Daylight Ch. 13: Searching
(Italics: Thoughts / Flashbacks / Dream sequence / Inner World. Bold: Title and Kyubi's / Demon's / Inner Character's Speech. Underline: Time Skips.
"What business do you have with Itachi?"
The muscular bartender asked in a tone low enough for only he and Naruto to hear. With this question asked Naruto could only grin when he came up with his answer.
"I'm his student and I'm seeking him out to complete my training..."
Naruto whispered back before unsealing the bottle of Sake he had just bought and poured himself a glass, putting the glass to his lips and savoring the bitter-sweet liquor as he consumed it slowly yet surely.
"You? You look no older than fifteen at most, you're only a child what business would you have with Lord Itachi?"
The man said in almost a disgusted tone, his voice raised slightly along with his emotions.
"You want to test me on my skill? That's fine but in exchange I want Itachi's location."
Naruto said, his eyes locked with the bartenders, he was dead serious and even the man could see that despite his words.
"Follow me, I won't go easy on you just because you're a child."
The large man said in an intimidating tone. Naruto gave a sly grin and didn't say a word as he and the bartender left out the back, a tall blond woman with glasses resuming her shift to take over.
The bartender possessing information on Itachi's location led Naruto to an open field a short distance from town.
"So you claim you're Itachi's student? Than show me what you've learned!"
The man yelled, unsheathing a sword and charging forward at Naruto. Naruto didn't even appear to move but before the eye could see Naruto was behind his enemy unscathed. The man standing there with a cut across his right shoulder, decreasing his movement with his good arm. Naruto held what appeared to be an invisible sword, the blade the only part visible because of the blood coating it.
"Unless you're prepared to die for that foolish pride of yours tell me Itachi's location now."
Naruto said in a lethal tone, appearing behind the large man instantaneously and holding his invisible blade to the man's throat. From the opponent's perspective a razor sharp and very much real blade threatened his life and whether his ego would allow him to admit it or not he lost to this child in both internal and externel strength.
"Go to the east and go to the village of Jenchi, there you must seek out the one known as Wind Seer, give her this and she will lead you to Itachi."
The large man said as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a delicately decorated Sapphire tiara. Naruto accepted the piece cloth and stored it among his belongings.
"One more thing child, I never thought I would meet one of the Senju Clan's descendants in a place like this, with such power at a young age you'll be a fine shinobi."
The large man said in an impressed tone. Naruto merely smiled to himself and vanished without a trace.
Ten Hours Later...
Naruto finally arrived at Jenchi village, it was an average size village with obvious ninja influence in terms of the architecture. Naruto arrived much too late in the night to gather information successfully so he looked for a bar to get some food and a little Sake. After only a little bit of searching he found a bar that was luckily for Naruto not packed with too many people, ignoring the stares from a few regulars and sat down at the front of the bar.
"I haven't seen you around here stranger, you just get in town?"
A small and short blond male bar tender said to Naruto, approaching him and attempting to start a conversation. Naruto didn't respond, placed a moderate amount money on the counter and looks back at the bar tender.
"Yeah I'm new in town and a bit hungry and thirsty... So I'll take some food and Sake if you don't mind, I think that there should cover my expenses."
Naruto replied. The bar tender immediately accepted the money and brought out a bottle of a decent vintage of Sake as well as a rice and beef dish in a ceramic bowl. Naruto immediately reached into his pocket and pulled out a small, rectangular box shaped similar to a coffin. Using his forefinger and middle finger Naruto pushed into the box and smoothly slid off the top of it and reached inside, pulling out his own chop sticks and digging into it. The food was spiced rather well and the beef was mouth watering and tender. After finishing his meal Naruto wiped his chop sticks clean with a napkin and placed them back in their case, storing them once again back in his pocket.
"I don't mean to bother you but do you know where I can find a person called the wind seer?"
Naruto asked as he placed his empty ceramic bowl back behind the bar. The Bartender didn't reply instead his question was answered by a female voice at the end of the bar.
"What business do you have with me stranger?"
She said, Naruto tilting his head and shifting his gaze to get a look at her. The woman who answers to the title of wind seer had long, flowing silver hair and strangely enough crimson eyes, she was dressed in a white Kimono decorated with pale blue flowers over the entirety of her dress. Without a word Naruto did as he was instructed and handed the sapphire tiara to the wind seer.
"A man living in a village to the west of here told me you could lead me to the one I'm seeking..."
Naruto said, his gaze locked with this woman. The woman merely closed her eyes and smiled in response.
"Very well, follow me so we can talk in privacy."
The wind seer said, standing up and walking out of the Sake Bar, Naruto grabbing his purchased alcohol and following her wherever she may lead him.
Sarutobi felt his stress surface again, exhaling the bitter sweet smoke from his pipe as he gazed at a recent report stating that Hinata Hyuuga had left the village to follow Naruto... The Hokage knew Naruto was probably already aware of Hinata's presence and would keep her out of harms way but her father Hiashi Hyuuga would not drop the matter so easily, even though sadly the man cared about protecting the secrets to their clan's Kekei Genkai far more than protecting the life of who he considers to be his worthless daughter. Sarutobi was brought back to reality as an audible knock sounded from the outside of his office door.
"Come in."
The Hokage said as he shifted in his seat to greet his visitor. As soon as the words left the Hokage's mouth his office door swung open, the form of Neji Hyuuga walking through the door way and closing the door behind him.
"You wished to see me Lord Hokage?"
The Hyuuga said in a humble and respectful tone.
"Yes Neji please sit down, I have a special mission regarding Lady Hinata's defiant act of leaving the village."
Sarutobi said, reaching into his robe and pulling out a scroll containing the full mission details and handing it to Neji.
Naruto was walking down a long and dark alleyway with this woman who calls herself the Wind Seer, her womanly features and curves exposed with her tight Kimono decorated with pale blue flowers.
"Pay more attention to where we're going and less on my body please..."
The wind seer said in a flirting tone, not bothering to look Naruto in the face as she spoke, keeping her back to him. Naruto merely smirked to himself in reply and continued walking a short distance. They arrived at a small, dark blue rectangular house that blended in with the sketchy surroundings of the dark alley way so well that even as a trained shinobi Naruto might have missed it without the wind seer's guidance.
"Follow me inside."
The wind seer said in a seemingly emotionless tone as she walked inside, Naruto not far behind her. As Naruto entered he found himself in a surprisingly spacious living room. Without realizing it Naruto had dazed off and the wind seer had locked the door and walked past him.
"Make yourself comfortable, would you like something to drink?"
The silver haired beauty asked as she walked into her kitchen.
"Sure, Sake if you have any."
Naruto replied in a hopeful tone as he found a seat on a very comfortable white couch, placing his back pack and ninja tool packs down as he took a deep relaxing breath. After a few minutes the wind seer was back in the room, slipping into a seat beside Naruto slyly. Handing Naruto his drink as she sipped on her own. Naruto gladly took the drink and took a long drink, holding the bitter-sweet liquor in his mouth and savoring the taste before fully consuming his mouthful, repeating the process until his drink was finished.
"Did you enjoy your drink?"
The wind seer asked in an exotic and flirtatious tone. Before Naruto could answer he felt a rush of heat throughout his entire body, the intensity of the heat concentrating on his lower body.
"What did you put in the drink?"
Naruto asked in a dazed state. The wind seer merely laughed at his question.
"You can put down your guard ninja boy I didn't poison you, I gave you and me an aphrodisiac, and I'll take you to Itachi I just need to make sure you're... Trustworthy."
The wind seer said with a naughty look on her face as she bit down on her lip gently, removed her hair tie and let it down.
"Aphrodisiac?" Naruto asked, unfamiliar with the term. The wind seer gave Naruto a grin in response.
"Honey prepare for the best time of our life..."
The silver hair beauty said as she leaned in and gave Naruto a passionate, open mouth kiss on the lips, Naruto was surprised at first but accepted and became absorbed into it, intoxicated by this woman's presence.
Hinata deactivated her Byakugan, blushing wildly as she leaned against a wall around the corner from where Naruto was with that woman he followed... Hinata felt bad she wouldn't be Naruto's first but more importantly she was jealous of this mysterious woman taking advantage of her Naruto-kun... But what could she possibly do in this situation? Beyond what was going on with Naruto she had herself to worry about as well. Even if Hinata's feelings led her to follow Naruto she betrayed her village and would eventually face the consequences...
"You're the girl following him aren't you?"
A cold and silent yet piercing voice said from behind Hinata, turning around and coming face to face with a cloaked figure with bright cerulean eyes, the number eight tattooed across the top of both his hands.
"Call me Number Eight, I have no time to explain, there are those after you from the village you left behind and I've been ordered to take you into hiding."
The man said without hesitation. Hinata knew there was truth in what this man was saying and she sensed no dark motives so she nodded her head in reply.
"Very well, let's go."
A/N: Hey everyone, it's been a while since I've contributed any writing and to anyone and everyone who was waiting for an update I sincerely apologize I've had a lot of shit changing in my life lately, I moved out and I'm now living with my older brother and his cool roommates, I don't have 24/7 access to a computer so I'm not sure how often I'll be able to write but I am working on a job and possibly some form of mobile device I can write my story on to make things convinient and not need to drop $300-$400 on a computer. Anyway enough of my life I hope you all enjoyed my latest chapter. Review if you care! Peace! - DL555