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The Canalized River	By : susanna Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 944 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter
Eleven: The Raven Reveals Itself

The
next day Naruto did not take any effort to pretend to be cheerful and
hopeful. He rather kept to himself while they were travelling and
joined the rest of the team only during their breaks. He was still
able to act his usual self when it was for half an hour or even a
full hour, but after that time everyone and everything got on his
nerves, he became irritable and easy to provoke, and was happy when
they proceeded with their journey.

He
would then let himself fall behind, or attempt to be some metres
ahead (preferably the latter, because this was what the team were
used to), and he would think of Sasuke. With him, he had never forced
himself to be optimistic or cheerful. He had, actually, never tried
to make Sasuke like him. He had wanted him to acknowledge him, to
recognize him as his equal and as a worthy opponent, but not as a
friend.

It
had rather come as a surprise that Sasuke was ready to sacrifice
himself for him – it had been a surprise that anyone would find
him worthy of saving his life at all. His first reaction had not been
to be grateful or even to like Sasuke, but to want to save his life
in return, to show him that he was just as good and courageous as
him. Only when Sasuke had finally acknowledged him as an opponent he
had begun to see him as a friend.

I've
always done my best to return love for hatred, Naruto thought, hoping
that one day I might be loved. Only with Sasuke it was the other way
round.

Thinking
had made him lose focus, and he was now seriously behind the rest of
the team. He saw the raven again, and though the Sharingan was
deactivated, he was sure that it was the same raven that he had seen
the day before. Today it was actively pursuing him – Naruto had
to admit that it was a bit creepy.

Suddenly
it overtook him cutting him off effectively from his team, and then
changed form: It was a man, but the man was not Itachi. He did wear
the Akatsuki cloak though, black with red clouds. Naruto stepped
back.

„Don't
be afraid“, the man said. „I just want to talk.“

„Fine.
I have heard that before. I, however, have no intention to talk to
you.“

„You
are already doing it.“

Naruto
thought about how to fight him. Create kagebunshin as a diversion,
use the strongest jutsu he was allowed to use, the Rasengan... The
man had the Sharingan, just as the raven. Against his will he was
scared – no matter how courageous Naruto pretended to be when
he spoke to Sakura or Kakashi, he knew that he stood no chance
against the genjutsus of a Sharingan user. He created some
kagebunshin, just in case, to attack the man from behind as Chiyo had
advised him, or touch him to get out of the genjutsu.

„It
won't work“, the man said. „They have already been caught
in the genjutsu, just as the original You.“

Things
had gone really bad.

„And,
besides, your own kagebunshin cannot get you out of a genjutsu. It
has to be a real other person with a different chakra pattern, or it
won't work. But, luckily, it won't be necessary, because, as I said,
today I only want to talk to you. There's no reason to be afraid.“

„Why
should I trust you?“

„You
don't have to trust me. I only ask you to listen.“

I
should attack straight away, Naruto thought, but he did not because
of the genjutsu he might have been caught in.

„I
still don't know why I should talk to you“, he said. „You
want to capture me in order to extract the kyuubi, and it won't
matter to you that I will die in the process. What would I discuss
with people who want me dead?“

„Not
necessarily...“

„Is
that not what you did to Gaara?“

„Yes,
I am afraid so. Still with you, there are two options, as the kyuubi
is the strongest of all the tailed beasts and might be their master.“

„Meaning?“

„If
you agree to work for us, we might not have to extract the kyuubi,
and you'd stay alive. You'd use your power as the kyuubi's
jinchuuriki to control the other beasts as well.“

„The
nine-tail cannot be used and controlled. I have enough difficulties
keeping it in check – when I try to use it, it will take over.“

„It
is possible to control it. It has been done before. I have the power
of Uchiha Madara at my disposal, who was able to summon the nine-tail
at his will.“

For
a moment Naruto forgot that his vis-a-vis was a member of Akatsuki.
For a moment he was tempted by the idea that he might not be damned
to be constantly aware of the kyuubi, that it might again be okay for
him to think of other things than not to let it take over. Then he
remembered.

„Help
you control the kyuubi, and make it serve the aims of Akatsuki. How
did you get the idea that I would agree to work for your
organization?“

„Simply
put: Because otherwise you will die.“

„We'll
see about that“, Naruto replied, again creating some
kagebunshin.

The
man transformed back into a raven.

„I
could have caught you today“, he said with a human voice. „But
I prefer to give you some time to think. When we meet again, be ready
to work with us, or die!“

And
he flew away.

Author's
Notes: I know that in Sasunaru fanfiction The Raven is normally
Sasuke, while Naruto is The Blonde. I don't follow this convention.
In my story Sasuke is Sasuke, Naruto is Naruto and the Raven is
someone else.

Only
that in the original Sasuke has now said that it's actually crows.
Arrrgh.

Spoon:
Thanks again! (got your review only this morning...)

Lexjamandme:
Thanks again! I have already begun to count on your comments!

I
tried to make Naruto's friends and senseis likeable, and let them say
things that are not just nonsense but actually quite rational.

I
must admit that I am not very nice to Sakura or to Yamato in this
story.

Halskr:
Many thanks for your thoughtful review! Actually I felt rather
insecure about this story as it starts rather slowly and as
particularly the Naruto-chapters are a bit dreary. (Writing dialogues
between Sasuke and Suigetsu was rather fun.) I am pleasantly
surprised about the reception of this story.

About
following the original – planning for this story was finished
in the middle of November, the first draft was finished on December
27^th and the second was finished on January forth, during
the Pein-versus-Jiraya arc.

I
hoped that it would last a bit longer! And I had not thought that the
final confrontation between Sasuke and Itachi would come so soon.

Anyway,
now I can follow the original and see where Kishimoto follows my
story – erm, where I got it right. (Suigetsu's reappearance in
the original was a real disappointment to me.)

Both
characters alike – I made them alike in my story. I hope I did
not overdo, and I hope that my story is still valid as an
interpretation of the original.
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