Chapter Eleven: "Next Steps Are Always Uncertain"

"The Things We Do When All Seems Lost.

Are The Things That Truly Matter."

—On Signs and Contributions — A Question of Fate or Faith?—

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At the border between desert and forest stood a cloaked man — patient, placid and alone. When suddenly, a small black ball shot from seemingly nowhere through the air aimed at his head. He grabbed it mid-air without turning. As soon as the ball registered skin contact, it expelled a plume of black smoke and a voice hissed in the air.

"Sss. Itachi, the time is nigh. Ssssasuke will ssseek you out. If you run, he will die." Orochimaru's voice hissed into the quiet landscape like a bad omen.

Itachi frowned at those words and snarled out, "Orochimaru, what did you tell him?" The snake was meddling in his business again.

"Kekeke. Wouldn't you like to know? Enjoy your reunion, dear comrade. The time is nigh, the prophecy's ssstars have foretold it. Sssshe who shall be the Bringer of Death hasss arrived in this world. Do not think you are the only one who hates the great ssssin. Until next time…" Then Orochimaru's sibilant voice faded into silence once the message was delivered.

True to Orochimaru's word, a vehicle soon appeared in the sky and Sasuke stood at its helm. It landed a few paces from Itachi and the young man's eyes turned red as he greeted his brother. "Long time no see, Itachi." The abandoned ex-officer clenched his cold fists until the knuckles turned white. After a long night flying through cold winds and evading his old predating underlings, he was in no mood to play any games.

Jumping off the vehicle, he stumbled a bit before he forced his aching legs to stand straight. With a dark glower on his face, the last heir of the Uchiha finally stood face-to-face with the traitor of the Empire. The dual desires to attack him and also run away warred within him, egged on respectively by his paranoia and hatred, but he refrained from letting the rage overtake him like he did the last time. He pointed at the black markings on his neck, "I don't know why you'd care, but I have the Seal of Truth placed on me. If you don't want me to die after all these years, you must answer my questions." In a show of cockiness he did not feel, the younger brother stood with his back straight against the man who made a mess of his life again and again.

"Sasuke. So you've found me." Itachi frowned. If it weren't for Orochimaru's interference, he would have never stayed still. Now he had to play along. Maybe something of the situation could be salvaged. "What brings you here?"

Sasuke gritted his teeth at his elder brother's nonchalance. "Itachi. I've come to demand the truth. I'm sure you know Orochimaru as he is the one who put a cursed truth seal on me." Sasuke seethed. He'd planned on restraining himself, but his brother's unaffected countenance pushed him past self-control as he blurted out everything, "What the hell is your plan?! Why did you murder our entire clan and left me to the beck and call of the Empire? You know what happens to those without backing — was this all some game for you? To torture me? This whole time my mentor was related to you! Just how much of my life did you plan on controlling? Why did you let me live?!"

Itachi remained silent until he found the man had said all he could say. He merely watched as Sasuke's red eyes transformed into the black wheeled-mark of their clan's bloodline limit as he tried to control his apparent hatred. Hatred he orchestrated himself to access their clan's true powerful heritage — but it wasn't enough. His hatred wasn't enough fuel for the dark power and the prodigy sighed. The boy still had a long way to go until he could reach his level. After he finished analyzing his little brother, he said, "Calm down and I will tell you what you seek." Although he affected indifference, a small part of him watched in amusement to see if his notorious tempered brother could truly calm down in face with his most hated enemy. Despite the years apart, that transparent face of his reminded him of the young child who used to pout when he bailed out on their training days.

When he saw the young man's shoulders slump reluctantly, Itachi was a bit surprised at his quick reaction as Sasuke slowly took deep breaths and his face relaxed into his signature poker face. It seemed those years in the Empire's court did some good training him after all. As if the last few minutes never happened, Sasuke said with an even, almost civil, voice, "I am calm. Now, speak."

Itachi was almost fooled by his brother's show of restraint, except he spent many years raising the boy and he couldn't hide anything from his elder brother. He noticed the small tic on the side of his mouth, the slight burrow of his brow. It was adorable how he thought he could hide, but he stopped teasing him and began to answer his questions, "It was all a test. Unfortunately, my plans have changed." He eyed the curse mark on Sasuke's neck closely and seeing no pain on his face, he continued, "And I let you live so you may live the rest of your life tormented and covered in hatred."

In order to fool a curse, the secret was in telling untold truths that could imply lies, but never tell a lie. So far so good. The only problem was that the cursed seal had a question it had to answer — a true question, one that is possible to answer by the target of the seal. And although the boy had asked many of them, none of them triggered the mark and thus Sasuke had yet to ask the true question.

Itachi narrowed his eyes. What else had Orochimaru revealed?

Sasuke ground his teeth. "Tell me about that night. Tell me the truth of the Uchiha's downfall and your role in it." His collected mask faltered as he glared at him with hatred. "Tell me everything." He didn't know why Itachi hadn't already killed him and ignored the seal, but his life must've had some worth to his older brother — or he'd be dead as soon as he landed. He knew this for a fact. But what kind of sinister plot was his brother planning that required his life?

Suddenly, Itachi sighed heavily and turned his back on him. "So, Orochimaru was willing to go so far to cross my line. I'll remember this." He glanced back at his pitiful brother and walked toward a small boulder to sit on. "Come. Sit, stand, do what you will. I shall tell you the story in its entirety, but once that cursed seal is gone, I will not be so generous."

Sasuke pursed his lips, but followed. No matter how much he loathed the man, how much he wanted to tear him limb from limb, there was an innate fear of him. He knew Itachi's strength. He was the most talented and by extension, the deadliest member of his generation, and Sasuke didn't have any illusions that his lethality had lessened since defecting. Why such a man didn't kill him from the start of their meetings always confused him to no end. Why was he the exception and forced to live in shame? Today, he would finally get his answers. Today, he would uncover the secrets that his older brother killed to hide. And so, he stood a few feet away from the boulder Itachi sat on with a solemn expression. "Tell me."

Itachi quietly sighed at the story he was about to tell. No matter how much effort he put into keeping Sasuke away, fate always seemed to have other plans. And so, the stoic elder brother began his tale, starting with the history of the Uchiha.

"Tell me, little brother, how much do you know of the Empire?"

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Sakura wandered into the human village with her friends while Kakashi lingered just outside of the village border. Even if he tried to disguise himself by hiding his tail, he was too distinctive to fade into a crowd effectively. The tall, silver-haired man with a scar down one eye stood out just by breathing. No, they were here to barter and find some work for the day in exchange for coin. Having a badly disguised demon with them would only make things complicated. If they had any luck, Sakura would just send him a message through their bond telekinetically.

"Right, Saku-chan, how do people job hunt here?" Naruto raised his crossed arms and rested them on the back of his head in his classic wandering pose. "It's like a ghost town."

"Aw damn, guess we might be stuck with jerky for the next few days." Sakura hated to admit it, but the mysterious zombie meat might be all they had. There were only a few buildings in this so-called village and none looked like a store. If the only traveling customers were troops sent to guard prisons or floating cages that didn't need to land here, then it made sense there'd be no shops to cater to them. Then who actually DID live near an evil prison that housed enslaved otherworlders? "There are no people. I can't sense any mana."

"Right you are, Student. It seems it has been abandoned since I got captured! Aha!" Kakashi popped out from behind and the three of them shrieked.

"Don't do that!" Sakura smacked his arm while her friends clutched each other. Inwardly, she was slightly jealous that they even had someone to hold — she just knew those two were gonna hook up once Naruto stopped being a dense idiot. She glared up at Kakashi, "It's bad enough we're in a ghost town on another planet — your sneaky demon ass isn't helping!"

"Oho? Sneaky demon ass? I could've sworn my demon ass is quite impossible to be unnoticed." Kakashi bent down to hover over Sakura's face while his tail danced behind him like a lazy cat's.

"…!" Sakura gasped. "Since when did you tell sexy jokes! You're a teacher!" She made waving motions in the air as if she were throwing something invisible at Kakashi. "Here, your dignity was falling. I picked it up! Take it!" She was trying to save what little was left of his dignity for him. Her disillusionment had been building since the first day she met the mysterious demon and now he was simply a weirdo.

"Hmm. It seems it is not yet time for you to graduate from being my student." Kakashi sighed with disappointment as he leaned back. "Demonesses are born with a higher emotional intelligence, I see."

"Are you calling me stupid?! What kind of teacher are you?!" Sakura's head throbbed. She'd been walking in the heat with sand up her ass for the past day and she was sure there was at least one sand bug in her hair. She didn't know what type of bug, but she didn't want to know. What if it had seven bulging eyes or something equally ridiculous? She shuddered. "I swear you keep trying to get on my nerves. Is this some test?"

"No. I am being subtle, but I fear my direct approach would only scare you so I'll refrain from going further for now." Kakashi's eyes scanned her body up and down calculatedly. "Humans grow up so slowly."

"I am grown!" Sakura groaned. She had enough of his crazy talk so she tried to reason out his actions. "Look, we're not in prison anymore so please try to communicate clearly with me here. Maybe there's some demon-mortal culture shock between us?"

"Jeez. And Sakura calls me the dense one." Naruto rolled his eyes as Hinata smiled and leaned on his shoulder.

Sakura turned to glare at her best friend with murderous eyes. "You are! Forget it, let's go check out the houses!" Sakura huffed as she turned her back on her unreliable team, especially Kakashi, and hid the blush that threatened to cover up her face. Get your act together! He's just making fun of you. Demons liked to do that to humans according to every show on netflix.

She marched to the only house that had a door and once again checked for any trace of mana. When there was none to be found, she prepared herself to run anyway. Now that she had limited reserves of mana again, she couldn't do the super white fiery stuff yet until she found another way to regenerate mana faster and fill up her mana storage. If there were creatures of dark magic inside…she'd let Kakashi handle it. If he quit being so damn weird, she wouldn't even be the first one checking this house, but there it went! Stupid Kakashi!

Slowly, she pushed open the slightly ajar door…And nothing. Except for minmal furniture, there was nothing besides a few old blood stains. After her stay at the prison, her view on blood stains had warped. Once she gave the okay, the group began to investigate the abandoned home.

Sakura called out loud, "Any luck, guys?"

"There's nothing except bad furniture and tattered papers with faded ink. Nothing can be read." Kakashi said.

"Well I've only got enough dust to build a dust bunny colony, but no luck." Naruto patted down his clothes. He even tried to look under the broken bed to no avail.

As Hinata was about to speak, she heard a whisper in the air and listened closely….A man's voice cried out from below her feet, "I'm sorry…I'm sorry…Please…Save our home…Somebody…!"

Hinata's pale eyes widened and unknown to her, they shone bright before fading back to normal. She cried out, "Guys! I hear someone crying for help from below!"

Immediately, the team came to her and stared down at the wooden boards below. Sakura asked, "You're sure you heard someone here?"

"Yes. There was a man's voice crying out to save his home, but it stopped. It sounded like it came from below!"

"I believe you. There are no mana signatures, but it could be someone of dark magic or a trap. Kakashi-sensei?" For stuff like this, she had no problems asking for help. Dark whispers in a ghost town when you were kind of powerless spelled trouble.

"Yes, Student. I've got it." Kakashi wasted no time in latching his sharp nails into the wooden boards and simply tearing them away as if they were made of paper. Crack! He took out three boards only to see a small box. "No people, but a little treasure. How typical." He lifted a hand above the box and muttered a chant in his original tongue, the demonic tones echoed throughout the room like a sinister song.

Hinata and Naruto stared wide-eyed at the man they dropped their guard around. Sure, they saw him battle, but this was the first time they heard such sounds — the trilling and growling tickled the animal part of their brains and it was only now that they realized they'd been travelling with a very dangerous predator. A morbid curiosity called to question the demon's origins, but something held their tongues — the atmosphere or maybe the way Kakashi looked less of the playful sensei and more of a cold-blooded…well, demon.

In a minute, he finished chanting and slowly the tension in the air dissipated. Once the last sound left the demon's lips, the room seemed to brighten as if sunlight were peeking through the dark stormy clouds of the once ominous atmosphere. Hinata and Naruto shivered slightly, but tried to reason out their innate fear to their newfound teacher's contrasting self.

Sakura noticed the tension in the air and she broke it with a smile, "Well, Sensei? Anything we should be careful of?" She knew he was just checking on the item and wanted to bring a sense of normalcy back to her friends. Even though they've been through so much together, they were still human and she still remembered the fear she felt the first time she heard Kakashi's true language. She looked at her two friends and said, "Who knows what dark mage cursed in these lands? It's good you're here to guide us." She reminded the two gently in hope that it would crack through their initial fear. God knew if she didn't have Alter, she would be worse off.

Catching Sakura's worried look, Hinata and Naruto felt a bit ashamed at their fear towards the demon. It just shocked them to see his other side, but compared to the cruel monsters who made up their prison, Kakashi was the one who helped them escape. Even now, despite his weirdness, he was watching over them seriously. Hinata spoke first, "Yes, thank you, Kakashi-sensei."

Naruto followed after, "Yeah, thanks. You're not bad for a demon, believe it!" He smiled widely at the tall demon.

Kakashi blinked in confusion at the sudden appreciation, but preened regardless. "Of course, I am the best demon." Then he lifted the box with gentle hands. "Now, I was just checking to see if there were any lingering curses or spirits. It's not a cursed item. It seems the original owner had a strong desire to leave this box behind and his pleas were heard by you, Hinata." He faced the frail-looking girl with a serious gaze. "It was a theory before, but this incident has confirmed it. You are of the Hyuuga's bloodline. How you came to earth, I have no idea, but this is a small part of the power they inherit. The power to hear spirits whose strong desires were unfulfilled. If the desire of the spirit is strong enough, they may not have only heard, but seen them, too. Be honored, Hinata. It is a most useful power. This box seems to hold a dear secret."

Kakashi looked down at Hinata proudly, but the poor woman was shaking as she wrapped her arms around herself. She shivered as she fell over her words, "You-You mean I c-can see ghosts?!" She shook her head wildly. "No-No way! I haven't seen them be-before!" Hinata blushed then paled significantly. She hadn't stumbled over her words so much since her primary school years!

Naruto and Sakura instantly wrapped their arms around her shoulders in comfort as Kakashi pondered, "A lot of your powers were hidden on earth. I do not believe it is a coincidence that the three of you were raised together and brought to this world together. Sakura of the White Flame, Naruto of the Demon Fox Prison and you, a Hyuuga of strong potential that is rare to find in this world let alone yours. There is something bigger in the works, that I trust with my entire being."

Kakashi frowned. "And if I'm correct, then I'm a big part of their plans since we ended up like this. I do not like being a pawn."

Hinata could only think about ghosts and she squeaked out, "Ka-Kakashi-Sensei! You mentioned I had strong potential. Wh-What do I do if a spirit is malevolent?" Her eyes teared up. "You can't kill a ghost and I don't know how to exorcise people. Oh god, if I saw them in the prison, I don't know if I could stand it! That place would be teeming with evil spirits." She shivered.

"Hmm. Has anything happened since your prison stay to open up your power?"

"No…Oh, there was a voice…but I thought she was my imagination. I heard my sister's voice…oh god." Her face paled. "D-Does that mean she turned into a ghost and is haunting me?" Sakura had already told her what the machine said of their families' deaths, but to think Hanabi was actually there speaking with her…Tears fell from her eyes like pearl droplets. "I spoke with her. I actually spoke with Hanabi and I drove her away!" She hiccupped as her two friends tightened their hold on her. "This whole time she was trying to speak with me and I was afraid of her…I'm so sorry, Hanabi. I'm sorry…!"

Kakashi let her cry for some time before he had to interrupt. Thanks to Sakura's attempt to educate him on humanity the previous days, he thought of what to say and asked, "I'm sorry to make you go through this, but we need to know more so I may find out how to help you. Any information helps. Even knowledge of the Hyuuga clan's methods of using their powers are rare — and believe me when I say many souls would kill for the knowledge. Do you recall anything she said? Anything that might have sparked your power's awakening? It would explain how you saw nothing despite being in the heart of the Labs. If any spirits there knew your power opened up channels for the spirits to speak, there would be no hiding from them."

Hinata's eyes widened as a thought came to mind. "It wasn't in the cells, but when that empire officer stabbed me, I felt like I was about to die. And then I heard her voice ask her same question…She asked to free her and join her and I said yes. Then I fainted, but I felt her lips kiss my forehead." She rubbed her fingers on the spot. "She was really there…"

"That kiss could be counted as a blessing." Kakashi remembered the machine Sakura used to find out about her parent's deaths. The pale-eyed people were also deceased by then. "I understand if they were spectres that followed you from earth, but she said to join and free her." Could it be possible there was another Hyuuga spirit calling her from this world? "There is too little information, but it's safe to say that was the trigger. I can teach you exorcism, but to control your power requires pure spirits or a Hyuuga. I do not have a lead on the latter yet, but we are lucky. The plant folk are the closest we have to pure spirits beside the fae and divine themselves. Hopefully they can guide you in mastering your power."

Sakura squeezed Hinata in her arms. "We won't leave you alone! If you need me to run with you to the bathroom, I'm there for you, girl!" Ghosts gave her the shivers, too. For someone who'd just spent time rebelling and destroying a prison of monsters and necromancers, she was being surprisingly wimpy when it came to ghosts.

This is all Hollywood's fault! I wouldn't be scared of ghosts otherwise! They're just people without bodies and I can't kill them or fight back or —

Alter stopped her thoughts: You can stop scaring yourself and ruining my netflix, Self. Whenever you ramble it interrupts the good parts!

Now wait a damn minute, Alter! While I'm left to explore a literal ghost town, you're laying back and watching netflix?! That's not fair! Do something useful you so-called entity of great wisdom and knowledge!

Siiiigh. I was going to find out the murderer! Ok, don't be mad! You want to help Hinata, right? Well, I'm not a Hyuuga so Kakashi's right about needing to find pure spirits. But…there is one way for you to help her fight back if his exorcism teachings aren't enough.

Go on.

Devils, deals and contracts. All of them are just soul bonds, protected by the Laws of the Universe and the Natures of All Beings. Offer your friends a deal, silly girl. Has it never occurred to you? And just like with the plant dude Rigurash, you get a long-distance call line and added bonus — ability to share powers! Well, con is when your other sides come out or they betray you, it doesn't work. It is a good thing that those other selves of yours are usually chained up, psycho bitches. They always try to kick me out. But if you go beserk again, they will simply lose the contract if you add the clause in for a fail-safe. Better safe than sorry if you want to keep your friends' souls~

First, they won't betray me. Second, I'm an idiot — of course I can lend my power. And third, you're an idiot — I don't have enough mana for myself to do cool fire explosions like I did back in prison. How are they supposed to?!

Naruto's fine on mana, his storage rivals the Killing Fields believe it or not, and the fox demon doesn't need our power but it doesn't hurt to know where each other are. As for Hinata…she'll be accessing her own mana storage. They simply can access your ability to use the white flame, but only to a certain extent. How it mixes with their powers I don't know since you can't teach a fish to fly, but it should work. Our white flame isn't really an element and more like…hm…rejection. It's special. Go watch anime — it's that. Anyway, if you find a way to regenerate mana faster with the plant folk, she won't be helpless while she hones her own powers. As I'm sure you noticed when frying up demons, our white flame isn't typical fire — even to spirits or gods. Be aware of that. Now let me pretend to be Sherlock Holmes and go live your life, Self!

You're still a terrible teacher, but at least you have good ideas.

I ALWAYS have good ideas! Now scat!

Sakura rolled her eyes then said to Hinata, "I have a way for you to access my magic. I'm not sure how it will work with your Hyuuga powers, but I can give you a way to fight against malevolent spirits at least. We still need to train our mana control and increase our abilities, but…" Sakura began to lay out the plan to her best friends and stated the pros and the cons. Instantly, they both agreed with eyes full of trust and so Sakura began to make the deal.

While Sakura did her magic, Kakashi watched how Sakura's face switched between emotions: from scared to blank to angry to funny to exasperated to excited in all of two minutes. His eyes squinted in amusement as he watched the show. The more he hung around the female, the more he enjoyed her company. It was never like this around others who tried to court him. It was also another reason why he left the demon courts to branch out on his own. Hmm…

When they finished, Kakashi finally brought out the box before they could celebrate. "Ready to open it?"

Sakura and Hinata gulped while Naruto peered at it curiously. Sakura put on a brave act trying not to think of horror movies, "S-Ahem, sure! I'm not scared of pandora's box!"

"Who? Pandora sounds female. The ghost had a male voice." Kakashi tilted his head in confusion.

"Nevermind."

"Well, alright." And without fanfare, he tore off the small lock with his sharp as knives nails and lifted the wooden lid. Inside were a few folded pages — perfectly preserved — and a small ring. "Hmm, the ring has a curious spell on it, the type used to unlock doors. And the papers were merely preserved not cursed. How boring." Kakashi sighed then presented the box to the amusing trio under his wings. "Will you do the honors, dear student?"

Sakura grabbed the papers and began to read…

To whom has the power to open this box, please save our land.

My name doesn't matter, but I have made a grave error. I don't know why I am writing this when no one would find it in this abandoned town, and maybe this town would turn into ashes or occupied by wyverns long after I write this. But I have a confession to make and there is no time left. I am doomed to die.

To the gods we drove away, to the demons we blocked the way, I am not sorry. But for the evil we have wrought, I am sorry. Our creation was supposed to bring peace, we were told it would help our small nation become an empire, but it was all a lie. We did become a great empire, but what we fed was never supposed to see the light of day. Even now, all I've done was feed the beast.

I am old now. Terribly, terribly old. For the evil I have done, I've lived a very, very long life. When I am done with this letter, I will walk as far away as I can to lead them away. They will want to tear me apart for my desertion, but I would rather burn and die alone under the sun's embrace. I would rather the gods I hate kill me than to feed that beast any longer.

My fellow brethren, for your sake I have lived and turned into the monster I hated. And yet I truly became a monster inside and out. Feeding off blood as that beast which feasts on souls.

If fates permit this house to stand and box to stay in this land, please take this ring and enter the tomb. As one of the original builders of the tomb, what lies in these hands are one of the only hopes to enter that unholy realm. Seek it or find someone who will, I implore you, if you wish to see this empire live past another century. Soon…all will be devoured.

Save our land, one guided by fates.

There is more I wish to say, but I cannot put into words the details of my sins. I am bound by contract and to break it would not let me put pen to paper before I burst into flames. This seemingly immortal body I craved is but a parasite hidden from the sun. I regret so much.

Poor souls —

The letter ended just like that. Blood splattered on it at the corner and Kakashi took the letter away. "I have memorized it, but I do not like the message. If my kind were to see this, they would have free cause to shed the blood of humans even more. If this letter is true, the portals to the demons and gods have been greatly restricted because of humanity. No, this will not do."

Kakashi crushed the letter in his hands then black fire burst from his clenched fist and the letter became ash. "There are still pockets to traverse the realms between the other realms and here, but I do not wish to see another war destroy one of my favorite places. And my new human students." He smiled at them before picking the ring out of the box and tossing the rest away. "Sakura, would you like to hold the ring?"

"No." Sakura shook her head. An ancient ring to an evil portal with a powerful beast that fed on souls? No, thank you! "You're a demon, why don't you take it?"

"It is ugly." Kakashi deadpanned. "I hate jewelry unless it is simple and light. This ring is hideous."

"I didn't take you for the vain type."

Kakashi raised a brow at her and ran his fingers through his hair as he posed. "Don't pretend to not find me attractive. Or would you rather your friends hold the evil?" He gave her an evil grin.

Sakura frowned. "Fucking — Okay fine! I'll take the stupid ring." She snatched the ring from his hand and studied it. It was large enough to fit around her thumb and looked like thick black branches were woven together then half-melted atop each other. Other than that, it was quite plain if not vaguely sinister. "It is rather ugly."

A strange feeling came over her, but she grasped the ring tight and tore a couple loose threads from her clothes. Once she pulled enough, she quickly twisted them into a loose cord and looped through the ring, placing the make-shift necklace around her neck. "I am not wearing it on my thumb. What if some evil spirit comes out of it?"

"You are afraid of the strangest things, Student. But I digress. Shall we head out? The plant village should only be a few hours walk."

Naruto whined, "There's no food or water in this town and we're almost out. Please tell me the talking cactus has actual food!"

Hinata shivered at the sight of the ring, but took a deep breath. She and Sakura shared a knowing glance. "We don't really have a choice, Naruto-kun. Let's go."

And so, they began to head towards the plant folk in hopes that their questions could be answered…and to get a real lunch.

Growl. "I miss ramen!" Naruto screamed.

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AUTHOR NOTE:

Aloha world!

Howyas?! (That should be a word) Whoo plot is progressing — and mysteries ensue! Also, what happened with that letter? Find out in…Mandalorian Season 2 —

*Gets grappled to ground by teddy bear devils*

Ack! Okay! I'll stop re-using that joke. But I just wanna watch it so bad gawwwwwwd!

I hope y'all are doing well and sipping teas like youtube drama-tubers (Eh? See? Cause tea, get it? I did a pun. Gosh, praise me!)

Anywhoo, great thanks and love to Bellababe042 for beta-reading this chapter! *Sends baby fairies to throw confetti over her sleep* Awesome as always.

And now back to the writing board (picked up a bunch of stuff to do so this will be updated every other week ish. Same with Twelve nights and OPM. Gonna try weekly with World-Hopping Sakura tho.)

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Kakashi: My kisses are reserved, sorry, but I'll kidnap an Akatsuki member for you.

There you have it!

Ciao,

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