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Her decision has been made, yet is it too late for Naruto to save her from Akeeba? Sasuke managed to defeat Ibate, yet Ibate has other plans up his sleeve. Shikamaru was able to save Kiba and Arkmaru from Dujobe, as the Anbu Black Ops captured him along with the others. Though Kiba and Arkamaru grew suspicious on one of them, but it didn't compare to…
Over the edge of the mountain…
Naruto made it to the edge as he got through the fume of smoke from that explosion, he looked over the edge as the smoke slowly disappear. He got down there, to take a closer look, and by the smoke lift he saw a figure up ahead… tall… a lot older… and just brushed off and put his hat back on,
"So… you were able to show up after all Mr. Uzumaki," he heard his voice, as he turned around and looked at him with his evil smile.
"Akeeba," Naruto said with anger,
"It's too bad you missed the fireworks," he said, Naruto doesn't know what he meant, until he heard electricity and see some red sparks. He turned to the red electric sparks, and saw another figure, but when he took a close look at it… his eyes became widen as he saw…
Sakura! As she's on the ground unconscious and glowing, but the glow is more of electricity as he can sense it's powerful source.
"She didn't see it coming nor knew it would hit her," he chuckled, as for Naruto… anger overflows through his chakra, all the way to the Nine-Tailed Fox's red chakra. Akeeba see through his anger as he sensed the fox demon's chakra in him, didn't much surprise him but was intrigue. As Naruto's eyes became red and in fox form, his fangs, along with his claws, appear, and red chakra flow all around him.
"What have you done to her?" he growled,
"Let's say, I gave her a little gift, she took it and finds it… a blast! Get it, a blast?" he laughed as he thinks it's funny. It angers Naruto,
"I'm gonna tear you to shreds for what you did to Sakura-chan," he growled as he position himself to attack,
"We'll just see boy," Akeeba said as he stood his position, as… yellow chakra flow around him, his fangs and claws appeared, and his bright yellow eyes became similar as Naruto's but more demonic.
Both of their chakras flow all of their body, as the pressure around them slowly became heavy, then at that moment…
"Multiple Shadow-Clone jutsu!" Naruto said as more than hundreds or thousands of clones appeared, and surrounded Akeeba,
"Oh my, there are a thousand of you and one of me, whatever should I do?" he asked being dramatic. Then, he pulled out a black feather, as it's gathered with glowing yellow chakra, and shot it in the air, Naruto and his clones don't know what he's doing, until he made another smirked on his face as the feather is above the air. "Tough," he said as he released his jutsu…
BOOM!
The feather explode in the air, but that's not all… over a thousand sharp black feathers shot out from the explosions and headed directly to Naruto and his clones. Akeeba grabbed the unconscious and electrifying Sakura, and quickly disappeared to get out of the way, as…
Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof!
Each and every clone got hit by the sharp feathers, and 'poof' away, Akeeba appeared over the edge, while holding the electrifying Sakura in his arm, he looked over the edge as there was smoke, as the rest of sharp feathers got rid of the clones, and perhaps Naruto. But when the smoke slowly disappeared… he saw the clones being gone but no sign of Naruto down there.
"So he managed to escape my technique ah," he said as he's impress, then he sense his chakra nearby as he…
"Akeeba!" he heard his voice as he appeared beside him, before he tried to turn to him…
KICK!
Naruto swung a kick with full strength to the face, it made him drop Sakura as he flew to the opposite direction and hit a tree behind him. By the time after Naruto kicked him, he turned to Sakura, as she's still unconscious,
"Sakura-chan," he said as he's more worried than ever, he tried to touch her…
Zap!!!
"AH!" he screamed in pain as got a big shock by the red electricity around her, he can't touch her,
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," he turned to Akeeba as slowly got back on his feet, and he's unharmed.
"As you could see, she's under my barrier jutsu so that weaklings like you won't lay a hand on her, and if you don't mind being electrified, feel free, but you still won't touch her," he explained. "You bastard," Naruto said as he's mad than ever,
"Now then…" Akeeba disappeared, and reappeared behind Naruto, "If it's a fight you want…" Naruto turned until Akeeba balled up his fist and…
Punch!
Akeeba punched him in the face, as he flew and landed on the ground away from him, "It's a fight you shall get," he said. Then he took off his hat and cape, "But I have you know…" he put his hat on the ground and his cape covered over Sakura, as the cape is immune to the electricity "I don't play well with others."
Naruto got back up, but Akeeba already did a head start as he sped in front of him…
Punch!
"Ugh!" Naruto respond as Akeeba punched him in the stomach, as he flew and fell in the opposite direction again. But he quickly positioned himself and charged at Akeeba with rage, Akeeba saw him throwing his claw at him, he dodged it with no trouble. Then Naruto swung a kick at him but Akeeba blocked it, Naruto kept throwing his attack on him, but Akeeba kept dodging and block them as they're both in full speed. Until…
Scratch!!!
Naruto scratched the left side of his face, which cause his feet to slide through the dirt and away from him, Naruto got to his position after that and Akeeba just stood as his face is away from his.
"Really now…" Naruto heard him speak,
"Is this the best you could do?" he said as he slowly turned his face towards Naruto, but with no scratch mark on his face anywhere.
"Is this the power of the Nine-Tailed Fox?," he said as he looked unpleased, Naruto is surprised to see he's still unharmed, then he looked at his claw he used when he scratched his face, and noticed some of them are bleeding as they're all broken.
"How disappointing," he said, and then… he disappeared… and reappeared behind Naruto, he try to turn but…
Kick!!!
Akeeba kicked him to the side of his upper torso, he flew and hit a tree behind him, and steadily stay on his feet after that attack. Until Akeeba appeared in front of him then used hammer fist and whammed him on the head, as he hit the ground very hard. Then Akeeba stomp his foot on his head,
"You're a pathetic excuse for a 'demon' child you know? I mean, come on, you have the Nine-Tailed Fox demon for crying out loud, but instead you have no control of it whatsoever. You're an absolute disgrace as a demon vessel," Akeeba said. Naruto growled as his head it stomp on the dirt, until Akeeba removed his foot, grabbed his hair and lift it, along with his entire body, they looked at each other's demonic eyes. Though Naruto's is more of a glare, and Akeeba has his smirk on,
"Now listen here boy, when it comes to fighting a real demon, I suggest you start acting like one. You should comprehend with your inner demon, embrace it don't waste it, otherwise…" he let go of his hair, and already gather up his chakra on his free hand, like Naruto's Rasengan, but more golden and spiritual. Then…
Bam!
He hit Naruto right to the stomach, as he flew to the opposite directing and hit through every tree behind him,
"YOU'RE GOOD AS WELL DEAD," he yelled.
Away through the forest…
Sasuke jumping though the forest, as he can sense Naruto is in a fight but he's in trouble, "Hang in there you knuckle-head," he thought. Then suddenly… he sensed some chakras nearby, and then…
"Uchiha," he heard a voice as he turned to his left and saw…
"No worries, we're here to help you," an Anbu as he and the other three Anbus, all wearing masks, are jumping through the forest along with Sasuke.
"My comrades are in trouble," Sasuke said,
"We'll take over from here, you've done enough," the other Anbu said,
"I'm not gonna leave my comrades, I'm coming with," Sasuke protest. Of course… something caught his eye as he spotted the fourth Anbu, also wearing a mask, he noticed he's about the same age as him, and the fact that he's the youngest in Anbu Black Ops, "Hn…" he thought as he grew suspicious.
Meanwhile, back to Naruto vs. Akeeba…
Akeeba appeared to where Naruto is at after that attack he gave him, as he passed through broken trees and branches. He stopped as he spotted a head-protector of the Leaf symbol on it, he chuckled, "I know you're here boy, so save us both the time and come out," he said. Then he heard something coming from behind the tree, "Unless you like to play hide and seek," he balled up his fist again and gathered up some chakra, "Then I found you," he said. Then…
Punch!
He punched and demolished a tree in full force, as it knocked over and torn down more trees to the other (like dominoes), and made a big circle. After that, there's no sign of Naruto anywhere, "Hn…" Akeeba respond as it was a false alarm… until…
A fist pulled out of the ground, right in front of Akeeba, aiming on his under jaw…
PUNCH!
Naruto punched him under his jaw, and made him flew in mid-air,
"Now!" he yelled, then two clones appeared as one of them swung a kick on his back, as he flew forward, then the other clone kicked him under the jaw. As he flew up to the air, that Naruto appeared in the air and…
"Uzumaki Barrage!" he said with full strength as…
KICK!!!
He kicked him right to the back of his head, causing him to fall back down in full speed…
BAM!!!
Akeeba hit the ground very hard, enough the make a huge crater and enough wind to blow away his hat and his cape off of Sakura. Naruto got back down and his two clones 'poof' away, he was panting as he stood near the crater and he saw Akeeba's body in the center. Then his chakra slowly went back to normal as he's back to his original state, then he slowly turned to Sakura, as she's still unconscious and full with red electricity,
"Sakura-chan," he whispered as he begin running up to her, away from the crater. Then suddenly… he felt something quickly grabbed his ankle, which cause him to trip and fell,
"What the…?!" Naruto respond as he quickly turned and saw… a root wrapped around his ankle and tighten enough so he won't escape.
"Tough…" he heard Akeeba's voice, as he slowly getting up, and reconnecting his broken bones, like Ibate and Dujobe, with a few 'cracks' on certain body parts. But mostly his neck, as he cracks it and adjust it, he looked straight at Naruto,
"That was a bit rocky, yet raggedy, move you made there, but it's about close to a start," he said as he left the crater, heading towards Naruto.
Naruto tried to get up, but more roots appeared from underground, as they grabbed and wrapped around both his arms and legs, as he's tied up.
"Now then…" Akeeba said with a smirk on his face, "I'll just get rid of you," he said as his right arm slowly formed into a sword, and closing in on Naruto.
Naruto saw him going for the kill, he tried to break free, but the roots are squeezing him, tight enough so he won't escape, and under Akeeba's control.
"This… is the end of the line for you, Mr. Uzumaki," Akeeba said as he's about to swing his sword at him, Naruto is about to be good as dead… until suddenly…
A net burst, after it was thrown and heading towards Akeeba. Akeeba saw the net as… it caught and pulled him away from Naruto, and pinned him against the tree beside him, Naruto saw that then saw… five people appeared, four Anbu Black Ops and Sasuke.
"Naruto," Sasuke said,
"Sasuke," Naruto said as he's glad he's alright, Sasuke got his kunai knife out as he started cutting off the roots off of Naruto,
"What happened to the last thug?"
"I took care of him," Sasuke answered and was able to cut off all the roots.
"Where's Sakura?" Sasuke asked, Naruto didn't answered when he mention their kunoichi, instead he turned to where she is, Sasuke turned to where he's looking as he also saw Sakura still unconscious, and filled with red electricity all over her body,
"What the hell…?!" Sasuke thought as he can senses the energy from the electricity. So with no hesitation, Naruto and Sasuke ran up to Sakura, but little did they know, the fourth Anbu saw them running up to the pink-haired kunoichi while the two Anbus tied up and arresting Akeeba.
Naruto and Sasuke appeared in front of Sakura, "Is this some kind of jutsu?" Sasuke asked as he reached over, "Sasuke wait--" Naruto tried to stop him but,
Zap!!!
"AH!" Sasuke respond to the pain after he got shocked, "That Akeeba put a barrier on her, even I can't touch her," Naruto explained. Then two Anbus came,
"Is this Ms. Haruno?" the third Anbu asked,
"Yes, but she's under some barrier jutsu," Sasuke answered, then the fourth Anbu walked up to her, passing between Naruto and Sasuke.
"Don't get too close, you'll--"
"I know what I'm doing, you two just stay back," the fourth Anbu said as he approached Sakura, he knelt down as he looked at her, and the red electricity all over her. So… he performed some hand-signed and gathered up some chakra, and his right hand started glowing blue, but more of electricity like Akeeba's barrier. Which caught Sasuke's attention after he performed a ninjutsu, he's more suspicious than before, "Who is this guy?" he thought, that he knows almost every Anbu in the village, but never seen him before.
"Now then…" the fourth Anbu thought as he reached his right hand over her, then…
ZzzaaAPpP!!!
The blue and red electricity collide, as the Anbu is pushing as hard as he can to break through the barrier, Naruto and Sasuke saw him trying to break the barrier, though Naruto is more worried if Sakura is alright. There was much intensity between the electrical currents, as the Anbu can feel the barrier starting to break,
"…Mgh…nh…" surprisingly, Sakura muttered as if she tried to regain consciousness, which caught Naruto's attention after he saw and heard her muttered,
"Hey--" Naruto said to the Anbu, but the third Anbu stopped him,
"Stay out of this," he said to him.
The fourth Anbu can feel the barrier breaking, as the blue electricity is overcoming the red electricity, then…
Break (ZZAPP!!!)
He broke the barrier, and Sakura is out of Akeeba's jutsu,
"He broke it," Naruto said as he 's surprised, though Sasuke isn't surprised or impressed, he's still suspicious about him, "How is it Naruto and I can't touch her, but he can?" he thought.
Sakura muttered again as if she's hurting inside,
"She needs medical attention," the fourth Anbu said as he picked her up and holding her bridal style, he turned to Naruto and Sasuke,
"We'll take her back to the village, you two done enough for this mission," he said as he the third Anbu started leaving the area,
"I'm comin' with," Sasuke said,
"Don't leave me behind," Naruto said as he and Sasuke followed them.
"We're placing you under arrest for kidnapping a young shinobi, and trespassing our territory, you're going to be place under interrogation before deciding your punishment," one of the Anbu said as they have Akeeba, just as the fourth Anbu ran pass him… he made an evil smirk on his face while watching the Anbu taking the pink-haired kunoichi away from this area. Sasuke quickly noticed his look before the Anbu's took him away, he made a suspicious look again as he turned back to the fourth Anbu, even though he's on their side he doesn't trust him for some reason.
Within less than a moment, they all left the area and return back to the village.
Returned to the Leaf village, hospital…
All the Genins, Chunins, Jounins, and Anbus returned from their mission, as they arrested the thugs and their leader, and Sakura is placed in the hospital, along with the other comrades.
Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakashi are at the door waiting for the result from Tsunade checking on Sakura, Naruto is busy pacing back and forth all worried.
"What's taking her so long? Grandma should be finish by now," he said,
"Take it easy Naruto, she'll be finish when she's finish," Kakashi said trying to calm him down, as for Sasuke, his mind is somewhere else as he's still thinking about that fourth Anbu, how is it that this guy around his age, be an Anbu and never saw him before until today?
"Somebody's a bit hasty," they heard a voice as they all turned and saw…
"Shikamaru," Naruto said,
"What brings you here?" Sasuke asked,
"Just a thought of checking you guys checking on your comrade," Shikamaru answered.
"What about the others, Choji, Neji, Shino, Bushy-brow, and Kiba? Are they okay?" Naruto asked,
"The others are fine, though… Neji, Shino, and Kiba had some minor injuries. Shino is getting some stitches on his shoulder, Neji's injury on his back are being treated and he's coming down with a flu, so I rather not be near him if I were you, and Kiba, along with Arkamaru, are being bandaged and treated as well for some of their broken body parts," Shikamaru explained.
"What about you, Choji and Bushy-brow?" Naruto asked,
"Some of my body parts are still sore but I'll manage, Lee has minor injury but nothing serious, same with Choji as he already left the hospital to the buffet, I'm meeting him later. So is there any news about Sakura?" Shikamaru said,
"Gah… no, Grandma Tsunade is still checking on her, and we've been waiting for hours," Naruto said,
"It's only been thirty minutes," Sasuke corrected him,
"Well excuse me for being all worried about if Sakura is alright, after those thugs kidnapped her, and that Akeeba harmed her," Naruto protested.
"Now settle down Naruto," Kakashi said
They heard someone coming out of the door, as they turned and saw…
"Grandma Tsunade," Naruto said as she appeared, he immediately ran up to her,
"How is she? Is she alright? Is she hurt? Is she in a coma? Have a concussion? She's going to be alright, right?" he asked her as her eyes are widen a bit.
"First off, calm yourself down, second of all, you're in my space…" Tsunade placed her finger on his forehead, and gently push him away from her, and out of her space,
"And third, she's going to be fine, just need some rest for tonight and she'll be all better in the morning," she said.
"So there's no injury or any problem on her?" Kakashi asked,
"As I checked her body and chakra, there were no scratches, burns, broken bones, or under any jutsu, she was completely unharmed," Tsunade explained. Then turned her attention to Shikamaru,
"All I can say is a job well done for completing the mission, for retrieving Sakura and arrested those groups," she said,
"Yeah… it was such a drag though, but a lot more troublesome than other missions I've gone," Shikamaru said.
"It'll be best if you all head home and rest, you've earned it," Tsunade said then left them, Shikamaru already left to meet up with Choji.
Kakashi is ready to leave, but turned to his two comrades as their minds are somewhere else, "Not to worry you two, we'll visit her tomorrow morning, and hopefully everything would be back as it use to be," he said to them to cheer them up.
Though, being back to where they're use to be isn't exactly what they're thinking about, Sasuke is still suspicious about that fourth Anbu, when he was able to break through Akeeba's barrier on Sakura, and the fact he appears out of nowhere whatsoever. As for Naruto… he couldn't forgot what Akeeba said to him while they were fighting,
Flashback…
"You're a pathetic excuse for a 'demon' child you know? I mean, come on, you have the Nine-Tailed Fox demon for crying out loud, but instead you have no control of it whatsoever. You're an absolute disgrace as a demon vessel… Now listen here boy, when it comes to fighting a real demon, I suggest you start acting like one. You should comprehend with your inner demon, embrace it don't waste it, otherwise… YOU'RE GOOD AS WELL DEAD!"
Flashback over…
"Why did he even tell me that?" he thought then he changed his thought about Sakura, and remembered the explosion before he found Sakura under Akeeba's barrier. "What does he want with her in the first place?" he thought as he's back to the very first question he's curious about before, during, and after the retrieval mission.
"I'm heading home now, I'll see you later," Sasuke said as he left Naruto, and the fact it's already getting dark, Naruto turned to the door where Sakura is placed, he wanted to go in to check on her, but apparently she's being guarded by one of the Anbu Black Ops and knows they wouldn't allow him in. So instead… he turned away and started heading home.
Night time…
Sakura is placed in bed resting, but wasn't alone as she's being guarded by one of the Anbus, as he's watching over her. Though, the Anbu was none other than… the fourth Anbu from before, and for some reason… he was setting up some flower pots, filled with soil and seeds, around the bed, arranging it for tomorrow morning. After he set the last pot near the window, he turned to Sakura, still resting, as he walked up to her and glanced at her. Even as she rest, she's still look beautiful, along with the moonlight beaming over her, making her skin glowing and strands of her hair sparkles. He slowly touched her smooth cheek with his fingers, and slid up towards her forehead; he stopped where her bangs are, and moved the bang from the right side with his thumb. Then saw… a 'golden mark' symbol glowing on her forehead, given by… Akeeba himself.
"You'll be ready within one week… Sakura-chan," he thought then slowly removed his hand away from her face, then gather up his chakra focusing on the seeds in the soil. Then… the seed started expanding, already sprouting some roots and the stems reached and break through the surface, within each and every flower pot, plants started growing and forming…
Morning, Day 1…
Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakashi arrived at the hospital visiting Sakura, not only that… Naruto bought some flowers for Sakura, just to express his feelings. "You're a bit nervous," Kakashi said to Naruto,
"Nervous… me… of course not, just a thought of giving her some flowers," Naruto said,
"You're planning to ask her out, are you?" Kakashi asked.
"W-well… yeah, it's just that… there's this new restaurant down by the lake, and this is an opportunity of finally ask her to go on a date with me, there's no way Sakura-chan could turn down that kind of offer," Naruto explained,
"Good luck with that," Kakashi said.
They all made it to the room, when they opened and entered, they made a surprise look on their faces as they saw… a bunch of flowers, on each and every pot, and around the bed where Sakura is.
"What the heck?! How did all of those get here?" Naruto said as he's more surprise of how many flowers are there. But thanks to his loudness, it woken up Sakura, as she found herself surrounded by beautiful flowers,
"Oh my…" she whispered as she sat up,
"Sakura-chan," she turned and saw Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakashi. She made a smile, "Guys, I'm so glad to see you again," she said,
"Well it's good to see you too Sakura-chan," Naruto said. Sakura got off the bed, "Where are all these flowers come from? Is it from you guys?" she asked,
"It wasn't from us, maybe some anonymous person send them as a 'get well' present," Kakashi said.
Then Naruto presented a bouquet of flowers to her, "These are for you," he said with a smile, "Oh thank you Naruto-kun, you're so sweet," she said, he blushed a little as he gave her the flowers. "Don't mention it, it's my way of saying…" Naruto stopped himself as he noticed some different about her hair, "Say… did your hair grew?" he asked, Sakura touched her hair as she notice it grew a length and touches her shoulder. "That's somethin'," she said as it's longer than her original.
While they're talking, Sasuke was observing the plants, he can also tell some of them are very rare and they're impossible to find all over the world,
"Who could possibly have these rare flowers from all over the continent?" he thought then he plucked one of their leaves and rub it's texture with his thumb,
"Judging by this moist and well-substance, these plants were grown last night," he thought.
"So when are you getting out of here Sakura-chan," Naruto asked,
"I guess once my mom picks me up, why?" she asked,
"I wanted to ask if…"
Knock-Knock-Knock!
They heard someone knocking as they turned to the door, and saw…
"Sorry to interrupt your visit, but there's a special delivery for you Ms. Haruno," the nurse said,
"A special delivery," Sakura said as she's a little surprise, she never had a special delivery before. Then a delivery man came in with a delivery of… a cute stuffed chibi kitty,
"Oh my gosh!" she said with a surprise and exciting look on her face, which cause her to drop the bouquet Naruto gave her, then the man handed her the stuffed animal,
"This is the cutest little thing I ever seen, who's it from?" she asked him,
"Can't say, all I know is from a young fella," the delivery man said then left the room. Sakura notice a small card on the kitty,
"A card," she said as she took the card and started reading it out-loud,
"Hope you liked the flowers I got for you, just to let you know that whenever I see a next flower bloom, I'll be thinking of you."
- Your Secret Admirer.
Sakura blushed after reading the card. Naruto saw the look on her face, as he couldn't help but felt a bit scorch of jealousy in his body,
"Who is this 'Secret Admirer' that sent her those flowers and that stuff animal?" Naruto thought as he watched Sakura hugging her chibi kitty.
"Oh I'm sorry Naruto, what were you about to ask me?" she said,
"Right, I've been meaning to ask if you would…"
"Oh so sorry, your time is up," the nurse said,
"Already, but we just got here," Naruto said,
"Sorry, rules are rules" she said.
"Not to worry, by the time my mom picks me up, I'll see you at the bridge later on," she said, Naruto would protest, but, "…I guess," he said as he, Sasuke, and Kakashi left the room, and Sakura is by herself, still hugging her stuffed kitty.
Then she walked up to the flowers, as she touched and smelled them, they're so beautiful and very rare; whoever her secret admirer is he sure got her attention. Then Sakura looked through the window and spotted… an Anbu Black Op outside, standing on top the hospital on the other side, as he's staring at her across from him. Sakura blinked a few time as she curiously stared at him, staring at her, even though he's wearing a mask, she can tell he kept his eyes on her. Then suddenly… her green emerald eyes turned pale and her expression became blank, her background disappeared into the dark shadow that she and that Anbu are the only ones left.
Then the Anbu slowly extend his hand over to her, Sakura felt everything coming closer as he's not far away from her, then she slowly extend her hand, reaching over to his. Their hands were about to embrace until…
"Sakura," Sakura immediately snapped back into reality as her eyes went back to normal, and the background returned to the room, she turned to the door, "Mom," said before her mother embraced her,
"Thank goodness you're okay, I was worried sick about you," she said while hugging her daughter. While being hugged, Sakura turned her head back to the window where the Anbu is, except… he's no longer there.
"Don't ever disappear on me again," Mrs. Haruno said after she let go of the hug, Sakura turned back to her momther,
"I'm sorry mom, it won't happen again," she said, then her mother was about to say something until she noticed her hair,
"Honey, did your hair grew?" she asked her daughter.
Outside…
The Anbu hid himself behind the pillar, away from her sight, stood silent as he almost had her at that 'moment', their hands almost touched. He slowly turned to her again, except she's talking to her mother, not noticing he's watching. He can even hear them through the glass window…
"Where did all these flowers come from? Who send them to you?" Mrs. Haruno asked,
"I don't know who exactly, all I know he's some secret admirer," Sakura answered, as they're talking about the flowers he grew last night.
His eyes are focus on her, "You'll be mine soon," he thought then he disappeared.
An hour later, in Prison…
Akeeba is placed behind bars, sitting at the center of the cell by himself, all chained up, wrists and ankles, as his eyes were close; he didn't bother struggling or think about escaping, but he's waiting… Then,
Door unlocked! CreeeK! (Opening the door)
He heard someone coming, but made a smirk on his face as recognized 'his' charka.
He lift up his head, and saw… the fourth Anbu standing in front of the bars, looking ay him, Akeeba chuckled and said,
"Despite on short notice, you've done a fine job… Ibate," the Anbu slowly removed his mask, and revealed his face,
"Just as according to plan… my Lord," Ibate said. They planned this by the time…
Flashback, …
Yesterday, back in the forest…
Six Anbus appeared in the forest in the east side of the mountains, they saw some damaged trees and used paper-bombs,
"There was a fight here," one of them said. As they stood in front a crater on the ground, "It all happened less than… a minute ago," the other explained,
"That can't be right, if there a fight not too long ago, then shouldn't there be…" the leader said until…
Trip!
"Ah!" he responded as he got tripped and fell down, he turned to the others as he's getting up, "Okay, which one of you jack-ass tripped me?" he said as he's now pissed.
"Wasn't me,"
"Or me,"
"Don't look at me,"
"I wasn't paying attention,"
"I wasn't even near you," they all answered. So the Anbu looked down and saw… a root on the surface, as it tripped him, "How did that get there?" he said,
"That wasn't there from before," the other said. Then two Anbus saw something moved a few distant away from them,
"You saw that?" the first Anbu asked,
"I saw it, but I'm not sure I wanna believe it," the second said.
"Believe what?" the leader asked,
"That a tree was… alive… and it just moved," the first answered,
"Since scientifically we're surrounded by 'biotic' trees, but there is no matter of fact that trees move on its own," the leader said in disbelief. "If you're all done wasting time, we should head out and…" he felt the root gripping over his ankle,
"What the…?!" he said, trying to pull his ankle away, but the roots won't let go of him, as if it has a mind of it's own.
"AHH!!" he turned to his comrades, but as they're under attack… by trees!
"AaHh!" one of them screamed as he and his partner got pulled away and hung upside down by a branch,
"Get off me!" the other struggle to break free, but the branches tightened him. The other Anbu try to fight off the branches, but got tied up and pinned against a tree behind him,
"No-No! No-No! NO!!!" the other cried as he clawed through the dirt as he's being dragged away by vines, also pulled up upside down, but into to the tree,
"They're alive!" the leader said as he can sense an amount of chakra from them… except they're being controlled by someone. He tries to go help his comrades until… more roots appeared from the ground and grabbed his wrist, and pulled him down to the ground. When he hit the ground, it made his mask fell off. Then more roots appeared and wrapped around his arms, legs, and the rest of his body, and pinned him down to the ground,
"Somebody set a trap," he stated, as he can feel the roots tighten him so he won't escape.
"Right on time," he heard a voice, as he manage to turn to a tree that appeared in front of him, something merged out of it's trunk, a human figure, as he stepped out of the tree and pulled the rest of his body out of it. Ibate looked down at the leader, with no expression on his face, and his clothes are still torn after fighting Sasuke, he walked up to him,
"So it was you, you're doing this," the leader said, Ibate didn't answer as he turned to the mask he dropped.
"I demand you release me and my comrades at once," he demand, but Ibate ignores him as he knelt down and picked up the mask,
"This will do," he said while looking at the mask.
"Listen you little brat, once I get out this I'm gonna kick your ass," he said as he's now angry,
"I don't find it possible," Ibate said to him, then turned to him with is paled-blue eyes,
"From what I'm about to do to you, you won't be going anywhere for awhile," he said, then his paled-blue eyes turned paler. The leader saw his pupil changed and can sense he's not human, then in one blink…
"What the…?!" he said as he now found himself attached to a tree, and out of his uniform, except wearing a shirt and boxers. Then he looked down at Ibate as he saw him wearing his Anbu uniform, despite their sizes, Ibate did some changes of his uniform so it will fit him like a glove.
"You little bastard," he cursed at him,
"Like I said, you won't be going anywhere for awhile," Ibate said, then he turned to the five Anbus the trees captured,
"As for you five, you are all working for me," he said.
"Ha, as if they'll ever work for a monster like you," the leader said, but Ibate ignored him once again, his eyes turned paler once again but this time he's focusing on the branches.
Little did they know, each branch they're caught on, have something growing on them… plants growing and forming beautiful blue flowers. Except they're alive too, as before they 'bloom', they all turned to the Anbu's as they're targeting them, and then…
"Tough," Ibate said as he ordered his flowers to bloom! They bloomed and…
Shoot! Shoot! Shoot! Shoot! Shoot!
"AAAHHH!!!" they Anbu's cried in pain, as they've been shot by thorns, some on their necks, shoulders, chest, knees, and certain areas of their body. Then after that…the trees released and drop all of them as their entire body started twitching top to bottom,
"What did you do to them?" the leader said as he watched his comrades twitching on the ground with no control.
"Just a little serum from the thorns of my flowers, as they flow through their nerve system which connects to their brains, within less than a minute, they'll be under my control," Ibate explained.
Then the leader turned back to Ibate, he suddenly noticed something about him, as he recognized his face from somewhere… until he relies,
"Wait a minute…" Ibate led his eyes towards him.
"You're one of the missing children that disappeared from every village," Ibate became silent as he continues,
"Aren't you…" he took his time to remember the name… then said, "Kyro Mushori? The kid who disappeared at the Cloud village? We've been searching for you for years," the leader said. Ibate stared at him after what he just said, not only that, his left hand started to tremble on it's own, but he quickly gripped over it with his right hand to make it stop.
"What happened to you Kyro?" the leader asked, Ibate stared at him as he let go of his left hand… and then he said,
"I don't recall that name," then he 'snapped' his fingers, and then… a bunch of vines appeared in front of the Anbu, as they started wrapping him up, "No wait!" he said before the vines covered his mouth. The rest of the vines kept wrapping him until he can no longer see sunlight, he stare at Ibate before being covered by his thick vines.
Ibate turned to the Anbu's as they all slowly got back on their feet, except their eyes are now pale and under his control, thanks to the serum.
"Now then…" Ibate said as he puts on the mask to cover his face,
"You two head back to the Leaf village, and you three come with me," he said,
"Hai," they all resond to their 'new' leader, then the two went back to the village, and the three followed Ibate in the opposite direction, before catching up with Sasuke… to Naruto… with Akeeba… to Sakura.
Flashback over…
During yesterday mission, Ibate took down and control a group of Anbu Black Ops and masquerade as one of them in order to sneak back into the village unnoticed, and to keep an eye on a certain kunoichi.
Akeeba chuckled again, "I always knew these imbeciles are easy to fool," he said as Ibate got down kneeling to Akeeba,
"You might be aware that Ms. Haruno is slowly processing from your jutsu," Ibate said,
"Ah yes, Ms. Haruno's beginning process will accrued, and when that day comes, she'll be one of us," Akeeba said as he can feel her energy from the feather he gave her.
"And what such luck too, that while you're under disguise, you'll be spending some quality time with your mate," he said, though Ibate didn't respond but pictured Sakura in his mind. "Just be sure not to blow your cover, we won't want any suspicion by the end of this week," he said,
"Yes my Lord," Ibate said,
"Good, now leave me," Akeeba ordered him, then Ibate put the mask back on, then left the cell.
To be continued…
I hoped you all liked it. In case to those who don't know is that I finally updated, Heart of the Cherry Blossom Pt. 2, not too long ago. Just so you all know. Okay, please review me, and I'll try to update the next chapter. Thanks. Babykat out! ^_^