Naruto
Fury Guilt and Love
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Chapter 21
Sakura: RRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Enough you little BITCH!!!!!!!!!!!! Touch him again and your BALLS ARE MINE!!!!!!!!
... Silence...
Ino crossed her legs and her arms as she smirked haughtily at the pink haired kunoichi beside with both of her hands sealed tightly around her mouth.
(Zooms out of spot to reveal to staring faces of EVERY living soul in that audiance roster)
Sakura's face turned a dark shade of pure red as her pupils shrunk as much as her humiliation enflated. She slowly cranked her buldging eyes to Ino and saw her smiling with the 'You so fell for it' look.
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Through her humiliation, the pink haired female sunk in her seat; hoping for all of the eyes on her to go away. After an agonizing minute and a half, the eyes eventually teadered back to the action... excuse me; the LACK of action down below. Sakura stared back at the still smiling Ino with a scowl on her face.
"You'll pay for this, Ino... Mark my words... you will pay", she threatened with her scowl slowly molding into a sneer.
Ino simple scoffed, "Serves you right for not seeing what was right in front of you in the first place. If anything you should thank me for waking you up", she proclaimed.
Sakura sighed in defeat, "Got me there... Not that I have to thank you but...", she trailed off with a feint blush.
"While we're on the subject; you seem to be a little more subdued everytime Naruto brought in to a conversation. You used to tell me how much you couldn't stand the guy, even told me that you hated him at one point. So... how do you feel about him now", Ino asked.
Hearing this question, Sakura's face was once again reddened by a blush that she couldn't control as she averted her eyes downward with a smile on her face. Seeing this, the blonde female sighed and shrugged.
"I guess that explains all I need to know then...", she said dissmissively, "Different question thought; were you at least able to get things cleared up with him when you fu-... went to see him?"
Sakura's eye gleemed for a second before deciding to completely ignore what Ino stopped herself from saying, "Horny little bitch..."-"Well... actually I couldn't; he was still fast asleep when I came and left. I wanted to stay there longer, but I thought that I would miss Sasuke-kun's match if I did. Speaking of which, where is he? If I'd have know he was gonna be late again I would've stayed with Naruto until he woke up", she said.
Ino eyed her friend for a moment before flashing her a genuine smile. Sakura caught the smile and gave the turquoise eyed female a questioning look.
"Huh? What's with you?", she asked.
With her smile never vanishing, Ino chuckled under her breath, "Oh nothing; don't worry about it...", she said happily; gaining an uncaring shrug from the jade eyed kunoichi beside her, "Hm... I guess... her eyes finally did open..."
Just then, a familiar voice called out to Ino from behind her, "Yo... Mind if I sit?", the voice aksed.
Ino looked behind her and saw her good teammate Chouji carrying a HUGE sack of many different kinds of potato chips.
"Oh Chouji! Of course you can sit", Ino enthuised; allowing the hefty Nin to take the seat next to her.
"Oh good, I didn't miss Shikamaru's fight...", he said.
Ino raised and eyebrow before looking down at the battle arena. She smiled widely at the sight of her teammate.
"Hey, it is him! Alright!-But... Hang on a sec. Why is he just lying there...?"
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Back at the Battle Arena...
Shikamaru was lying on his back with his arms and legs sprawled all over the place; a HIGHLY comical scowl on his face.
"God... dammit. Why? Why do I have to be here. Damn Chuunin Exams... Damn Naruto...-(Back-bone crackles and shifts)-Graaawoogh... Damn Hernia...", Shikamaru inwardly complained.
Before long, the crowd was starting to roar with disapproval once again as they started to throw all sorts of trash at him... not that the lazy bastard cared.
"Up yours... all of you...", he thought carelessly as he allowed the trash to land on him; looking up at the beautiful clouds, "Clouds... are... gorgeous. Man... What I wouldn't give to just... float away and become one with the clouds... Yeah... I'd be the one caring on with an aimless passion; free from the typical bullshit of my troublesome life. Then I could mock the poor souls who actually like this crap while I would live a care-free live... Oh, how I would laugh at them all..."
A content smile graced the stradegists lips as his clouded (for lack of a better word) mind roamed on... That is until Genma spoke up.
"Alright then... Temari versus Shikamaru Nara... Begin whenever you're ready", the Examiner said.
Temari was already prepared to go, but that certainly didn't make Shikamaru any less useless than he was being right now.
"Hey! When are you gonna get off your ass and fight me, dammit?!", Temari snapped out of irritation.
Shikamaru's face fell back into the comical scowl he had earlier, "When are you gonna shut the Hell up and leave me in peace you little-"
"If you won't attack then I will!", Temari bellowed before charging at her opponent with viscious resolve.
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Back at the empty streets of Konoha...
The Ominous... Vampirizing Kuro was making a slow and sleathy trek throughout the streets; searching for the meal that he has yet to devour. To him, it was mildly irritating. He had been searching for minutes on end after he had mercilessly cannabalized the young boy he had confronted eariler. The Monster searched from wall to wall, corner to corner, peak to peak and still couldn't find them. He knew he was hot on their trail, however; the fresh and lingering scent of adrenaline and terror assaulted his scenses; driving him further and furhter to find his prey. Though, a part of Kuro was slightly regretting going after the boy as he could have just found him any other time he wanted... but it couldn't be helped now.
"Haruno! Yamanaka! Why do you resist your inevitable resting? Is it not wise to give yourselves to me as a means to avoid the horrible death you will recieve in the event of me finding where you are? I promise, I will make it slow and painless if you make this easier for me, heh-heh-heh-heh-hah-hah-hah-haaaa!", Kuro called out.
When he heard nothing in response, the Monster smiled before he stopped in his tracks right next to three wooden crates, "It's usless to rebel, children. This sector of Konoha has been picked clean of all life except you. No one will hear you scream... No one will help you, its HOPELESS!", he declared before continuing his search.
As Kuro treaded away from his previous area, the top covers of two of the wooden crates slowly opened; revealing the nerve-racked eyes of Yuhari and Futaba. They both watched as the stalking Demon slowly faded into the distance until he turned a corner at the far side of where they were. With the opportunity given to them, the two frightened (and saddened) mothers hopped out of their crates and attempted attempted another long haul to the central building, which they havent been able to get any closer to since the last time.
Unbenounced to the two women, however, Kuro was crouching at the edge of a tall building not too far from his prey; stalking them carefully with a knowing smirk.
"I can't believe those idiots actually thought I missed them... (sighs) Not much has changed since Uncle Kuro's been away. The people of this Village are still ignorant, petty and pathetic...", the black-hearted feind said before opening his mouth, grasping one of his huge canine fangs and snapping it straight out of the root of his gums without doing so much as batting an eye, "This should put this ridiculous game of cat and mouse to a screeching hault"
With that, Kuro held his fang between the side of his index finger and the tip of his thumb... before flicking it like a bullet down to his targeted meals.
"Can we make it?!", Futaba questioned as her and her best friend ran even harder than before to get out of that sector of the Village.
"We can! We're gonna-"
FLUICCSSHH!!!!
Before Yuhari could even finish her words, the greatest pain that had even engulfed her egnited into flames of searing agony. As time suddenly felt as though it had slowed down for this moment, Yuhari peered down and saw many chunks of bone and flesh flying clean away from the dead center of her right angle. With a horrible, blood-chilling scream, Yuhari tripped on her gravely injured ankle and stumbled upon the ground with her screaming continuing.
"Y-Yuhari!!!", Futaba lamented as she crashed and slided to her knees opting to aid her fallen friend.
"GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!!!!!!", Kuro cackled meniacally while pointing a taunting and holding his abs, "Now they're both mine..."
"Aaarrrgh! Aaawrooo-GOD!!!!", Yuhari writhed.
"Don't worry! I'm gonna get you-"
"NO! Futaba you have to go! That monster is on comming!!", the blonde woman interjected.
Futaba's eyed became wide and vivid before she whirled her body around only to see Kuro running right towards them from a distance and closing in fast!
"You're stupid if you think I'm just gonna throw your life away to safe mine!", the pink haired mother valiantly retorted before lifting one of Yuhari's arms over her shoulder.
"Futaba... Stop. If you stick around to help me then we're both screwed. Go now!", Yuhari insisted.
"Never!"
Futaba lifted her fallen friend and continued the escape attempt... with obvious results.
"Futaba! You have to leave me behind! Look at us, we're slower than ever", the blonde female tried again.
No response...
"Futaba-"
"DAMMIT YUHARI! I'm not leaving you! Whether you like it or not, we're both gonna make it out of here with our lives or die trying!!!"
Yuhari was suddenly speechless as she stared at the valiant pink haired woman, who was tearing up as she inwardly knew the inevitable outcome.
"F... Futaba..."
"Think about what would happen if I allowed you to die and by some miracle I lived. Think about how it would tear little Ino's soul if I told her that her mother was dead because I left her to rot in the hands of that Monster... I love her like she was one of my own Yuhari. I'd rather die by your side than survive; living through a bitter hatred of Ino. Besides...-", she trailed as her tears freely fell, "I'd never leave a true friend... your... your one of the few treasures I have left"
Yuhari could no longer hold back her tearful sobs as she looked down at her useless foot, "Oh... Dammit... DAMN!!!!!!!!!", she lamented as she was all too aware of what would happen now.
"Ha-HAAA!!! Now we end this otherwise entertaining chase!", Kuro roared before leaping high into the air with his hand on his katana, "DIE!!!!!!!"
Yuhari and Futaba turned to face their excecutioner with teary eyes. Once they saw the level of bloodlust in his eyes, they dared not beg for mercy. They both fell to their knees and prayed while they could; all the while, missing their beloved children already... They awaited their demise and cried together. Without an OUNCE of remorse or conscience in the slightest, Kuro unsheathed his sword and chucked it at his victims with perfect aim.
"NYAAA-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAHAHAHAHA-what the..."
Before his very eyes, the Demon's sword lodged straight into the ground, thus shattering some of it to pieces. Kuro landed promptly in front of his sword and growled visciously.
"Rrrrrr-WHAT?!", he gurgled before catching a different scent around the area.
Kuro QUICKLY whipped his head up behind him only to see his prized meal in the arms of another; standing high atop a building.
"GrrrrraaarRRRR-huh...? ... Oh-hehehehehe... It's Anko...", Kuro scoffed.
Anko Mitarashi cradled Futaba and the wounded Yuhari by their sides as she glared kunai at the Monster below, who merely smiled in return.
"Are you two okay?", she asked.
"We will be... Arigato Mitarashi-san...", Futaba said
Anko set both woman down; being extra careful of Yuhari's injured ankle. Futaba quickly rushed to her fallen friend and assumed the previous position.
"You two find some place to hide; it's no longer safe for anyone in this sector of the Village", the Jounin informed.
"We... already know...", Yuhari sorrowfully said.
"What?"
"The... The only living souls in this area right now are us three...", Futaba informed with equal if not more sorrow.
Anko's face was filled with what could only be described as rageful despair, "Kusoooooo...", she cursed before looking back down the destruction incarnate known to all as Kuro, "You two should leave here.. .while you can"
Futaba thought for a minute before gently setting Yuhari down, "Mitarashi-san... We won't be able to get anywhere too fast at the state we're at now. I may be able to fix all of that... but..."
"But...?", Anko pressed on.
"But I'll time..."
The hue eyed Jounin shot a look to Futaba, "How much time...", she asked while dreading the answer with every viber of her soul.
"Dammit... If I could have two minutes... just two... lousy minutes without a single distraction, then we should be able to get out of here afterwards", Futaba informed.
Anko grimaced like mad at hearing those words.
To be honest, it was even worse than she wanted it to be, "Two... Two minutes...? Give me a break... With this fucker, even one mintue is a whole God damn Eternity... Oh, why me... Why me?", she fretted.
The pink haired women looked up at her savior with a serious/appologetic stare, "Forgive me... for having to put you in such a bind Mitarashi-san...", Futaba said.
Anko's face straightened back up before hardening her stare on Kuro, "Don't frett about it. Just... don't take too long... okay?", she said.
Futaba nodded once before closing her eyes to concentrate. She then performed four hand-seals and hovered her hands over Yuhari destroyed ankle; pouring healing chakra into it.
(Surprised?)
Taking this as the right time, Anko reluctantly jumped off of the building she stood on... and landed in front of Kuro with a murderous stare. The feind smiled devilshly.
"Hrhrhrhrhrhr... It's been a long time Anko. Why, I can still remember when you were just a tantrum throwing little bitch... much like the rest of the Jounin in this pathetic dinner-plate for a Village... So tell me... how has Sandaime Hokage been? It's been so long since I've seen all of you, I thought I might as well ask", Kuro said in a mocking attempt to start a conversation.
In response, Anko flipped her trench-coat off of her person and tossed it aside before relenquishing a kunai from her weapon pouch and assuming a hardened fighting stance. Kuro looked on in slight confusion before laughing mockingly.
"What... Oh come--on... You don't seriously expect to fight me, do you?", he asked while crossing his large arms.
Anko glared, "Fight you? No... First I'm gonna slice you into cubes. Then I'm gonna slice those cubes into smaller cubes. Then I'll toss those cubes into the Hound Pits and watch them choke on your putrid remains you freak!", she ranted.
Hearing this BOLD statement, Kuro started to chuckle a little. Suddenly he stopped, "Wait a second... You have hound-pits? Since when?"
There ya GO!!! A little dark humerous ending for you guys. I hope that the previous scenes weren't too boring. And for those who were anticipatin LOTS of NaruxSaku goodness. Please be patient; you won't be disappoint. I can promise you...
Peace...