The Fire of Alliance and Wind( Part II, Chapter III/?)
THE ALLIANCE OF FIRE AND WIND
AUTHOR: fantasylover12001
RATING: R to NC-17
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto or any of it’s characters
PAIRINGS: SasuNaru, for others, see first chapter
AUTHOR NOTES: I apologize for the massive delay. First, I had a wee bit of writers block. Then I had a plot bunny attack that wouldn’t leave me alone until I started another fic (NEVER have Miyazaki marathon...you will be in danger of creativity overload) which I did start and is now posted if you wish to read it. THEN my computer hard drive crashed and I had to get a new one and anyone whose been through that experience knows that I spent a good deal of time getting all my programs back and looking up all my favorites again. Oh, and getting back my DSL connection. Yeah, it’s been a fun month ;rolls eyes; But I’m back. Hopefully with regular updates from now on but I make no promises...real life tends to bite me in the ass.
PART II: CHAPTER 3
Considering how much he had been dreading the fact he was to be married, Naruto was surprised when it passed as quickly as it did. It only took about thirty minutes for the actual ceremony itself. All Naruto really felt during this was the nauseating feeling in his stomach and the tightness of the grip he and Sasuke had on each other’s hand. Sasuke’s hand was actually the only thing that got him through it if he was honest (he was never going to tell anyone that ever though). That strong hand kept him from bolting which he felt like doing when it came his turn to say I do and even more so when he had to sign the contract. When Sasuke’s hand tightened during HIS turn to say I do and sign the contract, Naruto realized he wasn’t the only one that was feeling nervous during the ceremony and felt slightly better. At least he wasn’t alone in this. Sasuke might be a jerk but he was familiar. In some way, marrying a friend (if one could still consider them friends), was more comforting then marrying a total stranger.
What finally shook him though was when Sasuke slipped the ring on his finger. The blond stared down in shock at the familiar band. He had seen the ring during his childhood whenever Sasuke’s mother had come for a visit and had actually secretly admired it. The ring was his mother’s engagement ring. It was a silver band that had a small oval shaped aqua blue stone that had silver surrounding it in delicate loops. It was simple, yet pretty. Naruto stared at the band the fit perfectly on his ring finger and stared up at Sasuke who looked back at him impassively. He then noticed that Sasuke’s ring was a matching silver band that he remembered belonged to Sasuke’s father.
Not really listening to the ending talk of the ceremony, Naruto continued to stare down at the band on his finger. ‘These rings have to mean a lot to him, why on earth is he giving one of them to ME?’
This thought plagued him during the last part of the ceremony and the beginning of the reception which took place on a floor in the shinobi headquarters designed for banquets and such. As with the engagement party, he and Sasuke were expected to start off the dancing and as they started to dance Naruto finally blurted out, “It’s your mother’s ring.”
Sasuke raised an eyebrow at him. “Pardon?”
“My ring...it was your Mom’s, wasn’t it? I remember seeing it when she visited.”
“Oh. Yes, it’s hers. I got their rings before the funeral.”
“Well...shouldn’t you keep it?” Naruto asked worriedly. “I mean, it must mean a lot too you.”
Sasuke sighed. “Naruto, it’s fine. The ring was just laying around and I needed to give you one for the marriage.” Then he added quietly, “She probably would’ve wanted you to have it anyway. Mother always liked you.”
Naruto smiled sadly. “I liked her too.”
The two were silent for the rest of the dance.
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To say that Sasuke was happy to see the carriages arrive to take everyone home would be an understatement. Never mind that he hated parties anyway, parties with Shinobi were ten times worse because Shinobi, while they may not seem like it, were big drinkers. Many of them were not fun to be around when they were drunk, either. Kiba tended to get lewder and louder the more he drank. He kept smirking at Naruto and Sasuke in a way that made the blond shift uncomfortably and Sasuke feel like killing him more then usual. Luckily, Hinata recognized the danger of an angry Uchiha and kept her boyfriend occupied after a few drinks and talked Kiba into leaving early after giving the two an apologetic smile.
Shino...just fell asleep so he actually tended to prefer his company over the others. They had long ago learned not to let Lee near alcohol and so he drank water the whole night under Sakura’s watchful eye. But being Lee, he was energetic enough without the stuff. TenTen tended to challenge people to fights, and he was glad Temari was not there because usually the blonde woman accepted and that tended to cause property damage. Though the guys did tend to enjoy the show.
Like Kiba, Ino tended to more louder and blunt then she was, but unlike Kiba who had Hinata, Shikamaru was too lazy to bother controlling her. According to him she wasn’t going to listen to him anyway so why bother? Chouji was one of the few who remained normal but that was because he didn’t like alcohol for some reason. He claimed it destroyed food’s original taste or something. If Neji and Gaara hadn’t had a mission Sasuke would have stayed with them and not feel like he was COMPLETELY surrounded by insane people, but alas. So, he spent much of the party outside on the balcony overlooking the town square.
When Naruto and Sasuke got into the carriage the blond looked at him and asked, “Are Shinobi always like that when they get together? Or is that just with the alcohol?”
Sasuke snorted. “They’re pretty much always like that. The alcohol just tends to make things worse.”
“Oh.”
“Now you know why I hate parties.”
Naruto smiled at him a bit and two sat in a comfortable silence for awhile. Then Sasuke noticed that the closer they got to his home, the more Naruto started to fidget and glance at him warily. Obviously Kiba’s comments earlier had gotten to the blond more then he let on. Sasuke sighed irritably, Kiba could be a great friend but sometimes his mouth ran just a bit too much. He most certainly was not going to force Naruto to have sex tonight. No where in the marriage certificate did it say they were to consummate the union straight away. As long as there was a child born within five years, they were fine. He hoped by at least the third year or so their relationship would have progressed to affection or to a point were the sex wouldn’t be completely awkward.
By the time they got out of the carriage, Naruto was completely tense. When they got to the hallway where their bedrooms were, Sasuke finally sighed and said. “Naruto.”
The blond looked at him.
“The Queen ordered me to train you to do more then just defend yourself so we’ll start lessons tomorrow, all right?”
Naruto blinked and stared. “Uh...yeah, sure.”
“Also...it’s probably nothing, but Iruka and Kakashi are missing.”
“What?!” Naruto said loudly. “What do you mean missing?”
“The King and Queen are here because their palace was attacked. Kakashi and Iruka were there when it happened but they got separated from the group during the battle. No one knows where they are right now.”
“Why didn’t you tell me sooner?” the blond demanded.
“We were a bit preoccupied with...well...” he held up the hand with his ring and Naruto frowned.
“You still should have told me sooner.”
“What good would that have done?”
Naruto paused. “Okay, I see your point. But still...we’re in this...thing together you know. That means you have to start telling me stuff.”
Sasuke narrowed his eyes. “I wasn’t aware that was part of the marriage contract.”
Naruto rolled his eyes. “Geez, you have no clue how relationships work do you?”
“Having never been in one, no. Do you?”
The blond sighed. “Okay, no I don’t. But I have seen long time couples before and I know that a lot of the reason they worked so well with each other is that they trusted each other with stuff.”
Sasuke frowned. “I’m a Shinobi, Naruto. A lot of my day to day activities I won’t be able to tell you. Missions are considered classified information.”
“Fine. I get it. But you should at least tell me if you’re going on one, okay? Plus, if you happen to know something that I’m going to need to know or should, tell me about it instead of waiting around for me to find out about it.”
Sasuke nodded. He supposed he could live with that. Then he frowned. “That goes for you as well.”
Naruto blinked. “Huh?”
“How did you get away from Itachi? Also, you know how to do Jutsu, don’t you? How on earth did you learn how too? I’m sure Iruka didn’t teach you how.”
Naruto blinked. “That’s...a really long story.”
“It’s not that late. We have time.”
The blond sighed and said, “Well...as for how I got away from Itachi, that has to do with how I learned Jutsu and ties in with how I know Jiraiya and Tsunade.”
Sasuke raised an eyebrow. “Continue.”
“Well, it all started about a year or so after you...left. I was really restless after that. I mean, I didn’t have you to talk too, and it was so BORING. Plus, the council had just started telling me that they were going to be looking for marriage prospects for me since I was now fourteen and so I was a little pissed. On top of things, Iruka said he couldn’t teach me anymore self defense without there being danger of going against the carrier laws so I couldn’t learn any more knew skills. It was so FRUSTRATING.”
“I can imagine,” Sasuke said softly.
Naruto snorted. “I doubt it. But anyways, one day I was walking near the bath area...”
Wind Palace Baths, four years ago,
Naruto eyed the book in his hands in slight awe. It was a beginners book on Chakra control and beginners level Jutsu. By all rights he shouldn’t be looking at it but the blond was just so irritated at the world and needed something to occupy his time. He knew he had Chakra, all carriers did, he had no clue how to use it or to even access it. When some of the Shinobi visited the palace, he had once spied on them training with their Jutsu and powers and it looked so cool.
So he had went into the palace library like he usually did and when the librarian wasn’t looking at him, snagged several books in the back of the library on Shinobi and Chakra. He could only grab about three and so took the three that looked the most useful. The one in his hands was one of those three.
He was headed towards the bath area because the garden that was behind the baths was the most secluded area of the palace grounds and he had very little chance of being discovered there.
But as he got to the path he found that it was obstructed by a large man with wild long spiky white hair who was bent over the wall of the woman’s bath area and very obviously peeping.
Naruto rolled his eyes. “Oi, Pervert!”
The man jumped a mile high and Naruto watched in astonishment as he jumped onto the wall and hung there just by his feet. ‘That’s a Shinobi trick!’ He’d seen Kakashi do it loads of times. Usually it had been to irritate Sasuke during their training.
“Will you be quiet, brat?” The man asked frantically. “They’ll here you.”
Feeling a brilliant idea forming in his head, Naruto grinned wickedly. “Guess you don’t want to get caught, huh?”
The man paled. “My wife would kill me if she knew I still did this! It’s not like I cheat on her! Looking isn’t cheating!”
That was debatable in Naruto’s mind but it was to his advantage. “So you REALLY don’t want to get caught.” He said deliberately and slowly. The man was obviously a Shinobi of some kind, he’d catch Naruto’s drift.
He did and frowned at him warily. “What you want, brat?”
Naruto held up his book. “I need to learn the basics of Chakra and Jutsu. You obviously know both so I want you teach me for however long you’re here. Also, you can’t tell anyone you’re teaching me.”
The man frowned. “That’s an awful lot to ask just for keeping you quiet.”
Naruto shrugged. “Fine. I guess you won’t mind if I accidently mention this to your wife. I may not know her NOW...but it’s a small palace and I know pretty much everyone so it won’t be hard to figure out who she is.”
The man sighed and jumped down in front of him. “I don’t like you,” he said, glaring down at Naruto.
Naruto shrugged. “That’s okay. I’m pretty used to the feeling. As long as I get my lessons, I don’t care how you feel about me.”
“I could just leave you at one lesson, you know.”
Naruto just shrugged. “Not really, I’d just bug you until you had no choice. Iruka says I’m brilliant at annoying people until they give into what I want.”
The man started at the mention of Iruka. “Iruka?” He then looked closely at Naruto with a peculiar expression on his face. “Are you Naruto Uzumaki, by any chance?”
The blond blinked. “Yeah. Do I know you?”
He shook his head. “No. I’m Jiraiya. Let’s just say I’ve heard about you.”
“Oh.” Crap, that meant the man had to know he was a Carrier. Maybe his brilliant idea wasn’t going to work after all.
“Well, let’s get started then.” Naruto blinked at him in surprise and Jiraiya sighed. “Do you want these lessons or not, kid? I leave in a month, you know.”
Naruto beamed and led Jiraiya to the gardens...
“So that month was when I started to learn Jutsu. Jiraiya started to visit frequently after that and during those times I managed to get him to teach me more and more. Eventually I met Tsunade and she started helping me too,” Naruto finished.
Sasuke stared at him. “You learned Jutsu by black mailing our King?”
Naruto shrugged sheepishly. “I didn’t know he was the King back then.”
“Would knowing have made a difference in your actions?”
Naruto smirked. “Probably not.”
“Well that explains that. How did you get away from Itachi, though?”
Naruto shrugged. “It wasn’t anything really. I summoned Gamabunto and just sort of high-tailed it out of there. I think he let me go actually.”
Sasuke blinked. “Gamabunto? You can summon the King’s toad?”
“Uh, yeah. Happened a year or so ago. I was kinda bored.”
“He listens to you?” Sasuke added incrediously.
“When he’s in a good mood.”
Sasuke just shook his head and continued to stare at Naruto as if he was crazy. Then he frowned as the rest of what the blond said sunk in. “Itachi just let you go?”
“Um...yeah. I think he was sorta shocked about the toad though. So maybe that was why. Plus, Gamabunto is pretty fast.”
“Maybe,” Sasuke said slowly, not really believing it. Then he noticed Naruto stifle a yawn. “It’s getting late. We should get to bed. I expect you to be up on time for our first lesson.”
The blond nodded and turned to his room and the stopped with a frown on his face as he studied the ring on his finger. “Hey, how did you get this ring to fit me so easily? Your Mom’s fingers were a lot smaller then mine.”
Sasuke smirked. “Shinobi secret. Sorry.”
Naruto glared at him and muttered, “Bastard,” as he turned to go into his room.
Sasuke felt like smiling again at that. Maybe he and Naruto were going to be okay after all.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Author Notes: Okay, I know this is short but you’re going to get more stuff sooner then last update so no howling, please. Be happy I was able to write it at all with my writers block. To those who thought so, yes, Jiraiya was not that easily black-mailed he had other reasons for training Naruto which will be revealed soon but I won’t say why now. Naruto just thinks he got away with black mailing the king. As for how Sasuke got the ring to fit Naruto’s finger...I’ll leave that to your imaginations ;smirk;
AUTHOR: fantasylover12001
RATING: R to NC-17
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto or any of it’s characters
PAIRINGS: SasuNaru, for others, see first chapter
AUTHOR NOTES: I apologize for the massive delay. First, I had a wee bit of writers block. Then I had a plot bunny attack that wouldn’t leave me alone until I started another fic (NEVER have Miyazaki marathon...you will be in danger of creativity overload) which I did start and is now posted if you wish to read it. THEN my computer hard drive crashed and I had to get a new one and anyone whose been through that experience knows that I spent a good deal of time getting all my programs back and looking up all my favorites again. Oh, and getting back my DSL connection. Yeah, it’s been a fun month ;rolls eyes; But I’m back. Hopefully with regular updates from now on but I make no promises...real life tends to bite me in the ass.
PART II: CHAPTER 3
Considering how much he had been dreading the fact he was to be married, Naruto was surprised when it passed as quickly as it did. It only took about thirty minutes for the actual ceremony itself. All Naruto really felt during this was the nauseating feeling in his stomach and the tightness of the grip he and Sasuke had on each other’s hand. Sasuke’s hand was actually the only thing that got him through it if he was honest (he was never going to tell anyone that ever though). That strong hand kept him from bolting which he felt like doing when it came his turn to say I do and even more so when he had to sign the contract. When Sasuke’s hand tightened during HIS turn to say I do and sign the contract, Naruto realized he wasn’t the only one that was feeling nervous during the ceremony and felt slightly better. At least he wasn’t alone in this. Sasuke might be a jerk but he was familiar. In some way, marrying a friend (if one could still consider them friends), was more comforting then marrying a total stranger.
What finally shook him though was when Sasuke slipped the ring on his finger. The blond stared down in shock at the familiar band. He had seen the ring during his childhood whenever Sasuke’s mother had come for a visit and had actually secretly admired it. The ring was his mother’s engagement ring. It was a silver band that had a small oval shaped aqua blue stone that had silver surrounding it in delicate loops. It was simple, yet pretty. Naruto stared at the band the fit perfectly on his ring finger and stared up at Sasuke who looked back at him impassively. He then noticed that Sasuke’s ring was a matching silver band that he remembered belonged to Sasuke’s father.
Not really listening to the ending talk of the ceremony, Naruto continued to stare down at the band on his finger. ‘These rings have to mean a lot to him, why on earth is he giving one of them to ME?’
This thought plagued him during the last part of the ceremony and the beginning of the reception which took place on a floor in the shinobi headquarters designed for banquets and such. As with the engagement party, he and Sasuke were expected to start off the dancing and as they started to dance Naruto finally blurted out, “It’s your mother’s ring.”
Sasuke raised an eyebrow at him. “Pardon?”
“My ring...it was your Mom’s, wasn’t it? I remember seeing it when she visited.”
“Oh. Yes, it’s hers. I got their rings before the funeral.”
“Well...shouldn’t you keep it?” Naruto asked worriedly. “I mean, it must mean a lot too you.”
Sasuke sighed. “Naruto, it’s fine. The ring was just laying around and I needed to give you one for the marriage.” Then he added quietly, “She probably would’ve wanted you to have it anyway. Mother always liked you.”
Naruto smiled sadly. “I liked her too.”
The two were silent for the rest of the dance.
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To say that Sasuke was happy to see the carriages arrive to take everyone home would be an understatement. Never mind that he hated parties anyway, parties with Shinobi were ten times worse because Shinobi, while they may not seem like it, were big drinkers. Many of them were not fun to be around when they were drunk, either. Kiba tended to get lewder and louder the more he drank. He kept smirking at Naruto and Sasuke in a way that made the blond shift uncomfortably and Sasuke feel like killing him more then usual. Luckily, Hinata recognized the danger of an angry Uchiha and kept her boyfriend occupied after a few drinks and talked Kiba into leaving early after giving the two an apologetic smile.
Shino...just fell asleep so he actually tended to prefer his company over the others. They had long ago learned not to let Lee near alcohol and so he drank water the whole night under Sakura’s watchful eye. But being Lee, he was energetic enough without the stuff. TenTen tended to challenge people to fights, and he was glad Temari was not there because usually the blonde woman accepted and that tended to cause property damage. Though the guys did tend to enjoy the show.
Like Kiba, Ino tended to more louder and blunt then she was, but unlike Kiba who had Hinata, Shikamaru was too lazy to bother controlling her. According to him she wasn’t going to listen to him anyway so why bother? Chouji was one of the few who remained normal but that was because he didn’t like alcohol for some reason. He claimed it destroyed food’s original taste or something. If Neji and Gaara hadn’t had a mission Sasuke would have stayed with them and not feel like he was COMPLETELY surrounded by insane people, but alas. So, he spent much of the party outside on the balcony overlooking the town square.
When Naruto and Sasuke got into the carriage the blond looked at him and asked, “Are Shinobi always like that when they get together? Or is that just with the alcohol?”
Sasuke snorted. “They’re pretty much always like that. The alcohol just tends to make things worse.”
“Oh.”
“Now you know why I hate parties.”
Naruto smiled at him a bit and two sat in a comfortable silence for awhile. Then Sasuke noticed that the closer they got to his home, the more Naruto started to fidget and glance at him warily. Obviously Kiba’s comments earlier had gotten to the blond more then he let on. Sasuke sighed irritably, Kiba could be a great friend but sometimes his mouth ran just a bit too much. He most certainly was not going to force Naruto to have sex tonight. No where in the marriage certificate did it say they were to consummate the union straight away. As long as there was a child born within five years, they were fine. He hoped by at least the third year or so their relationship would have progressed to affection or to a point were the sex wouldn’t be completely awkward.
By the time they got out of the carriage, Naruto was completely tense. When they got to the hallway where their bedrooms were, Sasuke finally sighed and said. “Naruto.”
The blond looked at him.
“The Queen ordered me to train you to do more then just defend yourself so we’ll start lessons tomorrow, all right?”
Naruto blinked and stared. “Uh...yeah, sure.”
“Also...it’s probably nothing, but Iruka and Kakashi are missing.”
“What?!” Naruto said loudly. “What do you mean missing?”
“The King and Queen are here because their palace was attacked. Kakashi and Iruka were there when it happened but they got separated from the group during the battle. No one knows where they are right now.”
“Why didn’t you tell me sooner?” the blond demanded.
“We were a bit preoccupied with...well...” he held up the hand with his ring and Naruto frowned.
“You still should have told me sooner.”
“What good would that have done?”
Naruto paused. “Okay, I see your point. But still...we’re in this...thing together you know. That means you have to start telling me stuff.”
Sasuke narrowed his eyes. “I wasn’t aware that was part of the marriage contract.”
Naruto rolled his eyes. “Geez, you have no clue how relationships work do you?”
“Having never been in one, no. Do you?”
The blond sighed. “Okay, no I don’t. But I have seen long time couples before and I know that a lot of the reason they worked so well with each other is that they trusted each other with stuff.”
Sasuke frowned. “I’m a Shinobi, Naruto. A lot of my day to day activities I won’t be able to tell you. Missions are considered classified information.”
“Fine. I get it. But you should at least tell me if you’re going on one, okay? Plus, if you happen to know something that I’m going to need to know or should, tell me about it instead of waiting around for me to find out about it.”
Sasuke nodded. He supposed he could live with that. Then he frowned. “That goes for you as well.”
Naruto blinked. “Huh?”
“How did you get away from Itachi? Also, you know how to do Jutsu, don’t you? How on earth did you learn how too? I’m sure Iruka didn’t teach you how.”
Naruto blinked. “That’s...a really long story.”
“It’s not that late. We have time.”
The blond sighed and said, “Well...as for how I got away from Itachi, that has to do with how I learned Jutsu and ties in with how I know Jiraiya and Tsunade.”
Sasuke raised an eyebrow. “Continue.”
“Well, it all started about a year or so after you...left. I was really restless after that. I mean, I didn’t have you to talk too, and it was so BORING. Plus, the council had just started telling me that they were going to be looking for marriage prospects for me since I was now fourteen and so I was a little pissed. On top of things, Iruka said he couldn’t teach me anymore self defense without there being danger of going against the carrier laws so I couldn’t learn any more knew skills. It was so FRUSTRATING.”
“I can imagine,” Sasuke said softly.
Naruto snorted. “I doubt it. But anyways, one day I was walking near the bath area...”
Wind Palace Baths, four years ago,
Naruto eyed the book in his hands in slight awe. It was a beginners book on Chakra control and beginners level Jutsu. By all rights he shouldn’t be looking at it but the blond was just so irritated at the world and needed something to occupy his time. He knew he had Chakra, all carriers did, he had no clue how to use it or to even access it. When some of the Shinobi visited the palace, he had once spied on them training with their Jutsu and powers and it looked so cool.
So he had went into the palace library like he usually did and when the librarian wasn’t looking at him, snagged several books in the back of the library on Shinobi and Chakra. He could only grab about three and so took the three that looked the most useful. The one in his hands was one of those three.
He was headed towards the bath area because the garden that was behind the baths was the most secluded area of the palace grounds and he had very little chance of being discovered there.
But as he got to the path he found that it was obstructed by a large man with wild long spiky white hair who was bent over the wall of the woman’s bath area and very obviously peeping.
Naruto rolled his eyes. “Oi, Pervert!”
The man jumped a mile high and Naruto watched in astonishment as he jumped onto the wall and hung there just by his feet. ‘That’s a Shinobi trick!’ He’d seen Kakashi do it loads of times. Usually it had been to irritate Sasuke during their training.
“Will you be quiet, brat?” The man asked frantically. “They’ll here you.”
Feeling a brilliant idea forming in his head, Naruto grinned wickedly. “Guess you don’t want to get caught, huh?”
The man paled. “My wife would kill me if she knew I still did this! It’s not like I cheat on her! Looking isn’t cheating!”
That was debatable in Naruto’s mind but it was to his advantage. “So you REALLY don’t want to get caught.” He said deliberately and slowly. The man was obviously a Shinobi of some kind, he’d catch Naruto’s drift.
He did and frowned at him warily. “What you want, brat?”
Naruto held up his book. “I need to learn the basics of Chakra and Jutsu. You obviously know both so I want you teach me for however long you’re here. Also, you can’t tell anyone you’re teaching me.”
The man frowned. “That’s an awful lot to ask just for keeping you quiet.”
Naruto shrugged. “Fine. I guess you won’t mind if I accidently mention this to your wife. I may not know her NOW...but it’s a small palace and I know pretty much everyone so it won’t be hard to figure out who she is.”
The man sighed and jumped down in front of him. “I don’t like you,” he said, glaring down at Naruto.
Naruto shrugged. “That’s okay. I’m pretty used to the feeling. As long as I get my lessons, I don’t care how you feel about me.”
“I could just leave you at one lesson, you know.”
Naruto just shrugged. “Not really, I’d just bug you until you had no choice. Iruka says I’m brilliant at annoying people until they give into what I want.”
The man started at the mention of Iruka. “Iruka?” He then looked closely at Naruto with a peculiar expression on his face. “Are you Naruto Uzumaki, by any chance?”
The blond blinked. “Yeah. Do I know you?”
He shook his head. “No. I’m Jiraiya. Let’s just say I’ve heard about you.”
“Oh.” Crap, that meant the man had to know he was a Carrier. Maybe his brilliant idea wasn’t going to work after all.
“Well, let’s get started then.” Naruto blinked at him in surprise and Jiraiya sighed. “Do you want these lessons or not, kid? I leave in a month, you know.”
Naruto beamed and led Jiraiya to the gardens...
“So that month was when I started to learn Jutsu. Jiraiya started to visit frequently after that and during those times I managed to get him to teach me more and more. Eventually I met Tsunade and she started helping me too,” Naruto finished.
Sasuke stared at him. “You learned Jutsu by black mailing our King?”
Naruto shrugged sheepishly. “I didn’t know he was the King back then.”
“Would knowing have made a difference in your actions?”
Naruto smirked. “Probably not.”
“Well that explains that. How did you get away from Itachi, though?”
Naruto shrugged. “It wasn’t anything really. I summoned Gamabunto and just sort of high-tailed it out of there. I think he let me go actually.”
Sasuke blinked. “Gamabunto? You can summon the King’s toad?”
“Uh, yeah. Happened a year or so ago. I was kinda bored.”
“He listens to you?” Sasuke added incrediously.
“When he’s in a good mood.”
Sasuke just shook his head and continued to stare at Naruto as if he was crazy. Then he frowned as the rest of what the blond said sunk in. “Itachi just let you go?”
“Um...yeah. I think he was sorta shocked about the toad though. So maybe that was why. Plus, Gamabunto is pretty fast.”
“Maybe,” Sasuke said slowly, not really believing it. Then he noticed Naruto stifle a yawn. “It’s getting late. We should get to bed. I expect you to be up on time for our first lesson.”
The blond nodded and turned to his room and the stopped with a frown on his face as he studied the ring on his finger. “Hey, how did you get this ring to fit me so easily? Your Mom’s fingers were a lot smaller then mine.”
Sasuke smirked. “Shinobi secret. Sorry.”
Naruto glared at him and muttered, “Bastard,” as he turned to go into his room.
Sasuke felt like smiling again at that. Maybe he and Naruto were going to be okay after all.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Author Notes: Okay, I know this is short but you’re going to get more stuff sooner then last update so no howling, please. Be happy I was able to write it at all with my writers block. To those who thought so, yes, Jiraiya was not that easily black-mailed he had other reasons for training Naruto which will be revealed soon but I won’t say why now. Naruto just thinks he got away with black mailing the king. As for how Sasuke got the ring to fit Naruto’s finger...I’ll leave that to your imaginations ;smirk;