[Hello my lovely ninja pancakes!
Naruto: O.O'
Haku: W-What's wrong with you?
Me: I haven't had mah' coffee yet.
Haku: *confused* Then shouldn't you be half asleep?
Shikamaru: *Le sigh* Allow me to explain, Torahime's Admin,(as well as Torahime) is exceptionally A.D.H.D, some of the side-effects of this disorder (that pertain to XxTheTigerPrincessxX)are as follows:
Hyperactive activity,
Inability to concentrate,
The reverse effect of certain drugs, sugar and caffeine,
AND
A.T.U.L.D
Also known as,
"A Tendency to Update Late Disorder"
Please do not be angry with her, this is an honest disorder, and she is very pained by this. Please do forgive her.
Haku:…YOU ARE ONE OF THE FIVE PRINCES! YOU Y-YOU Y-you took him away! *Cries.*
Everyone: SHIKAMARU! DIE!
DISCLAIMER: I'll own it! I will! *hanging by wrists in old dungeon.*
Guard 1: When will she give up?
Guard 2: I know, she hasn't eaten or drank any water for a week now.
I have already posted the warnings…
With lust and hate,
-Torahime]
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'It was dark, but Naruto wasn't afraid, Kyuubi had taught him "that to fear evil, was to give evil the power you fear". He looked around, his uncut shaggy blonde hair whirring around his face. He felt a breeze; it felt nice on his bare skin. Naruto stopped.
'Bare skin?' he wondered. He looked down and gave a soft yelp. He was wearing a short orange kimono; it only covered to his mid-thigh. The silk was soft, and felt like water against his skin. He turned around and finally found what he was searching for.
"Moonlight," He whispered, he walked toward the small illuminated area, and stared in awe.
It was a pond, and it was gorgeous. The water made it look as if the stars were truly there only a breath away… He reached out a hand as if to touch it, he caught the gaze of his own reflection, and gasped. A blonde fox mask hid his face from view. He heard a voice then, a low, rich, deep baritone, though it had a scratchy quality. The sound of that voice sending a shudder of desire down his spine.
"Who are you?" The voice asked, his eyes never leaving the half naked, slender, and dare he say it? –Sexy, body, that was on its knees, in front of a sparkly pond, in HIS dream. The figure yelped and turned to face him, he saw the mask and his eyes widened.
"Why are you in my dream, Spirit?" He pinned the boy with his eyes. That kimono was rather skimpy, yet he couldn't help but believe he wasn't there willingly. The man walked closer to the boy, and Naruto noticed something.
"Why do you look like a shadow that has form?" Naruto heard himself ask. It was the same… The reaction he had had with Gaara, it was the same with this shadow-man. The man reached his hand out and before Naruto could stop himself, he had nuzzled against it with a loud purr. The shadow man seemed shocked, and he was, he had NOT been expecting the lovely creature to nuzzle into him, he had expected fear, as well as tears. Not this gesture, though he couldn't deny the hardening of his previously flaccid member at the boys' blatant display of submission. He felt himself lean down, nuzzling the blondes' neck. He panted slightly, and reveled in the shudder got, as well as how easily he was letting him take control.
His fangs dragged against that tantalizingly tanned skin. He pierced the boys neck, taking large swallows of the crimson fluid.
Naruto didn't understand his own body at that point. He felt himself moan as the man bit into his throat. He gripped the man's shoulder, scared of the warmth pooling in his own pelvis. He felt the man shift, and gasped loudly as a coarse palm wrapped around his member. Naruto had never felt this way before, but he knew, instinctually, that this was his mate. He was being claimed. If only in his dream. The shadow man growled, grinding his pulsating cock against Naruto's.
"Who are you?" He asked the man, the simple question was punctuated by load moans.
The shadow man was not one to easily reveal things, even if only his name. Yet, he found himself, answering the sexy creature below his body. He felt an odd…pull. As if he were no longer in control. The shadow man hated not being in control, it pissed him off, but he couldn't ignore, or refuse this damned urge. So he answered,
"My name is-"'
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Naruto sat upright in his bed, his eyes wild, his breathing ragged. He blinked a few times before remembering where he was.
'That damned dream again!' He thought with irritation. The dreams had started only a week prior, during his second week at school. It was always the same, and Naruto only ever remembered that he had had the dream before, after he woke up. It was weird, and no doubt, magical. He sighed and turned to face his clock. The red light flashed five-fifty in bold numbering. He cursed vividly, and began digging around in the drawer of his side-table. He pulled out his cell-phone and flicked through his contacts. He dialed.
"Hello, un?" asked a drowsy Deidara.
"Hey, Dei, I'm sorry for calling so early, but I need you to talk to ma' for me." Naruto says into the phone. A silence.
"Now?" He whines.
"You have three hours before I leave for school. Be a ninja." Naruto replied, in a completely serious voice.
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Gaara growled as he was pulled forward out of his dream, AGAIN! He
could never control the situation of the dream, if he had his way, he would have just been fucking the little fox spirit senseless. But no, even his dreams were against him. Still cursing the sexy little tramp, he pulled his pack of cigarettes off of the small table to his left, he put the filter between his lips, and lit the tip with his zippo. He inhaled, trying desperately to ignore the throbbing between his legs, yet he knew it was pointless. He had attempted to do so before, but nothing short of a cold shower, or self-release would work, and he would rather die than give up that part of his pride. He would find that fucking submissive, and make him pay…but first, a cold shower seemed to be in order…
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"WHAT?!" Naruto screamed.
"You heard me, your fox instincts chose a mate who was powerful enough for you, and your mind is conjuring up illusions of you being with him, un. Your mom says that because he takes the form of a shadow he's a demon or some shit," Deidara replied.
"WH-"
"If you say 'what' one more time I'll kill you, un."
"WH- Okay, WHO!?"
"She told me to tell you that you'd know if you saw him, she also told me that you might actually be naïve enough to miss the signs, un."
"Signs? What are these fucking signs?"
"I'm not allowed to tell you…"
"DEIDARA!"
"Dude, I will take your rage, over your mothers any day, un."
"…Point taken." Naruto paused,
"But that still doesn't change the fact that my instincts want me to mate with someone I don't love." He spoke softly, it was a miracle Deidara even heard him, but he did.
"Oh, Naru-Chan, I'm sure it's possible for you to mate with someone else, un." Deidara cooed.
"Hey wanna know something that's makin' me happy, un?" He asked.
"Sure." Naruto replied.
"I'm moving to Tokyo! I got a scholarship for my art, un! It's even your school!" Deidara yelled.
3…
2…
1…
"YES!" Naruto screamed. Deidara and Naruto, though in different places, were jumping on their beds like twelve-year-olds. It was one of their 'Flamboyant Uke' habits, (as they called them.)
"When?"
"Two weeks, un!" They each laughed happily; they were laying back-first on their beds at that point, grinning brightly at their ceilings.
"I miss you, man."
"I miss you too, un." Just then, Iruka called out 'Naruto, school!'
"I have to go, bye Dei."
"See you, Chibi, un!"
Naruto laughed and pressed the 'end button. Then he looked at the clock. It was only seven.
"IRUKA! I still have an hour until we leave, what the hell?" He yelled, opening his door.
"Yo."
"Hiya!" Naruto's eyebrow twitched. Torahime and Kiba were standing in the middle of his living room, talking with Iruka.
"Sorry Naru-Chan, we wanted to invite you out tonight, we're all going to hang out, and so that we don't disturb your guardian, we can stay at my apartment, if it's okay with Iruka-sensei, that is." Tora said with a grin. Iruka frowned.
"What about your parents, Tora-Chan?" He asked. Her face fell.
"My mother died during childbirth and my father during a freak accident seven years age, my elder brother in studying in America, so I have the house to myself," She said calmly. Iruka's eyes widened.
"Oh, I was unaware, but of course Naruto can go with you." Iruka told her gently.
"No wild parties though," He warned. Tora was silent for a moment.
"Looks like you can't stay the night, Naru-Chan; after all, whenever all of us are together, it is a wild party." She told him that with a grin. Iruka laughed.
"So, I assume you'll be picking him up after school?" Iruka asked.
"No, I'll be coming home with him to pack clothes." Kiba answered. Iruka raised his eyebrow in question.
"Kiba is extremely flamboyant; he likes to dress people up." Torahime's eye sparkled with mirth, it was the first insult she had given Kiba since they got to Naruto's house. Whenever the two weren't fighting, Naruto had learned within the first week –if they weren't fighting, they were plotting. Plotting was NOT good. Naruto was pulled out of his musing by Tora, who was dragging him through the door by his arm.
"Hello, Naruto-Kun," Hinata said in that quiet voice of hers.
"Hey, Hinata-Chan," He replied.
"HINA!" Tora screamed, launching herself at the older female. Hinata laughed. She and Tora got on a hulking black motorbike. It wasn't weird to Naruto, Tora had told him that was what she drove when they were in detention one day(though, both would swear that they had absolutely nothing to do with all the frogs and dead tadpoles, that had, 'mysteriously' appeared in Sasuke's locker…)
She had also told him she had another bike, and also that said bike was for 'special' purposes. He got into the front seat of Kiba's lime-green stalker van (as the others so kindly named it,) and pulled on the seatbelt.
"Where are we going?" Naruto asked, honestly curious.
"A small café, it's right near the school, Suigetsu is obsessed with their sponge-cake," Kiba answered while driving, he never looked away from the road, only one of his habits.
"See ya' at the café, Naru-Chan, Mutt!" Tora shouted before she took off. Both Kiba and Naruto heard a brief, 'Tora-Chi, slow down!' from Hinata as well as a psychotic laugh directly afterwards. Then the two girls were gone. Kiba sighed.
"What?" Naruto asked, tipping his head to the side.
"We have to pick up Haku," His voice was irritated.
"Wait, doesn't Haku have his own car?"
"Yes, he does."
"Then why are we picking him up?"
"He has a hot pink Ferrari."
"Oh..."
"Yeah, he refuses to take it to the school, some homophobe bastard carved some seriously offending words into it. Haku was pissed; so were we. That man hasn't come near any of us since."
"That's fuckered up."
"Yeah, and why the hell are you talking like the kitten?"
"People have a tendency to take after those around them. This includes facial expressions, voice, mannerisms, and beliefs."
"DUDE! You're starting to act like a smart bitch."
"I am a smart bitch, idiot." Naruto snapped.
They were just pulling into Haku's lavish apartment complex, when the passenger side door swung open to reveal a grinning Haku.
"Naru-Chan!" He shouted.
"I missed you!" He cuddled the blonde boy close to his chest. Haku was basically his best friend (after Deidara, at least.) It wasn't that the rest of the group didn't get along with Naruto; they did, amazingly in fact. But he and Haku were like-minded. Neither of them wanted to see the bad in people, only the good. Haku was tugging on Naruto's arm, attempting to pull him into the back of the van alongside him. Haku hated sitting alone –it irritated him. Naruto sighed, but complied with Haku's insistence. He lay back next to Haku. Then Kiba drove off, the van's (despite the hulking size, and large 'would you like some candy little boy' exterior,) ride was smooth, and soon, both Naruto and Haku found themselves dozing.
They woke up to lights flashing.
"Huh?" Naruto asked, his eyes drowsy with sleep.
"So cute!" he heard a female voice squeal.
"Leave 'em be, hag!" A male voice.
"Sui, unless you want to lose that hand, you'll remove it!" The female growled.
"Shut up!" Snapped a voice from somewhere to his left.
""Ooh, you're gonna wake up, Haku! He'll kick your ass, Kitten." Another male voice, this one was different from the first. Naruto groaned opening blurry eyes to gaze around him, he blinked, Suigetsu, Tora, Hinata, and Kiba were all standing, (well, more like crouching) around him and Haku, who was still asleep. He sat up with a yawn.
"Where am I?" he wondered.
"Café of dreams~" Tora sing-songed. He looked at her like she was crazy.
"How long have we been asleep?" Haku asked through a yawn. Naruto jumped at the sound of his friend's voice, turning to look at him. Haku raised a thin eyebrow at him.
"What?" he asked.
"Nothin'" Haku replied, though Naruto could see the laughter in his eyes. He rolled his eyes.
"C'mon, lets go!" Suigetsu yelled, impatient. Naruto sighed and stretched.
"Move out of the way, I need to get out." Haku told them all with a glare. Next thing Naruto knew, it was only him and Haku sitting on the carpeted bottom of the van. Naruto stared at Haku.
"Why the hell are they so afraid of you?" he asked the older male.
"I have my ways..." Haku said through a grin. They hopped out of the van, and then made their way toward the entrance.
"Hey, Haku, do they serve ramen here?" A laugh was the only response he got.
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"Kiba, where are we going?!" Naruto asked for what must have been the thousandth time.
"You'll see," The brunette told him with a grin. Naruto glared. He settled down into the passenger side, crossing his arms, and pouting like a child. Kiba just laughed. They had been driving for what seemed like hours, and was, in reality, really only twenty minutes. They were driving along back-streets, old abandoned houses, empty warehouses, and they had only seen one person since they had entered the area.
They kept driving, the farther they went, the more run-down the area became. Until, eventually, everything gave way to leaky boards, peeling paint, cracked and collapsed cement. Kiba took a right, and then Naruto heard music, and lots of it. The closer they got to their destination, the brighter things got.
What they went to was amazing, Naruto had never been to one before but he knew exactly where he was…
"A rally…" He whispered. Kiba slung his arm about Naruto's shoulder.
"So, your country ass does know fun when ya' see it." The taller male chuckled.
They had met up with everyone else…except Tora. When he had asked, he had gotten nothing but vague answers, even from Haku! It was really starting to irritate him.
"C'mon, Blondie, I want to watch the next race!" Suigetsu shouted, he grabbed Naruto's arm, and dragged him to the front. They made it just in time to see a car and a…
"Is that… a motorcycle?" Naruto wondered. It was a custom Harley Davidson Heritage, the colors were orange and black. The bike was obviously built for speed rather than safety, he couldn't see the rider, but whoever it was, was losing.
The car had pulled ahead by quite a bit, leaving the bright bike, as well as its unknown rider far behind. Several people began to grumble about 'Not racin' right,' and 'That fucker had better start gaining, or man, will he be embarrassed'. Abruptly the bike began gaining, nothing more than a blur as it sped toward the car. Only seconds before the car would've won, the motorcycle pulled in front of it. The biker was heading toward Naruto, who blinked in surprise, then, froze in fear. The bike spun to the side and came to a stop right in front of Naruto, hip facing him. Naruto looked at the…woman who had driven so well and cursed.
"Hiya Naru-Chan!" Tora shouted, wrapping her arms around him.
Tora had on a black spaghetti-strap tank-top, orange-leather pants, black high-heeled ankle boots, and orange fingerless gloves. She grinned.
"C'mon, I need to get my money, then we'll go home, okay?" Tora asked. Naruto nodded, still in shock that she would do something so reckless, when she was constantly yelling at Kiba for pulling useless pranks. Tora came back quickly, holding a wad of bills in her hand. Naruto blinked in surprise. She had won that much cash from racing alone?
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When they arrived at Tora's house, the only action Naruto could manage happened to be shock induced staring. The house was old, and obviously of Victorian make. The brick frame seemed to loom above them, large and imposing, and the high windows gave off the impression that he was being watched. All in all, the place looked like the ideal place for a…haunting. Naruto shivered. He hated ghosts, or anything similar. Yes, he was a spirit, but you could only watch a friend play the grudge video game at your house, in the middle of the night, so many times before you started seeing things.
Tora showed him around the house, and damn was it a house! When she was done, she dragged him to her living room, where she passed out chocolate bars and Pocky. They all laughed for awhile and just had a good time. Then, Tora got a serious look on her face.
"I'm sure at least two of you are wondering why I invited you here today, right?" She asked, her face nervous.
"Well, you all know my brother lives in America." She coughed.
"This is a lot harder than I thought it would be, so, I'll just come right out and say it. As my legal guardian, my brother is making me move to America with him." She said the last part quietly, as if afraid of the outcome.
"When?" Kiba asked, his face blank.
"Three days," She replied, looking away from the group. What happened next shocked him severely, yet, he knew he would never forget it
"No!" Kiba yelled, well, more like growled. He looked her dead in the eye, and snarled. It wasn't the pathetic sarcastic 'you bitch' snarl he usually used either. It was loud and scratchy, as if he weren't human. Abruptly, Tora had him pinned. Kiba let loose a loud howl, which seemed to shake the very structure of the ancient house. His body began to shake, and twitch.
"No, who the hell is gonna be my partner, if you're out dancing naked in the woods with some damned American hotties?" He nearly screamed.
Then Kiba was gone, in his place a brilliant brown wolf stood, snarling. Tora sighed, (as if this were a regular occurrence?!) and glared at the furred creature.
"This is why I don't deal with Werewolves… Sit boy," She told it, shaking a finger in front of the canine's snout. The wolf gave no warning before it lunged.
Hinata was there in an instant. Her palm facing outwards as she landed a direct hit on the left side of the wolf. The wolf fell to the floor, and didn't move. As if they had rehearsed it everyone turned to look at him.
Exception is to be made for Kiba, who was, at the time, paralyzed on his friend's floor. Tora rolled her eyes, already knowing what they were going to say.
"We have to erase his memory!"
"Shit, why did he have to go and shift?"
"But I like Naruto!" They all babbled, they continued on until Suigetsu and Haku got into a yelling match.
"SHUT UP! Both of you! I do have neighbors, you know!" Tora snapped, her eye glaring them into submission.
"Dude, he's human! Do you have any idea how dangerous this is for us?" Suigetsu snapped.
'Gee, thanks, Suigetsu. You are truly a friend!' Naruto thought irritably. Hinata held up a hand in warning, pushing so her palm was in front of his chest. To say Suigetsu was suddenly highly considering taking a lifelong vow of silence, would have been an understatement.
"He's not human," she said, her voice light, quiet, yet still strong.
"What the hell do you mean 'he's not human'?" Haku sighed from somewhere to the left of the room.
"He's a half-blood, like Tora." She said calmly, still holding her position, as if to guard him.
"How did you know?!" Naruto all but screamed, his eyes wide, frantic even.
"Kiba and Tora, as well as myself, we have all been tracking you, trying to keep you out of danger. We did not want you injured over our territory battle."
"Territory battle?"
"This land has been considered a safe-haven for submissive creatures for centuries, and now these bastards want to come in and take one of the few areas of peace our type has left? No, I won't allow it. We need a place to feel at home, a place where we have the upper hand. Dominants can't always get what they want." Kiba said, sitting up and clutching his shoulder.
"Sorry, about the whole, shifting in the house thing. Yeah… So, I'm a Werewolf. Surprise." Kiba's little confession seemed to have, somehow, inspired the others. Hinata held up her hand.
"I'm a hawk spirit."
"Yuki-Onna, also known as 'snow woman'; the mystical creature that can control both snow and ice." Haku said with a wave.
Suigetsu coughed several times.
"Mermaid, one of the submissive water demons." He then coughed a bit more.
"I am half Tiger spirit, and half human. I was gifted, not born."
Naruto blinked in confusion, then realized it was his turn.
"Half Fox spirit, half human. I was taught, not born." He told them.
He was immediately suffocated by questions, as well as requests for him to show them his fox-form. They talked for hours, and they thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
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Three days later, they saw Tora off at the airport, she was smiling, and waving, but all of them could see the tears in her eyes.
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It took two weeks for all of them to get back to normal. In fact, when Deidara showed up on his doorstep, Naruto had been frozen in surprise.
"Dei?" He asked, his eyes widening slightly. Deidara grinned widely.
"You can't tell me you forgot my face already, un, it hasn't been long enough for that." He told the shorter blonde.
"Come on in, Iruka said that you can stay in my room with me." Naruto waved his best friend into the small apartment.
"Where is Iruka, un, I haven't seen him since you two left."
"On a date with Kakashi-pervert."
"His boyfriend?"
"Yep, be warned, the man is always doing strange things!"
"Strange things?"
"Yeah, like putting jasmine tea in his coffee, of watching American soap operas."
"I see, that is odd, un."
"Oh, by the way…" Naruto gave his friend a mischievous grin.
"There's a rather hot redhead, he's majoring in art; he goes to the college portion of the school."
"How Hot, un?"
"Fiery."
"OOOH! Give me details!" Deidara squealed. For the next two hours they talked about hot guys from the school, as well as the new friends he had made. Iruka and Kakashi returned home around nine, to see Deidara and Naruto curled up on the couch watching movies. A bowl of popcorn sat between the two. Iruka chuckled, Naruto truly looked happy.
"We're home!" He told them.
"Welcome back," They both chimed, in perfect unison. Iruka smiled kindly. Kakashi looked at Deidara.
"Hello, I'm Kakashi, nice to meet you." He told him politely.
"I'm Deidara, un." The two adults waved before retreating to their bedroom.
"Well," Naruto yawned. "we should probably go to bed after this movie, tomorrow is your first day."
"Okay, un." The two finished their movie before falling asleep in Naruto's bed.
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"Coffee is bad for you, Deidara." Iruka told the teen.
"It's alright, un, I always drink coffee; it's how I function properly." He explained.
"Alright, I can't really lecture you about it, can I?" Iruka asked as he took a swallow of his own steaming mug.
"Bon appétit!" Naruto called from the kitchen. He set two bowls of cereal on the table, along with a piece of toast for both of them. Man, he had seriously missed his best friend. Deidara walked in and smiled.
"Thanks, Naru, un!" he sat down and started to eat. They both ate quickly. Once they were sure that they had all of their necessities, they ran down the stairs and stood by Iuka's truck. Iruka was climbing in the drivers' seat only five minutes later. The three made small talk on the way to the school, bantering back and forth.
When they arrived, Naruto introduced Deidara to everyone. They all helped show him around, and at lunch they explained the territory battle, as well as the princes' basic info. All in all, Deidara had a great first day at Konoha prep.
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It had been three days since Deidara had arrived in Tokyo, and things were going well. Naruto had gone to an amazing ramen stand during lunch, Ichirakus' had the best ramen yet. He was on his way back into the school when he saw him, he was leaning against a large Toyota Tundra, a cigarette clutched between two of his fingers.
The junior had on a pair of black skinny jeans and a red shirt with black cursive on the front. His red hair blew in the wind and the tattoo 'Ai' on his forehead stood out against the pale of his skin. The right side of his lip had a metal ring pierced through the flesh. For a moment, only a fraction of a second, their eyes met. Naruto felt a shiver of desire flow through his body, before the contact was broken.
Naruto's heart was beating against his chest so fiercely, he thought it might tear through his body. He hurried into the school and leaned against the wall, a hand pressed to his chest.
'What the hell is happening to me?!'
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[Yo! Tora here, it's been awhile, huh? I'm sorry for the late update, but I was finishing up with schoo and all that. Luckily, my summer break has started, so I hope I'll be able to update more often!
I have a question to ask all of you. Who here would read a one to two-shot Shikamaru X Tora fic? I'm honestly curious as to who would be interested. I already have a back-story for it. It wouldn't be M, most likely just rated T. I can't write strait smut, I don't know why, but I can't. Next chapter there will be a bit more mingling with Gaara and Naruto. I hope you enjoyed this installment of 'Magic In The Blood, Magic In The Heart.' Ciao~
With lust and hate,
-Torahime.]