A/N: Two different updates in one day, WHOOOOOOOOOo!
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Let the craziness continue, onward!
Been a couple of years, I know.
How do I put this...
...I'm tired.
Tired of a great many things, which I won't go into discussion with here. I might take a break after this, reassess my life goals. Its that or quite, and that's something I sorely don't want to do. But I can't keep running myself into the ground.
Don't worry, I'm not going crazy or anything, just airing some mental laundry, so to speak.
As much as I wish it were so, I don't get paid to do this, and that takes its toll. Toss in mental problems as well as health issues and you've got a regular basket case on your hands. Its not like I sit at home and write this stuff all day either-though sometimes I wish I did! Like all of you, I work for a living, and this is very much a side hobby. I've got a place of my own, a house and a nephew to look after...I could go on, but I won't bore you with the menial details of my life. Suffice to say the writing pitch I was counting on to add some extra income wasn't well received and I had to back to the drawing board and start over.
Anyhow, here it is...
As ever, the title is a joke.
Gonna say it right now, nobody in Konoha is safe as far as Blue's "urges" are concerned...
Any quotes affiliated with Team Four Star belongs to them! Not me!
"He was...not sweet."
"Oh, bite me."
"Happily!"
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Sugar is Sweet
Hunger.
The need to find food drove Blue; like the drums of a great hunt pounding in her blood. She could no sooner deny it than she could cease breathing. Shadows reflected a changing portrait in the night as she flitted across the rooftops. A thief in the night. Raptor one moment, woman the next, then some strange hybrid of the two, only to shift all over again. Her spirit was restless and so was her form. She'd long since lost the ability to try and contain herself. In all fairness, she'd last longer than expected. After two weeks of hunger, she simply couldn't be bothered to wait anymore.
Her growing appetite needed to be satiated and sated now.
She needed meat.
Fresh meat.
It wasn't Naruto's fault. Not really. He could only steal or scrounge so much for her. Even his ingenuity had limits, limits preoccupied by his training and the coming exams. At first she hadn't given the matter any concern given that he'd never become a shinobi. Then someone had pulled strings and each of them suddenly-and mysteriously-wound up with headbands and orders to train for the coming trials. In a month's time they would be tested with the rest. All thanks to their silent patron. Blue had a fair idea who that "someone" might be.
But now was not the time for that.
Her hunger must be attended.
It was time to hunt.
Choosing her next "meal" had become something of a conundrum; complicated by the village's heightened security for the coming exams. After she'd devoured the fat one, they'd been on edge. She would have to choose carefully now. An unguarded target would be best. Someone who wouldn't be missed. There would be plenty of meals later once the guests arrived, but for now, she needed something juicy to tide her over until the time of feasting came again. Alas, the chances of finding such a soft meal was unlikely. Besides, shinobi tasted better. The round one alone had kept her sated for months.
If she could find a suitable replacement...ah!
Flitting into an alley, she landed in a pointed crouch, her body swaying in place. A fit of dizziness sent her surroundings spinning, and she steadied herself against the wall. Once more her form shifted; supple flesh taking the place of hardened scales. Irritated by her brief bout of weakness, she crushed her hand against. In the distance she thought she heard muted laughter.
"So hungry...
Must've been her imagination.
Belatedly, she realized where her hunt had taken her.
Sharpened senses found what she'd sought in an instant.
Raising her head, she pushed a strand of azure out of her eyes and sniffed.
The Hyuuga Compound lay before her in all its stoic glory; a peerless feast for those willing to venture within. Only a high wall flanked by two sleepy sentries barred her path. She could imagine their mindset. Even after a murderous rampage on her part, the white-eyed fools still believed no one would target them. With the virtual extinction of the Uchiha, the wielders of the Byakugan had become complacent. Now that their long-despised rivals were all but gone-with Uchiha Itachi being the last-what did they have to fear? Unchallenged for so long, they had grown lax.
Lazy.
Blue regarded her potential target with wide, silent golden eyes.
A small, savage smile plucked at the corner of her mouth and she bit her thumb to prevent herself from rushing headlong into the compound. A risk to be sure, given that a number of them could immobilize her with a few precise strikes, but the prize! The priiiiiiize! Just the thought of the tantalizing morsels that lay within made her salivate. Surely, it would be easy enough to isolate a single Hyuuga from the rest. After all, there were plenty of them. Who would miss one? Or two? Or three? No! Bad girl! She couldn't afford to be a glutton. Naruto would grow angry with her if she needlessly took lives, especially innocent ones.
He had been cross with her for quite some time after she'd eaten the fat one.
It had taken no small amount of cuddling on her part to earn his forgiveness after that.
No, this time her target must be someone of considerably less regard toward her mate. Hmm. The thought momentarily distracted her as it warmed her cold body. Stubbornly arresting her flight of fancy, she turned each of her senses outward, searching for that telltale blossom of heat that signified a target separated from the pack-aha!
Slitted eyes narrowed.
There.
Him.
He'd do.
More fool he for going on a walk in the middle of the night!
Leg muscles tensed, veins bulging in her calves as she bent forward in a runner's crouch. Clearing the wall was one thing, but the sentries were another matter. Even a half-awake shinobi could sound the alarm and ruin everything. She had yet to be caught, of course, but that could easily change with a single mistake. And if she was caught, that would jeopardize her chances. Still, her target was perilously close to the wall, which meant she couldn't take her time. Speed was of the essence and she would have no time to savor her meal. Genin or not, she couldn't afford a fight.
'In that case...
She burst forward.
...I'll just dine and dash!
The Hyuuga guards registered little more than a burst of smoke before she roared past them. Into them. Clawed hands closed around their heads and crushed them against the wall, hard enough to stun, but not kill. They might have cracked skulls, but they'd live with treatment. Blue took a millisecond to preen at her restraint. Surely she'd be praised for being so careful! Then momentum caught up with her and the hybrid barreled through the wall to find her target lurking beyond, slamming a hand over his mouth to stifle his screams.
Incredibly, he didn't scream despite her assault.
Rather, he gawped at her in disbelief.
Stones and shattered masonry sprayed between them and for a fleeting moment all was silent.
All was still.
Then Neji squawked.
"What in the blue hell are you?!"
Muffled though the words were, they still conveyed the fear the genin no doubt felt as he gazed up at those serrated teeth. Blue beamed, uncaring if his fear tainted the meat. Doubtless he thought himself invincible like the rest of his clan. Untouchable. In a sense she was killing two birds with one stone. He had often tormented the smaller Hyuuga. She remembered seeing the marks. Doubtless he would've done the same for Naruto in direct combat. Yes, he would've been...problematic for Naruto in the Chunin exams. Now he wouldn't bother anyone ever again.
And she received a free meal for her services.
All in all, the hybrid considered it a win.
Thusly, she beamed a thim.
"Blue."
Then she bit down.
Hard.
(...Scene Break...)
In hindsight, Naruto wasn't surprised when she returned to the apartment licking her chops.
...who was it this time?"
"Urk!"
Blue at least had the grace to look sheepish that she'd been caught.
"Um...this isn't what it looks like."
"Oh?" he didn't look up from where he lay on the bed, absently turning to another page in his novel. "What does it look like then?"
Gibberish answered him.
A small whine escaped her as she tucked her tail between her legs, head hanging low. Indeed, she looked like a kicked puppy trying to look up at him through her dark lashes. The latter proved considerably difficult, given how tall she'd grown over the last few weeks. If the bloodstains on her dress didn't give it away, her expression did. He paid her absolutely no heed as she stripped off the bloody dress and burned it. Rather, he refused to face her until she donned a clean flannel and something that reasonably passed in the way of pants.
Waving, she gave him her most adorable of smiles.
"Blue...
Naruto wasn't fooled. No, not in the least.
"Alright, but you can't be mad at me."
Naruto's left eye twitched.
"What did you do?"
"I was minding-
"Bullshit."
Blue mewled softly.
"But I was! Its not my fault I found them when I was so...hungry."
He'd long since given up on the notion of stopping her little hunts anymore. At best he could direct her toward Konoha's less reputable individuals. Oftentimes he failed and she chose victims for herself. On a certain level he knew this wouldn't end well, but he simply lacked the power to stop her anymore. His sole hope was to steer her toward the village's criminal element...what little remained of it. Barring that, she was going to make a mistake at this rate...that, or eat her way through every shinobi fool enough to aggravate her.
"Who was it this time?" he sighed into his hands.
"Neji Hyuuga. He was...not sweet."
The blond groaned.
"Ohhh, bite me."
Blue beamed.
"Happily!"
A/N: And there we go! I'm fairly certain no one has tried this angle, but after reading the actual Jurassic World novel, not the junior one, its a piece of crap-I felt kinda bad for ol' Blue. So I decided to give this a go! Hope ya like it!
So...in the Immortal Words of Atlas...
...Review Would Ya Kindly? And of course, enjoy the preview and tell me what ye think! Thar be one and its utterly hilarious! This story's going to fly off the rails and laugh in canon's face! Its unabashedly oozing fluff and all kinds of sweet, sugary goodness...!
Now, I'm tired so I'm going to bed.
Enjoy the chaos below!
(Preview!)
"Sooooooooooooo hungry."
Gaara scowled darkly.
"Shall I feed you to mother?"
"No. You'll feed me!"
Blue growled.
"What did the five fingers say to the face?"
Orochimaru's eye twitched.
"Why would they-
SLAP~!
Yup, totally went there. Sorry, folks! EVERYONE'S FAIR GAME HERE!
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