Fanfic: Whisper of the beast...
Chapter: The village behind the stones !!
Naruto slumped against the wall and stared into space. The story had hit him pretty hard.
"Naruto?", Neji asked worried.
No Answer.
Neji sat down next to Sakura, who was sitting next to the still unconscious Shikamaru.
"I hope he saw something again! Otherwise I'll go nuts. A quiet Naruto is unbearable!", Neji whispered to Sakura. Sakura gave him a rather annoyed, I-would-rather-be-calm look.
"Does anyone have any idea why we're here?" Came Shino's corner.
"Hm ... I guess you want to prevent Sasuke from finishing this mission. Maybe he stumbles on something important, or some secret?", Said Sakura and her face darkened.
"I hope they'll find out where we are soon enough and pick us up!" Said Neji.
"Speaking of which ... where are we actually?", Shino asked, "did anyone notice?"
Everyone looked embarrassed at the floor, except for Naruto, who was now staring at the ceiling."Hey, Shika is waking up!" Sakura said suddenly. Everyone looked at Shikamaru.
He sat up slowly and ran a hand over his face.
"How are you, how are you feeling?" Asked Sakura.
"As if I had a huge hangover!" He satge and rubbed his eyes.
"You don't happen to know where we are?" Asked Shino.
"No." Shikamaru replied sadly. Everyone stared at the ground again.
"Now don't look like that, guys! We're all still alive, aren't we?", Said Sakura encouragingly.
"That can still change!" Said Naruto bitterly.
"Little consolation, Sakura," remarked Shika too.
"Well, I think we should think about something in case someone else comes in. Somehow we'll get out!", Neji said encouragingly.
"Let me out !!!" shouted Shanoharu, who was hidden under a pile of stone.
"You probably don't believe that yourself!" Said Lee, who was sitting on top.
"I want out now!"
"I'll stay here until the others send someone to pick you up.", Lee said and grinned. Sasuke, Hinata and Yu had gone further into the village. They were probably already there and had just sent someone to get them.
Sasuke had just stepped through a huge stone gate behind Yu. The village was just gigantic beautiful. Although there was little vegetation, the houses were built so ingeniously against the rock walls that they looked like they were floating. Over all stone bridges, very little was built on the gulf, everything in this valley seemed to take place in the air.
"Nice, isn't it?", Yu asked, who had noticed Sasuke and Hinata's astonished looks.
"Yes!" Said Hinata. Sasuke couldn't utter a sound.
"Come on, we have to go to my father!" Said Yu.
"Is he the Hokage?" Asked Hinata.
"Well, he's the leader of the Anbu troop!" Yu said and smiled sheepishly.
"Okay, let's go then, huh!", Sasuk said, suddenly looking a bit happier.
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so ... the new chap ... hope you like it. ^^ONLY ONE MORE: The scene in the village behind the stones is fictitious. Unfortunately, I don't know whether an episode has ever played in naruto and if so, I haven't seen it ... thanks for understanding ^^