Of Samurai and Shinobi

Yet another new chapter!
I’ve received so many reviews for one newly added chapter, that it motivated me to write and post another as soon as possible. This chapter has actually been sitting around for a while now, but due to some rather unfortunate personal problems I found myself unable to upload.

I would very much like to thank my reviewers, especially InuBecka!

Warnings: Violence, language.

Enjoy!

Previous chapter:
“‘Kids and their imagination. Monsters in the closet, honestly.’
The teacher known as Muzuki-sensei opened the door.

“See? There’s no such thing as-”

‘Oh. My. God. Talk about monster in the closet!’

There he was. The one child that had single-handidly ruined the lives of the people of Konoha. The demon brat. And as if that wasn’t bad enough, he was currently being nailed by some guy with hair like a chicken’s behind.”

Chapter 15


Sasuke POV


At least the people in this village would know his name now.
Or at least the parents would.
His own parents had always complained how hard it was to build up a name and keep up ones good reputation after all.
Somehow Sasuke managed to pull it off within a day.
Wouldn’t they be proud…

The rumours were already spreading like wildfire, eventually leaving the safe surroundings of the academy and leaking out into the city and beyond.
Not that either Sasuke or Naruto knew about this, but they would find out soon enough…
No, Uchiha Sasuke was blissfully unaware while the two walked towards the training grounds where Sasuke had so innocently been trying his hand at shuriken throwing mere moments before. In his current good mood, he was listening to Naruto going on about his training days before he became a gennin.

To be honest, Sasuke wanted to see Naruto in action.
It was one thing watching kids throw around metal objects, but an actually graduated shinobi?

He had already seen Naruto perform some astounding moves.
Judging from the way people regarded his loudmouthed lover, most people apparantly deemed him a ‘lousy ninja’. Not that Sasuke agreed. Even though Naruto wasn’t exactle the sharpest of blades, the idiot was simply good at what he did.

During one of Naruto’s rambling sessions Sasuke had managed to pick up that Naruto’s main aspiration in life was to become a Hokage. For some reason Sasuke truly believed that Naruto could do it…

There was just something about him, a strange pull or some sort of energy surrounding him that managed to pull people in like a tractor-beam. Just one of those brilliant smiles could brighten the darkest of days.

And he was all his…
His to hold, his to love and make love to…
And with the advantage of marriage they would belong to one another completely.

“I challenge you Uchiwa Kaya!”
“…..”
“Hey! I’m talking to you!”
“Why don’t you go play somewhere else…”
“Why won’t you stop stalling and fight me already!”

Sasuke turned to Naruto.

“Uchiwa?”
“Yeah, they’re a big shot shinobi clan around here…”

There was no doubt as to who Kaya was. A young boy with pitch black hair stood in the middle of the nearby dojo, with his arms crossed and a scowl on his face.
“Geez, he looks almost as cheerful as you Sasuke!”

“Fight me already, damn it!”

“Yeah, and the other one is just as loud as you.”
“Jerk.”

This was the part Naruto hated most.
The young Uchiwa boy stepped out of the dojo that overlooked the centre training field and walked into their general direction. The boy was obviously not intending on wasting his time with the other academt student and was currently looking for a challenge ‘worthy of his attention’. Not that there were many people they deemed worthy…
If it’s one thing the Uchiwa clan was renowned for, it was their ability to view every living creature as a ‘lesser being’.

Even though the Hyuuga clan had managed to surpass the Uchiwa clan in numbers ages ago, no other clan had ever managed to surpass them in ego.
To see such a stubborn family-trait in such a young boy – barely seven years old – was just plain scary. Kaya looked at Naruto and Sasuke and walked directly towards them.
It didn’t take long until he was standing in front of them, most likely planning on leaving the academy training grounds in order to escape the rather annoying little boy who was left behind fuming.

Naruto – having already met the boy on several occasions – wasn’t impressed by the pint-sized Uchiwa, but wisely remained quiet while readying himself to step aside if need be.

The boy clearly felt the need to walk in a straight line and walking around an object was below him…

Sasuke on the other hand was getting rather annoyed at the look the boy gave him and refused to budge. He hated the kid already.
Yet another legendary event was to take place in Konoha. Two of the worlds most stubborn households were facing off in what seemed to be one of the most childish staring competitions ever seen.
The rude, bouncy brunet rushed after Kaya, clearly trying his hand at challenging the Uchiwa once more.

“So now you’re running away from me? You scaredy cat!”
Kaya seemed more interested in glaring at Sasuke.
“Would you stop ignoring me already?!”

The brave young man stepped in between the two raven-haired males as if trying to break the tension between the two. Better yet, the boy grabbed Kaya’s arm, who – unaware of the other boys actions – in result lost his balance and was the first to look away.

“Hn.”
Indeed, the Uchiha victory cry was a fierce one…

“Let. Me. Go. NOW!”
“Not until you fight me!”
Kaya, now completely fed up with the other boys antics, kicked the mousy-brown haired preteen in the guts, causing the poor boy to double over in pain.
“Are you happy now?”

“That was quite a dirty move little brother…”
Beside him, Naruto froze.

As Sasuke turned around to gaze at the newcomer, he was quite surprised to look at a familiar face. The young man behind them resembled him enough to be considdered a possible twin.

The only main difference was the paleness of their skin, their hair-cut and their outfits.

Said outfit consisted out of a pair of plain looking yet dangerously low-riding black pants and an even more revealing shirt.

There was no doubt about it. After Naruto happily showed him his team-picture this morning and explaining which person was which, this HAD to be Sai.
Naruto immediately attached himself to Sasuke’s arm as Sai walked towards them.

“Aniki! What are you doing here?”
Sai smiled at his little brother before turning to Sasuke.
“Good morning, you must be this ‘Sasuke’ I’ve been hearing so much about.”
It was funny, after hearing the many warnings people had given him about this guy, he didn’t seem nearly as bad as people had made him out to be.
True, Sai smiled a lot, to the point of it being creepy, but still…
“So you’re the one determined to deflower out precious Naru-chan over here.”
Alright, perhaps he really was as bad as people had made him out to be…
There was this malicious tone to the smiling young mans voice.
Not one to back down from a challenge however, Sasuke smirked.
“Actually, that’s already been taken care off.”
“Sasuke!”

Naruto – while blushing like a schoolgirl – tightened his hold on Sasuke’s arm in warning. Clearly their escapades in the janitor’s closet were still fresh on his mind.

“Oh did you now.”
The corners of Sai’s mouth were twitching slightly.
“So Naru-chan, was he any good?”
‘That little-’
“Enough with the perverted questions Sai!”
Naruto seemed to have recovered some of his usual spunk.
The death grip on his arm was still clearly present though…
“Aww, you know me, I’m just having a little fun. Don’t be mad.”
“You’re mad enough for the both of us.”

“Naruto, stop being so mean to your teammate. He’s just getting to know Sasuke after all.”

Yet another lunatic decided to join the party. None other then the silverhaired man named Kakashi had appeared.

“What is this? A social gathering?!”
Kakashi ignored Naruto and turned to Sasuke.
“By the way Sasuke, it seems congratulations are in order! Next time, try to take it to go for some privacy though. I mean a janitor’s closet? If you want, I could let you read some of my Icha-Icha novels. Clearly you need proper guidance on the matter.”
Kakashi patted Sasuke’s shoulder.

“Still, a good job! I might just like you after all!”
Naruto, tired of being ignored, finally let go of Sasuke’s arm.
“Stop being perverted or I’ll tell Iruka-sensei!”
“But I’m not doing anything.”
“Like hell you are!”

Kakashi ruffled Naruto’s hair.

“Yeah yeah, now calm down. Sai, instead of bickering, why don’t you and Kaya show Sasuke-kun here some moves? I hear you’ve been quite neglectful towards him lately.”
Kaya looked like a hopeful little boy for once rather then an arrogant little brat.
“I’m afraid I don’t have the time. Lately our clan has been in an uproar and being the eldest, the responsibility of helping my father falls onto me. Naruto, Yamato-sensei wants to meet up with us tomorrow, most likely another evaluation of our individual training, but be prepared in case it’s a mission. Kaya, I’ll be picking you up from school, make sure you’re ready to leave when I get here.”

With that being sad Sai took his leave.
The look on Kaya’s face was heartbreaking.
The boy standing next to him – rubbing his still tender stomach – felt sorry for him.
His big sister was always prepared to make time for him no matter how busy she got.

Naruto took one look at the pouting little boy and melted before uttering the ill-fated words…

“Hey, how about you teach Sasuke a thing or two! It’ll be good training for the both of you!”


Naruto POV


“To the left! No! Your other left!”
“Wait a second, I think he’s going to-”
“Look out!”
“Ouch…”

The so called match had been going on for quite some time now and neither side seemed to be showing signs of slowing down. Sasuke was clearly taking quite a lot of damage though. Naruto silently wondered what was currently hurting most, his body or his pride.
Upon discovering Sasuke’s ability to quickly pick up skills, he and Kaya were now sparring using taijutsu only. Even though a bit clumsy at it from time to time, Sasuke was easily picking up the pace. His future husband was in one word ‘brilliant’.

This all made Naruto grin, if Sai wasn’t pissed off already, he most likely would be now.
True, Sasuke most likely wasn’t going to win this fight, but the improvements he made and the rapid pace in which he absorbed all of this new information were truly unbelievable.
After a while Iruka joined the slowly gathering crowd and eventually even took it upon himself to teach Sasuke a thing or two about the use of chakra.

Kaya sat down beside Naruto and the little brown haired boy named Koji. After a while, Koji fell asleep in Kaya’s lap. Kaya however was focussed on paying attention to the things Iruka-sensei was explaining, so after the first few nudges to the boys head and clearly not getting the desired result, he gave up and allowed the other boy to lay there.

Any kid in their age group was either talking about the new guy in town or the seemingly developing relationship of Koji and Kaya. After Iruka called it quits, Sasuke sat down beside the two boys, careful not to wake Koji in the process. Naruto looked at the little boy sitting next to him.

“By the way Kaya, what’s this ‘uproar’ Sai was talking about?”
“You mean you haven’t heard yet?”
“Heard what? I only got back yesterday. And since when is Sai the eldest anyway? Where are Kensuke and Ayumu?”
“…….they’re dead.”
“Wait a second, what?!”
“A man claiming to be one of our lost distant relatives showed up in Konoha shortly after you left. He learned of our clans secrets before turning on us. He murdered several of our clan members. Our older brothers were amongst the victims.”
“A distant relative? Don’t tell me he got away with it…”
“He did. Somehow he managed to get away without a trace.”
“Well do they at least know his name or something?”
“He said his name was Itachi.”

TBC