Chapter twenty-one

I was walking to see if there was anything I could help with in the hospital when I heard a clang of a kunai, I ran as fast as I could when I ran round a corner and saw Kakashi walk into a room and I narrowed my eyes as I came to the door and saw an ANBU get up off the ground and jump through a window. I froze for a second but then ran to the window and pushed Kakashi out of the way and jumped after him and saw it was the white haired kid but nothing mattered as I knew Strom and Star were below us and I gave them orders they silently agreed and waited for him to hit the trees.

I transformed my wings as I hit the trees to gain the upper hand against the guy when we cornered him between us. He smirked and Storm and Star snarled in their wolf forms.

"Who do you work for?" I asked bluntly with my iron wings ready to move if needed and forming my sleeve blades as I waited for an answer and any clues to his abilities.

"Why should I tell any of you, huh?" He asked cockily.

"Just because you got past Kakashi easily doesn't mean you will be able to with me and my wolves, you're trapped kid." I said, saying the obvious.

"Who's the kid here, bragging like that when you don't know my skill level." He said defensively.

"Believe me, I have years more experience being a shinobi than you do. Don't try me." I snarled out at the end and my wolves followed suit. He moved and Storm and Star pounced on him. I noticed his hands glow green when Storm and Star couldn't get up after getting hit with it. I decided to treat him like a Hyuuga and avoid a close range battle.

"Fire style: Fireball jutsu." I said, making the hand seals quickly and blowing a large flame of fire at him that he narrowly dodged and came straight at me as I dodged a swipe of his hand but I bled anyway as I jumped back and held the deep gash on my right hip. "Some sort of chakra blade huh?" I asked with a smirk as I began to heal the wound a little and he smirked back… My other wolves were on their way, I just had to stall him long enough as the sun began to go down.

"You're observant aren't you?" He said with his smirk as he held up his glowing hand and pushed his glasses back on. I launched close to him as he blocked with a hook like kunai against my blades, keeping both of his hands busy, or so I thought until I got dizzy and he kicked me back, smashing through one tree and stopping against another one as I slumped and saw how bloody I was all over and I began to fix as much as I could as he also cut multiple muscles and messed up my nerves as he got away.

My other wolves arrived and I told them to find him and I didn't care how as I walked over to Storm and woke him up carefully with a groan but Star wasn't waking up when my knees buckled under me and Storm caught me as he was sitting up.

"Just focus on getting yourself to the hospital, there's too much damage for you to heal on your own and I'll get Star there some how." Storm said to me as he helped me to stand up and balance on one leg as I focused on healing the muscle in my leg after he cut right through it, I don't even know how I walked in the first place as he slung Star between his arms and partially over his shoulder and also helped me around the building back through the doors of the hospital.

We were a sorry sight to see, walking through the hospital doors and the nurse sitting at the desk began to panic and called for doctors. The doctors arrived and I ordered them to take care of Star, who was barely being carried by Storm and I collapsed through the door. I didn't have enough chakra to repair the muscles properly, but before I hit the floor I heard a splash and a familiar set of arms catch me. I looked at the ground and saw that a cup of coffee had been spilled, I sighed and looked up into the worried eye of Kakashi.

"Why'd you go and waste precious coffee like that?" I whined tiredly. His eye softened but held its worry as I looked back at the coffee, now mixing with my blood and my eyes became half lidded with sudden blood lust. It was confusing that I had this blood lust when I had never had it for a long time but that thought disappeared quickly as I was turned in Kakashi's arms to face him in a hug so he could hold me up and my glowing red eyes flashed with need.

I sunk my now lengthened canine teeth into my lip and let the blood trickle down my chin and onto his flak jacket as he was shouting for someone to treat me. I was placed onto a bed and hauled away as my senses began to burn with the antiseptic smell and I forgot my blood lust.

I woke to a dark room with the only light coming from the portal window on the door and my eyes. My throat began to burn with blood lust but I was thankful they didn't put me into a room with someone else. I drank the water next to me to ignore the burn but it increased as I bled into my bandages so I opted to stay still and fight my primal instinct back. My eyes were shut and I tried to fall asleep when a familiar scent hit my nose and the door clicked open.

'No, please. Not now. I don't want him to see me like this and his compelling blood is so sinful. STOP!' I thought to myself and my eyes flew open and he was sitting next to me. I squirmed to the other side of the small bed but the lust was at it's full potential right now and being in love with him didn't help either, it made the lust stronger. I let my teeth sink into my lip again and shut my eyes tight to concentrate. I accidentally breathed in as I felt his hand wiping my blood away and I flinched badly and he pulled back quickly.

"Please leave." I whispered out harshly as I opened my eyes to the now lit room. His expression was guarded but a bit hurt. I swallowed hard and grasped at my burning throat and began to draw blood as I scratched at the uncomfortable feeling. His hand caught my wrist and pulled my bloody hand away from my neck.

"I want to help you." He said softly.

"If you want to help then leave and tell the nurse at the desk that I don't want visitors." I said as sternly as I could at that moment. He still held my wrist tight and I could feel his pulse steady under his skin meeting mine and I whined a little as I shut my eyes hard and opened them again to concentrate… I've never had such bloodlust so powerful before it was scaring me and I definitely didn't want to scare or hurt Kakashi. "Please just go Kakashi and thank you for catching me." I said a little calmer as the wind through the open window kept his scent away as I tried to twist my wrist out of his hold.

"Are you still angry at what happened earlier?" He asked carefully, holding my wrist tighter. I tasted iron in my mouth and didn't realise I had been biting my tongue and now it stung.

"No, hell, I'm not even mad at Guy anymore for what he did to Lee, I understand it perfectly what he did, I would have done the same thing like you said but for your own safety I need you to leave NOW." I said with emphasis and in a dead serious tone.

"Why won't you talk to me?" Kakashi asked with some hurt to his steady tone and I shut my eyes to keep my control.

"How can I think when I'm trying to focus on not eating you right now." I said, slapping a hand over my mouth and opening my eyes to take in his confused but amused expression.

"Wait, what do you mean for my own safety and eating me?" He asked with some amusement to his tone as he watched and studied me.

"The clan I come from isn't called the ' blood' clan for nothing and you are smelling very sinful right now." I said with lust, loosing some of my control a bit as my canines lengthened and I showed him them. His visible eye widened as he let go of my wrist and jumped far back from me, giving some space so I could focus again.

"You really would eat me. I'm sorry, I didn't think, I've never seen you like this before." He said with apology shining through as I shut my eyes and focused on healing the little gashes on my neck where I scratched at it and licked the blood from my fingertips as I opened my eyes to show them glowing in the dim light.

"It's okay, I think it's partially my seals fault, just stay over there and we'll both be fine." I said with a reassuring smile even though I could still smell him clearly.

"So you're like a vampire?" Kakashi asked carefully and I nodded as I deemed my fingers bloodless. "So you need blood right now." He said suddenly, pulling down his mask and ran a kunai across his neck where a thin line of red began to seep through and he moved towards me and sat on my bed next to me and bent down so his neck was right there as he put his head next to me as I sat there stunned, holding my self control in.

"Blood's very sacred you know, you shouldn't just give it to anyone." I whispered with strain as I slipped a hand by the nape of his neck and pulled him closer as it pained me to watch the blood run down and soak into his mask, I wanted to do this but I didn't.

"You're not just anyone, take it, it'll always belong to you anyway." He said, leaning in closer as I felt his warm body against mine and I sunk my teeth into his neck and heard a low hiss from him as I gripped his neck tighter as the burn in my throat began to die down and the wonderful taste of metal filled my senses as my wounds began healing quicker and I stopped and pulled out my teeth, realising I could kill him at this rate but I still held him close. I felt light headed and suddenly very tired and out of breath as I unconsciously massaged the back of his neck gently and held him close possessively and I flinched realising what this feeling was as I pushed him to sit up gently.

He looked down at me and rubbed my cheek with his thumb and I could feel I was flushed and I looked away as he smiled. It was the forming of a blood bond and I couldn't tie him down like that so I would just have to make sure he never drank my blood which should be simple if he's a normal person so everything would be fine as I looked back at his half lidded gaze as he continued to rub my cheek gently.

"Come back here… I should close the wound." I said, reaching back up to the nape of his neck and pulling him back down as I ran my tongue over the bite marks and they closed up with a shiver from him as I pushed him to sit up again and I had to look away again. "Well… That was awkward." I said swallowing hard and he laughed and rubbed his neck where I bit him.

"How are you feeling now?" Kakashi asked as he just rested his palm against my still flushed cheek.

"I'm fine, my wounds are healing nicely now…Don't ever surprise me like that again Kakashi, I could have killed you." I scolded him with a pout and a soft punch to his arm and he laughed and grinned sheepishly. "By the way, my team's watching over Sasuke for you now, no one will be getting past them." I said, changing the subject as I willed my blush to die down.

"Then I better go give them some instructions for when Sasuke wakes up then." Kakashi said, taking his hand back and trying to stand up before I grabbed him in a hug… Damn possessiveness taking over again.

"I relay the message to them, it's telepathic so just say what you need done and I'll relay it to them just don't leave just yet." I said to him as he wrapped his arms around me.

"Alright then. Get Sasuke to meet me out by the rock formations behind the Hokage's Mountain for training since his first opponent is Sabaku no Gaara when he's fit and up." Kakashi said calmly as I relayed it to the team in his room who all confirmed it. "So, want to let go yet?" Kakashi asked with a small laugh and I pushed him back with a pout as I lay back down on my bed and crossed my arms.

"It's getting late and visiting hours are probably over by now, you should go home Kakashi." I said unwillingly pushing down my possessiveness… Instinct shall not rule me dammit!

"Okay then, I'll see you at the chunin examination finals, look after Naruto, I've left him with Ebisu and he wasn't very happy about it." Kakashi said with a small laugh as he stood up and fixed his uniform, pulling his mask back up.

"I'll see what I can do but I have something evil in mind, he'll be ready for the exams, you can count on that." I said, rising to the challenge as he eye smiled and left with a suishinned as I snuggled down in bed and rested to heal the rest of my wounds.

I walked over to Sasuke's room the next morning to check on him and found Kakashi standing there and watching him. He turned around and gave me his usual eye smile and salute.

"Yo… Should you really be out of bed so soon?" Kakashi asked as I moved to stand next to him.

"If I was at my full potential, I would have dragged that damn kid back with me last night looking worse than that but healing quickly… Thank you by the way for the little 'boost'." I said with emphasis as I watched the little clouds of breath on Sasuke's oxygen mask. "You know, Naruto feels betrayed by you when you gave him to Ebisu to train… You'll have to work hard to regain his trust again Kakashi and that could take years." I said, remembering what Seth showed me this morning when he came to visit as I avoided Kakashi's gaze.

"Telepathy must be a useful thing… I understand but it's what the council wants and Sasuke needs to survive against Gaara in the matches, we don't need him ending up like Lee." Kakashi said coolly. I looked down and thought that it could actually be a good thing for him but refused to voice it to Kakashi who looks at Sasuke like himself and Itachi…

"Just be careful at what you teach him, he's after Itachi still… I'll see you around Kakashi." I said leaving before he could stop me as I shoved my hands in my pockets and followed Naruto's chakra at his house and found Ebisu watching him so I jumped up and startled him.

"So you are a closet pervert like Naruto says huh?" I said with a smirk and he blushed and looked away while fixing his glasses, embarrassed. "Working on his basics is going to do nothing for him, he has way too much chakra to do them but maybe water walking would be good… Down at a HOT, hot spring, it should motivate him to get it quicker after he falls in a good couple of times." I said with a mischievous smile as I left back to my club to begin my next part of my plan… Kakashi is going to loose this challenge.

"Jiraiya, open this damn door before I destroy it." I shouted, banging on his rented room I was giving him down in my club. "There's a full hot spring that's full of lovely ladies for a business meeting today at one of them." I said, tempting him and he had the door open in a flash, a nosebleed already beginning.

"Where?" He asked frantically.

"The Leafy Getaway… I don't know where but that's what I've heard, you know my information gathering can be a little sketch at times." I said with a shrug as he shut the door, opened it again and was off… Mission accomplished, Naruto hates perverts. I stretched and followed Naruto's chakra all the way to a hot spring and jumped up on a roof to watch him trying to walk on water then Jiraiya arrived and that's where things began as Jiraiya took Ebisu out for getting him caught peaking and Naruto was left without someone to train him and I could see in Naruto's eyes that he already idolised Jiraiya as he followed him around the whole day, trying to get him to train him and finally Jiraiya gave in after seeing Naruto's Harem jutsu.

"You're a real snake you know that?" Jiraiya said to me as he appeared behind me and I just smirked.

"I guess you could just call it 'fate'. " I said with a large grin and Jiraiya sighed. "Listen, something's happened to Naruto's seal and I need you to fix it otherwise he won't be able to mould chakra properly… They Kyuubi's extremely restless over it and it's bad enough with one around that's unstable." I said and he raised an eyebrow.

"That kid… Gaara from Suna, so you know already?" Jiraiya asked seriously.

"With what I am, I can't miss it… I don't see Sasuke winning his match against the Ichibi jinchuuriki but I see Naruto winning his first match then having to go up against him… He'll need something big to go up against it Jiraiya." I said seriously as I eyed the scroll on his back and he levelled his gaze with mine.

"He's not ready for summoning." Jiraiya said coolly.

"It'll teach him how to use the Kyuubi's chakra if you still want him to. It's not dangerous plus some help in the battle will be good… Akatsuki will be after him soon, they're trying with all of the jinchuuriki so far." I said with a smirk.

"And you say your information gathering skills suck… Alright then, I'll think it over and take him for training tomorrow morning, I expect to see you around some times for his training Sonea, this is your bet after all." He said with a smirk right back and was gone in a poof and decided I need to get home to relax for a few days and catch up on my sleep.

I sat up with a start as Shukaku's roar reverberated in my skull as I clutched my pounding head the next morning. There was a knock against my door and I looked up to see Storm standing there and looking serious.

"What's up?" I asked tiredly as I got up and began my morning routine.

"Gekkou Hayate has been murdered, he was just found this morning and Hiruzen is calling a meeting, he wants you and me to be his shadows for the meeting so hurry up because it starts in an hour." Storm said with a yawn as well, looking much better than when I last saw him as I got dressed in my ANBU uniform and followed Storm to the shadows of the meeting room as jonin piled in.

"Some people may have heard about this already but the body of Gekkou Hayate was found near the Kikyou Castle." Hiruzen informed them.

"Did Orochimaru kill him?" Anko wondered.

"No, it's too early to jump to conclusions. Hayate was most likely after Kabuto, a spy of Otogakure. But it's true Orochimaru is trying to pull something off." Kakashi explained calmly.

"Then we must cancel the chunin exams and get Orochimaru." Raido said determinedly.

"No, he revealed himself to Anko and another proctor and threatened us not to cancel the exam. The chunin exams where the ninja of our fellow allies participate. Orochimaru has enough power to conquer a small country, after he left this village, I am sure other countries had their eyes on him. He has a grudge against Konoha, any country would want him." Hiruzen explained calmly.

"Then can it be that our allies have conspired with Orochimaru to betray Konoha?" Raido asked and Anko closed her eyes.

"An alliance treaty is almost equivalent to a verbal agreement anyway. How do you think the Great Ninja War started?" Kakashi explained rhetorically.

"Anyway… We do not have enough information right now. We should not make any conclusions until we find out more… Also, I trust you all. If the worst does happen, we will assemble all of Konoha's power and fight." Hiruzen said confidently, sparking something in everyone. "Is there anything else to report Raven?" Hiruzen asked into my shadows as I stepped out, making some of the jonin gasp with surprise.

"No Hokage-sama, we cannot find Kabuto or Orochimaru anywhere since the incident last night, there is nothing to report." I said with finality and He nodded and adjourned the meeting.

'Sasuke's awake and being a pain.' Fall suddenly alerted into my thoughts.

'I'll be right there Fall as soon as I can, just keep him there.' I said back as I began making my escape before Kakashi jumped in front of me.

"Why don't you go jump off a cliff Hatake?" I asked with annoyance but with a wink and he eye smiled.

"I guess I will, see you later Raven." He said, jumping away again. I carried on to the hospital and removed my mask as I jumped into Sasuke's window left open by Fall.

"What do you want Sonea and where's Kakashi?" Sasuke questioned harshly as he struggled against the wrappings placed on him.

"It's so good to see you awake and looking better… Oh me? Na, I'm just fine, thanks for asking." I said sweetly with venom leaking in my words and Sasuke growled with annoyance as I cut off the wrappings and he jumps up and began putting his clothes on. "Where do you think you're going?" I asked as I crossed my arms and watched him getting ready.

"To find Kakashi… Damn ANBU." He growled out.

"Hey, those 'damn ANBU' are my friends and gave you that message from Kakashi, they're not lying and willing to cover you, you ass." I snarled and took a deep breath to calm myself. "I'll take you to Kakashi then for your training." I said, shifting into my over sized purple wolf form and gesturing for him to get on as I jumped out of the window and began to the rocky ravine behind the Hokage's mountains where Kakashi said he would be.

I ran at full speed with Sasuke ducking down and holding tight making it easier to run faster and jump over the ravines with small intakes of breath at the distances I jumped across and I could feel Kakashi's presence up ahead as I came up to his specified location and eyed the huge rock.

"Hold on tight if you don't want to fall off." I warned Sasuke as he dug his fingers deeper into my fir as I ran for the wall and ran up it, jumping to the next rock formation and running up that one for a while before jumping back to the original one and landing smoothly as we walked over to watch Kakashi climbing up with one hand tied behind his back as Sasuke and I looked down at him with his hands in his pockets and me grinning wolfishly.

"Hey." Sasuke said.

"So you've finally come." Kakashi said simply. I reached down and grabbed him by the collar of his flak jacket between my teeth and lifted him up onto the top of the rock formation as he petted me, not knowing who I was. "Thanks, you may return to Konoha now." Kakashi said to me and I took off with a wolfish grin and a nod as I allowed myself some full speed running.