AN: *Sigh* I'm starting to hate myself for this. This is quickly moving along. Also, if you guys don't like the fact that they are wolves, let me know in the reviews if I should change it before it's too late. Anyway, here is the next chapter. This is (the beginning) of the explanation of why the timelines don't match up exactly right. I did this on accident, but then I came up with an idea to fix it, and here it is.
I woke up in a hospital bed for the second time today. I went to lean up, but something was restraining me. I looked to me left and right, and saw I was strapped down. I panicked and started flailing around. "He shouldn't be awake, subdue him!" I heard a voice shout faintly. Something warm touched my forehead, and I fell asleep again.
I opened my eyes and found myself in a long, dark hallway. In front of me was an open door with light spilling out. I turned around to see a closed door with a large, metal bar holding it closed, along with a piece of paper which I assumed was a seal to keep it closed. I turned back around and started walking towards the open door. After realizing how loud my footsteps were, I started walking quietly. As I approached, I heard a voice from inside the room.
"Hurry up, stop waiting at the door." called a raspy voice. I turned around and saw a man with short, silver hair and a round face. He had small, slanted eyes with thin lips and a black cloak on. He had simmering green eyes. He started walking forward, and I went to stop him. He then walked right through the arm that I tried to use to stop him, as if I were a ghost. He then opened the door to the room more and walked in. I followed him into the room and was shocked by what I saw. The hallway lead into a huge, golden hall, with massive pillars running from floor ceiling alongside a curtain leading to a majestic chair, almost as if it were a throne. The seat was adorned with drapes of red and gold, there were lion heads on the ends of the arm rests, and there was a giant golden lion head above the throne.
Flanking the throne were two statues of wolves that looked faintly familiar. After looking at them closely, I realized that I recognized them. They were statues of the ones that were sealed inside me! Suddenly, the statues stood up and walked over to the man that had just entered, and started circling him and sniffing him, as if searching for weapons. Then the one that looked like the male turned to where I was standing and growled.
So, you have decided to come. His voice echoed in my head. I looked to him and saw that the everything seemed frozen except the two statues. Even the flames in the candles on the wall seemed to have stopped moving. It seems that you are awakening your true bloodline faster than we thought.
"True bloodline? What do you mean? Where are we? What is going on? How did I get here?" I asked, looking around confused.
All in due time. For now, just watch and listen. Do not disturb anything or try to interfere with anything. The female voice spoke in my head. I nodded and swallowed the questions that I was tempted to ask. The, everything went back into motion, almost as if our discussion hadn't happened.
"News?" asked the figure on the throne. He was covered in shadows, almost as if he was wearing them like a cloak. The man with silver hair knelt.
"Yes, my lord. The attack on the village was successful." He said, looking up. The man on the throne nodded thoughtfully.
"And the beasts? Did you seal them into the appropriate targets?" He asked. Beasts? What beasts? I thought, confused. However, the man on the ground nodded.
"They only managed to one target, so they decided to seal both beasts into him. However, they were able to grab the second target after the attack and bring her here. All we need is for the first target to arrive, and then we can set Phase 2 into motion." He said, standing up. At the mention of a second target, he waved his hand forward, and two men came in with a body hanging limply between them. It took me a second to recognize the figure hanging there, as she was covered in bruises and blood. Once I did recognize the girl hanging there, my blood began to boil. Himawari had been taken, and then beaten, possibly for information. I had to focus so hard to not lash out that I missed a few sentences.
"-able to grab the first target when he-" the silver haired man was saying, before getting cut off by the man on the throne.
"If hedecides to come." He said slowly. "Now rise and go retrieve the target." The silver-haired man stood up, nodded, and left through the door, motioning for the two guards to follow. After he left, the man on the throne turned to where I was standing. "Now that you know where we are, come retrieve her." He said, and I realized with a jolt he was talking to me.
"If you so much as lay a finger on her, I swear to god I'll kill you!" I snarled at him, and he laughed.
"The entrance to this place is by the Pillar of Loss. The one where one thing ended, and another began." He told me. He stood up and waved his hand, and I was gone. I opened my eyes again, and I was lying in a hospital bed. I looked around and saw that I wasn't restrained, but when I went to sit up, I fell back against the back of the bed, unable to keep myself up. I looked around and saw that I was alone. On the left side of my bed was crutches. I grabbed them and used them to help me stand. I walked around my bed for a few minutes to get use to the crutches, and then hobbled towards the door. I opened it and left the room, closing the door behind me. I turned down a hallway with a sign that said "lobby" on it and pointed left. After walking for a little bit, I came to some stairs and sighed. I started making my way down but tripped on a step and fell down the stairs. I groaned and pushed myself up.
"Oh my god, are you okay?" asked a girl, running up to me. I nodded, and she helped me stand up. She then helped my grab my crutches and helped me towards the main character.
"I'm looking for Saukra Haruno." I told the nurse at the front desk. She looked me up and down and down and then nodded. She told another nurse something, and the nurse responded quietly. After a few minutes, the nurse returned.
"Sorry, Sakura Haruno isn't in right now." she told me.
"Well, can you get me Tsunade Senju then?" I asked, and the nurse nodded. She went to the back, and Tsunade came out a few minutes later.
"Ah, Iwa, long time no see!" she told me. I just nodded in return. "What do you need?" she asked me.
"I need to be discharged from the hospital." I said. Tsunade just shook her head. I sighed. "Listen, I know where Himawari is, and if I don't get there quickly, they'll probably torture her more and kill her!" I said urgently, almost dropping my crutch. I caught it again and set it under my arm. She glared at me.
"Fine." She huffed. "But if you get yourself any more injured than you already are, then I'll kill you," She told me, grabbing some paperwork off the desk. She the filled it out and placed it back onto the desk. I nodded and left the hospital. As soon as I left, I ditched the crutches, as I was able to walk again.
The Pillar of Loss, huh... Where one thing ended, and another began... They wouldn't dare! I thought, and then jumped away. I continued running, fueled by fury. I finally stopped in the forest where I buried my parents. Engraved on the bottom stone was the words Aru koto ga owari,-betsu no koto ga hajimatta basho. I chuckled. Where one thing ended, and another began. I touched my hand to the tower and channeled chakra into it. The tower disappeared, and in its place was a trapdoor. I chuckled to myself again. Then I felt a new wave of fury at them for messing with my parent's grave. I opened the trapdoor and jumped into the hole.
AN: Damn, this took long! My hands ache. Anyway, what do you guys think? I think this is the longest chapter I have done so far, correct me if I'm wrong. Anyway, like said in the AN above, this is the first chapter to the fist arch of this story. Let's get it underway! In the next chapter, of course.