Hello fellow readers, here is the update as promised, and will try to update more as soon as possible. In hope I can juggle through everything in my life, plus working throughout the weekends. I still do my best to write story more when I'm not to tired. Okay, enjoy.
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Amynila; Again, sorry about that, I watched some animes that are kind of dark and gruesome, with a slight of horror and romance in them.
Naomi Re-write; I'm having some debatable thoughts on them but will give it some thoughts in future updates. And I'm glad you like this story despite it being very old and all.
Things have turned from bad to worse as Sakura's Inner spirit, Akalra, has successfully taken full control of her body, and Sasuke comes to learn from Shino after he saved him last night from Ibate's subordinates that something big is going to happen at the end of this week. Meanwhile, Naruto went to confront Kyro after learning he's dating Sakura, unaware that he's…
Training ground…
"What is it that you know about me?" Kyro asked out of curiosity,
"You don't think I don't know you're the type of guy to waltz in my village, seduce my comrade and then break heart afterwards," Naruto scold at him, which took Kyro by surprise after what he just said,
"Oh… you assume I'm that type of person?" he asked,
"I'm onto you Mushiro, if you even think about hurting Sakura-chan at anyway I will kick your ass all the way back to your village," Naruto stated.
Ibate soon realized Naruto's intelligent is rather below average, making him the least known person to ever discover his identity on his own,
"Well I can assure you, I'm not that type of person who could ever harm her. However…" Kyro examined him for a brief moment,
"I hope you don't take this the wrong way but… I highly doubt you will ever 'kick my ass', especially for someone with such lack of skills," he said with a smirk, which rather pissed off Naruto and caused him to ball up his fist,
"You bastard-!" Naruto went to throw a punch at him, until…
Scratch!
"AAH!" Naruto responded from a surprise scratch from the black cat that leaped out of the tree, leaving behind a scratch mark on his cheek,
The black cat hisses at him while in front of Kyro,
"Abeeka, what did I told you scratching people," Kyro said to the black cat,
"That's your cat?" Naruto asked,
"I am so sorry about that, he's usually friendly around strangers," Kyro said,
"Well I'm not much of a cat person anyways," Naruto said as he touched his cheek as it bleeds a little,
"As much as I like to stay and chat but I'm about to go run some errands and head back to headquarters," he said as he started to leave until he stopped right next to Naruto,
"However, since I have you here, I wanted to ask you something?" he said to him,
"Does it involve you taking Sakura-chan to that Groji restaurant, that's my idea," Naruto stated.
"… No, actually I wanted to ask if you by any chance seen Mr. Uchiha this morning?" Kyro asked, Naruto looked at him for a moment, before he answers,
"No, I haven't seen teme."
"That's too bad… I've been meaning to have a word with him. He and I had a small conflict yesterday and he took off in quite a hurry," he said, and then placed his hand onto Naruto's shoulder,
"All I ask is if you by any chance see him, would you please let him know I'm looking for him," he said to him while looking at him with a blank expression, there was a brief silence between them as Naruto sensed a strange unpleasant feeling from him, but after that moment…
"Sure, I guess," Naruto replied, Kyro smiled,
"Much appreciated... you take care now," he said before he removed his hand from Naruto's shoulder and finally left the area, with cat following him from behind,
"What's he up to that is so important? And what conflict did he had with teme?" Naruto thought.
Village, alleys…
While calmly walking down the alley, Shino looked around to make sure there are no sign of any of the 'possessed' villagers nearby,
"I'm not at all comfortable wearing this type of disguise…" Shino turned to Sasuke, as he is wearing a dark-gray jacket with a hood over his head, a black scarf to cover the bottom of his face, and sunglasses, like Shino's.
"Especially with insects crawling everywhere," Sasuke said while trying to ignore the insects crawling around the jacket,
"My insects are covering your chakra, in case anyone may try to sense you. Just so long as we remain clear out of sight, you shouldn't have any problem heading to this cottage," Shino explained,
"The sooner we get there, the sooner I take these off me," Sasuke said as they continue walking through the alleys.
"So this red-haired girl is responsible for that recent alley attack?" Shino asked,
"That's right, and the Sensors mentioned she is considered dangerous as she's trying to possess Sakura's body, and warned us to stay away from her. And yet, for what you just told me, that knuckle-headed idiot had to follow her,"
"If anything, she might possibly know what we're up to," he thought deeply.
Flower Shop…
A small yet big crowd of customers are purchase a bunch of flowers, mostly the most popular flowers, the 'blue flowers', Mrs. Yamanaka is busy at the register while Ino is watering the other flowers, even though not many of the customers are paying any attention to them at all. Then she spotted Sakura as she just entered the store and approached her,
"Hey Forehead, are you here to buy some flowers?" Ino greeted her,
"Not today, I noticed how busy you are, you and your mother are making excellent business, I'm happy for you both," Sakura said to her,
"Yea… thanks," Ino said, though appeared a bit sad,
"Is everything okay?"
"Honestly…" Ino looked at her mother as she continues helping the customers with their purchase,
"Something is wrong with my mom lately, she's been behaving strangely, and she rarely needed my help around the store anymore," she worries.
"I'm so sorry to hear that," Sakura said as she comforts her,
"What about your mom? You mentioned a few days ago that she has been acting strange," Ino asked,
"Yes, but everything is fine now, and I'm sure you and your mother will be the same, especially tomorrow," Sakura said, Ino looked confused,
"What's happening tomorrow?" she asked,
"My mother and I wanted to invite you and your mother to come join us for a get together at my place," Sakura said,
"Seems unexpected… but I guess I'll let my mom know,"
"Excellent, I'll inform my mother and we'll be looking forward to see you soon," Sakura smiled before she started leaving,
"Okay then, see later," Ino said to Sakura before she finally left the store.
Forest, not too far from the village…
Three Jounins are scouting around the first,
"There is a chance that animal is somewhere in this area, we must capture it before it reaches the village-" the squad leader said until…
Growl!
They all heard a growl nearby, no doubt about it is wild beast, they have their weapons out as they search around the forest…
A ferocious feline beast is roaming around while hiding in the shadows, waiting to pray on one of the Jonins… it spotted one of them from behind, unaware of it's present, as it steady itself…
The Jonin looked around him but saw no sign of the beast until…
Snap!
He heard something from behind as he quickly turned around and…
"AAHH!"
RRROOOAAA!
Both sounds was made, but it is too far from the village fro anyone to hear.
Meanwhile, at the village…
Sakura is walking by some stores before she spotted Team Gai, as they're passing out flyers around. It wasn't long until Rock Lee spotted her and approached her,
"Hey Sakura-chan, how are you?" he greeted her with a smile,
"I'm doing well, thank you for asking, what is it you're handing out?" Sakura asked,
"Tenten's neighbor asked us to pass theses around," Lee said as he handed one to her. Sakura looked at the flyer as it shows a picture of… the dark-brown dog wearing the blue collar with a silver tag on it,
"Their dog, Yu-Lee, went missing yesterday, so they asked us to look for him and pass these around in case anyone sees him," Lee said, though Sakura just blankly stare at the picture, completely unfazed by it,
"Such ashame really… losing a small creature to a world where there is full of danger and deception, stumbled in place where escape is impossible, and then quiver in fear knowing it is far from too late to be saved," Sakura stated, Lee looked confused by her words,
"So… um… will you let us know if you by any chance see him?" Lee asked, Sakura smiled,
"Of course, I will keep you inform, in fact, I would like to invite you and your teammates to my place for a small get together tomorrow, my mother is making homemade meals and her special homemade tea," she said,
"It seems last minute, but I'll be sure to tell them," Lee said,
"Arigato Lee-kun, see you soon," she said to him before they part ways.
As she walks away from the area, Sakura slowly begins to rip the flyer to pieces and shattered them to the ground while continue her way through the village.
Other side of the village…
Naruto heading back to the Ichiraku's after his talk with Kyro,
"Who did that guy think he is? I mean… what does Sakura-chan even see in him? Is it because he's an Anbu and how he helped out on that rescue mission last week? I mean, come on!" Naruto muttered to himself until…
"RROOARR!"
"AAAAAAHHH!"
Naruto heard a loud commotion as he quickly ran around the corner, and discovered a large wild gray-striped feline beast terrorizing the markets, the villagers ran from the beast as it wrecks many stands, and then turned it's attention towards a woman and her child,
"Shit!" Naruto saw them in toward and quickly charged at the beast while down hand-signs,
"Shadow Clone jutsu!" he yelled as multiple clones appeared and attacked the beast, while they distract the wild animal, the real Naruto was able to get the woman and her child out to safety. After that…
Poof! Poof! Poof!
The beast attacked all the clones as they all poofed away…
RROOAA!
Naruto pulled out his kunai knife and begin charging at the wild animal, the beast saw him as it threw his paw…
BAM!
Hit Naruto to the torso hard, that led him to crash into one of the broken stands, as he tries to get back up the beast quickly place it's paw on his chest, pinning him down hard, particularly crashing him, before it try to bite him…
"Naruto!" the beast turned it's attention to Sakura as she just appeared, then it begin to growl at her on the count of her… demonic aura, and she's staring back at it with her paled red eyes… then soon unpinned Naruto and begin to approach her,
"Sakura-chan, get out of here!" Naruto yelled to her as he tried to get the feline beast attention towards him, but with no success as instead…
Sakura ran and the wild animal quickly chases after her,
"Sakura-chan!" Naruto cried as he followed through the villages and around the corner. By then, he was able to catch up to the feline beast, only to find it standing it's ground while staring at it's pray. Naruto looked over but see no sign of Sakura but instead… the red-haired girl standing and staring back at the wild beast in front of her,
"Akalra," Naruto said,
"Get out of here, it's not safe!" he yelled to her, but she paid no attention to him at all, as her eyes became paler, as she gathered up her energy…
Whistle!
Akalra made a whistling siren through her lips, and it wasn't long until the beast trembled and whimpered in pain, before it's body collapsed to the ground.
Upon listening to that whistling siren, Naruto felt a deadly vibration throughout his body, his muscles suddenly became numb, his lungs are clenched causing him to be breathless. It's too much for him to take as his eyes are still focused on Akalra, as by the time she stopped, his body slowly collapsed,
As he fell forward, she stared at him with her emotionless face as he finally fell to the ground,
"What the hell… was that…?" he thought as he couldn't move his body, and then everything went back.
Inner thoughts…
Naruto opened his eyes and found himself back into his inner thoughts where the Nine-tailed Kyuubi is caged, and he once again saw Akalra standing in front of the cage like before.
"You should've been more careful with yourself Mr. Uzumaki, otherwise, I could've placed you in a comatose state if you haven't intervened," she said before she turned herself around,
"Nevertheless, in less than two days, everything will fall into place," she said.
"Two days? What going to happen?" he asked, before she appeared right in front of him in a blink of an eye, as she gently touched his cheek with her hand,
"I would recommend you cherish much time here in this world, because in two days everything you ever loved…" she moved towards his ear,
"Will be gone," she whispered. And before Naruto could say anything else, her fangs appeared as she aims for his neck and…
BITE!
Out of thoughts…
"AAHH!"
Naruto screamed as he woke up from that, he now found himself in the Konoha hospital, on bed,
"Naruto, your awake," he turned and saw Sakura sitting right next to him, and Kyro is standing beside her,
"Are you alright?" Kyro appeared concerned,
"Wh—where is she?" Naruto asked them,
"Where's who?" Sakura asked,
"Akalra… she was there," he said, feeling a little weak,
"You don't look well, maybe it's best you rest here," Kyro said,
"I need to find her," he said trying to get off the bed until Sakura stopped him,
"Naruto, you can hardly stand up after you fought that wild animal, you should really take it easy and rest," she said.
"She is right, and I need to go report this to Lady Hokage, while the Anbu's apprehended the beast," he said before he turned to Sakura with a smile,
"I'll see you at the place tonight," he said to her with a smile before her kissed her on her forehead and left the room. Naruto became shocked and confused after what he just saw,
"Tonight? What's he talking about?" Naruto asked Sakura, she smiled,
"Kyro and I have a date tonight, he's taking me to a fancy restaurant called Groji," she said as she appeared excited, though it made Naruto appeared stunned after what she just said,
"…What?!" he replied,
"He was able to get us reservation at the last minute… plus he mentioned how you advised him that idea to surprise me," she stated,
"Advised him?!" Naruto grid his teeth,
"It was so sweet of you to help him out, and it made me so happy how well you too get along, he considers you a very good friend to him," she added, and he clenched at the sheets,
"Did he now?" Naruto replied with his left eye-brow twitching, trying not to erupt in anger and jealousy. The Sakura gets up, about to leave herself,
"Well I better get home now, need to get myself ready for my date tonight. Be sure to get some rest, and I'll tell you all about it tomorrow," she said before she left him alone in the room to get home.
After she left, Naruto is filled with so much rage in him he can feel the energy of the Nine-Tailed Fox inside him emerging around his body as though he's about to go on a rampage,
"THAT LOW DOWN, LYING, SON-OF-A-BIT-" he yelled until…
Sting!
He grunted from that sharp pain on his torso which that energy disappeared immediately, he panted silently,
"Forget kicking his ass, I'm gonna break every bone in his body!" he thought angrily.
To be continued…
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