Chapter 5
"The Demon's Den"
Despite the fact that it had been a full week without incident, Sasuke could tell the demon of fire country was on edge. Every day he came to visit he watched from the other side of those cold harden steel bars as the blonde paced his caged just like an anxious apex predator just ready to pounce.
"I seriously did not think this through," He placed an open palm on top of his blonde locks rubbing them before grinning at the unamused Uchiha.
"A lot of people in the village would say you're a fool." The raven glanced to the side he was sitting crossed-legged on the opposite side of the prison bars his pale digits entwined over the bridge of his nose, while his elbows rested on his knees.
Watching the demon intently, he remained silent. There were so many questions he wanted to ask, and yet subconsciously his dark gaze landed on the guard to his left there were eavesdroppers everywhere. What was Danzō planning? The Hokage remained unnervingly quiet for the past week.
"Yeah, about that..." He turned to glance at the cell wall behind him. He turned back scratching his chin in thought.
"What did you think was going to happen? You waltz in here and come collect me?"
"That's precisely what I thought was gonna happen."
"You're joking you can't be that dumb!" Sasuke and the Jonin guard exchanged shocked glances before they both looked back at him to see if he was joking. Oh no he wasn't joking.
"Look don't get me wrong. I was expecting to be locked up... But not for this long." He mumbled the other part.
"For all, we know you're going to be in here for all eternity."
"No no no no not good... That would be really... Bad!" He was shaking his head crossing both arms at his chest as he began to pace harder.
Sasuke had stood grabbing onto the bars, "What's going on!"
"A blood moon is coming." His blue pools had a hint of gold in them reflecting off the cell light.
"Okay?" Sasuke shrugged. What was that supposed to mean?
Naruto seemed to come to his senses. He smiled at the intense look on both his mate's and the guard's faces.
"I forgot why that was important again. Maybe I have that mixed up with something else." He chuckled his entire demeanor light-hearted this time, and yet Sasuke noticed the guard beside him sigh in relief but he just knew the demon was covering up. He chose to back down and not push the issue any further. He needed to find a way to be alone with the demon. He went along.
"You hungry again?"
"Always," He answered. It almost became a ritual between them. They would eat pork ramen Ichiraku together this started almost about a week ago, once Sasuke found out the blonde had an unhealthy infinity for ramen Ichiraku. Sasuke was shocked the Hokage allowed him to have ramen cooked and prepared for him. They would both sit on either side of the prison cell and ate their meal together that being a cue the day was coming to an end.
"Sweet dreams," The blonde said as Sasuke exited the prison.
That night when Sasuke closed his eyes, he had the most realistic dream that he never could have conjured up, as the familiar smell of copper rushed through his nostrils. He was back in that forest laying on his back staring up at the starry night sky until that familiar porcelain mask came into view hovering millimeters away from his face this was also the first time, he ever had a lucid dream. He was fully aware that this was a dream he was in but why? Why was he here of all places?
"Any last words?"
"What will happen when a blood moon appears?" Just then the pale moonlight broke through the trees. He saw the same reaction from the demon who was sitting so comfortably on top of him.
"Tell me, what is so important about a blood moon?" At first, the demon had grasped his throat.
"Please Naruto I need to know." Was Konoha in danger? The demon hesitated to lift his porcelain mask over his head.
"You finally let me in." He smiled, causing the raven to frown and shove the blonde off of him. The blonde gave an amused chuckle, as they both stood. "Tell me."
"The veil between both our worlds is at its weakest, meaning demons from the other side can slip through."
"What does that have to do with you being locked up?"
"He's coming for me."
"Who?" his mind was swimming He could mean a number of people.
"My grandfather. I'm sure my father won't be able to hold him off."
He jerked his head up with a slight gasp wait wait wait... What!?
"I don't follow. How? Minato is dead and the demons are gone."
"Demons are immortal you kill a demon here and they'll just return to the other side. When a blood moon is present demons are given a brief period out of the year to slip through that fragile veil and return to this world again."
"Was Minato a demon?"
"Yes," he could see the annoyance on Naruto's face.
"How did no one know? He had been Hokage-"
"My dad befriended my mother when she was young and over time, he fell in love with her. He hid the fact from both the village and my grandfather. I'm pretty sure people speculated, but no one had definitive proof. However, my dad could only hide that fact for only so long once my grandfather found out. He took his rage out on this village. Kurama wanted to destroy everything my dad loved because my dad had defined him. My mom sacrificed herself vanquishing both my father and grandfather in the process..." That was it that was all he knew.
According to Jiraiya, his father loved him and his mother and wanted to be with them forever. The fate of his survival rested in the hands of a young chunin. Rather than following orders to eliminate the child, Umino Iruka helped him escape his gruesome faith. The chunin tracked down the place where the babe would be safe, but he failed to realize that it was also the place where the toad sages lived.
"I have to find a way to free you."
"All I need is-" There was a rumble and a sudden jerk that abruptly woke the raven from his sleep he had fallen to the floor below however this wasn't a normal earthquake, as sirens went off his dorm mates were all thrown from their beds everybody looking just as confused as him.
Just then, Mitarashi Anko and Hayate Gekko had burst into both female and male dorm rooms telling them to get dressed.
Almost like a mantra, the question "What's going on?" was repeated. As soon as Sasuke woke up, he hurried to the window in the dorm room and peered outside. As he gazed at the night sky, he wondered where was the moon before rushing to another window then another.
Gekko's brown eyes landed on him. "Sasuke what are doing get dressed?" some of his classmates turn their attention to him. He ignored the chunin instructor slipping past his classmates and Gekko and out of the room door. "Where are you going?"
He rushed outside down the hallway having to catch himself from stumbling as another earthquake rocked the building. He viciously searched the sky for the moon.
"Sasuke!" He saw Sakura coming up.
"What is happening?" she cried.
"We gotta find the moon!"
She stared at him her salmon-colored brows coming together, "whaaa?"
"I'll explain later, first help me find it." They both rushed in opposite directions. Just in case the moon was hiding behind a tree or behind a building. He searched until they were both winded up at the back of the building, they heard their classmates and the instructors leaving the building now.
"Well, we found it. Now what?" They were staring at the moon however it looked no different the moon was a crescent one, not a blood moon. So, what the hell was going on were they under an attack or not? There was a split in the earth as the land itself groaned across the night sky, this caused the buildings to rattle.
Okay, so what was happening? Just then he saw it over by the prison large black clouds stretching up towards the sky above as another earthquake shook their village and then that's when the pair saw a giant ball of light exiting the prison.
"What the hell?" just then a light bathe the both of them entirely that's when the pair heard it. "Ah ha, I found you!" They saw the bright glowing light plummet towards them as the light landed right in front of the shell-shock pair. At first, the pair didn't recognize him, until their eyes lock it was Naruto but how did he escape?
His robs flowed in the wind.
"How did you-?"
"There is no time we have to go?" He held his hand out toward his bewildered mate. Sakura had turned to Sasuke not expecting him to accept the hand offered.
Her emerald green pools widened as she watched her friend the one who was always suspicious and never break the rules reach out and take hold of the same demon who almost ended both their lives.
The blonde had scoped her uncomfortable-looking friend up bridal style, pinning her with his metallic gold gaze, "you can ride on my shoulders if you like."
She shook her head at the offer, "no ill-I'll pass, but please take good care of my virgin friend here-"
"You're a virgin! I can surely remedy that!" The blonde damn near shouted for the who world to hear. It wasn't all that shocking.
"-Sakura shut it!" She heard her already uncomfortable friend bark his face red as rubies. She was going to miss poking fun and pushing his buttons. She could only hope he would be safe. It was his choice, not hers anyway.
With that said they were off the blonde had focused all his chakra taking flight as he kept in the air at lighting-fast speed leaving a stunning Sakura on their awake, they left just as there just as other Shinobi and kunoichi got there. The crowd began to form as they watch the bright yellow light disappear before their eyes.
Sakura did not notice the tears streaming down her face. They had grown close like family.
I'm gonna miss that moody asshole.
The pair had sore above the clouds and out of view.
"I'm so happy you decided to join me." He whispered.
"Did I have a choice?" The raven countered, "if I decided to stay you would have stayed and our Hokage would have done far worst to you for destroying their prison."
"True," he laughed.
"How could that possibly be funny?"
"No use in dwelling on what ifs. I have you in my arms that's all that matter."
So, much for graduation. He had defected from Konoha now. He would be viewed as a traitor.
Once they finally landed, they were back at the demon's home which was located underneath a large old tree.
"I know I can't remain here for long but I wanted to grab a couple of things before we set out."
He lowered his mate to his feet.
"C'mon join me." He coaxed. He was back to normal no longer a ball of light.
A/N: So it begins lol
