2See first chapter for Disclaimer and warnings.
This chapter is re-written.
I apologies in advance for any out of character (ness)
Sorry for the sever lateness of this chapter! I had this done in Nov. but it needed editing and some minor fixing and then things came up and I put off dealing with any type of writing.
First update of the year! Happy 2012
None of my chapters are beta'd.
Note – This chapter will take place after Naruto & Jariya left in search of Tsunade. Everything happened as it did in the Anime. Tsunade has woken Sasuke (& everyone else). & The fight between Naruto & Sasuke has happened. Orochimaru's sound Nin show up.
I didn't see much reason to add Naruto & Jariya leaving & everything else since I'd do it similarly and it was never really a part of my plan. I was just fixing things since the 1st chapter (the old one) pointed it out.
Everything from here on out strays from the Anime. Well for the most part.
This chapter takes a jump from the last chapter.
This chapter is dedicated to kiki2222 for reviewing and favoring my story. Thank you!
Chapter 4
Feelings
Naruto was angry, no he was furious! But also sad. It was irritating to be all the way at the top in elation then to plummet in a blink of an eye.
He had come to team 7's usual training ground but found that no amount of training would get his mind off the events that had transpired earlier that day.
Naruto griped the ground in his fist, digging his fingers deep into the earth in agitation.
'Not only is Sakura mad at me, but Kakashi-Sensei is disappointed in me to. And I don't want even think how much Purvey Sage is.'
Naruto supposed he couldn't blame either one, they both had valid reasons. But they weren't angry/disappointed at just him; Sasuke was taking a portion of it to.
Naruto figured if he hadn't gotten so worked up at Sasuke, he was sure things would be different. After all he was use to Sasuke's attitude, even if he couldn't stand it.
"Tch." Scoffing Naruto crossed his arms childishly.
There was just something about Sasuke that agitated him so much and yet sometimes they could get along rather well. Like before he'd left one his trip with Jiraiya.
Sasuke was just constantly prissy… changing moods. He'd be almost kind then a jerk the next.
And sure he got some of it. Sasuke's brother had killed his family (Or so Sasuke said; though Naruto seriously doubted he's lie about something that big) and with such a loss Sasuke wanted to get back at his brother.
And after running into Itachi and getting creamed and put into a coma Sasuke was bound to be fraying at the edges. And he had to go and push Sasuke's buttons. Even though Naruto wasn't quite sure what exactly had pushed Sasuke to demand a fight.
Not that he didn't want to fight Sasuke, but considering how worked up they had both gotten… and how things had ended…
Naruto let loose a long sigh as he uncrossed his arms and fell backwards onto the dirt covered earth. His arms pillowing his head.
Naruto had used the rasangen against Sasuke on top of the hospital while Sasuke had used Chidori. At the time it seemed right to use it. Naruto had wanted to show Sasuke his awesome new move he had learned from the purvey sage. And…
He also really wanted to mildly hurt Sasuke. To prove that Sasuke wasn't better than him anymore, to prove that he had skill.
But then Kakashi-Sensei had shown up and diverted their attacks. And after seeing the damage of their attacks on the water storages, his had done the least. And then Sasuke…
Naruto grit his teeth in frustration and anger, the feelings he had felt at that moment bubbling up at the thought. Blue eyes glaring at the gathering clouds in the sky.
'Sasuke had to go and smirk that cocky arrogant smirk of his!' Clearly saying that Naruto was still dead last.
Sighing again Naruto's anger slowly ebbed, his eyes closing momentarily.
Why did Sasuke have to be like that?
Directly after Sasuke left Naruto sat atop a tall building to stu when the purvey sage popped up.
What a fun conversation that had been…
He and Sasuke may have not gotten to finish their fight… and even if one of them had won; Naruto couldn't bring himself to feel much for it. They had both been fighting with anger; anger more than anything.
And he could always prove Sasuke later when Sasuke came to terms with whatever it was that was bugging him so bad. If he came to terms… and if he didn't Naruto would just have to pound it out of him!
Or… maybe he could pester the stubborn teme into telling him.
Talking was a better alternative then fighting. And there was no saying that he couldn't throw in a few punches either.
Naruto jerked from his thoughts at the sound of his stomach gurgling. Flushing ever so slightly Naruto bolted from the ground.
A bright genuine grin spread across his face, "Ramen!" And not wasting another second Naruto sprinted for his favorite eating place.
**88
With a loud burp Naruto placed his now empty bowl onto the counter as he wipe he mouth with his other arm. A satisfied grin etched onto his features as he thanked the old man and left the shop.
His mood, Naruto decided as he strolled down the road avoiding pedestrians; had much improved.
After returning to the Village with Tsunade, who was able to awake Kakashi-Sesnei and Sasuke from their coma and was working on helping Lee Naruto had been ecstatic. All that worrying that he'd done while on the road with Jiraiya and finally melted.
He'd also gotten to see everyone again. But then things went downhill after seeing Sasuke…
But he had a plan now! He was going to set things back to the way things were before. Or almost as before.
And to do that he is going to talk to Sasuke. Laughing Naruto sprinted down the road, his destination his stubborn rival.
**88
Rain pelted the trees and buildings with no mercy. The heavy down pour only added to Naruto's sour mood.
He seemed unable to keep a cherry mood today.
He wasn't sure what all had happened. He hadn't been able to hear anything. And he hadn't wanted to risk going closer and attracting attention. Despite his bad skill in camouflage and staying quite he hadn't been noticed or discovered.
Just before the rain hit he'd had located Sasuke. But he was not alone. High up in the trees stood the Uchiha and four obviously non-Leaf shinobi. They wore, on their headbands the musical note that signaled their allegiance to Orchimaru.
A brief fight had taken place with Sasuke as the loser, those strange marks receding. He was confused and wary of those markings; he'd never seen them on Sasuke before but had shoved that detail away for later.
Just as Naruto had decided to leap out Kakashi had arrived. Or had he been their awhile?
Disregarding the thought Naruto had tried to listen to the conversation between teacher and student once the enemy Nin's were gone; but irritatingly he hadn't heard a thing. Even when Sasuke had started yelling with such hatred on his face.
Naruto remembered the brief shudder that went though him at the look.
Then Kakashi had released Sasuke and left the Uchiha alone.
Naruto wished he knew what had happened. Staring at Sasuke's blank face had caused an unnerving feeling to creep into him.
And now sitting on his bed Naruto couldn't get the uneasiness he felt to go away.
Pulling his blue blanket up and collapsing against his soft pillow Naruto stared at the blankness before him.
He couldn't get the feeling that something bad was going to happen soon to leave.
~ End. (Sorry it's so short!)
I thought about doing the Sound Nin's and Sasuke's confrontation but seeing as it is in the Anime I couldn't be bothered. At first I had planned for Naruto to interrupt them but decided that's not how I wanted to go about it.
For one – I felt that the Sound Nin would try to kill Naruto (He's a witness) and Naruto I doubt could take them at this point in time so I scraped it.
Plus I didn't want this incident to change Sasuke's attitude to much towards Naruto just yet. (Cause no Sasuke wouldn't let them kill Naruto but it would have been a hassle to get him to that point) Too soon.
Sorry for the major lack of conversation in this chapter! This one was fighting me. I had to work out how I wanted to get this started and into moving forward. So I guess this is called a filler.
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