The Different One (Naruto Fan Fiction)

Chapter 12: Reason Four

I woke up with a major headache and back pain. Man, I sound like an old lady!

I opened my eyes, but covered them with my hand when the light hit them. Eventually I uncovered them, making sure not to do it to fast.

Wait... What happened? I'm on a futon in what seems to be the room Hinata and I share.

Why would I be in the room and not out on a branch? Weird...

I clutched my head when a strong surge of pain went through it.

"Better get dressed before Kakashi and the rest of Team 7 yell at me for being late again. Not that I'm not late now. I'm just hoping I'll get there before Kakashi." I muttered to myself.

I walked up to the dresser filled with my clothes and opened up the top one. My clothes consisted of black shorts and a black, long-sleeved, skin-tight shirt. Over that was my black hooded cloak that I always wore. On my feet were normal black ninja sandals.

On top of my dresser lay my two head bands. The one from the Leaf and Zabuza-Sensei's. I wrapped my Leaf head band tightly around my waist like a belt and put Zabuza-Sensei's tilted to the side, wrapped around my forehead. Just like he always wore it.

I strapped my two katanas around my waist, one on each side, and picked the Executioner's Blade that was leaning against the wall up. It was heavy in my hands, but on my back I could barely feel it. Like it was meant to be there.

I strapped it on my back and jumped out the window towards our regular rendezvous point.

Just as I expected, my team was there. I kept my eyes on my feet and walked up to them. Sakura and Naruto were fighting, but stopped when they saw me. Surprisingly, Naruto and Sakura didn't yell at me for being late. They switched their gazes from me to Sasuke and back.

Naruto looked at Sasuke with annoyance and looked at me with sympathy. Sakura seemed to be daydreaming when she looked at Sasuke and merely scowled when she looked at me. She most likely thinks I'm a rival fighting against her for Sasuke. That'd just be weird, though, considering I'm an Uchiha.

"Hi." We all looked up at our lazy Sensei, who stood on the bridge's platform.

"You're late!" Naruto and Sakura yelled in unison. Finally, something normal. Man, it was starting to get tense.

"Heh, sorry. I just got lost on the path of life." Like usual everyone sweat-dropped while I chuckled a little. I looked up and when I met Kakashi's eyes, his heartbeat jumped and he looked away.

Is this about that conversation we had the other day? Funny, I can't really remember anything that happened after Kakashi told me to come to see the Hokage with him. Maybe it's because of my headache? It's probably not important if I forgot about it so easily.

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Sasuke and I were supporting Naruto after going on a few D-Rank missions. Of course, being the big-shot he is he had to choose the biggest dog to walk and got himself in a mine field. He's lucky he's alright.

"You really are just one big problem." Sasuke said.

Kakashi sighed. "Guess we're not doing well with the whole teamwork thing are we?"

Naruto growled and leapt out of our supporting arms, pointing an accusing finger at Sasuke.

"That's right, and it's all because of you, Sasuke!"

"Is it really just because of Sasuke though?" I asked, poking his forehead and putting my arm on his shoulder. "To me it seems that we're all not doing well in supporting each other. My anti-social personality, Sasuke's large ego, Sakura's obsession with Sasuke, and your obsession with beating Sasuke. Kakashi, well... he's just to lazy for his own good. It all really adds up don't you think?"