Oh man I'm so glad for this, I mean one or two chapters away from the finish (with three chapters completed back to back GAH!). It sucks a little though that just when I was finishing, Microsoft word started acting up, and now I have to re-enter every term it doesn't understand again into the dictionary because it's an ass software. Anyways, enjoy!
Disclaimer-I'm a freshmen, I don't have time to own Naruto.
Chapter Dedicated to Jumpstart today.
His eyes rested on her downed body, her red hair fanning out, mixing with the blood the hole in her chest created.
He coughed, and his own blood splattered onto the face of his rival, the face of his teammate.
Her eyes remained closed, her skin remained pale, and her chest continued to heave as it slowly stitched itself back together from his earlier attack.
Sasuke trembled under the weight of his own arms, the cold sinking into his limbs as his torn shirt was pasted to his body.
The rain smelt heavily of blood, and the entire valley was covered in red lacerations of glowing blood chakra, created by the combined attack of Naruko's Blood Rasengan and his Chidori.
He watched his headband fall forward, dropping to cover the eyes of the girl he had loathed for so long.
The metal covered half her face, her own headband hanging around her neck, nearly falling off.
Shaking his head, Sasuke reached forward and shakily grabbed a Kunai laying beneath Naru's fingers, dragging it over the leaf symbol.
Then, her pushed himself to his feet, the blood rushing to his head at the sudden movement. He felt dizzy, dropping the Kunai as he started to fall.
A long arm caught him, a sigh leaving red lips as the black haired woman slowly tugged him to her body, rising from her crouch.
"Rest brat…You'll be fine."
Sasuke shut his eyes, persuaded by the warmth radiating from the woman, and the smell of white lilies.
I~~~~I
The raven haired boy jumped from branch to branch, keeping pace with his five escorts.
The Raven woman seemed to be the leader, and often she would glance back to check on them before speeding them up.
It was only a half a day away from Konoha that she finally stopped, dropping into a clearing as she turned to Jirobo. "Start the process, I'll keep watch. The rest of you, help where you can."
The woman marched off, leaving the Sound Four with a slightly confused Sasuke.
When the biggest one, with short and spiky orange hair, pulled the giant basin form behind his back, Sasuke slightly understood.
"It's to enhance the cursed seal. Right now yours is only level one. Level two is even more powerful, but it takes a long time for the process to complete and can easily result in death."
The silver haired male, who seemed to be the second in command, spoke up from beside his red haired female friend Tayuya, and his dark skinned friend with multiple arms and spiky brown hair, Kidomaru.
Sasuke looked at the sealing container, trying to remember the few lessons Kakashi taught seals to them. The seals on the basin were complicated, but he could locate the 'infusion', 'compression', and 'Yang' seals mixed along the sides.
"Alright, do what you have to…"
His curse mark burned into his skin, the screaming starting again as the Sound Four lead him through the process.
I~~~~I
It had been only half a day since Sasuke's departure, and already Naruko was starting to get larger traces of his and his groups chakra. Four of them reminded her of the four that had aided in Orochimaru's escape, and the other one…
She was unsure why, but it was the exact opposite of her sister's white chakra. It was dark, not quite black but also not gray, holding endless amounts of furry and yet still contained, calm in all the ways that mattered.
If anything, it reminded the Uzumaki of Shikamaru's chakra when he used his clan techniques.
"Kiba, can you catch a whiff of Sasuke's scent? I'm only able to trace his chakra, and even then it's still faint."
From the sidelines, Kiba took a whiff and groaned.
"Sorry, but all I can smell is…well not sure but it's overpowering and blank. Actually, it kind smells like you Shikamaru, but more feminine."
Naruko frowned, her eyes spinning before she called to Neji.
"Neji, can you see the chakra?"
The boy raised his hands, activating his Byakugan as he observed the area ahead of them, each of them pushing against a tree branch to spur themselves forward. "I can't believe it…"
The Hyuuga prodigy's eyes widened, and Naruko bit her lip while Shikamaru glanced to her.
"What is it?"
Naruko glanced toward the boy, and then she face front and raised her hand into several hand signs. Instantly Shikamaru's brow furrowed, recognizing several of them as ANBU hand signs. Finally, finishing with a very brief explanation, Naruko spoke.
"One of the five people with Sasuke is a Yin Chakra user…They are likely female, and their chakra and scent are almost exactly like a Nara's, if not for the more malicious edge. They are way out of our league Shikamaru."
Shikamaru grunted, looking forward as their formation tightened, everyone drawing closer at the information.
"So what are we going to do?! If this woman is out of our league, how are we going to get Uchiha back?"
Naru sighed from her spot, and suddenly she stopped, raising her hands upward as blood chakra burst in front of her.
A large curved blade slammed into the barrier, making it crack from the force as Naruko grunted and everyone stopped.
From their spots, they could easily see the woman balancing on a branch ahead, her curtain of raven hair winding around her slim figure as she curled a silver chain around her left fist, tugging the Scythe sent for Naruko's head back into her hand in a single jerk.
The woman watched them all, her ruby red lips tilting upward as the shadows surrounding the group began to crawl.
"You won't."
From her spot, Naruko inwardly cursed, and grabbed for her lightning tags.
"Stick together, and watch the shadows, her chakra is spreading to them!"
Shikamaru called from the middle of the group, raising his hands to clasp them together as everyone readied for the next attack.
Before they could even move, or their enemy could make her move however, a blur of yellow dropped in front of the children.
"Naruko, get going. Seido and I will handle her."
Naruko's posture stiffened at the appearance of the gold masked ANBU, who turned his head to narrow his blue eyes on her.
"Understood."
Naruko brought her hand upward and the blood chakra that had protected her and her group earlier branched out before surrounding them all, collapsing in on itself.
From her position in front of Kin Kitsune, the woman frowned, glancing behind her as the shadows surged toward a small clearing a few meters ahead. Before they could reach however, branches shot upward, blocking the path of her sight.
Another ANBU dropped down, this one wearing a mask of a tiger colored Bronze.
"Well…Two Treasury members, the Hokage's most elite personal task force. Rather odd, for such high members to be on such a lowly ranking mission."
The woman's lips tilted again, and she gripped her scythe as she switched her stance so she was able to see both members, her pendant glinting in the light that managed to fly down through the branches.
"Too bad…I've been ordered to leave no one alive."
The shadows spiraled up the trees, covering the paths of light leading to the spot while Kin and Seido rushed the woman together.
I~~~~I
Naruko forced her nervousness down, releasing the barrier surrounding her group as she panted gently. Using Shuinshin with others was rather hard, even if she had Kurai's help guiding her chakra.
From behind, she heard groans, and turned in time to watch Shikamaru rise, disoriented but okay.
It also gave her the perfect view of crawling branches covering their escape, making her relax.
"Come on, get up. I know it feels weird, but we need to get moving. Finding one of them out here means we are close."
The others rose, Kiba the first one to speak.
"W-What the hell was that?!"
Naru smiled gently at him, a bitter edge breaking through the sides.
"Shuinshin. It's an advanced speed technique. I used it to forced my barrier to move past the woman. Your muscles will feel a little tingly over it, but they'll be fine after a while."
Shikamaru sighed heavily, but nodded and everyone else seemed to gather themselves, Choji grunting.
"That kinda makes my stomach want to flip."
Naruko sighed and turned, readying chakra in her feet.
"Sorry, but we seriously don't have time to get used to it…" 'I'm not sure how much Tou-San and Hashi-San can do against that woman…Especially since her Chakra seemed so…dark.'
Shaking her head, she shot upward, her team following after a moment as she contemplated on her speed seals.
'It's best I keep them on for now…I'll deactivate them as a last resort.'
She looked ahead, and steeling her features, she allowed her eyes to sharpen, her sharingan enhancing as Kurama's chakra flooded into her orbs as well.
Instantly the world grew brighter, more focused, and her vision expanded. She could see much further ahead, toward the five signatures ahead.
"Neji, details. Everyone, keep on guard and ready yourselves, we have a battle up ahead."
I~~~~I
From his spot observing the winners of the other matches being drawn together for the final match, Orochimaru sighed heavily.
His body felt weakened, and he knew that unless Alpha used her shadow walk, he would need to take a different body. If only Sasuke had come sooner.
His eyes darkened, the gold narrowing around his slit pupils as a scowl settled on his purple lips.
That Kyuubi brat of Minato's had ruined too many of his plans, taking away his chance for revenge, thwarting his invasion by saving one Jonin, befriending her fellow Jinchuuriki and fixing his seal so he wouldn't be able to release Shukaku on the leaf.
Then, she had stolen his chance to regain his arms by attacking him back with Tsunade, even if it ended in her being suppressed by his cursed seal.
And in line of that memory, Orochimaru thought to the boy whom had possessed the Jinchuuriki and attacked him in outright hatred for hurting Ichihara-Kun and talking bad about Sashiko.
He had never seen such a manifestation, had never experienced a being made purely of emotion. It was odd, especially since the being was another soul, sealed inside the Uzumaki.
If anything, Kurai Hafu reminded the Snake Sannin of Alpha, only the opposite since he was made of Yin chakra, and to Alpha, Yin chakra was poison.
A smirk slowly worked its way back onto Orochimaru's lips, and he allowed himself to lick them in anticipation as he thought of his subordinate.
No matter the order, she'd follow it till the end. The only way to stop her from doing something he ordered was to contradict that order, but then it was up to her to decide the importance and which one she'd pick over the other.
It didn't matter much however, because Alpha would always remain at his side so long as he aided her in killing her brother, the man who had torn her life apart with an insane smile on his face, the man who against all odds, seemed immortal.
It only meant more revenge on the Akatsuki Bastards, meant more reasons to tear the damned organization apart for what it did. With Sasuke joining, looking for revenge against his brother as well, it only gave Orochimaru more of a reason to give him to Alpha to train, to protect, and aid.
"Kabuto…"
Orochimaru turned to face his silver haired subordinate, whom both loathed and adored Alpha when it came to her loyalty and standards.
"Bring me Kimimaro."
I~~~~I
Naruko cursed herself and her enemies as she felt her chakra vanishing, even with the suppression seals she had placed on the earth dome surrounding them.
They needed a plan, and quick, because Sasuke was getting further and further away as they waited, and it pained her to lose another person because of her weakness.
'Summon your Blood Chakra Kitsune, force it outside the barrier. If you do that I can form and take out your enemy.'
Naru winced at the idea, but right now Shikamaru was thinking and the others were looking to them both for a plan.
'Okay…'
Naruko reached, and placed her palm against the side of the dome, Shikamaru's left eye opening as he turned to her sharply.
She breathed out, forcing her chakra through the dome, feeding Jirobo even more before it surged through his feet to the ground.
She heard a gasp from outside, one of pain, but ignored it as she channeled more blood chakra through, enough to causing it to gather around her body.
"W-Woah Naru, what the hell?!"
Kiba shouted from the side, but his small warning did nothing for the male holding the dome, Naru's eyes moving behind her lids as she felt the chakra form into a clone.
Instantly, Shikamaru turned toward Choji, whom had been snacking since they got stuck.
"Choji, do it now!"
The Akimichi nodded, and quickly Shikamaru moved his teammates from the line of fire as Choji's body expanded and he turned into his human boulder. His body smashed into the back of the dome, the walls cracking under the spinning pressure.
"O-of course!"
Kiba shouted, and Naru forced her chakra again in a particularly strong pulse, using it to cut off the paths of Jirobo's remaining chakra. Choji's body flew from the dome, and outside a newly created Kurai smashed his fist into Jirobo's back.
They all departed from the dome, Naruko turning and flying through hand signs before anyone else.
"Wind Style, Gale Strike!"
Kurai jumped backward, and flashed through his own hand signs.
"Fire Style, Fire Spout!"
The fire and wind met, colliding with Jirobo to create a giant funnel of fire.
Naruko turned her head as Kurai landed beside her, smirking as his red hair fell in spikes over his back, his bangs braided once more.
"Well Kitsune, that'll only hold him for so long, you brats, choose whose staying or going!"
The others stared at Kurai in confusion, but all the attention was brought away when Choji stepped back.
"All of you go ahead, I'll stay back and hold him off."
Everyone turned to Choji, Kurai smirking.
"Don't die Akimichi…Can't have the little Kitsune saddened by your death, can we?"
Kurai was abruptly silenced by a fist to his face, the blood chakra falling apart to the ground as Naruko scowled at his spot.
"Ignore him. Choji are you sure? If we go ahead…"
She looked in his eyes, and Shikamaru reached forward to grasp his friend's shoulder. Choji nodded at them all, his eyes opening to show his determination.
"Go get Sasuke."
They all nodded and stepped away, before turning and running back into the trees. As they did so, Choji turned to face his opponent. His eyes darkened and he prepared himself as the funnel of fire started to fade.
Naruko clenched her hands and breathed out a soft prayer to her father, hoping that if Choji got into trouble he'd be okay.
Shikamaru, Neji, and Kiba all watched this, Shikamaru sighing while the switched to a box formation.
"He'll be fine…He has the Akimichi's secret weapon with him Naruko, he won't be beaten."
Naru nodded, but it obviously didn't help with her attitude. She pushed herself further, channeling chakra to her legs.
"Pick up the pace, we need to make up for time lost."
They fell into silence, Kiba checking for the scents while Neji and Naruko used their Doujutsu to find the chakra.
I~~~~I
A distance away, Kidomaru glanced back and scoffed as he felt the approaching nin.
"Damn Jirobo couldn't even hold them for a few minutes. Go on, I'll handle this."
Kidomaru's group nodded, Sakon taking the barrel with Sasuke while Tayuya called to him.
"Better come back with your ass intact Bastard."
Kidomaru only smirked at the red haired girl, watching them vanish before he prepared himself.
It didn't take long at all before a rush of chakra appeared before him, a blurry red head swinging her sword right for his neck.
He slid to the side to avoid the blow, ducking under a volley of Taijutsu strikes before jumping away from a winding Shadow. He twisted mid-air to avoid a spinning duo, and landed on a branch overhead as he looked down at the team before him.
"Well what do you know…seems like you split up."
Naru's eyes darkened, and before the Sound Nin could continue his monologue, she was already flashing through hand signs.
"Wind Style, Wind Bullet!"
Her compressed air shot right toward Kidomaru, tearing apart the tree he stood on while her teammates tensed.
"Naruko!"
Shikamaru tried to reprimand the red head, only to be silenced when the girl dropped to her knees and flashed through more seals.
"33 Seals Style, Fountain Gate!"
A wall of water rose upward, blocking the oncoming yellow projectiles aimed at them all. The arrows shattered into pieces when touching the barrier, enhanced by Naruko's blood chakra rising behind the water.
Shikamaru grunted from his spot behind Naruko, calling to Neji.
"Neji, find him. Kiba get ready for another attack. Naruko keep the barrier up, we'll need it if he decides to be trigger happy."
Each of the shinobi nodded, following the orders swiftly.
I~~~~I
Minato swiftly moved around the sharpened shadows, grunting as he was pushed to flash away from an oncoming hoard of the swirling shadows. Hashirama wasn't faring too much better, his vines slapping the shadows away while he dodged the ones he couldn't redirect. The woman who kept them at bay remained in her spot, watching them with narrowed black eyes as her hand clenched around the handle of her scythe.
The Namikaze could tell that the woman was picking her battle, choosing who to attack by seeing what they could do. Her shadows did most of the intelligence gathering, even if occasionally she'd use her hands to control them and push either of her opponents away from her.
It was honestly concerning how she was able to control the shadows at whim, how she seemed so at ease with the situation.
A sharp blade soared past Minato's cheek, and he bit inside his cheek as he vanished again, the scythe sent at his head being pulled back into the woman's hand as she dropped down where he had been. He was a few meters away, reaching for more of his Kunai as the woman straightened.
Her eyes widened, and chakra built around her in a large black aura. The stress of the chakra was not lost on Minato, who had never seen that much corrosive and visible chakra before.
It seemed that he was very much out of his league, and a quick blur of black and his instincts were all that kept him from losing his head to the woman's scythe swinging over him.
He had barely dodged, and with a quick burst of chakra Minato flung himself out of another attack, using more chakra to flash him behind the woman several meters. He didn't waste any more time channeling chakra, blowing out a soundless wind bullet like it was second nature. He vanished once more before the scythe smashed into the spot he had been in once more, the woman swiftly dodging the compressed air.
The raven then raised her hands twisting them with the chain connected to her scythe as the weapon was drawn back to her hands. Once the handle was clasped in her palms, she tensed and her chakra flowed onto the blade.
Minato's attacker appeared in front of him, her palm slamming into his chest before she spun and slammed the end of her scythe's handle into his face.
He stumbled, and his eyes widened in shock when the blade hit the ground beside him.
His weight felt off, and he hit the ground before vanishing in a flash again, dropping further as a searing pain suddenly grew from his right arm.
His blue eyes turned toward the arm, and his mouth dropped inside his mask as he noticed the missing appendage.
"Kitsune!"
Hashirama called form his spot surrounding by wreathing shadows, and Minato barely registered his body teleporting once more in order to avoid another blow. He grunted and turned his eyes back to the woman, whom had finally stopped vanishing and reappearing in order to watch his arm as it reformed.
"Orochimaru did tell me that you were…special cases…but he never said anything like this. It's rather interesting, since you don't hold pendant but can regenerate on such a level…"
There was another rise in chakra, and a root shot through the woman's chest as Hashirama dropped down beside Minato, offering him a hand. They both kept their eyes on the shinobi however, as the shadows slithering on the ground still had yet to stop.
However, unlike what either of them expected, the woman didn't vanish like a clone.
Instead, she groaned and pulled her body off the stump inside her chest, her skin hissing as smoke rose from the wound, her skin slowly stitching together as she tilted her head and popped her neck.
A smirk worked its way onto her red lips, and she allowed a single chuckle, before the shadows expanded and her chakra filled the dome entirely, bringing Minato to his knees in shock, Hashirama tensing further under the pressure.
"That was rude…Stabbing a woman through the back like that. Too bad it only made me more annoyed with you both."
Her eyes sharpened again, and unseen to the two Konoha nin, the rings became more prominent, the fillings turning into a lighter black.
Her stance shifted, her scythe brought over her shoulder while her legs planted in the ground beneath her, the shadows shooting outward while she vanished from their vision.
"No mercy!"
The voice called from Minato's shoulder, just before he felt a searing pain in his abdomen.
I~~~~I
Naruko grunted in pain as she was scraped by a spiraling yellow arrow, Neji jumping forward, right in front of her, to smash one to pieces.
Shikamaru stood behind her beside Kiba, trying to think of a plan while Neji and Naruko tried to deal with their enemy.
"Dammit, with him staying so far behind…We need to get closer. Naruko, can you manage another Shuinshin with a tag-a-long?"
Naruko blinked before nodding, readying herself as Shikamaru motioned for her and Kiba to switch places.
She did quickly, and the next minute she spent listening to Shikamaru's plan, her eyes switching to their sharingan at the end as she nodded.
"Gotcha."
She pulled back and then flashed through hand signs.
She slammed her palm into the ground, smoke erupting around everyone.
In an instant she grabbed both Neji, letting Shikamaru and Kiba fall back while she pushed chakra through her body, forcing them forward in a blur.
She appeared only a few meters before Kidomaru, whose eyes were wide in shock. Neji shot toward his enemy, wincing as his muscles adjusted to the sudden speed up, his palm hitting Kidomaru's chest.
The Sound Four shinobi fell backward, losing his balance while Neji dove for him, calling toward Naruko. As he did so, Kiba and Shikamaru dropped beside their teammate.
"Go, I'll take care of this!"
They all nodded, and without a single word launched themselves further into the woods. As such, none of them noticed the light smirk on Neji's lips as he watched them go.
"I feel sorry for your teammates boy…They won't make it out of this alive, and neither will you."
Neji turned toward his opponent, and a light chuckle left his lips as he shifted into a gentle fist stance.
"Actually, you should worry more about your team."
Neji's eyes strained as the Byakugan was activated. He met Kidomaru's questionable gaze unwaveringly, before replying to his confusion.
"Because they have to deal with a pissed off Naruko."
I~~~~I
He felt it as he leaned back against the trunk of a tree by his camp, the spike in Yin chakra that went far above anyone he had ever met. His red eyes snapped open behind the black mask, looking toward the general direction of Konoha.
It was quite a sight, the spiraling but thin pillar of dark chakra that was sent into the air, only visible with Mangekyo. It meant the chakra was very concentrated, and as such dangerous.
Uchiha Madara's eyes darkened as he recalled the words of his copy-cat, the true leader of the organization after the Nine Biju.
'When it comes down to it, would she actually choose you, or the family she has gained?'
Madara's fist clenched and he pushed from the branch, observing the spiraling chakra before it vanished as his eyes returned to their black.
"Karasu-San, we're heading out."
The old founder turned toward the raven male with blue eyes standing off to the side, his left hand settled on his waist near his kunai and tag pouches, while his right hand rested on the sheathe of his blade.
The boy was a lot less emotional since Naruko and Kakashi had left, instead putting all his thought into the occurrences at the outposts, keeping his heart sealed away as he pushed himself forward.
"Alright."
Ichihara nodded and turned, walking away. He stopped however when Madara's voice reached him.
"Ichihara…Why do you hide away your emotions now of all times? Why keep them at bay, when you normally don't care to push them back?"
The boy sighed heavily, his eyes darkening as he glanced back at Madara, meeting the man's gaze.
"Because, if I lose anyone else I'm still able to leave."
The silent comment of how if anything happened to Naruko or Sasuke Ichihara wouldn't stay only intensified the budding feeling in Madara's chest for the boy.
(In the back of his mind, at the edge of his thoughts, a woman with a sad smile and bright blue eyes holding a slumbering boy floated around, untouched.)
I~~~~I
They had been running for hours, forcing themselves further in order to catch up with the Sound Shinobi.
Naruko stood at the front, Kiba to her left, Shikamaru to her right. The sun had dipped down behind them, the moon starting to rise as they quickly ran over the surface of the branches ahead.
None of them looked back or tried to figure out how the other battles were going, even when their comrades chakra levels dropped several times.
"We'll need to rest soon…"
Shikamaru spoke up, sighting what each one of them didn't want to admit.
Naruko's fist clenched at her side while Kiba let out a deep growl, both believing they should continue.
"Alright."
Naruko was the one to pull them to a slow stop, dropping down under the branches into a tiny clearing
Shikamaru and Kiba dropped by her as she rolled her shoulders and breathed out.
"Get some food going, rest yourselves. I'll keep watch."
The Uzumaki didn't leave any time for disagreement, walking away before her teammates could protest and have her rest.
I~~~~I
Her eyes slipped closed, the obsidian depths blurring together as she let out a heavy sigh. She rested against the ground, her back pressed into the hard dirt.
Craters littered the area around her, branches spawned from the depths of the forest spiraling out of control further away from her body.
Laying at her sides, several feet away, were Kin Kitsune and Seido Tora.
The two Treasury had proved very difficult, but not even regenerative abilities could save one from the poisonous nature of the woman's special chakra, catered specifically for those titled immortal.
Alpha slowly pushed her body upward, stretching out sore muscles as she sighed again, this time in relief.
Her eyes still gazed into the starry sky, the bright dots appearing as speckles as she rose to her feet.
Small pale hands gripped the handle of her scythe, and Alpha tugged her heirloom upward to her chest, curling her head around the notch holding the blade as her orbs slipped closed and tears slipped over her cheeks.
The tears were brushed away swiftly by a lingering shadow, one that split apart into Yin chakra and faded away into the air.
"So close…"
The blade nicked her skin, but the blood changed to flow into the blade instead of the handle or her skin, turning the seemingly solid black blade red.
Her eyes opened and she stepped forward, her arm swinging the scythe around to attach to her back while she continued walking toward where her team had been heading.
As she did, a faint memory jumped to the front of her mind.
She was standing between two tall white haired males, the one to the right sporting bright olive eyes with rings and yellow tinting, while the one on the left sported bright red eyes and a crazed grin.
A red scythe with three blades rested on the back of the green eyed male, Alpha's own black scythe resting on her own back. Both boys were ruffling her hair, even as she bore her teeth and ordered them to stop.
Around the green eyed male's neck rested Alpha's pendant, and around the other Albino's, rested a circle charm with a triangle inside, made with chakra metal.
Her eyes snapped back to the present, the haziness fading as a snarl ripped itself from her throat, thin, quiet, and dangerous.
'Hidan…I'll end you for what you did to Omega!'
I~~~~I
Groaning a bit, a silver haired man rubbed at the back of his head, his pink eyes blinking open as a scowl settled over his lips.
He rose from his spot resting on a sunny rock, his pale skin shinning in the light while his hands gripped the red scythe beside him.
A black cloak with red clouds was settled on his other side, along with a black headband and a red coral bracelet.
"I heard yah Jashin-Sama…"
The male gazed at the bracelet, eyes darkening as he reached down to slip it over his wrist.
"I'll start right-fucking-away."
Shortish, I guess. I just had my first day of school, and I'm pretty tired. I got a migraine near the end, but it eased up and now I'm just trying to get these chapters finished. I wasn't going to cut it here, but then I realized this is chapter 28, so if I ended it next chapter it would forever tear apart my OCD. It doesn't harm the plot too much though, just gives me a chance to add a bit of Alpha's past at the end.
Alpha is my own OC, and actually one of my favorites. She's originally supposed to govern the religion of my own book series, but I decided to fit her here since I wanted a villain and she came to mind with Omega…Her brother/opposite.
Anyways thanks for reading, and please be patient for the end!
