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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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A/N:
answers to reviews at the end
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Chapter
Twenty-Three: Open Cruelty

Naruto
had indeed almost run out of food. Water was not a problem as there
were enough streams in the wilderness, but what was really getting
him down was not the prospect of dying of hunger - he knew that he
could go on for quite some time even without food, as his chakra
reserves could make up for this – but the fact that Sasuke
seemed to mock him: Always staying within reach, and never letting
him catch up.

Naruto
had been chasing Sasuke for three years, first to save him from
Orochimaru, then just to get him back to Konoha. His impression had
always been that Sasuke did not care for him and fought him because
he wanted to be left alone. Naruto could cope with that: One day he
would make Sasuke care and thank him for bringing him back in the
end.

He
could not cope however with this open, active cruelty: Making him
think that he could meet him in less than a day and then evading him
again. If he had gone, hurrying away in order to meet Itachi,
Sasuke's behaviour would have made sense to Naruto, but he did not
know what to make of the impression he had got now: That Sasuke had
fun tormenting him.

“I
will give you some of my chakra”, the kyuubi suggested to
Naruto when he was downcast again.

Naruto
had taken to talking to it almost all the time, because there was no
one else to talk to.

“I
don't need it”, he answered now. “I have enough chakra of
my own.”

“It's
getting thin, if you haven't noticed. It feeds on your optimism, and
your optimism is breaking down.”

“I
have been able to go on for years, when everyone told me that it was
useless to look for Sasuke. I can go on now.”

“But
formerly you thought that you just had to capture him and force him
to return. Formerly you were able to pretend that Sasuke was just out
of his mind, with his fixation on taking revenge on Itachi. Now you
cannot pretend any more: Sasuke obviously has abandoned his search
for Itachi and prefers to torment you.”

“So
what do you suggest?” Naruto asked. “Shall I abandon my
search and return to my team?”

“You shall continue
your search. I will lend you my chakra, so that you will be able to
catch up.”

“No”,
Naruto replied. “I will continue with just my own chakra.”

One
day after this discussion Naruto discovered that there had been a
change in Sasuke's and his team's movements: They were no longer
moving according to some random pattern, but were going West, clearly
trying to lure him to go into the same direction. Also they did not
mix their scents any more so that now he could clearly distinguish
Sasuke from his companions, and from that as well he could see that
they wanted him to go West. He could even see or rather smell the
reason for this: The two Akatsuki members whom he had fought some
time ago were drawing in from the East. So Sasuke does not only mean
to torment me, Naruto thought. He wants to keep me safe from the
Akatsuki – he still cares.

Renewed
hope made his chakra reserves fill up quickly, and he increased his
speed when he continued pursuing Sasuke. Finally I might catch up
with him, he thought. But then he caught someone else's scent,
approaching him and Sasuke from the West, and as the kyuubi had not
only lent him his sense of smell, but also his memory for smells, he
knew who it was.

“Now
it's time for you to give me some of your chakra”, he told the
nine-tail. “I want to catch up with Sasuke today!”

Spoon:
Thanks for your comments on the last chapter. As for the deal with
the kyuubi: Wait and see.

And
thanks for following my story! You patience shall soon be rewarded!

LadyRonin:
Thanks again for your comment and your questions. I am glad that you
like „my“ Sasuke.

As
for your questions: most of them will be answered by later chapters.
Only one will not: Why could Naruto not catch up with Sasuke and his
team. One answer is that I want some melodrama. The other is that
Sasuke and his team are just faster.
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