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Kyuubi threw some clothing into a small bag, the only clothes that he had for Kimimaro, old ones of his that were too small for him. He had picked up a few new packages of underwear and socks for the omega and threw those in the bag as well. He ran a hand through his long red locks and glanced around the room. Was there anything else he could send? Hopefully this would be just a couple nights with Nagato and Konan, providing everything went smoothly in the next couple nights, but Kyuubi knew not to be too hopeful. 'Always prepare for the worst. That way you will be pleased should everything turn out alright!' Kyuubi thought back to his teachings from when he was a pup. Of course back then he never thought anything of it, but now, in his older years, it makes perfect sense.
"Kimi, you ready?" Kyuubi called out from the bedroom, knowing Kimimaro was watching anime again. He heard a hum from the other room and his alpha purred at the sound. Something about hearing the content sounds coming from the omega his alpha just relished in. Kyuubi certainly enjoyed the content emotions coming from the inner alpha, the hairball was easier to deal with, but Kyuubi just scratched at his neck trying to determine why the alpha would be so, for lack of a better word, happy.
As the two headed towards the bar, it was still early morning. Exactly two days before the auction. Kyuubi knew he was expected to be on site at most hours of the day to prepare. "Remember to always stay with Konan and Nagato. They care a lot about you and will keep you safe," Kyuubi whispered as he knocked on the delivery door. Nagato answered and stepped back, letting Kyuubi and Kimimaro into the bar.
"How long?" Kimimaro whimpered out as they made their way into the back living area that was Konan and Nagato's.
Kyuubi grasped Kimimaro's hand and pulled him in for a hug before reaching the small living space. "I'll be back as soon as I can, okay?" Kyuubi dropped his nose into the crown of Kimimaro's, inhaling his scent. His alpha was not pleased to know that the omega was being left in the care of others. Kyuubi could feel the discomfort in his chest, knowing his alpha was causing it. He felt Kimimaro clench the front of his shirt as Kyuubi took in his scent. "Let's go talk to Konan now," Kyuubi tucked his hand under the omega's chin, tipping the omega's face up so he could see into his eyes. His heart fluttered seeing the watery purple eyes and the slight pout of his lip. Kyuubi gulped down his flutters and pulled Kimimaro into the small living quarters.
"Don't tell me where you are going. I don't want to be a risk to you," Kyuubi whispered to Nagato while Konan kept Kimimaro busy at the other end of the room. "Providing things go smoothly, you should be able to return in a couple days."
Nagato placed a hand on Kyuubi's shoulder. He didn't miss how the young alpha kept glancing at the white haired omega, nor missing out how Kyuubi was adamant on keeping the omega safe. "Fear not Kyu, we will do our best. I've planned to get us out of here the day before the auction, hopefully undetected." He gave a Kyuubi a grin and a nod. Kyuubi pinched his lips together in thought and nodded in response.
Later that day, Kyuubi carried the crates into the other room, people dodging him as he pushed his way through. He wiped the sweat from his brow after putting down the crates and leaned against them. A brown haired woman sauntered up to him and handed him a bottle of water. Her eyes were painted with colours that made them look bigger and her hair was styled with glitter. She gave him a sultry look, and slowly lowered her eyes down Kyuubi's body. When she brought her eyes back up, she focused on Kyuubi's eyes, brought her tongue out and wet her lips.
Kyuubi took a swig of water from his water bottle as the woman eyed his body openly and freely. He raised an eyebrow at her, he was obvious of her subtle intent when she licked her red lips.
"How you doing K'uubs?'' The woman's voice was thick with the suggestive tones. "You're looking a little tense. How about I help you out with that later tonight?" She purred out, giving a small smile and slid up to Kyuubi, dragging her fingertips up from his stomach to his chest. She leaned her face up close to Kyuubi. "I give killer massages," she breathed out, while her hands settled onto his shoulders, sliding her small form into Kyuubi.
Kyuubi just stood as the woman continued to try and seduce him. HIs alpha growled within at the obvious intent. Kyuubi pulled his hand up to cup her chin, making her eyes look up at him. "Rain check," he purred out, stepping away from her. He had to keep up the show of himself as a grunt worker. He felt his skin crawl with disgust from where the woman had touched him. He went back to his work when the woman winked at him and wandered away.
A large hand slapped his shoulder from behind and Kyuubi tilted his head to look behind him. Sakon was grinning like a cheshire cat behind him. "Hey K'uubs, that one was looking like she was ready to eat you! Think she'd be into a menage a trois?" Sakon growled in lust deeply and chuckled out. Kyuubi rolled his eyes at the thought. "I think it might be a fun night, you and me showing what real alpha wolves can be like hmm?" Sakon waggled his brows.
Kyuubi shoved Sakon's hand off his shoulder. "Don't move that way," he grumbled slightly before walking away.
Sakon glared at the back of Kyuubi's head. "Something's going on with that guy, I'm going to find out," he mumbled before turning off to finish his own work.
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Naruto pulled his jeep in front of his cabin style home, killing the engine and looking over with a grin at the dark haired wolf. It was late afternoon, and after much discussion, Naruto and Sasuke had stayed longer at their camp site, hunting, running, swimming, frolicing and getting to know each other more. Naruto now knew more of Sasuke, his family, his pack, how Sasuke felt about always being in the shadow of his brother all his life. In turn, Sasuke learned more about Naruto's upbringing with Tsunade and Jiraiya, his relationships with other packs and regions, his teachings throughout his life, his parents deaths and his pack today.
The trek back to the jeep was uneventful, other than some playful banter between the two and now Naruto had asked Sasuke to come back to his home to meet the Uzumaki pack. Sasuke focused on the cabin in front of him, not moving, just observing.
"We're here," Naruto beamed in excitement.
"Obviously dobe," Sasuke rolled his eyes with his response but with mirth in his voice. He snorted out slightly as he looked into the cerulean eyes that mocked surprise.
"Well, come on in then!" Naruto leaned over while pulling at Sasuke's arm, stealing a soft kiss from the raven haired man's lips. He held those warm plump lips for a few seconds before pulling back, pleased with the slight blush that dusted the man's cheeks. Naruto gave another grin before opening up his jeep door and stepping out. He quickly ran to the other side of the jeep, opening the door and holding his hand out.
Sasuke threw him a glare. "I'm not a damsel. I can certainly find my own way out of a vehicle dobe," Sasuke snorted out and hopped out, bypassing the offered hand.
"Hey! I can be a gentleman if I want thank you very much!" Naruto shot back and laughed, closing the door when Sasuke was out.
"Hn, whatever," Sasuke chuckled out.
"NARUTO!" A shrieking voice called out from the porch before a blur came rushing towards Naruto, taking a leap and pile driving Naruto into the ground.
Sasuke stepped back towards the jeep, not sure what to suspect when the blur came rushing by. But judging by Naruto's lack of ability to avoid the moving object, allowing it to knock him to the ground and laugh hysterically, Sasuke thought that it must be a pack member.
"OHH! My-my go-! Kibaaa!" Naruto laughed out as he struggled to get out of the hold he was in, underneath the mass of his pack member Sasuke now knew was Kiba. "C-Come on, haha! Let me g-get up!" Naruto struggled to get free of the mass he was under, his feet kicking out and arms flailing as Kiba appeared to be tickling him.
Sasuke watched with interest. This was new to him, for his family never did such horseplay that he ever saw. His family was all about being responsible, ensuring the future for your family and being a successful leader to your pack.
At this time Sasuke looked towards the noise of the door opening and saw two females come out. One had shoulder length strawberry blond hair, the other, longer darker brunette hair. They smiled gently at Sasuke and slowly walked towards him. Sasuke did not feel any hostility, only kindness and curiosity as the two women came towards him. Both gave a smirk in passing at the brunette that was currently wrestling up Naruto.
"Welcome Sasuke," the strawberry blond spoke first, giving a warm smile. "I'm glad to see you are well." She tucked a hair behind her ear as her eyes looked him over. Sasuke gave a confused look at her. "Oh, you may not remember, but I was with Kakashi helping take care of you after the...well, the incident." She gave a sympathetic smile.
'Oh, right…' Sasuke thought to himself. He shivered slightly, recalling the time he was recovering after he was found and rescued from hunters. Though he had no memories of the time, the recovering process was still fresh in his mind.
"Welcome Sasuke," the long darked haired one spoke next, giving Sasuke a nod of her head.
Sasuke noted that her eyes were light in colour, her skin was light that contrasted against her hair and eyes perfectly. She really was a pretty woman.
"I'm Hinata and this is Sakura," the dark haired beta now known as Hinata pointed her finger at the strawberry blond. The strawberry blond was currently going towards Naruto and the other wolf, her hands on her hips and stiff steps that meant business. Sasuke was remotely reminded of a strict teacher. "That other mutt is Kiba," Hinata giggled. "He can be a handful at times." She shook her head as she crossed her arms.
Sakura used her foot to push at the wolf named Kiba and he rolled hard and fast away. "Knock it off you mutt! Let the alpha breath already!" Sakura scolded Kiba who laid still upon his back with a big smile and breathing heavily, catching his breath. "Honestly, sometimes I wonder how old you are...you pup!" Sakura bent over slightly, her hands still on her hips and continued to bark at Kiba.
'Yup, hard ass teacher all the way,' Sasuke laughed inwardly.
"So Sasuke," Hinata started up in a hushed tone. "It's nice to meet you finally. Naruto has said a lot about you as of late." She gave him a warm smile.
"Hn," Sasuke responded. Suddenly he really didn't know what to say and he looked nervously towards Naruto, who was rolling over and struggling to get up off the ground. He hopped up, brushed off his pants and shirt before catching Sasuke's eye and giving a large blinding grin. Sasuke visibly relaxed when he caught sight of those soft ocean blue's and he felt his omega wolf shiver with desire. Naruto walked over to him, his hands ruffling his blond tresses about, losing all the twigs and leaves that were stuck in his hair.
Naruto pulled Sasuke in close with his arm, giving him a squeeze. "Hey guys, I brought Sasuke home to meet the pack!" Naruto beamed his smile once again, looking at each pack member, even Kiba who finally got up from the ground had made his way over. Sakura gave Kiba a firm look as she walked with him.
"Let's have dinner, we have lots to talk about and you all can update me on any reports," Naruto started walking towards the house, keeping Sasuke in his grasp. The trio of the pack shrugged and followed the pair inside.
As the pack started to cook dinner, Sasuke pulled out his phone to see if Itachi had responded. He had texted Itachi when he was back in the service area first thing, but heard nothing in response. So far, after a good two hours, Itachi still hadn't responded. Foregoing the text message, he phoned Itachi instead, stepping into the side room away from the noise of Naruto's pack. He frowned when his brother's phone went directly to voicemail.
"Something wrong Sasuke?" Naruto poked his head into the other room, sensing that his mate was stressed.
Sasuke looked at the screen of his phone briefly before locking it back up. "Nothing," he finally spoke out, shoving his phone into his back pocket. He turned, noting that Naruto's eyes were showing concern. "I need to get home," Sasuke stated matter of factly and moved past Naruto. He stopped when Naruto grabbed his wrist.
"Doesn't sound like nothing is wrong when you need to go home immediately." Naruto spoke in a soft tone. "Sasuke, talk to me."
Sasuke allowed the alpha to hold his wrist but he didn't turn. It wasn't like his brother to not return his texts, even if he was getting ready to open the club. Which may make sense if he was working at the club why he hadn't answered his phone, but not his texts? Sasuke had been gone for about 10 days, out of the service area even, and even though Itachi told Naruto to take their time getting back, something itched in the back of his mind. But then, if he and Deidara were busy, that could take hours at times and Sasuke shuddered at the thought. He'd been traumatized enough throughout his life of his brother and mate's love rituals that thinking about it wasn't something he wanted to dwell on.
"It may be nothing, but I want to be sure." There, he gave Naruto an answer. Being subjected to his elder brother's constant hovering most of his life, not getting a response on his phone was a hard habit to overlook.
"It's Thursday Sas, he could be getting things ready for tonight, or he could be…" Naruto trailed off, waggling his eyebrows and giving a suggestive tone.
"Puh-leeze dobe," Sasuke rolled his eyes and turned to look at the alpha. "I don't want to think about aniki in that way." Sasuke gave a threatening glare and a small frown.
The alpha chuckled and pulled Sasuke into his arms. "Aw don't think like that! What do you think mates do?" Naruto huskily whispered into Sasuke's ear then gave a small nibble, then ran his tongue over the mark causing goosebumps to rise on Sasuke's marble skin.
Sasuke growled lightly as Naruto's touch stimulated him. Though his wolf thrived in the alpha's attention, Sasuke needed to get home. "Hn, nice try dobe, but take me home." His voice cracked a little as he tried to sound authoritative but failed. He could hear the alpha chuckle under his breath.
"Mm...just a few more minutes," Naruto purred out as he continued to tongue at Sasuke's neck. "You taste so good." His hands roamed Sasuke's back and he peppered a few more kisses around Sasuke's shoulder.
"Hn…"
After apologizing to the Uzumaki pack that he had to leave, promising he would come for dinner at a later time, Naruto drove Sasuke home. Pulling up, he frowned as he looked upon the pack home to find it dark and no signs of life at all.
"Hm, it doesn't appear that anyone is home. I'll come in with you?" Naruto hummed out as he put the jeep in park.
"Hn," Sasuke replied as he hopped out of the jeep, swinging his bag over his shoulder and fishing the house key from his pants pocket.
The house was silent, clean and appeared vacant and Sasuke wandered to the kitchen. He heard Naruto close the door softly behind him as he placed his bag on one of the chairs. Sasuke flicked on the kitchen light, though it wasn't completely dark out, being summer, the sun had set and only the sunset colours were colouring the sky. Sasuke noticed a slip of paper on the table.
Naruto noticed the paper as well, as he came up behind Sasuke and grabbed the paper. "Hm, it only says one word," he muttered out. Sasuke came up and snatched the paper from the blond and held it up to take in the sight.
Camping
Sasuke crumpled up the sheet in his one hand and frowned. Since when did the pack go without him? He was always dragged along, kicking and screaming in the past, but now it was better that he had bonded with his wolf. But something didn't make sense. If Itachi wanted to go camping, wouldn't he have just attended where he and Naruto were? Itachi always being the overbearing protective older brother for decades, suddenly is okay with Sasuke staying with an alpha that wasn't him? He tells Naruto to take your time? Then to not come check in before the pack went off on their own?
"Sas? You okay?" Naruto placed his hands on the omega's shoulders.
Sasuke pinched his lips in a frown. Something wasn't adding up and it irritated him beyond belief not knowing what it was.
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It was Friday, the evening of the auction and Kyuubi stood at his post, watching the smartly dressed up individuals moving about the room. His face was stern, looking as he didn't give a shit to what was going on, his thick red locks tied into a ponytail that made him look almost badass, and though he played it cool, technically inside his mind was a whirlwind of thoughts and emotions. He had seen Kankorou and Temari moving about, looking at the articles on the various tables. Several faces he had seen were familiar aristocats, senior political members from various regions and other independently wealthy individuals. They all made his skin crawl with how the majority of them purchased young cubs, that were currently shipped in from all parts of the world, and being held in the back behind the many curtains. Young cubs that were as young as two years of age up to preadolescent had Kyuubi's alpha growl in rage every time an auction happened. And since learning that his own sweet omega Kimimaou was once one of those unfortunate young ones that were sold made him see red.
The people began taking their seats, Kyuubi began to make his round behind the curtain to check on the merchandise. Many cubs huddled in corners of their makeshift cages and crates in fear. He could smell the fear and anxiety reeking in waves all over. Usually Konan was here in the back with each one, soothing them the best she could, Kyuubi only learning of that fact just recently. He couldn't believe how narrow sighted he was when he thought Konan was only there to groom up the pups. Hopefully Nagato got Konan and Kimimaro out before tonight. He assumed so since Konan wasn't here, so he released a sigh of relief. He glanced around as he walked, noting how handlers were now beginning to gather up some of the pups. Sighing slightly, he continued walking, making his regular round before heading back to the front of the auction.
As sales began with the tabled articles, Kyuubi's eyes moved briefly about, watching for any issues with the buyers, as his job entailed. As per usual, a ledger was kept with a record keeper for the boss, to list what number buyer bought what item, for what cost and the buyer would pay and collect after the sales. Then the cubs were brought up onto stage one by one, often by collar but at times some of the older ones required more bondage on their wrists and ankles, to ensure they couldn't lash out. Kyuubi cringed when a whip was brought out more than once and at times an older pup would be lashed a couple times to get them to behave. The night continued on and Kyuubi was genuinely shocked and surprised when the lights all went out.
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Itachi and Gaara signaled their groups to start ascending on the building. Several wolves, decked out in protective gear, carrying stun guns, since they needed the people alive, made their way through the shadowed areas, covering any windows and stairwells.
Kisame and Hidan each lead a small group towards the entrances, Itachi and Gaara making their way towards the main entrance, with their own small group of wolves. "Cut the power as soon as we get through the door," he whispered to one of the followers, who grunted out a response of agreeance then made his way to the side wall, breaking open a large metal covering. With a nod of his head, Itachi and Gaara flew open the doors and walked in, the lights all going out within a few seconds after their party broke into the entrance.
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The glow of the emergency blue lights highlighted some of the areas in the building as Kyuubi began to make his way through the crowds of people who suddenly began to panic. His job was to protect the merchandise and that was all he thought of while the streams of persons cried out in confusion. He ensured that the tabled merchandise was covered, auction team members were quickly removing all the articles into locked cases, before making his way towards the curtains that lead behind the stage. Fights began to break out as shouted voices broke through the doors. Kyuubi heard screams, grunting, the sounds of fists hitting others and crashes. 'Fucking expected, the lights go out and people go mental,' he huffed out to himself.
'The cubs!' Kyuubi thought quickly as he ran to the back. His eyes took in several shadowed figures fighting against Sakon and his subordinates, with several cubs cowering in fear at the chaos. Kyuubi's alpha roared in anger at seeing the fear in all the cubs and he barrelled forward, taking out the shadowed figures as he drove through.
Kyuubi's body was thrown off course by something he couldn't see and he ended up smashing into one of the crates, thankfully it was empty. He saw stars as he shook his head, the yelling ringing in his ears and echoed through the darkness and Kyuubi struggled to his feet, shaking off the stars that continued to flash within his eyesight.
"...was you! Wasn't it?!"
Kyuubi heard someone yelling behind him, which sounded somewhat like Sakon. Kyuubi stumbled over broken debri under his feet, his hand holding onto the side of his head as he tried to balance himself. A sharp blinding pain hit the side of his face from the darkness and he toppled down again.
"Fucker! I shouldn't have trusted you!"
Kyuubi heard a growl then pain exploded within his ribs. Clenching his teeth through the pain he was certain someone just kicked him, but who? Why?
"It was you wasn't it! Own up to it! I'll kill you!' Sakon screamed through the darkness and Kyuubi felt a boot stomp into his back.
Kyuubi grunted out in response, his arms and legs reaching out in the darkness, trying to find Sakon's body. "W-what the fuck you talkin 'bout!" Kyuubi yelled out as another blow came to his ribs. "ARGH! Kyuubi cried out this time. He could swear something broke this time. The noise around him continued, yelling, screaming and crashes, dulling all his senses. The pain was becoming too intense but Kyuubi finally was able to grab hold of a leg and twisted it hard. He was satisfied to hear Sakon's yelp before falling to the ground.
"Asshole!" Sakon cried out.
Kyuubi was finally able to focus through the dim blue lighting seeing the other wolf sliding away from him, his foot in an awkward angle, obviously broken. Kyuubi gnarled his teeth and growled at the beady eyed gray haired wolf.
"Fucking prick, you broke my ankle," Sakon snarled in return.
Kyuubi stumbled towards the wolf, grabbing the collar of his jacket and pulling him up to face him. "Now what the fuck are you blabbering on about you shit," Kyuubi snarled out between clenched teeth. Kyuubi paid no mind of the chaos going on around him as he shook the smaller wolf, trying to get an answer out of him.
"You're a spy aren't you? Fucking asshole. I ain't tellin you shit!" Sakon spit into Kyuubi's face.
Kyuubi dropped him, satisfied at hearing the shriek of pain from Sakon's lips.
'The raid! Fucking shit! I forgot!' Kyuubi looked about, noting how several strange wolves were pulling at the grunt workers in the back, securing them down onto the ground the best they could before putting restraints on their arms. Kyuubi frowned, he was supposed to keep up his act as a grunt worker, but would he have to attack the strangers or should he flee? He glanced at Sakon again. He reached over and pulled him up. "We need to get the fuck out of here," he hissed into Sakon's face.
"Fuck off, I'm not going anywhere with you, you traitor!" Sakon screamed back and began to swing at Kyuubi.
Kyuubi grunted out as he dragged Sakon away in a direction he knew to be the other door out of the darkened place. He struggled with the kicking and wailing of Sakon between unconscious persons on the floor and people running about. When he was about to throw Sakon over his shoulder, Kyuubi was suddenly hit from behind, something hard and large against the back of his head and shoulders. Kyuubi dropped Sakon, who fell to the ground with a shriek and Kyuubi's arms stretched out to catch anything as his body began to fail him and fall to the ground. When his body hit the floor, gray areas began to creep up in the corners of his eyes as he fought a losing battle with his consciousness. He rolled his head through the screaming pain to see a shadow figure that looked like one of Sakon's goons.
"Boss...let's get outta here, we took care of it!" Kyuubi heard the deep voice of Jirobo. "We stopped those three from going anywhere and tied em up good in their apartment earlier," Jirobo wheezed out as he picked up Sakon.
'Nagato! Konan! No!' Kyuubi blinked rapidly, trying to push away the darkness that creeped into his eyes. He grunted out trying to get up. He needed to know what they were talking about! Was Kimimaro safe!?
"And this asshole!" Jirobo spoke out before he threw a kick at Kyuubi's side, feeling smug when he heard a crack and Kyuubi howled out in pain, "will remember what it means to deceive us! You're petty little bar friends will suffer because of you!" Jirobo gave another satisfying kick at the howling Kyuubi before dragging Sakon off.
'No! Kimimaro!' Kyuubi's alpha wailed out in his mind through the pain, but it couldn't keep him from falling into the darkness.
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"Temari!" His voice called into the darkness as he looked for his sister. The blue lights were now flashing, there was a sound of a siren, most likely from the emergency system and people were still running around. He shouldered his way through people, tripping up the ones he knew were buyers and their subordinates. "Where are you?!" Kankurou screamed out as he looked about.
"Kankurou!" Temari called out from the far corner. She was struggling with one of the auction workers and was unable to break out of the hold. Kankurou made his way over to her, slamming his elbow into the guy and he fell to the ground unconscious. He helped Temari get to her feet.
"I lost sight of Danzo. We need to find him!" Kankurou pulled on her arm, leading her through the chaos. They couldn't let any of these bastards escape. They all needed to be brought in and justice served, Kankurou thought through his clenched teeth. Double checking that Temari was behind him, they both made their way through the crowd, knocking out a few of the patrons along the way.
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Sounds of sirens and yelling pounded through his head. Kyuubi groaned as the pain riddled through his body and his nose picked up the smell of smoke and blood. His mind tried to comprehend where he was, battling through the fog of his brain and he forced his eyes to open. It was still dark, blue flashing lights were going off, reflecting off the billowing smoke that began to flood the room. Kyuubi coughed out and screamed as the pain shot through his chest. His arms instinctively hugged around himself, he clenched his teeth hard and his eyes squinted shut trying to breathe through the pain. Someone grabbed one of his arms.
"Come on...I got ya," the faintly familiar voice said.
Kyuubi cried out again as his body was being pulled up, the pain rippling through him and his legs shaking beyond his control.
"Come on, I'm gonna get you outta here," the voice spoke again.
Kyuubi struggled to stand on his shaking legs and leaned against a familiar scent.
"K-Kah-shee?" Kyuubi whispered out, trying to lift his heavy head to the voice.
"Come on, don't talk, we need to get you out," Kakashi whispered and led Kyuubi through the smoke and flashing lights.
Making it to the outside, Kyuubi was dripping in sweat from the pain his body was inflicted with. He couldn't catch his breath, it hurt to breathe but still Kakashi dragged him through the shadows and smoke. As his knees began to give out, he could see the flames that had now engulfed the building. 'N-no no! Kimimaro!' Kyuubi could see the bar part of the building in bright red and orange flames. His alpha hurled itself against the mental walls, frantic with fear on the thought of the omega being in the building and Kyuubi tried to move towards the flames. Be damned his broken body!
"Nope, nope, come on now, need to get you looked at," Kakashi whispered out, holding back the red haired alpha.
Whimpers began to cry from the alpha's lips and Kyuubi's legs finally had enough as he fell towards the street. Kakashi quickly swooped Kyuubi up bridal style just as Kyuubi's tears flowed down his face.
"Let's get you taken care of fast," Kakashi muttered, holding Kyuubi close. Kyuubi's alpha cried out once more until he allowed the darkness to take him away again.
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"...contained the majority of them."
"...the rest later…"
"...books were gathered…"
Kyuubi could hear the voices around him. His body was lying on something soft. His head was pounding but his body was now just a dull ache. Recalling the evening's events that had happened, Kyuubi groaned out loud and forced his eyes to open.
"Take it slow now, you're still healing a good portion of your injuries," Kakashi's voice broke through his head. Kyuubi felt a hand on his arm, a light squeeze as the hand helped him to sit up. Kyuubi held his head as he sat up and waited for the dizziness to disperse. "I'll get you some water." Kyuubi heard Kakashi whisper and Kyuubi finally was able to open his eyes fully.
He was in a hotel room. Kankurou and Temari were leaning by a desk and Kakashi was coming out of the bathroom, glass of water in his hand. Kyuubi took the glass and glanced at Kankurou, "what happened?"
"The raid went down, lots of people were arrested and only some got away," Kankurou shrugged. "We got all the log books and…"
"What about the fucking fire!? What the hell happened?!" Kyuubi growled out. He didn't give a fuck about the buyers and books in the building but there was a damn fire that shouldn't have happened!
"One of the lackey's started a fire, thinking that it would help them get away. Before we knew it, the fire was out of control and we got all the cubs out, thank heavens," Temari answered the question. Kyuubi glared towards her and she flinched slightly.
"What...About...The...Bar?" Kyuubi spat out between clenched teeth, his temper slowly rising into raging if he didn't get any answers soon.
"The bar?" Temari asked with a quizzical look on her face.
"The fucking bar attached to the building for fucks sakes!" Kyuubi roared out, throwing the glass against the wall, pleased how it shattered instantly and his eyes flared out red.
Kankurou stepped in front of his sister, ready for an attack. Kakashi stepped into Kyuubi's sight, holding his hands up. "Okay okay, it's alright Kyuubi," Kakashi chanted out while keeping Kyuubi's eyes focused on him. When Kyuubi notably settled slightly, Kakashi sighed out, "sorry kiddo, that building burnt to the ground." He gave Kyuubi a sad look and shook his head.
Kyuubi's eyes widened in shock. His inner alpha howled out in misery as Kyuubi felt a new pain in his chest. The blood drained immediately from his face, his mouth dropping open and eyes froze on Kakashi, as if looking for any words or expression of deceit. There was none. Kyuubi felt the air in the room get stuffy, the words coming from the other's lips sounded as if they were underwater and suddenly he felt as if gravity was pulling him through the floor, but through his stomach.
Kakashi placed a damp rag on Kyuubi's forehead, gently pushing him back down on the bed. "You're looking pale there, you need more rest to heal up completely. I'm going out to get you some food, okay?" Kakashi dabbed the cool cloth around Kyuubi's face before placing it on his forehead.
Kyuubi didn't hear him. In his vision he saw flashes of Kimimaro's smile, his hair blowing in the wind, his shy giggle and then a shocking view of a wall of flames. His vision then showed Kimimaro as he cried out in pain, agony and reaching towards him. He felt the pain behind his eyes, thinking of how Kimimaro must have suffered in the heat and flames. Tears began to build up in his eyes, thinking about his friends, Nagato, Konan, doing what they could to protect Kimimaro because he asked them too. Guilt began to mix with the pain in his chest as his alpha continued to ram against his mentality, wailing and calling out in agony. His breath began to stutter as he thought about the words of Jirobo, stating how he had tied them all up in the bar, good and tight.
'How could he leave them? Why couldn't he save them? Why couldn't it have been him?' Kyuubi's mind riddled with guilt, pain and his chest constricted as he tried to breathe. He began to pant out trying to catch his breath, tears rolled down his cheeks and he couldn't hear Kankurou calling out to him. He brought his hands up to hide his face and howled out. It was all his fault and he would never be able to see them again to beg forgiveness. He wanted to die.
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Yeah, I know, it was kinda short, but better to have a short update rather than a long wait for an update right? haha
My holiday time is over, thus I'm back at a computer and can start typing up on my WIPs again. I was off for 2 weeks visiting family, camping in the wilderness, meeting up with my roots and wishing I didn't have to go back to work soon! heh
I keep trying to update my tumblr... but I can never think of anything to put on it. Serious, I look at the page ALL THE TIME! Just staring at it, wondering if I could put anything of interest on it. Oh well.
Happy thoughts to those who are still holding on for this story. Many happy hugs to the authors I beta for that still keep me in business :D