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Long Ago And Far Away	By : YamanashiOchinashiIminashi Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Naruto/Sasuke Views: 1639 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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English is not my first language so if you want to read this you must be patient and tolerant.

And of course I do not own NARUTO.

PROLOGUE

Long ago and far away there was a powerful country, called The Country of Fire. The centre of this beautiful land was the Kingdom of Konoha, ruled by the hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was very powerful and respected leader. It was a peaceful time for the Kingdom of Konoha. Soldiers had a lot of time to work on their skills and to train new recruits. They were also able to take many missions from other countries and other kingdoms to gain some money and good reputation. King Sarutobi had no reason to be worried.

The time was peaceful but nobody said that it was quiet. It was never quiet, when Uzumaki Naruto was anywhere around. Sarutobi only sighed when he saw that said little blonde ball of energy has been dragged to the castle by the handsome young chunnin knight. "Srutobi-sama" spoke the knight "I brought the boy." Sarutobi looked at the pouting kid. He was cute. Hokage knew that he should punish him, but he simply couldn't. The kid was an orphan and it was always Sarutobi's weak point. Finally he said: "Iruka, I leave it to you, I believe that your punishment will be fair and that it shall be a very learning experience for this young man."

Dark skinned knight blushed and the boy shot him a huge smile. "All right, hokage-sama. I think that Naruto should just fix the damages he had done. I believe this kind of punishment would be severe enough. And maybe next time Naruto will think at least ONCE before he does something, knowing that he would have to clean it up." Sarutobi hid his smile. He liked Iruka and his way of dealing with troublemakers. He used to be one of them after all. He knew how to deal with them.

Iruka took the boy to the statues he had painted this morning and watched him cleaning them lazily for hours. "You painted them all in ten minutes!" Naruto wasn't in the mood for talking: "Well, the cleaning is much harder, you know!" Iruka smiled politely: "I know. It's always easy to destroy something, but to fix or build anything is much harder. I'm glad you realized that too. You have a lot of energy and it's sad to see that you're wasting it for destroying hokage's statues. You should use it wisely." Naruto looked at him surprised: "Wisely? I can't, because I'm stupid. You know that better than anyone. You're my teacher after all." Iruka came closer: "You are not stupid, Naruto. And you are strong. You are from Konoha. You have the Will of Fire in your heart." "What's that Will of Fire? Sounds creepy…" Iruka rolled his eyes: "It is the will to protect the Kingdom and the people of Konoha."

Naruto was happy to hear that he had something like that: "Wow... I didn't know that." Iruka: "So now you know. If you want to be acknowledged by the people of Konoha, you should protect them as a good knight. And to become a good knight you must work hard on your skills not wasting your energy for destroying your village." Naruto: "I think I know what you mean." Iruka: "I hope you won't forget it! Now hurry. He sun is setting. We've spent here all day!" Naruto: "So what? It's not like someone is waiting for me at home…" Iruka knew that feeling. His home was empty too. "You know, Ichiraku Ramen may be still open. If you hurry I'll treat you to whatever you like." Sparkles from Naruto's eyes were like fireworks. Five minutes later the statues were clean and Naruto was ready to go.

Iruka loved all his little students, but Naruto was a special one. People of Konocha hated the kid. They were afraid of the demon that has been sealed inside of the boy's body. His life was miserable. But the boy wasn't a crybaby. He could still laugh and smile, even though he was always pushed away, always alone, always hated. He never gave up. He tried to make people like him. Iruka felt sorry for him and he was going to protect the boy at all costs. He wanted to be Naruto's family. To show him that he is not alone. When he lost his parents and cried in front of their grave Sarutobi was there to help him to pick up the pieces. Now he wanted to do the same for Naruto.

Naruto's life wasn't easy. He wasn't a fast-learner so he had troubles at school. He was in love with a girl from a good family but she hated him even more than frogs. This loud pink haired girl loved prince Sasuke – arrogant bastard, who never even talked to her. All the kids at school thought that Naruto's an idiot, so he didn't have any friends. He was an orphan, who never knew his parents, so he lived alone and no one ever stood up for him. He was always the one to blame, no matter what happened.

Prince Sasuke was an orphan too. He was the last Uchiha of Konoha. As it was said before, he was an arrogant bastard. He didn't care about anyone or anything. He was spoiled.

One day when children were playing somewhere near the woods. It was a hot summer afternoon. The air was hot and heavy. The storm was coming from the side of the woods. Boys were practicing throwing daggers and girls watched them and were squealing every time Sasuke hit the target. Suddenly Sakura started to scream. Naruto was there in the blink of an eye to help his pink haired damsel in need.

He was confused when he saw a frog. "Sakura-chan, it's just a little frog. It won't hurt you. Look!" Naruto picked up a frog. The girl started to scream even louder and she pushed Naruto away. The boy lost his balance and fell, but he managed to keep the frog safe. He let it go but Sakura didn't stop screaming. Kids started the chase the poor animal. Than Sasuke, who always liked to prove, that he is the strongest boy in the kingdom, jumped in front of the scared frog and kicked it far away. Naruto screamed with tears in his eyes but kids only laughed at him. Heavy grey clouds were gathering above the trees. Naruto's cries were accompanied by the roar of a distant thunder.

Later Sasuke has been called to the castle. Hokage was upset. Sasuke winced with disgust at the sight of a huge toad on his king's side right. He didn't care what it was all about. He wanted to be left alone. "Uchiha Sasuke, this is Bunta-sama – the powerfull master of the Land of Frogs. He is here to claim your life."

Sasuke froze: "WHAT?" Hokage continued: "Sasuke-kun, is that true that you have killed his son?" Sasuke was shocked. He didn't know what to answer. Is that possible, that the frog he kicked earlier was a son of this… monster?

"I don't know…" answered the boy after a while. Than Bunta spoke: "You've killed my son. It was today in the morning, near the woods of Konoha." Sasuke was getting angry: "It was just a frog!" Hokage gave a disappointed sigh: "Sasuke-kun, King Bunta is here to take your life." Sasuke was loosing his cool attitude: "MY LIFE? BECAUSE OF THE FROG?"

Hokage gave a sign to some soldiers to keep the boy quiet. He knew that Sasuke was only making the situation worse. He was hoping to save the boy's life, but this brat didn't make this any easier. "Bunta-sama, I'm going to beg you for this boy's life." The frog-master turned his gaze from the boy: "I was afraid that you would. I respect you and the Kingdom of Konoha. I know that this boy has a great blood limit and that you want him to be the hokage one day. But all I can see is a spoiled and arrogant little kid." Hokage interrupted: "You are right. He is just a KID. He didn't know…"

Bunta: "It doesn't change the fact that my son is dead! I understand your feelings, but you should at least try to understand mine."

Sarutobi: "Uchiha Sasuke, do you want to say something?"

Sasuke was infuriated: "You are going to kill the last of the Uchiha clan because I kicked some sleazy frog? This is insane! You are going to regret this one day!" Bunta was not the one to forgive quickly.

Bunta: "You just wasted a chance to save your life. You didn't show any regret for killing my son. You offended me and my kind. You are full of anger. I understand that you've had a hard past but you are not the only one. You are self centered, immature and arrogant. You don't deserve to be saved. But I will give you another chance."

Sasuke: "A chance? What do you want?"

Bunta: "There is nothing that an arrogant brat like you can give me or do for me. You are of no use for me. But you are a precious child for the great Konoha Country. Now, don't understand me wrong. I'm not doing this for Konoha. The only reason that I give you one last chance is Jiraiya-sama, the human that I respect above all others. Now, show me the place, where you ended my son's short life."

Sasuke: "All right… Let's go…"

Bunta: "Just think about the place."

Sasuke closed his eyes and when he opened them they were in the same place, near the forest, where he was with other kids earlier.

Bunta: "So this is the place."

Sasuke: „Yes. And you know, those kids over there were also chasing your son. Why don't you punish them as well?"

Bunta: "So you don't even care about your friends. You don't care about anyone, don't you? I guess you need a lesson. You will learn that you are nothing without others. You will also learn that every living creature's life is precious. You will spend years learning under my spell. The spell can be broken only by a kiss from someone who truly cares about you. Then you will have one year to fall for this person and to make this person love you back. It will teach you everything that you lack and maybe you will become a worthy child of the great Fire Country. Sarutobi already knows about it. He will announce that you left the country for training."

Sasuke: "Wait! What if nobody will kiss me?"

Bunta: "Are you saying that you would rather die already?"

Sasuke: "No, but…"

Bunta: "Now you shall see that your life was not that bad. Try to survive in your new skin. See how it feels to be a sleazy frog."

Sasuke: "WHAT?"

That was all that Sasuke could say. He saw some smoke and when it was gone he didn't know where he was. There was something green everywhere around. He looked at his feet. What he saw made him feel sick. He tried to scream, but all that came out from his throat was an awful croak. Then in a sudden response he heard a terrible scream. His mind was spinning. Someone was chasing him. He didn't know how to use his weird legs so he was tumbling all the time. It was a nightmare. His eyes were blurred and he couldn't see right. He didn't understand the screams around him. He couldn't understand humans anymore. He was terrified.

And then he felt that something or someone grabbed him. He could hear some soothing voice. He couldn't understand what this voice said but he loved it anyway. He could smell something nice, but all he could see was a blurry figure. He fell asleep tired and confused.

Naruto was training in the forest while he heard Sakura's scream. He ran as fast as he could to help her, just to see that other kids are once again chasing some poor scared animal. He was on their way so this time he could easily save the creature. He jumped and covered it with his body. He heard someone's voice saying: "You asked for it, you fool." And then he could only feel kicks on his stomach, back and face. Now he was the target. They let him go only when the rain started to fall.

It's been late when he got back home. He was wet, tired and bruised but it didn't matter since he managed to save the frog. When he reached his house he saw someone sitting by the door.

"Iruka-sensei?"

"Naruto! I came to take you for some ramen, but you were not at home, so I went to Ichiraku and brought some, to eat with you when you come back. Where were you?... And what happened to you?"

"It's nothing. I've been training but I saw some idiots chasing this frog. I saved it but they kicked my ass."

"Naruto… Come on. I'll check if you're all right."

They came in to the house.

"Don't worry about me. Check if everything's all right with him... or her…"

"It's breathing… but it's an amazing creature! I've never seen a black frog before."

"You know, Sasuke kicked one earlier today. Maybe it's this one! Maybe that bastard hurt it… I'm going to kick his ass!"

But he didn't have a chance. The next day he found out that Sasuke left Konoha.

Naruto trained and worked hard to become a strong warrior, a respected knight of his Kingdom. It wasn't an easy thing but he finally managed to graduate from the academy and became a real knight of Konoha! His rank was the lowest possible one, but it didn't matter. He would work hard and then harder and then he would become the strongest protector of his king.

He's first leader, and a new sensei was the living legend. He was the strongest in the whole Fire Country. He was a mysterious man. No one ever seen his face and he had one red eye, which was wielding the power of the Sharingan. This eye was also always covered, so the only visible part of his face was his right eye. It wasn't much but it was extremely expressive. It was smiling most of times (the smile was maybe a bit fake but still it was a smile) and when it wasn't smiling it was bored. Kakashi Hatake was a natural born leader and genius. Naruto admired his new sensei's skills in fighting and magic but he hated his attitude and his lazy and perverted nature!

One day some weird (and in Naruto's opinion perverted) white haired hermit came to Konoha. He claimed to be a powerful wizard, but Naruto thought that he is just some crazy old man. He saw Naruto's pet and tried to buy it. He said that he'd never seen a black frog with red eyes. Naruto didn't even listen. He would never sell his friend! He would die for this frog! Then the hermit said he would teach him some great magic if he let him to stay in his house. Naruto took him in. He was truly shocked when he realized that the Perverted Wizard really taught him a lot of stuff.

That was when Naruto had a chance for a promotion during a special tournament. He couldn't wait to participate, win and become chunnin.

The leaders of the new teams were standing in front of the hokage. It was a good chance for Iruka to actually see his pupil's new sensei. He saw him few times already, but their encounters were always very brief. When Iruka wasn't teaching he worked in the mission room. There he had a chance to see Kakashi few times to hand him a mission scroll or to receive a mission report. He looked at the masked face wondering what kind of person is behind that cloth when he heard something unexpected. He thought he just heard something wrong but then he heard it again. Hatake Kakashi was going to let his gennin team participate in a chunnin tournament. Before he could even think he found himself yelling: "You can't do that! Hokage-sama! Please! They're just kids! You can't let this happen!"

Kakashi was sure that his decision was right otherwise he would never let those kinds to risk their lives. He knew that Naruto is extremely strong. He knew Naruto's father (legendary Yellow Flash of Konoha) and now he was beginning to think that this boy may be even stronger than Minato was! This kid was crazy but he was amazing in the battlefield. Kakashi saw that many times. His fighting spirit and style were amazing.

So, why now this guy with a ponytail was questioning HIS decision? Who is this guy anyway? Kakashi saw him few times here and there but he didn't really know him. Sarutobi tried to silence Iruka. That's when Kakashi realized who this guy was. Naruto was always talking about him! He was Naruto's former teacher. Kakashi looked Iruka in the eyes and said: "They are not your students anymore, so stay away from this! They ARE ready."

When Kakashi left the building he felt bad. He knew that this guy wasn't actually talking about the team. He was talking about Naruto. He was worried about Naruto. Kakashi knew that the boy never had anyone else. They called Jiraiya to take care of Naruto and his training but Iruka was Naruto's friend; his first and probably the best and the only friend. Iruka risked a lot saying those things. Kakashi could punish him if he wanted. But Iruka would probably take any punishment just to make sure that the boy is safe. Kakashi wanted to go the academy teacher and tell him that there is no need to worry, but it would be silly. He couldn't do that.

The tournament went all wrong and turned into a small war. That's when Naruto decided that he needs to train harder. He left Konoha with his black frog – Kaeru and with Jiraiya and trained for few years with the legendary wizard as his sensei.

And that's when the real story begins…
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