The Blind Prodigy - A Naruto Fan Fiction

Chapter 8: A Brief Battle

(A/N): Just a quick warning for this chapter, there is small amounts of semi-graphic self-harm. Nothing too massive though. You've been warned. Also another author's note down the bottom that I would really like for you all to read :)
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"Naruto!"-speech

'Naruto! '-thought

"Naruto!"-bijuu talking

'Naruto!'-talking to bijuu

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{Previously}

‘Two chakra signatures…’ he thought, ‘Can’t be a coincidence that they’re hiding in water, must be a Kiri missing nin.’ Naruto then noticed that Kakashi had his book out and turned a page for the first time in an hour. It was a signal that he had noticed the missing nin and was prepared to fight.

However just as Naruto was about to jump into the puddle; it finally began.

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Five people sat in a clearing around a fire, the sun was setting in the distance and stars began to appear in the darkening sky. The light from the fire revealed the group to be a silent Team 7 and a guilty Tazuna.

Naruto sat on Kakashi’s left, rubbing the hidden scars on his wrist and along his arm through his sleeves, it was a habit that he had developed at stressful times during his ninja career. One scar that he would usually trace over with his fingers was one that spelt out MONSTER across his forearm. Kakashi noticed his brother’s habit and discreetly reached out to hold his hand, sending a small smile from under his mask and receiving one in return.

While on his right, oblivious to the show of brotherly affection, Sasuke was trapped between Kakashi and a silent Sakura. Their client, Tazuna, sat opposite them on the other side of the fire, his head bowed with his bamboo hat hiding his face.

“Well Tazuna, this was supposed to be a C-ranked mission, but now it would probably be a B-rank, maybe even an A-rank. In theory we should return to the village and- Naruto, stop it.” Kakashi said sternly, surprising Sasuke and Sakura, and causing them to turn to look at Naruto, wondering why their sensei had suddenly stopped mid sentence to reprimand him.

However, Sakura was mostly occupied with Sasuke, and Sasuke couldn’t see Naruto from his position on Kakashi’s right. Kakashi had never used such a strict tone before, and although he knew he shouldn’t (he was an Uchiha after all) Sasuke was worried.

Even though Sasuke and Sakura couldn’t see what happened, Tazuna saw clearly. Naruto had dug his now razor sharp nails into his arm,  causing droplets of blood to fall to the ground.

Currently, the normally energetic teen was now gripping Kakashi’s hand as if it was his lifeline. His lithe form was shivering and his head stayed bowed, hiding his features from the others. He was having another attack, however compared to last time, this was a more severe reaction.

A sharp pain in Kakashi’s hand made him realise that if he didn’t get Naruto to calm down, the situation would only escalate and he’d have to explain what had happened.

Deciding that the best course of action would be to comfort Naruto away from the others, the silver-haired nin cast a simple genjutsu over their camp along with himself and his brother, but to the others, it seemed as if Naruto had been pulling a prank and nothing serious had actually happened.

Meanwhile, Kakashi shunshined a few metres away in the branches of a tree and out of the sight of the others, a quivering Naruto in his arms,

“It’s okay, it’s okay.” He whispered as he stroked Naruto’s blond hair,