Chapter 7

"How could you do this to me?" Hay Lin cried for about the millionth time. "How could you tell Naruto that I would talk with him without even asking me first?"

"Because I knew you would say no," Will replied calmly. "Look Hay Lin I made that deal with him yesterday. You have to go see him soon."

"B-but," the girl stammered. "What am I supposed to say to him?"

Irma stood up and went to her best friend. "Hay Lin, look just talk with him. Maybe you'll get some of your issues cleared up with this."

The air guardian narrowed her eyes at her friends. "Alright, Will, Corny, Irma, Ellie, here's a deal for you. I'll talk to Naruto when you guys have talked with Sasuke, Neji, Shikamaru, and Kiba."

"What?" Will cried.

"Absolutely not!" Cornelia said stubbornly.

"I can't talk with Kiba. He hates me!" the queen said.

Hay Lin shook her head. "If I have to talk with my ex-boyfriend then so do you. Taranee's off the hook because she already talked with Lee."

"Hay Lin this is ridiculous," Irma said. "Look, Will made that deal with Naruto to get us out of here. You can't go demanding that I talk with Shikamaru."

"Well maybe you could get some of your issues cleared up," the black haired girl said, repeating Irma's earlier words.

"Touche," the water guardian scowled in annoyance.

"Look guys all I'm saying is if we want out of this village then all you have to do is talk with the boys," the air guardian said.

It was silent as her friends just sat there, not looking at her or saying anything. Finally Hay Lin shrugged her shoulders. "Fine then, I guess we'll be stuck here for a long time because I refuse to talk with Naruto."

With that the girl walked out of the apartment leaving the other guardians alone. After several seconds, Elyon stood up from her seat and towards the door.

"Where are you going?" Cornelia asked her best friend.

"There's…there's something that I have to do," the queen said before leaving.

When the door closed, the remaining guardians looked at each other before Will let out a big sigh. "Alright ladies, new game plan. We figure out how we're going to freaking talk with the guys!"


"Is Kiba still angry?" Shino asked Hinata as they stood on one of the many bridges in the village.

His Hyuuga companion sighed. "Unfortunately, yes. I'm worried about him Shino. I mean I knew he was upset before, but I didn't think it was this bad."

"And something tells me things will get worse before they get better," the bug user said. "Elyon looked pretty angry as well. I'm curious to know why."

"That's one of things I came to talk with you guys about."

The friends turned and saw Elyon walking toward them.

"Elyon what are you doing here?" Hinata asked.

"I need to ask you guys some questions. If that's okay that is," the queen said.

"What would you like to know?" Shino asked glancing at her.

"Well the first thing I want to know is why Kiba is so angry with me," Elyon said.

The hooded man took a few steps toward her. "That's a bit complicated."

"Things have been complicated for the last five years," the blonde replied. "You guys are my friends, please tell me."

Hinata and Shino looked at each other before looking back at Elyon. "Shikamaru was the one who told us you were a queen. Hay Lin had told him all about you and the guardians during the battle with the Akatsuki," the heiress said.

"Kiba didn't take the news very well to begin with and was upset that you hadn't told him in the first place," Shino added.

Elyon's forehead furrowed."But why would that make him so upset? It wasn't like I was lying to him."

"He knows that, but he's been treating you this way so it will be easier for him to deal with," Hinata said.

"What will be easier for him to deal with?" The queen asked.

Just as Shino was about to explain, Kiba suddenly appeared with Akamaru by his side. When he saw who his friends were talking to, he stopped dead in his tracks and his eyes narrowed to angry slits. It was the expression that came to his face whenever he saw Elyon.

"What's she doing here?" he asked with a sneer.

Elyon stepped forward and put her hands on her hips. "I came to talk with Shino and Hinata. Is that a crime? Talking with your friends?"

Before the dog ninja could respond Akamaru leapt forward towards Elyon and waggled his tail as he stood in front of her.

"Hey Akamaru. It's good to see you boy," the blonde said, getting down on her knees and scratching the large dog behind his ears, making him pant happily.

Kiba stared at the two of them in surprise and for a few minutes he remembered those days at the training ground when Elyon would run around with Akamaru laughing the whole time. He quickly shook his head. That was the past and there was no point in thinking about it.

"So what did you want to talk with Hinata and Shino about? Kiba asked.

Elyon shot him a glare. "I just wanted to know why you're always so angry around me."

"Why should you care? It's not like you're going to be staying here and anyway, it wasn't their place to tell you anything," the shinobi said glaring at Hinata and Shino who both looked away the first looking very guilty.

"Kiba I don't want there to be bad feelings between us when I leave. I just want to clear the air," Elyon said taking a step in his direction.

"I don't have anything to say to you," Kiba snapped. "You're said it yourself, you're going to be leaving, so what's the point in making nice with us? Just go and leave us be!"

The queen's temper flared instantly. "Fine! I don't know why I even bothered trying to talk with you. You wouldn't have listened to me anyway, you stupid mutt!"

With that Elyon stomped away from the bridge, leaving behind a fuming Kiba, a flustered Hinata, and a frustrated Shino. After she was gone, the bug user turned to his friend.

"You can't keep treating her like this Kiba," he said. "Maybe if you told her the truth things could work out with the two of you."

"I don't need to work things out with her okay!" the dog ninja shouted. "Whatever she and I had, it ended five years ago. Besides even if I did still care about her, it wouldn't matter anyway. She's just going to leave again."


Elyon fumed as she walked away from Kiba. 'What didn't he want me to find out?' she thought.

"That didn't go well at all did it?"

The queen whipped around and winced when she saw Will leaning against a tree. "I take it you heard that?"

"Every bit," the keeper replied. "I gotta admit though, I'm not surprised."

"What do you mean you're not surprised?"

"No offense or anything Ellie, but I always thought Kiba was way too aggressive and stubborn, so I totally saw his whole attitude thing coming," Will said.

"You're words of support are riveting Will," Elyon said sarcastically.

"Hey come on you know I didn't mean anything negative by it, it's just who Kiba is," the redhead said.

"So why exactly are you here?" the blonde asked.

"I had a feeling you were going to go and find one of your former teammates so I decided to follow you in case you needed backup for anything."

"Yeah well, at least I can tell Hay Lin that I talked to my ex. Nothing came out of it, but she doesn't need to know that," Elyon said. "So are you going to talk to Sasuke."

"Honestly, I don't. I mean he deserted the village and tried to destroy it. I don't even know if I actually knew him at all," by this point Will was standing in front of Elyon and didn't see what she saw. The queen tried to give her signals to stop, but the guardian kept going. "Besides he probably hates me right now. So I really don't want to talk with him."

"Oh really?"

Will's shoulders shot up to her ears and her eyes widened. "Elyon, please tell me that's not who I think it is."

"Yeah sorry I can't. Well gotta go, I'll see you later!" The blonde said, quickly walking away before Will could protest.

Taking a deep breath, the redhead gathered her courage and turned around, keeping her eyes on the ground in front of her.

"Hello Sasuke," she muttered.

Sasuke narrowed her eyes, noticing how she wouldn't look at him. "If you're going to talk to someone, I believe it's polite to look directly at them."

Slowly Will brought her eyes up to his face and she felt her heart almost stop. He had become even more handsome over the years and had gotten taller. His shoulders were broader and his hair had gotten a bit longer as well.

Likewise Sasuke couldn't stop examining the girl in front of him. Her wild, flaming red hair had grown to her waist and for a split second, the Uchiha had a desire to run his fingers through them. His eyes roamed over her body and he arched an eyebrow in appreciation. The clothes she used to wear had hid her figure from view, but in snug white pants and tight pink spaghetti strapped shirt her well defined curves were clearly visible.

Will shuffled awkwardly under Sasuke's gaze bringing his attention back to her face. "What are you doing here?"

"I was just going to the training grounds," he replied.

The keeper nodded, trying to think of what else to say. If memory served, talking to Sasuke could sometimes be like talking to a brick wall and this was one of those times. If walls could give short and to the point answers that is.

"So how have you been?" She asked.

"I've been fine. I was promoted to jounin 3 years ago," he said, not mentioning ANBU. "And yourself?"

"Pretty good. I've become an author and my first book is going to be published soon," Will replied.

"Congratulations," Sasuke said.

It was silent for several seconds as the two shuffled nervously. Finally Will couldn't take it anymore. "I should go."

Just as she turned around, she felt Sasuke grab her wrist. "Sasuke let go," she said in a dangerous.

"Not until you and I straighten a few things out first," he said tightening his grip. Dimly he noted how this was a repeat of when they were in the exact position in the training grounds five years ago.

Will turned her head to glare at him. "Like what?"

"Why did you leave?" he growled.

"Because I didn't belong here and I still don't," the redhead said.

"What do you mean you don't belong here? You were born here and you have a brother here. What makes you think you don't belong in this village?"

"I wasn't cut out to be a ninja. You saw how the guardians were in the battle with Madara. It was a miracle we got out alive!"

"You just didn't have enough training that's all."

Will shook her head. "This is ridiculous just let me go Sasuke!"

"Forget it," he said through clenched teeth. "Why didn't you say goodbye?"

"I already answered enough of your questions!" The keeper cried.

"Tell me now!" the shinobi demanded.

"Not a chance," she shot back scathingly.

By now Sasuke had lost it. With a low growl in the back of his throat, he yanked on Will's wrist bringing her closer and before she could fight back, he crashed his mouth over hers.

Will struggled to get away, but his grip was too strong. As the kiss continued the girl remembered just how much she had cared about Sasuke. How much she still cared about him. Slowly the keeper wrapped her arms around his neck, deepening the kiss as the Uchiha's arms wove around her waist and pulled her closer. When the need for oxygen become too great, they broke apart for breath.

'What did I just do?' Will thought, as her mind began to clear. 'I can't believe I just did that!'

Quickly the guardian jumped back away from Sasuke.

"What is it?" Sasuke asked.

"I shouldn't have done that. That was a mistake. Oh man I really shouldn't have done that," Will said putting her head in her hands.

"Will please," the shinobi began reaching for her.

"No, I can't do this. I'm sorry I have to go!" she said running off, leaving a bewildered Sasuke behind her.

As Will ran, she felt hot tears threatening to spill out of her eyes as her emotions raged inside of her. With that one kiss she had realized that she was still in love with Sasuke and she was pretty sure nothing she could do was going to change that.

END OF CHAPTER

W.I.T.C.H. fan: Well guys what do you think? I need to have to give a shout-out to my friend Applesauce18 for helping me with the Will/Sasuke confrontation. I changed it up a little bit, but most of it was from her. Thanks Muse-chan!