A Kitsune in the Forest | By : saucywench20 Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1412 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Drabble 05: Comforting Warmth
Warnings: Spoilers for chapter 328+
Naruto shivered as he stood before the memorial stone, the chill breeze of
the coming autumn cutting through the warm barrier of his jacket making the
blonde feel even colder than he had felt all week.
Slender fingers trembled as they reached out and traced the newly carved name
before him.
Sarutobi Asuma
He trembled slightly as he traced Asuma’s name, feeling a powerful wave of
grief wash over him.
‘Asuma-nii…’ he thought, tears welling up in his eyes.
Not many were aware of the fact, but Naruto had been guarded essentially from
birth by a small contingent of ANBU and members of the Sandaime’s family;
primarily the Hokage himself and his son, Asuma.
Whenever Asuma was in the village, which was admittedly rare between Naruto’s
2nd and 5th year because at the time he and his father were butting heads left
and right, he would always take the little blonde boy on various walks all
throughout the forest surrounding Konoha teaching him all about the surrounding
area. When Asuma came back they spent a lot of time together, the little blonde
becoming almost a little brother to the man.
During these nature walks, Asuma would allow Naruto to run around and play,
something that he was normally not able to in the village for fear of violent
reprisal. Over time, Naruto came to see the man as a lazy older brother that let
him get away with anything. Not many were aware of the fact, but it was Asuma
that egged him on to do most of the pranks that he would eventually do.
Pranks like defacing the Hokage monument.
The Sandaime would wonder for years just why it was that Naruto always paid
his stone relief particular attention taking every effort to make his stone
relief look like a ten yen whore.
Asuma would just sit in the background, laughing his ass off.
Naruto came to treasure these moments dearly. These brief respites allowed
him to build up some reserve so that the nightmarish times didn’t seem so
bad.
When he heard that the man had been killed by the Akatsuki, it hit him like a
cinderblock.
He knew, logically, that as a ninja, a jounin, a member of the Sarutobi clan
and a member of the 12 guardians, it wasn’t likely that Asuma was going to live
to old age. Naruto could close his eyes and hear the man chuckle about how he
wouldn’t be plagued with wrinkles and age spots like his father had. But the
fact that he was gone….
It hurt so badly.
Tears began to run down his face, the feeling of loss like an aching whole in
his heart, ‘I’ll help take care of Kurenai-sensei and your baby nii-san and I
will make sure that they pay for what they did to you...I promise.’
The wind blew once more and he shuddered again, this time the cold chill of
grief grabbing hold of the slender blonde.
Naruto shivered almost violently for a few moments before he could feel deep
warmth overtook him. He blinked confused at the sensation before realizing that
someone was hugging him.
The blonde whirled around kunai in hand, only to see the saddened eyes of
Yamato.
“T-taicho?” he questioned softly, wiping the tears off his face
hurriedly.
“It’s okay you know.”
Blue eyes looked at him questioningly as the man wiped a few stray tears
away.
“To cry if you’re hurt. Asuma-sempai never believed in not showing emotions,
he said that only fools killed their souls to feel nothing. I agree with him
there.”
Naruto felt more tears prickle in his eyes, “I-it’s not fair though. He
d-didn’t d-deserve to die! N-not fighting those m-monsters!!!”
A finger on his lips silenced his increasingly frantic words. When Naruto
quieted, Yamato pulled the younger shinobi in his arms in a warm hug. The blonde
felt himself relax a little at the warmth radiating from the other man’s
body.
Yamato, now assured that Naruto was calm, chose this time to speak,
“Asuma-sempai died the way that he always wanted to go, protecting those that he
loved. He fought them because he didn’t want anyone else to die because of them.
You know that he didn’t regret his decision Naruto-kun, we both know this, so do
not begrudge his decision.”
Naruto couldn’t help but nod. Yamato had a point, Asuma never did anything
that he wasn’t certain of and come hell or high water, when the man decided to
do something he didn’t regret it later. That was part of what made Naruto admire
the older man so much when he was growing up.
But that didn’t take away the sting of grief.
The ANBU rubbed soothing circles on the smaller shinobi and as he gazed at
the blonde in his arms, he thought ‘You are more than worth dying for
Naruto.”
A/N: It has been quite a while since I've updated and I am working on a
few things to upload, so I decided to release this particular little piece. It's
one that I meant to upload a while ago...but real life tends to get in the way
and suck up every second of free time that I have, so sorry it took so long.
I'll try and update a few of the other stories pretty soon.
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