Song of The Lotus Flute - A Naruto Fanfic

Song of the Lotus Flute (Prologue)

(This is a story based on the first half of Naruto. Except instead of Sasuke being taken away by Orochimaru, Naruto brings him back to the village. It's been five years since then and Sasuke is still in the village. He may be a bit OOC, since no one would really know what the real character would have done had he stayed in Konaha. I tried to stay as true to his preshippuden personality as possible. No pairings as far as I know. Just strait up Naruto fun! Please enjoy!) - Author Megumi

(Edit- there is a little SasuSaku.  Enjoy!)

Song of the Lotus Flute - Naruto lost in Tsubasagakure

Prologue - The Irresistible Song  

Deep was the night in the ninja city of Konaha as its residence slept. It was not a completely quite night for everyone though. One boy of seventeen lay on his bed by the window crookedly his eyes flittering as he dreamed. And underneath the boy even the monster that lived inside of him could not deny the beautiful and intoxicating sound that it was hearing. Kyuubi no Kitsune rolled on his haunches behind the mettle bar of his cage, but for once did not growl. Usually so full of hate and blood thirst its evil lust had stilled as it listened to the sound on the night air. Uzumaki Naruto sat up in bed his eyes wide open but barely seeing.  

'I have to find it. I have to find that sound.' Was all that was on his mind, and he rose leaving out his bedroom window like only a shinobi could. His eyes, usually a deep azure blue were now a bloodshot red, but they held no anger. That sound he heard-he would follow it to the ends of the earth if he had to-nothing was more important then the song that was being played specifically for him. With that he raced through the village more silent then a whisper, past the great Konaha Gates and into the forest beyond.

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Sasuke glanced outside. It was a full moon tonight. He always had a hard time falling asleep on nights like this, no matter how peaceful. He was even sitting on the back porch where he used to talk to his brother...  

He cursed under his breath fist tightened then lowered his hand. He needed to stay calm, only an idiot let his emotion control every action. This actually made one side of his mouth twitch. He did have one friend-although he wouldn't admit it-that could be that reckless and stupid. If not he probably wouldn't have been here. Touching the curse mark on his upper shoulder he shut his eyes. "Stupid baka." He muttered, but for him right now it was a compliment. When he suddenly felt a chakra presence on the move outside he blinked his eyes and activated sharingan. He was on the roof of the Uchiha complex in less then a seconded.  

It looked like said idiot was actually out running the streets now -and in his pajama pants no less. "Dobe, what are you doing?" Sasuke thought honing in on his overly rambunctious friend. But this wasn't the way he normally moved. He was being to gentle-to quick and silent with out one sloppy mistake. For a moment he wondered if he was right to think it was Naruto at all, when he suddenly saw the stings of red chakra swirling with the young mans own. 'That's not good.' He thought as he saw Naruto head for the gates and he began to move himself. Was the Kyuubi breaking free? No-there was no blood thirst on the air at all-not like that first time. What was happening?  

"Naruto!" he shouted just as his friend hopped past the main gate and bleary eyed guards. "Darn it dobe! What are you doing?" but he got no answer and he found when he got to the gate his eyes felt heavy to. "What the..." he couldn't even stand up. Was it sleep gas? No. There was a sound-so faint-and he could see strands of chakra on the air just as the justu was giving out in his eyes. "No..." he slurred with a very tired thought. 'I wonder if this is how Sakura felt that day when I left her behind ...' that was his last thought before he dropped to the ground.