Becoming

Part 17

 Naruto sat atop the fourth Hokage's head, Sasuke behind him. He hadn't seen Hinata since the day before, when he'd told her his secret. Unfortunately, he hadn't been able to see any reaction from her, nor talk to her, as Sasuke had appeared right after Naruto had shown her, and told them to leave. Since, there was always someone with Naruto when he ran into her, so they never could talk privately about it. In a way, Naruto felt relieved, yet scared at the same time, because she'd had a long time to think of it, and probably began to fear him.

"Let's go," Sasuke said randomly, standing up. Naruto turned to look at him and threw him a questioning look. "Come on, I got someone I want you to meet."

"You know, that doesn't seem like you, Sasuke," Naruto said with half opened eyes. "Do you even care who I meet and don't?"

"Not too much," Sasuke said with a shrug. "But you're being boring and brooding too much, and it's ticking me off."

Naruto snorted. "I remember a time when you didn't even care about that. What'd you do with that Sasuke?"

Sasuke smirked. "That one grew up. Now come on, slowpoke." When Naruto didn't move, Sasuke grabbed his arm and yanked him up, and proceeded to drag him down to Konoha. They stopped in front of the building which contained the angry Hokage, and Naruto was prepared to kill Sasuke to get away if he had to go in there. He was pleasantly surprised, you could say, when Sasuke stopped them outside and went to the back of the building.

"Hm? Sasuke? Why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be watching that weird dude?" Kiba's voice came, annoyingly loud from behind an ANBU mask.

"He's here," Sasuke responded, pushing Naruto in front of him. Kiba tensed and Naruto turned to Sasuke, brows shot up in a question.

"Sasuke, you know I do know Kiba, right?" Naruto asked, one eye narrowing. "Did you forget? Is your head okay?"

"My head's fine, idiot," Sasuke snapped. He sighed and looked at Kiba. "And you, come over and really study this guy's face."

"What? Why? Not that I'm not gonna do it, cause you told me to, but why in the world am I doing it?" Kiba asked, approaching Naruto. This time, it was Naruto that tensed. He stayed deathly still as Kiba studied his face.

"Just do it and I'll tell you if you pass," Sasuke said with a shrug.

"Pass, hm," Kiba said, still studying Naruto's face. "Well, he looks familiar, for some reason. I thought so too before, though I'm pretty sure I've never seen him."

Naruto rolled his eyes. It made him a bit mad that he didn't. He shouldn't have been surprised, he reminded himself, but in his memory, he always remembered the people he hated and thought were a pain. So to him, Kiba and them should at least remember that about him.

"I thought so, too, the first time I saw him," Sasuke admitted with a nod. "But think of someone that could be a younger version of him."

Kiba put a hand to his chin, an eye narrowed. "Well, I guess he looks a bit like Naruto." Kiba's eyes widened and he looked from the smirking Sasuke to Naruto, who'd put a small smile on his face upon hearing his name. "No way dude!"

"You passed," Sasuke muttered. Naruto scowled at Sasuke, and when he turned to Kiba, expected to be hit, but was instead met with a huge smile.

"Dude, it's been so long! Where in the world have you been? You look so cool now! What happened to you?" Kiba rambled on and on, Naruto staring at him in wonder. The blond's nose scrunched up and he looked up to the sky.

"Okay, let me get this clear. You don't hate me Kiba?" Naruto tilted his head to the side in his confusion, and waited for the answer nervously.

"Huh? Why in the world would I hate you? Weren't you my friend? Speaking of which, why'd you leave suddenly all those years ago without out telling anyone?" Kiba continued talking, but when Sasuke approached, Naruto turned to him.

"Kiba doesn't remember saying anything about you. To him, he just came with us to play with you and you never appeared. He was always wondering what happend to you."

"What?" Naruto questioned. He looked at Kiba, mouth wide open, and when the dog lover stopped rambling to ask Naruto why he was staring, Naruto smiled. The smile turned to a chuckle, which turned to a full out laugh. Naruto swung his arm over Kiba's shoulder, still laughing, which turned contagious as Kiba laughed, and even Sasuke chuckled a bit.

"Sorry for suddenly leaving, I guess," Naruto said with a smile. "It's nice to see you again." Kiba gave him a huge smile, and then both collapsed into a fit of stupid laughter again.

Well I had a ridiculously fun time writing that. Ugh, I'm starting to love Sasuke and Kiba, and I don't really like them in the anime. Well, no that's not true. It's like...not hate or love. Moving on from that little conversation with myself, thanks so much for reading. Hope you liked it!  Oh, and I wanted to ask if any of you wanted there to be a sequel to this, cause I got one all planned out if you'd like to read another. Oh, and, I also put that One Piece fanfic up...I don't know if that matters to anyone...