no successful. Some Villages had been annihilated before they even got there.
Tsunade shakes her head. "No, we have intel that the people behind the attacks are also behind stealing the corpses." With Akemi's information, they had been able to stop the massacre of the Kohaku Village. Some did die, however because they were warned beforehand, they were ready for an attack.
Asuma clenches his fists, his friend's graves had been desecrated.
"However, we have been informed that the same team will be after Sora." Tsunade informs him.
Sora's eyes widen from his hiding spot, he was going to be targeted? Was it because of the power in his arm?
"What are we going to do?" Asuma asks.
Tsunade sighs and leans back in her chair. "The Elders think we should kill the boy." The Elder's had barged into the office and demanded that Sora be killed. They thought he was dangerous and also thought that having the chakra of the Ninetails would have a bad effect on Naruto. They didn't want Naruto getting out of control.
Sora froze where he was, he was going to be killed.
"What do you think we should do?" Tsunade asks.
Sora held his breathe, his father's killer was going to decide his fate.
Asuma looks at Tsunade confused. "Why are you asking me?"
"Well you did know his father." Tsunade says.
Asuma sighs and shifts the weight of his leg to the other. "I don't think I'm a good choice to ask. I was the one who ended his father's life."
Sora felt the world around his stop. It had been confirmed, Asuma killed his father. Now knowing the truth, he felt unbelievably angry. He jumps up from his spot and jumps through the window.
Both Asuma and Tsunade jump up from their spots to look at who the intruder was.
"Sora?" Asuma says.
"What are you doing here?!" Tsunade shouts at him.
Sora ignores Tsunade and looks at Asuma with hate. "You killed my father!" He growls out, his arm started to tingle with power that the hate gave him. The bandages around his arm loosened and his arm changed. The skin became dark and claws grew on his hand, giving it a beastly appearance. Blue chakra covered the arm as he attacked. Sora gave a battle cry and attacked Asuma.
Asuma got out his weapon and covered it in blue chakra. The two met in the middle, both struggling to push the other back. Asuma was a strong opponent, however Sora's anger made him just as strong. Asuma held on for a few moments, feeling his arm begin to weaken. Gritting his teeth, Asuma brought Sora closer to him and kicked him in the stomach, sending him out of the window he had been spying from.
Sora landed in the street on his back. He growls and jumps back up when he see Asuma jump out of the window and after him.
"How could you?!" Sora shouts out, his anguish making him more powerful. He runs at Asuma again and attacks him. But the transformation of his arm wavers, making him stumble and fall over. An ANBU appears by the side and throws kunai at the immobilised Sora. Sora lowers his head and awaits to feel pain, but he doesn't feel any.
Naruto had been walking around Konoha looking for Sora when he heared shouting. It sounded similar to Sora. He assumed that Sora got into another fight with someone and runs to find him. What Naruto sees makes him shocked. He watched as Sora attacks Asuma with his beastly arm, but falls. When he sees an ANBU about to attack Sora, his body reacts without him knowing.
Sora looks up and sees that Naruto stood in front of him. Naruto was facing Sora with blood dripping from his mouth and his eyes tired with pain. "A-are you okay?" Naruto asks. He winces in pain, there were six shuriken embedded into his back.
Sora looks at Naruto in surprise. "You idiot! What are you doing?!"
Naruto grins weakly. "I'm returning the favour."
Sora's eyes widen, but he frowns and frits his teeth. "I didn't ask you to!" Sora looks sideward when he sees movement. He sees more ANBU appearing, he panics. Sora stumbles up and flees the scene.
Naruto falls to his knees as Asuma rushes over to help him.