Kuroi Kage VS. Konoha Shinobi
Chapter two here, enjoy.
Pairings: KakIru, GaaNaru and SasukeKankuro.
Summary: The peace in Konoha is about to be destroyed. Who are the Kuroi Kage, and what is their purpose? Do they want the Jinchuurikis in Konoha, or do they want more than that? What will the shinobis in Konoha do to protect those they love?
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Talking in minds" (Naruto and Gaara whenever they talk to Kyuubi or Shukaku in private or in this case, when Hoshigaki Kisame speaks with someone telepathically)
"Demons talking"
Flashback (In flashbacks, both 'Thinking' and "Talking in minds" can be used)
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Chapter Two: What happened in the past?
Tsunade sighed as she signed yet another paper. It was close to nightfall but she had lots of work to do. She heard Shinobis racing through the village, strengthen their walls or just checking so no suspicious had entered.
The Godaime leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes. It had been five years since they had defeated the Akatsuki, five years since they became the richest Hidden Village. Five years since so many greedy leaders in the other villages had become almost outrageous as they had collected the money for the criminals they had killed. She chuckled at the memory. And then when they found out that Suna's Jinchuuriki lived in Konoha, man what a chaos they made!
The leaders in Mist, Cloud and Rain had demanded that she would send Gaara back to Suna immediately. Tsunade pinched her nose at that memory. Though it had been fun seeing their faces as she said Gaara and Naruto were together, the discussions after that had been bothersome.
A knock on the door woke her up from her thoughts and she called to let in whoever it was. Shizune opened the door and said:
"I brought some tea."
"Thank you", the Hokage said.
The apprentice put the tray down and said:
"The preparations are going well, Tsunade-sama. We should be ready within a few days."
"Good", Tsunade said. "I'm won't let them take what they want."
"How did they all take the news?"
"Fairly well", the Godaime said. "The Hyuugas has been targeted before, and so has Naruto and Gaara but Itachi, Sasuke and Kakashi took it better than I thought they would."
"I hope they'll be fine", Shizune said and looked outside.
"We're talking about people who has fought many strong people before", the Hokage said. "They'll be fine. And if they are indeed in any great danger, Kuroi Kage has to get through most of our other shinobis to get to them."
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Itachi sat by Kisame in the guestroom. The tall man had woken up, but had been persuaded by the Uchiha to sleep a bit longer.
Itachi bent forward a bit to put a hand on Kisame's chest. It rose and sank underneath his palm in a steady motion, calming his nerves. Kuroi Kage wanted their eyes. His eyes. Sasuke's eyes. Even Kakashi's eye. He let his body relax and breathed with his partner. Kuroi Kage wanted eyes that would be useless to them. What a joke…
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Sasuke threaded his hands through Kankuro's short hair absently as he stared out the window. His shaking had subsided, but he had yet to speak a word. The puppeteer snuggled a bit into Sasuke's chest, trying to give the younger Uchiha some comfort. While the outer Sasuke was quiet and relaxed, his inner was in turmoil. Why did the Kuroi Kage wanted their eyes? Even if they obtained the Sharingan, the eyes would be nearly useless. Kakashi had once told Sasuke that using his Sharingan eye was like sticking a kunai through the eyeball once every few seconds. Shortly said, it hurt like hell.
Only Uchihas could use Sharingan properly. So was also the case with the Hyuugas Byakugan and the two Jinchuurikis had such good control over their Bijus so would the group try convincing them all to join Kuroi Kage? Yeah, good luck on that one… Sasuke knew he would never betray Konoha. He knew no Hyuugas would, so with Gaara and Naruto. Kakashi would never do it either. Itachi… Sasuke already knew the answer on that question. His brother had wanted to revive Hidan just to kill him again for what he did to Kisame, so Sasuke knew the older Uchiha did not trust organisations like Akatsuki or Kuroi Kage anymore. Konoha had accepted him and Kisame like fellow shinobis, not as some prodigy and life-saviours. Kuroi Kage just wanted power, a thing Itachi despised the most and were against. If Itachi would join Kuroi Kage, there would be many surprised people in Konoha. Sasuke knew his brother never would though and tightened his hold on Kankuro. Why did he know? Because Itachi had told him so:
Flashback (A few months earlier)
Sasuke sat on the porch and looked at the garden Iruka had arranged. It was filled with flowers near the house, and ended up to a training field at the furthest end. It was still early morning so the puppeteer was not up yet. Normally Sasuke would be asleep as well but he had dreamt that Itachi betrayed Konoha and massacred the whole household. This meant, he had slain Kankuro, Naruto, Gaara, Kakashi, Iruka and Kisame. He had let Sasuke live. It was like a reverse of the devilish nightmare when his family had been murdered.
Sasuke curled up and dropped his head on his knees. He had woken up and made sure everyone was alive. Then he had watched Itachi. The older Uchiha was asleep, having dragged and unresisting Kisame into his arms. The bigger man rested quietly in the crook of Itachi's neck. Sasuke shook his head for even thinking such thoughts and had retreated to the porch. So now he sat there as the morning birds began to sing when he should be in bed with his lover.
"Something on your mind?"
Sasuke whipped around and came face to face with Itachi. The older man held out a cup of water to the younger and Sasuke accepted it.
"You were into the guestroom", Itachi said. "Was it something special?"
"Just wanted to make sure my dream hadn't come true."
"What kind of dream was that then?"
"You… you had killed everyone."
Itachi looked at his brother in mild surprise. Then he sighed and said:
"You're still haunted by the memories?"
"Some of them are as real as you are now", Sasuke said. "Being with Kankuro has made them lessen though."
"If you are with someone you love, you can handle the pain and suffering easier."
"Is it why you like being with Kisame?"
Itachi smiled and spoke quietly:
"I love him as a friend and saw him for a family when I was in Akatsuki. If he would die my heart would die with him. That was back then though."
Sasuke looked at his brother who stared up in the sky and continued talking:
"Now I have so many people I love, and every one of them are shinobis. I'm terrified whenever you have been fighting and gotten hurt. My heart clenches every time someone penetrates Kankuro's guard. I jump whenever Naruto and Gaara do their stunts. Every time Kakashi falls down holding a hand over his eye, I want to remove his pain. When Iruka was hurt on a mission, it took Kisame hours to calm me down. But I wouldn't want it any other way."
"Why not?"
"Konoha is the place where I live", Itachi said, "but you guys are the place where I belong. I wouldn't give this up for anything."
End flashback
Sasuke nuzzled his face into his lover's hair to hide his smile. Yes. Itachi would never betray them.
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Chouji sat back a bit on the roof and relaxed slightly. He and Shikamaru had been put on this roof to guard the north wall. Well, Chouji was guarding. Shikamaru was… fast asleep. The larger man looked over to his friend and sighed. How the lazy genius Shikamaru got to Jounin-level was still a mystery to the Akimichi.
Currently the said Nara was lying on his side, face turned to Chouji. The larger man had unsealed a blanket he kept in a scroll and tucked the smaller man in.
Suddenly Shikaku jumped down on the roof and sat down silently next to his son.
"Your son is neglecting his duties", Chouji informed.
"Troublesome brat", Shikaku muttered before leaning in close to Shikamaru's ear and shouted: "I didn't raise you to sleep on your job!"
Shikamaru bolted up and scrambled away. He bumped into Chouji, nearly fell off the roof, and was caught by the Akimichi.
"I didn't mean you should try killing him for that", Chouji whined as he pulled Shikamaru back up.
The young Nara rubbed his ear and dragged the blanket closer before opening his eyes and saying to his father:
"Old man."
"Whiny brat."
"Shougi-loser."
"Hey! I only lose when I play against Naruto!"
Shikamaru yawned and curled up again. This time, with his head on Chouji's shoulder.
"Shika? My shoulder isn't a pillow."
"Shut it", Shikamaru mumbled. "Wake me if something happens."
In the next second he was out. Shikaku rubbed his head and said:
"Man… he's even worse than me."
-
Kiba and Shino were scouting the outer area of Konoha together with Tsume and Shibi. The two older ones had started in the south while the younger in north. When they were finished, they would go to the Godaime's head before heading to the Hokage in person to report.
Shino stopped on a branch and prepared to send out some bugs. Many things had changed on him over the years. He still wore his shades and his hair was still spiky, but other than that he had changed completely. He had a grey open jacket with a black T-shirt underneath and black ANBU pants with black sandals. He had broken the tradition of the male Aburames and wore no high collar jacket anymore. Kiba had finally said he looked not so freaky anymore.
Kiba himself was a bit different as well. He had as short hair as before and a fur-coat that reached to his knees. Unknown to Shino, it was made from the material of Kiba's first fur-coat, the coat Kiba had offered to the Aburame when he was cold. Underneath he had a net-shirt and grey baggy pants. The Inuzuka also had a scroll with an axe he used in battle.
Shino gently instructed the bugs where to go and they slowly descended from his skin. Kiba looked around, not feeling quite at peace without Akamaru. The white dog and Kuromaru was still in the village, looking after the younger animals the Inuzukas had. The dog had grown larger than Kiba and Shino, and now handled to carry them both on long travels.
After a few minutes, the bugs came back to Shino.
"Anything?" the Inuzuka said.
"No", Shino said. "Seems like they are careful."
"Okay", Kiba said. "Shall we continue then?"
Shino nodded and they leaped off again.
-
Neji and Lee were playing cards by the small coffee-table they had in the living room while Tenten sat on the couch with one of her weapons. The two shinobis had shared that apartment with each other for around two years. Neji always complained when Lee brought Sakura overnight though. He said they made too much noise, which always made the black-haired man blush.
Neji won again, and Lee said:
"You have to be cheating! No one can win six times in a row!"
"Well I can", the Hyuuga defended himself.
"Cheater…"
"Sore loser."
"Girl."
"Spandex guy."
Tenten sighed as she listened to her two teammates. Lee had stopped wearing spandex clothing not long after he and Neji had moved in but the Hyuuga still loved to tease him about it. Lee also loved to tease Neji for being such a girl. The only thing Neji had that resembled a girl though, was long hair and a slightly feminine body. Naruto was the same, and no one called him a girl.
"Lee", she said and he looked at her. "You need to find some better insults for Neji."
"Why? He looks like a girl."
"Naruto had long hair and a feminine body as well."
"But he doesn't look like a girl, or Neji", Lee said, and the Hyuuga's eyebrow twitched.
In the next moment, a kunai was imbedded in the floor right in front of Lee.
"Take it easy Neji!" the black-haired one said and held up his hands.
"You're impossible, spandex-boy", Neji sighed and the game was on once more.
Tenten slumped in defeat as Lee and Neji continued with their childish insults.
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Sakura and Hinata were checking up on the hospital's supplies to make sure they had everything they needed for an attack. Hinata was a little more nervous, as Ibiki had come and explained everything. Sakura caught the Hyuuga heir's hand brushing near her eyes too many times.
"They aren't here yet", the pink-haired girl said.
"Huh?"
"The enemies", Sakura said as she put back the bandages she had counted. "Your hand betrays you Hinata."
"Oh", she said a little dumbfounded. "I guess… stupid isn't it? To worry about my eyes?"
"I don't think it's stupid", Sakura said. "Kuroi Kage are the stupid ones, thinking they can just take whatever they feel like."
Hinata smiled a tiny bit and put back the box with healing potions where it would be found easily. Her hair was now to her waist and put up in a braid. She wore the standard medic-nin clothing. She was a Chuunin and a good medic-nin. She thought her father would disapprove when she wanted to become a medic-nin but he had only encouraged her to do it. He had said himself when she had made it he was very proud of her.
Sakura looked to see if they had enough with materials if Tsunade would have to make some antidotes. Her hair ended right over her shoulder blades, and was currently put up into a simple pony-tail. She also had a standard medic-nin outfit.
"Everything's here", she said finally. "Let's continue."
"Okay."
-
Ino was currently correcting a homework the children had done while they worked on a test. She was covering Iruka's classes as well that day, since it had been a long time since he had taken a break. The blonde-haired girl had decided to become a teacher since she knew that being a Jounin was too much for her.
She looked over the class to make sure no one cheated. Now she understood Iruka's pain; children are worse than enemies. She wore a standard Chuunin outfit but her vest was open. Her hitai-ate was wounded around her arm and her hair was up tight into a bun. She returned to her grading with a sigh as she thought about Kuroi Kage. She hoped they would not come yet, since the village had yet to be prepared.
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Gaara and Naruto sat out in the garden. Naruto laid on the grass, asleep. Gaara was just sitting with closed eyes as he thought about all that had happened. He remembered when the leaders for several villages had come here and started arguing because he lived in Konoha. They had said that one Jinchuuriki was enough in one village. The redhead had been upset about that; most people saw him and Naruto together with the other Jinchuurikis as mere tools for a village and not for humans. Tsunade had won though.
And then there was the fuss the Hidden Villages did when Konoha could collect money for the dead Akatsuki. Still today, Mist and Cloud was a bit sensitive on that subject. The others had more or less accepted it.
"What are you thinking on?"
Naruto's voice brought him out from his daze and he looked down on the blonde.
"Just the past", he answered.
"The past…" Naruto mumbled.
"Trying to remember the face the Mizukage made when Tsunade-sama told him we were dating", Gaara said and Naruto stifled a giggle.
"That was priceless!" the kitsune child said.
"His jaw was touching the floor, I'm sure of it", Gaara said with narrowed eyes as if he could see the man in front of him.
Naruto laughed and sat up. Gaara turned to the blonde and tugged on his hair. The blonde got the hint and moved closer. Gaara moved a bit and pushed his lips to Naruto's. The blonde fell back on the grass and the redhead followed. Naruto wound his arms around Gaara's neck and the redhead abandoned the blonde's lips in order to suck on his jaw. Naruto moaned and arched his back. Gaara laughed a bit and ran a series of kisses along Naruto's neck. Then he rolled over so that Naruto sat on top of him. The blonde whined and moved to kiss him. Neither of them noticed the brunette shaking his head from the kitchen window.
-
Iruka continued with the dishes.
"They look like love-birds to me", Kakashi said from his spot by the window.
"Don't look at them Kakashi, you pervert", Iruka said. "It's your son you're looking at."
"They look so cute together that's all."
"You say that about two 18-year olds with two horny demons inside??"
"Aah, Iruka has been taught pervert words!" the Copy-nin said with a smile.
"Oh you wish", Iruka said with a blush and threw a towel at the older man.
Kakashi leaned away as the towel came flying, slid down the windowsill before going to Iruka and snaked his arms around the brunette and said:
"Time goes fast. Soon they won't live here anymore."
"They will still remember us Kakashi", Iruka said. "Naruto still calls you Kaka-san at some occasions doesn't he? I think that's cute."
"Yeah, and he embarrasses the shit outta me", Kakashi whined. "That's what he loves."
"No", Iruka said. "When we speak about you, he always calls you Kaka-san. I don't think he's aware of it."
Kakashi snuggled into the Chuunin's neck and tightened his hold.
"Do you remember when the other Kages came and demanded that Gaara would move home to Suna?" the Copy-nin said.
"I was convinced that Kyuubi would come out and kill them all", Iruka said. "Then Naruto would revive them just so he could kill them again."
Kakashi laughed a bit and closed his eyes. It had been five years already. Naruto had grown up to a stronger shinobi than most in Konoha. Kakashi could not help but feel proud of him. Naruto had no parents that could be proud and show it, so Kakashi and Iruka had that role. And the Copy-nin would not want it any other way.
-
The night came too quickly for the shinobis' tastes but they had to move back into the village. Shino and Kiba were two of them. The bug-user had taken off his shades to see better and was currently sending out small amounts of bugs who would guard under the night. Kiba made sure Shino would not slip on any branches.
They finally came to the wall and stopped. Kiba sank down on the stone and sighed.
"I'm dead", he declared.
"It was just scouting", Shino said.
"My feet are dead", the Inuzuka complained.
Shino sat down next to his friend and coughed a bit. Kiba peered an eye at him.
"Told you", he said.
"Quiet."
"You can't go scouting for a whole day when you just recovered from a bad cold", Kiba said.
"Just quiet…"
"Crazy Aburame."
"Mother Inuzuka."
"Bug-lover."
"Dog breath."
"Shit, how do you always find the best insults?!"
"…"
"What?!"
"Do we really act like we are Jounins?"
"… No."
They both looked at each other and then laughed. Kiba leaned back and said:
"Mom would kick my ass if she saw me."
"That she would", a voice from behind them said.
Kiba jumped up and whipped around. Tsume sat on the wall just above Shino with a big grin.
"Or maybe not", she said. "She's too tired to deal with her brat."
"When did you get there?" the Inuzuka said.
"I've been here for a while", the woman said. "Your dad is on his way, Shino."
The Aburame made thumb-up and slumped against the wall.
"You too?" she said with a sympatric smile to Shino and he nodded. "Yeah, this day has been long."
"Too long", Kiba said. "And just the thought it will be the same tomorrow makes me wanna cry."
"Please don't", Tsume said. "You're living with Shino so he's the one who will suffer."
"Shino won't mind."
"I will."
"No you won't."
"Yes I will."
"Shut up."
"No."
"Damn Aburame."
"And proud of it too."
Kiba yelled, Shino grinned and Tsume laughed.
-
Chouji walked into his apartment and yawned. He was dead tired. He took off his sandals and got into the kitchen. He made rice with chicken quickly when it knocked on his kitchen window. He opened it and Shikamaru jumped in.
"Can't sleep?" the larger teen asked.
"No", Shikamaru answered. "I hate that place."
"Then why do you live there?"
"Cheap rent."
Shikamaru had moved into a small apartment near where Naruto had lived before. It had no heat or water, and the electricity was rarely on. So Shikamaru spent most of his time with Chouji. The Akimichi had told the lazy shinobi to just move in but Shikamaru had not done it yet.
Shikamaru walked to the couch and fell down on it. He threw off his sandals and Jounin-vest before curling up.
"Have you eaten?" Chouji called out.
"No", Shikamaru mumbled. "Don't have anything at home."
"Then sit up", Chouji said from his spot not far from the couch. "Or else I'll drop the food on you."
Shikamaru got up and yawned. Chouji put a bowl with rice and chicken into the lazy shinobi's one hand and a pair of chopsticks in the other.
"Eat up, put it in the sink in the kitchen and then go to bed."
"You sound like my mother", the Nara said.
"I do not", Chouji said. "Your mother would never have been that nice."
"True."
-
Hinata looked outside as she prepared to go to bed. Her father had asked her to spend the night in the Hyuuga mansion and to tell the truth, she would even had asked for permission if he had not asked. She looked around her room and smiled; Hiashi had let everything stay as she wanted and made sure the room was clean all the time.
She sank down on her futon and yawned. It was still not so late, but she was needed early on the hospital.
-
Sakura had met Ino for a late dinner before the girls had gone to their homes. Sakura was still living with her parents but sometimes went to Lee's and Neji's apartment. This day though she went straight home. Hinata had said team Gai was there, and the pink-haired did not want to interrupt.
Ino was living in an apartment together with another medic-nin, a 17-year old girl that was really jumpy. The blonde woman had almost gone crazy being home, but the younger had started doing better. Now the Chuunin only hoped she was allowed some sleep before the morning. She looked up at the dark sky and said quietly:
"I hope you guys will be careful tomorrow, Chouji, Shika even if it's just scouting. Or else I won't forgive you."
-
Tenten was asleep on the couch, curled up under a blanket Gai had given her. The said teacher sat on a chair, looking out at the moon. If others had seen him, they would have said he was oddly quiet. But he felt like this was not the time to fool around.
He tore his eyes from the moon and looked over at the other two in the team. Neji was lying on the floor, on his side, with a pillow and a blanket. Lee had draped one arm over the Hyuuga's waist loosely, and had a piece of Neji's hair clenched in his fist.
Gai chuckled and got up. He walked to the two of them, and crunched down. He carefully untangled Neji's hair from Lee's hand and the black-haired one woke up.
"Neji's gonna kill you if you rip off his hair", Gai said.
"Oh", Lee said and relaxed a bit. "I guess he would."
Neji suddenly turned and bumped right into Lee's chest. The Hyuuga squirmed and then settled down on Lee's shoulder.
"Sensei, help me!" Lee whispered.
"Why? You guys look cute like that."
"If Sakura will know this, she's gonna kill me because there is no picture of it!" Lee whined. "She always takes embarrassing pictures of me and Neji."
"She started with her team and their partner's and now starts with her own boyfriend and his friend?" Gai said and shook his head in amusement.
"That's not all", Lee said as he dragged the blanket up on Neji's shoulder.
"Not all?"
"She has even taken on Itachi-san and Kisame-san, and even on Shido and Kiba. Hinata also loves pictures like this."
Gai suddenly grinned and said:
"I suddenly remember I do have a camera."
"No, please don't Gai-sensei!"
"Not so loud, you'll wake up Neji."
"Sensei!"
"I'm sure Sakura will appreciate it."
Gai ran off to get it and Lee sighed. He looked down at Neji and said:
"She's gonna tease us to death for this… and it's all your fault, you girl."
As an answer, Neji burrowed deeper into Lee's shirt.
"O-Oi! Stop snuggling me, Neji!"
-
Kurenai and Asuma had the night watch and stood by the north gate. The man was smoking as usual while Kurenai watched the stars.
"Asuma?" she said suddenly.
"Yeah?"
"Do you think Tsunade-sama will keep the Hyuugas, Kakashi and the Uchiha brothers out from the battle?"
"Even if she wanted she can't", the man answered.
"Why not?" the red-eyed Jounin said.
"Because they will still fight."
Kurenai looked up at Asuma, and then smiled.
"Yes, they certainly would…"
-
Tsunade sat in her office with Jiraiya and Ibiki. The three of them were planning a few traps the shinobis would put out in the morning. She took the last of her tea and stretched. Jiraiya looked out for a moment and yawned. The man had not rested in days.
"Jiraiya", the Hokage said. "Take some rest now. Ibiki and I can finish this."
The Toad Sannin made no complaints, and soon walked out. Ibiki put his final touches and said:
"I will be going for my night watch then, Tsunade-sama."
"Good work."
Soon she was left alone in the office. She made the last paper done before falling asleep on the desk. Shizune came in and saw her teacher asleep. She silently huffed and brought out a blanket. She draped it over Tsunade's shoulders, put the papers in a neat stack before shutting of the lights and letting the Godaime rest.
-
Iruka shut off the lights in the house and looked in every room to make sure everyone was home. Then he entered the bedroom where Kakashi was sitting by the low table reading a book. They had changed the design of parts of the house to the old Japanese style. The bedrooms and guestrooms were in that style. The kitchen had remained the same though. They had divined the living room into two parts; a part with cosy sofas and arm chairs while the other was in traditional Japanese style.
Kakashi looked up when Iruka entered and said:
"Are they all sleeping?"
"Not sleeping, but they are all here", Iruka said and removed his blue shirt. "I'm so tired."
Kakashi closed the book and rose up. He embraced Iruka and kissed his shoulder.
"I'm too tired for even that", the brunette said with a slight smile but then had to bite his lip to keep inside the moan that threatened to come out as Kakashi carefully pinched his nipples.
Kakashi made sure that the door was closed and then whispered into Iruka's ear:
"Don't worry; I'll be gentle."
-
Kiba looked at his sleeping friend from his bed. The Aburame was exhausted and was coughing every now and then. The Inuzuka slowly rose up from the bed and went to the small kitchen to get a glass of water to the bug user.
He kneeled by Shido's futon and gently shook him. Shido coughed and opened his eyes.
"It's water for your throat", Kiba said and the Aburame sat up with a grimace.
Shido drank it slowly, pausing to cough and finally drained it. Kiba got some more and put it by the futon. Shido laid down and sniffed.
"You feel absolutely horrible or what? I can get a replacement for tomorrow if you want to rest", the Inuzuka said.
"We'll see", Shido said. "My throat is just irritated. I'm not sick."
Kiba just pulled the covers to the Aburame's nose and went back to his own futon. But after only a half-hour Shido began to cough again. Kiba kicked off the covers, and Akamaru lifted his head and whined.
"I can't sleep with the coughing", Kiba said to the dog.
He went to Shido and laid down behind the bug-user.
"Kiba?"
The Inuzuka pulled Shido around and hauled him up better in his arms. He let one hand rest on Shido's back and the other was buried in the bug-user's short hair. Shido tensed up only a few moments before melting into Kiba's arms.
"It's alright", Kiba said. "You just rest."
Shido closed his eyes and was soon asleep. Kiba heard Akamaru get up and sighed happily as the dog laid down just behind him and spread his big tail over the both men.
"Thanks Akamaru", the Inuzuka said and soon fell asleep as well.
The dog only snuggled closer and closed his eyes.
-
Lee had given into his fate. Now he had two teammates that had fallen asleep on him. Tenten, curled up with her head next to his and Neji, who was still snuggling with him.
'What did I do to deserve this?'
A moment later:
"Neji, stop doing that! Neji! Oi, Neji are you even listening to me?!"
And the only thing Gai could do was rolling on the floor in laughter.
-
Sasuke was rocking Kankuro back and forth as the latter had woken up by a rare nightmare. The Uchiha was stroking the sweat-matted hair and kissed the puppeteer's forehead. Kankuro breathed deeply and clutched onto the younger man.
"Sasuke…" he got out after a while.
A soft 'Hmm' by his ear made sure that Sasuke was listening.
"Please, you have to promise me", the puppeteer from Suna continued.
"Promise what?"
"That no matter what happens, you will survive."
Sasuke drew back a bit to look into Kankuro's eyes but the older one refused to meet the onyx eyes. The Uchiha smiled and tilted Kankuro's head his way and kissed him. Then he breathed against the man's lips:
"I'll survive. You will survive. Our family will survive. We're too damn stubborn to die."
Kankuro gave a shaky laugh and said:
"You're right. I don't know what I'm worrying about."
"Go back to sleep Kankuro", Sasuke said and massaged the puppeteer's shoulders.
The older man relaxed against the Uchiha's chest and was soon asleep. Sasuke laird back down and followed his lover not long after that.
-
Itachi gulped down the water in mere seconds and then rested his forehead against the glass. The same dream again. He had killed them. He had slain them all, and he had enjoyed it. Itachi moaned as the dream flashed pass his eyes. Naruto's face was forever etched into a look of incredible sorrow as one string of blood came from his mouth. Gaara's green eyes were wide-open in surprise. Kakashi crying over Iruka's dead body. Sasuke trying to keep the dying Kankuro alive. And Kisame. Kisame was just laying there, his dark eyes locked with Itachi's Mangekyo Sharingan. And then the one word that Kisame had said with his damaged voice:
"Why?"
Itachi snapped up his head and put down the glass. He almost ran back to the guestroom and slumped against the wall in relief when he saw Kisame sleeping. He pushed his dark hair from his eyes and crawled to the fish-man's futon. He sat down and just stared. After a while Kisame opened his eyes and looked up at Itachi.
"What's wrong?" came the familiar voice of Kisame inside Itachi's mind as the bigger man spoke.
"Nothing", Itachi whispered.
"When you look like that, it's not nothing Itachi."
"I just had a dream that made me a bit unsettled, that's all."
"Unsettled?" Kisame's voice said and the man raised an eyebrow. "Then why does it look like you went to hell and back in your eyes?"
Itachi looked down and said:
"Caught me… Um, I actually dreamed of… I dreamed I killed you guys. And for a moment I believed I had already done it."
Kisame sat up and looked at Itachi with tilted head. Then he smacked the smaller man over his head. The Uchiha clutched his head and said:
"What was that for, Kisame?!"
"Idiot…" Kisame's raspy voice said. "If you think like that, you won't be able to fight."
Itachi looked up at Kisame with wide eyes. Then he bowed his head as tears of relief started to fall. He took one of Kisame's hands and held it tightly.
"Kisame?" he said.
"Yes Itachi-san?"
"Thank you."
-
Gaara looked at the delicate blonde that was sleeping quietly next to him. The scent of sweat and sex still lingered in the air. A few strands of blonde hair still clung to Naruto's sweat-soaked skin. The pale skin almost shone in the moonlight and the redhead could not help but admire the man he held. When he had been younger, so young he had not even met Naruto, he had never held anyone before. First time he really held someone was when he hugged Naruto for the first time.
He laid down to get some rest and smiled as the blonde squirmed a bit. He heard a soft 'Ouch' and said:
"Did I hurt you?"
"You didn't need to push to hard", Naruto answered. "I'll have bruises on my hips tomorrow."
"Then it's good we don't have anything to do tomorrow."
"We have to help somehow."
"But not in the morning", Gaara said. "We'll let your body… recover, and then we go to Tsunade."
"Gaara, did Shukaku have anything to do with it today?" the blonde said.
"As a matter of face he had", the redhead said with a blush. "He insisted."
"That's why it burned so much", Naruto muttered. "Tell him to go easy on the chakra flood; I thought I was dying."
Gaara blushed even more and then smirked. He looked at Naruto, who held up his hands and said:
"Don't even try it."
"Come on, Tsunade-sama said herself we could rest all day tomorrow."
Naruto had not time to response as Gaara attacked his lips and soon he lost the fight and gave into the pleasure Gaara gave him.
But… Man, his ass was going to hurt tomorrow.
Tbc…
Chapter two done! More perverted now; I had to show that they had a sexlife!
This chapter was only a bit about what had happened and then maybe it'll be some flashbacks but I don't find that necessary.
Chapter three will be about obviously the day after and maybe a few days ahead. No fighting in chapter three with Kuroi Kage; that's later on.
Look forward to it!
Ja,
Tiro