Yo!
How's it going? I hope everyone is safe.
I was absolutely blown away by how many people liked how I ended the story. Thank you all so much!
I'm sorry to disappoint but this isn't the epilogue for Silent Night. I decided to end it like that. I'm not used to writing an update like this so I apologize if I sound awkward XD
There won't be a sequel to Silent Night, at least not as far as I can see.
First, I want to give a shout out to everyone that reviewed and everyone that sent me a message after finishing Silent Night. I friggin appreciate it so damn much. So I want to give individual shout outs, please hang on; they're a lot.
GIGANTIC SHOUT OUT TO PsychoMonarch701, RollingFire, v. saivarun, Weegee1, TheBrokenTool, Yologamer, xanna12345, uflesh940, Yamajiji, layettejean, anthonym3, TheAussieRogue, darkwolfz, David Ezequiel, TouyaGuren, angel11xpr, 777torn777, ericjr1411, LeviDragon, AsapCodi, Primarx, CrookedKing1996, Shadowmage Infiltrator, shinobinoyami16, Ishimura Taiki, Falcon800, DragoFae24, firetemplar415, Luca Savini, KakeruPB, octiman, jmknz777, dominator088, Night-Wolf Pack, Ricknn, ankur2005, paulagustin101, lord 7th, theoneguy1242, dreamkiller415, TheKing91, Drakord, LunaAnt, Hotdog6666, BJJF691, Arraia, Saiyan prince1, Cooljazzftw, TheTailedBeastMage, lordshuvra, BONED, xX kelrim Xx, zerkses, Tohka123, Apocalyptica-sama, Crimson Black Death, Darkwave20, ToxicMeltdown, skfff, thermalplayer88, Caloo0, Bakeneko, golemsilagan29, Worrior Of The North, Jackson and Lokitazz0, ramsesjames05, GamerX568 and monkwindu. You're all phenomenal people :)
To Bakeneko: I'm sorry, dude, I don't want to take up someone else's story. Thanks for your wonderful review though!
Next is to let you all know that I plan on posting a new story tomorrow (hopefully). Here are a few scenes in the new story. They're not in this particular order; I'll be featuring some stuff from the second chapter and one other bit from the third chapter. Some things might be flashbacks, some might be present events; you won't know until you read when it comes out. You'll find out the name of the story after…hehehe
Enjoy…
The man hummed and scratched his chin, opening the cabinet and bringing out a loaf of sliced wheat bread. "You're lucky this isn't a school night, kid."
The Uchiha boy raised an eyebrow, distractedly swinging his legs. "Or you'd knock me out?"
The man nicknamed Blue turned to his nephew with a wide, honest-to-kami smirk. "Yup." He tore open the bread leather and handed the boy a slice, looking in the pantry for a second before he retrieved a jar of strawberry jam, no artificial flavours, very expensive but very much worth each ryu spent. "You're parents entrusted you to me for the weekend so they can have their honeymoon in Snow country."
The boy nibbled on his bread, watching as his uncle spread a thick layer of jam on another slice, placing one more slice atop and forming a sandwich, putting it on a saucer and handing it to Itachi. "No, their first choice was to give me to Lord Minato and Lady Kushina. Dad thinks you're a flight risk and mom thinks you're unstable."
Blue chuckled and ruffled the boys head. "Even for a kid, you're too honest, Itachi."
The young boy raised an eyebrow. "You're not mad your sister thinks you're unstable?"
The man flicked the boy's forehead. "Finish your sandwich, kid."
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The blue eyed hunter ninja removed his kunai and shuriken holsters from either side of his thighs, both made from the standard leather and each was a forest green, and he chucked them at his nephew, who turned back to him and caught it with a questioning look in his eyes, predominantly a question of why a twenty year old adult would give a seven year old boy lethally sharp weapons.
"If you stop pouting," He wiped out a single, new shuriken between his pointer and middle finger. "I'll show you how to do this."
A small movement of his fingers and that one multiplied into three, and another motion and the three multiplied into ten, fanned out in both of his hands. Itachi's one tomoe sharingan was working a mile a minute to slow down Naruto's actions and to relay to his brain how it was done.
All he saw were the shuriken dividing, and that didn't make sense, not even from an illogical standpoint.
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"What happens when we die, Blue?"
Blue stared at his friend, a laughing smirk on his lips and a raised eyebrow. He looked down at his fishing rod for a split second, almost feeling a tug on his line, then he returned his cerulean gaze to Yugao. "Where's this coming from?"
The girl sniffed and hugged her knees to her chest, her eyes stayed fixed on the still lake, eerily illuminated by the lake. "Just…humour me."
"…I'd like to think we disappear forever to meet with people that've already gone."
Yugao scoffed and briefly flicked her eyes to Naruto. "Poetic."
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"We don't have time for this." Blue hissed and motioned for Kirino to follow Yugao into the trapdoor inside a downstairs office the sword user had discovered. He dutifully went after the Aburame, guarding her back as well as providing a set of eyes that could also see better and further ahead than Yugao's, thus covering her as well with his mid-range launchers. Before he entered the trapdoor, he said to his Hatake teammate. "Either you're with us or you're not."
He dropped down into the tunnel and proceeded ahead.
What they saw would stain their minds for the rest of their lives.
Human beings being kept in dirty cells, barely enough for them to stand up straighter than a deep hunch or wide enough for their arms to come up even a little. There was basically no visibility except for a few oil lamps, illuminating the bloody, muddy faces of the Konoha shinobi prisoners.
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"Because you are an asset doesn't mean you aren't disposable."
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The water turned of red sulphur, charring his throat and burning his lungs to a putrid black, incinerating his soul.
His flailing became more violent as the Shinigami's grasped into his body and held his spirit in its spindly skeletal fingers.
He opened his mouth and roared, a horrendous bellow of air bubbles that exploded from his mouth and rose up as he descended to his doom.
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Orochimaru gave the man a lipless, reptilian smile. "I will never betray you, Naruto." She lightly thumped her left fist on her chest and flicked her pointer and little finger out, placing the back of her hand, and thus the horned hand sign, on her forehead. "I swear, I love you." her yellow eyes looked deep into his eyes, past the surface and looked into his tormented soul. "Believe me."
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"Our friends are worried about you. We only want what's best for you, Naruto. Don't forget that."
The Blue Uchiha didn't reply.
Killing Off the Blue Uchiha
And done.
Anyone interested?
I didn't know how to end it without revealing too much, so there you have it.
Please stay safe, wherever you are in the world. I'll see you when I see you.
Foy.