Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Ten Lives to Live ❯ Prologue: Meet the Freaks ( Prologue )

Ten lives to live

A Naruto AU

 

 

Ritalin_writer: *cackling maniacally* and so the madness begins again with my newest idea! This plot and scheme came to me in dream; well not really, Setsuna sort of helped me with this. Her Mirror Image story got me thinking on a few things and after reading a few other fanfics where girls are sucked into their televisions and into the Naruto Realm was like, eh what the heck? Here is my latest work!!

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“Sasuke…” He couldn't believe what he was seeing. Despite the many times as he had contemplated finding the one person who had chosen to acknowledge him, it was like he was wandering in a dream. Or maybe it was a nightmare and he didn't know it yet?

 

Sunlight flooded the open crater that had been made, Sakura and Sai were silently by his side gazing at the raven haired ninja, their former comrade.

 

“Naruto…?” Sasuke made it a question, as though he himself didn't believe what his eyes were relaying to his senses. Inwardly he felt a ripple of surprise that was easily disregarded as he surveyed the two memorable faces out of the four. Sakura had matured and Naruto too had aged - though what would he have expected?

 

Impassively he observed them, fleetingly remembering the day he'd made the decision to leave Konoha and pursue the road of power that he'd been unable to achieve when working alongside those who couldn't understand his ambitions. Distantly he recalled the brawl that had taken place between Naruto and himself, the reflection notable in the eyes of his former comrade invoked his memories to cloud his present thoughts like a bad odor.

 

“If so then why…?” Naruto muttered at last and brought Sasuke's attention back to them all.

 

“Why didn't you kill me then!?” The blonde-haired ninja yelled at the one person he'd promised to bring back, and had failed in doing so time and time again. His pain was almost tangible and Sasuke only responded with that damned deadpan expression, the one that spoke volumes. He didn't care. Their bond meant nothing to him despite how he wanted it to be as unbreakable as he made himself believe.

 

“Isn't that your way of breaking bonds!? Sasuke!” He felt the fury rising in him as he screamed at the Uchiha above him. Angry at Sasuke for deserting them all and more so at himself for being too weak to bring him back to them. But he was different now…

 

“The reason is simple.”

 

Naruto was momentarily taken aback, rage receding in the wake of Sasuke's unanticipated reply. “It's not that I didn't cut those bonds. I didn't want to give him the pleasure of seeing me obtain power by following his ways.” Sasuke had closed his eyes, collecting his thoughts on the matter that was sure to press Naruto's buttons - he was almost surprised that he wasn't interrupted. “I merely spared your life on a whim.”

 

Naruto looked as though someone had just stabbed him, his body registering the blow but his mind too slow to react just yet.

 

 

“Yeah, it has nothing to do with you being gay for Naruto, none whatsoever.”

 

Laughter broke loose and two girls nearly collapsed to the floor as they tried to contain themselves. It joke hadn't been all that funny actually, however four liters of soda, a mountain of Oreo cookies and a few cups of ramen will make watching a man have bowel movements hilarious.

 

The first girl to literally roll off the couch and drop to the hardwood floor was trying desperately to breathe and laugh at the same time. Her hair was a tousles mess of black strands and interwoven pieces of fiery orange highlights. It hung over the right side, though stray strands moved along her forehead also, of her face and was pulled away from the nape of her neck into a small ponytail that sat messily in place. Her eyes, though naturally they were an unattractive brown, were given a vibrant glow with the addition of a pair of ginger hued contacts.

 

The second female, though also succumbing to her hysterics, had more composure than the first who was still sprawled on her side at her feet. She had long waves of strawberry blonde hair that she'd managed to grow out until it dusted her waistline but for now the cascade was held into a ponytail that swayed when she walked over to her incapacitated comrade and patted her on the shoulder.

 

“Kieras, if he ever heard you say that he'd deny it.” The tall, twenty-something year old blonde spoke, as she assisted the first into achieving an upright position.

 

The joker giggled and sputtered but seemed capable of speech at this point, completely disregarded the events playing on her television screen. “Yeah, but millions of closet gays deny it until that one day when they get a little curious…” She retorted throatily, suggestively raising a brow at her friend who had to backpedal quickly before she fell on Kieras as laughter overtook her again.

 

To clear up the confusion the two best friends had amiably decided that they'd undergo rigorous training to better their intellect. Simplified, they were rotting their brains in front of Kieras's flat screen TV and were in hour forty-seven of a potentially three day marathon of Naruto, with no sleep. They'd paused for food breaks and frequently restocking their snack bar, potty breaks and the occasional doorbell chime at the most inconvenient of times, but all in all they'd been lounging on the loveseat eyeballing the television.

 

Their lack of concern for their health was clear from the two girls slightly ringed eyes as they swapped jokes and continued on with the episode. Twenty years old and on a week's vacation meant hauling ass to the grocery store and raiding Netflicks of all their Naruto DVD's.

 

Now it was raining and it was well past eleven and they were still at it.

 

When the giggle fest had subsided to dull snickers every so often Kieras grinned to herself as he looked over to her friend who was thoroughly enjoying her Jolt soda's that she'd horded over in her corner of the room.

“Setsu, of you could be with one character from Naruto who'd it be?” Kieras asked and watched to her enjoyment as a light flush took over her friends cheeks.

 

“Didn't you ask me that question like, ten minutes ago?” Setsuna deflected with a roll of her eyes. It was no secret that she was a secret Itachi fan and had mourned his death - Kieras only brought it up to poke fun at the death of her Bishounen. “Besides, at least I'm not the conflicted one! Let's see you like, Neji, Gaara, Rock Lee, Kiba, Kankuro and Sai, in that order!”

 

“Slander!” Kieras screamed with mock indignation. “You shall pay for that with your life ningen!” Kieras roared as she leapt from her pillowed seat and hastily snatched up the items on one of the tables she'd set up for their things. She deftly knotted her headband in place, one purchased at a store that sold a vast array of Japanese imported goods; this one was her Exiled Ninja head protector for Suna. The hourglass symbol with the strike across it was supposed to be Sasori's - another character she'd liked.

 

She rummaged through the collecting garbage and located the plastic kunai knife she's bought also and flashed it at Setsuna who was already sporting her Konoha headband and was rushing across the room to grab the fallen Boken that Kieras used for practice.

 

The combatants faced each other, each doing their absolute best to look as though they might actually murder one another their non-lethal weapons. It was sure to be a battle of as epic as the one that had taken place at the Valley of the End.

 

“Will you repent and surrender?” Kieras spoke, her voice dropping in volume until it was almost a throaty baritone - she'd have made a great voice actor if she wasn't so temperamental.

 

Setsuna smirked, containing the laugh that bubbled at her friends foreboding words. “You sound like Hidan now. Gonna convert me?” She mocked as the other came charging at her with her arms guarding and kunai poised to strike.

 

 

And then the lights went out….

 

 

Ritalin_writer: And that is how I will end prologue of my story! This I promise will be a very interesting story. Favorite me and review if you'd like! The characters are based off of myself and my close friend DemonGirl_Setsuna.