Chapter 26 Night
The sun was setting over the Leaf village as Ino Yamanaka sat in one of the higher scale restaurant in the Leaf.
"Another drink?" asked the waiter as Ino nodded her head as he poured Ino another glass of water. She checked her watch to see that he was over twenty minutes late. Suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder; she looked up to see Sai standing there in a black suit.
"Sorry for being late, they thought they spotted demons but it was only a trade caravan from grass country." said Sai as his hand moved down his girlfriend's arm before taking his seat across from her. "They had me check it out before they entered the village.
"Your forgiven." said Ino as the waiter placed a glass of water down in front of Sai "Everyone is on edge."
"As they should be." said Sai "Over fifteen villages where taken in their last attack including one of the major military powers."
"Kind of makes me feel guilty about going out when the village is in such danger." said Ino softly.
"We have nothing to feel guilty to feel for, we had this date planned out for a month." stated Sai as he placed his hand on top of hers. "According to the books anniversaries are important days for couples."
Ino laughed a bit at her boyfriend who still relied on books to give him details about relationships. Ino found it somewhat cute and yet sometimes it drove her up the wall when she had to explain simple items.
"Well I am ready to fight if we are attacked." said Ino as she placed a hand on her weapon pouch which was hidden under her blue cocktail dress. She was turning more than a few heads with her strapless dress which hugged her body, the dress went down to her ankles with a long cut with that went up to her knee on one side. Around her neck was a golden necklace with a single diamond in the center. She also had a golden bracelet with the Leaf symbol on it which was given to her by Sai on their second anniversary last year. Her hair wasn't in her traditional pony tail instead she let it hang draping her back and shoulders with long blonde hair.
"Same here." said Sai with a smile as he felt his Tanto sword which was hidden under his jacket. "How is Sakura's mother doing."
"As well as I can expect, she has spent a lot of time crying and worrying about her daughter." said Ino "She just hopes she is with Naruto."
"Because he will protect her." added Sai as Ino nodded her head.
"I think it will work both ways, Naruto will protect forehead and she will protect Naruto." said Ino "And it isn't just because they are teammates."
"That is what you do when you love someone." said Sai "Let's hope they are together and that they can get back to the Leaf."
"Let's get off this subject and talk about something else." said Ino as the waiter came to take their orders. "It's hard to believe we it has been three years already."
"It has." said Sai as he looked at his 21 year old girlfriend, Ino was the second youngest of the rookie 12 the only one who was younger than her was Naruto and even then it was measured only by 17 days.
Elsewhere in the village Hinata Hyuuga was sitting at Irchiraku's Ramen stand, she was sitting right next to the char which Naruto had always sat when he went to his favorite food stand. She would often sit beside the chair and day dream that she was on a date with Naruto. Her dream date where both would embrace the love for each other. Hinata had it planned out, two to three years of dating ending with a beautiful wedding day when she would become Hinata Namikaze; they would have three kids two boys and a girl. Naruto would be Hokage and she would be a stay at home mom, their lives would be perfect. However now her dreams had a huge problem the demons and now the woman she nicknamed the pink bitch was with her future husband all she could hope was that Naruto realized that Sakura wasn't right for him or she was now among her own kind as a snake.
"More noodles?" asked new owner of Irchiraku's Ramen Ayame, her father had given it to her after he had retired however he did come in from time to time to give his daughter a day off from time to time.
"Yes, please." answered Hinata as Ayame put some fresh noodles in Hinata's bowel.
"So any word on Naruto and Sakura?" asked Ayame
"I am not allowed to say." lied Hinata
"I understand, the entire village is worried." said Ayame "People are afraid since their hero was taken along with the best doctor of her age. Then the news that the 4th Hokage was taken as well, people are afraid."
"I believe it, however we will stop them. We stopped the Sound invasion almost a decade ago, Pain's attack and the war against Madara." said Hinata "We will stop these demons and get Naruto and his family back."
"You forgot about Sakura." said Ayame as Hinata winced a bit.
"We will get everyone they took back." said Hinata as the curtain behind her moved as her old sensie Kurenai and her daughter walked into the stand.
"Kurenai-sensei." said Hinata
"You don't have to call me sensei anymore." said Kurenai as she got out a high chair and put her daughter in it. "I haven't been it since you where 16."
"But you are always my sensei." said Hinata "And how is the little girl doing?"
"Good." answered Kurenai
"She looks a lot like Asuma." said Hinata as Kurenai looked down. "What is it?"
"Lady Tsunade told me Asuma was on the list of people they took." explained Kurenai
"I know." said Hinata as Kurenai looked at her old student "Tsunade told us when they were planning a defense. I wanted to tell you but….it was classified information."
"It's ok Hinata, I am just wondering what happened to Asuma." said Kurenai "It seems impossible that he is really alive."
"We don't know that." said Hinata as she remembered Shikamaru telling them how Asuma died "I don't know how the demons could have gotten to him though that seal that Hidan put him under."
"Still he could be alive." said Kurenai as she looked at her daughter who was playing with her food "He could hold his daughter in his arm and she would grow up with him."
"She will once we get him back." said Hinata
Meanwhile Shikamaru Nara was walking though his apartment door. He didn't even turn on the lights or grab something to eat he was just too tired. After almost falling asleep in the shower he climbed into the bed. The bed felt empty as he looked toward the other side maybe it was fact that he was so tired or he just missed that troublesome woman so much but he could almost see her outline in his mind's eye. Her blonde locks when they were free of her ponytails. A smile crossed his face as he remembered the last time they were in this room together.
Flashback
The sound of chirping birds could be heard coming though the slightly opened window. The sound of someone else moving around the room caused Shikamaru to opened his eyes. He smiled as he saw what was happening, his girlfriend was putting on a fresh bikini bottom, her one from yesterday was lying on the ground beside his boxers.
"Morning." said Shikamaru as a topless Temari turned around to face him. He couldn't help but smile; when he was growing up he always said he would marry an average looking woman and live an average life. That didn't happen; he was dating a woman who looked like she could have stepped off one of those swimsuit magazines that his teammate, Ino always carried.
"Morning little boy." laughed Temari as Shikamaru rolled his eyes at bit at her nickname for him.
"It wasn't so little last night." said Shikamaru
"Or this morning." said Temari as she slip on her black bra strapping her solid C cups inside "If only we didn't have to go out on this mission, then we could have some fun."
"Maybe once find that missing team we can have some fun." said Shikamaru as Temari walked over and put on a fresh clean black rob before putting a red slash across her waste.
"Ya….I have to head back to the sand tomorrow." said Temari
"Sometimes I forget you're from the Sand village not the leaf." said Shikamaru "You spend most of your time here."
"Ya, ten months out of the year." said Temari "The Leaf does seem more like home then the sand now."
"Then stay." said Shikamaru
"You and I both know the laws set down by the Kages." said Temari "Now couple from two different ninja villages can get married until they have been together for five years, only then can one transfer to another village as long as both Kages sign off on the trade. If they do get married before the five years then both of them are listed as missing ninjas subject to be killed."
"Those rules are over 130 years old." said Shikamaru "None of the current Kage nations even are the original signers, it was written by leaders of nations who either don't exist anymore or fell from prower."
"Still all of our leaders signed on to it." Said Temari "But the moment we reach our five year anniversary we are free and clear."
"Can't wait." said Shikamaru.
End Flashback
"God I wish she would have gone to the Leaf instead of back to the Sand." thought Shikamaru as he looked toward the nightstand where a ring box sat, he had given the engagement ring to Temari on her birthday in late August, she couldn't wear it yet but someday she would.
It was a moonless night but all the stars where visible as Ino and Sai walked though one of the many parks, even though it was now early October it was still unseasonably warm, it felt more along the lines of late summer than anything else.
"That was a lovely dinner." said Ino as the two of them walked close together down the path, heading back to the apartment which they shared. They slowly walked up an arched footbridge stopping at the top. The totally flat water below them reflected the night sky like a mirror. "So beautiful."
"Yes, it is." said Sai as he looked at Ino
"You are looking at me aren't you?" asked Ino
"Isn't that what I am suppose to do?" asked Sai as Ino moved closer until their lips almost touched.
"Yes, but did you have to take a line from a cheesy romance book." laughed Ino as she pulled him into a kiss.
In an apartment overlooking the park four guys sat around a kitchen table each holding a handful of playing cards.
'Isn't that Ino and Sai?" asked Choji as Kiba and Neji looked out the window at the happy couple, only Shino didn't turn to face the window.
"I believe it is." said Kiba
'I could tell you right away if I could use my Byakugan." said Neji
"And let you know our cards?" asked Kiba as he closed the blinds "To hell with that. If that is Sai good luck to him and I hope he has a fresh supply of condoms."
"I believe it was your bid." stated Shino as he moved his head slightly to look at Choji.
"You are a hard man to read Shino but I will raise by twenty." said Choji as he tossed in some fresh chips to the pot in the center of the table.
"Isn't it strange?" said Kiba as everyone looked at him "Who would have thought that a week ago we would all be sitting here playing cards."
"Who thought that we would have to deal with the threat of demons coming and turning us." stated Neji as the four of them stopped talking for a moment as they thought about the sure to come attack.
"I wonder what will happen when they come?" asked Kiba
"What will they turn us into?" asked Choji
"An ant." stated Shino as a member of the ANBU core he along with everyone else had been given general information about the races that was coming after them. "I would bet if caught any member of my clan would become one of those."
"Just like mine would likely be wolf or maybe fox since we have bond with our ninja dogs." said Kiba
"I just hope it doesn't happen…but if it does I hope the race has good food." laughed Choji
"Let's not talk about it shall we?" asked Neji as he looked toward the living room where his girlfriend was sitting down reading a book. While Tenten was considered a tomboy by some of the other kunoichi but that is what he loved about her. She was one of the guys but yet she had a feminine side which normally only came out around him. She would normally pay cards with him but this time she wasn't in the mood and instead she wanted to read. Now he wasn't just worried about losing her in battle but now losing her to some demon race.
It was late in the demon world as Sakura lied beside Naruto, there was no mating tonight. Sakura was too tired from work; however it felt to be locked in Naruto's arms. It was just nice to sleep beside him, feel the warmth of his body and hear his heartbeat. She looked down to see his arm wrapped ground her, one located on her belly button while the other one was resting just under her breasts. Her own arm was following Naruto's send arm as the other held her pillow. She had pressed her back against his to be closer to him; all the while she could feel his breath on the back of her neck. Every once in a while in a while he would rub his face against the side and back of her head. It was kind of annoying but very sweet since he was doing it without his real knowledge.
"He is such a sweet guy." thought Sakura as she tried to force her mind off work, all those little kids who would never have had a real family now had and all it cost them was their humanity, something they would never know. Most of the older kids where now no longer fighting the demon nurses and they were now trying to find out about the demon races trying to figure out which race they wanted to become. On some level Sakura found it disturbing but understandable.
Flashback
"No one wants us, we are too old….they only want younger cute kids." said one of the younger girls.
End Flashback
"They just want a pack of their own and their want of that is more than their want to stay human." Thought Sakura as twisted her head a bit too looked toward Naruto "I wonder if he feels the same way? Would he trade of traded his humanity to be with his pack?"
"Well Adria said she wanted her brother to become a demon but only if he wanted to." said Inner Sakura
"But would he really accept demon hood?" thought Sakura
"You have and you haven't just been reunited with your family." added Inner Sakura
"What are you talking about, how have I embraced it?" asked Sakura
"And I quote "I also need to get my paws on that transformation agent" and that was on top of all those other slip of the tongues like calling families….packs." stated Inner Sakura as Sakura lowered her head a bit "Face it you like being a demon, you love being Naruto-kun mate. All you care about is the fact that they are forcing humans to become demons."
"I….guess I am falling more in line with Adria and let them choice if they want to become demons." Thought Sakura
"So we can we stop focusing on trying to save the humans and focus on our relationship with Naruto-kun and his pack/our future pack, we also have to focus on starting a new job in the hospital and in a few years raising some of kits of our own." pleaded Inner Sakura
"No, I will still help Naruto save the leaf and anyone who doesn't want to be a demon." Thought Sakura as she closed her eyes and began to finally let sleep take her.
It was late in the Leaf village Shizune was looking into the microscope as she studied the medical information about the demons. It was getting late as her eyes grew heavier with each passing moment as she burned the midnight oil for the fourth straight night in a row. The only sleep she gotten where two hour naps and even those where few and far between. Suddenly she felt a persons of another person in the room. Instantly she reached for her kunai, she spun around only to stop inches away from Kakashi Hatake's neck.
"What did I do?" asked Kakashi
"Don't sneak up on me Kakashi." said Shizune as she pulled the kunai away from Kakashi's neck.
"I knocked five times." answered Kakashi as Shizune sat down.
"Sorry I am just so tired." said Shizune
"Well I would get some sleep; the Hokage has ordered us to leave the village." said Kakashi as Shizune looked at the legendary copy cat ninja.
"Why?" asked Shizune
"She wants to set up a chain of command outside the village in case it falls to the demons." said Kakashi "You are to head up the medical side trying to find a cure while I take care of the military side."
"Just the two of us?" asked Shizune
"Plus two ANBU teams." said Kakashi
"Oh, were are we going?" asked Shizune
"I have no idea, we will have to find to a place unknown to anyone." stated Kakashi
"How will we stay in contact?" asked Shizune "Summons?"
"No…some of the reports coming out of the Earth country says the summons didn't even show up when they were called." stated Kakashi
"They abounded us?" asked Shizune
"Unknown but it sure that we can't count on them." stated Kakashi "We plan to use the starlight network."
"That is operational?" asked Shizune as she remembered the file about the top secret program.
"The last piece was rushed out and should be up and running within the next few days." said Kakashi "So get some rest we leave before sunrise."
Sorry for the delay for some reason Fanfiction wouldn't let me sign in. Well I hope you liked this chapter, I wanted to focus on other people apart from Naruto and Sakura. I would like to say something; a few people have posted reviews just saying how much they hate the story since the reviews where anonymous I couldn't respond. First I know not everyone will like my story and there is a few problems with grammar however if you don't like the story you don't have to read. I am not going to force anyone to read my story. I would like to thank everyone who reviewed and I ask that you keep on reading. Thanks Wilkins75