#2
"To show you my appreciation, I will grant you one wish."
Sakura was taken aback by the offer. Considering what she had been through already, she was a little more than willing to believe.
But just one…?
The young man began leaning closer to her.
"Tell me your desire," he said.
"I… want…"
A faint blush stained her cheeks. He was already a lot closer than she had wanted and now he was inching closer.
"Hurry up and tell me," he insisted again.
"I want…"
He was much closer now. Was he going to kiss her? Inwardly, she wanted to protest, but in reality she didn't really mind. He was pretty handsome after all.
"What is your wish?" he asked, sounding softer now.
Sakura closed her eyes.
"I want…"
She could tell that he was getting a little impatient. She this was an opportunity to wish for anything in the world. After all…
"…to go home."
It was only one wish.
"I want to go home."
It was her only chance.
The young man had stopped his advance, merely an inch from her lips. He then grinned and whispered…
"Your wish is my command."
He pulled away and stood up. Sakura snapped out of her reverie and stared up in surprise at the young man who merely smirked at her in return. He suddenly threw his fist back and struck something and sent it slamming into the ground. As Sakura slowly stood up, she watched with eyes wide as it splashed around, squirming from the hit. Upon closer inspection, it appeared to be a scrawny black pterodactyl-like creature—
-and there were more of them, literally ripping from the backs of the fallen soldiers. All of a sudden, she didn't want to stick around anymore.
"Sakura!"
The pink haired girl blinked. Who in the world called her name? She looked around, trying to find the source when she came across a familiar figure. Her she stared in disbelief.
"K-Kakashi?!"
"Glad you remembered by name," he said, smiling. "But really, we need to leave."
Needless to say, Sakura ran towards the commando, leaving the young man to deal with the black creatures.
"I'm glad to see that you're alright Miss Sakura," Kakashi said, as she and the girl in question ran down a hallway.
"Not as much as I am to see you," the pink haired girl replied.
The two slowed to a stop after Kakashi suggested that they'd take a break. They had been running for a while so that they were far from the chamber. For the moment, everything seemed quiet, but Kakashi wasn't letting his guard down. They sat down on opposite sides of the corridor.
"Weren't there some people with you?" Sakura suddenly asked.
"Yeah, but not anymore," Kakashi answered bluntly. "I'm sure I don't have to tell you what happened to them."
Sakura's eyes saddened upon hearing the response and stared at the ground. It was true; he didn't have to tell her because she already knew.
"Those monsters…" she murmured. "Were those…?"
"…Demons?" Kakashi finished for her. "Yeah they were and I'm sure there's plenty more wandering around."
"What happened to your other gun?"
"It ran out of ammo," Kakashi deadpanned. "All I got left is this SOCOM pistol and a few grenades."
Sakura looked down at the pistol and grimaced. With that much weaponry remaining, Kakashi wouldn't be able to defend them for long once something very big showed up.
And she really hoped that nothing big showed up.
"Well, I think we should get moving," Kakashi said, getting up. "I'm in no mood to meet anymore demons."
"I agree," Sakura responded, standing up as well.
The two then cautiously continued down the long dark hallway. As they traveled on, Sakura began to notice something.
Cobwebs?
It was strange. Up until now, Sakura hadn't seen any webbing despite how old the place was. After looking around, she realized that she hadn't seen a speck of dust anywhere within the tower and remembered how well kept it seemed. Needless to say, Sakura didn't like what her intuition was telling her. However she continued moving, staying close to Kakashi. As time went on, she began to notice more and more 'cobwebs' on select places in the corridor. The further they progressed down the hallway, the thicker the webbings seemed. She began to feel her skin crawl.
"I'm getting a bad feeling about this," Kakashi said suddenly.
Sakura guessed that he was beginning to notice their surroundings. He wasn't the only one. Soon they entered a large chamber much like the first. Unlike the first, there was no water on the floor and there was a chasm that covered the left half of the room. The thick webbing on almost aspect of the room and the tingling feeling she was getting on her skin told Sakura one thing…
There were spiders.
She really hated spiders. And from what she could tell, there were either a lot of them, or that they were very large spiders. The pink haired girl hadn't noticed that she had begun trembling.
"Y'know,"
Kakashi looked back at her.
"Maybe we should turn back and—"
He was cut off by the sound of a piercing shrill. Both he and the Sakura whirled around to see some thing approaching them from the doorway. As far as they could tell, it had the build of a man, but from the waist down, it had the abdomen of a spider. Its arms were coated red and they seemed to be like the arms of a praying mantis. The pink haired girl gulped as it grinned at them, showing its long steak-knife like teeth while at the same time it glared at them with its beady blood red eyes. It raised its arms and let out another screech, making Sakura flinch.
This time, there was a response.
The two looked back to see two more of these creatures approaching them as another dropped down via its web line and followed suit. Kakashi grimaced. This was probably one the worst situations that they could've gotten into.
They were surrounded.
Just then, one of the creatures moved forwards as if it were about to attack—
-only to have a grenade shoved into its mouth. Kakashi then kicked the creature, causing it to back away.
"Down!"
Suddenly, Sakura found herself diving towards the floor as the creature exploded and cringed as remains scattered everywhere. She then looked up to see Kakashi now shooting at the demons with his handgun. One of them dropped to floor, dead. Upon seeing the green fluids oozing from beneath it, Sakura quickly got up and began backing away from the battle as Kakashi slowly followed suit, but not without dropping another spider creature. He fired another eight or nine shots, before his gun clicked empty.
"Shit."
It was then that one of the creatures began making a noise that sounded as if it were laughing. The silver head commando chucked his empty gun at its head, cutting off its laughter. Unfortunately, the creature merely shook it off and hissed as it continued to approach. Kakashi then backed away a little quicker towards where Sakura was, but stopped right in front of her. He glanced back at her from over his shoulder.
I guess there's no choice, he thought.
Sakura watched as Kakashi pulled off his eye patch and threw it to the floor. When he grabbed the wrist of his left arm, she watched in amazement as what seemed to be a ball of lightning appeared in the palm of his hand. The lightning then seemed to absorb his hand into it and Sakura stared at the back of the silver haired commando—
-only to see him disappear before her eyes. What was seen next was only a blur of light passing from creature to creature.
"Are you alright?"
The pink haired girl nearly jumped when she heard the voice. She looked to her left to surprisingly see Kakashi standing there. With eyes wide, she nodded. The soldier smiled.
"Well I'm glad to hear it."
Strangely enough, the moment he said that, the creatures fell to pieces on the ground with their green fluids pouring everywhere.
"Well now, let's get moving," Kakashi suddenly said, walking towards the exit.
Sakura had yet to move. She was still shocked by everything that had just happened. She watched as the commando bent over to pick up his eye patch. It had gotten some fluid on it but he merely shook it and wiped it on his clothes before fitting it back on. It was obvious that he was more used to this sort of thing than any of the other soldiers. Last she checked, commandos weren't able to do that.
And what's up with his eye?
She had noticed the scar driving through it earlier, but when she saw the eye patch, she had assumed that he had lost it during some mission. However, she saw it just now. In contrast to his dark brown eye, his left eye was a blood red color with black "wisps" surrounding his pupil. It was apparent that some questions needed answering.
"What are you?" Sakura asked suddenly.
This caused Kakashi to stop. He turned towards her and stared at her for a moment and then smiled.
"I'm a devil hunter," he said nonchalantly.
Sakura blinked.
"A-A devil hunter?"
"Yeah," he replied. "I'll explain more when we get out of here. Now—"
Kakashi paused and then looked at her perplexed.
"Um, hey are you okay?"
For some reason, he noticed that Sakura was wearing a horrified expression at the moment. She was staring past him which meant…
…there was something behind him.
Kakashi whirled around to see what the pink haired girl was staring at but he was sent flying into a wall where he lost consciousness.
Sakura couldn't believe how bad things had just gotten. Kakashi, her only chance of survival, was just taken out by a huge demon. Not only that, it was hairy, it was ugly…
"Well, well, what do we have here?"
…and it could talk.
As far as she could tell, it seemed to be a crossover with the head of a Siberian tiger and the body of a brown recluse spider that was the size of a mansion. The pink haired girl trembled as it inched closer to her, focusing all eight of its red eyes on her. It was safe to say that her fear of spiders had just reached new heights. The demon laughed.
"Don't worry, I won't bite you hard," he said. "As a matter of fact, you won't even feel a thing."
Suddenly, everything began to darken around her. Her legs began to weaken beneath her. She didn't even seem to realize that when the demon opened his mouth, giant mandibles began extending towards her. Finally, her body gave out and she collapsed.
She couldn't take it anymore.
"Ungh, I'm definitely gonna feel that in the morning."
Kakashi shook his head to rid himself of the vertigo that threatened to overtake him. As soon as his vision cleared, he looked up to see the pink haired girl's unconscious form, blissfully unaware of the demon approaching her. Immediately he went to stand and run to her. However, when he stood up, he dropped back into a crouching position.
Crap.
He had taken more damage from the hit than he had thought. He wouldn't be fast enough to save Sakura. He stared towards the ground, knowing that her end was near. However, something happened.
The giant spider-like demon was wounded.
Kakashi watched, dumbfounded as the demon roared in pain as it jumped away from Sakura.
What just happen?
The roars soon turned into cries of agony as the demon shook his head.
"GAAAAAAAGGHHHHHH! MY EYE!"
Kakashi stared in disbelief as he noticed the large black spot where one of the demon's eyes had been. Someone or something had wounded him. When he looked back towards Sakura, he realized something…
There was someone standing over her unconscious form.
The figure was in a sky blue jumpsuit and had unruly blond hair. Kakashi recognized this new comer.
He followed us?!
The commando stared incredulously at the boy. He didn't exactly know what to make of this. After seeing his dark nature, he found it quite unusual that he would go out of his way to save her. The demon soon recovered from the initial shock of the attack enough to look to see the assailant.
"A Human?!" the demon growled. "Damn you! You shall pay for this!"
Suddenly, he let out a piercing roar at the boy. Kakashi's eye widened as he watched as three more of the spider-like demons somersault from the corners of the room and landed in unison, surrounding the boy. Before the boy could react, the creatures thrust their sword-like pincers into him. The boy's arms fell limply at his sides and he hung his head. The tarantula demon laughed.
"That's what you get for being overconfident!" he sneered.
Kakashi mentally swore as the laughter began to echo throughout the chamber. He wasn't able to move and as far as he could tell, he and Sakura would be next after the demon was finished relishing his victory. Despite the noise, he began to hear a sound.
The sound of sinister chuckling.
Kakashi looked up towards the boy. For some reason, it sounded louder than anything else; even the demon's laughter. He must've begun hearing it as well for his laughter began to die until he was staring at him as well. All eyes were on him as the chuckle morphed into laughter. The demon stared in shock at the laughing boy.
"W-Why aren't you dead?!"
The boy's laughter soon died as he grinned sadistically at the demon. Suddenly, he twisted his body so quickly that it ripped off the arms of the spider demons. Time seemed to slow as the boy then pulled two of the dislodged arms and held them out as he spun once, cutting the spiders' legs from beneath them. He stood upright and impaled the pincers into two of the shrieking demons, silencing them both. The demon stared in horror at the boy.
"You're…not human are you?" he asked.
The blond merely smirked in response as he pulled out another pincer from his torso. The demon was not expecting for the boy to throw the pincer—
-neither did he expect it to plunge into another eye.
"Gyaaaaaaaggghhhhh!"
Kakashi stared at the demon, awed at everything that had just happened. It was pretty obvious that the boy wasn't human. The blond pulled out the remaining pincers from his torso and discarded one of them. He tore off the forearm that was still attached to the remaining arm and examined it.
A sword? Kakashi mused.
"Damn you!"
The tarantula-like monster was glaring at the boy now.
"Damn you, Damn you, Damn you!"
The boy smirked at the demon.
"Human or not…"
Green slime began dripping from his fangs.
"DIE!"
Suddenly green liquid launched from the monsters mouth. The blond threw the sword in response then quickly turned around and scooped the unconscious pink-haired girl into his arms bridal style and jumped away just as the green liquid splattered all over where they just were. Flew straight into another one of the demon's eyes and began roaring in pain once again.
"IT BURNS! GAAAGGGGHH!"
Kakashi stared at the boy, who was now laying the unconscious Sakura against the wall. He found it amazing that the two had remained physically 'untouched'. The commando then looked towards the demon that was currently shaking its head in pain. The boy had taken out not just one eye, but three eyes with little effort. At first he was confused about the demon saying his eye burning, but no more after looking towards the corpses of the 'man-spiders'. They were quickly decomposing.
Acid…and some of it must've gotten on that sword.
The boy was now approaching the demon with sadistic smile on his face. Suddenly, it was so obvious to the soldier that even a blind man could have seen it.
The boy was just toying with him.
The demon noticed the blond walking towards him and growled before spitting more gobs of acid at him. The boy moved in zigzags, dodging the green goop as he drew closer towards the brown tarantula. The demon began to panic.
"GET AWAY!" he yelled, spitting more acid.
Kakashi watched amazed at the blurring speeds that the boy was moving. It was as if he were a ghost, noticing how the acid seemed to phase through him as he moved. Just then, the boy was in front of the demon. The demon's eyes widened as he noticed the grin on the boy's face. Suddenly, the boy grabbed the sword that was embedded into where one of his eyes was and ripped it out. The tarantula let out a piercing roar. In retribution, he brought one of his front legs around and swung—
-Only to miss the blond completely as he jumped into the air.
The boy had the sword raised as he came down. The demon raised a front leg towards him as if trying to reach for him and then suddenly…
Kakashi blinked.
The commando had missed the initial cut. Whatever happened, the demon seemed to be frozen in his last stance as the boy landed on top of his head with the sword shouldered.
"You're…You're him…aren't you?"
The demon's voice was softer than what it had been initially.
"You're…the king…of…"
He never got to finish that sentence. The boy jumped off of him as he suddenly split into two. Kakashi stared at the boy in disbelief. He had taken care of a powerful demon so easily, a feat in which he himself was unable to do. Not only that, he didn't have a single scratch on him. Neither were his clothes were tattered when he had been impaled by those man-spiders. There wasn't even a drop of the demons' blood on him. The look on his face told the commando that he had enjoyed every minute of it.
Kakashi then went to tend to the pink-haired girl. Like the boy, she didn't have a mark or any blood on her. It relieved him greatly to know that she was unharmed. Suddenly, he sensed the boy approaching him. He whirled around with a hand on his eye patch. The boy stopped his approach and smirked at the devil hunter.
"So can you still fight?" the boy said suddenly.
Kakashi stared blankly at the blond.
"Now you talk?"
The boy chuckled at his response before slowly glancing upward. The soldier was perplexed by the action, but then began to hear numerous shrills above him. With dread, Kakashi looked upward and stared in shock.
There were hundreds, if not thousands of man-spiders on the ceiling staring hungrily at them. It looked like they were in for another fight.
"Right this way sir," Zabuza turned to the figure behind him.
Ever since all hell broke loose back in the demon king's chamber, getting out had been a priority order from his client. He glanced at him as the man smirked. He could not believe how smoothly things were going. Not only had he gotten rid of the devil hunter, but the demon king had awoken as well. Now it was time that he contacted an old associate of his.
But for the time being, it was time for Trent Vincent to disappear for a while.
Am I…dead?
The pink haired girl had found herself in some black abyss. She couldn't even see her hand in front of her. The last thing that she remembered was the freakishly large…brown tarantula with the Siberian tiger head inching towards her before her world blackened. Suddenly, images of the events that occurred throughout the day had began playing in front of her as if she was watching a movie; showing from the dream she had, to the visions in the shower and all the way to the spider demons before…
"Sakura…"
The voice had startled her. It had called out to her from the blackness.
"Sakura…"
It might've made her uneasy before, but now she was beginning to recognize that voice. The only question was…
Where is it coming from?
"Sakura…Hey Sakura…"
The pink haired girl groaned as light began to pour into her eyes. Everything was blurry at first, but everything began to come into focus after blinking a little.
"Welcome back."
"Kakashi…?" she blinked again so that the said man focused. "Where are we?"
"Outside of the tower," was his response. Sakura sat up, rubbing her head. She must've hit the ground pretty hard.
"You kind of had me worried there," the commando said.
Sakura shot him an apologetic look before looking around taking in her sites of the forest that they were currently in. it wasn't long before something dawned on her.
"Where's Trent?"
"To tell you the truth, I don't know. The only one I saw moving around when I showed up was you, demons…"
Kakashi then looked away from her.
"…and him."
Him? Sakura stared at the devil hunter puzzled at first, but then followed his eyes to see what he was looking at.
Lying beneath a tree was the boy that she had encountered within the tower, sleeping peacefully. She was startled at first, but then stared curiously.
"It's strange," the commando suddenly said. "As soon as we got out of the tower, he went over to that tree and fell asleep." I didn't think that he'd kill them all.
"He's the one who saved me isn't he?"
Kakashi stared at the girl, slightly surprised that she had figured that out.
"How'd you know?" he asked curiously.
"It was a feeling."
Sakura felt a headache coming on. She had apparently hit her head harder than she originally thought.
"A woman's intuition perhaps?" Kakashi commented, replying to her response.
"Maybe," Sakura continued watching the boy as he slept. "I just get this strange feeling whenever, I look at him."
"You aren't enamored with him are you?"
Sakura narrowed her eyes at the commando, who saw this and waved his hands in defense.
"It was just a joke."
The pink haired girl averted her eyes from him and towards the ground.
"Maybe you two are connected somehow."
Sakura gave the commando a questioning gaze. Kakashi shrugged.
"It's something my friend told me one time," he said. "Whether it is different times or places, people are connected to one another, one way or another. Me, I'd just shrug it off as déjà vu."
Sakura was tempted to roll her eyes at the last part. However, she did think about what he had said about people being connected.
"Where is your friend?" she asked suddenly.
"She's back at the base," he replied. "Why? Do you want to meet her?"
Sakura didn't answer, but instead found herself walking towards the sleeping boy. It wasn't long before she was standing over him and she crouched as she watched him sleep. She couldn't understand it. Trent had told her that this boy was the demon king. Based on what she had seen from their first encounter, she knew he wasn't lying. What had boggled her mind was that he had saved her. Why?
"Your wish is my command."
Her eyes suddenly widened. Had he really meant that? Was he truly fulfilling her wish? Suddenly, his eyes opened. The sudden movement had startled her as she fell onto her butt. That would be the second time she's done that today.
The boy, completely unfazed by her reaction, sat up and stretched. Sakura stared, taken back by his blank gaze. She stared into his crystal blue eyes and noted that the lines on his face were thinner. A mental image of the boy's first appearance flashed in her mind and she made a quick comparison. That boy was not the one sitting in front of her.
"Hi there," he said suddenly.
A corner of Sakura's lips twitched as he smiled at her.
What the heck?!
This was definitely not the boy she had met inside the tower.
"Are you okay?"
He seemed a little concerned now. Sakura gazed blankly into his eyes as she slowly nodded her head. The boy smiled.
"I'm glad."
At this, Sakura couldn't help but look away from him and blush. She wondered if he had actually realized that she had watched him. He hadn't said anything. She noticed a hand held out to her and looked to see the boy standing, still smiling down at her.
"My name is Naruto," he said. "Naruto Uzumaki."
Sakura stared up at the boy whom she now knew as Naruto. He had acted so differently before and she had felt darkness emanating from him. Now he seemed friendly and was speaking with compassion in his voice. She didn't know what was going on but whatever feelings that she had experienced earlier were gone now and she felt nothing but relief.
Relieved that it was now over.
Sakura let a small smile sneak onto her features as she took the boy's hand.
"Sakura," she said. "Sakura Haruno."
Unbeknownst to them, Kakashi smiled as he watched the scene unfold in front of him. He was glad to see Sakura getting along with him, though he was half expecting Sakura to keep her distance. It certainly seemed like a good thing that the king of demons or 'Naruto' he called himself was on their side. However, he was still going to report this to his boss. The decision pertaining to Naruto Uzumaki wasn't his after all.
Kakashi then looked towards the sky. The wind was beginning to pick up. Soon a rapid beating noise filled the air. The three looked to see a helicopter flying over them, steadily descending along the way.
"She got here quicker than I thought."
The pair gave Kakashi a questioning gaze. The commando smiled at them.
"Our ride's here," he said.
To say she was agitated would be quite an understatement.
Anko Mitarashi was not having a good day. Today was supposed to be a vacation day; her day off. Despite her numerous attempts to relax however, there was always something going on that required "her" undivided attention. For example, to get a good start on her vacation day, she went to her favorite restaurant for breakfast when the most unlikely thing happened.
A fight broke out.
She had somehow gotten in between the two parties involved and gave them a quick thrashing when negotiating didn't work. However, she had done it at the expense of the restaurant. After a nasty chewing from the restaurant owner, she was basically told never to eat there again. It wasn't long before her superiors caught wind of the event and called her to their office for another nasty chewing. The damages to the restaurant were deducted from her pay and she ended up filling out piles of paperwork for that afternoon. When she had gotten home to try to enjoy the rest of the day, her 'friend' called her in the last minute for a favor and now here she was, flying a chopper over an island in the middle of the Atlantic that notoriously known to be crawling with demons by devil hunters everywhere.
As she drew closer towards the landing zone she began to notice numerous figures moving around the island. What she found more prominent about them was the fact every one of them was carrying some firearm, from assault rifles to handguns.
They're probably mercenaries she thought dismissively.
There were always these guys around, looking to make a quick buck to shoot something or someone. She wasn't exactly irritated or disgusted by this however. Devil hunters were the same way after all.
Soon she spotted her contact, her friend approaching towards the landing zone. She noticed two other people with him. One of them was a young woman, probably no older than seventeen. Her unusual pink hair made her stick out like a sore thumb.
Well that's unusual Anko mused.
There was also a young man following behind her. He was in a sky blue jump suit and had wild blond hair. He didn't seem any older than the girl, but there was something else about him that she couldn't put her finger on.
She landed the chopper and watch as the trio stopped in front of it. Kakashi said something that seemed to surprise the pink-haired girl. She then nodded with understanding, not hiding the slight disappointment on her face. He then said something to the blond and he nodded as well. They were blissfully unaware that Anko was observing the both of them. The girl was a civilian no doubt and she had most likely stared death in the face countless times during her stay on the island. When she looked at the boy however, he seemed a little more mysterious. He didn't look like any civilian to her. The two teens got into the back of the helicopter and Kakashi sat in the seat next to her and gave her a look that seemed to say 'Thank-you and I'll make it up to you later'. Anko smirked at this.
Alright Kakashi, I'll forgive you this time.
And there they go.
Dr. Yakushi watched as the black helicopter flew further away from the island. It seemed that the devil hunter and that girl had made it out of the tower. However, Trent wasn't with them.
I guess he didn't make it.
The snow-haired man had seen the young man that was with them and knew exactly who he was, but he also found it strange. He seemed too normal. He wasn't able to detect any of the demonic essence that always seemed to linger around the fabled demon king. However, he found it was too soon to make any final assessments. It seemed that he was going to have to test to see that power for himself.
Suddenly, he was brought from his thoughts when his cell phone began going off. He reached into his pocket and pulled it out and read the name that appeared on the LCD and then flipped it open.
"So you made out after all," he said with a smirk.
"Of course," the man on the other line replied. "So did they come out?"
"Yes, but that devil hunter was with them."
"I see."
The man didn't sound disappointed. In fact he sounded amused.
"It was expected. They did send one of their best after all."
"True."
"So, what did you think of the boy?" the man then asked.
Yakushi then seemed doubtful.
"I'm not sure," he said, voicing his doubt. "He seemed more human than we predicted."
"Do you wish to test him?"
"If you don't' mind…" Yakushi replied.
"Do as you like."
Dr. Yakushi smiled at the opportunity. However, something else crossed his mind.
"What do you plan on doing now?" he asked curiously.
"I'm going to lay low for a while as I finish the preparations," was the reply. "Them sending Kakashi after my life was rather unexpected."
Yakushi silently agreed. Everyone who had studied demonology and the black arts knew of the devil hunter Hatake Kakashi and his skills. If he was after the man's life, then it would've been wise to disappear at least until everything was finished.
"I leave everything in your hands now Dr. Yakushi," the man said.
Click.
The snow-haired man pocketed the phone as he peered out towards the sunset. A wicked grin appeared on his face.
It looks like you're all mine, King of Devils.
Finally, civilization was Sakura's first thought as the helicopter drew closer towards the metropolitan peninsula. It had only been forty-five minutes since they had left the island, but to her it seemed like hours. Finally, she could find something to eat, take a shower, and finally go to bed.
But that will have to wait until after the debriefing she thought dejectedly. And that could take hours!
Earlier before boarding the chopper, Kakashi had let her know forehand
The pink haired schoolgirl groaned at the thought as she hung her head, drawing the attention of her new blond friend.
"Is there something wrong, Sakura?" he asked.
Sakura didn't look at him.
"It's nothing," she said, waving him off.
Naruto continued to stare at her before returning to watching their descent onto the heliport. Sensing his gaze averted, Sakura looked at him from the corner of her eyes. They had a small discussion of things earlier, but after the conversation was over, the two had been silent for the rest of the trip. Sakura knew why their interaction with one another had suddenly halted.
She was still somewhat afraid of him.
Even though he seemed to be normal now, she couldn't help but wonder if he'd stay that way. Man, how much she wished she could go home.
"Back already?"
The blonde woman watched as a black helicopter landed from her office inside the base. She had heard that Mitarashi Anko had taken off to retrieve Kakashi from the devil's isle. She hadn't expected that she'd return so soon and without any trouble from what it looked like he had brought someone back. Just then, the door opened behind her and someone walked inside.
"Ma'am, Kakashi has returned."
"Yes, thank you Shizune," the woman replied.
"He has brought two people with him. One of them is a civilian for sure."
The woman turned around.
"And the other?" she asked with an eyebrow raised.
"The other is appears to be a young boy around the same age as the girl, but…"
"But what?"
"…We think it's him."
The woman narrowed her eyes.
Sakura was already depressed. However upon seeing that she was at a military airforce base, she groaned.
When will it end?
It didn't help to think that they were most likely devil hunters. She had enough adventures with the military for one day. Now she just wanted to go somewhere where people weren't armed or wearing black uniforms.
Kakashi who noticed her state smiled at her.
"Don't look so down Sakura," he said. "Just a few more hours and you can go home."
At this, the pink haired girl hung her head after glaring daggers at the devil hunter.
Oops.
"Excuse me, lieutenant?"
The soldier blinked at the sound of his name. He turned around to see a young girl from the maintenance crew. She held cell phone towards him.
"It's Miss Shizune," she said.
Kakashi stared at the phone for a moment. They've must've already discovered who he had brought along with him. He placed the phone over his ear.
"Hey Shizune, what's up?"
Meanwhile, Naruto looked around with mild curiosity.
"Hey Sakura."
The pink-haired girl perked up and stared at the blond blankly.
"Yeah, what?"
"What is this place?"
"Well…"
The schoolgirl trailed off as she looked ahead.
"…this is a military base."
"A military base?"
Sakura nodded. She was a little surprised at first, but now that she thought about it, Naruto had been sealed up for centuries, so it was safe to assume that he didn't know much about modern society. He would have trouble fitting in.
"So is that a helicopter?" he asked, looking towards the black chopper behind him.
Sakura looked at him surprised and nodded. That was unexpected.
"And when you said military base, did you mean that this was an air force base?"
"Yeah…"Sakura was astounded. "How did you know that?"
Naruto closed his eyes.
"Well, it's sort of hard to explain," he said. "You know about me right?"
The schoolgirl was perplexed at first, but then after remembering her first encounter with him, she nodded.
"Well, I guess you could say that I learned through the demonic power."
That confused her and she showed it with a questioningly gaze.
"While I was sealed up, I would get visions of the outside every now and then."
"Are you psychic?" Sakura asked curiously.
Naruto shook his head.
"No. Now that I'm out in the world, I can't do it anymore."
Sakura began to say something in response to that, but then Kakashi interjected.
"Sorry you two, but this is where we go our separate ways," he said. He then turned to where Anko was talking to another maintenance crew member.
"Hey Anko, could you take care of Naruto?"
"W-What?!"
"Thanks," Kakashi said smiling. "Sakura come with me."
"Hey, waitaminute! Kakashi!"
Anko continued letting out a plethora of protests and curses as Kakashi and the pink-haired girl walked away. Sakura looked back towards Naruto, who merely smiled and waved at her. He didn't seem worried at all, but maybe he wasn't even aware of it. Sakura however, was wondering what were they going to do with her and what would become of her newly blond friend.
He was a demon after all.