Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ The Path not Taken ❯ Chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )
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By: Nanaka19 
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 07.03.2006 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.2K | Visits: 214 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 07.03.2006 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.2K | Visits: 214 | Status: Work In Progress
The Path not Taken
by: Nanaka
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, nor do I make any money from this story.
Warnings: Contains some spoilers. No lemons but I’ll try and put in a few limes, some yaoi. This is an Alternate Universe (AU) fic
Summary: Everyday we make decisions that govern the outcome of our future. Some are small, like deciding weather to drink milk or orange juice, and others are big, like deciding weather or not to kill someone. So if we were to change one major event in history what kind of effect would it have on the outcome of life as we know it. Would the effects be insignificant, or would they be enough to create a universe almost a complete opposite of the one we know and love.
Chapter Four
(Sasuke POV)
We just barely made it to Tazuna’s house. On the way there I could tell Naruto was getting antsy about proving he was brave. Luckily he managed to stay calm most of the time, though at one point he threw a kunai into some bushes and nearly killed some poor rabbit.
Before we could reach town we were attacked by a missing nin named Zabuza who was sent to kill Tazuna. The enormity of his power got to me pretty bad that I almost started to panic, but Kakashi-sensei managed to calm me down quite easily.
Though when he trapped Kakashi-sensei in the water prison I felt that panic start to rise again. Naruto managed to drag up enough courage to take back his forehead protector which fell off after Zabuza’s clone knocked him over. He even managed to come up with a plan to free Kakashi-sensei. Naruto may be loopy at times, but I’ve always believed he does his best work when under pressure, though I doubt the dobe has noticed himself.
I’m amazed that Kakashi-sensei has such great control over his sharingan. He managed to turn the tables and beat Zabuza. Though before he could kill him some mysterious ANBU kid showed up and killed him.
Kakashi-sensei had passed out afterwards, but we managed to get him to town without experiencing any further problems. After he woke up we talked and it became clear that the ANBU kid wasn’t really ANBU and that he was actually there to save Zabuza.
Now we’re in the woods just outside town training in chakra control by walking up trees, without our hands. I never realized my chakra control was so low, at least it’s better than Naruto’s, he didn’t even get two steps up the tree. Sakura on the other hand did very good, Naruto even gave her a complement.
That was yesterday though. Today Sakura and Kakashi-sensei are at the bridge guarding Tazuna, leaving me and Naruto to train alone. We talk and try and help each other figure out what we’re doing wrong, and by nightfall we’ve both gotten much farther up the tree.
It’s almost time for us to head in for dinner, so we take a moment to rest and talk.
“Hey Naruto. You figure out how to use the Kyuubi’s power yet.” I ask him as we sit down at the base of a tree.
“Kinda. I can talk to talk to him now. He’s doesn’t like me but I wouldn’t like me either if I were him. He’s at least willing to lend be some of his chakra if I ever seriously need it.” He said with a stupid grin. “I’ve been thinking of trying to create a summoning jutsu that can bring out his consciousness and a fraction of his power. But I have no idea at all how to do that. I’d talk to him about it but he may use my stupidity against me in an attempt to free himself.”
“I’ll help you out then. I’m sure I can get a hold of some scrolls about summoning jutsus that you can use for reference, and if you do get him to help you I’ll try and make sure things go smoothly. Besides such a technique could be very useful against powerful enemies.”
“Great! I’ll try talking to him again tonight. Come on lets go back and get supper, we can put some more training in before going to sleep.” Naruto says as he stands up and offers me his hand which I take with a smile.
~*~
(Unknown POV)
I am in a dimly lit room, and am bound painfully to the floor to ensure that I can’t escape. I am unsure as to how long I’ve been here, nor do I remember how I came to be here. They’ve been injecting me with something since the beginning. I now believe that it’s been blocking my memories and keeping me in a more mild state.
I barely even flinch as my captor drags a sharp blade along a recently healed scar on my chest, opening it once again to bleed freely. With the way they treat me I am surprised I’m even still alive, I must have a strong will that’s still fighting even though I’ve given up all hope myself.
I’m barely aware of an alarm sounding within the building. It seems to have agitated my captor for he slams the dagger into the back of my shoulder before rushing out of the room, leaving the door open in his haste.
I stare blankly out the open door for several minutes, then blink slightly in wonder as a large black bird walks into the room. Eyes closed and reaching out slightly with it’s beak.
I must be hallucinating now for birds don’t walk into rooms, especially not with their eyes closed. The bird slowly makes its way into the room and turns its head towards me tilted slightly in contemplation.
“Human.” I hear a feminine voice say within my head as I watch the bird ruffle it’s feathers slightly before slowly walking towards me. “They holding you here too?”
All I can think is that I must have gone insane as the bird finally draws near me and reaches out its beak to touch my shoulder which had long gone numb. I can’t help but wonder how the bird even knows I’m in the room.
“They hurt you too. They hurt me and mate too. Mate is free but I can get out” The bird turns her head to ‘look’ towards my face “Perhaps we help each other. You bond with me then I will be strong enough to get us out.” She reached out and pressed her beak to my cheek. “I no normal bird. I special! From old clan. Powerful clan that fought alongside humans.”
Ok so the bird is real, and not actually a bird. She wants my help so she can free us from this place. “What help. Could I be. Bound as I am.” I say, my voice cracked and hoarsefrom lack of use and thirst. “And what can. A blind bird do.”
“If we do bonding ritual I be stronger. You have to give something though. It worth it though. Bonding make us both stronger. You see. We escape and become stronger. No let anyone hurt us again.”
“I have no reason to live. Go find someone else.”
“Surely there is someone special who need you. Someone who miss you.”
“No one.”
NOT TRUE!
I blink as I furrow my brows in confusion.
HE NEEDS YOU! THEY’LL HURT HIM!!
“Wait, there is someone.” My eyes widen as a few of my memories slowly start coming back to me. “I need to get home. I must get home. What is it I have to give up.”
“Your eyes. Your eyes become mine and our minds will link and my powers will be fully released. In time our powers merge and we become more powerful. It is relatively painless procedure.”
I close my eyes for a moment in thought before I answer. “Do it.” I have no choice. If I don’t do this I’ll end up dying here. At least this way I stand a chance at making it home someday.
She climbed up onto my arm, mindful of the dagger still stuck within my shoulder “Very well then. It may hurt at first. But not like what they were doing to you.” and with that said she sank her talons into my upper arm and shoulder. “I can produce venom through my talon. It makes eye removal more painless and also begins the binding of our minds.”
So she was going to remove my eyes, that’s unsettling. I shut my eyes briefly as my head starts to throb with a sharp pain behind my eyes. When I open my eyes again I notice my vision has started to darken around the edges and is steadily fading further till finally my sight is no more.
“It done?” she asked as she got off my arm, I give a slight nod. “Next I have to, remove, your eyes. It can be unsettling and may hurt.”
I startle slightly as I felt her beak touch near my eye. “Try and keep your eyes open, closing could make it painful.” I do as she said and cant stop the flinch as I feel her opened beak pressing into my eye socket, the corners of my eye tearing slightly and blood started to trickle down my face like tears. After a moment she finally pulls back, taking the eye with her.
I lay there in silence for another couple of moments, breathing heavily, before I feel her beak bush sympathetically against my cheek before moving to the next eye.
When it was finally done I found myself breathing heavily. Though the pain had been minimal it was in fact quite unsettling, to feel an emptiness now where my eyes had once been. I shifted slightly as I felt her power bubbling and growing as she gave off a shriek of triumphant happiness.
Soon after I heard someone enter the room and mutter an “Oh shit.” before giving off a blood curdling scream.
“I will return shortly.” Her voice rang in my mind and the next half hour was spent in near silence, broken every now and then by a scream till I finally heard her enter the room, her steps sounding almost human and accompanied by the sound shuffling feathers.
She drew near me and I soon felt a hand brush against my cheek, the hand was rough and had a somewhat scale like texture. “We are safe now.” She then moved her hand to the collar on my neck and with a slight jerk broke it off, proceeding then to remove the rest of my bindings.
She shifted me so that I lay on my back. Pain shot up and down my arms as the blood rushed back through them. Only time would tell if they’d ever work properly again.
“Allow me to properly introduce myself. I am Elora.”
She grasped my hand tightly at the wrist. With a sight smirk I force my hand to grasp hers in return. “Uchiha Itachi.”
TBC...
Nanaka: Yay. This was a long chapter. I’m so happy.
Also will someone please tell me what the forehead protectors are called, that way I don’t have to spend an hour looking it up. I know it started with an H.
Sorry it took so long to update. I just hate having to re-watch the anime for reference while I write. Hopefully once the story brakes away from the anime I’ll be able to update faster. Which is why it may seem a bit rushed right now, I just want to get past having to refer to the anime as fas as I can.
I’d also like to say that when I first wrote the eye removal scene, Elora had no venom, therefore making it an extremely painful and horrid process to go through, and I just couldn’t put him through all that since he’s been through hell already.
by: Nanaka
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, nor do I make any money from this story.
Warnings: Contains some spoilers. No lemons but I’ll try and put in a few limes, some yaoi. This is an Alternate Universe (AU) fic
Summary: Everyday we make decisions that govern the outcome of our future. Some are small, like deciding weather to drink milk or orange juice, and others are big, like deciding weather or not to kill someone. So if we were to change one major event in history what kind of effect would it have on the outcome of life as we know it. Would the effects be insignificant, or would they be enough to create a universe almost a complete opposite of the one we know and love.
Chapter Four
(Sasuke POV)
We just barely made it to Tazuna’s house. On the way there I could tell Naruto was getting antsy about proving he was brave. Luckily he managed to stay calm most of the time, though at one point he threw a kunai into some bushes and nearly killed some poor rabbit.
Before we could reach town we were attacked by a missing nin named Zabuza who was sent to kill Tazuna. The enormity of his power got to me pretty bad that I almost started to panic, but Kakashi-sensei managed to calm me down quite easily.
Though when he trapped Kakashi-sensei in the water prison I felt that panic start to rise again. Naruto managed to drag up enough courage to take back his forehead protector which fell off after Zabuza’s clone knocked him over. He even managed to come up with a plan to free Kakashi-sensei. Naruto may be loopy at times, but I’ve always believed he does his best work when under pressure, though I doubt the dobe has noticed himself.
I’m amazed that Kakashi-sensei has such great control over his sharingan. He managed to turn the tables and beat Zabuza. Though before he could kill him some mysterious ANBU kid showed up and killed him.
Kakashi-sensei had passed out afterwards, but we managed to get him to town without experiencing any further problems. After he woke up we talked and it became clear that the ANBU kid wasn’t really ANBU and that he was actually there to save Zabuza.
Now we’re in the woods just outside town training in chakra control by walking up trees, without our hands. I never realized my chakra control was so low, at least it’s better than Naruto’s, he didn’t even get two steps up the tree. Sakura on the other hand did very good, Naruto even gave her a complement.
That was yesterday though. Today Sakura and Kakashi-sensei are at the bridge guarding Tazuna, leaving me and Naruto to train alone. We talk and try and help each other figure out what we’re doing wrong, and by nightfall we’ve both gotten much farther up the tree.
It’s almost time for us to head in for dinner, so we take a moment to rest and talk.
“Hey Naruto. You figure out how to use the Kyuubi’s power yet.” I ask him as we sit down at the base of a tree.
“Kinda. I can talk to talk to him now. He’s doesn’t like me but I wouldn’t like me either if I were him. He’s at least willing to lend be some of his chakra if I ever seriously need it.” He said with a stupid grin. “I’ve been thinking of trying to create a summoning jutsu that can bring out his consciousness and a fraction of his power. But I have no idea at all how to do that. I’d talk to him about it but he may use my stupidity against me in an attempt to free himself.”
“I’ll help you out then. I’m sure I can get a hold of some scrolls about summoning jutsus that you can use for reference, and if you do get him to help you I’ll try and make sure things go smoothly. Besides such a technique could be very useful against powerful enemies.”
“Great! I’ll try talking to him again tonight. Come on lets go back and get supper, we can put some more training in before going to sleep.” Naruto says as he stands up and offers me his hand which I take with a smile.
~*~
(Unknown POV)
I am in a dimly lit room, and am bound painfully to the floor to ensure that I can’t escape. I am unsure as to how long I’ve been here, nor do I remember how I came to be here. They’ve been injecting me with something since the beginning. I now believe that it’s been blocking my memories and keeping me in a more mild state.
I barely even flinch as my captor drags a sharp blade along a recently healed scar on my chest, opening it once again to bleed freely. With the way they treat me I am surprised I’m even still alive, I must have a strong will that’s still fighting even though I’ve given up all hope myself.
I’m barely aware of an alarm sounding within the building. It seems to have agitated my captor for he slams the dagger into the back of my shoulder before rushing out of the room, leaving the door open in his haste.
I stare blankly out the open door for several minutes, then blink slightly in wonder as a large black bird walks into the room. Eyes closed and reaching out slightly with it’s beak.
I must be hallucinating now for birds don’t walk into rooms, especially not with their eyes closed. The bird slowly makes its way into the room and turns its head towards me tilted slightly in contemplation.
“Human.” I hear a feminine voice say within my head as I watch the bird ruffle it’s feathers slightly before slowly walking towards me. “They holding you here too?”
All I can think is that I must have gone insane as the bird finally draws near me and reaches out its beak to touch my shoulder which had long gone numb. I can’t help but wonder how the bird even knows I’m in the room.
“They hurt you too. They hurt me and mate too. Mate is free but I can get out” The bird turns her head to ‘look’ towards my face “Perhaps we help each other. You bond with me then I will be strong enough to get us out.” She reached out and pressed her beak to my cheek. “I no normal bird. I special! From old clan. Powerful clan that fought alongside humans.”
Ok so the bird is real, and not actually a bird. She wants my help so she can free us from this place. “What help. Could I be. Bound as I am.” I say, my voice cracked and hoarsefrom lack of use and thirst. “And what can. A blind bird do.”
“If we do bonding ritual I be stronger. You have to give something though. It worth it though. Bonding make us both stronger. You see. We escape and become stronger. No let anyone hurt us again.”
“I have no reason to live. Go find someone else.”
“Surely there is someone special who need you. Someone who miss you.”
“No one.”
NOT TRUE!
I blink as I furrow my brows in confusion.
HE NEEDS YOU! THEY’LL HURT HIM!!
“Wait, there is someone.” My eyes widen as a few of my memories slowly start coming back to me. “I need to get home. I must get home. What is it I have to give up.”
“Your eyes. Your eyes become mine and our minds will link and my powers will be fully released. In time our powers merge and we become more powerful. It is relatively painless procedure.”
I close my eyes for a moment in thought before I answer. “Do it.” I have no choice. If I don’t do this I’ll end up dying here. At least this way I stand a chance at making it home someday.
She climbed up onto my arm, mindful of the dagger still stuck within my shoulder “Very well then. It may hurt at first. But not like what they were doing to you.” and with that said she sank her talons into my upper arm and shoulder. “I can produce venom through my talon. It makes eye removal more painless and also begins the binding of our minds.”
So she was going to remove my eyes, that’s unsettling. I shut my eyes briefly as my head starts to throb with a sharp pain behind my eyes. When I open my eyes again I notice my vision has started to darken around the edges and is steadily fading further till finally my sight is no more.
“It done?” she asked as she got off my arm, I give a slight nod. “Next I have to, remove, your eyes. It can be unsettling and may hurt.”
I startle slightly as I felt her beak touch near my eye. “Try and keep your eyes open, closing could make it painful.” I do as she said and cant stop the flinch as I feel her opened beak pressing into my eye socket, the corners of my eye tearing slightly and blood started to trickle down my face like tears. After a moment she finally pulls back, taking the eye with her.
I lay there in silence for another couple of moments, breathing heavily, before I feel her beak bush sympathetically against my cheek before moving to the next eye.
When it was finally done I found myself breathing heavily. Though the pain had been minimal it was in fact quite unsettling, to feel an emptiness now where my eyes had once been. I shifted slightly as I felt her power bubbling and growing as she gave off a shriek of triumphant happiness.
Soon after I heard someone enter the room and mutter an “Oh shit.” before giving off a blood curdling scream.
“I will return shortly.” Her voice rang in my mind and the next half hour was spent in near silence, broken every now and then by a scream till I finally heard her enter the room, her steps sounding almost human and accompanied by the sound shuffling feathers.
She drew near me and I soon felt a hand brush against my cheek, the hand was rough and had a somewhat scale like texture. “We are safe now.” She then moved her hand to the collar on my neck and with a slight jerk broke it off, proceeding then to remove the rest of my bindings.
She shifted me so that I lay on my back. Pain shot up and down my arms as the blood rushed back through them. Only time would tell if they’d ever work properly again.
“Allow me to properly introduce myself. I am Elora.”
She grasped my hand tightly at the wrist. With a sight smirk I force my hand to grasp hers in return. “Uchiha Itachi.”
TBC...
Nanaka: Yay. This was a long chapter. I’m so happy.
Also will someone please tell me what the forehead protectors are called, that way I don’t have to spend an hour looking it up. I know it started with an H.
Sorry it took so long to update. I just hate having to re-watch the anime for reference while I write. Hopefully once the story brakes away from the anime I’ll be able to update faster. Which is why it may seem a bit rushed right now, I just want to get past having to refer to the anime as fas as I can.
I’d also like to say that when I first wrote the eye removal scene, Elora had no venom, therefore making it an extremely painful and horrid process to go through, and I just couldn’t put him through all that since he’s been through hell already.