Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Starting Anew ❯ Battle Of The Fittest...Er...Yeah... ( Chapter 4 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

Disclaimer: It's the fourth chapter already, and you still don't have a clue? Bah! I don't. …humbug…
 
Pairings: SasuNaru, NejiNaru, SasuNaruNeji, KakaIru
 
Okay, this time Sasuke's the one who's been released from the hospital. A trip to Ichiraku's is somehow more interesting that it is, ne?
 
Note: Yay! ^____^ Prisoner of Azkaban in HBO!! XD Tsubasa next!! Well, Tsubasa is on DVD, but what the heck? He's more beautiful than handsome, that Fye/Fai! Still, he's cute all the same! ^________^
 
Warning: Slash, fluff, shounen-ai, yaoi, malexmale loving, jealousy, desperate actions, manipulations, and r-rated language.
 
Starting Anew
 
Chapter 4- Battle Of The Fittest…Er…Yeah…
 
 
A day has come, and another one day has risen. Sasuke's eyes twitched through the light that was burning underneath his eyelids. He blinked his onyx eyes open, and sat up straight.
 
A groan was suddenly said throughout the room. He looked to his left, and saw that beside his wrapped left hand, Naruto was leaning onto his arms asleep. Amazingly so, he was sleeping peacefully and soundlessly. He smiled.
 
“Mmm… Sasuke…” The smiled on the sole Uchiha's lips grew even wider when the blond moaned his name. But all that happiness had faded away when Naruto moaned another name that was not to his liking. “Neji-kun…”
 
 
By the time Naruto had opened his eyes, he noticed the very first thing that plagued his dreams and right now, his mind.
 
Dream Sequence
 
“Sasuke!!” Naruto yelled. “Where are you!?! Please come out!! Where are you…” What was he suppose to expect? Was he even suppose to? What would it be?
 
But no answer came… He wept. Again and again, even though he felt that his body was left without any water, he continued still.
 
A dark shadow meandered above him, shadowing his whole being. He felt an arm wrap around his frail body. He sniffed and leaned onto the sturdy chest that was keeping him warm. When he looked up, he saw silver, pale-eyes looking down at him. “Neji-kun…”
 
And he woke.
 
End
 
His dream wasn't bad, but why was it that Neji was the one who was in it, and not Sasuke? Naruto blinked. Why would he want Sasuke better than Neji? Why was Sasuke looking at him in deep, sad eyes that felt like he was leaving forever? Did it happen?
 
He looked around the room, and noticed that Sasuke wasn't there on his bed. He panicked. He was afraid that the dream would become reality. He searched. He slammed every door and searched every inch, but he couldn't find him.
 
The blonde ran towards every inch of the hospital, and ran towards nearly every single nurse and doctor that was walking through the hallway. Only one thing was on his mind right now. With or without memory, one person can still see that the only thing that was on the Kyuubi-vessel's mind right now was the sole survivor of the Uchiha clan.
 
With that, he slammed the door on the roof. He saw a pale figure dressed in a dark black shirt and white shorts, looking up at the sky. Naruto breathed, “…Sasuke…”
 
The pale figure was indeed the person, for his eyes turned red in malice, and Naruto gasped. He never saw this side before… he never saw Sasuke's eyes in such malice that Naruto was too frightened to move. Sasuke relaxed his eyes a bit, and red became onyx once more.
 
Sasuke felt dizzy all of a sudden. But he thanked the gods that his vision didn't go as blurry as his thoughts. He was too deep in meditation that he didn't realize that he had activated the Sharingan. After all these years… he still wasn't used to activating the Sharingan all by itself. He cursed as he felt his legs go weak. Maybe it was also because of the medicine the Hokage gave him. Not only that, the bandages was too tight too.
 
Naruto quickly came to his side, and held Sasuke by the chest and shoulder. “Are…you alright?” Naruto asked. Sasuke grinned, `Apparently, he doesn't remember what he said…' He thought, and yet, a pang of pain and jealousy for the Hyuuga remained. Oh, that's right. That was the reason why he came to this rooftop in the first place. `Damned that Hyuuga Neji.'
 
 
Iruka and Kakashi were looking at both Naruto and Sasuke. Sasuke had an arm draped over Naruto and the other blonde boy was holding him by his waist. Sasuke slightly chuckled.
 
“Don't you two dare run away somewhere and out of nowhere like that! You'll scare other people!” Iruka went to the both of them, and once again had started to nag and scold. The two of them looked at Kakashi and the silver-haired Jounin looked at them only apologetically.
 
“Che…useless as ever…” Sasuke sighed and whispered, only letting Naruto hear. Speaking of which, this made Naruto chuckle. Even slightly…and this made Sasuke do the same…
 
 
A fake smile. It was one thing that can change someone, and even Tsunade knew that. No matter how much the Uchiha had insulted her, she knew that even now, there was something in the demon-container that made nearly everyone like him.
 
But there was also one more thing about his smile that made it seem wrong. There was a slight crack somewhere… it was his eyes that made everything a lie.
 
Tsunade raised her legs and made them rest on top of her desk. Shizune gasped at the movement and complained. “Tsunade-sama! Please don't do that here!” She exclaimed, but Tsunade moved her chair towards the big—er—huge window behind her to see the sky. It just wasn't as blue…
 
 
Iruka, Kakashi, Naruto, and Sasuke went walking down the road towards Naruto's apartment. The Chuunin said that the Hyuuga Genius was out for a moment and won't be able to return later that day. It was then decided that the two younger Genins were hungry…very hungry.
 
Naruto, as bubbly and positive he is, was jumping almost literally throughout the road. He abruptly stopped and accidentally bumped into other people.
 
“Na—Naruto-kun!!” A stutter came in front of Naruto. The blonde's eyes widened in remembrance. He smiled widely, earning a blush. “Konnichiwa, Hinata-chan!” He smiled.
 
“Ah! Naruto!” Then came, “A good afternoon to you too, Sakura-chan, Ino-chan, and TenTen-chan!”
 
“Iruka-sensei! Kakashi-sensei!” All four girls bowed and greeted. “Konnichiwa desu!” And the oh-so-famous “SASUKE-KUN!!!!” came from none other than Yamazaki Ino. Is there any other blonde girl who is insane for Sasuke? Naruto, but you can't call him a girl now, can you?
 
Naruto looked at Ino and back to Hinata, as if hurt. Sasuke didn't notice this. He was too busy pushing Ino away from his arm. But, Iruka, Kakashi, Hinata, even Sakura saw. But they didn't say a thing.
 
“Anyway, do you children want to eat inside?” Naruto nodded. Iruka chuckled. No matter how Naruto is, he'll love ramen in any situation.
 
 
“Hey, Neji!” Kiba yelled as he saw the Hyuuga who just came back from his mission. It was an easy one at that, so he was lucky. He gave the Inuzuka a slight nod and saw that the other loud boy was with the silent Shino.
 
“Do you know where Naruto is?” He asked quickly. Kiba shook his head, and Neji turned to the other boy. He nodded. “Saw him at Ichiraku's.” He said simply, and Kiba indicated agreement (wow, that was deep). “Oh right! I did see him! He's together with Iruka-sensei, Kakashi-sensei, Hinata-chan, Sakura, Ino, and TenTen! Oh yeah, how could I forget the one person he sat beside with and nearly sat on his lap!!”
 
For a moment, although it didn't show, let us sneak peak through Neji's mind (a thick one, I may say). Right now we're seeing words of `Not Sasuke, not Sasuke, not Sasuke, not Sasuke!' and `It cannot be the Uchiha! It's can't, can't, can't, can't, can't! It just can't!!!' again and again floating around with bold, red words as if to say ALERT!!
 
“The Uchiha too! Man, that boy has changed!” And Neji dashed with instinct. Kiba's jacket blew by the wind and dust surrounded their ground. Shino could only look at the Hyuuga and where he was going.
 
“At the rate he's going… he'll crash in no time…” Shocking when I say that it was the stoic one who said that. “What's up with him?” Kiba asked. Shino just shook his head and started to walk away. “What's up with him? Why am I talking to myself? Gyah! Shino, wait up!”
 
 
Speaking of crashing, Tsunade threw her big chair at the old perverted hermit that was standing in front of her now. The fifth Hokage looked red in both anger and embarrassment, somehow this would remind you of what happened to her and Sasuke (see chapter 3).
 
What. Did. You. Say?!” Tsunade asked for a repeat. The hermit just grinned.
 
“Hyuuga Neji is back in town and going.” Tsunade threw her desk this time, still trying to hit Jiraiya no matter how messy her office would look. Jiraiya, luckily had asked Shizune to go outside. Unfortunately, Shizune was standing behind the door that was slightly opened and was sweat dropping.
 
“How didn't you know? He's right there. Dust flowing all over Konoha. And the words `kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill' was kept on being said, and the murderous aura and chakra that surrounded all over the place.” The hermit smirked as the fifth Hokage's face grew even more red.
 
“Damn… why did you give him such an easy mission!?” Tsunade ranted. It's not that she hated the Hyuuga, she practically loved him in fact (duh, so does everyone), but there was this aura that she didn't like. It was the aura of heat.
 
Yes, the heat male animal species get when they want to mate with someone. Sadly, this boy wants another boy to be his mate. And that would be Naruto.
 
“Calm down. If you don't, your hair will turn white.” Jiraiya said, earning a dark glare that was usually the Uchiha's from Tsunade. Jiraiya sweat dropped and stuttered. “Erm—I think…I'll just go…bye!” And with a puff of smoke, he was nowhere to be found in the office.
 
Shizune fully went inside the office, and looked at Tsunade sadly. She knew what the Hokage was thinking, and she knew that it wasn't at all pleasant.
 
But maybe it was for the best.
 
 
“Yum! Iruka-sensei, this food's great!” Naruto said as he chewed and swallowed his ramen noodles. Everyone smiled at him, even the owner of Ichiraku's and his daughter.
 
“It should be. It's our best ramen yet!” The owner said as he smiled.
 
“Besides, Naruto. You loved it before too.” Iruka said, happily watching the innocent demon-vessel. Sasuke was sitting beside him on the counter and his face was tinted with a slight red. He cursed himself for not taking the advantage.
 
“Uhm… uh—sorry Sasuke-kun…” He remembered the dobe said. Naruto accidentally fell and ended up sitting on Sasuke's lap, on top of Sasuke on a counter chair. If it wasn't for Ino and Hinata, he and Naruto would've been making out right in front of these people. But Sasuke knew that it wasn't a good time to do that to the blonde with a total blank of memory. It might cause him to go to the Hyuuga more.
 
He cursed himself once again when he suddenly heard a bang and boom form the entrance door of the ramen stand. He looked at the direction and it was when onyx met silver.
 
It was the beginning of the Battle of the fittest… uh oh.
 
 
Hey!! Sorry for a bit long update, but I have updated before March 1st, which is why I'm going to post the next chapter mid-March or the first two weeks of the third month.
 
Belated Happy Birthday to Amanda and Angela!! May you live life to the fullest! I'm sure villagers in Konohagakure would rather die than where they are. It's a dangerous world when Hyuuga and Uchiha battles for the love of Uzumaki. XD
 
I was actually planning for this to be longer, but this is just rushed. It's 9:51 and I have school tomorrow. *sigh* I hoe you understand. Besides, it might not be much, but if I make the chapters shorter, the story will go on longer, ne? XD
 
Anyway, that's all I wanted to say. People, please review! I'll need it for encouragement. ^__^
 
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Ja—bye-bye! ^_~