AN: I'm sorry for not updating The Kitsune's Yakuza! My laptop broke and I'm just borrowing someone's (My cousin's) laptop to make this short first chapter of a short story that I will make while I wait for my laptop to be fixed.
This chapter contains lots of grammatical errors. As you guys know, I am not a native English speaker.
This story will be short but and I already made the outline. Maybe this will have 13 chapters or less (depending on the changes I'll make on the outlines). Please review!
Shino watched his students gawking at him through his dark glasses. He can recognize most of the children attending the class. He spotted the Hyuga heiress, Hyuga Hanabi, amongst the attendees. He wondered if his fellow Guardian knows that her supposedly sheltered sister probably sneaked out of their Manor to attend the Academy's classes. This might not be the first time that the Hyuga heiress sneaked out either. Shino is not really certain, this is his first time attending this class as a guest.
"A-are y-you Ab-Aburame Shino-sama?" One pupil stuttered out in amazement.
Iruka, who was watching his pupils' reactions in amusement, smiled at the awed pupil.
"Yes, He is Aburame Shino-san. He will be here as a guest speaker for the day. As you know, I told you lot that my next lesson would be about the Will of Fire. Who better to teach you about it none other than one of its Guardians." Iruka said. The scarred man bowed towards Shino who bowed in return.
Shino has a great respect on the man. Besides, he and his companions had bloomed in the scarred man's care. They were once part of his class. That was before they were chosen as Guardians.
"Let's get to the lecture, Shino-san. I reckon that you're a busy man. Time is wasting." Iruka said, slightly bowing his head towards the Shino's imposing figure.
Shino, clad in a robe of white with green and golden leaves running up its silky form, walked towards the center of the stage. All was silent, gawking intently at the man. He was tall and oozing with power. A small buzzing sound can be heard coming from the man. Iruka's pupils deduced that the sound might be from the famed deadly insects which are said to inhabit the man's body. Nobody knows for sure, nobody lived to tell the tail.
"I want to start the lesson with a question. What do you know about the Will of Fire?" Shino asked in his low and deep voice.
"I know it is a tree." One pupil grumbled unintelligently.
"It is the essence of the Hidden Village of the Leaves. Without it, there would be no Konoha." A girl, who was obviously a child who reads scrolls and books more often, answered.
Shino nodded his head towards the two. "Correct. But the deeper definition is that the Will of fire is the essence of life. Without the tree, there will be no life. The world that we live in would be barren and dead."
"Is that why it must be protected at all costs?" It was Hanabi who asked.
Shino slowly turned his head towards the heiress and slowly nodded his head. His brows visibly creased noting the girl that he recognizes her. Hanabi gulped and looked away.
"Yes. That's correct. Let's talk about the History of the Will of Fire and the five elemental nations standing on its roots." Shino walked towards the board and placed a hand on the empty board. "As you know, the Will of Fire is the source of all life energy. Flowing from its roots and connecting us to the tree is the phenomena called chakra. This pure matter flows within us, constantly growing and sustaining our bodies with life. Once we die, our chakra will return to the earth and to the roots of the Will of Fire."
"So, our dead ancestors are technically living within the tree as Chakras?" One pupil asked earning a nod from Shino. Iruka proudly watched his pupils, one of them would surely succeed Shino someday.
"Our chakra can be used as a weapon too. A weapon to protect its source. Not only as a weapon but an energy capable of doing such wonders." Shino then channeled his amber chakra into the board and carefully manipulating it to form a map of their continent. In the middle of the map is a golden tree. The pupils stood up in awe at the astounding chakra manipulation.
"These are the Elemental Nations." Shino gestured at the whole map. "In the middle of it all is the Will of Fire." He pointed at the center.
"The continent is divided into five lands. Within this five lands are five nations. On the east is the Mizu no Kuni where the Hidden village Kirigakure resides." He pointed at east side of the tree and tapped his finger at a patch of land near the coast where the symbol of the said village formed.
"On the south is the deserted land of Kaze no Kuni. There resides the Village of Sunagakure." Shino once again tapped his finger on a patch of land on the southern part of the map and the symbol of Suna bloomed there.
"On the hard and rocky lands of the West lies Tsuchi no Kuni where the Village of Iwagakure stands." He did the same thing as he did with the other lands.
"And on the northern part of the continent lies the politically powerful and mountainous land of Kaminari no Kuni where the Village of Kumogakure stands amongst its mountains." He pointed at the lands up north.
"Where is Konoha?" One pupil grumbled.
"Surely Konoha is more powerful! The Guardians of the Will of Fire are from Konoha!" One protested.
"Children, calm down. Shino-san is not yet done explaining." Iruka chastised the children.
Shino turned towards the pupils causing them to cease their protests. The fact the the guardian is so stoic and detached effectively shut them up. They were reminded that the man in front of them is not their usual sensei but a man of power.
Shino sighed inwardly and continued. "In the center of the Map, a bit below the sacred tree is Hi no kuni, the land where Konohagakure stands." The symbol of their village appeared right below the figure of the tree.
"We are so close to the Will of Fire! I wonder if we could go there someday!" One pupil exclaimed excitedly.
"Idiot, we can't see the tree, only the guardians can go near it. And only in dire need!" Hanabi grumbled in her seat, giving her ignorant classmate a glare.
"She is right. Only the Kages of the Hidden Villages and the twelve guardians are allowed to go near the tree." Iruka agreed. "In fact, Shino-san? Can you tell us anything about the twelve Guardians?" Iruka politely asked his former student.
"Aside from most of us came from this class?" Shino teased his former teacher with such a stoic face that Iruka awkwardly shifted his feet from where he is standing. It seems that his pupil has not changed at all. But Shino's more bearable than the Uchiha who was also his former pupil.
Iruka's current pupils though are beyond amazed. They touched their desks in such awe knowing that the some current generation of the Guardians were sitting at those very desks.
Shino continued his lecture ignoring the amazed sighs of the pupils. "I cannot disclose confidential information about the work of a Guardian but let's just say that our work is important. We follow strict codes and conducts. Aside from that, there were eight of us who came from this class and-"
"Eight?" A voice laced with disdain came from the back of the class.
Iruka knows what's going to happen next. He straightened his posture and called the boy who said it.
"Konohamaru!" Iruka barked at the boy. He knows that the grandson of Konoha's former Kage is still not over the loss of that person.
The boy who has been silent throughout the lecture stood up and glared menacingly at the much more powerful being in front of him. He did not heed to his sensei's warning.
"Eight? It was nine. He was part of the Guardians! He is still part of the guardians!" Konohamaru insisted. His classmates looking at each other thoroughly confused.
One girl in a pigtail shared an eye contact with a boy with glasses who's sitting beside Konohamaru. The boy just shook his head and tug at Konohamaru's blue scarf. Konohamaru ignored his friend's actions and stood firm.
"Konohamaru-kun. I do not stand idly at this show of insubordination." Shino gave the boy an empty threat. The guardian's face ever unreadable.
Iruka sighed at this and walked towards the pre-teen to try and calm him down.
"Konohamaru-kun, we have talked about this. That person did something unforgivable. No matter what it was that he did, he is forever exiled and hunted by the nations. Please understand the situation." Iruka attempted to reason with the pre-teen.
Konohamaru remained silent. He will not believe them. He believes that he is innocent. That he will come back, beg for forgiveness then be reinstated as a Guardian.
"Naruto-nii will surely come back and prove that he is innocent! Just watch Iruka-sensei!" Konohamaru exclaimed.
A pang of sorrow ran through Iruka at the name. Memories of a jolly blond that everybody adored entered his mind. He was his favorite student, he was like his younger brother, his son.
Iruka turned his head towards the unmoving figure of his former pupil, Shino. He wondered what secrets the guardians are hiding from them, the secrets behind the exile of Uzumaki Naruto.
There he stood with his sunny hair and bright blue eyes. His cheeks adorned with whiskers as he grinned like a mischievous fox. The scene behind him was sunny, oh so so sunny like him. He was the embodiment of light. The light that she craves.
She opened her arms to welcome him. His grin widened as he opened his own arms and engulfed her in a hug. He placed his nose into her hair breathed deeply. She can feel him smiling as he did this. He gently pushed her away and cupped her blushing cheeks with his large hands. He was a head taller than her so when he visibly crouched down, she knows that he's going to kiss her. She welcomed his lips with her own. She opened her mouth to let his adventurous tongue in. She wrapped her arms around him wanting the moment to last. Tongues tangled in a pleasurable fight. She tasted his saliva, she tasted him.
Then she felt his hands beginning to get too adventurous. One squeezed her bum and the other is tugging on her obi. Instead of recoiling and feel embarrassed like she always did, she welcomed the familiar touches and let her hands venture too. She felt the familiar burning desire that he always manages to spark within her, the desire to be connected to him and only him.
Before she knows it, her body touched the soft grass beneath them. Her yukata opened revealing her generous ripe breasts. The same breasts he is feasting upon. Her back arched as he took one nipple into his mouth and let his tongue tease the bud. A breathless moan came from her mouth as one long finger entered her womanhood and slowly rubbing the sensitive walls she possesses. Then he pulled his finger out and something bigger and warmer pocked her womanhood.
She smiled at him. Giving him permission to enter her like he always did. Then he dives and stretches her wall. All she felt was pleasure. So much pleasure. He must be experiencing the same kind of pleasure as she felt his breath quicken at every thrust.
"N-Naruto-kun…" She breathes his name. The name of her beloved.
Then everything went dark. The sunny sky turned blood red. The pleasure she felt disappeared replaced by dread. Then she heard him speak in a demonic voice, like nine different entities speaking at the same time.
"Enjoying yourself, Hina-hime?"
Hinata bolted up. Her body shivering in the cold air. Although the dream ended with a nightmare, strangely enough, Hinata felt a spark of happiness within her. The happiness she always gets when she dreams of him. She knows that this feeling is wrong. There's nothing to be happy about dreaming of fornicating with a traitor. But he was her lover before he became a traitor. Before he broke one of the codes.
The flap of her tent opened. A cherry haired woman entered the tent with a sympathetic smile.
"We heard you gasping." The woman simply said.
Hinata gave the woman a pained smile. Tears gathered on the corner of her eyes.
"I miss him Sakura-san…" Hinata admitted. She curled her knees and embraced herself. "I want him back."
Sakura felt pity for the girl. She too misses the man Hinata loves. He was like a brother to her. She kneeled beside the woman and gave her a warm hug. She is heartbroken to see such a strong woman crying in a cold tent after dreaming of her lost lover.
"We all do, Hinata. But him coming back would never change the fact that he broke the law. It would never change the fact that he is now a-"
"Sakura." A cold deep voice called from outside of the tent.
Sakura sighed, irritated at the source of the voice. She shoot Hinata an apologizing look and Hinata smiled understandingly at her.
"Go, it must be important." Hinata told the pink-haired woman.
"I swear that husband of mine will have a thorough pounding if it isn't." Sakura hissed teasingly as she stood up and left the tent.
Hinata sat there wiping some stray tears. The bitter sorrow in her heart is still there. It never left her since the day he left. Well, he never left, he was exiled. And she knows that what Sakura said was true. What her beloved did was unacceptable. He broke the most importantly law in being a guardian and it was beyond forgivable. The people, if they ever find out why her beloved was exiled, would rather have him dead than forgiven. But Hinata's traitorous heart has already forgiven him. She loves him too much to really hate him. But she knows and acknowledged that what he did was very wrong. She wonders till this day on why he did such atrocity.
"It has already been four years since the incident and you lot are still mourning his loss." A head peaked into the tent.
Hinata sighed at the smiling pale man who probably did not notice the barbs in his words. "Sai-san, he is still alive. And it isn't usual that a generation would lose one of its Guardians in such way. He was loved by people."
Sai was taken aback at what his fellow Guardian said. He knows that Hinata might be the most gentle and polite person he has ever known. But it seems that when it comes to a certain former Guardian, the shy and gentle lamb becomes a lioness.
"You surprise me every day, Hinata-san. My first impression of you was that you are the weakest of the Guardians and wouldn't even hurt a fly, it seems that I was mistaken." Sai said completely entering the tent.
He sat a meter away from the midnight haired woman and studied her. She is very beautiful, a beauty that is different from all other woman. Unlike Sakura's fierce beauty or his own lover's seductive beauty, Hinata has this ethereal like beauty that sets her aside from other women. Sai wonders if the rumors about her and the traitor, Uzumaki, are true. Since he was assigned as the replacement of the exiled guardian, the one he observed to be the most saddened by Uzumaki's exile was Hinata. He concluded that her relationship with the traitor is beyond friendship.
Hinata smiled slightly at the ever smiling man. "Thank you for your compliment, Sai-san."
The tent once again opened and Sakura popped in.
"Time for us to go, Sasuke-kun's itching to get a new mission back in Konoha." She said with a smile.
"About time we have some real work." Sai agreed.
Unbeknownst to them, they would soon enter on a race to find the very traitor that broke the sacred law of the Guardians.
This is short. But the next chapter would be much much longer. The background on every Guardian will be shown next chapter. I hope you have a clear grasp on what kind of Universe they are in.