Scroll 05: Sasuke's (Troublesome) Fiancée
WARNING: THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS RIDICULOUS SCENE ABOUT OROCHIMARU AND SASUKE. DON'T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. And there might be any yaoi or M rated scene. Don't say I don't warn you. But don't worry! This is not a yaoi or adult fic!
Miyabi was having a hard time walking. He was back to headquarter of the rebels, thanks to his not-so-friendly-friends. He was heavily injured, and all of that was Yatsuki's work. He was forcing himself to attend the scheduled meeting despite his injuries. He had been walking stumbling and slowly while his left hand clutched the injured part. His body was hurt, especially the right part of his belly. Yatsuki had managed to attack him with her fire arrows. He dodged it skillfully but he was too slow for an arrow shot attack. He was lucky that the arrow didn't get its way through his belly but the burning sensation at his right part of his belly was bitching enough.
"That bitch Haguma… the next time I meet her, I'm going to make sure that her blood will stop flowing!" Miyabi was cursing Yatsuki mentally as he imagined how pleasing it was to have the brunette's blood freezing. He didn't notice that a girl was standing in front of him. He was too concentrated on his curses and how to walk without stumbling too many by gripping walls as support.
"Miyabi-sama…" said the girl in her feminine voice.
Miyabi halted his steps. He looked and saw one of his snow spirits; to be exact, his most beautiful and greatest snow spirit. What made her different from other snow woman was she was the snow-princess. Her face and looks were livelier. Her hair was silver and her eyes were pink. The hair also only reached her knees, not like other snow women that had their hair as long as their height. Her attire was more luxurious looking. She also looked younger.
"Get out of my way, Yukino. I have to attend the meeting and I don't want to be late," hissed Miyabi impatiently.
Yukino shook her head. She lifted her hands until they were parallel with her shoulder as a gesture that made clear that she wasn't going to let her master pass. "No, Miyabi-sama. You're not going too late because you aren't going to attend the meeting."
Miyabi gritted his teeth. Yukino was his best weapon. But she sometimes was overprotective. "Yukino, I don't have anytime to face you and your foolishness."
"It's not foolishness. It is care," corrected the snow-princess. She always wondered why her master was so stubborn like a child.
"Whatever," Miyabi grunted as he continued his steps. But Yukino wouldn't let him through.
"Yukino," Miyabi sighed impatiently and strictly. "Back away. This is an order." He knew that Yukino could be both of soft snow and stubborn ice. But that didn't stop him to own her.
"Is it wrong for a spirit to guard its master's health?" asked Yukino. Oh man, she really was a stubborn ice.
"Don't force me to seal you," threatened the master. But Yukino's guts weren't stirred.
Yukino put a determined expression on her face. "I don't mind as long as you are safe and healthy."
Miyabi was torn between the thought of he should be angry by the snow-princess' stubbornness or he should be grateful for the rare loyalties that was laid in her.
A dark and cold chuckle interrupted whatever Miyabi was going to say. Miyabi turned and found his never-endingly-annoying-ally. Kosomaru Futaba. HE was younger than him but HE was more arrogant than anything he ever met. Futaba has cat-like light green eyes and short black hair with some silver at his bangs. The hair was long enough to be tied into a small and low ponytail. Unlike Miyabi who was wearing a dark blue hakama (lower part of kimono or kimono's pants) light blue haori (upper part of kimono), he was wearing a dark green hakama and light green haori. And this guy was smirking with that annoying smirk of his.
"What's a matter, Miyabi-senpai? You can't control your own spirit? What a shame, I expect something better from you…" said Futaba with a clear mocking tone. Oh, how Miyabi hate him. Not only the black-haired boy was younger and arrogant, he also loves to mock at somebody's failure. And he was better than him too, according to their teacher's point of view. Miyabi knew that Futaba used "senpai" to mock his lower skill. Luckily it wasn't Futaba who helped him back then. It was the same as he would do a suicide if Futaba helped him then laughed at him. But in this case, Futaba was a bit correct. Onmyouji was not an onmyouji if he couldn't control his spirits.
Miyabi thought hard for a reply. "As you know, I love challenge. Unlike you, who choose easy to control spirit like those calm plant spirits," retorted Miyabi. He got the result he wanted. Futaba's eyebrows twitched with anger.
"Don't think because you are older than me then you could judge me as you please," replied Futaba as he tried to press his anger to minimum but failed when Miyabi sent his retort.
"I am older than you," said Miyabi.
Futaba crossed his arms on his chest. "Only by a month."
"Yeah, though sensei (teacher) told me to watch over the junior," said Miyabi with a lot of pride in his tone.
"Well then, who is the one who get hurt and refused my medicine?" Futaba began to show his lose of calm.
"I'd rather die than consume an amateur's made medicine," grunted Miyabi. Inside, he was grinning triumphantly when Futaba's lips began to form a pout. "Ha-ha! I got you now!"
"No one could refuse my medicine. No one," hissed Futaba with anger. His eyes expressed anger. Miyabi swore he could see a fire lit in the green orbs.
"Well, I am a one," replied Miyabi with smirk. Oh yeah! He was getting the upper hands! Futaba was better than him in skill but no one could compete with his ice like calmness. Not to mention that Futaba was like a spoilt child with golden armor. In short, he was hot-headed.
Yukino looked at Miyabi and Futaba worriedly. When those two fight, nothing good would happen. Miyabi would use her and Futaba would use his spirit to fight each other. They would fight needlessly and at the end no one won with damages on both fighters and battlefield as the result. Besides, it wasn't herself she concerned but her master's well being. Miyabi was having a hard time to walk, let alone fight. Luckily, someone with more influence came and stopped the fight.
"Are you two here to fight each other or to attend the meeting?"
Miyabi and Futaba turned to find their respective teacher. She had short and wavy hair that had the color of light wood and pale blue colored eyes. Her eyes were sharp and small, but they fit perfectly with her sharp face and dark skin. Unlike Miyabi and Futaba who wore formal clothes, she wore a simple miko (woman priest) dress with brown colored undergarments. She also wore her honey colored string of beads that was long enough to circle her neck twice. It looked like there was a small chance she would attend the meeting, judging how casual her attire was.
"Rikuchi-sensei!" exclaimed Futaba in shock meanwhile Miyabi lost his tounge.
"It's Koetami. How many times I told you to not call me by my family name?" asked Koetami.
"But I prefer Rikuchi than Koetami. It sounds fit at my ears…" said Futaba innocently. It was a lame excuse but it was the truth.
"It looks like it's impossible for you to change that habit but its okay. By the way, I want to ask you two to attend the meeting for me. But it looks like that you can't do it, Miyabi. Go to the bed and rest now. I don't want you to be useless in this kind of time…" said Koetami.
Futaba smirked with triumph and Miyabi answered it by sending devil glares. He didn't dare to complain though.
"Fine. But let Yukino attend it for me. Why can't sensei attend the meeting?" asked Miyabi.
"That Blue Glow flower spirit makes havoc again," answered Koetami.
Miyabi commented, "Stubborn one doesn't him?"
"Yeah, like you," replied Futaba.
Miyabi devil glared to the green eyed boy once again but didn't dare to make cruel insults in front of his teacher. So he said, "Who was the one who suggest releasing the girl spirit then? Now she has become that Reikage's useful lapdog."
"And why do you stupidly agree?" replied Futaba smartly. Crap, the power of genius. But he had to be cunning to counter a genius.
"Because you said that seniors should listen to the juniors once in a rare time," said Miyabi with a cunning look.
But Futaba was not the type who gave in easily. "But seniors should be smart enough to not jump into careless decisions."
Of course, like Yukino, Miyabi was a stubborn ice. "I don't want to release her, but since you influenced others, finally Koetami-sensei ordered me to throw her away. And being a good student, I complied."
Futaba only had the chance to open his mouth before Koetami's soft and polite cough stepped in.
"I hope I'm not forgotten yet…" after the two students went silent, she glanced at Miyabi and continued, "I thought I told you to make her far from her brother not to throw her away."
Futaba smirked triumphantly and glanced to Miyabi, hoping that he would see Miyabi's lost and embarrassed expression. But he didn't see it. He saw the total opposite. Miyabi had a sure expression and a cocky grin on his face.
"Don't worry sensei. I've got plan B," said Miyabi proudly and grinning even wider when he saw Futaba's grim expression. His words made Koetami's brow arched. Yukino only stared worriedly at her master. Whenever someone grin a cocky grin and wore sure expression, something bad was bound to happen. Well, at least bad for the foes…
.oOoOo.
Sasuke was back from his training. It was more like traveling because he had gone for three days. Orochimaru would mind it unless he kept in touch and he mustn't go for more than three days. He walked into the underground quarter and stopped in front of Orochimaru's room. Well, this was the hardest part of all. Facing Orochimaru brought nothing but unpleasant feelings and mood. But he can't help it. It was his choice to follow him at the first place. There was no time to regret. He pushed the door open, and saw the usual condition of the room. It was dark with only a candle as the source of light. And there would be Orochimaru sitting on his bed or his usual chair. He was too awful to sit on a chair recently. There would be that oh-so-sinister Kabuto. He was said to be sinister because he always looked at Sasuke with a threatening look as if Sasuke had done a mistake or more. Well, he did do a mistake. He had made Orochimaru's full attention drawn to him. And he did nothing to do it. But as if he liked it. He opened the door and saw what he was expecting to see.
But today, he noticed, there was something that made the room different. Something that made the eyes of the young Uchiha squinted. There was a young girl, around his age to be exact. She has long dark gold hair that reached her knees. Her eyes were blue like sapphire and her skin was pale. Her features were gentle and innocent looking. But somehow, Sasuke knew that she hid more. She was wearing light blue colored kimono with aqua colored obi (kimono belt). She smiled to Sasuke warmly and innocently when the boy entered the room. But when she did it, Sasuke's hair on the back of his neck stood up. At this point, Sasuke went alert and tried to detect the girl's chakra with his sharingan. He found that the girl's chakra flow was normal and her power level was no more than a mere civilian. And there was no effort to hide her chakra too. Sasuke went confused but didn't drop his alert. Her features telling "harmless" but his under-conscious kept shouting "BEWARE".
Orochimaru caught this and smirked. So Sasuke also found what he found in that girl. Interesting. He waited Sasuke to speak first and he didn't have to wait long.
"Who's this girl Orochimaru?" asked Sasuke, trying to suppress any filth tone.
"She is your fiancée," said Orochimaru simply as if it didn't matter.
What Sasuke had heard was not the one he like or expect. "Excuse me? Since when do I have a fiancée?" he emphasized the 'I' and 'fiancée' words.
"Since I decided it," replied Orochimaru with an amusement smirk. He loved to see Sasuke's "tortured" expression.
"And WHY do I have to have fiancée?" HE definitely didn't like females (except his mother) let alone have one of them as fiancée.
"Let's ditch that matter for this moment, shall we? Firstly, you two should know each other. Sasuke, this is Fusume Ai. Ai, this is Uchiha Sasuke," said Orochimaru.
Ai smiled wider and walked towards Sasuke. "Nice to meet you, Sasuke-san," she said as she held her right hand to shake. No matter how a bastard Sasuke was, he still got politeness. Sasuke shook her hand and immediately drew his hand back after the shake. He was a bit surprised by her soft and smooth hand. He was never touched by that kind of hand beside his mother. Sakura and Ino's hands were not that smooth because the ninja practice they had. It was clear that this girl had never been doing something hard for so long. But put that aside now, Orochimaru HAD to explain.
"I'm sorry, miss—" he trailed.
"Ai. Ai is enough," she interrupted.
"Well, I'm sorry Miss Ai. Could you go out from this room for a moment? I have to discuss something with Orochimaru…" he thought for a moment before adding, "-san."
"Huh? But we just meet…" she said sadly like a child who has to separate with her mother.
"Don't worry. I'll see you later. Don't talk as there is no tomorrow," said Sasuke as softly as possible with his cold voice. He ended up sounded like Itachi back then when the older brother comforted him that they would do shuriken training tomorrow. Great, now he knew what Itachi thought about him back then.
Ai bent her head down in disappoint. "Fine. See you later or tomorrow then." She walked to the door but then stopped. "But where I supposed to go?" she asked to the three males.
Sasuke immediately sent Kabuto a scary glare. "You would accompany her. Right, Kabuto?" he asked in a very low voice that he was sure able to chase a Naruto away.
The glare sent a chill down to the silver-haired medical ninja's spine. But he hid it well. "Of course I will. Would you please follow me, Miss Ai?" asked Kabuto as he walked toward the door.
Ai nodded. "Yes. Thank you very much, Kabuto-san."
After the two of them gone, Sasuke waited the footsteps to be unheard and then fought the urge to yell. If there had been a table, he would have slammed his fist down to the table.
"When, where, and HOW did you find this girl AND why she's here?" asked Sasuke furiously.
Orochimaru smirked in amusement and evilly. "She walked in here by herself," replied the snake sennin.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes. "I don't think she's the type who would walk to the lion's den without reason…"
"So you think that our quarter is dangerous for someone like her?" asked the sennin with a false hurt tone.
"OH YES of course! Not only for her, but any other weak people! With those criminals you collected as your underlings and yourself!" Sasuke exploded. He usually very calm and controlled, but it seemed that the tiredness from three days training and the shock of having fiancée so suddenly took over.
The room went silent for a moment. Orochimaru was surprised to see another side of Sasuke. But he overcame it quickly.
"Why do you mind it? Her safety, I mean…" asked Orochimaru.
"I don't care with her safety! I just wonder why a harmless looking girl like her is here!" asked Sasuke impatiently.
"Well then if that's your question. Why don't you calm down and sit, Sasuke-kun?" asked Orochimaru as he pointed the free chair in front of his bed with his eyes. Sasuke grunted before sat down.
"Fine. Explain your self," grumbled the teen.
"Firstly, she was here because she lost. And she was very scared of the dark wood so being a gentleman…" at this part, Sasuke fought the urge to vomit right away. "I asked her to come in," finished Orochimaru.
"I'd rather being eaten by wolfs than enter our quarter if I were her," grumbled Sasuke.
"But you are not her," said Orochimaru with a smirk. Actually, he didn't like to be joking but seeing the expression of an annoyed Uchiha was worth of his pride. Besides, it helped him to forget the bitching pain.
"That's what conditionals type 2 exists for!" shouted Sasuke furiously. Wait a minute. Why the subject changed into grammar? Oh man, he really was tired. He was getting ridiculous from second to second. Sasuke took a deep breath to calm him self. He found that it was pointless to argue with Orochimaru when he wasn't at his best condition.
"Well then, I'm leaving. But don't think this is over!" the teen said as he stood up and started to walk out.
"Leaving already?" asked Orochimaru. Sasuke stopped his steps. Was it just his feelings or Orochimaru did sound like that Fusume girl?
"Yes. Why? Do you mind it?" asked Sasuke roughly and rudely.
Orochimaru smirked wider. A little more push wouldn't hurt. "Too bad. I'm intending to make you to be my bed slave tonight."
SHUSH
A kunai flew toward Orochimaru's head and the sennin dodged by moved his head easily. The kunai flew through and embedded on the wall. Orochimaru's hair were moving because of the wind that caused by the kunai. He looked at the grim face of Sasuke.
"I'd rather sleep with Itachi than with you, sick rotten perverted snake freak!" screamed Sasuke so loudly until it echoed through the whole part of the quarter.
Orochimaru was surprised by the loud voice and could do nothing when Sasuke walked out of his chamber and yelling, "I'm leaving!" as he went out of the sight.
The snake sennin felt blood trickle from his cheek. The matter seemed not that he hadn't dodged the attack perfectly but Sasuke had been better. He smiled evilly and with satisfaction. Sasuke didn't fail him. Soon, that body with the advance blood of Uchiha would be his.
Meanwhile, Kabuto and Ai…
"Kabuto-san, did you hear what I just hear?" asked Ai.
"I'm afraid so, Miss Ai," said Kabuto as he adjusted his glasses.
"I never thought that cool guy like Sasuke-san could be that emotional and loud…" commented Ai.
"Nah, he's just tired from his training, Miss Ai," explained Kabuto. It seemed that Ai didn't hear what Sasuke screamed clearly. Well, it was better to leave it that way. Then Kabuto stopped walking. He opened the door beside him and showed the girl a plain room with a single bed, table, chair, no window (this was underground quarter), and a door to a closet. "Here is your room, Miss. If you need anything, just call me or Sasuke. I put your room right beside his so you could visit him any time."
Ai's face became delighted. "Thank you very much! You're so kind, Kabuto-san!"
"It's nothing," said Kabuto calmly. This girl was so innocent. She didn't realize that she was facing Konoha's greatest criminal.
"Then I shall wait for Sasuke inside my room. Good night, Kabuto-san," she said as she went into her room excitedly.
"Good night," replied Kabuto as he closed the door and locked it. Orochimaru had ordered him to do this. After a moment of walking, he heard the girl wailed, "Aww… there's no bathtub or warm water!"
He chuckled. How did the girl expect to find something like bathtub and warm water in a criminal's hideaway? Wait a minute; she even didn't aware that she was staying in a criminal's house and being mated to a stranger. Kabuto didn't know if he should feel sorry for the girl or not.
Sasuke stomped the floor loudly each time he stepped. And he was aware that each stomp made a concaved hole. He didn't care if he was being childish. He didn't care about the floor. All he cared was: going to bed as fast as possible and sleep as quick as he can so he could relax and forget his problem as immediately as his skill would allow. Not long, he reached his bedroom. He opened the door and quickly went to bed. He didn't bother to get shower because he was too tired. He simply stripped himself until only his white boxers and dark blue singlet. He lay on his bed and it didn't take long for him to fall into a dreamless sleep. Unknown by him, a pair of eyes were watching him…
.oOoOo.
Sasuke opened his eyes. Was it morning already? He looked to the small table beside his bed where his clock was. The short hand was pointing at four meanwhile the long one was pointing at three. A quarter past four. For average people, this was too early. But for Uchiha Sasuke, this was the right time to start his training. He sat up but he didn't immediately get out of his bed. He waited for a moment for his eyes to adjust the darkness and his mind to be more wake. His rubbed his eyes that were still half lidded. He looked down to the white blanket that covered his waist and feet. He didn't remember to wear his blanket. If his memory served him right, he remembered he simply lay on the bed nothing else.
He turned his head to his side to look for his weapons and clothes. He didn't remember where he put them. Damn morning syndrome, makes your brain work slowly. His eyes fell on the right side of the bed and saw a bundle under the blanket. Maybe he brought them with him to sleep. He uncovered the blanket but what he saw was neither his weapon nor clothes. It was a girl with long and dark gold hair. She only wore a too big white shirt that covered half of her thigh. She was sleeping peacefully, didn't aware that the too big neck of the shirt was showing too much her neck and shoulders. This position was too seductive for a teenage Uchiha to look. But apparently, Sasuke's brain was working slowly to digest the situation.
So the bundle wasn't his weapon or clothes. It was a girl. She seemed sleeping though. Why she was sleeping here? Do I know her? Then suddenly he was wide awake. All the logic turned on and the memory last night hit him like a tsunami wave.
"WAAAHH!" for the first time in years, Uchiha Sasuke screamed in surprise not in pain, anger, or frustration.
Sasuke backed off quickly, didn't aware that he was at the edge of the bed. The result was: he fell from his bed and because the short distance between the bed and the wall, the back of his head hit the wall and making a loud thumping noise. Luckily, from years of training his physic, his skull became strong enough to not crack because of this kind of thing. But still, it hurt.
"Ooww…" Sasuke growled.
"Ngghhh…" a groan came from the girl. Apparently, Sasuke's scream and the sound of the head met the wall had awaken her.
Sasuke looked down to see his own appearance. Crap, only boxers and a singlet. The girl would freak out if she saw him and herself in one room and minimum clothes. But why care about her while he himself already freaked out. He quickly got up and went to the other side of the room to grab his pants and wear it.
"Nghh… is it morning already?" asked the girl as she sat up, rubbed her eyes, and yawn. She was behaving naturally as there was nothing wrong.
Sasuke went towards her, grabbed her shoulders, and shook her hardly. "You! What are you doing here?"
Immediately, all the sleep traces gone from her. "Uhm… what's the matter, Sasuke-san?" asked Ai as if there had been nothing wrong.
"What's the matter?" wailed Sasuke in frustration. "How did you enter my room?" asked Sasuke. How could he didn't notice her when he had been sleeping? He really was tired.
"By the door. It wasn't locked," answered Ai innocently.
Sasuke slapped his forehead. How could he have been so foolish? Didn't lock the door and didn't notice her presence? If Itachi had came and said he was a foolish little brother, he would have gladly accept it. "And why did you enter my room?"
"You said you would meet me after you finished your talk with Orochimaru-san. But when I went to your room, you had slept so I decided to wait for you…" answered Ai with a confused tone. She was confused of why Sasuke got so angry to her.
"But WHY did you have to sleep in my room?"
"Because I'm afraid," answered Ai simply.
"What?" Sasuke asked unbelievably.
"I'm afraid to sleep alone…" Ai said as her face went as red as his sharingan.
Sasuke was dumfounded. Just how old was she?
"Then you used to sleep with your sister?" asked Sasuke.
"No. My older brother would sleep with me. Besides, we're fiancés now, right?"
Geez. No wonder she didn't mind to sleep beside Sasuke. She thought that all male were like her brother and he was her fiancé so it would be okay. How could she survive in this full of pervert world?
"By the way, why do you wear that?" asked Sasuke, pointing to the too big shirt. If he were a girl, he would rather sleep with dirty kimono.
"Oh. There was only this shirt in the wardrobe. There was no bathrobe or whatsoever. This hotel's service is bad, isn't it?" asked Ai.
Sasuke fought the urge to bang his head to the wall. She had been thinking that this criminals' hideaway as a hotel. What Orochimaru had told to her? Wait until someone heard this. He'd have to kill somebody.
"Well then. Go back to your room, its morning already and you have to change your attire," ordered Sasuke and Ai complied. She walked to the door but stopped when she opened it.
"Sasuke-san?" asked Ai.
"What now?" asked Sasuke, trying not to be harsh but failed.
Ai pointed her index finger to the dark hallway, her expression told fear. "It's dark."
At that morning, Orochimaru, Kabuto, and others were waked up by someone's frustrated scream.
"OROCHIMARU! What did you tell her about this quarter? A hotel?" shouted Sasuke when he got the chance to enter the snake sennin's room.
Orochimaru was surprised to see Sasuke's frustrated self again. But he regained his composure. "Calm down, Sasuke-kun. What do you mean?"
"WHAT DO I MEAN? That girl is thinking that this quarter is a hotel! The last thing I want is an advertisement for this hotel!" yelled Sasuke impatiently as he grabbed Orochimaru's collar. He didn't care if he was being ridiculous.
Orochimaru gave a confused look then shook his head. "I didn't tell her anything beside: if you agree to be my child's fiancée, I'll give you a place to stay."
"Since WHEN I am your child?" asked Sasuke furiously.
"Come on, Sasuke. It's just a part of the act," said Orochimaru as he grinning wickedly.
"Orochimaru, I came here not to learn how to be an actor…" hissed the teen.
"Sasuke, this is a part of the training. If you want to spy on something or someone, you should have good acting skill," said Orochimaru with a teacher like tone.
"What kind of lame excuse is that?" asked Sasuke to no one. But in heart he admitted that Orochimaru was right.
"Or do you hate her, Sasuke-kun? Would you want to marry me instead?" asked Orochimaru with a sick smile.
What came next was beyond his expectation. Sasuke punched his right cheek very hard. Then the teen released the grip and walked out of the room while shouting: "I'm straight, you sick bastard!"
Sasuke met Kabuto when he walked back to his room to prepare himself for another looooonggg term training. And he would make sure that he would come back as late as possible. "God, I should aim the kunai to his manhood last night," grumbled Sasuke mentally. Apparently, his grim face caught Kabuto's attention.
"Sasuke-kun, what's the matter?" asked Kabuto.
"Ask that person," hissed Sasuke, hoping the medical ninja would catch who and what he meant. "If there's nothing to be talked about, I'm going to leave." With that, Sasuke started to walk again. But Kabuto's next words stopped him.
"Would you like to hear interesting information?" asked Kabuto. It was pointless to do this, but he would like to see Sasuke's reaction when the boy heard this.
"What is it?" asked Sasuke. Heh, he was getting the hoped reaction from Sasuke.
"Do you know that Konoha is rubbles now?" asked Kabuto. His glasses glistened, hiding his expression.
"What?" asked Sasuke. Did he hear what he thought he heard? Konoha was rubbles? That was… impossible. Sasuke knew how strong the village was. And there was no rumors containing there would be a war between Konoha and whoever the foe.
Kabuto's lips curled into a slight smirk. "But pity the villagers aren't pieces too…"
Sasuke went towards Kabuto and grabbed his collar. "What do you mean? Spill it out!"
"There's no need to be impatience, Sasuke-kun. Now, would you please release me so I can tell the story to you?" asked Kabuto. Sasuke released him.
Kabuto adjusted his clothes. "To begin with, they got ice stampede."
"What do that mean?" asked Sasuke.
"You know, blocks of ice fell from the sky…" explained Kabuto.
Sasuke shook his head. "It's not that. I mean, why did ices fall on Konoha? We all know that Konoha locates in a tropical climate. Snow is impossible, let alone ice."
"It may be weather antics as many people believe, but I heard rumors," said Kabuto. They were getting into the interesting part.
Sasuke lifted his eyebrows. "Rumors?"
"There have been rumors saying that the event was caused by somebody."
"Are you kidding?" Sasuke's face would look so weird if he lacked of self control.
Kabuto adjusted his glasses. "Unbelievable, isn't it? But if it is true, then…"
"Orochimaru will be interested making friend with him or her…" mumbled Sasuke.
Kabuto smirked. There might be a chance that Sasuke would be as interested as Orochimaru. He himself was anxious to find out if the rumor was true. Figuring that there was nothing to be heard anymore, Sasuke walked away. Kabuto soon followed Sasuke's moves and walked away to another direction. Unknown by them, there was someone who had been watching them. After they were gone, the eavesdropper stepped out from its hiding place and smirked with amusement.
.oOoOo.
Kozueran sipped her tea. She was talking to a red haired boy in a beautiful garden. "Hayame, did you finish the preparation?"
Kinjiya Hayame, the wealthy boy, smiled with apologizes. "I'm sorry, Kozueran-sama. It seems it will take longer…"
"And why is that?" asked Kozueran with piercing black eyes.
"The fuel. It's starting to be harder and harder to find it in a massive amount without anybody poking a nose to our business. Well, it's not something they see everyday. And I have some problem with camouflage. Some people have been suspicious with the carriers…" explained Hayame.
"How long it'll take?" asked Kozueran as she watched white rabbits ran across the garden.
"If I'm lucky, it's going to take one month. But if I'm not, wait until two or three months later," said Hayame.
"One until three months of wait, eh? I'd like to go faster; I don't want to be involved with the current events anymore than this. It's enough that Konoha, Suna, and Rei have their current events…" Kozueran said as she toyed with the cup of tea.
"You don't want to help him?" Hayame asked carefully. He knew that she was sensitive in this case.
Kozueran shook her head. "No. He has his own business to do, so am I. Besides, we have promised not to meet each other again…"
"But…" Hayame sighed. "I would like to go, even for once."
"Where?" asked Kozueran, even she already knew what the answer was.
Hayame faced Kozueran and smiled. "To my said homeland, that is…"
"You know you can't. Even you have begged personally to me," said Kozueran as she glared to Hayame sharply.
Hayame sighed in defeat. "Yeah, I know. I have my own duty here, haven't I?" he silenced for a moment then he continued. "But still, I want to see what it looks like. The dreamland for the astronomers…"
Kozueran couldn't help but stare at Hayame with disapproval.
"Believe me. You'll love your position more."
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I know this is short. But I can't help it. I'm still on my school exam days and it's a true pain to write this. I hope you like it.
Next: it seems that Konoha has its first experience of somebody being haunted. And that somebody is Kiba. Being released from the emergency hospital, Kiba finds that his house isn't the same he knows anymore.
Scroll 06: Ghost Haunted Kiba