Mission Expense, a Naruto fanfiction
A short story written from Naruto's point of view when he's a small child. A glimpse into his life before he could speak properly.
Genre: Humor/Drama
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: Shinobi of Konoha sometimes have strange expenses. Young!Naruto
The world was made of color and sound. They were nice.
He gnawed on the something given him. He didn’t have a word for it yet. It was a strange shape. The end tasted funny and the middle was rough and tasted like dirt and something he couldn’t name yet.
Someone took it away. “No! -- touch that! No!”
He scowled. He knew “no.” He didn’t like it. He screamed angrily. “Mine!”
“No!” The person said again.
He didn’t like this person. This one said “no” a lot. The other one didn’t do that. The other gave him the thing.
“Mine!” he said again.
The mean one knelt down and pulled out his hand. Then the mean one poked his hand with the thing.
He screamed and tried to pull back his hand, but the mean one held on.
“Sharp!” said the mean one “Sharp! No!”
He nodded and cried, and the mean one let go of his hand. He held it close. It hurt. He sniffled.
The mean one stood up. The mean one pointed at the thing, still out of reach. “Kunai.”
“Kun-ai,” he repeated. The thing was a kunai. He still didn’t like the mean one. He took it away.
The mean one reached into his thing and pulled out another thing.
He liked it. It was pretty. He liked the color.
The mean one held it out to him and he took it carefully. He stuck a corner in his mouth and tried to chew on it, but it was hard.
The mean one started to reach for it, then stopped. The mean one looked sad.
He didn’t care. It was fun to chew.
“Naruto…” said the mean one.
He bit hard on the book and looked sadly up at the mean one. The mean one looked away.
To date, Hatake Kakashi is the only Konoha shinobi to list a copy of Icha Icha Paradise as a mission expense.
Comments and critiques are always welcomed.
Genre: Humor/Drama
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: Shinobi of Konoha sometimes have strange expenses. Young!Naruto
The world was made of color and sound. They were nice.
He gnawed on the something given him. He didn’t have a word for it yet. It was a strange shape. The end tasted funny and the middle was rough and tasted like dirt and something he couldn’t name yet.
Someone took it away. “No! -- touch that! No!”
He scowled. He knew “no.” He didn’t like it. He screamed angrily. “Mine!”
“No!” The person said again.
He didn’t like this person. This one said “no” a lot. The other one didn’t do that. The other gave him the thing.
“Mine!” he said again.
The mean one knelt down and pulled out his hand. Then the mean one poked his hand with the thing.
He screamed and tried to pull back his hand, but the mean one held on.
“Sharp!” said the mean one “Sharp! No!”
He nodded and cried, and the mean one let go of his hand. He held it close. It hurt. He sniffled.
The mean one stood up. The mean one pointed at the thing, still out of reach. “Kunai.”
“Kun-ai,” he repeated. The thing was a kunai. He still didn’t like the mean one. He took it away.
The mean one reached into his thing and pulled out another thing.
He liked it. It was pretty. He liked the color.
The mean one held it out to him and he took it carefully. He stuck a corner in his mouth and tried to chew on it, but it was hard.
The mean one started to reach for it, then stopped. The mean one looked sad.
He didn’t care. It was fun to chew.
“Naruto…” said the mean one.
He bit hard on the book and looked sadly up at the mean one. The mean one looked away.
To date, Hatake Kakashi is the only Konoha shinobi to list a copy of Icha Icha Paradise as a mission expense.
Comments and critiques are always welcomed.