An:/ Hiya, guys! I have reread my entire story, noting the ridiculous spelling and grammar errors. I did say I was putting this story under renovation...right? And I have yet to get at that. I have six active stories at the moment that I haven't finished or haven't started. So, don't mind me as I make the updates even slower (perhaps once a week)...plus, April is really busy month, just like all the previous months bahahahaha. So, I'm currently trying to update as fast as possible while the month is young.
There will be freggin' narusaku here...or at least the damn introduction to Naruto's feelings.
Naruto lounged in his hospital bed, counting the ridges in the ceiling and watching the ceiling fan rotate perpetually. He rolled his head to the side to see a blue vase with a bouquet of tiger lilies. The open window beckoned him but alas, he couldn't move. He couldn't move because his mother had handcuffed him to the bed without a lockpick in sight, let alone any small enough object that could serve as a lockpick and break him free. He frowned. A familiar chakra signature stopped at the doorway. He sat up, scowling at the chakra enforced metal handcuffs on his wrists. He looked up at the door again.
"Reno, pleasant surprise to see you. Are you here to set me free? Or just annoy me to death?"
"Dammit I can't sneak up on you anymore!" The green clad teen entered the room, free of crutches.
"You..." Naruto lost his words as he saw Reno walk in perfectly.
"...can walk? I know." Reno shrugged.
"Does that mean-"
"No. I can walk, but the ninja stuff is still outta reach."
Naruto looked away in shame.
"Hey, Naru-shit, don't look that way, I can walk now!"
Reno jumped for good measure before settling at the edge of Naruto's bed. He calmed himself before looking at the blonde.
"So, I heard about your student."
"..."
"It's not your fault-"
"It is. I probably said some really rude things to him there."
Reno frowned.
"Really? Is that all there is?"
"I promised my students that I would bring him back, knowing that I couldn't in the first place."
Reno didn't question. Somehow he knew this was deeper than an average ninja gone rogue.
"I heard the Uchihas are taking it rough."
Reno immediately blanched as Naruto got even more depressed.
"Y-you know what? I know what to get your mind outta the dumps."
Naruto only looked up. Reno only grinned.
"...Girls."
Naruto's small form of hope that Reno might actually have an answer withered away and burned itself immediately and Naruto only glared. Reno only shrugged it off and continued his rant.
"Come on, Naruto. They're the perfect distractions! Just imagine the figures!" Reno started to run his hands down imaginary curves.
"I don't need to hear about your personal escapades with Rei, Reno. Please, shut up." Naruto deadpanned.
"Hey, don't give me that look. You and your little orange book! Don't tell me you'd rather settle for paper than the real deal!" Reno exclaimed.
"I don't feel comfortable having this discussion with you, Reno. Drop. It!" Naruto growled but Reno only continued.
"So what's your type? Blonde? Brunette? Maybe redheads? Or perhaps...a pinkette?"
The hospital room was suddenly filled with violent coughs and hacks as the blonde choked on his spit.
"ARE YOU FUCKING CRAZY!?" Naruto yelled.
Reno only leaned away from the crazed blonde and smiled.
"Come on, Naruto. You're the same age and I have to say, she'll probably look drop dead gorgeous in a few years. Catch her early before you have competition."
Naruto felt heat rise to his face as he sputtered.
"G-going after a s-student is in-inappropriate conduct!" He pointed accusingly at Reno. Reno only smirked.
"Is the teacher-student status really enough to hold you back?"
"O-Of course it is!"
"Come on, Naruto! You're 13! You're gonna start to feel something for girls, right?!"
"I'm not having this conversation with you." Naruto gritted out, his scarlet face never changing shades.
Reno leaned back and bursted out laughing before they heard a knock on the door. Naruto immediately recognized the signature and was about to yell to stop but the door already creaked open and pink locks of hair popped out from the door frame followed by the face of Haruno Sakura. Naruto visibly paled.
"Naruto? Renosuke-san?" Sakura peered behind the door.
"S-Sakura...Haha- pleas-pleasant surprise to see you here!" Naruto stuttered out.
"Are you okay, Naruto?"
She'll probably look drop dead gorgeous in a few years.
Naruto felt like his face was on fire as his eyes averted Sakura's green stare.
Reno caught on and his eyes glinted with pure evil as he saw Naruto's red face.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine. Y-you need anything?"
Sakura stared incredulously at Naruto before smiling.
"Just checking on you. Don't want you going on another drug episode and cling onto random people."
"T-That was just once!" Naruto pointed indignantly. Sakura rolled her eyes.
"Mhmm, well. You've got Renosuke-san. I'll go now. Bye, Naruto!"
"B-bye, Sakura"
Reno's evil grin only grew wider as the door clicked shut and Naruto just sat there, looking at the door with a flushed face.
"Damn, you're on a first name basis with your student. That's what I'm talking about."
"This...this is ALL YOUR DAMN FAULT!" Naruto exploded.
"So...you kinda like her, I take it?"
Reno quickly leaned away as a leg swiped near his face in an attempt to kick his nose in.
"I take that as a yes."
"MUBIRA FUCKING RENOSUKE!"
Reno chuckled while leaving Naruto in the room to his own vices when a Nurse bursted in complaining about the commotion.
Naruto smiled darkly as he looked at the now broken handcuffs in his lap. The stupid nurse left a needle by his bedside and Naruto, being the typical skilled ninja he is, used it to break himself out. Crafty little bastard he is. He looked at the open window and quickly sprinted out.
"LIKE HELL I'M STAYING THERE FOR ANOTHER 24 HOURS AND SUBJECT MYSELF TO VISITS FROM ASSHOLES!" He yelled as he jumped from roof to roof. He decided to make his way over to the Akimichi restaurant. Going to Ichiraku's was too obvious and he would be found easily. Besides, although the Akimichi don't serve ramen, their barbeque is well known around Hi no Kuni.
He entered and found a seat with Reno and Rei. He tried to avoid the two but Reno caught sight of him and waved enthusiastically.
"Naru-shit!"
Rei glared holes into Naruto as he made his way over.
"I see you broke out of the hospital again, even with the handcuffs" Rei added sourly.
"Can't blame me, Rei. I can't stand it there. Besides, I had your boyfriend, here, submit me to torture-"
"Speaking of torture, Naruto, quick, 3 o'clock." Reno whispered. Instinctively Naruto looked in the direction and made eye contact with a pair of jade green eyes. He snapped back to Reno and Rei and whacked Reno across the head.
"You prick!" He hissed.
Rei just watched, confused as to what was happening as Reno chuckled. Naruto's spine made a resonating crack as it straightened violently when he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Naruto?"
The blonde turned to the voice and smiled nervously.
"S-Sakura...h-hey..."
The pinkette narrowed her eyes.
"You broke out of the hospital again. Any particular reason I shouldn't drag your sorry ass back to the hospital?"
Naruto only looked to the side, avoid the gaze of the girl in front of him. He settled on a spot on the ceiling, swallowing the remaining spit in his dried mouth. Why the hell was he feeling this way? He was freaking Namikaze Naruto, child prodigy, son of the Yondaime, why the hell can't he make eye contact with his student?
So...you kinda like her, I take it?
His face flushed scarlet.
"U-uh."
"Look at me, Naruto." Sakura scowled.
Naruto looked at her face and settled on her nose.
"Look at me, Naruto! Not my freaking nose!"
Naruto gulped again and slowly trailed his eyes to meet hers but quickly averted it as he felt his heart pound erratically against his chest. The strange sound of his sped up heartbeat rung in his ears. Naruto was inwardly panicking at his heart rate. I should go to the doctor before I go into cardiac arrest, this is unhealthy, not normal, and I'm sure I have some sort of health problem.
Sakura sighed in defeat.
"Well, I'll give you today off. But I better see you at the hospital after this lunch, okay?"
Naruto only gave a quick nod before shunshining away, not giving Sakura a second look. Sakura only frowned. Was he avoiding her?
Reno and Rei only watched the two amusingly. Rei quickly caught on during the conversation and was extremely amused at her ex-teammate's turmoil.
Sakura bowed to Reno and Rei before making her exit.
Naruto sat on the Hokage monument, taking in the skyline of Konoha. He spent roughly 5 hours just sitting there, a slight shade of pink coloring his cheeks as his eyes glazed over. His heart had calmed down but his mind was still on cloud nine. Unaware of his euphoric state, Naruto just openly gazed to the city in front of him, not absorbing anything. A squirrel snapped a twig nearby, almost causing the jounin to crap his pants.
"Sonovabit-" Naruto flinched but calmed down, realizing he was in no immediate danger.
Naruto sighed heavily and slumped.
"Dammit." He hissed.
He felt like a dam had crashed and suddenly a wave of unwanted feelings crashed down on him. Feelings for his own student.
But are they really 'unwanted'?
...
Of course they are! Naruto gritted his teeth and brought his legs close to him, resting his forehead on his knees. He shouldn't feel this way at all. If it wasn't for that stupid idiot, he wouldn't be in this position, would he. Reno didn't say much but it all came crashing down on the blonde anyway. What was it anyway? Pent up feelings? Did he feel this way before but only subconsciously blocked it away?
Naruto growled and banged his head on his knees several times. He was a jounin, dammit! A prodigy! He was Namikaze Naruto! He shouldn't been avoiding eye contact like a little academy girl! He shouldn't be running away every time he sensed her chakra signature! And he sure as hell shouldn't have heart problems every time she was around! Hell, what was up with that feeling anyway? He was too young to be having heart attacks, but his heart kept beating uncontrollably no matter how hard he tried to regulate his breathing.
Dammit.
He exhaled sharply and slumped backwards on the grounds, sprawling across the stone slab. This was all too mentally exhausting. He should just play it cool and pretend like nothing happened, which is the case, for the record. Nothing did happen. Naruto was just overreacting...right?
Sasuke slumped against the archway as he finally made it to the damn hide out. Kabuto really didn't want to be found. Or rather, Orochimaru didn't want to be found. Funny how that worked out. Sasuke straightened up and looked down the tunnel. This was it. Mission or not, he was finally at the lion's den. He gritted his teeth remembering the mission, his teacher.
Sasuke chuckled hollowly and started his trek inward. When he finally made it to a large empty room, he tensed when he heard laughter.
"You finally made it, Sasuke-kun."
Sasuke turned around to see a silver haired teen walking over to him.
"Kabuto..."
"For a moment, I thought you'd never make it. I see the sound four isn't with you."
"They're dead"
"Oh, how unfortunate."
Sasuke narrowed his eyes at the apathy in the teen's voice.
"Regardless, Sasuke-kun, I have your room ready. We can start whenever you want."
"Hn."
Sasuke finally made it to his room and dumped all his stuff on the barren bed. He slumped against the wall and slid down. He rested his forehead on his knees.
He had deflected from Konoha.
He had killed his sensei
He had gained a new Sharingan.
But he had killed his sensei.
He bit back a sob.
"Dammit."
He shot up from the floor and immediately started to unpack. He brought out the stupid jar of tomatoes when an envelope dumped out of his bag and plopped on the floor. Sasuke stared at the yellowish paper on the floor for a moment before picking it up. Who gave him this?
He tore the envelope off and unfolded the paper.
Haha Idiot, you thought I'd just give you a stupid chain?
Sasuke blinked.
Yahoo, Sasuke, it's Naruto. If you're reading this right now, then my seal worked! It's a transportation seal that I put on your bag so that I could send you a letter when I got back to Konoha. I know, it's a work of art, teme, appreciate it. Anyways, what I mean to say is, if you are reading this, then I have successfully done what I was suppose to do! Can you guess what that is?
Sasuke felt his eyes sting as the paper began to blur.
That's right, teme! I got you your next level of Sharingan! I talked to Fugaku and Mikoto about this, and I believe you are ready for this. You're ready, I know you are.
Sasuke flinched when a drop of water fell on the letter. He looked up to search for a leak but found none. Where did that come from? He continued to read.
Anyways, I learned that the only way for you to be able to fend for yourself is to have an ace up your sleeve. But Kabuto knows everything about you already, so I had to act fast. I hope you didn't spoil everything by telling him about your eyes already. Remember, you're in enemy territory, teme! Don't tell anyone about your eyes. Just say you have the normal sharingan!
I also learned that in order for you to get the Mangekyou Sharingan, you needed to experience extreme mental trauma. Fugaku-san said someone close to you had to die. But I'm not going to kill your family! Haha, let's find someone else, shall we? So I said, why not me. Now, don't go crying your eyes out if you "killed" me because, let me set the record straight, you cannot kill me. Hahahaha, you really think you can beat me yet? Try again in another hundred years, teme. The Kyuubi sealed in me can heal the worst of wounds. Remember when I died during the chuunin exams? Well, I survived and I can do it again.
Sasuke tried to smudge away the droplets of water on the letter, causing the ink to blur but he kept on reading, clenching the papers.
So, even if you think I'm dead, I'm actually alive. I'm still your stupid spy master and don't you fucking dare think you can just deflect Konoha for real on my watch. I might have said some really mean things at the Valley of the End, and you probably hate me now, but don't take it personally, teme. How else was I suppose to piss you off? I'm not Konohamaru! Just kidding. Anyways. Just remember, keep those eyes safe, keep yourself safe, send in chakra into that chain whenever you feel endangered. If that chain falls apart, since it's made with my chakra, it means I've been...defeated, for a lack of better term, and means you have a new spymaster. Think of that chain as my life status. Pretty nifty, right? Alright, I'm running out of space on this damn paper, so I'll leave you to your mission. Don't forget, Naruto-sensei knows what's best!
See you in a couple months,
Namikaze Naruto (The best guy in the world, teme)
PS. Burn this paper when you're done. Don't want snake boy to find out, right?
Sasuke wiped his eyes, suddenly feeling the hot tears that rolled down his face.
"Stupid dobe" He chuckled. A wave of relief washed over him and he felt...content.
Naruto was alive. And that's all that matters.
An:/ Sorta short chapter.
So...NaruSaku...It has begun.
Sasuke? He now knows. MANGEKYOU CANNOT DISAPPEAR, DOBE!
SHOWTIME09: I'VE DECIDED TO UPDATE THIS CHAPTER EARLIER THAN USUAL BUT YOU WILL BE GETTING A PICTURE FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY, CHECK MY DEVIANTART DAY OF, OR DAY AFTER YOUR WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY, MY YOUTHFUL FRIEND (haha did I just become lee? I did.)
Er, that it all.
Review Response: I by accidentally misspelled some people's names last chapter, so now I feel like an ass. Sorry guys. Forgive this shitty author
SakuraFairy1990: I really have no idea what the drug's name is, but I totally understand (saw my friend under the same effects and I've read similar situations in other fanfics) It is funny as hell in a way. XD
claymore78: Roger! I will remember for the sequel! I think! And if I don't, you can slap me with a pizza slice (I got that from tumblr...don't ask)
ownerl: Oh dear! Don't tell me you got arrested! I'll bail you out!
shadowmaster0304: I put my ipod on shuffle and looked through all the silly songs I had, a majority were completely inapropro but then I came upon barbie girl and I was like...Oh. My. GOD. *furiously typing down lyrics*
Zatheko: Enough this time? I hope? No? *sobs* NOT YOU TOO~
Streetfighter: I...I was going to post it on Monday...but I was a two hours late and it posted on tuesday...whoops? I'M SORRY FOR LYING, I SHOULD HIT MY HEAD AGAINST A DESK *face desk* I couldn't even prank my sister...well, I sorta did, but it didn't count. I sent her the google nose beta and she believed it. It was hilarious, but not serious enough. DON'T FRAME ME FOR SHAVING PEOPLE'S EYEBROWS OFF, I'D LIKE TO REMAIN INNOCENT FOR THE TIME BEING...for the time being.
MrAzazael: Urgh, it's names like yours where I have to watch my fingers or I might misspell it! Anyways, I hope you read all the way to chapter 37! You were only at 1 when you reviewed, but I hope you enjoyed the rest of it! You're absolutely welcome!
Oksus: It was only a suggestion about the two of them going but I don't think it will happen. Sakura will stay in Konoha like canon.
PrinceGoku: Orochimaru is dead. lol. Naruto will train with Jiraiya because a lot of people want him to learn sage mode...not that he's going to but Naruto is going to be learning the art of being a spymaster. I believe Sasuke now knows that Naruto was just pulling his leg.
The Lynx Wearing Eyeliner: Q.Q I would never kill my readers! They're like family! And thank you! I don't really like Sakura either...I take those "useless" jokes sometimes way too far. I thought I might change her here, making her less bitchy in the preshippuden and probably a bit nicer in general.
The Keeper for Worlds: Yo, I have to agree...I'm totes bat shit crazy. I'm glad you found my humor somewhat amusing (there is a special place in hell for all the jokes I've cracked in my life...) The deviation from the original plan...has been explained in this chapter. Bam. I hope my insanity is contagious...ehm, I mean, I hope you don't catch my insanity...whuttt
THE 7TH DEMON OF RAZGRIZ: My friend walked in on my typing this story up and they saw your name and was like, "Damn, that guy's name is sick." and I was like...you two peas of a pod. Haha, anyways. NOT THE COCONUT! *grabs the two broken shells and claps them together* Now I'm on a horse (monty python anybody?)
Djflemse: Oh dear, I think I'd blush everytime Naruto calls Sakura "Hime" If I made that happen in the sequel. I just suppress a shiver every time couples give each other cutesy pet names. It's weird but maybe that's just because I'm single and ready to mingle. Ignore that.
Doomslayer10000: Aw thanky! I hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as you did the other!
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Foxxel: I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT MEANS TOO! WHAT THE FLYING SQUIRREL DOES SUPERT MEAN DAMMIT!
rivereagles999: You...are the first to say they don't care about the pairing...Interesting XD. I'm glad you caught up! Anyways, if you're confused on what happened at the VOTE battle after this chapter, say so in the reviews and I can clarify the next chapter.
DiariesAreStupid: HOW COME SASUKE LET'S YOU GLOMP HIM BUT WHEN I DO IT, HE GETS ALL PRISSY ABOUT IT! Me and Supert are like pineapples and doorbells...it just doesn't make sense.
.lonliness94: Aw thanky!
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Tsuukiyomi: Awwww, I didn't slip up this time! *starry eyes*
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Guest: Whoa. Whoa. you're at chapter one and suddenly "Sakura's a fucking bitch"? Go fuck yourself, douchemuffin.
(More polite) Guest: PLOT TWIST: IT WAS A FILLER CHAPTER *runs off laughing like a maniac*
Killijimaru: You...You...YOU! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA damn you and your spamming hilarity! jkjk they were absolutely hilarious. Tree pussy? Really? Geezus. AND THE DAMN BEER BOTTLE SONG! HOLY SMOKES I HAD TO SCROLL THROUGH THE WHOLE DAMN THING! Urgh...I swear you're some spawn of supert satan. And the dirty song? I should fuck myself because I definitely saw all the dirty things in there...well, no complaints because I am one sexy beast.
Aerotyl JR: Holy s-. Ehm. Hey sweety! Honey, it's mommy, not daddy! Mommy's here, baby. Where did you get a booboo? Did you trip and fall again?
Did I just have a baby? Did I just roleplay? Who's the father... (not to sound like a whore or anything)
Aerotyl over and out.