Hello fellow readers, I was able to update this as promise, still juggling as much as I can between this and my job. Of course, some of you are already focus on school and classes, which is always important. Other than that, hope you enjoy this update.
Amynila; It's okay, it's never wrong to focus on school first before anything else, and I so happen to have her on this update, and the next one in later time.
ju-hkjv; Thanks, I gave it some thoughts around it and add a certain twist to it to make it more interesting.
With Jiraya now out of the way, thanks to Ibate's subordinate, Kurenai, the Jounins are unaware of a plan that may come upon them soon. Meanwhile, the Sensors explained to Naruto, Sasuke, and Shino of a possible event that involves Akeeba and the emotionless children, though unaware of the event that is happening in …
Groji Resturant…
A nice evening, many people, mostly couples are enjoying a nice evening at the fancy restaurant, 'Sakura' and 'Kyro', or rather Akalra and Ibate, are sitting at their table, holding hands while looking through the menu,
"Any word of the Sensors whereabouts?" Akalra asked,
"Not yet, and I'm gaining more subordinates as we speak," Ibate answered,
"And you'll be gaining much more tomorrow once we gather more people, including her- my fellow comrades," Akalra stated before the waitress came over with a pen and paper,
"May I bring you lovely couple some drinks while deciding your order?" she asked them with a smile.
"Yes, we'll both have a glass of red wine," 'Kyro' said, the waitress became reluctant as she looks at both of them, as she can tell neither of them are adults,
"I-I'm sorry, but aren't you both too young to even drink alcohol?" she asked, and then she turned to 'Sakura' as her eyes changed from green to red, the waitress became frozen and her eyes became pale,
"Quite not actually, but we will have one of your finest red wine if you please," 'Sakura' said to her,
"Right away," the waitress before she left the couple to get their drinks.
Inner Spirits…
Sakura struggles of trying to free herself from the chains, but no such luck, and then she heard a movement nearby, she looked around her but hardly see anything but darkness,
"Who's there?" she called out, and then she soon spotted a figure with the darkness,
"Akalra is that you?" she called out, then she finally heard a reply,
"… No," she somehow recognized that voice before the figure approaches her out of the darkness, and soon reveal the appearance towards the light, the young boy around her age with short-black hair, blue eyes, wearing a short-sleeved navy-blue buttoned-up shirt and black-gray pants. Along with the cuffs around neck and both his wrist but neither tethered to a chain, Sakura glanced at the boy as she recognized him right away,
"… Kyro?! How did…? Did she trap you in here too?" Sakura asked, he shook his head,
"No… I've been trapped here for a long time by my inner spirit, or rather my counterpart," he explained before he kneel down and grabbed one of the chains she's tethered in,
"Counter—What do you mean?" she asked as she noticed him observing the chain rather closely,
"I believe you've already met him, the night he took you from your village," Kyro said while looking at the chain,
"Ibate," Sakura stated. Realizing that the 'Kyro' that she's been around with the past few days was Ibate with entire time; he even took her first kiss, that son of a bitch-bastard!
"I'm not surprised you know who I am, just as I know who you are, Ms. Sakura Haruno," he said before he turned to look at her,
"And despite the situation we're in, it is a pleasure to finally meeting you at last," he smiled at her, she remained silent as his hand reached over to the chain connected to the cuff on her wrist,
"Now hold still, I'll get you out of this," he said as he pulled out a small thin pick to start bending over the small gap, enough the disconnect it from the cuff, and he did the same other cuffs which didn't took him long another to free her,
"I'm free, I mean, not entirely free because we're stuck here but… thank you for helping me Kyro," Sakura smiled as she and Kyro stood up,
"Well don't thank me yet, I should take you to the others," he said as he grabbed one of the lights and begins to leave,
"There are others here?" Sakura asked,
"The same kids you sort of met, but only by their counterparts; they also like to meet you too," Kyro said as Sakura quickly follow him towards the dark, leading away from the area.
Interrogation headquarters…
Ibiki arrived and discovered a disastrous scene at the entrance; the door was burst opened, a huge scratch was left there and two Anbu's on the ground injured and unconscious,
"What the hell?!" he said, as something or someone attacked them, with a possible guess it may have been the escape prisoner. Though when he looked around, he noticed some small prints on the ground which does match to a cat, but as he followed the trail, that cat-print then lead to a huge abnormally sized print he's unable to match to any animal, let alone a human. By the time he reaches to the entrance observing huge the scratch mark on it, he seriously doubts some animal could cause this and harm both the Anbus.
Ibiki quickly went inside the building as he soon discovers all the doors where the emotionless children were placed are opened and they're all empty,
"Damn it! First the prisoner, now them! What the hell is happening?" Ibiki became frustrated as he's unable to forget out what has been happening.
Back to the Inner thoughts…
Sakura follows Kyro as they walk through the darkness,
"So you're telling me that my inner spirit is actually my demonic counterpart, and that you and the other children are all trapped here by all your counterparts?" Sakura asked,
"That's right," Kyro answered,
"But why? And how is it that we're are connected to here?" Sakura asked,
"I'm afraid I don't have the answer to that. That is something we're unable to figure it out ourselves," Kyro said before they then soon arrived at a huge area where it has multiple staircases,
"I never imagine this place being like this," she looked at it with amazed,
"There many things you can't imagine unless you put a lot of thought into it," Kyro smiled before he tossed the light up to the air and it soon scattered many lights all around, Sakura stare at it with amazed once more of how beautiful it is, like fireflies at nice evening night, as they float around it soon formed a trail to one of the staircase leading up.
"This way," he said as he continues leading the way and Sakura follows him as they both climb up the stairs. Sakura watches him from behind, as she pondered in her thoughts,
"How long have you been here?" she asked him,
"Less than five years, maybe more, it's hard to keep track certain days, since there is rarely any time here," Kyro answered,
"So Ky—I mean, Ibate kept you trapped here while he impersonates you out there," she asked,
"He does more than impersonates," he said before they reached to the top, then head towards the opened door which lead to a hallway,
"He is known as the Deceiver, he tricks and fool many people by manipulating them and to gain the upper hand before they even see him coming. He even fooled me," he said as he felt ashamed,
"And me… and my comr-" she said and then she gasped,
"Naruto! Sasuke-kun! They have no idea that Ibate infiltrated the village disguising as you," Sakura panics, Kyro calmed her down,
"I can assure you they must've figure that out already," he said,
"How could you possibly kno-" she said until she stopped for a moment, Kyro stopped as well, as they both encountered an unexpected taste in their mouths,
"What am I tasting?" Sakura asked as she never encountered something like this before, but Kyro has,
"Seems like our counterparts are having themselves an alcoholic teinturier-grape beverage," he said, which stunned Sakura,
"You mean… wine?!" she became shocked.
Outer thought…
Akalra and Ibate are drinking a red wine from wine glasses,
"Not bad, though I expected stronger," Akalra commented,
"I had better," Ibate said.
Near the Forest of Death…
Ibiki gathered many of the Jounins, Chunins and Anbu Black Ops after informing them of the escaped prisoner and the disappearance of the emotionless children,
"We have to search every perimeter to find all of them, they can't go far, so we need to secure the gate, so they won't escape the village," Ibiki said to them.
"What about the villagers?" Izuno asked,
"We can't risk causing a panic, but I will send you and Kotetsu to make sure they're not aware of any of this while searching for them," Ibiki said,
"Sure thing," Kotetsu said,
"Alright, now let's move and find them," Ibiki ordered as they all disappeared from the area to search for the escaped prisoner and the emotionless children.
Back in the restaurant…
Akalra and Ibate are enjoying their meal; Ibate eating a pork-ribs and medium rare steak and Akalra eating baked pork-chops and spicy salmon, and then Akalra place her hand on her lower belly, Ibate noticed,
"Everything alright?" Ibate asked,
"I have yet to properly control this body as it still requires me to eliminate certain leavings throughout the digestive system," she explained before she got off the seat,
"I'll be just a moment," she said before she heads towards the lady's restroom.
A busboy with short brunette hair is gathering the plates and cups from the table, and brought them to the kitchen to clean and wash them, and then his manger came,
"Hey, before you wash them, could you clear out the third table really quick, some important people are coming and I need that table ready," the manager said,
"Right away sir," the busboy said and went out to clean the table.
Around that time, 'Sakura' soon left the lady's restroom and is on her way to the table were 'Kyro' is, then around the same time the busboy quickly gather all the plates and a cup that still has some liquid in it, by the time he turned around, he didn't see 'Sakura' passing by him when…
Bump!
They bumped into each other, and the liquid that was in the cup flew out and spilled onto 'Sakura's' left arm, where she felt a sudden burn to it,
"AAAHH!" she screamed in pain, which brought attention from both staff members, customers, and 'Kyro'.
Inner thoughts…
"AAAAHHH!" Sakura screamed in pain as she clenched on her left arm, and crouched down,
"What's wrong?" Kyro went over to aid her,
"My arm," she cried, Kyro looked at her arm and discovers reddish burnt mark appearing,
"Shit!" he replied as he knows what caused it.
Outer thought…
'Sakura' clenched at her left arm while crouching down, as it burns in pain from that liquid that spilled on her,
"Ma'am, I'm so sorry. Are you okay?" the busboy said, trying to aid her, until 'Kyro' grabbed him by this shirt and have his face towards him,
"Was that citrus?" he hissed at the busboy while his eyes appeared paled-blue,
"It was orange juice, I didn't mean to spill it on-" the busboy said before he noticed 'Kyro's hair turning blue and fangs appeared as he growled at him, preparing to throttle him, until,
"Now-now," Ibate turned to his mate as stopped him, then her pink hair slowly changing to red, and she faces the busboy with her paled rubied eyes, she got back up on her feet while Ibate still holds him in his grasped. The scene brought many more attention, as many of the customers quickly left their table towards the exit,
"The better way to dispose such behavior is by simply having them reflect the mistake they made," Akalra said to Ibate before he turned back to the busboy as he quivers in fear of both of them,
"Given to your lack of skills and failure of your action…" her whole eyes became red, and the red energy appeared, flowing around her, the busboy's eyes grew wide,
"Allow me to enlighten the pain you have bestowed upon me," Akalra said in her demonic tone.
Outside, away from the restaurant…
Two men and a woman are walking together heading towards the restaurant, the important people the manger mentioned they were coming,
"I heard the serves there keep everything organize to enlighten the evening," the first man said,
"My friend told me that their stir-fried curry is to die for," the woman smiled,
"Well I'll be the judge of that, since I always prefer my curry not just with the spiciness but more of a f-" the second man said to her, until,
"Fire," the first man stated.
"I was gonna say flavor, but if that's something you would prefer-" the second man said, until,
"No, I mean there's really a fire!" the first man pointed out, the woman gasped, and the second man became shocked at the sight of a blazing fire burning, and it's coming from the restaurant!
To be continued…
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