Me: saluete! This is the next chapter of 'the white wolf'. Enjoy!
Recap
Nightblade gives Sasuke and Sakura there ANBU tattoos.
They go to the Hokage's office to recive a mission, only to find that Tsunade had been replaced with Kisame.
Nightblade kills Kisame, and reveals Tsunade.
They find out that Kakashi has been selected as theRokudaime.
Kakashi tells them about Sirikure, the village hidden in the eclipse, and to never annoy the protector.
They finally set off.
Chapter cover: Gaara in his Kazekage outfit on a hilltop. Shukaku's tail is visible behind him. A cloaked figure is behind him, facing away from the readers. Three wolf tails are visible.
Remember: Sasuke is Shadowsnake, Sakura is Blakemoon, and the White Wolf is Nightblade.
On another note, I've forgotten the disclaimer, but it's obvious that I don't own Naruto, but I do own my OC.
The White Wolf
Chapter 3: one tail, three tails.
The trio had been walking for a day without any events disrupting the peace. The sense of security unnerved Sasuke, and he felt certain that they were being followed. When he brought this up to Nightblade, he merely said…
"I know, he has been following us since we left Konoha. He will reveal himself when the time comes."
That time came sooner than they thought. After another day of walking, they were attacked, by a group of sound nins, of all things. They were demanding the location of Sasuke, so they could kill him for killing Orochimaru. 'I run into these guys every time I go on a mission, this is getting realllly old.' Sasuke thought to himself. Just as they got into there ready positions, sand shot up around the sound nins, trapped them in a large sand ball, and proceeded to squeeze the life out of them.
"Gaara, what a lovely surprise, even though I was looking forward to beating the shit out of them." Nightblade said to the trees.
Sand erupted a few meters in front of them to reveal the Kazekage, Shukaku no Gaara, and he was smirking. "It was fun. I haven't had a good time in a long time, Nightblade-sama."
"I could tell. And stop with the 'sama' suffix, you're my superior." Nightblade sighed. "these are my new apprentices, Shadowsnake and Blackmoon."
"I don't recall you ever taking an apprentice before, let alone two. I remember you being a quiet bastard that wouldn't speak to save his life. Am I still the only one to have seen your face?"
"yep, but that was an accident, if my mask hadn't broken…" Nightblade began but he was interrupted by Sasuke.
"He's seen your face? But I thought…"
"He's the only one, and it was completely accidental. My mask broke during a battle and fell off. He saw before I could put my spare mask on. And the only reason I've apprenticed them, Gaara, is because I'm the only one with enough power to train them. Shadowsnake, Blackmoon, show the Kazekage who you are. He is going with us and I can't have him not trusting you."
"I doubt just seeing there faces will make me tr…" the words died in his mouth as he saw there faces. "Then again, maybe it will."
"We have to hurry so we can reach the village before sundown; it's our only chance of getting in. Tonight's the eclipse, the only time the village is visible to people without dojutsus. Or we could just gain the favor of the protector, which I seriously doubt you want to do. Let's go." Without another word, they left.
I took hours of non-stop running to reach the village. The eclipse was just beginning when they came to a large clearing, as big as the entire hidden leaf village. Just as Sakura was about to ask where the village was, a distortion appeared in the center of the clearing. The distortion became an orb of light, and a dark shape appeared in the orb. The shape stepped out of the orb, revealing a girl in a trench coat. Gaara started, something about this girl that made Shukaku quiver in fear, and Shukaku feared nothing.
"That's the protector, she is very testy, be careful." Nightblade said.
"The protector is a she?" Sasuke asked, a little surprised. The details were sketchy because of the distance, but that much was clear.
"We have to wait until the genjutsu drops to enter the village, so we wait until she finishes the jutsu. Shadowsnake! Stop using your sharingan! She can sense do… jutsus oh dear…" He stopped as the girl appeared three feet in front of them.
She was young, only around 14 or 15. Her black trench coat billowed around her, giving off an ominous aura. She was wearing black chunin-style pants and a black ANBU-style shirt. Her face was very pretty, but her eyes were downright scary. They were red, a deep crimson blood color. Her pupils were black and icy, even Sasuke shivered at the sheer coldness of them. Her black bandanna was holding back her mass of silver hair, and her Haite-ite was attached to the front. The two most disquieting features about her were the also the scariest. She had two silver wolf ears ant three silver wolf tails. All four of them shivered involuntarily.
"Hello. My name is Urufu Shiroi,(1)" She said, her voice honey-coated. "Why are you trying to spy one me?" Her cold crimson eyes narrowed as she punched Nightblade in the stomach.
"That's gonna hurt tomorrow. Gaara, Blackmoon, Shadowsnake, time to kick it." He leapt at Shiroi and aimed a punch at her stomach, but she disappeared before it hit. She reappeared a few feet away, and bit her thumb. Flashing through a few handseals, she yelled out, "Kyuichose no Jutsu! Come forth, Urufunoza!(2)"
Smoke filled the area as a giant white wolf appeared. It was about two feet taller than Gamabunta, so it was most likely the boss of the wolf summons. This was defiantly a force to be reckoned with.
"Meet Urufunoza, the second-in-command of the wolf summons. She will be your tormentor today. But I wish to battle the one in the wolf mask." This did not reassure the four nins, that's for sure. That wolf was only second in command.
This could be tricky.
Gaara suddenly felt power leave him, and he then felt the sand in his gourd go dead. He had lost control over it. Without it, he couldn't fight, he was useless. He was out of this battle.
Scratch that first note, this was going to be impossible.
The wolf summon grinned hellishly at them and attacked. Gaara had to retreat ad leave the fight to Sasuke and Sakura. Sasuke jumped up and socked the wolf across the muzzle. The wolf leapt away and tried to bite Sasuke, but Sasuke dodged and countered with Kanton: Goukakyou no jutsu. The wolf dodged and let rip a howl, not a normal howl, but a death howl.
If you have never heard a wolf death howl, pray that you don't. It is the most unearthly and horrifying sound on earth. It makes your skin crawl and your breath catch. Sasuke was no different. He fell to the ground and panted, his eye's open wide with fear.
"You're strong, but not strong enough. What's the matter, pinky? Too scared to fight me?" the wolf laughed as Sasuke braced for the explosion.
Because that's the moment that inner Sakura decided to come out and play.
"WHAT WAS THAT, BITCH? COME ON!" Sakura screamed. She launched herself at the wolf and proceeded to beat the crap out of it. Two minutes later, the wolf disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Scratch both earlier notes, with inner Sakura around, nothing is impossible.
(Now back to Nightblade)
Shiroi and Nightblade were in the middle of an all-out battle. Jutsus were flying as fast a punches and kicks, and Shiroi was getting pissed.
"That's it! You've maid me call out my strongest attack! Sirikure Bachi han no jutsu! (3)" she slammed her hands into the wolf's chest, burning away the top of his shirt. When she took her hands away, a seal was left on Nightblade's chest. It was exactly the Sirikure Haite-ite. Nightblade felt intense pain shoot through his body. He gasped.
"W-what's going on? E-everything hurts." He managed to say before his body knotted from the pain. The other three landed beside him, worried looks adorned their faces.
"Nightblade, what's wrong? What's going on?" Sakura asked as moans escaped the wolf's clenched teeth.
"That's just my special seal, the effects should begin in about 3…2…1… now." Shiroi said with triumph. Sasuke was about to retort when an animalistic growl reached his ears. He looked down just in time to see a fist connect with his jaw.
Sasuke flew around twenty feet before he landed painfully on his ass. He looked to see what had hit him just in time to see Gaara and Sakura land next to him. All three looked in surprise at Nightblade. He was the one that had punched them. But why?
"Like it? This curse seal allows me to take complete control over any living being. The other affect is to turn the carrier into the beast its most like, but that's only if the carrier is human. He will now destroy you." Shiroi laughed. The wolf stood up, his hands clenched and his back arched. Deep animalistic growls were issuing from his throat. One thing was running across the other threes minds'.
'SHIT!'
Me: hi, I'm going to be evil and end this chapter here, because the next chapter will be the biggest event yet, the wolf's identity. Here are this chapters notes…
(1) Urufu Shiroi: Urufu means 'wolf' and Shiroi means 'white'. Fits, doesn't it?
(2) Urufunoza: 'wolf enigma.' Second in command of the wolf summons.
(3) Sirikure Bachi han no jutsu: eclipse village curse seal jutsu.
Me: that's it for today! Valete! (AN: v's sound like w's in latin)