Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Blooming Days ❯ Travel to Kyoto ( Chapter 2 )

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After Naruto lost battle to Sasuke, he finds himself following his command as his new apprentice. Meanwhile, the assassins plan to seige Kyoto. 2 messengers are travelling at the same time to Kyoto. What would happen if their paths crossed?

Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure / Fantasy / Romance | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 01.26.2005 | Pages: 6 | Words: 5.1K | Visits: 365 | Status: Completed

“I know you would lose!” Naruto exclaimed “and if you lose, you shall be my servant, for you disregard my honor at this town!”

He glared at him and sarcastically said with a dangerously low tone, “What if I won?”

“… Then nothing!”

“Nothing?!” Sasuke exclaimed, as his brows furrowed, “sir, if you say you are honorable enough to be respected, then I tell you; is having a bet wherein you are the only one to be regarded honorable?”

The crowd began to murmur as Naruto silenced at his hard-hitting answer, then finally agreed to what he knew he would win upon confidently:

“The bet is on. Whoever wins becomes the loser's master!” he announced, and the crowd applauded and cheered.

With a mysterious smirk, the outsider began to attack the young master, in full confidence…..

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"What I can say about the characters here…" Author's POV:

1. First off, OOC Sasuke! In this fic, he speaks a lot… Whatever! The explanation behind that is… Sasuke simply grew up in a village of really nice people and the people he lived within half of his childhood are good. Still, some of his cold character remains?! Judge it.

2. And Naruto… ooh, I can say that he became arrogant here… hehe… a spoiled brat. Kiba is a patient servant and Shino remains to be a silent-type guy. [I don't know much about him,]

3. Sakura's family… and her household. This is the unsure fact I've written here. I don't know the name of her dad so CAN ANYONE WHO KNOWS TELL ME? Oh, well… Sakura's mom- Yuri. ["Lily "- a flower, in Japanese] I have no idea if that is her name; I just want to use that word. Sakura--- feels she's overprotected. Ino- loyal friend?

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Chapter 2: Travel to Kyoto

Naruto woke up with a sore body as he slowly realized where he is now: at the comfort of his own bedroom. Looking around him--- ceiling, wall… and of course, the first face he saw was his servant's face, Kiba… and even Shino, then the events that happened “a while ago” came back to his mind.

As he recalled what happened to him, glancing to the other side, there stood a young man near the door of his room, silently observing his place.

It was the same guy he had fought.

“What… happened?!” Naruto exclaimed, almost jumping off his bed. Then he pointed to Sasuke.

“What is he doing here?”

“Young master!” Shino and Kiba cried nervously, thinking of the troubles he might cause.

Sasuke turned his sight away him, and admired the place outside looking through the window. The pretty flowers, Cherry trees, and butterflies swarming a certain flower.

“… Young master, don't be surprised or exaggerated, but…” Kiba began “I know this would hurt you a bit. I know you are a real good fighter and you got that from your dad Master Iruka, right?”

Naruto nodded in agreement to what Kiba said.

“But well, it's not always that anyone has a mood to fight, do you agree?” he continued.

“Yeah… then what's the point?” Naruto asked eagerly, not yet getting the situation his servant was telling.

“… Young master, you lost against the fight between you and Mr. Uchiha yesterday…” Shino bickered suddenly… as Naruto's jaw dropped….

“Nooo----- “

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“---Way!” Sakura exclaimed as she looked at her father. “You can't do that! You absolutely can't! I have Kakashi-sensei and Anko-san!”

“The only way you'll be more secured is that way. I will need to hire your personal bodyguard. I am willing to pay for---” her father paused as Sakura continued:

“I have no freedom! I absolutely have no choice for myself!” Sakura cried. “You don't think of what I feel!”

Sakura ran away, not thinking whether his dad will get angry. She just wants to be alone first. She ran as quick as she could, escaping their pavilion going to the unknown places of their estate.

Her dad sighed in anxiety, as Mistress Anko entered the scene.

“Your baby is growing up now. You should finally realize that she has her own mind now.” She replied, smiling.

“Maybe I should consider that, Anko-san.”

As Sakura continued to walk around their estate, trying to forget about the recent happenings, she arrived at a certain tree where she remembered that she used to climb there.

She smiled at the thought; looking at the cherry blossom tree--- that tree is the only cherry blossom tree on that place.

In the midst of her thoughts, the tree reminded her of her childhood. It made her smile, and she forgot her problems. And in her mind, the memories she had with a boy she once met several years returned.

Without any thought, she came back, running towards their pavilion--- trying to find where her guardian Kakashi is…

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"I know that you're fooling me!" Naruto aimlessly glared at Sasuke, and then with his onyx eyes looking at Naruto's defiant eyes.

"Don't try to wonder while I am still here. From now on, you are my servant." He murmured, aloud as he had heard, because of the deafening silence around them.

"Hah! Nonsense!" Naruto still tried to argue, "I won't!"

"You don't know how to keep your promise. What an honorable man…" Sasuke replied. "I shouldn't have wasted my time in fighting with you. You were so easy to be defeated. You need more practice than just munching over Ramen."

Naruto was irked. (The truth HURTS!) "I didn't lose against a pitiful guy like you!"

"Who says so? You are the one in need of rest, for you're still on that bed." He pointed at him. "And for me to inform you, you have been asleep for more than 12 hours."

He was absolutely right. Naruto crossed his arms, while someone approaches his room. It was his father, Master Iruka. As he entered smiling at everyone, Naruto began his inevitable reasoning--- still, would not accept his defeat.

But his dad said otherwise, to his shock.

"I agreed on Sir Uchiha Sasuke."

"Who?" Naruto asked.

Master Iruka laughed, "Haven't you two introduced to each other?" he asked the boys.

They both shook their heads. Kiba suddenly reacted about it.

"Master Iruka, they just fought after young master irked Sir Uchiha---"

Naruto glared at Kiba, while Shino remained in his silence. Since Kiba and Shino are young boys, they were trained on the Umino household. And to serve the next master, who is no other than Naruto, is their job. They should learn to understand him--- and above all, everything he is.

"Well, it's time for the both of you to meet each other formally." Master Iruka replied, chuckling. "Sir Uchiha, this is my son Naruto. How about a warm handshake of friendship?"

"Hn," Sasuke murmured "I'd rather tongue a snake."

"Why you... arrogant guy! Who is more decent between us?!" Naruto tried to get up, but failed.

"Well, my son, with that condition… you stay in bed while I discuss Sir Uchiha's plan for YOUR trip."

With that, they both left. Naruto was feeling so sad right now. One of his characteristics is he can't accept defeat. After few minutes, Master Iruka and Sasuke came back to Naruto's room. There was a deafening silence, and then suddenly, Master Iruka broke up a news.

"Well, I've decided and I've agreed on Sir Uchiha's plans."

"Dad! How could you?" Naruto whined.

"It's for your own good, son. Since your trainers are out, girl-watching, Sir Uchiha shall bring you to Kyoto with him. There you'll train jutsus very hard. I want him to be tough on you, so when you return…" he began "I'll have to prepare a ramen feast for your new skills. For the meantime, during your trip, Sir Uchiha Sasuke shall be your MASTER."

Naruto gulped. "You're o\not serious, aren't you?"

"Who says I'm not? I'm always sure of my decisions. So after 2 days, you go ahead to Kyoto."

"I'm dead." Naruto murmured.

Sasuke smirked, "Yes, you are…" he said.

Master Iruka smiled apologetically to his son. "Shino, please take Sir Uchiha to one of our finest guestrooms. Please enjoy your stay while we wait for Naruto's recovery from your… uh… whatever!" he grinned.

"Sure thing, Sir." Sasuke bowed down. Then he and Shino went away.

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Going back to the missing part of the story: the villains, in one certain place at Tokyo a mansion was built as assassin headquarters. With the guidance of an unseen leader named Grand Master Orochimaru, the assassins took their evil part in this era. The feared group displays an array of great jutsus, starting off with their very leader. Grand Master Orochimaru had been involved in different wars since he was young. He founded their group after he stole a special scroll of prohibited jutsus when he was a legendary soldier of Kyoto. He turned to wrongdoing and believed that the strong must rule, and the weak should die.

He gathered all his minions from the different faces of people: the oppressed and once weak, the outcasts and invisibles… they all turned to his instantly great offer of great power. He had trained them for great battles, and they never let him down. Through the years he had betrayed the feudal army, Orochimaru had gathered the most powerful shinobis forming a great army.

The first members of this group are family members of a clan named Hyuuga Clan. The members of this clan were divided into 2 groups, with the Head as leader and the Branch members as followers. The leader of the Head family agreed to Orochimaru's deal involving great power and influence. The Branch family, however, didn't agree with this at first, but considering the role of the Branch family, they have nothing to say about it. They followed the decision of the Head, until the assassins were attacked at their mansion. The mansion is the Hyuuga's property, and it was siege, killing both leaders of the Head and Branch families. 2 heirs were left; they are Hinata Hyuuga of the Head family, and Neji Hyuuga of the Branch. Both heirs are young that time, and were trained in killing and in the life of an assassin.

The other assassins came directly from the band of feudal army soldiers who turned away and followed Orochimaru. Some of them left their masters, expecting for great authority under Orochimaru. Some were the outcasts, like Gaara, Temari and Kankuro--- all having special powers who were sent away of their village.

Although assassins are known to be very cold-hearted and heartless, some of them are really reluctant assassins. Yuuhi Kurenai has her heart set in taking care of the Hyuuga heiress Hinata. Since she was young, Yuuhi controlled her anger, and made the little girl realize the beauty of life around her. She didn't grow up as cold as any assassin. The problem is, every time they got into a mission, the poor girl cries her heart out of pity.

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After the said 2 days…

The group of Sasuke: Naruto [no longer Master], Shino and Kiba headed south to Kyoto. On the middle of their journey on their first day, Naruto seemed not to feel well about the 'changes' in his life in an instant he met Uchiha Sasuke.

Their travel was so lousy, silent and full of fiery glares. Naruto hadn't gotten over Sasuke being "Master Uchiha" and him being the plain "Naruto". His servants even served Sasuke now, as of Master Iruka's order. His heart was full of anguish. But he remembered that his dad once told him about Kyoto--- having a nice atmosphere for shinobis, is that… he could gain power there.

And if luck strikes him, he can also defeat Sasuke in no time. But what his teachers Jiraiya and Ebisu told him was there are lots of pretty girls at Kyoto. He can't wait to meet one! His pondering made him hungry. Good thing, they stopped over a restaurant. Naruto excitedly came in the restaurant and then asked the store owner immediately for---- RAMEN. Unfortunately for him….

"So sorry, but we're out of Ramen."

He was devastated, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! RAMEN!!!!!!!!!!!" he shouted. "Who did that? Who did eat all the ramen? Who is that bastard?"

The storeowner simply pointed to a chubby guy seated at one of the tables, with a pile of bowls on their table. Naruto angrily stormed towards the guy, and he seems to pick another fight.

"Tell him to beware of bets," Sasuke murmured, and it made Kiba laughed. Shino nodded, and followed his ex-master to prevent trouble…

TBC