Here it comes, the next chapter in a tale of Love and Shadow:
And now you will find out the identity of the mysterious Boss.
I do not own Naruto (even though I wish I did).
Chapter 2: An Enemy Revealed
"Sakura?" Naruto as he slowly started to regain consciousness. He remembered how Sakura was about to tell him something important and then everything went dark. Slowly Naruto got up and realized that there was something missing from his apartment, Sakura. Quickly Naruto rushed out of his apartment and began to jump from roof to roof looking for the pink haired shinobi. After several hours with no success Naruto was getting desperate, "Where are you Sakura?" quickly realizing that there was someone who could help him to track Naruto rushed to the Inuzuka compound.
After arriving at the Inuzuka compound Naruto was quickly escorted to where Kiba was. "I guess being the hero of the Fourth Great Ninja War has some advantages." though Naruto as he arrived to the families main kennels where Kiba was tending to the dogs alongside Akamaru.
"Hey Naruto, what brings the Leaf's great hero to my humble home?" shouted Kiba as he moved to shake Naruto's hand. Kiba had not changed much since the end of the war; he still acted like there wasn't a care in the world. Akamaru was a different story, he had aged a bit and was not quite as fast as he used to but still looked like he could take out anyone he deemed a threat to Kiba or his family.
"I need to your help Kiba. Sakura has gone missing and I think that she has been kidnapped." Naruto told Kiba of how he and Sakura had been in his apartment and then the mysterious object had burst through his window and sprayed the gas that had knocked the both of them out. "Can you and Akamaru help me?" Naruto pleaded with Kiba.
"Of course I can help you Naruto. What kind of friend would I be if I could not help a friend get his girl back; however, Akamaru is too old for this kind of work I will have to use some of my other dogs." said Kiba.
"Thank you Kiba, we have to hurry they have a good size head start." Kiba quickly assembled his three best trackers. "I think that we should start at your apartment. This way the dogs can get the scent of the people that attacked you in addition to Sakura's." said Kiba. After saying goodbye to his family Kiba and Naruto returned to Naruto's apartment to hopefully pick up the trail they needed. After they arrived at the apartment Naruto noticed that there was a group of Anbu guards outside his apartment.
As they got closer a figure emerged from the apartment; "Kakashi, what are you doing here?" both of them shouted. It was strange for the Hokage to be seen outside his office since all he seemed to do these days was paperwork. "Now is that anyway to address your Hokage? Especially when he is the one person who knows who you are looking for." tossing a small object to Naruto.
Naruto recognized the object from earlier Naruto asked Kakashi if he knew what this was. "I do indeed Naruto, though I had hoped to never see that symbol again."
In a secret base in the former Land of Sound:
Kino and Daigus slowly entered the main hall where a figure in a white lab coat awaited them. The man was messing around with a console never once looking up from his work. "We got the girl Lord Tsumi" said Kino. "That is good; the plan is coming along quite nicely." said the man. He pressed a button on the console which caused a screen to turn on revealing an unconscious Sakura. "She is in excellent condition and will help us to realize our dream".
"You got that right Tsumi." said Daigus. "Soon all those Konoha wretches will…" suddenly a bolt of shadow flew from Tsumi's hand slamming Daigus into the far wall. "How dare you address me like that you impertinent fool." shouted Tsumi, rage practically shooting from his eyes. "You are lucky that your shadow cloak ability has been of some use to me or I would have sent you to the abyss long ago."
"I am sorry my Lord please do not send me there I promise that I will remember from now on." pleaded Daigus as he struggled to his feet. He should have known that would happen, Tsumi was one of those people that were easily angered by any sign of disrespect. Daigus also knew that the abyss was one place of unspeakable horrors, definitely a place that one wanted to avoid.
"So what is the next step Lord Tsumi?" said Kino stepping closer to the console display.
Turning back to the monitor Tsumi muttered "Now we begin the harvest."
To be continued…
So I hope that everyone enjoyed this chapter. I also hope that you guys like the villain, his motivations and abilities will become clear in the next chapter. As always reviews are welcome.