CHAPTER 11: Reunion of Single Old Men

When both Naruto and Kurama arrived at the designated timeline, they found themselves falling from the sky, and taking a nose dive straight to the ground. "Fuck." is what both of them muttered under their breaths, as they groaned because their nose stung and the pain in their neck, back, and limbs, began to surge.

"Anyways, Kurama we need to get out of here." He said as he looked around in the lush, never-ending forest, brimming with nature chakra energy.

"No. I get the feeling we should stay for a bit."

"Why?"

"Did you forget what he said? Azazel said when arriving YOU will meet a special someone."

"Well, guess what, that special someone isn't here! So I'm dipping. We're going. Now!"

"No. We stay."

"Kurama! C'mon! Please?" Kurama just mused at his temper tantrums and childish begging. "Wow. Even after thousands of years, you still complain like a child."

"HEY!" just then, they heard a rustle in the trees above them. They didn't stand up but prepared a small barrier that can protect them and catch the culprit at the same time.

However, the chakra signature that emitted from this person, or ninja felt, familiar? It felt a lot like Sasuke's.... 'But that's impossible!' he thought.

"Kid...is it just me or does this feel a lot like Sasuke?" Naruto snapped his head to meet Kurama's eyes. 'He felt it too and didn't find anything strange about it?! Is this what that old geezer meant by, 'Special someone? My brother Sasuke!'

"Kurama....it's Sasuke...could this be...that person?"

"It probably is kid," he said with a grin. With a sense of reassurance and hope he, teleported to the location of the chakra. He made sure to conceal both his chakra signature and mana, to take Sasuke by surprise.

He wore similar attires to what Kurama wore, except that the top is silver-gray while the bottom or skirt is light brown. The embroidery yarn color or stitch was dark yellow. However, no matter how odd he looked in a skirt, he was so surprised, that he wanted to cry and tell him how much he was a jerk for dying on him, but he couldn't ruin it.

Not yet. He will after using a little spell that will make him trip and fall. He was a hard-trained assassin and by the looks of it, he spent a little bit of his time training in Hell. He wouldn't die just like that. If anyone found out he died, because of a little slip up from the trees, his death would be a laughing stock and an embarrassment to the name he held as Sasuke Uchiha, the ex- S Rank criminal. Naruto internally snorted at his thoughts. He lost himself for a split second and felt his hairspring up.

He thought it was a powerful enemy, but as he wanted to tell Sasuke about the enemy, he was gone. Naruto could already guess who it was. That's right, it's Sasuke.

"Hi Naruto." he greeted with a low, threatening voice. Naruto shivered but stood his ground and turned around to meet him in the eyes. "Humph. Surprised?"

"What were you trying to do?"

"I don't know? Maybe watch as you trip yourself and fall to your death! What else would it be?"

"Oh~ so that's how it is," he said with an all too suspicious smile. 'He doesn't smile a lot....is he...is he going to kill me?!'

"Sasuke..." Naruto said slowly. "If you're going to try and pull a sword trick on me, I'm going to flip you upside down and break your arms, hands, and legs!" He warned as he sensed Sasuke's killing intent escalating at an alarming speed, indicating he had every intention of killing him.

However, it was a false alarm as he feinted his attack and purposefully swept Naruto's leg to make him fall from the tree.

Sasuke just looked down on him from up top with a smug look. Naruto was about to fight back with cocky, insulting comments to Sasuke, but stopped as Sasuke hasn't changed much from the last time they 'talked'. [A/N: More like tried to kill each other. But eh, I loved the bromance in that scene.]

In the end, he just smiled, and Sasuke smiled back before the both of them fell into a pit of hearty laughter. They stopped after Sasuke jumped down and asked him about how his back is. Naruto snapped and glared at him. Sasuke just continued to smile.

"Humph! You've become even more pretentious since the last time I saw you." Sasuke's smile disappeared as it became gnashed by gritted teeth as it clamored together to form the perfect evil smile fitting for the Devil's successor.

"Repeat that."

"No. I only say things once. I don't like repeating things unless someone's deaf which you're not, or are you?" Sasuke couldn't handle it anymore and just acupunctured him, paralyzing him.

Naruto stood there, frozen. Unable to move and asked Sasuke to let him go, but he didn't. He just stood there with a smirk and rushed towards him at full speed.

He punched him in the stomach, sending him straight into the sky only to follow him to punch his jaw and thrust him to the side. Making him fall like a crashing plane. Naruto harshly fell to his back.

He wants to stand up and beat Sasuke to a pulp but then Sasuke asks him a question that made him retract his words. "So, how does it feel to be punched in both the stomach and jaws, Naruto? Hurts right? Yeah. It kind of reminds me of the Valley at the End, or was I mistaken?"

Hearing this, Naruto giggled and laughed. "You did all this for a small piece of revenge?" "Yes." Naruto's eyes widened before laughing again. Sasuke continued to talk to explain his reasoning behind this.

"You see, during our last fight, you deformed my jaw. I didn't have my perfect V jawline anymore. I looked old and frail."

"Yeah, plus your haircut."

"You're one to talk. Your haircut sucked the most. Looked like a cheap haircut any civilian on the streets could get."

"Oh, please. It wasn't that bad!" Sasuke scoffed. "Go tell that to your wife." Naruto had a playful angry face at this point.

"Hey! Hinata was perfectly fine with it!"

"Yeah? What about your son?"

"Sasuke!" Sasuke laughed at Naruto as he successfully pissed him off. 'Things won't be too awkward now.' he thought.

"Alright, let's go. Kurama is probably waiting for us." Naruto tried to get up but still couldn't move. He stayed there, lying on the ground, as he waited for his brother to set him free, but the bastard kept on walking!

"Um...Sasuke?"

"Yeah!" he yelled as he wasn't far away, but far enough to have him yell out his words for Naruto to hear.

"Uh...A little help here? Please?!"

Sasuke looked back, "No. You can walk." tick marks appeared on Naruto's head and hands. "Sasuke...FUCK YOU!" Sasuke laughed again. Although Naruto was happy that Sasuke was cheerful, he hated the fact that he was picking on him.

He was sure to give Sasuke a taste of his own medicine. He asked for it.

"Yeah, yeah." He said as he walked back to free Naruto from paralysis.

"Bastard," Naruto murmured under his breath. Sasuke just smiled, as he said, "Whatever, usuratonkachi." Naruto's eyes widened and he smiled again as he made scoffing giggle sounds.

"Neh, Sasuke-teme. How are you?"

"I'm okay."

"That's good."

Both walked into the lush trees to try and find Kurama. When they did, they saw Kurama calmly leaning against a tree. As if he was sleeping.

"So, have you two made up yet?" he asked as he side glanced at them.

"Yeah," the two boys said.

"Well, I'm glad you did. Instead of blowing up the whole forest. That would've been troublesome." Naruto sheepishly laughed at his comment.

"Well, c'mon brats. We got to some hunting to do."