Warnings: Swearing, violence, slash, etc.
Disclaimers: I wish Naruto were mine...
'Blah' - thought
"He didn't do anything nasty to you, did he?" she asked, her eyes flickering over his face and resting on the bruise that was beginning to form just above his mask. Her fingers drifted out and she brushed the bruise gently.
"I'm fine, you can relax," he assured her, his voice soothing. She studied him a moment longer and nodded.
"Let's go check on those boys of yours then."
Sakura helped Naruto into his bed and worriedly surveyed his wounds. It had taken them so long to get back to the village that Kakashi and the woman had managed to catch up with them, but the trip had been moved along much faster with their aide.
"Excuse me," the woman said politely. Sakura stepped to one side so the woman could set her bowl of water down.
"Hey! Whatcha doin'?" Naruto asked, trying to sit up. Without looking up the woman pushed him back down without touching any of his wounds.
"I'm going to take care of your wounds of course. And both of you can quit calling me woman, my name is Maoko," she said coolly, again without looking up. She pulled out a white rag and began the process of cleaning Naruto up. Sakura watched and tried to figure when anybody had called her woman. Maoko rapped her head and dipped the cloth in the water.
"I can read minds," she informed them, peeling off Naruto's jacket so she could get at the wounds beneath it better.
!!!!!
Several hours later Sakura, Maoko, Kakashi, and Iruka sat in the living room of the house they had 'borrowed' to keep the injured two in. The family that had been there was currently on vacation so the house was vacant.
"Are they going to be ok?" Sakura asked quietly, her hands in her lap. She had been asked to leave the rooms after they had had to strip the boys down to their skivvies so they could take care of them. Maoko chuckled slightly and set down the tray of mugs she had brought in.
"They're going to be fine. No matter how tough he thinks he is, Yami still isn't strong enough to kill humans, especially trained Shinobi," she said quietly, handing Sakura a mug of hot chocolate. Sakura nodded in thanks and let out a sigh of relief.
"So what are we going to do about Yami?" Iruka asked, having gotten Kakashi to fill him in about what was going on. Maoko handed both him and Kakashi mugs of tea and sat down with her own.
"No worries there for the next week, he swore on his mother's honor he would behave, so he has to," she explained calmly. Everyone gave her a blank look, making her sigh.
"It is in The Demons' Code of Moral Conduct that any demon who swears on his mother's honor is duty bound to keep any promises made under that oath. Failure to do so results in said demon's loss of life or status and removal from the family usually. A removal from the family is an immediate loss of honor. Honor is very important to demons, unfortunately humans are very rarely involved in any of the codes, so they get picked on a lot.
"Yami's family has the longest running honorific family. Going back on his word at this point in time would result in his instant death by his own family," Maoko explained quietly. Sakura and Iruka blinked and exchanged looks while Kakashi merely nodded in understanding.
"How do you know that? Demons don't just let a human with that kind of information run around loose," Iruka pointed out. Maoko laughed and smiled.
"I'll tell you should the need ever arise. For your own safety, I recommend that both you and Sakura keep your mouths shut," she explained calmly, sipping her tea and smiling politely at them. Sakura and Iruka exchanged looks then shrugged. Even if they had just met her, they could tell she would only share information that was necessary, nothing more and nothing less.
menoryutsuki
Wait! There's more!! So onwards!!
Disclaimers: I wish Naruto were mine...
'Blah' - thought
"Yammer" - talking
Chatter- telepathy
symbolsymbolsymbolsymbolsymbol - switch of POV or scene
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Kakashi sat up and rubbed his neck, watching the black blur that was Yami tear off at top speed. Maoko watched for 1/2 a second then turned to him and kneeled in front of him."He didn't do anything nasty to you, did he?" she asked, her eyes flickering over his face and resting on the bruise that was beginning to form just above his mask. Her fingers drifted out and she brushed the bruise gently.
"I'm fine, you can relax," he assured her, his voice soothing. She studied him a moment longer and nodded.
"Let's go check on those boys of yours then."
Sakura helped Naruto into his bed and worriedly surveyed his wounds. It had taken them so long to get back to the village that Kakashi and the woman had managed to catch up with them, but the trip had been moved along much faster with their aide.
"Excuse me," the woman said politely. Sakura stepped to one side so the woman could set her bowl of water down.
"Hey! Whatcha doin'?" Naruto asked, trying to sit up. Without looking up the woman pushed him back down without touching any of his wounds.
"I'm going to take care of your wounds of course. And both of you can quit calling me woman, my name is Maoko," she said coolly, again without looking up. She pulled out a white rag and began the process of cleaning Naruto up. Sakura watched and tried to figure when anybody had called her woman. Maoko rapped her head and dipped the cloth in the water.
"I can read minds," she informed them, peeling off Naruto's jacket so she could get at the wounds beneath it better.
!!!!!
Several hours later Sakura, Maoko, Kakashi, and Iruka sat in the living room of the house they had 'borrowed' to keep the injured two in. The family that had been there was currently on vacation so the house was vacant.
"Are they going to be ok?" Sakura asked quietly, her hands in her lap. She had been asked to leave the rooms after they had had to strip the boys down to their skivvies so they could take care of them. Maoko chuckled slightly and set down the tray of mugs she had brought in.
"They're going to be fine. No matter how tough he thinks he is, Yami still isn't strong enough to kill humans, especially trained Shinobi," she said quietly, handing Sakura a mug of hot chocolate. Sakura nodded in thanks and let out a sigh of relief.
"So what are we going to do about Yami?" Iruka asked, having gotten Kakashi to fill him in about what was going on. Maoko handed both him and Kakashi mugs of tea and sat down with her own.
"No worries there for the next week, he swore on his mother's honor he would behave, so he has to," she explained calmly. Everyone gave her a blank look, making her sigh.
"It is in The Demons' Code of Moral Conduct that any demon who swears on his mother's honor is duty bound to keep any promises made under that oath. Failure to do so results in said demon's loss of life or status and removal from the family usually. A removal from the family is an immediate loss of honor. Honor is very important to demons, unfortunately humans are very rarely involved in any of the codes, so they get picked on a lot.
"Yami's family has the longest running honorific family. Going back on his word at this point in time would result in his instant death by his own family," Maoko explained quietly. Sakura and Iruka blinked and exchanged looks while Kakashi merely nodded in understanding.
"How do you know that? Demons don't just let a human with that kind of information run around loose," Iruka pointed out. Maoko laughed and smiled.
"I'll tell you should the need ever arise. For your own safety, I recommend that both you and Sakura keep your mouths shut," she explained calmly, sipping her tea and smiling politely at them. Sakura and Iruka exchanged looks then shrugged. Even if they had just met her, they could tell she would only share information that was necessary, nothing more and nothing less.
menoryutsuki
Wait! There's more!! So onwards!!