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Naruto-X-multiple-crossover's
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"Talking"
"Kage Talking"
'Thinking or thought's'
"Talking on the phone"
Words on paper
Memories or flashback's
Sadistic
place/time and time-skips
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On with the story!
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-leaf Village Place 8:59am-
-No One's pov-
Gemma makes sure that Shikamaru is wearing sun glass's to protect his eyes from the bright day time, and that the hood is up on his blue hoodie covering his white hair from and all his marking are hidden from view completely.
Before leaving his home with the older man having the young Endless Eclipse ride on his shoulders, due to the many people who well be out during the day, Sakura holds her guardians left hand as the three of them head into the T&I building, soon they enter Ibiki's office closing the door behind them.
Semi-ignoring the two ten year old twin integrators, who are both male with very wild spiky dark deep gray short-long hair with layers-flacks of tan-blue/gray-white-black-deep crimson though out their hair, duel gold/silver-blue slited eyes, arctic blue lightning bolts markings on their cheeks, both wearing standard T&I uniforms.
After they are both finished giving reports to their boss, Gemma clears his throat while he says calmly "hey Ibiki, i got a special delivery for ya" then before the head of T&I can say or do anything.
Shikamaru goes around his desk, standing near enough to touch his chair but not the man himself, as Shikamaru holds out a package wrapped in a old worn cloth, while he says slightly nervous due to the two unknown people in the room, but he knows that he can only feel emotions thanks to Kage.
"h-here this is for you, it's the hand cuffs you gave me a year ago i think?, is this where you've been when ever i was able leave after picking lock on my cage?, i looked for you on those nights but...!" suddenly he stops speaking, brown eyes widening fearfully behind sun glass's.
Glass's that are also hiding the quick flash of black rings surrounding his eyes, before the rings fade too quickly for anyone to notice, and he drops the wrapped hand cuffs which hit the floor, as Shikamaru moves very quickly, going underneath Ibiki's oak desk heavily shaky hands holding tightly onto the man's pant leg's, even while he and Kage silently fight for control.
Before anyone can question what the hell just happened, the door opens to reveal Shikaku Nara looking afraid, as he walks into the room stopping in front the desk while the man says panicked "Ibiki something horrible has happened!, when i went into my son's room this morning only find it empty, i think that mon-Shikamaru has been sav-kidnapped by someone!".
Ibiki looks coldly at the Nara clan head as he says calmly lying though his teeth "the twins here, found the body of a four year old in a nearby river earlier this morning, I'll take you to see if it is your son, later on sometime around noon today, now leave i am busy doing these dammed reports!" the Nara head leaves looking grief stricken, but no one in the room, miss's the almost pleased yet angery look in the mans eyes, as he does leave.
Waiting until no one can feel the mans chakra, Ibiki brings the shaking form of Shikamaru out from under his desk, and into his lap-arms as he says "Shikamaru right?" the four year old nods his head waiting for Ibiki to keep speaking, and no one has to wait long.
As a sharp dangerous smile appears on his scared lips, while he says "tell me Shikamaru, if you disowned the Nara clan as your family, what would you do?" Shikamaru takes off the sun glass's so everyone can see his serious brown eyes as he says "ask you to adopt me, but would you adopt a monster like me, like us Ibiki?" the twin integrators duel gold/silver-blue slited eyes, widen along with Gemma's brown eyes, Sakura's emerald eyes and Ibiki's black eyes, all widen in shock at Shikamaru's words for different reasons.
Only for everyone's eyes to almost fall out in shock, when Ibiki says dead seriously "Reno!, Nico! if there isn't a real birth certificate, for my four year old son born to Her and me on July 4th, named Shoku Morino on my desk by the noon today, then you both can kiss your souls and your lives goodbye!, because this is a mission that No One not even Hokage is allowed to find out about this" Reno and Nico salute Ibiki in a respectful manner before disappearing to do their mission.
The look Ibiki gives Gemma dares the other adult male to say something about his way of doing things, a knowing grin is the only thing he gains, to which Ibiki rolls his eyes flipping his friend the bird, uncaring that the man's daughter is standing beside him.
Before turning his gaze to the four year old in his hold, who is still looking at him with wide unblinking brown eyes only to blink when Ibiki flicks his forehead, while he says "enough shell shock Shoku, although if a woman with purple hair try's to attack me later today, don't break her bones with your shadows, like you did that prisoner last year alright? it wouldn't be a good first meeting for the two of you at all".
Soon the head of T&I gains a very serious look "now then child, let me see what's under those wrappings and bandages, as your new father it's my job to make sure your not hurt, and this is a job i damm well intend to take seriously" Shoku formerly known as Shikamaru does as his new father, asks letting the older man see his markings had any other adult but Gemma been in the room they would have had a heart attack.
When the head of T&I, one of the most feared male's in the village pulls the soon to be former Nara's Endless Eclipse into a tight hug, petting the boy's waist length white hair, as he says though bared teeth "Eclipse indeed, i guess that the name i picked out for you, it is rather fitting right Shoku?".
"Although, if i had known you were the Nara clan's current Endless Eclipse, i would have made you my son a year ago, as the head of T&I i have access to certain old files barely anyone remembers, hell i don't even think the any of the Hokage's know about your kind, your bloodline or the Endless Eclipse at all, and i don't believe in coincidences not one dammed bit, If the third Hokage the so called professor, does know what goes on behind the Nara compound walls, with a Endless Eclipse in house then the old man is planning something".
"Just like he is most definitely doing for Naruto, why else would he flat out refuse the request of adoption every time it comes up?, hell basically every member of the anbu, has tried to adopt the boy over the span of the last four years".
"Although due to the his continued refusal, it wouldn't surprise me if the child is in the anbu HQ right now, without the Hokage even knowing where the kid is staying, such actions from the anbu makes me wonder..." Ibiki trails off slightly looking at Gemma, whom nods his head firmly thinking along the same lines as his friend.
And they both know if Sarutobi does find out about Naruto, living under the loving care of the Anbu and the old man does take the kiddo away, then the old man is going to get up close and personal with all but the anbu who bares the inu mask, he is the only member of anbu who doesn't want Naruto to continue living, due to the boy being the jailor for the Kyuubi, both men think Kakashi is an idiot, and that it's only a matter of time before the anbu force him to leave their ranks.
The door slams open revealing a 24 year old woman, with purple hair in a spiky fanned out high pony tail her bangs are wild-messy, pupiless brown eyes filled with many different emotions, she is wearing a mesh body suit over this she has a tan trench coat, a orange mini skirt, dark blue belt, light gray shin guards, shinobi sandals, a snake fang necklace and a standard Leaf village hitai-ate.
However the fact she has both Reno and Nico in a iron tight hold by their dark deep gray hair, as both ten year old integrators silently curse out the woman with their slited eyes, even while she kicks the door shut.
As she says dangerously "Ibiki! you have five seconds, to tell me what the terror twins here mean, by congrats on my new son right fucking now!, or i am going to force feed you your balls!" she lets the twins go, as she walks towards Ibiki with the intent to harm him.
Only for shadows to wrap around her arms, legs, waist and neck, all eyes turn towards the four year old in the T&I head's hold as Ibiki says "Shoku don't break Anko's bones and more impotently do not snap her neck, she has a right to be upset with me, i didn't tell her that we are now parents, now then be nice and let your mother go, so she can meet you properly" the shadows fade away thus releasing their hold on Anko.
Who is rubbing her throat lightly as she looks at Shoku then to Ibiki shocked, while she holds up a newly finished birth certificate for a Shoku Morino born to Anko Morino and Ibiki Morino on July 4th dated back four years ago, Anko locks her intense gaze with Ibiki's own. "this has to the strangest proposal in history".
Sakura and Shoku look slightly confused when five minutes go by without anyone saying anything, before Anko says "Well?" Ibiki raises an eyebrow as he drawls out calmly "Well What?" Anko grins sharply leaning towards Ibiki as she says "well Ibiki, are you going give your wife a welcome back from mission, kiss or what?" the T&I second in command holds up a marriage certificate between Anko Mitarashi and Ibiki Morino married on April 1st dated five years ago.
No member of T&I ever does anything half-assed, so he knows all to well that the marriage certificate in Anko's hand is the real thing, so Ibiki smirks dangerously then with a single lighting quick movement of his left hand, he grabs the back of Anko's neck, pulling the woman into a full on surprise kiss.
Which soon turns into a battle of tongues, completely uncaring that Gemma, Nico and Reno all have deep blushes on their faces, while the two four years old's in the room are still very confused, as to what's happening right now.
They break apart for air both grinning dangerously as Shoku looks at them in pure awe "s-so we have a father and a mama now?, but now are you sure you want a m-monster like me, like us for a so-!" Shoku is cut off by Anko, as she pulls the boy out of Ibiki's hold into her embrace, running her hand though his long white hair.
While she gives her new found husband, a look that only promises the man a slow very painful death with a spoon, Ibiki doesn't need to be threatened he just retells what Gemma told him, then he adds what he also knows about this whole mess from the old T&I files.
After the hour long report about what the hell is going on, Shoku looks at Sakura, then he notices his friend looks afraid and Shoku hopes his plan well work as he says "Sakura do you trust me?" she nods her head then Shoku uses the shadows to make her disappear, only to reappear beside the Endless Eclipse.
Who wraps his friend in a tight hug which Sakura quickly returns, as he buries his face in her pink hair, knowing the twins and the adults are watching them while he whispers too low for them to hear, well for everyone but the twins to hear as Shoku says softly "Sakura i need you to promise me that no matter what happens, or what i do in the future that you wont hate me, a-and when you meet Kage please don't hate him ether he is very important to me, please?" Sakura nods her head as she says "i promise Shoku" nuzzling her friend's neck instinctively then to the wolf-lioness's surprise Shoku nuzzles her back, causing her to begin purring happily.
Nico looks at his spiky-fluffy shorter haired gold-blue duel eyed older twin brother Reno, who grins at his spiky-wild longer haired silver-blue duel eyed younger twin brother, nodding their heads to one another before both 11 year old's do something that shocks the three adults in the room.
The 11 year old twin integrators, walk over to where Sakura and Shoku are still hugging, before hug one another with the four year olds between them, Nico and Reno have their foreheads pressed together gently hugging the younger two between them.
Duel eyes closed in silent understanding of the other, as they say together softly yet hoarsely not use to speaking "Our's, the three of you are our's" the three adults in the room, tense having never heard the twins talk before, but the three of them stay silent.
While they watch calmly, as two pairs of small hands grab tightly onto each of the twins, who in turn tighten their hold on the now crying Shoku and Sakura, and soon it's only twenty or so minutes later before Shoku and Sakura fall asleep in the twins hold, both of whom share another silent look at the other, before they each pull a single long white coyote fang out of their mouth's, attaching their respective fang to some a tan-brown braided string of leather.
Nico holds his fang out in his open left palm Reno does the same with his right palm, while they both cover the other's palm with their right-left hand chakra flowing between them infusing both fangs, with both of their chakra Reno places his golden silver tipped fang necklace around Shoku's neck.
At the same time that Nico, places his silver golden tipped fang necklace around Sakura's neck, both fangs have a small arctic blue lightning bolt in the middle of them, the twins glowing duel gold/silver-blue slited eyes are locked, while they say together dead seriously, but still very hoarse from lack of speaking out loud "Ours".
Then before Ibiki can ask them what the two of them mean, Reno and Nico transform into dark deep gray-tan-white-black-deep crimson furred dire wolf sized coyote's, with arctic blue lightning bolt markings on their furred cheeks, white tipped long furry tails, black tipped pointed ears their arctic blue hitai-ate around their necks like collars, Nico and Reno curl protectively around the sleeping four year old's thus hiding them completely from view.
The door opens to reveal that Shikaku has returned to check the body, and the Nara raises an eyebrow at the site of two very large canines, laying in the middle of the room curled up around one another, one bares its fangs at him the other quickly following suit yet nether of them move to attack him, even as Ibiki leads the very nervous Nara clan head out of his office, giving Anko a stern look to which she nods her head firmly.
Before jerking she head to the left Anko silently tells the twins to move, after they do as their told Anko picks up Shoku, while Gemma picks up Sakura then they all head to Gemma's house, to ether wait for Ibiki to show up or the kiddo's to wake up which ever comes first, but while the four of them wait, they might as be some much needed planning.
This is what Ibiki walks into the house, to find Shoku and Sakura sleeping on the living room couch, while Anko, Gemma, the twins having returned to their human forms, more then likely due to fact they cant use anbu hand signs to speak in their animal forms, all four sitting at the kitchen table, brainstorming different plans for when everything goes to hell in a gift basket.
Ibiki wraps his arms around Anko's waist, resting his chin on the top of her head, while she leans the back of her head against his mid-lower ribs, both of them knowing that they need to stop skirting around one another like they normally do.
For many reasons now mostly due to their new son, as well as the fact that the two of them are now legally married, the twins look at Ibiki in silent curiosity wondering what happened with the Nara clan head, and they are thankful nether of them need to make the question known with words, as Gemma voices everyone's curiosity.
"so what did that bastard have to say, about the fact that the corpse of that four year old whom wasn't Shoku?" the look on the head of T&I's scarred face is grim even for him, as he says evenly "that's just it, the fucker didn't say a dammed thing, he looked at the body for a few seconds".
"then he thanked me for letting him see the body for him self, before Nara left the morgue, but he wasn't able to hide the look in his eyes nearly as well as he thought he did, on his way out of the building the look in his eyes belonged to man, who is planning to do whatever it takes to get what he wants...".
Ibiki stops speaking, when a pained cry sounds from the backyard everyone leaves the kitchen to see why, they see Sakura sitting on the porch watching Shoku with curious but worried green eyes, five pairs of sharp eyes search the dark backyard looking for the source of the cry.
Then in the darkest part of the backyard, they see a unknown man whom is sitting down while he leans heavily against a tree, the unknown man has a white hunter nin bares a mask, one without eyeholes or a village symbol, the mask simple with black swirl designs, thus covering his face from view.
But what they are able to see of the unknown man, who appears to be a hunter nin, is wild loose lower back length white hair, a crimson tomoe earring in his right ear, he is wearing gray anbu shirt without armor, black anbu style pants with gray wrappings at the leg bottoms acting like open toe shoe's on his clawed feet, a long flowing white scarf and a black trench coat, black swirl markings on each of his clawed fingers.
However the most shocking thing, is the fact that the hunter nin has Shoku in his lap, while the child's shaky hands are holding tightly onto his black trench coat, as Shoku cry's into his black clothed chest, the hunter nin runs his left hand though Shoku's white hair, while he simply let's the young Endless Eclipse continue crying.
Soon a gentle male voice rings out from behind the mask "my my, I'd forgot just how surprising young children can be, when afraid or when in pain, i never expected to be summoned on my way back from my latest kill, least of all by you, you don't even know how you brought me here, do you Shikamaru?".
Shoku borrows farther into the hunter nin's chest, shaking his head as he says tearfully "S-Shika, why are the shadows whispering to us so loudly tonight, my head hurts so much, Kage doesn't like it ether keeps cursing at them, so c-can you make them whisper softer, p-please" Anko is about to take her son out of the hunter nin Shika's hold, only to freeze in place at his toneless voice.
"I know it hurts and if i do this for you two, then you need to promise me something" to everyone surprise but Shika's own Shoku nods his head slowly as he says "what do you want me to promise you?" Shika gently makes Shoku look at him, as he removes his mask fully.
Thus revealing familiar black swirl markings, empty pitch black eye sockets and a small smile as Shika says calmly "i've seen more without my eyes then i ever have with them, our bloodline doesn't need eyes to see, the shadows do that more then just fine for us, the Nara ripped our eyes right out of their sockets, we were...ten i think?, so what about you two?".
Something flash's though Shoku's brown eyes, pure fear as he tightens his hold on Shika's trench coat while he says seriously "N-No Nara's!, your future clone told me it well hurt, but i shall live though the pain if it's you, and besides the Nara would kill us none of them would stop at our eyes".
Shika removes his crimson tomoe earring, placing it into Shoku's right ear as he says evenly "alright never take off the earring, it blocks some of the pain from the shadows whispers, while you can still hear their voices clearly" then something in the pair changings, they slowly stop showing any emotions all together, before Shika says tonelessly.
"Alright if you truly want me to take your eyes instead of the Nara, then let me make sure no one try's to stop me half way though taking out your eyes alright?, it may lead to some pretty bad damage if they do succeed in such actions" before anyone can blink shadows wrap around Anko, Ibiki, Gemma, Reno and Nico but Shika gives Sakura a sad? smile, before letting the shadows lightly hold her back.
Shoku doesn't scream, cry, shed a tear or shy away from the black shadow kunai, that Shika is using to get the job done and the child's lack of emotions unsettles the three seasoned shinobi.
Because this is how they would respond to such a painful thing, but the one whom it's happening to, is only four he shouldn't be reacting like this, like them, like someone who has been though worse, Shika wraps his black sash around Shoku's head black blood soaking the cloth, Shika destroys the young Endless Eclipse's former eyes with a smile on his face.
"The same yet so different, she was right to tell me that she thinks your past is much different from our own, i am sorry this had to happen, this way my younger self" Shoku gives a weak grin letting the older Endless Eclipse hold him while he says "Shika lets cut the emotional bullshit, we both know that nether of us can feel unless Kage share's, besides you had no intention of leaving us whole after i brought you here".
"And of course she was right, Sakura is always right, and we would be six feet under if we ever tell her other wise, also my future self, you should probably call me Shoku to avoid confusion, i am Shoku Morino for now, although Kage is still Kage" everyone's eyes widen in shock, at the fact that the hunter nin is a older version of Shoku from the future.
A fond? chuckle leaves Shika as he grins sharply saying in false happiness "enough feelings indeed, something in which Kage is always using on us, which only ends up making things more annoying, are you sure that you haven't completed the mission my future clone, has no doubt has already given you?".
"How else would you know, about sakura always being right, even when our dear wife is wrong?" if he still had his eyes Shoku would have rolled them, but he settles for grinning while he says fondly? "i may be four years old, but even i know it's a death wish to any male, whom is stupid enough to piss off their lover and my time's Sakura is our best friend and a girl, so Kage and i thought the same reasoning applies, should anyone think about taking her away from us, by a forced marriage or similar means,...lets just say Kage and i wont mind sharing control".
Both of the Endless Eclipse's have the same dark gleeful smile on their faces even as Shika says amused "so you've already shared control with Kage that's good, now i don't actually need to do anything to help out the two of you" the five shinobi all tense ready to attack, when Shika gains a dark almost evil smile on his face.
"Such a fine final birthday that i have had tonight, after all i got to remove your eyes myself, even if that wasn't my original plan, when i found out you brought me here" running a single claw down Shoku's throat drawing blood, while a deep purr leaves Shika.
"I was almost home when you brought me here Shoku, so my original plan was to slit your throat and watch you bleed to death, we both know i had intention of helping you at all, although that is exactly what happened tonight, thanks to our troublesome partners sharing their sickening feelings with us,
"Now then go to sleep Shoku, as my Kage really does need to talk to your Kage about their own matters" Shoku nods his head slowly, then soon after words black ring markings appear round his eyes sockets, and Shika also gains the same markings not long after.
Soon Shoku? frowns deeply as he says in a different voice, one that holds a slightly raspy tone as the boy clearly now confused boy says enraged "what the fuck?, why the fuck am i fucking blind!, goddammit Shoku that's it, i am going to fucking kill you then this body well belong to me only!, your dead next time i see you, oh wait i wont be seeing you, cause you Willingly made us fucking blind, you sick fuck!".
The other's are confused by the change in the four year old's voice as well as his... well everything really, although Ibiki is impressed with his son's new found fondness for cursing, and those watching the odd pair begin to wander if Shika changed as well, the man only proves as a older version of the new voice says annoyed.
"Now that's fucking hysterical, coming from you brat, after all we both know, that if we kill our partners then we die too, that's the fucked up thing about being an Endless Eclipse, we can survive without our eyes just fine, but if Shika for me, Shoku for you, or we for them, get fucking eliminated then all of us fucking die together".
"And we can't do shit about it, or about those emotionless asshole's nor can we survive without them, so get this shit though your thick fucking skull brat, I ain't dying because my past self is being some useless little bitch, due to not being to fight back without eyes, no i am going to die on the battlefield goddammit!, fuck our illness! i am choosing how we die and i choose a blood soaked battlefield!".
Shoku? growls under his breath as he says "if you don't want to fucking die because of us, then help me to survive though Shoku's fucking dumbass choice to make us fucking blind, you goddammit cock sucker!, unlike you old man i still need to convince Shoku, about the fact our dream is a great one, and i cant do that if we are unable to find the fucking target"
"We are always paying the price due to our partners idiocy, we let them feel fear to save ourselves and they do the opposite by doing stupid foolish things like this!".
Shika? grins evilly showing off razor sharp fangs, while the man starts chuckling darkly, as he says amused "ya know what?, i like you brat, and even though i wish that could stay here, just long enough to train your ass into the fucking ground...".
"But I can't stay to train you, all i can do is help you see while i am here, now be a good brat and go the fuck to sleep, the adults need to talk, i shall wake you soon enough" the black rings around Shoku's? eye sockets fade away and he falls asleep, while Shika? has the shadows let everyone go.
Shika? traces the markings under the younger Eclipses right heavily bleeding eyeless socket, with single clawed pointer finger as the other adults walking towards the two of them. "i fucking blame you for this bullshit Shika, you sadistic bastard their just children".
"you removed their eyes you sick fuck!, just because you wanted to see what would happen to us as a result, we must never forget that the king shall always be the children, without them their is no future, that is one of the main ideal's on which our village was founded on, i wont forgive you for what you've done".
Sakura pulls on his white hair slightly as she says worried "your hurting some where aren't you mister?, is there something i do to help?" a fond smile appears as he says gently "Kage please call me Kage, Shika is my partner as well as Shoku's future self...kind of...,".
"It is good to know, that no matter what age you are, your always worry over a creature as dark as we are, but sadly Sakura there is nothing you do to help us, not now Shika and I we are sick, it's to late for us to go back to how we once were, we are dying, now now, no tears shed over us, save them for your Kage and Shoku" Kage uses his clawed thumb to wipe away her tears in a almost loving manner, which seems strange for a man who just a cursing match with his four year old self, Kage also has a pained look on his face yet gives no reason as to why.
But everyone tenses when Sakura says curiously "Kage?, are the shadows singing again" empty eye sockets widen in shock and he starts hacking up black blood into his left hand while he says "what the hell?... you've only known Shoku for what two, three days?, and you already know about that?... that's just fucking terrifying... has he let you hear it yet?".
Sakura shakes her head sadly, then after Kage finally stops hacking up blood, Kage gains a sad smile while he says pained "shit, so much for adults talking, i really shouldn't and i mean i really, really fucking should not, be doing this".
Shoku? starts thrashing wildly in his sleep whining fearfully gaining everyone's attention, Kage press's their foreheads together as he transforms into his wolf-lion-human form, the black flames of his tail shining between them while he says "Hey Shoku wake up your having a nightmare again" shaking hands grab onto the older Endless Eclipse and Kage lets the younger do so.
As he says in fatherly tone "shh, it's alright it was a dream nothing more" Shoku buries his face in Kage's chest as he says "K-Kage that you?, we're still alive, h-he didn't kill us this time?" a deep frown appears on his face as Kage says gently "of course it's me who else would i fucking be, Shika? i don't fuckin think so, i guess you could tell i wasn't Shika by scent alone right?, and i am right to assume that my brat is sharing his fear with you?".
Shoku nods his head and Kage smile's softly at the answer, while standing up with him held in his arms like a baby, before heading towards Anko letting her take Shoku, as he says calmly "i may be a parent, but i ain't your parent Shoku Morino, this is your mama, your father Ibiki is beside her, Gemma is near Sakura who is beside Reno, both the twins are behind Anko".
"now listen closely this is important and i are only going to do this once, which is a hell of a lot more then Shika would he may be good at hiding it, but he is a lot more then just an asshole, my partner didn't lie earlier he had every intention of killing you, because you brought us here to your time".
"j-just make damm sure even when you complete that mission of yours, that you wont become like Shika not just personality wise ether, do not turn out like my sick fuck of a partner, alright! enough of this bullshit for now, kiddo listen carefully to them let the shadows guide you as they shall always".
Shoku does as he is told, following the pulls, pieces, threads, of their loving coo's, their call's, their whispers from the shadows, the shadows are all to happy, to let the young pair see the world around them though their shadowy eyes, though the black blood they all share with the Eclipse.
The shadows make sure to keep to thin barrier, between the two Endless Eclipse bonds with them, so they don't end up seeing though the same eyes as one another, Shoku smiles in false happiness at being able to see again even without eyes, Kage smirks knowingly as he says amused.
"Strange being color blind isn't it? blacks, gray's white's, along with different other shades of those three colors, are all we see now and forever, Shoku-Kage both of ya watch closely this is important, and while i don't need to sing at all, while i am doing this, Sakura wanted to hear a shadows song, so i decided on a special song, it is the one you two have heard all your life, the one Izanami always sing it to all her children".
Everyone watches as Kage walks to the center of the back yard, standing there calmly his very long white loin like black flaming tail moving back and forth behind him the flames grow hotter, as Kage puts on his hunter nin mask, before he starts to sing soothingly, yet there is a faint after echo of a woman singing sorrowfully along with Kage.
If i got on my knees and i pleaded with you
Not to go but to stay in my arms
would you walk out the door
Like you did once before
Then suddenly Kage begins to swirling on the balls of his bare clawed fee,t slight movements of his clawed fingers making the shadowy black thread uncurl it's self, from it's hiding place in the black swirls on his fingers as he keeps singing.
This time be different
please stay, don't go
Ten silver senbon thin sharp needle like, with a slight hook like points are hidden in his long white hair, soon easily attaching themselves to the shadowy threads, as they continue to fly though the air.
If i call out your name like a prayer
Would you leave me alone with my tears
Knowing i need you so
Would you still turn and go
He doesn't even stop moving or singing, as the silver senbon and shadowy threads dance around him, as Kage begins to swirl in almost a dance like manner doing backflips, swirls, twists, turns in the air or even with the balls of his feet, barely touching the ground.
This time be different
please stay, don't go
please stay
The shadows try to catch Kage but he simply dodges out of their reach, while using the silver senbon dispel the twenty six shadow clones sent his way by the shadows, he use's different kill technique's with the threads and senbon, the woman's voice has taken on a even more heartbreaking tone.
I loved you before i even knew your name
And i wanted to give you my heart
But then you came back after leaving me one time
I knew that the heartache would start
Ten shadow clones along with a good number of shadows surround Kage, but he swiftly twirls on the balls of his feet, sending the ten clones to their deaths quickly with a senbon to the windpipe each, before taking the chance to weave, dodge and move out of the shadows ever reaching grasp, kage falls though the shadows just as the woman's voice turns tearful.
if i called out your name like a song
That was written for you, you alone
Would you still hurt my pride
How i cried
When a tall woman forms from the nearby shadows, Kage leaves the shadows reappearing by the tree in the back yard, having already returned the senbon and the threads to their hiding places, as he try's to dodge yet another shadow only for the beautiful shadow woman to block the strike.
Soon the other shadows go to join the woman's shadowy form, making an endless amount of shadowy wisp's fall away from her, as she walks gracefully towards Kage who removes his mask, a deep frown on his face at the tears going down her cheeks, as she sings the last part of the song in a tearful, pained, grieving manner.
This time be different
Please stay
Please stay, don't go
Please stay, don't go
Please stay...
The woman of the shadows with pale white skin which bare the same black swirl markings as a Endless Eclipse, only her markings are also on her bare legs-feet and are much sharper and even more wild in nature, she has completely pitch black eyes no white what so ever with silver slited pupils, ankle length white hair.
She is wearing a long elegant strapless black silk dress with a waterfall like slightly long flowing train, a endless amount of black shadowy wisps flowing off her whole being.
A pale white hand on Kage's left cheek her thumb running softy across the black swirl marking, the woman holds out her other hand towards Shoku who nods his calmly, as he says pleadingly? "mama c-can you let me down, Izanami says that she needs both Kage and me to come back to her for a few minutes".
Anko's eyes widen at the fact he called her mama and she lets him go, watching with Ibiki, Gemma, Sakura and the twins as the shadow woman now called Izanami, holds Shoku on her left hip as she hugs both endless Eclipse lovingly tears pouring endlessly out of her pitch black silver slited eyes.
Both of them returning the embrace ten fold, as they say together pained, sorrowfully, fearfully "we're sorry we're so sorry please don't, please don't cry we promise that the Nara wont kill us like those who came before us, the Nara wont take anymore of our kind away from you, so please don't cry Izanami".
Izanami doesn't stop crying, even while she kiss's both of them on the forehead lovingly, before cupping Kage's right cheek and running her thumb across swirl markings, one more time in a motherly manner, her eyes shining with unadulterated grief.
Before she walks towards Anko with Shoku in her shadow arms, letting the other woman take the four year old into her own arms, before cupping his left cheek softly, while running her thumb lovingly over his black swirl marking.
Then to Anko's surprise and the shock of everyone else, Izanami places a feather light kiss on Anko's lips making the younger woman blush, Izanami's confused eyes linger on the twins for a few seconds, before she turns on her bare heel disappearing on the spot completely.
Kage walks towards Anko mostly due to the fact she is still in shock from that surprise kiss, with Shoku sitting in her lap with her arms wrapped around him, the man smirks at the snake mistress while he says seriously "that was very surprising, never thought Mom would give you her blessing to raise kiddo-brat, be sure that you raise them very well, that woman was our blood mom-mother and they have been hurt far to much, don't let their trust in you be misplaced".
Kage pulls something out of his pocket, holding his closed hand along with his hunter nin mask out in front of Shoku.
As Kage says sadly "have Kage take this when you take your own, and the mask is for both of you we wont be needing it much longer, we aren't long for this world be it battle or our illness, and Izanami knows this to be true, why else would Mom take a human form to give me and Shika a rather tearful piece of their minds?".
"Her showing up wasn't part of, what i wanted to show ether of you tonight, but it did work for a rather nice way to show you a few tricks never the less, Izanami has lost every single Endless Eclipse none of them growing into adult hood since the very first until us that is".
"But she knows she cant keep us, we are dying, we are going to be taken away from her by our illness, if not that then by the battlefield, but like with all her children she cant do anything to save us, and i think with past and future together in one time has help remind Izanami...".
Kage gains a smirk of pure conviction "that death isn't a goodbye, not for our kind once a shadow, twice a shadow, always a shadow evermore".
"Besides she still has you two so..., don't ether of you make them cry, like we did, like we are about too, don't let any Nara kill you two, they would never survive losing another of our kind to them, our mom-mother loves them, we, us, you, me, all her Endless Eclipse, destroy the Nara clan before the Nara breaks them beyond repair".
Shoku nods his head wordlessly and just before Kage leaves he looks over his shoulder at Shoku with closed eyes making the black ring markings surrounding his eyes even larger "listen i...…. fuck!, i can't do this shit anymore!, goddammit".
"Shoku-Kage, Sakura listen up very closely, to what i am about to tell you three this is important, there are two things i am Able to tell you about Shikamaru and Sakura Kaguya and myself, the first being after the three of you eat your respective marbles under no circumstances, are any of you allowed to become nearly as fucked up as we are".
"The three of us aren't benevolent, we aren't merciful, we are cruel, coldhearted, cunning, jaded, tired, Hunter nin and we only survived our childhoods thanks to one another and thanks to Naruto, there was no help from anyone in this fucking village for the four of us Ever, besides the people who are currently standing in this backyard tonight".
"And the second but most important thing is, that none of you are going to turn out like we did, even if Shoku/Kage reach their dream, after all this is your childhood not our's, and soon you shall have the knowledge to prevent our past from repeating itself in your time, good luck and it is in your best interests to find and befriend Naruto soon, he was someone very important to the three of us and that was long before he died saving our son and our beloved village".
Then without waiting for an answer of any kind, Kage simply falls backwards right though the shadows leaving this time for his own time, leaving everyone shell shocked by his words, with Shoku holding a mask and a white marble, Sakura notices a folded note inside the mask, and knowing her friend cant read even though he can still see without eyes, so she unfolds the note then begins to read out loud for everyone.
I am already going to hell, for going behind Shika's back with everything i did today, so i figured might as well add two more nails to my coffin, by asking Izanami to give both of you mine and Sakura's hitai-ate after we die, mostly so nether of you need to have your own specially made.
And for the love of Akumu, do Not let anyone in this dammed village see them until all of you leave one day, and if you never leave then get rid of the fucking things, don't forget to burn this letter.
Ps.. hey Brat ether you or Shoku, need to ask Izanami or maybe Akumu next time they take a human form, for some history lessons or a book/scrolls on our kind, cause there are things even Shika and i don't know about, we never had the chance to learn much from them.
Gemma lets the fact his four year old daughter just said four curse words, as the man burns the letter as Kage asked, before he goes into his kitchen to cook dinner, due to him being the only one out of all seven of them, who wont burn his house down or turn dinner into ash's.
Sakura and Shoku are on top of the twins shoulders, as the four watch him while he begins cooking the chicken tikka masala curry, Gemma having learned the recipe from Sakura's mother Aerith Haruno years ago, her great-great grandfather Nanaki had given her the recipe for her birthday when she was still a cub.
Sadly Nanaki did not have the ability to take a human form or anything of the like, so Aerith's mother Shiva taught her how to cook, and when Sakura can reach the stove top without danger of hurting herself, Gemma plans to teach his cub how to cook as well.
it's been a long day for everyone, and the only two awake still are the twins, who are sitting on the porch leaning their backs against one another, except instead of being ten years old boys, they now appear to be adult men about 30 years old.
"Reno?, do you think that the three of them, wont want anything to do with us, once they see us in our Coyote forms or find out our real age?, Gemma, Anko and Ibiki are fellow adults, very smart and caring adults who all understand, that we have a rather strange bloodline even for our clan it's a odd one, one that this village can never find out about ever, but... what if the three of them no longer want to be Ours after finding out the truth...".
Reno cuts Nico's hoarse voice off, by pulling the younger into his arms, petting his longer haired brother in a soothing manner "foolish little brother, if Kage, Sakura and Shoku reject to still being Ours, after finding out the truth soon enough, then we simply protect those pup's safe from a distance".
"By tracking their location's and state of health with the seals on our chakra infused fangs, until they are skilled enough to protect themselves, and if everyone in this village finds out we aren't actually ten years old, it still wouldn't change a damm thing Nico..." gently brushing away his younger brothers tears, his voice raspy from the lack of use yet Reno's tone power filled and gentle.
"Because no Uzumaki goes back on their vocally spoken word, it's part of why so many of the older members of the clan rarely spoke vocally, a promise that lives on inside the two of us, even though our Uzushiogakure may have fallen to war, we still live by the old way's, we still live our other teachings little brother".
"But i miss our home, i miss our clan, i really miss my wife Hana our beloved bonded, but most of all i miss my little girl, my pup, my hotheaded Kushina, i still wonder what happened to her, during all the fighting back at home, we found Hana's body among the other's, yet we never found Kushina's body not even after we gave everyone else a proper burial".
Nether of them return their appearance, to that of a ten year old's, they just cant bring themselves to lie anymore, at least not to the people who are sleeping in the house behind them, the six children inside the house have become important to them, weather they be the three adults or the actual three children.
Nico doesn't speak vocally again, he just let's his actions speak for him, as he returns Reno's embrace with one of his own, his big brother is in lots of pain and they both know that there is no going home, they can't help but to think the same thing to one another 'i don't want to be the last Uzu brother'.
Even though nether of them say anything out loud, because for all their sorrow, scars, ghosts, truths and lies, sometimes it's less painful to not say anything at all.
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Disclaimer I do not own the song Please Stay, all rights to the song go to there're original owner's.