Luna Blood

Chapter 2: The Seal in the Deal

Disclaimer: None of the anime characters here are mine.

"Now where does THIS lead to…" Naruto snickered to himself as he made his way down the rackety staircase only lit by sleepy lamps. His feet made creaking noises as the steps passed underneath him. But alas, the stairs collapsed, being very weak and brittle he went tumbling down, cursing all the way.

"SHIT!" he screamed, luckily his mask only fell off but did not crack at the impact. He scrambled around for it, not wanting for his face showing while he scoured the castle for treasure.

But that didn't matter

Nothing but darkness surrounded Naruto in this new room. Well, that's what he assumed.

"What are you doing here?" hissed an unknown voice. Naruto stopped on his fours as he still tried to recover his mask. "Well?"

"None of your business!" Naruto snarled. Then an echo of snickers filled the room making the startled teen stumble back. "How many of you are here? You better know who you're messing wi-"

"Oh god, we're shaking in our socks" laughed another sarcastically. Naruto stood up and felt his waist for his kunai dagger by his belt, he unsheathed it and sniffed the air cautiously. "No need for that is there?"

"Let's just hope so" Naruto replied with gleam in his eye. "Anyone moves and they'll be shredded to bits, we're in the dark, so you don't really know who I am right?"

"On the contrary" replied a third more gentle voice. "We can see you perfectly well"

Naruto made a little squeak of surprise before holding his kunai in front of him again in an aggressive fighting stance. "Hmph, I KNOW you're bluffing, I get that all the time" At that instant Naruto felt a short wind like a swipe at his face, though Naruto was able to flip back from the attack to avoid any injury.

"I HATE it when we're not taken seriously!" a different voice this one more high pitched ranted. Naruto charged forward with a yell to any random opponent he could.

"So the boy wants to play, fine by us" answered the first with a laugh. "Go easy on the poor fella though, he can't see"

"SHUT UP!" Naruto shrieked slashing his kunai into what he hoped was one of the voices, but his blade hit nothing but thin air. Naruto was struck again in the back this time receiving what felt like a punch. He rolled to the side, apparently tripping one as a young 'OOF!' reached his ear. Hearing more footsteps to his sides Naruto pushed the unknown small body off of him and was about to throw his kunai.

When the lights turned on.

Naruto paused and darted his eyes to the beings around him who also stopped in their attack. There were all pretty much his age, some a few years younger and also some looked in their 20's already. For some reason Naruto found that all of them looked more attractive than the regular thugs that he's used to beating up. Lastly, they were all male. The man who attacked him first was (surprisingly) a tad shorter than Naruto himself and he held a dangerous katana by his side. He had his black velvet hair in aggressive spikes, and some white streaks. He wore dark leather pants; a flaring red shirt and his boots had spikes on their soles. His face was rather slender accompanied with large red eyes of dark fires. He turned towards the wall with the light switch. Kakashi stood by it, with a displeased look in his single eye that could be seen. Naruto could tell that he was generally upset with everyone in the room.

"Hiei, put the sword away" Kakashi said calmly after a tense silence. Hiei growled and sheathed his weapon shooting a hostile glance to Naruto who narrowed his eyes back at him. "…" Kakashi walked up to the blonde with a sigh. "Sir Naruto, didn't I specifically tell you to stay in your room?"

"Well-mm" Naruto stuttered, regretting the fact that he made Kakashi disappointed, the kind man did feed Ramen to him earlier. "I……wasn't sleepy"

"…right…" Kakashi nodded apparently trying his best to not show any anger at the guest. "….The Master is certainly not going to like this…"

"So wait Kakashi, he told YOU to keep him here!" snarled Hiei angrily.

An orange haired male with red eyes made little hiss before he looked up, he then said. "Isn't it obvious? Master likes to keep Kakashi in all the secrets"

"Can it Kyo, he's just doing his job" snapped another youth, this one with smooth gray hair and lovely purple eyes.

"Shut up Prince Rat, I don't need to hear shit from YOU of all people" Kyo shot back.

"Yuki is right though, I'm just obeying orders" Kakashi said with a hint of irritation in his voice. "Now I suggest all of you calm down or else Master's going to get very upset"

"Still doesn't change the fact he favors you" Hiei growled still having a hand over the weapon at his side. "So what do we do with the 'guest'?" Everyone looked to Naruto who still didn't know what to make of the situation.

"Don't get any ideas Hiei" warned another male with long flowing red hair, emerald eyes, and a rather feminine face. Hiei made another hiss under his breath but nothing more.

"You better be lucky Kurama is here" Hiei said to Naruto gesturing to the red-haired beauty. "Or else, your neck would be mine"

"Not if I got to him first" smirked a figure who tapped Naruto's shoulder making him squeak with surprise again. This male had long brown hair in a neat braid and friendly ocean blue eyes. "The name's Duo" he said offering a polite hand to him. Naruto didn't take it. Duo only made a little snicker and let his hand down to his side. "I understand, no use trusting us after we attacked you right?"

"Actually just you Hiei and Kyo did…" corrected a nervous looking youth with pale blonde hair and ice blue baby eyes. Duo made a little laugh.

"I guess Quatre's right… but I could've sworn Luffy tried to make a hit too" Duo nodded trying to recall incident. Another young man with shaggy black hair and wide eyes gave a glare to Duo. He had a small scar under his left eye and he wore a strange looking straw hat on his head as well, Luffy lip-synched a word that looked like 'Tattletale' "But I moved too quickly to see properly, the faster you go, the harder to see around you. Or something like that."

"Right…" Hiei said with an untrusting look to the braided one.

"Soo…. Where IS this place?" Naruto asked seeing that everyone else let their guard down.

"Ooh, you don't know? Surely you know that this is the Crimson Castle" said an older man, this one having neatly combed brown hair and calm green eyes. For some odd reason, there was a spectacle over his left eye. Naruto recognized his gentle voice from the darkness earlier.

"But I am curious, of what purpose you have come here for?"

"Why should I tell you?" Naruto spat back, not fully trusting the group yet.

"Well, Hakkai's not the ONLY one with the question" Duo added. "I'd like to know too"

"I'm sure we're all curious of that matter" Kakashi replied. "But you don't need to, I get the feeling we'll find out"

"What do you mean?" Naruto turned to the masked male who made a shrug.

"Just a sense I have" Kakashi sighed. "You should really calm down"

Naruto made a pouting 'Hmph' and sat down. "Atta boy" Duo said cheerfully sitting down next to him. "We're just cranky, because we hadn't had anything to drink in-" Duo stopped mid-sentence.

Another one having dark brown hair and cold navy-blue eyes shot Duo a hostile look. "Since Heero is giving me the stinkeye, that means I should shaddap" And he left it at that.

Then everyone in the room heard the top door open. They paused and some made a nervous gulp. "What was that racket I heard earlier!" A dark figure (seeing that the stairs were gone) jumped down and landed gracefully in front of Naruto and the other men.

"M-Master Sasuke" Duo stuttered meekly getting up and hiding behind Heero.

"So…" Sasuke began observing the room. "I take it you met our special guest already"

"You've been planning something haven't you?" Yuki said with a shaky voice.

"And why would you think that?" Sasuke said calmly. "Naruto here was just a mere surprise for you all"

"Eh?" Duo crept from his hiding place. "Surprise? For what?"

"Shh…" Sasuke held his index finger to his lip. The clan knew that this meant 'Shut-up-or-you'll-die' Duo capped his mouth. Sasuke's eyes wandered up and down Naruto's body for a second before he started to talk once more. "Now little one, what are you here for?" Naruto chose not to say a word. "Well, I hate beating around the bush, so let's just get to the point…" There was an uneasy pause and Naruto fingered the Kunai still in his hand. "You have two options…one is that you stay here…or you could go back"

"I don't have anywhere to go to" Naruto said through grinding teeth.

"You don't really have a choice, two things to keep in mind is this weather…terrible outside isn't it?" Sasuke pointed out. "I suggest that you stay here or you go back…..to your friends at the police station…"

"…" Naruto knew that saying any more might provoke the others around him, who already had puzzled looks on their faces.

"You want this back don't you?" Sasuke reached into his pocket and pulled out Naruto's kitsune mask. "The kitsune…named for the infamous demon trickster of legend…"

"It's not just a leg-" Naruto cut off his words…saying any more than THAT would definitely dig him in a deeper hole. Sasuke chose to ignore his outburst.

"Ah, so you ARE that thief that the city guys keep complaining about!" Duo yelled pointing at him.

"Yes..." Sasuke nodded to the numerous gasps around the room. "If we turn him to the Police…hm I believe it's 50,000 dots…may I ask why would the officials bother to even put that much of a bounty on you?"

"Nothing for you to know" Naruto snapped with an angry snarl. Sasuke paused and walked up to him.

"Well let's just leave it at that then…" Sasuke sat down on a nearby chair. "But I'm afraid you don't have much time to decide…"

"What do you mean by that?" Naruto's voice changed from brash to worried by the sly smirk that appeared on Sasuke's face.

"I mean… you have 60 seconds" Sasuke snapped his fingers and his eyes took a brief red glow. There was a pause and his lips took for a sick smile. "Now you all want it don't you?" He turned to the clan who's eyes started to take on the same haunting light.

"If it's a fight you want, it's a fight you'll get" Naruto snarled reaching to the Kunai at his side.

"Calm down Naruto…they just want a little something" Sasuke said with a little snicker. Fingertips crept up to Naruto's neck, when he spun around, he realized it was Duo behind him, looking unnaturally eerie.

"Just a little…" Duo said in a peaceful voice. "Please…I'm thirsty…" His hands curled in Naruto's blonde locks.

"What do you mean-AAH!" Naruto sprang back at the sudden pain at his neck. "The hell you do that for!" Another pair of hands, this one was Hiei's.

"Just give it to us, it won't hurt a bit…" Hiei replied as he stared with a greedy face at Naruto's neck.

"What do you WANT?" the Kitsune shrieked, not liking the way they were acting.

"What do you think?" Sasuke snapped. "They just want your blood, that's all"