Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Guardian Magic ❯ Chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )
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By: Nanaka19 
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Adventure | Type: Fanfiction Sequel | Uploaded On: 09.07.2008 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.5K | Visits: 229 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Adventure | Type: Fanfiction Sequel | Uploaded On: 09.07.2008 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.5K | Visits: 229 | Status: Work In Progress
Guardian Magic
Disclaimer: I own nothing. NOTHING!
Chapter: 4 / ??
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Chapter Four
“I’m home.” a young Sasuke said as he stepped through the door to his house. “I’m sorry I’m so late.”
The sound of his feet walking along the wooden floors rang sharp in the too quiet house. “Mom? Dad?” Confused he made his way to the grand hall where the family gathering should currently be held in. Yet as he came to the door nothing but silence could be heard on the other side.
Slowly he pushed the door open. “Hello. Where is ev..ery.... body?” little eyes widened in horror at the sight of his entire family lying dead across the halls floor. The floor was bathed deeply in blood and at the center of it all stood Itachi, back towards Sasuke and a blood covered sword in hand.
“Ani-ki.” Sasuke choked out, his whole body shook in fear. Fear griped Sasuke still as eyes tinted red and seemed to glow with unrestrained sadistic glee. And with a choked cry...
Sasuke awoke in a cold sweat, sitting straight up and panting harshly. With a frustrated groan he got out of his bed and made his way to the water basin that was set on a table in his room. “Not even enough to drown in. How the hell is this suppose to get me clean.”
With a frustrated sigh he grabbed a washcloth and wiped himself down. Once he was done he pulled on some clothes and made his way down to Neji’s study to find a book to read while he waited for breakfast to be served.
When he pulled open the door he was greeted to the sight of a naked Neji getting screwed into his desk by some red headed teen. Two pairs of pupil-less eyes jerked up to stare at him startled. Sasuke just chuckled under his breath as he turned around and shut the door. “I knew he was getting screwed.” He mumbled as he went looking for something to pass the time.
Neji groaned as he closed his eyes and dropped his head down against the desk. “I guess I’ll be introducing you to him after all.”
He felt Gaara shift behind him before grabbing a hold of his hips again. “Whatever.” he muttered as he resumed his thrusting into Neji, leaning down to bite at the back of Neji’s neck.
“And, ah, next time you feel like... harder... screwing me in the study, god, lock the door first.” Neji panted out between groans as Gaara reached under him.
“Whatever.” Gaara smirked as he continued the delightful torture upon his lover.
.....
About ten minutes later Neji found Sasuke napping at the dining table, and with Gaara back in tanuki form trailing right behind him he made his way over and gently shook his friend awake. “What’s the matter, can’t sleep in your bed?” He asked with a snicker.
Sasuke glared at him and muttered “What’s the matter, can’t have sex in yours?” smirking cheekily at the blush that crossed Neji’s cheeks. “You remember when I told you I had lost a large portion of my memories from the time of the massacre. Well in the past month or two those memories have been slowly coming back. Makes sleep difficult.”
“So you’ve been remembering what happened that night? No wonder you can’t sleep.” Neji spoke softly as he sat down across from Sasuke.
“It’s weird though. Sometimes it doesn’t seem real, like dream is mixing in with reality. There’s this one dream I keep having where I’m fishing on the bridge near the edge of town and there’s this little yellow fox sitting next to me. I think it’s Naruto but im not sure if it’s a real memory or just what happened with him influencing my dreams.” Sasuke groaned as he leaned back in the chair. “So do you plan on ever introducing me to the guy who’s screwing you.”
“Technically, you’ve already met him.” He looked over and pointed at Gaara who had climbed up on the table and pulled out an apple from the fruit basket. “Gaara is a guardian. He’s not exactly sociable so I wasn’t sure if I should tell you or not.”
Sasuke blinked in wonder at the red tanuki that was currently ignoring him. “And how long have you been sitting on this bit of information.”
“Not long.” Neji chuckled. “He didn’t reveal himself till after Shikamaru came and told me about what was going on with you. This is technically his home and he actually takes care of most of the political matters for me. I’m more in charge of, expansion. Right now I’m working on getting more water so I can take a good bath.”
Sasuke chuckled as servants brought in breakfast, laying out plates in front of them as well as Gaara and two extra. “So do the servants know about him?” he asked once the servants were gone.
“If they do they don’t talk about it.”
As they started to eat the other two tanuki came in and Sasuke looked questioningly at Neji. “Them too?”
“Yea that’s Kankuro and Temari, Gaara’s brother and sister.”
“Oh good he knows.” Came a somewhat gritty feminine voice from beside Sasuke who turned to see the once blonde tanuki now turned girl sit down beside him and pull a plate of food towards herself. “One day of sneaking around in my own house was enough for me.”
“Sneaking? Ha. You spent the entire time spying on him.” The other tanuki, Kankuro, said as he took a seat further away on the table.
“Look at him he’s a total hottie.” She said giving Sasuke a wink. “Can you blame me? Besides if I remember Shikamaru’s story right, then pretty boy here is hopelessly in love with a little guardian boy.”
“You mean you were actually listening to the kid talk. I thought for sure you were too busy trying to burry yourself in his lap to actually pay attention.”
“”Would you shut up.” She yelled as she threw a fork at him.
“Well there goes the wonderful peace and quiet.” Sasuke grumbled as he tried to block out the squabbling siblings. Turning to glare though when Temari suddenly threw her arm around his shoulders.
“We may seem annoying now but you’ll grow to love us in no time.” She said with a smile as she leaned into him.
“I seriously doubt that.” Neji said as he tried not to laugh at Sasuke’s expense.
“So pretty boy. Tell us exactly what happened to make your love leave. I wanna make sure I know all the facts.” She prodded at him as she grabed some food off her plate.
With a groan Sasuke shrugged her off and decided it best to humor her in an attempt to keep her from bothering him anymore. “I guess because he lost his ability to change human he assumed that I wouldn’t love him still. So he ran off so he wouldn’t have to risk getting objected by me.”
“That’s sad.” She said with a slight pout. Then her face contorted in confusion. “But how did he lose the ability to change.”
Sasuke rolled his eyes in frustration. “Before he ran off he had said that because he spilled human blood his natural power was corrupted and wasn’t strong enough to sustain the spell.”
“Oh so he’s a nature bound guardian, that’s interesting.” She murmured as she turned her attention towards her food.
“What do you mean?” Sasuke asked confused.
“Oh of course you wouldn’t know.” She practically bounced in her seat at being allowed to continue talking with him. “Well there are actually two types of guardians. Those that are nature bound, and those that aren’t. Gaara for example is nature bound while me and Kankuro aren’t. Nature bound guardians are capable of drawing on power from their natural habitats. Gaara draws power from the desert here, while your little love obviously draws it from the forest.”
“How many humans did he kill?”
The serious and somewhat chilling voice from in front of him nearly made Sasuke jump. He pulled his attention away from Temari to see Gaara now in human form sitting cross-legged on top of the table with the bowl of fruit in his lap.
When Sasuke didn’t answer right away he glared down at him and repeated himself. “How many humans did he kill?”
“Three, but what does that matter.” Sasuke shot up at him, pissed at Gaara’s chilly attitude towards him.
“Because, idiot, given time natural magic repairs itself.” He rolled his head back slightly yet continued to glare down his nose at Sasuke. “For three kills the power should have returned to normal in one month, at the most. Your little fox should have returned by now.”
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Naruto purred happily as Sasuke carried him around as they wandered around the outside of what was now an abandoned mansion similar to the one Sasuke lived in.
“This is the only other Uchiha mansion that stands in this village, the rest of our family is spread out across the fire country.” Sasuke stated as they walked around towards the back. “My cousin Shisui use to live here with his family but about two months ago somebody killed them.”
As they came to the back a small building made of wood and glass came into view. “That’s the aviary. They use to breed birds. Like messenger birds, and even some that were trained to fight and hunt. Shisui liked training the ravens the most. He said that no one ever appreciates their intellect and ability for greatness.”
Sasuke stopped walking to stare up at the aviary with a sad frown. “Aniki and Shisui were really close, and his death hit aniki hard. When the birds had to be released aniki chose to leave as well without a word. Mom says he’s just trying to find himself, whatever that means.”
They continued to walk around the mansion, Sasuke telling him stories about his family and past, eventually heading back towards Sasuke’s home. As they drew close they could see someone standing to the side staring off into the forest. Sasuke slowed for a moment before breaking out into a run “Aniki!”
Naruto yelped in surprise as Sasuke tightened his grip on him. The person turned at Sasuke’s shout. This was Sasuke’s brother, he was no older than fifteen yet his presence made him seem older. His eyes, a deep charcoal grey, seemed to hold great sadness yet at the same to appeared emotionless. This was an odd young man indeed and Naruto wasn’t sure how he felt about him, yet there was a nagging feeling in the back of his mind screaming at him to run away.
Itachi gave an almost cocky smirk as Sasuke came to a stop in front of him. “Hello otouto.”
“I’m so glad you’re home nii-san. When did you get here.” Sasuke asked excitedly, panting slightly from his run.
“I just got here a minute ago. The annual family gathering is tonight after all, I wouldn’t miss it.” He said, his eyes trailed down to Naruto he slowly reached out and ran two fingers from his nose up to gently scratch his head. “Who is your little friend?”
“I call him Sunshine because he’s such a pretty yellow. I found him outside my window. He was sick but now he’s much better. Don’t let mom and dad know though, they’d be upset if they found out.”
“Foolish otouto.” he said with a slight chuckle as he reached up to poke Sasuke’s forehead. “Don’t worry I’ll keep your secret. Go play with your friend, but be sure to be home on time tonight. You know how father is about punctuality.”
“Of course nii-san.” Sasuke smiled happily as he watched his brother walk off to the house.
“Lets go see if Kakashi sensei is home yet.” He said as he hugged Naruto tight with a happy sigh before heading out to go play.
......
It was growing late and the sun was starting to set. Sasuke had fallen asleep on Kakashi’s couch, Naruto napping on his chest. After a full day of playing they were both quite tired and had fallen asleep while visiting the silver haired sensei.
“Sasuke.” Kakashi reached out and gently shook Sasuke awake. “It’s getting late.”
“Hmm.” Sasuke sat up rubbing his eyes. Naruto let out a startled yelp as the move sent him rolling onto Sasuke’s lap.
Sasuke looked out the window and saw how late it was. “Oh no I’m late.” He leapt off the couch, sending Naruto tumbling to the floor. “Dad’s going to be so mad at me. Kakashi sensei will you watch Sunshine for me tonight?”
“I guess he can stay here for tonight. You just hurry up and get home before your parents start to worry.”
Sasuke smiled as he gave Naruto a hug good bye before taking off out the door.
Naruto hopped up onto the windowsill to watch Sasuke disappear into the coming night with a nagging feeling in the pit of his stomach. He looked back over his shoulder and whimpered softly at Kakashi.
“Don’t worry Sunshine. He’ll be fine and back before you know it.”
Naruto just frowned and continued to stare out the window his nerves on edge as he saw a bird flying along the darkening sky towards Sasuke’s home, a black bird. After a few minutes of seeing bird after bird flying towards Sasuke’s home Naruto began to panic. He was back, the shadowy man with the birds was back. Naruto was sure of it, and he was going after Sasuke.
Naruto leapt off the window and ran to Kakashi yelping hysterically at him. “Calm down Sunshine what’s with you.” He gave a distressed whine at not being able to tell the man what was wrong, and in desperation snapped his teeth down on the hand that had reached out to touch him.
Kakashi jerked his hand back and stood back up rubbing it while staring down at Naruto in confusion. Then he looked out the window withe a frown, and without a word grabbed his sword and quickly made his way out the door and towards the Uchiha manor. Naruto quickly dashed out the door as well and ran full speed towards the manor with Kakashi a short distance ahead of him.
As he drew near the smell of blood hit him and he started to panic even more as he desperately tried to find away inside. He heard a crash of glass coming from the back and quickly dashed around to the other side of the house. As he rounded the back he saw Sasuke disappearing into the woods with Itachi hot on his trail and Kakashi not far behind.
He lost sight of the three for a few moments in the thick forest and the now dark night sky. Once he caught up he slid to a stop to see Itachi disappearing into the forest and Kakashi rushing to an unconscious Sasuke and carefully lifting him up.
Naruto ran up to them with soft whimpers and mews as he worried about how Sasuke was. Without
hesitation Kakashi secured his hold on Sasuke then quickly they made their way back to his house.
Once they got back Naruto watched silently as Kakashi laid Sasuke down on the bed. Sasuke automatically curled in on himself in his sleep, his whole body was shaking uncontrollably. He jumped up onto the bed and gently nudged Sasuke’s cheek, trying to comfort him. He froze in shock when Sasuke jerked back and shook even more. Naruto looked up at Kakashi pleadingly as the man watched him silently with sadness in his eyes.
He watched Sasuke sleep for about an hour when his attention was pulled to Kakashi as the man silently slipped outside. With a sad look towards Sasuke he followed Kakashi outside and found him leaning back against the wall next to the door. He sat down at his feet and looked up at him with a questioning mew.
Kakashi looked down at him for a moment before relenting and telling the little golden fox what happened. “Itachi, he killed their family, everyone. Sasuke is lucky I showed up in time to see him running out into the forest and was able to save him, but...” he trailed off and looked out into the night. “He’s not safe here. Itachi will be back for him, and I don’t think I’ll be able to protect him by myself.”
Kakashi sighed as he slid down the wall to sit on the floor, he reached out and patted Naruto on the head. “Why don’t you go back inside and watch over him while I think over the situation.”
Two days went by slowly and Sasuke seemed to draw further into himself. His once bright joyful eyes now stared blankly down at his hands. Oblivious to the little fox that mewed and pressed against him, trying to catch his attention. The young man named Iruka had arrived that morning and had been talking with Kakashi about what to do ever since.
Naruto heard only bits and pieces of the conversation from his position at Sasuke’s side, but enough to know what they planed to do. They were going to return with Iruka to the capital where there were people who could help make Sasuke better. It was also safer and would be better at protecting Sasuke should his brother return.
Naruto was happy that Sasuke would be safe, but was also sad. The capital was a bustling city that was no place for a fox. He understood that when Sasuke left he couldn’t go with him. His place was in the forest as were his powers. If he were to leave his quest to one day take human form would be severely impaired. He curled up in Sasuke’s lap, resigned in the knowledge of what had to be done.
Two days later a carriage came to take Sasuke and the two men away to the capital. Naruto forced himself to stay away and watch from a distance. The men seemed to look around for him for a few minutes but seemed to come to the realization that the little fox knew what needed to be done and soon loaded up into the carriage and left.
Naruto watched as his love and savior disappeared from his sight before making his way back to the forest to train and expand his powers, wanting to be ready for when he would next meet Sasuke. To be able to talk with Sasuke. To hold him, and be held.
I was so sad that I couldn’t stay with you, and felt so useless that I was powerless to provide you any help. Small paws dug into the growing hole in the wall where the chain was embedded. I swore to myself that I would train and get stronger so that one day I could join you again and be able to protect you from that pain of loneliness that I knew too well. The chain shifted and twisted within the growing hole. I was so close, we were so happy. I will return to you! I must banish that loneliness that clouds your heart.
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Nanaka19: Sorry this took so long to get out. I've just been so uninspired lately, but i am still tryin my best to get this story done.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. NOTHING!
Chapter: 4 / ??
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Chapter Four
“I’m home.” a young Sasuke said as he stepped through the door to his house. “I’m sorry I’m so late.”
The sound of his feet walking along the wooden floors rang sharp in the too quiet house. “Mom? Dad?” Confused he made his way to the grand hall where the family gathering should currently be held in. Yet as he came to the door nothing but silence could be heard on the other side.
Slowly he pushed the door open. “Hello. Where is ev..ery.... body?” little eyes widened in horror at the sight of his entire family lying dead across the halls floor. The floor was bathed deeply in blood and at the center of it all stood Itachi, back towards Sasuke and a blood covered sword in hand.
“Ani-ki.” Sasuke choked out, his whole body shook in fear. Fear griped Sasuke still as eyes tinted red and seemed to glow with unrestrained sadistic glee. And with a choked cry...
Sasuke awoke in a cold sweat, sitting straight up and panting harshly. With a frustrated groan he got out of his bed and made his way to the water basin that was set on a table in his room. “Not even enough to drown in. How the hell is this suppose to get me clean.”
With a frustrated sigh he grabbed a washcloth and wiped himself down. Once he was done he pulled on some clothes and made his way down to Neji’s study to find a book to read while he waited for breakfast to be served.
When he pulled open the door he was greeted to the sight of a naked Neji getting screwed into his desk by some red headed teen. Two pairs of pupil-less eyes jerked up to stare at him startled. Sasuke just chuckled under his breath as he turned around and shut the door. “I knew he was getting screwed.” He mumbled as he went looking for something to pass the time.
Neji groaned as he closed his eyes and dropped his head down against the desk. “I guess I’ll be introducing you to him after all.”
He felt Gaara shift behind him before grabbing a hold of his hips again. “Whatever.” he muttered as he resumed his thrusting into Neji, leaning down to bite at the back of Neji’s neck.
“And, ah, next time you feel like... harder... screwing me in the study, god, lock the door first.” Neji panted out between groans as Gaara reached under him.
“Whatever.” Gaara smirked as he continued the delightful torture upon his lover.
.....
About ten minutes later Neji found Sasuke napping at the dining table, and with Gaara back in tanuki form trailing right behind him he made his way over and gently shook his friend awake. “What’s the matter, can’t sleep in your bed?” He asked with a snicker.
Sasuke glared at him and muttered “What’s the matter, can’t have sex in yours?” smirking cheekily at the blush that crossed Neji’s cheeks. “You remember when I told you I had lost a large portion of my memories from the time of the massacre. Well in the past month or two those memories have been slowly coming back. Makes sleep difficult.”
“So you’ve been remembering what happened that night? No wonder you can’t sleep.” Neji spoke softly as he sat down across from Sasuke.
“It’s weird though. Sometimes it doesn’t seem real, like dream is mixing in with reality. There’s this one dream I keep having where I’m fishing on the bridge near the edge of town and there’s this little yellow fox sitting next to me. I think it’s Naruto but im not sure if it’s a real memory or just what happened with him influencing my dreams.” Sasuke groaned as he leaned back in the chair. “So do you plan on ever introducing me to the guy who’s screwing you.”
“Technically, you’ve already met him.” He looked over and pointed at Gaara who had climbed up on the table and pulled out an apple from the fruit basket. “Gaara is a guardian. He’s not exactly sociable so I wasn’t sure if I should tell you or not.”
Sasuke blinked in wonder at the red tanuki that was currently ignoring him. “And how long have you been sitting on this bit of information.”
“Not long.” Neji chuckled. “He didn’t reveal himself till after Shikamaru came and told me about what was going on with you. This is technically his home and he actually takes care of most of the political matters for me. I’m more in charge of, expansion. Right now I’m working on getting more water so I can take a good bath.”
Sasuke chuckled as servants brought in breakfast, laying out plates in front of them as well as Gaara and two extra. “So do the servants know about him?” he asked once the servants were gone.
“If they do they don’t talk about it.”
As they started to eat the other two tanuki came in and Sasuke looked questioningly at Neji. “Them too?”
“Yea that’s Kankuro and Temari, Gaara’s brother and sister.”
“Oh good he knows.” Came a somewhat gritty feminine voice from beside Sasuke who turned to see the once blonde tanuki now turned girl sit down beside him and pull a plate of food towards herself. “One day of sneaking around in my own house was enough for me.”
“Sneaking? Ha. You spent the entire time spying on him.” The other tanuki, Kankuro, said as he took a seat further away on the table.
“Look at him he’s a total hottie.” She said giving Sasuke a wink. “Can you blame me? Besides if I remember Shikamaru’s story right, then pretty boy here is hopelessly in love with a little guardian boy.”
“You mean you were actually listening to the kid talk. I thought for sure you were too busy trying to burry yourself in his lap to actually pay attention.”
“”Would you shut up.” She yelled as she threw a fork at him.
“Well there goes the wonderful peace and quiet.” Sasuke grumbled as he tried to block out the squabbling siblings. Turning to glare though when Temari suddenly threw her arm around his shoulders.
“We may seem annoying now but you’ll grow to love us in no time.” She said with a smile as she leaned into him.
“I seriously doubt that.” Neji said as he tried not to laugh at Sasuke’s expense.
“So pretty boy. Tell us exactly what happened to make your love leave. I wanna make sure I know all the facts.” She prodded at him as she grabed some food off her plate.
With a groan Sasuke shrugged her off and decided it best to humor her in an attempt to keep her from bothering him anymore. “I guess because he lost his ability to change human he assumed that I wouldn’t love him still. So he ran off so he wouldn’t have to risk getting objected by me.”
“That’s sad.” She said with a slight pout. Then her face contorted in confusion. “But how did he lose the ability to change.”
Sasuke rolled his eyes in frustration. “Before he ran off he had said that because he spilled human blood his natural power was corrupted and wasn’t strong enough to sustain the spell.”
“Oh so he’s a nature bound guardian, that’s interesting.” She murmured as she turned her attention towards her food.
“What do you mean?” Sasuke asked confused.
“Oh of course you wouldn’t know.” She practically bounced in her seat at being allowed to continue talking with him. “Well there are actually two types of guardians. Those that are nature bound, and those that aren’t. Gaara for example is nature bound while me and Kankuro aren’t. Nature bound guardians are capable of drawing on power from their natural habitats. Gaara draws power from the desert here, while your little love obviously draws it from the forest.”
“How many humans did he kill?”
The serious and somewhat chilling voice from in front of him nearly made Sasuke jump. He pulled his attention away from Temari to see Gaara now in human form sitting cross-legged on top of the table with the bowl of fruit in his lap.
When Sasuke didn’t answer right away he glared down at him and repeated himself. “How many humans did he kill?”
“Three, but what does that matter.” Sasuke shot up at him, pissed at Gaara’s chilly attitude towards him.
“Because, idiot, given time natural magic repairs itself.” He rolled his head back slightly yet continued to glare down his nose at Sasuke. “For three kills the power should have returned to normal in one month, at the most. Your little fox should have returned by now.”
~*~
Naruto purred happily as Sasuke carried him around as they wandered around the outside of what was now an abandoned mansion similar to the one Sasuke lived in.
“This is the only other Uchiha mansion that stands in this village, the rest of our family is spread out across the fire country.” Sasuke stated as they walked around towards the back. “My cousin Shisui use to live here with his family but about two months ago somebody killed them.”
As they came to the back a small building made of wood and glass came into view. “That’s the aviary. They use to breed birds. Like messenger birds, and even some that were trained to fight and hunt. Shisui liked training the ravens the most. He said that no one ever appreciates their intellect and ability for greatness.”
Sasuke stopped walking to stare up at the aviary with a sad frown. “Aniki and Shisui were really close, and his death hit aniki hard. When the birds had to be released aniki chose to leave as well without a word. Mom says he’s just trying to find himself, whatever that means.”
They continued to walk around the mansion, Sasuke telling him stories about his family and past, eventually heading back towards Sasuke’s home. As they drew close they could see someone standing to the side staring off into the forest. Sasuke slowed for a moment before breaking out into a run “Aniki!”
Naruto yelped in surprise as Sasuke tightened his grip on him. The person turned at Sasuke’s shout. This was Sasuke’s brother, he was no older than fifteen yet his presence made him seem older. His eyes, a deep charcoal grey, seemed to hold great sadness yet at the same to appeared emotionless. This was an odd young man indeed and Naruto wasn’t sure how he felt about him, yet there was a nagging feeling in the back of his mind screaming at him to run away.
Itachi gave an almost cocky smirk as Sasuke came to a stop in front of him. “Hello otouto.”
“I’m so glad you’re home nii-san. When did you get here.” Sasuke asked excitedly, panting slightly from his run.
“I just got here a minute ago. The annual family gathering is tonight after all, I wouldn’t miss it.” He said, his eyes trailed down to Naruto he slowly reached out and ran two fingers from his nose up to gently scratch his head. “Who is your little friend?”
“I call him Sunshine because he’s such a pretty yellow. I found him outside my window. He was sick but now he’s much better. Don’t let mom and dad know though, they’d be upset if they found out.”
“Foolish otouto.” he said with a slight chuckle as he reached up to poke Sasuke’s forehead. “Don’t worry I’ll keep your secret. Go play with your friend, but be sure to be home on time tonight. You know how father is about punctuality.”
“Of course nii-san.” Sasuke smiled happily as he watched his brother walk off to the house.
“Lets go see if Kakashi sensei is home yet.” He said as he hugged Naruto tight with a happy sigh before heading out to go play.
......
It was growing late and the sun was starting to set. Sasuke had fallen asleep on Kakashi’s couch, Naruto napping on his chest. After a full day of playing they were both quite tired and had fallen asleep while visiting the silver haired sensei.
“Sasuke.” Kakashi reached out and gently shook Sasuke awake. “It’s getting late.”
“Hmm.” Sasuke sat up rubbing his eyes. Naruto let out a startled yelp as the move sent him rolling onto Sasuke’s lap.
Sasuke looked out the window and saw how late it was. “Oh no I’m late.” He leapt off the couch, sending Naruto tumbling to the floor. “Dad’s going to be so mad at me. Kakashi sensei will you watch Sunshine for me tonight?”
“I guess he can stay here for tonight. You just hurry up and get home before your parents start to worry.”
Sasuke smiled as he gave Naruto a hug good bye before taking off out the door.
Naruto hopped up onto the windowsill to watch Sasuke disappear into the coming night with a nagging feeling in the pit of his stomach. He looked back over his shoulder and whimpered softly at Kakashi.
“Don’t worry Sunshine. He’ll be fine and back before you know it.”
Naruto just frowned and continued to stare out the window his nerves on edge as he saw a bird flying along the darkening sky towards Sasuke’s home, a black bird. After a few minutes of seeing bird after bird flying towards Sasuke’s home Naruto began to panic. He was back, the shadowy man with the birds was back. Naruto was sure of it, and he was going after Sasuke.
Naruto leapt off the window and ran to Kakashi yelping hysterically at him. “Calm down Sunshine what’s with you.” He gave a distressed whine at not being able to tell the man what was wrong, and in desperation snapped his teeth down on the hand that had reached out to touch him.
Kakashi jerked his hand back and stood back up rubbing it while staring down at Naruto in confusion. Then he looked out the window withe a frown, and without a word grabbed his sword and quickly made his way out the door and towards the Uchiha manor. Naruto quickly dashed out the door as well and ran full speed towards the manor with Kakashi a short distance ahead of him.
As he drew near the smell of blood hit him and he started to panic even more as he desperately tried to find away inside. He heard a crash of glass coming from the back and quickly dashed around to the other side of the house. As he rounded the back he saw Sasuke disappearing into the woods with Itachi hot on his trail and Kakashi not far behind.
He lost sight of the three for a few moments in the thick forest and the now dark night sky. Once he caught up he slid to a stop to see Itachi disappearing into the forest and Kakashi rushing to an unconscious Sasuke and carefully lifting him up.
Naruto ran up to them with soft whimpers and mews as he worried about how Sasuke was. Without
hesitation Kakashi secured his hold on Sasuke then quickly they made their way back to his house.
Once they got back Naruto watched silently as Kakashi laid Sasuke down on the bed. Sasuke automatically curled in on himself in his sleep, his whole body was shaking uncontrollably. He jumped up onto the bed and gently nudged Sasuke’s cheek, trying to comfort him. He froze in shock when Sasuke jerked back and shook even more. Naruto looked up at Kakashi pleadingly as the man watched him silently with sadness in his eyes.
He watched Sasuke sleep for about an hour when his attention was pulled to Kakashi as the man silently slipped outside. With a sad look towards Sasuke he followed Kakashi outside and found him leaning back against the wall next to the door. He sat down at his feet and looked up at him with a questioning mew.
Kakashi looked down at him for a moment before relenting and telling the little golden fox what happened. “Itachi, he killed their family, everyone. Sasuke is lucky I showed up in time to see him running out into the forest and was able to save him, but...” he trailed off and looked out into the night. “He’s not safe here. Itachi will be back for him, and I don’t think I’ll be able to protect him by myself.”
Kakashi sighed as he slid down the wall to sit on the floor, he reached out and patted Naruto on the head. “Why don’t you go back inside and watch over him while I think over the situation.”
Two days went by slowly and Sasuke seemed to draw further into himself. His once bright joyful eyes now stared blankly down at his hands. Oblivious to the little fox that mewed and pressed against him, trying to catch his attention. The young man named Iruka had arrived that morning and had been talking with Kakashi about what to do ever since.
Naruto heard only bits and pieces of the conversation from his position at Sasuke’s side, but enough to know what they planed to do. They were going to return with Iruka to the capital where there were people who could help make Sasuke better. It was also safer and would be better at protecting Sasuke should his brother return.
Naruto was happy that Sasuke would be safe, but was also sad. The capital was a bustling city that was no place for a fox. He understood that when Sasuke left he couldn’t go with him. His place was in the forest as were his powers. If he were to leave his quest to one day take human form would be severely impaired. He curled up in Sasuke’s lap, resigned in the knowledge of what had to be done.
Two days later a carriage came to take Sasuke and the two men away to the capital. Naruto forced himself to stay away and watch from a distance. The men seemed to look around for him for a few minutes but seemed to come to the realization that the little fox knew what needed to be done and soon loaded up into the carriage and left.
Naruto watched as his love and savior disappeared from his sight before making his way back to the forest to train and expand his powers, wanting to be ready for when he would next meet Sasuke. To be able to talk with Sasuke. To hold him, and be held.
I was so sad that I couldn’t stay with you, and felt so useless that I was powerless to provide you any help. Small paws dug into the growing hole in the wall where the chain was embedded. I swore to myself that I would train and get stronger so that one day I could join you again and be able to protect you from that pain of loneliness that I knew too well. The chain shifted and twisted within the growing hole. I was so close, we were so happy. I will return to you! I must banish that loneliness that clouds your heart.
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Nanaka19: Sorry this took so long to get out. I've just been so uninspired lately, but i am still tryin my best to get this story done.