[Naruto] my eternity 2
Title: my eternity
Chapter: 2
Pairing: SasuNaru
Rating: T
Chapter two: Voice of Deals
I break into a clearing…it’s empty. No! Sasuke must be here, he has to be here! I look around, but I’m alone. So alone. Why? He was supposed to be here! Tsunade told me so. Konoha information gatherers had heard someone from Sound talking about his movements, saying he was going to be right here, right at this time! Maybe it was a trap…but no, it’s no trap. Sasuke’s not here, but neither is an ambush. What was that? I could have sworn I heard something. I turn to the source of the noise, but I don’t see anything.
“Hn. Dobe.” Sasuke’s voice rings out in the silent clearing, and I find him standing where I had been looking seconds before. He’s fast.
“Sasuke! I’m here to take you back to Konoha, even if I have to tie you up and drag you back!” I yell at him to hide my shock. When he doesn’t respond, I continue: “I bet you didn’t expect me here, teme! What kind of ninja wanders around the forest alone, and lets himself be found? You know, tons of people knew you were coming here; ero-sennin heard people talking about it! How careless, to let your plans be known!”
“Did it ever occur to you that I wanted Konoha to know about my plans? What kind of ninja falls into such an obvious trap?” He gave me his familiar smirk.
“Trap? What, have you decided to kill me again? I don’t think you can actually go through with it! You could never kill one of your friends! But, if you want to fight me, I accept your challenge!”
“Tch. Dobe, I’m not here to fight you. But I suppose you won’t agree without a fight…”
“Agree to what?”
“Naruto,” he used my name for once, his tone deathly serious, “I want you to come back with me to Sound Village.”
“Yeah…great joke, Sasuke. But what’s this really about?” I asked him nervously.
“Idiot. You know I don’t joke.”
“Then why in the world would you want me to come back with you?! It’s not like I’d go there, anyway! Not in a million years!”
“Let’s make a deal…We’ll fight. If I win, you come with me to Sound. If you win, I’ll go with you to Konoha. Fair?”
“Hah! I hope you packed your bags before you came here, Sasuke, because you are coming home with me! There’s no way I’m going to lose!”
Naruto woke up, but kept his eyes closed. ‘I remembered more…I wonder what happened next.’ Naruto briefly smiled at how he viewed his memories in an objective way, as though they were the plot of some novel he was reading. ‘I wonder when the next volume will come out…’
Naruto opened his eyes and looked around. He was sharing a room with Sasuke. ‘I’d hardly call it sharing a room, though. He’s never here unless it’s to sleep.’ So far, Sasuke had been coming back to his room just as Naruto was falling asleep, and was always gone before Naruto got up. ‘Training, I guess. Why did the bastard want me here if he’s never going to talk to me?’ In the week Naruto had been living in Sound, he’d only exchanged a few words with Sasuke.
After Sasuke had untied Naruto, he’d led him out of the hospital-like room and away from Kabuto. Walking through a maze of torch-lit hallways, he’d brought Naruto to the room they now shared. Sasuke seemed pretty convinced that the deal he had made with Naruto would prevent Naruto from leaving Sound, but he still locked the door to his room when he left, just in case.
Naruto was brought food three times a day, but he couldn’t leave the room. He was bored. ‘What am I supposed to do all day?’ When he had asked Sasuke that question, Sasuke had silently indicated a bookcase. ‘I don’t want to read, I want to train!’ Even so, he walked over to the bookcase and selected a book that caught his eye. It was orange. He had though for a second that it was one of the books Kakashi-sensei was always reading, but it turned out to be about some fighting style. ‘Of course…why would Sasuke have Icha Icha Paradise? Stupid.’
He sat down to read and hardly moved for hours, only stopping for meals. He was still reading when Sasuke came back.
Sasuke walking in without a word, so Naruto assumed he didn’t want to talk. Just to spite him, he started up a conversation. “So, Sasuke, how was your day?” he said in an overly cheery voice.
“Hn.” Sasuke gave his trademark noncommittal grunt.
“Oh, my day was fine, thanks for asking, teme. Bit boring, though.”
Sasuke looked at him oddly, so he decided to continue. “I remembered something today.”
Well, that got a response out of Sasuke. His eyes widened slightly, and he froze. He asked in a would-be-calm voice, “Oh really? What did you remember?”
“Oh, just our deal. It looked like we were about to fight, too. From where I am, I guess I lost.” Sasuke relaxed a bit. “So, did I get beaten up that badly? You don’t have any injuries, but I still have this gash of my chest.” It was healing quickly with the help of the Kyuubi, but it wasn’t yet gone.
“I was wounded, but Kabuto healed me. I didn’t let him near you, though. Knowing him, he’d poison you or something just to annoy me.” After he said this, he walked into the bathroom to change into sleeping clothes. Naruto had changed, about an hour before Sasuke had come into the room, into sleeping clothes Sasuke had given him.
“That makes sense.” Naruto said. When Sasuke didn’t answer, he took it to mean the conversation was over. He closed the book he had been reading for most of the day and put it down on the small table next to his bed. He glared at the book. ‘Three guesses what I’ll be doing tomorrow, and the first two don’t count.’ He gave the book one last angry glance before flopping on his bed and pulling the covers over his head.
Sasuke came out of the bathroom and walked over to his own bed, which was against the wall opposite Naruto’s bed. He pulled the covers back and gracefully got in bed, and then pulled the covers up to his chest, keeping his arms out.
“Goodnight, Sasuke.” Naruto mumbled from his bed. He was already half-asleep.
“Goodnight, Naruto.” Sasuke said it so quietly, he was almost certain Naruto couldn’t have heard him.
Across the room, Naruto smiled. He’d heard Sasuke’s response, though the words barely registered in his hazy mind. As he drifted of to sleep, the smile still played on his lips. Even if he was stuck in Sound, he still got to see Sasuke. ‘It’s not that bad, I guess.’ were his last thoughts as he drifted off to sleep.
On the other side of the room, his raven-haired roommate was not as content. Sasuke turned onto his side to face Naruto as Naruto slept, wondering what he was going to do when Naruto remembered what happened next. And then, there was what had happened after the fight…
Chapter: 2
Pairing: SasuNaru
Rating: T
Chapter two: Voice of Deals
I break into a clearing…it’s empty. No! Sasuke must be here, he has to be here! I look around, but I’m alone. So alone. Why? He was supposed to be here! Tsunade told me so. Konoha information gatherers had heard someone from Sound talking about his movements, saying he was going to be right here, right at this time! Maybe it was a trap…but no, it’s no trap. Sasuke’s not here, but neither is an ambush. What was that? I could have sworn I heard something. I turn to the source of the noise, but I don’t see anything.
“Hn. Dobe.” Sasuke’s voice rings out in the silent clearing, and I find him standing where I had been looking seconds before. He’s fast.
“Sasuke! I’m here to take you back to Konoha, even if I have to tie you up and drag you back!” I yell at him to hide my shock. When he doesn’t respond, I continue: “I bet you didn’t expect me here, teme! What kind of ninja wanders around the forest alone, and lets himself be found? You know, tons of people knew you were coming here; ero-sennin heard people talking about it! How careless, to let your plans be known!”
“Did it ever occur to you that I wanted Konoha to know about my plans? What kind of ninja falls into such an obvious trap?” He gave me his familiar smirk.
“Trap? What, have you decided to kill me again? I don’t think you can actually go through with it! You could never kill one of your friends! But, if you want to fight me, I accept your challenge!”
“Tch. Dobe, I’m not here to fight you. But I suppose you won’t agree without a fight…”
“Agree to what?”
“Naruto,” he used my name for once, his tone deathly serious, “I want you to come back with me to Sound Village.”
“Yeah…great joke, Sasuke. But what’s this really about?” I asked him nervously.
“Idiot. You know I don’t joke.”
“Then why in the world would you want me to come back with you?! It’s not like I’d go there, anyway! Not in a million years!”
“Let’s make a deal…We’ll fight. If I win, you come with me to Sound. If you win, I’ll go with you to Konoha. Fair?”
“Hah! I hope you packed your bags before you came here, Sasuke, because you are coming home with me! There’s no way I’m going to lose!”
Naruto woke up, but kept his eyes closed. ‘I remembered more…I wonder what happened next.’ Naruto briefly smiled at how he viewed his memories in an objective way, as though they were the plot of some novel he was reading. ‘I wonder when the next volume will come out…’
Naruto opened his eyes and looked around. He was sharing a room with Sasuke. ‘I’d hardly call it sharing a room, though. He’s never here unless it’s to sleep.’ So far, Sasuke had been coming back to his room just as Naruto was falling asleep, and was always gone before Naruto got up. ‘Training, I guess. Why did the bastard want me here if he’s never going to talk to me?’ In the week Naruto had been living in Sound, he’d only exchanged a few words with Sasuke.
After Sasuke had untied Naruto, he’d led him out of the hospital-like room and away from Kabuto. Walking through a maze of torch-lit hallways, he’d brought Naruto to the room they now shared. Sasuke seemed pretty convinced that the deal he had made with Naruto would prevent Naruto from leaving Sound, but he still locked the door to his room when he left, just in case.
Naruto was brought food three times a day, but he couldn’t leave the room. He was bored. ‘What am I supposed to do all day?’ When he had asked Sasuke that question, Sasuke had silently indicated a bookcase. ‘I don’t want to read, I want to train!’ Even so, he walked over to the bookcase and selected a book that caught his eye. It was orange. He had though for a second that it was one of the books Kakashi-sensei was always reading, but it turned out to be about some fighting style. ‘Of course…why would Sasuke have Icha Icha Paradise? Stupid.’
He sat down to read and hardly moved for hours, only stopping for meals. He was still reading when Sasuke came back.
Sasuke walking in without a word, so Naruto assumed he didn’t want to talk. Just to spite him, he started up a conversation. “So, Sasuke, how was your day?” he said in an overly cheery voice.
“Hn.” Sasuke gave his trademark noncommittal grunt.
“Oh, my day was fine, thanks for asking, teme. Bit boring, though.”
Sasuke looked at him oddly, so he decided to continue. “I remembered something today.”
Well, that got a response out of Sasuke. His eyes widened slightly, and he froze. He asked in a would-be-calm voice, “Oh really? What did you remember?”
“Oh, just our deal. It looked like we were about to fight, too. From where I am, I guess I lost.” Sasuke relaxed a bit. “So, did I get beaten up that badly? You don’t have any injuries, but I still have this gash of my chest.” It was healing quickly with the help of the Kyuubi, but it wasn’t yet gone.
“I was wounded, but Kabuto healed me. I didn’t let him near you, though. Knowing him, he’d poison you or something just to annoy me.” After he said this, he walked into the bathroom to change into sleeping clothes. Naruto had changed, about an hour before Sasuke had come into the room, into sleeping clothes Sasuke had given him.
“That makes sense.” Naruto said. When Sasuke didn’t answer, he took it to mean the conversation was over. He closed the book he had been reading for most of the day and put it down on the small table next to his bed. He glared at the book. ‘Three guesses what I’ll be doing tomorrow, and the first two don’t count.’ He gave the book one last angry glance before flopping on his bed and pulling the covers over his head.
Sasuke came out of the bathroom and walked over to his own bed, which was against the wall opposite Naruto’s bed. He pulled the covers back and gracefully got in bed, and then pulled the covers up to his chest, keeping his arms out.
“Goodnight, Sasuke.” Naruto mumbled from his bed. He was already half-asleep.
“Goodnight, Naruto.” Sasuke said it so quietly, he was almost certain Naruto couldn’t have heard him.
Across the room, Naruto smiled. He’d heard Sasuke’s response, though the words barely registered in his hazy mind. As he drifted of to sleep, the smile still played on his lips. Even if he was stuck in Sound, he still got to see Sasuke. ‘It’s not that bad, I guess.’ were his last thoughts as he drifted off to sleep.
On the other side of the room, his raven-haired roommate was not as content. Sasuke turned onto his side to face Naruto as Naruto slept, wondering what he was going to do when Naruto remembered what happened next. And then, there was what had happened after the fight…