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Chapter 4 – Turns into a Disaster...

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Well I just had to strangle a fake plot/outline muse. It’s so much like the muse that speaks to me normally for the plot that I didn’t recognize it at first. That was until the 4th time it lead me to a place that I didn’t want to go to, in this chapter. I can’t do mean things like that to Naruto in this fic.

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Kakashi began to shake Gaara. “DO you even know what you did!?”

“*Hiccup*Yeah...I just*hic*I just told...told him *hic* that I want to be...to be... with him...bas...bas...*hiccup*basically!” He stammered out, his drunken state making the pain of rejection a lot sharper and painful than it really was. There were tears in the poor drunkard’s eyes.

“EXCATLY!” Kakashi shouted at the poor Kazekage.

“So? He is...like me!” Gaara said before he was being fiercely shaken again.

Damnit Kakashi, you’re overreacting again. Rin thought to herself as she got off of the two Elder Sand Siblings. “Are you two okay?” She asked with concern as she helped the two young ninjas up and smiled.

Kankurou winced a bit. Those scrolls hurt if you’re slammed into a wall. “Bah. I’ve lived through worse.”

Temari rubbed the lower part of her back that wasn’t covered by the oversize fan of doom. “So...you guys weren’t lying...” She muttered.

Rin rolled her eyes and walked over to the bar where Gaara’s sake sat and poured to small cupfuls. “Down boy.” She said to Kakashi as she forced him to drink a cup, and gave Gaara the other. “Here, this will relax you a bit...” She said as Gaara drunkenly grabbed the cup and downed it in a second.

Both Ninja’s were out like a light. Rin’s had a very serious face on and stared at the two Sand Siblings, “You two carry Gaara and follow me...” She muttered, sounding a lot like Kakashi in his younger days. Slinging Kakashi over her shoulder, she began to walk down to the house where they were staying. The two Sand Siblings following.

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Naruto kept running and running. He kept attacking an invisible foe, tearing at the air with his claw like nails. “What did I do to you?” The demon-eyed boy screamed at the air.

Eventually he reached an oasis that was one of the Hidden Sand Village important water supply. He collapsed to the ground, tears running down his feral cheeks. “Leave me alone...Anna.”

His eyes closed once. The claw like nails began to shrink.

His eyes closed twice. His fangs began to disappear.

His eyes closed thrice. The feral features began to disappear.

His eyes closed a fourth time. His eyes went back to the perfect clear sky blue.

His eyes closed a fifth time. He went to sleep.

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The medical ninja was sitting on something, reading a certain old, worn, orange book we have all come to know and love. ...Jiyira needs to write more than just romance, comedy porn...He’s wasting his talent... She thought as she turns the page and read a bit more, giggling a bit. Note to self: Steal the rest of Kakashi’s Icha Icha stash and spend a day in the hot springs...

Temari came into the room carrying two mugs of coffee. “I’m back Rin.” She muttered, scowling a bit.

Rin pulled a bag out of one of her pockets and threw it at Kankurou. “Stop playing with your toys.” She said as middle Sand Sibling put down the screwdriver and caught the bag. “Make yourself useful and put a pinch of that in one mug,” she pointed to the one in Temari’s left hand, “and three spoonfuls in the other.” She pointed to the mug in Temari’s right hand and threw a spoon at Kankurou.

“Feh...” He said but did exactly as he was told, resealing the Back Crow into the seal.

As if on Cue Kakashi and Gaara awoke with splitting headaches, well Gaara’s was worse considering he had a bit too much drink last night. “Headache.” He muttered as he watched Rin.

Kakashi came to an interesting sight. His wife was sitting on his lab, as he was tied to a chair, reading an Icha Icha book. And he was pissed at her. THAN he found something out. He was completely tied down to a chair. Alright...A simple jutsu...should... That’s when he came to a disturbing realization. HE couldn’t move most of his body. A sealing jutsu?! When the heck did she learn...no...when did she get the capabilities to do something like this. Even Kakashi himself didn’t know all of the abilities his wife had learn when she was gone for all those years.

Rin put the book down and got up, taking the mug and giving Gaara the one that was in Temari’s right hand. “Drink all of this, Lord Gaara.” She said with a cheerful smile. “I’ll explain everything that your siblings decided not to, afterwards.” She said giving both of them an evil and scary glare. Both of them looked away. She had chewed them out last night for not telling Gaara like they said they would.

“He didn’t look like he was...” Kankurou began loudly before Gaara waved a free hand.

“Quiet...” He muttered wincing at the sound of his own voice. “You voice hurts...”

Temari took a seat on the bed next to Gaara and smirked. “Well you shouldn’t have picked up Lady Tsunade’s drinking habit during that one meeting than.” She said softly and she gently ruffled his hair and chuckled. Tsunade had challenged him to a drinking game and got Gaara hooked on sake when he was eighteen.

Rin pulled down Kakashi’s mask again and forced him to drink the bittersweet, brown liquid. “There we go.” She said and she laid a small kiss on his lips.

“You’re an evil, evil woman.” Kakashi finally manage to say, jokingly. “I rather have a hangover than that hangover cure.” He said with all seriousness as his wife sat back on his lap. “Now untie me, please.” He said his visible eye closed.

“Not yet...” She said smiling smugly. “You’ll kill Gaara if I do.”

Gaara made a choking sound on the super sweet coffee he was drinking, but forced himself to drink it all. “Coffee, should not taste like that.” He muttered and a minute later he had to admit, that it had worked. His hangover was basically gone. There was a very dull ache in the back of his head but it was tolerable. “Explain.” He stated.

Rin smiled dropped to a frown. “The short way of explaining what’s wrong with Little Naruto, is...well he has bouts of insanity, triggered by the words, ‘I love you’ or ‘I really like you.’ That starts it. An act of love, like a kiss on the lips or a tight loving embrace sets him off.”

Gaara quirked an eyebrow. “I don’t...understand.” He stated and than scratched the back of his head.

“The long version requires an explanation of what Anna, the woman that was in charge of taking care of him, did to him.”

Kakashi spat on the floor the second that woman’s name was mention. “She deserved a lot worse.

“Please, don’t interrupt me. Well, the first four years of his life were filled with pain and suffering because of that bitch of a woman. More than you can imagine. From birth till one year old, he was in the hospital for a bit. Anna would not take care of him properly and he almost died of neglect numerous times. From one to two he was in the hospital twenty times. One of those times he was bleeding heavily from the wrists. He almost died again. From ages two to three he was in the hospital twenty-five times. Nothing majorly serious but Anna began to beat him severely. From Ages three to four...He was in the hospital sixty times. In fact at one point than, he was discharged from the hospital and was put back in within two hours. His right arm was broken in 3 places, and his left eye was swollen shut again. Than Naruto’s...‘Condition’ first appeared. A nurse had grown to like him a lot and said, ‘I really like you Naruto, you’re a sweet kid.’ And ruffled his hair. Naruto began screaming in fear and wouldn’t let the Nurse near him for the rest of the day. He hurt his arm a lot worse than it was. In fact I believe that’s the reason why he prefers his left hand over his right, he was ambidextrous. Anna had damaged him more than physically, she damaged him psychologically. She made it so that Naruto couldn’t receive love with out fear of being hurt badly.”

Rin said, tears in her eyes. “AND for the life of me, I can’t figure out why the Hokage had her take care of him for so long. I know me and Kakashi would of spoiled him Rotten most likely, but why her! She was the first one to motion putting Naruto to death. And he wouldn’t let us interfere let anyone interfere unless Naruto was going to die.”

Tears began to streak down her face. “But one person did interfere, at one point finally. A young, light red headed woman, whose husband was killed by the fox. She held the ninja in her arms as he died. That woman’s name was Kagome Haruno, and she harbored no ill will towards Naruto, being the only one, besides me and Kakashi to volunteer to take care of Little Naruto. And in the end, she protected him. She brought Naruto to the hospital one last time when he was four years old. After that, well no ones knows exactly what happened, but Kagome had lost a hand and Anna was found dead. Kagome’s career as a ninja was gone, but she completed her last mission.” Rin wiped her eyes. “And Naruto went through it all alone, because we were forbidden to interfere.”

Gaara and Kankurou were staring in shock and Temari had her hand covering her gaping mouth. Gaara went through hell, but he wasn’t fully alone. His siblings had protected him when they could and they loved him even when he was a psycho, it had taken years for Gaara to realize that. And that was one of the main reasons Gaara was able to make a personality change. Because his siblings had loved him than. Naruto went through the hell of being alone and the hell that Anna provided by himself, and he came out of it still being a happy, hyperactive, knucklehead.

And than it happened, a guard threw open the door and stated. “The missing ninjas are west of the village, and they have a blonde haired main tied up with them!”

And with that, Kakashi was unsealed, and everyone bolted out the door.


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The missing ninjas were all trapped in sand. Gaara looked extremely pissed as the leader of the group explained they were taking Naruto to the Hidden Sound village for Orochimaru.

And really, that was the wrong answer to give him.

“Sand Coffin.” He muttered evilly, the look he had when he was psycho had returned for a minute, and slowly he closed his fist, killing them all. He rushed over to Naruto and untied him. Naruto collapsed into a heap on the floor and his eyes had a glazed look in them. Gaara scooped him up, having one hand holding the blonde’s head, the other under the blue eye boy’s knees. He began to walk back to the Sand village. “...As long as I have an ounce of Chakra left in me, I’ll protect you as best I can.” He promised the drugged boy.

In Naruto’s mind, a blurry woman was menacingly walking towards a six years old Naruto, a kunai in her hand. Naruto crumpled to the ground as the woman made to strike him; a wall of Sand flared up and pushed the woman away from him. A six years old Gaara, holding a teddy bear had appeared between them. The little boy scooped up Naruto in his arms and said to him with a smile. “...As long as I have an ounce of Chakra left in me, I’ll protect you as best I can.”

And in both the real world and Naruto’s drugged out world, he said “Thank you...Gaara.” And gave him a small kiss on the cheek, before passing out.

To be continued...

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This had to be one the hardest chapters for me to write since...well this was the hardest thing for me to write ever. I’ll figure out how to make it up to Naruto eventually. But yeah the next two Chapters I’m really excited for. The next chapter contains my all time favorite character and my #3 and #4 favorite characters. And Chapter 7 should just be funny as hell.

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Reviews:

Lemon Drops: Well that’s because I am an EVIL person, sort of. :D But yeah thanks for the compliments.

Dxinsider: Patiences. I don’t want to have to strangle another muse again :P I’ll update as soon as I can.

mistress0fyaoi: Who doesn’t? In fact...*Shoves a bottle of Sake down Zero and Gaara’s throat* Yay, drunken Bishies! :D