The New Otokage

Chapter 8: Meting place:

Sasuke-sama… are you sure that this is going to work?”

“Trust me… I know it´ll work, Kira-chan. All you have to do is to use the ´Henge´ jutsu, turn into me and use genjutsu on the ones who comes to close, it´ll be good training for you, building up your stamina. Not many know me as well as you do anyway so don´t worry.”

“But still, do you know where to begin to search…. Wont it be to dangerous to walk into the Sand like that? And you know that he won’t return to Konoha, Sasuke-sama?”

“Your right. I can’t go to the Sand…. I have to lure the Dobe away from Gaara somehow…. Gaara would protect Naruto with all his might… and who knows how Naruto will react to see me again after all these years.” Sasuke sighed and leaned against the wall.

“… Um? What if we sent out a message to someone who could pass a word to your friend? A lead; on your whereabouts. Somewhere far away from Oto-Gakure, Suna-Gakure and Konoha-Gakure. Some place of importance to both of you?

“Some place of great importance to both of us? Hmmm….. Not the Valley of End – It´s to close to Konoha and there’s too many bad memories!”

“Isn’t there anywhere else then?” The blonde girl sat down next to the raven-haired male and leaned on to him. She was privileged. She was the only one that was allowed so close to him.

“You still remind me of him every time I look at you!” He whispered into her golden locks.

“I know that you tolerate me because I look a lot like him… I know you don´t want me the way you long for him… “

“Kira-chan…”

“It´s ok…. You saved my life more than once…. I’d give my life for you so don´t worry about me!”

“Give life to save….!” He suddenly remembered something important from the past.

#Flashback#

“Sasuke!…you….” Blue eyes stared at the countless needles in my body.

” WHY DID YOU PROTECT ME… I …I NEVER ASKED YOU TO TEME!”

“I don´t know why … My body just moved of it own… Baka..!”
“SASUKE….. Don´t die!”

#End of flashback!”

“Sasuke-sama? Are you alright?”

“I got it….Kira-chan; I know where I’ll meet up with him…. It´s the perfect place!”

~ # ~

“Promise me, you’ll come back to me if it doesn’t work out between you!” Gaara cuddled close to Naruto, trying to memorize every little thing about him, enjoying this last close moment with the one he loved.

“Gaara?” Naruto wrapped his arms around the trembling red-head. “I can’t leave you like this…. Besides where would I go to find him? I can’t go home, I won’t go Oto-Gakure… that’s for sure!”

“Why not?”

“Nah… It would break your heart and seem to desperate to the Teme if I’d come to him, besides I´m a missing-nin and from what you’d just told me the Oto-Gakure is now Konoha´s allies’… they would have to capture me and deliver me to the old hag and she’ll have my hide for sure.

“Don´t worry about me… I´m stronger than I look. It´s true that I love you… but you would be unhappy and end up hating me if I make you stay… I couldn’t live with that.” Gaara softly pressed his lips against the blondes. “Want to stay a few days… I’ll send out a messenger for you if you like!”

“Nah.. Thanks Gaara, I’ll figure something out.” He softly pulled away and got out off the bed. He began to collect his clothes and put them back on.

“I hope you’re still looking at me as your friend and a possible lover,” Gaara whispered softly as he picked up an orange shirt that could only belong to the blonde.

“Yup. Gaara you are one of my closet and dearest friends... I love you… that’s never going to change!”

~ # ~

The Anbu nodded at the smiling blond woman as she walked past him towards the city gates.
“Good morning Kira-san, where are you off to this early in the morning?” He smiled back at her. She walked past him every day with a smile on her face. He liked her; she had a lovely firm figure, pretty blue eyes and the cutes smile… just perfect.

“Just the usual morning training,” she smiled. “Oh I won’t be returning till tomorrow… Uchiha-sama want’s me to run a few errands for him… will that be ok?” She tilted her head as gave him a shy look.

“..Eh… sure, you are free to go where you like… but I’d like you to report where you went afterwards... ok, just for the protocol.”

“I’ll do that…. See you tomorrow then.” She waved at him with a smile before she walked through the gate.

After entering enough distance to the hidden city of Oto-Gakure, she carefully examined her surroundings.

“Fooling that Anbu was way to easy… He’s in to blondes as well I guess” she smirked. The jutsu was successfully dispelled and Sasuke returned to his real form.

It had almost been to easy to use the ´Henge´ on himself and walk out of the city, looking like Kira. Kira would play his role during his absence and because of her ability to use genjutsu and her close connection to Sasuke through many years, there was no way anyone would find out about their little swap.

“All I have to do now is to go to the Wave and wait for the blonde to show up!”

~ # ~

He walked in silence through the desert by himself. He wasn’t happy about the fact that he had left in a hurry, but long goodbyes were just too painful.

“Naruto-kun! Wait up!” The blonde halted and turned around to see who was calling out to him.

“Kankurou-san?”

“Naruto-kun…. I’ve got an urgent message from Gaara…. We have a lead on Sasuke´s whereabouts…. Rumors say he was sighted at the wave!”

~ # ~

A strong wind was blowing and even though he was dressed in warm clothes he was freezing. He slowly walked across the bridge, stopping to look at the engraved name on the top of the largest pillars. ´Great Naruto Bridge” it said.

He smiled as he remembered the blonde whose name was the inspiration for the name of the bridge.
“Do you remember what happened between us here, Dobe?” The raven-haired man whispered to himself. He visualized the past.

Their fight between team seven and Zabuza and Haku.
I sacrificed myself to save you…. I guess I’d already loved you back then without realizing it. Please come here and find me… I long for you to be near me… so much it hurts!

He crossed the bridge and entered the small town. It had changed since the bridge had been completed, he thought. It was a thriving and bustling city, people looked happy; smiling at him even though he was a stranger here.

I need a place warm to stay while I wait. I’ve been traveling without much rest for four days now; I really need food, a hot bath and a warm bed!

The Uchiha began to look for a hotel and soon found one. It was small but it appeared to be offering what he needed. A quiet place to rest and a small but well assorted restaurant.

He walked in and rented a room for a week, paying the rent in advance. The young girl at the counter smiled at him and told him about the towns cultural offers.

“We have an Onsen not far from here… It´s perfect if you need to relax and the best thing is that we are in the quiet season so it won’t be many visitors there, sir.” She told him as he asked for a place where he would be able to relax.

~ # ~

The hot water against his naked skin felt warm and made him sigh in delight as he sat down and felt the warm water engulf his body up to his shoulders.

“Mmmmm just what I needed after the long hours of traveling here,” he mumbled to himself as he leaned back, resting his back on the stony edge. He closed his eyes and let his mind drift of.

He was all alone in the bath and he preferred it that way, he needed to rest and to clear his head from the raging thoughts of his mind.

Was leaving Gaara to go look for Sasuke based on a loose rumor really a good idea? Right now he wasn’t sure. He had traveled day and night with almost no rest at all to come to the Wave. He had felt an urge to see the raven-haired shinobi and that urge had only become stronger as he found himself standing on the ´great Naruto bridge´.

The memories had flooded his mind with images of their fight.
“Cleaver!” he muttered at the Uchiha´s choice to come here.

~ # ~

Sasuke wrapped the towel around his waist and walked through the door to take a relaxing bath at the hot spring.
As he entered the edge of the bath he felt another person’s presence in the water.

Damn, he wasn’t alone then…. Well he was here, so he could as well take a dip and hopefully the other person would leave soon.

He stepped into the water that reached him till the waistline of his almost naked body. He could feel the other male react to his entry as he moved in the water.
Why did he suddenly get the feeling that he somehow new this other person. There was something in the way of the other person’s chakra that felt familiar somehow.

Discreetly he walked closer to the stranger who was moving towards him as well.

As they came close enough to see each other clearly, their eyes widened in disbelief as they couldn’t believe what they saw.

Sasuke just stared at wide blue eyes with his lips slightly parted.
Familiar tanned skin grazed the male’s well-trained torso and face. The long wet blonde hair cling to the male’s neck and whisker marked face. He had the sharp features of a grownup but Sasuke could still recognize the boy inside the young adult in front of him.

His heart pounded painfully in his chest.
Am I only making this up? Is this only a cruel daydream?
“Naruto?” He asked with a shaking voice.

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