Buzz Kill

Chapter 02

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I am a fucking shithead. Jumping out windows is normal to me but the whole joke on being Zoro in this ninja nest is new by all levels. Losing the sun behind clouds was just bad luck but falling through a hole in the ground and fallowing the tunnel until I found a ladder that led into the Inuzuka compound was KARMA being a BITCH. Now how do I know that this is the Inuzuka clan compound when it isn't even shown in Naruto? Well quite easy as mini Kiba is staring at me slack jawed as I stand in the tree trunk the ladder ended inside of.

"Uh, yo?" Kiba picked his jaw up well stars lit up in his eyes like Kishimoto loved to do all as I gave a half assed wave to the tiny nearly feral boy. "Can I hide out here for a while? Shit just went down over at my place so I ran off and got lost." Kiba nodded rapidly and I got the image of a tail wagging like a whip popped into my head well watching the dog given human from.

"Show me how you got inside the tree!" I shrugged my shoulders before stepping out and watching as the tree trunk went back to normal as if no hidden passage was inside it. Picking up my hand I poked the trunk before stepping in close well pushing until the trunk melted back into a doorway for us to use.

"By the way. Whats yer name?" Sure I already know it but that would be suspisous if I just said it without introductions. "Imma named Shino but I wanna be called Nora." Simple mind behind it as if I slip up then I can just say that I prefer Nora as I answered to that for the last seventeen years.

"KIBA INUZUKA! I'm gonna be the awesomest ninja in the world!" I grinned widely matching him tooth by tooth well flashing a peace sign an feeling a sudden jolt of energy weld up to spill out.

"Well Imma be the crazyestier awesomest ninja in the fucking universal starship of Jeff-fa-fa!" Kiba looked star struck by my proclomation of my insane dedication to be elevated to godification. I so really wanted to do that in the Original but so many people woulda slapped me like a bitch.

"Than you gotta beat me!" I tilted my head well looking at Kiba before using my finger to push it back into center so I could get my point to hold.

"Nope~! Let's be ninja of awesomest crazyestier starships of Jeff-fa-fa together! Radical Underdogs of Nine Tails! RUNTs for short brosif!" I stuck my left hand out for a fist bump but was left hanging in my venture of familial love that my Uncle did with me.

"But runts are the weakest of the litter. Why would I want to be called a runt?" I frowned well looking into his eyes and seeing the fear of being thought weak and useless.

"Well I'm the runt of my litter and I'm awesome! Also crazy but that just means I'm stronger than they think cause my mind works in mysterious ways! Now then! DON'T LEAVE ME HANGING BITCH!" Kiba jolted before bumping my fist with a fire burning like the sun melting the darkness in his eyes well smirking like the five year old he is.

"NEVER JERK!" I couldn't help but laugh as he tossed back the weak childs insult to counter my adult one all well grinning madly for what else can I do?

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The underground tunnels I have found and am currently leading Kiba around in are super duperery old by the looks of it. Brushing the newest cobweb I tried to smush the dirt away to see if the plauge said something important about where we were. Kiba clung to my shirt back well I worked away the built up dirt and grime with the earlier stolen flashlight clamped between my teeth.

"Whats it say?" I ready the words all the while ignoring the part about me knowing japanese and kept the explanation simple and to the point.

"We are half a mile from a ancient underground city. We should turn back if we are wimps or not prepared to do battle with the Forsworn and other Dwemer ruin dwellers." Kiba looked confused well I was trying to figure out if Skyrim was a real place or if this was what Skyrim had turned into after a major something or other took place.

"What?" I felt that Kiba's confused question stated everything that needed to be said in the moment as this was turning out to be a fucking shitastic show in the Underground. Totally just refrenced the Labyrinth right there annnd I am think talking to myself again...Damn it!

"We should get some weapons before we go ruin running in a dangerous place that will most likely kill us in horribly bloody ways!" My cheery demeanor would probably send adults fleeing for their escaping sanity but only made Kiba nod in agreement. This boy is the best child to desensitize as he wasn't truly sane in the first place.

"Can we see where some the other tunnels lead?" I gave a half shrug well taking front an getting us back to a safer and much more boring area of the Underground. Tipping the flashlight up to dance on the walls I stopped as it gleamed off of metal sticking partly out the wall.

"Let's check this out Scoob." Kiba grinned as he got ready for his line well I pulled on the metal until it gave out and let a door swing open into my face.

"Rut ro Raggy!" I burst out in laughter well picking myself up from the ground and feeling the bruise smack dab in the center of my forehead. That was so funny to teach him as it had taken a few minutes for him to understand the joke was that it was so confusing and random to do. "Ru rokay?"

"Like yeah Scoob I'll be like fine." Getting a good shake of the body out I turned to focus on just what was behind the door that hit me square. Flicking the light over the opening with care I took a step forward just as Kiba took hold of my shirt again.

"What's this place?" I shrugged well feeling along the wall to see if there were any switches or a lantren for our work in exploring. Feeling nothing I huffed not surprised at the fact as none of the other small rooms we had found had anything for light. Taking a step farther into the room I thought about all the crazy bullshit the Naruto verse promoted then I thought about all the others as well.

"This is just another one of those hidden passages like all the other ones we found before. This is getting ridicalous Snoop boy." I slowed my breathing well focusing in on the chakra running its course through my body mentally explaining what I wanted to happen. The flashlight flickered as the battery died just as I managed to get a dim glow to cover the fingertips on my right hand.

"N-nora? I-I'm a-afr-raid of th-he dar-rk!" I couldn't help but snort at the simple fear as damn it I had had the same one until I was thirteen and found out how to counter it. Continuing on keeping the dim glow going well slowly funneling more chakra into it so to create a better light source.

"Well then you just need to get over it." Kiba's grip on my shirt tightened as he edged closer to my now steadily glowing white hand well I ignored the fact my chakra was white.

"H-how?" I grinned as he got even closer and wrapped his arms around my waist in a hug well shaking at the fact we were surrounded by darkness on all sides.

"You become the thing in the dark. All men are monsters but only the ones who admit it can be considered human still." Kiba's shaking was still there but the grip of death he had on me loosened just enough for me to be semi-comfortable. Bringing my hand up so that it was closer to Kiba I strengthened the flow of chakra until it was glowing brightly and made it swim out to lighten the darkness. "I am a monster Kiba that I will always admit. Will you be a monster too?"

"YEAH!" The shout was loud yes but the faint quiver in his voice was still largly noticable in my mind as his grip stayed tight with his shaking. Focusing on the flow of chakra I invisioned the sight of it in a ball hovering above my hand where I could move it as I wish.

"Here. Until yer a strong monster that the dark cowers from use this." I waited a second as the white hot glowing 120 watt chakra bulb in my hands compressed it's self into a floating ball before solidifying. Handing the now hard ball over to Kiba I smiled gently well feeling the drain on my body from doing something I never knew could be done with chakra. Outside of the Rasengan I never thought you could condense chakra into a ball shape with a physical form.

"Thanks." His voice was strong as he craddled the crudely made chakra nightlight as if it was a fragile sugar spun work of art. Taking my few steps forward Kiba fallowed before I fell out of the light, a single small hand was still holding my shirt tightly.

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"DUCK!" Kiba hit the deck well I flattened myself in the tiny space on the wall where the swinging log just barely missed me as it flew by. As the log was pulled back up into the ceiling I let out the breath I'd been hold well giving the dirtiest look to the pressure plate we'd tripped. Pulling Kiba up from the floor I eyed the area around us well avoiding the now known plate snugg in the stone.

"WHATTHEHELLWASTHAT!?" The jumble of words came out of Kiba without a single pause inbetween them making me smirk as he stared wide eyed at the ceiling.

"That was a booby-trap boi. This area is rigged to high universe of pumpkins and back! So be very, very quiet. I'm hunting rabid badgers." Kiba's jaw dropped as he looked around super nervous as if the insane animals were about to jump from the walls again. It was probably a better bet to avoid making badger jokes as we had only just escaped that test of character a bit back. "No, no no no nono! We aren't being attacked by badgers again Kiba so please calm down."

"DON'T JOKE ABOUT THOSE EVIL MONSTERS!" I agreed as chakra badgers were some evil business as they were a thousand times worse then regular badgers and way way meaner. Shivering at the feeling of the glowing beady black eyes that plagued my inner eye I shook myself out well Kiba did the same. I hope never to see those beasts again well we are down here in the Underground as I don't think that trumatic experience will do us any good.

"Fair. Do me a favor an see if you can smell out anything with a horrible smell or oily one." As I watched Kiba lifted his head and took in a few deep breathes through his nose before his face screwed up in confusion.

"I cant smell anything over your scent as its flooding the place. Black tea and citrus is overly powerful when you smell it at this level." I blinked as I didn't think my scent was anything like my favorite drink back in the Original, Shino's was buggy and melonish if I remember correctly. Putting my hand to my face I tried to see if I could smell the memory filled scent that Kiba talked about.

"Hey can you tell me how to do that trick?" Kiba looked confused for a second before his eyes lit up and I realized he hit the nail on the head on what I was talking about.

"You just need to put the warm buzzing stuff in your nose!" I blinked well redoing the answer into a much easier and understandable sentence that wouldn't make others confused.

"So I just need to focus a small portion of my chakra into my sense of smell to amplify the ability to define the suddle scents that are masked to the normal human nose." Kiba looked at me blankly well I remembered that this was both Kiba and a five year old who didn't have a base knowledge on what I did. "Push chakra into yer nose so the smells are sharper."

"Yeah! That's what Ma told me to do!" I blinked as this was more then likely a clan secret that I was basically stealing via using childish innocence to my advantage. Ignoring the crime I was commiting I focused on my chakra and slowly funneled a very tiny bit into my nose well trying not to blow my sense of smell to hell. The faint smells from earlier sharpened and were slowly strengthened until I could make out the very strong smell of real southren sweet tea and lemon slices.

"Well this smell is from a drink I love and would like to make if possible. You should help me do so after we get out of this place Kiba." I moved around the traps that I spotted well Kiba fallowed placing his feet right where I had placed my own out of caution. The stolen secret was put to good use as I started up against the wall well edging around the pool of flammable oil coating the floor.

"Really?" I nodded as Kiba fallowed perfectly along with me as having my own insane little minion held so many advantages to this book of Hildegard. Moving to the wooden ladder bolted to the wall I started climbing up to see if it led to an exit well Kiba fallowed slowly.

"Looks like this is an exit point John. I'll take point til the coast is clear." Pushing at the outline of a door I grunted quietly as it melted like an icecream sandwich, which is slow as all get out. As the door finished openning I stared back at the pink haired girl who gapped at my sudden appearance out of the brick wall.

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~BlackoSun