Promise 11

"Neji, Hinata, Sasuke! Scan the area for any presence of Kakashi's, Kabuto's or dark chakra!" Asuma blurted out though it was obvious that they had to do that in order to track their friend.

"Akamaru, let's get this over quickly!"Kiba shouted towards his canine partner who barked in reply.

Minato was behind the entire group. He was next to Jiraiya who had decided that he would come along.

"Sensei…"

"Hmmm… you're worried about your student aren't you?"

"…"

"Don't worry, the brat has gotten himself to such problems before, more times than I can count though."

"…"

Jiraiya realised that his words didn't make his student any better. "Look, Kakashi is a grown man, he's not the kid you used to know. He can take care of himself now. It wouldn't do any good to worry about him."

"…Thank You Jiraiya."

"My pleasure, now let's catch up with the others."

They nodded in agreement and were on full speed.


"I'll give some of my chakra. After that, you are to leave this place. Do you understand? Don't you try to be naïve and go against the deal."

"Alright, let's get it over with." Kabuto extended his arm with a smirk on his face.

The dark figure extended his arm as well and started giving Kabuto some of his dark chakra.

Kabuto flinched as the dark chakra entered his chakra system. It was overpowering and he felt exhilarated yet exhausted at the same time. Slowly, he got used to the powerful chakra, it was cold and ran through his chakra system smoothly now.

This chakra is incredible! Its power is amazing!

Kabuto's greed for power overpowered his rational thinking. His only desire was more power. He tried sapping more chakra from Kuryo.

"What do you think you're doing?"

"This chakra is incredible! Under my influence I'll be stronger than the sage of six paths himself!" he hissed greedily as he suck more chakra.

Kuryo's face was emotionless. "You broke our deal, now you pay the price."

Kabuto's eyes widened as screams could be heard. He looked around, Kuryo was gone and he was standing in pure darkness. Sweat started sliding down his face as he panicked. Suddenly a dark arm grabbed him on the legs. He jerked his head and saw his worst fear.

A black figure, eyes hollow, mouth gaping wide and bottomless started pulling him down into what seemed like black liquid. The figure looked like it was rotting a bits of its upper lip melted as it made its way to Kabuto's face.

"AHHHHH!" Kabuto shouted as the figure bit his shoulder pulling and sinking him down further. More and more figures appeared and did the same, holding and pulling him down. A large vine like tentacle appeared in front of him and started wrapping itself onto him.

It was squeezing the air out of his lungs. He could hear his rib bones crack under the pressure. His eyes suddenly met with the hollow ones of Kuryo.

"Your debt has been repaid; the dead souls will now feast on your soul."

The last thing Kabuto saw was Kuryo's feet, he drowned in the black liquid and Kabuto was gone.

The area returned to normal. Kuryo stood close to Kabuto's body that was already shrivelling.

"That's what happens when you've been drowned in hate, evil, sorrow, greed and revenge." He kicked the body as it turned to dust.


Darkness loomed, the white light of the moon pierced through the forest. The ninja's were still tracking their captive friend.

"I haven't got a scent whatsoever…" Kiba muttered in frustration.

"I can't get anything from my sharigan. The dark chakra just disappeared, there isn't a hint of it, not even at the place we last found it." Sasuke stated bluntly.

"Hnnn…" Neji shook his head.

"We should rest here. It's late. We can continue our search in the morning." Jiraiya said as he jumped of the tree branch and landed in a clearing.

The other's nodded in agreement. Even Naruto agreed that he was tired.

"Let's plan what we'll do tomorrow." Jiraiya stated as they gathered around the burning fire.

"We should split up into 2 groups. Asuma is it? And Kurenai? You two and Gai will lead your groups towards the North eastern side of the forest. The remainder will go with me and Jiraiya to the North western side. Got it?"

The ninja's nodded. They got ready for bed and for tomorrow's departure.

"Kakashi sensei…" Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke thought as they stared into the glittered night sky.