Faded Requiem- chapter 3- blood moon
INNOCENTSAKURA- yeah, so. um im back. i kinda went afk there for a little bit. : laughs nervously::
ITACHI- a little bit?
INNOCENTSAKURA- ok, ok.its been a long time. ::looks from side to side:: i, ah...it was...::spots kakashi in the corner, points at him:: it was his fault. i blame him.
KAKASHI-::looks up at the sound of his name:: huh?
INNOCENTSAKURA- oh its nothing, just nod and say yes. besdies its time to read my next chapter. enjoy. ::laughs more::
Grey clouds drifted across the sky, basking in the pure darkness the full moon cast above a lone village. This village, the hidden village of leaf lay dark within the night, illuminated only by the shadows. Not even those clouds could mask the penetrating light of the moon. Most of the inhabitants of this village, shinobi and citizen alike, slept unaware of this. tucked happily in their warm comfy beds, dreaming of honor and love. All except a select few, gathered in the crampt office of the hokage. and those select few now stood gaping at the interuption of a man. a man they all knew as kakashi.
The silver haired shinobi stood before them, hair messier than usual; not in uniform, clothed in only his black jounin pants and wifebeater; sharingan uncovered. What phased them most, what made them stand there, mouths to the floor, eyes opened wide, was the fact that he had just interupted a mission briefing. Just standing there. no distracted wave. no excuse. no 'yo' in response. just a regular man standing before them. .
"kakashi what the hell are you doing." The fifth's death glare borrowed into him, even from behind her solid oak desk and stacks upon stacks of files. a fist slamming down with her monsterous strength could fix that, reducing that pile, along with the desk to nothing more than ruble. " How dare you barge in here when im in the middle of a mission debreifing."
The four others in the room took a step back, fearful of the hokages anger. but one senbon chewing shinobi seemed to care very little, leaning against the wall lazily. " yeah kakashi. whats with you. lose your precious books?" a small chuckle escaped his lips.
It seemed that only then did the copy ninja realize his demeanor. scratching the back of his head, his right eye creased happily.The typical trade mark kakashi. "oh. ive been taking acting lessons."
" really kakashi. you need to stop with these bad lies." kurenai shoke her head, now stuck between a rock and a hard place. kakashi, the rock. tsunadae, the hard place. still, her hand instinctively shot up, ripping the cigarette from asumas lips. Though the man knew better than to argue, he'd simply take another out when she was not looking.
"a hai hai. i guess i need some wo-" his now calm and distracted behavior was interupted by the raging fire in the hokages eyes.
" kakashi. out now!"
" on my way" he paused, then turned around pointing towards the window. "one more thing hokage. look out your window."
it wouldn't take a rock scientist to figure out tsunadae was on her last nerve, and no matter how much she respected kakashi as a shinobi, she was ready to rip his head off and feed it to his dogs. " ill humour you, but i want you gone by the time i turn around." and that she did, drawing back the curtains. but what awaited her she would never have expected. staring back at her was the moon, hidden behind a blanket of sky. no words passed from her lips. her death glare soon melted into a confused frown. " you better still be there kakashi..."
" hai. " there was no more time for jokes, no more time for foolishness or her temper. The copy ninja merely stood there, looking down at the floor, which seemed very interesting at the moment. " i came as soon as i could."
a mere nod was sufficient. however, an unknowing Genma stomped on the uneasy atmosphere. " huh? whats with you two. whats going on?" having no clue, the senbon chewing shinobi looked back and forth between his friend and the hokage. seeing that they were not going to devuldge such information, he turned to his dear beloved friends, kurenai and asuma. " will you two tell me what's going on. or do i need to be a little bit more...pursuasive." with that he nudged towards kurenai, making as if he was going to undo his pants.
" genma. for gods sake keep your pants on. now isnt the time. " seriously the crimson eyed kunoichi was growing very tired of his, well, being a male. a disgrunteled groan was all she needed. and it seemed like tsunadaes paitence was waining. turning her stare from the copy ninja, her eyes narrowed in genmas direction. shaking her head in disbelief, she was in front of him in a second, reaching up and grabbing him by the ear, pulling him towards the window.
" are you stupid! look with your own eyes. Is that normal to you!" his pretty little face was pressed so close to the window, his eyes narrowed to the point where he could hardly see. but the one thing he did notice, the moon was gone. " ...what the..." he muttered, slowly backing his head away as the monsterous womans grasp withdrew.
" that is what we are talking about. and no we dont know what it is...kakashi...do you have any ideas..." all attention was now on him. whether he liked it or not, none could tell. though his gaze never once left the floor. ' it couldn't be...' he thought to himself.
" no idea." a long silence proceeded the almost whisper from his dry throat, still recovering from that weird dream he had. was there a connection?
" could it be orochimaru? another planned attack on the village?" this time it was asuma that spoke up.
" no, its not his way of thinking. he wouldn't attack knowing we had time to prepare. hes too much of a coward to face us at full strength. if anything he'd plan another suprise attack." true maybe the fifth hadn't been there for orochimarus attack on the hidden leaf, but she was still his former teamate and knew him. " however, it could be..."
" akastuki..." finished kakashi as if on que. at the mention of the name alone, all hung their heads to the floor, knowin full well what this meant if it indeed was true.
" a frown was plastered upon the blonde womans face. looking down at the pile of papers scattered upon the floor, she spotted one. one that caught her eye. reachign down she looked a little more closely.
" what is it hokage sama?" it was kurenai this time.
But she said nothing. For infront of her was a winning lottery ticket. " i have a bad feeling about this..."
INNOCENTSAKURA::waits in suspense:: sooooooo..
ITACHI- ::looks up:: oh, did it already start?
INNOCENTSAKURA- ::sweat drops:: well, i know its kinda short...
ITACHI- ::nods::
NAMOURI- ::bursts through the door:: hey hey. im not in this one. the script said i was. whats the deal.
INNOCENTSAKURA- um, yeah...about that, well, ...thats everything for now, hopefully i wont take too long for the next chapter.