Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Competition ❯ Kyuubi! ( Chapter 3 )

A/N: Had to edit a few chapters to fix my timeline sequence

 

 

Please see previous chapters for warnings

 

Disclaimer: Unfortunately I do not own Naruto or any of its characters.

 

Beta'd by DarkMisstical

 

 

Chapter 3: Kyuubi!

 

 

With an almighty roar Naruto sent a shockwave that tore up the ground Gaara's way. “Ha!” Leaping out of the way Gaara landed on a tree branch overlooking Naruto.

 

“How the…?” Kiba just stared at the scorched earth. Akamaru whimpered and dug into his jacket shivering as if scared. “Akamaru?” `Man, Naruto's scared him completely quote, unquote `shitless'.

 

“I feel like I might soak my panties,” Hinata said quivering. “I've never seen Naruto like this.”

 

Kiba turned to stare at her blushing with a crazy look on his face. “Can we try to keep some things behind closed doors, Hinata, god,” he said looking her up and down.

 

“Seriously,” Shikamaru said.

 

“What's happened…ouch, to Naruto?” Sasuke wondered wincing in pain. He eyed the fox-boy through his only working eye. “He's different.”

 

“You catch on quick,” Shikamaru muttered watching Naruto. He hid the fear he was feeling extremely well.

 

“Raaaaa!” Naruto took off towards the tree with his eyes trained on Gaara. Once he reached the base instead of stopping he ran straight up the side. Catching Gaara off guard by the fact that he had just ran up a tree, he was able to punch him straight in the jaw with a loud crack that sent him flying into the ground.

 

“Since when could he climb trees?” Shino wondered watching as Naruto landed on the branch Gaara was just on.

 

“Ain't that the question?” Kiba agreed. “When we had tree climbing lessons no one could get good footing except for…” He stopped to turn his head in Sakura's direction. “…Little Miss chakra control, here.”

 

Sakura ignored him as her attention was on Naruto, as was everyone else's.

 

“It must be that explosion of Chakra…” Neji said in utter amazement.

 

Gaara went skidding across the ground until he hit a tree. “Ack!” He choked on the blood that had filled his mouth. He stood up only to be uppercutted in the chin by Naruto. He smashed into a limb overhead and started to fall when his sand gourd exploded wrapping itself around the topmost branch. Gaara slowly opened his eyes to see Naruto running once again up the tree towards him. “Get back…sand needles!” As he stood sideways on the wood he made some quick hand signs. Naruto's fist was barely an inch from Gaara's face when he blown away by a rush of spiky barbs that seemed to have appeared out of nowhere. As he fell, he used his sharp talons to grip the tree trunk to slow his descent. He hit the ground as Gaara hopped down. “So…this…is the power of…the nine-tailed fox demon.” He said this in a low whisper determined not to be heard.

 

Naruto jumped into the air raising a fist and punched into the ground disappearing in a cloud of dust. Gaara looked around panic-stricken. Taking a deep breath, he closed his eyes trying to feel out Naruto's intense chakra. `Where are you fox-boy?' He thought. His eyes snapped open as he realized what was happening. His sand acted on it's own shielding him when Naruto burst from under the ground. The speed of the punch got through Gaara's shield as he socked him in the cheek. The pain was minimized because of the shield as Gaara was knocked back a few meters.

 

“What in the world…? Was that some sort of earth technique?” Kiba wondered pointing, mouth agape.

 

No one answered, as they didn't want to take their attention away from the battle ensuing before them.

 

“Sure…ignore me.”

 

Gaara wiped the corner of his mouth clear of blood. “Eiiyaaah!” He rose his hand and sand just exploded under Naruto's feet sending him into the air. Unlike other times, Naruto landed on his hands and knees growling at Gaara who raised his hand for a second time. Naruto, sensing the same thing, shoved his hand deep into the ground and pushed off hard propelling himself sideways in a spin. He skidded to a halt soon after. “Ha!” Gaara threw a ball of sand that turned into a shuriken at Naruto. Reaching out a hand Naruto easily caught it; what he didn't catch was the second hidden in the first ones blind spot. It hit him square in the chest knocking him back into a tree. Naruto fell to his knees shooting daggers at Gaara.

 

“Hey, that was the Shadow Shuriken technique,” Sakura pointed out.

 

“Thanks for the update teacher,” Kiba said rolling his eyes.

 

“Best keep that in mind Kiba…it might be on the test,” Shino said.

 

“Aren't you supposed to be on my side, Shino?”

 

“I calls `em like I sees `em.”

 

“Sell-out,” Kiba whispered.

 

Both were pretty much plum tuckered out but Gaara wasn't even about to summon Shukaku for something as small as this. At any rate he was saving it for when Nine-tails escaped completely, which was highly unlikely.

 

Naruto stared at Gaara flexing his nails. He clenched his jaw and tightened his fist as he charged once again. “Raaaaaaaahhh!!” With a sort of bang everything dimmed. The sun seemed to have gone under an eclipse. The air became extremely cold as the temperature dropped. Several students whimpered while some huddled together to share body heat.

 

“What…what is this?” Ino wondered. Her breath came out in icy puffs. “How did the temperature drop so quickly?”

 

“Screw the temperature! What's up with the sun?! It's gone red!” Shikamaru yelled.

 

“Neji…I don't suppose you know…?” Lee started looking at him.

 

“I haven't the foggiest about what's going on,” Neji said before shivering.

 

Tenten scooted between both boys bringing them closer together so she get some of their body heat. “Ahh…that's the spot.”

 

“I'm so glad you're getting warm. Siphoning off our heat to warm yourself. Happy to be h-helpful,” Neji said as his teeth started chattering.

 

“Thanks,” she said.

 

“And she doesn't notice the sarcasm,” Lee smirked shivering.

 

Naruto touched Gaara right in the chest making him freeze. “I…I can't m-move,” he muttered struggling against the bonds that held him.

 

Grinning Naruto unleashed a most deadly combo. He gashed Gaara on every inch of his body he could reach sending pieces of clothes and blood in all directions. He rounded that off by kneeing him right in the chin, then delivered a hard punch to the gut that made him fall to his hands and knees. He then bent low kicking Gaara right in the chest sending him reeling back. Before he crashed into a tree his gourd exploded softening his collision.

 

Right after that everything became brighter. The temperature returned to its original place. Everything returned to normal.

 

“Dude…that was…I dunno what the hell that was but it was brutal!” Kiba said. He never dreamed that Naruto, the idiotic hyperactive little dunce, was capable of such savageness.

 

“Whatever…it takes to win,” Sasuke moaned wincing.

 

Ino was at a lost for words. She couldn't explain Naruto's sudden burst of energy or cruelty. `What's wrong with you Naruto?' She thought sadly.

 

Gaara's vision was blurry and Shukaku was begging for release. `No! Not yet damn it! Stay inside of me where you belong! I've already suffered because of you! No! I'll handle this on my own.' Shukaku settled down considerably and Gaara stood up breathing hard. He only had one more option left. The only thing that could possibly kill or severely damage the nine tailed fox demon while in that form. “Desert coffin!” He held out his hand and once again scary looking sand hands wrapped themselves around a thrashing Naruto.

 

“No! Naruto!” Sakura yelled as she watched him get lifted into the air for the second time.

 

Temari watched in awe. In the back of her head she never had any faith that Gaara would be able to get Naruto in his patented Sand Tomb. “He…he did it,” she muttered staring bug-eyed.

 

“Was there any doubt in your mind?” Kankoru asked opening one eye to stare at her. “I told you he was just messing with him. Once you get inside that thing you ain't coming out…alive at least. Of course, never having been in there I couldn't tell you how it feels.”

 

“I'm not sure I'd want to know,” Temari said twitching as she thought of being inside that thing. She thanked God that she was on Gaara's side.

 

“Dieee!” Gaara yelled squeezing his hand. The tomb exploded with Naruto in it. Sand and blood flew everywhere covering several students. Naruto fell hard to the ground on his back with a dull thump. Cuts and slits were abundant all over his body through the gashes in his clothes.

 

“Naruto!!” Ino shrieked. She got to her feet and rushed to his side dropping onto her knees. “Naruto? C'mon…wake up…please.” As she said this a little voice in the back of her head was already saying he was dead. “No…he can't be…Naruto…” She put a hand to his face. “He's so cold. This…this isn't a hallucination, is it?” Not being able to hold in her tears any longer she threw herself over his body and started crying.

 

Sakura, who was very close to tears herself made her way over to Ino sitting down and running a hand through Naruto's hair. “Ino…you just broke rule twenty-five of the Shinobi conduct…”

 

Ino sat up rubbing her eyes but for all it did she should have just done nothing. Her tears splashed against Naruto's cheek. “And…what rule was that?” She asked shakily.

 

“No matter…what happens, true Shinobi must never show their…emotions. Th-the mission at heart is the only priority. Carry that in your he-heart and never…never shed a tear.” By the time she finished she too was sobbing.

 

Sasuke and the others gazed on looking past the girls to Naruto's motionless body. It was if all the air had been sucked out of everyone.

 

“He can't…” Sasuke muttered more to himself than anyone. Even after all his accusations of him despising Naruto he had actually grown quite fond of him. He was seriously regretting not having been a better friend in the past. He was sure Naruto would only remember the bad times they had together. And despise him even in the great beyond. `If I…If I could get another chance…things would be different. Naruto…I'm sorry,' he thought squeezing his eyes shut.

 

Lee stared with his mouth agape. His voice had temporarily failed him so that all he uttered were small squeaks. Neji just closed his eyes. He gripped his trembling arm as Naruto's death played over in his mind. `Damn it!' He thought pounding the ground. His fist went deep into the dirt. `We should've helped! Shit!'

 

Akamaru whimpered solemnly while Kiba looked away gritting his teeth. “That…bastard,” he grumbled.

 

Hinata looked as though she had been shot straight through the heart. She added to that theory by clutching her chest. Naruto's limp body reflected in her white eyes.

 

`Lub-dup…. Am I…? Could I…? Ino and…Sakura?! Why are they crying? Could it be I did…something wrong?' Naruto opened his eyes turning his head to smile at the girls to the bewilderment of everyone; even Gaara backed up with a scowl on his face. `Damn…I must need to train more.' Gaara thought, `It must've been that damn fox!'

 

“Ino…your arm is heavy,” Naruto breathed. Ino straightened up as though shocked by electricity.

 

Kankoru sat up staring in disbelief as Naruto gave a weak smile. “I…but…No one could've survived that.”

 

“I told you it was the fox side!” Temari shouted slapping him over the head.

 

Ino and Sakura looked at him then to each other. Then they rubbed their eyes trying to rid themselves of this illusion. After that they looked again and saw Naruto blinking and grinning at them. “Oh Naruto!” They yelled in unison while gripping him in a death-lock hug.

 

“Ooooh! Ino! Sakura! You're killing me!” Naruto yelled feeling his body erupt in pain. It was as if he was being cleaved in two.

 

They let go of him saying sorry as red seeped into their cheeks. `Thank God…he's alive,' they thought with a heartfelt sigh.

 

Naruto got wobbly to his feet with his arms hanging limply at his side turning his attention to Gaara who was growling. “Ha! Your so-called sand thingy didn't have any effect on me! Take your sorry ass back to Suna and give back that forehead protector! You don't deserve one for being so weak!”

 

At this statement Gaara charged taking Naruto's initiative and swinging his fist. Not only was he mad that his Desert Coffin had failed but felt the sting for the first time that his sand had let him down. It never occurred to him that the demon inside of Naruto had anything to do with it. Not wanting to involve the girls Naruto took off ignoring the pounding pain all over his body. As they got closer, Naruto made the sign of the doppelganger. He sidestepped Gaara's punch and kicked him in the jaw sending him into the air. Then in a puff of smoke another Naruto appeared in front of Gaara and kicked him again sending him higher as the original Naruto was assisted up into a nearby tree by a doppelganger. Another Naruto appeared after the first one and punched Gaara even higher into the air. That's when the real Naruto emerged from the top of the tree leaping high into the air to meet Gaara.

 

“How in the hell…?” Sasuke started. The rest of his words were gargled in his throat.

 

“Take this!” Throwing his heart and soul into this last strike he punched Gaara right in the face with a nose-crushing crack. As Gaara spiraled through the foliage towards the ground, Naruto did the sign of the doppelganger one last time as he yelled, “Paybacks a bitch ain't it!”

 

A Naruto clone appeared under Gaara. He let him hit the ground, bounce once, and then gripped him by the neck. The real Naruto landed on his feet next to his clone. His body jerked horribly as pain shot up and down his legs. “Oh…crap!”

 

“Here ya go, boss,” the clone said handing him Gaara before disappearing.

 

Naruto nodded and took Gaara by the throat. “Ya know, I could kill you now…but, I'm gonna wait until the competition to humiliate you in front of everyone and not just my friends.”

 

“That's very nice and all…but, you'd just be embarrassing yourself,” said a drawling voice from behind him.

 

The Gaara he held by the neck melted into sand. “What?!” Naruto yelled. He turned around just as the sand at his feet surrounded him yet again in another attempt at a Desert coffin. He spotted Gaara in the tree he had climbed as he was lifted into the air. He was standing on a branch leaning against the tree with his chest heaving. There was a huge bruise on his face and his nose was crooked and leaking blood. He had a grin on his face, an empty grin, but a grin all the same. “You're not the only one who can make doppelgangers, brat,” he panted.

 

“Not this crap again!” Kiba yelled.

 

“Now do we help?” Lee wondered throwing a quick glance at Neji. “Do you really wanna chance another stall and have him die for real?”

 

Neji used his evil eye to scan Naruto as he became level with Gaara. “Lee…that isn't Naruto.”

 

“What are you talking about?” Lee asked looking Naruto up and down. “Looks like him to me. Same yellow blonde hair, same cat lines on his cheeks, and that same stupid orange jumpsuit.”

 

“Lee, you're hardly one to talk,” Tenten said pointing at his green leotard.

 

“What! My outfit is still in style!” Lee protested patting his chest.

 

“Yeah style…like the 1970's,” Tenten replied rolling her eyes.

 

Lee grinned. It fascinated him how every time they got into an argument he could never win. “Your words are so sharp. If I try to answer back I'll cut myself,” he said hanging his head for what seemed like the millionth time.

 

Ignoring his friends squabble Neji gasped as it suddenly became clear as to what was happening. “Hey…hey! Listen guys, Naruto's about to…” He went on explaining it to them.

Ino stared in horror as Gaara held out his hand. “Gaara! I won't let you get away with this!” She whipped out a kunai and stood up. To her surprise Sakura was standing right beside her. She had a maniacal grin on her face as if she were rushing into certain death and she was trembling but nodded at Ino who nodded back.

 

Neji spotted this in a heartbeat, but before he could stop them they were already on their way towards Gaara. However, before they could get close Naruto appeared behind Gaara on the same branch with a kunai pressed against his neck.

 

The girls skidded to a halt as Naruto gave them the peace sign with a grin. “That was pretty slick of you Gaara…making a sand doppelganger when you disappeared inside the tree. I anticipated this and made a doppelganger of my own to meet yours. Then it was only a matter of waiting for you to show your handsome face,” Naruto said pressing the kunai up against his flesh. “And if I see you make a hand seal or if you even blink wrong I'm gonna slit your throat. Now maybe you'll take my advice to heart and just turn in your forehead protector.”

 

Ino clapped her hands together as she stared at Naruto. He seemed to glow in the sun and the wind ruffling his clothes was a nice touch. `Omigod! He looks so hot like that!' She thought blushing as a very naughty picture entered her mind showing him and her in a very suggestive position. `Ah, I shouldn't be thinking that but…I can't help it!' She gave a small squeak of ecstasy that made Sakura jump and give her a peculiar look. `He is so fine!'

 

Neji just smiled and nodded. “Just as I thought…”

 

“Good call Neji,” Tenten said.

 

Lee gave Neji a curious look. `I wonder how it feels to be able to see through things to its hidden complexities? What if he's used it to see through girls clothing! Oh, that mega pervert!' Lee thought with a slight grin.

 

“No way!” Kiba exclaimed in disbelief. “That idiot actually made a plan and succeeded in it!”

 

Shikamaru just shook his head smirking. “Even fools have their moments…I guess.”

 

Sasuke was just relieved that Naruto was alive. `Okay, that was a heart-stopper! From now on…I'm gonna be his friend, someone he can depend on, so that next time I won't just be sitting here on my broken down ass watching. This will help me to grow stronger so I can defeat…him.' He frowned as his brother Itachi swam into his mind paralyzing him with his gleaming red sharingan eyes. `Dammit! Even when he's not around I still get chills.'

 

Gaara just chuckled to himself.

 

“What's so funny?” Naruto asked suspiciously.

 

“You. You actually think you've won this,” Gaara laughed.

 

“Well, I am the one holding the kunai here.” For good measure he pressed it harder against Gaara letting him know he meant business.

 

“Ha! Go ahead then. If you have the balls to do it, do it. Slit my throat…kill me,” Gaara said crossing his arms. The sand tomb released Naruto's doppelganger only to have it disappear in a cloud of dust.

 

“You'd best not push me. You caused me enough hell without your smart mouthing,” Naruto said determined to keep things on his tide and not Gaara's.

 

“I knew it! You still can't kill anybody,” Gaara said as his laughing turned dark and evil. “By the age of six I had already killed my first victim…”

 

Naruto couldn't hide the shock that had displayed itself on his face. The hand that held the kunai started trembling.

 

Gaara spotted this and knew what he had said took it's effect on him. In the blink of an eye he had ducked from under Naruto's would-be death threat and kneed him in the gut making him lose his footing and fall to the ground landing on his back. “Gaack!” Blood erupted from his mouth as he groaned in pain.

 

Instead of jumping down after him Gaara hopped from one tree to another then finally landed before his friends. He turned around to face the others. “Kankoru, Temari, that's enough for right now.” His friends got to their feet as Gaara rose a hand in the air. At once they were surrounded by sand and disappeared. “I will back to finish this…” His voice seemed to echo all over the place.

 

“Ah, son of a…I can't stand cowards!” Kiba growled. “Just cause things were going Naruto's way he decides to punk out and run.”

 

With the help of Ino and Sakura Naruto made his way back to the group. He sat down tenderly seeing as how his ass was stinging. His spine felt like it had been twisted and contorted, wrung out of shape even.

 

“Good job, Naruto,” Hinata said giving him a hug. Any excuse she could get to touch him never passed her by. She blushed as squeezed him. She never noticed he had such a nice smell. (that was a major compliment seeing as how Naruto lived in that smelly crapshack of a home)

 

“Thanks Hinata…” Naruto said groaning in pain from the hug. Nevertheless he enjoyed it. `Now Sasuke will say something about how my performance was all wrong or something like that.'

 

To his surprise, everyone's surprise, Sasuke extended an arm towards Naruto nodding his approvement of how the battle ensued. Naruto raised his eyebrow at Sasuke thinking this had to be a trick, or a prank if nothing else. He sniffed his hand, looked it all over and checked up under his sleeve before deciding it was safe.

 

“Was…all that really necessary?” He wondered as Naruto heartily shook his hand.

 

“Just checking…huh?” He perked his nose sniffing the air.

 

Sakura looked at Ino who shrugged. “Uh, Naruto? What are you doing?”

 

“Sniff…I…sniff-sniff…smell ramen,” He muttered moving across the ground like a hound dog looking for a fox.

 

Beads of sweat formed on everyone's forehead. Thinking Naruto had changed was a misconception. Like Shikamaru said, even idiots have their moments. He was still the same loudmouth stomach with legs.

 

His nose brought him to the bowl of ramen Ino had failed to finish. Naruto took this as an insult, not to the fact that he had given it to her and she hadn't finished it but because she left a bowl of ramen unattended. That should be punishable by law in his perspective.

 

He scooped up the bowl and Ino's chopsticks (his were broken, Choji ate them thinking they were chocolate pocky), and scooped up a whole bunch of noodles. With a slurp he began eating.

 

Kiba's cheeks bulged but he swallowed whatever had entered his mouth. “That's gross…he's eating after you Ino!” Kiba said pointing this out to her even though she was perfectly capable of seeing for herself.

 

No one else saw this as disgusting. They saw it as Naruto being extremely hungry. Still, Ino had to retort to that comment. “Kiba, you ain't got no room to talk! I've seen you sharing bowls of dog food and water with Akamaru all the time. You even play with the same chew toys! So Naruto eating my food with my chopsticks is small lemons compared to you and Akamaru!”

 

Kiba went red in the face as everyone else sniggered uncontrollably. Akamaru growled at Ino from within the safe confines of Kiba's jacket; he wasn't stupid enough to do it out in the open where he could get smacked. “Stupid loudmouthed bimbo…”

 

“What? What did you call me?!” Ino yelled with her eyes catching fire. “You seriously do not wanna mess with me right now!”

 

“A'ight, sheesh! Chill out,” Kiba said grinning at the fact that he had gotten to her.

 

“There's still one thing that puzzles me…” Naruto said.

 

“What's that?”

 

“When I was fighting Gaara. I know this sounds crazy but for some reason it felt like he wasn't trying to kill me,” Naruto said. He realized how stupid this sounded, sounding like he was complaining for winning.

 

“Are you screwy in the brain? …Never mind, I think we all know the answer to that question,” Shikamaru said ignoring the glare Ino sent his way. “Anyway…I think he made it pretty clear and straight forward that he hated your guts and wanted nothing more than to jumprope with your intestines.”

 

“Eww. Nasty much,” Sakura said shivering.

 

“Okay, Shikamaru, I forbid you to see anymore scary movies,” Kiba said pointing at him.

 

“Yeah, I know he said it but still, he said something about killing what was inside of me. Whatever the hell that meant. And I can't shake the feeling that there's a nice person under all that…all that--”

 

“Blood infused sand that he got from slaughtering tons of people without mercy?” Shino said making Kiba leap in shock. He had forgotten Shino was still here.

 

“Yeah…exactly. Maybe he and I can be friends,” Naruto said smiling to himself at this thought.

 

“After this little beat down you handed each other, I doubt there's any friendship left to give,” Sasuke said.

 

“Hey! I got a question!” Kiba yelled turning to look at Naruto. “How in the hell could you make doppelgangers here but a few weeks ago in class all you could generate were crappy shadowy figures?”

 

“Well, first off, that was a few weeks ago before I found out,” Naruto said grinning in spite of himself.

 

“Hm? Before you found out what?” Sakura asked. Everyone had quieted down to hear the answer.

 

“You can graduate early!” Naruto said scratching the back of his head.

 

“Whaaaat?!” All the students glowered at him. “Why in the hell hadn't you told us?!” They yelled.

 

Naruto shrunk in size as he looked around at all the angry faces. It was amazing that the people who were inches from killing were the same ones worrying about him a couple of hours ago. “Well, you're parents knew and the reason they didn't tell you was because they wanted you to get as much knowledge as needed and wait for the scheduled exam instead of doing it as soon as possible. That way you'd be suited to face the courses. My parents on the other hand…” He broke off not wanting to finish his sentence. Everyone's faces softened as they realized that Naruto was his own guardian so he was obliged to know.

 

Sasuke knew how Naruto felt. His entire clan was destroyed so he could sympathize with what he was dealing with. He too knew about graduating early but decided against so he could learn all that he could so he could have a better chance at defeating…him. `We're alike in many ways,' he thought.

 

“Anyway, I tried to graduate early failed and this guy named Mizuki told me of a secret scroll that held some techniques in it. He said if I could master some of the methods in it Iruka-sensei would have to let me pass. So I did and that's what I learned,” Naruto finished. He left out the part about the betrayal, the attempted murder, and the discovering of a rather disturbing secret.

 

“It's amazing how you could sneak into the Hokage's house and steal the scroll,” Ino said in a dreamy voice.

 

“Oh that, I used the sexy jutsu on him. Fell for it just like everyone else,” Naruto said laughing.

 

Everyone laughed with him. They had all seen the sexy jutsu performed and knew what he said was true.

 

“I doubt even I could withstand that vulgar display,” Sasuke said chuckling through his pain as Neji, Rock Lee, and Tenten joined their group. “What's up, Hyuga?”

 

“Not much Uchiha,” Neji said turning his attention to Naruto.

 

“Why do you guys call each other by your last name?” Lee asked. He sensed some heavy hostility between the two.

 

“Oh that, because Neji's being a complete dope. He's had this stick up his ass ever since I beat him in a sparring match,” Sasuke groaned feeling his side twinge. “Oh and Sakura, thanks for closing my wound and the soldier pill. I feel much better…”

 

Sakura blushed and said, “You're welcome, Sasuke.”

 

“Kiss up!” Ino coughed glaring at Sakura.

 

“Naruto lover!” Sakura coughed.

 

“You did not win that fight,” Neji said staring at Naruto with mild interest as he slurped the contents of his bowl. “I have more pressing matters to discuss than you and your blatant hallucinations…”

 

“…Dope,” Sasuke muttered.

 

“Sigh…anyway, Sasuke, do tell…how did you get so damn banged up by those spooks from sand, huh?” Neji asked smiling. He was supposed to be talking to Naruto about that power that had exploded from him earlier but he thought what the heck, I wanna here this anyway.

 

“I don't think anyone wants to know about that,” said Sasuke praying no one would say different. No such luck however.

 

The only person who didn't want to know was Shikamaru because he had already seen it.

 

“Yeah Sasuke…how'd you get that chunk of meat carved out of your side?” Naruto asked grinning. His curiosity was peaked and Sasuke, knowing first hand how annoying he could be, knew he wouldn't get a day's rest until he told him. Naruto would hound him and follow him everywhere, even in the bathroom if need be.

 

Before answering Sasuke threw a murderous look at Neji. “Fine…if you wanna know I'll tell you, baka.”

 

 

To be continued…

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A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please read and review to let me know how I'm doing. ^_^