Naruto's Weakening Seal and the Darkness Shinobi :

Part I of the Darkness Chronicles

Written by Entei Artist, Devdog47, and Senacku

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This story is written in three perspectives. Kyoka is written by Devdog47, Natari is written by Senacku, and Mikomi is written by Entei Artist. Chapters will have different writing styles because of the variation of authors.

Disclaimer: We do not own Naruto, nor its characters, places, etc., etc.

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Chapter 7

Told by Kyoka Keitaro

I jerked awake from the nightmare I was having. I was in a cold sweat. I didn't remember what happened in my nightmare, but it scared the crap out of me. I looked around me expecting to see my room, but I was in a forest. I saw two people staring at me from the other side of the small clearing we were in. One of them said, "You've finally woken up. What were you screaming about just now?"

I looked at him as if he was insane. I said, "I was screaming? Who are you?"

The two of them looked at each other strangely. I suddenly realized what had happened and that I was tied up. I also realized I was still sick. My head was throbbing and my stomach hurt like crap.

Itachi said, "Are you going to tell us where Naruto is, or not?"

I sat up and said, "That all depends."

Hoshigaki said, "It depends upon what?"

I said, "It depends on what you're going to do when you get him." At this, I laid back down because I was seriously tired and then, I fell back asleep. When I woke up, it was night. Hoshigaki and Itachi had both fallen asleep; that was extreme luck. It wasn't very comfortable to sleep on the ground. I sat up and since my hands were tied behind my back, I slowly slid them under my legs so that they were in front of me.

At this point I realized that all my weapons were gone, of course, but they didn't know that my necklace turned into a small knife if you turned it a certain way. I used my teeth to open it and then, I used it to cut the rope. A few minutes later, my hands were free. I untied my legs and looked over to see my pack with all my weapons sitting on it that was extreme luck, again. I picked it up and quietly put all my weapons inside it. I thought that I was too lucky at this point.

I walked over to Itachi and Hoshigaki. I pretended to throw a kunai at the two, they didn't flinch, which meant they were really asleep. They could've been faking and followed me to the Darkness village when I left. I did the kage bunshin jutsu and summoned two clones. I went to the river, leading to the Darkness village; I sent one of my clones to the south; and my last clone went north, after I got out my compass and found out where I was. I had been running for a day and I was looking for a place to camp when I miraculously happened to see Mikomi tying up some guy. I jumped into the clearing and asked, "Is everything ok, you two?" Mikomi turned around.

"Kyoka, is that you?" Mikomi asked, surprised.

"You bet. Mikomi," I said, holding out my arms.

"Kyoka," she said, happily. We hugged for a second. Mikomi is the only one that will let me give a hug in our group. Natari is too weird and I never really wanted to hug Eureka.

"Kyoka, I knew you would pull through! You didn't beat up that guy, too hard, did you," Mikomi said with a strange smile on her face.

"Not exactly. I was a little sicker than I thought and I fainted. Those two idiots tied me up, since I was the only one who knew where Naruto was, then, they very smartly fell asleep and I escaped. But there is even better news that I think Natari will like. I stuck my tongue out at them and told them they were gay because they wore nail polish," I said, laughing. Mikomi laughed with me.

"I can't believe that," Mikomi said. I looked around for Natari and Eureka.

"Hey, Mikomi, where are the others?"

"Well, I stayed here to fight that guy, who knew Naruto and the others went ahead."

"Really? Well, we better hurry, so we can catch up!"

"Sure, just let me finish tying up this guy." Mikomi finished tying up the guy and we headed off toward the river. As my trump card, to make sure Itachi and Hoshigaki wouldn't be able to follow, when we got to the river, we walked down the river (the opposite way to the Darkness village), making sure, our footsteps were visible, then, we jumped into the river and swam up-steam, the way to the Darkness village. I could have walked on the water, but I wanted to swim. We swam what I thought was half-way to the Darkness village and got out. Mikomi looked at her soaked clothes.

"Hey, Kyoka, these were my last set of clothes, do you have any extras," Mikomi asked me.

"Sure, they may be a bit big, since I'm twice your age, but they're good enough," I said. Mikomi was just sixteen and I was thirty-two. I got out some clothes for Mikomi and me. I threw them at her.

"Thanks," Mikomi said. We changed in the underbrush beside the river. The clothes I gave Mikomi were of course too big, but they were dry. We ran along the river in silence. Soon, when the sunset, we could see a campfire ahead of us. We looked at each other and knew it was Eureka, Naruto and Natari. We ran as fast as we could and practically tripped over each other into the campsite. Natari, Eureka, and Naruto looked up at us.

"Kyoka! I knew you would come back," Natari said.

"Hey, Kyoka," Eureka said.

"You're that girl with the hair that moved," Naruto yelled.

"No one was worried about me?" Mikomi said and that made everyone laugh.

"So, what happened," Natari asked. I explained it to them. Natari patted me on the back when I told her about sticking my tongue out at Itachi and Hoshigaki, just like I knew she would. When, I was done, there was a small silence.

"That's cool! Now have some ramen," Natari said, handing me a bowl of instant ramen, which I wondered where it came from.

"I want some ramen," Naruto yelled, grabbing for the bowl.

"Shut up! You'll have to wait your turn, Kyoka deserves it more than you do," Natari said. They argued just like a married couple for a few minutes, as I ate my ramen. I realized that they were a great couple, but I wouldn't say it, or would I?

"You guys are pretty much married, arguing like that. You make a great couple," Mikomi said my thoughts.

"Yeah, I totally agree," I said with a smile.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" Natari yelled.

"You're insane; I only like pretty girls!" Naruto yelled.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Natari yelled.

"What do you think it means?" Naruto yelled back.

"You wanna fight?"

"Yeah, I wanna fight!"

"Break it up, break it up, you two. Geeze, you two are like a couple," I said.

"Shut up, Kyoka," Natari yelled.

"Yeah," Naruto agreed.

"Come on, be quiet. If Itachi and Hoshigaki followed my path, they could hear you and could be running here right now," I said, quietly. The two looked at me with scared looks on their faces.

"Hey, now that Kyoka is here, Natari you're going to have to give up your sleeping bag to her," Eureka said, cheerfully.

"What," Natari yelled.

"You'll have to sleep with Naruto, your dream come true," Mikomi said.

"Mikomi, I'm gonna hurt you," Natari yelled.

"She isn't sleeping with me," Naruto shouted.

"But it's your dream come true, too, Naruto," I said, laughing.

"WHAT?" Natari screamed.

"YOU SHUT UP!" Naruto screamed. I suddenly ushered for silence. I was just pretending to hear something.

"Shhh! I think I hear someone running here, you guys hide," I whispered. I winked at Mikomi and Eureka. Natari and Naruto looked terrified and ran into a bush. Mikomi and Eureka slipped into a bush. In a second, I used a substitution jutsu on myself and my real body did Henge into Eureka. Eureka and Mikomi came running into the campsite with sticks and mud on their faces.

"I am Hoshigaki and I have come for Naruto," Eureka yelled, he actually did sound like Hoshigaki, and he was good at voices.

"Huh," my substitution said, pretending to be caught off guard. Eureka slashed his stick down on my substitution and it slashed my substitution in half. I (in Henge as Eureka) went to the bush Natari and Naruto hid in and when Natari tried to get up; I pulled her down and gave her a sign to be quiet. Eureka and Mikomi came over to the bush, peeked down over the cowering Naruto and Natari, and yelled, "Fooled ya!"

I released Henge, Eureka and Mikomi wiped off the mud, and then, only then, did Natari and Naruto understand we tricked them. They gave us nasty looks.

"That was mean," Natari said.

"You suck," Naruto said. Eventually, they got over it. It was then that I realized I was really tired.

"Hey, I'm going to hit the hay," I said, grabbing Natari's sleeping bag.

"What hay," Naruto asked.

"Give me back my sleeping bag," Natari yelled, ignoring Naruto.

"Natari, I've been sick and I have been running for an entire day from two freaks who wear nail polish," I said.

"You're going to have to sleep with Naruto," Mikomi said to Natari.

"I'd rather sleep on the ground," Natari yelled. I looked at Natari.

"Here," I said, handing her the sleeping bag. She took it and looked at me.

"Thanks," Natari said.

"Don't mention it; we're going to have to share it anyway, just kidding! I can sleep on the ground, I've been doing it for a while," I said. The others stared at me, as I lay against a tree facing the river.

"Goodnight," I said, flipping my eyes in my head with my eyelids open, it was the only way I got to sleep with my eyes open. Mikomi put out the fire, as everyone got into their sleeping bags and said 'goodnight.' I soon fell asleep…

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End Notes: Hope you enjoyed that! Natari and Naruto are so cute together! XD Well, Senacku doesn't think so, but she doesn't count.