Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Naruto: The sands of time ❯ Chapter 8 It’s gonna rain ( Chapter 8 )
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Chapter 8: It’s gonna rain
“Everything looks alright to me…” Naruto said upon their return to their normal time. The damages were much lower, hardly any were result from the attack last night.
“We did it, I just can’t believe we didn’t screw up it up worse.” Lee said, sighing in relief. “I told you there isn’t always a bad result.”
“I guess more good then bad came out of it in the end.” Shikamaru admitted, folding his arms and looking around for anything out of place.
“I don’t know, something seems off.” Gaara glanced upward...
Naruto looked up at him “What is it?”
Gaara looked around, trying to think of what was out of place here but couldn’t come up with anything. “I’m not sure, but it’s probably not important…” Gaara shrugged and discarded the thought. He still couldn’t shrug off the feeling of being out of place.
“I hope so….Hey, where did Kakashi and Iruka go?” Naruto looked around a saw no trace of them.
“They already left.” Shikamaru said, laying rest to a few worries that they were left behind. That would have explained the out of place feeling.
Finding nothing out of the ordinary, Shikamaru finally relaxed “I have to admit, this was an interesting experience.”
Lee nodded in agreement “If you ever go again, I’ll be ready anytime.” he said with his usual smile and thumbs up.
“I’ll be sure to find you.” Naruto smirked.
Lee and Shikamaru left, most likely to Lee’s house because it was closer from where they were.
Any train of thought after that moment was interrupted by Naruto’s stomach growling loudly. He rubbed his head with a small laugh “Let’s go get something to eat!” He said happily.
Gaara looked down at his own stomach, he was a little hungry and out of Chakra anyways. “Alright then, What did you have in mind.”
A large grin came across Naruto’s face when he asked that.
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Lee walked in to the familiar house finding the door unlocked. “I hope you don’t mind Kiba, the door was…” He stopped in the living room, looking at Kiba asleep on the couch with one leg up on the table. It was bandaged, most likely injured from the demons last night.
Neji was asleep next to him with his head on the Kiba’s shoulder, Akamaru in his lap also asleep.
“Hmm…” They looked peaceful sleeping there, one, Neji in particular, looked as if he needed sleep more.
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Shikamaru laid down in the back yard under the shade of a tree, lifting his hands behind his head and closing his eyes. It was hot, hotter then it was yesterday. It was actually a drastic weather change from the temperature of 60 the day before, to 90 today. Out loud it didn’t sound like a lot, but the difference spoke for itself when it was felt.
There was some relief from the heat, a cool, humid breeze blew through frequently. So it felt much better outside the indoors.
The clouds were thick today, so thick that hardly any sun could be seen in-between. Making the sky appear white, and making Shikamaru wonder how hot would it be if the sun was actually visible. Konoha never got this hot, especially in the spring.
A heat wave?
! - ! - !
Kakashi waited impatiently outside the hospital room. He was actually mad because they wouldn’t let him yet. “The patient needs his rest.” A nurse said. Kakashi only nodded silently when he was really ready too break the door down.
It had been an hour, he was pretty sure they were done with whatever treatment they were going to do. But standing outside the door being angry wouldn’t make them let him in, but if he herd “You can’t come in the patient needs his rest.” one more time he’d go insane.
“Fine.” Kakashi said, walking away from the nurse and heading to the waiting room. With an annoyed sigh he sat down in a chair. Now that he was off his feet he realized how tired he was.
But he’d never be able to fall asleep knowing the last time he saw Iruka, he was covered in blood and had Kumis and burn marks covering his body. He remembered hoping the man wouldn’t bleed to death one the way back, hearing Iruka say something about feeling light headed.
Now that he stopped to think, he realized he was covered in Iruka’s blood. The front part of his shirt was soaked, most parts of it still wet. Around his back were Iruka’s arm had been was also red, and sense he slouched a little because of his injuries, the part of Kakashi’s pants that had been near Iruka’s side was also red.
“Hmm…” He also realized that in retrospect, sitting in this white chair was a bad idea. Kakashi quickly got up and as he expected, most of the leather seat was stained red with blood. He didn’t exactly like that this was Iruka’s blood, it was an eerie feeling.
Kakashi retrieved a few supplies and cleaned the blood off the chair, thinking as he did so. He knew he had to go home, take a shower and change clothes. But he’d feel horrible if he left Iruka here, he felt bad just considering it.
Kakashi never like hospital much, so he really didn’t want to leave Iruka alone in one. But still he had too, as quickly as possible.
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Naruto had of course taken Gaara to his favorite restaurant Ichiraku, and he’d ordered an extra large bowl of Ramen. “You mean you never had Ramen before?” Naruto asked.
“No.” Gaara said plainly.
“You have to try some then.” Naruto said, ordering another bowl.
Gaara looked at the steaming noodles, taking his chopsticks and lifting a few of them in to his mouth questingly. “Good eh?” Naruto said eating more of his own.
“Well…not bad.” Gaara gave him some response.
“Not bad? That’s it?” Naruto asked, looking up at Gaara with a raised eyebrow. “Yeah, it’s ok.” Gaara said plainly, swirling the ramen around in his bowl.
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“Where did you go?” Shikamaru asked, knowing it was Lee approaching him though his eyes were closed. Lee always walked lightly, so Shikamaru could distinguish his footsteps from others.
“No where in particular.” He said plainly, easing himself down on the ground next to the boy.
“It’s hot, I don’t see how you can stand wearing that body suit?” Shikamaru said, laying his head on Lee’s back. Shikamaru had found it was too warm for all the clothing he was wearing and now only had on his pants.
“This thing keeps me pretty cool, especially with all of this wind.” Lee told him. The green fiber was quite breathable so the breeze were enough to keep him from getting too hot.
“This wind is getting strong looks like it’s going to rain soon.” Shikamaru said.
The sky didn’t have a gray cloud insight, but the wind was strong and extremely humid. With conditions like this it wouldn’t be long before a storm started. “Yeah, I guess so.”
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Gaara sat alone on a roof top he was sure one would recognize him on. No one would probably find him here either-- except Kakashi of course, who was never looking in the first place. “Gaara, what are the odds.”
The man had cleaned up since the last time he saw him, He’d cleaned the blood off himself and changed clothing. Gaara looked up acknowledgingly but remained silent. “I been meaning to ask you something since you had an Epiphany and all. Why do you like Naruto.” He asked, clearly not trying to discourage but just to know.
“What do you mean?” Gaara asked.
“Exactly what I said.” Kakashi told him. Gaara thought about it for a second….
“Because he was the only person that understood me, when I was drowning in my self he saved me.” Gaara said, still thinking as he talked.
“Wow, that’s deep.” Kakashi folded his arms and walked away.
“I guess the main reason is because... he lets me sleep.”
Kakashi stopped and looked back, “Huh?”
“When I’m with him I can fall asleep and still be myself.” Gaara said.
“Maybe it’s because of the strenuous activities, I wonder.” Kakashi had noticed Gaara was different, more so today. But after years of insomnia, who wouldn’t be happy after a good night’s rest.
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Iruka groan from pain opened his eyes and immediately lifted his hands to his pounding head. That’s when he realized his first mistake after a sharp pain shot through his left arm. It made him cringe and sit up.
His second mistake, the wound on his arm began to hurt. He let out a soft cry of pain and felt two hands pushing him back down on to the bed.
“You’re your own worst enemy.”
Iruka looked up and saw Kakashi standing over him. “Kakashi!” Iruka said, flinching in surprise, making another sharp pain shoot through his body.
“See.” Kakashi said, sitting on the edge of the bed next to him.
“Thanks for getting me here.” Iruka said, pulling down Kakashi’s mask with his right hand and lifting himself for a kiss.
“No problem.” Kakashi smirked, running circles on Iruka’s bare chest with his finger before pushing him back down.
Iruka realized he was wearing nothing but boxers, the rest of his clothes were ripped and bloody. “I’ll bring you something to wear.” Kakashi said.
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“Everything looks alright to me…” Naruto said upon their return to their normal time. The damages were much lower, hardly any were result from the attack last night.
“We did it, I just can’t believe we didn’t screw up it up worse.” Lee said, sighing in relief. “I told you there isn’t always a bad result.”
“I guess more good then bad came out of it in the end.” Shikamaru admitted, folding his arms and looking around for anything out of place.
“I don’t know, something seems off.” Gaara glanced upward...
Naruto looked up at him “What is it?”
Gaara looked around, trying to think of what was out of place here but couldn’t come up with anything. “I’m not sure, but it’s probably not important…” Gaara shrugged and discarded the thought. He still couldn’t shrug off the feeling of being out of place.
“I hope so….Hey, where did Kakashi and Iruka go?” Naruto looked around a saw no trace of them.
“They already left.” Shikamaru said, laying rest to a few worries that they were left behind. That would have explained the out of place feeling.
Finding nothing out of the ordinary, Shikamaru finally relaxed “I have to admit, this was an interesting experience.”
Lee nodded in agreement “If you ever go again, I’ll be ready anytime.” he said with his usual smile and thumbs up.
“I’ll be sure to find you.” Naruto smirked.
Lee and Shikamaru left, most likely to Lee’s house because it was closer from where they were.
Any train of thought after that moment was interrupted by Naruto’s stomach growling loudly. He rubbed his head with a small laugh “Let’s go get something to eat!” He said happily.
Gaara looked down at his own stomach, he was a little hungry and out of Chakra anyways. “Alright then, What did you have in mind.”
A large grin came across Naruto’s face when he asked that.
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Lee walked in to the familiar house finding the door unlocked. “I hope you don’t mind Kiba, the door was…” He stopped in the living room, looking at Kiba asleep on the couch with one leg up on the table. It was bandaged, most likely injured from the demons last night.
Neji was asleep next to him with his head on the Kiba’s shoulder, Akamaru in his lap also asleep.
“Hmm…” They looked peaceful sleeping there, one, Neji in particular, looked as if he needed sleep more.
! - ! - !
Shikamaru laid down in the back yard under the shade of a tree, lifting his hands behind his head and closing his eyes. It was hot, hotter then it was yesterday. It was actually a drastic weather change from the temperature of 60 the day before, to 90 today. Out loud it didn’t sound like a lot, but the difference spoke for itself when it was felt.
There was some relief from the heat, a cool, humid breeze blew through frequently. So it felt much better outside the indoors.
The clouds were thick today, so thick that hardly any sun could be seen in-between. Making the sky appear white, and making Shikamaru wonder how hot would it be if the sun was actually visible. Konoha never got this hot, especially in the spring.
A heat wave?
! - ! - !
Kakashi waited impatiently outside the hospital room. He was actually mad because they wouldn’t let him yet. “The patient needs his rest.” A nurse said. Kakashi only nodded silently when he was really ready too break the door down.
It had been an hour, he was pretty sure they were done with whatever treatment they were going to do. But standing outside the door being angry wouldn’t make them let him in, but if he herd “You can’t come in the patient needs his rest.” one more time he’d go insane.
“Fine.” Kakashi said, walking away from the nurse and heading to the waiting room. With an annoyed sigh he sat down in a chair. Now that he was off his feet he realized how tired he was.
But he’d never be able to fall asleep knowing the last time he saw Iruka, he was covered in blood and had Kumis and burn marks covering his body. He remembered hoping the man wouldn’t bleed to death one the way back, hearing Iruka say something about feeling light headed.
Now that he stopped to think, he realized he was covered in Iruka’s blood. The front part of his shirt was soaked, most parts of it still wet. Around his back were Iruka’s arm had been was also red, and sense he slouched a little because of his injuries, the part of Kakashi’s pants that had been near Iruka’s side was also red.
“Hmm…” He also realized that in retrospect, sitting in this white chair was a bad idea. Kakashi quickly got up and as he expected, most of the leather seat was stained red with blood. He didn’t exactly like that this was Iruka’s blood, it was an eerie feeling.
Kakashi retrieved a few supplies and cleaned the blood off the chair, thinking as he did so. He knew he had to go home, take a shower and change clothes. But he’d feel horrible if he left Iruka here, he felt bad just considering it.
Kakashi never like hospital much, so he really didn’t want to leave Iruka alone in one. But still he had too, as quickly as possible.
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Naruto had of course taken Gaara to his favorite restaurant Ichiraku, and he’d ordered an extra large bowl of Ramen. “You mean you never had Ramen before?” Naruto asked.
“No.” Gaara said plainly.
“You have to try some then.” Naruto said, ordering another bowl.
Gaara looked at the steaming noodles, taking his chopsticks and lifting a few of them in to his mouth questingly. “Good eh?” Naruto said eating more of his own.
“Well…not bad.” Gaara gave him some response.
“Not bad? That’s it?” Naruto asked, looking up at Gaara with a raised eyebrow. “Yeah, it’s ok.” Gaara said plainly, swirling the ramen around in his bowl.
! - ! - !
“Where did you go?” Shikamaru asked, knowing it was Lee approaching him though his eyes were closed. Lee always walked lightly, so Shikamaru could distinguish his footsteps from others.
“No where in particular.” He said plainly, easing himself down on the ground next to the boy.
“It’s hot, I don’t see how you can stand wearing that body suit?” Shikamaru said, laying his head on Lee’s back. Shikamaru had found it was too warm for all the clothing he was wearing and now only had on his pants.
“This thing keeps me pretty cool, especially with all of this wind.” Lee told him. The green fiber was quite breathable so the breeze were enough to keep him from getting too hot.
“This wind is getting strong looks like it’s going to rain soon.” Shikamaru said.
The sky didn’t have a gray cloud insight, but the wind was strong and extremely humid. With conditions like this it wouldn’t be long before a storm started. “Yeah, I guess so.”
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Gaara sat alone on a roof top he was sure one would recognize him on. No one would probably find him here either-- except Kakashi of course, who was never looking in the first place. “Gaara, what are the odds.”
The man had cleaned up since the last time he saw him, He’d cleaned the blood off himself and changed clothing. Gaara looked up acknowledgingly but remained silent. “I been meaning to ask you something since you had an Epiphany and all. Why do you like Naruto.” He asked, clearly not trying to discourage but just to know.
“What do you mean?” Gaara asked.
“Exactly what I said.” Kakashi told him. Gaara thought about it for a second….
“Because he was the only person that understood me, when I was drowning in my self he saved me.” Gaara said, still thinking as he talked.
“Wow, that’s deep.” Kakashi folded his arms and walked away.
“I guess the main reason is because... he lets me sleep.”
Kakashi stopped and looked back, “Huh?”
“When I’m with him I can fall asleep and still be myself.” Gaara said.
“Maybe it’s because of the strenuous activities, I wonder.” Kakashi had noticed Gaara was different, more so today. But after years of insomnia, who wouldn’t be happy after a good night’s rest.
! - ! - !
Iruka groan from pain opened his eyes and immediately lifted his hands to his pounding head. That’s when he realized his first mistake after a sharp pain shot through his left arm. It made him cringe and sit up.
His second mistake, the wound on his arm began to hurt. He let out a soft cry of pain and felt two hands pushing him back down on to the bed.
“You’re your own worst enemy.”
Iruka looked up and saw Kakashi standing over him. “Kakashi!” Iruka said, flinching in surprise, making another sharp pain shoot through his body.
“See.” Kakashi said, sitting on the edge of the bed next to him.
“Thanks for getting me here.” Iruka said, pulling down Kakashi’s mask with his right hand and lifting himself for a kiss.
“No problem.” Kakashi smirked, running circles on Iruka’s bare chest with his finger before pushing him back down.
Iruka realized he was wearing nothing but boxers, the rest of his clothes were ripped and bloody. “I’ll bring you something to wear.” Kakashi said.
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