Fangs in Your Throat

Fighting Feelings

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Eliot started to move, but paused and looked up the river where Jiraiya came from, "Isn't that the direction where Naruto is? ... oh well." She shook off the thought and followed after the wolf ...

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Naruto chuckled at his friend's appearance, "What the hell happened to you, Sasuke?" He asked as he removed a twig and bird's nest from Sasuke's hair.

"Menma thought he dropped his mother's locket in a bush and asked if I could find it... the branch above me broke and fell on me, thus the bird's nest. By the time I woke up Menma was gone. The damn brat ditched me to train." grumbled the Uchiha with a massive tick mark pulsing on his temple.

"I ... I have no idea what to say to that ... would you like me to heal that? Haku taught me some medical jutsu ... I think you need it." offered Naruto as he saw as small squirt of blood jump out of the raven's hair.

"Why? I'm fine." muttered Sasuke.

"Sure, fine ... then did you just stick a sprinkler that shoots a blood like fluid in your hair?" Naruto asked sarcastically as three more squirts sprang out of Sasuke's head.

Sasuke sighed, "Alright, if you insist." He said before sitting down on the fallen tree near the Inuzuka compound. "Oh, how is Kiba doing?" He asked as Naruto made a hand sign and coated his hand in green medical chakra before touching the wound.

"He's out of bed and feeling much better ..." Naruto let his sentence trail off.

"Something wrong, man? Where did you go just now?" asked Sasuke as he turned to look at his friend.

"Hmmm ... yes and no ... Lazarus just contacted me mentally telling me about Menma's most recent training." stated the blonde as he snapped back to reality.

"Really? So what special training was I ditched for? It had better be cool." huffed the Uchiha.

The blonde frowned, "You weren't ditched."

"Come again?" remarked a stumped raven with a raised eyebrow.

"Menma tried to help you, but Minato used the hiraishin to take him to the training grounds ... Menma tried to explain what happened, but Minato told him to forget about you and focus on training." said Naruto.

"What are you not telling me?" The Uchiha question when he saw Naruto giving a strange look.

"It's just ... Menma insisted on going back for you and tried to leave ... Minato didn't like that and ... and hit him." gasped Naruto. He wasn't sure how to feel about that ... he settled for shock and confusion ... with a side of anger.

Sasuke's eyes widened, "What? ... is Minato trying to lose both his sons?" He pondered as he gazed at the pretty gold locket in his hand.

"I don't know ... what is he really after? Does he even know himself anymore?" muttered Naruto.

A few silent moments passed as Naruto finished healing the gash on Sasuke's head, "There, it's done. Lucky for you the exams are in three days. You should be alright by then. You're lucky you didn't get a concussion."

"Yeah no kidding ... you always had stars floating around you right? What happened again? ... My head hurts." rambled the confused Uchiha as he stumbled in a sad attempt to get up.

Naruto blinked, "Uh oh ... Haku, Hinata, Hana! How do you treat a concussion? ... I need some help here!"

They ended up taking Sasuke to the hospital. Sadly, Naruto wasn't welcome there. The glares were clear signs that 'demons' weren't allowed there. Hinata wasn't opposed to glaring right back at them ...