Poll news on this fic: There will only be one more poll on this fic but it will be at the very end, second last chapter, chapter 14 so be sure to keep an eye out for it! Also, reminding everyone again that I am currently working on a manga for this. So have fun reading this next chapter! Been watching so much Danny Phantom!
Warning: Contains violence and pure love between two boys!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto!
Akamaru sniffed the air. He had not been fully awakened but he was getting there. The punch he took did not seem life threatening but it hurt a lot and despite his large body being laid on a comfortable bed, he couldn't feel it helping at all. He sniffed the air again. His senses, mostly his nose, had been getting weaker since he had gotten the wound and it was still in no condition to be used. But this did not stop his fabulous nose from working. Akamaru raised his head gently and sniffed again. He knew this scent as well as he knew his body. It was Kiba's and Akamaru could sense something wrong with his master. The boy was not feeling well; his emotions were stirred up by something. Worried for his master, Akamaru tried to get up on both his back legs and then his front ones.
"Akamaru, don't move!" The dog stopped moving and sniffed the air, breathing in the scent of his master. Kiba was worried about him.
The large white dog lay back down on the bed and gave a low barking sound. He sensed that something was wrong and it had to do with the being that had wounded him and his master just a few hours earlier. It was that girl's scent and it smelled like she was getting farther away from the village. "Akamaru? What is it?" The dog felt the kind hand of his master, smooth the top of his head, brushing back his ruffled fur.
Akamaru whimpered and pointed his head to the direction of the window. He could sense not only his master there but his master's friends and the ones he and his master usually hung around with. He barked while still in the direction of the window. He couldn't see as much as he would like to, as his wounded side had been affecting his eyesight. Akamaru sensed his master moving farther from him and could hear the sounds of foot steps going toward the window.
"I think something's going on. Akamaru senses something and I doubt it's something good." Kiba said, staring out the window and getting a bad vibe about the village's gates. Something within his gut was telling him that something was amiss.
"In any case, Kiba, you should have told us about the pill earlier. Your bad judgment of trust has allowed your team mate to take a beating. We need to see Lady Tsunade at once." Kurenai's voice was strict but fairly soft as to not hurt Kiba's choices of doing things. The woman knew deep down that the boy only wanted to keep everyone safe.
Kiba smiled at his sensei and he and Shino followed Kurenai out of the hospital room while Akamaru lay his head down again. This was a mission that the poor dog was forced to keep away from for the time being.
A crease appeared in the middle of Kakashi's covered forehead as he closed his green book with a small hint of force with his fingers. He had been listening to the odd conversation that Jiraiya was having with Sai, or was trying to, and Kakashi had to admit, it was getting pretty awkward with every word the elder man was saying. Jiraiya had been going on about 'girls' and 'love' and this strange conversation was not as comical as he thought it would be, not like…team 7. Kakashi stopped walking and put the green book into his back pocket. He missed team 7 and all their days as well as the times that Sasuke and Naruto had not got along so well. Now after hearing about their relation ship, Kakashi wasn't so sure how he should approach them if he saw them up front and personal. It had been only a month or so since he last saw the two of them and ever since then, he thought of them as nothing but dead boys on his team. Now he had the chance to see them and he didn't even feel ready to face them!
"Hey, Kakashi, we're almost there. Sai thinks we should stop for a while…looks like you agree too." Jiraiya smiled at the younger jounin and stopped while Sai began to dig through his backpack, taking things like brushes and scrolls out as he searched through out his bag.
Kakashi decided to sit out on the planning that the young boy and Jiraiya were going to do. His mind was not mentally ready for this nor did he think it would ever be ready to plan the reunion with his students. In the mean time, Kakashi summoned for Pakkun and the other dogs. They would be the most reliable to seek out the entrance of Akatsuki and hopefully they could find it before the day was over.
"Ah, I never get tired of seeing your face, Kakashi. What's up? Not getting along with your new team mates?" Kakashi smiled under his mask. Pakkun could always see what was in a person's heart, almost like reading a human's mind. It was odd to be honest, that such a dog was capable of reading his mind at different times.
"Something like that. Actually, I need you and the others to scope out the Akatsuki entrance. It should be nearby up ahead. Tsunade believes it is elsewhere but from what I've told her before, the place should be there." Pakkun didn't say anything and left at the same time as the other dogs, all vanishing in the blink of an eye.
Sai opened his fresh scrolls and picked up a paint brush that he pulled out of his bag and dipped the brush into the black liquid of ink in a bottle. His face was composed of nothing but calm features and he seemed to know what he was doing. Kakashi wondered just how long it had been since he looked like that-before his friend, Obito dying and before his hearing of Naruto and Sasuke's sudden deaths. He used to have a look like Sai's, both uncaring and full of spirit to get the job done no matter what. But during his years with his students and the time spent with his teacher, Kakashi was wondering how he became so open like Naruto's goofy ways and the way Jiraiya had acted.
'Sensei, what do I do now? Naruto and Sasuke are alive but…how should I greet them?' Kakashi didn't much like talking to himself when with others but when one had a lot of things on their mind, it was easier to ask yourself questions or talk in your mind.
Tears had long since dried on his peeling skin and Naruto was not feeling like his usual self. His mind was beginning to go blank and his red chakra, no, the fox's red chakra was now feeling like a boiling pot of hot water that he had been splashing around in. The heat surrounding his body had become too hot for him to occupy his mind with anything else. His eyesight was diminishing and growing weaker by the second and with all his anger and hatred for the man known as 'Orochimaru' Naruto was not feeling the capability of staying conscious for very long. He could feel the nine-tailed fox becoming stronger than the last few days and something deep down was warning him not to allow the fox to completely take over his body. But Naruto couldn't help it, his newborn baby, Kitsuki, had been taken from him and just the very thought of his son not being near him was enough to send his body into an overdrive and his mind into a bottle of hate, anger and anguish.
His boyfriend, Sasuke Uchiha, was right in front of him, supporting his suffering confrontation with the fox's chakra hoping he could help him with the pain and agony. Sasuke held him around the waist, tightening his grip on the boy so that Naruto would not thrash about like he usually did during different missions they had in the past. He was too emotional for his own good and from the missions, he always had new wounds to add to the old ones, all from the red chakra that had seeped through his skin, causing a red and black form to appear.
"Naruto!" The blonde boy could hear his lover calling to him but he could say anything back. His words were drowned out by the thoughts of the nine-tails. The fox was upset that he would not allow the transformation to go any further and in his anger, the fox tried to force the transformation to occur.
"Sasuke…help…me!" And with this said, Naruto could feel his mind go black and could feel his skin go on fire like he was emerged into an ocean of fire, burning to the core of his soul.
A giant gush of red chakra shot from Naruto's scrunched up body and nearly hit Deidara and the flying clay bird that hovered above them. Sasuke was nearly knocked over by the sudden shock wave that struck out at him like a claw; a claw that was in the shape of a clawed paw of a fox, a misshaped one. But Sasuke stood by and held on as much as he could while Naruto sat crouched on the ground, growling as his peach colored skin became red, and his skin peeled off like paper.
Sasuke watched as Naruto's entire body became red and black in color, a thick fur-like coat covering his body. His eyes were pure white while his mouth vanished and replacing his mouth was a wide smile with pointy teeth. Looking the boy over, Sasuke could tell this was not his lover anymore. It was not Naruto and it definitely wasn't a mother. Realizing that this was an entirely knew Naruto, Sasuke worried for the safety of their child and for his brother's. If things got too much for even him to handle, then their child and the snake-like man Orochimaru would be goners if he didn't act fast. Sasuke paced himself and thought out his ideas. There was only one solution to this current problem.
"Naruto, our baby is fine! Orochimaru got killed, Itachi got him!" It was a plainly obvious plan that was made up in such a short amount of time, but it seemed to do the job. Naruto's red overflowing chakra decreased and his body became lifeless in Sasuke's arms. He was fast asleep but he looked to be in bad shape.
"Sasuke-kun, is Naruto-chan awake?" Deidara asked as he floated the bird toward the ground, landing softly beside them.
Sasuke looked down at the sleeping Naruto examining the red exposed fleshy skin of his lover. He was fine but he wasn't so sure about Naruto. He let out a sigh of relief and laid the boy down on the ground and finally looked up at Deidara. "I hate saying things like this to an Akatsuki member but…look after Naruto for me!" In the blink of an eye, Sasuke vanished out of Deidara's sight. He was meaning to catch up with Itachi and along the way, hoping that he was right about the baby being fine.
She sped at a fast pace, her light red, almost pinkish hair whipping back from the wind hitting her face. Her eyes narrowed to see clearly while the wind dried her eyes out, scraping out the last bit of her vision. Her hat was still snug on her head but it felt like it was ready to come off at any second. Her heart was pounding and she could see two figures up ahead. She smiled like a devil and knew who they were upon first sight. It was Orochimaru and Kabuto. Behind her, she could sense that two of the members of Akatsuki were after her, never letting down their guard and on top of that, seemed like they were getting quite impatient.
'I'm going to have to lose these losers somewhere before they see Orochimaru.' The girl thought and she looked down at the baby in her arms. The baby had stopped its annoying crying for now but it was still wide awake and scarier than her attitude was. The girl's name was Tayuya and she was often scarier than most women but today, this baby was scaring her.
She quickly glanced behind her and then back to the front of her. She stopped shortly on a tree branch and jumped down; landing with such grace that it would have put Sasori to shame. She knew that time was against her and the only way to stop an enemy was to know how to play a tune. She smiled and let the child down on the ground, and she pulled out a silver flute. The baby began to cry as if signaling for the Akatsuki members to follow his voice. Tayuya scowled and wanted to pound the baby with her foot but she couldn't upon Orochimaru's orders.
"Try this on for size, gents." Tayuya said aloud and put the side of the flute to her mouth, closing her eyes and droning out the sounds around her.
Itachi and Sasori both stopped and both knew the woman's tricks already. Tayuya growled with disgust as she soon realized that she was hanging from a cross by her neck. She could feel herself choking and drained of her bodily fluids as though her life never even existed. Itachi floated before her like a bat hanging from a cave ceiling. Tayuya glared at him but she could not say anything but merely cough out her words. The baby had vanished as did the forest she was running in and the sight of Orochimaru and Kabuto were gone as well. She had been tricked this whole time and how she had fallen for it, she was hoping to find out.
"If you're wondering how you got here, you looked back and saw into my eyes. I had my sharingan activated this whole time. Goodbye." Itachi disappeared amongst a bunch of crows and ravens and Tayuya was left to watch from a clone's view as she was tortured by other clones of herself, all digging long swords into her stomach and in the sides of her.
Her last scream of pain and agony filled the clear forest air and drew on the attention of Orochimaru and Kabuto. They had made clones of themselves in case the Akatsuki became too much to handle and had rested in this spot and sat back while the five others they were with, got the baby and made an escape. But as they could see now, the girl or practically anyone they had sent for the baby did not seem like they were going to be back anytime soon. Kabuto pulled out a kunai knife from his pouch pocket that hung from his waist.
"This is the last time I listen to you, Kabuto. These idiots couldn't even kidnap a mere baby. I think it's time…to call our old friend out, don't you?" Orochimaru grinned from ear to ear and pulled up his long black sleeves. Kabuto knew what the man was going to do and wondered if it was such a good idea.
"Orochimaru-sama, I'll get the baby. Just please don't call that monster out here." Kabuto pushed his glasses up and hoped the pale man would be reasonable and allow him the chance of going after the baby. He referred to their giant snake summon as a 'monster' since it really didn't do much during a battle but criticize Orochimaru's every move and also, it requested a heavy sum of people to devour after its mission was over. In short, it was a large and lazy slob of a purple snake that Kabuto hated to rely on.
"Don't disappoint me, Kabuto." Orochimaru seemed to be in a well off mood today and let Kabuto take over the duty of the baby.
'Can't believe how extremely nice he's being about this…first for everything I suppose.' Kabuto's last thoughts had rung through out his mind as he raced with incredible speed and agility toward the spot of the girl's screaming. There was only one girl on their team of five and it was Tayuya.
Sai and Jiraiya did not look it but they seemed to be getting along quite well in Kakashi's eyes. Jiraiya had tried to show Sai the books he had written so far and even the one that Kakashi had on him, but it was no use, the boy simply refused to read one of them. Kakashi sighed to himself and looked down at the bag of letters he had brought with him. Were the letters really worth all the clues that he had originally thought? He used to think that somehow Itachi and Kiba were mixed in with it all, but only Itachi proved to be the latter of the plot that seemed to make sense whereas Kiba's knowledge of Sasuke's and Naruto's secret relationship, had been only told and nothing more about the boy was said other than that. But then again…there was always Sakura who did seem to make it in almost every letter he read.
"Hey Kakashi, what is in that bag you got with you anyway?" Kakashi snapped out of his thoughts and looked up at master Jiraiya.
"They're letters… private letters of Sasuke and Naruto. Lady Tsunade thought they might make the boys happy." This sudden conversation somehow got Sai interested.
"But…why would letters make a person happy?" Sai's questioning look gave Jiraiya a good laugh as he slapped the boy on the back happily.
"Of course it would! These kids wrote them and from what I heard, stored them away all the years they've been together, right kakashi?" The said man could only nod in agreement while Sai was still sitting there with a blank look on his face. He did not seem to get what they were saying.
A/n: Still 4 chapters to go little ones, but for now, I sleep! You shall all see a new chapter very soon my dears!