Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ The Path not Taken ❯ Chapter 7 ( Chapter 7 )
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By: Nanaka19 
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 12.16.2006 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.5K | Visits: 171 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 12.16.2006 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.5K | Visits: 171 | 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 Seven
(Naruto POV)
It’s just starting to get dark outside as I enter my apartment after having spent a few hours out in the woods training and trying to perfect the jutsu that will allow me to summon Kyuubi without actually releasing him.
At first Kyuubi just wanted to use my own stupidity to get me to release him by accident, but now he’s fine with settling for this small glimpse of freedom. For now at least. Sasuke’s been a lot of help. He even found me a summoning scroll for foxes.
I make a few cups of ramen and sit down to eat while reading through some more scrolls Sasuke had gotten for me. The jutsu was really almost finished it just needed some kinks worked out. Using the summoning scroll as the base component actually made things much easier in the long run. All I really had to do now was add on to it the needed restrictions and alterations.
I look up as there’s a knock at my door before it opens to reveal Sasuke. “Hey Sasuke come on in.” I smile up at him before finishing off the last of my ramen. “So what are you doing here? I thought you went home.”
As I move into the living room I see Sasuke siting on the couch staring at the floor looking rather pale. “Are you ok?”
“I was on my way home.” He pulls his feet onto the couch and rests his chin on his knees as he starts to talk, continuing to stare blankly at the floor. “When three jerks from my clan cornered me. They slammed me up against a wall. At first I was just pissed off, but then they said something.”
He trailed off, chewing lightly on his thumb. “They said. ‘Without your whore of a brother around to protect you, it’s only a matter of time before your father lifts the restrictions. When he does we’ll be there.’ Then they just walked off laughing.”
I sit down next to him. This isn’t good. Ever since he told me hat happened to him I had always feared they would go after him again. I always figured Itachi was secretly protecting Sasuke, though why those guys called him a whore I don’t know.
“Can I stay the night?” Sasuke asks looking at me from the corner of his eye. “With mom in the hospital it would just be me and dad in the house. I’m scared. After hearing that, I don’t want to be alone with him.”
“Of course you can stay. In fact.” I grab him and pull him into a hug. “Stay and never leave. I’ll find some way to protect you. Perhaps we should tell someone. The Third, Iruka and Kakashi-sensei. They’d protect us from your family I know they will.”
“I’m not so sure if Kakashi would truly care that much.” Sasuke mumbled into my shoulder.
“Of course he cares. Besides I found out he’s dating Iruka so he would at least care because Iruka cares.”
Sasuke jerked his head up to look at me with disbelief. “Kakashi is dating Iruka! Since when, and how do you know and not me!”
“I don’t know since when.” I give him a sheepish grin while rubbing the back of my head. “I only found out shortly after we came home. I went to visit Iruka-sensei and I kind of entered without knocking and caught them making out on the couch. Kakashi’s pretty quick, he managed to pull his mask back up before I could even think to look at his face.”
Sasuke laughs lightly, resting his head upon my shoulder. “You were always good at cheering me up.”
“It’s getting late. I’ll go pull out your futon and we can get some sleep.”
~*~
(Itachi POV)
It’s late as I finally enter the room I managed to talk the inn keeper into letting me stay in. Traveling without money was swiftly becoming a problem. The few provisions I had managed to gather from my mountainside prison had finally run out and I now had to rely on the goodness of strangers for my next meal. I needed to find a way to earn some money before leaving for the next town, but what I could do I am not sure.
Lucky for me most women are quite generous to a poor traveling blind man. I feel Bane hop off my shoulder and flutter off to sit on something in the room. Apparently a blind guy taking care of a blind bird gets even more sympathy points.
While looking through Elora’s eyes I make my way to the window and open it so she can come in. Looking through her eyes a little longer I take stock of where everything is in the room before closing down our link.
I pull off my cloak, shirt, and mask; placing them on a chair next to the bed. “Elora, I’ve been wondering. What are you?”
I can hear her feathers ruffle as she shifts about. “That’s a fair question. I’m surprised you didn’t ask me sooner.”
“I didn’t really care before; I had no reason to ask.”
“Well to tell the truth I don’t really know that much myself. I know that my species was called the Ligado and that we once lived in a village with humans. My mother said that enemies attacked the village and wiped out almost everyone, only a handful of Ligado survived. There are so few of us now, spread out all over, that it’s a miracle I ever found Bane.”
I hear the sound of her wings flapping as she flies over to sit on the chair next to the bed. “Now I have a question for you that I’ve been wondering about for awhile. That fan shaped scar branded on your chest, how did you get it?”
“That’s not fair. You’re question is more personal than mine was.”
“Is it? I’m sorry, I’ve just assumed that you got it while you were imprisoned.”
“No, I got it about two years ago. It’s my clans crest, a member of the clan branded me with it because they were angry that I refused to wear the crest like everyone else.” I could sense she wanted to know more, but respected the fact that I didn’t want to talk about it yet.
She flew back over to Bane as I slipped under the covers, glad that she didn’t ask about any of the numerous scars on my back.
~*~
Nanaka: OH MY GOD! I had this chapter almost finished and somehow I lost it. Not really lost, the file was still there I just couldn’t open it, well I did technically get it open but it was blank. So I had the horror of having to write this chapter twice, and I had a hard time just writing it once. I also have a horrible memory so I don’t even know what I wrote the first time. Because of the horrid incident I’ve taken to doubling up my files in hope that it won’t happen again, and I’m writing it out on paper just to be extra careful. I can say one thing for sure, the second version came out nothing like the first, and I think I like it better so maybe it’s not so bad that the file got ‘erased’.
Hugs go to my reviewers... thank you ever so much.
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 Seven
(Naruto POV)
It’s just starting to get dark outside as I enter my apartment after having spent a few hours out in the woods training and trying to perfect the jutsu that will allow me to summon Kyuubi without actually releasing him.
At first Kyuubi just wanted to use my own stupidity to get me to release him by accident, but now he’s fine with settling for this small glimpse of freedom. For now at least. Sasuke’s been a lot of help. He even found me a summoning scroll for foxes.
I make a few cups of ramen and sit down to eat while reading through some more scrolls Sasuke had gotten for me. The jutsu was really almost finished it just needed some kinks worked out. Using the summoning scroll as the base component actually made things much easier in the long run. All I really had to do now was add on to it the needed restrictions and alterations.
I look up as there’s a knock at my door before it opens to reveal Sasuke. “Hey Sasuke come on in.” I smile up at him before finishing off the last of my ramen. “So what are you doing here? I thought you went home.”
As I move into the living room I see Sasuke siting on the couch staring at the floor looking rather pale. “Are you ok?”
“I was on my way home.” He pulls his feet onto the couch and rests his chin on his knees as he starts to talk, continuing to stare blankly at the floor. “When three jerks from my clan cornered me. They slammed me up against a wall. At first I was just pissed off, but then they said something.”
He trailed off, chewing lightly on his thumb. “They said. ‘Without your whore of a brother around to protect you, it’s only a matter of time before your father lifts the restrictions. When he does we’ll be there.’ Then they just walked off laughing.”
I sit down next to him. This isn’t good. Ever since he told me hat happened to him I had always feared they would go after him again. I always figured Itachi was secretly protecting Sasuke, though why those guys called him a whore I don’t know.
“Can I stay the night?” Sasuke asks looking at me from the corner of his eye. “With mom in the hospital it would just be me and dad in the house. I’m scared. After hearing that, I don’t want to be alone with him.”
“Of course you can stay. In fact.” I grab him and pull him into a hug. “Stay and never leave. I’ll find some way to protect you. Perhaps we should tell someone. The Third, Iruka and Kakashi-sensei. They’d protect us from your family I know they will.”
“I’m not so sure if Kakashi would truly care that much.” Sasuke mumbled into my shoulder.
“Of course he cares. Besides I found out he’s dating Iruka so he would at least care because Iruka cares.”
Sasuke jerked his head up to look at me with disbelief. “Kakashi is dating Iruka! Since when, and how do you know and not me!”
“I don’t know since when.” I give him a sheepish grin while rubbing the back of my head. “I only found out shortly after we came home. I went to visit Iruka-sensei and I kind of entered without knocking and caught them making out on the couch. Kakashi’s pretty quick, he managed to pull his mask back up before I could even think to look at his face.”
Sasuke laughs lightly, resting his head upon my shoulder. “You were always good at cheering me up.”
“It’s getting late. I’ll go pull out your futon and we can get some sleep.”
~*~
(Itachi POV)
It’s late as I finally enter the room I managed to talk the inn keeper into letting me stay in. Traveling without money was swiftly becoming a problem. The few provisions I had managed to gather from my mountainside prison had finally run out and I now had to rely on the goodness of strangers for my next meal. I needed to find a way to earn some money before leaving for the next town, but what I could do I am not sure.
Lucky for me most women are quite generous to a poor traveling blind man. I feel Bane hop off my shoulder and flutter off to sit on something in the room. Apparently a blind guy taking care of a blind bird gets even more sympathy points.
While looking through Elora’s eyes I make my way to the window and open it so she can come in. Looking through her eyes a little longer I take stock of where everything is in the room before closing down our link.
I pull off my cloak, shirt, and mask; placing them on a chair next to the bed. “Elora, I’ve been wondering. What are you?”
I can hear her feathers ruffle as she shifts about. “That’s a fair question. I’m surprised you didn’t ask me sooner.”
“I didn’t really care before; I had no reason to ask.”
“Well to tell the truth I don’t really know that much myself. I know that my species was called the Ligado and that we once lived in a village with humans. My mother said that enemies attacked the village and wiped out almost everyone, only a handful of Ligado survived. There are so few of us now, spread out all over, that it’s a miracle I ever found Bane.”
I hear the sound of her wings flapping as she flies over to sit on the chair next to the bed. “Now I have a question for you that I’ve been wondering about for awhile. That fan shaped scar branded on your chest, how did you get it?”
“That’s not fair. You’re question is more personal than mine was.”
“Is it? I’m sorry, I’ve just assumed that you got it while you were imprisoned.”
“No, I got it about two years ago. It’s my clans crest, a member of the clan branded me with it because they were angry that I refused to wear the crest like everyone else.” I could sense she wanted to know more, but respected the fact that I didn’t want to talk about it yet.
She flew back over to Bane as I slipped under the covers, glad that she didn’t ask about any of the numerous scars on my back.
~*~
Nanaka: OH MY GOD! I had this chapter almost finished and somehow I lost it. Not really lost, the file was still there I just couldn’t open it, well I did technically get it open but it was blank. So I had the horror of having to write this chapter twice, and I had a hard time just writing it once. I also have a horrible memory so I don’t even know what I wrote the first time. Because of the horrid incident I’ve taken to doubling up my files in hope that it won’t happen again, and I’m writing it out on paper just to be extra careful. I can say one thing for sure, the second version came out nothing like the first, and I think I like it better so maybe it’s not so bad that the file got ‘erased’.
Hugs go to my reviewers... thank you ever so much.