Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Prima Facie ❯ Up and Gone ( Chapter 5 )
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By: Lady Vicious 
"All that is left is a bitter shell of who I use to be..." - Hoobastank, "Up and Gone" (not verbatim)
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Hentai / Romance / Angst | Type: Songfic | Uploaded On: 06.03.2004 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.3K | Visits: 484 | Status: Completed
"All that is left is a bitter shell of who I use to be..." - Hoobastank, "Up and Gone" (not verbatim)
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Hentai / Romance / Angst | Type: Songfic | Uploaded On: 06.03.2004 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.3K | Visits: 484 | Status: Completed
Prima Facie
Chapter 5: Up and Gone
Disclaimer: Once again I no own Naruto-tachi and the song used in this chapter belongs to Hoobastank or their record company, whatever.
o
“Is it true?,” he stood with hands on slender hips, his poise the perfect vision of nonchalant. She put down her pen and looked up at the blonde, his new lithe form did not go unnoticed. He had always had baby fat even at the end of his teen years and now to see him this ambiguous man before her was exciting to say the least. She had not expected him to leave a broken child and return an elegant man but there was something off.
“Naruto it’s great to have you back, by your style of dress I see you completed your training and passed the ANBU examination.” She stood up fixing the collar of the green vest he wore and smoothing out a wrinkle on his black body suit, it fit him a bit loose. She could feel the lean muscles under the fabric and the warmth of his body. If she were a lesser woman she would’ve taken advantage of the handsome man right then and there.
“Tsunade-sama stop avoiding my question and tell if it’s true.” The Godaime stood back and looked at him taking his face in her hands to pull him down to her eye level.
“Naruto-kun I can’t answer when I’m not sure what the question you’re asking is,” she kissed his forehead and let him go. He straightened himself and looked down at her running a hand through his messy hair pulling the blonde locks of the hitae-ate he wore. The Hokage smiled, he still wore it proudly even after she had basically forced him out to train himself to the brink of death.
“Rumors are going about that a Sharingan user was spotted with a blue haired woman on his back in the Sand village. They’re missing nin that means we have to kill them.”
“Naruto...,” utter shock was displayed on her profile as she gazed at the boy, could he have really changed that much? She blamed herself for this as she looked into his blue eyes, they had once been so bright and full of life but now she felt like she was staring into the eyes of a corpse. His presence was colder than even the Uchiha boy’s had been.
“I heard Neji and a few others are to be dispatched to search for them. I want to be the ANBU in charge of that team.”
“Naruto..”
“Please Tsunade-sama I have to know why.” Seeing the first sign of an emotion other than bitterness from him since he arrived the fifth could not help but give in.
“They’re leaving tomorrow morning. Reports have been coming in left and right about the last of the Uchiha and his precious fae, everyone describes them that way. Just bring them back alive.” Naruto nodded his head and exited the office not noticing Tsunade shudder.
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The brush ran smoothly through a black mane leaving a soft sound resonating in the motel room. He was on his feet, crouching a bit so she could brush out the knots in his hair. He stared straight ahead his ever present blank expression on his face as he awaited for her to braid his raven tresses.
“Do you ever think of going back?,” she’d been asking him this a lot lately and normally he ignored it.
“Arai I know you miss Konoha but we can never go back, we’re missing nin, traitors. We turned our back on the village and once we show it to them they’ll drive so many shuriken and kunai through it that our blood will run dry before they can bury us.”
“You don’t have to be so graphic and I think you’re wrong, they wouldn’t kill us.” Her hands moved quickly to put the hair in a tight braid before knots developed again. Sasuke’s hair had the tendency to knot only moments after it had been combed through and Arai was too tired to deal with it. His mane reached to a little past his behind, he had been letting it grow for some odd years now. Arai still surpassed him though, hers reached to her ankles.
“How am I wrong?”
“You’re too useful to their village for them to kill you. The last Uchiha, the legendary clan of their village with a Kekkai Genkai they need passed on so they can develop stronger soldiers. Done,” he stood up feeling the braid slap against his back softly through the thin material of his white tank top.
“And how about you?”
“Neji might save me, he said I was his destiny and you know how much he cherishes that.” Sasuke nodded his head as he followed her to their bed, laying down first so she could cuddle up to him. He put an arm around her caressing her side while playing with her hair as her head rested on his chest. She listened to the soft thumping of his heart and began to hum a song that Sasuke usually hated to hear. Today he didn’t mind it as much for he wanted the memories that song brought him even if it made him want to crawl in a hole and die. The song reminded him so much of Naruto, it was all about dreams and reaching them no matter what anyone told you. Naruto was like that or at least he use to be, Sasuke thought bitterly.
“How soon?,” it was out of the blue but Arai understood what he was asking.
“Month or so.”
“We’ll have to move soon.”
“It’s all right.”
“You sure?”
“Mhmm,” she let her eyes drift shut falling asleep with the comfort of willowy fingers running through her hair and up and down her side.
o
“Miso ramen,” the old man nodded glad to have his regular back as he went to fulfill his order.
“Naruto you’re back,” he sat down beside the blonde not caring that his company might not be wanted, “I thought you would’ve come to see me but when Kakashi told me he saw...”
“Iruka is there something you want?” With sadness Iruka noted he had dropped the sensei and sighed.
“I was worried about you, gone all that time. Kakashi basically had to tie me down to keep me from going after you.” He had expected a laugh from Naruto so frowned when he didn’t even get a nod. The old man came by to place Naruto’s bowl of ramen before him leaving Naruto engrossed with it. He didn’t raise his eyes from the bowl even though he wasn’t yet eating.
“Does Kakashi live with you?” A blush crept onto Iruka’s face and the scarred man nodded his head.
“I had a nervous breakdown after...,” he didn’t have to say it Naruto knew, “after what happened and Kakashi stayed with me to make sure I was all right since he was devastated by it all as well. He just never left after that, I didn’t really want him to.”
“Kakashi’s your lover?,” hesitantly Iruka nodded his head, “You’re sick.” Iruka felt like he had been stabbed in the chest, he could barely breath and tears threatened to overflow. He wanted to retort, to defend his lifestyle but Naruto was already walking away and he was frozen to his spot. Iruka gasped for air as a concerned Ino came to his side. She looked at Naruto’s retreating form than the face of the Ninja Academy teacher. He was distraught beyond words and Ino wondered why.
“Would you like me to take you home Iruka-san?” He nodded his head and let the girl lead him out of the ramen bar.
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“Just staring at you above me. Hmm there is nothing else to do. I’ve lost my friend, my love, myself and there’s just no one who will understand. They have love and they all have each other but I don’t even have that boy I use to pretend to be. He’s gone and here I am, what the hell am I? Who the hell am I and what is this bitter taste in my mouth?,” he put his hand up blocking his view of the ceiling, “Why is it like this? Why?” He sighed as he rolled onto his side, balling up and crying what had been a frequent habit of his. A knock on his door interrupted his self- loathing/self-pity isolated moment and with much annoyance he wiped away his face and headed towards the door. He made sure no tears were showing, that all signs of crying were gone before he opened the door.
“Naruto may I come in?,” this was someone he never expected to come over to his home.
“Sure welcome to my humble abode, Ino Yamanaka,” he stepped aside to let her in.
“Pardon the intrusion,” she mumbled as she passed him, “I was curious about a few things.” He gestured for her to follow him to his kitchen, there was only one chair. He pulled it out for her and she sat down with a gracious smile, Naruto hid his twinge of jealousy.
“What things?,” he sat down on the table leaning a bit so as not to throw the shaky piece of furniture off balance. He had enough money to replace all the decrypted items but chose not to, seeing it all a waste of time he’d rarely be home now.
“Where were you all this time?”
“I thought the Hokage had informed everyone,” Ino shook her head no, “Oh well then I was sent out for training abroad basically they were trying to get me out of the village after the incident thinking that the emotional stress might make me go homicidal. They kicked me out temporarily and called it a mission so I’d abide.” Ino gulped, she had never really known the other blonde really well but he always seemed so cheery. This guy sitting before her was so bitter that she felt like she had swallowed gallons of salt.
“Oh...um... I wanted to ask also... a favor,” she had never had this much trouble speaking to someone especially a guy, “You’re the captain on the search team being sent out for Sasuke and Arai, I want to be on that team. I need to make him pay for what he did, he’s to blame...”
“I don’t care to hear you’re reasons. You’re just a chuunin everyone else on the team has reached the level of jounin or ANBU, we don’t need you holding us back,” Ino got up quickly pushing the table that Naruto sat on. He jumped off of it as it fell to the floor and glared at an irate Ino.
“Sakura was my best friend and because of that damn bastard she’s gone and I want him to pay for that! He has to pay for it! Because of him Sakura is in the ground! Cold and dead! I thought you cared about her...”
“I do and you have no right to come marching into my apartment making demands and pulling out answers that you shouldn’t even be looking for. Get out,” she didn’t move and when Naruto stepped towards her she pulled a kunai out from a strap on her thigh.
“So its true you’ve become a bigger asshole than Sasuke, you made Iruka cry I’ll have you know. I thought you cared about him or is it only you that you care about now Uzumaki Naruto?”
“I told you to leave. I’ll put you on the damn team but if you get in my way I won’t hesitate to kill you,” satisfied Ino left and Naruto went back to laying on his bed. He stared up at his off-white ceiling for a moment pondering on if it was true, was he really a bigger asshole than Sasuke? He would find out when he found the other boy but Naruto fell asleep thinking he wasn’t, he never would be because he hadn’t caused the death of two people he loved like Sasuke had.
o
AN: I don’t have the lyrics to this song and am too lazy to find them, if any of my few readers out there are feeling nice and look for them please e- mail them to me and I’ll edit to include them. Oh btw people don’t get pissed at me for the lack of NaruSasu loving, it really irks me when people flame me because I don’t have plain NaruSasu screwing, read my stories on aff.net for that! This is a serious attempt at a story, plot and all so don’t expect me to put just people screwing around. I’m trying to make love connections not booty calls so be patient my friends, I want the NaruSasu love to be a soul mate thing not a ‘wham bam thank you man’. Thanks for reading my bitching.
Chapter 5: Up and Gone
Disclaimer: Once again I no own Naruto-tachi and the song used in this chapter belongs to Hoobastank or their record company, whatever.
o
“Is it true?,” he stood with hands on slender hips, his poise the perfect vision of nonchalant. She put down her pen and looked up at the blonde, his new lithe form did not go unnoticed. He had always had baby fat even at the end of his teen years and now to see him this ambiguous man before her was exciting to say the least. She had not expected him to leave a broken child and return an elegant man but there was something off.
“Naruto it’s great to have you back, by your style of dress I see you completed your training and passed the ANBU examination.” She stood up fixing the collar of the green vest he wore and smoothing out a wrinkle on his black body suit, it fit him a bit loose. She could feel the lean muscles under the fabric and the warmth of his body. If she were a lesser woman she would’ve taken advantage of the handsome man right then and there.
“Tsunade-sama stop avoiding my question and tell if it’s true.” The Godaime stood back and looked at him taking his face in her hands to pull him down to her eye level.
“Naruto-kun I can’t answer when I’m not sure what the question you’re asking is,” she kissed his forehead and let him go. He straightened himself and looked down at her running a hand through his messy hair pulling the blonde locks of the hitae-ate he wore. The Hokage smiled, he still wore it proudly even after she had basically forced him out to train himself to the brink of death.
“Rumors are going about that a Sharingan user was spotted with a blue haired woman on his back in the Sand village. They’re missing nin that means we have to kill them.”
“Naruto...,” utter shock was displayed on her profile as she gazed at the boy, could he have really changed that much? She blamed herself for this as she looked into his blue eyes, they had once been so bright and full of life but now she felt like she was staring into the eyes of a corpse. His presence was colder than even the Uchiha boy’s had been.
“I heard Neji and a few others are to be dispatched to search for them. I want to be the ANBU in charge of that team.”
“Naruto..”
“Please Tsunade-sama I have to know why.” Seeing the first sign of an emotion other than bitterness from him since he arrived the fifth could not help but give in.
“They’re leaving tomorrow morning. Reports have been coming in left and right about the last of the Uchiha and his precious fae, everyone describes them that way. Just bring them back alive.” Naruto nodded his head and exited the office not noticing Tsunade shudder.
o
The brush ran smoothly through a black mane leaving a soft sound resonating in the motel room. He was on his feet, crouching a bit so she could brush out the knots in his hair. He stared straight ahead his ever present blank expression on his face as he awaited for her to braid his raven tresses.
“Do you ever think of going back?,” she’d been asking him this a lot lately and normally he ignored it.
“Arai I know you miss Konoha but we can never go back, we’re missing nin, traitors. We turned our back on the village and once we show it to them they’ll drive so many shuriken and kunai through it that our blood will run dry before they can bury us.”
“You don’t have to be so graphic and I think you’re wrong, they wouldn’t kill us.” Her hands moved quickly to put the hair in a tight braid before knots developed again. Sasuke’s hair had the tendency to knot only moments after it had been combed through and Arai was too tired to deal with it. His mane reached to a little past his behind, he had been letting it grow for some odd years now. Arai still surpassed him though, hers reached to her ankles.
“How am I wrong?”
“You’re too useful to their village for them to kill you. The last Uchiha, the legendary clan of their village with a Kekkai Genkai they need passed on so they can develop stronger soldiers. Done,” he stood up feeling the braid slap against his back softly through the thin material of his white tank top.
“And how about you?”
“Neji might save me, he said I was his destiny and you know how much he cherishes that.” Sasuke nodded his head as he followed her to their bed, laying down first so she could cuddle up to him. He put an arm around her caressing her side while playing with her hair as her head rested on his chest. She listened to the soft thumping of his heart and began to hum a song that Sasuke usually hated to hear. Today he didn’t mind it as much for he wanted the memories that song brought him even if it made him want to crawl in a hole and die. The song reminded him so much of Naruto, it was all about dreams and reaching them no matter what anyone told you. Naruto was like that or at least he use to be, Sasuke thought bitterly.
“How soon?,” it was out of the blue but Arai understood what he was asking.
“Month or so.”
“We’ll have to move soon.”
“It’s all right.”
“You sure?”
“Mhmm,” she let her eyes drift shut falling asleep with the comfort of willowy fingers running through her hair and up and down her side.
o
“Miso ramen,” the old man nodded glad to have his regular back as he went to fulfill his order.
“Naruto you’re back,” he sat down beside the blonde not caring that his company might not be wanted, “I thought you would’ve come to see me but when Kakashi told me he saw...”
“Iruka is there something you want?” With sadness Iruka noted he had dropped the sensei and sighed.
“I was worried about you, gone all that time. Kakashi basically had to tie me down to keep me from going after you.” He had expected a laugh from Naruto so frowned when he didn’t even get a nod. The old man came by to place Naruto’s bowl of ramen before him leaving Naruto engrossed with it. He didn’t raise his eyes from the bowl even though he wasn’t yet eating.
“Does Kakashi live with you?” A blush crept onto Iruka’s face and the scarred man nodded his head.
“I had a nervous breakdown after...,” he didn’t have to say it Naruto knew, “after what happened and Kakashi stayed with me to make sure I was all right since he was devastated by it all as well. He just never left after that, I didn’t really want him to.”
“Kakashi’s your lover?,” hesitantly Iruka nodded his head, “You’re sick.” Iruka felt like he had been stabbed in the chest, he could barely breath and tears threatened to overflow. He wanted to retort, to defend his lifestyle but Naruto was already walking away and he was frozen to his spot. Iruka gasped for air as a concerned Ino came to his side. She looked at Naruto’s retreating form than the face of the Ninja Academy teacher. He was distraught beyond words and Ino wondered why.
“Would you like me to take you home Iruka-san?” He nodded his head and let the girl lead him out of the ramen bar.
o
“Just staring at you above me. Hmm there is nothing else to do. I’ve lost my friend, my love, myself and there’s just no one who will understand. They have love and they all have each other but I don’t even have that boy I use to pretend to be. He’s gone and here I am, what the hell am I? Who the hell am I and what is this bitter taste in my mouth?,” he put his hand up blocking his view of the ceiling, “Why is it like this? Why?” He sighed as he rolled onto his side, balling up and crying what had been a frequent habit of his. A knock on his door interrupted his self- loathing/self-pity isolated moment and with much annoyance he wiped away his face and headed towards the door. He made sure no tears were showing, that all signs of crying were gone before he opened the door.
“Naruto may I come in?,” this was someone he never expected to come over to his home.
“Sure welcome to my humble abode, Ino Yamanaka,” he stepped aside to let her in.
“Pardon the intrusion,” she mumbled as she passed him, “I was curious about a few things.” He gestured for her to follow him to his kitchen, there was only one chair. He pulled it out for her and she sat down with a gracious smile, Naruto hid his twinge of jealousy.
“What things?,” he sat down on the table leaning a bit so as not to throw the shaky piece of furniture off balance. He had enough money to replace all the decrypted items but chose not to, seeing it all a waste of time he’d rarely be home now.
“Where were you all this time?”
“I thought the Hokage had informed everyone,” Ino shook her head no, “Oh well then I was sent out for training abroad basically they were trying to get me out of the village after the incident thinking that the emotional stress might make me go homicidal. They kicked me out temporarily and called it a mission so I’d abide.” Ino gulped, she had never really known the other blonde really well but he always seemed so cheery. This guy sitting before her was so bitter that she felt like she had swallowed gallons of salt.
“Oh...um... I wanted to ask also... a favor,” she had never had this much trouble speaking to someone especially a guy, “You’re the captain on the search team being sent out for Sasuke and Arai, I want to be on that team. I need to make him pay for what he did, he’s to blame...”
“I don’t care to hear you’re reasons. You’re just a chuunin everyone else on the team has reached the level of jounin or ANBU, we don’t need you holding us back,” Ino got up quickly pushing the table that Naruto sat on. He jumped off of it as it fell to the floor and glared at an irate Ino.
“Sakura was my best friend and because of that damn bastard she’s gone and I want him to pay for that! He has to pay for it! Because of him Sakura is in the ground! Cold and dead! I thought you cared about her...”
“I do and you have no right to come marching into my apartment making demands and pulling out answers that you shouldn’t even be looking for. Get out,” she didn’t move and when Naruto stepped towards her she pulled a kunai out from a strap on her thigh.
“So its true you’ve become a bigger asshole than Sasuke, you made Iruka cry I’ll have you know. I thought you cared about him or is it only you that you care about now Uzumaki Naruto?”
“I told you to leave. I’ll put you on the damn team but if you get in my way I won’t hesitate to kill you,” satisfied Ino left and Naruto went back to laying on his bed. He stared up at his off-white ceiling for a moment pondering on if it was true, was he really a bigger asshole than Sasuke? He would find out when he found the other boy but Naruto fell asleep thinking he wasn’t, he never would be because he hadn’t caused the death of two people he loved like Sasuke had.
o
AN: I don’t have the lyrics to this song and am too lazy to find them, if any of my few readers out there are feeling nice and look for them please e- mail them to me and I’ll edit to include them. Oh btw people don’t get pissed at me for the lack of NaruSasu loving, it really irks me when people flame me because I don’t have plain NaruSasu screwing, read my stories on aff.net for that! This is a serious attempt at a story, plot and all so don’t expect me to put just people screwing around. I’m trying to make love connections not booty calls so be patient my friends, I want the NaruSasu love to be a soul mate thing not a ‘wham bam thank you man’. Thanks for reading my bitching.