So sorry for the delay, sometimes I can't promise every update every week (certain 'unpredictable' things happen every week, which I'm sure you understand). But I can inform you I will be busy once again, which includes the weekend. I may not update next week nor the week after that, but I will do my best to juggle my life and try yo update more when I can. So other than that, I hope you enjoy this chapter I was able to update.
ju-hkjv; Glad you like, hope you enjoy this chapter.
Amynile; Thanks for the review, and if you like some romance, you are more than welcome to check out my other story I'm planning to update more in the future as well, 'Desire'. I'll probably love that even more.
Things are becoming a havoc when Sasuke once again fight against Ibate, and nearly had the upper hand, until he soon realized Ibate somehow had control of some of the villagers and is now up against many. Naruto made the encounter of Akalra, who now is planning to convince him to…
Sasuke vs. Ibate's subordinates…
The villagers surround Sasuke as they're under Ibate's control, and already started attacking him, Sasuke used many of his methods deflecting, dodging and blocking their attacks, unfortunately it wasn't enough to avoid all of them, when…
Cut!
He grunted when he felt cut on his back by a kitchen knife…
Stab!
"Aah!" he responded to the pain of a stab on his left shoulder by a knitting needle…
Punch!
Sasuke grunt when he got punched to the gut and got down to one knee, he can't fight them all nor hurt them either, and then the villagers began to pile up on him while attacking until…
Poof!
They soon discovered a large wood log appeared, realizing Sasuke used a Substitution jutsu at the last minute,
"After him," Ibate ordered his subordinates as they all chase after Sasuke, except for Mrs. Haruno and Mrs. Yamanaka for they stayed behind to tend his injuries.
Inner Thought…
Naruto found himself standing alone in the darkness, but he has been here before as he sees the large cage bars before him… where the Fox Tail, Kyuubi, is being held prisoner. Then he soon discovered Akalra is also here, but is standing close to the bars, enough for the Kyuubi to attack her!
"No! Stay back!" Naruto warned her, as the Kyuubi growled loudly while glaring at her and thrust his claws through the bars, but the claws didn't touch her from where she is stand, and she appeared unfazed by it's intimidation,
"Such a powerful creature you are, and yet, you are obligated to be bound to a human against your will, and the source of your energy is being taken for granted," she said before she turned to Naruto,
"Though two spirits are connected in one body, only one remain dominate while the other remain sealed away," she begins to walk towards him. Naruto remained still, as she approaches him, he felt the sensation again by the way she looks at him, and that powerful energy she possess which is both horrifying and yet irresistible.
"We're almost alike, you and I, and yet, you're not embracing your inner spirit," she said she once again stood in front of him, Naruto became speechless again when she is close to him,
"Let me help you embrace it, only then we can help each other to make a better future," she gently touched his face with her hand, as Naruto feels her touch on his cheek,
"Relax yourself… there is nothing to be afraid of… allow me to help Mr. Uzumaki…" she whispers as he closes his eyes, as she drew near his face,
"Allow me," she whispered as her lips is close to his, until… her whole eyes became bright red and her fangs appeared before when…
"AAAAHHHHH!" she unleashed a demonic scream at him which was enough to…
Gasped!
Naruto opened his eyes as he finally regained conciseness after that strange unusual dream, he pants as he soon discovered himself in bed and back in his apartment, his whole body was sweating, he doesn't remember getting back home at all, nor the feeling of his bed being this wet… and… sticky, which did led him to take a peek under his sheets and saw…
"OH SHIT!" he yelled loud as he quickly covered it back up from embarrassment, may have something to do with that unusual dream of… her.
…
Sasuke appeared near a bench, panting after he managed to escape from the villagers, he is slightly injured but nothing critical, though he is trying to figure out how Ibate manage to control some of the villagers, but his mind was interrupted when…
"Mr. Uchiha," he turned and saw Lady Hokage and Shizune appeared,
"What happened to you?" Tsunade asked with concern,
"Lady Hokage, an intruder infiltrated the village, the same intruder who was involving in the kidnapping from last week," Sasuke informed her,
"You're hurt pretty bad, here let us help you," Shizune said,
"I'll be okay, right now there are some villagers who are under some control, and there isn't much time-" Sasuke said, and then soon discovered, Tonton is not with them, which is very unusual.
"Where is Tonton?" Sasuke asked Shizune, but instead she begin to approach him,
"You need to be taken to the hospital, your injuries are in need to be treated," Shizune said with concerned, but Sasuke begin to back away from her sensing an unusual behavior between her and Tsunade,
"Why are not answering my question? What is wrong with-?" Sasuke asked and then he noticed something wrong with her eyes, they look pale as Ibate and his thugs,
"You have nothing to worry about Mr. Uchiha …" Tsunade begin to approach him, and then he noticed her paled eyes as well,
"We're only here to help our master," she said with a sinister smile,
"Shit!" Sasuke realizes they're one of them. By then Shizune charge at him with her senbon, but Sasuke got his kunai knife…
Clash!
Their weapons clashed to each other, but Shizune kept attacking with more senbon, Sasuke deflected her attacks but is still worn out from when he fought the villagers, and then…
Stab! Stab!
Sasuke grunted loudly as Shizune stabbed him on his right shoulder and left thigh, then he sensed Tsunade charging at him a powerful punch at him, and he is unable to dodge it…
PUNCH!
Sasuke was punched so hard to the gut, it flew him yards away from them, until he bashed into a tree, which really did a number on him as he fell to the ground, unable to get back up as he used too much of his energy, he coughed out blood after that punch and then slowly loses consciousness. Within a moment he blacked out, some small swarm of black insects appeared as they all circulate around the unconscious Sasuke…
Tsunade and Shizune soon arrived to capture Sasuke to take to their master, until they soon discovered… he is nowhere to be found, as though he vanished without a trace,
"He got away from us," Tsunade said,
"We must inform the master at once," Shizune said before they soon left the area.
Ichiraku's…
Teuchi and his daughter Ayame are finishing up cleaning, and closing shop for the day, by the time Teuchi put away the dishes, he asked his daughter,
"Ayame, are you about ready?"
"I will as soon as take out the trash," Ayame answered as she carries a bad load of trash to the back of the shop and placed it in the garbage bin, as she about to head back inside, she spotted something near the corner of the shop, she walked towards it and discovered… a small pot of blue flowers with a tiny bag filled with dried-up blue seeds attach to it,
"Did somebody left those there?" she wondered.
A hidden hideout, away from village…
Ibate sat on the flat bed after his wounds were treated and upper torso is wrapped and bandage, and it wasn't long until both Tsunade and Shizune appeared before him, they bowed to him while they're down in one knee, Ibate got off the bed and stood in front of them,
"Report," Ibate asked them,
"We had failed to capture Uchiha, he seemed to had help to escape from us," Shizune said,
"We will scatter around the village and search for him at once," Tsunade said,
"See to it that you do, there must be no interference once that day comes," Ibate said to them
"Hai," they both said before they left the room.
Ibate pondered his thought for a moment and wondered,
"How is it possible Uchiha discovered my disguise and weakness," he thought,
"The Sensors," they all turned to the door and discovered… Akalra, as she appeared and walked into the room,
"He, along with Mr. Uzumaki, were assisted by Sensors who informed them about us and how they can harm us," she stated as she approached in front of him, Ibate gazed at her beautiful emotionless face, showing no attention upon anything nor anyone else,
"Leave us," Ibate ordered his two subordinated, then Mrs. Haruno and Mrs. Yamanaka left him alone with Akalra. Akalra approached in front of him as she placed her hand on his torso, touching the wrapped bandage as she can sense the pain he went through,
"It is fortunate there is nothing critical, but it is unfortunate those Sensors are in this village. They could disrupt our plan for the future," she said, as Ibate soon held her waist,
"I will not let that happen, I will send my subordinates to find them and eliminate them," he assured her, before she slowly compressed her body against his, embracing a tender moment between them,
"I never did tell you my answer to your question," she said, referring to Ibate's proposal from days earlier as she slowly led him back to the flat bed,
"I will accept your proposal, if you allow my spirit to embrace yours," she said as she sat in the bed, Ibate drew closer to her,
"Allow me," she whispered as she lay down, and Ibate was hovering on top of her, then slowly compress his body against her's again. Within that moment as they embraced into each other's arms… his blue energy and her red energy appeared as they circulate around the room, causing a shift in their surroundings, like an earthquake creating havoc through the village, ocean rising instead of falling, the atmosphere rifting and colliding. The energy between soon merged and then submit as demonic screams were made throughout the dark night, where there is no moon nor stars in the sky.
Day 5 Morning, Haruno resident…
The sun was up and bright, as it beamed through the window, and towards Sakura's face as she sleeps in her bed under her covers, she slowly woken and opened her eyes, she blinked a few as she has no recollection of what happened last night and feel her head is aching,
"What the hell happened last night," she thought, before her head starting to hurt, as if you had a hang over but never drink in her life,
"Wa… wasn't I napping downstairs on the couch," she said, and as she begins to get up, "When did I-" she said until she soon realized…
Gasped!
She quickly covered herself with her covers, for she has no clothes on! She immediately went to her drawers and closet to put on some clothes, just as she's about to put her pants on, she felt an unexpected pain on her lower body, she almost thought it was cramps for when she gets her monthly period but the pain is much more agonizing; also she already had her period over two weeks ago.
"What the hell is happening to me?" she thought to herself, before her stomach grumbles, which soon caused her she belched, she has an unusual taste in her mouth,
"Why does my mouth smell like… wet dog? Was it something I ate-" she thought, she belched again, and then started coughing as she felt something in her throat, she ran to her bathroom where she was able to cough it out and discover… a blue collar with a silver tag on it that reads, Yu-Lee,
"What the he-?!" she said until she belch again only this time she's regurgitating, she covered her mouth as she quickly went to the toilet, she vomits in the toilet which only last a mere moment, by the time she finished she caught a glimpsed at it and saw… small pieces of dark-brown fur… a small eye ball and a piece of a tongue… and a black snout which definitely belongs to a dog!
She became horrified and she quickly pulled herself away from the toilet and sat near the corner,
"Was th… was that a… did I…" she thought, she covered her mouth as she feels sick and confused about what is happening to her.
Ichiraku's…
As usual, Naruto sits at the stool, waiting for his ramens to ready, and yet his mind is completely somewhere else, skeptical about everything that happened yesterday; meeting that red-haired girl, then the Sensors warning him about the red-haired girl, and then meeting that red-haired girl again but was able to learn her name is Akalra. Ever since then, he can't stop thinking about her, he was told she's considered a danger to others, but in his point-of-view she's seems harmless, in a strange yet abnormal way. He can't get over the way she looked at him with those beautiful red eyes, the soft yet seductive sound of her voice through her red lips, and that technique she demonstrated to him, which brought shivers through his spine: he's still shaken up from that experience, especially when she was face-to-face with the Fox Demon. Even though he didn't listen to the Sensor's warning about her, there is a part of him wouldn't mind seeing her again, which lead him to questioning,
"What is it that makes her so dangerous to be around with?" he thought deeply to himself.
Teuchi was finishing up Naruto's order, and then he saw his daughter came in,
"Ayame, glad you're here, would you please take this to Naruto while I start making the rest to the orders," Teuchi asked her, but is completely unaware that her eyes are paled-black… after she received an unexpected gift left near the back of the shop last night.
"Hai," she smiled, as Teuchi left to make the order, Ayame approached to the Naruto's ramen shop, she pulled out the tiny bag filled with blue dried-up seeds, and sprinkled some on the soup, she put the bag away and brought the soup to Naruto, who is still pondering his thoughts, not paying any attention to the ramens,
"Here are your ramens, Mr. Uzumaki," Ayame said to him, but he didn't respond to her, nor even look at her,
"Mr. Uzumaki," she said, getting his attention,
"Huh! Oh, sorry, my mind is still drifty from yesterday," he said to her,
"Well I hope it's not enough to ruin your appetite," she said as placed his ramens in front of him. Naruto looked at his ramens and noticed some small blue seeds in them, which is rather unusual, he was about to ask about it until Ayame said,
"It is a new specialty we're promoting, a genuine taste for all flavors. Go ahead and give it a try, you'll love it," Naruto crooked his eye-brows by her strange behavior, but then shrugged his shoulders, as he picked up the chopsticks and is about to enjoy his ramens. Then that very moment, when he has the noodles on the chopsticks and is about to taste it until,
"Hey Naruto," he stopped when he heard someone out to him, he turned around and saw Shikamaru and Choji came in,
"Figure we you find you here," Shikamaru said as he appeared as usual self, though Choji appeared to be anxious for some reason…
"Shikamaru… Choji… what are you doing here?" Naruto asked them,
"We're here to ask you about your teammate," Shikamaru answered, Naruto rolled his eyes,
"Well whatever teme's up to, I won't be surprised if didn't tell me anyth-" he said, until Shikamaru cut him off,
"We're not referring to Sasuke, we're referring to Sakura," which did seem to concern Naruto,
"Sakura-chan… what is it?" he asked, Shikamaru turned to Choji, "Go ahead Choji, tell him what you told me, tell him about what you saw," he said to his friend, Choji inhaled and exhaled before he speaks,
"… Last night, when I just left the restaurant…"
Flashback…
After leaving the restaurant, Choji munching and enjoying his food in a to-go bag while walking back home, he spotted… Sakura with her arms around some guy's arm, a guy he never seen before, as they're walking to the opposite direction and about to walk past him. Then Choji said,
"Hey Sakura… we missed you at the party when you left in such a hur-" he stopped when suddenly felt an intense energy causing his body to become frozen. And as he saw Sakura walking passed him, she looked at him with her paled red eyes and emotionless face,
"Mr. Akimichi," she spoke, which cause Choji's eye to grew wide when he spotted… her fangs.
He stood speechless and frightened right after they walked past him, and he slowly dropped his food on the ground, feeling the shocked after what he just saw and felt.
Flashback over…
"Ever since then, I hardly eat much lately, I even skipped breakfast, I never skipped anything before in my life, I don't know what came over me?" Choji said, as there was silence for a moment, until Naruto speaks,
"So… let me get this straight, what you're telling me is… you saw Sakura with some guy?" Shikamaru and Choji became shocked by his question,
"Uh… yeah, but that's not the major thing I'm talking about when…" Choji tried to explain,
"Who is this guy? Does he live around here because I like to know where so I can have a word with him," Naruto said, obviously display the sign of jealousy.
"Choji just told you about what's going on with your teammate, and all you can think about is some guy she was with?" Shikamaru said as he couldn't believe that is all Naruto is asking about,
"I just wanna know who… so who is he, what did he look like?" Naruto asked Choji again,
"I didn't get a good look at him, all I know he was about our age and he was wearing an Anbu's uniform," Choji explained. After hearing that, Naruto can only think of one person who's at their age and is an Anbu Blackop,
"Kyro," Naruto stated,
"Who?" Shikamaru asked,
"That guy is name Kyro Mushori," Naruto said,
"So you knew him?" Shikamaru asked,
"I met him the day after the rescue mission was over, as he turned out to be the same Anbu who helped us complete the mission, and the day after when he and Sakura at the pa—Wait a sec!" he realized.
"You saw him with Sakura-chan last night?" Naruto asked Choji,
"I don't know… maybe," Choji said. Then at that moment, Naruto quickly get off his seat,
"Mr. Uzumaki, what about your ramens?" Ayame asked,
"I'll be back for it later," he said before he quickly left the stand to find Sakura.
"Damn it!" Ayame whispered, as she failed to get him to eat the ramens… no matter, she still has more of the blue seeds which should be enough to add to the rest of the ramen orders her father is making for the other customers.
Aburame resident…
Sasuke murmured as he slowly regained consciousness, as he found himself on the mat floor, at what appears to be a someone's bed room, then noticed his injures were treated and bandaged, as he slowly sat up,
"Finally awake I see," he turned and saw Shino as he appeared to at the door,
Sasuke thought fast as he quickly got up with his kunai knife, and stood ready to attack him,
"Back off!" Sasuke glared at Shino, who stood unfazed by his reaction,
"You sure have a way to thank someone for saving your ass last night," Shino said,
"How do I know you're not one of them?" Sasuke asked, being more cautious in regards of last night when the villagers, include the Hokage herself, attacked and are under Ibate's control.
"Don't you think if I were, I never would've sent my insects to come rescue you, or I would've taken you out while you're still unconscious?" Shino said, Sasuke didn't reply, but unfortunately, he made a good point,
"Also, I have an intel I've been meaning to tell you and Naruto for quite some time, involving Ms. Haruno and some event that may happen within two-days from now," Shino stated, after a moment of thought, Sasuke slowly put away his weapon, as he decided to hear him; and maybe get to the bottom of… everything.
To be continued…
Hope you like this chapter, I'll update more soon, can't guaranteed next week or the week after, but as soon as I can; and if I'm not too busy with everything. Please review and thank you.