Chapter 51 - N
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"So how did you meet Uchiha?"
Naruto looks up from where Andrea is sleeping. He's worried as this fainting shouldn't happen; she was supposed to be in her last days. He still smiles at them though if only to not let them show he's uncomfortable.
"We were classmates. Then teammates," he answers because even if he can sense that some of them hate Sasuke, which doesn't surprise him as is completely understandable with that attitude of his, they still have faint respect towards him that lets Naruto know they're not enemies.
At seeing the morbid curiosity in their faces, he adds, "And yeah, for the most part, he's always been like that."
The man he's recently known is called Merle, chuckles. "Kind of funny to picture a kid with that scowly face."
Naruto smirks because an image of kid Sasuke appears in his mind. "I remember how he kind of knocked out a girl with a kick because she couldn't stop squealing at being paired with him in hand-to-hand combat. Since then, he was banned from being paired with girls." Mixed fights were banned for quite some time, actually. "Not that they stopped fangirling though," he muttered, because it was true, too.
He knows he shouldn't be giving information about Sasuke that easily but this is not the threatening kind that will get them into serious trouble. Sasuke is kind of above normal psychology interrogation, so unless he starts sharing about Sasuke's family nothing he says would harm him. What Naruto is doing is more out of petty revenge and that way he'll be able to read the intentions of the people around him towards his teammate and himself.
So he shares stories about their childhood. Some embarrassing stuff he remembers, mostly of the time they were teammates as there isn't much from their Academy time.
They're still laughing after he's told them how Sasuke and he got tangled into one of Kakashi's challenges with Gai by the time they reach Woodbury.
Naruto doesn't seem that bothered by the fact they took their stuff away as Michonne is. Though he still has those paper seals tied to his wrists with kunais and shurikens inside so that may be the reason why the people standing on the borders of the place with weapons ready don't face him. Even when he feels their eyes especially locked on him.
There are two cars so it wouldn't surprise him if the other car informed them about him. What does surprise him, and slightly throws him out of the loop is the feeling he gets running down his spine as soon as he crosses the border.
He hears the people around him tightening their holds on their weapons and instinct, he changes the position of Andrea in his arms, not knowing what's setting them off. Or not knowing until he turns his head, following the gaze of the man they call governor, not sure what he's doing by giving them his metaphorical back, Naruto just has an inkling of what he thinks is happening.
His suspicions are confirmed when he sees scribbles lighted up on the wall, a couple of meters away from where he is.
He tilts his head as he inspects the seal. Though he only has enough time to catch a glimpse at it as his senses go haywire. In a second, he settles Andrea on his shoulder, arms tightly holding her legs as a kunai appears on his other hand. Three men are pointing their guns at him.
"Look, let's not get trigger happy here and—" Naruto's killer intent creeps out at them when he sees one of the men pointing his gun at Andrea. "Don't even think about it."
Michonne and Clementine press closer to him, ready. The men become stiffer but they don't flinch, probably used to the feeling thanks to Sasuke. The Governor holds a hand up to stop them but Naruto ignores them as he feels Andrea stir.
"How are you feeling?" he asks before throwing a glance at her from the corner of his eye. She still looks pale and weak but her eyes no longer look unfocused.
She nods weakly, hand going to run her head. "I'm fine," she croaks and Naruto can feel Michonne hovering behind him, Clementine close behind, trying to use Michonne's arm to push herself up to get a better look. Something not that necessary as no soon Andrea blinks a couple of times, she asks to be pulled down.
Naruto tightens his hold and makes her pay attention to the armed people in front of them.
"This thing has never acted like this," the governor says as an explanation.
Naruto frowns, thinking about what would have happened before he blinks twice. "It may be my fault. Some of these things get turned on when there's certain… 'energy' around them," he says, pressing his chakra tightly inside him. He usually lets it hover in the air so he can get a better understanding of his surroundings, but he can't do it here with whatever seal Sasuke's placed.
"I'm sorry, okay?" he grumbles, making his kunai disappear. "You said Sasuke will come tomorrow, right? He can come and check them if you don't believe me, He'll tell you the same."
Setting Andrea down, Naruto glances at the seal. It's fainter than before but there's still some blue light coming out of it that probably won't disappear until he moves a couple of meters away.
"Well, that's complicated stuff," he murmurs as the governor shows them the way to the medic bay, because it's true. Jiraya's taught him sealing and thanks to that Naruto can understand most of them. Jiraya mentioned something about it being in his blood or the kind. However, while Naruto can make them stop working, a thing that Jiraya mentioned decrypt is one of the most difficult stuff, his calligraphy sucks so much for him to create the more complicated ones. He could probably create some, but with the way he writes, they'd end exploding. Or that's what Jiraya said.
Still, he's learned what the seal is about and that's enough for now.
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