It's Always Been Us All

AN: Okay, its been awhile, but I have been working… and have had no motivation what-so-ever (until now, that is) to update. *Hides behind a tree* Thank you very much though for all of you who have reviewed… if this update was for anyone… it was for you… (And to kill my boredom) *cough, cough*. Anyways… Ya… Hopefully something good comes out in then next chapter… pray that it comes out sooner rather than later. Though I just put in my two weeks notice at work, so I’ll probably have a few weeks before I start going to school full time. ;) Anywyas, let me know what you think… Hollas at me, aye!


Story info: Anyways, I’m developing more of a plot in my head now that the third chapter is out. And I haven’t mentioned it before, and I don’t know if I’m going to go into detail about it in future chapters, so here’s some info that you guys should just know about what’s going on in my fic.

First off, Sasuke DID betray Konoha, BUT he returned ON HIS OWN! Yes Naruto was going to go get his ass, but never got a chance because SASUKE RETURNED ON HIS OWN! He went to Orochimaru and became way stronger than he is now… Anyways, that’s all I can think of. If anything comes up later, I’ll let you guys know in future chapters. ;)


Chapter Three- We're All Lost

Naruto crouched on the floor, going over the map that the Hokage had given them to the Bear Village. He couldn't believe that he had trusted the dog boy to lead them there... The teme had actually gotten them lost! It was embarrassing to say the least. They were Konoha ninja, and they were lost! Thinking about it made him want to pound the dog boy into the ground a few times and again. Trying to control the growling that was out of its own accord continuously coming out of his throat, Naruto tried to figure out the new route that they would be taking. Ignoring the irritating growling that was emmanting from his stomach, Naruto scratched his head as the series of lines drawn poorly together were very much confusing the shit out of him. No wonder they were lost. This had to be a joke... or someone seriously had to go back to the ninja academy and relearn how maps worked and exactly how they should be made.

Being too busy criticizing the way the map was set up, Naruto didn't even notice Kiba come from the woods carrying logs for the fire they were to get started. Though as soon as Akamaru tackled him to the ground, Naruto sent a heavy glare Kiba's way. This was all his fault, after all. The baka should have known that the map was obviously a joke and that they were totally going a completely different route than where the Bear Village was. Someone was totally going to get fired!

"So did you manage to figure out what direction the Bear Village is?" Kiba walked over to where Naruto was and dropped the logs with no ease onto the ground beside him. Dust lifted from the floor, causing a very distraught blond to cough and almost choke to death. "You know, maybe if you had done your job and had not insisted on trusting me, we wouldn’t have gotten into this situation in the first place," Kiba smirked as Naruto's death glare did absolutely nothing to intimidate him.

"Listen dog breath, I don’t need for you to tell me how to do things! I'll figure out a way to get to the Bear Village... And by the end of the day, I'll even figure out where we are!" Making his mind up that he was going to be true to his word, and do just that, he ignored the way Kiba rolled his eyes.

"Naruto, why don’t we just go to the nearest village and ask for directions? Much more simple, don’t ya think?" The fukker called out over his dog as he scratched him behind the ears. Honestly, Naruto had to agree that that was the best idea ever.... But he would never admit it out loud. He wished Kakashi-sensi were here. The copy nin would know where to go.

"Listen you flea infested shit head; I don’t need to ask for directions...” And he figured that that much was true… He didn’t need to ask for directions, and kami help him, he wouldn’t do so either! “…But if you want to, feel free to do so yourself... I'll wait for you here," Giving dog breath a cheesy smirk, Naruto propped himself on the floor comfortably. He hoped that Kiba took the hint, because he had way too much fucking pride to do such a thing. Even with a mask... someone might recognize his voice! Hell.... No one really could sound like him, even he knew that!


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Dog boy had been gone for over three hours.... Naruto was starting to wonder where exactly the nearest population of people was. He'd gotten a chance to set up camp, eat dinner, and now he was even showering in a lake that he had found not even four miles away. Though he wouldn't complain about that part.... It was actually really relaxing. The water there felt so good against his skin that thinking about it more clearly, he hoped Dog Breath’ took a few more hours.

Sighing as he scrubbed the dirt off his back as best he could, Naruto’s thoughts couldn’t help but go back to his personal problems… He’d been trying to avoid it as much he could… But it just wasn’t humanly possible to do so. As much as he hated to admit it, it was really all he could think about. Sasuke and Sakura…

Sasuke and Sakura…
Sasuke and Sakura…

Letting his head drop completely under the water, Naruto enjoyed the feel of his whole face being drenched in its warmth. He wished he got sent off on missions more often. Usually the old hag kept him in the village with the excuse that Konoha needed Strong Ninja’s within its walls. She was always going on about how if she sent away all her good ninja’s and Konoha was attacked- that would be the end of it all. He knew though that it was all bull…

If that were to be true; Sasuke, Neji, and even Lee would be staying in the village more often. It was just an excuse to keep him near- So that the people that were after his demon couldn’t get their hands on him so easily.

It wasn’t fair though. It truly wasn’t…! Sasuke had betrayed their village! Sasuke had gone to Orochimaru willingly. The bastard had learned of the dark ways… He had CHOSEN to be evil!! And yet, Konoha trusted him more than they trusted him. If he were to be completely honest, he would have to say that he’d been sad when Sasuke returned home (Aside from being the most happiest he had ever been in his entire life, of course).

Secretly though, he had wished the bastard’s death all along.

The teme had it all! Everything he could ever wish for or wanted, he could have gotten. Sure, he had lost his whole family at a very, very young age. And yeah, he could understand the want to take revenge on his brother… He swore Itachi was the bloody devil himself! …But that was not a good enough excuse to betray the whole village, to betray his friends… To betray him!

It just was not a good enough excuse to become everything that he was supposed to hate. To become exactly like Itachi…! To become everything he was supposed to stand against.

And yet, even though he had hurt the whole Village, they had wanted him back. They had wanted their only Uchiha survivor back… And they had wanted Naruto gone.

Because Naruto is the demon boy…

He could still remember the day that the bastard had returned home out of his own will. It had honestly been the weirdest thing in the world. He’d been the first to know, of course… The bastard always did like hurting him in any way or form possible…

He had been deep in the forest, training, trying to become stronger so that he could bring said bastard back. Then, out of no where, a blast of Chidori hit him in the back! He’d been scared to his toes and had almost shit in his pants. That was until he realized who it was… Then, all he felt was anger. He’d actually been angry that Sasuke had returned to Konoha again!

…But most of all, he’d been hurt. Hurt that the bastard would take a strike at him while he had not even been looking… It had made Naruto unleash his demon power, which was something he never liked to do… It was too painful. He didn’t like thinking of it, but it was engraved into his head. He had seen the look of Disgust on Sasuke’s face…

That look had hurt the most.

It was the sort of look that told him that he and Sasuke had never really been friends… And though things might have changed a bit since then… It was that same look that Sasuke still shot him at times, that made him uncertain where he stood with the young Uchiha. It was that look that reminded him daily that he would never be good enough for them…

Walking out of the heavenly lake, Naruto sighed as he put on his black T-shirt and orange pants. He was getting hungry again, and he still didn’t sense Kiba anywhere near. The baka had probably gotten himself into some trouble. Shaking his head at the thought, he decided to go back to camp and wait on the stupid dog to show up. If he wasn’t back by morning, he’d have to go looking for him… Damn!

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If it wasn’t for the fact that he KNEW he was going the right way, Naruto would think that he was totally going the opposite direction of Camp. Something weird was going on… Not to mention there were times when he felt in and out lapses of energy. He knew he was being followed; but he had absolutely no idea by whom; or even what was going on with his surroundings. Unless he was under some sort of jutsu that he couldn’t dispel. Kami knew he’d already tried that trick. So he figured he’d keep walking and avoiding the situation for as long as possible, or at least until he found out more about his enemy.

So far, from the little lapses of energy that had been left uncovered, he knew that whoever it was that was following him, was becoming weaker and weaker by the moment. This meant they were hurt. He also knew it was only one opponent. So he had a fair chance of winning, since he had conserved most of his chakra, and had a full pouch of weapons on him. Plus… He was Naruto! Of course he could beat this person.



He just had to get out of this jutsu that kept him walking in circles.

Naruto knew it was only a matter of time before this person showed their face and decided to attack. Which meant it was only a matter of time before he kicked their ass all the way to China! He stopped as he approached the lake which he had left about an hour ago. Looking around slowly, Naruto tried to see if anything, ANYTHING, was out of place… He had to find the weak point of the jutsu, or he’d probably be stuck here while Kiba ate all their food.

Looking around he noticed that there was a rather large rock right in the spot where he had changed earlier. Odd… He swore that it hadn’t been there before. But that wasn’t what surprised him the most. No, what had him on his toes was the fact that whoever was trying to get him would let the weakness of the jutsu be such an obvious thing. That either meant it was a trap… or this person was very, very, very, very stupid. Though, if the lapses of energy that he had been feeling more and more recently, were anything to go by (and choosing to get out of this jutsu sooner, rather than later… EVERYONE knows Naruto has no patience!), Naruto knew that his suspicions were if not true, very close to the truth. So… He decided to take a go for it.

Taking a sharpened kunai from his pouch, Naruto shot it at the rock- watching it dissolve on contact. He stared as the lake disappeared before his very own eyes, more rocks and trees appearing in its stead. Taking in his new surroundings, Naruto calculated that he was about two hours away from camp, more towards the direction of Konoha, and away from his original destination. Damn, he swore he would kill whoever was doing this!


Now, it wasn’t that he was conceited or anything, but he loved the fact that he had some of the best reflexes ever! Dodging a kunai that had been aimed at his head, and had seemingly come out of nowhere, Naruto laughed at the idiocy of whoever was trying to “capture” him. How did this person even survive? They had just given away their position…!


Throwing four Kunai at a large oat tree that was already shaking on its own, Naruto waited for the culprit to fall. And sure enough…. The culprit fell…


Staring wide eyed at a girl that barely had any clothes on her, and looked like she had been starving herself, Naruto’s jaw dropped. “Wow…” The word left his mouth without his approval…


“Please don’t kill me!” The black haired girl whispered, those blue eyes captivating him on the spot…


Oh. Shit.

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AN: OooOOO Introduction to new characters… interesting. *scratches head* hopefully all goes well next chappie! Review, aye? :S