Whirl of the Light!
I don't own Naruto
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"Talking"
'Thoughts'
&-&- Scene change
(----) Different point of view
(-/-/-) Flash back
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Chapter 24
(----Dra----)
He sighs as he listens to the song of the land. They finally understood that the JenFe! are currently in a civil war among themselves, therefore it's a bad time to head towards their territory. They were currently heading for a gargoyle capital to begin their new lives, for it's only been two days since they fled into the jungles with the help of the Qualcoals.
They also have to thank the Qualcoals for helping to feed the pregnant females. He pauses as everything quiets down and the wind seems to pause. He glances around the clearing, he blinks as he notices how the leaves are leaning in one direction, like when the wind blows them but there wasn't any wind what so ever. He also turns to look up and finds a bird stopped mid-flight.
He notices that his followers have also taken note of the strange happenings going on around them. He turns to look at his mate and they stare at each other for a good minute before they look away from each other. Then a large golden wolf appears before them, he just looks stunned and dumbfounded at the large golden beast.
(----Trick----)
He waits for the leader to speak first, he just begins to examine the Myel more closely with his chakra. He also is relieved to find that the pups were all fine and healthy, despite the long voyage on the ships. He also began to rope in the Myel as well.
Dra then asks, "What do you want with us?" He smiles and answers, "You passed our test, Dra. As a reward you'll be reshape and given the ability to use chakra. You and your followers will decide what your new forms will be over the next few years in another world. You'll be safe as you begin to come to terms with the new bodies and on using chakra." He finishes covering the group in chakra and with some minor effort, teleports them and himself out of this world and to the one chosen.
(----Swartt----)
He growls as he glances at his assassins. They killed two of his ablest guards and it took Thero, Dragger, and him some time to finally cut the assassins down. At this stage, he didn't expect to have assassins sent to kill him, but now this changes everything.
He says, "Dragger, go see if anyone else has been targeted. Thero, help me with the bodies." Dragger leaves the room and Thero helps pick up his old hunting mate's body off the ground. He feels sad that his old hunting buddy is dead; for he remembers many plans he shared with him. Now his… best friend lies dead and he can't believe that he's gone.
It takes Thero and him a good hour to move their clan mates' bodies into a private room and to take the three assassins' bodies into the gathering hall. He waits with Thero for Dragger to return, he knows that the first act will to have those killed buried as heros and to declare a blood feud on the ones that sent the assassins.
Dragger comes back with many others and he notices a body that they're carrying. He freezes as he finds that it's his mother's body. "We found this by the entrance way. It was roped and hanging on the gate. I'm sorry Swartt." Dragger tells him in a sad voice. He closes his eyes has he feels his emotion storm within him.
"By the name of Bobepas'Dea, I'll find those that murdered my last family member and make them beg for the embraces of Riferv'Dea!" He roars as he glazes at his mother's corpse. Many nod at this and he turns from them and glares at the corpse of the assassins. Then in a icy tone says, "Wake up the clan. There's going to be a clan meeting within two hours. Now take my mother's corpse into the other room. I wish to be alone right now." He hears them leave and he stands there, ideas rage within his head about how traditions dictates the treatment of dead enemies of the JenFe!, he snorts as he remembers how they found his mother's body and pushes those thoughts away as his need to strike fear into his enemies' hears.
He knows what he's about to do will go shake the foundations of his race's beliefs and paint him as a monster. He doesn't know just what it is he will do, but he knows that it'll be horrid.
(----Koichi----)
He swallows as he fingers the necklace in his pocket. He looks over to Hinata and then away from her. He closes his eyes and tries to gather up his courage. 'Come on, Koichi! How hard can it be to admit your feelings and to give her the necklace? You faced Oni and enemy ninja! You know Hinata wouldn't your feelings on purpose.' He thinks as he opens his eyes to stare at the wall before him.
In three days is the ceremony where his mother, Zoe, will be honoured as the newest council member of Light village. He hopes to ask Hinata to go with him to the ceremony and the festival the day after the ceremony. He finally pulls out the necklace out and looks at it.
The nine of the claws of the stone bear were formed in a triangle with the remaining claw isn't shown, he has it hanging around his neck. The necklace also has peals on either sides of the triangle claw formation. He figured that Ruby known who he's going to give this to and thought that the peals were a nice touch. He pockets it and turns after three minutes to find Hinata approaching from his left. Raw hide is used to tie it all together.
"Hey." He says, feeling his heart pound in his chest. "Hi Koichi." Hinata says. He fingers the necklace and after two minutes of silence he pulls it out. "Ruby made this for me and I want you to have it. It's the claws from the stone bear that I killed." He says as he hands it to her. Hinata takes it and smiles as she puts it on. "Thank you Koichi. It's very thoughtful of you." Hinata says and he blushes at this.
He swallows and asks, "Are you doing anything special during the ceremony or the festival?" Hinata shakes her head and says, "Nothing really." He feels like something is catch in his throat, but focuses on calming down. When he feels better, he asks, "Do you want to maybe go with me to the ceremony? And maybe then to the festival?"
He waits for Hinata to answer, to him it feels like forever for Hinata to asks, "Are you asking me out on a date, Koichi?" He swallows and nods, he's too nervous to say anything. Hinata smiles and says, "I'd love to go, Koichi!" He gulps as Hinata hugs him and he then hugs her back. He feels relief and smiles as they pull apart.
"I was wondering when you'd get around to asking me out, Koichi." Hinata says. He sighs and says, "Well, we're not getting any younger. I can't promise that this will last, but I'm willing to just go with the here and now." Hinata nods at this and says, "The future is always in flux, so who knows? We might on day marry and have kids of our own." He sighs and then takes Hinata's hand, twisting his fingers with Hinata's. He asks, "Are you busy today?" Hinata thinks about it and says, "Around two o'clock I have to meet up with Elder Ruki to discuss group training." He nods, guessing what kind of group training Hinata was talking about.
They then together leave the training grounds to find a more comfortable spot to sit and talk. He didn't care about what they talk about, only that they spend time together. It'll be a few months before anything is done about the trails of the Dor'Sharp and he will have plenty of time to go on dates with Hinata. All in all, things were looking bright.
To Readers:
This is the last chapter of this story, for I need time to reflect more about how to have this story get to the end that I have planned. I know that I introduced many Ocs and didn't focus in on Koichi and them too much, but I had my reason for this.
As for Raigi, Hige, and the changed Jenfe!. Their story will not merge with this one ever again, for they'll have their own story one day when I get around to writing it.
Thanks for reading my story and sorry if it disappointed some of you, but hope you did enjoy some parts of it and will be looking for me to continue with this universe. Bye for now.