Of Samurai and Shinobi

Here’s the next chapter of my first practise ficcie ‘Of samurai and Shinobi’!

Chapter 5 Of Fathers and Feelings

Naruto POV

Sasuke’s father raised an eyebrow at the sight of the young foreigner.
Naruto surpressed a flinch from the stern gaze.
‘I should have dyed my hair…’
He thought, even though he knew that his eyes would still attract attention.
“Sasuke, would you mind introducing your friend?”
The man asked in a tone that seemed to scream ‘What the hell is a foreigner doing in our house?’.
Naruto swallowed the growing lump in his throat, smiled gently and turned towards Sasuke.
Said raven haired samurai simply glared at his father.
“This is Uzumaki Naruto, a rurouni. He will be staying here as my guest.”
Naruto’s mind translated it as ‘Technically it’s none of your bussiness, but I’ll endulge you…’
The shinobi spy took a step back, the tension was thick enough to cut with a kunai.
“What in the world happened to your kimono boy?”
“Nothing out of the ordinary…”
The man closed his eyes, a slight scowl visible on his harsh face.
“Go change….boy…” ‘No! Don’t leave me with your father!’
“Whatever.”
Sasuke said before gracefully walking towards what Naruto guessed was his room.
‘Sasuke! How could you!’
His eyes met the dark haired ones before he disappeared through the sliding door.
Was that sympathy in those dark eyes?

Whatever it was, it was gone in a flash though, as was Sasuke, his only hope.
Naruto felt eyes burning into the back of his head, he slowly turned to look at Sasuke’s father, fake smile back in full force.

Naruto bowed.
“Dõzo, yoroshiku!”
His reply was a slight nod of the head.
“It’s obvious my son has been a terrible host. I’ll have my wife prepare a bath for you and a proper attire…”
“R-really, it’s kind enough of you to let a young rurouni like me stay here, I rea-“
“I insist.”
Translated;
‘You look awfull and smell like a landfill, either wash up or get lost.’
Naruto gulped and bowed again.
“Thank you very much for your kindness.”
The man walked towards where Naruto rememberred the kitchen was.
A few moments later Sasuke’s mother came into view, she looked like a dog that just got spanked by it’s master.
The blond made a move to comment on it, but Sasuke’s mother spoke before he could open his mouth.

“Don’t mind my husband sweety, with Beisetsu-dono’s seppuka and all, things have been quite stressfull lately.”
Naruto gave her a look that seemed to scream sympathy.
“I’m sorry to bother you in such a stressfull time.”
“Now none of that! I’ll have no apologies when there is nothing to apologize for!”
She smiled gently.
“Yes mam.”
‘I wonder if my own mother was anything like her…’
“Follow me.”


The bath was huge!
It looked like a miniature onsen or something!
“Wait here a bit.”
Sen turned to leave, Naruto returned his gaze to the bathroom.

The walls were made of a gorgeous type of wood, he couldn’t quite see what type, the steam coming from the humongous bath clouded his vision.
“Here you are sweety.”
Sasuke’s mother walked into the room with dark blue colored clothes.
“I do hope they’re not to big. They’re some of Sasuke’s old clothes.”
She put them down on a small table in the back of the room.
“I’ll call you when it’s dinner time.”
Naruto bowed again, it was quickly starting to become a habit.

“Thank you very much.”
“There’s no need to thank me, in fact, I should be thanking you.”
“Huh?”
“This place needed a fresh breeze and Sasuke needs a friend.”
The smile she shot him was a heart warming one, Naruto smiled back.
‘I wish I would have gotten to know my mother…’

Sasuke POV

‘Damn him…’
The young Uchiha angrily threw his dirty kimono to the ground.
‘Damn him. Damn him! DAMN him!’
His father was always like that.
He always managed to make him feel like he was some kind of inferior being and not worthy of his ‘almighty’ presence, Sasuke had long since given up on trying to make his father proud of him.
He just knew it had something to do with his brother.
His father somehow blamed him for Itachi leaving.
‘Damn him and Itachi too!’
His brother should have never left home.
He should have never left his younger brother on his own with all these responsibilities.
Sasuke had hated his brother before he left for always being better then him and stealing their parents attention away.
He hated him even more for leaving him on his own.
Yet he knew…
Deep down inside that he had loved his brother, perhaps he still did, he would rather die then to admit it though…
Sasuke looked at himself in the mirror, he really did look awfull.
Mud was stuck in places he never knew it could reach, tiny leaves and twigs in his hair from the tree he sat against back in the forest.
He didn’t even want to imagine how awfull his kimono must look.
‘I’d better take a bath or else I’ll give the old bastard another thing to nag about…’

Bastard.
Now that brought up some recent memories.
Sasuke silently wonderred how the blond was doing, he hadn’t meant to leave him on his own, he just didn’t feel like making a scene in front of his guest.
‘Since when do I care about that?’
Sasuke raised an eyebrow, a little habit he had picked up from his father and brother.

Ever since the boy had walked into his life, things had gotten akward.
He had to admit it was ‘pleasantly akward’ though, his life had gotten a lot less dull.
He silently wished he could be a rurouni as well…

To wonder around the world without a care other then when you’re going to spend the night, who your next opponent is or when your next meal will be.
To see the world and visit it’s great cities…
‘I want to get out of here…’
This town was driving him crazy, the same routine day in day out.
The same women fawning over him, or rather his looks, even though they didn’t even know what kidn of person he was.

Sasuke grabbed a towel and a clean kimono, he proceeded into walking to the bathroom.
Maybe a relaxing bath would take his mind of things.
The brunette opened the door and noticed the blonds discarded old clothes.
‘I guess he’s already in here.’
Sasuke walked towards the water taps and washed of someof the grime he was currently coverred with.
He wrapped the towel around his wais and walked towards the bath while fighting down a blush that was threathening to stain his pale complexion.
He knew there was nothing to be embarrased about this time, after all, they were both young men of the same age and this was a bath for multiple people….right?
“IYAAAAAAAAAA! Are you peeping on me again?!” Right….

Naruto POV

“Finally!”
After all the travelling he had done he was finally ale to take a hot bath.
Naruto imagined that this mission was going to be absoluteley awfull.
No ramen, spending his days in a crummy hotel, it hadn’t turned out bad at all.

Then the blond froze as he heard someone enter the bathroom, he looked at the ‘intruder’.
“IYAAAAAAAAAA! Are you peeping on me again?!”
An annoyed look appeared on the handsome face.
‘Handsome…?’
Naruto felt like hitting himself, thinking about a guy who keeps appearing every time you’re naked in such a manner probably meant you were going crazy…
‘Or you just like the idea…’
‘Shut up! I don’t like it when people spy one me!’
‘Why not? That’s technically what you’re here for isn’t it?’
‘That’s different!’
‘No…that makes you a hypocrit.’
He absolutely HATED that nagging little voice.
Ever since he was a little kid he’d had a really ‘verbal’ consience.
Naruto had wonderred on more on one occasion if there was something wrong with him.
After all, hearing voices was never a good thing, not even to a ‘future Hokage’.

“I’m not peeping, I’m taking a bath.”
“Like I’m stupid enough to fall for that…”
“Apparantly you are…”
“Bastard!”
The black haired boy climbed into the bath to naruto’s left and removed the now wet towel.
Naruto glared at him, he still didn’t trust him.
He had noticed that look on his face back when they first met and Naruto had met many perverts in his life.
‘Friggin’ closet pervert…’
Naruto looked him over.
‘Yep, defenitely a closet pervert.’

Sasuke POV

‘He looks kinda cute when he’s pouting…’
Sasuke felt the corners of his mouth twitch, he really DID look adorable.
He didn’t know if ot were the whisker like markings, the baby blue eyes, the messy blond hair or the afformentioned pout.
He couldn’t help but agree with his hormones, one id not fight with ones hormones when tired, you’d always end up loosing.

He noticed the blonds eyes going over his body.
‘Is he checking me out?’
Relationships between men were quite a commen thing in these regions, if one could truly call it a relationship that is.
Once you become an adult you were allowed to court.
And since courting a woman meant a family and added responsibility, young men preffered to get rid of their ‘frustrations’ amongst themselves.
It was expecte to ceise such actions once one courted a woman though.
Sasuke had thought Naruto to be raised differently, most outsiders were, or at least he had thought so at first.
Now he wasn’t so sure anymore.
Deep down inside he had to admit the blond was attractive in an akward sort of way.
“What did the old guy do anyways?”
“Hm?”
“That Bei-something guy.”
‘Who? Oh…’
“He ran from a battle.”
“A battle?”
“Yes.”
“A battle with who?”
‘Where has this idiot been living?!’
Sasuke took a deep breath, he really didn’t feel like explaining this to the blond.
However, the last time he had tried ignoring him near water the results were catactrophic…

Naruto POV

“A battle?” “Yes.” “A battle with who?”
Now this was interresting…
‘Could the people from this village be the ones responsible for the attacks on the shinobi villages?’
He felt a slight tug at his heart.
If Sasuke and his people really were behind this then the remaining shinobi villages would unite their power and crush the young Uchiha and his family.
Naruto’s heart must’ve been pounding so hard that he was sure Sasuke could hear it.
“There have been quite a few attacks lately…”
naruto’s eyes widened.
‘What is this I’m feeling? I barely know the guy! Why should I care about what happens to him!’
“Several villages were destroyed in the process…”
‘No…you may be a jerk, but you can’t be the monster behind those massacres. You can’t be…’
The strange feelings seemed to grow stronger, he couldn’t quite place them all.
Worry? Fear? Something else perhaps?
Naruto released the breath he hadn’t realized he was holding and silently awaited the rest of Sasuke’s answer….

TBC

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