The Rising Storm

Chapter 14 – The Coming Storm

Naruto was dozing quietly on the fountain in the main park of the Sanctuary when he felt a shadow upon him, despite this he remained where he was and tried to ignore the other persons presence. As it moved away Naruto felt as though a danger had passed, after a minuet or so the shadow returned and this time Naruto looked at the person standing over him. For a brief moment Naruto thought it was Sasuke standing over him, then after a moment of looking at the raven before him Naruto realised this raven was older and more gloomy looking than Sasuke.

"Hallo Naruto." Itachi said as he stared down at blond.

Suddenly a dead silence fell and Naruto became slightly unnerved, he knew Itachi in passing, hearing the stories from Kakashi and other Hunters. How he was a sadistic cruel man who had been brought before the Elder Council several times for 'Assaulting' other Hunters, apparently even the Council was weary of him.

Now he was stood over Naruto with a slight evil look in his eyes...Just as the raven was about toi speak the alarm sirens started to go off again and the computers voice started to speak.

"Red Alert! Red Alert! Demon Presence in Sector H, Demon Presence in Sector H."

Naruto mind took a moment to take in what he had just herd and when it registered in his mind where Section H was his body had started to sprint off in its direction.

Section H was the School and Orphanage for the Sanctuary...

As Naruto came to the doorway of Section H he encountered a crowd of people been held back by a group of security personnel, the crowd was made up of mostly women. As he managed to barrage through the mass of people he came face to face with a wall of darkness, it seemed to be a living creature made of flesh which twitched and pulsated, black slime seemed to ooze from the thing and Naruto was sure he could hear it breathing.

As he stood staring at the thing he felt a hand on his should and when he turned he saw it was Kakashi, the grey haired man was accompaniment by two other. A rather busy blond women with a diamond tattoo on her four head and a white haired man with red lines tattooed down his face from his eyes to the lower side of his cheek.

Naruto instantly recognised them, as in Hunter society old age was unlikely these two had become legend for their service.

Tsunade & Jiraiya two of the most powerful Hunter alive both been head of the Hunters ranks just below the Elder Council.

"Who's the Kid Kakashi?" Tsunade asked as she glanced at Naruto, even though she was in her early fifties see barely look thirty. Her clothes were the same ones all Hunters wore save for the chest been altered to reveal a little too much of her cleavage.

"He looks oddly familiar." Jiraiya said as he looked Naruto up and down and suddenly looked back to Kakashi for a answer. The white haired man look his proper age and wore a slightly wore uniform that signalled him as a high ranked Hunter.

"This is Naruto, my student son of the Yellow Flash." Kakashi said in his calm voice as he glanced at the wall of blackness. As Naruto looked over he saw that a snake like creature had protruded from the wall of black flesh. It's long coiling body was the same as the wall of flesh and at its end was a mouth filled with jagged razor shape teeth, a mass of violet lights dotted on each side of the creatures head looked like eyes and a pair of holes just above the jaws were its nostrils. As Naruto watched more of the creatures slide out from the wall of flesh , their noses sniffing the air and jaws snapping open and closed. All of them move like snakes in the air and all seemed to glare at the four humans stood before the wall.

"Lets hope he's as good as his dad." Tsunade said as he clenched her fist.

The creatures hissed and snarled at the crowed and jutted forwards trying to sink their teeth into the people but something held them back, it was like they were been held back by something...

Suddenly the wall of flesh seemed to shift and the doorway became open, the wall of flesh having sifted.

"It seems were been let in." Kakashi said as he glance at the closes snake creature, it was hissing and snarling violently but it remained were it was glaring at the human with unhidden hatred.

As Naruto followed the three other through the doorway he could feel the door behind him close as the flesh wall moved back into place, he also saw the masses of snake creature watching him from the walls. The creatures were everywhere their was not a inch of wall floor of ceiling the creature didn't cover, it transformed the hallway leading to the school into a living mass of moving blackness.

"You know this is most likely a trap." Kakashi said to his two superiors who seemed no to bothered by the sight before them.

"We know." Jiraiya said as he made his way down the hall trying not to step on the snake creatures.

As they made their way to the school the place seemed deserted, like a ghost town...

Then they came to the main hall that doubled as a dinner hall, as they stepped through the doorway they herd soft laughter and speech. As they passed through an invisible barrier they found themselves in a hall filled with the children, all seemed to be sitting cross-legged looking up to the front of the hall where someone was standing.

Naruto looked at the creature stood their and gulped as he felt the violet eyes fall on him, the demon in human form smiled and in a cheerful voice said.

"Welcome..." The demon's mouth turned into a smile which flash his white teeth.

TBC