Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Love and Death ❯ Cave ( Chapter 5 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: Bookkbaby84 
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Romance / Angst | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 04.14.2005 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.6K | Visits: 835 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Romance / Angst | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 04.14.2005 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.6K | Visits: 835 | Status: Completed
Erk! Sorry for forgetting to post! I got caught up in crap at school- teachers assign so much homework! No excuse, I know but.... BLAH! Anyways, here's the next chappie!
Sasuke jumped from branch to branch, following the trail of blood and footprints that weren't quite hidden. Apparently, Kyuubi hadn't bothered with stealth.
'If I can follow him this easily, it won't take half this time for the ANBU or Jonin to find him.' Sasuke thought. He sped up.
'I wonder what caused Naruto to let Kyuubi loose, or if it took over. What happened Naruto?'
Sakura yawned and opened her eyes. The clock read 6:49 AM. She looked at it, prepared to fall back asleep.
She sat up, and almost screamed at the clock. She only had 11 minutes to get to the bridge! She scrambled out of bed and jumped into her clothes, only pausing to grab a bit of toast and her Konoha head protecter. She was out the door in six minutes, and it only took her four to reach the bridge. She paused, hands on her knees, and out of breath.
Two minutes later, Kakashi was there.
'He's here? On time?' She checked her watch. 'Well... only a minute late...'
"Where is Sasuke?" Kakashi asked her.
"Sensei! He told me to tell you that he was going after Naruto and was going to try to protect him from the Joning and ANBU by bringing him back or something. What's going on?" Kakashi's eye opened wide.
"He went after him?" Sakura nodded.
"I don't know what is going on! He said to ask you or Naruto why the Jonin and ANBU were going to kill Naruto."
"That's not my place to tell you. We're going now- we have to catch up. Go back to your house- pack food and water. I will contact more people." Kakashi disappeared. Sakura paused for a moment, but then ran back to her house.
'What is going on?'
Kakashi appeared in the middle of Iruka's classroom, during the middle of a speech.
"Kakashi? What-"
"Sasuke's gone after Naruto. Get someone to cover your class."
"But- but Hokage-sama said-" Iruka said, already putting down the book he was reading out loud to the class.
"I know what he said. We are not allowed to protect Naruto. Sasuke was not mentioned. We are going after Sasuke, not Naruto, and that is in our right to do so. If we protect Sasuke, and he protects Naruto, that is not our business." Iruka smiled.
'Clever. I doubt Hokage-sama would mind, either.'
"Class dismissed." Iruka said. The kids started cheering and left quickly, before Iruka could change his mind.
"Get Gai. Catch up to Sakura and I- we'll be on his trail." Iruka nodded. Both men disappeared.
Sakura was running out the door, and then ran right into someone. She fell back onto her butt.
"Ow..." she said, then looked at the person who had knocked her down. "Kakashi-sensei?!"
"Time to go." he said, helping her up. Sakura nodded.
"I packed extra food, just in case we need it." she said. Kakashi nodded.
"Smart girl. Let's go." Sakura nodded, and both took off in the dirction that they had seen Kyuubi leap off in yesterday.
The ANBU and Jonin had left at 7, promptly. Hokage-sama had ordered them not to leave until seven, to make sure that all were there that were going. Everyone knew that they were leaving at seven, so everyone should be there.
Almost everyone was. Word had even spread to Chunins!
"We're ready to go." one told the ANBU captain that was to lead them.
"Then let's move out. Kyuubi isn't disguising his tracks- he won't be hard to find."
The man nodded. He gave the signal for everyone to move out. They started running, eager to find the killer in the form of one small boy.
Naruto couldn't sleep. He was still awake- wide awake. He had bathed several more times, but now he felt like he couldn't move, even if he wanted to. He felt disgusting. You know when you have oil on your hands? Imagine that all over your body, and you need a special, rare kind of soap to get it off. You know that you won't get that soap.
That how it seemed to Naruto, anyway. He needed the love of the one he loved to be able to feel clean again, but he was pretty sure the one he loved didn't love him back, and he didn't want to sully Sasuke with his taint, anyway.
He heard the bushes move outside. He didn't really care- he just stayed where he was.
He shivered. He was probably coming down with something- he'd been wet, cold, and naked for a few hours.
"Naruto!" he heard a voice call. Strange, he thought he recognized that voice...
"Naruto!" This time, the voice seemed a lot closer. In fact...
Naruto turned his head to look at the cave enterance. Surely enough, Sasuke stood there, looking at the few cuts and bruises that were still left on Naruto's skin.
'What could have caused him to let Kyuubi out?' Sasuke wondered, staring at Naruto. Obviously, it had something to do with the cuts and bruises on him, but... what? And why was he curling up in teh fetal position inside of a cave? It couldn't be shame for Kyuubi killing people- could it?
'No. That makes no sense. It has to have something to do with what happened before Kyuubi.' Slowly, Sasuke knelt next to Naruto.
"Are you alright, dobe?" he asked, trying to instill coldness in his voice. Naruto looked away slightly. Sasuke caught the slight movement, a bit unnerved at how Naruto had looked away. Usually he would stare the person straight in the eye and say that the wound he was being asked about was nothing- he would be Hokage someday, little things like this couldn't hurt him. He was further unnerved when Naruto smiled widely- it didn't reach his eyes and seemed kind of hollow.
"I'm fine, Sasuke-teme!" His voice was hollow too, like someone had drained all the emotion from it and then left a bare husk out to be used.
"What the hell happened to you, dobe? Aren't you ever careful?" he asked, an annoyed look crossing his face. He still managed to keep his aloof air, somehow.
"Nothing happened! Leave me alone!" Naruto shot back, then rolled over, shivering. Sasuke was temporarily shocked into silence by the outburst- Naruto wouldn't have usually reacted like that. He wasn't that defensive or insecure.
"Then why did you let Kyuubi out?" Sasuke asked. Naruto froze, his back to Sasuke.
'Sasuke... knows? Damnit... he probably despises me now, too- for something that isn't even my fault!'
"So, who told you?" he asked tonelessly. Sasuke forcibly rolls Naruto back over, trying to look him in the eye. As soon as their eyes met, he spoke.
"No one did. I overheard. Jonin and ANBU have been sent after you- I came to get you out of here, dobe."
"Don't bother. You could get killed too- watching out for 'dead last'. Just go." Naruto kept the eye contact up, hoping Sasuke would see the truth in his words and leave.
A blast of cool air comes in from the cave enterence and Naruto shivers. Sasuke suddenly is made aware of how his teammate is clad- in nothing. He almost loses control and blushes, but he manages to keep himself under control. He turns around and removes his shirt, putting it behind him on top of Naruto.
"Put that on." he said. Hearing no movement, he peeks behind himself to see what Naruto was doing.
He was just laying there, staring at the shirt.
"Put it on, dobe!" Sasuke commnands.
"Why are you helping me? I killed people from Konoha- I could have killed YOU!" Sasuke wondered, again, what happened to his teammate. He used to be outgoing and fearless, now he was paranoid.
"Dobe," Sasuke said through gritted teeth. "You weren't the one that killed them. Kyuubi did." He turned around again, facing Naruto. Naruto gave him a puzzled look, but not for long. Sasuke propped the boy into a sitting position and pulled the shirt on over his head, yanking it down to give him some modesty. He carefully avoided looking at Naruto, deciding instead to gaze at the ground about a foot from the two of them.
'Good thing I buy large shrts- that should come down to almost his knees.' Sasuke thought.
The temporary peace was interrupted by the sound of the arrival of more people- the Jonin and ANBU had arrived.
So... how is it? I'm sorry if some are OOC, but this is my first Naruto fanfic!
Sasuke jumped from branch to branch, following the trail of blood and footprints that weren't quite hidden. Apparently, Kyuubi hadn't bothered with stealth.
'If I can follow him this easily, it won't take half this time for the ANBU or Jonin to find him.' Sasuke thought. He sped up.
'I wonder what caused Naruto to let Kyuubi loose, or if it took over. What happened Naruto?'
Sakura yawned and opened her eyes. The clock read 6:49 AM. She looked at it, prepared to fall back asleep.
She sat up, and almost screamed at the clock. She only had 11 minutes to get to the bridge! She scrambled out of bed and jumped into her clothes, only pausing to grab a bit of toast and her Konoha head protecter. She was out the door in six minutes, and it only took her four to reach the bridge. She paused, hands on her knees, and out of breath.
Two minutes later, Kakashi was there.
'He's here? On time?' She checked her watch. 'Well... only a minute late...'
"Where is Sasuke?" Kakashi asked her.
"Sensei! He told me to tell you that he was going after Naruto and was going to try to protect him from the Joning and ANBU by bringing him back or something. What's going on?" Kakashi's eye opened wide.
"He went after him?" Sakura nodded.
"I don't know what is going on! He said to ask you or Naruto why the Jonin and ANBU were going to kill Naruto."
"That's not my place to tell you. We're going now- we have to catch up. Go back to your house- pack food and water. I will contact more people." Kakashi disappeared. Sakura paused for a moment, but then ran back to her house.
'What is going on?'
Kakashi appeared in the middle of Iruka's classroom, during the middle of a speech.
"Kakashi? What-"
"Sasuke's gone after Naruto. Get someone to cover your class."
"But- but Hokage-sama said-" Iruka said, already putting down the book he was reading out loud to the class.
"I know what he said. We are not allowed to protect Naruto. Sasuke was not mentioned. We are going after Sasuke, not Naruto, and that is in our right to do so. If we protect Sasuke, and he protects Naruto, that is not our business." Iruka smiled.
'Clever. I doubt Hokage-sama would mind, either.'
"Class dismissed." Iruka said. The kids started cheering and left quickly, before Iruka could change his mind.
"Get Gai. Catch up to Sakura and I- we'll be on his trail." Iruka nodded. Both men disappeared.
Sakura was running out the door, and then ran right into someone. She fell back onto her butt.
"Ow..." she said, then looked at the person who had knocked her down. "Kakashi-sensei?!"
"Time to go." he said, helping her up. Sakura nodded.
"I packed extra food, just in case we need it." she said. Kakashi nodded.
"Smart girl. Let's go." Sakura nodded, and both took off in the dirction that they had seen Kyuubi leap off in yesterday.
The ANBU and Jonin had left at 7, promptly. Hokage-sama had ordered them not to leave until seven, to make sure that all were there that were going. Everyone knew that they were leaving at seven, so everyone should be there.
Almost everyone was. Word had even spread to Chunins!
"We're ready to go." one told the ANBU captain that was to lead them.
"Then let's move out. Kyuubi isn't disguising his tracks- he won't be hard to find."
The man nodded. He gave the signal for everyone to move out. They started running, eager to find the killer in the form of one small boy.
Naruto couldn't sleep. He was still awake- wide awake. He had bathed several more times, but now he felt like he couldn't move, even if he wanted to. He felt disgusting. You know when you have oil on your hands? Imagine that all over your body, and you need a special, rare kind of soap to get it off. You know that you won't get that soap.
That how it seemed to Naruto, anyway. He needed the love of the one he loved to be able to feel clean again, but he was pretty sure the one he loved didn't love him back, and he didn't want to sully Sasuke with his taint, anyway.
He heard the bushes move outside. He didn't really care- he just stayed where he was.
He shivered. He was probably coming down with something- he'd been wet, cold, and naked for a few hours.
"Naruto!" he heard a voice call. Strange, he thought he recognized that voice...
"Naruto!" This time, the voice seemed a lot closer. In fact...
Naruto turned his head to look at the cave enterance. Surely enough, Sasuke stood there, looking at the few cuts and bruises that were still left on Naruto's skin.
'What could have caused him to let Kyuubi out?' Sasuke wondered, staring at Naruto. Obviously, it had something to do with the cuts and bruises on him, but... what? And why was he curling up in teh fetal position inside of a cave? It couldn't be shame for Kyuubi killing people- could it?
'No. That makes no sense. It has to have something to do with what happened before Kyuubi.' Slowly, Sasuke knelt next to Naruto.
"Are you alright, dobe?" he asked, trying to instill coldness in his voice. Naruto looked away slightly. Sasuke caught the slight movement, a bit unnerved at how Naruto had looked away. Usually he would stare the person straight in the eye and say that the wound he was being asked about was nothing- he would be Hokage someday, little things like this couldn't hurt him. He was further unnerved when Naruto smiled widely- it didn't reach his eyes and seemed kind of hollow.
"I'm fine, Sasuke-teme!" His voice was hollow too, like someone had drained all the emotion from it and then left a bare husk out to be used.
"What the hell happened to you, dobe? Aren't you ever careful?" he asked, an annoyed look crossing his face. He still managed to keep his aloof air, somehow.
"Nothing happened! Leave me alone!" Naruto shot back, then rolled over, shivering. Sasuke was temporarily shocked into silence by the outburst- Naruto wouldn't have usually reacted like that. He wasn't that defensive or insecure.
"Then why did you let Kyuubi out?" Sasuke asked. Naruto froze, his back to Sasuke.
'Sasuke... knows? Damnit... he probably despises me now, too- for something that isn't even my fault!'
"So, who told you?" he asked tonelessly. Sasuke forcibly rolls Naruto back over, trying to look him in the eye. As soon as their eyes met, he spoke.
"No one did. I overheard. Jonin and ANBU have been sent after you- I came to get you out of here, dobe."
"Don't bother. You could get killed too- watching out for 'dead last'. Just go." Naruto kept the eye contact up, hoping Sasuke would see the truth in his words and leave.
A blast of cool air comes in from the cave enterence and Naruto shivers. Sasuke suddenly is made aware of how his teammate is clad- in nothing. He almost loses control and blushes, but he manages to keep himself under control. He turns around and removes his shirt, putting it behind him on top of Naruto.
"Put that on." he said. Hearing no movement, he peeks behind himself to see what Naruto was doing.
He was just laying there, staring at the shirt.
"Put it on, dobe!" Sasuke commnands.
"Why are you helping me? I killed people from Konoha- I could have killed YOU!" Sasuke wondered, again, what happened to his teammate. He used to be outgoing and fearless, now he was paranoid.
"Dobe," Sasuke said through gritted teeth. "You weren't the one that killed them. Kyuubi did." He turned around again, facing Naruto. Naruto gave him a puzzled look, but not for long. Sasuke propped the boy into a sitting position and pulled the shirt on over his head, yanking it down to give him some modesty. He carefully avoided looking at Naruto, deciding instead to gaze at the ground about a foot from the two of them.
'Good thing I buy large shrts- that should come down to almost his knees.' Sasuke thought.
The temporary peace was interrupted by the sound of the arrival of more people- the Jonin and ANBU had arrived.
So... how is it? I'm sorry if some are OOC, but this is my first Naruto fanfic!