Okay someone asked me to expand Innocent Affections into a chapter story, and since I really didn't have anything else to do I decided why not. So here the follow up of it.
Fusougawa Amaterasu of Daikaijugakure was an opponent often underestimated. She wasn't too tall at 5'2 and had a petite delicate frame, had a button nose and a sweet heart shaped face. She was much too small to be a ninja, of Jonin level.
At least in the opinion of some other shinobi (Would eaten their words quite soon). Ama looked around and sighed. There where four dead ninja around her and she wasn't too happy about that. She herself didn't have a spot of blood on her nor did she look at all like she'd just been in a fight.
"You underestimated your opponent and suffered for it. It was your own foolishness that caused your death."
Ama sighed as she looked around and relaxed if only a little. She still couldn't find her companions and it was starting to frustrate her. The petite dark haired girl sighed as she ran a hand through her long dark hair. She heard a rustling in a bush and tensed, and out came two small creatures.
The first was a dog the size of a Yorkshire Terrier, and had with bronze fur on top of his body and cream fur underneath, his bat like ears where tipped cream and a similar patter with his paws and fox like tail. His tail was very bushy. His big eyes where smoke black, and held a playful gleam. His name was Shippo (Seven Treasures).
The second was a small white dragon. He was the size of a small dog, with huge chocolate brown eyes, his scales where as white as snow and his little wings where pressed lightly against his body. He looked peaceful and content atop his master's head. He was a rare Mana Dragon, a White Mana Dragon to be exact. His name was Shiranui (White-wild Majesty).
Ama relaxed as she bounced over the four dead shinobi to greet her pets and beloved companions. The greeting was short and sweet and Ama found herself with Shiranui sitting on her head and Shippo sitting on her left shoulder.
Ama was ecstatic it had been a week since the she meet Hoshigaki Kisame and now she could finally return to Daikaiju.
"I've been looking for you two forever; you're in so much trouble when we get home." Ama scolded lightly. She avoided the corpses and walked along. The fight hadn't taken much out of her but she could tell her two pets where tired and hungry.
So she'd stop in the next town, to freshen them up and then return to Daikaiju.
Daikaiju wasn't like other villages. When those who were different could be persecuted for those differences in other villages like Konoha or Suna, in Daikaiju they where treated normally. The physical appearances of the people weren't important.
Also in Daikaiju people could have jutsus that other villages could look down upon or fear, like Ama's special abilities.
She was thankful to live in just a place, that wasn't influenced by the other villages. Speaking of differences Hoshigaki Kisame was an odd one.
He had been so fearsome when he'd saved her from those bandits that had jumped her but then so awkward when they had had lunch. Ama blushed a little.
"'The secret is I think I really like you and I hope to meet you again.'"
She sighed as she ran a hand through her hair, and looked at the blue sky above.
She'd been not all of herself. Sure she was known to be bold and confident, but she'd been borderline on brazen.
"Oh well not like I'd ever met him again." Ama said to herself. Shiranui gave a growl and Ama frowned.
"Stop reading my mind, it's your fault for running off on me like you did." Ama chided. Shiranui gave an indignant squeak. The small girl rolled her eyes as she entered the town. She looked around and found a small eatery.
"That's looks good enough." Ama said, she looked over her shoulder suddenly and scanned the area.
"That's weird I felt someone watching me." She shrugged and entered the eatery and secured herself a table in the back. She sat down and her two pets jumped from their spots to sit beside her.
"What can I do for you Sweetie?" A waitress asked. Ama smiled at her and looked up at the woman. She was pretty, with long dark blue hair and teal colored eyes.
"Oh, I'll like three orders of Onigiri, two of sashimi, and of some dumplings. Then two bowls of water and some milk." The woman nodded and told Ama she'd be back in a bit. The petite dark haired girl sighed as she looked at Shippo and Shiranui.
"Well, now that I have you to I can go find him." She said.
Outside the eatery where two people, Akasuki members, Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame, they where on an assassination mission and had stopped in the small outpost town to eat and rent a hotel room and plan their mission.
Kisame sighed. He'd been doing that a lot recently, well for the past week. He couldn't get that girl out of his head.
Itachi had noticed his partner had been distracted since his solo mission a week ago. But no matter how hard he pressed he couldn't get anything out of him.
They entered the restaurant and Itachi spotted a table next to a small girl. He led Kisame over to it and sat down. The much larger man sighed again as sat. He'd tried to find Ama once about a couple of days ago but had no luck, he'd tried to find information of Daikaiju but nothing came up. It was like she had disappeared off the face of the earth.
Little did he know, she was right next to him.
Ama smiled as her waitress brought her order and she and her two pets dug in heartily. Shiranui devoured the first order of sashimi, quickly. Shippo focused on one of the orders of dumplings, while Ama ate the onigiri. She sighed in content and spoke to her pets.
"I'm really glad you two are back." Her voice alerted someone to her presence. Kisame looked up at the sound of that voice. He looked and there she was, Fusougawa Amaterasu, the girl who was plaguing his mind. She was eating with two animals a dragon and a dog.
Without thinking he addressed her.
"Ama-chan?" She looked up and over and caught his eye.
"Kisame-kun?" She questioned. The blue skinned man nodded suddenly mute. Ama's face lit up.
"Oh, hi. I didn't expect to see you here. How are you?" She asked. Kisame smiled, her innocent nature saw still intact.
"I'm fine. How are you?" Ama smiled, her face brightening even more then before and she gestured to the creatures on either side of her.
"Well I finally found my two companions, Shippo and Shiranui." She said. Kisame nodded and his heart was about to burst. She had been looking for animals and not a boyfriend.
"Oh that's good." He said, and he could help but add, 'For me and for you.' to himself. Ama nodded and it was then that Itachi decided to make himself known. He cleared his throat and Kisame blushed as he noticed the annoyed aura around his partner.
"Oh, hello." Ama said, oblivious to the Uchiha's mood. Itachi nodded in her direction and looked at Kisame.
"Oh, Itachi-kun this is Fusougawa Amaterasu, Ama-chan this is Uchiha Itachi." Ama nodded. The waitress came took the two men's orders and then left but only after smiling at Ama, a smile that was returned.
Shiranui could tell that was the one, the blue one, was the one that Ama had been thinking about. And for having a place in Ama's mind the man was to be hated, not for any other reason that the fact that Shiranui hated human males that like Ama or that Ama liked. There were only a small handful of men that Shiranui could say he actually liked, Ama's two brothers and her father. Other then them he didn't like men.
Shippo on the other hand was delighted; if Ama liked someone then they obviously had some good qualities about them. She only made friends with the best of people. So Shippo wasn't alarmed.
Itachi was surprised, something that he didn't show. Kisame's mood had radically changed the moment he had seen that girl, no the moment he had heard her voice. The girl was small and young and a kunoichi. He looked at the red hitai-ate around her left arm; it had a strange symbol, like curved clawed hand. She was strong, Itachi could tell.
'Fusougawa?'
Ama smiled at Kisame and the blue skinned man knew he was going to turn purple. Why did Itachi have to be here? The waitress came back with his and Itachi's orders and then looked at Ama. Ama smiled.
"Is something wrong?" The woman shook her head and then patted Ama's.
"Your just so cute, you reminded me of my own daughter, when she was your age." The woman have a far off look and then snapped back into reality. "Oh, look at me. I'm Kiku, Uramiko Kiku. Nice to meet you." Kiku said. Ama smiled and introduced herself in a bright friendly manner and then Shiranui and Shippo. Kiku nodded patted Ama's head again and then walked off to attend to someone else.
"How is it that you know Kisame, Amaterasu?" Itachi asked. Ama looked up and her lively gold eyes met Itachi's blank onyx ones.
"OH we met a week ago. He saved me from some bandits. It's actually a pretty embarrassing thought, me a trained kunoichi having to be saved by another shinobi from bandits. By the way call me Ama" She laughed, Kisame smiled and blushed. Itachi noticed it and wondered what it was about this girl that was so special.
The group began to eat their respective meals. Ama finished off the first and second round of onigiri. Shippo his dumplings and the second plate of sashimi and Shiranui finished his sashimi, the third order of onigiri. They then drank their milk and water. After that they all sighed, leaving Itachi and Kisame to give them rather amused looks. Ama grinned at them. Itachi nodded.
'She's amusing I'll give her that.' A bit of light conversation began between the three.
Kisame was ecstatic; Ama seemed to be having a good impression on Itachi. That was good. Ama smiled again and Kisame found himself watching her lips. They way they curved, the pink color, he remembered how soft and warm they had been.
'Damn.' He said to himself. He was going to say something, when a voice jumped in before he could.
"There she is that bitch that killed, Aoi, Aka, Mido and Gin." Ama looked up and cringed. There was a man. He had shaggy dark hair and light colored eyes, standing next to him where two other men. One was very large around Kisame's size with a bald head and an eye patch over his left eye. The other was smaller with purple eyes and blond hair.
They where all looking at Ama. Kiku trotted over alarmed.
"Ama-chan what are they talking about." She asked alarm. Ama simply placed some money on the table and got up. Shiranui jumped on her head and Shippo on her left shoulder. She gave a grim smile to Kiku.
"Kiku-san I'm sorry for causing a disturbance in your restaurant, I'll get rid of them." Ama said lightly as she walked over to the men. Everyone held their breath and watched as she did. Compared to the three men she was very small.
The largest of the three sneered at her.
"You're the one that killed our friends. There's no way, you're just a little shrimp, a cute one thought." He said. Ama narrowed her eyes at him and he came to stroke her cheek. His touch disgusted her. The man laughed.
"Really cute." He said.
Kisame was pissed, more then pissed, mad as freaking hell. He hated that man, instantly. He was touching her, touching her with his filthy hands. Ama knocked his hand away and looked him in his only eye.
"If you don't want to loose your only good eye, then don't ever touch me again." She said her voice devoid of any emotion. The man sneered, and looked at the smallest of his companions, Jun, who was shivering.
"Yeah, sweetheart, what happens if I do this?" He leaned forward and licked Ama's cheek. And that was all it too. Shiranui reacted first lunging at his face the moment he leaned up, sinking his fangs into the man's nose.
Shippo lunged at his throat. The large man stumbled backwards and Ama punched him in his stomach sending him flying out of the restaurant. His two companions acted differently. The smallest Jun jumped away, and the other lunged at Ama only to be knocked away by a very man Kisame. Ama looked at Kisame before going after the larger man, who had just hit Shippo and Shiranui. She cracked her foot across his already broken nose and he screamed in agony as he clutched it.
Shiranui and Shippo jumped beside Ama as she faced the man, who jumped up and sent a punch straight to her gut. Ama cried out as she flew backwards only to be caught on something soft. She looked to see Itachi.
"Thank you." She sighed as she pushed away from him and looked at Shiranui and Shippo they were both bristling and growling as she knew that if she didn't do something they would.
"Dance of the Shadow Wolves." She whispered and her shadow began to move and flicker and split off at four points, and those four points became wolves. Everyone watching was astonished. Ama straightened and glanced at her creations.
"Well hop to it." She said. The four shadow wolves jumped on the largest man and began to tear at him. Ama sighed bitterly as she looked at the one Kisame had knocked away. He was frightened.
"They call me Kaiju Joou back home, ya know. I may not look like much but I sure surprise people. Often." She watched as the largest man was killed by her shadow wolves and Shiranui and Shippo calmed. The other man and Jun where startled.
"You said she killed them not shadow wolves." The first said. Jun looked at Ama and jumped back.
"I didn't stick around long enough to see how she killed them, I just know she did." Jun shot back panic in his voice. The man looked from Ama to his dead friend's body and growled.
"You little bitch you'll pay for that." He called, only to be cut down Kisame and Samehada. He croaked as he hit the ground. Itachi noticed Kisame's furious face. Ama sighed as she looked at Jun.
"I should kill you, you know. Because of you I had to reveal a secret of mine." As if to emphasize the point the four shadow wolves snapped and snarled. Jun was frozen by her Killer Intent. But Ama didn't order an attack; instead she called the wolves back into her shadow and surprised everyone by turning tail and running. Shiranui and Shippo where right behind her.
It took Kisame a full minute to realize that she had run, and it took him all of two seconds to run off after her. Itachi was behind him.
Ama cursed when she noticed Kisame and Itachi behind her. She looked at Shiranui and nodded. Shippo jumped on her shoulder and Shiranui exploded with chakra and swelled into fearsome creature just slightly larger then a horse, his brilliant white scales reflecting the light. Ama jumped on his back and with a flap of his wings he took to the air. He was too far in the air Kisame or Itachi to reach, by the second flap and out of sight by the third.
Ama sighed as she looked at the blue sky above her.
"I had to use Dance of the Shadow Wolves or you two would have given away an even bigger secret. We have to find Tsukuyomi and get back to Daikaiju." Ama lamented. She liked Kisame she really did, but the safety of her village was much more important and so was her own secret.
Well there's the first chapter of Monsters and Secrets. What did you think? I hope you liked it. See ya next chapter.