Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Two of a Kind ❯ Friends ( Chapter 3 )

Declaimer: I do not own Naruto, some guy named Kishimoto Masashi does.

 

Ok, I'm starting my third chapter, enjoys.

 

 

“Shukaku speech”

“Kyuubi speech”

“Everyone else speech”

“Thought speech”

 

Chapter 3

On with the story

“Here is will you be living for now on.” The third hokage, Saratobi, said to the small red headed child standing next to him. Gaara looked at the apartment building presented in front of him. The building was filthy and broken. Mold and rust could be seen on the walls. Various creatures scattered here and there. Gaara, reaction less, started to walk inside the building. He had been told his apartment number. Saratobi watched him sadly, remembering the decisions that had placed Gaara here.

 

Flashback

Gaara stood in front of the Konoha council and the hokage. They stared at him wordlessly until one council member stood up. “Gaara, through our generosity we have accepted you into our village. You will be given the necessities to live out your life in Konoha. You will be given a place to live, freedom to explore the village as you please, and to take advantage of all the benefits your being able to live here will grant you. The only thing that is required of you is your complete loyalty to our and now your village. When you are eight years old, you will be enrolled into our ninja academy. You will have the great honor of becoming a ninja in our village, and an even greater honor of fighting for your village. Now that you know your duties, we welcome you to our village.” He said before sitting back down. The room was filled with silence as they gave Gaara time to process the information.

 

“Can you not see it Garra? They only want to use you as a weapon, they don't care about you.” Garra listened silently, the voice was always right.

 

The hokage looked at the child and began to walk over to him. He spoke as he walked over to him. “I will personally take you to your new home. We're glad to have you here in our village.” As he approached he rested his hand on Gaara's shoulder affectionately. Gaara flinched and moved a little to the side. He didn't trust anyone. Saratobi sighed before leading him to his home.

 

End Flashback

Saratobi stood outside the apartment building making sure he got in safely. He new this was the worst part of town but this was the only place the council would agree to pay for. The exact same building that a similar child lived in, Naruto Uzumaki. Maybe they could find friendship with one other. Unknown to him, plans were already being set in motion to unite them forever.

 

Gaara opened the moldy door to his apartment. The door creaked open loudly as he walked in. As soon as he entered, a horribly foul smell invaded his nose. He shook his head and ignored it. He walked around his tiny apartment, taking in his surroundings. There was a tiny living room connected to a kitchen. Nearby there was a bathroom with a bedroom across from it. There was a lumpy dirty bed with a desk and a lamp. He sadly climbed into bed and sat in the uncomfortable bed. He dropped his pack on the bed and opened the cloth. He pulled a brown teddy bear from the cloth and hugged it close. He then lay down, closed his eyes, and fell into a sleepless meditation.

 

Just above him a similar child slept an unmerciful sleep. Inside that child a beast stirred. The Kyuubi's eyes flung open in its cage. Its tails became to swing excitedly, its fur raised in suspense. “Its time, he's so close, I can't wait any longer. He's not strong enough to feel my presence so I'm going to have to speed things up.” As she said that she began to shrink and transform. When she finished, a different but similar figure appeared in place of the huge fox. A six foot tall woman appeared. She had smooth tan skin. She wore a dark red dress across her slim body. Her dark red hair went down to her ankles. There were dark red furry ears on top of her head. The tips of her ears were gold. Nine dark red tails swung gracefully behind her. The tips of her tails were also gold. She smiled and flared her chakra. It was time to summon Naruto.

 

Naruto stood around in darkness. Nothing could be seen around him. He stood in that darkness, alone and scared. He's had this dream many times. Suddenly figures began to form around him. There features couldn't be made out in the darkness. All of a sudden the dark figures began to scream. They shouted and cursed, shouting things like “Go rot in hell demon. And crawl back to that hole you came from.” Naruto stood there in agony, but refused to cry even though it hurt so much. No matter how many times he had this dream, it would always hurt. After what seemed like hours of those angry shouts, he finally broke. He dropped to his knees and began to cry his eyes out. The figures cheered as they saw his pain. “Why, what did I do to deserve this?”

 

“You did nothing my child.” Naruto raised his head but before he was able to say anything, his world began to spin. When he came to he was in a completely different place. He stood up and took in his surroundings. He was in a huge room with red brick walls. Along the walls ran grey pipes that headed towards a huge cage. His neck craned at the size. His attention then came upon a small piece of paper that had the kanji for “seal” painted on to it.

 

“Come closer my child.” Naruto curiously moved towards the voice which came from inside the cage. He could only see darkness in the cage as he approached it. Once he got to the cage he was suddenly pulled in through the huge bars by an unknown object. He let out a small shriek as he was grabbed around the waist. He flew through the cage, but fell into something soft. His body was surrounding by something fuzzy and warm. It embraced him and held him comfortably. Naruto held a look of surprise of his face before relaxing in the things embrace. “Hello Naruto, I'm glad to finally meet you in person.” She said with Naruto in her lap, keeping him in a warm embrace. Her tails wrapped around him affectionately. Naruto cuddled into the person holding him and smiled. This was a new dream, and he liked it, a lot.

 

“Who are you?” He asked softly.

 

“I am the nine tailed fox Kyuubi, the mortal enemy of Konoha, and the reason the people of the village hate you.” Naruto pulled back quickly, but still grasping her body.

 

“What, what do you mean.”

 

“Seven years ago I attacked the village for reasons I choose not to discuss at the time. I killed many and destroyed much. The fourth hokage sacrificed him self to seal me inside of a child, which was you. And to this day, the village sees you as a cursed child, a demon, because of me.” Naruto sat there taking in this information. As it all hit him, he began to shake. Not of hate but of fear. This was a demon after all.

 

“What are you going to do to me? Why did you bring me here?” he asked on the verge of tears. Kyuubi looked at this child in her lap, with sorrow. She never meant for this to happen to a child. No one should ever be put through what he's been put through. And they called her evil. She chuckled softly at the thought. Naruto began to shake more because of her laughter. She held him closer and began to rub circles in his back.

 

“Do not worry child, I did not bring you here to harm you. I brought you here to offer you something no one else would.”

 

“What is it?” he said curiously, unable to stay upset in her embrace.

 

“I offer you a family and a life long friend.” Naruto pulled back and looked up at her face. She was smiling down at him. He looked at her with disbelief and hope.

 

“What, how?”

 

“If you accept, I will accept you as my child, and if you listen to me, I can also offer you a father. You will be cared for with love and I will teach you all you need to know. You will be my son.” Naruto stared up at her motionless. He had given up on ever being adopted a long time ago. He didn't even know what to do, his voice was gone, and it was too good to be true. Could this even be real? What if this was all just a dream, he would just be hurt again. But he couldn't pass this up. Even if it was a dream, he had to take a chance. He rested his head against her chest, and hugged her tight.

 

“Is that a yes, Naruto?” Naruto nodded into her body. Kyuubi smiled before flaring her chakra. A red swirl of chakra encircled them, but Naruto stayed still. It then launched itself towards the bars of her cage, and into the sealing paper. It engulfed the paper but was soon distinguished by a blue force field emitted by the paper. After the force field lowered, a quarter of the paper was burned off. Kyuubi looked at it with a satisfied smile. Naruto's acceptance of her had weakened the seal. If she played her cards right then she could be free.

 

Naruto looked up at her questioningly, “what did you do?'

 

“I have weakened the seal. I will now be able to communicate through your mind when you are conscious. Speaking of consciousness, it is time for you to wake. You have slept well into the after noon.”

 

“Will I see you again?” Kyuubi patted Naruto's head with her tails and chuckled.

 

“Child, I will always be with you, literally, now its time to wake up Naruto.” As she said this Naruto was pulled away from Kyuubi and through the cage. He reached out for her only to be pulled away from her. His eyes flew open and he quickly sat up in his bed. The sun shined brightly in his face. He looked around and sighed sadly.

 

“It was all just a dream. But it felt so real.” He sat there and gripped his cover. “Kyuubi,” he whispered.

 

“You rang?” Naruto jumped up on his bed and looked around.

 

“Who's there?”

 

“Silly child, did you listen to nothing I said. I will always be with you. I am speaking to you from inside your head. You can talk to me with just your thoughts.” Naruto listened to the voice before freezing and realizing that his dream was true. A huge smile appeared on his face and he started jumping around on his bed happily. He flung around wildly while laughing happily. Kyuubi watched his antics with a smile before getting down to business. “Naruto, I know you are exited but we have some matters to take care of. Remember, we need to find your new father.” Naruto sat down with his legs crossed with a huge smile on his face.

 

“What do you want me to do mother?”

 

A few miles away, a small red headed child approached the Konoha Park. Inside the park, children played and ran about wildly. They played various games and enjoyed their child hood. The child approached the park with slightly more hope than usual. Maybe he could make some friends.

 

“Don't get your hopes up Gaara.” The voice warned.

 

“I have to try.” The voice became silent. The owner of the voice watched, already knowing the outcome of Gaara's attempt to make friends.

 

Gaara slowly walked into the park watching the happy kids. He kept his head down and brought little attention his way. It helped when you weren't being followed by two shinobi. He walked around for a while trying to build the courage to speak to someone. Just as he was about to give up, an opportunity flew his way. A small red Frisbee flew through the air. This time it flew straight at him. He turned his attention to the Frisbee and in a panic; he put his palms in from of his face and closed his eyes. When he felt something hit his palms, he closed them and opened his eyes. He had caught the Frisbee with no help from the sand, and kids were running over to him.

 

“Wow nice catch, what's your name?” one kid said with many others at his side. Gaara stared at the kids in front of him before nervously answering.

 

“My name is Gaara.” The kid looked at him before smiling.

 

“Your pretty good Gaara, you want to play with us?” Gaara stared at the kid and the smiling faces of him and the others around him. Gaara lit up, his body filled with excitement, and a huge smile appeared on his face. He could not remember the last time he felt so happy. He nodded his head and began to give the Frisbee back to the kid. As the kid reached for it, a loud scream was heard.

 

“GET AWAY FROM MY SON.” They all looked towards the voice to see a women not far away running towards them. She grabbed her sons hand and glared at Garra. She then roughly pulled him away while warning him not to associate with Gaara. Soon every parent grabbed their children and began to leave the park, telling their children not to talk or even be around Gaara. The children didn't go against the wills of their parents. Gaara stood in that empty park, frozen, he stared at the spot where the kid had been, nothing going through his mind. The Frisbee fell from Gaara's hand, hitting the ground, and echoing through the empty park.

 

Tears began to form in his eyes and he flung his head into the air and screamed. He screamed until he ran out of breath before screaming again. He fell to his knees and screamed at the ground. Tears streamed down his cheeks, his body shaking, his throat raw. He held his head and just cried. As he cried, a shadow appeared above him. A hand reached out and touched his shoulder. His body held no reaction, but he turned around to look up at the owner of the hand. When he turned around, he was met with a scared, worried, and sad face. His big blue eyes, stared at Gaara sadly, his curly blond hair blowing in the wind. The sun shined on him, making him glow.

 

“Please don't cry.” He said. Gaara looked up at the kid before standing up and whipping his tears away. His face became emotionless as he turned around and started to walk away. He stopped suddenly when he felt something grab his hand. He turned around, and saw that the kid had grabbed his hand. He stood there and stared at the boy. He stared with broken and lifeless eyes. The boy stared sadly at him before taking a step towards Gaara. Gaara continued to stare but made no move. He watched the boy as he came closer. The boy took small steps, when he got close; Gaara took a step back only to be grabbed around the waist. The boy pulled Gaara into him and embraced him in a warm hug. Gaara's eyes widened, he stood there, his arms stood limp at his side at the foreign feeling.

 

“My name is Naruto and I want to be your friend.” Gaara hesitated before slowly wrapping his arms around Naruto's shoulders, returning the hug. He rested his head on Naruto's shoulder and gave a small smile.

 

“My name is Gaara, and I want to be your friend too.” Naruto and Gaara stood there in their embrace and just enjoyed each others presence. They said nothing, feeling a connection between one another even though they have never met. They felt that they understood each other perfectly, neither wanted to let go. As they hugged, a real connection went through their bodies. It was more of a feeling that transferred from one to another. Inside Gaara, there was a room. The floors were filed with sand. In the room was a huge cage. In the middle of the cage there was a paper with the kanji for seal on it. Inside that cage there was a creature. This creature was fifty feet tall. It had dark brown fur with black rings around it. One huge tails swung excitedly behind it, the tip broken into three points. Its eyes were black and around his black eyes were four golden stars. He was the one tailed raccoon demon, Shukoku.

 

A smile appeared on graced his muzzle, exposing his razor sharp teeth. “Kyuubi, Gaara this child, he is the carrier of Kyuubi the nine tailed fox. “ On the outside Gaara pulled his head back and looked at Naruto questioningly.

 

“Kyuubi,” Naruto looked at Gaara with shock. Inside Naruto, Kyuubi's tails flung about wildly. She could not keep in her excitement.

 

“Naruto, this is the carrier of Shukaku, he will be you're father. We must meet. Naruto you must say what I tell you to say.” On the outside Naruto stared at Gaara and nodded.

 

“Shukaku,” Gaara stared at Naruto and nodded. Naruto stared at Gaara and began to quote Kyuubi.”

 

“Hello Shukaku, it's been a long time. Where have you been in the past hundred years?” Gaara looked at Naruto nervously before talking for Shukaku.

 

“I've been around, soon after we separated I attacked this child's village and was sealed away, and then I was sealed here. What about you?

 

“The same happened to me as well. I attacked this pitiful village and I was sealed. There's much I need to tell you, we need to talk in person, I've missed you Shuka-kun.”

 

“I've missed you as well Kyu-chan.” After the conversation Gaara and Naruto both had blushes on their face. Not only because they were sharing conversations between the two demons inside them but once they began to be aware of their surroundings again, they realized they were still hugging. They were embarrassed but neither broke away.

 

“Take him to some place private Naruto, away from people.” Naruto smiled and mentally nodded. He pulled away from Gaara and held his hand. They both smiled at each other, and again Gaara's face contorted in a huge smile. He was feeling something he had very felt for anyone before. If Naruto was to leave him now, he didn't think he could go on. But he wanted to try one last time, he would take a risk, and he would open up to some in hopes of acceptance and maybe something more.

 

“Come with me.” Naruto said with a smile. Gaara nodded embarrassingly before squeezing Naruto's hand and being dragged off by Naruto. Naruto ran across the park holding Gaara's hand, and led him into the forest.

 

 

 

Author note

Ok well I thanks for the reviews. One of them asked me to make my chapters longer so I spent a much longer time than usual writing this chapter. I love reviews and they make me do things, so if you ask, there's a chance it might happen. Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter, please review. I want to know what you think. O and I need to thank Nekogirl3 for pointing out a mistake. It seems I was spelling both Gaara's and Shukaku's name wrong, well I went back and fixed them. Thanks again Neko.