Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Prima Facie ❯ Everybody's Fool ( Chapter 6 )
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By: Lady Vicious 
"And somehow now you're Everybody's Fool..." - Evanescence, "Everybody's Fool"
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Hentai / Romance / Angst | Type: Songfic | Uploaded On: 06.03.2004 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.7K | Visits: 471 | Status: Completed
"And somehow now you're Everybody's Fool..." - Evanescence, "Everybody's Fool"
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Hentai / Romance / Angst | Type: Songfic | Uploaded On: 06.03.2004 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.7K | Visits: 471 | Status: Completed
I must apologize for having taken so long to update, my heart just hasn’t been into my writing for the past couple of weeks but listening to the Naruto soundtrack got me back in the Naruto fan fiction mood. So here’s Chapter 6 and enjoy.
And a second apology for not having included the song lyrics, I kind of lost them and was too lazy to search for them online again.
Prima Facie
Chapter 6: Everybody’s Fool
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto-tachi or the song used in this chapter, it belongs to Evanescence and/or their record company. Can you tell I like Evanescence?
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The group gathered around the fire trying to keep the night chill at bay and sharing information as well as food. They were silent for a moment as they awaited their team captain to speak but he seemed more interested in the ramen in his hands.
“I questioned a few of the villagers and one told me that she had sold a few handy downs to a ‘darling young couple’ to quote her. She also told me they go by the names of Mizu and Yami, water and dark,” Ino broke the silence after having finished her ramen. The ANBU captain had been generous and shared his bounty of ramen when he realized she had lost her pack. It had been his fault, he pushed her into a lake and she panicked when slimy things touched her.
“How does that help us?,” Ino had been trying to ignore the bitterness Naruto left lingering within the team but right about now she wanted to hit him. He had to know she wasn’t done speaking she had only paused for dramatic effect.
“Well the old woman said the female had blue hair in a long braid and the male raven hair but she didn’t see anything strange about his eyes. She said they were almost as black as his hair but didn’t gleam slightly blue like his hair.”
“This old woman sounds like a home wrecker,” everyone but Naruto and Neji gave a small laugh at this. Shikamaru nudged Chouji after his little joke directing the angelically plump (props to the big boys!! XD )ninja’s attention onto Naruto. Chouji grunted and went back to his potato chips making Shikamaru give a bored sigh.
“Did you find anything Neji?,” Naruto seemed to believe that Neji was the only useful one in the group besides himself. Neji shook his head no without looking up from the steamed vegetables he should’ve been eating, instead he was staring at them grow cold. Naruto sighed and leaped up into a tree making himself comfortable.
“You can all go to bed, I’ll keep the first watch,” they were right outside the limits of the Sand village, where most of the Sasuke and Arai sightings had stemmed from. The others began to put away their food items and roll out their sleeping bags. Neji looked up at Naruto then laid down beside Ino turning over as he noticed her blue eyes piercing into him.
“It’s because you want to know why she abandoned you for him right?,” Ino didn’t wait for a reply, “He’ll never love her you know and she’ll learn that soon enough. You deserve better than her...”
“It’s none of your business and you don’t know me well enough to assume such things. Destiny is my only friend, the only one who knows what is right or wrong for me and Destiny has whispered to me that she is the right one. I won’t give up so easily when Destiny is on my side.”
“You’re such a sad person.” Neji winced a bit but didn’t retort instead he pretended to be asleep, he’d ignore Ino for the rest of this mission and hope she did the same for him.
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“Ohayo minna-san,” (Good morning everyone) he gave a polite bow to the gathering of old women who blushed and giggled a bit at such treatment from the handsome young man. He straightened himself and followed the old woman he had come to see. She lead him to a room upstairs and began gathering a few items placing them on the bed.
“How is the girl doing Yami-kun?,” she moved around the room to search for a bag to put all the clothes and trinkets she had thrown on the bed in.
“She’s ok, we’re getting closer.”
“Oh you should come here when the time arrives, I would appreciate it so much if you allowed me that honor.”
“Hai, arigatou go...”
“You don’t have to take such formalities I help you because you and Mizu remind me so much of my son and his beautiful wife, both killed during the times of war. I would hate to see another tragedy occur and can I ask a favor of you Yami?,” he nodded his head making a few raven strands fall in front of his eyes. As if she didn’t want anyone else to hear it, the old woman whispered her favor in his ears. His eyes went wide for a moment but then he nodded his head and smiled.
“It would be an honor for the two of us, thank you you’ve helped more than you know,” the old woman smiled just from the simple joy of knowing she’d helped the struggling pair. He took the items she presented him with and with a gracious bow exited her home and shop. The smile left his face as soon as he reached outside and he put up the hood of his cloak, a simple pin kept it to his body. Completely concealed he made his way to the borders of the village, he felt he had been gone for too long already. He stopped as he noticed a ramen shop and against his better judgment he decided to sit down for a bowl. He really cursed not following his instincts as he heard a familiar voice beside him after only the first two sips of his soup.
“Miso ramen,” the same order as always, it gave him hope but when he peeked at the boy all hope was gone. It wasn’t a boy that sat beside him but a troubled man and he was the source of that man’s troubles. Gathering his wits he all but ran out of the shop not noticing a blue eye follow his moves or the white ones that watched him from a roof across the shop. The male on the roof nodded his head and watched the direction the dark one headed for memorizing it.
“I thought we would be out here much longer,” he was gone from the roof, a poof of smoke in his place.
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“What’s wrong Sasuke?,” Arai got up from the bed quickly and Sasuke rushed to her side afraid that she might of hurt herself. She batted his hand away and stood on her own Sasuke still watching her to make sure she was all right.
“Nothing.”
“Then why were you in such a frenzy when you came here?,” Arai put a hand on his shoulder stopping his packing of their things.
“We need to go buy some groceries, we have rarely anything left to eat,” agreeing she began getting ready to go outside. First she put her hair up in a bun then wrapped a scarf around her head. Sasuke draped a black wide fabric on her and with a pin it was a cloak that concealed her for the most part, some parts just wouldn’t stay hidden.
“I’m ready to go,” Sasuke took her arm and walked with her out of the hotel room ignoring the nagging in the back of his mind that said this was a bad idea. Arai knew something was up but didn’t say anything about it, she knew Sasuke was the rational one of the two of them so she’d follow whatever he said.
“I don’t know what fruits are ripe for this season...”
“It’s ok the fruits only make me feel sick... bread is the only safe thing,” Sasuke nodded his head as they walked through the market getting some funny looks for their attire. The sun was shining brightly and the two of them were dressed in the color that most attracted it, black. Sasuke returned the suspicious looks given to them while Arai only smiled kindly it working to push away the paranoia of the passersby. Sasuke stopped when he found a booth with decent prices and pointed things out to Arai, she would nod her head if she wanted or grimace if not. Sasuke would laugh each time he saw her grimace and it brought a smile to her face, she hadn’t really heard him laugh much lately. Arai had begun to think their fairytale was waning in it’s power to keep him satiated, she knew it was for her.
“Do we have enough?,” Sasuke’s voice made her look up at him then down at the bags of goods he held and she nodded her head.
“Sasuke we’ll need to buy some sewing materials, I have to mend most of the clothing you brought with you today it all looks to big for you.”
“We don’t have money for that but it’s all right I can just fold things that are too long and I don’t mind it as long as they’re not too small. Plus this way you can wear them too.”
“Are you trying to say I’m fat?,” Arai gave a sad little pout and let go of his arm making Sasuke give a chuckle.
“Never... I wouldn’t dare...”
“So it is you,” they both froze where they were, Sasuke gathering his bearings first adjusted his position in front of Arai to cover her completely from the other male’s eyes.
“What do you want, Neji?”
“Come back to Konoha with me willingly or I take you by force, it’s your choice?,” he was already reaching for the kunai strapped to his leg along with his shuriken. Sasuke noticed Neji’s pose was tense even though he appeared ready for battle it seemed he wasn’t really willing to partake in a fight.
“And you would really attack a pregnant woman?,” Arai stepped out from behind Sasuke and Neji gasped his fingers moving away from his kunai.
“You... you two... have been...,” Neji stopped trying to make a coherent sentence as Arai cupped his face in her hands and smiled up at him. She pulled him down a bit so she could kiss his cheek.
“I’ve missed you so much Neji-sempai,” he almost broke down at hearing that old nickname for him come from her lips. He wanted so bad to wrap his arms around her but instead he stayed stiff and stared at Sasuke. He expected the Sharingan user to be angered that Neji would allow this public affection to occur but Sasuke’s face was blank. Neji released a sigh of relief as Arai finally released him.
“You’ve been here this whole time?”
“No here and there, everywhere in a sense. So what are you going to do now Neji-sempai?,” Arai held his hand hope in her eyes that he wouldn’t give them away.
“I want to see where the two of you are staying,” Sasuke nodded his head and began walking away the groceries still in his hands. He could tell Neji and Arai were following by the soft sound her dress made against her cloak as she moved.
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“This is it?,” Neji looked at the dump deemed a ‘safe and inexpensive place for wanderers to rest’, he had read it from the sign outside the cheap motel.
“We don’t have much money and it’s hard when feeing three to find somewhere nice to stay,” Arai was fixing tea for their guest as Sasuke sat at the table with Neji completely silent.
“But why don’t you just go back to Konoha?”
“We wouldn’t be accepted there, we’re traitors Neji-san,” Arai spoke softly as she poured him his tea and then offered Sasuke some. He declined and took the kettle from her to serve her a cup then pulled her onto his lap ignoring the look of jealousy that crossed Neji’s face. Arai was slightly uncomfortable with the current seating arrangements but they only had two chairs in the entire place and not even a sofa for guests. This was the only guest they had so it hadn’t seemed like an issue before but Arai was starting to feel this was no fairytale just one horrible nightmare.
“Where does your money come from anyway? To be able to care for Arai and your unborn child Sasuke what are you doing to bring in money?,” Sasuke could not ignore the worry that lined Neji’s speech and wanted nothing more at the moment then for Arai to say she would go to Konoha with Neji.
“I work strange jobs here and there for whatever is offered to me. Using the skills I was taught in Konoha I have managed well enough to keep us sheltered and fed well enough that we don’t fall over with starvation.”
“We don’t go to bed hungry too often and neither of us eat a lot anyway,” Arai had added the last part in after seeing the look of anger that had crossed Neji’s expression.
“You must return to Konoha, I have been sent to retrieve you along with a few others. You are lucky it was me that discovered you I doubt anyone else would’ve hesitated to use force even seeing you in your condition Arai.”
“I can still fight it...”
“And if you had dared and harmed the child within you I would leave you on the riverside in nothing but you’re underwear and a blind fold.”
“Sasuke-kun I could still find my way back to you.” Neji was starting to feel sick not even aware that the sweetness that Arai and Sasuke spoke to each other in was forced. Both were too tired to pretend any longer but would not part, the only comforts they had were one another’s bodies as the rise of Arai’s belly proved.
“I have to tell my team where I located you even if it puts you both in danger,” Neji stood up, “I am a Shinobi of Hidden Leaf before anything and my past camaraderie with you Sasuke and my love for you Arai are second to my duties.”
“Don’t worry we’ll be gone before they get here right Sasuke?” He nodded his head and looked at the things that he had already packed earlier.
“I... I am glad for that. It is good to know you’re both well and I’ll be going back to my team now before they come searching for me,” Neji left not noticing the longing eyes staring at him, the two sets of eyes that cried for their home. That begged to be embraced by the village they loved even though they knew they had stabbed it in the back.
And a second apology for not having included the song lyrics, I kind of lost them and was too lazy to search for them online again.
Prima Facie
Chapter 6: Everybody’s Fool
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto-tachi or the song used in this chapter, it belongs to Evanescence and/or their record company. Can you tell I like Evanescence?
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The group gathered around the fire trying to keep the night chill at bay and sharing information as well as food. They were silent for a moment as they awaited their team captain to speak but he seemed more interested in the ramen in his hands.
“I questioned a few of the villagers and one told me that she had sold a few handy downs to a ‘darling young couple’ to quote her. She also told me they go by the names of Mizu and Yami, water and dark,” Ino broke the silence after having finished her ramen. The ANBU captain had been generous and shared his bounty of ramen when he realized she had lost her pack. It had been his fault, he pushed her into a lake and she panicked when slimy things touched her.
“How does that help us?,” Ino had been trying to ignore the bitterness Naruto left lingering within the team but right about now she wanted to hit him. He had to know she wasn’t done speaking she had only paused for dramatic effect.
“Well the old woman said the female had blue hair in a long braid and the male raven hair but she didn’t see anything strange about his eyes. She said they were almost as black as his hair but didn’t gleam slightly blue like his hair.”
“This old woman sounds like a home wrecker,” everyone but Naruto and Neji gave a small laugh at this. Shikamaru nudged Chouji after his little joke directing the angelically plump (props to the big boys!! XD )ninja’s attention onto Naruto. Chouji grunted and went back to his potato chips making Shikamaru give a bored sigh.
“Did you find anything Neji?,” Naruto seemed to believe that Neji was the only useful one in the group besides himself. Neji shook his head no without looking up from the steamed vegetables he should’ve been eating, instead he was staring at them grow cold. Naruto sighed and leaped up into a tree making himself comfortable.
“You can all go to bed, I’ll keep the first watch,” they were right outside the limits of the Sand village, where most of the Sasuke and Arai sightings had stemmed from. The others began to put away their food items and roll out their sleeping bags. Neji looked up at Naruto then laid down beside Ino turning over as he noticed her blue eyes piercing into him.
“It’s because you want to know why she abandoned you for him right?,” Ino didn’t wait for a reply, “He’ll never love her you know and she’ll learn that soon enough. You deserve better than her...”
“It’s none of your business and you don’t know me well enough to assume such things. Destiny is my only friend, the only one who knows what is right or wrong for me and Destiny has whispered to me that she is the right one. I won’t give up so easily when Destiny is on my side.”
“You’re such a sad person.” Neji winced a bit but didn’t retort instead he pretended to be asleep, he’d ignore Ino for the rest of this mission and hope she did the same for him.
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“Ohayo minna-san,” (Good morning everyone) he gave a polite bow to the gathering of old women who blushed and giggled a bit at such treatment from the handsome young man. He straightened himself and followed the old woman he had come to see. She lead him to a room upstairs and began gathering a few items placing them on the bed.
“How is the girl doing Yami-kun?,” she moved around the room to search for a bag to put all the clothes and trinkets she had thrown on the bed in.
“She’s ok, we’re getting closer.”
“Oh you should come here when the time arrives, I would appreciate it so much if you allowed me that honor.”
“Hai, arigatou go...”
“You don’t have to take such formalities I help you because you and Mizu remind me so much of my son and his beautiful wife, both killed during the times of war. I would hate to see another tragedy occur and can I ask a favor of you Yami?,” he nodded his head making a few raven strands fall in front of his eyes. As if she didn’t want anyone else to hear it, the old woman whispered her favor in his ears. His eyes went wide for a moment but then he nodded his head and smiled.
“It would be an honor for the two of us, thank you you’ve helped more than you know,” the old woman smiled just from the simple joy of knowing she’d helped the struggling pair. He took the items she presented him with and with a gracious bow exited her home and shop. The smile left his face as soon as he reached outside and he put up the hood of his cloak, a simple pin kept it to his body. Completely concealed he made his way to the borders of the village, he felt he had been gone for too long already. He stopped as he noticed a ramen shop and against his better judgment he decided to sit down for a bowl. He really cursed not following his instincts as he heard a familiar voice beside him after only the first two sips of his soup.
“Miso ramen,” the same order as always, it gave him hope but when he peeked at the boy all hope was gone. It wasn’t a boy that sat beside him but a troubled man and he was the source of that man’s troubles. Gathering his wits he all but ran out of the shop not noticing a blue eye follow his moves or the white ones that watched him from a roof across the shop. The male on the roof nodded his head and watched the direction the dark one headed for memorizing it.
“I thought we would be out here much longer,” he was gone from the roof, a poof of smoke in his place.
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“What’s wrong Sasuke?,” Arai got up from the bed quickly and Sasuke rushed to her side afraid that she might of hurt herself. She batted his hand away and stood on her own Sasuke still watching her to make sure she was all right.
“Nothing.”
“Then why were you in such a frenzy when you came here?,” Arai put a hand on his shoulder stopping his packing of their things.
“We need to go buy some groceries, we have rarely anything left to eat,” agreeing she began getting ready to go outside. First she put her hair up in a bun then wrapped a scarf around her head. Sasuke draped a black wide fabric on her and with a pin it was a cloak that concealed her for the most part, some parts just wouldn’t stay hidden.
“I’m ready to go,” Sasuke took her arm and walked with her out of the hotel room ignoring the nagging in the back of his mind that said this was a bad idea. Arai knew something was up but didn’t say anything about it, she knew Sasuke was the rational one of the two of them so she’d follow whatever he said.
“I don’t know what fruits are ripe for this season...”
“It’s ok the fruits only make me feel sick... bread is the only safe thing,” Sasuke nodded his head as they walked through the market getting some funny looks for their attire. The sun was shining brightly and the two of them were dressed in the color that most attracted it, black. Sasuke returned the suspicious looks given to them while Arai only smiled kindly it working to push away the paranoia of the passersby. Sasuke stopped when he found a booth with decent prices and pointed things out to Arai, she would nod her head if she wanted or grimace if not. Sasuke would laugh each time he saw her grimace and it brought a smile to her face, she hadn’t really heard him laugh much lately. Arai had begun to think their fairytale was waning in it’s power to keep him satiated, she knew it was for her.
“Do we have enough?,” Sasuke’s voice made her look up at him then down at the bags of goods he held and she nodded her head.
“Sasuke we’ll need to buy some sewing materials, I have to mend most of the clothing you brought with you today it all looks to big for you.”
“We don’t have money for that but it’s all right I can just fold things that are too long and I don’t mind it as long as they’re not too small. Plus this way you can wear them too.”
“Are you trying to say I’m fat?,” Arai gave a sad little pout and let go of his arm making Sasuke give a chuckle.
“Never... I wouldn’t dare...”
“So it is you,” they both froze where they were, Sasuke gathering his bearings first adjusted his position in front of Arai to cover her completely from the other male’s eyes.
“What do you want, Neji?”
“Come back to Konoha with me willingly or I take you by force, it’s your choice?,” he was already reaching for the kunai strapped to his leg along with his shuriken. Sasuke noticed Neji’s pose was tense even though he appeared ready for battle it seemed he wasn’t really willing to partake in a fight.
“And you would really attack a pregnant woman?,” Arai stepped out from behind Sasuke and Neji gasped his fingers moving away from his kunai.
“You... you two... have been...,” Neji stopped trying to make a coherent sentence as Arai cupped his face in her hands and smiled up at him. She pulled him down a bit so she could kiss his cheek.
“I’ve missed you so much Neji-sempai,” he almost broke down at hearing that old nickname for him come from her lips. He wanted so bad to wrap his arms around her but instead he stayed stiff and stared at Sasuke. He expected the Sharingan user to be angered that Neji would allow this public affection to occur but Sasuke’s face was blank. Neji released a sigh of relief as Arai finally released him.
“You’ve been here this whole time?”
“No here and there, everywhere in a sense. So what are you going to do now Neji-sempai?,” Arai held his hand hope in her eyes that he wouldn’t give them away.
“I want to see where the two of you are staying,” Sasuke nodded his head and began walking away the groceries still in his hands. He could tell Neji and Arai were following by the soft sound her dress made against her cloak as she moved.
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“This is it?,” Neji looked at the dump deemed a ‘safe and inexpensive place for wanderers to rest’, he had read it from the sign outside the cheap motel.
“We don’t have much money and it’s hard when feeing three to find somewhere nice to stay,” Arai was fixing tea for their guest as Sasuke sat at the table with Neji completely silent.
“But why don’t you just go back to Konoha?”
“We wouldn’t be accepted there, we’re traitors Neji-san,” Arai spoke softly as she poured him his tea and then offered Sasuke some. He declined and took the kettle from her to serve her a cup then pulled her onto his lap ignoring the look of jealousy that crossed Neji’s face. Arai was slightly uncomfortable with the current seating arrangements but they only had two chairs in the entire place and not even a sofa for guests. This was the only guest they had so it hadn’t seemed like an issue before but Arai was starting to feel this was no fairytale just one horrible nightmare.
“Where does your money come from anyway? To be able to care for Arai and your unborn child Sasuke what are you doing to bring in money?,” Sasuke could not ignore the worry that lined Neji’s speech and wanted nothing more at the moment then for Arai to say she would go to Konoha with Neji.
“I work strange jobs here and there for whatever is offered to me. Using the skills I was taught in Konoha I have managed well enough to keep us sheltered and fed well enough that we don’t fall over with starvation.”
“We don’t go to bed hungry too often and neither of us eat a lot anyway,” Arai had added the last part in after seeing the look of anger that had crossed Neji’s expression.
“You must return to Konoha, I have been sent to retrieve you along with a few others. You are lucky it was me that discovered you I doubt anyone else would’ve hesitated to use force even seeing you in your condition Arai.”
“I can still fight it...”
“And if you had dared and harmed the child within you I would leave you on the riverside in nothing but you’re underwear and a blind fold.”
“Sasuke-kun I could still find my way back to you.” Neji was starting to feel sick not even aware that the sweetness that Arai and Sasuke spoke to each other in was forced. Both were too tired to pretend any longer but would not part, the only comforts they had were one another’s bodies as the rise of Arai’s belly proved.
“I have to tell my team where I located you even if it puts you both in danger,” Neji stood up, “I am a Shinobi of Hidden Leaf before anything and my past camaraderie with you Sasuke and my love for you Arai are second to my duties.”
“Don’t worry we’ll be gone before they get here right Sasuke?” He nodded his head and looked at the things that he had already packed earlier.
“I... I am glad for that. It is good to know you’re both well and I’ll be going back to my team now before they come searching for me,” Neji left not noticing the longing eyes staring at him, the two sets of eyes that cried for their home. That begged to be embraced by the village they loved even though they knew they had stabbed it in the back.