Kishimoto owns naruto


"Here we are." Suigetsu dumped the girl unceremoniously on a bed. Waking her up, she had dozed off in his arms some time during the long walk.

Which irked him a little, that he had lost his main source of entertainment. He had been sorely tempted to wake her, but thought better of it. Not wanting to deal with a grouchy captive.

"Here would be where exactly?" she yawned out stretching her arms over head. "O I can move." Dazed by the new development.

"An Inn, don't worry about the bill I've taken care of it." Suigetsu teased trying to bait her into an argument.

"O how very thoughtful of you." She replied satirically fixing him with a glare.

He responded with widening his grin, he took great pleasure in winding people up.

"So what do you want from me?" she raised her brow and eyed him wearily.

His grin took on that of a suggestive nature, and he eyed her up and down.

She edged back on the bed a hugged herself self consciously and looked alarmed. "You could of just brought a whore if that's all you wanted."

"Your right" he waved her apprehension off, drew up a chair and positioned it in front of her. "That's not why I brought you here." He lost all humor in his voice and adopted a more serious tone.

"You see life's really like a big game of musical chairs." He announced

"Oh, really" she narrowed her eye's and stared at him incuriously "your analogies are as far fetched as ever."

"I would like to propose something to you." He leaned forward tilting the chair which he was straddling towards her. "Now you do know, the simple rules of musical chairs, don't you?"

Rolling her eyes feeling the subject to be completely idiotic, but felt it would be in her best interest to humor him. " Of course you dance or walk around in a circle and then sit in a chair when the music stops. Gradually the number of chairs are reduced, meaning the are more players then chairs, and the fastest person to get to a chair wins."

"Ah but you forgot something." He raised his index finger superiorly.

"O please do tell." She jeered

"The can only be one winner." She saw the glint of provocation in his eyes.

Slightly taken aback by his new front, she saw how serious he really was. "What exactly are you suggesting, we have a game of musical chairs?"

Obviously it wasn't going to be any ordinary game of musical chairs, it would have to involve weapons and combat. Well that's the image she had conjured in her head.

"Yes and no" he stood and paced the length of the small room. " Imagine if you will, the game scaled on a much grander level, our circle." Outlining a circle in the air with his finger. "Includes all five nations."

The girls eyes widened with astonishment. "You can't be serious" she whispered.

His face broke out into a devious grin "Very." He stop mid stride to face her. "You see our chairs would be, remote tea houses located either in one of the five great nations, or in a smaller bordering country. To start with there will be three for each nation."

"Wait wait wait." She shook her head as if to dislodge the confusion. " How do I know where these tea houses are, in the game you always know the location of the chairs. And what of the music, the music's key to everything it's the timing that tells you went to act."

Suigetsu impatiently overlooked the kunoichi's questions. "Allow me to finish, each tea house will be marked, it will be up to you, to scout them out. Now here's the clever part, life will be the music." He said emphasizing last part.

Clearly seeing her puzzled, he elaborated. "As in each major event such as natural disaster, the start of a war, the end of a war, a victory in battle, a capture of a missing Nin, anything news worthy, will dictate when we are to enter a tea house."

He detached a water bottle from the belt at his hip and took a long swig, before he continued. "Now you'll have either one of two possibilities. Said tea house is empty of any other opponents then you destroy the mark, leaving a clear indication for others it's no longer in game."

"And the other possibility?" She probed.

"The other possibility, is that there are other opponents in that particular tea house."

"And what happens then?" She anxiously asked.

"Well that's really up to the individual, now isn't it." He let out slight chuckle at her awed expression. "There still more, you need to know the rules."

"There are rules?" she said disbelievingly, but when she thought about it a game of this scale would definitely need some kind of structure.

"Of course, now each competitor must be marked, in order to be identified by fellow competitors. Each competitor may only invite one other person to compete. It can be someone you know, or a complete stranger like I've chosen to do."

She nodded to show that she had understood. "Is that all."

"O one last rule and this is the most important one, this game is to be kept in complete secrecy, no villages or nations are to be involved. It's every man for him self." He paused and looked her over "well woman in your case." He corrected.

Then came the crucial question. "So you in, or out?"


AN: I realize Suigetsu, is a little more Suave then cannon, but I feel the need for charm in this story.