Killing Me Softly
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Category:
Naruto AU/AR › General
Rating:
Adult ++
Chapters:
11
Views:
1,327
Reviews:
11
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
0
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I do not own Naruto, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
Epilogue
Epilogue
Naruto awoke to vicious barking and rolled to stare at the floppy-eared puppy that had wormed its way into his room. It yipped and yowled until Kyuubi’s snarl drove the poor creature to hide in Naruto’s laundry basket. Kyuubi rolled onto his side to fling an arm around his kit’s shoulders and nuzzled his neck.
“What time is it?” Kyuubi asked groggily, lips brushing against the nape of Naruto’s neck.
“Noon,” Naruto replied lazily. “The others have been up for hours.”
“And no one’s bothered us?"
“After last night, I’m surprised Geko has enough balls to come in here.”
Kyuubi lifted his head to stare at the puppy that was glaring balefully at him from the pile of laundry. The dog growled in fear as Kyuubi bared his teeth at it, and Naruto simply slapped the biju’s chest.
“What was that for?” Kyuubi growled.
“Quit scaring him.” Naruto muttered, stretching. Kyuubi rolled to pin Naruto beneath him.
“Should I scare you instead?”
“You could try. It wouldn’t work.”
Kyuubi gave a dramatic sigh and lifted himself up, allowing his mate to climb out of bed. They went through their morning routine, and emerged outside to the din of yapping canines. Geko the puppy promptly barreled into Naruto’s ankle and yipped until the blonde picked him up, doing his best impression of a compass when he finally settled in Naruto’s embrace. The pair wandered over to the large oak tree where the Sabaku brothers rested. Gaara nodded a greeting and went back to throwing a tennis ball for the dogs to chase. Kankurou gave them a wave.
“Where’re Shino and Kiba?” Naruto asked as he settled down beside Gaara.
“Walking. Seems one of the wolf-dogs managed to go on a midnight adventure.” Kankurou replied, sitting up before a puppy could gnaw at his ear.
Naruto made a noise and turned to watch the dogs play, enjoying the silence. Plenty had changed since Sakura’s death – the vampires that made up their small group no longer had to fear the sun. Turned out they never did, since they were so old. Naruto sighed softly.
“Do you think things could’ve turned out differently?”
“Probably,” Gaara whispered, “but we’re here now and we’re all together.”
“Yeah. No sense in pining for what could have been.” Kyuubi interjected, snarling a group of puppies away from his toes. Naruto smiled and leaned back against the oak tree, staring at the blue sky.
“We’ll go to the stone today,” Gaara said softly to Naruto. “We’ll tell them how we’re doing.”
Naruto smiled at the redhead and nodded. “Yeah. I think they’d like that.”
“You can tell Uchiha that we named a bitch after hi,” Kyuubi quipped.
Naruto just laughed and closed his eyes, imagining the faces of all the people they’d left behind He missed them fiercely – they all did – but it was time to let go and move on.
“We’ll survive,” Naruto said off-handedly. “Won’t we?”
Kyuubi looked at the blonde and gave a grin.
“Of course we will. They’ll kick our asses otherwise.”
There was a snort from Gaara and Naruto couldn’t help but laugh. Kankurou raised a fist to the sky and smiled.
“To the fallen.” He said.
“To the fallen,” The others echoed.
Owari.
Naruto awoke to vicious barking and rolled to stare at the floppy-eared puppy that had wormed its way into his room. It yipped and yowled until Kyuubi’s snarl drove the poor creature to hide in Naruto’s laundry basket. Kyuubi rolled onto his side to fling an arm around his kit’s shoulders and nuzzled his neck.
“What time is it?” Kyuubi asked groggily, lips brushing against the nape of Naruto’s neck.
“Noon,” Naruto replied lazily. “The others have been up for hours.”
“And no one’s bothered us?"
“After last night, I’m surprised Geko has enough balls to come in here.”
Kyuubi lifted his head to stare at the puppy that was glaring balefully at him from the pile of laundry. The dog growled in fear as Kyuubi bared his teeth at it, and Naruto simply slapped the biju’s chest.
“What was that for?” Kyuubi growled.
“Quit scaring him.” Naruto muttered, stretching. Kyuubi rolled to pin Naruto beneath him.
“Should I scare you instead?”
“You could try. It wouldn’t work.”
Kyuubi gave a dramatic sigh and lifted himself up, allowing his mate to climb out of bed. They went through their morning routine, and emerged outside to the din of yapping canines. Geko the puppy promptly barreled into Naruto’s ankle and yipped until the blonde picked him up, doing his best impression of a compass when he finally settled in Naruto’s embrace. The pair wandered over to the large oak tree where the Sabaku brothers rested. Gaara nodded a greeting and went back to throwing a tennis ball for the dogs to chase. Kankurou gave them a wave.
“Where’re Shino and Kiba?” Naruto asked as he settled down beside Gaara.
“Walking. Seems one of the wolf-dogs managed to go on a midnight adventure.” Kankurou replied, sitting up before a puppy could gnaw at his ear.
Naruto made a noise and turned to watch the dogs play, enjoying the silence. Plenty had changed since Sakura’s death – the vampires that made up their small group no longer had to fear the sun. Turned out they never did, since they were so old. Naruto sighed softly.
“Do you think things could’ve turned out differently?”
“Probably,” Gaara whispered, “but we’re here now and we’re all together.”
“Yeah. No sense in pining for what could have been.” Kyuubi interjected, snarling a group of puppies away from his toes. Naruto smiled and leaned back against the oak tree, staring at the blue sky.
“We’ll go to the stone today,” Gaara said softly to Naruto. “We’ll tell them how we’re doing.”
Naruto smiled at the redhead and nodded. “Yeah. I think they’d like that.”
“You can tell Uchiha that we named a bitch after hi,” Kyuubi quipped.
Naruto just laughed and closed his eyes, imagining the faces of all the people they’d left behind He missed them fiercely – they all did – but it was time to let go and move on.
“We’ll survive,” Naruto said off-handedly. “Won’t we?”
Kyuubi looked at the blonde and gave a grin.
“Of course we will. They’ll kick our asses otherwise.”
There was a snort from Gaara and Naruto couldn’t help but laugh. Kankurou raised a fist to the sky and smiled.
“To the fallen.” He said.
“To the fallen,” The others echoed.
Owari.