Birthday Disaster

Chapter 8

Naruto opened his blue eyes, blinking them when he found his vision blurry as he sat up with a groan. His head swam making Naruto really wish that he had stayed laying down. It was not just his head that ached either his entire body was protesting the movement. "What happened?" Naruto's voice was coarse and cracky from the lack of use. As he rubbed his temples Naruto tried to think of what had happened. It took a moment but soon his head snapped up. "The twins."

"Hai you called Naruto?" Nami called out opening the room's door.

"I hope you're feeling okay." Toru peeked out from behind his sister. It was strange but Toru's attitude was something that Naruto had noticed and picked up on when the group had left Suna. Toru, when confronted, would hurry to his sister's side. Where as Nami tried her hardest to protect her brother from everything including her own problems. Yet when they were together they played off each other and got into trouble easily enough. Nami was often the instigator and Naruto had learned quickly to keep an eye on her so how they had gotten him this time he had no idea.

"Oh I had Toru slip you a sleeping drug when you were busy yelling at me for eating a bite of your ramen." Nami said casually, like she was talking about the weather, when Naruto asked her.

"Wha-, what?" Naruto yelled drowning out Toru's sorry. "Why would you do something like this?"

"I wouldn't yell if I were you. From the way you're holding your head I would say you're having a few after affects." At Naruto's glare Nami pouted. "I'm sorry but we had to drug you, there was no way around it."

"You still didn't answer my question." Naruto continued to glare at the twins looking back and forth between them. When neither of them looked away Naruto lowered his head and sighed. "So where am I exactly?"

Toru smiled. "You're home!"

Naruto had a confused look on his face as he thought Toru's answer over before he shrugged it off. Toru rarely talked and this was probably one of those times that he messed up what he was saying. Before Naruto could correct Toru his stomach decided to do the talking for him. "I guess I'm hungry."

Nami frowned. "When are you not hungry? And no we don't have ramen here." Naruto pouted. "If you follow us we can show you where we can get something to eat."

Naruto looked at the twins before nodding his head and slowly following them out.

Home was apparently in a small village that was surrounded on all sides by raging rivers that crossed paths. One that was so swift and rapid that the entire island was surrounded by whirlpools of different sizes. Crossing to get the village was impossible by boat and there was no bridge nor was there a possibility that a ninja could walk on water to get there so Naruto was at a crossroad on how the twins got him here. It seemed Naruto would be staying here for a while. Which wasn't a bad thing considering that many of the villagers were friendly, more then he could say for his own village, and went out of their way to meet him. Alright so Naruto had a sign on his head saying he wasn't from here considering the village was small enough that everyone had met but it was a different experience. So when Nami and Toru had been called away he had been allowed to explore the village. Really, what could he do to escape?

"Leave me alone dirt bag!" a sharp voice captured Naruto's attention from the ninja scroll he was considering on purchasing to a long haired female and short haired muscle man a short distance away. The girl jerked her arm away and swung at the man with the other to only have that arm grabbed instead. "Why do you insist on bothering me everytime I go to the market?"

"It's the only time I see you." the man looked rather smug about this fact. Grabbing onto the girls face he pulled her face closer to his own. "And what a pretty face it is."

"Oi. Do you know the best thing about a hero is?" Naruto asked walking almost casually up to the arguing pair as it became clear the fight was going to get rather dirty. Sizing the man up Naruto sent his fist crashing into his face with enough strength to introduce his butt to the ground. "Its their ability to show up when their needed. Now if you know whats good for you I would leave." The man sent a glare at Naruto before scrambling up and running off. Naruto laughed and looked back at the girl with a smile. "I guess he won't be bothering you for a while."

The girl was rather pretty and it was understandable that the man had no clue about word no when it came to her. Long green black hair and large emerald green eyes that seemed to pull your soul in. She was tall and on the thin side with a small chest and shapely hips. She was rubbing her arms as she measured up Naruto before giving him her name. "I am Kirabiyaka (1) Yoichi the very seductive first son."

"Uzumaki Naruto!" Naruto stated with a smile. A few moments went by before his mind caught up with what was said. "You're a guy? Then what was that guy trying to do?"

Yoichi chuckled. "He's Daiben (2). An idiotic bigot that likes to bully those that are different and veer off his own way of how life should be. I hate him and he hates me and together we have an animosity. He's also the reason why I try to not travel to the market unless I absolutely have to. I have my own garden and some chickens so I have food. Except for rice which I am out of and need to stock up on." Yoichi turned to walk away down the small walkway.

"I'll help you." Naruto started after Yoichi. "So why does Daiben hate you?"

"As I said before I'm different. I'm gay and he likes girls simple as that. Not that I would look twice at a guy like him. He is overly muscled, has no brain, and a rather flat personality not to mention in the looks department as well. So I'm also insulting him by not liking him. That's reason enough." Yoichi shrugged. "He's an ass." Strangely enough Naruto didn't have the same response that most guys had in this type of situation. Most guys would recoil away from Yoichi but Naruto just continued walking. "You do know that means I like guys?"

"So?" Naruto glaced at Yoichi with a confused look on his face. "Does that mean anything special? You make it seem like its a bad thing."

Yoichi stared at Naruto. No one could be this clueless...could they? "You do realize most people date those that are of the opposite sex?"

Naruto scratched the back of his head in concentration. "Well yeah but I don't see the difference."

Yoichi felt a sweat drop appear and make it's way down his face. "Haven't you gotten the talk yet?"

"Plenty! Which one?" Naruto exclaimed.

Horror thy name is Naruto. "Oh my Kami...you mean no one has never...never mind! Never mind! It is not my business to talk about these things. So lets just finish what I was trying to do and you can tell me about yourself."

Naruto agreed to let the topic go even though he really wanted to know what talk Yoichi was talking about. Naruto found himself liking his new friend and Yoichi realized that while severly dense wasn't completely stupid. As their conversation got deeper and they were on their way to Yoichi's home the horrible twosome appeared.

"Oh there you are Naruto!" Nami exclaimed with a smile before looking over at Yoichi. "Yoichi you're wanted by kage. Now."

Yoichi nodded. "Alright. You two know where I live. Do you think you could drop my supplies there? Thanks." With that the feminine he walked off leaving a rather worried Naruto behind. Honestly these twins were nothing but trouble. Nothing good could come from being around them.

"So...did everything get taken care of?" Naruto asked causiously.

Nami nodded her head while Toru continued on to explain. "While we are not ninjas the kage does like to ask favors of us. Like getting Yoichi if we run into them. This is such a small village after all."

"Since we left the village for such a long time we needed to check in so that the kage knows that we are alright." Nami smiled. "So what do you think of the village?"

Naruto looked at the expecting faces and sighed. "Well considering I'm here against my will I actually like it. A little small compared to Konoha but still a nice village. Now do you two think you can tell me why you drugged me and brought me all the way here?"

As Nami opened her mouth to give Naruto an answer another voice broke in and cut her off. "Nami, Toru, are you two back?" a woman walked around the corner as the twins stiffened up. "That's good I hope you two can help me?" The woman's voice trailed off as she noticed Naruto and turned around to face her. "Naruto?"

Naruto glanced over his shoulder to look at the woman that had caused the twins such pause and was shocked to see who was standing there. Someone he had never expected to see. "Mother?"

TBC

Both of these words have different meanings but these are the ones I'm using:

1. kirabiyaka-gay

2. daiben- shit