Hey there, so sorry for super long delay of this update, been very busy as always especially from the holidays from Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, and so on. I'll try my best to update more when I can, if I'm not too busy nor tired if you know what I mean, other than that, enjoy.
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Evening, miles away from the Village…
The old man and his young nephew are in a small shelter, almost similar to the cottage, where they brought the injured white-haired stranger to their care. The old man treated the stranger as he already removed the thrones that were plunged onto the man's hand and placed them in a small beaker before he handed it to his nephew.
"You remembered the ingredients I taught you?" he asked his nephew,
"Yes uncle, I should be able to have the remedy done within an hour," his nephew said before he left to start making the remedy. The man turned back to the unconscious as he lays on the mat with a blanket over him,
"Hopefully that would be enough time before his nervous systems reach his organs," the man said,
"There is no question about this one of Akeeba's doing, if not, his apprentice," the man thought deeply.
Cottage…
While Shino and Sasuke are sound asleep, Naruto has been tossing and turning, and sweating a little as his mind drifted through his slumber…
(Dream…
It was daylight as Naruto found himself appeared at the bridge where he usually meets his teammates, however, he doesn't see neither Kakashi nor Sasuke, instead he spotted Sakura standing there looking over the edge of the bridge,
"Sakura-chan," he smiled as he approaches her, as she turned to him with a happy expression, he stopped suddenly when he soon discovered Akalra appeared beside Sakura as she too turned to him with her emotionless expression,
"Akalra," he said.
"How pathetic," he heard a voice, he quickly turned around and saw… Akeeba standing before him, he chuckles evilly,
"A demon-child dreaming of becoming Hokage?" he said and laughed at him like before, which pisses Naruto off. He clenched his fist and charged at him,
"You bastard!" he yelled at him as he went to threw a punch at his face, but only to his surprise Akeeba's body scattered by crows which caused Naruto to lose his balance and soon fell right into the darkness where he disappeared.
Afterwards, he opened his eyes, and stared at the sky, though it is mostly blocked by the leaves of the trees. His body is lying on the ground and yet his head is resting something soft but is not a pillow, he slowly looked over and discovered… Akalra looking down at him as he discovered himself laying his head on her lap at the opened field near a tree.
"You've been through so much. No mother nor father, you've been feared by others in your kinda for you contain the creature sealing within you," she said to him as she stroke his blonde hair as Naruto just stared at her, not saying a word as he find himself relaxed in this position and with her.
"Such a burden you have become, but it doesn't have to be like this," she said, which did made Naruto look confused by her words,
"Once my kind take over this dimension you shall join us as we spread all throughout each village until there is nothing left," she stated, which did form a shocking expression on Naruto face. He pulled his head off her lap and sat up,
"What are you talking about?" he asked her, until,
Growl!
He turned and saw the wild gray-striped feline beast again as it approached them getting to attack, Naruto quickly got up and pulled out his kunai knife, position to fight it, until…
Whistle!
He heard that whistling siren like before, which causes his muscles in his body to become numb and his lungs clenched making him feel suffocated. The beast in front of him collapsed by the sound and then so did Naruto. He lay on the ground paralyzed as Akalra approached him like before, she crouched down and placed her hand on his face as he lay helplessly,
"You will be part of a whole new future, and what better way of becoming strong is by embracing the inner spirit of the creature from within," she said to him, Naruto couldn't speak as he couldn't breathe,
"Come join us Mr. Uzumaki, so you will never feel the burden nor fear by others no longer, I assure you will serve great purpose by being among your kind," she said as she revealed her fangs as her eyes became paler.)
Gasped!
Naruto gasped for air after awakened from that amazing horrifying dream, he sat up as feels his heart racing as his body is sweaty. He looked over at Sasuke and Shino as they're still asleep, which he is glad cause he doesn't want to disturb them once they head out first thing in the morning, he lay back down to recuperate his thoughts about his dream, about what Akalra said, was that really a dream or a vague memory he never knew about until now.
Inner thoughts…
In a room, Sakura, Kyro, and the other children are sitting in a circle after Kyro finished treating her injured arm, she looked at all the children who are all trapped here by their demon counterparts.
"You've all been trapped here by your counter-parts for years? And none of you were able to find a way out of here?" she asked,
"Our counter-parts monitor are every move, even if we try to find the way they'll stop us in any way to prevent us from finding it," Kyro answered,
"How did you all end up here?" Sakura asked,
"We… hardly remember much actually, we've been here for so long, our memories from the outside slowly deteriorates within each passing time," Kyro explained. Sakura turned to the children as one of them spoke,
"I know I have siblings but I can't seem to remember their names… their faces… or if I have only brothers or sisters… maybe both, I don't' know," Onginji said feeling agitated,
"I know that I'm a musician but I've been having a hard time remembering which instrument I play. Was it a flute… violin… a tambourine? I don't even know what type of music I play, it's so frustrating," Maraku said looking distressed.
"We know we're brothers since we both look alike," Khin said,
"But we don't remember who is older and who is younger," Khan said as he shrugged his shoulders,
"I can't remember my own birthday… or my mommy," Chikuma said as she looks down feeling sad,
Sakura is saddened and concerned by all the children, as they been here for so long, they're slowly forgotten the outside world, which then led to fear that she might soon lose some of her memories too. She turned back to Kyro,
"What about you? Do you remember anything?" she asked him, Kyro frowned as he fell silent for a moment as he expression display disappoint,
"… I've been here longer than everyone, so… I don't remember much about myself except… wanting to become a doctor like my father… if only I remember his name," he said, Sakura felt sadden for him, and then,
"And also… this stranger, a man I believe, he appears all friendly and charming, although, when he made that charismatic smile on his face… I noticed his fangs," he described, Sakura's eyes grew wide.
"He was no man, but a demon disguised as a man, and he goes by the name…" he said until,
"Akeeba Ronakasbi," Sakura spoke out, Kyro and the other children looked at her surprised when she said the stranger's name,
"You met him?" Kyro asked,
"I have, I also saw his fangs when he smiled at me, I thought it was my imagination but…" she said before she to a moment to think,
"I think… I may have a possibility of how we are all connected here," she said.
Day 6, miles away from the village, rest place…
The sun is yet to rise but the morning has reached, the man and his nephew slept in the same room while the stranger is resting in the room right next to them. The man woke up from his mat before he turned over to his nephew next to him,
"Wake up nephew, we need to get ready to head out," he said to his nephew while he gently shook him to awake him, his nephew rubbed his eyes and yawned,
"But what about the man?" he asked his uncle,
"I'm about to check on him, you should start getting dress, we need to leave soon," he said to his nephew before he left to go the other room.
The man arrived to the room to discover… the mat is empty and the white-haired stranger is gone, which surprises the man that the stranger has left already but rather concerned; he and his nephew were able to give him the remedy to cure his paralyzed body but he shouldn't be moving around for at least another hour or so. From the moment he stepped inside the room, in a blink of an eye,
Swift!
Bam!
The man grunted when he was suddenly been pushed against the ground, his left arm was pulled to the back, he felt a knee pinning him down and saw a kunai knife close to his face, he was able to look who pinned him down, and it was none other than the white-haired stranger, who is not only recovered and awake, but is pissed off as hell as he glares down at the man,
"Who the hell are you and where am I?" Jiraya said angrily, taking major precaution on the count of what happened to him yesterday.
To be continued…
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